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Update on Virgin America
I recently had a chance to fly Virgin America and noticed some changes since the first time. I did happen to talk to another passenger on the same flight who said that they preferred Virgin America so much that they were on the flight even though it wasn’t flying to their actual destination. They were going to take a train after the flight to go to their actual destination.
Keep reading to find out what changes I noticed this time around.
Seasons Greetings!
Happy Holidays and best wishes for a happy new year!
To track Santa on Christmas Eve, see NORAD’s web site at http://www.noradsanta.org. In addition to English, several other languages are supported such as German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese.
Every year, NORAD gets fancier and fancier. This year, they are doing tracking in 3D, and for those who don’t want to or can’t go the NORAD web site, it appears they are offering iGoogle gadgets and tracking by cell phone. See http://www.noradsanta.org for details.
Site Outage Notice
We have been advised by our hosting provider that all SystemArchive.com web sites, including http://www.systemarchive.com, http://about.systemarchive.com, and http://blog.systemarchive.com, will be out of service on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 from 1 AM Eastern Daylight Time to 7 AM Eastern Daylight Time.
Virgin America A Nice Airline
This summer, I had the opportunity to fly round-trip on the airline Virgin America and found it to be a good experience.
Nintendo DS Lite A Cool Device
Yes, I’m still planning on that web site redesign I haven’t done yet.
In the meantime, here’s my opinion on the Nintendo DS Lite I recently bought.
Sony Wins a Format War
Here’s a belated Happy New Year!
We’re now well into 2008 and there’s been lots of activity in technology news this year, especially with regards to the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray “format war.”
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Time Goes By Fast
The older I get, the faster time seems to go by. I meant to do a summary of my experiences watching that special Star Trek “Menagerie” showing at a movie theater last month, but didn’t get around to doing it. So here’s a quick summary.
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Star Trek Special Event; Microsoft writes standards?
This week, CBS has arranged for special showings of an episode of the original Star Trek at movie theaters in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia to try to convince people to buy the new DVD sets with the remastered version of the original Star Trek TV series. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s HD Photo format is now a standard, and the OOXML format in Office 2007 may become one too.
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Microsoft News
In the news recently, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to fix education and enable consumers to control access to their health data. Meanwhile, Microsoft claims that others are stealing Microsoft’s intellectual property.
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