Identity/biometrics/technology marketing and writing services
For people at Ontario International Airport and other airports throughout the United States, May 7 is REAL ID Sort of Enforcement Day.
For people on certain sides of streets in Ontario, California, today is another type of enforcement day.
For months, we have been told that if your car is parked on the street during street sweeping day, enforcement and fines will begin during the first full week of May.
But will the city truly enforce it?
13th Biennial Ontario Open Art Exhibition
Including Rebecca Steen’s contribution
I went back to the Upland Amazon Fresh at noon, primarily to see how Amazon incorporates technology into its services.
Amazon Fresh supports the Dash Carts I discussed in a previous post. (The Whole Foods I visited this morning does not.) These let you scan your items as you take them from the shelves, speeding your checkout.
Another device speeds your checkout by weighing your produce before checkout. Looks like you have to manually input the item number, though.
This device appeared to be for returns, but I wasn’t really sure.
As I wandered through the store, I was impressed with the variety of groceries offered.
But I was unable to find one item in Amazon Fresh—something that is readily available at the Dollar Tree next door.
The missing item?
Books.
Remember when Amazon was only a book seller?
Because of the long line at the Upland Amazon Fresh, I didn’t want to wait around to activate my new Amazon One account. So I went to the Whole Foods on the other side of town. Then the fun began.
I had previously designated a payment card to use with Amazon One (Card #1). When I went to check out and provided my palm, I was asked to insert this card.
The reader said there was a problem with this card, so I inserted a different card (Card #2) and the payment processed on that card.
After my purchase I went back to my Amazon One app…which still showed Card #1 as my purchase card.
Not sure what’s going on.
So the day approaches, and the Upland Amazon Fresh will hold its grand opening on Thursday, May 1.
Wonder if the bear will show up.
What? You forgot about the bear?
“Yes, that’s an Amazon driver in the foreground, raising his hands to try to scare a bear away so he can make his delivery. He was successful.
“The full Storyful video can be found here. (And of course it’s a Ring video. You didn’t expect a Nest video, did you?)”
I wonder if the bear’s paw will work with the palm vein reader.
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After I wrote the main body of this post, I realized that I accidentally wrote the Bredemarket trifecta, covering all three of my concentrations:
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(Dog picture from Imagen 3)
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Ontario’s Measure Q sales tax increase is funding infrastructure.
““This is a big measure for us,” he continues. “It’s going to bring in anywhere between 65 and 95 million a year in extra funding for our community.” The majority of that is going to be used for capital improvement projects like infrastructure, and so we’re really trying to make sure that our strategy for Measure Q means being transparent in where residents can see the money in their community.””
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