{"id":3416,"date":"2010-01-02T18:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T01:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2010-01-02T18:36:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T01:36:38","slug":"photo-catchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Corporate\/Consumer Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I mentioned to Donna that our charcoal-lighting chimney had rusted out.  That afternoon I got this email: &#8220;Amazon.com recommends Weber 87886 Chimney Starter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the coffee shop earlier today our friend Darrell mentioned actor Tom Hanks, and I commented that he and I both went to Sacramento State College.  A few minutes ago Facebook flashed this notification on my screen: &#8220;You have (1) new quiz: Think you know Tom Hanks?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OMG I am freaking out.  Once is coincidence, twice is conclusive proof that Satan stalks the earth.  I know Amazon and Facebook track members&#8217; preferences and choices, but when did they start monitoring offline conversations?  Is it time to start checking my molars with an RFID scanner?<\/p>\n<p>I post the following photos for the edification of our corporate overlords.  Please note that I prefer cardigan sweaters in solid colors, that I like my trousers pleated and dark, and that my taste in mountain bikes runs to hardtail frames.\u00a0 By this time tomorrow, I expect to find an inbox full of messages from Nordstrom&#8217;s and Specialized Bicycles.\u00a0 Or you could just beam the ads directly into my head, if you&#8217;d rather.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"12-26-09_4a.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/images\/12-26-09_4a.jpg\" alt=\"Off to another Christmas party (Dec 26, 2009)\" width=\"450\" height=\"556\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donna &amp; Paul (Dec 26, 2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"01-02-10_5a.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/images\/01-02-10_5a.jpg\" alt=\"My new mountain bike (Jan 2, 2010)\" width=\"450\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul&#39;s new bike (Jan 2, 2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I mentioned to Donna that our charcoal-lighting chimney had rusted out. That afternoon I got this email: &#8220;Amazon.com recommends Weber 87886 Chimney Starter.&#8221; At the coffee shop earlier today our friend Darrell mentioned actor Tom Hanks, and I commented that he and I both went to Sacramento State College. A few minutes ago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumerism","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3416"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3421,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416\/revisions\/3421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}