Don't Back Down

Posted by Chad Everett on June 19, 2005

Seattle on my Mind »

Yesterday's flight to Seattle was relatively uneventful. While we took a United-branded flight, it was actually a USAirways gate and plane, staffed by USAirways employees. Still, other than departing about an hour-and-half late, the flight was okay.

What really got me was that they sold first-class upgrades for $150 each. We actually bought two of them, and that was okay. But what really ticks me off is that I have a stack of e-upgrades in my account, but even though there are free seats in first class, I can't use them because we didn't have the right kind of tickets. That's just stupid. The airline would rather extort customers for $300 than provide some sweet customer service. That's dumb.

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Posted by Chad Everett on June 19, 2005

More Gaim Encryption »

A while back, I talked about an encryption plugin for the Gaim instant-messaging platform. Today I noticed the Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Gaim, that offers encryption, authentication, deniability and perfect forward secrecy. Cool!