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Design
Touch-Sensitive Faucet Is Absolute Kitchen Genius
4:10PM Jesus Diaz | Dear Delta, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for inventing this touch-sensitive faucet. You call it “Pilar Touch-Activated Single Handle Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet with ToucH2O Technology.” I call it motherfaucet genius. How does it work, you ask. Here’s how: More »
Random Stuff
Very Stupid UFO Spotted At New York’s JFK Airport
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | As you can hear in this audio record, a Delta pilot spotted a UFO at New York’s JFK airport this Sunday. Allegedly, the object was a “paraglider” who landed illegally, and then took off on a potential collision course. More »
Online
Delta to Launch In-Flight Wi-Fi In The Next Few Weeks
11:45PM John Mahoney | Previously shooting for the first half of 2009, word is now that Delta’s in-flight wi-fi rollout will begin before the end of 2008–i.e. very soon. More »
Online
Delta to Block Porn On In-Flight Wi-Fi So Flight Attendants Don’t Have To
4:45AM John Mahoney | Where the open internet goes, porn follows; however, this golden rule is being re-evaluated for the friendly skies by Delta, who plans to filter web sites used on their implementation of Aircell’s Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service. While most of the early adopters of in-flight Wi-Fi have said they will only filter certain types of traffic and not web content itself, relying on flight attendants to handle case-by-case complaints of passengers attempting to join the solo mile high club right from their seat. Which they obviously weren’t too happy about. More »
Networks
Delta’s Bringing In-Flight Wi-Fi to Its Entire U.S. Fleet
11:12PM John Mahoney | Delta will join the other airlines using Aircell’s GoGo cellular data service, becoming the first of the U.S. biggies to announce concrete plans for a fleet-wide rollout. They’re starting with their 133 MD88/90s, then moving on to hit every plane by summer of next year. It’ll run you US$9.95 for flights less than three hours, or US$12.95 for longer flights. There goes our last possible Internet-free haven…I mean, yay! Read on for the full release: More »
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