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08 Apr 2012

In Defense of Instagram

[Quick background for those handful of you not using a smartphone: instagram is a mobile application that creates photography filters that makes your pictures look old-timey, overexposed, grainy, etc. and makes them easy to share with other users. It’s simple. Simple but brilliant.]   People I know have strong feelings

Robin Hardwick - Cost-Conscious Connoisseur 0
01 Sep 2011

Act like a local! Use Localmind to find the best places, on the go, in real time

You don’t find the hidden places by the sticking to the well-traveled routes. Skirt the tour buses, shoot past lines, and discover the best spots by asking the locals directly!

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
10 Aug 2011

Gut Bombs for Broke-Asses at Buttermilk Channel

Just because I may not be able to afford to buy a new iPhone so I can put an end to strangers asking me if my shattered screen is an app (Like, really? Why. Just please think about why someone would want an app that makes their very expensive phone

Jill S. 0
03 Apr 2011

All-Music Trivia Night Every Monday at Minx

How many times have you gone to trivia super excited, like, “Oh, man, this night’s gonna be SO AWESOME,” you’re all stoked and riled up, and then by Round 2 you’re suddenly a jaded, growly-voiced Tom Waits, like, “Are you effing SERIOUS?  These assholes are cheating with their iPhones.  There’s

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
24 Feb 2011

The Future of Local Publishing at the Bay Area Book Expo!

As you are reading this post from your computer, your iPhone or another digital device, it seems like we have always had the help of our friend, the internet, to get all of our reads. Even as many of you are familiar with this website and Stuart, many of you

Monica Miller - The Intern 0
16 Feb 2011

Scoutmob Giveaway: $100 to Spend at Weird Fish!

I mean, all fish are weird when you think about it. One of the first things I do after I wake up in the morning (or afternoon) is check my inbox for those daily deal coupon offers.  More often than not, though, I’m like, dude, I don’t WANT a Brazilian

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
22 Sep 2010

Bored By Movies in the Park? Try “Moby Dick” on a Boat

I haven’t been to an actual movie theater since I saw “Toy Story 3,” which was way back in June.  I have, however, seen movies in the park and in bed on my iPhone (thanks to the awesome new-ish Netflix app).  Let’s face it:  Movies are pretty bad-ass wherever you

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
01 Sep 2010

Get Smarter, Stupid! 8 Free Podcasts

I read a study last week that said that as far as our problem-solving ability and general mental plasticity, our brains finish the major parts of their development by the time we hit 25. That scared me a lot because I engaged in the willful murder of many of  my

BAS Writers 0