Travel tips

It’s been a while since I did any regular travel and I’ve forgotten a lot. I figured these notes may help somebody out there. The goal for air travel is to get in and out of the airport as quickly as possible.

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doublejack:

See, Arabs all be flying planes into buildings like *this*, but white folks fly their planes into buildings like *this*.

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Little-Known Secret to Typing Contractions on iPhone

freitag:

When you’re typing on your iPhone or iPod Touch and you were to type W E R E and hit space it’ll think you typed “were” but if you type W E R E E and hit space, that’s not a word and it’ll default to “we’re.” There are other contracted words where that works but you kind of have to discover them, such as I L L L = I’ll.

I’ve used this tip extensively in the last week and it’s been a time/life saver. Thank you Freitag.

W E L L L be using this from now on.

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doublejack asked: My biggest regret from the SF tweetup was sitting next to you late Saturday night in the lobby at Vertigo and not introducing myself. Scotch and wacky tobaccy don't always have my best interests at heart.

Anyway, hi. I'm Doublejack, but you can call me Bill. I think you're funny.

Hi Bill!

You know, there it is. That’s my biggest regret, too. Not just you but everybody. Over the last week and a half I’ve been cruising the various photo sets on Flickr and I keep thinking, “Oh man, [so and so] was there?” “Oh jeeze, I should’ve spent more time with [such and such].” and “Dayum! Who’s that? [toofsuck]”

This doesn’t take away from the spirit of our orgy of appreciation and I don’t think it’s a weakness of mass function like SFTU. Instead it gives it depth and mystery and saves something precious for the next time. If anything it highlights that I need to act on that impulse to extend my hand and introduce myself to unfamiliar faces—an impulse I normally suppress IRL because, really, most strangers suck. After all, whether we follow each other or not, we all get it. So there’s that.

That said, let me get something straight at the beginning of this relationship; I hate wacky tobaccy. Can’t stand it. I prefer pot, weed, chronic, sense, dope, endo, smoke, stuff, sticky, bud, green(s) and blueberries. This is a perfect example of the above; you were holding and I had no clue. “Dank,” also “the dank.”*

*Whatever. It’s 2010.

dotsara asked: Not technically a question (I'm a rule-breaker, me), but! I'm pretty sure it was your mention of the Here You Go project that made me aware of it and just today -- a…bad day -- I got Julie's thank-you postcard, so here I am thanking you for mentioning it in the first place. (:

You’re welcome, rule-breaker.

The Public’s Role in Journalism

A couple thoughts. Citizens can participate in the news in myriad ways. The least interesting and influential is after-the-fact commenting once a story runs or airs. And, yet, this kind of reactive conversation seems to pre-occupy mainstream newsrooms. I’d suggest you turn commenting off, or at least closely guard it. Most newsrooms already use software to keep noxious people at bay or alert editors to offensive language.  Nothing in the Constitution says you ought to tolerate idiots.

Emphasis mine

Thanks to stevenf’s shutup.css, as a consumer, I don’t have to tolerate idiots. It’s effective and makes my experience better but it is passive. How can we tell websites we’re using shutup.css. Change User Agent to say something like ‘Safari 4.0.4. - Mac - Comments Disabled’?

BTW- Sweetness is the shit.

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