I do hate the old-hag manner of going ‘things used to be better in the days..yadda yadda….’, but in case of flying (on airplanes), the statement is probably true.
Or else, I must have been much less demanding and easily pleased twenty three years ago, which was the last time I flew half-way around the [...]
Post-colonial angst (brought up during a conversation by GreatBong ): Defined as the post-modern flip-side of colonial hangover; an inability to shed the smug sense of superiority from the colonial days of the British Empire. And this TimesOnline article by Kevin Eason about Tata’s bid for Jaguar and LandRover takeovers (briefly mentioned in the [...]
But it can carry you from point A to point B. The Tata Nano.
The much anticipated Nano (a name I don’t really care for much) was unveiled today amidst much fan-fare. Touted by Tata as ‘the people’s car’, it is the world’s cheapest automobile. Additionally, if you are so inclined to think such manners, [...]
Currently about 1/3 of the trip done (another 3hours of wait + 14hours in air). RDU-DFW-LAX sections were tiring (I just cannot sleep sitting up) but uneventful.
A few hours at LAX, especially at their appallingly mismanaged, exceedingly chaotic International Terminal has been interesting though. Getting food (which we last about 12 hours earlier) proved [...]
With a heavy heart, I will be bidding farewell today to a dear love. It’s been just over two years, but we had become so close - trusting and understanding each other, yet not demanding too much.
But keys to the Atlantic Blue Pearl, 250l-ft (at 3600rpm) torque producing, turbo-charged pure driving thrill will be handed [...]
The CEO of JetBlue airlines, David G. Neeleman, admitted to a failure in communications systems which led to over 1000 flight cancellations for over a week (including a full plane that was stranded on the JFK tarmac for six hours) after last week’s northeast snowstorms.
David G. Neeleman said in a telephone interview yesterday that his [...]
….err….its okay to be naughty while flying.
Via Neil Gaiman’s blog, came across the Transport and Security Administration(TSA)’s final list of ‘permitted and prohibited items’ for flying that will save us from the terrorists (The Fine Print they forgot: this will not protect you from FAA’s violation of its own rules, or overworked control tower workers [...]
I am all for helping the poorer countries in world, especially when it comes to buying much needed medicines. However, financing such efforts by forcing people to pay additional taxes while boarding airplanes, I think is misdirected.
Passengers boarding planes in France are now paying a new tax on their tickets to help the world’s poor, [...]
Volkswagen has been airing some new TV advertisements touting the safety of their latest Jetta model. These ads, two which can be seen here and here, are pretty high on the shock value. They show the passengers getting involved in a real-time accident, which would be quite fatal if not for the safety features of [...]
Having spent a lot of time last week driving along the (mostly) pristine interstate highways and streets in the US, where everyone stays within a lane, respects the right of way and generally follows all the rule, this video makes me nostalgic for the pure unmitigated chaos that is the typical traffic on an Indian [...]
As I mention in this comment to an excellent post by Patrix on global warming, I am a certainly no liberal tree-hugger and in fact still a global warming skeptic. However, I do believe that we are polluting the earth and using up resources beyond sustainable levels. Besides, recycling and conservation of items like gasoline (given the most recent price hikes!) make plain economic sense as well. Therefore, I was really riled up last Saturday, when I was at the airport picking up someone and was forced to circle around 5-6 times - a total of about 10 miles distance. It was not the circling part that I minded, it was the needless wastage of gas with no suitable alternative being provided for me to wait someplace. The amount of gasoline guzzled by my extra revolutions is probably trivial, but if you consider the sum of all the different people who are doing the same (and I saw quite a few of them at a relatively non-peak period for the airport) probably adds up.
That was my first thought when I saw the report of this accident of an Enzo Ferrari on the Pacific Coast Highway near Los Angeles about a month and a half ago.
I mean you drive off the road at 160 miles per hour (~260kmph) (’fly off the road’ according to one witness), your [...]
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