Marc's Musings

Links for 31 Mar 2006 [del.icio.us]

• Windy Flight Operations - Great information about handling the wind when flying (for AOPA members only, unfortunately)

Links for 30 Mar 2006 [del.icio.us]

• The Hilton Experience - Too bad I'm not a glider pilot because this sounds like a whole lot of fun...
• Why You Too Should Cancel Cable - "I was putting into question the very foundation of our society."
• Top Speed Challenge - Motorcycle vs. Car vs. Jet. Who wins the speed race?

Links for 14 Mar 2006 [del.icio.us]

• Slickr - pretty cool (once you turn off some of the "enhancements") flickr screensaver

Links for 07 Mar 2006 [del.icio.us]

• 4th Amendment Shipping Tape - "it will be nice to tell the judge that they cut the 4th amendment up to search my bags"

Four Things

I've seen this meme in several places, and I thought it was interesting, so here goes...

Four Jobs I've Had

Four Movies I can Watch Over and Over
* The Fifth Element
* Blues Brothers
* The Negotiator
* LOTR (the whole trilogy)

Four TV Shows I Love to Watch
* Alias
* West Wing (until recently when they started to suck)
* Illini Basketball
* Illini Football (away games, of course)

Four Places I've Been on Vacation
* Bahamas (and surrounding waters)
* Jamaica
* Vail, CO
* Ireland

Four Favorite Dishes
* Green Curry
* Pizza (chicago style, of course)
* meatloaf
* any grilled carcas

Four Places I'd Rather Be
* 5000' up
* 50' down
* Rockies (in the winter)
* Any place I haven't already been

Four Bloggers I'm Tagging
* Dave
* TK
* Zigzag
* Beth

Links for 06 Mar 2006 [del.icio.us]

• Carnival Booth - How the current ID checks at airports can easily be defeated by terrorists.

Links for 01 Mar 2006 [del.icio.us]

• microsoft ipod packaging parody - For those of you that haven't seen this, it's a pretty great parody of how MS and Apple's marketing groups differ. A lot.