This Robot Freaks Me Out
Imagine you are being chased down by this big honching running robot...
Google bought them recently, so expect some crazy things to come.
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External Hard Drive to Internal
Taking out Seagate Barrucuda from Backup Plus Drive
I needed to replace my 2TB drives in my Drobo with higher capacities. The cheapest name brand drives this holiday season all happened to be external hard drives. Seems internal drives command a 25% or more premium. Earlier during Cyber Monday week, I posted a few deals on external hard drives from Seagate which all happen to be Seagate Backup Plus drives.
The hard drives inside are actually Seagate Barracuda drives are sufficient for my light duty Drobo 5N NAS which I setup with dual drive redundancy.
Cyber Monday Sales - What I'm looking at
First off there's the Amazon Lightning deals all day long here.
Amazon's sister company Woot has a Woot off going on right now as well. New deals every few minutes as well - but honestly the deals don't look any better than usual woot-offs.
I'm still looking around online for deals that interest me, so I'll probably be posting throughout the day. Here are some cyber monday deals from some of my site sponsors.
Happy Thanksgiving now aka Early Black Friday!
Happy Thanksgiving! I appreciate the early Black Friday deals going on right now, and feel bad for the poor peopl waiting outside for a week to camp out in front of stores like Best Buy.
Lots of deals going on right now, and new Amazon Black Friday deals every few minutes
Here's a pretty good one from Microsoft Store’s Hot Black Friday Offers Today. Check out the Surface Tablet for $199 - which includes MS Office Home and Student edition with MS Outlook!
New Entry into Digital Pens on Regular Paper - Equil Jot
Equil JOT Smart Pen for iOS, OSX, Windows
I admit to only finding out about this morning; and only because I have been browsing Amazon's Black Friday deals. It looks really impressive in the demonstration and videos.
However, I see a few problems with it for me.
I would tend to want to use this a lot in meetings, and on the go as my Every Day Carry.
Xbox One In Stock @ Microsoft Store
Seems to be plenty. Choose from complete for $699.99 or the standard $499.
Complete bundle contents:
It includes an Xbox One console, Xbox Live 12-Month Gold Membership, Microsoft Complete for Xbox One, and your choice of two Xbox One games.
Best Buy Milpitas = Shop Elsewhere
The problem is customer service. They put themselves above customers - to them, its ingrained that the customer is always wrong. What they don't understand is, that I get much better service from other Best Buys, why would I bother going back? Me, who has been a Silver Rewards Plus Elite (whatever its called) member since the inception of the program.
In all, I'd say I've purchased on average 4 laptops, 6 cameras, 2 projectors, and recommended countless other items and business to Best Buy annually. If they counted the program by how much I spend with them, I'd have several years of premiere membership with them based on what I've purchased this year alone.
If its in stock at Best Buy, I usually try to get it there. Best Buy (and Fry's Electronics), are one of the few remaining brick and mortar shops that I'd like to see still in business.
JBL Bluetooth Speaker Lightshow Combo Spotted
It's going to retail for $199 and is a refreshing addition to the really crowded portable bluetooth speaker market now. It sounds decent, but the real unique thing about it is the lightshow, which is customizable and programmable (to some degree).
Post by Mikemuonline.
Jbl - Pulse Portable Bluetooth Speaker
Carrie Movie Coffee Shop Prank
Still in the spirit of Halloween, a Carrie prank gone viral to introduce the remake coming to theaters this Friday.
Samsung's $299 Smart Watch
Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch comes in 6 colors
Specifications and details directly on Samsung's Galaxy Gear for Note 3 site here.
Honestly, I wasn't all that interested in the watch, partly based on some early reviews.
GoPro Hero 3+ Adventures
I'm always impressed by the quality of GoPro videos when put in the hands of people who go out on adventures. Their latest release with the new GoPro HERO3+: Black Edition
The truth is, I have the 3 black edition, and its been very buggy for me. The times I try to use it, it just freezes up. Someone mentioned it could have something to do with the memory cards I'm using (Sandisk, Samsung) - but because of those failures I've not been able to get any fun footage from my Black edition.