http://thedailybits.com Almost every day a bit of tid, bit of news, and a bit of a deal Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:12:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At last, I can indulge my movie jones without all of that spending 2 hours or so in front of the TV. Now this is what I call a true breakthrough in cinematic technology! Browse on over to Angry Alien Productions for at least a four minute tour of some of ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/07/06/30-second-bunnie-movie-parodies-no-really/ Now this sounds like a cool deal ... I can get a copy of Photoshop CS3, Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade, or VMware Workstation for  … free? Ok I'll pass on the Vista but Photoshop ... hmmm... A blogging friend turned me on to this offer at BAS.  You can check the ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/07/05/free-photoshop-sweet-deal/ I'm currently setting up a new website that focuses on local small and home based business, and as I start to promote it over the next three months I hope some of my readers may want to get involved and hopefully also benefit from it. While hardly a new or stunning ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/06/08/another-web-experiment-and-a-call-for-victims-i-mean-beta-testers/ Ya gotta hand it to the swiss for coming up with the coolest toys! Yves Rossy was the test pilot on May 14, 2008, in a successful 6-minute flight near Lake Geneva, Switzerland ( not Lake Geneva, Wisconsin? dang ... ) jumping at 7,500 feet with jet engines and a folded ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/05/24/personal-jet-pack-first-the-swiss-army-knife-now-this/ My daughter and I love to play chess. She's already at a point where she wins 11 out of 10 games with me - hey I said I like to play, not that I'm good at it . The only challenge is the 300 plus miles separating us. So I did ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/05/17/chess-anyone/ Nope, I shouldn't be surprised, she's not one to be idle. I called my mom today and we spoke for a few minutes. I did not want to keep her on the phone too long, as she was driving back from taking an 80 year old patient to a doctor. The ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/05/15/moms-got-a-blog/ Last summer I accidentally saved a chipmunk from becoming a kitty-snack. Or perhaps I almost caused the little guy to become someone's lunch, depending on how you want to look at it. During one of my obnoxious-addiction-but-it's-legal breaks in the parking lot at work, the little fuzzy guy went barreling ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/04/22/my-friend-the-chipmunk/ I remember back in the day, AT&T used to be the epitome of The Evil Corporation ... way back when AT&T, Ma Bell and "The Phone Company" all meant the same thing. For the 80 percent or so of those of you too young to remember, rent the movie "The President's ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/04/20/showing-my-age-i-still-dig-meatloaf/ I WISH these people had an affiliate program ... or maybe they do but I keep missing the link because I'm too busy laughing at the day's ad copy ... woot.com has been around since July of 2004, the creation of electronics wholesaler Matt Rutledge, and the purported originator of ... http://thedailybits.com/2008/04/13/the-products-are-decent-but-its-the-ad-copy/ so what kind of bait should I use to catch one of these ... earth magnets? Robot Fish Swims Like Real - video powered by Metacafe http://thedailybits.com/2008/04/11/robofish/