Product Previews/Reviews

USB Portable Media Player w/Card Reader @ iGadget Life

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Link: http://igadgetlife.com/reviews/review-of-usb-portable-media-player-wcard-reader/
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" Today for review our friends at Geeks.com have sent me over a very inexpensive portable media player. This product will allow you to play movies, music, view photos or even read e-books right on your TV via component or composite connection on your TV. It uses a regular 2.5” hard drive and even comes with a carrying case and a remote. It’s not exactly a high end product, but it’s not bad especially considering it costs under $30. "

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Articles/Editorials

Gingerbread Mini Village Kit

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So the other morning before school my kids wanted to make a gingerbread house, mind you this was like 15 minutes before walking out the door to go to school. They were actually using peanut butter to hold the pieces together, needless to say that doesn’t work.

So I remembered seeing gingerbread house kits from Wilton at the store and went and got one. They’re $10 so I figured why not right?! The one I picked is this one: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=CA413FAB-1E0B-C910-EAFC0486AEC25D9C&killnav=1

It’s the Gingerbread Mini Village Kit that has five houses in it.

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Here’s the description:

“Includes 5 easy-to-assemble individual sets of gingerbread house panels (assembled houses measure between 3 and 4 in. high), lots of colorful candy, icing mix, red liquid color packet, 2 decorating bags and tips, cardboard bases, complete instructions. Houses measure approx. 2.75 – 3.75 in. high x 2.5 – 3 in. wide x 1.5 – 3 in. “

They make it sound so easy. My kids wanted it so I built them and did the basics and let them decorate them. It took a few hours to get all of this work done and it turns out none of them really like gingerbread… of course right!!

Anyway here’s the finished houses, not exactly art, but they’re edible!

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Articles/Editorials

A Christmas Present Already?!

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Yep I got a Christmas present already! It’s from Arctic Cooling actually, they sent me a card and a little Christmas tree gift. The tree is actually rather nice. It’s made from clear plastic and it’s for holding business cards. On the base are magnets to hold paperclips. Neat little gift. My 5 yr old thinks it’s really cool, and so do I.

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Go check out Artic when you get the chance, they do make some great products.

 http://www.arctic-cooling.com

Giveaways, Product Previews/Reviews

Review of Zibra Open It! and Giveaway @ DIY Guides

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Here’s another review and giveaway for you!

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Link: http://www.diy-guides.com/review-of-zibra-open-it-and-giveaway/

Quote: “It’s the holiday season and that means lots of packages to open. I think most everyone will agree that those sealed plastic clamshell style packages are the bane of society truly.  Opening those things I’ve tried scissors and have broken a few pairs over the years, the cheap plastic handled ones can’t handle it, they just snap. I’ve tried using a razor utility knife, not the safest approach obviously, but I learned the hard way by cutting myself with the blade, not fun. I’ve also tried to cut the package open a little bit and then try and tear it apart, but I’ve cut my hands on the plastic package. They just are not very easy to open at all. I understand they are for theft prevention, but when the customer can’t open them without getting wounded there’s a problem there. Fortunately for us a company called Zibra has created an inexpensive product to help us easily open these types of packages and it’s called the Open It!. Today for review that’s what I have, but they were kind enough to send me two of them, one for review and one to giveaway. So enough of my babbling, let’s get started…  “

Giveaways

Four Card Giveaway @ TestFreaks

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Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/news/four-card-giveaway/

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“Hey, it’s Cyber Monday and we’re gong to start the week off with a giveaway for you, actually for four of you. I’ve got four Sparkle video cards to give away. As a gift to our readers for the next few weeks we’re giving away several things, and we’re starting with these video cards. This contest will start today, Monday the 29th of November and will run until Sunday December 5th, then next Monday we’ll start a new contest. “

Product Previews/Reviews

Panasonic DMP-BD655 Blu-ray Disc Player @ TestFreaks

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Got me a new Blu-Ray player!!

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Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/review-of-panasonic-dmp-bd655-blu-ray-disc-player/
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"It’s about time I upgraded my Blu-Ray player I think, and Geeks.com has come through for me by sending a very nice Panasonic unit for review.  My current Blu-Ray DVD player is an older model from Sony with not many features at all, and with very slow load times. Today for review I’ve got the Panasonic model DMP-BD655 Blu-Ray player that features fast boot and load times along with Viera Cast online features like Twitter, Netflix and even Amazon Video to just name a few. The unit is small and lightweight and I’m happy with it overall, but there are a few tweaks I’d like to see done to it. "

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Giveaways, Product Previews/Reviews

Review of Joby Gorillatorch Blade and Giveaway @ DIY Guides

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I just posted my review of the new Joby Gorillatorch Blade over at DIOY Guides. Joby was kind enough to send me another one to give away, so hop on over there and read the review and enter to win one for yourself..

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Link: http://www.diy-guides.com/review-of-joby-gorillatorch-blade-and-giveaway/

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I do a lot of things myself and many times that means I find myself not having enough hands, I’m sure you know what I mean here. For example trying to hold a flashlight while doing something else with your hands, it just doesn’t quite work right most times, you end up finding creative ways to prop the light up and it usually never works out quite right. I’ve been reviewing products for many years, and a lot of the stuff I get ends up being given away or just packed in my attic for later use, that never seems to come. There are products that I get though that I use all of the time, ones that I find tremendously useful and have a permanent place in my DIY tool-kit. Two such products are actually flashlights, but not just any light though, these are from a company called Joby and they feature a bendable leg tripod with magnetic feet that can be utilized in any situation where extra light is needed but where you don’t have a spare hand to hold the light. The magnets let them stick to most any metallic surface. The tripod lets the light just stand where you need it. The bendable legs can be wrapped around things to position the light just so for your needs. These have become my go to product for any of my lighting needs, they are truly just amazing products.

Today for review I have the newest DIY helper flashlight from Joby called the Gorillatorch Blade, and it’s become another must have addition to my toolbox. Not only do I have the Blade for review, but Joby has been kind enough to send me two of them, one for review and one to giveaway to one of our readers.