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Nov 27, 2009 by Kurt "Telas" Schneider3

Basic Black (Friday), No Pearls

Happy Black Friday! Doesn’t sound so cheery, does it? Well, whatever the origins of the phrase, here in the USA, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, when it is the patriotic duty of all Americans to rush to a retail establishment and buy something, anything. Sometimes as early as midnight, for those of you without a life. (Yeah, that’s right. A gamer just said you need to get a ...
Nov 28, 2008 by Kurt "Telas" Schneider4

The Blackest of Fridays…

When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor -Steely Dan, "Black Friday" So the tryptophan finally wore off, but it's too late;you've already missed all the cool tech deals at the local geek-o-rama. But that's all right, because Uncle Telas is posting a few links for your shopping dollar (assuming you still have one). These are not necessarily "Black ...

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