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Nov 17 2006

TSA Security Checkpoint Wait Times

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The Transportation Security Administration released an online tool today that displays historical (not current) wait time averages at airports. The data is broken down by airport, day of week, and departure times.

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Nov 03 2006

99 Ranch coming to the Tri-Valley

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East Bay Business Times reports that a 99 Ranch will be opening in Dublin in April or May of 2007. The location was formerly occupied by Ralph’s grocery market, and their website confirms the location at 7333 Regional Street. This is great news for the asian community in the Tri-Valley, and I can’t wait for […]

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Oct 19 2006

Minneapolis

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Wow, I’m happy to be back home beacuse the weather is sooooo nice. There is not a cloud in the sky, and its absolutely goregeous. I just came back from Minneapolis, where the weather wasnt so great, but at least it wasn’t snowing. It was pretty cold, but I ended up taking cabs everywhere, so […]

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Oct 06 2006

New York

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I’m back from another business trip. This time I stayed at the Hampton Inn Manhattan-Seaport-Financial District, and I wouldnt stay there again. Its a tiny hotel, and I think there was only five rooms per floor! The rooms felt no bigger than a regular office sized cube. There was no room service available, and the […]

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Oct 03 2006

United Airlines Boeing 757-200 Premium Service

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On my way to New York, I was on the Boeing 757-200 Premium Service plane from United Airlines. Apparently, these planes have been around forover a year. From UA’s press release:
“United’s p.s. service is flown on a three-class Boeing 757 aircraft and has 12 United First®, 26 United Business and 72 United Economy Plus seats. […]

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Sep 29 2006

Another Dublin-Pleasanton BART Station?!

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Wow… there will be a second Dublin-Pleasanton BART station by 2009. I wonder why they chose this location for the next BART station. A better choice would be Livermore, as there are so many people from there and further (like Tracy) that use the current Dublin-Pleasanton BART station. The Pleasanton mayor Jennifer Hosterman even said […]

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