Boy in Norway Rides Luggage Conveyor Belt (AP)

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Boy takes joyride on airport conveyor
belt (Reuters)

Boy takes joyride on airport conveyor
belt (Reuters) 07/27/2004 04:06 AM
Reuters - A four-year-old boy caused chaos at a Norwegian airport this week when he hopped aboard a luggage conveyor belt as if it were a merry-go-round.

Luggage Tech

Luggage Tech 04/12/2004 06:02 PM
Coming home from the Valley last week, I experienced a wardrobe malfunction; my knapsack (a tech-conference freebie) fell apart in the airport. So I hit the Wilsons Leather store in SFO, and discovered that business travel gear has really been getting better. I can’t find the product I bought on their website, but it’s a nice-looking black leather knapsack that doubles as a rollie, and is just way slick. It’s got a laptop sleeve that fits my 15-inch PowerBook, plus two more compartments; one for papers, one for electronics, lots of little pouches and pockets and sleeves, and an accessible-yet-secure place for the travel documents. Hmm, looking at Wilsons’ financials, they’re not doing that great, it might be a good time to snap something up now while they’ve got a clearance on. But I imagine that if they’ve got good stuff, so does the competition. Bottom-line, if you’re getting tired of whatever beat-up old thing you’re hauling around on road trips, it’s an attractive time to upgrade.

Lost luggage? No more

Lost luggage? No more 07/01/2004 07:10 AM
Boston Globe Jul 1 2004 11:32AM GMT

I beat my luggage to Toledo

I beat my luggage to Toledo 12/22/2003 09:02 PM
Yeah, thanks to a remarkably short connection in Chicago, my luggage is still [apparently] there. The flight that arrives at 10pm should have it on board. But these are airlines, so I'm not gonna bet on anything. Murphy never sleeps. In related news, there's no snow on the ground here and it's not as cold as I expected. I even timed things so that I missed the big quake in California....

A Wife, A Son, and A Mountain of Luggage

A Wife, A Son, and A Mountain of Luggage 07/21/2004 04:49 PM

On Sunday, my wife and son returned from Korea.  They also brought a mountain of luggage, two full carts worth.  Since my wife and I already had more than a decade of arguments over her seemingly unbreakable habit of moving mountains across oceans, all I could do was sigh and hug.

My wife and I are on the extreme opposites when it comes to luggage.  I despise luggage so I travel very light.For a month long trip to Europe, I would take two underwears, two pairs of socks, two T-shirts, one jean, one slack, one jacket, and a pair of running shoes.  Since I am going to be wearing one set of everything plus the jacket and the shoes, the spares could fit comfortably into a small carry-on.  If the jacket has big pockets, I could travel without any bags but I use the carry-on to avoid getting grilled by immigration officers.  And on my trips, I rarely buy anything I have to carry.  If it's something big, I ship it. 

My wife, on the other hand, carries everything.Her annual trips to Korea usually starts with increasing shopping activities a month or two before the trip.  In buying her gifts, she ignores logic completely.  I have seen her buying goods made in Korea as gifts to take back to Korea.  On this trip, she brought back goods she bought at Costco in Korea, goods made right here in California.  She said they were on sale over there and saving a few bucks on pots and pans made perfect sense to her.  Oy.

And much of the luggage was food.  For example, she brought back two boxes of ramyeon, dry noodle in a cup.  Of course, our local Korean markets sell them by boxes too but my wife said these are fresher.  Fresh instant noodle?  Arghhhh!

When I was growing up in Korea, I frequently saw a Korean women carrying heavy stuff while her husband walked ahead with hands behind his back.  Until I got married I didn't understand why Korean husbands weren't helping their wives.  Why?  It's because they already had their decade of fruitless arguments and all of them reached the same compromise.  As for me, I help out despite my frustrations but also try to avoid travelling with her to Korea.

Between Mars and Venus lies an impenetrable astroid field of luggage.

BoomBag: Stereo Luggage

BoomBag: Stereo Luggage 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

BoomBag luggage is designed for the traveling presenter who needs to be able to bust out the Powerpoint at the drop of a business card. Designed to work with projector, the system's speakers fits between the carrying handle, leaving plenty of room to pack your clothing, hairpiece, and vodka. There are two models to choose from, one with a removable tri-fold garment bag, for $275. Not for everybody, but if you could get a tiny projector and a laptop in there (or a Mac mini and Keynote) it's probably a salesman's dream.

Product Page [VIASF via GadgetryBlog]

Bluebird of Luggage Happiness

Bluebird of Luggage Happiness 07/09/2004 06:22 PM
A conceptual contest winner envisions Bluetooth luggage tags: The tags on your luggage and that you carry signal when your luggage is near. Conceivably, this concept could be expanded so that you would register your luggage and your tag: without both parts, you wouldn't be able to leave with the bags. [link via Gizmodo]...

Man admits to grenade in luggage

Man admits to grenade in luggage 04/05/2005 07:05 AM
A man has admitted bringing a hand grenade to Gatwick airport with intent to endanger life.

Delta will use RFID to track luggage

Delta will use RFID to track luggage 07/01/2004 08:52 AM
Eventually, the airline may let customers track their own bags using the technology.

Stow Luggage, Not Phones, While in
Flight

Stow Luggage, Not Phones, While in
Flight 04/13/2004 11:30 AM
Boston Globe Apr 13 2004 3:09PM GMT

Plane 'to clear luggage backlog'

Plane 'to clear luggage backlog' 08/10/2004 07:20 AM
British Airways is to use a specially chartered Boeing 777 to clear a backlog of undelivered luggage.

Bluebird Bluetooth Luggage Tag Concept

Bluebird Bluetooth Luggage Tag Concept 07/09/2004 01:27 PM

There are a variety of great gadget ideas in IDFuel's first "Bonfire" gadget contest, including the winner, the "Bluebird" Bluetooth luggage tag. Besides lighting up when the bag tag's owner presses the mated dongle, the Bluebird could also signal your cell phone when your luggage is nearby -- as in nearby on the airline conveyer belt. In addition, your contact information could be stored on the tag, so if your luggage were to be lost, airline Bluetooth readers could be used to get in touch with you. There are even more great ideas detailed for the Bluebird, as well as other runners-up in the competition.
Read - Your Travel Woes Solved [IDFuel]

Update: Maybe this idea isn't quite as original as I'd thought. (Thanks, Steven!)
Read - Better Luggage Through Bluetooth [Forbes]

40 Pieces of Fish Disappear From Luggage
(AP)

40 Pieces of Fish Disappear From Luggage
(AP) 07/06/2004 11:51 AM
AP - Something fishy happened to Ray Bolanos' luggage. Somewhere between Anchorage and Seattle, about 40 meticulously wrapped and packed one-pound pieces of fresh-caught halibut vanished from his checked bags.

NES Belt Buckle

NES Belt Buckle 05/07/2004 07:51 AM
Hrm, what would go best with my corny hipster spiky belt? Oh, I know, the destruction of a perfectly good NES controller. You know, this is exactly the sort of arrogant depletion of natural stocks they were trying to teach us about in school. Have we learned nothing from the...

NES Controller Belt

NES Controller Belt 05/06/2004 07:08 PM
The Nintendo Controller Belt. (via waxy)

RFID Luggage Tracking at Jacksonville
Airport

RFID Luggage Tracking at Jacksonville
Airport 04/18/2004 12:21 PM

Delta Air Invests $25 Million in RFID
for Luggage

Delta Air Invests $25 Million in RFID
for Luggage 07/02/2004 08:02 AM

Airport luggage inspectors policing
thoughtcrime

Airport luggage inspectors policing
thoughtcrime 03/15/2003 11:03 AM
A traveller flying to San Diego from Seattle found his luggage had been opened by the Federal Transport Security Authority, who had left behind a note telling him so, on which was scrawled "DONT APPRECIATE YOUR ANTI-AMERICAN ATTITUDE" -- a reference to the "No Iraq War" signs he'd picked up in a shop in Seattle.

So, the Feds are not only inspecting our bags -- and invading our privacy -- to ensure that they are bomb-free; they're now taking it upon themselves to chastise us for our political beliefs? What the hell does keeping bombs off airplanes have to do with winkling out protest signs?

Nothing like a little thoughtcrime policing to undermine the entire mission and credibility of the TSA. Of course, the TSA is maintaining that this wasn't the work of an inspector -- rather, someone at the airport cut the security-seal left behind by the inspector, defaced the "You have been inspected" card, and replaced the seal, all without being caught by the TSA itself (wow, that gives me a lot of confidence in the TSA's ability to secure the nation's airports!).

Nico Melendez, western regional spokesman for the TSA, said the note in Goldberg's luggage will be investigated, but he said there's no proof that a TSA employee wrote it. "It's a leap to say it was a TSA screener," Melendez said.

But Goldberg said, "It seems a little far-fetched to think people are running around the airport writing messages on TSA literature and slipping them into people's bags."

Link Discuss (via Interesting People)

Stow Luggage, Not Phones, While in
Flight (Reuters)

Stow Luggage, Not Phones, While in
Flight (Reuters) 04/13/2004 09:55 AM
Reuters - The next time a flight attendant asks you to switch off that handheld computer phone, keep smiling -- and pull out a copy of the latest plane safety guidelines.

Delta to use RFID tags to track luggage

Delta to use RFID tags to track luggage 07/01/2004 05:20 PM
Following a series of tests designed to see how well RFID tags work, Delta Air Lines said today it will use the new wireless technology throughout its U.S. network to track luggage.

Microsoft tightens its belt

Microsoft tightens its belt 05/30/2004 08:49 PM
p2pnet.net May 31 2004 0:41AM GMT

Delta to Invest in Radio Tags for
Luggage at Airports

Delta to Invest in Radio Tags for
Luggage at Airports 07/01/2004 12:34 AM
Delta Air Lines plans to use disposable radio tags to track all luggage it handles at domestic airports.

Rare pythons found in hand luggage
(Reuters)

Rare pythons found in hand luggage
(Reuters) 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
Reuters - Bulgarian police have arrested a Cypriot man who tried to smuggle out three tiger python snakes -- endangered species banned for trade.

The Search Engine Belt Buckle

The Search Engine Belt Buckle 08/27/2004 01:34 PM
I remember when I was Chairman of Infoseek Japan, I would get a weekly list of the top 100 search words. I remember loving this list. You could see watch trends and stuff, but mostly it made you realize just how sick people were. When I was around, the only US search term that beat adult content phrases was "Olympics" and the only Japanese query was "Tamagocchi" when it was all the rage.

Now uber-gadget-hacker Phillip Torrone has brought this experience to the street via the Search Engline Belt Buckle. It uses the SearchSpy service which shows real search queries and is provided by Dogpile, the metasearch engine.

I suppose this is slightly more useful than an RSS feed of my weight, but definitely harder to build.

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Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckles

Nintendo NES Controller Belt Buckles 05/08/2004 04:54 AM
I GOTTA start wearing pants again! .. Nintendo Controller Belt

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Ballmer tightens Microsoft belt

Ballmer tightens Microsoft belt 07/07/2004 09:40 AM
SOFTLY SPOKEN, shy and retiring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an email to staff yesterday to complain that the company is not as wealthy as everyone thinks. According to Mr Ballmer, stories have been getting out that he is sitting on a fathomless cash ocean of billions of dollars and does nothing more than swim in the mountains of loot. He wanted to tell staff that it is not true because Microsoft needed a lot of cash.

Karl Lagerfeld TV Belt for Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld TV Belt for Chanel 06/22/2005 01:57 AM

Karl Lagerfeld put these Chanel-branded TV belts on runway models during their Spring/Summer 2005 show, harnessing the captivating double-team of the moving image and the swaggering crotch. Chanel has said there are no plans to bring the TV Belts into production, but you can surely do something similar if you can scrounge up an old crotch somewhere.

Chanel TV Belt [Purseblog]

Nortel to tighten fiscal belt

Nortel to tighten fiscal belt 07/27/2004 09:38 PM
ZDNet Australia Jul 28 2004 1:40AM GMT

Belt-buckle made from NES controller

Belt-buckle made from NES controller 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
At $15, this belt-buckle made from an old NES controller is a pretty cool gift-idea. Link (via Engadget)

Cassini finds radiation belt

Cassini finds radiation belt 08/06/2004 08:03 PM
globetechnology.com Aug 7 2004 0:54AM GMT

Google's chastity belt too tight

Google's chastity belt too tight 04/23/2004 06:40 AM
CNET Apr 23 2004 11:17AM GMT

Norway Airports Get Wi-Fi

Norway Airports Get Wi-Fi 11/10/2003 10:53 PM
Proxim said it will provide the gear for hot spots in all of Norway's airports: The networks should be live by the end of the year. It's not clear how many airports are part of this deal but it may just include four....

Norway To Leave DVD Jon Alone

Norway To Leave DVD Jon Alone 01/05/2004 01:45 PM
Following the second acquittal of "DVD Jon" Johansen last month for daring to create and release software that let him view DVDs he had purchased on his Linux machine, the Norwegian police have decided that they have little hope of winning should they appeal again and are dropping the case. Of course, you can still expect the recording industry to search for some friends in Norway to change the laws in their favor.

Yahoo goes PFI in Norway

Yahoo goes PFI in Norway 07/06/2002 07:12 PM
"Yahoo Norway has finally gone PFI for commercial sites."

Police Find Rare Pythons in Hand Luggage
(Reuters)

Police Find Rare Pythons in Hand Luggage
(Reuters) 01/26/2004 10:19 AM
Reuters - Bulgarian police on Friday arrested a Cypriot man who tried to smuggle out three tiger python snakes -- endangered species banned for trade.

Car Rides

Car Rides 06/28/2004 01:08 PM
Susan Campbell: Think about this a moment, and then look into the shining faces of your loved ones. You didn't opt for the DVD option on the minivan, did you? And you will be trapped for hours in an area roughly the size of a kitchen table with the people who know how to push your buttons better than anyone. If you have kids, a DVD option is a wise investment.

Santa Fe Rethinks Doggie Seat Belt Law
(AP)

Santa Fe Rethinks Doggie Seat Belt Law
(AP) 05/25/2004 06:00 PM
AP - The city of Santa Fe is rethinking a proposed rewrite of its animal control ordinance that would have required dogs to wear seat belts in cars.

Spacecraft Finds Belt Around Saturn
Unlike Any Ever Seen Before

Spacecraft Finds Belt Around Saturn
Unlike Any Ever Seen Before 08/06/2004 02:23 AM
The Cassini spacecraft has detected an invisible swarm of trapped high-energy particles circling Saturn inside the inner edge of the planet's signature disk of luminous rings.

TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Belt-Driven
Masterpiece

TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Belt-Driven
Masterpiece 04/29/2004 07:55 AM
Inspired by high-performance racing engines, the engineers at TAG Heuer have constructed the world's first drive-belt transmission-powered watch, the one-of-a-kind Monaco V4 Concept. Displacing traditional watch design innards for a four-barrel sapphire and platinum linear oscillating mass system, the V4 throws almost 300 years of watch design out the window,...
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