New Segment: Cheap Tech

I’ve been contemplating this for a while, due to my current place of employment, and me kind of wanting to keep my job (no job, no blog), but I’ve decided to just go for it.

Cheap tech! What is it? Well, really, you don’t need to ask, it is what it is, tech for cheap! If you follow me closely on Twitter, I work at the local Big Lots, The World’s Best Bargain Place, as we say. We do sell cheap electronics, but I’ve been testy on whether or not I should even try any of it. But for you, my loyal readers, I’m going to go for it. I’m going to set up myself a little paypal so that you can send me donations to at least help pay for some of these (possibly) great products.

Now, I don’t want to sound like I’m asking for charity. If you’ve been to Big Lots lately and looked through our grand electronics department, the most expencive thing is $300, then the next is $50. Most of the things I’ll be reviewing will be around $20.

I also don’t want to be showing favoritism to my employer, so I’ll be going to other bargain stores, and sometimes grabbing sale items from Circuit City (if I ever go there again) or Best Buy.

If you’d like to e-mail me bargain items you’d like to see/hear/read me review (yes, I said see, I’m working on funding for a camcorder) send your tips to specialKolin [at] gmail [dot] com, or in the comments below.

A Small Facebook Complaint

Yes, I’m going to talk about the “People You May Know” section of Facebook. As you can see, Bobby and I both live in Inverness. Bobby likes guns, whereas I do not. He also likes wearing long-sleeved shirts in the middle of the Florida summer, whereas I do NOT. But due to the little similarity that we both live in the same city (which is pretty much large in size, for a small town; approximately 7 thousand people) I must know him.

Now, of course, I’ve added some of the popular people from my graduating class, and a couple girls who’s activities are questionable in nature (seriously, send me an add request and I’ll add you, I’ll add you, even if I don’t know you) so Bobby has a couple of them on his friend’s list, too, but Facebook knows I don’t talk to these people, and never have.

So, the suggestion I’ll make to Facebook: if you have more than 10 friends in common, then put them on as “people you may know” otherwise, if you haven’t talked to mutual friends in at least a month, then don’t show them.