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better living through infographics - in a dickensian sort of way

submitted by robertkamper on thu, 2008-09-11 08:42.

Past:
my home town of key west just saw some tropical storm winds and waves from hurricane ike, which crossed cuba twice while running along its coast,

Present
and is now growing bigger in the gulf of mexico:

tags: hurricane google infographics ike earth noaa

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the wonderful world of automation

submitted by robertkamper on tue, 2007-12-11 23:21.

I sent a package via UPS the other day and was told it should be delivered by the 10th of December. Here's the latest two updates:

12/10/2007 5:22 P.M. A CORRECT STREET NUMBER IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION

12/10/2007 9:45 P.M. A CORRECT STREET NUMBER IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION / A POSTCARD HAS BEEN SENT TO THE RECIPIENT REQUESTING THAT THEY CONTACT UPS.

tags: canada stupidity inventions duh ups google mapquest yahoo incompetence

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