Archive for March, 2012

The Bloke and A Bird Show Episode 21

As promised this week it’s all about the FitBit.  Patricia’s had her FitBit for almost a month now and shares her thoughts on it.

Got questions about the FitBit, leave a comment….

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The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 20

Ok, we admit it, this week we’re all over the place…

We’ve got Toshiba showing off erasable photocopies

Somebody who doesn’t like Siri

AOL cutting AIM staff

Retailers realizing that they don’t need to send you so much e-mail

The FTC cracking down on car dealerships

A squished rabbit, and a guy filling out a job application just so that he can steal from a tip jar…

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The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 19

Lucky you – this week you get two episodes – assuming you’ve already read The Hunger Games Trilogy.

We were getting concerned – but one of us finally got a YBuy invite.  We’ll be getting our first product – the Breville Custom Loaf Breadmaker in a few weeks and will have a review in May.

Random House is changing their e-book pricing – for library books.

We ask you – would you accept money from a seller to retract negative feedback? Let us know in the comments…

Fiat has announced a 4-door 500, the 500L which looks an awful lot like the MINI Countryman.

If you’re going to modify your license plate – consider using something other than toothpaste

Something else  you might want to consider not doing – a dine and dash at a restaurant where the local police are staffing the place as part of a fundraiser.

Unemployed and collecting Food Stamps? Win the lottery? Well if so, you shouldn’t still be getting Food Stamps.

Our friends over at the Cleveland Photographic Society have kicked off a monumental Photo Scavenger Hunt – it’s free to enter – find the details out here.

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Bloke and a Bird – Book Show 1

It was a little longer than we had planned on to get this one recorded – but the much talked about Hunger Games Trilogy show is in the can.

It’s not often that we’ll willing tell people to not download a show – but if you haven’t read the books or your just planning on watching the movie – don’t listen because there are spoilers in this show!

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2012 Cleveland Auto Show Photo Gallery

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2012 Cleveland Auto Show, a set on Flickr.

Here are just some of the pictures from this years Cleveland Auto Show

The Bloke and a Bird Show Episode 18

This week we go from the cool, to the ludicrous, to the cool, and back to the ludicrous…  Come to think of it, most of our shows are probably like that!

To kick things off is news that the Lytro camera is now shipping! No, we sadly have yet to order one for us…

So Apple makes stoves right? They’re part of the iphone brand right? Ok, maybe not..

The Cleveland Auto Show has been running for the last week and a half. The show features test drives and a Jeep agility course as well as the usual cars on display – and find out what two cars Patricia calls “pornography.”

Sony and AT&T join forces to irritate PSVita buyers.

An Australian woman decides to stick to Nigerian scam artists – but doesn’t think the whole plan through

And it turns out that you can’t score a free meal at Denny’s by claiming to be the new General Manager and cooking  your meal yourself…

 

 

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