Coming soon–a communication tool that will speed up the rate of communication between the air traffic control and the pilots. Text messaging. From USA Today’s Charisse Jones: Data Comm is the latest piece of NextGen,a program that is seeking new air-traffic control equipment and procedures to make air travel safer …

I just wrote about Expedia’s new $0 deductible cheap collision rental car coverage. And watching an episode of Mythbusters reminded me of why it was so important. This wasn’t the overall point of the episode–but during it, when parking, a lot of their subjects tapped the car next to them …

I ran into a bit of a problem when shutting down my computer on a flight once. (Dramatic reenactment) I didn’t know what else to do, so I closed the lid.  Royally messing up the updates. Every time I shutdown after that, the updates froze.  I ended up having to …