Archive for December 8th, 2007

More holiday coupons!

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

I’ve found yet another website that offers loads and loads of coupons just in time for the holiday season!

There are so many deals out there on the internet for just about any gift that you’ll want to be buying for Christmas Chanukah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus. The problem is finding the right coupon at the right time. EdealFinder.com provides a huge list of coupons for everything from electronics to books to jewelry.

If you’re looking for coupons for an upcoming computer purchase, make sure you look for Dell coupons to provide discounts on hardware, software, and shipping.

The Sharper Image coupons would be especially useful for that hard-to-shop-for friend or relative.

A Blue Nile coupon will help with your budget for jewelry this Christmas. If you can pay less for shipping, why not get a bigger rock?

You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

In honor of the holiday season and that classic of American cinema, “A Christmas Story”, comes the ultimate in air rifle online games. (Or maybe the only air rifle online game).

Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out features Ralphie and his Red Rider BB Gun. You try to get as many ricochets as possible without shooting your eye out.

Merry Christmas and “Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra, Ra Ra Ra Ra.”

Lawyer blog

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

The Phil Spector case currently underway in California is a very interesting one to say the least. This musical pioneer of the ’60′s is under some very serious charges, and the jury will have a tough time in its decision. Spector and the victim were the only witnesses present, yet the question still remains. Did Spector shoot a woman who spurned him? Did the gun accidentally go off while he was pointing it at the victim? Or did the woman commit suicide?

The Los Angeles Criminal Defense Blog | California Criminal Attorneys Law Blog has a very interesting post about the details of the evidence of this trial and many others in California and LA. They all provide a lawyer’s perspective about many cases, including Spector, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton.


Duck and Cover

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

One of the drawbacks to shoot ‘em up games in the past has always been the opponents ability to shoot you. In older games the baddies either shot at you in a predictable pattern, or with extremely slow moving and easily avoidable ammunition. The side scroller, Ownage Burst, is slightly different. It’s a flash game that looks like an older side-scroller from the Super Nintendo days, but the villains are much better shots. They will occasionally miss, but it’s almost impossible to avoid their shots. The only ways to avoid being riddled with lead is to shoot them before they aim and shoot at you or to duck behind the cars on the side of the street.

I had fun with it. Hopefully more levels are available soon.

Cell Tower Landlords

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

While cruising the byways that consist the internet super expressway, I came across an interesting site. The Wireless Landlord Association (WLA) is an advocacy group that helps site owners of the thousands of cellular towers across the country.

I’d never really thought of it before, but evidently, most of the sites where cell phone towers are placed are not owned by the phone companies. They lease the site for a period of time from the owner of the land. With the recent consolidation of the cell phone market into a smaller number of big time players, some of the site owners that may be close to other cell phone tower sites have seen the cell phone companies consolidate the number of cell towers. (I knew my signal was getting worse in certain parts of town.)

This advocacy group has several programs to help insure that the phone companies can’t bully there way in to lower lease rates or push the site owners around. If you own a cell tower site or if you own some land and have considered letting the phone companies install a tower, make sure that you check out this site and this organization for more information and for help going up against the big companies.

One more thing, whoever came up with the idea of disguising a cell phone tower as a palm tree; kudos. I barely notice the one in my neighborhood.

Prince Caspian

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

I finally got a look at the trailer for the upcoming sequel to ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’. ‘Prince Caspian’ looks to be another great adaptation from CS Lewis’ classic series. This story may even be a little stronger than the first in the series, but there is a huge chunk in the middle of the book that is told as flashback. It will be interesting to see how the movie handles that. I’m a little concerned that the battle scenes in this movie look a little bit like carbon copies of the battle scenes from the first movie. Hopefully, my initial concern will proof incorrect. The Lord of the Rings trilogy did a magnificent job in having huge battle scene set pieces in all three movies, but none of them look similar to the others.

Hopefully they can make all seven before the kids get too old.

World Wide Web Poker

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

With the recent surge in popularity that poker has enjoyed, especially Texas Hold ‘Em, there has been an equally amazing spike in the number of online casinos. If you’re new to the phenomenon, make sure that you read all that you can on casino news and maybe even peruse a casino guide or two. Just remember, it can be fun, and it can be addicting. Stick with the fun part.