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Best of Bow Wow Wow at Belore - Minneapolis, MN
Great show, small venue, crowd warmed up a little slowly, but it worked out in the end. Super glad I went! And Annabella is adorable.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Bike Part Vending
Interesting bike vending machine incident at the Bikefixation Station at the Uptown Transit Station.
Apparently when you buy something, in my case a $5 tube, you actually spend $25.
You insert card, it approves, then you make your selection like you would buying a candy bar. I pressed C 3 or whatever the hell it was, and the spiral turned and my choice was lent to gravity and it dropped into the big glove box.
The meager display indicated "$25 Credit!" as I leaned down to grab the "Q Tube" I had purchased for $5.
The shitty display indicated to press "end" or "#" if I was done selecting, so I pressed "#" since there was no "end" button. I pretty much ignored the credit notification. I was skeptical so waited a few minutes and pressed the alphanumeric slew of keys and numbers. Shortly, the shitty little display indicated to "slide your card or insert coins for purchase" or whatever the hell it said, so I figured it was back to forgetting who I was.
So I left.
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Tonight I peruse my Wells Fargo transactions (which I rarely do) to find that some weird "CHCKCARDSNK SODA VANMALVERN PAUS" entry for $25 pending.
I can only assume that this was some temp transaction to make sure my card was legit since bicyclists are known for rocking the machine to get free shit, (not really) which is asinine.
I didn't try to rock the vending machine and all peeps awaiting a bus looked at me like I was some sort of space man showing up with a weird rubber hose thingy all folded up, comparing to candy bars, looking at it, "buying a candy bar", then leaving with "candy bar".
So we'll see. I'll let you know if I get charged the full $25 or just the $5. If I need to down $25 more, fine. I suppose I could use a few more tubes or CLIF bars, but I think it's shitty service.
Maybe there was some fine print I missed since I'm a space man.
Let me know Bikefixationstation peeps!!
Dig the idea. Not sold on the service yet. And where is the Wedge vend? That would rock.
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A Story About Steve
I stood behind Steve in the lunch line in Cupertino one day. He was in the desert line; I thought I was just in a line to make it in to the cafe. He called to his pal. "Hey, Jony!"It was Jony Ive. Steve chose a slice of pie.A few days later, I was sitting outside the cafe at Apple's campus. I was at a small seat with a few other colleagues. The sun was out, it was a perfect August day in Silic
on Valley. 75ยบ and sunny, a few puffy white clouds against the bondi blue sky.Steve and Jony walked by. Both had a tray full of lunch, looking for a place to sit, outside, just like we all did that day.The two greatest minds in technology design, charisma, marketing and mystery. And neither of them can find a place to sit for lunch.As much as I wanted to, I wanted to give up my chair. But that wasn't the culture, Everyone knew Steve was just a guy. Steve wanted to eat lunch with his pal. He's really just a guy like you and me, jeans and all.When I was finished with my lunch, I got up, went and placed my lunch tray on the conveyor belt that most cafeterias have to make the lunch disposal easier. I made my way back outside, down the same path I was on when I saw Steve and Jony stride to find a place to talk about the future over lunch.A few steps down the that path I saw Steve and Jony laughing and smiling together. Having lunch together, perhaps talking about the next thing. I looked at Steve. He looked at me. I smiled. He smiled back.That was it.That was it.----I've been with Apple eight years and I doubt anything will top that. I've been using his products for 24 years and a fan of his personality as well as his distortion field ever since. I've loved his personality and his sharpness.He demanded perfection and excellence and the right thing for all of Apple's customers.Think Differently.Think.Thanks.
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Transom: A Showcase and Workshop for New Public Radio
Ira Glass, screenwriter of Sleepwalk With Me, starring Mike Birbiglia, spoke after screening at newly-renovated Uptown Theater tonight. He shared transom.org, a great link about how to start a story for radio/podcast.
Great stuff. See the flick.
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