Weekly Roundup, Friday 23 May 2014
Good morning I’d indicated last week that I expected to be out of town and possibly unable to send out a newsletter this week. Well, I got that half right. I am at home, but …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 16 May 2014
Good morning A couple of happy birthday notes this week, the older first. It is 60 years ago since the Boeing 707 prototype first rolled out of its hangar. The 707 can be said to …
An Ugly Side of TripAdvisor
Here’s an interesting article from the UK about hoteliers and restaurant owners complaining that they are being ‘blackmailed’ by patrons, who demand free meals, room upgrades, etc. If they are not given these things, the …
The NY Times Says We Should be Happy to Pay Airline Fees and Fares
It is either a very brave – or a very foolish – reporter who volunteers to write a story supporting high airline ticket prices and fees. You can decide whether this NY Times reporter is …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 9 May 2014
Good morning Happy birthday to Loch Ness monster. Although there are tales of monsters in Loch Ness dating back to the sixth century, the ‘modern’ monster was first ‘discovered’ in early May, 1933. Some people …
MH370 Search : Should the Authorities Have Chosen Heads Rather than Tails?
As you probably know, the entire ‘conventional wisdom’ about the general area where MH370 is thought to have crashed is based on one single thing – analysis of the radio signals exchanged between an Inmarsat …
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The Big Opportunity for a New Airline
Did you notice, the last time you went to your local airport, that the signs outside the front of the terminal are getting emptier and emptier. It used to be there’d be signs above each …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 2 May 2014
Good morning Happy birthday to BASIC. BASIC – the acronym for ‘Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code’ – was far from the world’s first programming language (you could have a lengthy argument about that because the …
