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    Kia Soul Flip cam giveaway

    Kia is giving away some Flip camcorders and some gas cards in return for some activity on the Kia Soul Facebook page. They're hosting the contest on some gaming forums, but it seems pretty easy to participate. Head to the other forums for details. Gamers Hell...
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    Dewmocracy Contest - Win A Year Supply of Voltage

    The Moutain Dew micro site relaunched last month : http://dewmocracy.com To promote the new Mountain Dew Voltage flavor, users submit pics and ideas about how to throw a launch party for it. Runner up prizes include the year's supply of Mountain Dew Voltage.
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    L Studio Videos

    Just thought I'd share the new site by Lexus - L Studio http://lstudio.lexus.com/#vid1204 It features Lisa Kudrow in a web therapy skit - I still like her style of humor, not sure about you guys. Thoughts?
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    All Praise The Muttonhead

    http://www.muttonheadsays.com If you don't think he's funny, don't worry. He sticks, just give it time. There's a JABFEST 2008 this Tuesday, says Facebook... http://www.facebook.com/home.p...nt.php?eid=56889835113 (shrug)
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    Old School Or New School?

    Anyone interested in the latest from Pepsi? Its different from Pepsi Stuff or Coke Rewards. The cars and the flat screen are the only prizes reaching out to me enough to start this discussion. http://pepsi.yahoo.com/oldschoolornew/ With the limitation on the daily entries, it seems...
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    Abrams Bashes Fox News Despite Getting Trounced in the Ratings

    You guys seen this? Apparently Dan Abrams is hopping on the Olbermann train and is bashing Fox News....even though MSNBC (a channel once run by Abrams) is getting embarassed by O'Reilly and the other good ol' boys over at Fox! Wake up Danny Boy - why do you think Obama and Hildog went on FNC...
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    Pretty Funny Office Satire

    You're missing out on life if you don't have this kind of sense of humor lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOZlwEWkgvQ Gotta love the gimp ref
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    I love the bluntness of this video (job site warning)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArbIfqm4gWQ Good clean humor, hope you appreciate it. Everyone single one of those is true!
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    *Silly Warning* Free Positive Feedback

    Send someone in the office an email (business as usual) and BCC the address positivefeedback@careerbuilder.com... They get an email from "team members" praising all of their hard work lately - maybe they'll laugh, maybe they'll smile, maybe they'll wig out and ask "who the heck is Mike?"...
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    TomTom ONE XL S or 720 for a parent?

    Hey guys, if I were getting a GPS for my dad (age 60) this Christmas, should I go with the luxurious 720 or does the XL S pretty much cover all the basics needed in a GPS? UI I guess is higher priority than technical bells and whistles... :( what would you get for a parent?
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    Any mucisians in here?

    I just heard Doritos is doing this awesome superbowl contest this year- you submit a music video, and the winner gets aired during the game, plus a recording contract! Will I am from the Black Eyed Peas is one of the judges, so should be interesting- you can check it out here if you're...
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    Rosie O'Donnell a reporter?

    I don't know if anyone has brought this up yet, but MSNBC is trying to get Rosie O'Donnell to host its 9pm hour. This absolutely blows my mind - she's not a journalist whatsoever, in fact she's a 9/11 conspiracy nut. It seems to me that MSNBC is doing anything for ratings including a crazy...
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    Pres. Candidate Summit Vids

    Video from today's Defending the American Dream summit is up on YouTube: YouTube Looks like the have a ton of good speakers at this thing - McCain's is already up.
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    Contest for you fans of the A380

    Not sure who here's into airplanes, but this is a really cool contest if you are: "A380 Sweepstakes Entry Calling all airplane enthusiasts - here is your chance to win an exclusive viewing of the A380. This flagship aircraft of the 21st Century will make its North American debut at JFK...
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    New Motorcycle

    Has anyone seen the new spyder? It is a motorcycle with three wheels. Pretty cool. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=119581
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    circuit city tomtom for $379.99

    I saw this deal on a blog. Circut city has a deal on the TT 300 for just $379.99 plus free shipping - looks like the best deal out there for someone who is looking at getting a gps device. tomtom makes the best units out there, the 910 is their top of the line model and is amazing, a friend of...
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    20% Off International Flights TODAY ONLY

    I just saw that for today only Lufthansa is having a special one day sale for 20% off of all economy flights! Just go to www.Lufthansa.com and book online.
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    Discounts at student/teacher store

    On this student/teacher discount only store they have a bargain bin for even higher discounted items they are trying to unload. If you are in college or whatever you qualify and they have a pretty wide variety of stuff discounted, plus free shipping: http://www.academicsuperstore.com/bargains.html
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    Painfully Funny

    Cruising Youtube on a Sunday night, is always good for a few cheap laughs. My roomate and I came across this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74JFeqJsEmk which I think, made my night. The set up (typical): A guy and a girl meet in a bar.... I'll let ya'll go from there!
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    Silly Movies

    Its getting late, and I'm still at work..so naturally my inclination to work has gone down. What do I do? YOUTUBE! I saw this particular movie, it reminded me of some of my friends from college in a way. The girl in the movie is pretty cute, even if she is being extremely weird. I chuckled...
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    Student Software

    I don't know how many of ya'll are parents of students, or maybe even students yourselves, but I recently came across Academic Superstore while I was looking for some Photoshop stuff online. They seem like they've got some good prices on the "big" software. The only catch is that you HAVE to be...
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    PND's/Portable GPS

    I saw this at LordPercy about the new TomTom Go910. Its a pretty thorough review of one of their newest products (From what I've read, they've got a pretty extensive range of Navs, including the "Rider", appropriately named for the biker crowd) Its a decent review, but this got me thinking...
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    Good Review (GPSMagazine) TomTom 910

    I didn't want to re-use an old thread/dead thread (Dear Moderator- please move if you like!) But I thought this was a pretty good review of the TomTom 910- its darn thorough at the least! http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2006/05/tomtom_go_910_review.html Still waiting to get my hands on a GPS...
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    Text to Speech on Portable GPS Systems

    This was in Digital Trends a little while ago- talking about Tele Atlas and Pioneer working together to get better GPS products and mapping technology in all sorts of different portable devices. I guess I never realized the difficulties of getting a machine to do text to speech well. I feel...
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    NO Jazz Fest

    I am thinking of going to jazzfest in new orleans this year. Anyone else going? The are a lot of great line-ups for both the april 28-30 and the may 5-7 weekends so I was wondering if anyone had recommendations on how to do it all best? Both weekends, choose one, local places to hole up or...
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    27 Charged for Child Porn Ring

    CNN.com Official: 27 charged in online child porn sting I can't believe someone would do these type of things to kids. But it is apparent that it is a serious problem. I found a resource at cybertipline.com where you can report any of these type of things if you come across them. Because...
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    Cheap But Good Trick

    This always brings a smile to someones face. Find a doorway and stand in it. place the outside of your wrists against each side of the door frame and push into the frame as hard as you can for 1 min. Then step out of the doorway and allow your arms to relax at their sides. Your arms will...
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    External Enclosure/Hardrive Slave Settings?

    I recently bought a BYTECC external enclosure and a 160GB Seagate Internal HDD and am trying to install it as an external plug-and-play for my laptop. I am about to install it and am unsure how to configure the master/slave jumper settings and cable select options. Any advice on how to get...
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    Cable Monopolies Finally Meet Their Match?

    This is probably the cleariest article I have read about this Cable monopoly vs. telephone-based TV battle. The most interesting part of this article: http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2006/01/23/news_state/0123060004.txt Is there any reason for these franchise agreements anymore if...
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    WiFi Positioning Systems...?

    Anyone know about WiFi Positioning Systems and how well they work? WiFi Article Tele Atlas is a map maker that is going to incorporate skyhook (a wps company) and was wondering how much this will improve GPS devices?
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    Deadline Passes for Internet Phone Service

    Deadline Passes for Internet Phone Service WASHINGTON - Vonage Holdings Corp., the nation's largest non-cable provider of Internet phone service, could be barred from signing up new customers in many markets because it failed to meet the deadline to provide reliable emergency 911 service to...
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    TomTom GO $499

    I found an announcement at clubtomtom that there is a new promo deal at several retailers: "TomTom has released a new promotion for the upcoming holiday season with the purchase of any TomTom GO 300/700: $50 Mail in Rebate and Free TomTom PLUS Traffic updates until 12/31/06 Available at...
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    Cable Competition

    Whats the deal with competition for providing cable? My comcast bill is ridiculous and the only other option I have is DirecTV (which I can't get since I live in a city with no view). I tried searching for competitors and there are none, is this not America or something???? Is this why comcast...
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    VX9800 in stores, tried it?

    Anyone tried out the VX9800 yet? Its in the verizon stores now and it sounds awesome. Is the interior screen really sharp with the extra resolution and is the QWERTY keyboard comfortable?
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    Week 2 Over - Fantasy Football?

    Went to be with the thought that redskins were done. Woke up and found that I have a bonifide Fantasy Sleeper in Santana Moss. After watching the highlight videos on the redskins official site, otherwise known this week as The Santana Moss Show, I have to say that this guy might be worthy of a...
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    So I admit it, I am not the best with directions

    I am throwing "follow my nose" technology out the window and going for one of the after market nav systems... Anyone have any experience with the TomTom GO 300 or 700 products? There are also some other nav-systems out their but none of them have the bluetooth or the really nice big screen...
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    No Nationals Baseball in DC

    DC waited for 34 years to get there baseball team and they have been #1 in the NL East for a good part of the season yet I can't go home and watch them on TV. Comcast doesn't even air the games. The only way you can see most games is to go to them. Whats the deal with that? They are like 10...
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    Area 51 Trailer

    Cinematic trailer for Area 51. I've never seen a gaming trailer this long before: Trailer #4 What you think now?
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    Got an Invention??

    I talked to a friend last night that is trying out for this reality show where inventors compete against each other... It actually sounds like a pretty good idea... there is no telling what kind of crazy stuff you would see at those auditions. I belive he said the show is called made in the...
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    Area 51

    I played a demo for this game on the PS2 and it was crazy cool. Frantic action like Halo 2 and some awesome guns (yes, dual wielding too). I heard that the new OXm has a demo of it as well and I was wondering if anyone has played it or the OPM? Any thoughts on the game?