The Wall St Journal is a curious hybrid of a newspaper these days, and while much of its contents remains first rate, it sometimes massively disappoints. Case in point – this ridiculous piece from Peter Sanders […]
Good morning Summer is making increasingly promising noises of its pending arrival on our doorstep any day now. In my case it has resulted in needing to buy a new mower to replace my old
The last few months have seen a number of supposed iPad challengers launched. Motorola's Xoom has failed to win the marketplace acceptance which it seemed, on paper, it might gain – it looks like possibly
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Whether it is in beautiful little single lane country roads such as the one pictured here in Great Rissington, or on twelve lane super-freeways, or twirling around their traffic circles (aka roundabouts), driving in Britain
I wrote about the Netflix video streaming service back in mid February. I described it in unusually extravagant terms as 'a triumphant success and a must have feature for your home'. In February, internet traffic
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Good morning I had to laugh on Thursday afternoon. I was in the middle of researching/writing an article about unexplained mysterious glitches in airplane avionics, and whether or not they may be caused by our
From time to time I hear from readers who have suffered at the hands of the US Immigration authorities. They, or friends of theirs, have tried to get a tourist visa to visit the US,
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A recent article points out that the airlines' ban on having portable transmitters operating in a plane is often being ignored/overlooked by people with Bluetooth headsets. That is very true, but why stop there? An
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Good morning I'm traveling at present so this will be a somewhat shorter newsletter. However, although the newsletter is a 'mere' 1670 words (!), there are some goodies added to the website for your interest,
I wrote, yesterday, about how the airlines tried every which way to dissuade the Dept of Transportation from introducing new passenger protection regulations. You might be wondering how successful the airlines were in their advocacy,
Last week, the US Department of Transportation announced a new set of airline passenger rights regulations, building on existing rights and adding new ones. This is a positive step, and hopefully will be followed by
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Here's something I stumbled across this morning – a proposed new supplementary form that the State Department may require us to complete as part of applying for a passport. Go have a look at the
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