I have a large collection of apps I love to use in the air–both ones that require wi-fi and those that don’t. I ran into an interesting problem on a flight yesterday. Â I brought my iPad with me and booted up my favorite apps. And whoops. It appears that May …
Read More »Carolina Aviators Network Flying Out Aid to Western Carolina
Heartbreaking doesn’t even begin to describe what is going on in my home state of North Caroli…
Get $10 back on $10 spend on Rakuten, includes existing users
Rakuten currently has a $10 cash back on $10 spend special going on until December 19th, and this in…
Free Video Game: Sniper Elite 3 (with ads, or $6 without ads)
Game Sessions is giving away Sniper Elite 3 (with ads) and heavily discounting its Steam key by maki…
Act Now: Free JetBlue Ticket When You Buy Board Game (for $20)
As per my friend, Sam, (THANKS SAM!) and this Lifehacker article, JetBlue has released a board game …
Reminder: DC-Area Meetup is October 10th!
Just a reminder that the next DC-meetup is coming up! Â We (Pizzainmotion and I) look for…
My Talk Today at the Library
Hi! Some of you were at my talk today at the library. Â Thank you SO much to everyone who…
Deal on Compact Powerbank: Anker PowerCore 5000, Ultra-Compact 5000mAh External Battery with Fast-Charging Technology
Here’s a good deal on one of the “lipstick-style” power banks. Â ItR…
She’s Doing a Polar Plunge in Memory of Her Mother’s Death–Please consider donating
My niece is raising money for the Special Olympics in her mother’s memory. &Acir…
Even More Amazing: WEST COAST TO PARIS for less than $400 on American
Holy f-ing crap. I just posted on the East Coast fare to Paris but HOLY CRAP. You can fly from Los …
Support a Good Cause While Someone Else Does a Polar Plunge
My niece is raising money for the Special Olympics in her mother’s memory. Â She…
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Being a Frequent Traveler Doesn’t Mean Having to Have Dead Plants
When we moved to our current house, a bunch of friends brought houseplants as housewarming gifts. Â Including a plant that’s “impossible to kill.” Yup, I killed it. I had a bunch of travel immediately after that and despite my efforts to water in between, the plants eventually drooped over and …
Read More »Why LUSH Products Make Traveling Easier
LUSH is a company that sells body products that is focused on being green. Â So much so, they try to put as many of their products in “naked” packaging. That is, they want as many of their products to not need a container at all. In furtherance of this, they’ve …
Read More »Seconds from Pulling a Plane
I’m here at Delta, seconds from pulling this plane. Other teams have really gotten into this. But what we lack in t-shirts, we make up for in heart. Though I did wear my Sharknado shirt. You can find our team fundraising page here. Pizza in Motion was matching donations …
Read More »The Winners of the Freddie Awards
Plus a picture of Seth. Here’s all my live-tweeting from the evening: [View the story “The Freddie Awards” on Storify]
Read More »Please Do Not Resort to Cannibalism and Eat Your Fellow Passengers
On a Phoenix to Tuscon flight, half the plane started cracking up when the flight attendant announced, “In the unlikely event of a water landing…”  The flight attendant protested that he had to say that, by law and he knows it is completely ridiculous to say. This video from College Humor …
Read More »I’m Pulling a Plane Tomorrow for Charity
Pizza in Motion asked me to be on his team and pull an airplane tomorrow. Yes, a literal airplane. Read his post for more context. But in this case, I don’t think he’d mind me copying and pasting some of it, since it’s for charity. The donations to the American …
Read More »Learn More Languages for Free
I’ve written about DuoLingo before, the free game-ified way of learning languages that I prefer to Rosetta Stone.  Here’s why I prefer it to Rosetta Stone. They just announced that they are releasing new languages. In addition to Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Irish, Swedish, Dutch, and Danish, you can now learn: Turkish Esperanto Norwegian Ukrainian Hungarian Klingon …
Read More »What I Really Wish Former US Airways Clubs Will Adopt
I’d never really been an American Airlines flyer before the merger.  So it surprised me the first time I went into an American Admiral’s club and could order some food off a menu. For a cost, of course. Today, I am flying a couple of short flights that only qualify as …
Read More »iPads Ground American Airlines Planes
Back before electronics were allowed during take off and landing, there were a lot of jokes about the damage an iPad or Kindle could do for your flight. (Language warning) But iPads delayed or sent planes back to the gate after the software pilots use crashed. According to re/code: Pilots …
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This Travel Jacket Literally Has Everything Built-In–Including a Neck Pillow
I was poking around on Kickstarter and came across this jacket that claims to be …
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What Happens When You Set Two AI Bots to Talk to Each Other
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This Product Will Help You Pack Faster and Keep You From Forgetting Things
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This Device Promises to Give You Unlimited Worldwide 4G Wi-Fi
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This “Smart” Belt Helps Your Keep Your Waistline in Check
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This Travel Jacket Literally Has Everything Built-In–Including a Neck Pillow
I was poking around on Kickstarter and came across this jacket that claims to be …
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What Happens When You Set Two AI Bots to Talk to Each Other
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This Product Will Help You Pack Faster and Keep You From Forgetting Things
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This Device Promises to Give You Unlimited Worldwide 4G Wi-Fi
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This “Smart” Belt Helps Your Keep Your Waistline in Check
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Carolina Aviators Network Flying Out Aid to Western Carolina
Heartbreaking doesn’t even begin to describe what is going on in my home state of …
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Get $10 back on $10 spend on Rakuten, includes existing users
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Free Video Game: Sniper Elite 3 (with ads, or $6 without ads)
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Act Now: Free JetBlue Ticket When You Buy Board Game (for $20)
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Reminder: DC-Area Meetup is October 10th!