The marketing gurus at Dr. Pepper think they can have their cake and eat it too! If, as anticipated, Axl Rose can not complete his opus: Chinese Democracy, 17 years after beginning work on it — they lose nothing. If Axl surprises us all — and delivers this mythic rock and roll epic — every […]

Dress clothier Jos. A. Bank is having an online “Cyber Monday” sale with many shirts around $25, with free shipping. [Dealnews]

I’m sure the quality is nothing to write home about, but this 41-piece kitchen set is only $20 and has everything you need to kick-start your kitchen. The only thing it doesn’t include, tellingly, is a knife sharpener.
Catalog Page [Boscovs.com via Dealnews]

I think Members Only jackets fall into the “trying too hard” category, but if you’ve been wanting to sample a little bit of that ’80s flavor, at least do it on the cheap. “Classic Closeouts” is selling some for just ten bucks, plus six bucks shipping. [Dealnews]

Brooklyn Industries is pushing out some of their cold weather clothing on discount, like hoodies and jackets and sweaters. I used to sort of feel like BI was the Gap of New York street wear, but I have to admit that I’m loving a lot of the stuff they’ve got on sale. (I can’t afford […]

The problem with coupons is two-fold: they make you buy things you don’t need; they’re never available for the stuff you want. Coupon site “Retail Me Not” has some useful tools to make coupons more convenient—I might even start using coupons again.
First of all, you can search their coupon database by URL. Want to see […]

If the only thing you know of comic books are superheroes and the movies based on them, you’re missing out: some of the best stories being told today are being told through comics. (Some personal favorites over the last few years include Promethia, Fables, Y: The Last Man, and Walking Dead, just to give you […]

One of my favorite writers Dan (of Dan’s Data fame) is really into Japanese R/C tanks. (That’s one of the many peculiar hobbies that makes Dan so charming.) He’s recently gotten his hand on a sixteenth-scale Mitsuwa T-34-95, available for about $150 US delivered, about half of its normal list price.
The big advantage of the […]

Greenshopper.com, the “world’s largest environmentally friendly super store,” looks quite a bit like Amazon. There’s a reason for that: it’s basically just a front end for Amazon, except the products displayed are “green.” What makes a product green, according to GreenShopper?
We have often wanted to come up with a list of criteria that makes a […]