How to lose customers and erode your unique selling point.

... still paying your subscription. That's not only a reduction in functionality (though apparently at a lower pricepoint, but we'll get to that in a second) it's also not actually simpler . Having to ...I'd rather have the CD quality audio and physical media package than a bunch of MP3s at the same pricepoint. The only conclusion I can come to is that the people running Napster are utter tools who, ...

Anthem "Live Immortal" DVD review

.../modern sound (doesn't sound old/dated), no specific subgenres. Good: + Great tracklist: every song's a winner, nothing to skip. No ballads! + You get your money's worth: average Japanese DVD pricepoint for a 1.5-hour concert and nearly an hour of bonuses. + Solid and professional: skillful, energetic performance; quality, no-nonsense production. + No nasty surprises: if you like Anthem, you'll ...

New Announcements and My Take on the State of the Market

... detail loss at high ISO, no HD video). Canon should also bring in a baby FF body, bringing back the original 5D with updated processing (think 3fps, 12MP, 3″ LCD, HD video) at the same pricepoint as the A850. For consumer stuff the T1i is excellent, the XSi pretty darned good, the XS is a total dog and should be dropped from the line, a body that badly crippled should never have been released. ...

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I see this driving into Aalst all the time and it always cracks me up. Referring, of course, to this . In other news I got a new phone, an LG KP501, aka the "Cookie". Basically a lowest pricepoint touchscreen with a camera phone and so on. The photo above was taken with it. Nice to have a modern phone finally; I went to buy a memory card for it today and the store I went to was out of ...

Columbus Restaurant Week Gift Card Giveaway

... of your favorite independently-owned local restaurants are offering discounted fixed-price menus at $20.09 and $30.09 pricepoints. Some restaurants are even doing dinner-for-two at the $20.09 pricepoint, so there should be options available for just about any budget! Anyway, all of the details and menus and information about Columbus Restaurant Week can be found on the Dine Originals website ...

A wee huey!

... helicopters can be pretty huge.  I can't justify the usage of space! So I was happy to discover the Dragonfly XH1, from the live-action movie line.  It comes in a small box at the $25 pricepoint.  I spotted it yesterday, decided to think on it, and today after picking up new comics ( Secret Six volume 1 TPB hooray!) we ended up back at that same Target, and I thought what the hell.  Impulse ...

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... of teeth.  His clawed hands beg to be posed melodramatically, like a creature of the night.  His bio says "detective" but his appearance says "i wanna eat your brains."  He's not a bad Scout ($8 pricepoint).  When I first transformed him, trying to opne up his trunk gave me such a pinch.  Ow!  So I do have a sorta Pavlovian aversion to transforming him, even though I've managed to avoid injury ...

falling prey to the commercial world is fun

... under my radar? apparently there was a test run released in Phoenix, AZ and they sold like hotcakes (well they're less than $10, and the playsets are around $20 or less-so it's a GOOD pricepoint for a toy) they're supposed to be hitting stores this week into next-so what are the chances of me getting my car back and finding the grail electronic hamster? HAHAHAHAAAAA oh yeah that's funny... can ...

... will do both of these through stocking a few copies of less common fare and monitoring the rate at which they're purchased before re-stocking accordingly). Add to this the fact that HMVs pricepoint ranges from perpetual sales on the usual suspects and frankly ridiculous costs for anything else and very few people should be celebrating the fact that there's now almost noone else to buy from when ...

Fox F100RLC Fork and Tools

Not long ago I secured purchase of a new fork for my bike, a slightly-used 2008 Fox Racing Shox F100RLC air spring fork. This should be quite an upgrade from the RockShox Dart 3 coil spring fork that came on my bike. Since I am going to have the steering bits of the bike apart, I also decided to replace the headset at the same time. After some reserach I went with a ...