Weekly Roundup, Friday 30 September 2016
Good morning It must have been the green ink. After our annual fundraising drive got off to a slow start two weeks ago, with 42 readers participating, I highlighted the event last week, which drew …
Good morning It must have been the green ink. After our annual fundraising drive got off to a slow start two weeks ago, with 42 readers participating, I highlighted the event last week, which drew …
Life was once simpler. There was only one class for passengers on airline flights. Initially it was a very ‘adventurous’ class – open cockpits and high rates of fatalities. It then evolved to become comparatively …
Good morning In the excitement of everything else last week, I did a poor job of calling your attention to a matter of importance to me, and perhaps to you too. Our annual Travel Insider …
One of the constant challenges we face as business travelers is finding a bag that is convenient to carry, functional and robust, but also one which we can take into a meeting at the ‘other …
Backpack too Informal? Briefcase too Inconvenient? Try a Messenger Bag. Read More »
Good morning We’ve a great opportunity for one lucky single gentleman. We have a single gent on our New Zealand tour looking for someone to share with. This person has traveled with me twice before, …
If you have a regular route you fly, you’ll probably have noticed that the scheduled time for that flight has been gradually extending over the last several decades. In my case, the short nonstop SEA-LAX-SEA …
The Obscured Truth of Why Your Flight Takes Longer Today than 20, 30, even 40 Years Ago Read More »
Good morning It is great to be back once more, although the time away on our Balkans Cruise from Bucharest to Budapest was absolutely wonderful. Perfect weather, a brilliant cruise, and – as is happily …
The big news this week was supposed to be the Apple iPhone 7 launch (see our commentary and analysis here). Not so widely publicized was Amazon bracketing that event with some much more exciting new …
The new iPhone 7 and 7+ were announced this morning at a release event in San Francisco. This year, Apple pretty much abandoned any pretense of keeping the details under wraps, so much so that …
In little more than one hour’s time, we will experience Apple’s annual release event announcing details of their new model of iPhone, together with some other new product announcements too. So, should you rush out …
Apple’s Annual iPhone Update – A Background Analysis Read More »