PS3 Nuttiness

I was checking the stuff I've got on sale at eBay.com and remembered that eBay had set some specific restrictions on PS3 pre-order auctions. So what do I do? I pop "PS3" into the search field and hit enter.

HOLY SCMOLY! There are people paying $1,800.00 for a PS3 - that's not even available yet?!?!?!? The thing retails for $600.00! Now that's what I call a margin of profit! "Curiosity killed the cat" or so the saying goes - for me it should be "curiosity caused hours of thoughtless web-surfing...." I decided to see what kind of people were doing the bidding. This auction is one that I decided to watch as it ended. It shot from $1,674.00 to $1,800.00 in just the last minute. What was most interesting about the auction was the high bidder at $1,674.00 - it was the eBayer who goes by "n.o.bound". I noticed that they only had a 3 for rating (equals to a net of 3 unique positive feedbacks) but.... 2 of the positive feedbacks were for other PS3 pre-order auction wins. WHAT?!?!? Let me get this straight. You've already won and paid for two PS3 auctions - paying a total of over $3,000.00 for something that retails for $1,200.00 - and you're bidding for more?!?!? Ok, either this eBayer has too much money and not enough gray matter *or* I smell a scam...

And to think, I was considering cashing in on the PS3 pre-order madness too. Good thing I didn't meet eBay guidelines for that!

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About Gmail for Phones

Just found this. What is that? Well, it's a Gmail application for my phone. I've tried it out and it's pretty cool - I just wish it were a full blown Palm OS application (it's a Java app and as such it runs on top of the IBM JME that I installed on my Treo).

If I could just figure out how to put the launcher as a standalone menu application, I would really be stoked!


Update - Silly me. I forgot to look under the "Unfiled" category on my phone. When I did, there "Gmail" sat. Needless to say, now I'm very happy with this program. Good job Google!

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Oh Yeah

I still need to make that long post of the weekend. I'll try to get that done today - but with everything else, I'm not holding my breath! (So don't hold yours either.)

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Maybe Today!

Just posting that I hope I have enough time today to get everything done. I hope to get at least two items onto eBay, and one or two photo albums up. But the pile of work to do here is pretty thick... Time will tell.

I did chat with Dean last night (for maybe a minute or two). He's off at some sort of conference and told me that he was saving up and taking notes for six or seven posts to his blog. Woot! I will make sure that I check his posts out and notify you here as well.

Later!

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Minor Website Update

Just finished updating my home page to be more consistent with this blog look. I also updated Christy's Wishlist, my wishlist and the photo album's index page. I've got one or two very long posts coming. I just haven't gotten around to writing them.

Everything that I had up for sale at eBay has sold, so I need to get some more stuff out the door. Check back frequently!

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Waiting

Dean! Where's a post? Just one to say "Hello. I am Dean, and I'll drop some of my nuggets of wisdom (or whatever else might come out) from time to time here". I'm keeping tabs and I'm ready to answer any questions should you want to make some format changes or other.

Ok. Got that out of the way. I am hoping and praying that today goes much better than the last two days. Of course, it doesn't have to be much to be better - a lien on house from IRS and a broken vacuum makes for some bad days...

I've got lots of work to do, but that's not new. Stay tuned to this channel!

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A Wasted Day?

I wonder if I really did just waste a day. It certainly didn't start well, but at least it didn't end badly.

I started looking for the deed for the house - the documentation that the IRS needs to release the lien that they mistakenly placed on my house. Of course, I couldn't find it which necessitated a trip to the courthouse to get a copy. Not only that, but I wasn't at work that long before Christy called and informed me that the vacumm cleaner had died. Yippee! Another good day on the way...

I guess I then wasted most of the rest of the day trying to get the non-working Google Desktop Search working. I should have just given up, but somehow found myself on one of those quests to find out what was wrong and to get it working. Like the search for the proverbial fountain of youth... I've given up now - I'll have to leave my problem to the computer gurus at Google and hope they can fix it sometime.

I really need to get back to reading that book. That first battle just became more interesting since I realized that it is the origin for the meaning of the word marathon. Maybe I can force my way through the politics and name dropping without falling asleep.

In other news, I did sale something on eBay yesterday, and mailed it out today. Yeah, it wasn't much, but I did get rid of something I no longer used and got money for it in the process!

I also got my digital camera back from Christy. She used it yesterday - taking pictures at Christian's pre-K Halloween get-together. As soon I process them, I'll post some here. Christian - who can't stand to wear costumes - went as the only thing that didn't per se require a costume. If I haven't told you what his "costume" was - fell free to guess. You'll just have to wait on the pictures... :)

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