One feature Alonia has which I have yet to see in other softphones is, it recognizes when the caller’s mobile phone is switched off or unreachable and it pops up a message box telling you it can’t reach the caller rather that charging you for a full minute just to find out this info.  Skype is very dissapointing in this regard. Not only do they not have the feature, but they charge you more than a full minute when you get someone’s voicemail for instance ($0.06 instead of the regular $0.02 for US phone numbers for instance).

Use Alonia!

The flight was in service for about a year and a half starting with 2007 and ending in October 2008.  Rumors have it that Delta stopped flying the direct route because the merger with Northwest put it in conflict with whatever dealings Northwest had with Air France-KLM about not taking away any of the European business.  Which is too bad because after flying Air France on two roundtrips JFK to OTP in the Fall of 2008 I concluded most everything about that airline (and CDG) sucks!  Good thing KLM can save the day in that company.  But I digress…

Starting with June 1st, 2009 there will be Delta flight #134 JFK to OTP departing at 5:00pm EST and arriving at 10:20am Bucharest time.  The return flight is #135 departing at 12:20pm Bucharest time and arriving at 4:05pm EST.

I’m not reporting this as any official news and I don’t know of any official annoucement.  I figured it out through my own ticket booking excercises

In any case, one place that’s a favorite right now is the East West Living bookstore on 14th and 5th Avenue.  The coffee is good, the ambiance is awesome, and the staff is great.  Today, as I sat down, I laughed out loud reading this:

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No guarantees or assurances of any kind are given to customers who choose a reading at East West Living, and the company will not be held accountable for any interpretation or decision made by recipients based on information they are given or receive during readings.
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I understand the theoretical reasons for disclaimers in modern societies. But everytime I encounter moronic disclaimers like this I can’t stop thinking that in order for the disclaimer to show up on that table there must’ve been at least one person who complained of the lack of “guarantees” . 

The beligerant, litigious American society clearly comes across in this example in a major antithesis to the spirit of the East West bookstore itselfÂ

Peace!