You know you want a Snuggie, it’s the hot new blanket/cloak thing that makes you feel like you were raped by a wizard. You can use the link below to get in on the buy one get one free deal right now! And if you’re in Chicago this is your chance to get your Snuggie before the Snuggie Pub Crawl!!
On 02.28.09, In Random, By AC Slater
On 02.27.09, In Technology, By AC Slater
I recieved my Creative Vado HD mini video camera in the mail yesterday and was immediately impressed by how small it was. When we were at Best Buy on Tuesday I played around with the Flip Mino (I dont think it was the HD version) and it seemed bigger than what I thought it was going to be and I didn’t like the slick feel of it. I was hoping the Vado would be a little smaller and it is. In comparison it’s about a 1/2″ shorter than my iPhone and like a 1/4″ thinner (width), it is a tiny bit thicker as far as depth is concerned, but that’s not an issue. It’s also extremely light and much lighter than the iPhone. Ok so I am impressed with the overall size and feel of the Vado, but what about the performance.
I will admit I haven’t done all the testing I want to do yet, but I wanted to write this piece to get it up for the weekend. I will do some more testing this weekend, particularly comparing the video of my Canon HV30 to the Vado HD in terms of quality. Granted I know the HV30 is going to be much better, I’m still curious to see what results. With what testing I have done (video of my apartment and my office) I am impressed with the Vado in well lit situations. It handles low light and backlight a little weird and darkens out the subject the foreground. It’s not a deal killer for me as I can add a light if I really need to light a room, but it would be nice to have some sort of night vision feature or just better handling in low light. The video in good lighting is incredible. I haven’t had any experience with the Flip or other competitors in this market, but I am very happy with the quality of video that this camera produces.
On 02.26.09, In Food, By AC Slater
Earlier in the week a coupon appeared online from Quiznos offering a free small sub. There was no catch and the only restrictions were that it had to be a value sub or a signature sub. You didn’t have to purchase anything else and the coupon only stated that tax may have to be paid. Still, .50 cents for a $4 sub isn’t bad.
Now I haven’t gone to Quiznos in a long time since they killed off the meatball sub, but apparently they brought it back recently and armed with a free coupon there was no reason not to pick up a sub for lunch on Monday. So I print out the coupon and head to Quiznos.
I always get a little leary of these free coupons for stuff thinking that the store in my area isn’t going to be one of the participating stores, or that the coupon was fake. I figured the coupon was real as it came from a legitimate Quiznos owned website, so no worries there, but would they really just take a piece of paper and hand me a sub?
I walked in and showed the guy behind the counter the coupon, before I even ordered anything, and asked if they accept these. He looked at it for a couple seconds just to read the stipulations of the deal and then said no problem. So I ordered 2 small meatball subs. I got 2 because the small just isn’t enough food. I paid for 1 of them and the other was completely free. The cashier didn’t even check my id, he read that part of the coupon and laughed and just slid it in his drawer.
So my experience with the million free subs coupon from Quiznos was perfect, but I can’t say as much for the sandwich itself. I’ve gotten overcooked meatballs from subway before, but never Quiznos, but these were disgusting. The meatballs were so burnt and nasty I could barely finish 1 of the subs let alone both. So while I did get my free sub, it was fucking disgusting and may have turned me off to Quiznos for a long time.
I’ve also read a bunch of complaints on The Consumerist about certain locations not accepting the coupons at all or making you buy a drink/chips in order to get the free sub. Some stores were even offering $2 off instead of the free sub. Now in my eyes this is ridiculous. It’s a corporate issued coupon that the head offices should reimburse the store for anyways. But apparently Quiznos corporate has a tendancy not to reimburse the franchises for coupons, which is also ridiculous. Whyveould you run this huge promotion where you’re trying to give away a million subs and then screw your franchise owners by not reimbursing them? Sounds like corporate is to blame for this fiasco. They should have notified each store and let them know what they were soon here and assured them that they would be reimbursed.
So this is just a warning, some stores will honor the coupon no problem, but other stores will give you a hard time and refuse. And technically it’s within their rights to refuse since the coupon does state that it’s only valid at participating locations… So be prepared to deal with rude managers/employees that don’t want to honor the coupon.
Did anyone else try to take advantage of this offer? What was your experience like, leave us a comment.
On 02.25.09, In Video Games, By AC Slater
Valve released a patch for the Xbox360 version of Left 4 Dead last night and it looks like it fixes a good amount of problems. I hope they fixed some of the instant kill spots on some of the maps, especially the finale on No Mercy. I also hope they fixed the ability to move shot in front of doors, manholes, etc, blocking the way through. Below is everything they fixed (sorry for the formatting, I’m on my iPhone and will fix it later tonight)
General
-Fixed survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only
-Fixed a class of survivorbot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players
-Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch
-Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises
-Fixed mini-gun physics exploit
-Fixed propane tanks ( and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators
-Fixed rare achievement bug issues
-Fixed several map exploits
More Changes after the jump
On 02.25.09, In TV, By AC Slater
The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Locke (as Jeremy Bentham) takes a fateful mission off the island.
This is the episode we’ve all been waiting for. What exactly happened to Locke after he left the island, why did he kill himself, how did he kill himself and what happened to lead up to these events. I’m really looking forward to this one.
