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Airlines are not very good at math, are they?

dni — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:43:09 +0000

Dopey United. I arrived early and they wanted to charge me $75 to get on an earlier flight that had space. So I read the paper for 45 minutes instead. Now they are offering me $400 not get onto my … Continue reading →

Naughty Words in Google Maps – Brunswick, Maine

dni — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:03:07 +0000

Naughty words in Google Maps here.

Which is funny, especially since is is my understanding that the satellite images are 6+ years old…

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Naughty Words in Google Maps, Brunswick, Maine

Follow-up:

…so I did a little more digging, and it turns out that the Google Maps are indeed old.

The Town of Brunswick has a GIS site (for tax maps, I believe).

It shows the property (23 Hillside Rd.) to have the graffiti on the roof in their Aerial Photo from April 2001.

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Graffiti on the roof - April 2001

The graffiti on the roof is gone in the Aerial Photo of April 21, 2006 (or has been digitally removed).

Graffiti removed - April 21, 2006

Crying, while eating

dni — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:47:40 +0000

Crying, while eating

Teenager’s iPod goes boom

dni — Fri, 13 May 2005 14:09:45 +0000

Teenager’s iPod goes boom
Don’t put your iPod through the washing machine. And if for some reason you do, don’t try to fix it with a screwdriver.

That’s the advice of fire investigators probing a small explosion that burned a hole in the bed of a Melbourne teenager who tried to perform emergency surgery on his ailing mp3 player.