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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

One month free trial cards from Netflix



I received four one month free trial cards by mail from Netflix, with priority codes.

For each of you that uses one of these codes, I'll get a bonus disc. For each activated card, I'll see a "Bonus Disc" button appear in my queue for each new member.

If you received these in the mail, feel free to post your codes in the comments. Maybe you'll get bonus discs too.

I have to share my promo codes this way, because all my real-life friends and family are already Netflix members!

If you've never joined before, click on Netflix Tell A Friend and enter one of the following codes. If these codes don't work, check the comments for more.

M17010581585
M18013581505
M15015571545
M12011571575

This offer ends June 15, 2008.

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Friday, May 02, 2008

One month free Netflix

For new members only. Try this link. Expires 06/15/08.

I got it in an email. This time, there's no promo code or coupon code, just a button to click in the email. I've tried to extract what I think is the relevant information from the URL. Let me know in the comments if it doesn't work. When I click it, it redirects me to my home page, since I'm already a member. You might have to delete your Netflix cookie to see it.

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Monday, April 28, 2008

Freakomendations


Paul Lamere, a researcher at Sun Labs, collects Freakomendations, which are wacky recommendations from Netflix or Amazon. For example, "Because you enjoyed The Killers, Netflix thinks you will like The Looney Tunes Golden Collection".

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Create your own remote control!

NoviiMedia makes software which you can put on your mobile device to turn it into a universal remote control for your TV, DVD player, Tivo, or sound system. I love it!

My Palm T|X is turning out to be a great investment. It's like having a universal remote, calendar, alarm clock, to-do list, music player, photo storage, deck of cards, phone book, address book, library, note pad, Web browser, and world atlas in my pocket. All except a phone.

Your laptop can do these things except it doesn't fit in your pocket.

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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Dude has over a thousand Netflix friends!

I just made Robowriter a Fave, which means I'm a Fan, not a Friend, since he's a stranger to me. He has rated 13,132 titles on Netflix, written 486 reviews, made 148 lists, and he is 50% similar to me. His reviewer rank is an astonishingly low 14. My favorite thing about Fave Robowriter, is his exhaustive lists in which he categorizes movies very specifically. For example, he's making a list of all movies in which the Wilhelm Scream is used.

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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Feedflix

From a comment on my blog, I learned about FeedFlix, a handy place to share your Netflix Queue and reviews with anybody (even if they aren't Netflix members). As far as I can tell, they have less than a hundred users signed up, but if they ever get a substantial number, the data could be really useful. The FeedFlix feature that's most interesting to me is that you can see who else is watching or waiting for the same movies you are. It's totally anonymous. All you have to share is your Netflix Queue RSS feed link, and FeedFlix keeps your page updated. My page is http://feedflix.com/netflixfan.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Netflix recommends I watch ZERO 258 movies



I don't know if it's the new design of the Netflix Web site, but all suggestions have disappeared. I used to have about 200, because I've rated over 2000 titles. Maybe they've been reset. When I rated the last movie I returned, the number jumped to ten.

***UPDATED 3/30/08 I just noticed, all my Netflix suggestions are back!

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