When I go on a business trip, I have to ride in Economy class and thus for long-haul flights good seating is preferable. I usually arrive at the airport earlier, to be the first in the line at the check-in…
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Where to sit on a plane
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Presidental aircrafts and Sarkozy’s new toy
Nearly all of the larger or rich countries operate dedicated planes for giving prime ministers and presidents comfy rides, without the need to be packed into “ordinary” first-class on long-haul flights. The most famous one (i.e. the Air Force One)…
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The golden arches on the retreat
According to a recent article, Mc Donald’s will close hundreds of its restaurants across Japan. I seems that other than the airport outlets, which are at least frequented by American costumers, the shops within Japan suffer from significant sales decrease.…
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HD crash and LVM
One of my three hard-disks died overnight in my Fedora machine. When I started the PC today it did not boot and since it seems that large parts of the kernel were located on the disk there appears to be…
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ANA’s domestic service cut-backs
According to a newspaper article (in English) All Nippon Airlines will start charging money for drinks (except tea and water) on their domestic flights, beginning of April 1st. Although I can understand the necessity of reducing costs wherever possible, but…
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Caipiroska – the strawberry mystery
During my business trip in Tasmania I went to the hotel bar with some colleagues after the meeting. I looked through the cocktail menu and I thought that a Caipiroska fits best to my taste and budget. What I expected…
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Qantas economy class
On my current business trip I am flying Qantas for the first time and I am booked in economy class on all flights. Already on my first flight (NRT-SDY) I was very much surprised by the kindly staff – and…
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EPS award 2009
Now it is official, we are getting the EPS award for our paper about ray-tracing. It seems that the award ceremony will take place during the JPGU meeting in May, held in Makuari. Thanks to everybody who contributed to the…
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Snow in Tokyo
Already when I left office yesterday night snow was falling but I thought that it will melt away until tomorrow, like it does every year. But when I looked out of the window this morning a snow height of roughly…
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Murphey’s laws revisited
Today is one of the days where nothings goes smoothly. Many tasks turn into totally opposite directions and things which I thought are enroute stop going well. What came into my mind, was something I read in the past, and…
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