Recent Posts by Monika

How to turn on Twitter Text Messages

By Wednesday, December 9, 2009 0 Permalink 0

Surprisingly there seem to be many people out there that did not know that you could have Twitter send you a text (sms) message to your phone when specific people Twitter.  I have had this feature turned on for quite some time and I love it.  I also have unlimited text messaging on my iPhone so I do not have to worry about going over my limit. To start you need to add your phone number to your Twitter account.  After you are logged in on the web go to the Settings tab, then click on Mobile.  After you have added your phone number, you can then ...

My thoughts on the Charmin Bathrooms in NYC

By Monday, November 30, 2009 0 Permalink 0

After celebrating Thanksmas we decided to go to NYC on Sunday and see if tkts had any good deals on a Broadway matinee.  We had just bought our tickets and were debating what to do next when we spotted the Charmin pop-up bathrooms in Times Square.  Since it had been a long train ride into the city we decided to see what all the hubub was about. Immediately after walking in we were wondering if we had made a mistake.  We had to go up an escalator to the bathrooms: The escalator seemed to be leading us to an arcade or a casino in Vegas, but we kept ...

3 Things I miss about commuting

By Saturday, November 14, 2009 0 Permalink 0

I never thought I would say that I missed commuting, but the other day while I was driving to work (5 min commute) I realized there are a few reasons why I miss the hour long commute: 1) I miss being able to sing as loud as I want to any song. 2) Listening to NPR. 3) Catching up with friends on the phone.

Another reason to love my iPhone camera

By Friday, November 6, 2009 0 Permalink 0

Last week I went down to Denver to see my brother play the drums with a local band Life in Electric.  Since it was my brother (and since I do this at every single show I go to) I was taking pictures with my iPhone and my  Sony DSC-N2. The strobe lights were flashing, the fog machine was running, which all equated to one thing - my brother (being the drummer) was not visable. :( Flash didn't help as it illuminated the fog, no flash didn't work because he moves around so much.  Instead I discovered how much fun taking iPhone pictures with a strobe light ...

Starbucks “Gold Card” is going away

By Thursday, November 5, 2009 0 Permalink 0

I have a Starbucks Gold Card (cost $25/yr, 10% off drinks/food + free drinks and more) because I go to Starbucks a lot (less now because I do not commute 2 hours a day).  I also have a Starbucks Duetto Credit Card, which means that everytime I use my Starbucks Credit Card I get points for free coffee! Anyways, I just got an email saying that "More Great Benefits Are Coming Your Way!"  Want to know what they are? Me too because from what I can discern, they are taking most of my current benefits away in December and taking away my Gold Card status and putting ...