Edinburgh

Rabbie Burns

The Selkirk Grace

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.

Have haggis, neeps, and tatties coming out of my ears.
Had a great night dancing Scottish dances as well as eating too much. Will be repeated again next year.

On the note of HCI and Usability

A link to a short article on the use of technology to find missing persons!

The link

The stepson of my supervisor at Napier has gone missing, the article is the description of her husband's experience with Social Networks in the search for the missing son.

Icelandair 'rock' - again!

I never imagined I'd be so thrilled about anything Icelandair does as I think they are extertionists that for decades had monopoly position when it came to flying to and from Iceland. However, in recent years other airlines (Iceland Express in particular) have started flying to similar destinations as Icelandair so prices have gone down.

Except - Icelandair is still the only one flying to Glasgow and unfortunately it's still impossible to get a return ticket under 200 pounds it seems. BUT the reason why I'm soooo happy is they've now introduced that they are FINALLY going to fly to and from Glasgow late in the afternoon on Sundays instead of the ungodly hours in the morning. Until the first of November travellers leaving from Glasgow Airport will still have to leave at 11am (means you leave at 7.45 from Iceland) so if wanting a long weekend the whole of Sunday is completely lost.

Now (ta da) they will leave Iceland at 5.30pm and Glasgow at 8.35pm. This means my intended Scotland autumn trip will definately be set so I don't leave Glasgow until after the 1st of Nov.

Also for all of my friends in Scotland who intend to come visit your loooong weekend will be longer as well :) so all you need to do is book the flights (accommodation is on me)!

ps.
The again! bit in the title refers to them finally allowing people to buy "cheap" one-way ticekts to/from their destinations.

Icelandair UK
Icelandair IS

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