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Wooden mockup of a single deck 747 17 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
This mockup was made to show the difference between a single-deck and double-deck version of the new Boeing plane that eventually became the 747. It’s purpose was to convince former PanAm chairman Jua...
How I lost 12lbs in 30 days (and that’s not the best part) 14 Jul 2013 | 12:08 am
Recently I finished an interesting experiment. And as a result I’m 12 lbs lighter. But that’s not the headline outcome, not by a long shot. About a year ago I started my weight loss journey and I’m d...
The shame of screw cap wine, now in cork. 18 Jun 2013 | 01:23 am
Bust open a screw top wine at your next dinner party and your guests might assume you’ve nipped across the road to the gas station for the evening’s plonk. But does the screw cap deserve its reputatio...
United Airlines’ Men-Only Flights 16 Jun 2013 | 02:51 pm
In the 1950s United Airlines had “men-only” flights between New York and Chicago. Manly cities, you see. The flights had everything the 1950s man could want; steak dinners, closing stock market num...
American Beer: from guardrail to guardrail 12 Apr 2013 | 04:16 pm
American beer has always been a little bit of a joke. And rightly so. To international tastebuds, it meant bottled lagers like Budweiser, Miller or Coors – commonly regarded by self-respecting drinke...
Transatlantic flights are going to get a lot bumpier 9 Apr 2013 | 02:19 pm
For someone who crosses the Atlantic several times a year, I thought this was interesting. As they noted in the article, the winds across the Atlantic are already stronger and now areas of turbulence ...
What the Bay Area looked like from space yesterday 24 Mar 2013 | 05:04 pm
Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield is a prolific tweeter. Not an interesting fact in isolation but there’s one important detail; he’s currently in command of the International Space Station. ...
My neighbor, the walled city of Kowloon 19 Mar 2013 | 12:47 pm
When I was growing up in Hong Kong I spent a year at (the now closed) Boundary Junior School. It was a unique experience for a 10 year old, going from a suburban Californian elementary school to an in...
In praise of the humble donut 14 Mar 2013 | 04:09 pm
My favourite magazine in the world is Saveur. I like to refer to it as the National Geographic of food. A recent issue was dedicated entirely to a food that doesn’t always get the love it deserves. Th...
How 175,000 Mumbai office workers get a home cooked meal every day. Extraordinary. 14 Mar 2013 | 01:05 pm
Every single day 175,000 office workers in Mumbai get to eat a home-cooked meal because of an extraordinary logistical network that gets their lunch from mama’s house to their office on time and witho...
