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Scott Elkin

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ColorSchemer Touch is out, and we have five copies to give away

Dec 13th 2010 1:21PM (TUAW.com)
need to become better at choosing color palettes

Snagit for Mac giveaway

Dec 6th 2010 11:25PM (Download Squad)
I'm in!

Download Squad's invite-a-palooza: the finale

Aug 6th 2007 1:02PM (Download Squad)
i'd like one please!

WRUP: so sad and lonely edition

Aug 3rd 2007 12:04PM (Joystiq Xbox)
It may be worth it for you to go buy a Core system right now, plug in your hardrive (which doesn't get sent with your console) and you back up and running.

Then when it comes back, sell it on ebay. You'll pretty much make back what you paid...it will be like you are renting one for $50.

If you are more unscrupulous, you may even be able to just return the console within it's 30 days.

Sketch 4 Secs - super hard Timewaster

Jul 30th 2007 2:27AM (Download Squad)
Level 10 is a cat which was pretty ridiculous. Somehow I got through it scribbling fast and it told me "You Win: Total Accuracy: 78%". Took about 5 minutes getting through everything.

Giveaway: have an iPhone on us!

Jun 30th 2007 10:16AM (Engadget)
To play around with the API and hopefully write something useful, like a better keyboard.

Xbox 360's failure rate at 30%?

Jun 22nd 2007 12:16PM (Joystiq Xbox)
I just had to send in my 11/05 console, and my friend has had to send in two.

The second console my friend sent in, he was given a guys cell phone in Seattle he could call directly from Major Nelson.

That guy told him that the cause of these failures were heat. Apparently, the boards would flex when it would get hot, then cool and hot, and eventually, a solder point would snap.

This is why they are putting heatsinks in them. (He told us this a month before pictures of the heatsinks hit the press).

The Movie Business Challenge

Jul 24th 2006 12:30PM (Blog Maverick)
idea #1: what about offline affiliate marketing? sign up with a theater chain and make a $1 for each person you get to buy a ticket. when the person buys a ticket, they get $1 off when they use your code. idea #2: dynamic movie prices. prices change by how full the theater is, time of day, and how close it is until the movie is starting. The people that are going to go to the movies during the sweet spot of 7 - 10 pm are still going to go the movies. But many other people don't go because of cost, crowds, and having to wait 45 minutes to get a good seat. So if a standard ticket is $12, maybe you can price like: $6 if movie already started $8 if nowhere near full and movie is starting in 10. $14 if movie almost sold out with over 2 hrs. Then if this was real time updated to a webpage, people could decide last minute to see an $8 instead of watching their netflix. This has loads of potential problems, like someone at a theater about to buy a $12 ticket, and deciding to spend $6 on a movie instead, but there are some positives.

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