http://www.curiousnabs.com "Dance, you gotta dance. As long as the music plays, you gotta dance." [Dance Dance Dance - Haruki Murakami] Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:02:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was originally going to post a rant about our horrendous experience flying on United Airlines to Hawaii a few weeks ago. But what this experience (and a few others) have got me thinking about though is ticket fares. Among other (many) problems I had with United on this trip, the ... http://www.curiousnabs.com/2009/08/unfare-prices/ Believe it or not, I got the above email from Microsoft this week. They emailed me asking me to change my account settings to enable them to send me "promotional information" (aka SPAM). Isn't that just ridiculous? ... And of course, this email had no unsubscribe link. http://www.curiousnabs.com/2009/04/spam-about-spam/ I submitted my first iPhone application to the iTunes store almost exactly a month ago today. It's an application called Capital Calls. I wrote it for the Sunlight Labs - Apps for America Contest. While writing it I was of course dreaming of winning first place and the $15k  bounty ... http://www.curiousnabs.com/2009/04/capital-calls-receives-an-honorable-mention/ I tried Pandora back in 2005 when the service first launched. The concept was intriguing - a radio station that would help me discover new music that I would like. Like many others, I discovered that on Pandora all music eventually led to Christian rock. Not necessarily a problem if ... http://www.curiousnabs.com/2009/04/pandora-a-second-chance/ Although my new apartment is devoid of roaches (thus far)... having a balcony door as my primary means of ventilation leaves me vulnerable to airborne insects. Flies tend to fly in an out w/out causing me too much grief; mosquitoes however are turning out to be my new nemesis. My much ... http://www.curiousnabs.com/2008/06/killin-skeeters/ Since joining kwiry I've learned a lot about how the media/press business works. It's far more contrived and engineered than i had ever thought. Of course it makes a lot of sense from a business perspective, but it takes away some of the excitement of reading knowing that most of ... http://www.curiousnabs.com/2008/05/kwiry-in-my-rss-feed/ I went to my first auto show in years this past weekend and I remember why i don't like them. Hordes of people walking around like lost cattle. That said... Ford featured kwiry ktags on the displays for some of their cars... see my other pics from the autoshow http://www.curiousnabs.com/2008/03/new-york-auto-show/ Warren and his jujitsu school made the news in Taiwan. You can see him kicking some *ss. http://www.curiousnabs.com/2008/03/warren-on-taiwan-news/ It's a fair statement to say that I was 'pretty excited' about this latest rendition of OS X (like every other mac user). As with probably a lot of people, all th hype and excitement about it drove my expectations a bit high. To my dismay, when i finally installed it ... http://www.curiousnabs.com/2007/10/leopard-sure-why-not/ Here's some stuff that I've been listening to lately:Albums: Colbie Caillat - Coco Once Soundtrack (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)Songs: Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Bubbly - Colbie Caillat Sideways - Citizen Cope http://www.curiousnabs.com/2007/09/music-to-my-ears/