Pogue’s Flying Tricks

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David Pogue, personal technology editor at The New York Times, posted something wild on his Facebook page yesterday. His fiancée was flying from San Francisco to NYC to meet him while he was flying from Salt Lake City to JFK. They were both landing at the same time. During his flight, David checked the position of his fiancée’s airplane. Yikes, he discovered that he could practically toss a bag of peanuts at her.

I couldn’t figure how he managed to track both flights on the same map so I finally emailed him. This is what I got back.

“I used flightaware.com. I superimposed the two flights in Photoshop.”

Love conquers all.

Happy Birthday, March 25th

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Thanks to Len Berman Sports who told DigiDame about:
Happy Birthday: Danica Patrick, 31; Sir Elton John, 66.

And happy birthday to twin cousins Lauren and Michael Wohlgemuth of Oceanside, NY who are 16 years old today. Where did the years go?

Happy birthday Marsha Levine who is forever young with that purple streak In her hair. She is celebrating in hometown Rehoboth, Delaware.

Check Out the Checkout Counter

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I don’t know what took me so long, but a few months ago I realized that the checkout aisle in supermarkets and drug stores no longer had the same meaning that it did for most of my life. After I finished shopping for food or cosmetics, I would always spend time looking at the magazines at the checkout counter. If a magazine cover intrigued me, I would buy that issue. Continue reading →

Signs of Life

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I saw my future today. The younger generation is being warned that I may be taking a stroll on the same sidewalk where they walk and talk mindlessly on cell phones.

“Watch out for Lois! She is walking in your vicinity. Make sure you don’t knock her over.”

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I saw this sign on the boardwalk next to the boating docks behind my Miami condo.

There is an apartment building a few doors down that is dedicated to senior living. Seriously, this sign is a courtesy for them, but in a blink of an eye it will be for me.

Body Surface

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Nick Negroponte, founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, has been predicting for decades that our fingers will one day have tiny digital devices imbedded in them so we can point toward a door and it will open.

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A Photographic Memory May Be in Your Future

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memoryI can remember so many times when I was jealous of people who had a photographic memory. They would look at something once and remember it forever. Today, I just pray that I keep my wits about me for as long as I am alive. So many of my friends are so worried that they are going to get some form of dementia. It freaks them out to the point that sometimes it is the main topic of our discussions.

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Marijuana Key Social Factor with Older Americans

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This is a post about getting high, but not high tech as I usually pound away about. There was a tweet that I caught earlier that pointed to a New York Times story that said yes, indeed, more older Americans are using marijuana in social situations.

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The Things You Can Learn on Twitter

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Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost)
Director quits Natalie Portman film on first day of shooting huff.to/15nGygy

Audible (@audible_com)
@nytimes on Philip Roth’s 80th birthday here in #Newark: ow.ly/1TRAaS

Yahoo! News (@YahooNews)
Budget cuts force the FAA to close control towers at 149 airports across the nation: yhoo.it/Yu9QtR

Forbes Tech News (@ForbesTech)
Steve Case says that crowdfunding will augment – but not replace – venture capital bit.ly/Y42Fcl

Pete Cashmore (@mashable)
Shark Breaks into Diver’s Cage in Terrifying Video on.mash.to/14i947u

NYT Styles (@NYTStyles)
More Older Americans Use Marijuana nyti.ms/YwPVHy

Yahoo! omg! (@YahooOmg)
#Seinfeld co-creator and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David lists home for $14.9M yadda yadda yadda. PHOTOS: yhoo.it/X0httS

TechCrunch (@TechCrunch)
Thanks To Poor Holiday Sales, B&N Will Give Away A Free Nook Simple Touch With Every Purchase Of A … tcrn.ch/WTDwl0

AARP The Magazine (@AARPMag)
Hey ladies, got an upcoming #jobinterview? Here’s what you should wear: bit.ly/105Zhvr

Rock Around the LEGO

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The reason I am constantly showing you creative LEGO displays is because they have come a long way since our children played with them. Thanks to technology, Giuseppe Acito, an Italian music producer, was able to put together the “Toa Mata Band,” a quartet that includes several small robotic LEGO figures programmed to play various electronic instruments.

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