We don’t usually say this… but go to Starbucks today. Grit your teeth as an obsequious minimum-wage hipster expects you to know the distinction between cup sizes written in three different languages, all meaning “big”. Resist the temptation to screw your thumbs through said hipster’s eye sockets. Because at least that coffee will be free today.
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Asking 100 Companies for Free Stuff
By 3.9.06
We’ve all thought about doing it but an enterprising lad named Tom Locke wrote 100 letters to 100 companies asking for free samples. He spent $39 in stamps. Here’s what happenned, including (spoiler alert!) four free cans of air duster.
Bits du Jour Enables Discounted Daily Downloads
By 3.8.06
Bits du Jour is a new site that will offer one discounted download for one day. It’s like Woot! except for software or memberships. It remains to be seen what they’ll be able to line up, but if you want to be on the front lines in case this is good and for reals, sign up at Bitsdujour.com.
All the Free iTunes Songs You Can Stuff in Your Pants
By 3.3.06
Get one free song from the iTunes store. Repeat over and over to stock up your library. Get on it now because who knows how long it will last.
Luxuriousity.com: Best Prices on Free Software
By 1.19.06
Open source software is great for cheapskates, because so often those commie programmers give away perfectly saleable software for free. The licenses under which much free software is released are pretty liberal, but were probably not meant to be so free as to let clumsily-named websites sell the software as their own.
