PB The Buffet Slayer

I’ve considered my family as an elite squad of buffet slayers. Though we have unique styles of our own, we have unspoken techniques that leave us feeling that we’ve eaten our money’s worth of the buffet, now you can too.

The ‘Eating the Road’ blog gives pointers that even the most seasoned of eaters could use [link]. Some tips include common sense gems like ‘walk the entire length of buffet including the dessert area‘ to some bold moves like encouraging slow moving diners by giving them an “accidental” elbow bump.

Though they have fallen out of favor as restaurant options, buffets are highly considered when eating with my family. So next time a Hallmark holiday or a birthday comes up, I’ll know to:

  • have a large dinner the night before consisting mostly of light breads and vegetables to expand the stomach.
  • have a very small meal in the morning, containing some sugar in order to get the metabolism running.
  • do cardio exercise preferably running, biking or swimming then allowing a few hours of rest.

Read more at Eating the Road Blog

A game of pre-paid cat and mouse

For a while now, T-Mobile’s offer for a USD $1 a day prepaid Sidekick plan. This meant that unlimited web browsing, sms, instant messaging, and email. The dirty secret is this worked for all handsets – including an unlocked iPhone… until this weekend (8AUG09). A small group of Howard Forums [link] users confirmed that T-Mobile has cut off application and browser HTTP access.

I’ve been a closeted HTC Magic (T-Mobile G1) user for a while and though I have an iPhone on AT&T, I wanted to have a backup network. Dependent on WiFi to be of any use, I had to unlock my G1 and put it on the AT&T network. Although costly, AT&T is currently the only US Carrier that would allow GPRS/EDGE on a prepaid account.

Unlocked G1

T-Mobile is now opening up a dialog on prepaid data plans in its forums [link]. Now, I would like to see a cheaper plan for data, but I don’t even know what would be equitable to me and T-Mobile. I’m willing to pay $1 a day, but for only the days that I use my phone. I’m not against paying for a block of data, i.e  (n GB for $x) but it doesn’t seem fair that people who have contracts enjoy far cheaper data rates.

I don’t see T-Mobile coming coming out with a plan any time soon, but at least I can get back and running at 25¢ a minute per call, and .02¢ a KB for data.

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