- Mort Meyerson , CEO, Perot Systems

Al-Sadr rebuffs delegation
(USATODAY.com)

U.S. Delegation Prepares for Asia Trip
(AP)

Mad Cow Trade Delegation Returning to
Washington

Impersonation and Delegation in Windows
(Part 1)

U.S. Delegation Visits N. Korean Nukes
(AP)

Motorola delegation meets Hafeez,
Leghari

CBOSS Association welcomes Oman
delegation.

"US government says not involved in
delegation to North Korea"

Iraqi Delegation Set for Najaf Peace Bid
(Reuters)

Bush to Send Powell, Delegation to Asia
(AP)

U.S. Delegation Visits N.Korean Nuclear
Complex

Microsoft delegation calls on Commerce
Minister

U.S. Delegation Visits N.Korean Nuclear
Complex (Reuters)

Bush to Lead U.S. Delegation to Pope's
Funeral (Reuters)

N.Korea Shows U.S. Delegation 'Nuclear
Deterrent' (Reuters)

Iraqi Delegation Arrives in Najaf in
Mission to End Fighting

Bush to Send Delegation to Asian Tsunami
Region

Powell to Lead U.S. Delegation to Asian
Tsunami Region (Reuters)

Powell, Gov. Bush lead support
delegation to Thailand (USATODAY.com)

MoICT delegation participates in Dubai
e-government programme - Jordan

Iraq Council Delegation Meets Rebels in
Falluja (Reuters)

Joint Indo-Pak Newsmen Delegation Visits
Silicon Valley

Crystal Hues Part of Finance Minister's
Delegation to Saudi Arabia

keeps the flies at bay

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Delegation from Algeria's Ministry of
Justice visits Dubai eGovernment to
study Dubai's experience

Canada invites Mohawk Internet
Technologies as part of Canadian
delegation at International
Telecommunication

Young Arab Leaders supports the
participation of a delegation from
Jordan to take part in e-Government
program

Wi-Fi idea flies

Xeni Flies Zero-G

The company operating this flight is ZERO-G, whose founder Peter Diamandis is also the man behind the Ansari X-Prize competition. I invited Dr. Diamandis to speak at Wired Magazine's NextFest earlier this year, met him there, and learned he'd been working on this program for more than ten years.

The flight I'm taking next week (for NPR and Wired News) is part of ZERO-G's five-city media launch. Soon, they'll begin a commercial service on specially-equipped Boeing 727-200s. For about $3,000 US, passengers will be able to experience about 20 doses of parabolic weightlessness during a 90-minute trip.

Nothing like this has ever been offered to American consumers before. ZERO-G is the only company with FAA approval to conduct weightless flights for the public within the US.

NASA operates flights similar to this for training astronauts (Link), but not to the public. Space Adventures -- the company that made space tourists out of Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth (and, almost, N'Sync's Lance Bass) -- sells "vomit comet" flight experiences to paying passengers, but they cost closer to $10K and depart from a remote location in Russia. The combined costs of the flight, the prep, and getting to the departure site add up to a hefty five-figure sum. With the launch of this new service in the US, zero-G above the earth will now only cost a few G.

I've never done anything like this before. What will weightlessness feel like? A rollercoaster? Or floating in water, but without the water? When I was little, I used to have lots of recurring dreams about flying -- the dream-sensation of weightlessness felt so vivid, once I half-woke-up and sleep-jumped right off a flight of stairs. How is it that our bodies already know what zero-g feels like? Are we remembering what it felt like to float in utero? That waking dream of flight and floating -- it's something each of us physically understand. I'm looking forward to feeling the real thing.

My grandfather was an amateur astronomer. He taught me a lot of things about stars and space when I was a kid. He was there, downstairs in the living room, when I realized I couldn't fly that day -- about halfway down the stairs. He picked me up, held me in his arms, wiped my tears, and probably had to work really hard at not laughing.

Later, after lots of band-aids and kleenex, he explained what gravity was. I remember feeling really sad and crying all over again when he told me, "Honey, people just can't float like that." I wish he could still be here now, and float with me next Wednesday.

Expedia Flies Away

Boy, Time Sure Flies

Sorry about the lack of posts lately.  It wasn't that I was busy.  There just wasn't anything to post about.  Having my wife and son revolving and evolving around me again put my mind off my blog also.  It's amazing how fast the days go by when I am not posting.

FedEx Flies

Zeppelin Flies Again

Management Style Shows Weaknesses
— Delegation of Responsibility,
Trust In Subordinates May Have Hurt Bush

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Data flies, bullets too

Guantanamo delegation flies to US