Nostalgia

Freebie of the day - Honey Maid Snack Bars
Another one - Ladies Schick Quattro Razor

Arcade '84

Download the movie at the site. A trip down memory lane.
"Arcade '84 is an attempt at recreating the atmosphere of the classic arcades. It's a 3-minute+ trip through an imaginary arcade circa 1984 entirely rendered in 3D computer graphics. The arcade is filled with more than 30 unique games presented in their original cabinets and decorated with their original artwork and animated game graphics. "


"Water" That Doesn't Get Wet video

See the Apollo landings locations on Google Moon and see Earth in 3d with Google Earth.

Patman & Bloggin'

Welcome back Patelman!



(The ladies missed you)

In honor of the return to consciousness of Patelman, I thought I'd throw a few links up here myself. No freebies though. Now that Patelman is back I can hold off on the mass freebie listings... for now.


For the young girl who's trying to get over her fear of tampons maybe?
http://www.mypapercrane.com/indexSTOREtampon.html

Speaking of tampons, or actually no, it has nothing to do with tampons, but if you miss all those old intros to TV shows you used to know and love, you can watch them at http://retro.vandegrift.net/

And in case that just isn't exciting enough, try this game -http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/squares2.php

Beat your best score or number of squares! Have fun!

Patman Returns

Okay, I'm back by unpopular demand. FYI..my being AWOL had nothing to do with the London bombings.

I come bearing gifts:

Fruit Leather

Olay Cream

Dog Treat

OxyMint

Thin Watch

"Citizen Watch has created a digital clock that is as thin as paper. "

3 Headed Ant Auction on Ebay


The auction is over $100.









10 Hot Vehicles for Techies

"Echo"

Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo ....

Happy Trails

In a world of movies - one article will explain the difference between good and bad... trailers.

Have you ever sat through a trailer and the music seemed familiar, but you just thought that you were hearing things? Did you know that many trailers actually do use soundtracks from other movies? Read about that and lots of other trailer tidbits here:

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1449360,00.html


Naughty Rose

Anybody catch the MTV video music awards awhile back? Interested in what Rose McGowan's dress looked like from the front? Try the link below. Marilyn Manson is standing with her.

http://www.robbscelebs.co.uk/noops218/rose_mcgowan0005.jpg


Horsies!



Speaking of trails (well, it was trailers, but that's close enough), if you're into horse-back riding, here's a site with several stables listed. The link takes you to Texas, but you can navigate to other states as well.

http://www.horse-riding.net/stables/United_States/Texas/

Or if you just want to learn about horses, or maybe buy one try

http://www.allabouthorses.com/




And since Patelman has been neglecting the greedy, little, penny-pinching, money-grubbers inside of all of us, here are a few freebies. Hopefully this will tide you over until our freebie messiah is reborn (or his hard drive gets fixed - say it however you like, I'm sticking with "rebirth of the freebie messiah") . Some items are adults only. Shoo, kids. Shoo!

• Tea sample
  Access the "click here for free samples" link in the left column and fill out the form to request a tea sample from the Yogi Tea Company. Limit: one per household. Allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. (U.S. only).


• Free diaper bag
  Follow the instructions here to request a package of free baby-related goodies, including a diaper bag, a changing pad, coupons for Enfamil baby formula, and more. Limit: one per household. (U.S. and Canada only).


• Free travel guides
  Planning to go on a trip? This site offers a large selection of free travel guides, vacation planners and travel brochures. You can use the helpful search engine here to find the specific travel guides you're looking for. (U.S. and Canada only).


• TUMS sample
  Access the "click here for free samples" link in the right column and fill out the form to request a sample of TUMS, an antacid and calcium supplement. Note: you must be at least 13 years old to request this item. (U.S. only).


• Astroglide sample
  Access the "free samples" link and fill out the form to request a sample of Astroglide, a personal lubricant product. You must be 18 or older to request this item. Allow six weeks for delivery. (U.S. only).


• Energy supplement sample
  Access the "get a free sample" link and follow the instructions to request a free sample of Energy Plus, an all-natural, non-ephedra energy supplement from Xtreme Health Formulas. Allow two weeks for delivery. (U.S. only).

Apple fumbles - Market share remains with Microsoft

Just a quick update from "Michael's Minute", the Linspire Newsletter:

My disappointment was captured by an Apple spokesman who commented on what the switch does not mean: "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac." Future "Mactel" computers will have specially designated Intel chips, not generic x86 compatible chips found in common PCs. My sources say that Jobs is going to use Intel's cryptographic technology called LaGrande to make sure OS X will only boot on Apple-branded hardware. This is a similar technique to the one that Microsoft used to make sure Linux could not be loaded on Xbox...

The bottom line is that PC buyers will unfortunately not have the option to install and experience OS X. There will be no low-cost laptops from budget-minded Taiwanese manufacturers. There will be no generic AMD or Via white boxes sold by the millions capable of running OS X. Apple will not be reaching the 95% of the world buying Intel-compatible machines.


I knew it was too good to be true. The only plus side is that it probably means that eventually all that will be left (outside of specialized hardware) is the good old 86 line and it's descendants. One day...

Hell freezes over!

Apple drops IBM PowerPC line for Intel chips

At its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) today, Apple announced plans to begin delivering models of its Macintosh computers using Intel microprocessors by June 2006, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007. Apple previewed a Mac OS X Tiger system running on an Intel-based Mac to the audience of developers attending Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote address. ... MORE



Wow. Finally, standardization. And now, the MacOS/Windows war begins. It's all about the better OS at this point. I will be happy to see the proprietary Macintosh hardware world die. No more silliness. Everyone just fights it out on the same battleground, and everything is a million times more compatible and transferable. What a relief. I thought it would never end.