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Record-breaking video screen at McCarran International Airport

01/05/11
In preparation for the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, which will be held in Las Vegas January 6-9, McCarran International Airport partnered up with Samsung Electronics America to install a giant 100-screen video wall in the airport's D Concourse. There are also smaller, 10-screen displays on the A, B and C Concourses. →

Free Wi-Fi & cool holiday entertainment at Schiphol Airport

12/16/10
Schiphol Airport is introducing free Wi-Fi (for one hour) and holiday entertainment that includes an ice queen, flashmobs, wish-granting fairies, gift-giving Santas, a giant reindeer head lit with 16,200 LED Christmas lights and a miniature version of the Netherlands' famous elfstedentocht - the 11-city skating marathon in Friesland. →

Museum Monday: more clocks of the world

11/08/10
Last week, to mark the end of Daylight Saving Time, I put together a list of great places to watch the clock for a story on msnbc.com: How time flies! Where to see the world’s clocks. The article featured places such the American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol, Connecticut, which has a ‘clock forest’ →

Daylight Saving Time: where to watch the clock

11/06/10
(Boston: courtesy Marriott’s Custom House) Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning when we “fall back” to standard time by turning our clocks back one hour. As you rush around resetting the clocks on the microwave, the TV and the bedside alarm, imagine yourself watching time fly in one of the clock-worthy →

Souvenir Sunday at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

10/17/10
The last time I flew out of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport my plane-mates were a crew of rowdy guys heading home after a season of commercial fishing. They’d started drinking long before the midnight flight departed and kept at it until shortly before we touched down in Seattle. I’m sure a lot of →

Museum Monday: 75 years at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

10/10/10
There are more than 700 aviation and space-related museums in this country. Each Monday we try to profile one of them.  Eventually we’ll visit them all. This week, we’re stopping at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which has an exhibit of photos, videos and historic memorabilia celebrating its 75th anniversary. According to airport history notes, →
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