I happened to spot an advertisement for the new A380 service offered by Singapore Airlines, so I thought I’d check it out. The real standout is their suites…whoa. And then I checked out Emirates Air, which also has amazing suites. When I checked out the aircraft configuration for Singapore’s A380s, I was surprised to see [...]
Archive for March, 2011
WMATA Names and Distances
A recent tweet by the highly amusing @MetroShutsDoors account led me to an article about the naming of the new stations along the route to Dulles Airport. Included in the article was the following: The Reston Town Center name has received some criticism from citizens because the station will not actually be at the Reston [...]
Gold Star Queers
First, a definition: “gold star” refers to a person who has never had sex or a relationship with someone of the opposite sex. Gays and lesbians who flaunt their “gold star” annoy me. Everyone has a different path in life. Not everyone comes from a background where it was okay to be out. Not everyone [...]
Quicklinks for 2011-03-25
Maryland Day Information on the history of Maryland and the celebration of Maryland Day on March 25th. (tags: dcarea history)
Quicklinks for 2011-03-24
I wonder if anybody’s developed a tool that only posts a certain number of links at a time, and doesn’t post until you reach that number. Like, post every day, but only if there are 10 or more links, otherwise save up until there are 10. wow.ly Neat tools for Twitter and other social streams. [...]
Quicklinks for 2011-03-22
Paste HTML Free anonymous HTML/CSS/Javascript hosting. Write stuff, slap it up, voila. (tags: coding)
Quicklinks for 2011-03-21
Ignore Expiration Dates Best by, Sell by, and all those other labels mean very little. (tags: food health safety law) The Chemist's War The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. (tags: history health alcohol) phlixie. Quickly find subtitled movies available for instant streaming on Netflix. (tags: deaf movies netflix)
Quicklinks for 2011-03-17
Tasting the Light: Device Lets the Blind "See" with Their Tongues 2009 article. (tags: technology disability) DeafJapan News Earthquake information Information in JSL and ASL. With Japanese and English subtitles. (tags: japan deaf earthquakes) Japanese dog refuses to leave injured friend behind Video has a happy ending. No sound needed – English transcript below video. [...]
Automatic Unsubscribe
Mega-props to GameSpot, which just sent me the following: We have noticed that it’s been a while since you last clicked within a GameSpot newsletter, and we want to make sure you’d like to continue receiving your subscription. We know that unwanted e-mail can be a real headache, so if you want to continue to [...]
Own Your Words, Dumbasses
This image (and this link) collects a lot of the stupid bullshit people are saying about the Sendai earthquake being payback for Pearl Harbor. But that image isn’t accessible to people with visual disabilities, and is out of date. Courtesy OpenBook, here are the last eight hours of such bullshit comments. Fortunately, most results are [...]