Blathering for Wednesday, 09 July 2008

    05:19: Mikal shared: Stanhope's $1b light rail vision - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times
      Awesome. Canberra has needed something better than buses between the towncenters for a while, and light rail seems like a great way to do it. I much prefer trains to buses, and catch a light rail service to work every day when I am in Mountain View.

    14:45: Mikal shared: US Airways Dumps In-Flight Movies, Not Enough Passengers Buying $5 Headsets [US Airways]
      It seems that US Airways is going out of its way to not be an attractive travel option. Have airlines really forgotten that things like a free coke and a movie during a five hour flight are there to help you pick their airline, and not just another opportunity for the airline to scrape up another two dollars? Look at Virgin America for example -- people pick them because of the great in flight entertainment, and then look at the price. The last two Virgin America flights I have been on have been full.

    15:00: Mikal shared: Android Installer simplifies installation on Nokia N810
      Its a shame that the N800 doesn't have a cell phone in it. That would make this a lot more useful than just a internet tablet with a fancy web browser. I guess if you want to start developing for android its worth a look though.

    15:00: Mikal shared: Angry, Intoxicated 1st Class Passenger Uses Emergency Slide So He Doesn't Have To Wait For Coach [Drunks On A Plane]
      Tee hee hee. Admit it, we've all wanted to taze the slow exiters in front of us who have never seen a plane before.

    21:15: Mikal shared: Simon Rumble's random thoughts
      Simon Rumble has a pretty thin skin for someone who is happy to blog about how other people's blogs are "crap". Its odd given his previous statements that he likes the slightly irrelevant things he finds on planets that he feels the urge to then critise people for those same irrelevant things he used to like. Surely he could have mentioned his filtered RSS feed without making value judgements about what others chose to put on their sites?

    23:15: Mikal shared: stillhq.com : Mikal, a geek from Canberra living in Silicon Valley
      Hearing about the pope's trip to Sydney next week and the pain it will cause for people working in the CBD made me remember this game that a friend wrote for me a few years ago. Perhaps it will cheer up someone in Sydney.



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