Sinemia

I was hoping that I could get them to refund the rest of the year I paid for, but no luck yet. So now I can't see movies, nor do I have my money, really helping the breakage for this plan.  I suspect that usage of Sinemia accounts is much lower than MoviePass.  I saw 8 movies on my first month with MoviePass and it was easy, but I had to sit in a bad seat, as I bought them at the theater, with Sinemia I can buy in advance, but I usually don't because it is too hard, often I get frustrated with trying to plan a movie long term and don't use it.  They do let you roll over.  All in all it might work for some people, but I saw my wife book a movie in 2 minutes using the Century Cinema app, which is so much easier.  Not as cheap, but with the issues that this Sinemia app has, maybe worth it.  Besides Sinemia serves ads now in a really annoying way.

My parting words to Sinemia

The experience of trying to book a movie with Facebook, Atom and Sinemia, then getting billed again makes me want to pull my hair out.  Seriously this is so much worst then MoviePass.  The icing on the cake is the 1.70+1.80 you want to charge me today for a move I was expecting to see for free when I signed up for this service, yet the ToS keep changing.

solder fix cheap Chinese all plugs welcome

So I inherited this very useful universal power strip with a light and fake ground pins.

it works well enough most of the time, but the 3 left smaller plugs are not powered, hmmm.  

Opening it shows that 3 cold solder joints are the issue, well, time to get my never used $25.99 soldering kit, seems Amazon discontinued it, however this ANBES Soldering Iron Kit Electronics, 60W Adjustable Temperature Welding Tool, 5pcs Soldering Tips, Desoldering Pump, Soldering Iron Stand, Tweezers $18.99 looks like a better deal as it includes more heads. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. So I welcome your buys, as they will allow me to do better teardowns and videos.

Above are some washing machines, they might make an interesting tear down.

MoviePass

MoviePass did a pretty big blunder when they decided to offer unlimited movies again and just emailed me and other customers that they were opting them in unless we specifically opted out. This made me sign up for Sinemia as it allows me to prebook my seats at the local theater through Atom or some other online movie booking apps.  I didn't like the limitations that MoviePass was putting on what movies I can watch when either.

UltraMobile 1 year 100Gb/month

I am not sure what to write about this deal until my year ends, but it seems I got a fast connection for the $99.99 UMIDIGI A1 for one year!  Price is so low $65 that it is a great deal, but I have no URL to share :( .   I could however share the PayPal of the eBay seller I bought it from as he doesn't want to loose the 13% eBay tax.  So if you are interested let me know in the comments.  I also got some freebies, not sure if he gives those going forward, but I now have 4 sims.   The other 3 are of less value to me.

Canceled my MoviePass as going to see movies became a chore and I started to see less good movies as the selection was limited.  I will try Sinemia.

MoviePass

When you hear unlimited movies for $9.95 offer from MoviePass it seems unreal, Netflix prices for a seat in a physical place?  Maybe the popcorn makes up for it, no, they pay full fare to AMC or Cinemark to do this so Fool thinks they will be bankrupt soon, but don't let that stop you from helping the process along and taking advantage of a great offer. PS they will sell data on you to make ends meet, just like FB or Google, but that is the deal that we can't do without these days, privacy for goods.  Your data seems to be the modern currency on the internet, worth more to companies than a Dogecoin for sure, not sure if more than a BitCoin, but who knows, maybe billionaire info is.  Anyhow I watched 8 movies the first time I had MoviePass, mind you it used to cost $50 when it first came out and I would guess it might again if it catches on, nah, enjoy it while it lasts, hopefully MoviePass can survive as it seems like a great deal, even if ti has some inconvenience in buying tickets, but I am sure they will make it seamless in the future.

Update 8/30/18 MoviePass has changed its terms of service so many times and now only allows 3 movies per month for $9.99 so the offer isn't as good as Sinemia which I would recommend over MoviePass.

Mango 6% up to 5k

I have a friend who has been using Mango for a year and likes the high interest, not sure how they manage to do it, but you do have to setup direct deposit from what I gather.  Will try this next time I have a paycheck :)  Meanwhile if you need devops in Silicon Valley, let me know.