It turns out to be surprisingly difficult to properly fly in formation. The big challenge is altitude control: you need to stay within about +- 10 feet of the altitude of the person ahead of you. If you go too low, you run into their downwash and get to deal with problems ranging from turbulence [...]
I keep putting off going to sleep. I think the idea is that this is the last hour of the last day of my vacation, and tomorrow I have to get up to an alarm and go to work and resume the daily grind. As it happens, I like my job; the daily grind really [...]
Many bonus points to those who can identify the provenance of this image:
Rigorous? Probably not. Entertaining? Yes.
But Stephen Green of pressure group Christian Voice said: “Bendy-buses, like atheism, are a danger to the public at large.” Not too far out of context, though.
Proved once again: airport security is useless.
I see a headline: “Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Threatens to Quit Government.” Instantly, I mentally fill in some context: “I’ve got the mouse right over the X in the corner, and I’m not afraid to click! You think you’re ready for anarchy? Of course not! And don’t think about sending troops; I’ve got a deadman switch [...]
I love the weapons that each person has chosen. The naked man has a brick. The ranking officer has his trusty riot shield. One of the on-call officers has an actual person catcher: a tool designed specifically for handling people who you don’t want to touch. The other has a flimsy plastic traffic control device; [...]