And to think I almost missed it

by Mir | Sep 16, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!

Remember how Amazon used to do those 24-hour sales on Monday on kitchen stuff? And then they stopped? And then I sort of forgot about it (whoops)? Well, I guess they’re starting it up again, except—lucky for me!—now it’s a 48-hour Kitchen and...

Time for date night

by Mir | Sep 16, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!

Know what we haven’t had in… well… days? A coupon code for Restaurant.com! (Were you going into withdrawal? Breathe deeply! It’s okay!) So here you go: Through September 21st, 2008, use coupon code FESTIVE to save 60% on your Restaurant.com...

Plenty of GPS for the money

by Mir | Sep 15, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

Still needing a GPS unit? I’m eying the Garmin c580 at Amazon, partly because it’s down to $149.99 shipped, but mostly because it has text-to-speech (which means it announces street names, rather than just saying “turn left” or “bear...

Let Pampers pamper your baby

by Mir | Sep 15, 2008 | Contests

Back when my children were babies—you know, somewhere in the Pleistocene Era—pretty much you could buy Pampers or you could buy Huggies or you could buy a store generic, and that was that. There weren’t different varieties within brands. If you had a...

Stock your iPod, stuff some stockings

by Mir | Sep 15, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!

Is there ever a bad time for some great CDs? No, I don’t think there is. Check it out: Amazon is currently offering a slew of albums on a Buy 2 CDs, Get 1 Free promotion. Get some music for you, get some music to gift; at these prices, you can do both! Because...