I was on Frontier Airlines flight 169 from Denver to San Jose this morning.  It was scheduled to be a nonstop departing Denver at 8:25 AM MDT and arriving in San Jose at 10:06 AM PDT.  We departed a few minutes late, but the real reason we didn’t arrive in San Jose until 12:06 PM [...]

At the security checkpoint, they usually tell you to remove your laptop from a bag and put it in a bin to be xrayed separately from the bag. And to take your shoes off, etc.
Yesterday they didn’t tell me to do that, and I’d forgotten about it, so I just sent my entire backback [...]

I just returned from a three week vacation. While I was away, someone must have broken into my car and stolen the clutch pedal, though they didn’t take the stereo or anything else. The car seems to run OK without it, so I guess I won’t bother filing a police report. It’s [...]

As of yesterday (14 August 2006), the U.S. Department of State is issuing passports containing an RFID chip. They are claimed to have anti-skimming provisions, but these are of dubious worth. The big threat isn’t so much that the bad guys can identify specific U.S. citizens, but that they will be able to [...]

The TSA now prohibits passengers from taking liquids on planes, due to concerns that the liquids could be combined to form explosives or produce poisonous gases. I’m not going to argue as to whether that is sensible. But what they’re doing about it is incredibly dangerous. They are pouring the liquids into [...]

Several people have observed that I am opposed to nearly all of the supposed anti-terrorism measures taken by the Bush administration, and sometimes ask me if I have a better idea as to how to fight terrorism. A few people have said that it’s OK for the government to take away our civil liberties [...]

When travelling, bring CD-R and DVD+R media, Tyvek sleeves, and a Sharpie. Sigh.

I just got back from a three week vacation in Colorado, where I visited family and friends. I did some contract work while I was there, so it wasn’t all fun and games. I drove my GMC Yukon this time, rather than flying. It worked out quite well. I actually enjoy [...]

Dan and I drove back from Oregon. Back to Atkins diet tomorrow. I’m dreading looking at the scale; I’ll be surprised if I didn’t gain five pounds. I have been able to stick to the diet very well at home, and when visiting family and friends in Colorado, but not on other [...]

Went to 3 Square for dinner. Owned by the same brothers as the late, lamented Mona Lisa. Has the same great tiramisu that Mona Lisa had.
Watched a DVD of the short animated film MORE. The DVD comes in a particularly strange and amusing shipping box. When it first [...]