September, 2016

• 4 September

  Air Traffic Controller Saves Pilot’s Life by Noticing Slurred Speech

  

  I was listening to air traffic control / pilot exchanges on YouTube when I came across this news story from 2013.  (The story also includes some of the ATC exchange). A pilot started slurring when speaking to the air traffic controller.  She began encouraging him to descent and to put on …

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• 4 September

  Southwest Flight Attendant Made Flight Announcements as Multiple Looney Tunes Characters

  

  I can’t stop laughing at this.  I think if every flight were like this, I would always fly Southwest. A Southwest flight attendant imitated multiple Looney Tunes Characters as he gave landing instructions. While I originally assumed this was a rehearsed act he practiced many times, I realized he was making …

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• 4 September

  This Beautiful Animated Short About a Kiwi Brought Me to Tears

  

  In anticipation of my trip to New Zealand, my coworker sent me this animated short about a kiwi bird. When I saw it was someone’s Master’s Thesis project, I wasn’t expecting to be blown away.  But not only was the short fantastic, it ended up bringing me to tears.  It’s …

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• 4 September

  Labor Day Sale on Amazon Devices

  

  Amazon is having a Labor Day sale on a couple of its devices.  They are doing $30 off the Amazon Tap and $5 off the Fire Stick. The Amazon Tap (from the Amazon product description) Just tap and ask for music from Prime Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn Uses …

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• 4 September

  When Murphy’s Law Affects Planning for the Weather

  

  Whenever I plan a trip, I think about what the weather could be like at each of my connections. I try not to connect through Chicago through the winter, and I try not to connect through Florida during hurricane season. But more often than not in the last few years, …

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• 4 September

  Hyatt’s New Promotion, Getting Better at Plane Spotting, and Buy Me Flowers

  

  Hyatt’s New Promotion Hyatt has a new promotion that can really add up depending on your Hyatt plans.  Pizza in Motion has a reminder up today to register and gives instructions on how to do it.  He also gives great advice–always sign up for a hotel promotion. I signed up for …

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• 3 September

  This Map of the World Depicts the Names of Countries in Their Own Languages

  

  I came across something very cool today.  Someone made a map of the world, using the language of each individual country to depict it on the map. The creator has his creation on a website he calls Endonym Map–referring to a very specific term. From the website: An endonym is …

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• 2 September

  Amazon Offering $0.99 Video Rentals This Weekend

  

  Amazon is offering $0.99 rentals on a bunch of movies this weekend–180 of them to be exact. In addition, some of the $0.99 rentals are available for purchase at $6.99.  You have 30 days to start the rental and then anywhere from 48 hours – 7 days to watch, depending …

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• 2 September

  When Airplanes Are Hilariously Out of Place in TV Shows

  

  Often, TV shows use stock background photos or stock videos to set the scene.  Sometimes, this causes interesting anomalies. For example, the exterior of a plane could be a 747, but the interior is a DC-10. Why? I was watching How I Met Your Mother when something caught my eye. …

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• 2 September

  Drugstore.com Shutting Down by End of Month

  

  Drugstore.com has been a source of great deals.  It usually sells household items for less than Amazon.com, and was a good use of the free Shoprunner benefit that comes with the American Express Platinum  Card.  (It was recently tightened up, but used to be free 2-day shipping on any purchase). I …

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