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Budget Airline Soars to New Heights

Now You See It. Now You Don’t! Metis TransPacific’s “747-400″ is seen landing in Vancouver. Roll your mouse over the image to view the pre-Photoshop original 747-300 owned by Air Atlanta Icelandic. They even removed a taxiway and an airport vehicle to complete the look! [Javascript Required]
Well, not really. More like crashing to new lows […]

Random Observation: Mac Pro as Space Heater

Despite having a pair of more efficient four-core Intel Xeon 5300 “Clovertown” processors, the 8-Core Mac Pro certainly doubles as an excellent space heater in sub-30-degree weather. Throw in a pair of 30″ Cinema HD Displays, and you’ve got your own aluminum convection oven once the machine’s fans kick in every so often.
Seriously, I don’t […]

New Season, New Job

I’m still trying to break the “one post per month” spell the blog has been under for quite some time but I haven’t succeeded — yet. However, another big change is happening in my life that I felt warranted a quick update.
As most will know I’ve been working in software for the past few years. […]

Le Bus Stops Here

Not a good evening for the kind folks at Airbus. A brand new Airbus A340-600, serial number 856, due to be delivered to Etihad Airways in a few days’ time had an accident during an engine run-up test.
Initial reports suggested that the aircraft may have jumped its wheel chocks before careening into the noise abatement […]

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