MetaFilter posts tagged with Air

Iceland and datacenters

thewalrus — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:58:04 -0800

After a disastrous experience with international banking, Iceland has a new angle to attract investment. BBC News reports that a company called Verne Global is currently converting an unused warehouse at the former US Navy airbase (Keflavik) near Reykjavik into a carrier neutral datacenter / colocation facility. The promise is abundant carbon-neutral low cost electricity and the lack of need for any air conditioner system. With a mean June/July temperature of only 13C, Iceland can use air side cooling to dissipate the heat generated by densely packed servers. Iceland is not exactly the best place in the world telecom-wise, but it is linked to Europe and North America by the FARICE , DANICE and CANTAT-3 cables.

Bottle rockets. No punks.

loquacious — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:30:05 -0800

Pssst. Hey, kid. Check out these bottle rockets. You can make them yourself . Via: Make.

Earth, Water, Air and Fire Art

homunculus — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:18:40 -0800

42 Works of Modern Earth and Land Art. 42 Works of Water, Snow and Ice Art. 30 Works of Air, Sky and Wind Art. 42 Works of Fire Art and Design.

Tuesday's Cashmere Sweaters

vronsky — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:30:09 -0800

Alpha Beta Gaga

Tree lined Eco Boulevard

Burhanistan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:29:40 -0800

Madrid's "Air Tree" is a working experiment in combining public spaces with energy generation.

Extreme Oxygen, dude!

ph00dz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:48:22 -0800

The Big Ox. Power oxygen for real extreme athletes... available in a variety of flavors: Polar Rush, Tropical Breeze, Mountain Mint, and Citrus Blast. Is this The Next Big Thing? According to the website, "Big Ox is 89% pure flavored oxygen... In business and sports you have to out-last and out-think your competitors! A purer form of Oxygen can give you an edge over those not supplementing yet. If you really want to be victorious, step it up and compete with your stamina and mental clarity! Try Big Ox! You would be wise not to let some oxygenated person get any edge over you!"

Buildings UI, good and bad

nthdegx — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:27:05 -0800

Buildings UI, good and bad

vayama

chunking express — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:32:16 -0800

vayama is a very slick flight booking site.

Arrested British sailors were gathering intelligence on Iran while on UN mandate?

hoder — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:46:15 -0800

Releaed British navy commander: We were gathering intelligence on Iran (Watch the interview)
Tony Blair: The sailors were on a legitimate UN mandate
The Observer: The MoD confirmed last night that the Iranians had made the claim that they had become interested in Cornwall's activities after learning about it on British television, but denied the decision to allow the ship's crew to be interviewed while on active duty had jeopardised the mission.

Unique aircraft testing videos.

loquacious — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:24:07 -0800

Load testing a Boeing 777 wing. To failure! Also, engine testing, and maximum rejected takeoff.

Horns Inc.

hama7 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:47:12 -0800

Horns Inc.

Set A Course for Adventure!

fenriq — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:36:43 -0800

AirTorture - Your Premiere "Whisked Away" Airline
Book your flight from **Undisclosed location** to sunny **Undisclosed location** today! Or you may just have a flight booked for you. Enjoy the waterboarding sports!

It's a no brainer (NSFW background)!

Don't knock it...

dirtynumbangelboy — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:51:23 -0800

Air guitar? Been done. Air sex? More fun!

Someone set up us the bomb

ijoshua — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:32:01 -0800

[ConspiracyFilter] Was the alleged "binary liquid explosives" plot actually plausible, in the sense of being capable of producing "mass murder on an unimaginable scale?"

P-47 Thunderbolt

IronLizard — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:31:40 -0800

Nice gun camera shots from WWII. Includes a bit of strafing. The Plane.

When air travel was glam

marvin — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:46:11 -0800

Air France: Apparently abandoning any pretence that traveling economy in the back of an A330 is an enticing experience, they've launched this site which looks back at the days when women wore fur, men smoked pipes and air travel was glamorous. Quite a few nice little movie vignettes of life chez Air France from the ‘50’s and ‘60’s.

flashbacks of Ibiza

vronsky — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:46:54 -0800

FOAM When foam tests go wrong.

Alaska Air blows more than a hole in its fuselage

bitter-girl.com — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:20:08 -0800

Jeremy Hermanns' flight on Alaska Air #536 was out of the ordinary, to say the least. A baggage handler ran into the plane before takeoff and didn't bother to report it. So when the plane reached altitude, its cabin suddenly depressurized, and was forced back to Sea-Tac Airport. Jeremy, who has experience as a pilot, posted about what happened on his blog. Rather than offer an apology, Alaska Air employees have taken to bashing him from company IP addresses.

This brings up a larger question, though. What should companies do when their products or services fail, and consumers (almost inevitably) discuss it in a public forum? Jeff Jarvis' Dell incident comes to mind. In that link, he mentions Dell's no talking to customers on blogs policy.

Would you rather have a company that reached out to disgruntled customers, or pushed them away? I've seen more than one small software company comment on a blog or take direct action as a result of a post -- is that the preferable route today?

A380 on Airliners.net

brownpau — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:07:56 -0800

Note the champagne boxes. Lots of amazing interior and aerial photos of the new Airbus A380 are up on Airliners.net. It's a huge, huge plane. [There is more inside.]

Thune is Saved!

three blind mice — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:39:58 -0800

Robert Novak gets it wrong again. Predicting that Ellsworth Air Force Base in North Dakota would fall victim to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BARC) thus damaging the political career of Republican John Thune, Novak argued that the White House was "ignoring Thune" contradicting "the image of a White House that puts politics first. Instead, the Bush team looked like tone-deaf, old-fashioned Republicans interested more in going by the book than winning elections." Thune promised that only a Republican senator could save Ellsworth, South Dakota's largest employer, from closure. That promise played a prominent role in his campaign. In defeating senate minority leader Tom Daschle, Thune's victory marked the first time since 1952 that a party leader in the senate was defeated. When Ellsworth was nevertheless put on the list for closure, Thune's politcal future appeared doomed. As promised, Thune went into action. Yesterday, Thune announced Ellsworth is saved! Contrary to Novak's opinion, the image of a White House that puts politics first is as strong as ever.

Passenger plane on fire at Toronto airport

ori — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:43:57 -0800

Passenger plane on fire at Toronto airport. About 200 people on board.

Woah, cool!

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:14:10 -0800

Roll your own air-conditioning. I'm a student, with limited funds and a cheap house without air conditioning. To avoid dying this summer, I've built a primitive air conditioner. It's a basic heat pump, using water as the medium. You'll probably need to fiddle a bit with the dimensions of the supplies based on your resources and preferences. Not sure I'd do this but hey, when you're sweltering hot, anything is worth a try.

Air from water?

dg — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:30:12 -0800

This company has released a device which claims to provide water "anytime, anywhere" (No Goodies jokes,please) - from the humidity in the air. With two other companies selling these machines in Australia and prices ranging from AUD1,000 to AUD2,300, is this a viable solution to the massive water shortages around the world, or just something else to talk about around the water cooler?

Bombing campaigns - what do you bomb?

sheauga — Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:41:15 -0800

"Hitting Home: Coercive Theory, Air Power and Authoritarian Targets" will answer your questions on how aerial bombardment fits into the range of options between coercive diplomacy and total war, questions such as: -- What should be targeted for bombing? -- Exactly how much do you need to destroy to achieve your government's political objectives?

specialk420 — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:55:28 -0800

"a huge victory for breathers" of course industry "experts" beg to differ: "EPA tends to overstate health concerns," said Dan Riedinger, a spokesman for the Edison Electric Institute.