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Clown-Car Packing Technique for Traveling Light
Pack Like a Clown (In a Good Way) While I still swear by my modified Stewardess Packing Technique (see links below), I enjoy seeing how other people wrestle with fitting stuff into small pieces of luggage. YouTuber eviltommy demonstrates the … Continue reading
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World’s Subway Systems Converging Towards Ideal Form
Subways, Metros Converge Towards Core-&-Branch Systems Interesting: despite their different histories and development cycles, the world’s major underground transit systems are converging towards a quantifiable form. Cities are like living things, and those who study them are well aware of … Continue reading
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Virgin Atlantic Launching In-Flight Mobile Phone Service
You begged for it, and Richard Branson answered. Virgin Atlantic is rolling out in-flight mobile phone service on its EWR-LHR service (Airbus A330). Of course, you’ll pay dearly for the privilege of pissing off your neighboring passengers. Also, the GPRS platform … Continue reading
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WestJet Wants to Rent You a Tablet
WestJet’s Ill-Advised In-Flight Tablet Scheme WestJet, not content with its current failure to implement an in-flight entertainment strategy, decided to check out those newfangled tablet thingies all the kids are talking about. However, since WestJet is WestJet, the airline was … Continue reading
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One Night with Invader: Paris Street Art in Motion
IN BED WITH INVADER chronicles a night in the life of the mysterious Invader, the guy who puts up those mosaic Space Invaders all over the world. It’s great to know that Invader’s work is an ongoing process: look up when … Continue reading
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Goodbye, Ceefax
Ceefax Shut Down Across UK As Britain’s analog signal gets switched off, so too is a stalwart of UK TV: Ceefax. I remember seeing Ceefax for the first time as an expat in 1994. It was really retro to my … Continue reading
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Lakeside Lounge Closing Down in East Village
Goodbye, Lakeside Lounge Filmmaker Jill Woodward solemnly told me that Alphabet City watering hole Lakeside Lounge is closing down at the end of April. Lakeside Lounge, on Ave B at E. 11th, is best known for its ultra-cheap happy hour … Continue reading
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The Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits of Nina Katchadourian
Creative In-Flight Self-Portraits How do you pass the time on a long-haul flight? Well, if your’e photographer Nina Katchadourian, you lock youself in the lavatory and imitate 15th-Century photographs with toilet paper. No matter how badly I had to go, … Continue reading
Girl Blown by Plane: Sint Maarten Airport
Beachgoer vs Jetliner at Maho Sint Maarten Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) services Sint Maarten (the Dutch half of St. Martin). Planes take off and land right over the beach at Maho. Consequently, beachgoers like to get up right against … Continue reading
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Mama Penguins Launch Like Rockets- Video
Female Emperor Penguins ‘Fly’ Ashore The best thing I’ve seen on Frozen Planet so far (and that’s really saying something) is the triumphant return of the female Emporer Penguins after three months at sea. Carrying food for their soon-to-be hatched … Continue reading
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