Austin Hamilton’s Blog

AP Karaoke Off, originally uploaded by austinhamilton.

Merriam-Webster’s 2007 word of the year is w00t.  The interjection is defined as “expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay”", a usage example is: w00t! I won the contest!

As a gamer, this is truly a great day for the English language.

w00t!

Continental Airlines is beginning to offer electronic boarding passes at Bush International Airport beginning this past Tuesday. The program offers a two dimensional bar code that is sent to the phone, in what I’m assuming is in the form of a picture message, to be read at the airport’s security check, and also at the gate. Read the full story at USATODAY.com.

Why am I blogging this? Because it is one step closer to having an all inclusive mobile device. With the introduction of the iPhone earlier this year, that was a huge step in the right direction, integrating a MP3 player, with a phone. Now granted, boarding passes aren’t a “device”, but it is an example, of how to integrate something that is currently done in a non-digital fashion, and integrating it with a digital platform, such as a phone. Once cell phones, or whatever communications devices evolve into, can be used as a form of payment, I’ll be happy carrying around only one thing in my pockets.

The fridge of a bachelor., originally uploaded by austinhamilton.

What items are small, contained in plastic containers, and live in the fridge of a bachelor? Condiments! That’s right, it’s been brought to my attention that bachelor fridges contain nothing but condiments. This picture is proof that I have fallen victim to the condiment filled fridge of a bachelor.