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Well, it’s about that time of year again.  US series are restarting their 12-22 episodes.  As usual, these series typically begin over the next two to three months, leaving those who don’t stay glued to the TV guide a little out of the loop.  Aside from having to hunt down the ‘official’ site for every show you watch, where can you find a single location consisting of every show you revel in?  Well, in my case I have been sifting through http://www.thetvdb. com site with a lot of success. 

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Beatles Rock Band initially struck me as an oddity that I couldn’t grasp initially.  Not being an avid Beatles fan, I could not see the reason for such a product.  Why devote an entire games just to one group, why tailor the product just for this one band.  They already have Rock Band 2, why not a Rock Band 3 with some of these new features added in?

Well, then the day before the release I got a knock on my door with the Fedex guy, here he was with my very own copy of Beatles Rock Band for review.  Now this review is a little late out the door, but if you share the life I do, you’ll understand why.  But we did get to play the game and I tell you, it was understandable why this needed it’s own title. 

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When I was first told of the concept of Darkest Of Days the newest XBOX 360 game from Phantom EFX, I couldn’t help but think, amazing.  A war game that transcends 5 different War eras, but unlike the Call of Duty series where you are multiple people, you are the same character all the way through.  But how can that work you ask? Time Travel. (continue reading…)

So, I’m sitting here in Starbucks typing away these posts and I thought that not everyone knows about all the perks you get with the handy plastic Starbucks card.  They even make a keychain version that is smaller.

The standard card allows for:

• Free (select) syrups and expanded milk options (like soy)
• Free Refills on same visit for brewed coffee.
• Free drink with Whole Bean purchase.
• and My Favorite, free Wi-fi for 2 hours per day

All require you to signup your card online, so a card off the shelf won’t do it until you activate it online.  You can read more on their programs at: https://www.starbucks.com/card/programs

Just signed up to the “Hi I’m” service.  If you’re looking for a simple way to consolidate your myriad of social sites you manage, this may be the gateway.  They allow somewhat streamlined access for those with facebook and twitter accounts, but you still need a username on their site.  This username will become part of your URL you can give out. Example: http://hi.im/lifergeek

As of today, they support the following services:

• Twitter
• Digg
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Flickr
• MySpace
• LinkedIn
• Blog (takes a generic URL)
• FriendFeed
• GitHub
• 12Seconds
• Seesmic
• Brightkite
• Vimeo

You also get to title your page and include a small blurb about yourself (250 characters).  The page also attempts to pull feed information from some services onto your page, most notably your past few twitters, videos from YouTube, and photos from flickr.

The site is new, and I’m sure is still growing.  There are quite a few other sites I’d like to see added before it fits all my needs.  But as a launchpad to other sites that you can give to people right off, this will fit the bill, assuming your social lineup is within the list of sites they support.

To be fair, they do offer a ‘blog’ entry, but this does not allow you to edit a link name so if you have more than one, they all say ‘blog’.

Link: http://hi.im