January 2012
Port Authority to cruise ship captain: 'Get on... →
I feel a little bad saying this, but these transcripts of the recordings between the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship and the Livorno Port Authority are awesome. Click the link for more transcripts.
Italian Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco: ”Captain. This is De Falco from Livorno.”
Schettino: ”Commandant, I’ve also alerted the company… I’m being told that there...
Runaway Baby Panda
I always wondered why I look better in front of... →
Actually it’s because you are more used to seeing your face in the mirror (reflected). As all faces are slightly asymmetrical it looks different when you see yourself in a photo because your face is unreflected.
Other people always see your face as you see it in photos, so they’re used to it looking that way. This explains why your friends think you look better in photos than you think you...
December 2011
Perimeter Rules (or why you can't fly to the west... →
This explains a lot! I always wondered why LaGuardia never had any long-haul flights.
If an airport has a perimeter rule, it means that there is a certain distance from that airport beyond which flights are not allowed to go. […] there are two airports that have perimeter rules in the US: New York/LaGuardia and Washington/National. Before we get into the details, the first question many...