Plastic Marlin http://plasticmarlin.com Keep Calm and Carry On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:49:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Thanks, China! http://plasticmarlin.com/2010/06/21/thanks-china/ http://plasticmarlin.com/2010/06/21/thanks-china/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:17:40 +0000 Travis http://plasticmarlin.com/?p=19 Continue reading →]]> image

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So I ordered a replacement remote control on eBay from a seller in China… a month ago. I’d begun to wonder if I’d been scammed until it arrived this morning and I saw why it took so long to get through customs: they did everything they could do to make it look like a bomb.

]]> http://plasticmarlin.com/2010/06/21/thanks-china/feed/ 0 Press Start http://plasticmarlin.com/2010/06/21/press-start/ http://plasticmarlin.com/2010/06/21/press-start/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:05:19 +0000 Travis http://plasticmarlin.com/?p=12 Continue reading →]]> Okay, so I’m going to try this again.  I’ve been running Plastic Marlin for a long time, and never done very much with it.  I start a new site, work on it for a while, then lose interest.  I wouldn’t be surprised if things turn out the same way now.  But the information landscape has changed quite a bit since the last iteration of PlasticMarlin.com; the tools are better, the connectivity is better, mobile and social networking are new elements I haven’t worked with before, so I’m willing to try this again.  So stay tuned for useless cruft from me that you don’t really need to see or read.

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