The more astute among you may have noticed that while we usually run this every two weeks, we skipped an installment without explanation last week. The potential excuses are as numerous as they are varied, and include such classics as “my dog ate my web server,” “I was abducted by wolves” and “Viggo Mortensen.” Alas, none of these are the true reason: there are no dogs in our server closet; I was abducted by wolves but it was just some wolf fraternity prank; and Viggo Mortensen is just fun to say. No, the real reason is simply that we’re not very bright and lost track of time. So with that out of the way…
Stingy Students has a well-researched piece on the best places to buy textbooks online. I’d also add Bookmooch to the list, as long as you have a little lead time. (See my previous post on Bookmooch here.) They also have a scheme for getting 2 CDs and $11 by jumping through some hoops. Probably a little more trouble than I’d go through, but everyone wants 2 CDs–at least that’s what I told the judge.
Trisha at Omiru has found her 5 favorite graphic tees. They’re quite nice, although the idea of spending money for T-shirts when they seem to fall from the sky like rain puzzles me slightly. What’s that? You care about how you look and don’t want to walk around in a NerdCon ‘04 T-shirt with 18 different corporate logos on the back? Well, fine, to each his own. Scott at Dirty Mechanism would say go with the nice shirt.
Tony at ProductCritic notes that CNET has listed their top 6 cell phones of 2006, and points out that it wasn’t a great year for cell phones when one of the top ones gets a 7.3 out of 10.
You may remember bobbarama’s post on why men hate shopping from our last carnival; Mad Kane has a collaboration/response in the form of a quiz to take to determine if it’s safe to go shopping with your mate. My advice: stay home, shop online. Use Become. In fact, hell, just write me a check. I’ll bring you back something nice.
I’d love to keep going, but here come the wolves again. Seriously guys: whatever happened to goldfish swallowing and panty raids? When did it become about gnawing off peoples’ legs?
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