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Free shipping
Feb. 1st, 2011 02:33 amBorders.com is offering free standard shipping on all orders to the 50 US states Feb 1-3. Use promo code SNOWGO for standard shipping, SNOWBOX for shipping to P.O. Boxes.
Free DSi game until 6/11
Jun. 7th, 2010 02:35 amIf you have a DSi, you can download Photo Dojo for free until June 11th. After that it goes up to 200 points.
It's a fighting game in the style of Streets of Rage and Street Fighter, except you create your own characters using the DSi camera and mic. The game guides you through posing for various fighting moves, and has the ability to take pictures using either camera. After taking about a dozen photos, you are then stepped through recording the sound effects for punches, kicks, fireballs, etc. You can create up to 8 characters.
The single player mode is basically just a survival game, kill as many enemies as you can. Move right, fight enemies, move right. The enemies are chosen from among the characters you've created, so the more characters, the more fun and bizarre the game gets (especially if you let your friends make their own characters).
Vs. mode has one of the strangest control setups I've even seen. Instead of using two DSis, you just use the one, one player moving with the D-pad and attacking with the L button, the other player moving with the ABXY buttons and attacking with the R button. Game play is similar to Street Fighter, though it's a one-round winner-takes-all battle.
The game play is extremely simple, but the fun comes from creating the characters then watching them fight.
And of course, it's free. Free is always worth a download.
It's a fighting game in the style of Streets of Rage and Street Fighter, except you create your own characters using the DSi camera and mic. The game guides you through posing for various fighting moves, and has the ability to take pictures using either camera. After taking about a dozen photos, you are then stepped through recording the sound effects for punches, kicks, fireballs, etc. You can create up to 8 characters.
The single player mode is basically just a survival game, kill as many enemies as you can. Move right, fight enemies, move right. The enemies are chosen from among the characters you've created, so the more characters, the more fun and bizarre the game gets (especially if you let your friends make their own characters).
Vs. mode has one of the strangest control setups I've even seen. Instead of using two DSis, you just use the one, one player moving with the D-pad and attacking with the L button, the other player moving with the ABXY buttons and attacking with the R button. Game play is similar to Street Fighter, though it's a one-round winner-takes-all battle.
The game play is extremely simple, but the fun comes from creating the characters then watching them fight.
And of course, it's free. Free is always worth a download.
Free lube!
May. 27th, 2010 01:28 amThe WD-40 Company is giving out free samples of their Blue Works industrial lubricants. I got a free can of Dry Lube PTFE Formula; it's a Teflon lube that is completely dry so it doesn't pick up dirt like oil or grease does. It was a rather large can, 10 ounces, about the size of a standard WD-40 can. They also have several other varieties of lubricants, cleaners and penetrants that you can try, but you can only request one sample.
Go to http://www.blueworksbrand.com/sample/
Select the product you want to request
Enter the offer code MLB
Enter your name, e-mail, address and phone number
Enter that you heard about the offer from "Machinery Lubrication Magazine"
Fill out the rest of the form and hit Send
Technically this is for "industrial professionals". One sample request per person, available while supplies last. Offer only available in the continental US.
Go to http://www.blueworksbrand.com/sample/
Select the product you want to request
Enter the offer code MLB
Enter your name, e-mail, address and phone number
Enter that you heard about the offer from "Machinery Lubrication Magazine"
Fill out the rest of the form and hit Send
Technically this is for "industrial professionals". One sample request per person, available while supplies last. Offer only available in the continental US.
1500, storms, free money, free game
May. 13th, 2010 03:52 pmWhoo, 1500th LJ entry!
I was at Sam's Club late last night when a huge thunderstorm hit. You could hear the torrential rains even inside the store. Fortunately they have a covered loading area, unlike Costco, so I was able to load the stuff without getting soaked. I was also apparently the only person who brought an umbrella.
Picked up a 50 pound bag of popcorn. That should last a while.
Last night I signed up for the Nebraska Lottery's free MVP program. They gave me a coupon for a free Pick 5 ticket. The jackpot is currently $102,000. I went to the minimarket in town and got my free ticket this afternoon, then stopped next door at the Subway for a $5 footlong. Laying on the counter was a coupon for a free MegaMillions lottery ticket, so after getting my order, I went back to the minimart and got that ticket. That $5 footlong could end up winning me $31 million.
In case you've been living under a rock for the past week, Steam is giving away free copies of Portal until May 24th. Minimum requirements are a 1.7 GHz processor, 512MB RAM, a DirectX 8.1 compatible graphics card, Windows 2000 or higher. If you meet those minimums, be sure to download. If you don't meet those minimum requirements, GET IT ANYWAY! Once you "purchase" it, you'll have it in your Steam account for life, so you'll be able to download and install it on a future computer.
I was at Sam's Club late last night when a huge thunderstorm hit. You could hear the torrential rains even inside the store. Fortunately they have a covered loading area, unlike Costco, so I was able to load the stuff without getting soaked. I was also apparently the only person who brought an umbrella.
Picked up a 50 pound bag of popcorn. That should last a while.
Last night I signed up for the Nebraska Lottery's free MVP program. They gave me a coupon for a free Pick 5 ticket. The jackpot is currently $102,000. I went to the minimarket in town and got my free ticket this afternoon, then stopped next door at the Subway for a $5 footlong. Laying on the counter was a coupon for a free MegaMillions lottery ticket, so after getting my order, I went back to the minimart and got that ticket. That $5 footlong could end up winning me $31 million.
In case you've been living under a rock for the past week, Steam is giving away free copies of Portal until May 24th. Minimum requirements are a 1.7 GHz processor, 512MB RAM, a DirectX 8.1 compatible graphics card, Windows 2000 or higher. If you meet those minimums, be sure to download. If you don't meet those minimum requirements, GET IT ANYWAY! Once you "purchase" it, you'll have it in your Steam account for life, so you'll be able to download and install it on a future computer.
