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Emory’s stuff

• Postbox
• http://www.postbox-inc.com
• Pinboard
• http://pinboard.in
• airports are terrible
• SMS spam
• new wallet is awesome
• http://au.bellroy.com/products/take-out-wallet

Alan’s stuff

• Alan watched all six movies earlier this week
• watched the recently released Blu-ray edition
• 1 is terrible, 2 is terrible, 3 is alright, 4 is excellent, 5 is excellent, 6 is good
• Alan bought/played a lot of Steam sale games
• 40+ objectives completed

CES is next week

• lots of tablets, ultrabooks, and smartphones
• Apple is not attending, but everyone who imitates Apple is
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ces-2012-tablets-ultrabooks-and-smartphones-take-center-stage/2012/01/04/gIQAitlZcP_story.html

PlayStation Vita sales

• sold only 392,000 units in Japan during its first two weeks
• coming to the U.S. on February 22
• is a dedicated handheld gaming system still a useful thing?
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/01/02/sony-playstation-vita-still-on-track-with-no-price-cut-imminent/

Best Buy is unfortunate

• “Amazon isn’t killing Best Buy, Best Buy is killing itself” (paraphrased)
• staff helpfulness, return policy, focus on defending market share
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/01/02/why-best-buy-is-going-out-of-business-gradually/