Chris Leckness is a Geek

Incoherent ramblings from a redneck tech geek

Archive for November, 2006

Zune Power at Wal-Mart

Aximsite/Mobilitysite reader Sue sent me a funny story of how her 1st Zune purchase went. I love the power of marketing! Sue sold several Zunes for Wal-Mart in the process! I had to go to Wal-mart to get some Christmas decorations (I over-do the decorating …have 7-9 …6+ft trees). Anyway, I head back to electronics [...]

30 November 2006 at 11:54 - Comments

Another Ironic PayPal Adventure

Minutes after posting that item about Phishing for Paypal, I received a call from Paypal Security. The real Paypal too. This is the second time I received a call from them. The 1st was last year when I changed my usage pattern of my Paypal Debit card from local gas stations and grocery stores to [...]

30 November 2006 at 10:28 - Comments

Phishing is getting funny - I bought donuts with Paypal

I am pretty good at ignoring Phishing Emails since most of them are too stupid to even double check. I guess if you send out 2 million emails saying my Wells Fargo Bank Account was hacked 100 people may actually have an account with them and 1-2 may be foolish enough to fall for it. [...]

30 November 2006 at 10:10 - Comments

Game Over! I’ve made up my mind… ( PS3 or Wii ? )

The debate over which console I am going to make my own is now over. Is it the PS3 or is it the Wii? I was leaning strong towards the Wii. And the winner is….. Xbox360. After all this waiting, after all this talk… I am going with the Xbox 360. After reading the impressions of the [...]

29 November 2006 at 15:21 - Comments

Blueray or HD DVD? What to buy?

I made a visit to several local Movie Stores to see if I could get an indication from them where the rental market will lean. I don’t want to buy the Beta Max of the new DVD Players. Two of the Movie Stores seem to think that they will both make it concurrently. I can’t see [...]

29 November 2006 at 10:47 - Comments

Cingular Blackjack Unboxing - Again…

No video this time, not even pictures. I wanted to post to commend Cingular. I have been testing the Blackjack for a couple weeks for a review. I have really enjoyed the phone and yesterday morning I decided I want to keep using the  Blackjack. I called 1-877-CINGULAR, gave them my phone number and requested to [...]

28 November 2006 at 13:08 - Comments

This is Alabama Football - Good Grief

I have been an Alabama Football fan since I was a boy. It’s hard not to be growing up in a town with such rich tradition. Tuscaloosa Alabama is a place where Alabama Football is like Hockey is to those folks up in Canada. It’s almost a religion. The University of Alabama is rich in [...]

28 November 2006 at 12:54 - Comments

All you want to know about HD TV… from a cheerleader

I was checking out the old RSS feeds this evening and something caught my eye. Normally something about HD doesn’t get my attention, but since I purchased an HD TV today, I thought I would look. Tech Digest listed Samsung’s HD website as their site of the day, for good reasons too! “It’s Samsung USA’s male-friendly guide to all [...]

27 November 2006 at 23:04 - Comments

Avoid the loony Zune - This is funny.

Here is the most slighted review I have ever seen. This guy has zero good things to say about the Zune. Why do I care? Because the guy probaly had this review in his mind before he even touched it. This is only a guess, but you have to wonder. Yes, Microsoft’s new Zune digital music [...]

27 November 2006 at 03:26 - Comments

Filed Under : Cool as hell - Swimming Boat

If anyone wants to buy me a Christmas gift, here it is…

“Boats are built for the water, and dolphins are built for the water–but when’s the last time you saw a boat built like a dolphin? This homemade single-seat design from a California company called Innespace Productions can travel both on and under the [...]

24 November 2006 at 00:02 - Comments