Ebay program turns airline points into pennies. What a sweet idea. Current exchange rate on points.com is 72 Ebay Anything Points per 100 AAdvantage miles. Admittedly, 0.7/mile is a bit low, but AA miles are almost worthless to me anyways. Now I don’t feel quite so silly about collecting all of those Kellogg’s cereal box … …
New toy! My Sipix StyleCam Blink II digital camera arrived from Amazon. The instructions warn that using rechargeable batteries will damage the camera, which doesn’t make me too happy. In any case, it’s super-tiny and fun to play with. Not bad at all for $35.
AP Cameraman Shot and Killed in West Bank. He and other cameramen, still photographers and reporters had been at the bottom of the alley and were wearing brightly colored vests that said “Press.” Just priced a P4-2.4Ghz/128Mb/30Gb/DVD-ROM with WinXP Home and a free Palm Zire for under $500 (Dimension 2350, Dell Small Business division). That … …
The last words I expect to hear from a panhandler after giving spare change: “Please give the full dollar. I have to eat, and ten cents is going nowhere.”
Police Fire Beanbags at 81 – Year – Old. Police in Florida shoot beanbags and pepper spray at an old man in a wheelchair armed with (gasp!) a vase. Pure madness… Did anyone consider just throwing a blanket or sheet over the old coot? This sounds like a textbook example of excessive force. Israeli tank … …
Ugh. Incredibly, it is hotter underground than outside. Time to shower… AGAIN. Just noticed this on the Frontier Airlines web site. Ah well. Effective Sept. 24, 2002, Frontier Airlines will no longer participate in the OnePass program and Continental Airlines will no longer participate in the EarlyReturns program. Prosecutors Ordered to Explain Holding Man Who … …
Sneaky… Expedia doesn’t always show the lowest price vendor on car rentals. Looks like they have some sort of preferred vendor agreement as I had to dig around to find the cheapest rate for a weekly rental from Alamo. So despite their insanely annoying ads, Orbitz may be worth another look.
If you’re shopping for DVDs, check out DVD Price Search.
Now I know who buys those gift cards at Best Buy – the folks who are doing their Christmas shopping one hour prior to store close… :-p
The shrub adorned with Hello Kitty Christmas lights just down the street makes me strangely happy.