Check out this website, which specializes in nothing but the low cost airlines:

Momondo.com

If it can’t find a carrier for a route you’re interested in, it brings up a whole sheaf of other travel sites for you to search. Some of these I’d never even heard of (which is saying something).
There are also blogs associated with […]

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Something worth noticing.
European national railways [are creating] an international partnership modelled after the Star Alliance airline network to compete with the discount airlines. According to the paper, the railways from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium along with the British train operator Eurostar are planning to kick off their partnership in December.
The group, […]

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I mentioned this place in passing in a post some while back, and it really needs to have something more said about it, as there’s not nearly enough information online.
There are a lot of nice estaminets and bars in Brussels, but this one’s a favorite one for both Peter and me. Other such places will […]

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While working on something else, I just caught a teaser on Euronews about this exhibition marking the reopening of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan.
I’m a sucker for antique porcelain, and this stuff is sublime.
(BTW, Gung hei fat choi, everybody. It’s the Year of the Fire Pig, which is supposed to be good for us […]

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From an article about the deploying of the International Space Station’s new solar panels: one astronaut is mentioned…
…Christopher J. Ferguson, another Navy captain, who is on his first shuttle mission and is a member of the all-astronaut rock band Max Q.
The all-astronaut rock band??!!
Where do they play? Where can a geek(ette) buy their CDs? Someone […]

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For those of you who might have been interested in this appearance:
Due to convention sponsorship difficulties, DD and PM’s appearance at the Fargo Fantasy Festival in Fargo, North Dakota has been rescheduled for September 21-23, 2007.
William Shatner is the featured media guest: other guests will be announced. Please see the convention website for further details […]

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Looks like something a little unusual was going on recently up on the slopes of one of Europe’s highest mountains.
Last week, like a thunderbolt from Zeus himself, an unexpectedly large horde of pre-Christian devotees descended on Mount Olympus for the annual Prometheus festival.
Many wore white robes although a minority, it is true, came wearing […]

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Lots of people come to our Irish recipe pages at the European Cuisines website in search of “the genuine Irish Coffee” recipe. We’ve had the recipe in text form for a long time, but now the website of the World Irish Coffee Festival has given Irish Coffee its own online presence detailing its history […]

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But then I’m a New Yorker. 
Reader’s Digest survey finds Big Apple to be world’s politest city
The magazine sent reporters “undercover” to 36 cities in 35 countries to measure courtesy. New York was the only American city on the list.the magazine’s politeness police gave three types of tests to more than 2,000 unwitting participants.
The […]

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For those of you bloggers / LJ’ers who’re going to be at Anthrocon this weekend: we ought to get together! Leave a comment here, and if there are enough people interested, we’ll sort something out.
(Also, if you know someone who might be interested, please pass this info on to them. Thanks!)
Technorati Tags: Anthrocon, […]

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New from Saturn orbit, courtesy of Cassini. (And Sky & Telescope.) Technorati Tags: Cassini, Saturn, Titan, Epimetheus

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Check out ilovefreewifi.com. (USA only, alas…)
The implementation looks a lot like the one the SBB uses to text you information about the next train going from your location to a given destination.
Technorati Tags: Wireless, wifi, Wi-Fi, free wifi

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In July of 2003 I was called to LA to do some rewrite work on Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (also known as Kingdom in Twilight, Sword of Xanten, Die Nibelungen, Ring of the Nibelungs, The Ring, and about every other name you can think of during its developmental period). There’s not much to say […]

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Hikes in the Hollywood Hills: Paris for kids
(Though, frankly, I wouldn’t need a kid to be interested in doing most of the things in the second article.)

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I have no trouble going to sleep in lighted places if I’m tired enough, but for best results, P. needs it dark This looks like a useful answer: a Lights Out Sleep Mask. “It blocks out stray lightbeams that leak through those crappy free masks; it has an adjustable velcro strap; and the molded […]

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iPass Inc. and Nokia Enterprise Solutions today announced they are developing iPass wireless connectivity software for the Nokia 9500, the Nokia 9300i and the Nokia Eseries devices. Based on the award-winning iPassConnect(TM) universal client, this software will extend availability of the iPass secure remote access service to users of Nokia Business devices.
This is super. For […]

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And not just Holland, either (because I’m heading to Utrecht in a couple of weeks). There is more than one region included in The Netherlands, you know? Holland is just one of the regions: calling the nation “Holland” is like calling all of New England “Rhode Island.”
…Though it seems that the fact may possibly […]

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Last year I went to the mountains to write, and it snowed for nearly a week without stopping. I said to Peter, “This year I’ll go somewhere it won’t snow.” (And somewhere, I thought to myself, where I won’t fall down and nearly break my foot.) Brugge…Bruges seemed safe enough.
Hah.
It’s been snowing fairly […]

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So…back home once more.
As we left LA, Peter gave up the silver rental Jag with some regret and considerable affection. He’d always wanted to drive one: now he’s had his chance (and interestingly still holds that the Mercedes we rented to do some errands in a few months ago was a nicer car). […]

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So the convention went brilliantly, which I rather expected: hard to see so many familiar faces in a favorite place without this being the case. Much fun, a turn or two in the pool and the hot tub, a lot of visits to TGI Friday’s. Lots of fun. (Though I’m left […]

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