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ZNF Update

You may have noticed some down time over the last few days. While I can understand my hosting provider choking on big Digg days, as they did last week with the Ladies of eBay, I will not tolerate downtime on normal traffic days as they’ve done each of the last four days. I haven’t had … Read more

Dave Touches Wii

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One of my goals here in NYC today was to pick up a Wii. I didn’t expect my odds to be very good and they weren’t: Nintendo Store, Best Buy, and Toys R Us are all out of stock. Though, I did see one guy purchase a Wii at the Toys R Us and another wandering with a unit in hand — perhaps these were pre-orders?

At the Nintendo Store I had some hands on time with Excite Truck which turns out to be a horrible game and makes me question my desire for a Wii. The graphics are poor and the game is just boring, though I assume two player mode is more fun.

Those of you who live in town better wake up early tomorrow… Both the Nintendo Store and Toys R Us received Wii shipments and will be selling them at 10AM.

Bonus NYC day tripping pictures after the jump…

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ZNF ‘Chef TiVo’ Contest Winner

John S of South Carolina has won the TiVo apron and coasters! In exchange for the prize, John traded his great grandmother’s chocolate and caramel cakes recipes which his cousin actually prepared as a chef at Disney World. John plans to use the apron while barbecuing and invited me down to join him. Sounds good … Read more

The ZNF Annual Update

The blog portion of ZNF is a little over a year old. In that time I’ve been interviewed for print (New York Times, Mercury News, Wall Street Journal), cited by mainstream web destinations (CNET, CNN Money, PC World), contributed to Engadget, had several job offers, pissed off at least one CEO, pissed off at least … Read more

ZNF Contest Reminder

Tomorrow is the last day get your entry in… one Teflon apron and four TiVo coasters are looking for a home. Contest recap: To enter you must email me (davezatz@yahoo.com) and your subject heading must say CHEF TIVO. Second, tell me either why you deserve or why you want the prize OR offer up a … Read more

ZNF, It’s All Fun & Games…

First thing’s first… Way back in March, I spontaneously ran a contest to guess the release date and price of the Series3. Aaron, an internal medicine hospitalist from Richmond, VA was the big winner with a 9/15 @ $849 prediction. I offered him a choice of a TiVo-branded wireless adapter or gift certificate from Amazon … Read more

Mari Silbey Joins ZNF

Over a several month period, I collaborated on a project with Mari — I came away impressed with her knowledge and opinions of the industry along with her ability to communicate those thoughts. She couldn’t give me a good reason why she wasn’t blogging, so I convinced her to sign on. The focus of the … Read more