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Rate An Airport Near You
2007-07-31 08:40:35
While we were doing research on our next startup venture - a website that lets you rate review sites - we came across this nifty little number where you can get ratings on different airports around the world. We guess this is useful if you want to know what to expect, but we suspect you're going to fly into JFK as opposed to LaGuardia if the tickets are $100 cheaper, regardless of the rating. The site, with a super-snazzy name, will also clue you in to what the WiFi situation is like, as well as what to expect in the lounges and whether you're likely to find somewhere to plug in your laptop.
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BART Widget
2007-07-24 03:30:48
If you live around San Francisco and you're lucky enough to have a Mac you should definitely think about downloading this nifty little widget. The BART Widget is a trip planning tool for those taking public transportation around the Bay Area. It'll let you know how long it is until your next train, and because it's self-contained it doesn't require a WiFi connection in order to work. Pretty cool.
related travel guides: getting around San Francisco
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Lighters and Breast Milk Back in the Friendly Skies
2007-07-22 07:54:03
August 4th will be a good day for smokers and moms. The TSA, in it's infinite wisdom, seems to have realized that banning lighters and breast milk might not be worth the trouble. According to USAToday, the TSA confiscated an incredible 11,616,000 lighters last year. Taxpayers spent $4 million to get rid of all those lighters and smokers spent over $10 million to replace them (it's a good time to be in the lighter business). Officials from the TSA also decided the overwhelming medical benefits of breast milk finally outweigh the potential threat of someone smuggling explosives onto a plane through their mammories (it still must be declared when going through safety checkpoints).
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TSA Fails Again
2007-07-18 05:22:16
Another inspection of the TSA, another miserable failure. Last week Federal inspectors were able to slip a fake bomb past checkpoints at Albany International Airport. In fact, the airport managed to pass just two of seven tests. In one instance, TSA workers competently detected a big scary bottle of water in a passenger's carry-on but missed the fake bomb components. According to the Times Union last October TSA officials at Newark's Liberty International Airport failed an incredible 20 of 22 tests. So percentage-wise, they're failing less now.
(thanks clicked)
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