Google Lapses Into Politically Correct Silence
So how is your general geographic knowledge? Looking at the header image/map on the left, or if you prefer, here’s the Google Map it was taken from, you can see the Gulf of Oman, and […]
2012
Weekly Roundup Friday 11 May 2012
Good morning Happy 75th birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened in May 1937. It has become one of the world’s most instantly recognizable bridges, and is approaching its two billionth vehicle crossing sometime
Should Non-Refundable Airline Tickets Be Refundable
From time to time, a story ‘gains legs’ in the media, telling the sorrowful tale of some person who through terrible tragedy and no fault of their own, is unable to take the flights they
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Weekly Roundup Friday 4 May 2012
Good morning I had another burst of intense self doubt earlier this week. Are airlines really as stupid as I say they are? Or am I missing something so thunderingly obvious as to imply I’m
A Shotgun Marriage Between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble?
Earlier this week we heard what seemed like interesting, unexpected, and exciting news from beleaguered Barnes & Noble and their epic struggle to make second place a viable place, with their Nook battling against mighty
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How To Prevent Spam Text Messages On Your Cell Phone
I’ve recently been getting junk/spam type text messages on my cell phone. This felt way more intrusive than regular spam emails and unwanted phone calls. Text messages are typically ‘interruptive’ type events – you stop
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Delta’s Oil Refinery Purchase Now Confirmed, And Even Stranger than Earlier Expected
We wrote a month ago about Delta being rumored to buy a closed down loss making oil refinery in the Philadelphia area. Although we had no exact data on the claimed benefits to Delta or
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Weekly Roundup Friday 27 April 2012
Good morning ‘Waste not, want not’ has been my motto for a long time now. It is amazing how many experiences can become Travel Insider articles – it seems a shame to waste an interesting
What to Include in a Car Emergency Kit
I nearly died of exposure a week or so back. Well, okay, so I’m exaggerating somewhat. What happened was my car broke down and I had to park it perilously close to fast traffic zipping
Whether 4 or 95 yrs old, a Congressmen or a Vet, the TSA Blindly Harasses Innocent Travelers
While the TSA continues to blindside itself by overlooking enormous vulnerabilities in airport and aviation security, and while it seeks to expand its role to stopping ordinary cars driving on ordinary highways for random searches
Weekly Roundup Friday 20 April 2012
Good morning Happy 60th birthday this week to the illustrious Boeing B-52, still operational as a heavy bomber, sixty years after it first took to the skies on 15 April, 1952. 744 of the planes
When is the Best Time to Buy Your Airfare?
I noticed an article in the NY Times earlier this week about when is the best time to buy an airfare. That is, for sure, a murky topic that we’d all love to know the
