Using up your free New York Times clicks
If unlike us, you don't get any version of the Times delivered to the house, you have to pay to read more than a set number of Times stories per month on line. (As best we can tell, it's 10.) Well, it's a new month, and here are a couple that are worth burning a freebie for: a paean to the income tax by a former Portlander (and friend of ours), and a photo tour of the place where the chief learned how to take it to the hoop.
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Comments (9)
You can get around the NYTimes paywall like this:
1. Go to NYTimes website.
2. Copy (CTRL-C) the title of an article you want to read.
3. Go to google.com.
4. Paste (CTRL-V) the title into the Google search bar.
5. Click on the article in the search results. It should open.
Posted by reader | April 1, 2013 4:37 PM
Oops. Step 4 should say paste the title of the article IN QUOTES. That will improve the chances of pulling up the right article at the top of the search results.
Posted by reader | April 1, 2013 4:55 PM
If you get there from links -- such as on this blog, or via Facebook and Twitter -- you slip through the paywall. The paywall exists primarily to make sure people don't sit down every morning and expect to get the full experience of reading the day's news.
When you check in to read a particular article, via a link, I think they figure it's an enticement to subscribe. Or that's how a Times reporter explained it to me last week.
Posted by Sarah Carlin Ames | April 1, 2013 5:19 PM
And here's another worthy click, as thr renowned climate scientist, James Hansen, retires from NASA:
nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/james-e-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming.html
Posted by Mojo | April 1, 2013 6:08 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/james-e-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming.html?_r=0
Posted by Mojo | April 1, 2013 6:09 PM
Just clear out your browser history and then you can read 10 more articles. All they are doing is putting a cookie on your system to track the articles. If you set your browser to delete history when you close then you can read all the articles you want.
Posted by Andy | April 1, 2013 6:19 PM
Earl the Pearl was on a radio station today touting his idea of having the IRS send you a simplified tax form pre filled out...
Somehow I just can't be a fan of that sort of thing.
Posted by tankfixer | April 1, 2013 6:34 PM
I sorta think the world doesn't revolve around New York anymore, as much. Heck, the Pope quit. The NYTimes can, too.
The new normal: no New York.
Hell, bojack may just quit.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | April 1, 2013 11:15 PM
I have run into the 10 article limit almost every month Sarah, and I only follow links from other sites to get to the NYTimes. Never tried clearing out my cache or cookies though, thanks for that tip, Andy.
Posted by Ex-bartender | April 2, 2013 10:24 AM