Consumer News and Links for Dec. 28th
From the Say Woot! department:
-For all of you who have thought about switching to digital photography but have held out with the celluloid this long like me, Woot.com is offering a 3.1MP digital camera with 4x digital zoom and video capabilities for $75 shipped. It’s nothing special, but it is an affordable option for those of us who are sick of our bedroom photos getting lost at the photomat. (Woot.com)
From the Mac vs. PC Deathmatch department:
-30-somethings around the world erupt in fierce chatroom competition from their parents basement today as reports of Powerbook errors when you update OS X. Being a PC user, I have my own fistfulls of problems to worry about, but apparantly when you update your Powerbook, there is a good chance that your computer’s lower RAM slots will be rendered inoperable. Not only that, but fresh off of the recent iPod class action lawsuit, there may be another one about this one. Man, apple users get all sue-happy when the littlest thing goes wrong. Buck up. I’ve been dealing with update problems ever since Windows 3.1. (Powerbook Lawsuit Information story via Engadget)
From the Rachel Ray’s Bubble Butt Got Me Fired department:
-Chicago cooking Store, Sur La Table recently fired one of their employees over a blog post he made about a visit from Rachel Ray. He didn’t even say anything bad. The worst comment he made was that she has a cute bubble butt. What a bunch of horse pucky! Rachel Ray held a book signing at the store where I work once and though I wasn’t there, I have it on good authority that she snapped her fingers at our store manager to get him to do something. I can’t stand her abundance of fake joy and if she snapped her fingers at me, I’m not sure what I would do. Probably make a derrogatory blog post about it. But my company most likely wouldn’t fire me over it. If you are a culinary minded person in Chicago, try going elsewhere for your Rachel Ray regalia. And if you think this action is as wrong as I do, why not drop Sur La Table an e-mail telling them what you think? (Link to Blog Post via Bookslut) (Contact the Chicago Sur La Table)
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