Dose of silliness

I love my Netflix, and love that the instant stream section is upping its anty and getting a TON of new TV shows and movies for me to watch. I love it even more that I can watch on my iPad in bed. If I could figure how how to connect my DVD player or Wii to the internet, I'd instant stream there too. That said, I'm not so sure about the recommendations feature. Just for the laugh factor, here's what Netflix recommended me today. 

I'm pretty sure that Meerkat Manor does not have a strong female lead, when it is animals. Needless to say, I first was confused, and then I laughed.

Anyone else love their Netflix? How do you watch your instant stream?

Starbucks goes digital?

As an (admittedly self-proclaimed) caffeinista, it's only fitting that I should mention the recent announcement of Starbucks' new Digital Network. I am quite curious about this, and am considering a weekend trip to Starbucks with some reading and my laptop to check out the program for myself first hand.  While it definitely sounds impressive, I'm leaning towards agreeing with Mashable's beliefs that they may simply be offering too much information all at once, to the point where you'd be overwhelmed at where to even begin when they open the network.

Personally, I would use it to read all of The New York Times content for free, as well at least see what types of books and ITunes apps they have available. I get that Starbucks' is trying to emphasize the fact that many college students/working milllenials already use Starbucks as a place to have casual meetings/informational interviews, or sometimes (at least on my college campus) full out interviews. Therefore, having LinkedIn extras makes sense. I just am not sure I'd ever grab my coffee from Starbucks just to use this service.

The channel I'm most interested in checking out is the "Neighborhood"one, because you can check out restaurants and events in the area.

Unfortunately, in efforts to save more than $25 a week, I've all but cut Starbucks out of my budget (MAJOR sadface, considering my love for Starbucks' lattes). If this had came out while I was in college still; well I never would have gotten any paper writing or studying done while doing my daily hours of work at my local Starbucks.

So, thank you, Starbucks for waiting until I safely graduated and did not have this amazing program that epitomizes procrastination, begging me to waste time on it.

Bookshelf Porn

I found this popular Tumblr a while ago; its become one of my favorites. I love the idea of having rooms of books in all shapes, sizes and colors, old books and new books. In the age of the Kindle, sometimes it feels like the era of the bookshelf may come to an end. I, however, think I will always treasure my hard copy books, will require a bookshelf in my home.

Below are a few of my favorite recent photos that were posted on the blog. I suggest you'd check it out!

BlackBerry and Coffee go hand in hand

I love my BlackBerry. I love coffee. I've wasted far too much money since my freshman year of college fueling my caffeine addiction and heading to Starbucks. Actually, if I think about how much money I've spent, I'll probably want to faint. That, however, is besides the point.

When I saw that Starbucks created a BlackBerry application, I thought it was genius. I'm also ecstatic that it didn't exist before because I would have spent more money. It annoys me how many reward cards I have in my wallet, to the point where it's busting at the seams, and love that this can just stay on my phone, so I wont lose it.

Blackberry and Coffee - two necessities in my life. I'm glad that they have teamed up to make life easier.

Tumblr

I really enjoy Tumblr, and given that the site just hit a whopping 1 billion posts, I know that there's no way I'm the only person who enjoys the site! Right now, I just enjoy it as a way to post photos or quotes I find that interest me, but I definitely can see the site evolving into something more as mainstream media is picking up on the site's potential . It's evolving into a blogging platform, but also as a place to quickly and easily reblog or "like" other people's posts, which makes it more interactive than a typical blog. Its so easy and very user-friendly. I could easily spend hours perusing my "dashboard," reblogging and posting photos I find on Flickr or the occasional picture I took.

I currently don't use mine to keep up with news or follow any mainstream people, but I can see (and appreciate) that it's heading in that direction. For now, I'll stick to using it to dream about new places I want to travel, find inspiration quotes (they have an endless supply, so it seems) salivate over delicious plates of food, and get my Gossip Girl/Grey's Anatomy photo fix!