Stuntman: Ignition
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, gaming | Leave a Comment
I’ve gotta say, I hate memorization games. Splinter Cell is something I don’t enjoy at all. Sneak around slowly, set off an alarm, start the level over but avoid the trigger you just found, hit a different trigger and start over. Argh! Stuntman Ignition is basically just a faster Splinter Cell. [...]
Read More..>>Online Price Guides for Comics & Action Figures
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, Fun | Leave a Comment
Most people from my age (or older) tend to have a box or two of old toys and comics stuffed away in an attic or basement somewhere. What we may not know is that some of the old ‘junk’ can be worth quite a bit of money. Personally I wasn’t much of a [...]
Read More..>>Gamesville
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, gaming | Leave a Comment
Free games can be found all over the internet, most of them Java or flash based. Pogo is one of the best/most popular and has a lot of games available even for the free users. Club Pogo is their paid version and costs around $40 a year. The subscription gives access to [...]
Read More..>>MORE Money?!
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under News, This Town | Leave a Comment
Now the Y’arc (Yarmouth Arts Regional Centre) needswants a new building, their current facility is getting very old and outdated. They’ve called for a public meeting on May 5, 2008 to discuss this. They needwant 8 million to build the new facility. At least they’ve been doing their own fund raising over [...]
Read More..>>Lock keeps Freezing
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Life, building | Leave a Comment
I’m glad winter is finally gone. Whenever we get really cold weather here, the deadbolt on our front door at home freezes shut and no amount of lock de-icing helps to break it. I have to take it apart from the inside dry it all out with a hair dryer and then everything [...]
Read More..>>I don’t buy Jewelry!
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment
People still have it in their heads that I run a pawn shop. My store has never been, and never will be, a pawn shop. We used to be a clearance center and would buy lots of different used items, but that was years ago, and even then we never pawned. In [...]
Read More..>>Flood of Sellers
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment
Since L&S Video closed up a week ago we’ve been seeing even more people bringing things in to sell. I guess I could use it to my advantage and pay less for things since now I’m the only one in town paying cash for movies & games now, but I do try to be [...]
Read More..>>Megaphone Rocks
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, Music | 1 Comment
One of the great things about the internet is how easy it is to find new and interesting music. New bands can put samples or even entire albums online for people to listen to for free, it’s one of the best ways to get your music heard. Today I’ve been listening to Megaphone, [...]
Read More..>>Window Coverings
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under shopping | Leave a Comment
We finally got around to putting up some new curtains in the house. 3 years with a bedsheet tacked up over the bedroom window was just a little too long. Being busy with the store, combined with a bit of laziness and being unable to find the right length curtains all added up [...]
Read More..>>My Computin’ Gear
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under computers, gadgets | Leave a Comment
After years of having ‘just ok’ computer gear to work with… well, I guess even what I have now isn’t overly special but it does get the job done and it’ll play any game I’ve thrown at it.
I’ve been using the same mid-tower case for the last 7 years or so, it’s sturdy and holds [...]
Finding Expired Domain Names
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, computers | Leave a Comment
If you have a presence on the web it’s important to get a good name that is easy to remember and preferably has something to do with your business. When I first set up our store website, gatorbyte.com was already taken, but gator-byte.com was available so I took it. I also could have [...]
Read More..>>Defective Returns
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment
One of my wholesalers has been sending out inventory lists lately of defective items. The items are store returns so some may not be defective at all, simply items that the customer didn’t like and decided to return. I’ve put in a couple of low bids on various loads but haven’t won any [...]
Read More..>>Almost got to Boston
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Life, Travel | Leave a Comment
Our last real vacation was 5 years ago now when we took a trip down to the states in March of ‘03. The sad thing is that I don’t even remember a lot of what we did. It wasn’t exactly the greatest time of year to travel though, but being the slow period [...]
Read More..>>More Competition Gone
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Business, This Town | Leave a Comment
Heard a rumor on Monday that one of the other video stores in town was closing up. We all know how rumors can be though, but after taking a drive by L&S Video that night it was confirmed. The store was completely empty except for the shelving. I’ve got no idea what [...]
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