Just a few weeks until the next Geeky Pizza meet up in the DC area!  This time, we’ll be in Crystal City, where literally everything in the city is made out of crystal*. We’ll be there from 6-9 and hope to see you there as well! *This is not …

The Flight Deal has a great fare tonight where you can fly to Australia for less than $1,000.  These fares leave from San Francisco or Dallas and arrive in Melbourne or Sydney. From their post: Fare Availability: Sydney: Valid for travel on the outbound until mid September or February, 2017 …

When I’ve been booking flights, I’ve also tried to calculate how many miles I would earn for my flights at the same time.  This could influence where I chose to connect through, or whether I wanted to take a slightly higher fare (for more miles).  But I’ve had to manually …

I was talking with my friend Jason today, and showed him a website for a new housing development in our area.  The development’s target audience is the young-professional millennial, and the website tried a bit too hard–it referenced trends and used the word “artisanal” to describe the nearby shops at …

The bar isn’t just a counter between the bartender and the customer–it also is a protective barrier.  It’s hard to grab bottles of alcohol and it’s hard to take a swing at the bartender. So even though I’ve had a lot of episodes of getting hit in the face with …

You are driving down the road when suddenly, you see a cop behind you.  You aren’t too worried because you haven’t been speeding. But then the cop car’s lights go on. You immediately start wondering what happened.  Is your tail light out?  Did you stop long enough at that stop sign? …

Missing a flight can happen to anyone.  Including ’90s rapper, Vanilla Ice. Vanilla Ice, also know as Robert Van Winkle, took a call that ran a little long while waiting in the Atlanta Airport.  So long, he missed his flight. Naturally, he blamed the gate agent in a meltdown that …

If you were already planning on seeing Suicide Squad, this is a great deal.  Basically, you can get a dollar off the movie price, plus get a DVD for free. If you purchase a DVD off this list of comic book / super hero themed movies, you will receive a …

While waiting for my flight once, I had a seat right next to the end of the moving walkway.  Thanks to a three hours delay, this has been burned in my mind forever: Caution. The moving walkway is ending. Caution. The moving walkway is ending. Caution. The moving walkway is ending. Caution. The …

Walter Olson at Overlawyered wrote about an article on Napa Wineries.  His lead in got me: Regulation is helping make the Napa Valley “a weird museum for rich people†… Naturally, I was intrigued. He linked to an article on Coyote Blog that talks about the different regulations new wineries have …