Just a quick post to inform everyone that the Nintendo Power Mints are back in stock. Go ahead and order one… or ten.

Hey folks! Today was a busy day as we added 9 new products to the store.

The first product we added is called The Ring Thing. Made from stainless steel, the Ring Thing is a bottle opener hidden in the palm of your hand. Available in 8 sizes, it’s comfortable to wear and easy to use. Not to mention that it does it’s job fairly well too. One thing for sure, it’s Pierre approved!

The 8 other products we added today are friends of one of our current best seller, the Nintendo DS Lite. Of course, I’m talking about games! Here is the list of games we added to the store today:

• Mario 64 DS
• Super Princess Peach
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes A Day
• Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time
• Nintendogs (Labrador Retriever)
• Nintendogs (Miniature Dachshund)
• Nintendogs (Chihuahua)
• Final Fantasy IV Advance

If you haven’t picked up your DS Lite yet, now’s a good time to do it since you’ll be able to add a whole bunch of games and save on shipping!

Is MySpace your thing? If so, you’ll be happy to hear that this blog is now available at MySpace as well. The URL is pretty easy to remember too:

http://www.myspace.com/zestuff

LiveJournal user? No problem… just head to http://zestuff.livejournal.com/

Now, if Blogger is more like your type of website, the ZeStuff blog is also available at http://zestuff.blogspot.com. The old posts are not available but anything posted from now on will show up.

You heard it right! For a limited time, ZeStuff is offering the Nintendo DS Lite for only $129.95.

In addition, during this uber sale, we’ll be including a FREE rumble pack and a FREE tin of Nintendo Power Mints with all DS Lite purchase! That’s around $12 of cool stuff for FREE!

You aren’t gonna find a better deal anywhere else on the net! Available while supplies last!

Whew, what a day… First, a big (and much needed) Stikfas restock and now, 4 new products!

The first two products, the Fanguard Necklace and the Fanguard Earrings, are additions to our Jewelry section. The pendant on the necklace is made from a real fan guard commonly found on the power supply of a CPU. As for the earrings, they are two modified fanguards are transformed into cool dangly earrings. It’s yet another very cool products for the geek ladies out there.

Also added to the store today is the Bluetooth FrogPad. Bluetooth FrogPad is the missing piece for successful mobile products. In its simplest form the Bluetooth FrogPad can be used wirelessly with any PC or MAC that has Bluetooth capability and which also supports the HID Bluetooth profile for text and data input. With a rechargeable battery and a 30 foot range, using your FrogPad can be easier than ever!

Personally, it’s one of the most interesting product I’ve played with so far. I really recommand it for the geek on the go.

Last but least, we’re happy to be offering the Cuboyds! Made by the same people who created the Stikfas, those small and inexpensive pre-assembled 3″ articulated action figures are the perfect decoration for your desk, cube or room. In addition to the many flat surfaces that makes painting a much easier job, printed STIKer sheets that come with the Cuboyds figures give the customiser new media to decorate their figure.

The Cuboyds are available in 4 colors (Black, White, Blue and Yellow). Collect all 4!

The following Stikfas are now back in stock:

• Stikfas - Regular Packs: Ninja (Blue & Black), Robot with Bear, Monk, Superhero, Phantom, Supervillain, Rock Star, Mobster and Viking
• Stikfas Deluxe Pack - Beta Female Warrior with Dragon
• Stikfas Mega Pack - Assault Team
• Stikfas Deluxe Pack - Omega Knight with Stallion

Please note that the Military and Pirate regular packs won’t be back in stock before October. Also, the Samurai model has been discontinued and is no longer available. Sorry!

So it seems like the job opening wasn’t totally clear to some people so I figured I’d make a post to clarify what we want, what we don’t want and why.

First off, I don’t want to sound rude or anything but we’re not looking for anybody under *at least* 18 years old. We’re also not looking for “junior designers” or people that are only available for the summer. This is a long term thing.

“Do you currently have a coder? Is this job purely a design job?”
“I’m also confused about what “Basic understanding of related technologies including JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML and XML” means… how basic is basic?”

This is a design job. Outside of compliant HTML, CSS and maybe some Javascript, you don’t need to know much of that other stuff. The reason we ask for basic understanding of AJAX, XML, PHP and such is that we want our designer to be able to see the big picture. In short, you don’t need to be a programmer. You just need to know what I’m talking about if I’m throwing out ideas of doing an AJAX “add to cart” feature or things like that.

Many times, I’ve worked with designers that would show me very cool drafts for websites I was working on. The only problem is that once this design was turned into HTML, some of their work didn’t make sense anymore.

What we want is someone who excels at building simple layouts that are going to be compatible with the recent browsers and that won’t be heavy (KB wise) to load (hence why a strong XHTML and CSS knowledge is required).

Some people have asked us what’s wrong with the current ZeStuff website. One of the major problem we have with it is that we don’t have a lead designer for it anymore which means we can’t do much modifications to the site. In addition, we feel the site is overdue for a little touch up. There’s a lot of things like the big bulky header that needs to be redone.

Add to that the new projects and ideas we have for ZeStuff, it just makes way more sense for us to hire someone new and allow them to redo the site instead of forcing them to hack someone else’s work. Personally, I know I always hated to be forced to work in someone else’s code. I can only think that it has to be the same for a web designer.

I hope this will answer some of the questions you guys had. If you have more questions, please post a comment in this blog post and I’ll answer them.

If you think you have what it takes, please email your resume (in text, html or PDF format, no word or wordpad), salary requirements/rates and portfolio to jobs@zestuff.com. Applications that does not have a resume, a salary requirement (or rates) and a portfolio WILL BE IGNORED!

You heard it right! Out of stock almost everywhere, the DS Lite is now available for purchase at ZeStuff!

For a limited time, purchase a DS Lite from us and we’ll include a free Rumble pack!

The DS Lite is available in limited quantities, whiles supplies last so don’t hesitate and order yours today!

Hey folks! Sorry for the late post but better late than never :). We added 4 new products to the store today.

The first two are World of Warcraft related t-shirts. Created by Tim Buckley, the Alliance and the Horde shirts will allow the others to see which side you’re on. In addition, these shirts are already compatible with the upcoming WoW expansion, the Burning Crusade so you won’t need to upgrade your gear once you re-roll your character to try our the new races.

      

Another addition to our store is the Pertelian External LCD Display. For the first time ever, playing a game on your PC will no longer isolate you from the rest of the world. Leave your IM’s open and chat freely, scan through your emails without having to open your browser, control music running in the background in ways you never thought possible and so much more without ever leaving or crashing your game!

The included software makes setup a snap, allowing you to do more with your PC while you game, all with the help of a few programmable hotkey combinations. You’ll wonder how you ever got along without it!

Last but not least are the Nintendo Power Mints, our first item in the new Candies & Mints section of our store. This little tin has the same size and shape as a vintage NES controller and comes with 2 oz of tasty peppermints.

The beauty of this item is that once you’ve eaten all the mints, you can use it to store your gamer accessories, like Gameboy, GBA or DS cartriges.

In fact, the readers of Wonderland have determined that the tin holds 12 DS catridges.

Like for the other products we added today, grab them while they’re hot!

The ZeStuff team is looking for a web graphic designer. That person will be the lead designer for ZeStuff.com and will be in charge of redesigning the website, doing the day to day changes to the site layout, creating new advertising media and other graphic related work that is related to ZeStuff.

Here is a list of essential skills and requirements:

• Must possess artistic ability and creative thinking for designing eye-catching and effective graphics.
• Basic knowledge of designing for compliant XHTML/CSS web pages without a WYSIWYG editor
• Strong conceptual thinker with the ability to take ideas and/or mock ups and visualize how to execute in XHTML with attention to detail for the design and user experience
• Fearless about learning and easily grasps new technologies and skills quickly and efficiently
• Can work independently and make appropriate decisions
• Ability to communicate in an open environment where constructive criticism is given and received to the betterment of the team and the product
• High motivation and self-direction with the ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Passionate about web development and technology
• Must have experience with slicing, resizing and optimizing images for the web
• Knowledge of Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Visio, Illustrator and other essential design tools and platforms
• Expertise in cross-browser compatibility issues and thorough understanding of current XHTML standards and best practices
• Basic understanding of related technologies including JavaScript, AJAX, DHTML and XML
• 3-5 years experience working as a web designer designing and building successful websites, and have the ability to look at the big picture when looking at a project and see how one change can have a ripple effect.
• Must be proficient with standard design and web authoring applications, such as Photoshop, Illustrator and DreamWeaver.
• A well developed sense of efficient web user experience that drives acquisition
• Familiar with JavaScript and browser compatibility issues
• Knowledge of XML and PHP is a plus
• Ability to work under deadlines with a detail-oriented approach to managing work flow
• Excellent problem solving and collaboration skills

If you think you have what it takes, please email your resume (in text, html or PDF format, no word or wordpad), salary requirements/rates and portfolio to jobs@zestuff.com. We will consider local applicants (around Laval, QC, Canada) as well as freelancers for this opening.

Thanks!

EDIT: We have posted an update to this job opening with more clarification. You can read it at http://blog.zestuff.com/2006/07/21/job-opening-at-zestuff-part-2/