4 month ago
Anil : "Where did this boat come from?" - Peggy Whitson is a 48-year-old biochemist who fell from space and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The eight people who greeted her didn't quite understand that they had encountered a spaceship gone astray, and asked about the origins of her boat. Af
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4 month ago
Anil : "Where did this boat come from?" - Peggy Whitson is a 48-year-old biochemist who fell from space and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The eight people who greeted her didn't quite understand that they had encountered a spaceship gone astray, and asked about the origins of her boat. Af
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7 month ago
Eric Meyer : flugtag - Anything I tried to say would cheapen the experience. Just go read it.
deusx : Scott Andrew - DIY acoustic pop superhero! > wordpress > archives > 2008 > 04 > flugtag - "Look, didn’t you attend the seminar? Did you not just SEE the guy with the hanglider? The system works. All you have to do is keep throwing stuff over the edge."
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11 month ago
deusx : A Users Manual to Seat 21C - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog - "CONGRATULATIONS ON SELECTING SEAT 21C! This manual is intended to familiarize you with the many options available to you."
Rod Begbie : A Users Manual to Seat 21C - Too true to be funny. (I was particularly pissy that on my flight earlier, the tray table was covered with a huge advertising sticker. I promptly peeled it off. Fucked if I'm going to let someone steal my attention when I'm trapped in a confined space) [via] #
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14 month ago
jcgregorio : HOWTO Find out why your flight is REALLY delayed - Boing Boing
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27 month ago
Rod Begbie : Economist.com: Welcome aboard - What an honest in-flight announcement would sound like. [via] #
plasticbag : Spotted on Dan Hill's weblog - the honest in flight announcements of the future? - "In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?"
François Nonnenmacher : Welcome aboard - In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?
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47 month ago
Andy Baio : Cory refuses to give up personal info to American Airlines - his letter to AA is a great read
Nelson Minar : Cory doesn't go along - I wish more people were able to challenge the inanity of air travel today
deusx : Boing Boing: Why is American Airlines gathering written dossiers on fliers' friends? - Another data point for my hesitation to ever take a plane to anywhere this decade, even domestically.
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