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You can chat with strangers on the plane

June 5, 2008 – 3:55 pm

I have flown Virgin America twice now and it’s incredible.
But I have never been able to use the chat application yet because most people do not want to talk with strangers. (I don’t understand why not?)
But last night, when I flew from SFO to SD, we had a ball in the chatroom. All complete strangers, [...]

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168 hours without Internet

May 30, 2007 – 11:46 pm

That’s right, one week. I used to say that I couldn’t last 24 hours, but when you drive 2,700 miles across the country, you are bound to spend some time offline.
In that time span, you can miss a lot of stuff.
For instance, Facebook just got a lot crazier. You can use their open API [...]

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Visiting the Left Coast in April

March 22, 2007 – 8:55 pm

I have been out of school now for about four months, and I have been trying to find a full-time job. That infamous question rekindles in my brain, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
A fireman, an astronaut, or a web developer? I would definitely pick the third choice. It seems that [...]

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Imagine Driving Across The Country

December 1, 2006 – 1:22 am

My dear old Mom and her husband Bob are driving from the southeast corner of Washington State to their new home in the southeast corner of Virginia.

I can’t imagine a week’s worth of straight driving and sleeping.

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