Critter’s Krib

Amazon.com has the Tassimo TA 1400 for $129.99. That’s $40 off the standard price of $169.99. You can then send in a mail in rebate for $30.00 and the item qualifies for FREE Shipping. That brings the price after rebate for the Tassimo to $99. So if you’re looking to get a Tassimo for a holiday gift, nows the time.

Tassimo price after price reduction, rebates, and FREE shipping $99

• Brews: A variety of hot beverages via patented T DISC technology
• T DISC Varieties: Fully compatible with each brewer
• Water Tank: Extra-large 68 oz. water tank
• Filter: Built-in water filtration system included, filters sold separately
• Design: Sleek exterior with gold accents
• Cup Stand: Adjustable cup stand to accommodate cups, mugs, travel mugs, etc.

At Tassimo Premium Hot Beverage System Deal

I love my Tassimo coffee maker. You will love yours too

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Dear friends and family,

This pretty much sums up my wish list for christmas.

It’s like when you use the last trash bag to put the box the trash bags were in.

So if you all get it for me early, I can use what it makes to get through the lonely holiday season.

Absolutely brilliant!!

Before trying to grasp the meaning of a dead pixel, first you need to understand the technology behind LCD displays. An LCD display is essentially made up of pixels. Each pixel is made up of red, blue and green valves. The valves in each colour either block or pass the light source. By manipulating the amount of light passed through, each pixel displays a distinctive colour on screen. Pixels consisting of these valves are what make up the image that is ultimately displayed on the screen. A typical monitor has millions of pixels. A dead pixel refers to a pixel with a defect in its ability to display the correct colour output. It may look like a tiny black spot on your screen, or any other colour that does not correspond to what the actual image should look like.

A typical 17 inch monitor contains up to 4 million pixels. Even a tiny dust particle on one of the pixels during the manufacturing process can create a dead pixel. Or a slight bump during shipping can break one of the highly sensitive pixels.

If you’ve scoured every inch of your screen but can’t find a single dead pixel, you are in luck. Because of the complexity of the design, it is generally regarded dead pixels appearing in some products are inevitable. If you need to absolutely make sure whether you have purchased a defective display, you can use this program. It simply paints your entire screen with one of the colours that make up a pixel to make the dead pixel more conspicuous to the naked eye. Run through the red, green and blue colours in turn and check for pixels that do not match.

Dead Pixel Buddy

Can you imagine this?

Not even for $1,000

I was just accepted into the beta for Med.ium. It runs as a plugin for Firefox and so far seems pretty interesting.

Here are a few things from the FAQ:

What is Me.dium?

Me.dium is a window that reveals the hidden world of people and activity behind your browser. Through Me.dium, you can see your online world for the first time.

Why are all those websites floating around me?

All the websites that you see in the map are other sites that Me.dium is recommending for you based on what you are currently doing. Me.dium bases those recommendations on how your activity relates to the activity of other people using Me.dium.

Where did all these people come from?

All the people you see through Me.dium on the other websites are other Me.dium users. Although you may not know all of them, you can see them because their activity is in some way related to yours.

Can I talk to all those other people?

Yes, Me.dium provides two ways to talk to the other people. If they are people that you don’t know, you can post a message on the “Live” tab and anyone currently represented on your online world can see the message and reply. If they are in your Friend list, then clicking their name opens up a private chat window.

If I go to a different website, will I lose all the people I was chatting with?

Every time you change sites to a non-related site, you will see a new group of people based on your new activity. If you have started a chat with someone already, or have joined a chat in the Live Tab, those chats will be maintained and can be continued wherever you are on the web.

Can people I don’t know chat with me?

Yes, but not directly. Me.dium allows for strangers to communicate with each other via the Live tab. All users can start or join a conversation in Live. Users who choose to remain anonymous have their name displayed as a number instead of using their username.

You can turn it off at the click of a button so that ‘the others’ cannot see what sites you are on or visiting. It also shuts itself off on known personal sites, such as Gmail or Hotmail, etc..

*shrug* We’ll see how it goes. I’m not all that big into ‘chatting’ online with people, but it is still a very interesting concept.

If you are interested and cannot get in, leave a comment and I’ll send you an invite.

Flickr has the answer. Click the image below to view the camera statistics of images posted.

This saw is totally amazing. Watch the video below; can you imagine all the appendages that would be saved if this were an affordable technology?

I’ll never see one in my garage, not at that price!

I am actually just passing this along from an email I received. I use this at home, it runs in the background and backs up all my “needs to be backed up” stuff. It is a definite must purchase, especially after the rebate makes it free.

( I edited the ad just a bit, not the content, though. Just the link so it did not wrap all funny… )

Dear Carbonite user, To celebrate our launch of Carbonite online backup through Staples, Staples.com is offering a 100% rebate on Carbonite for the week of 10/8-10/14. That means that you get Carbonite for free for all your friends and relatives. And it comes in a snazzy box that makes a perfect holiday present. So if you’re wondering what to get your spouse, mom, kids, students, office-mates, or friends for the holidays, give them something that they can really use. Someday when their computer crashes they’ll be very, very grateful. You can stock up on these one-year subscription packages now and get all your money back with the rebate. Just go to: This link right here.. enter your zipcode to continue, purchase as many boxes as you’d like, then fill out the Staples “Easy Rebate” form online to recover the cost of each subscription. Staples has a limited number of boxes available free after rebate, and they do expect to sell out, so buy a few boxes now and stash them away until December! Regards, Dave Friend CEO, Carbonite, Inc. P.S. Be sure to look for Carbonite at Amazon.com, J&R, CompUSA and on store shelves at other major retailers across the U.S. this holiday season.

Or is it? I knew this information was available, but I guess I did not realize the extent of the information contained in the EXIF data of a digital image. Flickr allows you to see the camera information of images posted, unless you opt not to let it be known.

Pretty damn cool.

Well not really You, per say. I’ve had this keyboard mouse combination for about 3 weeks now, and I am still having a bear of a time getting used to where the HOME, END, and DELETE key are.

Other than that, they keyboard is pretty nice. And the mouse, even though it is the same model as my last, doesn’t jump around the screen like my last one did.

The little screen on the keyboard isn’t really all that much of use to me. I don’t sit that far above my keyboard to be able to see it properly. I guess I’m not all that ergonomical. Other than that though, it’s pretty smooth and runs fairly well.

I would imagine that if my computer died and I needed to boot into a dos or recovery window, the bluetooth keyboard and mouse wouldn’t get loaded until windows loaded.. I’ll keep my old ones around for just such an emergency.

Not like I would ever have an emergency situation with a PeeCee.