Airline Thoughts

In the aftermath of the latest round of air travel restrictions, it seems to me there will be quite a few ramifications for the travel industry, if these restrictions stay in place for any length of time. Here are some of the ones I see, in no particular order.

Full-service airlines will have a fighting chance [...]

Crochet Danger

I had to laugh at Eve’s link to the story of the weenie who was scared of knitting needles (while admitting I first saw the link at whump dot com from following XML 2005 Aggregator links). I have a better story than mere knitting needles or even needlework needles, since all of those have [...]

Singapore Impressions

I was recently in Singapore for a Liberty Alliance meeting. I hadn’t been in Singapore for 10 years, so it was interesting to see what was the same and what was different.
Orchard Road was the same, but more so - more Western shops, more malls, more hotels. The air conditioning in hotels and restaurants, [...]

Okanagan Wineries

We went up to the Okanagan wine district for the Canada Day weekend this year, and I think it’s about time I wrote down some of my impressions of the vineyards and the wine. We took my friend Sally (she of G&T fame who knows a lot about wine), and had a great time. Tim [...]

Dublin Liberty

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Liberty sponsor meeting in Dublin, a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been to Dublin before, in October/November 2003, to assist in the Reach PSB Phase 1 procurement, and I like the city, so I was glad to get back again, even if it was [...]