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More technological progress at Southwest:

More technological progress at Southwest: They have computer screens at the Oakland Airport terminal entrance where you can check in by swiping your Rapid Reward card. The computer will spit out your boarding pass right then and there, no need to get in line with the herd at the gate. Sweet.

Walked by some guy in a suit with his Wall Street Journal, wearing a set of Bose noise-cancelling headphones and a Panasonic Shockwave CD player. I had my Etymotic headphones and the iPod, and I was tempted to tell him (loudly), "Hey motherfucker, I have cooler toys than you." On the other hand, he probably gets laid on a regular basis.