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As part of the Portland International Airport modernization and expansion it has been announced that the old carpet will be making a return. From PDX Next: Truth be told, we love it, too. More than a few of us have the shoe selfies to prove it. We can spot the carpet’s distinctive pattern from across…
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Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Information Overload
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A bit of skepticism is a healthy thing. We should question motives, goals, and drivers in our leaders and in their policies. However, it seems like the sheer amount of information is stifling our ability to take in, process, and move through the chaff. News websites are run by a few different major news organizations…
Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
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Andy Greenberg from Wired (archived, non-paywall version): Of all the mysteries and injustices of the McDonald’s ice cream machine, the one that Jeremy O’Sullivan insists you understand first is its secret passcode. But after years of studying this complex machine and its many ways of failing, O’Sullivan remains most outraged at this notion: That the…
Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
Written by Stephan Segraves @ Stephan Segraves
Andy Greenberg from Wired (archived, non-paywall version): Of all the mysteries and injustices of the McDonald’s ice cream machine, the one that Jeremy O’Sullivan insists you understand first is its secret passcode. But after years of studying this complex machine and its many ways of failing, O’Sullivan remains most outraged at this notion: That the…
A Tale of Two Grocery Stores
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When an H-E-B grocery store lost power in Austin, they didn’t throw food out or make people put back their purchases. From the Washington Post: Around him were a couple hundred shoppers, some with only credit cards, trying to stock up during a statewide emergency. The power had been going on and off in this…
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Facebook’s Scale
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Adrienne LaFrance, writing for The Atlantic, “Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine”: People tend to complain about Facebook as if something recently curdled. There’s a notion that the social web was once useful, or at least that it could have been good, if only we had pulled a few levers: some moderation and fact-checking here, a…
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Please, wear a mask
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One of the more troubling trends during the Covid-19 pandemic is the refusal to wear a mask by segments of the U.S. population. The reason to wear a mask while in a building or in large groups is simple; When everyone (or a majority) of people are masked, the spread of the disease will be […]
Influencer shine begins to dull
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The “influencers” on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and other platforms who get paid to push products are starting to see their reach fade as COVID-19 continuestheir reach fade as COVID-19 continues. For luxury influencers like Israel, it’s an opportunity to reflect on his industry. “I’m trying to be very real at the moment,” he says, adding […]
Downgrade Your Life?
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In Sunday’s NYTimes. And so, I resist. I downgrade, I discard, I decline to upgrade. More than a decade ago, I got rid of cable TV, then network TV. I cut out personal phone calls (unless the person is a continent away), then anything other than businesslike emails. If I want to catch up with […]
ANA Fist Fight Points to Deeper Problem
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Another day, another incident on an airplane involving passengers and violence. This time it took place on an ANA flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles. Thankfully the plane had not left the gate yet and the passenger who instigated the fight was arrested and charged with assault. Some reports state that alcohol was a factor […]
The United Debacle
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I am sure you have seen the videos of the United passenger being forcibly removed from a flight by police after refusing to be “bumped” (called an IDB) to a flight the next day. The video and the situation in general, is disturbing and frustrating. First off, United has handled the entire situation poorly. United […]
What Happens When the Queen Dies?
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I was fascinated by this story from Sam Knight. When Queen Elizabeth passes away it will be the end of an era and arguably the end of the British empire. A new monarch will ascend and all of the details of the transition are incredibly intricate. Unlike the US presidency, say, monarchies allow huge passages […]
The $21,000 Airplane Seat
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By now I am sure you have seen Casey Neistat’s video documenting his recent experience in Emirates First Class after an upgrade. If you haven’t, I have embedded the video below. I appreciate that Casey shared the experience via his vlog. Showering at 35,000 feet is one of the coolest features of first class Emirates […]
What I am reading | May 2016
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* The links to Amazon on this post are affiliate links that do generate revenue for me and this site. * My friend Patrick tweeted a few months ago about how excited he was about the season two of Bosch being released. I had never watched the show and actually only really heard about it […]