Well, I survived the flights with minimal sedation. I’ve no idea just what is in the wine they serve in battery-hen class on Virgin Atlantic, but it isn’t alcohol. Or rather, it has none of the time-warping effects of alcohol. I actually got back last Monday, I’ve just been otherwise occupied and unable to update …
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An American adventure
I’m off to the US for a week. Sunny Virginia via gun ridden Washington DC for a laser conference. Seven hours spent blasting though the skies at a few hundred MPH several miles above the ground ‘fun’. I hate flying. Taking off and landing is no problem, but the sheer mindnumbing tedium of of the …
Labels
With the news that 10,000 bags have been misplaced at airports since the start of the terror alert, you may be wishing for a simple, easy way to make sure your bags do not get lost. I suggest you label your luggage with these attractive stickers:
States of matter and security
For the first time an entire state of matter has now been declared a security risk, a handy cut out and keep chart annotated with the various alert levels can be found here. via pharyngula
Passed
As of yesterday I’m now Dr. Dave. The interrogation took just under two and a quarter hours. Apart from one or two silly mistakes due to nerves early on there wasn’t any problem. There are now at least two more people that believe the two major points of my work. I think that deserves a …