Archive - March, 2006

Phat Beets

I saw these guys at the local Whole Foods this morning, giving out product samples. This could be the best product name that I have seen in quite some time.

Phat Beets

Making a beet product cool, is no easy task…but calling the product “Phat Beets” is a good place to start.

Rogue Wave

I won the opening band lottery last night. No, it wasn’t Inara George opening for Nada Surf that caught my attention (although they were more a victim of being mis-matched with the other acts than anything), but Oakland’s own Rogue Wave.


Descended Like Vultures

They are my pick for today’s MixTapeDaily, which I should totally rename to “MixTapeShitIForgotToUpdateItAgainSoItIsntReallyDaily.com”, but that is besides the point. Check these guys on MySpace and love em.

Pape Sow and Popo Zao

Free T-Mobile Hotspot Access

Personally, I have always thought that T-Mobile hotspot access should be free for existing T-Mobile customers. Or even free only to those existing T-Mobile customers who pay through the nose for a full data plans on their phones or PDA’s. I plunk down a good $70 per month for cell service including unlimited data via my Treo 600, and was kind of irked that when I needed to tap into a T-Mobile Hotspot in Miami this past weekend, and it cost me $9.95/day. Had I needed it for a longer period of time, I could have signed up for the monthly rate of $19.99. And mind you, that $20/month was the special T-Mobile customer rate. It is normally $29.95.

T-Mobile

Well, looks like there is some change on the horizon. At least temporarily, and on the weekends. Apparently, T-Mobile, for a limited time, is going to offer free hotspot access to existing T-Mobile customers on the weekends. According to the fine print, the weekends run Saturday through Monday.

The Free Weekends promotion allows T-Mobile USA mobile phone customers the ability to access T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi Internet service on the weekends for no charge. In order to participate in the Free Weekends promotion, T-Mobile phone customers must have an active post-paid or pre-paid voice or data account with SMS capabilities. This is a limited time promotion and provides participating customers with unlimited Wi-Fi access between 12 am EST Saturday to 3 am EST Monday at all U.S. T-Mobile HotSpot locations.

Not bad, but I could have used this last weekend. Here is the link to the promo.

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