http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=FreeOnYourBirthdayPage

http://www.mousesavers.com/whatwillyoucelebrate.html

FYI - YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER ONLINE TO GET THE FREE ADMISSION: Q: Do I need to register online prior to going to Walt Disney World® to receive free admission on my birthday? A: As long as you have valid identification, including date of birth, you can take advantage of this birthday offer at the Will Call windows. The reason for registering your birthday online is to save you time. You won’t have to wait while you fill out the forms at the Will Call windows. Guests who already hold a valid annual pass or multi-day ticket they will use on their birthday may choose from other birthday treats instead, however, no cash refunds or credits will be given. The other treat options include: * A birthday fun card in an amount equal to the price of a 1-day One Day/One Park base ticket for you to use on your birthday for merchandise, recreation or fun activities at select participating locations at Disneyland® Resort; or * A special birthday FASTPASS® badge for certain attractions at the Theme Park you visit on your birthday; or * A 1-day One Day/One Park base ticket for you to use any time until your next birthday.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=WhatWillYouCelebratePage

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2ba7tf5h4ABmOCxLdWYE0Mg_3d_3d

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 Found this great article on lifehacker.com…

Hulu

Hulu streams high-resolution, ad-supported videos of both television shows and movies. More specifically, the site distributes content by NBC-Universal, Fox, and a handful of their subsidiaries. Popular shows hosted by Hulu include The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Battlestar Galactica, The Simpsons, The Office, and Saturday Night Live. The biggest complaint leveled against Hulu is its US-only restrictions, though many of you are using previously mentioned Hotspot Shield to access Hulu from outside the US. Hulu isn’t entirely US-only, though—the first show Hulu made available to the world at large was Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, with Lifehacker favorite Felicia Day.

SurfTheChannel

SurfTheChannel aggregates video from all over the internet—including sites like YouTube, MetaCafe, and Hulu (along with much more obscure sites)—then makes all of those videos available through a simple, searchable interface. It’s not always pretty, but the selection is huge. The downside: According to the STC homepage, the site will shut down on October 1st.

SideReel

SideReel is a video aggregation site similar to SurfTheChannel, providing links to streaming video from all over the internet. It’s an attractive site, but if you’re there to find video it can be difficult to navigate to begin with. If video is what you’re looking for, just navigate to the Links section of a show’s page and click on the episode you want.

Straight from the Source

Apart from the sites dedicated to streaming content, more and more networks are building their own on-site tools for streaming content from the source. For example, the big three networks all have streaming sites: the ABC Full Episode Player, the NBC Video Library, and CBS Video. If you missed a show you’re dying to catch online, be sure to check the web site of the network it aired on to see if it’s available.

BBC iPlayer

The BBC iPlayer streams content from up to 250 programs from the British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC iPlayer restricts streaming to the UK-only, but like Hulu, setting up a proxy with an application like previously mentioned Hotspot Shield has worked for many people looking to get around these restrictions.
The internet is an excellent new frontier for keeping up with the TV shows you love, but it’s certainly not the only way new technology is making it easier to watch TV. For more, check out six ways to catch your favorite TV shows. Whether or not your favorite site made the list, let’s hear more about it in the comments.

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- “it mostly keeps its promises.”
- “more capable version of an already excellent device”
- Battery drained much more quickly using 3G
- Greatly improved audio, much louder speaker
- Data speeds 3-5x faster than original iPhone
- Better voice coverage with 3G. “At my neighborhood shopping center, where the first iPhone got little or no AT&T service, the iPhone 3G registered strong coverage.”

Edward Baig / USA Today

- “iPhone 3G: The Sequel, is worth the wait.”
- Still no recording video, no stereo bluetooth or voice dialing
- Supports PowerPoint attachments; mass move or delete multiple e-mail messages
- 10-30 seconds to load popular websites on 3G.
- GPS was very accurate
- Speaker sounded better for both speakerphone and music.
- “started receiving low battery warnings toward the end of a busy work day; I found myself charging the device overnight, the same as with the older iPhone.”

David Pogue / NYTimes

- Sound is much improved. “In fact, few cellphones sound this good.”
- Feels better in your hand due to the curved back
- “According to Apple, the iPhone’s G.P.S. antenna is much too small to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle, for example.”
- No voice dialing, video recording, copy/paste, memory card slot, Bluetooth stereo, MMS
- “the really big deal is the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store, neither of which requires buying a new iPhone.”

More…

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/07/one-geekdads-re.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/apple-iphone-3g-16gb/1995-6452_7-33054209.html

http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/07/12/review_iphone_20_software_revi.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/134482/2008/07/iphone3g_review.html?t=213

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/06/28/iphone-revamp-jobs-tech-wire-cx_bc_0628techiphone.html

http://arcelay.vox.com/library/post/iphone-20-software-review-forget-3g-its-code-that-counts—gizmondocom.html

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/11/iphone_update/

Applications

http://gizmodo.com/5023924/iphone-app-review-marathon-liveblog

http://www.totels.com/blooteredcerebrations/2008/07/iphone-20-app-review.html

I currently have a Sprint Mogul (HTC-6800), and have been seriously considering purchasing an iPhone. While the iPhone is exceedingly nice, with a whole bunch of great features, I find it difficult to justify making the change. The biggest drawback for me is the AT&T monthly fees. I current am on the Sprint SERO plan which gives me 1250 minutes and unlimited data for $50 a month. My data rate is quick, and with the HTC Firmware upgrade, I get GPS as well as EVDO-REV A data speeds. Plus, I’m in the middle of my contract which makes it doubly expensive to get out. Anyway, I did come up with a plan to whet my iPhone 2.0 appetite…

I won an iPod Touch at a trade event I was at. Actually, if you buy a mac right now, and you or a friend are a student or educator, you can get one free - an amazing deal! The iPod touch is really quite impressive - the usability and response time are far better than my Mogul. The graphics are amazing - photos and web pages look great. Connectivity through wifi is great too! All of these features definitely make you want to carry it around, but a lack of a cellular signal limits your range. So, I began to wonder if I could use the wi-fi capability to make my iPod Touch more mobile, and came up with the idea of using wmwifirouter on my exisiting cell phone to broadcast a wifi signal to the iPod Touch whenever I’m on the road - I think it should work. By the way, the iPod Touch can also get the 2.0 software update - it is a $10 download from iTunes. Also, wmwifirouter is available for pretty much all Windows Mobile 6 smartphones, so this idea should work for any compatible model.

WMwifirouter review (http://www.desicrazy.com/2008/03/03/turn-a-windows-mobile-6-smart-phone-into-a-wireless-router-using-wmwifirouter/ )

Granted, this method doesn’t replace an iPhone, and you have to carry 2 devices around, but it may help you wait out the rest of your contract!

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