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Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport The Best I’ve Seen So Far

by Anil Polat | Feb 21, 2007 | Air, Travel Journal | 2

I’ve been to and slept in many airports (here is some advice if you have to sleep in one too). Ataturk Airport is the best I’ve seen thus far. Clean, very efficient security that gets you through quickly, and great shops with some variety and prices that don’t cause anal leakage. Plus free high speed Internet blankets the place.

Places that make you pay to get online can never be on a “good airport” list. You can check to see if the US domestic airports you might be visiting offer free wireless.

Valentine’s Day Humor

by Anil Polat | Feb 20, 2007 | Travel | 0

I know this is a bit late, but I was out of town 😳

Spears’ Hair On Sale for $1,000,000

by Anil Polat | Feb 20, 2007 | Travel | 0

This is real – why is the world so fascinated with her?

The US hair salon where pop star Britney Spears shaved her head has apparently set up a website to auction her locks for more than $1m (?512,500).

From the site, buybritneyshair.com:

You also get her blue Bic Lighter and this valuable domain and website to use for publicity purposes. This is the Ultimate Britney Spears Experience! It is a piece of history that can not be duplicated!

By the way, nice wig 😉

Travel Off The Beaten Path: Seat 61

by Anil Polat | Feb 20, 2007 | Advice, Travel | 0

I saw this which lead me to Seat61 – a site dedicated to travel to popular (and not-so-popular) destinations and how to make a unique experience of them. The section on Europe is an especially good read and the site covers firsthand some places that I suggested you should visit, but might be scared to.

Priceline, Travelocity, and Cingular Fund Spyware

by Anil Polat | Feb 20, 2007 | Tech | 0

The reason that annoying spyware and crap like it exist is because there is money in it (and Microsoft sucks at security). Good thing that the funders (these aren’t the only companies, plenty of others do it too) are getting punished, albeit so lightly.

Priceline.com, Travelocity.com and Cingular Wireless have agreed to pay fines of between US $30,000 and US $35,000 each for advertising through illegal adware. All three companies had bought advertisements on DirectRevenue, which has been the target of a lawsuit for “fraudulent software installations and serving illegal pop-up ads.” The three companies that purchased the ads paid the fines to settle a separate lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Full article here.

This isn’t the first time I’ve posted about Cingular doing some pretty shaddy stuff.

Movie Review: The Guardian

by Anil Polat | Feb 19, 2007 | Travel | 1

I got a chance to catch this on my last transcontinenal flight, and you will be able to as well if you fly across the Atlantic via United or Lufthansa. The story is about the US Coast Guard and Kevin Costner playing the older experianced guy teaching Ashton Kutcher (the new cadet) the ropes. It has enough action to keep you awake, make you more concious of turbulance, and give you great admiration for the Coast Guard.

Costner loves to stick to the Americana (JFK, Dances with Wolves) and various aspects of American culture (think Silverado, The Untouchables) and for that I think his passion in his work shows. People may not be so fond of his more abstract (Postman, Waterworld) work but this film will make 2 hours on the flight go by quick.

Plus, he’s not that bad, come on!

Too bad it’s not on PeekVid…yet.