Got some heavy downloading to do? I recommend kicking off those file transfers tonight at 5:30pm EST local time since every Starbucks in America will shut down for three hours. That means no Internet usage in the 7,100 Starbucks locations, which in reality is probably not even a blip on the world’s network. The closing is scheduled for in-store employee training, although part of me wonders if every store is getting a local copy of the iTunes store on a server. Just saying. ;)Folks can always go to Dunkin Donuts for coffee since they’re taking advantage of the downtime with a $0.99 coffee promotion. Smart move… now if they just had WiFi… Hey, this might be our first “coffee break” post about a true coffee break!
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