November 2006

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ATM network possibly compromised
11.30.06 | Permalink | Comment?

ATM system called unsafe (from techmeme): “A U.S. Secret Service memo obtained by MSNBC.com indicates that organized criminals are systematically attempting to subvert the ATM system and unscramble encrypted PIN codes.” That can’t be good.
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Ready for Maui
11.29.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Flight home from SFO was delayed two hours, when I finally get to SEA the baggage claim is a madhouse and it took an hour and a half for my bag to come out. Then the taxi line is two hours long. So I’m at the Sea-tac Marriott tonight, which is probably a good thing [...]
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Favorite shopping sites
11.25.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Are B and I the only ones looking to do all of our Christmas Holiday shopping online?
What are your favorite sites? I’ll kick it off with Threadless. Cool t-shirts for $10. I like Vegetarians are eating the rainforests.
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Yes I did get my luggage
11.18.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Before last week… I found it difficult to imagine a location worse than Salt Lake City for conferences. Turns out that Disneyland Paris is exactly that - because unlike Disneyland, Salt Lake has a “thriving”, active downtown in the same area as the conference center and most hotels. Which means multiple (non Disney) choices for [...]
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What’s real in Borat?
11.12.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Salon asks “What’s Real in “Borat”?.
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A bit of advice
11.10.06 | Permalink | 4 Comments

If you are flying somewhere cold, for example Paris, carry a jacket on your person or in your carry-on luggage, because the airline will lose your stuff.
Update: the story right now is that someone accidentally took my luggage off the baggage claim belt (while I was waiting 30 minutes for the second shuttle from the [...]
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On the way to Paris
11.09.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Boarding the flight from Detroit to Paris for our annual sales conf. Paris is cool but is Eurodisney really a step up from Salt Lake City? My guess is yes but I’m skeptical.
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So long losers
11.08.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Chris must be happy with his dem buddies taking control. The real story is Rummy getting canned. For an administration that values loyalty as much as this one this is a big deal.
So do the dems have an agenda? Leadership? Do they stand for anything?
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RNC dirty campaign tricks
11.06.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Does democracy work?. See the two links on dirty RNC tricks. You’ve gotta wonder just how systematic and organized the misinformation campaign is.
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What could be more satisfying
11.01.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Than making a change to maps used by millions of people every day… I don’t see this change in any of the major online map sites yet but hopefully we will soon. You wouldn’t believe what a pain it is for online directions to your house to always be wrong.

Dear Sam Tingleff,
We are pleased to [...]