Hello All,
Steam is having a Halloween sale on lots and lots of games. Good deals to be had, but they end on 10/31 at midnight so time is running out. You can find the deals here.
Later,
John
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Deal of the Day - 8/3/12
Hello All,
Today only, Woot is selling a Sony Android tablet for $265 shipped to your door. This is a great price for a nice Android tablet. This tablet has 32Gb of space and is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It also has a SDHC slot that you can add up to an additional 32Gb of more space. There are additional features if you have a PS3 or PSP.
You can find reviews here, here, and here.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Today only, Woot is selling a Sony Android tablet for $265 shipped to your door. This is a great price for a nice Android tablet. This tablet has 32Gb of space and is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It also has a SDHC slot that you can add up to an additional 32Gb of more space. There are additional features if you have a PS3 or PSP.
You can find reviews here, here, and here.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Deal of the Day - 7/25/12
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
New Macbook Pros and MacBook Airs
Hello All,
New Apple products were announced yesterday and here is my take. Unless you are a gamer, photographer, or into heavy image editing or manipulation, get a Macbook Air. Apple reduced the price of the 13" model, the one you should buy, down to $1199. This machine is lightweight, quiet, and has between 5-7 hours of battery life.
The 13" Macbook Pro is also $1199, which is a heck of a deal for the money. Compared to the Air you get a faster machine, a DVD drive, a larger hard drive, but a much heavier machine. If you want the portability though, the Air is impossible to beat, and if you do not want the portability you should buy an iMac and get a faster machine for about the same price.
If you are any of those people I listed to start this article I would recommend a 15 or 17" macbook pro. Either the 2011 model on clearance, or the 2012 models are both solid, depending on your budget. MacMall is blowing out 2011, 17" models right now, but the rest of their prices on last years models are nothing special. I would check Apple Refurbished before you make a purchase, here is the link for MacBook Pros, and for MacBook Airs.
Lastly, check with the local college if you have any affiliation. They usually have a fair number of the last years laptops for a big discount, and you get a free printer/scanner/copier when you make an educational purchase.
Good luck,
John
New Apple products were announced yesterday and here is my take. Unless you are a gamer, photographer, or into heavy image editing or manipulation, get a Macbook Air. Apple reduced the price of the 13" model, the one you should buy, down to $1199. This machine is lightweight, quiet, and has between 5-7 hours of battery life.
The 13" Macbook Pro is also $1199, which is a heck of a deal for the money. Compared to the Air you get a faster machine, a DVD drive, a larger hard drive, but a much heavier machine. If you want the portability though, the Air is impossible to beat, and if you do not want the portability you should buy an iMac and get a faster machine for about the same price.
If you are any of those people I listed to start this article I would recommend a 15 or 17" macbook pro. Either the 2011 model on clearance, or the 2012 models are both solid, depending on your budget. MacMall is blowing out 2011, 17" models right now, but the rest of their prices on last years models are nothing special. I would check Apple Refurbished before you make a purchase, here is the link for MacBook Pros, and for MacBook Airs.
Lastly, check with the local college if you have any affiliation. They usually have a fair number of the last years laptops for a big discount, and you get a free printer/scanner/copier when you make an educational purchase.
Good luck,
John
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Deal of the Day - 5/22/12
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Deal of the Day - 5/17/12
Hello All,
First off, happy birthday to Erik Odden and Brian Giegerich today. 33 is a cruel mistress. Now on to the good stuff.
NewEgg is selling a refurbished Logitech Revue for $74 shipped to your door. It does a lot of cool things, Youtube, Netflix, Pandora, web browsing, Google App store, etc. But the thing that I am excited about is you can also use it as a SlingBox for free. You can find reviews here, here, and here but just pick one up, you will be happy with it.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
First off, happy birthday to Erik Odden and Brian Giegerich today. 33 is a cruel mistress. Now on to the good stuff.
NewEgg is selling a refurbished Logitech Revue for $74 shipped to your door. It does a lot of cool things, Youtube, Netflix, Pandora, web browsing, Google App store, etc. But the thing that I am excited about is you can also use it as a SlingBox for free. You can find reviews here, here, and here but just pick one up, you will be happy with it.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Deal of the Day 9May12
Ladies and Gents,
I present a sweet deal: 7" Galaxy Tab 2 for $232 (once you include shipping to WI)
Wifi-only, but this thing is way better then the nearly equally-priced Fire. It will probably go fast. I just bought one myself. For those of you who value normal John's commentary on these things, seek help.
John:
yeah, this is a nerd thing
probably perfect as a mom's day gift
nerdy enough for the guys if the wife does not want it
but small enough to sneak in a purse
if Laura did not have a kindle I would buy her one
It's fun to guest post. Of course, I know I'm only allowed since I'm a John. (A way cooler, German version). Couldn't stick with the date format for posts, though, Middle-endian is pure fail.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Deal of the Day - 4/24/12
Hello All,
First off, Happy birthday to Brad Wagner. I know it is early but I doubt I will find another deal between now and your birthday.
Once again it is time for a woot-off. Woot,wine.woot, home.woot, and kids.woot are all participating today. Good luck landing the BOC. I scored one the last time, and I have to say it really was crap. The only thing I got that was actually useful was a tee-shirt. But I guess you never know what you are going to get, and that is the fun of woot and the BOC.
Later,
John
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Deal of the Day - 2/21/12
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Deal of the Day #2 - 2/16/12
Hello All,
Another quick deal that both Terry and Josh would both approve. Barnes and Noble is selling the Harry Potter complete film set, on Blu-Ray for $59.49 plus tax. Use coupon code A8N7K7X to get the lower price. You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Another quick deal that both Terry and Josh would both approve. Barnes and Noble is selling the Harry Potter complete film set, on Blu-Ray for $59.49 plus tax. Use coupon code A8N7K7X to get the lower price. You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Deal of the Day - 2/16/12
Hello All,
Happy Belated Birthday to Terry and Josh. Sorry not to hit you up on your actual birthday guys, but there were no good deals yesterday. Today though, there is a great deal. Woot is selling a refurbished 32GB Toshiba Thrive tablet for $324.95 shipped to your door. That is a lot of tablet for a little bit of money. You can read an old post I wrote on it here. The price difference is due to the doubling of the space on the tablet.
You can find the deal here.
Later,
John
Happy Belated Birthday to Terry and Josh. Sorry not to hit you up on your actual birthday guys, but there were no good deals yesterday. Today though, there is a great deal. Woot is selling a refurbished 32GB Toshiba Thrive tablet for $324.95 shipped to your door. That is a lot of tablet for a little bit of money. You can read an old post I wrote on it here. The price difference is due to the doubling of the space on the tablet.
You can find the deal here.
Later,
John
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Deal of the Day - 2/11/12
Hello All,
Woot is selling an Philips Touch Screen MP3 Player for $94.99 shipped to your door. It is basically an iPod Touch but running Android 2.3 instead of iOS 5. The one potentially negative big difference is that it does not have a camera at all. It does have an FM radio though as a positive difference over the iPod Touch. The unit has positive reviews, which you can see here and a negative main stream review which you can find here. The negative review seemed to be based mostly on price, which this deals price is about half of what it was when the unit was first released. This deal is about $40 cheaper than the same thing on Amazon.
You can find the deal here.
Later,
John
Woot is selling an Philips Touch Screen MP3 Player for $94.99 shipped to your door. It is basically an iPod Touch but running Android 2.3 instead of iOS 5. The one potentially negative big difference is that it does not have a camera at all. It does have an FM radio though as a positive difference over the iPod Touch. The unit has positive reviews, which you can see here and a negative main stream review which you can find here. The negative review seemed to be based mostly on price, which this deals price is about half of what it was when the unit was first released. This deal is about $40 cheaper than the same thing on Amazon.
You can find the deal here.
Later,
John
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Deal of the Day #2 - 2/2/12
Deal of the Day - 2/2/12
Hello All,
Happy belated birthday Farrah, there were no good deals yesterday or you would have gotten a shout out on your actual birthday. Happy Groundhog Day to everyone. Right now is the best time to buy a HDTV and boy do I have a deal for you. Best Buy is selling a Sharp 42" 1080P LCD HDTV for $329.99. That is crazy low for a nice brand name TV. We have the same TV just about 2 years older and it was $450 on sale. These are very good basic TVs. They do not have all of the bells and whistles like netflix built in, or PIP, but I have never used PIP on the TV we have that has it and I have a Roku box hooked to the Sharp and that works great. I bet these sell out so move quickly if you want one. The sale should go through Saturday. You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Happy belated birthday Farrah, there were no good deals yesterday or you would have gotten a shout out on your actual birthday. Happy Groundhog Day to everyone. Right now is the best time to buy a HDTV and boy do I have a deal for you. Best Buy is selling a Sharp 42" 1080P LCD HDTV for $329.99. That is crazy low for a nice brand name TV. We have the same TV just about 2 years older and it was $450 on sale. These are very good basic TVs. They do not have all of the bells and whistles like netflix built in, or PIP, but I have never used PIP on the TV we have that has it and I have a Roku box hooked to the Sharp and that works great. I bet these sell out so move quickly if you want one. The sale should go through Saturday. You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Friday, January 27, 2012
Deal of the Day - 1/27/12
Hello All,
I would like to start this post by wishing a Happy Birthday to my wife, Laura. Woot also decided to wish you a Happy Birthday by having good deals on HP TouchPad tablets. You can get the 32GB for $224.99, the 16GB sold out already. I picked up one of these when HP blew them out, and for the money they are totally worth it. WebOS is easy to use, and you can install Android on them if you really want to. I have not yet done that to mine as it works well enough with WebOS. More pluses, you can plug it into any computer and move content onto and off of it, the speakers are the best I have heard in a tablet device, and if it breaks because of your kid dropping it at least you are not out $500 for an iPad. You can find reviews here and here.
You can buy one here.
Later,
John
I would like to start this post by wishing a Happy Birthday to my wife, Laura. Woot also decided to wish you a Happy Birthday by having good deals on HP TouchPad tablets. You can get the 32GB for $224.99, the 16GB sold out already. I picked up one of these when HP blew them out, and for the money they are totally worth it. WebOS is easy to use, and you can install Android on them if you really want to. I have not yet done that to mine as it works well enough with WebOS. More pluses, you can plug it into any computer and move content onto and off of it, the speakers are the best I have heard in a tablet device, and if it breaks because of your kid dropping it at least you are not out $500 for an iPad. You can find reviews here and here.
You can buy one here.
Later,
John
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Deal of the Day - 1/19/12
Hello All,
The woot-off is still going, which is crazy. This is the longest woot-off I have ever seen. I predict the BOC will drop sometime mid afternoon, I am going to say 2:30pm Central time. On to the deal.
Costco is selling the E-PL1 with two lenses, a case, and a 4GB card for $379.99. This camera is a great micro 4/3rds camera and at a remarkable price. This camera would be great for someone looking to get into photography, someone who wants something about the size of a pocket camera - but with much better quality, or a serious photographer that is looking for a smaller and cheaper second camera to take with them places. I could go on and on about this camera, and the 4/3rds standard, but I will let pros speak for the camera. You can read more here, here, and here.
You can find this deal here.
Lastly, if you are not a costco member you can do this.
Later,
John
The woot-off is still going, which is crazy. This is the longest woot-off I have ever seen. I predict the BOC will drop sometime mid afternoon, I am going to say 2:30pm Central time. On to the deal.
Costco is selling the E-PL1 with two lenses, a case, and a 4GB card for $379.99. This camera is a great micro 4/3rds camera and at a remarkable price. This camera would be great for someone looking to get into photography, someone who wants something about the size of a pocket camera - but with much better quality, or a serious photographer that is looking for a smaller and cheaper second camera to take with them places. I could go on and on about this camera, and the 4/3rds standard, but I will let pros speak for the camera. You can read more here, here, and here.
You can find this deal here.
Lastly, if you are not a costco member you can do this.
Later,
John
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Deal of the Day - 1/18/12
Hello All,
The woot-off is still going strong today on most of the woot sites. If you do not know about it, you can check it out here. In addition to that Sellout.woot is selling a Toshiba HD camcorder for $64.99 shipped to your door. This little HD camcorder is perfect for parents and children as it is cheap enough that you will not care if it breaks, it is waterproof to 6.5 feet, and it has a HDMI out so it is easy to hook up to a TV. You can find some reviews here, and here and you can view sample video here. One last thing, this camcorder is $65, do not expect mind blowing HD video, but in good light and in places where it might get wet or wreck a better camcorder, it will work really well.
You can find this deal here. I would recommend buying this for it right away as well, so you can record video when it gets to your house.
We bought a Kodak PlaySport Zx3 before we had our daughter, and it is basically the same thing. It is waterproof to 10 feet, but outside of that they are very similar. We bought that model over the newer Zx5 as the Zx3 has an interchangeable battery. The Toshiba has that as well and is about $50 cheaper, so I would buy this if I were in the market.
Lastly, happy birthday to the not so little Andrew Kettner, man has this year flown by.
Later,
John
The woot-off is still going strong today on most of the woot sites. If you do not know about it, you can check it out here. In addition to that Sellout.woot is selling a Toshiba HD camcorder for $64.99 shipped to your door. This little HD camcorder is perfect for parents and children as it is cheap enough that you will not care if it breaks, it is waterproof to 6.5 feet, and it has a HDMI out so it is easy to hook up to a TV. You can find some reviews here, and here and you can view sample video here. One last thing, this camcorder is $65, do not expect mind blowing HD video, but in good light and in places where it might get wet or wreck a better camcorder, it will work really well.
You can find this deal here. I would recommend buying this for it right away as well, so you can record video when it gets to your house.
We bought a Kodak PlaySport Zx3 before we had our daughter, and it is basically the same thing. It is waterproof to 10 feet, but outside of that they are very similar. We bought that model over the newer Zx5 as the Zx3 has an interchangeable battery. The Toshiba has that as well and is about $50 cheaper, so I would buy this if I were in the market.
Lastly, happy birthday to the not so little Andrew Kettner, man has this year flown by.
Later,
John
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Deal of the Day - 1/17/12
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Deal of the Day - 1/5/12
Hello All,
The hot tech product right now is tablets, everyone wants one. If you are everyone then today is a good day for you. Woot is selling refurbished Toshiba Thrive tablets for $285 shipped to your door. This is a great tablet for anyone who is not married to Apple, or just wants a good general use tablet. A couple of highlights where it beats the 16GB iPad.
The hot tech product right now is tablets, everyone wants one. If you are everyone then today is a good day for you. Woot is selling refurbished Toshiba Thrive tablets for $285 shipped to your door. This is a great tablet for anyone who is not married to Apple, or just wants a good general use tablet. A couple of highlights where it beats the 16GB iPad.
- Built in GPS
- User replaceable battery
- Full set of ports - USB, HDMI, mini USB, and SD card slot
If I did not have an iPad already I would be buying one of these tablets. You can read a solid review here. You can find this deal here.
As a bonus, if this you are nervous about refurbished, or do not like Toshiba, I would suggest the new Sony S Tablet. The price just dropped to $399 and it is another solid tablet. If you have a Sony TV or a PS3 then this is really the tablet for you. You can read about it here, and buy it here.
Happy 3 month Birthday to my little peanut :-).
Later,
John
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