Quick hits

June 22, 2009
Frank@OBOW in Air travel news, Luggage, Tech for travel

Value-subtracted: USA Today on a la carte airline fees

Engadget on new Asus 1005HA netbook: Info and Amazon pre-order pricing.

Thanks to Practical Hacks for pointing out this clearinghouse of airline luggage info (downloadable PDF).

Also from USA Today’s Harriet Baskas, Penn & Teller go Borat on the TSA:

Once it’s established that the metal detector is working, the always-innocent-looking Teller walks through it and sets off no alarms. But then, from somewhere inside his coat pocket, he pulls out a metal pan that’s on fire. Next, he produces a fire extinguisher and, after that, a full-size shovel. “The point we’re making,” says Jillette, “is that if two goofball magicians can slip this stuff by with full lights shining on them and the full attention of the audience, then what could a really bad person do?”

It’s definitely something to think about next time you’re waiting on line at the security-checkpoint, isn’t it?

 

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