Pier One Imports has chair and table named after me. They even spelled my name right! This is amazing because I can never find personal branded shit that has my name spelled correctly.
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Spinwatch: Southwest (Finally) Apologizes To Mini-Skirted Customer: This is yet one more reason why I love Southwest Airlines. They admit to their mistakes and are “somehow” able to spin them into good PR opps.
My favorite personal Southwest experience earlier this year:
I was on a flight from San Diego to Oakland on Februrary 14. Halfway thru the flight, one of the flight attendants announces on the P.A. that Valentine’s Day is the Southwest’s favorite holiday and they have a special treat for us. Soon afterwards, another attendant starts walking down the aisle carrying a basket of chocolate hearts, handing one out for each customer.
A simple gesture, but a big one… especially considering they were (probably) doing that on every flight that day.
Favorite 2nd experience last year:
Our plane was late arriving to the gate, so to speed up the boarding time the attendants put a race clock by the gate ticking down from 14min. Our goal was to completely board the plane, stow away our luggage in under 14min. If we succeeded, one person picked at random wins a $50 voucher. We succeeded. Somebody one (it wasn’t me). Quite amusing.
Other moments include attendants singing Proud Mary when taking off from LAX, replace “rolling down the river” with “rolling down the runway”, and also landing in San Diego with the attendant pretending to be a jockey slowing down her horse. I think the more kids on a flight, the goofier the attendants get, but in a very respectable manner… if that makes sense.
Now if only they had satellite TV with a flight-tracker channel like Jet Blue. Oh, and WiFi.
Google Earth’s Hidden Surprise: A Flight Simulator: Google Solitaire and Minesweeper are the next logical steps.
San Diego Metro News | SignOnSanDiego.com — PETA ranks Petco 10th most ‘vegetarian friendly park in MLB: I find this story slightly ironic, considering this.
Twenty-six turns all that’s required to solve Rubik’s Cube | Tech news blog - CNET News.com: I’m still curious how many moves it takes to scramble one!
Report: ‘Where I’ve Been’ Facebook app acquired for $3 million | Tech news blog - CNET News.com: If this is true.. then… damn.
UPDATE: Turns out this is not true.
Most Useful iPhone Site Yet: Meebo: Facebook’s site had it’s 15min of fame only to be crushed by Meebo’s equally impressive chat client. Goodbye AT&T SMS bills.
Karl Rove to leave White House - Yahoo! News - 6.5 years too late, but at least it’s something.
The new trailer is out for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
While watching this, I immediately thought that Voldemort looks exactly like Kif from Futurama. Has nobody else noticed this?… Or cared?
I tried searching the blogosphere (technorati, google blogs, etc.) for any related posts and was surprised to no one else mentioning this. Am I completely off here?
Left: Voldemort (screenshot from trailer)
Right: Kif
I just finished reading a couple of great books.
- Freakonomics is an insightful look inside the social trends in America, involving crime rates, drug trafficking, and racial discrimination. Steven D. Lewitt thinks of provocative questions (e.g. why did crime rates drop in the ’90s?) and comes up with answers generally ignored and dismissed by the media. It’s a fascinating read, offering a different slant from conventional economics (which I know very little about).
- Ultramarathon Man is a collection of memoirs from Dean Karnazes. This guy is a beast, making a 26.2 mile marathon look like child’s play. He runs in excess of 100 miles at a time, including the Western States Endurance Run, Badwater Ultramarathon (Death Valley), and even a marathon at the South Pole. Yet he’s humble and passionate, an ordinary family man with a day job… an incredible inspiration. I usually average about 5 miles per run, but I know I can go much longer.
Shaun Haber
