Black Friday Offers
Here are some offers I thought you’d like :
- Alibis (USA) – Black Friday Coupon Codes
- Amazon.ca – Black Friday Deals at Amazon.ca
- Barnes & Noble (USA) – Black Friday Special Offer: Take an Additional 30% Off Any Item With Code 30BFRIDAY! Shop BN.com. Valid 11.27 – 11.29.15.
- Better World Books (USA) – Shop the Better World Books Black Friday Sale and save on used books, all with Free Shipping Worldwide!
- Cafepress Canada – Special Offers
- Cascio Interstate Music (USA) – Black Friday thru Cyber Monday – Take 20% off when you spend $249 or more! Coupon code BFCM2015
- E-books (USA) – Thanksgiving Day Promotion at eBooks. Enjoy 15% off. Use code – Thanksgivingcp. Valid Nov 26-30 only.
- ESET North America – Get 50% off ESET on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
- Fathead (USA) – It’s Black Friday Right Now! 500+ Door Busters 50% Off! 40% Off Custom Creations, 25% Off Everything Else, Plus Free Shipping On Orders Of $25+ With Promo Code BF15. Ends 11/27/15. Shop Fathead Now!
- Guitar Center (USA) – Black Friday Savings Event: Massive Markdowns in Every Department. Valid 11/27 – 11/29/15.
- Indigo / Chapters – Black Friday Sale. Save on the hottest tech items! While Quantities Last.
- KOBO Canada – Save $30 off Kobo Glo HD eReader, Plus Get Free Shipping!
- Microsoft Canada – Shop Microsoft Black Friday deals and get free shipping and free returns!
- Music & Arts (USA) – Black Friday Coupon: 20% off orders $299+ with code: BFTWNTY. Exclusions may apply. Valid 11/27 – 11/29/15.
- Musician’s Friend (USA) – Buy More, Save More – Save 5% on 1 item of $99+, Save 10% on 2 items of $199+, Save 15% on 3 items of $299+ with code: SAVEMORE. Only valid on qualifying products. Valid 11/23 – 11/25/15.
- Newegg Canada – Black Friday Deals
- Novica (USA) – Black Friday Deals! Save $10 on orders over $50, $15 on orders over $100 and $25 on orders over $150. Use code SAVE10, SAVE15, and SAVE25 to save today. Valid 11-24-15 through 11-28-15 11:59 PM PT.
- Orion Telescopes (USA) – Black Friday Starts Today!
- Pinnacle Systems – Pinnacle Black Friday Deals!
- Popmarket (USA) – Black Friday Vinyl Sale
- Sears Canada – Black Friday Sales
- SecondSpin.com (USA) – 30% Off Reg. Priced CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays Using Coupon Code SSBF2015 OR 10% Off Vinyl Using Coupon Code BFV2015 – Valid Nov 27/28,2015
- Tigerdirect Canada – Black Friday Specials
- WWEshop.com – WWE Black Friday Deals Continue – Save up to 75% Off + Extra 20% Off Orders Over $25 with code FRIDAY! Plus Free Shipping over $25!
- Woodwind & Brasswind (USA) – Black Friday: 20% off a single item of $99+ with code: BF20W. On qualifying products only. Valid 11/26 – 11/28/15.
- Zinio Magazines – Black Friday Deals continue with newly discounted magazine titles and 50% off 200+ titles! Shop now!
Changes Coming To Cable
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission has issued a schedule in regards to the implementation of the “skinny basic” and pick-and-pay cable rules.
By March 1st, 2016 cable providers will be required to offer their basic package at $25, which will include the “must carry” status channels. And by December 1st, 2016 cable providers will be required to offer the remainder of their channels individually or in small packages.
I watch mostly my local networks and on occasion the American networks so my cable bill should drop considerably once my contract with Rogers is over. But I am still looking into foregoing cable entirely and going with an external television antenna.
When Much Music, Musique Plus and the other music video stations aired actually musical content it was worth paying a few bucks a month but i’ve had Youtube/Vevo, iTunes and my music video collection for a while now. And the news, weather and other content that was once exclusive to cable are now online.
VMedia are currently offering their skinny basic package of approximately 30 local and American network channels for $17.95 so perhaps we’ll see some deals before the new year. Hopefully.
Sprichst du deutsch ?
It appears that English speakers are now able to access most of Amazon.de
Knowing only English and French, I had used Amazon UK and Amazon France
They’re still working on translating most of the site though so you might still run into German pages as you browse the site.
Vmedia Offers Free Trail
Independent cable provider Vmedia is offering a free trial for their services. Please contact Vmedia for details.
Bad News For Betamax Fans
It looks like Betamax is officially dead, according to a Sony press release that was released today.
Yes, the video format was not killed off during the format Betamax/VHS war and actually lived on in the video production and broadcasting industries until digital video. But Sony has now decided to stop making their blank beta format videocassettes.
Unfortunately that means that some of you hardcore beta fans will no longer have easy access to blank videocassettes for your classic videotape cameras, including those micro MV video cassettes that you’ve used in the 90’s and early 2000’s. And although I don’t have an official Sony betamax videocamera it appears that i’ve used the format several times to film some of my older Youtube videos and have a few of the discontinued Sony micro MV videocassettes in storage.
My format of choice is now of course those digital SDHD cards but hard drive and solid state hard drive camcorders
Better Late Than Never
Was sick yesterday so the 35th Anniversary of this album, my very favourite Abba album, completely slipped my mind.
I was ten years old when it was released and although I pretty much hated disco and dance music at the time this album appealed to me for some reason.
I loved every track, from the title track to the live performance of “The Way Old Friends Do”, and couldn’t get enough of the vinyl LP and 8-track.
This was of course also one of my parent’s favourite english pop albums so I grew up listening to it and “Greatest Hits Vol 2”, which was released the year prior to this album’s release. And I believe it was almost as popular here in Canada as it was it Europe, charting at the 6th position.