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It’s just a mobile phone day around these parts-
I am a comparative price shopper. I will spend a day pricing a single item at 3 or 4 different stores, return to the second store, you know, the one that had the cheaper price, and then decide to wait until I check how much the item is selling for on the internet when I get home later.
Apparently this type of behavior can drive some people crazy, especially when they have been walking with me all day and at the end of the day I end up making the purchase online, or worse, returning the next day to make the purchase.
Well, now there is an easier answer. Frucall is a service that allows you to call in, enter a barcode and it will tell you the price of the item you are looking for as pulled from major websites. Frucall also saves your search information so when you get home you can sign on and purchase the item.
Looks pretty interesting so, log on now and sign up (it’s free). Worth having around if you find yourself yearning for the ease and pricing of Amazon while you are out shopping.
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Have you ever been pissed at your mobile phone?
I mean really pissed, to the point where you just want to take it throw it across a room.
Apparently the Finnish get that way some times, in fact it occurs so much that they started the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship. The competition has been going on since 2000 and has 3 different categories in both men and women’s divisions, as well as a junior category.
In a FAQ about the competition the question is asked Why do People Throw[the phones]?:
Finland is known as the home country of the mobile phones and Finns have always been very fashion-conscious about the phones. Many Europeans wonder why the Finns buy brand new phones when the old one is still working. For the interpreters and translators who work globally the mobile phone is a common tool when working and a part of accessory in the freetime.
Mobile phone is an essential part of us that connects us to nearly anywhere in the world but when you most need it the battery runs out or your sweetheart doesn’t answer or some one doesn’t return your call. Hope, anticipation, passion and frustration concentrates on mobile phone.
So, wind up your throwing arm, get it in shape and get your ticket to the Finlan for the 2007 World Championships, held at the end of August.
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As many people know today is D-Day* for the long awaited iPhone, the next generation iPod that is also a phone, is being released today at 6pm. While I am sure lines have been forming for the last few days for the new AT&T phone (because it is a sure sign a product will be good when they sign on to America’s least reliable or used carrier) companies like T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon are fearing the loss of some customers today.
In a bid to retain their customer base and maybe even gain a few new customers, Verizon issued a press release yesterday announcing: “Verizon Wireless Stores Open All Day June 29 For Customers To Test Drive The Nation’s Most Reliable Wireless Network, Purchase Any Of 18 Multi-Media Music Devices.” For the record, this is the same promotion that Verizon has been pushing in their television commercials for the last 2 months.
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So, while you are at the park doing your work you realize maybe you shouldn’t have had that Extra Large Coffee and the bottle of water cause now you are in the middle of Bryant park and your really need to pee. You have a few options, finding a restaurant and buying the cheapest item to gain entry to their bathroom, looking for a dark doorway or corner without a lot of people walking by or you can text MizPee.
MizPee is a service that allows you to text them with your general location and it will tell you were the nearest bathroom is and how clean it is. You can also access their map online if you have a computer handy.
There was another dashboard widget I found as well which allows you to find the nearest bathrooms, but I managed to lose that page, when I come across it again I will add the link.
Another useful tool (if you have a Mac Laptop) is the Public Toilet Finder Widget Just enter your city and location and you’ll receive a list of where public toilets are to be found. Again this seems like a great idea (if you have access to your computer and a Wireless Network).
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So, at first I thought it was going to be a slow news day for the blog. After last nights rant on Citysearch, I was a bit warn out from ranting and there was nothing particularly topical that I wanted to write about today. Then I came across this tidbit that writes itself, so here we go:
Carole Migden is a Democratic State Senator from San Francisco. Apparently, well, at least according to her Wikipedia entry, she is familiar with scandal so this latest tidbits, puts her back into familiar territory. After having pushed for a ban of driving and using your cell phone at the same time (which passed)**, this past weekend she rear ended another vehicle. Now none of that is exactly hypocritical, in fact it seems almost those two statements have nothing to do with each other until you find out- wait for it- You got it, she was distracted by her cell phone which caused her to rear-end the other vehicle.
The exact details are a bit sketchy, but it seems like she was reaching for her ringing cell-phone, according to a statement her office released.
Let’s see how her office spins this one (after being the ones who released a statement that she was going for the phone).
Here is the San Francisco Chronicles coverage
**ok, so yes, all the blogs are reporting that she pushed for the whole cell phone ban thing. Well, maybe she just voted for it, if that is the case she gets a downgrade to Hypocrite of the Hour, but still, practice what you preach