The free video games are continuing! Konami Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (Xbox One/PS4) is $3 shipped with coupon code (or free if you have Shoprunner!) Slickdeals has all the details. I’m personally not a soccer video game fan (sorry to everyone who tried to get me into FIFA 🙁 ) …

My childhood is full of video game memories.  Super Mario Brothers, Duck Tales, Kirby’s Adventure, Mappyland…. I could go on. When we all grew up and went our separate ways, we had to split up our video game systems.  I didn’t end up with the NES.  I got an emulator …

Today must be “free deal” day!  I’d make it official if it didn’t sound so lame. I already own Titanfall, but you can get it for Xbox One technically for free, as long as you remember to mail in the rebate. The details on how to get the deal are here. …

You’re at the end of one business trip and headed to another one immediately after.  You calculate you can get five hours of sleep on the airplane in your business class seat.  You lean back, close your eyes, and then are startled by the crying of a toddler. Should that …

Get a Wireless Charger, Archeer Qi Wireless Charging Pad for Samsung S6/ S6 Edge/Note 5, Nexus 4/ 5/ 6/ 7, Microsoft Lumia 950XL/930/920, LG G3/ G4 and All Qi-Enabled Devices(Black) for free. It is marked down to $7.99, but there is a promocode that will bring it down to $0. …

A reminder that the contest to win free in-flight internet is still going on. This post is completely unrelated to my Gogo gear tweets today (and neither are sponsored by Gogo itself, though I am a huge fan of Gogo!) Entry form is below. ——————————————————- Internet on airplanes is proof …

Amazon offers a new-ish product on their site called Amazon Home Services.  It connects customers to service providers who can do a variety of tasks at their home–air duct cleaning, home cleaning, HVAC tune ups, and more.  This also includes things such as in-home guitar lessons. From Amazon’s website, all …

A Qantas pilot made all of his in-flight announcements on the air traffic control line by mistake.  Since he went through all the announcements without taking a break, he clogged up the entire ATC line. In addition to interrupting the conversation on the ATC line, he didn’t take enough of a …

Two years ago, Belguim was building a beer pipeline.  I thought that was pretty awesome.  But then I came across something even more awesome, but it was unfortunately shut down. Authorities shut down a vodka pipeline in 2013 after they discovered it through a routine inspection. From Slate: Kyrgyz customs officials have …

One time I got caught in a crosswind while landing.  We ended up landing so hard, we needed a tow to the gate. Even the most seasoned pilot can struggle in a crosswind.  They can suddenly happen and make landing a lot more difficult. From the Wikipedia article on it: …