I received a voicemail at 2:23 PM today (November 3, 2009 — election day) encouraging me to vote for Tom Menino for mayor of Boston. Not unusual on election day, right? Right, except that it asked me to vote tomorrow, not today. I don’t know if this is a case of computer/operator error or a [...]
Apple, Please allow us to use the iPhone’s Home button to answer calls. I know it doesn’t get that cold in Cupertino, but it sure gets cold in many other parts of the world. In colder climates, the iPhone becomes almost completely unusable for its primary function — a phone — as soon as you [...]
This letter was in my mailbox today, and it was so ridiculous that I had to share it. American Express wanted to thank me for my continued business, and inform me of some changes to their AutoPay service. These terms of service updates are pretty standard, but the usually come with a copy of the [...]
A while ago, a friend of mine said to me “From now on, I’m just going to buy everything you buy.” He was referring to the fact that the last four or five things I’d shown him had soon ended up in his house as well, and that he’d been happy with every purchase. He’s [...]
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I was looking at some flights for a conference I’m attending, and came across this box in the search results. This flight starts and ends at different airports. Good! I was wondering if the plane was going to take me somewhere or just fly around…
I’ve noticed a lot more people coming to the Boston Behind the Scenes site through the rss feed in the last day or two. I have also noticed a few weird searches bringing people to my site. So, when I looked at one of those search results and saw the listing below, I put on [...]
For a number of years now, I’ve expounded on the virtues of the Brookstone Super Size Family Umbrella. I’ve called it a sturdy umbrella with an exceptional warranty. Even though it is expensive, I’ve been happy with its size and compact profile when folded, and I’ve appreciated its lightweight frame. Not anymore. I lost one [...]
Last week, I was invited to join the O’Reilly Digital Media blog, and today I got all set up. I still need the login info to post, but I’m officially in their system.
I was checking my website stats for Boston Behind the Scenes, and low-and-behold there were a ton of hits coming from the Frommer’s travel website! They did a story called Download This: Homegrown Podcast Tours Give You a Local’s Look on Thursday, and guess who is first on the list:
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