Ready to shop with Nico?

Barnes and Noble is offering a 25% discount on a customer's most expensive item after creating a new account with coupon code A8P8N9P. This worked as advertised and is valid till 6/09. Spend $25 or more and receive free 3 day shipping.


Alternately, B&N Members can take 15% off 1 item with coupon code R9P9J7Y. This also expires on 6/09.

Labels: Barnes n' Noble, Coupons

This is hilarious! This is what happens when Geekdom and Gang culture collide. Throw your L.T.'s in the air! Throw the wrong signs up and you might get shot at Comdex or at a Best Buy!

































> Courtesy of Gizmodo <

Labels: Funnies, Random

Here's a sweet deal! Buy a 40 Gb PS3 from Wal-Mart and get a $100 Gift Card with it! That would be enough to buy a sweet game (think GTA 4) and probably a wireless six-axis controller. What do you say? However, it says that the console is currently out of stock as of this writing, but this is Wal-Mart, they'll get more!

Playstation 3 40 Gb

Comes with base console and $100 Wal-Mart Gift Card (to be used online only)

Walmart Price $399.99, shipping unavailable
Limited Quantities

Labels: PS3, Wal-Mart

Here's a neat little tip! The Electronics clearance section at Amazon is littered with gems at break neck prices.


Here are some items:

1. ViewSonic VX2235WM 22" Wide LCD Monitor ($239.99, List Price $349.99)
   
2. Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens (Black) ($499.98, List Price $599.99)
3. Kensington sd100s Notebook Docking Station with Stand K60721US ($64.99, List Price $142.74)
4. Apple iPod nano 8 GB Green (3rd Generation) ($174.00, List Price $199.00)
5. SanDisk 8GB/15MB Ultra II CF Card ( SDCFH-008G-A11, US Retail Package ) ($77.45, List Price $129.99)

You can get the whole listing here. These are daily deals and could change without notice. If you browse in this section, I recommend buying the item that you like because it could be gone before you know it!

Labels: Amazon, Consumer Electronics

I've been on a major hunt for PC-5300 DDR2 memory for my Macbook because it's starting to slow down with it's current 1gb (512 x 2) configuration. I was in the middle of an Ebay bid when I ran across this. Unfortunately for me, I won the bid for an OEM 2gb (1gb x 2) configuration which meant I couldn't pursue this deal. Damn you, Ebay!

OCZ 4GB ( 2 x 2GB ) SODIMM DDR2 667MHz Laptop Memory - OCZ2MV6674GK

-4Gb capacity (2Gb x 2)
- SODIMM 677 Mhz PC-5400 Laptop Memory
-Works great on laptops and Intel Macs

Buy.com price $54.79 (after $30 mail in rebate), free shipping
Offer good till 6/2.

Labels: Buy.com, Memory, OCZ

Macheads unite! The third major update for Leopard is here. It boasts 300+ fixes but I'm guessing none of them will be super major or even noticeable because the problems they fix shouldn't have been broken in the first place!

Initial reports of this update are very promising but there are reports of come Macbooks being bricked because of this update! Say, what? Yes, that's right. This update may have a small side effect of bricking your beloved Mac. Bad, Apple, bad.

That is probably the reason why I haven't upgraded yet. I'm leaving soon and I've got a RAM upgrade on the way. I don't need to get bricked right now!

If you are one of the fearless, go ahead and do a system update and snag that update or you can download the standalone installer here. Let me know how it works people!

UPDATE: I say F-it and finally upgraded. So far everything works like it should. (Fingers Crossed)

Labels: Apple, Mac OS X

Well, now that the dust has settled and the format war has been officially won by Blu-Ray, they can now afford to slash prices considering they are now the monopoly. Microsoft and HD-DVD can look at deals like this and curl up in the fetal position crying for their mommy. You can thank Amazon for this. Deals on Blu-Ray discs are up to 50%!

Amazon Summer Blu-Ray Blowout

Movies from $14 - $21 after 50% discount. Spend more than $25 and get free super saver shipping.

Titles include:
- Blade Runner
- 300
- Hellboy (Director's Cut)
- I, Robot
- The Last Samurai

Labels: Amazon, Blu-Ray

Gosh, saving more than $100 on a single item makes me blush. Here's a Samsung 22" Flat Panel LCD monitor from Best Buy for $220.

Samsung - 22" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD Monitor with Built-In Speakers

- Ultrafast 5 ms response time
- 1,000:1 contrast ratio; 300 cd/m² brightness
- 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution
- 1 DVI-D and 1 D-sub input
- Wide 170° horizontal and 160° vertical viewing angles for comfortable viewing; -5° to 20° tilt for flexible positioning options
- PC and Mac compatible



Best Buy Price $219.99 (after $130 instant savings) , free in store pickup

Offer ends soon!

Labels: Best Buy, LCD Monitors, Samsung

Booya! Finally, a 500Gb external harddrive that is well under $100. I've come across $99.99 ones but this is stays well below that $100 mark. You can thank Office Depot for this one.

Seagate® FreeAgent™ External USB 2.0 Hard Drive, 500GB

-7200 RPM, "Whisper Quiet Motor"
-Compatible with Mac & Windows
-5 year limited warranty

Office Depot Price $89.99, shipping unavailable

Price good till 5/31

Labels: Seagate, Storage

SpotCrime

This is an interesting mashup that plots criminal activity onto a Google map. This is a free service targeted at law enforcement and citizens in crime heavy places. I have no idea how comprehensive it is but it is still a good idea in my eyes. According to TechCrunch, the data is compiled using police reports from local precincts which takes upto 24 hours to show up on the system. I used it myself to check out the crime in New York City because that's where I'll be doing my internship in a week or so. Oh man, my girlfriend freaked out when I showed her the map of New York City with all the crime incidents on it! Check out how safe your neighborhood is!



















New York is still a crazy crazy place!

YouTomb

You're probably wondering what the hell this website is all about. This is actually an experiment by some MIT students to document what kinds of websites have been taken down for various reasons (copyright) on youtube - hence the name, YouTomb. It's a sort of burial ground for all those banned videos. Unfortunately, you cannot watch the banned videos so this website is purely for documentation purposes. Nonetheless, this website make you wish you watched those banned videos before they were taken down by the man. Sigh.

Labels: SpotCrime, Websites, YouTomb