Thinking about putting up Christmas Lights? Need some ideas on what you can do?

Thinking about putting up Christmas Lights? Need some ideas on what you can do? Well, here are some ideas for you:

Holdman Christmas – Music Box Dancer
http://vimeo.com/435084

Holdman Christmas – Carol of the Bells
http://vimeo.com/440868

Holdman Christmas – Amazing Grace
http://vimeo.com/440868

Holdman Christmas – Winter Wonderland
http://vimeo.com/440892

Holdman Christmas – Jingle Bells
http://vimeo.com/440885

Holdman Christmas - Miracle on 34th Street
http://vimeo.com/440854

Holdman Christmas – Space Walk
http://vimeo.com/634983

Presario’s Favorites – Winter Wonderland, Amazing Grace, and Jingle Bells
See them all at http://www.holdman.com/

Other people with musical christmas light displays:
http://www.lightorama02.com/2008/128plus/pages/main.htm

How does the music part work?
Holman uses a small FM transmitter the broadcasts on 99.9FM. It only goes a short distance which allows people to listen to the music within sight of the display.

How much power does it take?
If everything was on, it would consume about 33,000 watts or 300 amps. He had to install 17 dedicated circuits to be able to power everything. Most of the time only 30% of the display is on because it is animated which helps conserve power.

How is the display powered?
The display is 100% wind powered. What he does is use power provided by his local power company, and then replace the power he uses for his Christmas Display back onto the grid with Wind Turbines. His display uses about 1800kwh, and he has about 3000kwh replaced on the power grid.

For more FAQs, visit http://www.holdman.com/christmas/faq.asp

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Skip the Lines - Shop Online for Great Deals

I really don't like lines. I really don't like crowds. But I LOVE getting a good deal. Do you want to be able to after Christmas shop without the crowds? Check out some of the website specials going on.

Walmart.com
Walmart is one of the leaders of after Thanksgiving sale deals, and they are taking the savings to the website. Although you cannot find ALL of the deals online, a lot of the in store bargains will be available starting Friday morning.

Sears.com Pre and Post Thanksgiving Sales
Sears is trying something different by not only offering in store savings, but also offering huge website savings as well. They have daily deals until Wednesday, the ability to buy online and pickup in the store, and special deals starting at midnight on Thursday.

Sears also has free shipping on orders over $99 and layaway, which is handy to take advantage of good deals on appliances and televisions.

KMart

Gone are the days when people teased others for shopping at KMart. Now they have some amazing deals such as 5% off electronics, and 10% off almost everything else.

KMart also offers free shipping on orders over $49, and extra coupons if you sign up for their mailing list.

Amazon.com - Great Black Friday Deals. No Black Friday Blues.

Black Friday deals start today! Don't spend Black Friday 2008 jostling for bargains and parking spots. Amazon will have amazing deals to help you and your site visitors get holiday shopping done for less. Their Black Friday page (www.amazon.com/blackfriday) is the central point to find all our Black Friday deals, including the Gold Box hourly deals featured from midnight to 11pm PST and thousands of products that are on sale for a limited time only.

Amazon.com - 6 rounds. 18 deals. Ready, Set, Vote!

Amazon Customers Vote is back for 2008 and voting has already begun! Customers Vote is a special end-of-year promotion where you and your site visitors can vote for the deal you'd like to buy at an amazing discount. There will be six rounds of voting with three products in each round. Beginning Thursday, November 27, 2008 each day a new winning product will be announced, and randomly selected customers who voted in that round will receive an invitation to participate in the race to buy the winning product.

Wilson.com
Yep, you may have heard that Wilson's is going out of business. Not only are prices on the website already marked down to 20% off, but you get an extra 20%off at checkout. Not enough? Enter the coupon code WIL40offFS and get an extra 40% off!

- Presario

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Black Friday Sales Arrive Early This Year

Retailers are taking a hit in these economic times. This yahoo article talks about the places that are running sales early...

Black Friday sales arrive early this year
Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:11PM EST
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/35180

Here are some of the high points in the article:

Walmart: Walmart has in-store specials that are already up for grabs. The retailer is selling several 15.4-inch Compaq CQ50-139WM laptops for $298, Sony's 2GB Walkman player for $49, Samsung's S760 point-and-shoot digital camera in red for $89, a 46-inch Sanyo 1080p LCD HDTV for $798. Check out the flyer here.

Best Buy will also be marking down the eMachines laptop (eMD620-5777) for $299 according to BFAds.net. The laptop includes a 14.1-inch screen, 1GB DDR2, 160GB hard drive, Windows Vista, and AMD Athlon 2650e processor. The site has a side-by-side comparison of this laptop versus the Compaq notebook being sold at Walmart.

Kmart is offering the 32-inch Sylvania LCD HDTV for $440 and the Wii Fit for $90, according to I4U, and Sears has a lot of sales in the electronics department too, so check those out.

Circuit City will be closing some stores this quarter, so it may be running lots of promotions off and online too. Engadget HD found this Sony Blu-ray player for $177 on its website, so you might want to look around between now and Black Friday for more savings.

The site mentions Black Friday ads on sites like BlackFriday.info, Bargainist.com, DealTaker.com, BFads.net, and TheBlackfriday.com, but my favorite sites are Slickdeals.net and Woot.com

- Presario

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The Difference Between Gray and Grey

Time for another post that will fill your hearts with joy and your brains with useful information. Actually - this post will do neither, but at least it answers a question that a lot of people have (even if they do not realize it.) This question is whether you should use the spelling 'grey' or 'gray'.

A good man named Bernie Zimmerman figured it out, and sparked a discussion in the reader comments on his blog from people all over the world that spans FOUR years. Wow - I didn't know that so many people had the same dilemma that I did with one simple word!

Here is an excerpt from his post:

"So what, then, is the difference between the two spellings? According to Google Answers, the two words have almost the same meaning in all cases, and g-r-a-y is simply an American derivation of the original spelling g-r-e-y. According to Flak Magazine, the difference can be chalked up to the same happenstances that led to organize/organise and judgement/judgment. Apparently e.e. cummings and Prince are partly to blame as well. However, among the several hypotheses for why gray and grey exist, I believe the following to be the best:

Gray is a color.

Grey is a *colour*.

So next time you're faced with the choice of spelling the word "gray," feel free to go with whatever spelling best suits you at the time."

Check out the full post at http://www.bernzilla.com/item.php?id=232

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Video of Barack Obama's Victory Speech - November 4th, 2008

Obama's Victory Speech

Barack Obama's speeches definitely go down in history among the greats such as those given by Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X. This was one of his finest moments to shine, and worth watching again.



John McCain's Concession Speech
In contrast, listen to McCain's concession speech. Notice how when Obama mentions McCain the crowd cheers, however when McCain mentions Obama his crowd boos. This shows the difference in the attitudes of the supporters on each side. Although he hit all of the high points in the speech that made it sound good, also notice how McCain mostly reads from his cards. Just my opinion, but this makes it feel less heart felt to me.

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