Discounted Ski Lift Pass: Liftopia!

So maybe you missed all the deals by planning a last minute ski vacation. Or not. Still: you want to save on your lift ticket. (Need shoe money from somewhere, right?) Go to Liftopia: their motto is "Ski More. Pay Less."

Liftopia partners directly with ski resorts to bring you lift ticket deals you won't find anywhere else. Book online and save up to 80%!

Why not! It takes two minutes to check out if your desired ski resort is part of the program or not. It covers the entire US worth of skiing.

And remember: wear a helmet! It's your head.

iTunes on the Android

I was having issues playing my music on my Android phone.  On my PC, my music lives in iTunes.  I like iTunes because it allows me to make playlists so I can listen to exactly what I want.  But to get the music to my droid, I was using an app called DoubleTwist that gave me only grief.  Hard to set up, hard to sync.  Made me listen to pandora instead, which I like, but sometimes you just want to listen to your own playlist.  Am I right?

My most recent discovery is iSyncr -- it allows me to play my iTunes playlists directly on my Android phone.  I am not someone who buys a lot of apps.  More often than not, I go for the free apps (and still, I ignore those).  iSyncr is worth the $2.99 I paid.  No more sync issues.  Easy, fluid app.  And if I wanted to pay an extra 99 cents, I could do it wirelessly.  But I say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  I can deal with the wire.

There you have it: iTunes playlists on your Android Phone.  Easy Peasy.

Translation Software for the Android

Ever been traveling in a foreign country and meet someone who seems really cool, but you can't communicate because you don't speak each others' languages? That barrier is dissolving. And the future solutions will only become more elegant. I've spoken of my love for my Android phone, but now I feel like Natalie Portman: I'm indescribably happy. Well, actually, I can describe it.

I've found translation software. Software that allows you to talk into your phone, push two buttons and have it spit out the translated sentence into decent sounding French. And Spanish. And Vietnamese -- although I don't know how decent sounding the Vietnamese is because I don't speak it. But based on the other two, I would be hopeful. I think I need to go back to Vietnam to make sure.

This app developer has the same app in Italian, Hindi, Indonesian and many more. User reviews are all around 4 stars and some even higher. For some reason, they are not available on the iPhone, although there are plenty ofiPhone translation apps, naturally.

No longer will you have to resort to smiles and hand gestures to communicate. Now, you can phone it in and be there, all at the same time.

Get ready to make new friends on your next trip!