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Configuring the Budweiser Red Light without a phone

February 20, 2013November 14, 2013 Doug Groves Android, Bluestacks, Bud Red Light, BudRedLight, Budweiser Red Light, hockey, iOS, Red Light, review61 Comments

Budweiser recently released the Red Light, a limited edition a wireless hockey goal light that’ll blast the horns and spin the lights when your favourite team(s) score a goal. It’s the perfect addition to any den or man cave inhabited by even casual hockey fans.

The Red Light has been such a hit for Bud that they’re now back ordered until May, and a brisk second hand market for them on Ebay with the kind of 200% to 300% markup you’d expect from a gizmo limited to Canada, leaving US hockey fans out in the cold. I was lucky enough to get one as an early birthday present from a friend…

but there was a caveat that came with it.

Computing Featured Hardware

Will we see a Commodore 64 in the NHL? Let’s hope so…

July 7, 2011 Doug Groves classic computing, Commodore, Commodore 64, Detroit Red Wings, hockey, Mike Commodore2 Comments

The venerable Commodore 64 has seen a bit of a revival of late, with the release of a new Intel based computer shoved into the shell of the 1980’s 8-bit dream machine. Its reach is extending beyond the computing realm to the world of hockey (only the best sport in the world).

The New Hockey Night in Canada theme composer revealed…and it’s YOU.

June 24, 2008July 25, 2009 Danny X CBC, hockey5 Comments

The CBC has launched Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge, a national contest to find a new song for its weekly hockey broadcast. The network is currently without a song after Dolores Claman, the theme’s composer, sold the jingle’s rights to CTV last week for a reported seven figures. The song will now be heard before NHL games airing on CTV-owned TSN. Canadians have until August 31 to submit their entry online, which will be available for public review and rating. At least five semifinalists will present their songs to a panel…