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

Flight Tracking App Released into Beta

A new flight tracking app, Flying, has released into Beta. I’ve been watching this app closely because it has promised to visualize your previous flight paths.  And using this visualization, you can literally print your flight paths. loci – 3D Printed Sculptures From Your Flights from Andrew Spitz on Vimeo. …

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Foursquare Checkin has Another Use

Foursquare Checkin is great for recording where you’ve been, finding new places, and connecting with other people while out.  But tonight, as the fire alarm bells rang at 1:30am, I found a new use of the Foursquare checkin app. It was pretty obvious someone’s incense had burned over, so I …

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Crying Babies on Planes May Be On Your Econ Exam

Imagine starting an exam, only to discover you are very familiar with the subject area–crying babies on planes.  From taking law school exams, I’m used to completely unlikely situations, such as the ownership regarding: a clock that is caught by a stranger (crossing the private property via a popular trail …

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How do you destroy a Chase Sapphire Preferred Card?

I’ve often wondered how you would destroy a Chase Sapphire Preferred Card.   It’s metal and I’m pretty sure my shredder would not appreciate that.  But I never really had reason to know, so I never inquired.  But, now I have a reason. My credit card number was stolen the other …

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News from Other Travel Blogs

I’m in the process of converting my Google Reader into Feedly (more on that later), but I decided to share some of the articles I’m peaking at while doing that. Frequent Miler talks about the “Dark Side” of spending money to get miles–it’s not always as easy as it looks! …

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Lots of Love for Pocket Planes!

After I posted about Pocket Planes, I’ve been receiving a lot of messages about people’s love for the game.  Some were playing already and others discovered it through the post. An option in the game is to develop a Flight Crew team to take on challenges together.   I’ve developed a …

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