{"id":2421,"date":"2005-11-14T17:09:14","date_gmt":"2005-11-14T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photomatt.net\/2005\/11\/14\/lucky-orbitz\/"},"modified":"2005-11-14T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2005-11-14T23:09:14","slug":"lucky-orbitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/11\/lucky-orbitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Orbitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just booked a flight to Vegas for the IP4IT conference, where I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulver.com\/ip4it05\/conference_program_ews11131125550.html\">on a panel with Mr. Wikipedia Jimmy Wales<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/orbitz.com\/\">Orbitz<\/a> waiting graphic popped up a talk bubble that said &#8220;Say hi to lady luck for me.&#8221; How nice! It&#8217;s little things like that which make me use Orbitz more and more, not to mention the prices it gives me are great. I&#8217;m not looking forward to booking a Thanksgiving ticket to Houston, though. (BTW, if there are any Vegas WP users <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/contact\/\">drop me an email<\/a> and we may be able to get together, though I&#8217;m only there for the day.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just booked a flight to Vegas for the IP4IT conference, where I&#8217;m on a panel with Mr. Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, and the Orbitz waiting graphic popped up a talk bubble that said &#8220;Say hi to lady luck for me.&#8221; How nice! It&#8217;s little things like that which make me use Orbitz more and more, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/11\/lucky-orbitz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lucky Orbitz<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[33,93],"tags":[1,92],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides","category-travel","tag-general","tag-orbitz"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/11\/lucky-orbitz\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Lucky Orbitz","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/11\/lucky-orbitz\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/11\/lucky-orbitz\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Asides","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":["general","orbitz"],"dateCreated":"2005-11-14T23:09:14Z","datePublished":"2005-11-14T23:09:14Z","dateModified":"2005-11-14T23:09:14Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Lucky Orbitz\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2005\\\/11\\\/lucky-orbitz\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2005\\\/11\\\/lucky-orbitz\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Asides\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[\"general\",\"orbitz\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2005-11-14T23:09:14Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-11-14T23:09:14Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2005-11-14T23:09:14Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-D3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2456,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2005\/12\/london-troubles\/","url_meta":{"origin":2421,"position":0},"title":"London Troubles","author":"Matt","date":"December 8, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Geez, I should have stayed in Paris! 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