by dayhawk | Aug 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
EnnyWare is the latest, and perhaps the best, incarnation of the trusty ASPDotNetStoreFront shopping cart. Vortx, the parent company of the e-commerce platform, has created a relatively intuitive interface to allow even my wife to add products, customize a home page,...
by dayhawk | Jul 6, 2013 | Travel
It was such a relief seeing the photo by Samsung executive David Eun (@Eunner), who like most passengers walked away from the Asiana flight that crashed at San Francisco International. Thinking that family and friends, or I, could have been on that flight made me...
by dayhawk | Jul 31, 2012 | Airlines, Travel
By the time UA 148 pushed back and taxied to the runway, I was dozing. I caught a glimpse of Newark getting smaller and was out again. Nothing could be more soothing than the roar of a jet engine. It vibrates me like a massage chair and then, at takeoff, compresses me...
by dayhawk | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Camels are magnificent creatures, but the camel that got me to and from a Nabatean ruin in Wadi Musa was as stubborn as the tumbleweed in the desert.
by dayhawk | Oct 11, 2011 | Photography, Prague Diary, Travel
Errant sunlight illuminates the National Gallery (Národní galerie v Praze) and the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn and turns the spires of the Tyn Church even more ominous.
by dayhawk | Jul 27, 2011 | Europe, Prague Diary
This intricate door handle at the restored Old Town Hall in Prague was easy to miss. (Thanks Shelly!) The knight might be Gothic. But the legs make me wonder if this design stems from pre-medieval times.
by dayhawk | May 17, 2011 | Prague Diary, Travel
Many roads in Praha 1 lead to Staromestská radnice, the Old Town Square. The Church of Our Lady Before Tyn, has dominated Prague’s skyline, on the east bank of the Vltava River, since the 14th Century. At dusk, eerie glow from the spires can be seen for miles...
by dayhawk | May 15, 2011 | Prague Diary, Travel
An irreverent interpretation of paella? In Czech Republic? This southeastern Spanish delicacy was strange in appearance but flavourful to the palate. The restaurant, El Toro Negro, charges a premium–not for food but for its proximity to the stunning,...
by dayhawk | Apr 28, 2011 | Prague Diary
Prague Photo Diary: Karlův Most (Charles Bridge) at night. Taken from Smetanovo nábreží, Praha 1, looking at the Prague Castle to the northwest.
by dayhawk | Aug 1, 2010 | Internet, Marketing, Travel
I am in an Alaska Airlines 737-800, 38,000 feet above sea level and traveling at over 500 miles per hour. And I am connected to the Internet at broadband speeds.Gogo Inflight Internet, the brand under which Aircell markets its in-flight Internet services, made sign-up...
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