A Few Things

Here are a few things I've come across in the past few days. I thought they were worth sharing.



This is a preview at a new application on the iPhone. You can order Starbucks on your phone - Grande Frappuccino, 2%, extra cream. And then to pay, just wave your phone in front of the QuickPay scanner. (I'll hold my comments until I can complain in person).

- Sidenote: There are 171 Starbucks in Manhattan alone!




And as you can see, Disney is hiring! I think it's a neat concept. They just have a way of really creating a sense of wonderment, even for employees. "Imagineers" "Chief Magic Official" It's almost worth making a video and applying.



And finally, a new word: Locavore
Definition: Someone who eats only foods produce/grown/raised within 100 miles of their home.

I'm not making this up - I read it in an article.
Here's the article: Food & Wine

Here's another one declaring Locavore the "Oxford Dictionary 2007 Word of the Year."

And here's a source for finding locally grown food in the US (calculating by "food miles.")