Cranky Flier Brett Snyder got a sneak peak at Emirates' new A380 recently, and this quick video explores the one thing everyone is wondering about: How's the shower?!
It doesn't look too big, but you know it'll be nice and clean: The airline plans to have two dedicated "shower attendants" on every flight to clean up after every use and restock the towels and amenities.
We're willing to look past how absolutely ridiculous that is simply because it's a shower. With heated floors. On a plane.
There's no better American road food than good ol' Southern BBQ. But there's that notorious problem of knowing what to get (and say) depending on where you are. There's no better way to scream "I'm a Yankee" than asking for chicken in Mississippi or "not too spicy" in Louisiana.
So how does one remember all these details from state to state? Just check out Rhett and Link's BBQ Song. With catchy lyrics and helpful pictorials, you'll soon know your western Kentucky mutton from your eastern Kentucky pork butt.
The Beijing Olympics anticipation has us all geared up for anything Chinese, and the Sundance Channel's new mini-series is here just in time.
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World explores, well, just that. West Lake restaurant in Changsha in Hunan province supposedly serves 5,000 guests a day, employs 300 chefs and, as you might expect, has a tightly disciplined waitstaff.
The 4-part series airs Mondays this month at 9 pm. You can catch the first episode online, or watch a preview after the jump.
After John McCain used footage of her in a campaign ad, Paris Hilton is striking back with an absolutely hilarious video of her own, in which she presents her energy policy and plots an escape to Maui to get a great tan.
So what's that magazine she's consulting? It's the August issue of Conde Nast Traveler. Sorry T+L!
The last thing you want on a flight is a suspicious smell. But after a passenger caught a whiff of smoke, American Airlines Flight 31 to Honolulu turned around and made an emergency landing back at LAX this morning.
Even though emergency slides were involved, investigators never found the source of the odor. Ironically, firefighters were already at the airport to welcome an incoming Airbus A380 from Emirates Airlines. After the jump, break out the water cannons!
Didn't get enough Virgin Galactic as we were liveblogging the unveiling of WhiteKnightTwo last week? Then allow us to present this video from our pals at Boing Boing tv.
Host Xeni Jardin chats with Buzz Aldrin, Richard Branson and David Cush to get more scoop on the launch vehicle that--fingers crossed--will be lofting paying passengers 62 miles above Earth by 2012.
We're all about public art, and this awesome "intervention" in Dresden is one of the coolest installations we've seen in a long time. "Touched Echo" pipes the sounds of the notorious air raid on the Germany city through a railing on Brühl's Terrace.
Temporarily installed generators transmit the sounds of explosions and planes through visitors' arms and into their cupped ears. In other words, you have to physically lean on the rail and take cover to fully appreciate the installation.
Artist Markus Kison says that by requiring observers to participate, they create a living memorial to the bombing of the city, which killed tens of thousands of civilians just months before the end of the Second World War. His installation will remain on view--on listen?--until October 31.
Waboba Balls are taking over beaches worldwide, and we totally want two:
Made of a combination of plastics with a lycra coating, it is described as having the consistency of a breast implant.
The golf-ball sized toy floats in the ocean and swimming pools, but given a good toss, it'll skip along the waves like a stone. For $8, the Waboba looks to us like the most fun you can have on the beach outside of Greece.
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