Jeanne Marie Hoffman

Former bartender, still a geek. One equal part each cookies, liberty, football, music, travel, libations. Stir vigorously. +Jeanne Marie Hoffman Jeanne on Twitter

External USB Charger on Sale

Amazon has an external USB charger at a steep discount today. This USB charger is marked down from the Amazon price of $39 to $19.95. It’s available in multiple colors and is cheaper than other external chargers I’ve bought. From the reviews, it is important to understand the instructions in …

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Huge Warning for Using Priority Pass Select

The Priority Pass Select card is free with the American Express Platinum Card and allows you into even more lounges than the Platinum Card alone. The only difficulty with the card is that it only includes ONE person.  Guests cost an extra amount of money. This is why I paid …

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Hotel Fire—Well… THAT Happened

The official hotel for a conference I’m attending for work caught fire early this morning.  Well, caught makes it sound passive.  From all accounts I’ve been hearing, arson is suspected. This particular conference is cursed.  Last year, it was hit by a hurricane and cancelled last minute. With this conference, …

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Impostor TSA Agent Took Women into TSA Private Screening Area

This is scary.  Especially the fact that it took some time for the other agents to notice something was awry (Note: San Francisco uses a private screening agency). This takes place in San Francisco Airport. From the NY Times: THE man wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants stood casually inside a …

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Don’t Let Animals Take Their Own Photos When Traveling

…at least if you want to maintain the copyright. The US Copyright Office just decreed that a selfie taken by a money cannot be copyrighted. The picture in question is this one: Wikimedia Commons Look at the mug on that guy! I’ve been following this case for a while because it’s really …

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Is Flying with a Lap-Child Dangerous to the Child?

This new study that was released is a bit chilling. From the Wall Street Journal, here are some highlights: “ a new study that analyzed in-flight pediatric deaths found them to be very rare, but almost all of the children who did die aboard planes were under the age of 2 …

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