@hharteveldt From the most insightful and best-dressed travel analyst on the planet, that’s high praise!

@hharteveldt Correction on the Marketplace shout out: I’m @cdhowe, not @CarlHowe (thanks to @jeffreybreen for noticing; I didn’t).

@hharteveldt thanks for the Marketplace shoutout. I have heard that this California place is big and somewhere west of here.

@hharteveldt thanks for the Marketplace shoutout. I have heard that this California place is big and somewhere west of here.

Forgot my headphones today, so the sound track for my walk to the office was provided by film helicopters buzzing the seaport canal.

My answer to the question of the day: Could Google’s rumored phone be a net neutral one? http://bit.ly/2a140E

Fitchburg express now 10 minutes late arriving in S Acton. Sounds like the line will be backed up all thru rush hour.

Blogged today about how Samsung firmware bricked some of its Blu-ray players and tried to duck the replacement costs. http://bit.ly/PbC0h

@arj It’s particularly bad to put 50 pounds of cement in a 25 pound bag if you add water….

@jksloan The reason your replacement time jumped to 4-6 weeks is that all the other owners of shiny new Samsung Blu-ray bricks called too.