Blippy is a website where people obsessively review everything they buy.
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Yes, I am a huge nerd.
girlfriday
Which is your favorite of the series? I'm a big fan of Two Towers, despite it receiving a lot of backlash from a lot of folks.
billo
I kinda think of them all as one big movie, which in the extended version is about 12 hours long. But if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the Two Towers.
billo
Also, this is a pre-order; the blue ray edition doesn't even come out until May or something.
gkruis
huge nerds are way better than tiny nerds!
fnoo
They keep the world supply of chee-tos within safe levels.
Tangled (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
I liked it. The horse is very funny, and the wicked witch is pretty much the hottest wicked witch ever in a Disney movie.
gkruis
Looked fun.
beverlynoelle
Just watched this for the first time yesterday. It was shockingly good, I thought!
gkruis
I think we can all agree that Ursula was the ugliest and most terrifying in one, right? All though... Snow White's old crone was pretty bad too.
billo
Ursula gave all my kids nightmares when they were 3-5 years old.
gkruis
I always thought she scared the shit out of me.
Daring Fireball One-Year Membership Donation
All hail Gruber!
Harry Potter Magic Box and Playing Cards
Nothing like playing "Go Fish" with HP cards. Do you have any Hermiones? Go fish.
amyuhrich
That sounds fun. But seriously what's the objective here?
Apple 45W MagSafe Power Adapter for MacBook Air
Just like all other magsafe chargers, but smaller, which is nice when you have a super tiny macbook. I wish they would make it flatter, though. Bigger but flat would be awesome.
The New HIPAA Guide for 2010: 2009 ARRA ACT for HIPAA Security and Compl...
This review is actually shorter than the title of this boooooooooooooooring book.
chrismolnar
but now at least you're hipaa compliant?
billo
I already was, but it's good to check up on everything.
fnoo
Youse now hipaa than meee?
Cadillac Escalade AWD
It's a rental. I don't own an SUV. But I get to pretend to be Tony Soprano for a week.
amyuhrich
That's an important experience. We all need to get the Tony Soprano out of our systems...perhaps this is a safe outlet?
Haier HNSB02 1.7 Cu-Ft Refrigerator/Freezer, White
I wish this were for beer, but it's for storing vaccines, which is much more boring.
amyuhrich
Couldn't you technically use it for beer? Or is it way too small or something?
NarcissaNarcosis
Who needs vaccines anyway...beer is more important. :D
gkruis
sounds more interesting. vaccines for what?
*SIGNED* Super Meat Boy! 2-CD Special Edition Soundtrack: Super Meat Boy...
This is the guy who made the soundtrack to the game Canabalt, which is a free download. I bought his full album (which turns out to be AWESOME) because I wanted to pay him something for the awesome Canabalt sound track.
It's electronic music, so if you like that sort of thing, check it out.
It's electronic music, so if you like that sort of thing, check it out.
HIPAA Plain & Simple: A Healthcare Professionals Guide to Achieve HIPAA ...
Thrilling stuff, believe you me.
Gnomeo & Juliet 3D (G)
It was cute. The kids liked it. It had many Shakespeare puns and jokes too keep the adults mildly interested.
gkruis
Been wondering about this one. Who put it out, Disney?
riddlefish
I didn't know this was out yet! So is there enough adult humor to merit going to it without kids?
billo
@riddlefish I wouldn't go that far. There is enough adult humor to keep you from killing yourself.
impulsebuyer
I'll be watching this. Did you see it in 3-D?
Wiha 40010 Magnetizer or Demagnetizer
It's like magic.
ryan
Everyone knows magnets only work because of magic. What does this thing do?
riddlefish
Whoa! What kinds of things do you magnetize? Is there any practical joke potential? ;D
billo
Magnetizing is cool, but UNMAGNETIZING??? WTF! That's too awesome! I haven't actually used it on anything yet, but it was only $5, how could I not buy it?
ryan
amazon prime? looks heavy
impulsebuyer
What is the purpose of this? I'm trying to decide if I need this in my life
fnoo
It would be fun to magnetize your belt buckle. You could erase hard drives just by thrusting your hips at them.
Moleskine Sketchbook Large by Moleskine
I love the heavy weight paper. You can write on it with sharpie and it doesn't bleed through the page.
beverlynoelle
Whaaaat?! I need this, then, my regular Moleskine notbook shows bleed through :(
spacepants
For some reason a local Border's by me had a lot of their Moleskine's marked down to 99 cents. I was going to buy one (marked at the standard price), but it scanned at $0.99. The dude at the register looked at me and the we both went and looted the display case. Considering how quickly I go through these... it was a pretty awesome day. I'll keep the extras in my Y2K: II closet.
LeahV
congrats man!
billo
Spacepants, thats awesome!
gkruis
isn't borders going down? or was that a dream?
$30 Donation to The Tibet Fund
I hear they make a great fish curry.
Tubbs Snowshoes Girls Storm Snowshoes, 19 -inch
They are pink, so my previously-mentioned six-year-old is totally psyched.
Synology DiskStation Diskless 4-Bay Network Attached Storage DS410
My latest attempt to use a NAS for my home storage architecture. This one is pretty sweet so far, very easy to set up, with a slick admin web UI that embarrasses every other admin web UI ever made.
The iSCSI is a little hinky, but that might be the fault of the initiator I have running on my mac.
Includes all kinds of crazy add on apps, like iTunes server and torrent downloader.
The iSCSI is a little hinky, but that might be the fault of the initiator I have running on my mac.
Includes all kinds of crazy add on apps, like iTunes server and torrent downloader.
Feldspar Web 12 Ultrawarm Bot Print Kids'
My six-year-old daughter is not happy with these boots. "They have spider webs on them!" I told her next winter she can have pink ones... the spiderweb boots were all they had left!
fnoo
How many legs does your daughter have?
riddlefish
I don't blame her--those things get everywhere. And there's no way to look cool after freaking out when you walk though one unexpectedly.
billo
I read somewhere long ago that said over a lifetime, people inhale something like 150 spiders while sleeping. *shudder*
fnoo
So that's where all of these dreams come from...
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
This is my cousin's new book, so anything I write here will be utterly biased. But her first book was fantastic ("Still Alice") and this one is shaping up to be just as good. It's a novel, and I'm calling it a new genre: neuroscience fiction.
HP Officejet 6500A Plus e-All-in-One (CN557A#B1H)
I CAN PRINT SHIT FROM MY IPHONE!
Why would I want to do that?
I DON'T KNOW BUT IT'S FRICKIN COOL!
Why would I want to do that?
I DON'T KNOW BUT IT'S FRICKIN COOL!
fnoo
Now if you could print automatic transcripts of your conversations, that would be neato.
riddlefish
@fnoo Ha. I wouldn't be a fan. Most of my phone conversations are brief and boring and most of my text conversations are awkward/inappropriate jokes I'd deny making. ;p
fnoo
I'm sure the feature wouldn't be mandatory.
beverlynoelle
Have you printed any iPhone photos on it yet?!
fnoo
Oh, now. Surely he must know what his iPhone looks like.
Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM...
Two tee bees for a hundy. How marvelous!
fnoo
You're sounding too British even for me.
