September, 2014

• 2 September

  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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• 1 September

  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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August, 2014

• 30 August

  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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• 29 August

  A New, More Powerful Mass Transit App

  The Rolling Storm Media Group has begun releasing Mass Transit Apps. They started with the DC Metro Region with MetroMinder. What is great about their app is that it doesn’t just tell you how long it will take to get from point A to point B, it tells you what …

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• 26 August

  California State Senator Arrested for Drunk Driving Hours After Voting for Anti-Uber Bill

  California state Sen. Ben Hueso, whose brothers own taxi companies, was caught driving the wrong way down a one -way street while drunk mere hours after voting for a “bill placing heavy restrictions on the drivers of ride-sharing service startups Uber and Lyft.” From the Daily Caller: “Hueso, a Democrat who …

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• 25 August

  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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• 23 August

  Let’s Pour One Out for the US Airways Boeing 737-400….

  An era has ended.  Piedmont Airlines (now part of US Airways) was the first to use the Being 737-400. And now they’ve used their last. According to the Desert Sun: The aircraft — tail number N435US — flew from Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth to Philadelphia before returning to Charlotte on …

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• 21 August

  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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• 21 August

  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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• 20 August

  My Cell Phone Texted My Parents That I’d Been Kidnapped

  I recently got a new phone after having my last one for almost three years.  In researching ways to keep my phone from getting stolen (or track down the thief afterwards), I came across some features that allow you to use your phone as a distress signal if you are attacked …

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