A Safe New Years
It’s New Years Eve and it’s time to get back home safety. So why not use the local transit service ? Many of them are free !
- Halifax Area
- Laval
- Ottawa Area
- Peterborough
- Oshawa Area
- Toronto Area
- Go Transit in Toronto Area
- Mississauga
- London Area
- Kitchener/Waterloo Area
- Sudbury
- Winnipeg
- Regina (pdf file)
- Moose Jaw (8:15pm-5:15am)
- Saskatoon
- Prince Albert (pdf file)
- Edmonton
- Prince George
- Vancouver Area
- Victoria Area
Check your local transit service for information.
Shipping Deadlines
Today is the last day to ship regular parcels out to Canadian addresses for December 24th, according to Canada Post. And the last day to send a parcel Xpresspost or Priority is on December 22nd, conservatively, although I would do it on or prior to December 21st myself.
You will also have until December 17th to send out cards/gift cards by regular letter mail, December 18th if its destination is within the province. But Amazon.ca
December 17th would likely also be the last day to get physical gift cards shipped from chapters.indigo.ca and Sears.ca
.
The above mentioned retailers also send gift cards by email, if it’s more of your thing or you happened to have forgotten, along with iTunes Canada and Newegg.ca.
Black Friday Offers
Here are some offers I thought you’d like :
- Alibis (USA) – Black Friday Coupon Codes
- Amazon.ca – Black Friday Deals at Amazon.ca
- Barnes & Noble (USA) – Black Friday Special Offer: Take an Additional 30% Off Any Item With Code 30BFRIDAY! Shop BN.com. Valid 11.27 – 11.29.15.
- Better World Books (USA) – Shop the Better World Books Black Friday Sale and save on used books, all with Free Shipping Worldwide!
- Cafepress Canada – Special Offers
- Cascio Interstate Music (USA) – Black Friday thru Cyber Monday – Take 20% off when you spend $249 or more! Coupon code BFCM2015
- E-books (USA) – Thanksgiving Day Promotion at eBooks. Enjoy 15% off. Use code – Thanksgivingcp. Valid Nov 26-30 only.
- ESET North America – Get 50% off ESET on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
- Fathead (USA) – It’s Black Friday Right Now! 500+ Door Busters 50% Off! 40% Off Custom Creations, 25% Off Everything Else, Plus Free Shipping On Orders Of $25+ With Promo Code BF15. Ends 11/27/15. Shop Fathead Now!
- Guitar Center (USA) – Black Friday Savings Event: Massive Markdowns in Every Department. Valid 11/27 – 11/29/15.
- Indigo / Chapters – Black Friday Sale. Save on the hottest tech items! While Quantities Last.
- KOBO Canada – Save $30 off Kobo Glo HD eReader, Plus Get Free Shipping!
- Microsoft Canada – Shop Microsoft Black Friday deals and get free shipping and free returns!
- Music & Arts (USA) – Black Friday Coupon: 20% off orders $299+ with code: BFTWNTY. Exclusions may apply. Valid 11/27 – 11/29/15.
- Musician’s Friend (USA) – Buy More, Save More – Save 5% on 1 item of $99+, Save 10% on 2 items of $199+, Save 15% on 3 items of $299+ with code: SAVEMORE. Only valid on qualifying products. Valid 11/23 – 11/25/15.
- Newegg Canada – Black Friday Deals
- Novica (USA) – Black Friday Deals! Save $10 on orders over $50, $15 on orders over $100 and $25 on orders over $150. Use code SAVE10, SAVE15, and SAVE25 to save today. Valid 11-24-15 through 11-28-15 11:59 PM PT.
- Orion Telescopes (USA) – Black Friday Starts Today!
- Pinnacle Systems – Pinnacle Black Friday Deals!
- Popmarket (USA) – Black Friday Vinyl Sale
- Sears Canada – Black Friday Sales
- SecondSpin.com (USA) – 30% Off Reg. Priced CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays Using Coupon Code SSBF2015 OR 10% Off Vinyl Using Coupon Code BFV2015 – Valid Nov 27/28,2015
- Tigerdirect Canada – Black Friday Specials
- WWEshop.com – WWE Black Friday Deals Continue – Save up to 75% Off + Extra 20% Off Orders Over $25 with code FRIDAY! Plus Free Shipping over $25!
- Woodwind & Brasswind (USA) – Black Friday: 20% off a single item of $99+ with code: BF20W. On qualifying products only. Valid 11/26 – 11/28/15.
- Zinio Magazines – Black Friday Deals continue with newly discounted magazine titles and 50% off 200+ titles! Shop now!
PonoMusic Now Online In Canada
Canadians can now purchase high quality music from the Pono store and the PonoPlayer from Amazon.ca
Rogers Cable To Go Fully Digital
I have just received an email from Rogers saying that they “will soon be fully upgraded to an all-digital format for improved picture and sound quality”, which means that they will be dropping all of their analog channels soon.
Customers that use digital set top boxes will not require additional equipment. But Rogers will be providing digital adapters free to customers that have simply connected their televisions to their outlets via rogers.com/digitaladapter and their customer service department at 1-800-530-4034.
The other cable networks may choose to follow Rogers’ example so keep an eye out on your statements and emails.
40 Years of Bohemian Rhapsody
It was released on this date in 1975, the first single off the above album.
It topped the charts in the U.k for nine weeks.
It introduced the world to a new promotional medium – The music video.
It charted again as a single in 1992 in Australia, The USA and U.K because it was featured
in the Wayne’s World soundtrack.
It is one of the most downloaded recordings in rock history with over
3.8 million downloads in the United States alone.
A cover of this single by the Muppets has had over 47 million views on Youtube.