CHESSNOID

Amazon failed me ** marvel comic omnibus update

CHESSNOID — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:42:17 +0000

Yes, this is the marvel comic omnibus update. It was too good to be true. I guess not if you were one of those who had their orders filled. Here is the lame Amazon email I received. Even though I shop a ton at Amazon, this is an example of poor customer service.

Hello,

Our records indicate you recently ordered ‘Fantastic Four Omnibus, Vol. 1 (v. 1)
The Incredible Hulk Omnibus, Vol. 1 (v. 1)
The X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1
Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1
Secret Wars Omnibus
Tomb Of Dracula Omnibus Volume 1 HC Variant (v. 1)
Wolverine Omnibus, Vol. 1
Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus Volume 1 HC Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic Cover
The Ultimates Omnibus
Daredevil Omnibus, Vol. 1
The Death of Captain America Omnibus
Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Omnibus, Vol. 2
Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1
Madman Gargantua (Madman Comics)’. Unfortunately, due to a pricing error, we sold many more than expected. In fact, we completely sold out — we don’t have any in stock right now, and we’re not even sure if we’ll be able to get more.

As a result, we’ve had to cancel your order. I realize this is disappointing news, and I’m so sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

You may want to check our website from time to time to see if this item is available. If anyone is selling it, you’ll see a “More Buying Choices” box on the product detail page; if it’s not available from any sellers, you might see an “Order it used” or “Alert me” link. “Order it used” allows you to place a pre-order for the item in case another seller lists the item for sale later. “Alert me” allows you to sign up so we can e-mail you when Amazon has stock available for purchase.

I’m sorry I don’t have better news. We hope to see you again soon even though we sucked.

I added that last sentence in for them. On the bright side, I saved $150.

HP Slate gadget is cool

CHESSNOID — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:13:19 +0000

Technology is getting insane. I am sure we have all seen the Ipad commercials, but have you seen the HP Slate gadget. These 2 youtube videos are cool to watch and makes me want to wait and see what else will come out before getting another computer. It looks just like the Ipad and can handle flash applications and hopefully it will have usb ports.

HP Slate video

Adobe Flash on HP Slate video

Great Dell netbook deals out there

CHESSNOID — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:46 +0000

I am not in the market for a netbook but I check out Slickdeals daily to see if there are cheap things I can pick up on sale. They have serious power shoppers there so might as well take advantage of their experience.

This latest deal is amazing from Dell. Buy a laptop or netbook, and you get a 10 inch netbook for $149 extra. Well, one of the people on this forum was able to buy one netbook for $249 and a second netbook for $149. Basically, you end up with two brand new Dell netbooks for $200 each. If you do Bing, then you can get an extra 10% cash back for $40 which reduces your cost to $180 a piece.

Here are the specs and link:

2x (Two) Dell Mini 10v Netbooks: Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, WiFi G, Webcam, 10.1″ (1024×600) Screen, Win XP Home, 3-Cell Battery $411

Dell Home is offering a Dell Mini 10v netbook for $149 with a purchase or anynotebook or netbook PC, making an order of 2 Dell Mini 10v netbooks $398 + $13 S/H = $411. Thanks notorius

Specs (on each netbook):

Intel Atom Processor N280 (1.66GHz/667MHz FSB/512K cache)
1GB DDR2 SDRAM
10.1″ Widescreen Display (1024×600)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
160GB, 2.5inch, 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Wireless 802.11g (1397) Mini Card
Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
24WHr Lithium-Ion Battery (3-cell)
Genuine Windows XP Home Edition SP3
1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan

Oscar diet coke song Sweet Disposition

CHESSNOID — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:50:38 +0000

Yeah, I watched the Oscars too and thought this song on the diet coke commercial was very catchy. I looked it up and listened to the whole song and thought it was really good. Here is the youtube video of the band The Temper Trap singing their song Sweet Disposition.

The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

The amazing thing is their whole album is downloadable for only $2.99 at Amazon.com:

Oscar night winners

CHESSNOID — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:53:52 +0000

Tonight, the Academy Awards is on and my wife and I will have our separate ballots to see who can guess the most correctly. We have seen all ten best film nominees. My favorite is Avatar and do hope it wins. I did not like the Hurt Locker like so many others. I guess it is just a matter of taste. Just so you know, my wife beats me at this contest every year. One year, she almost predicted every winner correctly and missed on only two categories. And she didn’t even watch all the movies that year.

The other movies I did enjoy were Up in the Air and Fantastic Mr Fox both with George Clooney, Up, and the Blind Side with Sandra Bullock. Fantastic Mr Fox is an animation and so is Up, but they are both nominated in different categories.

Anyways, the awards show should be pretty good since Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards. I just watched both these actors in a recent movie called It’s Complicated. It is a good funny movie.

Marvel comic book Omnibus on sale

CHESSNOID — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:28:55 +0000

OK, first of all, I haven’t read any comics in a couple of years. I have a ton of them in storage all bagged and boarded in comic boxes. I read on slickdeals this morning about some Marvel comic book omnibus which are big hard cover books collecting a series of comics. These are not collector type of books, but are usually sold retail about $100 each. You can probably get them on ebay for $40-$60 each, but they are so heavy that shipping adds up.

This slickdeal had these omnibus books for $8.24 with free shipping. So, I talked to my wife about them and she convinced me to get them. I ordered a few of them for my personal collection and wound up spending close to $150 on these books. Some of them sold out, but if you like reading comics without paying collector prices and reading a complete storyline, these might be for you.

After the order was put in, I did feel a bit giddy. These are big brand new books with hopefully high quality printing. I don’t think I have purchased anything in a while that made me feel this way. These books won’t ship for another 2-3 weeks and they are coming straight from Amazon.com.

***Update: looks like the sale is over and all the books are back to the $62 to $100 range. The forums say this was a computer glitch so I am not sure if I will get these books. We already reciived confirmation emails but I will let you know in a few weeks to see if Amazon honors the deal.

Microsoft Courier cool gadget

CHESSNOID — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:40:44 +0000

I remember seeing this a few months ago on engadget’s website. They had a cool video on what it would look like and do. It looked very cool and user friendly. It’s back in the news again so hopefully they will have more details on its operating system, usb, and adobe flash compatibility. I was a bit disappointed by what I have seen with the ipad. Don’t get me wrong, those are cool gadgets too, but they just seem like a bigger screen Ipod Touch and not too much more.

Microsoft “Courier” secret tablet