Gator Byte

Little Time for Exercise

gatorbyte — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:35:49 +0000

I need more incentive to get some more exercise in my life. With working long hours 6 days a week I don’t have much time to spend outside. I’ve got a stationary bike in the living room, but an often too lazy or tired to bother. What I need is a little [...]

Wireless Travel Gadgets

gatorbyte — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:29:12 +0000

This summer we’re determined to get out of town at least a couple of times for short vacations. The first will be in a week or two, just a few days up in Halifax to get away, and then hopefully later in the summer we’ll get to go for a longer trip, maybe PEI [...]

Honesty

gatorbyte — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:26:52 +0000

This August will be our 10th year anniversary for the business and what a journey we have had. We started as a clearance center and have morphed into what we are today, trying just about everything and anything along the way that would make money while trying to do so in a fair and [...]

For The Tourist

gatorbyte — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:07:07 +0000

We finally have some computers set up for the tourists this summer. For many years now we have been sending them to the library, but since we do have so many computers and monitors laying around the store why not put them to good use? It wouldn’t be as lucrative as the [...]

Lots of Gadgets

gatorbyte — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:03:08 +0000

After putting up the new shelf for the gameboy games I had room to spread out a lot of the little gadgets properly. The iPods and other mp3 players, the digital cameras, the controllers and memory cards and so on. Still feels like there isn’t enough room for everything, but it’s getting better. [...]

Our Own Petition

gatorbyte — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:24:32 +0000

After thinking about it for the weekend we’ve decided to start our own petition for the Farmer’s Market, to try and get it located downtown where it belongs. When going around to some of the local businesses I was astounded that they all had the Mariner’s Center petition sitting on the counter, and had [...]

Read the Petition before you Sign it!

gatorbyte — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:15:09 +0000

I just saw a petition floating around town that should NEVER be signed by anyone with any sense. The petition is to have a permanent Farmer’s Market at the Mariner’s Center. THIS IS JUST PLAIN WRONG!! If we’re going to get a permanent Farmer’s Market it needs to be in the downtown [...]

6 Councillors and a Mayor

gatorbyte — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:47:51 +0000

So today I decided it was time to write a letter to voice some of my concerns about the direction this town is headed in. Among the things I mentioned were the mega-yacht dock, the permanent farmers market, what’s being done to revitalize the downtown area and why it’s costing so much to send [...]

The Sign is Literal

gatorbyte — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:07:23 +0000

I stuck a box of candles on the counter recently with a little sign stuck to the front of it. The sign has been a good source of amusement for several customers already as they read the sign, then look inside the box. I haven’t sold any of the candles, but that’s ok, [...]

Always Evolving

gatorbyte — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:41:14 +0000

It seems we’re always evolving here at Gator Byte. Maybe not as much in recent years as when we first opened as Lakeview Clearance Center, but things still change from time to time. All the way back to when we sold things like coffee makers, toasters, misc. hardware and Christmas decorations. We [...]

Older Games are Worthless at Game Stop

gatorbyte — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:49:21 +0000

So yesterday I was snooping around Game Stop to see what was new and interesting. While I was there someone came in with a bag full of games and a guitar to trade in. I decided to stick around and see what kind of offer they got. The guy at the counter [...]

Used Wii Stuff is still pretty Rare

gatorbyte — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:35:35 +0000

We’ve got lots of used games for XBox 360 in these days, and several controllers and headsets too. Used 360 consoles are fairly common as well. The Wii and PS3 quite rare still though, only see a system every 2 or 3 months and games maybe once a month. I do have [...]

Junked Laptops

gatorbyte — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:34:05 +0000

There’s been a fair number of calls lately from people looking for various laptop problems, wondering if I have parts for certain types in stock or just laying around in the back room. The problem with laptops is that you can’t generally take parts from one to fix another any more than you can [...]

Layaway

gatorbyte — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:53:15 +0000

Many years ago, we used to let our customer/s put things on layaway, it’s a common practice here just like getting the best diet pill. Unfortunately, having tried this out and in bid to help genuine customer/s, the bad ones comes along and take advantage of it. We had someone cheat us outright some 8 [...]