Used Batteries?!?

We typically buy packages of 50-100 double A’s for $9.99, often Rayovac @ Canadian Tire, but were always paying through the nose for AAA batteries. We were strolling through the dollar store picking up some odds and ends and noticed 6 AAAs for a dollar(60 for $10) and figured ‘nice’. Rather than buy 20 packages, I picked up 5 and figured we would test them out… Oops, I should have read the back, but seriously who the #$%& expects to be buying repackaged USED alkaline batteries? 20-60% of the batteries in each package were useless, needle didn’t move on the amp meter…

Taking Orders for FlipStart

After being overdue for at least a year, the FlipStart brought to you in part by Paul Allen(co-founder of Microsoft) is taking orders. Unfortunately the system is 50% heavier(1.5lb vs 1lb) and has a lower screen resolution(1024×600 vs 1024×768) than was promised. It still remains one of the lightest and smallest x86 clam shelled handhelds you can find, at only twice the price that it should be(based on similar OQO and Sony UX models).

Hopefully this will get the ball rolling for smaller more portable clam shell Windows XP+ computers.

Flipstart, OQO, Sony UX.