In order to combat the endless parade of holiday-themed blog posts, we bring you a dose of conspiracy.
Phallic symbols. Swastikas. The New World Order. An underground secret military base. Hidden Masonic symbols.
If you’re a fan of Anderson Cooper or Stephen Colbert, you may already be familiar with a few of these conspiracy theories about Denver International Airport.
Our friend The Cranky Flier delves a little deeper…
The winners haven’t been announced yet, but The Atlantic got a peek at some of the most striking images from this year’s submissions. (You can also browse through all of the entries here.)
Take a look, and visit our Facebook page to let us know which ones made you look twice.
It’s one of those questions we all assume there must be a reasonable answer to.
Turns out, maybe not.
Check out New York Times technology columnist Nick Bilton’s blog post about what’s behind this FAA policy.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/disruptions-fliers-must-turn-off-devices-but-its-not-clear-why/
And the next day’s follow-up on what turned out to be a controversial subject:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/its-called-airplane-mode-for-a-reason/
What do you think? Better safe than sorry, or innocent until proven guilty? Stop by our Facebook page and let us know!
Consumer Reports has released it’s 2011 ‘Naughty and Nice’ list for businesses. Travelers will likely be saddened - but not surprised - to hear that airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and travel agents are completely absent from the ‘Nice’ side of things, but made up a third of the ‘Naughty’ list. (See the travel highlights here, or click here for the full article.)
Have you had a coal- or -candy- worthy travel experience this year? Swing by our Facebook page and tell us about it!
Leave it to the geniuses at Google to turn their mapping powers on airports!
It’s just for Android right now, and only for a handful of cities - but anything that means not having to look at that maze of signage is a good idea as far as we’re concerned.
And they’re doing it for IKEA too.
We. Heart. Google.
