Most people on most cruises are middle aged and older. Any time you get a thousand or more middle aged and elderly people together for a week or so, simple unavoidable statistics dictate the likelihood […]
Danger : Cruising – and Cruise Lines – Can Be Harmful to Your Health Read More »
Good news for us. New regulations introduced by the DoT require airlines to show the total price of a ticket in the advertising, inclusive of all taxes and fees. Other provisions of the new regulations
Airlines vs Passengers : A Win for Passengers (and the DoT) Read More »
In 1972 an Englishman was traveling through Afghanistan and had his passport stolen. The British Embassy in Kabul issued him a new one with no fuss or delay. It subsequently transpired that his passport was
An Englishman’s Problems Visiting the US : Strange Story – Even Stranger Excuse Read More »
Good morning It is now a mere one week until the start of the 2012 Olympics. Last week I featured an article ‘London’s Olympic Sized Mess’ which chronicled many of the problems surrounding the staging
Will it be the most challenging Olympics in living memory – but not for the competitors; rather, for the people ordinarily resident in and around the city hosting the games? London’s staging of the Olympic
Google is a curious mix of extremely clever alongside naively stupid. It for sure understands most there is to know about internet searching and how to monetize that service, but it has tripped over its
Google’s Amateurishly Launched Nexus 7 – Our Hands-On Review Read More »
Note : This is a follow up article, building on the points in our earlier article when the Nexus 7 was first announced and adding further commentary based on using the Nexus 7 alongside an
Good morning It’s a Black Friday today. Superstition holds this to be an unlucky day for traveling, so be careful out there. I opened last week’s newsletter eulogizing Andy Griffith (which one reader mildly disagreed
A strange unreality descends, once every four years, on some part of the globe, infecting its political leaders with fevered delusions and impossible visions. This is, of course, the outcome of the modern day Olympic
Wednesday saw our annual celebration of America and all that makes us so great and good. This year the sum of America’s greatest and best was sadly diminished by the death of Andy Griffith, of
Good morning It has been more a tech than a travel week, with the exciting release of Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet being announced on Wednesday. One of the articles added to this weekly roundup
When the iPad first launched in April 2010 (a mere two years ago) life was fairly simple for mobile computing. You could use a smartphone, with screen sizes typically 3.5″ and, rarely, growing up to
Does Size Really Matter (for Tablet Screens, that is)? Read More »
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