Category: Etcetera

Gov. Schwarzenegger is taking a phone poll to assess support for SB 1160, the new Calif. legislation that would grant driver’s licenses to undocumented residents. Please call 1-916-445-2841 Press #5 for “Hot Issues.” Press #2 for Drivers License (for Undocumented) bill Press #1 to support the Drivers License bill (SB 1160) **Remember a lot of […]

We’re thinking about buying a hybrid SUV. Sometime this year we’re planning to replace our 1992 Ford Taurus with another vehicle. I’d like something that’s safe (ABS, front and side airbags) and a little bigger than our other car (a 1998 Toyota Camry). A compact SUV seems like the right thing for us, but the […]

I successfully completed the T-mobile SIM unlock process that I started yesterday. T-mobile sent the following instructions: T-Mobile Sim Unlock Request Sim Unlock Reference: xxxxxxxx IMEI: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unlock Code: xxxxxxxx Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. Below you will see the Instructions for unlocking your Motorola device. NOTE: Before you start you […]

I’m travelling to India next month for work, and while there I plan to use a foreign SIM card with my tri-band GSM handset to make and receive calls. Apparently you can go to the local equivalent of the 7-11 there and purchase both a SIM card and prepaid airtime. It ends up being much […]

Kinda busy these days.

Minutes ago, there was a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in California — 11 km NE of San Simeon. That was one big quake. The building shook for over a minute.

Ariella and 10,999 other University of California teaching assistants will strike on Thursday. Although Los Angeles has had its share of labor disputes recently (the MTA bus strike was settled a couple of weeks ago and the Ralph’s/Vons/Albertson’s strike/lockout has been going on for 8 weeks now), this thing is gonna be statewide. TAs from […]

I flew back from SJC to LAX tonight and got a taste of what air travel is going to look like tomorrow, the busiest air travel day of the year. It was busy. Very busy. Two years after 9/11 it appears that Americans are no longer afraid of airplanes. Instead of the usual business traveller […]

Theo cut his hair and now looks a helluva lot like his bro. Add some glasses and they’re twins. Wait a minute, they’re not really twins, are they? (via Zak)

My brother forwarded me this unfortunate news about Southwest Airlines’ frequent flier program: “After seven years of double credit for online flight bookings, Southwest is calling the promotion quits. Southwest loyalists have until December 31 to book tickets online and earn four credits per round-trip flight.” [Smarter Living] This means that I’ll be earning only […]