Comments on: Saturday Grab Bag: A Product & Services Edition

By: tecosystems » 2007: The Year in Review, from Macro to Micro

tecosystems » 2007: The Year in Review, from Macro to Micro — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:33:56 +0000

[...] thanked them for a great summer of baseball. After spending so much time in San Francisco, I began using Zipcar. Late in the season, I caught a game at Fenway: Sox vs Oakland. Lastly, I proposed that Sun enter [...]

By: Dan Sickles

Dan Sickles — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:59:54 +0000

So then I can bring my x61s to the breweries when I’m in Portland next week. Surf ‘n suds. Gotta get Gutsy.

By: sogrady

sogrady — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:12:12 +0000

Ross: indeed. i’d heard tales of various beverages spilled on laptops, but this is my first first-hand experience of the quality. hope to avoid it in future, but grateful for it now.

Luis: you can always get out at New Montgomery, though, and grab one at the Palace Hotel right there.

By: Luis

Luis — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:19:39 +0000

The problem with BART is that at many stations (particularly in the evenings) there is no reliable taxi service, so unless you’re within walking distance from the station, you’ve got to cross your fingers and pray that you’ll get a taxi (or have someone pick you up.)

Zipcar, on the other hand, is full of awesome if you live in or work in a coverage area.

By: Ross Burton

Ross Burton — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:33:38 +0000

ThinkPads are pretty hardy against water spills, and the ?60 line is even more so as there are drainage points under the keyboard so that water will run through and out the bottom.

A few months ago I managed to knock a glass of Turbo Pimms (Pimms, lemonade, vodka) over a X40. It turned off straight away but was working again, although with sticky keys, within two hours.