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Cabin John cops are the coolest

This past Thursday, I was on my way home from work, in a hurry, because my wife and I wanted to be on time to the Gipsy Kings concert that evening. Traffic on 495 was much nastier than usual, and it was pretty clear to me that I needed to take an alternative route home, [...]

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Pork’s dirty secret: It’s one of America’s worst polluters

Pork’s Dirty Secret: The nation’s top hog producer is also one of America’s worst polluters : Rolling Stone.
I’m shocked beyond belief by what I read in Rolling Stone magazine today, in the article pointed about above. Let me quote a few excerpts to draw your attention to the crimes that have gone unpunished for the [...]

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Watch “The Future of Food”

If you have not yet heard of a documentary called “The Future of Food” (2004), or haven’t yet watched it, please take the time to do so. It is vital that you know what’s going into the food that you eat, and it’s vital that you know it now, before it’s too late.
What’s been happening [...]

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Apple still not transparent about its hardware specs

Remember this post of mine, where I tried to discern among the various LCD monitors on the market, but couldn’t get anywhere when I dug a little deeper into the Apple Cinema Display specs? I wrote that on 4/30/07, and nothing has changed since then.

I was looking at the specs for the 15″ MacBook Pro [...]

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Why music doesn’t sound great any more

Growing up, I listened to music on vinyl records. I had a huge stack of mostly classical music at home, and it was a real treat to put on a record, sit the needle on it, and hear music come out of the speakers. It was never tiring. It was always enjoyable, and I could [...]

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Stick a fork in Zooomr, they’re done

It looks like the Zooomr we knew is pretty much done for. A few months ago, I wrote that I was taking a break from Zooomr. The more I stayed away, the more clearly I could think about it, and the more I realized what a colossal waste of my time it was to get [...]

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Big problems with the WD My Book Pro Edition II

A few months ago, I wrote this review of the WD My Book Pro Edition II drive. I hereby rescind anything positive I said about it. I am at the end of my patience with this drive, and Western Digital’s technical support has failed me. My three BIG problems with the drive are as follows:

It [...]

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USPS, how slow can you go?

I’ve written about the USPS before, and how slow and unreliable it can be. I wanted to give you an idea of how horrible their service can be with hard, indisputable evidence (see screen shots enclosed below).
A package was mailed to us from a vendor on 11/14/2007. It came from Capitol Heights, Maryland, and shipped [...]

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Airlines and the customer experience

It was more than two years ago when we first flew on Spirit. We were supposed to leave on an early morning flight, but we arrived at the gate 29 minutes prior to departure. We weren’t allowed to board. At that time, Spirit had a 30-minute policy on their flights, and “anyone not at the [...]

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The sheer madness of Web 2.0 hype

In any other business but the web, if you heard the following things, how would you react?

A company is valued at $15 billion
Said company makes a nebulous product that is supposed to help connect people, but usually just wastes their time
Said product can be easily replaced (more effectively) by a simple email or [...]

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Some interesting documentaries

Here are seven interesting documentary-type videos found on YouTube:
You’ve probably heard that Geek Squad technicians snoop around on customers’ hard drives and copy photos and other files for their own use. But have you also heard that they overcharge ridiculously for simple little repairs? Have a look below:

The metro bridge over the river Tyne at [...]

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Why I turned off comments at Flickr

On June 8, 2007, I turned off comments on my photos at Flickr. Things had gotten out of hand. I’ve gotten a few emails about it since, so I thought I should explain why I did it.
I started using Flickr seriously in January of this year. At first, I was interested in seeing what people [...]

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