Tom Gibbons
3 weeks ago
A Treatise on the Reform of Airline Boarding: A Call for Order and Reason
It is a most lamentable fact that the present system of airline boarding, rather than embodying the virtues of efficiency and order, has instead descended into a state of needless tumult. The weary traveler, already beset by the indignities of modern flight, must endure yet further affliction at the hands of an ill-conceived process that favors neither reason nor expedience. It is, therefore, the duty of all who value the proper governance of travel to propose a more rational means of embarkation—one that alleviates delay, rewards efficiency, and spares the common passenger from unnecessary strife.
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2 years ago
Side Project Update: pickle.vote
I wanted to replace Doodle for scheduling my sandlot baseball game, yearly trip to North Tahoe, meet ups w/ fmr. engineering colleagues, and all the casual events that are part of our lives.
The once-simple-and-slick Doodle was monetized by new owners who introduced feature complexity and painted it with ads. The pro features are overkill for casual users.
Pickle is dead simple. The organizer sets up their event and then gets a unique RSVP link to share with whoever they want however they want. There’s just enough tooling for them to be in control, and RSVPers can reply quickly and have a bit of fun in the process.
It’s caught on enough where I had to upgrade from a $5 to $10 server on Digital Ocean. The original feature set is holding up well, with only one big upgrade planned.
2 years ago
A death in the family.
My family has a running fascination of inexpensive clear plastic pepper mills and how long you can keep one functioning. I got a little rough with this one while making pizzas and snapped the axle.
2 years ago
Freedom Tour continues. Neil Hamburger.
#nyc
#kenball
#ramblers
#neilhamburger
#ft
#2022
2 years ago
Helping in Rockaway, 2012
#rockaway
#moneywheremouthis
#nyc
#youngerdays
#ramblers
#2012
3 years ago
Earl Weaver, who once hung a sign above the Baltimore clubhouse door, reading, “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
#2022
#nye
