Need a New Monitor?
Go to Dell, quickly!
The Dell E248WFP 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor is going for $399. Here are some stats:
- 1920 x 1200 native resolution
- 5 ms response time
- 1000:1 contrast ratio
- DVD-D w/HDCP connection (along with DVI, VGA, composite, component, etc.)
- 92% color gamut (for you photographers out there)
World of Warcraft Ads
I didn’t think World of Warcraft needed to have commercials. Isn’t it the most popular MMORPG on the planet right now? Here are my favorites:
Mr. T
Toyota
William Shatner
The Cake Sharer
Every bakery needs to have this.
Popcorn Fork
Heinous or Genius? You decide.
Recycled Electronics; Ends Not Out-weighing Means?
I have a pile of old electronic/computer gear in my garage that I just can’t bring myself to toss in the garbage. I considered Ebay and Craigslist, but I still haven’t gotten around to it. Recycling was another option I was going for, but then this article at CNN disturbed me:
While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics collected for recycling in the U.S. each year ends up overseas. Workers in countries such as China, India and Nigeria then use hammers, gas burners and their bare hands to extract metals, glass and other recyclables, exposing themselves and the environment to a cocktail of toxic chemicals.
“It is being recycled, but it’s being recycled in the most horrific way you can imagine,” said Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network, the Seattle-based environmental group that tipped off Hong Kong authorities. “We’re preserving our own environment, but contaminating the rest of the world.”
Honda FCX Clarity Hydrogen Car
Hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles are finally hitting their stride. This excites me. The good news is that Honda will be releasing their hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in the wild soon in LA, where it’s needed. The bad news is two-fold: there will be only 100, and you can only lease them.
There’s an entertaining commercial for this car at GIzmodo.
Black Friday PS3 Deal at WalMart
For those of you willing to brave Black Friday at WalMart, you can snag an 80 GB PS3 and 10 + 5 (15) Blu-Ray movies. From Gizmodo:
As part of Walmart’s Thanksgiving madness, you can get an 80GB Playstation 3 plus 10 Blu-ray discs (under $30 in value), plus the 5 free titles you can get with mail-in rebate.
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