Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Archive for November, 2007
Getting An Earful At My Local Starbucks
Nov 5th
Tired of handing over wads of cash to your barrista at Starbucks each day and feeling like you’re getting nothing for something?
Today’s your day.
And tomorrow too.
And the next day.
When you go into Starbucks this week, don’t forget to ask for a couple of minutes with Paul and Suzanna. Actually, what they’ll give you is an earful full of Suzanne Vega and Paul McCartney. They’re handing out free gift cards for free downloads from Apple iTunes.com
$100 In Your Pocket Just For Driving Your Car 1 Block For Gas
Nov 5th
Don’t you just hate it when you just filled up your take with gas only to drive 2 more blocks and pass a gas station with prices that are much cheaper than what you just paid?
Even though it may be just $0.05/gallon, that little difference makes you cringe if only for a second. Here’s how you can eliminate that un-ncessary moment in your driving day. Read the rest of this entry »
Deal Alert: Free MacWorld Subscription
Nov 2nd
Stop hovering at your local newsstand shelves for hours reading all those techie mac mags that you’re too cheap to buy and bring home.
Yes, yes, we know it feels like a rip off to buy single issues of any magazine for $5 or more for a single issue. Yes, you know you can get an entire year’s worth of magazines just for the price of 2 or 3 issues from GetSubscriptions.com. And yes, Barnes & Nobles, Borders and other booksellers are encouraging you to just stand there and read all day — even with comfy couches right in front of the newsstands.
But you have more important things to do besides use your spare time to DRIVE to the store just so that you can read for free.
Plain and simple, any Apple fan needs to read this post today.
Hazelnut Wifi
Nov 1st
Our Vancouver fan-base is awesome. Here’s a couple of coffee chains up north of the border that offer free wifi hotspots for unlimited internet surfing at their store locations.
So next time you go out for some nice smooth coffee, you can check your email at the same time!
I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!