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For the last few weeks, I have been trying out the “Redbox” machine at my local Wal Mart.  Basically, it is a machine about the size of a Coke machine, located right next to the Coke machines at many Wal Marts (and other places) across the country.  You can rent DVDs from it for $1 per day, and your credit card is charged once you return the dvd.  After renting several movies from it, I can honestly say that I love the service.

First of all, I live about 5 minutes from a Wal Mart, so it’s convenient.  I can drive over there, pick up a dvd, go watch it, and then return it by 9pm the following day, all for a buck.  That’s cheap!

The dvd itself is the retail dvd, just in a different case, so you are not missing out on anything that you would get if you bought it.  The machine itself is very easy to operate, and within a few minutes, you can be in and out with a handful of dvds to go watch.  You can even reserve movies online, so when you get to the kiosk, you just swipe your card, and it spits the movies out.

Yesterday, the movie Cloverfield came out on DVD.  So at around 9 am, I went online and reserved that dvd in the machine at my local Wal Mart.  Later that night, I went and picked it up, took it home, and watched it.  All for a dollar.

Head over to Redbox to see if there is a location near you.

And no, they did not pay me to write this!

The Varsity. Those two words make me so happy. You see, my friend, The Varsity is a restaurant in Atlanta that is sort of an Atlanta staple. It has been here fore several decades, and anyone who lives here has eaten there before.

What kind of food do they have, you ask? Greasy, delicious, artery clogging food. Hamburgers, chili dogs, onion rings, fries, etc. When you walk up to the counter, “Whadaya have!?!?!” is yelled at you. Seriously, that is how they take your order. It is kind of like the Soup Nazi in Seinfeld. You order, then step to the side and remain silent. But you see, it’s all part of the experience.

I just had lunch there, and I was reminded of how much of a defining part of Atlanta this is. Next time you are in the area, stop on by.

Whadaya have!

Lieutenant-General Sir Manley Power (1773 – July 7, 1826) was a British military leader who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. He is chiefly remembered for leading a brigade of Portuguese troops under The Duke of Wellington in the Iberian Peninsular War.

And, his name rules.

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Yes, it’s true:

“Word is there are so many big reveals the producers wanted to deliver this season that they felt anything less than a full three-hour finale would have cheated the fans. In fact, I’m hearing that the writers’ draft for the second half of the finale was 80 pages long, which led all parties involved to realize these stories had to be told now. Anything else would have felt like a rip-off for the fans”

Whenever I can get more LOST, I am game.  It’s nice to see that the fans are going to get the absolute best finale we can get.  Less than 2 weeks until it comes back!

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I know this is old news, but if you have a Mac, and it is on a Windows network, check out the icons that are used to represent Windows computers (click to enlarge).

Yes, that is the “blue screen of death”.

I opened the mail yesterday to find a letter from Best Buy saying that because I had bought an HD-DVD drive around a year ago or so, and since HD-DVD had essentially lost the HD format war,they were giving me a $50 gift card.  Now, I sold my HD-DVD player several months ago, so I made back some of the money.  But, I really was not expecting this.

My hat goes off to Best Buy for looking out for their customers.  They certainly didn’t have to do that, but I’m glad they did!

I love clever advertising. Here are some of the most original advertising ideas I have seen. Some of these are downright creepy, but creative nonetheless. Go to Adhunt to see tons more. Click each picture for the full-sized pic.

“Expose’” is a program on every Mac that lets you view all open applications at the same time. It makes every open window smaller so you can choose what you want to be the “active” window.

Well, if you ope EVERY program on your Mac (all 150 on this dude’s computer), and then run Expose, here is what it looks like.  Click to get the full-sized pic.

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I saw this a few months back over at Woot Shirt .  It is sold out as of now, but keep checking back.

Isn’t that freakin’ sweet? It’s called “Nobody’s Perfect”, and I think it is a darn cool t-shirt.

Any thoughts?

In honor of April Fool’s Day, make sure you check out Lifehacker’s Top 10 Harmless Geek Pranks. I have done a few of these, and they are great.  For example, this one is one of the best:

9. Fake a Desktop with Screenshot Wallpaper

Freak out your co-worker or family member by faking out their Windows desktop with an unclickable facade: Take a screenshot of their current desktop, then set it as the desktop wallpaper. Hide the actual taskbar and disable desktop icons (right-click the desktop and choose “Arrange Icons By” and uncheck “Show Desktop Icons.”) When your victim returns to the computer, watch the futile clicking begin.

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