I.V. Poles and Windows 7

It's not software, but if you're looking for 2 Hook, 4 Leg I.V. Pole, I know where you can get one. Chrome plated. It extends from 47" to 85"high. It features 2 hooks and it has easy-roll 2" casters. It's a 4-leg base diameter is 23" with low profile base. Cuz, sometimes you don't just need software. Sometimes you need IV poles, too.

In more software-related news, the iPhone's MultiTouch--called something else--comes to Microsoft Windows PCs with Windows 7. Pretty cool to look at, you gotta admit. Wonder if it works that well in practice. I'm guessing no.

Having menus and windows all tilt strangely seems to me typically Microsoft. Because you can make it possible to create an unnavigable mess with a touch interface, then you should. So they will.

Microsoft Announced Project Natal At E3

Microsoft recently announced project Natal (Neonatal? Who comes up with their project names?), a "controller free" video game interface. Very, um, interesting. Though maybe a little premature.

I guess the idea is to out-Wii the Wii, so to speak. Best of luck with that. The video looks impressive, but computer companies--and Microsoft is no exception--have a track record of releasing great looking videos for cutting edge technology projects that never really pan out, for whatever reason. I'm just not expecting "Natal" to really change gaming any time soon, or even get purchased by a large majority of X-box users.

In truth, it probably is the future of gaming. Just not tomorrow's gaming, or the day after tomorrows. Maybe a decade. Maybe more. And expect a company like Nintendo to really get it right, while Microsoft spends all the money getting the market ready.

If and when it gets to market, I anticipate a lot of complains, and a lot of unhappy gamers. Just sayin'.

Lost Is The Best Show on Television

Ever watch Lost? Michael Emerson is ultra-rockin' as Benjamin Linus.

And Terry O'Quinn as John Locke is just as cool. It's a great show. And Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn help make it the coolest show on television. Although I miss Mr. Eko. He was the one other completely super-cool, super-tough characters. They shouldn't've killed 'em off.

And it looked like there was going to be a sub-plot with Libby, and then Michael just shot her. What was up with that? She was in the same institution as Hurley (who is also ultra-awesome), and gave these weird looks when interacting with Hurley--maybe she knew the numbers, maybe she knew Hurley was a multi-millionaire? Whatever, something was up, then she just got shot and that was that. Disappointing.

Anyway, we sell software (if you haven't guessed), but we only currently have one legitimate Lost title, Lost: Via Domus, for the X-Box. More on Lost: Via Domus from IGN.

Don't forget to check out the deals on SnaggStuff.com. As of 4/15/09, we're selling a supder groovy Bluetooth Wireless VoIP Skype Phone for only $24.95. And, if you don't get there today (4/15/09), you'll be too late. So move!

We're Not The J. Peterman Catalog. I Admit It.

The LowePro Transit Backpack. Pretty cool.

Did you know the J. Peterman Catalog is still in business? It is. Doesn't have anything to do with anything, I just heard them talking about it on TWIT and wondered if old J. Peterman was still around. Turns out, they are.

Wonder if I should try the J. Peterman approach. "The grizzled technologist donned his LowePro Factor Backpack, thoughtfully rubbing the wisened leather of his Deluxe Belkin iPod case for his 4th Generation iPod. Could he bring Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to the aboriginal tribes at the foot of the mountain?"

Nah. I dunno. Doesn't work.

Just Saw The Watchmen

It was mostly kind of "meh". FX are cool, but, these days, FX are common place. Boring, if there's nothing else to it. The best part of the movie (and it is great) are the parts with Jackie Earl Haley as Rorschach. When he tells his fellow inmates that they've got it wrong, that he's not trapped in their with them, but "you're trapped in here with me", you believe it. So compelling, and outstanding, is Jackie Earl Haley's performance as Rorschach that the rest of the movie and its $100 million dollars of special effects cannot compare. If the movie had been title "Rorschach", and it had been about him the entire time with the other characters only coming in relative to him, it would have been a much better movie. Not the graphic novel, I know, but still. A much better movie.

Ah, well. Whatcha gonna do? Jackie Earl Haley totally brings the goods to his performance. He's the main thing that makes watching the movie worthwhile. Nobody else feels fully realized. Maybe they just pale next to Jack Earl's performance. And general bad-assery.

In other news, if you're looking for a Fellowes Lighthouse Optical Mouse Pads, we got 'em for only $1.39. Cool.

How about Kaspersky 2009 Internet Security 3-User OEM. We got it for only $25.49. Beat that! With a stick. You can't do it, can you? So, give in and purchase now!

More soon. Later, my good friends.

Sun Microsystems Might Be Sold to IBM

Sun Microsystems might be sold to IBM, and it's stock is rising. Would certainly be the best thing for Sun. Maybe IBM could make a go of it--Sun certainly hasn't been able to manage anything on it's own.



In other news, you can get the Microsoft Office 2007 Master Kit (Media Only) from Software Supply Group for only $14.99 as of this posting. Good deal, good deal. No license, unfortunately, just the media, but if you need replacement media, this is a great way to get it.

As I may have mentioned before, we also have Windows Vista Business 32-bit full Version OEM for only $124.95 (again, as of this posting).

What else? I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Well, we've also got McAfee 2009 VirusScan Plus Full Version OEM . . . for only $8.95.

Well, that's it for now. More soon enough.

On About The New Tron, Not TR2N

New details of the plot have been released. Sounds very cool. Kevin Flynn created many of the world's top games as head of ENCOM (and, of course, he had a kid), then disappeared--and where did he disappear to? Where else? The computer world! Wheeen! Then acting ENCOM head (after Flynn's disappearance) Alan Bradley (author of the original eponymous Tron program) presents Flynn's son with information that leads him to search for his father in the computer world. There, it's apparently the CLU program, from the original, that has gone corrupt, and sort of acts as the Sark of the new inside-the-computer-world.

It just sounds mega-cool.

We used to have Tron 2.0, Killer App (for X-Box) in our list of software game titles. Alas, no longer. But we have plenty of other cool games. We also carry a variety of Electronic Toys, Business Software, Software for the Home, and more. So, stop on by sometime.

Also, I ought to mention that SnaggStuff.com now has a SnaggStuff Community, where you can discuss the groovy new deals from SnaggStuff.com on any given day. Here's the conversation for today (3-4-09), but tomorrow it will be different. Whatever, come on by and check it out!