Since moving to the UK, we travel a lot, and when you travel this much, you know the tricks of the trade. We find deals on Kayak, then crosscheck the aircraft details with SeatGuru to make sure the plane is decent and to pick the best seat. We know which airlines are strategic partners, and [...]
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Ryanair’s outrageous visa check policy
Posted in Commentary, Travels, tagged dublin, ryanair, travel on July 29, 2009 | 20 Comments »
EpicDuel now in Beta
Posted in Commentary on June 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon, EpicDuel, the online MMORPG where you battle your way to victory, has been upgraded to Beta status. The release includes a wide range of new features and improvements: 40 new weapons / sidearms New customizable armors and styles Elite Upgrade NPC Artificial Intelligence And tons more… EpicDuel is the creation of my brother [...]
Spring Cleaning
Posted in Commentary, tagged AtP, wordpress on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m always looking for little changes I can make at AtP that gradually improve the site over time, and after well over 100 posts here, I decided that the categories I was working with just didn’t cut it. For the last few months it’s rarely been clear to me what belonged where, let alone how [...]
Wolfram|Alpha
Posted in Commentary, tagged data, Digital Life, wolfram on May 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wolfram|Alpha launched last night and I have to say it is truly freaky the types of data you can query via it. Billed as a ‘computational knowledge engine’, it can quickly let you calculate, compare, and visualize all sorts of fascinating things like: Birth rates in the USA and UK Chemical properties of various acids [...]
Things that are different in the UK redux
Posted in Commentary, tagged Randomness, uk, weather on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The amount of daylight might vary but not the weather…
999 million Apps and counting…
Posted in Commentary, tagged Apple, countdown, Digital Life, iphone on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nice article out today from TechCrunch after learning yesterday just how well Apple and AT&T continue to do thanks to the iPhone. Of the major companies that announced their earnings yesterday, two of them, AT&T and Apple, beat Wall Street estimates largely thanks to a single product: The iPhone. We’re approaching the two year birthday [...]
FlightControl Highscore
Posted in Commentary, tagged Commentary on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Friday!, originally uploaded by -DjD-. A great Friday afternoon activity….
Back in the UK
Posted in Commentary, Photography, Travels, tagged Commentary, Travels, uk on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Going from this… to this… is always a bit of a shock.
iPhone App Recommendations
Posted in Commentary, tagged app store, Apple, apps, Digital Life, iphone on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My buddy Brian got a new iPhone recently and asked about my favorite apps… here’s my suggestions partly tailored for him but worth sharing as well. MLB At Bat 2009 – Premium ($9.99) or Lite (Free) Pitch by pitch live coverage of every MLB game all season long. The Premium version includes access to streaming [...]
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Windows 7 Upgrade Matrix
Posted in Commentary, tagged microsoft windows7 on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As a general rule, if you need a 6×11 grid to communicate the upgrade path for your product… it might be excessively complicated. As usual, Microsoft wants to cover off every single possibility, rather than focusing on the core. After ending up with 7 ways to press the ‘off’ button in Vista I thought they [...]
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