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I recently made an Expedia account. One hiccup:

Um… so, make it match the drivers license… as long as it’s 2-25 characters! In that case, tough tiddlywinks, I guess.

A very nice lede from Joshua-Michéle Ross. “Shibboleth” is too strong; change that word and this is nearly perfect.
Hat in hand the U.S. Auto Industry lined up for their slice of government aid and it appears as of this posting that they will get the money they are asking for. These titans spent years hiding [...]

From TIAA-CREF:
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What gives with the proliferation of email confidentiality notices?
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Erin just pointed this out to me: those “too busy” to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches need not worry; Big Food has got it covered.

Shirky: “Almost indescribably self-involved.”

Attention multinational corporations: when your chief ethics officer has to take the fifth when asked to testify about boardroom malfeasance at your company, it might be time to look for a new ethics officer.
In other ethical news, an Illinois law passed last year or so requires that employees have to perform periodic ethics training. Dave [...]

Joan Miró’s family (or at least ARS) overreacts

Snow on the first day of spring

Irony when using Google Print