Weekly roundup Friday 1 October 2010
Good morning Sincere thanks to everyone who responded in the first week of this year's fundraising drive. You are even more special this year, for two reasons. First – the good news – the first week's …
Month: September 2010
Miscellaneous Roundup Friday 1 October 2010
Here's an interesting article which implies you can sometimes succeed in negotiating down the foreign exchange fees charged by your bank/credit card issuer when you're buying things in a foreign currency. You might sneer at this concept, but a …
Tablet Buying Guide – An Encyclopedic 10,000 word Resource
I've earlier gone on record as recommending people wait to buy an iPad or other tablet device rather than rushing out to buy a first generation Apple iPad. Judging by the extraordinary sales success of …
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Continental blames us for now charging for food on its flights
Continental has finally joined the rest of its airline brethren in charging for food in coach class on flights. There are many reasons why it might do this, from the obviously venal 'so we can …
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Southwest Airlines to buy AirTran – but Why?
In an announcement that surprised everyone, Southwest this morning indicated its intention to buy AirTran and to merge it into its existing Southwest brand. Southwest is paying an estimated $1.4 billion to buy AirTran, which …
Heathrow now at max capacity, says its chairman
One of the most puzzling aspects of Britain's change of government earlier this year, when a center-right coalition replaced the left of center Labor party, is that it quickly overruled the permission given by the …
Weekly roundup Friday 24 September 2010
Good morning It has been another busy week, and I've a lot of content to give to you, but first, it is once again that time of year (well, actually, slightly past that time of …
Airline Roundup Friday 24 September 2010
One of the things the airlines glibly trot out every time they seek an anti-trust exemption from the Department of Transportation, and one of the things the DoT delightedly accepts without question, is that the …
Miscellaneous Roundup Friday 24 September 2010
We're all familiar with the concept of airline seats that are too narrow for us (and for the people on either side of us) but there is precious little we can do in such cases …
All About Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch is New Zealand's second largest city, and is the largest city in the country's South Island. It earned some unwanted international fame three weeks ago when it suffered an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the …
All About Radio Repeaters, Range Extenders and Signal Boosters
Did you know that a modern cell phone has a much poorer transmit/receive capability than was formerly the case in older models? The poorer quality of the phone's ability to make and receive calls (and …
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Android phones continue their inexorable growth; Blackberry continues its shrinkage
The only type of smartphone losing more market share than Blackberry in the three months ended July 2010 compared to the three months ending April 2010 were those based on the Microsoft mobile operating system. …
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