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Online economy expected to double by 2016 -- (link) - Beaker Jan 27, 07:57
2 semifinals today in the euro handball cup 2012 one is Denmark vs Spain the other is - Danedukenuuk Jan 27, 07:56
Next Week's Rock Band DLC: two Sum 41 songs and one Tears for Fears song. - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:54
OK. How much should I expect to pay for a crappy HD TV for people like me who loathe spending a dime on electronics? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:53 18
- Go for a 27" 1080p with 60z. 60hz tv's are cheap! -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:57 6
  - The first three Samsungs in the middle row are cheap. -- (link) - lileve Jan 27, 07:59 2
    - Samsung is a great brand too -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 08:07 1
      - I'm a Sony fangirl but their prices are crazy. Samsung is just as good if not better. Plus former one factory made both. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 08:08
  - define cheap. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:58 1
    - I bought my 27" 1080p 60hz Samsung for around $340 from Costco. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 08:02
  - Find a friend who has a costco card if you don't. That have decent prices. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:57
- $250+, depending on make, size and deal. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:54 4
  - That should get you a 32" TV these days if you keep an eye out. That's what we got our 32" at this summer. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 08:01 1
    - Nowadays, I think "Television" starts at 32". Anything less is a computer monitor. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 08:02
  - I guess that wouldn't kill me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:55 1
    - It won't make you stronger though. -- nm - Loyola Jan 27, 07:59
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  - bigger than my laptop. seriously, I don't care. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:54 4
    - the thing is, the cheaper ones are usually not very good. ml has the same link to a $150 tv i would give - tRuMaN Jan 27, 08:05 1
      - agreed. -- nm - decline Jan 27, 08:06
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      - Those seem like such a waste of money. - kelly Jan 27, 08:00
WOOT!!! With any luck, next week your Kate Upton video of the Day will be one I personally filmed! - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 27, 07:43 3
- Can you rent one of those super-slo-mo cameras for the day? - oblique Jan 27, 07:56
- sweet! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 07:45 1
  - dude! -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:46
your things exploding in a microwave caputred via a slo-mo camera post of the day -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:40 1
- "Welcome to Moe's!" -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:46
Try not to look to the right and see who this is. It's frightening. -- (link) - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:40 6
- That's an "I'll murder someone, hide the body, and you'll never know" look if ever there was one. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 07:51 2
  - and before I bury the body I'll "do things" to it. - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:53 1
    - Brady found out that Bill was laughing at the water park picture. - Will Hunting Jan 27, 08:01
- Richard Kiel? -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:44
- Of course he went to Phillips. Of course. -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 07:41 1
  - right? - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:42
Does anyone know if that guy got his Football Lessons? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:36 2
- "The linebacker is the player responsible for stealing the goal line back from the opposing team." - nubby Jan 27, 07:40 1
  - Incoming SMS: "Oh man, the New England Patriots are *IT*!!!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:50
PSA - don -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jan 27, 07:34 5
- sfek - Don't let your kids wear Crocs on escalators. Hadn't seen mention of this before. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 27, 07:35 4
  - Don't let your kids wear Crocs in public. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:37 3
    - Don't let your kids wear crocs, period. -- nm - Stephen, Australian Pirate for the day Jan 27, 07:41 2
      - don't feed your kids to crocs -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 07:45 1
        
        Unless they are wearing crocs -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:48
for when your zombie dreams arent enough to make you happy -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:34
Your guess: The current cheapest ticket available for the Super Bowl on Stub Hub (upper deck, far side of stadium, row 26) is currently going for...? -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:29 8
- $2k -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 07:32
- $31250 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:30
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  - pretty close, $2400. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 07:32 1
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- New York and New England SB....$750? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 07:30 1
  - Actually. Scratch that. Definitely four figures. $1,250. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 07:30
- $3,200 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:30
Geek Deal: 12mo XBox Live Gold Card/Code for $36 @ Amazon -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 07:24 1 1
- Thanks! I need to renew! -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 07:34
Piggybacking on Truman's post: iPad users, what games are you playing. (if any) (non WWF type games) - Stephen, Australian Pirate for the day Jan 27, 07:10 31
- my girlfriend is absolutely obsessed with Tiny Zoo. -- nm - decline Jan 27, 08:05 1
  - my MIL is all over this game. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 08:06
- Mostly just Civ revolutions and simcity. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jan 27, 07:57 1
  - Ooh, SimCity might be fun to play on the iPad; if only the had Civ City Rome for the iPad! -- nm - Stephen, Australian Pirate for the day Jan 27, 08:07
- Do they have Where's My Water for ipad? Bub's fav game on our tabs. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 27, 07:47
- Oh, and Pocket Euchre Lite is a great, free Euchre (card) game. Also, Robotek HD (turn-based game) is a lot of fun, and free. {nm} - Banzai! Jan 27, 07:45
- Super stick man golf is tons of fun. -- nm - Subversive Jan 27, 07:29
- Strategery, Angry Birds (of course), Trainyard EX (I don't play many arcade-style games on it) - Banzai! Jan 27, 07:29
- SimplePhysics -- nm - nubby Jan 27, 07:26
- MAME - Old school Nintendo and Zelda -- nm - budice Jan 27, 07:22
- Temple Run and Tiger Woods Golf. -- nm - pmb Jan 27, 07:19
- Pocket Frogs (duh), Carcassonne, Scribblenauts, and I also have Final Fantasy 3 which I will start soon. - Kim Pine Jan 27, 07:18
- Final Fantasy III - David Jan 27, 07:16 1
  - i keep forgetting to look for that. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:18
- We play Ticket to Ride a lot. We'd play Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne more if we didn't have the physical games here. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 07:14
- so far, really only played a bit of crimson pirates, or whatever the bungie game is called, i liked it, hate that you have to pay to get more levels - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:12
- cribbage and reversi. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:12 10
  - Oooh, cribbage. - Kim Pine Jan 27, 07:19 8
    - "15, 2; 15, 4 and a run is a dozen" Crib Master right here -------> -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 07:20 2
      - is there an FB crib game? that would be a good next run for ST to get on. -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 07:22 1
        
        I would love to play against people (esp people who have more skill than do I. poor dignan is likely ready to kill me from "what would you discard?" - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:25
    - there's a great free version. let me get its pedigree for you. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:19 4
      - fuller systems cribbage pro. I play on my phone on the bus all the time. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:20 3
        
        Sweet. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 27, 07:21 2
        
        also, the best othello for the price is unbalance "the reversi." I think it's a dollar. - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:29 1
        
        Reversi was an Amazon free app this week for Android. - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:38
  - ooh, I should get mastermind. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:15
- I'm hooked on bejeweled blitz at the moment -I also got the free version of You don't know Jack -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 07:11 3
  - I had to delete all the games on my phone. bad for my head. now it's just those little memory trainer games I hate. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:12 2
    - I kind of like those - I grew up with Simon -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 07:14 1
      - yep, some are like that. The simon-ish ones are easy because I make a visual pattern. when t here's no visual pattern it is *painful* -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:15
Dealing with the hotel from hell here on the phone. First they try to charge me 545euro for two nights accomodation when I was down there and I say - Loyola Jan 27, 07:09 3
- what a mess -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 07:44
- Credit card transactions can be voided by the provider if necessary, I think -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:24 1
  - I paid with a debit card so they already have my money. - Loyola Jan 27, 07:32
Nintendo considering name change for Wii U -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 07:08
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hey jenbro, or any other ipad users, 1saleaday has a cheap case with bluetooth keyboard deal today. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:02 7
- FYI, I bought one of those cheaper bluetooth keyboard cases (looks like the same one) and it broke in about a week. Then I bought a higher quality - pmb Jan 27, 07:19 1
  - I'll let you know - I ordered it :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 27, 08:14
- also, according to the peeps at slickdeals, this case would work with the HP touchpad thats on woot today. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:08
- Thanks! - JenBro Jan 27, 07:08 1
  - i didnt even open it up. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:08
- ipad 2. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:04 1
  - yeah, sorry, that should have been in there somewhere. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:04
lyc - tRuMaN Jan 27, 06:54 13
- I envy anyone that can order shoes w/o ever trying them on. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 06:55 12
  - I have bought replacements before, otherwise agreed. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 27, 07:45
  - I bought (mumble) pairs of shoes online in november, december, and january. only two went back. I'm pretty much size nine in any quality shoe manuf. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:02 7
    - Yeah, I don't have any problem at all getting size 6 in everything except athletic shoes. - Kim Pine Jan 27, 07:08 4
      - I've discovered that adidas size nine (except mesh) just *work.* so I don't hesitate to order those either. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:11 3
        
        Adidas must run true to size - I have no problem with them, either. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 27, 07:20 2
        
        their mesh shoes seem to run wide -- it's like they don't account for the fact that there's no *shoe* on the sides. I love how they look and breath - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:26
        
        my go-to athletic shoes are New Balance. they never fail me. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 07:21
    - yeah, thats the other thing, quality shoe manuf. means that sizes are consistent - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:04 1
      - well, I wouldn't buy private label shoes at a discount retailer. but steve madden's first line, for instance, will be more consistently sized than - the amanda nones Jan 27, 07:06
  - my size is pretty difficult to find, so i go with what i can find - tRuMaN Jan 27, 06:56 2
    - Hellllloooo Truman - Epiphany Jan 27, 07:13 1
      - heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 07:15
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- I'm 91% done per the Kindle. - Mel Profit Jan 27, 06:54 4
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    - I loved the bit with... - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:05 2
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        *shiver* - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:35
The Broderick teaser clip floating around? It's for a Honda ad -- (link) - TWuG Jan 27, 06:48 5
- "Honda... for when you've given up on ever getting a Ferrari" -- nm - Roger More Jan 27, 06:55 1
  - "Honda...for when your kid destroys your Ferrari." -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 07:06
- I knew it was going to be something disappointing. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 06:51
- BOOOOO! -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 27, 06:49 1
  - (though I am thinking about getting a new Honda) - Kim Pine Jan 27, 06:49
So I gather today is the day when High School football players have to sign with their colleges... -- (link) - Beaker Jan 27, 06:44 4
- Not yet, February 1st - Stephen, Australian Pirate for the day Jan 27, 07:03
- ahh, this must be a primer for it then. -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 06:50
- No, it's actually next week. On the 1st. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 06:49
- No, it's Wednesday. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 27, 06:48
Amazon redesigned their site. hmm. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 06:40 4
- Article on redesign -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 07:03
- Sometimes I get the old one, a few times I get the new one. -- nm - lileve Jan 27, 06:44
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  - Mine's the opposite. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 06:50
It's been so long since I watched Terminator on anything but TV I had forgotten about the nudity - oblique Jan 27, 06:40
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- like any man could possibly know you inside like that, i mean see right though you, and such magnitism -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 27, 13:48
- As with all things that happen in an MRI machine, my default assumption is ... brain tumor! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:25
Q: if you go to sprint.com, does it forward you to an unaffiliated holder page? - TFox Jan 27, 06:31 12
- it may have been hacked (the website) -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 06:55 1
  - it appeared that way, but it's back now. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 06:58
- did you get a new phone? inquiring minds want to know. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 06:38 5
  - no, my old phone decided to forget how to charge yesterday. - TFox Jan 27, 06:43 4
    - oof. Still the Samsung Moment? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 06:51 3
      - No, the LG Optimus S. And here's what is compounding my annoyance... - TFox Jan 27, 06:55 2
        
        huh. Why'd you get rid of the Moment? - JaxSean Jan 27, 07:02 1
        
        It was being extremely laggy for me. And I was up for a free new phone anyway. - TFox Jan 27, 07:08
- No, just wants to know if I'm a current customer or just browsing. Then when I click it takes me to a sprint home-type page. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 06:33
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  - some inq.com nonsense? - TFox Jan 27, 06:33 1
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what holiday is today? why is there no school? -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 27, 06:13 2
- International Holocaust Rememberance Day. But school might be closed for teacher conference/training. -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 06:17 1
  - (closed here due to the snow storm) -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 06:28
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- yup, likely a sign of things to come... -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 06:17

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