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ScoutMob : For Anyone in Atlanta Who Likes to Save Money
Published on Feb 8, 2010 - In: As Seen in Atlanta| Internet| Just Plain Awesomeness
I recently had the opportunity to try out and really use a great service called ScoutMob. Essentially, ScoutMob partners with restaurants and stores in the Atlanta area to offer incredible deals. They have an iPhone app (iTunes link) that beautifully compliments the website, but you do not need an iPhone to take advantage of the offers. Here’s how it works (directly taken from their website):
If you have an iPhone, you can do all of that straight from your iPhone using the ScoutMob app. In fact, you can view past deals and use them too:
Click on one to see the details:
Once you click “Get the Deal”, it displays on your phone for you to show the employee at the store/restaurant.
Here is how I used it:
This past Saturday, my lovely girlfriend and I decided that we wanted to try out ScoutMob. It would be a great way to find some new restaurants and save money at the same time. We launched the ScoutMob app on my iPhone, found a deal for a place called Murphy’s here in Atlanta. I pressed the “Get the Deal” button in the app, and this showed up on my screen:
When we got there, I asked our server what I needed to do regarding the coupon I now had on my iPhone. She said we just needed to show her the aforementioned coupon and that was it. 50% off of our ENTIRE order. That translated to about $23 saved. The best part? It was completely free to use it. We ended up going to another place for dinner using ScoutMob, so we saved another 50% then. That’s right, folks. I have a girlfriend that appreciates a good coupon.
So, if you live in the Atlanta area, enjoy saving money and eating food, then this is the service for you. You do NOT have to have an iPhone to use it. If you do have an iPhone, make sure you get the app.
LOST – Season 6 opening vs Pilot (side by side)
Published on Feb 4, 2010 - In: video
For anyone that saw LOST the other night, we saw a familiar scene in an airplane, only this time around, the plane didn’t crash. Someone has made a side-by-side video of both occurrences, and I thought it was interesting/cool enough to post. So here it is:
Source: DarkUFO
BigRigg Challenge : week 10 weigh-in
Published on Jan 29, 2010 - In: BigRigg Challenge| Health| me
I accidentally skipped last week’s weigh-in. But, that might have been a good thing because my birthday was right in the middle of last week, and it seems like every night I was going out to dinner, and it was ugly. That being said, this past week has been a recovery from last week’s eating, so I guess I can’t be THAT disappointed at the results:
Stats:
- Initial Weight: 241.4 lbs
- Weight after this week’s weigh-in: 251.2 lbs
- This week’s +/- : +.6 lbs
- Total lost: GAINED 10.8 lbs
Origins of Popular Brand Names
Published on Jan 28, 2010 - In: Found Online
Have you ever been playing with your awesome new Lego set and wondered, “Gee, where did they come up with the name Lego…”? No? Well, let’s just pretend for a second that you have asked yourself that.
Women’s Day, my favorite website to frequent, has put together a nice article of several companies and how they came up with their company names. As for Lego…:
Created in 1934 from the Danish phrase “leg godt,” which means “play well,” the name LEGO was later found to mean “I put together” in Latin—the perfect description for this beloved children’s toy company.
So there you have it. Also mentioned are Ebay, Banana Republic, and many others.