NASA flew the retired Space Shuttle Endeavour through the San Francisco Bay Area this morning. It was a treat for tens of thousands of us who waited and watched for this very last flight of the … [Read more...]
My iPad’s cute little raincoat keeps it travel-ready
When I got my iPad and started carting it around everywhere with me, it first went into the big backpack along with my MacBook Pro (15”), and since I’m used to carrying 20+ pounds in the pack, adding t … [Read more...]
The Paris Metro you’ll never see
Without much comment, but with so much enjoyment (as one who uses the Paris metro beaucoup when I’m there — three times in the last 12 months)... the story of a subterranean world very few will ever … [Read more...]
Hotels with “Free Internet”
This may be just an artifact of my personal experience, but I think I'm finding that the hotels offering “free Internet” are more often the low-priced hotels than the more expensive ones. At least in P … [Read more...]
Artificial Countries
I was browsing the history of Esperanto and discovered Rose Island, a micronation in the Adriatic Sea that declared itself the Republic of Rose Island in 1968. (And whose official language was … [Read more...]