Every year I sponsor an orphan baby elephant, usually for a family member or close friend.
I recommend these folks. Profiled on the BBC and one of the leading organizations working to save elephants.
Had the best experience today at the Apple Store in Bellevue Square.
I noticed that my newly-acquired iPhone (thanks Thomas!!) had a small bubble in the layers of the screen. At first I thought it was dirt, or a scratch but it turned out to be inside the glass.
So I did a little research and found that Apple had had recent problems with their screens and it was "well known". Most had reported having their iPhones simply replaced when they brought it into the store.
So I made my appointment at the Genius Bar and drove down over lunch.
Ten minutes, I kid you not, after I walked in I was walking out with a brand spanking new iPhone. Wow! I went all prepared to do battle - one's normal experience trying to return defective anything in this country - and it was totally pleasant.
Since I had had the foresight to back up my iPhone 1/2 hr before taking it in, I simply had to resync when I got back to the office and all was restored (except my voicemail password).
Let's just hope they wipe it before sending it out to the factory for refurbishment.
I'm so annoyed by my 401k. It would really be better to simply put the money under the mattress.
This year, it's lost 7.4%. I literally throw away $7 out of every $100 that I contribute to it. Ridiculous.
Why don't companies give us a broader choice of mutuals to invest in? Drives me crazy.
I'm finding my photos used all over the Internet these days. Some scumbags use them illegally without attribution (see the one of the guy on the scooter about 3/4 down the page) but most seem to follow the Creative Commons license and provide the attribution and a link. The guy has the balls to say that he thinks "it was taken in Redmond, WA". Out and out theft.
Here's one where they used one of my photos in a photomontage (on a SciFi book in Hungarian!) but I cannot for the life of me figure out which one.
Too cool. Stuff like this makes it worth the CC license.
We're living in interesting times. Seems like many of the things that fascinated me as a boy are coming to pass.
I'll definitely have to try and watch them on TV.
Crimson Skies, here we come.