Amazon Shipping – A Prime Mess
The core premise of Amazon’s Prime program has always been simple – free two-day shipping on items labeled as ‘Prime’ on their site, and discounted one-day shipping. There was no minimum order requirement, and it …
November 2017
Weekly Roundup, Friday 24 November, 2017
Good morning <Insert traditional comment of your choice about Thanksgiving eating excesses here!> I hope you too enjoyed Thanksgiving, which felt very much like a holiday for me this year. Having Anna at home on …
Top Ten Christmas Gift Giving Guide
Whether you’re looking for gifts for others, or wanting ideas to pass on for appropriate items for yourself, here’s a wonderful cornucopia of ideas, at least some of which are sure to delight everyone. We’ve …
Eight Port USB Charger with Power Meter
How many different USB powered electronic devices do you have? And, more to the point, how many ‘wall wart’ or ‘brick’ type chargers are you also accumulating? Sure, with some planning, much of the time …
Mini-Flashlight Stocking Stuffers
Better batteries and better lightbulbs have transformed pocket flashlights (or, as we say in English countries, ‘torches’). What was formerly bulky and heavy, requiring multiple batteries that would be used up way too soon, large …
Special Bargain Newsletter Sunday 19 November 2017
Good evening As you surely know, we’re in the run up to Thanksgiving. That doesn’t only mean turkey on Thursday, it also means Black Friday, and as you also surely know, the concept of Black …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 17 November, 2017
Good morning It has been an interesting week, with a major development in terms of the future of the A380, but not the development generally anticipated last week. I’ve been quietly busy this week, and …
A380 Caught in a Catch-22
By all accounts, the A380 is a lovely plane to fly in. It is quiet, comfortable, spacious, and flies smoothly. With three jetways, boarding and deplaning is reasonably quick and efficient, and most airlines operating …
The False Promise of Fuel-Cell Vehicles
These days, Toyota is the best known auto maker promoting fuel cell vehicles. Yes, they are a very sensible and very successful company. But even the most successful companies in the world are not always …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 10 November, 2017
Good morning Another airline retires its 747s, with United’s last 747 repeating and recreating the ambience of the flight of their first 747, to Honolulu, earlier this week. While it is easy to understand how …
Airline Travel Blankets
In the good old days, no-one needed to take their own travel blankets with them. The airlines provided plenty of free ones – indeed, if one wasn’t enough, you could usually get a second one, …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 3 November, 2017
Good morning As our 2017 Annual Fundraising event winds to its close, we had a good week last week with another 49 readers choosing to join in with their support, including six new Platinum members …
