======================================================= Doing some holiday shopping at Amazon? Help out BBspot in the process by using this link. Thanks... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/bbspot-20 ======================================================= NEW STUFF Trailer Review of Flight of the Phoenix... http://bbspot.com/News/2004/12/review_flight_of_the_phoenix.html Play Adventure Elf... http://www.bbspot.com/games/adventure_elf/ Quite an active BBspot Mailbag this week... http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/12/mailbag_20041215.html Top 11 signs it's Christmas in Geekville... http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/12/top_11_geek_christmas_2.html BBspot interviews alternative music pioneers Camper Van Beethoven... http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/12/11_questions_camper_van_beethoveen.html The Final Ultimate Complete Matrix collection is released... http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/12/final_ultimate_complete_matrix_dvd.html ------------------------------ SITE NEWS - My Raptor is on its way here. I wanted to take advantage of the $25 rebate that Newegg had on the drive. I'll probably be purchasing some more components after Christmas, unless some major sales crop up. From reading other discussion boards and my e-mail, it doesn't look like I'm the only person waiting for an AMD board with PCI-Express. With all this pent up demand, and manufacturers not delivering, it looks like it won't be until later in January until my system will be complete. So much for playing Half-Life 2 over the holiday break. - I don't know if there will be an Update next week so everyone please have happy and safe holidays. Thanks for all the support you've given me and the site this year, and I'll see you in 2005! - With only one week left until Christmas, it might be too late to get your BBspot gear before then, but I'll try my best. Everything is still $2 off in the BBshop. (http://www.bbspot.com/store/tshirts.html) These other guys will probably be able to help you with Xmas gifts too. Thanks for supporting the site. (http://www.bbspot.com/store/holiday.html) - This week's poll was "Favorite Data Storage Device." Check out the winner (http://www.bbspot.com/polls/2004/17-December-2004.html) Vote in next week's poll: If I were rich... (http://www.bbspot.com/Polls/) ------------------------------ QUOTE OF THE WEEK If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. -Norman Douglas ------------------------------ LINKS OF THE WEEK Here are my favorite 5 links from the BBspot Daily Spot section (updated M-F) in case you missed them during the week. Logic gates built with Legos... http://goldfish.ikaruga.co.uk/logic.html The most accurately rated bands in history... http://www.spin.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=529 They're often shunned in favor of pirates, but do they really deserve it? http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhornedhelmet.html Pictures of the year... http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=%22PICTURES%20OF%20THE%20YEAR%202 004%22&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&c=news_photos Secrets of Firefox! http://windowssecrets.com/041202/#top1 ------------------------------ Do not reply to this e-mail. If you have any questions please direct them to briggsb@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to the list use the following link: mailto:bbspot-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe To unsubscribe at any time to the list use the following link: mailto:bbspot-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe OR Use the convenient form on http://www.bbspot.com Brian Briggs http://www.bbspot.com