Black Friday Sales galore and it’s not even Black Friday

Wow, the emails and alerts for sales are coming in fast and furious. Every damn company I’ve ever spent money with is sending me notices about the sales they’re having. Even Apple has dropped the price of their iPads. There are some good software deals out there, but the main thing I want are some new hard drives. With all the ripped DVDs, I need more space. I want a couple of 3TB drives dedicated to movies and TV shows. I want to be able to play any movie or show we have without having to find the disc. I need online media! Right now, the drives haven’t dropped in price or you can only get one. I need at least two. When they $99, I’ll grab a couple. Not sure who will make their move first, BestBuy or Amazon.

Paint Shop Pro X5 Ultimate–$23.99 – Black Friday Special at Corel

We’re coming up on another Corel Black Friday Special with some impressive savings. You can pick up copies of all their software for a huge savings. You can also get Corel Draw X6 and Corel Painter for a massive discount price. This is some serious software at a huge discount. You can get a new copy of  Paint Shop Pro X5 Ultimate for $23.99. Corel has dropped the price to $29.99, but if you use the coupon SAVECTAB or SAVEME20 you can save an extra 20% to get this brand new version for $23.99. That’s a fantastic deal for the latest version. (The coupon codes must be typed in ALL UPPER CASE or they do not register). Regular Paint Shop Pro X5 is $29.99 as well, so there really is no reason not to go with the Ultimate upgrade. PaintShop Pro X5 Ultimate This sale ends Friday Nov 23 Explore the ultimate in creativity. Corel® PaintShop® Pro X5 Ultimate combines […]

Save $30 at Serif.com

Use your $30 coupon when you spend over $50 at Serif.com. Just enter your exclusive coupon code at the checkout, any time between now and Tuesday December 25th 2012 Code: 9335f89b98ed426e85076c519a624539 This can be used for DrawPlus, PagePlus, WebPlus or MoviePlus. I upgraded to PagePlus X6 for $29.99

360 Panorama

Here’s another little photography tool that might be worth a look. I love those big panoramic pictures of the city, the landscape, the canyons, but I’ve never put in the energy to try and make them myself. It’s not like there aren’t plenty of tools out there to help with the process, I just can’t get them all together at the right time. Until now. With 360 Panorama and either the iPad or the iPhone, you can take panoramic pictures whenever you want. I was experimenting with this yesterday on my iPad, and it comes across surprisingly easy. You point where you want the image to start and press "Start". The screen is turned into a large grid and you work you way from side to side, following the lines to keep the lens as level as possible. When you’ve travelled enough, I the iPad takes another image and stitches it to the first. As you pan across all the […]

Big Win Football turned into a Big Lose

I’m no fan of the freemium game and feel this sort of development leads to half-baked games that spend more time nagging you for money than offering a fun gaming experience. Gameloft has proven this time and time again (Let’s Golf 3 and Asphalt 7), with Electronic Arts following close behind. However, after trying Crime City and enjoying it, I got suckered into playing Big Win Football. On the surface the game has great appeal; you buy packs of football cards which contain players, skill cards, big impact card and contract extensions. You make players better with skill cards, keep them on your team and playing at their best with contract extensions and give yourself special abilities during the game with the Big Impact cards. It all sounds quite enjoyable and for about 10 minutes it is. Then you run out of coins and piss away the rest of your time watching videos to try and replenish your supply so […]