Morning Links: The ‘Paperclip Armrest Concept,’ Unsung Travel Heroes and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.03.09 | 8:13 AM ET
- Neil Young’s new album was inspired by his electric-car project. It’s streaming at MySpace.
- Will the “Paperclip Armrest Concept” end the battle for airplane armrests? Interesting idea, but it looks like this just makes the battle about the best real estate up top.
- Slate’s Explainer explains why the most totalitarian countries always have the most democratic-sounding names.
- Paris is feeling “clobbered” by the economic climate. (via Gridskipper)
- Jane Wooldridge looks back on traveling to (almost) 100 countries.
- The latest issue of Perceptive Travel is up.
- Love this opening image from Timothy Egan’s dispatch from Ireland: “Under a sky that looks like a late-winter coat of sheep fleece…”
- Here are some unsung heroes of travel, as selected by USA Today readers.
- Naturists rejoice! They’re banning clothes at a German hotel.
- Finally, Tim Patterson has a word for backpacker girl: Put some damn clothes on!
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Ling 04.03.09 | 9:39 AM ET
By that logic, and with a bit of extension, all countries with ‘United’ before their name should be highly dis-united. You think?