Monday: April 12, 2010
- Best Buy now selling that Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader.
This should certainly ramp up the potential exposure that The Nook receives with these added purchase locations. Although, I'm not sure if it will really help as most Best Buy locations are also selling Apple's iPad. Side by side, The Nook looks a little shabby at it's current price tag.
Tuesday: March 9, 2010
- Daily Grind: Nerdy
Name: Vin (aka levelup+1)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Nerdy @ 2:55:41 PM
What Vin really wants today: Finish up remaining work tasks and attempt to get some time in playing a certain RPG video game that sounds vaguely similar to 'Shminal Shmantasy' at some point this evening. Insert traditional battle victory theme here.Music Stuck in Head: Call it Love / God Street Wine
Continuing the celebration of the recently announced GSW reunion. You can have a listen to this rare jazzy track over on archive.org.Stuff to do today:
- Purchase Final Fantasy XIII from semi-local NYC area Best Buy
- Semi-local = four subway stops from work location (meh)
- Ignore reviews complaining about PS3 versus Xbox 360 quality
- Finally post new photo to photoblog
Thursday: February 18, 2010
- New Apple products might be arriving tomorrow according to Best Buy inventory systems.
Dear Apple, please release an updated version of the MacBook Pro so I can eagerly give you my hard-earned cash to replace my aging plastic (cracking along the edges I might add) regular MacBook.
Wednesday: December 30, 2009
- The top nine Internet memes of 2009 according to MSNBC.
Covers everything from Kanye to the Internet's unflinching love of all things bacon. Now if you'll excuse me there is a three wolf moon shirt that needs to be washed before not venturing out on New Year's Eve.
Tuesday: December 29, 2009
- A collection of the top ten space photos of 2009 just for you.
Behold the almighty power of a Geminid meteor as it streaks across the Mojave Desert of California. These meteors are apparently quite easy to see since they move slower and are essentially just comet leftovers. The real lesson here is that leftovers can be a good thing after all.
- Some of the best and worst patent applications of 2009 according to The Register.
There are actually some pretty funny patent application entries listed here from some notable companies. I'm curious if IBM will ever make good on their 'check for awkward silence on conference call' patent which would make for potential comedy gold during the most inappropriate of times. Awooga!
Monday: December 21, 2009
- A list of the best and worst identities of the 2009 calendar year.
Only five months later Kraft Foods unveiled a revised logo that was supposed to be an improvement. You know the expression “Putting lipstick on a pig”? This is like switching the lipstick from the pig’s mouth to the pig’s you-know-what.
Friday: December 11, 2009
- A list of Lifehacker's most popular tutorials of 2009.
An extensive list of tutorials that covers step-by-step guides on everything from installed homebrew on the Wii (without the need of Twilight Princess) all the way over to building your very own computer from scratch. Good luck.
Tuesday: November 24, 2009
- A list of a hundred of the all-time best ways to hack your workday.
Some great suggestions to those of you who may or may not be following one or more of these little gems already. Personally, I am lost with my morning to-do list. Let's see here, post morning links to GLM: check. See?
Friday: September 25, 2009
- Want to know why new video games cost sixty bucks these days?
I remember when that magic price point way back when (classic NES days) was just a mere forty dollars. Sixty is the new forty for this generation, unless your semi-intelligent and buy used (or rent).
Monday: September 21, 2009
- Is Best Buy about to acquire Gamestop?
By buying Gamestop, Best Buy would become one of the premium video game retailers in the U.S., causing even more foot traffic to creep inside its brick-and-mortar locations. This has been a rumor in the past, but it makes sense now more than ever.
Thursday: September 17, 2009
- Fifty of the world's best foods and where you can actually eat them.
The world's best Texas barbecue happens to be in Texas. Who knew?
Friday: September 11, 2009
- The ten funniest moments in Muppet Show history.
Statler and Waldorf, FTW.
Monday: August 24, 2009
- The fifty best websites of 2009 brought to you by TIME.
Sadly, GLM has been snubbed again. Shocker.
Friday: August 21, 2009
- A list of the ten best places to grow up in America according to US News.
You should have grown up in Virginia Beach. Interesting to note that not a single location from my own beloved state made the list. Good work, New York!
Friday: August 14, 2009
- Sorry, Best Buy will not honor tremendous online pricing errors.
Did anyone honestly think they would sell 52-inch HDTV for just ten bucks?
Tuesday: August 11, 2009
- Have a look at some leaked screens from a Geek Squad certification test.
Wow, thats scary. Certification tests for this type of position shouldn't include poorly used Internet memes.
Friday: July 10, 2009
- The seven types of employees you'll probably meet at Best Buy.
Pretty funny writeup by the folks over at Giz but what manages to be funnier is Best Buy's quick response to it, which you can read right here. Not too shabby, Best Buy. Not too shabby at all.
Thursday: July 9, 2009
- Best Buy and TiVo form strategic alliance to sell you set-top boxes.
..Best Buy will heavily promote TiVo products in its 1,100 stores in the United States. TiVo will develop a version of its set-top box, to be sold in Best Buy stores, that will let the retailer advertise its products and services to TiVo subscribers on their home televisions.
