Woot-Off Today !

Look for great deals on home electronics and other random stuff today at woot.com.  They feature a random item until it sells out and they post another item.  You never know whats going to come next it could be a big screen TV for $1.  Look for the Random bag of crap, it only costs $1 and it could be anything.  

 From wikipedia:

Woot is an Internet retailer based in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, Texas. It was founded by electronics wholesaler, Matt Rutledge and debuted on July 12, 2004.^[2] Woot's main website generally offers only one discounted product each day, often a piece of computer hardware or an electronic gadget.

 www.woot.com

Dell Class Action Lawsuit

     If you bought a computer from Dell within the past few years you may be eligible to get some money back.  It seems Dell offered no interest financing, service contracts for at home service and rebates but never actually redeemed any of these services.  Although the catch is you must live in New York.  Forms are due by Dec 15th.  You have to confirm you were a new york state resident when you bought the computer.  Go to the new york state attorney general's website and confirm that you had 1 of the three problems regarding that computer.  Received no financing, received no at home service, or was denied a rebate.

Comcast expects to loose customers in 2008

Comcast lowered its 2008 revenue perspectus by 12%.  This change comes from economic and competitive pressures.  Decline in the housing market as hurt Comcast in finding new customers.  Competition from Verizon communications has hurt Comcast as well, also from ongoing efforts from dish network companies.   This outlook sent comcast's stocks down by %10.  In the third quarter, Comcast posted a 54 percent drop in quarterly profit as it lost more basic video subscribers than expected. 

 "We believe the vast majority of the reductions are due to competition," said Richard Greenfield, an analyst at Pali Research. "Comcast simply did not expect the level of competitive marketing spend that has occurred this year."

 priovided via Reuters 

Why don't we tip IT service people?

You tip the pizza man, you don't tip the Fed Ex driver. You tip the bartender at the pub, and you don't tip the McDonald's clerk; but you do tip the barrista at Starbuck's. The United States has ritualistic levels of tip etiquette, which admittedly don't exist other places in the world but, the question remains; Why don't we tip our IT service people?

You know just as well as we do, you couldn't function without your computer. You'd find yourself on the floor in a fetal position, crying and sulking if your PC were to decide to go AWOL at any particular moment. And, much like a herion user out for another fix, you'd wipe your tears and head to the nearest coffee shop with pay access machines to obsessively check your email. We understand, we'd do much the same thing ourselves. If your computer is that important to the fluid function of your day-to-day life, why wouldn't you slip the IT guy a little extra to make sure you get top priority next time you pick up the phone and scream Mayday?

Perhaps it's something in the way we view our IT guys. Nerdy, socially inept, awkward in ways your high school science teacher could have never achieved. Maybe it's time we took a fresh look at the value our IT service men and women make life a little easier; And, even if we don't offer them a tip.. maybe a hug wouldn't be so bad?

Via downloadSquad