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Jaunted Roundup: Israel Travel News, Tourism Guides, Jerusalem and Acre, Etc.

Omri Ceren — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:54:53 +0000

A roundup of posts on Israel travel, with the first two looking very much like - frankly, modestly - genre-faithful tourism posts. From Jaunted, where I blog about airport security, the airline industry, travel technology, tourism advertising and social media,...

Jaunted Roundup: Google Goggles, Maps, Earth, and Executive Airplanes

Omri Ceren — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:59:22 +0000

A roundup of posts on sundry things Google and travel. From Jaunted, where I blog about airport security, the airline industry, travel technology, tourism advertising and social media, and the occasional bevy of cute animals: This is the Future: Google's...

Here Are Several Videos and Pictures Of Baby Hippos

Omri Ceren — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:16:08 +0000

Consider this an inexcusably delayed post on the picture of pigmy hippo baby Harry that swept the Internet a few weeks ago. Pigmy hippos are critically endangered, with less than 3,000 left in the wild. Unhelpfully mother Hilda is incompetent...

Jaunted Roundup: Adventures In TSA Good and Bad Ideas

Omri Ceren — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:36:08 +0000

A roundup of posts on the Transportation and Security Administration, its borderline-comedic assortment of faults and contradictions, and the even worse legislative ideas to fix it. From Jaunted, where I blog about airport security, the airline industry, travel technology, tourism...

Pop Music, The End of Summer, and Judith Butler

Omri Ceren — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:52:55 +0000

I was looking for an academic hook into this new Jon McLaughlin/Sara Bareilles nostalgia bomb and the best I could come up with is a recent comfortingly interminable lecture by Judith Butler on Kafka, communication, and the philosophy of departure...

Jaunted Roundup: Baby Lemurs, Baby Polar Bears, Baby Anteaters, Plus Other Zoo News

Omri Ceren — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:24:38 +0000

A roundup of posts on zoos you should visit, because IIS hasn't had one of those in a while. From Jaunted, where I blog about various things travel: airport security, the airline industry, travel technology, tourism advertising and social media,...

Gandalf On A Skateboard

Omri Ceren — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:09:55 +0000

Via Neatorama, this may be the greatest thing I've ever seen. Stay with it until the end: Here is an attempt to map every family tree in Middle Earth, which is another thing that may be the greatest thing I've...

Turns Out, Russia Has An Indie Scene

Omri Ceren — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:23:01 +0000

Hey you guys, Russia has indie bands too. And their frontmen also stare forlornly through windows while dressed in thrift store plaid. I know, right? Here's Parade by the Russian three-piece indietronica band Everything Is Made In China (Blog; Facebook;...

Videos Of Baby Elephants Playing (Plus: Elephant Communication and Social Networks)

Omri Ceren — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:11:21 +0000

The elephant videos are at the bottom: a baby elephant rolling around in the sand at the Toledo Zoo, a baby elephant taking a bath at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, and two older female elephants arriving at...

Indexical Tweets: “Cutest Animal Footage Of 2011…” Edition

Omri Ceren — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0000

Highlights, lowlights, links, and a 2011 wrap-up of San Diego Zoo content, from the Icon Index Symbol Twitter stream. RT @sandiegozoo: We compiled all the cutest animal footage of 2011 & this is the result. http://t.co/olRtIfGx This is why the...