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SI likes crappy pizzas.

That’s why we gobble up Domino’s pizza, gorge on Papa John’s mess and gormandize at the forlorn Pizza Hut buffet.

So, when we espied an ad for Domino’s new Artisans Pizza today it didn’t take us long to fire up our Firefox 7 browser and order a Spinach & Feta Artisans Pizza before you could say Sonam Kapoor.

By the time, we took a shower and went to the dying United States Post Office to drop off our Netflix DVD (Cell 211, a Spanish film that we may or may not review) our Artisans Pizza was ready.

$7.99 changed hands and we were handed a rectangular pizza box. Rather small compared to Domino’s regular square pizza box.

On the way back home, we made a quick stop at the local Gujju liquor store to pick up some good ol’ Guinness Extra Stout Beer ($2.99).

What’s a Pizza without some beer, eh?

Anon, we were home and crunching into our thin crust Domino’s Artisans Spinach & Feta Pizza.

Dominos Spinach & Feta Artisans Pizza - YummyDomino’s Artisans Spinach & Feta Pizza – Yummy

Hey, the Domino’s Spinach & Feta Artisans Pizza is a decent pizza.

None of that crappy, vomit-inducing cheese that you usually encounter on Domino’s pizzas.

If you believe the Domino’s web site, our pizza includes Alfredo sauce, feta and Parmesan-Asiago cheeses, fresh baby spinach and onion toppings on an artisan-style crust. Continue reading »

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No, you schmucks are not the only ones reading, and more importantly benefiting from, the nonpareil SI blog.

Y’all can pat your collective backs today that you’re in august company.

Obviously, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is an avid reader of the SI blog because in August we recommended that the upcoming Kindle Tablet must be priced between $200-$250 if it intends to be a viable player in a market lorded over by the iPad.

This is what SI wrote on August 1, 2011:

With most consumers strongly fixated on the iPad, we don’t see how Amazon can gain quick traction unless it launches an entry-level 16GB model at $200-$250, a significantly lower price point compared to Apple’s $499 price for the 16GB iPad 2.

And as we all know by now, Bezos followed our sage counsel – Amazon came in at the low end of our suggested price, i.e. $199 for its Kindle Fire tablet launched today.

It’s heartening to note that good advice does not always fall on deaf ears. ;)

But it’s a bit disappointing that the Kindle Fire offers only 8GB storage instead of our recommended 16GB but Amazon is offering unlimited Cloud Storage.

Amazon Launches Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire ships on November 15.

By the way, you can pre-order the Kindle Fire tablet on Amazon’s web site now.

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In hopes of riding the current tablet wave sweeping consumers, E-commerce behemoth Amazon.com today launched a $199 tablet it’s calling the Kindle Fire.

As expected, it’s a 7-inch touchscreen device running a custom version of Google’s Android software.

Amazon Debuts $199 Kindle FireCan Kindle Fire Catch Fire
with Consumers?

Key Features

* The dual-processor tablet weighs 14.6-oz, is WiFi only and does not support 3G connectivity.

* It comes with 8GB of internal storage (supposedly enough for 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books).

* As for battery life, Amazon is promising up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback, with wireless off.

* Kindle Fire includes a browser called Amazon Silk (yes, it supports Flash) and free cloud storage.

Amazon plans to start shipping the Kindle Fire from November 15, in time for the rich pickings of the holiday shopping season.

The Bad and the Good

Kindle Fire lacks a camera or a microphone.

Bad -  This means you can’t use the device to make Skype video calls the way you can with the iPad 2.

If even regular Skype (i.e. non-video version) does not work on the Kindle Fire a lot of folks are going to be disappointed.

Amazon’s main rival the Apple iPad has both WiFi and 3G versions and sports a 9.7-inch screen.

Bad – As we’ve said in some of our earlier posts, the 7-inch screen is rather small for a tablet. Continue reading »

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