2007 October | topherBLOG

Awesome!! Season 7 Trailer for 24

Posted by Chris | Filed under 24, Video

I can’t wait for the new season!

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update: I just watched this. Don’t want to spoil it. All I can say is

Read more | Comments (2) | October 25th, 2007

Need for Speed ProStreet Demo Out Today

Posted by Chris | Filed under HD, Racing, Video Games, XBOX 360

I LOVE racing video games.
Need For Speed ProStreet

I have played clear through all Need for Speed games since the original Hot Pursuit (1998).

I was so excited today to see on the Major Nelson Blog that the demo for the new game is posted on XBOX Live Arcade.

Now I am so anxious to get home to get it downloaded. WOOHOO…

1080i Racing here I Come.

Watch the Trailers: High Resolution | Low Resolution

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Read more | Comments (1) | October 23rd, 2007

I love Audi’s – One of best Top Gear Segments I have seen

Posted by Chris | Filed under Audi, Top Gear, Video, YouTube

Top Gear:
‘The Supercar You Can Drive Everyday’

Jeremy Clarkson Takes the R8 out for a once over. Things get good once the Porsche shows up.
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Read more | Comments (0) | October 18th, 2007

Lifehacker: The Power Traveler’s Checklist, Part One: Pre-Flight

Posted by Chris | Filed under Lifehacks, Travel

This is a great article: Find the Best and/or Cheapest Tickets

Cheap tickets are the holy grail of travel, and there are millions of methods for finding them. If you’ve yet to buy your tickets, we’ve got a few pointers for making that purchase.When it comes to shopping for a ticket, you’ve got tons of choices. Everyone and their reindeer want to help you find tickets (hell, even Google wants to get you to some cheap tickets), but your best and easiest bets are to either go directly to your airline of choice’s web site or start looking for deals online using one of many travel search aggregators. Our favorite search aggregators are:

Kayak: Searches across other travel aggregators as well as directly from airlines for the best deal available. We’ve been big fans of Kayak’s results for quite a while.
Farecast: Predicts the rise and fall of ticket prices with the intention of letting you know whether or not now is the right time to buy.

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Read more | Comments (0) | October 17th, 2007

Lifehacker: Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

Posted by Chris | Filed under Lifehacks, Productivity

This looks to be right up my ally: Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

“Nothing kills your ability to get things done faster than a bad night’s sleep. Studies show that sleep deprivation costs Americans significant work productivity; yawning employees can’t stay alert, make good decisions, focus on tasks or even manage a friendly mood at the office. There are lots of ways to beat insomnia, increase the quality of your sleep, and master the power nap. Today we’ve got our top 10 favorite sleep techniques, tips and facts.”

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Read more | Comments (0) | October 10th, 2007

A little Picnik with my kids

Posted by Chris | Filed under Annie

Here is what we came up with:

Read more | Comments (0) | October 6th, 2007

Replug | SAVE YOUR JACK

Posted by Chris | Filed under Audio, Christmas List 07, Gadgets, Things to Buy

This cool little gadget looks awesome.

It puts a little magnetized plug in your Ipod or whatever. Then you have a magnetic connection to your headphones. This is just like the Magnetized power plug that is on the MacBook and MacBook Pro.

Its called Replug. Somehow I need to get a couple of these on my christmas list.

Read more | Comments (0) | October 4th, 2007