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I like a lounge as much as the next guy but still

American Express recently added another benefit to their card — free access to a number of airport lounges around the world. Little did I know when I signed up for it that I was adding myself to one of the great new media properties, Lounges Monthly.

Oh good, at least it's only "rare"

A Northwest plane overshoots the airport by 150 miles and the pilots don't respond to air traffic controllers for a few hours. But they claim it was only a loss of "situational awareness." Neat!

Reported instances of two pilots falling asleep are rare. In August, the safety board concluded its investigation into a February 13, 2008, incident in which two pilots aboard a Go airlines flight fell asleep and traveled 26 miles beyond the destination of Hilo, Hawaii, before waking and contacting air traffic controllers.

via CNN.com

Hiking across China

Christoph Rehage hiked across China (his original goal was to walk home to Germany) and kept a video diary of his progress. This is a great video of how he weathered the trip. Short summary: more hair.

via Very Short List

Clear no more

Bummer... I was really starting to enjoy cutting in line.

Olive Tree Cafe

Ah, New York

Wishful thinking

Why I live in the Bay Area

This is my (unedited) Dopplr journal of the week:

Hello Andrew.

There have been 12 things reported in your journal since Monday April 14th. 4 of your fellow travellers are going on trips that coincide with you and 1 fellow traveller shared their trips with you.

A full digest follows.

• Joi Ito added a trip to San Francisco in May. You will be home then.
• Joi Ito added a trip to San Francisco in April. You will be home then.
• David Jacobs added a trip to San Francisco in April. You will be home then.
• David Jacobs started a trip to San Francisco.
• Josh Kopelman finished a trip to San Francisco.
• Joi Ito started a trip to San Francisco.
• David Jacobs finished a trip to San Francisco.
• Anil Dash finished a trip to San Francisco.
• Tariq Krim added a trip to San Francisco in April. You will be home then.
• Tariq Krim started a trip to San Francisco.
• Andrew Paulson started a trip to San Francisco.

[etc]