Weekly Roundup Friday 7 September 2012
Good morning I was driving home last Friday evening after doing some shopping, and directly ahead of me, low in the sky, was a huge full moon. Really, really big. I guess in my 27 […]
2012
A New Spin on Supersonic Flight
I frequently bemoan the lack of truly innovative new ideas when it comes to airplane design. The timidity and unwillingness to invest in speculative R&D has slowed the pace of aviation development to a snail’s
Weekly Roundup Friday 31 August 2012
Good morning Farewell this week to Neil Armstrong, an unassuming gentleman who was so un-self-centered that he never thought to take (or have taken) a picture of himself during his history making time on the
California’s High Speed Trains Go Off the Rails
The news and evolution of California’s troubled high speed rail project continues to get worse and worse. It is helpful to look at the project in perspective, and also to understand the not just one
Weekly Roundup Friday 24 August 2012
Good morning Thanks for the various suggestions on hard drive backup/recovery strategies. I’ve been tied up with, ahem, completing the recovery of my hard drive, so haven’t replied to them all yet, but will try
Solitude’s Latest Noise Cancelling Headphones – To Buy or Not to Buy
Some people say innovation is dead in the US. But they’ve probably not come across Solitude Design, a small company that for nine years now has been steadily coming up with better and better models
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Weekly Roundup Friday 17 August 2012
Good morning A somewhat shorter newsletter this week, due to a second hard drive failure in my computer in almost as many months – this is discussed further in the newsletter itself. I lack both
Weekly Roundup Friday 10 August 2012
Good morning I write this to you in a state of bemused shock, even though the event that triggered this occurred two days ago. My not quite eight year old daughter nonchalantly showed me how
Will Merging AA and US Make the Industry More Competitive?
In the real world, the fewer the number of participants in a market, the less competitive it becomes. In this sort of world, a situation where a country’s six major airlines – let’s just call
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Weekly Roundup Friday 3 August 2012
Good morning The Olympics are now in full swing in London. Well, although the swing might be full (whatever that actually means) there are two things that are decidedly not full. The Olympic stadiums, and
Weekly Roundup Friday 27 July 2012
Good morning I hope you’re enjoying the summer, and if you’re going to the Olympics, I hope you managed to physically get your tickets – a dismayingly nontrivial task, as one of our readers discovered
Security Flaw in 4+ Million Hotel Keycard Locks
Remember the good old days when a hotel would give you an actual key to your hotel room door? Actually, I prefer the keycards – they are easier to keep in a wallet, and they
