Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under guitar two, best buy, lileks, electric guitar, ordeal, bum, dishwasher, hard drives, microwave, saga, vacuum, tvs, cy, ceo | 
Ever get stuck with a bum appliance? Ever been told it has to fail four times before the store will replace it? Sounds crazy, right? But it happened to James Lileks, a writer who took the time to scribe an open letter to the CEO of Best Buy detailing his ordeal.In the letter Lileks describes his prior purchasing record with the company ("fridge, the dishwasher, three coffeemakers, a microwave, a vacuum, an electric guitar, two TVs, four hard drives, and innumerable other items"), and the ...
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Posted by on under eager public, windows history, memory lane, trip down, saga, few days, ing, microsoft |
In just a few days, Microsoft at long last will officially release Windows 7 to an eager public ready to put the Vista saga behind them. We celebrate the occasion by taking a trip down memory lane to where it all began, and how we got to this point. We cover the good, the bad, and the downright ugly.
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under fabric softeners, fragrant fabric, malodor, detergents, washing machines, washing machine, cleanliness, whirlpool, saga, tide |
The saga of the smelly washing machine may have entered a new cycle. Tide -- makers of spring-smelling detergents and equally fragrant fabric softeners -- have come out with a Washing Machine Cleaner designed to eradicate the "malodor" that afflicts so many front-loading washing machines. Although Tide is not the first to introduce such a product (others like Whirlpool's Affresh odor-fighting tablets have been out there for a bit) it is good to see a heavy-hitting cleanliness company ...
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Posted by on under gears of war, insurmountable odds, marcus fenix, cliff bleszinski, xbox live, epic games, war 3, xbox 360, ayers, gears, bravery, saga, sacrifice, few days, xbox, delta, game |
A few days after an untimely leak on Xbox Live, Epic Games has now officially announced Gears of War 3 for next April. Details are scant (though Edge speculates on possible new gameplay features), but it will contain 4-player co-op and be an Xbox 360 exclusive. A trailer was released for the game, and designer Cliff Bleszinski had this to say:
"When we released Gears of War more than three years ago, we set out to tell the world an unforgettable story of bravery and sacrifice in the face of insurmountable odds, and a year from now, players will get the chance to experience the final chapter in the story of Marcus Fenix and his companions in Delta Squad. This is definitely the biggest and most dramatic chapter yet in the Gears of War saga, and we can't wait to deliver it."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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