Archive for August, 2009
Woot Contest 234: Two Shirts Beat As One
by woot on Aug.31, 2009, under Woot
By now, you’ve probably heard about our Shirt.Woot Classics series, reviving a once-dead Shirt.Woot favorite every week. If you haven’t, check out our blog post about Classic shirts as soon as you get over your crushing shame. We use the term Redux to describe the shirts that are issued as they were originally sold, and Remix for those that we’ve tweaked in some way. But your challenge this week is something we haven’t done on Shirt.Woot yet:
Avoid Blobs: Woot Weads the Wire
by woot on Aug.26, 2009, under Woot
Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire.
What's Hassan Nemazee Thinking Right Now?
by woot on Aug.25, 2009, under Woot
“Hassan Nemazee, chairman of Nemazee Capital Corp. and a fundraiser for President Obama and Hillary Clinton, was arrested on charges that he tricked Citigroup Inc. into lending him as much as $74 million using phony documents.” – Bloomberg.com, today
Magic Bites (Unabridged Audio book)
by Puck on Aug.25, 2009, under Audio Book, Book, Review
While I normally read books either on paper or on a ebook reader like the Kindle. I actually have Magic Bites (Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews in Audiobook format. Something rare for me because of the higher costs of Audio books. This review will be based on that rather than text… Hope you don’t mind.
Woot Contest 233: What Would Don Do?
by woot on Aug.24, 2009, under Woot
The new season of a certain cable-TV drama set in an ad agency in the early ’60s is underway. And aside from making us crave Pall Malls and gimlets, it’s making us wonder what the likes of Sterling Cooper would’ve done with some of the junk we sell. The dynamic illustrations, the cool layouts, the verbal wit, the casual sexism – your challenge this week:
Squaring the Qube: New User Experience Badges Coming Soon
by woot on Aug.21, 2009, under Woot
If you use our world-famous hot ‘n’ spicy forums in the next week or so, you may notice that the little square next to your username has changed colors. Don’t be alarmed. Your account has not been hacked. This discoloration is not a symptom of disease. As you probably know, the user experience badge, or “qube”, as some of you kooks call it, denotes how many Woot purchases you’ve made. Due to Woot’s freakish growth rate, we’re dumping the old five-color system like a leaky bedpan and instituting this new eight-step qube regime in its place:
Mortimer & Monte: This One's For The Kids.Woot
by woot on Aug.18, 2009, under Woot
Our old primate pals Mortimer and Monte are back in the employee lounge, debating the merits of Kids.Woot, the newest consumer fantasy island in our growing archipelago!
GenCon 2009: Day Five: Part Two: No Kill I
by woot on Aug.17, 2009, under Woot
GenCon 2009 is over? But we’ve still got all this GenCon 2009 coverage left! Here, take a plate, help us get rid of it.
GenCon 2009: Day Five: Joy To The Fishes In The Deep Blue Sea
by woot on Aug.17, 2009, under Woot
Dave and Luke are home! They’re fast asleep in their snug little beds, all tuckered out from the travel. Meanwhile, we’re up before sunrise finishing our GenCon 2009 coverage. And we didn’t even get to go! Jerkfaces. Hope all their weapons got cursed.
GenCon 2009: Day Four: Part Two: It’s HOW Much For A Hot Dog?
by woot on Aug.16, 2009, under Woot
Dave and Luke are probably getting really sick of Indiana. But they wanted to go, so they have to stay until our GenCon 2009 coverage is done. If you can find them in the time that’s left, and if you’re wearing your Woot shirt, you might just get your picture taken. We don’t really have the budget to get more A-Team than that.
