Stop Being Broken

When you add an authorized user to a JP Morgan Chase credit account, naturally they want to know that person’s name, and you have the option for adding a Title (also sometimes called a Prefix).

Here’s the list of titles available, as of a few days ago:

1. 1 LT
2. 1ST LT
3. 1ST TLT
4. 2D LT
5. 2DLT
6. 2LT
7. ADM
8. BG
9. BGEN
10. BRIG GEN
11. CAPT
12. CDR
13. CPT
14. DR
15. ENS
16. FR
17. GEN
18. HON
19. LCDR
20. LT COL
21. LT GEN
22. LTC
23. LTCOL
24. LTG
25. LTJC
26. MAJ
27. MAJ GEN
28. MG
29. MISS
30. MR
31. MRS
32. PROF
33. RADM
34. REV
35. SR
36. THE HON
37. THE REV
38. VADM

There are quite a lot of military titles in that list, and that’s heartening to see, even though some of them are redundant (is there a difference between LT COL and LTCOL?) and some are missing (where’s regular old Colonel?).

I couldn’t help noticing that there’s no Ms. option. I’ve been told since my Sesame Street days that some women prefer to be called “Ms.”, and it’s always valid whether a woman is married or not. Plus, it’s fun to say.

Take some time this week to check your application’s prefixes and suffixes, and make sure they haven’t gotten too noisy. Then set yourself a reminder to check them regularly. Every three months ought to be sufficient.

I’ve been enjoying this “Defying Gravity” show. Though it sometimes comes across as little more than “pretty people in space”, it’s still about the human need to explore, and it largely doesn’t insult the audience.

After the first episode, I twittered a joke about how they’re using an internationally-unfriendly date format, but I was willing to let that slide, even though the mission to multiple planets requires help from many many countries, and especially since this takes place in 2052, when we should know better than to display the 9th day of the 28th month.

But then in episode nine (”Eve Ate the Apple”), I saw this:

Media Connected

Check out those search boxes at the top:

Keyword

Phrase

Exact

Three separate search boxes for “Keyword”, “Phrase” and “Exact”. So in 2052, we still won’t have learned modestly-advanced searching techniques. Yikes.

Still, I do like the little Red Cross icon near the lower left. I’m sort of tempted to use that for “Help” the next time it comes around.

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• Here’s a Google Spreadsheet of a few different lists of genres to consult

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How to stop being annoyed with the pretentiousness at Starbucks.

Thanks to betsyjean79 for her Creative Commons-licensed photo.

If you ended up here by searching the Web for information about Starbucks cup sizes, you’re just looking for the answer and don’t feel like watching the video, here’s the short version:

Starbucks actually has four sizes:

• 10 oz. – “short”
• 12 oz. – “tall”
• 16 oz. – “grande”
• 20 oz. – “venti”

The sizes are different in some cases for the cold drinks. There’s no “short”, for instance, and the venti is actually 24 oz. to allow for all the ice.

It’s a waste of time to match and fold your socks.

Brand new theme music from Songs To Wear Pants To!

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Screencast music from “The Easter Song” by Paul and Storm

The pressure lines that activate a traffic light often encourage you to break the law, and maybe even drive dangerously.

Intro music from the song “Drive” by Jonathan Coulton

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