Month: August 2015

  • Snakes on a plane?

    Last evening I had a fairly crappy flight  (much delays, and i’m in seat 53A, back left latrine row non-recline). And of course, someone else was also assigned seat 53A. At any rate, the inflight entertainment system is kind of new looking and, what is that, an Ethernet jack (and PS/2 keyboard jack!). So… If…

  • TIL there’s a popular drink in Turkey that is near poison

    As part of the fairly crappy flight from the previous flight, we had many hours to enjoy the delights of the ankara airport. Namely, a cafeteria-style food place, sort of like what you had in your university residence. As is my normal MO, when i can’t read anything, i just pick what looks interesting. So…