Weekly Roundup Friday 28 June 2013
Good morning I was driving out to the airport in Seattle this last week, and as I approached the terminal, I suddenly realized an amazing thing, something I’d not consciously perceived before. As with most …
Month: June 2013
Weekly Roundup Friday 21 June 2013
Good morning Happy birthday to the ball point pen, which turned 75 just a few days ago. Although I still love my fountain pens, 99% of the time, they lie unused in a drawer, while …
A Second UA 787 Emergency Diversion in Three Days
We had barely finished writing about the Tuesday aborted flight of a UA 787 due to an apparent oil filter problem, than breaking news arrives about another oil related problem, on another United 787, …
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Another 787 Problem
Since the 787s returned to service, there have been a number of minor problems occurring with them or their engines, and we’ve resisted the temptation of gleefully writing about each of them, because they truly …
Weekly Roundup Friday 14 June 2013
Good morning Happy anniversary to Valentina Tereshkova – on Sunday it will be 50 years since she became the first woman in space. Ms Tereshkova now wishes to be the first woman on Mars. We …
ScotteVests – Now Guaranteed Pick-pocket Proof
It is fairly difficult to be too creative with how you promote something as seemingly generic as a jacket. But Scott Jordan, founder and inventor of the ScotteVest range of products, continues to come up …
US Customs Queues – A Costly Collapse in Customer Care
What part of welcoming foreign visitors and businessmen to the US do we not understand? Is it the bit about the billions of dollars they will spend in our country, or the part about the …
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An iPhone/iPad App Which Is All the Better for Ignoring My Suggestions
Usually I find it hard to write positively about products that ignore my suggestions for improvements, but in this case, the product is all the finer for having ignored the suggestions I offered to the …
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Weekly Roundup Friday 7 June 2013
Good morning Happy Birthday to WordPress. WordPress first appeared ten years ago, originally as a simple blogging software product. Today, it has extended to a sophisticated ‘content management system’ that is used by over 60 …
Briggs & Riley Debut New Hard Sided Suitcases and Carry-Ons
There’s no finer luggage on the planet than that made by Briggs & Riley. Indeed, every time I proclaim this self-evident truth, I get a chorus of readers enthusiastically writing in to share their own …
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