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Luckiest Kid Alive Directs Air Traffic at JFK [Bad Ideas]
Mar 4th
On February 17th, an air traffic controller let his little boy take the reigns for at least five transmissions to commercial jets at JFK International. This was terribly dangerous breach of protocol! And so totally awesome for the kid.
So many questions here: why’d the pilots go along with it? How could the air traffic controllers have possibly thought this was a good idea? And has there ever been a better Take Your Child to Work Day?
The involved parties have been suspended (and/or sent to bed without dessert) while the FAA investigates. In the meantime, let’s all breathe a sigh of relief that no one was hurt, and wave a fist of anger that we didn’t get to play. [ Read more ...
TiPb Give Away: Slide-a-ma-jig Game for Kids
Mar 3rd
Slide-a-ma-jig [$0.99 - iTunes Link] is a game for the newest of iPhone users — the kids. You can slide your finger on the screen to switch between 30 different creature body parts Read more ...
TiPb Give Away: Slide-a-ma-jig Game for Kids
Mar 3rd
Slide-a-ma-jig [$0.99 - iTunes Link] is a game for the newest of iPhone users — the kids. You can slide your finger on the screen to switch between 30 different creature body Read more ...
New iPhone ad: Family Travel
Mar 1st
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone
If you’ve been watching TV over the last few days (and who hasn’t, with that USA / Canada hockey game and the tsunami coverage), you may have seen the latest in the series of iPhone ads.
The ad, titled “Family Travel,” features a voice-over by a Mom who gushes that “It’s unbelievable how much better family trips have gotten…” as Read more ...
Steve Jobs: Birthdays, Awards, Contest Calls, Shareholder Meetings, and iPhone 3.1.2
Feb 27th
Apple CEO Steve Jobs turned 55 this week according to TUAW, so we’ll start off by wishing him a healthy, happy, peaceful, and prosperous birthday! What do you get the man who gave us the Apple II, Mac, Pixar, iPod, iTunes, Read more ...
