Category Archives: Travel

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Young Canadian Stranded in London Found Himself Richer Than he Thought A young Canuck found himself stranded in London with only a few quid to his name, but found that, in the immortal words of Chris the Wookiee, “if you … Continue reading →

Twelve Mile Circle is an awesome site. It collects the strange quirks and geographical anomalies that lie hidden all around us. Urban roads that are actually rural, Old English towns in China, and more await you. (I use “phantasmagoria” in the … Continue reading →

  Sometimes you’re diving, and you see a shark, and she’s like, “Yeah!”, and you’re like, “Yeah!”, and you have to give each other a high five. Pictures of the day: 20 March 2012 – Telegraph.