The following clip is about living... in a eety bitty little space.
I think he has a great message.
Enjoy!
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gamestop - Buy 2, Get 1 Free
Aloha all!
Sorry for the double post today, I just found another great deal and hey, sharing is caring, right?
For the next 48 hours, you can head to your local gamestop or online and get an awesome deal on games!
Like most deals, this doesn't last forever and only applies to games in stock, so yeah.
Happy Gaming.
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
Sorry for the double post today, I just found another great deal and hey, sharing is caring, right?
For the next 48 hours, you can head to your local gamestop or online and get an awesome deal on games!
Like most deals, this doesn't last forever and only applies to games in stock, so yeah.
Happy Gaming.
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
Cell Phone Bills - How much are you paying?
Aloha all,
I've been recently ranting and raving about technology and the cost of things, so this time this particular blog will combine both.
Most people have heard of cell phone companies such as: ATT, Verizon, Sprint and T-mobile.
Though these companies offer great service and value (not to mention the newest and flashiest phones) if your monthly bill is the most important thing, you may want to look at a pre-paid cell phone company.
Pre-paid cell phone companies get a bad reputation as most associate these plans with phone with lesser capacities, bad service, plans that are not conducive to most people, but it's 2010, and there are many options depending on your needs.
If you're a Blackberry user and you use it a lot, your bill might look like this:
With ATT, your cell phone will be free and for unlimited text, mobile phone calls and emails (max 2GB), you are looking at a monthly bill of $114.99.
Since this is a 2 year contract, we'll use a 2 year total cost (note that the bill doesn't include taxes!!)
Monthly = $69.99 + $25.00 + $20.00 = $114.99
2 year total cost = $2759.76 + $36.00 (Activation fee) = $2795.76
A great option for you is Boost Mobile.
There maybe more upfront costs: $199.99 for the phone, but your monthly bill is $60.00 (unlimited phone calls, SMS, emails).
Your upfront costs for the phone: $199.99
Your monthly bill: $60
Your 2 year total costs: $199.99 + $1440 = $1639
Your savings: $1156.76
This may sound like someone paid me off to endorse Boost Mobile, but in a way, its just time to WAKE UP! Don't get stuck! There are many more options out there now. Note that I don't have Blackberry. I actually have a Sanyo Juno, so my monthly bill is $50/monthly.
One cool feature for those with friends overseas is their International Connect program. For an additional $10/month, you can make unlimited phone calls to: Mexico, Dominican Republic, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Canada (just check the website as some are for unlimited mobile calling, or unlimited landline calling or BOTH!). In addition to these awesome perks, this includes unlimited SMS to overseas numbers. This is just an awesome feature as most cell phone companies charge $.25 to $.50 per text message (incoming and outgoing!) so if you have family overseas or a friend traveling with a local SIM card, you can keep in touch without paying out the WAZOO!
The most important thing is do your research, just review your last couple of bills and see how many minutes you actually use and how many SMS you actually send! You maybe paying more than you currently are with your cell phone company.
While I was writing this blog, researching, comparing cell phone companies, plans and mobile devices, I think I ran into a plan that may be the best fit for most people. It's affordable and the phones are decent.
Check out Virgin Mobile "Beyond Talk Plans"
Looking at this, this maybe one of the best cell phone plans around. They are based on the Sprint Network (Boost Mobile is as well) so you will have great reception!
For me, if I were to switch, the $40 plan would be more than plenty! Which would be $960 for 2 years (wowsers).
Check out these options too for pre-paid cell phones:
MobiPCS
VirginMobileUSA
We'll hopefully you can find the best deal for you!!
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
I've been recently ranting and raving about technology and the cost of things, so this time this particular blog will combine both.
Most people have heard of cell phone companies such as: ATT, Verizon, Sprint and T-mobile.
Though these companies offer great service and value (not to mention the newest and flashiest phones) if your monthly bill is the most important thing, you may want to look at a pre-paid cell phone company.
Pre-paid cell phone companies get a bad reputation as most associate these plans with phone with lesser capacities, bad service, plans that are not conducive to most people, but it's 2010, and there are many options depending on your needs.
If you're a Blackberry user and you use it a lot, your bill might look like this:
With ATT, your cell phone will be free and for unlimited text, mobile phone calls and emails (max 2GB), you are looking at a monthly bill of $114.99.
Since this is a 2 year contract, we'll use a 2 year total cost (note that the bill doesn't include taxes!!)
Monthly = $69.99 + $25.00 + $20.00 = $114.99
2 year total cost = $2759.76 + $36.00 (Activation fee) = $2795.76
A great option for you is Boost Mobile.
There maybe more upfront costs: $199.99 for the phone, but your monthly bill is $60.00 (unlimited phone calls, SMS, emails).
Your upfront costs for the phone: $199.99
Your monthly bill: $60
Your 2 year total costs: $199.99 + $1440 = $1639
Your savings: $1156.76
This may sound like someone paid me off to endorse Boost Mobile, but in a way, its just time to WAKE UP! Don't get stuck! There are many more options out there now. Note that I don't have Blackberry. I actually have a Sanyo Juno, so my monthly bill is $50/monthly.
One cool feature for those with friends overseas is their International Connect program. For an additional $10/month, you can make unlimited phone calls to: Mexico, Dominican Republic, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Canada (just check the website as some are for unlimited mobile calling, or unlimited landline calling or BOTH!). In addition to these awesome perks, this includes unlimited SMS to overseas numbers. This is just an awesome feature as most cell phone companies charge $.25 to $.50 per text message (incoming and outgoing!) so if you have family overseas or a friend traveling with a local SIM card, you can keep in touch without paying out the WAZOO!
The most important thing is do your research, just review your last couple of bills and see how many minutes you actually use and how many SMS you actually send! You maybe paying more than you currently are with your cell phone company.
While I was writing this blog, researching, comparing cell phone companies, plans and mobile devices, I think I ran into a plan that may be the best fit for most people. It's affordable and the phones are decent.
Check out Virgin Mobile "Beyond Talk Plans"
Looking at this, this maybe one of the best cell phone plans around. They are based on the Sprint Network (Boost Mobile is as well) so you will have great reception!
For me, if I were to switch, the $40 plan would be more than plenty! Which would be $960 for 2 years (wowsers).
Check out these options too for pre-paid cell phones:
MobiPCS
VirginMobileUSA
We'll hopefully you can find the best deal for you!!
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Eat out Hawaii and don't pay full price...
EAT OUT HAWAII AND DON'T PAY FULL PRICE
Yes, I am one of those people that goes out to eat, with a coupon handy for nearly everything. In some cases, you save a little bit of money, and in some cases, its basically just paying half!
Tricks of the trade.
Going out to Jamba Juice or California Pizza Kitchen? Stop by your local Costco and pick up gift cards.
Costco has $50 (2 - $25 cards) Jamba Juice gift cards for $39.99. They also have in stock $100 (2 - $50 gift cards) for $79.99). A savings of $10 and $20 respectively. So if you frequent these 2 places, stop by Costco first!
Another place to check out deals is the newspaper, the dining sections has plenty of deals!
Show your ID - Yes, lucky we live Hawai'i and we get Kama'aina discounts at a lot of places, especially in Waikiki.
The best deals around town right now are called JUST PAY HALF, and that's exactly what you do, JUST PAY HALF. For $50 gift certificate to a local restaurant, eatery, pizza place, etc. you will pay just $25, and sometimes depending on the website a nominal processing fee (sometimes up to $3.25) still a deal nonetheless.
Here are some links:
Play Savvy (I like this one the most - there is no processing fee and you print the certificates online, perfect if you're going right before to dinner! Check this site every 3 days for new deals!)
KHNL Just Pay Half (There is a processing fee of $3.25 for each certificate, and they mail it, so plan ahead and check the sites for deals once a week!)
KBMG Just Pay Half (same as KHNL)
97.5 Just Pay Half (This one has a large variety of offers, dining, activities, EVEN GAS, but PAY ATTENTION, some of offers you have to go downtown to pick it up physically - this maybe a deal breaker for some!)
Just a couple of helpful HINTS:
-If you decide to by these as presents, note that they do say just pay half.
-Very few have date/location restrictions (ex. Big City Diner is only M-TH and NO major holidays)
-Tip on the FULL AMOUNT of your BILL
Hope this helps Hawaii, go eat out and don't spend full price!!
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
Yes, I am one of those people that goes out to eat, with a coupon handy for nearly everything. In some cases, you save a little bit of money, and in some cases, its basically just paying half!
Tricks of the trade.
Going out to Jamba Juice or California Pizza Kitchen? Stop by your local Costco and pick up gift cards.
Costco has $50 (2 - $25 cards) Jamba Juice gift cards for $39.99. They also have in stock $100 (2 - $50 gift cards) for $79.99). A savings of $10 and $20 respectively. So if you frequent these 2 places, stop by Costco first!
Another place to check out deals is the newspaper, the dining sections has plenty of deals!
Show your ID - Yes, lucky we live Hawai'i and we get Kama'aina discounts at a lot of places, especially in Waikiki.
The best deals around town right now are called JUST PAY HALF, and that's exactly what you do, JUST PAY HALF. For $50 gift certificate to a local restaurant, eatery, pizza place, etc. you will pay just $25, and sometimes depending on the website a nominal processing fee (sometimes up to $3.25) still a deal nonetheless.
Here are some links:
Play Savvy (I like this one the most - there is no processing fee and you print the certificates online, perfect if you're going right before to dinner! Check this site every 3 days for new deals!)
KHNL Just Pay Half (There is a processing fee of $3.25 for each certificate, and they mail it, so plan ahead and check the sites for deals once a week!)
KBMG Just Pay Half (same as KHNL)
97.5 Just Pay Half (This one has a large variety of offers, dining, activities, EVEN GAS, but PAY ATTENTION, some of offers you have to go downtown to pick it up physically - this maybe a deal breaker for some!)
Just a couple of helpful HINTS:
-If you decide to by these as presents, note that they do say just pay half.
-Very few have date/location restrictions (ex. Big City Diner is only M-TH and NO major holidays)
-Tip on the FULL AMOUNT of your BILL
Hope this helps Hawaii, go eat out and don't spend full price!!
Mahalo for reading.
Until next time.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Technology - Helping us communicate?
Technology - Helping us communicate?
Technology has certainly advanced exponentially in the past 10-15 years, I recall being in high school and pagers was the thing that put you in the in crowd.
Then came cell phones, I remember when Motorola was super cool and I wish I had one. Well, I did but its not the cell phone pictured on the right, I had a Motorola peanut phone with the customizable faceplates.
Now its 2010, with emails on mobile devices, Facebook (on your phone, on the internet, on your Gaming system), Twitter, iPhones, Android, Blackberry, Instant Messaging (AIM, yahoo, MSN, Google Chat), VoIP (Skype, Fring, Vonage), not to mention text messaging.
With everything keeping us in "touch" cheapened the value of communication?
I miss the days when I would receive a letter, a physical letter, or even a physical card with someone's hand written thoughts. Now, I receive email greeting cards which to be honest, I hit archive on the gmail button. 100% of email cards I've received throughout the years has never had any inkling of personal thoughts. Its sort of like a "mandatory email card" that a person created because they received a reminder that it was someone's birthday.
To be honest people say that I am really hard to shop for. That is true, but honestly, that isn't what I want for my birthday or Christmas, or any holiday, or any day. Just think of me, and prove that were thinking of me, I would rather have something that came from the heart and not from the wallet.
I deviate from communication. People ask why I don't have Facebook. Really? You'll only communicate with people if you can read their thoughts and maybe click a "like" button occasionally? If that's the only way you'll communicate with me, I'd rather not have your "communication" because you're not really communicating, you are receiving information.
Communication - "an interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs"
Perhaps, I am "old-school", I send Thank you cards, Birthday cards, Christmas cards, all with personal thoughts I share with the intended receiver.
Maybe I just don't understand it. Is the "like" button sufficient for a person to fully understand your experiences? I don't think so, I stopped posting pictures online because pictures without a story perpetuates a person's thoughts about a subject, there is no insight given, just confirmation of the receiver's thoughts.
Then again I am blogging, my rant and raving about communication a 1 way medium. Then perhaps you will reply with your thoughts.
It's sort of like text messaging, you can text, "hey b***h" and it can be a good thing or a bad thing, not easily decipherable, perhaps I'll receive more phone calls or messages.
Mahalo for reading. Until next time.
Then came cell phones, I remember when Motorola was super cool and I wish I had one. Well, I did but its not the cell phone pictured on the right, I had a Motorola peanut phone with the customizable faceplates.
Now its 2010, with emails on mobile devices, Facebook (on your phone, on the internet, on your Gaming system), Twitter, iPhones, Android, Blackberry, Instant Messaging (AIM, yahoo, MSN, Google Chat), VoIP (Skype, Fring, Vonage), not to mention text messaging.
With everything keeping us in "touch" cheapened the value of communication?
I miss the days when I would receive a letter, a physical letter, or even a physical card with someone's hand written thoughts. Now, I receive email greeting cards which to be honest, I hit archive on the gmail button. 100% of email cards I've received throughout the years has never had any inkling of personal thoughts. Its sort of like a "mandatory email card" that a person created because they received a reminder that it was someone's birthday.
To be honest people say that I am really hard to shop for. That is true, but honestly, that isn't what I want for my birthday or Christmas, or any holiday, or any day. Just think of me, and prove that were thinking of me, I would rather have something that came from the heart and not from the wallet.
I deviate from communication. People ask why I don't have Facebook. Really? You'll only communicate with people if you can read their thoughts and maybe click a "like" button occasionally? If that's the only way you'll communicate with me, I'd rather not have your "communication" because you're not really communicating, you are receiving information.
Communication - "an interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs"
Perhaps, I am "old-school", I send Thank you cards, Birthday cards, Christmas cards, all with personal thoughts I share with the intended receiver.
Maybe I just don't understand it. Is the "like" button sufficient for a person to fully understand your experiences? I don't think so, I stopped posting pictures online because pictures without a story perpetuates a person's thoughts about a subject, there is no insight given, just confirmation of the receiver's thoughts.
Then again I am blogging, my rant and raving about communication a 1 way medium. Then perhaps you will reply with your thoughts.
It's sort of like text messaging, you can text, "hey b***h" and it can be a good thing or a bad thing, not easily decipherable, perhaps I'll receive more phone calls or messages.
Mahalo for reading. Until next time.
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