Archive for July 5th, 2010

A few thoughts..

So, I figured it might be neat to do something interesting with this blog. With stuff like Facebook (moar like Crackbook, amirite?) and whatever else becoming more prevalent, I don’t really see the point in keeping a personal blog any more. I’m not especially keen to put the energy in it, and the server logs tell me no one else is reading it anyway.

Rather than deleting it altogether, I’m going to experiment with using it as repository for stuff I’m interested in .. mostly travel or tech related material. Based on the Google hits that I’ve been getting — mostly to do with my howto’s for Apache and client authentication — it seems that the Internets agrees that this is a Much Better Idea™ than posting random personal crap.

Will be fun to see whether it works or not.

Travel geekery: updates to Velocity

A nice little update to Velocity was spotted over on the AFF forums today; Velocity members now earn status credits when flying with EK and MH on qualifying fares.

Of course — finding fares that qualify is a right pain in the ass. The online booking tools for both EK and MH don’t show fare codes for a selected fare, so there’s no easy way of telling whether a given fare will earn Velocity anything. Both Expedia and Zuji are similarly useless, so would definitely need to see a travel agent to be sure.

Fingers crossed that this will expand to offering premium check-in and lounge access on both of these carriers .. EK in particular, as I quite enjoyed flying with them last time. Looks like the status match I got myself is starting to become useful!

- zac.