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Letter to Dean Kamen - Segway inventor

Dear Mr. Dean Kamen,

The Segway is cool, but just isn't affordable to the common folks.  So instead of it being an affordable mode of transportation being used by everyone, it is a "toy" for well to do people, and something that "mall cops" use to cruise around the local mall.  And by the way, when we see the "mall cops" riding the Segway, "cool" is not a word that comes to mind.

So here's one for you.  I've never seen anyone just ride a Segway to the local WalMart nor have I seen anyone just riding on a Segway down the street.  Maybe in your world you see this?  Let me tell you though, in my world.... it's never happened.

A few years ago I did go into a Segway store to learn how to ride a Segway.  The guy there was nice and taught me how to ride it in a short period of time, and I was able to navigate through the obstacle course with the little red cones.  If I could have afforded to purchase a couple of the Segways, I would have.  Actually, I was getting a $10,000 year end bonus from my company that month, but at $5000+ per unit, spending my year end bonus on a Segway wouldn't have went over very well with my wife. 8-)

Have you ever considered some backwards marketing?  For example, loan me a Segway to use and I will drive it around town, and will always keep a pocket full of business cards on me for the local Segway store.  When people come up to me and ask questions about how I like it, etc., I will hand them a business card for the store and tell them they should go test ride one and try it out for themselves.

The point is, real people will see a real person driving around town on a Segway.  Something we just don't see in real life!

Will this drive traffic to the Segway store and drive sales?  I don't know.  You tell me. 8-)

Do you want real people to use the Segway as an alternative mode of transportation or do you just want a few "mall cops" to use the Segway?

Regards,
Tadd
tadd@superbusy.com

p.s.
I live in the north end of Fort Worth, Texas near Keller, Texas and I'm thinking that if you did your study on the demographics here, you would find out that this is your target demographic.

Just in case you are wondering... I am simply a humble general manager of one of the busiest movie theaters in Fort Worth.

Be well.

Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home | Publications | Indoor Air | Air | US EPA

Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home | Publications | Indoor Air | Air | US EPA.

Indoor air pollutants are unwanted, sometimes harmful materials in the air. Indoor air pollution is among the top five environmental health risks. Usually the best way to address this risk is to control or eliminate the sources of pollutants, and to ventilate a home with clean outdoor air. The ventilation method may, however, be limited by weather conditions or undesirable levels of contaminants contained in outdoor air. If these measures are insufficient, an air cleaning device may be useful. Air cleaning devices are intended to remove pollutants from indoor air. Some air cleaning devices are designed to be installed in the ductwork of a home’s central heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to clean the air in the whole house. Portable room air cleaners can be used to clean the air in a single room or specific areas, but they are not intended for whole-house filtration. The following pages will provide information on different types of air cleaning devices and how they work.

Blackberry Curve 8330 is awesome

The Blackberry Curve 8330 from Sprint is an awesome mobile device.  It is so much more than a phone with so many available apps, it is simply amazing.

Themes: Change out the theme of the phone as often as you like.  What's a theme?  It's the look of the background and the application buttons.  Have a favorite movie, comic book character, or hobby?  Chances are there is a theme of it available for your Blackberry. 

Apps: The Sprint version is loaded with applications, and as of todayBlackberry opens their online app store.  Here's one for you, the google app is super fast to search and google maps works awesome on the Blackberry Curve 8330.

Search for a restaurant using the google app, and click on the phone number in the search results to call the restaurant.  It's that easy.

Use the google maps app and do a local search for a business name, and it shows you all of the local locations.  Click on it and you can map a route or call the business.  It's way awesome.   I used this to track down a video I needed to rent from a BlockBuster.  Search, click, call, find out which location has that video, and then it maps a route from where I am to the video store I need to get to.

Sprint TV is awesome.  Full episodes are available from all of the major television networks.  Great stuff.

Copy & paste.  This feature is more useful than you will ever know.

- to be continued -

New PSP to take on iPhone this Christmas?

New PSP to take on iPhone this Christmas?

Thanks to a chatty developer, we recently heard and relayed rumors that the next-generation PSP will have a sliding screen. Well, a second mystery developer, who's allegedly "working with the new hardware," has upped the ante: he or she claims Sony's next-gen portable gaming console will actually have a sliding touch screen along with the much-requested, dual-analog thumbsticks.

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I still dig my psp.  It has a lot of great features if you think about it. Besides some awesome gaming time, wifi, pics, movies, music.  It's an entertainment center really. 8-)

Tony Hiller is the coolest and greatest health inspector

Word on the street is that Tony Hiller is the coolest and greatest and the hands down best health inspector with over ten thousand inspections completed in his career.  When it comes to health inspections questions in fort worth, he is the one to ask.

A look at Nintendo's DSi

A look at Nintendo's DSi.

Nintendo has already sold 100 million DS and DS Lites. Is there really much of a market out there for more of these handheld wonders? The new DSi, which went on sale Sunday for $170, is about to find out.


I watched videos on my Nintendo Wii today all about the DSi.  The amazing thing is, all the videos show adults using the DSi.

Tadd asks: if I were the best air cleaners which would I be?

Word on the street is that Tadd actually has the answer to this question and knows which are actually the best air cleaners available.  Like many Americans, Tadd suffers from allergies, so quality matters and he's tried many of the different brands out there today.  Allergy relief may be as easy as clean air.  Think about it.

chad trotter is the coolest high school senior on earth

Word on the street is that chad trotter is the coolest high school senior on earth. He gets As and the occasional B.

invisible shield

So here's one for you. The Invisible Shield is the perfect scratch protection for the iphone, blackberry, itouch, and load of devices. Buy the invisibleSHIELD

Next-gen Android phone coming soon? | Wireless - CNET News

Next-gen Android phone coming soon? | Wireless - CNET News.

HTC and T-Mobile are readying a new version of the G1 Android phone, according to the gadget blog Gizmodo. On Wednesday, Gizmodo posted pictures of what is supposed to be the new Android "G2," which the blog says is expected in May. The new device is much thinner than the previous G1 because its slide keyboard is gone. Instead, HTC has taken a page out of the Apple iPhone playbook and will only offer a virtual keypad.