Typically I do not promote particular products, but recently I have come across two exceptions to the rule.
Preorder Microsoft Kinect
Recently my two sons had the opportunity to test the upcoming Microsoft Kinect. We already have the Wii, Wii Fit, Xbox 360, and two Nintendo DS’s, so they are well aware of video games.
This will be the next big thing. It totally blows the Wii away and the games are fun for all ages – not true for the majority of current XBox games. This is an absolute blast and if you hope to be able to find it in stores come the holidays think again. It will be close to impossible to find. Your kids (and spouse) will want one of these. It is extremely cool and fun and everyone will be going to the store to buy one – but the stores will be sold out.
So do yourself a favor and preorder it on Amazon.com or a number of other places that accept preorders. In the past I have preordered highly anticipated items (such as the Wii Fit) on there and we spent our time playing while our relatives and friends looked on with envy as they scoured the stores hoping in vain to find one.
So safe yourself the agony and stress and preorder one of these so you are not left out in the cold for the next revolution in gaming.
Create a vacation book using Blurb
Approximately a month ago, we took a trip to China and Hong Kong. My husband loves to photograph and took 2700 pictures of the vacation. When our friends and relatives wanted to see the pictures, they rarely got that far. Even in the past – when we had fewer pictures of individual trips – it was difficult showing trips on the computer.
So this year we took the top photos and created a 120 page photo book using Blurb. You can go to www.blurb.com to see for yourself. The process is very easy using software that you install on your machine and anyone can do it.
Now when people come over and ask how our trip was, we just hand them the book. The pictures are arranged to tell stories as well – providing much more emotion than if they were simply viewed on the computer. This also has made it easy for me to show our trip to my coworkers – as it is much easier to tell someone to look through a book than navigate to a web site.
