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A Consumption Report From Virgin Airworld

December 27, 2008 by Patrick LaForge in iPhone Apps, Social Media

I'm in Los Angeles with the family this week, visiting the in-laws. I booked the flight kind of late and decided to try Virgin America, which had been getting a lot of hype for its geeky amenities and Jetblue-style business model. The only way I could get three seats together on Virgin was to pay extra for the roomier bulkhead seats, the so-called Main Cabin Select, which came with "unlimited" food and media, a sort of discount business class. The flight was pleasant and as enjoyable as JetBlue, but the geek reality has not yet caught up with the hype.

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December 27, 2008 /Patrick LaForge
first class, hooks, iPhones, Uhh Yeah Dude, holidays, cheese, student films, drinks, air travel, iTunes, Jonathan Coulton, gum, Harrison Ford, Hancock, music, MacBreak Weekly, pokes, Witness, Virgin America, Wall-E, Christmas, Facebook, John Hodgman, Tweets, Will Smith, JetBlue, podcasts, Stephen Colbert, food, Twitter
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Podcast Zeitgeist, Dec. 26

December 26, 2008 by Patrick LaForge in Podcast Zeitgeist

The mix this week is more culture than tech. Most of the podcasts I sample were off for the holidays, or they had recorded episodes in advance, so I went a little farther afield. [See all lists.]

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December 26, 2008 /Patrick LaForge
Benjamin Button, Bernard Madoff, Blogs, Books, Books on the Nightstand, Brazil, cheese, Coffee!, Coffeegeek, David Fincher, Dinner Party Download, drinks, e-books, Eating, espresso, Frank Sinatra, grok, John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Jonathan Larroquette, Keanu Reeves, Kindle, Leo Laporte, Mad Men, movies, mozzarella, Obika, parmesan, Podcast Zeitgeist, podcasts, protean gestures, Robert A- Heinlein, science fiction, Seth Romatelli, The Coffee Song, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Uhh Yeah Dude
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