2008 September

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I was a college student once, but I don’t think I would want to repeat the experience now as an adult. I’m learning so much at this point on a daily basis, I don’t think I’d learn as much in a classroom. But if a college degree is important to you, it doesn’t matter what age you are. You should go for it. Chat member TuxedoJericho recently did. He started back to college at the age of 31, and sent these tips to share with all of you.

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What type of cola do you drink? I gave up flavored soda years ago. It’s full of sugar and syrup and such. I don’t drink diet soda because I don’t ingest any type of artificial sweetener. I heard an advertisement recently for a natural type of cola, so I had to try it. Zevia is a natural cola, with no artificial sweeteners.

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Now that we’ve reached 5000 Geeks on the new site, it’s time to announce our next giveaway. Ten lucky Geeks members will win a free VX-5500 LifeCam from Microsoft! All you have to do to qualify is to be a member of Geeks, and join the Microsoft Hardware group. This giveaway will happen once we reach 7500 members, which won’t be long from now.

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Since the inception of Geeks, I’ve often wondered this: how and when did you know you were a Geek? I’ve always been one, I just didn’t realize it really until college. I asked everyone over at FriendFeed when they discovered the truth about themselves. Some of them were hilarious, while others were dead serious about their Geekitude.

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Dave Mathews is the “user experience guy” at boxee and a consumer product expert, specializing in the convergence of digital entertainment devices. He holds more than thirty U.S. patents and has appeared on more than 300 television shows. Dave spoke to us at Gnomedex about boxee.

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Nathan Wade presented at Gnomedex 8.0 last month. Nathan is a University of Washington Undergrad within the DXArts Department. During his session, he discussed his Serial Cyborg project, which is a DICOM Voxel Based MRI wood sculpture.

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Josh from SolarWinds joined me again. This time, he was here to discuss ipMonitor. This is geared toward network and system administrators, and is used for pinpointing and troubleshooting application and server issues on corporate networks. You can download your own 21-day free trial of ipMonitor to check it out for yourself. If you enjoy the program, there will be special pricing available for you for a limited time, using that same link.

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When I was a kid, we had a Commodore 64 computer. It had a program that would allow you to create little games. It was kind of cool, but they were nothing like what you can create and play today. The tools for game creation today are just so advanced and complex, right? Not necessarily, no. Alex sent me an email with a link to the Alice project. Alice is educational software that allows you to learn programming in a 3D environment.

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My wife Ponzi has started to Scuba Dive recently. In a few weeks, she’ll be going to Baja CA and down into Mexico to swim with sharks. She’ll be shooting video, of course. With the MacBook Air, she won’t have enough space to store all her video. So what should she use for a portable hard drive? She likes things that are small and she can easily carry anywhere with her. I told her that the highest amount of space she’ll get and stay portable would be about 320GB. She said that no, she wanted a TB of space. I asked her if she wanted more space for storage, or more in the physical size of the unit. She wanted a compromise somehow, so I went researching. I found the Iomega 1TB drive, and even secured a coupon for it.

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Hey Chris,
I was just wondering if you had any coupons for the Pen Power Toota Pro USB Tablet on Newegg.

Thanks in advance
zazor5

I don’t have a Newegg coupon, but I did find it for $40+ cheaper at TheNerds.net (after shipping), which is still $10 cheaper than NewEgg even after their $30 mail-in rebate:

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I have a feeling life would be much easier if I could program. Sadly, I don’t sit on that side of the Geek fence. I have to rely on others to create things for me. Are you a beginning programmer, or someone who wants to try? Recently, I was doing a video on another type of programming tool when my neighbor sent me an IM. He asked me if I had ever heard of the website HacketyHack. No, I hadn’t. So of course, I set out to learn… and learn, I did!

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From: Jonathan B.
Date: September 12, 2008 9:08:18 PM PDT
To: Chris Pirillo Subject: Coupons for Computers

Dear Chris

I have lady who I have talked to online on occasion. She looking to get a new computer and I was wondering if you had any digital coupons from the major computer brands for laptops and desktops. I think this would really help her out as she has gone into business for herself.

Thanks

Jonathan Boatwright

Geeks.com has coupons plus some good deals on closeouts and refurbs and we’ve also got coupons for Dell Home, Dell Small Business, HP Home, Alienware and more…

• Computer Geeks – 10% off anything not marked special using coupon code GEEKBERT – Posted on 10/27/09 and Expires on 12/31/10
• Computer Geeks – Free Shipping w/ $49.99 Purchase using coupon code FREESHIP – Posted on 10/27/09 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Computer Geeks – Deal of the Day – Posted on 10/16/08 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Computer Geeks – Great Desktop Deals from PCs to Macs to Barebones Kits – Posted on 9/22/08 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Computer Geeks – Hot deals on Notebooks from Dell, Toshiba, Gateway and more – Posted on 9/22/08 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Computer Geeks – Hot Deals @ Geeks.com – Posted on 6/18/08 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Computer Geeks – What’s New @ Geeks.com – Posted on 9/10/06 and Expires on 12/31/15

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From: L R
Date: September 18, 2008 5:18:01 PM PDT
To: Chris Pirillo
Subject: coupon question

do you know where i can get a coupon on a macbook black?

Mac Connection has some good deals on MacBooks and MacBookPros right now:

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• TiVo – Save up to $100 on TiVo HD DVRs for the holidays – Posted on 11/16/09 and Expires on 12/31/09
• TiVo – Save $100-$150 on a Factory-renewed TiVo HD DVR – Posted on 3/6/09 and Expires on 12/31/15
• TiVo – Free Shipping w/ purchase of any TiVo – Posted on 10/5/07 and Expires on 12/31/15
• TiVo – Web Specials – Posted on 6/17/07 and Expires on 12/31/15

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When you connect your TiVo DVR to your home network and high-speed Internet connection you get so much more than just a basic DVR.

1. Download thousands of movies and TV shows from Amazon Unbox

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Chapters.Indigo.ca is one of the largest book retailers in Canada. In addition to an enormous selection of books for the whole family, you’ll also find music, DVD’s and gifts here.

• Chapters – Indigo.ca – 8 Days. 8 Canadian Books. 8 Bucks Each! – Posted on 11/18/09 and Expires on 11/25/09
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Debit to Win 1 of 6 100 Indigo Giftcards – Posted on 11/11/09 and Expires on 12/14/09
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – $100 Off Complete Thomas Roundhouse Set – Posted on 11/9/09 and Expires on 12/25/09
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Save up to $20 on Melissa and Doug Toys – Posted on 11/9/09 and Expires on 12/25/09
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Free Shipping on Toy Orders over $39 – Posted on 11/9/09 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Save 45% on Oprahs latest book club pick – Posted on 9/26/08 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – iRewards Program: Save 5% online & 10% in-store – Posted on 11/21/07 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Deal of the Week: Save at least 50% on a new bestselling book – Posted on 11/7/07 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Gift Cards (via email or mail) – Posted on 12/9/06 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Up to 40% off Top Seller DVDs – Posted on 8/29/06 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Free Shipping w/ C$39 Purchase – Posted on 9/23/05 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – Up to 45% off Globe & Mail Best Sellers – Posted on 9/23/05 and Expires on 12/31/15
• Chapters – Indigo.ca – 34% off Books over $25 – Posted on 9/23/05 and Expires on 12/31/15

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