February 2010
“If you do buy an iPad, where do you envision it “living” in your...”
– A question on today’s NPR Listens survey.
The entire survey was about the iPad. Sounds like a very cool NPR iPad app is brewing!
With iTunes Consumers Ponder Ditching Cable : NPR →
We killed cable three years ago and I haven’t missed it a bit. There are so many other legal ways to get TV shows for less.
“Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, R-Augusta, sponsor of Senate Bill 334, said that the...”
– Virginia Senate backs allowing concealed weapons in bars | Richmond Times-Dispatch
White House embraces e-book readers - Ars Technica →
“Southwest instituted our Customer of Size policy more than 25 years ago. The...”
– Not So Silent Bob | Nuts About Southwest
My thoughts:
I love the term “Customer of Size”.
The Southwest policy sounds reasonable to me. It is not Southwest’s fault that Kevin Smith is a Customer of Size, that Smith decided to board an earlier flight, and that two seats were not...
WatchThe TSA checkpoint at the Orlando airport is a total cluster.
WatchLots of company/brand tents are here. Ford has a big tent. The Army recruiting tent is huge and bizarrely plays lots of Lady GaGa.
WatchDrifting.
SeeClickFix: Report non-emergency issues, receive... →
Giving it a try.
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Credit Card Fraud
I’ve been a credit card user for 17 years and never once have I been the victim of credit fraud. That just ended a few minutes ago. American Express called about three suspicious charges on my card:
$29 to EasyDate, Ltd. (Don’t anyone tell Francisca.)
$1 to Apple (This one is tough/sneaky. Anyone who buys from Small Dog Electronics, where my credit card data was stolen, almost...
Tumblr reblogs graphs →
sid05:
phonkmeister:
Michele did this extraordinary thing that visualizes reblogging trees. It’s simply awesome. Check it out. (Example: post | graph) (P.S. Notes must be visible on the template of the post you’re graphing, or it won’t work at all.)
Nice!
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My shoulders and arms are sore from shoveling snow.
“In Herndon, Virginia, iReporter Yvonne Lynch and her friends undertook an even...”
– Here we go again! Another winter blast brings dismay, delight - CNN.com
WatchRound 3.
“But the matter is a bit more complex than it might seem. Consider why we use...”
– How About Them (Wrapped) Apples? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
Super Bowl Sunday is always strange for me. Almost everyone else is passionately interested in something that I could care less about. That said, it’s fun to watch the commercials later on TiVo.
WatchPleasant’s Hardware at 9 am before the Snowpocalypse.
Virginia's Latest Winter Weather Response on... →
Governor McDonnell declared a State of Emergency for the Commonwealth of Virginia on 3 February 2010 authorizing state agencies to assist local governments responding to potential major winter storm forecasted to impact the Commonwealth Friday and Saturday, 5 and 6 February, with significant snowfall ranging from 6 to 24 inches and ice accumulation up to 3⁄4 inch. The heaviest snowfall amounts, 16...
Groundhog sees shadow, more winter - CNN.com →
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU
At least he is only accurate 39 percent of the time.
