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Mental Note Lite

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We’ve just released our free lite version of Mental Note. This is Mental Note with one limitation: there’s only space for a couple notes.
Test drive Mental Note using Mental Note Lite. Then upgrade to the full version with a couple taps on your iPhone or iPod touch.
Upgrading to the full version of Mental Note allows an unlimited number of notes to be created. Once you’ve upgraded, you’ll be running the same version that all existing Mental Note users are already running.
All full version Mental Note users – whether you’re already a Mental Note user, or you’ve just upgraded from Mental Note Lite – have the same application features and are eligible for the same future updates.
Whether you’re one of our original Mental Note users, or you’ve just discovered Mental Note, thank-you for using Mental Note!

3 game features you may not be aware of

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  1. If you accidentally play the wrong card, just tap anywhere on the
    screen before the card reaches the middle and it’ll be returned to your hand.

  2. You can access the rules at any time while playing the game by tapping on the hand that appears to the left of your cards. You can also end the game and return to the main menu from that screen.

  3. You can take the cards of the first player to your left that still has cards by tapping on the player’s image. This is often useful when you can’t get past the player because you don’t have any cards of the suit they’re holding.

The Shopping List

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Making a shopping list is always a good idea.  How many times have you arrived home from the grocery store and realized you’ve forgotten to pick up the bread?

So my wife left me a note to pick some things up for a dinner party we’re having tonight.  Instead of typing the information into my device, I took a picture of it.

While on route I thought of some other things we needed and I added those to the list.

I was making good progress zipping around the store, and I’d almost located everything I needed, except for one last item.

I had never tried this vegetable before, but my wife had heard good things about it.  It’s supposed to be very healthy for you – you eat it raw – and my wife had big plans to create a salad that contained this “jicama”.  I went around the store pronouncing the name: “GEE-CA-MAH”…”GEE-CA-MAH”… “Excuse me, do you know where I can find the GEE-CA-MAH?”.
Nothing.  Nothing but strange looks.

Finally, a very helpful lady asked me how to spell it.  “Oh, you mean HICK-A-MAH.”

“Ah.”

Wait, say that again?

Turns out they didn’t have it but they recommended another store I could try.  Just as I was pulling out of the parking lot, I thought – mental note – I better remember how to say this, so I made a quick recording.

I made it to the other store, and this time, confidently strode up to the produce man.
“Excuse me, where can I find the HICK-A-MAH?”

He pointed to the left, “Over there.”

Mental note – jicama is healthy for you, tastes great, but it’s (ouch) pricey.