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Good News For iTunes Movie Viewers

Apple has announced some deals with major movie studios to have those purchases be accessible on iCloud.  Why is this a big deal? Well, prior to these deals, if you bought a movie on iTunes and downloaded it to your laptop, you couldn’t watch…

Should You Buy The New iPad?

Now that the dust has settled (and all the inventory for pre-selling has been claimed), if you weren’t one of the lucky ones, should you wait in a really long line to get a new iPad?  Well, first, here’s some of the reasons why…

AA Brings Back Elite Rewards

American Airlines announced bonuses for extra miles above and beyond achieved status levels yesterday. The rewards themselves are compelling, although largely unachievable for most.  AA has done this for a few years now, and the last two years the rewards have been based on…

Passport Renewal News and Notes

We’re going through the process of renewing the family passports.  With a 10-year initial term, this is actually the first renewal for Michelle and I.  Catherine’s was only a 5-year term, so hers was up for renewal as well.  If you don’t have a…

More News on AA Union Negotiations

I was a little surprised to see this article in the WSJ this morning. Very soon after American filed for bankruptcy it announced that it would have to terminate the pension plans for it’s workforce.  When something like this happens, the Pension Benefit Guaranty…