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The PowerMax weekly specials keep comin’ at ya
Thursday, November 19, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
We’re pretty sure our loyal PowerMax customers appreciate our personalized approach, especially because we hear from so many of you so often. In fact, our CEO keeps a folder in his email “in box” loaded with unsolicited emails (hundreds of them from this year alone). He’s been spotted reading them aloud to Max the Sasquatch, who squeals delightedly while clapping his monstrous, hairy hands at the latest compliment.
We even appreciate the occasional criticism, because not only do we know we’re not perfect, but hearing about how we can be better is very important to us. Accordingly, it seems just a couple of our Bolt subscribers thought we were being a little disrespectful of the holiday spirit by merging some of the major holidays into one word; keeping in mind Max came up with it after we tried explaining it all to him, dubbing it Hannustmasgiving. I guess that shows us what delights a Sasquatch may not delight every human being out there. But then again, we should’ve known that because he eats rodents without bothering to cook ‘em. Read More »
The Funny Thing About Humor
Friday, November 13, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 2 Comments
It’s been said that the most difficult movie to make is a comedy. I believe that, just as I also believe that the most difficult marketing or advertising concept to produce is one that contains humor. Being something of a stubborn and contrary cuss, usually when I hear that something is harder than everything else, I’ll gravitate toward the more difficult concept, figuring that any Joe Blow and his brother can do the easy ones. Read More »
20 cheap apps to get your iPhone/iPod touch ready for Halloween!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 4 Comments
I’ll admit it - Halloween is my favorite holiday. Unlike most other holidays, Halloween is about little more than having a good time. Whether it’s with your kids knocking on your neighbor’s doors or getting down at some Zombie-themed soiree, Halloween gives people a great excuse to let it all hang out (sometimes including fake intestines).
Snow Leopard Heresy
Friday, August 28, 2009 / PowerMax Culture, Software / 10 Comments
As I write this, the internet airwaves are awash in reports and reviews of Snow Leopard, Apple’s latest operating system. My contribution to the broohaha is designed to represent the majority of computer users who for the most part don’t, or shouldn’t, give a rat’s patootie.
On the shared experience
Thursday, July 2, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 2 Comments
One of the most significant byproducts of the growth of the Internet has been the availability of data. Huge oceans of data available to anyone who cares to dive into it.
Dad’s & Grad’s - Graduation Gift Ideas
Thursday, May 28, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
If you’ve got a high school or college grad there’s no time like the present to grab them a gift for their graduation. Below you’ll find a number of gift ideas to help make the most of your special occasion.
The Microsoft “Lauren” Ad - It’s Kinda Funny Watching an Elephant Be Frightened by a Mouse
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 13 Comments
In the old cartoons it was pretty common to see a large elephant’s eyes grow wide at the sight of a mouse, and stampede away or cause all sorts of damage in its frenzy to get away from the vicious “monster.”
Apparently Microsoft’s executives spent a lot of time watching cartoons when they were kids (or perhaps still do). The little Apple mouse is making this elephant of a company run so scared that it’s airing competitive ads against Apple, despite the fact that it still commands roughly 90% of the market.
We’ve Been Duped By Wall Street; It’s Time To Fight Back
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 4 Comments
The elections of 2008 shone a bright light on the central political debate in this country: liberalism vs. conservatism. But while our country was engaged in a widening polarization of political beliefs, the true debate should have been, and should be, directed at something completely different.
What would you do with a Sasquatch?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
We plan on providing more videos of Max’s hijinks (aka Maxjinks), especially since the big galoot can’t walk through a room without knocking something over (although he’s no longer choking copiers to death with butt hair, and we haven’t had to clean blood off the ceiling for quite some time). Read More »
Why That Guy In Munich is Changing Your Life
Thursday, March 19, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 3 Comments
The internet has helped create a world where everyone is our neighbor. An individual in Munich (I just picked that city at random, I’ve never even been there) can look at a price offered by a merchant as easily as the house next door to the company. We can receive emails instantly from Nigeria (promising thousands of dollars to help out this poor prince who can’t move his money out of the country no less) quicker than it takes a neighbor to walk to your door (which doesn’t happen as often as it used to; they probably just send an email as well).
Happy Birthday Internet!
Friday, March 13, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
1989 was an astonishing year for many reasons.
Depending on how old you are, what happened in 1989 may or may not bring back memories, but either way many of the following events have had significant impacts on our lives, including:
Win One Of Two 8GB iPod Nanos With Your Limerick
Thursday, February 26, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 27 Comments
Would you like to win yourself a new 8GB iPod nano? For free even? If you know PowerMax at all, you’d know that we have a cherished tradition - the Limerick contest. Well, to be honest, this is our first one ever… typically our St. Paddy’s tradition includes varying amounts of hop-based green liquid. But we’ve already declared our Limerick contest a cherished tradition because we think it’ll be pretty fun, and because we said so.
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Moore’s Law is Dead
Thursday, February 19, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 8 Comments
Back in 1965, Roger Moore uttered the now famous phrase, “Bond, James Bond.” Oh wait, that’s the wrong Moore. And Roger Moore wasn’t even James Bond until 1973. Okay, it was Gordon Moore of Intel, who most famously observed the trend of computing power doubling every two years, ultimately becoming known as Moore’s Law.
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Win A Free 1GB iPod Shuffle And Feel The Love All Month
Monday, February 2, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 53 Comments
You know you’re loved, right? Well, we’re all about sharing the love this February, and you’ll get a chance to feel the love every week because we’re giving away a pink 1GB iPod shuffle every Friday in February.
What PowerMax is all about!
Saturday, December 2, 2006 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
The Mac is enjoying a resurgence, part of which can be credited to the iPod, part of which can be credited to the successful transition to Intel processors (which levels the playing field against PCs and allows Macs to run Windows), and part of it can be credited to great quality and design of hardware combined with the best personal computer operating system on the planet.
We’ve always had the latter, but now more people than ever are aware of this fact, and with competitive prices, Apple is making headway against the virtually institutionalized use of the Windows-based PC.
When a Vote Costs a Buck
Friday, September 15, 2006 / Apple Culture, PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
I often think of the dollars I spend as votes. I’m not sure everyone thinks of their expenses the same way, but I believe it’s a good consumer strategy.
Here is my thinking: when you spend your money at a particular establishment, you are basically “voting” for that business to stay around. You are telling them “I appreciate the service and/or price you are offering, so I am going to give you my dollars to help you stay in business so that I might use you again.”
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Super Secret Twitter Giveaway: LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk 500GB Hard Drive
Sunday, November 20, 2005 / PowerMax Culture / 74 Comments
If you’re reading this chances are you’re one of PowerMax’s Twitter followers, and you get to participate in one of our super-secret Twitter giveaways. In honor of LaCie’s recent announcement of their super cool 1 year free online backup service, we’re putting a brand new 500GB LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk Drive up on the chopping block.
PowerMax Giveaway Rulez
Saturday, July 30, 2005 / PowerMax Culture / 5 Comments
No Purchase Required to Enter or Win
Eligibility: The PowerMax Giveaways (the “Giveaways”) are open only to individuals who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) and are 18 years of age or older. Employees of CSNW their advertising or promotion agencies, those involved in the production, development, implementation or handling of Giveaways, any agents acting for, or on behalf of the above entities, their respective parent companies, officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, service providers, prize suppliers any other person or entity associated with the Giveaways (collectively “Giveaway Entities”) and/or the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members (whether related or not) of each such employee, are not eligible. All U.S., federal, state and local, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations apply. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law.
