Having to spend 10 hours in transit and London Heathrow, Here are some of the random thoughts that crossed my mind.
1. Thank god they have power sockets for laptops everywhere in terminal 4. Last time (just 3 months ago) I wondered why Heathrow is so backwards, only having power sockets near restrooms :)
2. Things are so expensive here! Once one of my good friends who lived in UK for a while said "if something costs x dollars in US, it will cost x sterling in UK" (regardless that one sterling is about $1.50). Now I understand what he meant.
3. I have a ton of ASF emails to read. It's interesting how much chatter we do in mailing lists, even the ones with limited participation (such as members@). Even if I select to read threads that I assume 'important' there is a lot!
4. Why do some airport authorities want to earn money with wifi ? Interestingly airports are like motels. All cheap/small motels offer free wifi but big named ones always ask you extra to connect. Dayton airport (DAY - called International since a few of the planes cross the border and fly over to Canada :D) offers excellent free wifi where as IAD / LHR wants to grab a piece of your hard earned money just to get online !
1. Thank god they have power sockets for laptops everywhere in terminal 4. Last time (just 3 months ago) I wondered why Heathrow is so backwards, only having power sockets near restrooms :)
2. Things are so expensive here! Once one of my good friends who lived in UK for a while said "if something costs x dollars in US, it will cost x sterling in UK" (regardless that one sterling is about $1.50). Now I understand what he meant.
3. I have a ton of ASF emails to read. It's interesting how much chatter we do in mailing lists, even the ones with limited participation (such as members@). Even if I select to read threads that I assume 'important' there is a lot!
4. Why do some airport authorities want to earn money with wifi ? Interestingly airports are like motels. All cheap/small motels offer free wifi but big named ones always ask you extra to connect. Dayton airport (DAY - called International since a few of the planes cross the border and fly over to Canada :D) offers excellent free wifi where as IAD / LHR wants to grab a piece of your hard earned money just to get online !
5. We are talking about touchscreens, gestures and colorful UI's but still the airline reservation systems have the ugly blue screen and a function key driven menus ! [Reminds me of GW-BASIC]. What the ????
