{"id":10136,"date":"2006-08-25T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/08\/25\/a-bit-of-travel-advice.html"},"modified":"2006-08-25T13:59:57","modified_gmt":"2006-08-25T20:59:57","slug":"a_bit_of_travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/25\/a_bit_of_travel.html","title":{"rendered":"A bit of travel advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re flying on an airplane and have an iPod (assuming they still let those on any more), whatever you do, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/ottawacitizen\/news\/story.html?id=6a11bd67-f717-4aa3-80a9-840c07949730&amp;k=28503\" target=\"_blank\">don&#8217;t accidentally drop it in the toilet<\/a>.  While the newspaper accounts that follow may sound innocuous, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.worldofwarcraft.com\/thread.html?topicId=11211166&amp;pageNo=1&amp;sid=1\" target=\"_blank\">your personal tale may be a lot less &#8230; amusing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/dropped_ipod_le.html\" target=\"_blank\">Schneier<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re flying on an airplane and have an iPod (assuming they still let those on any more), whatever you do, don&#8217;t accidentally drop it in the toilet. 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