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sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 25 Apr 09

I was planning on purchasing a new HD camcorder to use as a simple video production device, any opinion on these cameras? Ideally I want to spend about a hundred dollars and just want a toy to film everyday life. I'd like to...

aiptek

cheap camera

flip mino

hd camcorder

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sumimasen Thanks, I guess. Do you have any experience with video?

28 Apr 09

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 7 Feb 08

I've been wondering for a while if Ebay has outgrown its small-business appeal. I think that many people who sell on Ebay have been there for many years, and that making a profit is extremely difficult, unless you have a specific...

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sumimasen Oh that's something I didn't write about. Paypal and Ebay are SO intertwined. It's weird how they kind of joined forces when Ebay was first around. The entire transaction issue changes things around a bit - the fees are instantaneous and sometimes cruel!...

8 Feb 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 7 Feb 08

I've been wondering for a while if Ebay has outgrown its small-business appeal. I think that many people who sell on Ebay have been there for many years, and that making a profit is extremely difficult, unless you have a specific...

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sumimasen Ahh good answer. Books seem pretty lucrative. The market for books is bizarre, I think. Amazon and all the other companies have put a lot of bookstores and record stores out of business.

8 Feb 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 7 Feb 08

I've been wondering for a while if Ebay has outgrown its small-business appeal. I think that many people who sell on Ebay have been there for many years, and that making a profit is extremely difficult, unless you have a specific...

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sumimasen Thanks for writing. I'm the same say, I've only made a fist full of dollars off of Ebay. It's weird how people have turned Ebay into their personal Antique store.

8 Feb 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 7 Feb 08

I've been wondering for a while if Ebay has outgrown its small-business appeal. I think that many people who sell on Ebay have been there for many years, and that making a profit is extremely difficult, unless you have a specific...

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sumimasen Oh wow, you have some great experience. I totally agree about the intelligent advertising. Have you had any luck with Overseas markets? I heard they're taking Euros as cash in NYC.

8 Feb 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 7 Feb 08

I've been wondering for a while if Ebay has outgrown its small-business appeal. I think that many people who sell on Ebay have been there for many years, and that making a profit is extremely difficult, unless you have a specific...

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sumimasen Thanks for writing, your comment was useful! I hate those fees, too.

8 Feb 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 15 Jan 08

I just saw the recording of the Steve Jobs footnote of 1/15/2008, and I must say that I was shocked at the futuristicness of the Apple Air. Apple has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to technology and style, and the...

apple

apple air

laptop

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sumimasen Maybe that's just it, it's a true fan's computer! Thanks for replying! I'm waiting for the new macbooks to come out, probably this spring.

29 Jan 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 3 Jul 07

Well, not yet, I still have a few ideas. But my really great ones are gone. Sadly, I'm a has been! I wish it was two weeks ago and I was posting like crazy. Sigh. Now I feel like sitting at home and drinking iced tea. Maybe...

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sumimasen I'll definately take these into consideration. I remember reading that it took Hemingway months to write a paragraph.

15 Jan 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 3 Jul 07

Well, not yet, I still have a few ideas. But my really great ones are gone. Sadly, I'm a has been! I wish it was two weeks ago and I was posting like crazy. Sigh. Now I feel like sitting at home and drinking iced tea. Maybe...

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sumimasen Good suggestion! I need to allocate some time to just being random, or forcibly making myself do something new. I feel like it's good for your brain to be put into new situations, and get out of old thought patterns.

15 Jan 08

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 18 Dec 07

If you haven't heard, Stephen Colbert is running for president! Not sure if it's fake or not, but according to a recent poll, he'd have a 13% stake in the running! He might even be able to shift an election! Sounds like the plot...

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sumimasen WHAT! Sigh oh well.

19 Dec 07

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godvideogamer @godvideogamer (13) • United States 11 Oct 07

Stephen Colbert's book, I am America (and so can you) was released tuesday with much hype. Stephen Colbert had advertised this book on his show for weeks, and many fans have been looking forward to it, and had reserved it on...

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sumimasen For some reason, they made the book bright pink. I'm not sure if this was a conscious choice to make the book stand out, or if there was some marketing guru who said "Let's make the book pink, dude!" I haven't read it yet, it's kinda pricey for a toilet...

18 Dec 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

Today, there are so many movies based on videogames: Doom, Resident Evil, Streetfighter, there was even a Super Mario Brothers movie at one point. Would you pay 10 bucks to see a movie based on Runescape?

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sumimasen Oh yeah! They have to give a shout out to the audience. If not, they're gonna alienate their fans. I love it when movies have something just for the fanboys and girls. Which is another discussion altogether.

8 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

Today, there are so many movies based on videogames: Doom, Resident Evil, Streetfighter, there was even a Super Mario Brothers movie at one point. Would you pay 10 bucks to see a movie based on Runescape?

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sumimasen Ha funny you mention puking, once i played Spyro the dragon for six hours straight, stood up, and puked! It was really gross. Something about the pov and the controller made me dizzy. The graphics are pretty bad on the PS1 spyro, too. I got sick... A bad...

8 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

Today, there are so many movies based on videogames: Doom, Resident Evil, Streetfighter, there was even a Super Mario Brothers movie at one point. Would you pay 10 bucks to see a movie based on Runescape?

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sumimasen I think it's kind of like "I just worked an hour for ten dollars." and then I wonder if my work justifies spending that much on a movie. It might be good, it might suck. Chances are, it's gonna suck!

8 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

Today, there are so many movies based on videogames: Doom, Resident Evil, Streetfighter, there was even a Super Mario Brothers movie at one point. Would you pay 10 bucks to see a movie based on Runescape?

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sumimasen Thanks!

8 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

Today, there are so many movies based on videogames: Doom, Resident Evil, Streetfighter, there was even a Super Mario Brothers movie at one point. Would you pay 10 bucks to see a movie based on Runescape?

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sumimasen Do you mean like a live action GOW, or a CGI? I love that game! I also like Shadow of the Colosssus, which is pretty good.

8 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 12 Jun 07

Umm..well I guess I don't want to admit it, but I read in the bathroom. I get some of my best thinkin' done in there, it's great! I keep a short stack of some of the finest literature in the world right next to the...

bathroom

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sumimasen HA bored really never crossed my mind. Maybe that's just me, but it's nice to have my brain working on something rather than contemplating "Do I need to clean the bathroom yet? Why is the spackle on that tile coming out?" Thanks for writing.

7 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 2 Jun 07

Personally, I think the iPhone is way too trendy. Pretty soon, every jerk and his grandma will own one. I'd much rather have something different.

cingular

iphone

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sumimasen I had the chance to play with one this weekend, it was pretty cool. But the price tag is way too much for what it is...and AT&T sux. If it was cheaper, say, $299, I might buy one, but there's going to be all sorts of competition right now. And there's an...

7 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 5 Jul 07

A. Wear a Hat All the time. B. Comb your hair over. C. Embrace your baldness and not care about it. D. Get Hair plants. (hair from back of head implanted to front.) E. Take Rogaine or Propecia, hope for best. I choose C....

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sumimasen Oh man that would be scary at first. Like, radiation poisoning and then some sorta terminal illness and then..phew! Just nature.

6 Jul 07

sumimasen @sumimasen (644) • United States 5 Jul 07

A. Wear a Hat All the time. B. Comb your hair over. C. Embrace your baldness and not care about it. D. Get Hair plants. (hair from back of head implanted to front.) E. Take Rogaine or Propecia, hope for best. I choose C....

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sumimasen Well I have a big ugly Charlie-Brown head, so it would be easy for people to say "Hey that guy is trying to hide his baldness!" I figure if I at least walk around and I have an I don't care attitude, people will respect that.

6 Jul 07

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