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via Albion Cooks:

Why did the tofurkey cross the road?

To prove he wasn’t chicken.

Thank you, thank you verr mush.

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When we bought the new car, one of the things we needed to do was transfer the EZ-Pass from my old car to the new. For those of you outside the NY Metro area, an EZ-Pass is a little transponder you attach to your car’s windshield. It allows you to drive through toll booths without having to stop and give money to the tollbooth attendant, making toll stops much quicker. Well, the EZ-Pass attaches to your car’s windshield with some industrial-strength velcro, except it’s not really velcro, it’s these hard plastic interlocking mushrooms that, unlike hook-and-loop Velcro, are the same on both faces of the tape. They have to be aligned before they’ll go together, and when they do, they click together in a very solid, satisfying way.

Well, I needed new EZ-Pass MegaMushroomVelcro for the new car, as the old MMV had gone away with the windshield of the 89 Golf when it was towed by the ADA (Donation.) Thinking that the MTA was the place to go, I went. And found no mention anywhere on that site of where or how to get new Velcro. There was an account area, but you needed to know your account number in order to get access. Not your name, not your zip. Your account number. Which is either on your bill, or on your EZ-Pass, neither of which most people have readily to hand. You’d think that they’d let you log in by name.

I ended up buying it on eBay for 7 bucks.

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We just bought a Subaru Outback, and I managed to lose the manual for the on-board GPS system. So I went hunting on their site for the manuals. When I clicked on the download link for the first section (yes, they put the manual up on the site as separate sections, rather than one big pdf,) I was directed to a signup page for an account name, e-mail, etc etc. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Subaru wants me to pay 35.00 for a 72-hour period in which I can download no more than 50 of their PDF manuals. Pretty insane. I guess I better look harder for that manual, or stop by the dealer and ask for another copy. Who, in this day and age, wants to charge you for PDf copies of their manuals? This is our second Subaru (our first was a 99 Forester) and we’ve been very happy with the cars, but this is just stupid.

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Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology: amazon unbox Goes Live

I’ll be interested in the first reviews of his (sic) product.

Ok, here’s a review:

First, and worst, doesn’t work with a Mac. Surprising for Amazon, and right there a deal-breaker. You can only watch on an XP PC. Can’t burn to DVD (except as a backup that won’t play in a DVD player, and librarians love DRM, right?) So I guess I’d say it sucks.
Technorati Tags: geek, amazon, library, stupid, mac