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I was laid off in mid-November. Tech related, economy related, healthy dose of office politic. Lots of irons in the proverbial fire, but no one is ready to 'commit' because of the economy...employers are taking a deer in the headlights wait-and-see approach. Which is nerve racking as my...

Nice. Thanks for the deal spot. Gotta love Woot. Too bad I'd already purchased a gas model (decent deal on a top-rated Toro--don't regret it really). But if there's a good deal on an electric snow blower on down the line, I'd love to hear about it!

This film, along w/ a few other big popcorn movies (Bond, Hellboy, etc), is making it a tough summer to be a brand new dad w/ a newborn at home. Don't know when the next time I'll see the inside of a movie theater will be... Hearing how great it is is quite bittersweet--I'm glad its as good as...

I'm "from" KC...as in, I grew up and have family there. I've lived in Chicago the past 16 years, though. Still make regular pilgrimages to Smokestack of Martin City (now known as Jack Stack BBQ, but I prefer its old moniker)--my favorite restaurant in the world.

And there, you can enlist the mermaids to do your lawn (ala weeki wachee) :D. Ah, weather. I have to say, though, spending a good portion of my Sunday at the new house and doing spring cleaning (gutter cleaning/garage sweeping, yard pick-up etc), there's nothing like the euphoria of a...

I was looking at the HomeLite cordless at Home Depot today. It was one of Consumer Reports 'Best Buy' picks...but I'm still torn between that and their other Best Buy, the gas Toro Recycler 20066, which got a stellar write-up and nothing but great user reviews. I want something reliable I...

I think I'm sold on the Toro electric snow blower. May have to wait to buy (lots of costs hitting me now), but it's in my 'wish list'. The mower will be a near-term purchase, though. Have to maintain the yard, make myself a good new neighbor and all. Anyone used the Black & Decker I posted...

If they get rid of the Adam/Morgan dynamic, it's all the more reason to quit watching G4. I used to really enjoy X-Play and Attack of the Show, but (particularly the latter), it's gotten so sophomoric and basely unclever that its hard to stomach. Every once in a while there's a flash of...

Yeah, I didn't think about comparative weight of the B&D cordless electric mower due to the battery...wonder how it compares to a similar gas mower? It isn't self-propelled like the gas Toro I was looking at...but I don't have a hilly yard (still, would be nice to have an easy push). I know...

So we move into our first house May 16. And, while I've been mowing our 4-unit condo's small yard the past 4 years, this will be MY yard for the first time, and I'll be needing the necessary gear. So, I read up in Consumer Reports and was curious about the electric mowers and snow blowers...

We did a test drive of the Smart car back in December (they had a traveling tour that happened to be in my parents town over the holidays). It was fun...liked the steering shifting, decent headroom/legroom. Overall, however, we felt it was overpriced for what you got. If it was $12K tops...

As for 3-D...its EVERYWHERE at NAB this year. Screenings all over, every major compositing/effects/3D vendor touting a production solution, etc. I was at Siggraph back in the summer and it was the buzz there, too. But now its looking like lots of event programming (concerts, sporting events...

Did the Red tent today. Very impressive. The key to this camera is that it takes the price-point of film resolution/look digital cinematography (read MUCH better than HD, a true filmmakers camera) down to a tenth what the competition charges for their solutions. It's the 16mm revolution of...

Quick impressions from this years NAB convention in Las Vegas: 1) HD is SOOO the standard now, it's not news/hype-worthy anymore. We've turned a corner folks. Now, it's going to be all a buzz about 3-D. 3-D, as in duck, dodge and weave at the things you'd swear you could reach out touch in...

Oh yeah, the Pinball Museum! I've got to get over there, thanks for reminding me. I'd heard of it a while back, then saw Dvorak's video podcast visit a couple of months ago. Very cool. I've become a big fan of classic Gottleib tables after getting hooked on the PSP videogame collection. I'd...

I know the Chicago incident was an 'overrun the runway in the middle of a Chicago winter' thing where they hit a retaining wall and a car (rather than a 'engine lit on fire in mid-air thing where you hit the side of a mountain'--what happened in Burbank? Never mind--Googled it. Another short...

Don't know what our engineers have cooked up for us. We're due to have a pow-wow Friday before the gang travels down for the show. Sony's party may be on the books. We're at the Venetian, which is super nice and convenient. But our favorite place to 'play' is the main floor of the Imperial...

I'll be there, Don. NAB is definitely A/V nerd's paradise--it's no CES, nor is Vegas as cool as Amsterdam (IBC), but it's still a fun locale for getting away and looking at the new toys and megatrends. Working hard for a Post Production company indeed has it's privileges ;). Seriously, it'll...

Alright, full disclosure...I'm a repeat Southwest customer and have been for years. My satisfaction with their consistent service and high impression of how they've run their company for 3+ decades also led me to buy a small chunk of stock a few years back. That being said, I've watched the...

Amen. It was the sum total of expanding 'issues' on top of the idea of 'we're never gonna catch everything, so leave some breathing room' that eventually put us in the feeling that we we're getting in over our heads on this one. It's really too bad. We do love several things about this...

Yeah, I thought the original 'Resident Evil' did a great job of that with its final extreme long-shot pullback (yeah, have to admit it, that film is a guilty pleasure of mine--like Milla, like the score, thought they made a lot out of a smallish budget). The reviews that I've read (that I...

I think the deal is falling through, folks. We seem to be under an unholy trinity of dark clouds: steep and uncertain real estate taxes; a growing list of fix/upgrade items, especially since the highly illuminating 5hr inspection last Fri; and a seller who seems to be adrift in that common...

Tops on our list this time around was a very thorough inspector. We were let down by the inspector who did our condo a few years back--didn't identify some issues w/ windows, HVAC, electrical and the shared garage structure that all came to bite us later. The fellow we had out to do the house...

Yeah, we're going to be paying especially close attention to those things. The plumbing/boiler for the downstairs radiators will get a sharp eye from the inspector today, and we have a company coming in to scrutinize the electrical next week. Fingers crossed...or there are some deal killers in...

Thanks for all the input/advice so far. We are going to try to sell the condo ASAP, but it all depends on the market...plus we'll be putting it up first of the year, before the (hopeful) Spring resurgence in buyer traffic, so we'll have to see. There are only 4 units in our building, and the...