I’ve been happy with my cell provider (Sprint) for many years now. I’ve also been wanting to upgrade to another phone, but they require another 2 year contract.

That wasn’t going to happen since I don’t like contracts. Especially ones that threaten to charge me a fine for early cancellation.

Then I came upon Virgin Mobile plans with no contract necessary. There were many plans to chose from, but I decided on the $25 plan (taxes included). This plan has 300 minutes (with each additional minutes 10 cents) unlimited text and data.

I also like that there’s no activation fee (saving you at least $30). No credit check necessary either.

This is the mobile phone I got - the Kyocera Loft. Now on sale $60. Available online or at Radio Shack. Description from Virgin Mobile:

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I was doing some cleaning recently and found that I have way too many magazines.  I really need to simplify my life with less (papers).

Most of the magazines I save is because of some great article or photos.  And I hardly ever get back to them again.

So this weekend I am going to do something about it. And I am going to start by using ScanDrop.

With ScanDrop, the scanned documents are uploaded as PDFs to Google DOCS, Evernote, or ScanDrop itself for free.

The bad part about this type of scanning is that you can’t search for contents there. But if you have the paid Evernote or ScanDrop account then it’s possible. What they do is convert the PDFs to text.

The neat part is that you can also share the scanned documents and paper with your friends or co-workers.

This is still a great idea and makes my life much more simpler.  Hopefully this will release me from my huge stack of magazines as well as other documents.

Here is more info from ScanDrop:

“ScanDrop (beta) is simple - one simple, free scanning software application that helps you scan and upload your paper directly into Google Docs. Press Scan, then Upload and your paper is now available in your own Google Docs account! You can even select the folder you’d like your document to upload into.

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I just found out a few cool new ways to send postcards from your computer or iPhone, iPod, or Blackberry. No more worries about finding a postcard at the tourist shop, searching for stamps or mailbox either.

For iPhone and iPod user, there is an app which lets you take a photo and send it as a postcard with a personalized message. But only for U.S. address. Check out goPostal.com

“Simply choose a photo, add your message, and select a mailing address. goPostal will automatically print and mail your postcard to your friends and family.

Each postcard costs $1.29 when using the iPhone application, which includes postage. goPostal also uses state of the art SSL security to verify that all of your information is securely transmitted.” - goPostal.com

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