For some reason, this YouTube video tune just made me smile: Happy Friday!

In this case, it was getting people to stop talking during a meal at MPI so they could listen to the speaker, but it could work almost anytime you have a non-attentive crowd: Clap three times.

As the presidential primaries march on from Super Tuesday, the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant will continue to leave foot- and hoofprints from sea to shining sea. Which for some reason got me wondering: Why donkeys and elephants? ...

Do not let this happen to you! Along with wired session rooms comes a little discretion--or so one would hope.

Another item for the Globe, this time on how to upgrade your travel by working the system. Nothing to earth-shattering, but there are some good tips, like getting upgrade alerts from sites like TravelZoo and Sidestep.com that I hadn't been aware...

Here's an interesting articlein today's Boston Globe about how conventions here in the hub of the universe are getting pretty star-studded these days. This is mainly because of the size of conventions the city is bringing in now with the new...

This is the first I've heard of an airline trying biofuel: Virgin jet to use biofuel blend in test flight in February from London to Amsterdam. ...

Believe it or not, TSA now does in fact have its own blog, evolution of security. The TSA blogging team is doing a good job, including asking for readers to submit their own favorite TSA stories, good or bad. Check 'em out--there were 218 of them...

Well, they're actually 10 rules from the Immaculate Heart College Art Department, but I'm adopting them for life. Here's the link. ...

Check out this product page from Dutch department store HEMA. I have never seen anything like it (wait for a few seconds for the fun to begin, and turn the sound up if it won't give away the fact that you're goofing off to your boss). ...