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Sad Tale of The Energizer Bunny

Because our web site, buybattery.com, scores so well in Google search, many consumers assume, incorrectly, that we are actually Duracell, and they contact us about customer service issues- even if they did not buy batteries from us. Mostly, they email … Continue reading

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Your Local High School Needs You

We enjoy working with our local schools and are particularly proud to be involved with the arts curriculum at Northwood High School, the school my daughter attends.  They are finishing up a series of special events this week and we … Continue reading

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How Do We Get Rid of These Things?

One of the unfortunate aspects of expendable sales, is they create a lot of waste. Batteries are an important part of modern day life, but it does present a waste issue. Even recycleable batteries must be disposed of once they … Continue reading

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Computer Guy, Meet Sound Guy

My experience with using personal computers goes back to the early 1980′s, so I’ve had more than my share of opportunities to set up, take down, reconfigure, and generally wander around computer peripheral cabling. The more I handle this stuff, … Continue reading

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This Experiment Didn’t Take Long

As the raw material in batteries continues to increase in price, we feel real pressure to try and save customers some money. We’ve steadily watched the cost of alkaline batteries increase, so I like to test non-name brand competition whenever … Continue reading

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Small Town TV Stations Join The White Space Debate

The ongoing battle for available broadcast spectrum for new consumer devices has opened on another front. Dell has joined giants like Google and Microsoft in the fight to control wireless spectrum, but it appears that they are trying to come … Continue reading

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A Box of Shakespeare

We‘ve been involved in the New York theatre market for many years, supplying tape products to some of the most successful productions on Broadway. Getting the show up and running is one thing. Getting the whole theatre up and running … Continue reading

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Where are new techs going to come from?

I read a lot of audio, video and special events trade magazines (most of them are free) and I have been struck lately by the apparent age of the technicians that are profiled. The average age of most of these … Continue reading

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Allow Me A Personal Indulgence

I normally shy away from telling show business “war stories” but this week’s sad news that Clarence Clemons had died brought back a memory that seemed worth sharing. In the summer of 1987, about a year after Harrison Bros. got … Continue reading

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Were We There? We’ll, Maybe

I’m a big Oprah Winfrey fan and have been for many years. I even named my boat “Oprah”. I was disappointed to learn that her television show was ending, but I came across an article in Front Of House magazine … Continue reading

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