June 1, 2008

  • There’s gotta be a better way

    In the long run paying for wi-fi in your hotel will be like paying to use the toilet or the heater. You won’t. Meanwhile, it would be nice if it were easy, cheap, good, or at least two out of those three. Right now I’m 0-for-3 at my hotel in Amsterdamn. I just had to… Continue reading

  • How to make customers hate you

    So my main credit card, a United Mileage Plus one, issued by Chase, got rejected on my last attempted purchase, just before I got on a plane at Logan headed for Frankfurt, where I am now, between flights. Now here I sit, paying $.18 per minute to T-Mobile to “roam” on their system, to which… Continue reading