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  SteveO 10:13 pm on March 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  Video post – Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock in San Jose – MMA Strikeforce 

  Hi all,
  Sorry, not really a review, but I didn’t use my Sony HD camcorder and my plasma.
  Anyway, if anyone is interested in MMA, UFC, KickBoxing, etc., there was a great fight on March 29 down in San Jose. It was Cung Le vs. legend Frank Shamrock. It was a grueling and action packed 3 rounds. Check out the video:

  Update: Apr 1, 2008. YouTube pulled my video so I no longer have it up on their site. I’m going to try to host it on my blog, so please let me know if you can’t view it:

  
  The video player shows that the video is over 9 min (not sure why), but it’s only about 5 min.

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  SteveO 10:08 pm on March 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  Amazon.com tips 

  i order A LOT of goodies from Amazon and as a Prime member, I always get free 2nd day shipping (which mostly means I get it my goods next day as they ship from Reno). Anyway, I thought I’d pass along some tips to get the most out of Amazon.

  1. If you frequently buy online, you should really consider Amazon as your first destination. And if so, sign up for Prime. Many don’t know this, but you can add up to 4 “relatives” to share your Prime account. If you’re considering doing this, ask them to pitch in $15 – $20 each which makes your cost about the same. This will pay itself off in a handful of orders. Warning: with Prime, you may spend more on Amazon that you’d like – yes, it’s just that convenient.
  2. Amazon often fluctuates it prices daily. Yes it’s true. And they also provide a 30 day price protection policy. Again, not many people know this. Here’s what I do. When I find an item I’m interested in purchasing, I’ll add it to my cart and if I don’t need it immediately, I’ll wait maybe a week or two to see if the price changes. To do this, just check your cart daily (or frequently) to see if the price does change. When it does, you’ll see a yellow note at the top of your cart stating which items in your cart have either increased or decreased in price. If the item has decreased, great, purchase it now. But wait, you might have added several items to your cart and you certainly don’t want to purchase everything right now. To fix this, click on the “Save for later” buttons for each item you don’t want to purchase right now. This way, they’re still in your cart, but essentially it’s in a backup cart that won’t be used for checkout. If you did end up purchasing the item instead of waiting a couple weeks, make sure you add it back to your cart and use this method to track it’s price for a month. If you notice the price drop, call Amazon at 800.201.7575 and press option #7. Have your order number ready and tell the CSR that the item you just purchased is now selling for a lower price and you’d like to get an adjustment. They’ll do it no questions asked. The 30 days starts once you receive the product, not the date the order is placed. My best price match: I once bought a pair of Nikon binoculars for $149.88, then literally the next day it dropped to $69.88 for a couple hours. I was completely lucky to catch this drop, but ended up saving $80 on the transaction. Sweet.

  I currently have a couple hundred items in my backup cart, mostly because I’m too lazy to go and remove something after 30 days, but I like to see the yellow boxes so I leave them in. After awhile, you’ll start to see trends on Amazon’s pricing. Anyway, hope this helps and good luck shopping!

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    Ann 10:59 am on April 2, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    Sweet! Thanks for the shopping tips!

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  SteveO 1:41 am on February 5, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  The new “The Catch” 

  If you didn’t catch the Superbowl this weekend, you missed a great game! Well, maybe a GREAT 4th quarter. I kinda wanted to witness the Patriots pull off the perfect season, but it’s not really fair to see such talent all on one team (Brady, Moss, Bruschi, Seau, etc). Somehow the NY Yankees come to mind. Anyway, I wanted the Giants to win so I was impressed with their solid defense and how they kept the Patriots at bay and pressured Brady constantly. Well, when it came down to the last 5 minutes of the game, NE scored making the score 14-10 NE. Here comes Eli Manning with all their timeouts. He built an impressive drive with a couple 3rd down and longs and a 4th and 1. With 1:15 left in the game, 3rd and 5, Eli somehow manages to break out of at least 2 Patriots’ grasp, broke free, and chucked the ball maybe 40+ yards to David Tyree who had 4 Pats surrounding him. Check out the video:
  

  Sorry for the poor quality – I video taped this from my HDV Sony pointed at my plasma. Yes, I do have some video-in hardware, but didn’t want to set all that up to capture a 2 min clip. Oh, and you should turn up the volume as mine wasn’t loud enough when I taped the TV.

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  SteveO
   
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  SteveO 2:07 am on February 3, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  More reviews upcoming 

  So in addition to electronic gadgets, I’m also into R/C cars, buggies, and trucks. I recently purchased a Traxxas Bandit VXL and dropped in a Mamba Max brushless motor. I’m still tweaking it to hit max speed, but I’ve speed-gunned it at 60MPH and next I’ll strap on my Garmin GPS to get the satellite’s to help me out. I’ll post some videos and pics soon. But in the meantime, you can view my Associated RC10t jumping over my 1989 Honda Civic:
  An my RC18T with an onboard 5in1 eDVR camera (sorry – it’s a little grainy and bumpy):
  

  Enjoy!
  SteveO