Month: January 2015

I was surprised by the poor connectivity in California. In the cities, mobile service and internet are somewhat okay, but once you leave the city, T-Mobile vanishes and if the internet appears at all, it’s just Edge. The fact that there’s no connection at all in national parks doesn’t surprise me anymore. I wonder why that is. It seems that it’s very important for safety. You can’t even call 911.

After pirating two PDFs of Dan Ariely’s previous books, I decided to buy the third one for dollars. It’ll give me something to do on the plane.

Neighborhood

Just like in my childhood)

Garlic Ice Cream

For 26 weeks, retail gasoline prices have been falling along with oil prices. In the USA.

At the motel breakfast, they serve packaged boiled peeled eggs.

In American hotels, the Douche almost always looks like this. Features: the pressure is not adjustable, the water temperature is controlled by turning this thing counterclockwise.

In American hotels, there’s always such a basket. Guess what for?

Apple’s office in Cupertino. Interestingly, there is no hint of an apple or corporate signage at the main building’s central entrance (as well as others). All there is – is a number – “1 Infinite Loop” – which is, in fact, the office address. Actually, I’m not entirely truthful – I did find one apple, at the store nearby, on the doors. A small one. On a large sign next to the store, there is no apple. And no Apple. There are also signs in the parking lot, everything is in order there, but they are purely informational.