I’m rather fond of these charmingly oddball Lego creations, which reminded me of a certain Hunter S. Thompson quote:
And still the Great Declutter Sale rages on into the week! I’m getting rid of a fair bit of my stuff at bargain prices, and this is your chance to save big on some cool stuff, either for yourself or for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year.
In this installment of the sale, I’m offering a barely-used Dewalt DC988 18V cordless hammer drill. I’ve used it only a couple of times, and in both cases, as a power screwdriver to help friends assemble IKEA furniture. It comes with everything pictured below, plus the carrying case:
Here’s the drill unit itself:
Want a review? Check out this video:
It comes with not one, but two 18-volt lithium-ion batteries:
…as well as this battery charger:
And now, tool porn. Bow chicka-wah-WAH!!!
Music break!
Sooo…hot…
It also comes with a side handle…
…this never-opened 29-piece set of drill bits…
…and this 8-piece set of wood-boring bits:
Are you interested yet? It’s yours for $100 if you pick it up from my place (I’m in Toronto, practically on top of High Park Station) or $100 plus shipping if you want me to send it to you. Want it? Drop me a line!
The great decluttering continues. I’m getting rid of stuff that I no longer use, but perhaps might be of use for you, and ask only for some money to help me — financially, it’s been a terrible year (long story, which I’ll blog later). It’s your cash, my stuff, everybody wins!
In this installment of The Great Declutter Sale, I’ve got a couple of rare items that are so terribly, terribly uncool and unloved that they will cement your hipster status forever. You will be able to walk through the most painfully hip neighbourhoods — Parkdale in Toronto, “Billyburg” in New York, the Pearl District in Portland — and they will fall down and worship you like a god.
I have not one, but two Zune HDs for sale. One 16GB model, one 32GB model.
With just one of these, The Arcade Fire will call you up and beg you to come to one of their shows. With the both of these, you’ll be able to specify a dress code for them. That’s how powerfully hip these things will make you.
These Zunes weren’t taken out much — I used them primarily for software development purposes. That’s right: you could program them to play games. As a result, they’re in great condition with no scratches on the glass and only the smallest of blemishes on their brushed metal bodies. Each comes with its own Zune HD USB cable, and you can still get the software to connect it to Windows from zune.net, and yes it even runs on Windows 8.
| Processor | Nvidia Tegra APX 2600 |
| Display | 3.3-inch glass capacitive multi-touch OLED display with a 16:9 ratio and 480 * 272 pixel resolution |
| Maximum display resolution | If you connect it to a TV via the optional HDMI dock (sorry, I don’t have it), it plays 720p video! |
| RAM | 128MB |
| Audio support | Support for constant- and variable-rate audio up to 48kHz for the following formats:
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| Video support | Support for constant- and variable-rate audio up to 48kHz for the following formats:
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| Equalizer | With presets: none, acoustic, classical, electronic, hip hop, jazz, pop, and rock. |
| Storage | The 16GB one (the black one) has 16GB. It is left as an exercise for the reader to figure out how much storage the 32GB one (the silver one) has. |
| Wifi | Yup, this thing’s got wifi: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi with open, WEP, WPA, and WPA2 authentication modes and WEP 64-bit and 128-bit, TKIP, and AES encryption modes |
| Browser | Oh yeah, it’s got a browser all right! The ultra-hip Windows CE variant of what was once the de facto standard for browsing: Internet Explorer 6. Awww yisss. |
| Radio | Yup, it’s an FM/HD radio receiver too! |
If you want to get your paws on the predecessor of Windows Phone, you want to get your mitts on one, or both of these Zune HDs!
Check out these Zune HD reviews:
- Engadget: “The first thing you’ll notice — the first thing everyone notices — is just how incredibly sexy the Zune HD is.”
- Gizmodo: “The Zune HD is the best touchscreen PMP on the market. It’s got the most unique vision, the most impressive hardware and the most stylish software.”
- PCMag: “With a fantastic OLED touch screen, a top-notch Web browser, and a wireless music store, the Zune HD is the best PMP you can buy—that is, if you live outside the iTunes universe.”
- Digital Trends: “Make us pick a media player for the next 12 hours on a plane, and we’ll take the Zune HD any day.”
- Amazon: 4.5 stars!
If you look at Amazon’s used prices, they’re asking asking for over $100 for used Zune HDs. I’m happy to let ’em go for much cheaper: $30 for the 16GB model, $40 for the 32GB one. Each comes with its own Zune HD-specific USB cable. Want one, or both? Drop me a line!
Click the photo to see it at full size.
(Cue the sounds of a zillion geeks having an “I’m a Dalek” fantasy.)
Sir Patrick Stewart has but one rule for using Twitter, and it’s a good one. In this video, he explains how he uses it, and how he came up with the rule.
I’m decluttering. I’m getting rid of a fair bit of stuff, and that means my new-found asceticism is your big bargain! Whether you’re looking for a treat for yourself or want to save some money on Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus presents, I’ve got stuff going cheap that you may want. In this installment, I’m posting business books for sale. As the title of this article says, they’re $5 each, any 5 for $20.
I live in Toronto, practically on top of High Park subway station, and it’s easiest if you drop by to pick them up. If you live far away and want to cover shipping, I’d be happy to send ’em your way. If you want a book or many books, email and let me know!
- 1001 Ways to Reward Employees
- Managing Your Manager
- Booklife
- Predictably Irrational
- Unique Ability
- Fierce Conversations
- Speaking PowerPoint
- Screen Future
- Getting to Yes
- A Whack on the Side of the Head
- Meatball Sundae
- It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be
- How to Make Luck
- Celebrating Failure
- Drive
- Free Prize Inside
- Here Comes Everybody
- Married to the Brand
- The Back of the Napkin
- Confessions of a Public Speaker
- Listening to the Future
- The Power of Habit
- First, Break All the Rules
- The Thank You Economy
- Enchantment
- Buy-In
- Startup Communities
- Poke the Box
- The Behavior Gap
- Groundswell
- Managing Transitions
- The Advisor Century
- Switch
- Hyperformance
- Rich is a State of Mind
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich
- Speed-Reading for Professionals
- Project Management Terms: A Working Glossary
- The Art of the Interview
- The Black Swan
- Ready for Anything
- Positioning
- Presentation Zen
- Purple Cow
- The Art of the Long View
- New Job, New You
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- People Skills
- The Personal MBA
- Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play
- Only the Paranoid Survive
- Know-How
- Head First PMP
- How to Instantly Connect with Anyone
- Insidious Competition
- The Five Rituals of Wealth
- Making It Happen
- The Microsoft Crabby Office Lady Tells it Like it Is
- Getting Things Done
- Reality is Broken
- What Shall I Do With My Life?
Toronto’s Peter Griffin-esque mayor makes history again: he’s the first Toronto mayor to be the subject of a New Yorker cartoon.
The cartoon is also more proof for Charles Lavoie’s hypothesis that you can take any New Yorker cartoon and replace its caption with a certain phrase and it will still work:
Thanks to the “Mayor Frod” Twitter account for the link!