Caffeine Helps You Work Out

A recently release position paper by the International Society of Sports Nutrition details how caffeine can help you work out. Oh caffeine, is there nothing you can't do?

Coffee Prices Going Up, Up, Up

Coffee beans reached a 12 year high today.  Expect your local coffee slinger to pass those savings on to you.

Friday Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

There certainly has been a lot written about The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. So much so that I initially resisted reading the book.  The last book I remember with this much hype was Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code which I found fairly pedantic and predictable.

Happily this book lives up to the hype.  Larsson's is writing a closed room mystery which is also wrapped up in a financial thriller all while being set in Sweden.  The mystery section is tightly written and having it set in Sweden really adds to the oddness of the entire story.

The main characters in the novel are very well developed and who's motivations are very real.  Of course, the break out character that everyone is talking about is Lisbeth Salander, the afore mentioned girl with the dragon tattoo.  While she makes a big impression on the reader the other main characters like Mikael Blomkvist, are no less interesting.

I have to recommend this book as a buy for the engaging mystery and believable characters.  I'm going to be starting in on the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire, just as soon as I can clear some of these other books off my queue.

Free Coffee from Nestle

Red Flag Deals has a link to coupon where you can get a six pack of single serve coffee sticks from Nestle.

More News on Starbucks Mobile Payment Program

Starbucks is expanding their mobile payment program to even more stores. Personally, this can't come fast enough for me. Anything that reduces the size of my Costanza wallet.

How to Make Money on Free Wifi

As I mentioned yesterday, some coffee houses are cutting off their free wifi offers. So, how does Starbucks plan to make money from the free wifi they now offer in all their stores? Well Mashable answers that question by shedding light on the upcoming Starbucks Digital Network which will be providing exclusive and premium content.

Free WiFi Killing Coffee Culture?

Now that Starbucks is providing free wifi to all some coffee shops are cutting back or cutting off their wifi offers.  Shop owners are saying that it detracts from the coffee house ambiance.

What do you think, are you more likely or less likely to visit a coffee house that offers free wifi?