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amazon - lodge 6qt enamel dutch oven $45

Actually, the brown and green are also $45 - only the purple, burgundy, and orange are higher. Also, this piece is from the lower-end Lodge porcelain enamel line - though it isn't clear if there is a quality difference or just a less "decorative" appearance vs the higher line. There were some...
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- Post #4
- May 11, 2013
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Sennheiser HD 439 phones 80$ Best Buy

Showing $80 with FS right now. Sold out most (but not all) local stores but will do ship to store (though not really needed with the FS).
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- Post #20
- Feb 18, 2013
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Ooma Telo $130 @Costco B&M

At Costco today found Ooma Telo basic units (no wireless or BT adapters, no handset, no services credit, no special Costco goodies) for $130. If you don't want any of the add-ons, this is the best deal I've seen in a while. Costco online only has it bundled with the wireless adapter at $170.
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- Sep 4, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Logitech C310 720P HD webcam $19.99 at Staples 25% coupon as well until 9/5

Anyone know if this cam has a tripod socket?
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- Post #6
- Sep 1, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$25/$35 Mini-PC Available Next Month - ARM based

Useful for learning Linux, but not useful on the Pi itself, of course. There are only a few distros built for the Pi so far, especially if you want support for the on-chip graphics.
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- Post #207
- Apr 14, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$50 gas card $40 w/$25 purchase Publix (again)

I was looking at the online, as the cleaning fairy had made the newspaper vanish right away (unusual, but the cleaning fairy's mother was coming for dinner :)). I got one at the store and and the ad indeed _is_ there.
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- Post #6
- Apr 10, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$50 gas card $40 w/$25 purchase Publix (again)

I usually see these when you report them, but this time I don't see it in the Apr 9-18 flyer for south Florida, so this one may just be a regional deal.
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- Post #2
- Apr 8, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free pair of glasses, sort of. Got my glasses today!

Code currently showing as "FIRSTPAIRFREE" for me. Price checked them for a new pair of (prescription) sunglasses - even with free frames (because the lenses are free only for standard 1.5 single vision), they came out almost twice as much as Zenni. Admittedly, Zenni isn't brand-name...
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- Post #13
- Apr 8, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$25/$35 Mini-PC Available Next Month - ARM based

I have no idea what those are for, but they are certainly not the Pi (look at the dates on the files, for one thing). The web site has some (but not manufacturing level) documentation available for their "alpha" boards, but as far as I can tell they have not yet released anything but photos...
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- Post #201
- Apr 2, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$25/$35 Mini-PC Available Next Month - ARM based

I believe they will happily supply you with such - they'd like other people to manufacture it. However, that's not the same as "build one at home" - the major part (Broadcom BCM2835) is not something you are going to be able to pick up readily (or inexpensively) and it is a BGA part (the only...
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- Post #200
- Apr 2, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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$25/$35 Mini-PC Available Next Month - ARM based

CE certification is EU - for the US, you need FCC certification. Once they meet CE rules, FCC should be trivial (assuming the CE requirements are equivalent to FCC Class B - if they are only equivalent to Class A, that won't be good enough). Their remaining problem will be the labeling rules -...
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- Post #199
- Apr 2, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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newegg cyberpower ups 116.99 instant rebate $0 ship

Costco warehouses (well, at least the one I went to in south Florida today) have that unit right now for $90 (plus tax, but obviously no shipping). The model number is actually CP1350AVRLCDCST which may mean it is a special packaging for Costco, but I didn't notice anything special about it...
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- Post #7
- Mar 29, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Warm: 64GB OCZ Petrol SSD $54.99 after $10 MIR @ NCIX.US

I would think this would be fine for a small HTPC or such (especially if running Linux as, say, a dedicated XBMC box), where (random access) speed is relatively unimportant, as is size if you are largely streaming with the local disk used for caching (if that), and the major considerations are...
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- Post #4
- Mar 21, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Scythe SY1225SL12SH 120mm "Slipstream" Case Fan: $8.99 AC FS

That's the L, not SL (which is even lower noise and airflow). The OP's fan is the SH - these (there are actually 5 different models) are all same fan, but current limited to different speeds (and hence noise and airflow). 10 dBA (not dBm - that's a power measure, not a SPL measure) to 37...
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- Post #5
- Mar 19, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Scythe SY1225SL12SH 120mm "Slipstream" Case Fan: $8.99 AC FS

Anyone who has used these - are they as noisy? (I like the airflow numbers, but the 37dBA sounds a bit high to me. The application is for some servers carrying low end (fanless) video cards and relatively quiet CPU HSFs, but lots of disks as heat sources. The servers will be placed in a work...
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- Post #3
- Mar 19, 2012
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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