The “Break it Down” Blog

New iPhone Requires in-store Activation

In an effort to “lock this bitch down” AT&T seems to be done placating Apple and letting folks buy the phone, take it home and JailBreak it. It looks like the new iPhone is going to require in-store activation along with requiring more expensive AT&T standard data/voice services to function. I think the days of buying [...]

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Price of Gas Likely More than $4/gal this Summer

Well the poll results are in and it looks like most of you think gas is going to go to $5/gal and a good majority also think it will hit $6/gal this summer. If that is the case… holy shit. Gas is already at $4/gal or higher in certain parts of the country (and a fuck-ton [...]

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US Gas Price Heat Map

Matt Young sent in a very cool link over to Gas Buddy, a site that provides a heat-map of the US’s gas prices, so you can get an idea of either how much or how little you are getting screwed. For our neighbors to the north (no not Seattle) you can get the Canadian gas-price heat [...]

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PS3 Still Too Expensive? No way…

How are people still saying the PS3 is too expensive? The $100 price cut bumped the Amazon sales rank on the 60GB unit up 2800%. I don’t think people understand what they are getting with the PS3, and that’s why they think it’s “expensive”. Let’s have a look: Blu-ray Player (Currently the cheapest one is around [...]

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Grand Canyon Skywalk Is a Complete Ripoff

The first time I saw this announced in the AZ Republic (being an Arizonian myself) I was excited to go see it, until I saw in the same article that admission is $75-per-person. I figured it had to be a misprint… I didn’t want to buy the Skywalk, I just wanted to walk out onto [...]

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