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A year ago, I would have laughed at this, but now I’m thinking about how to build my own iSeePet. Their demo movie cracks me up! I think this has actually been around for a while, but I hadn’t noticed it until I found the AkibaLive site.
Frugality/Materialism
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Just finished yet another DVD rental free trial. Number Slate is up next. Here is a brief comparison.
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How silly of me to think the AA-Ebay exchange rate on points.com couldn’t get any worse. Now down to 0.45/mile. First game of the regular NFL season is finally here. Booyah!
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Finally cut the cord with Sprint PCS. The retention rep offered 75 minutes (no long distance) for $15/month, which I declined. NO ETHICS? NO EXPERIENCE? NO PROBLEM!. Speaking of telecoms…
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Just activated my new phone (Cingular), and it is sweet.
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Yet another month of ever-increasing surcharges on my Sprint PCS invoice. Taxes and surcharges currently make up about 25% of the total bill. I’m paying $1 per month for number portability, which I assume has gone towards the cost of lobbying against it. Considering that I’m using less than one hour of talk time per … …
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Finally got the Dead Or Alive DVD yesterday. Booyah. PS2 wouldn’t play it because of the PAL output, but surprisingly Windows Media Player played the disc without complaining about the region code. Noticed that Record Runner is selling the DVD for $34, which is nuts, considering you can get it for $23 shipped from Amazon … …
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Sprint PCS is offering the Sanyo SCP6400 for $50. No activation required. If T-Mobile offered this phone, I’d be done with SPCS in a heartbeat…
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Missed this somehow. Museum Mile Festival is today (second Tuesday of June) from 6-9pm. Free admission at nine museums along Fifth Ave.
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Well, that didn’t take long at all. The AA-Ebay exchange rate is down to 0.5 pts/mile. BTW, the deadline to submit ticket requests for the 2004 Super Bowl (Houston) is this weekend.