Sunday, June 06, 2010

Free Fall

Breakfast at Ginger's

Kindle Update Delay

We know Kindle customers are anxious to receive the 2.5 software update, so we wanted to provide you with some details about its status. We've rolled out the 2.5 software release to a set of Kindle customers and have received great feedback from these early customers. Based on this feedback, we are making some small adjustments to improve the experience further. We will be rolling out the 2.5 software update to more users over the coming weeks.

Just Picked Up a Key West™ Frozen Concoction Maker™

Key West™ Frozen Concoction Maker™
The Key West™ Margaritaville® Frozen Concoction Maker™ is built to party! Unlike a blender, the Frozen Concoction Maker™ shaves ice and blends it with your favorite ingredients for restaurant-quality consistency every time. Take the guesswork out of frozen beverages with its pre-programmed automatic settings. Simply, fill the ice hopper with ice, add ingredients to the blending jar and fire it up! It does all the work... you take all the credit!
Specifications:
  • Shaves ice and blends up to 36 ounces
  • Automatic settings mix the right proportion of ice with ingredients
  • Manual controls let you shave or blend to your ideal consistency
  • Key Lime accent coloring, maritime markings & shark fin indicator lights
  • Durable powder-coated housing, sturdy glass blending jar & stainless steel accent trim
  • 1 Year Limited Warranty

This Is Not How You're Supposed to Fly Out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport



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Life inside the North Korean bubble

As we arrived at Pyongyang's airport our mobile phones were confiscated and throughout our stay in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea there was no access to the internet.

At the hotel our government minders had booked rooms alongside ours, and on the one occasion that we tried to leave without them we were reported and reprimanded.

From exchanges with our minders, we also learned that our rooms were bugged.
But then we were not being singled out, the entire country lives in a bubble of unreality, cut off from the outside world and watched by an army of informers.
There are only two mobile phone networks. The diplomatic corps and NGO workers use one of them to contact one another.

A relatively small elite of North Koreans use the other system, but this still denies them access to foreigners inside the country and to anyone outside.

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E.T. Re-Cut