Weekly roundup Friday 10 Dec 2010
Good morning And hello from Amsterdam, where I’m taking time from the usual last minute rush of packing up my bags prior to leaving the ship and flying home to Seattle on Friday morning, to …
Good morning And hello from Amsterdam, where I’m taking time from the usual last minute rush of packing up my bags prior to leaving the ship and flying home to Seattle on Friday morning, to …
Oh my gosh. Here's an amazing helmet cam video showing an engineer climbing to the top of a 1768 ft transmission tower; part of the way without any sort of safety harness or anything. (There's …
Warning – Vertigo Sufferers Should Not View This Read More »
As longer time readers will know, I'm gravely concerned about the health dangers associated with cell phone radio waves. But that's not the only type of electromagnetic signal to worry about, oh no, not by …
Hydrogen has long been held out as a clean burning fuel that could be used as an alternative to oil-based fossil fuels – both for ecological reasons and in recognition of the finite remaining supplies …
Hydrogen’s Potential as an Alternative/Eco-Fuel Evaporates Read More »
Since the introduction of Amazon's original Kindle eBook reader in November 2007, the company has very successfully driven the acceptance of eBooks into the marketplace. Former attempts at creating a sustainable viable market for eBooks …
The Pressing Problem in Amazon’s Current (but Obsolete) Kindle eBook Readers Read More »
As travelers, we all too often leave our homes unoccupied and vulnerable. Technological advances in camera design and – of course – the wonder of the increasingly omnipresent internet have allowed home security systems to …
How to Design and Set Up a Home Security Video System Read More »
Did you know that a modern cell phone has a much poorer transmit/receive capability than was formerly the case in older models? The poorer quality of the phone's ability to make and receive calls (and …
All About Radio Repeaters, Range Extenders and Signal Boosters Read More »
There is a growing amount of concern and unhappiness at the rush by the TSA to deploy whole body imaging scanners – they may or may not work and they may or may not subject passengers …
Have you ever noticed how most legislation that is introduced to protect us against terrorists seems to end up doing little or nothing to help us ‘win the war against terrorism’, while adding another layer of inconvenience and …
NOTE : This article reflects a mixture of my own opinion (most of my own flying has been in gliders) and that of senior airline pilots. The complex issues have been simplified and due to …