Inside View

Things I Could Not Fly Without

THERE IS NO WAY I would consider flying across an ocean without a Moleskine journal, a thread sown notebook, an iPod, a Cross pen, a yellow highlighter and a Nokia Communicator. And there's no way I'd toss those items into a trash bin en...

Flying over private property #drone

ALTHOUGH I DON'T WANT to be a test case for property owners who ask a judge to defend their rights to airspace above their property, I know I'm an easy target for such an action. Because in Ireland, some people believe they strongly in...

Remembering 3790

EVENTS ON TWITTER cause me to think about the number 3790, which happens to be the maximum fuel capacity of the T-38 (pictured). I used a thin point on a mechanical pencil to ensure all of my 1000 flying hours in that supersonic traine...

3790

What the Sunday Papers Say

MY SUNDAY READING has ground to a halt due a little person still sleeping (at left), but not before I spotted some interesting things today in the Sunday papers. I bought the Sunday Tribune for Mr. Mulley but couldn't find his words or h...

Plugging memory hole

I FLEW 67944 (the C-141 at left) several times in the 70s and 80s. I carried coffins aboard her too. I logged nearly 2000 flying hours in the Starlizard--the affectionate name of the big bird when it was painted camogreen. The reliable t...

Note to Shrinking 20

WHILE CHATTING with Twenty Major in the men's at the Alexander Hotel last week (he was the one doing the snot test on the smooth marble above the urinal), we discussed how his blog pushes full feeds to all aggregators and how that could ...

D+16 air travel

ALTHOUGH SOME may be surprised, I do not know anyone who has spoken to a travel agent while sorting out international air travel to professional events during the past two years. Today's knowledge workers know how to use cool tools--many...

Best App for Blackberry

BLACKBERRY OWNERS should check out FreeNews, one of the smartest applications I've used on my mobile phones. In fact, you don't need a Blackberry -- smartphones run FreeNews. If you like to read your news sources while on the move, FreeN...

ScienceWeekIreland

ALONG WITH A DOZEN OTHER programme specialists and technical staff from Tipperary Institute, I am part of a three-day event that complements Science Week Ireland. Our part of the itinerary involves exposing students with an aptitude for ...

Moleskine the most helpful invention

THE MOST HELPFUL invention that has allowed me to do my work better is the Moleskine journal. It's something I thought about when considering a question from Science Week Ireland. I carry a Moleskine more often than I carry my mobile p...