New Flights of Fancy

From MSNBC:

The sky over San Francisco is cerulean blue as you begin your descent into the city from 2,000 feet. As you pass over the southern hills, the skyline of the Financial District rises into view. On the descent into downtown, familiar skyscrapers form an urban canyon around you; you can even see the trolley tracks running down the valley formed by Market Street. But then a little pop-up box next to the Bay Bridge explains that an accident has just occurred on the western span, and a thick red line indicates the resulting traffic jam along the highway. A banner ad for Emeryville, Calif., firm ZipRealty hangs incongruously in the air over the Transamerica Pyramid. You are actually staring at your PC screen, not out an airplane window.

Related posts:

  1. How NASA helped invent Silicon Valley From CNet News: For anyone who’s ever been stuck in...
  2. Survey offers a ’sneak peek’ into Net surfers’ brains From USA Today: Seeing is believing when it comes to...
  3. QuickThumbnail - online photo resizer Another Download Squad find… QuickThumbnail is an extremely pared-down online...
  4. It’s O.K. to Fall Behind the Technology Curve From the New York Times: The day after Christmas, prices...
  5. Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee A press release from the Opera web site: Oslo, Norway...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

2 Responses to “New Flights of Fancy”


  1. 1 Bob

    Your link leads to a site with interminable popups!!!

  2. 2 Graham

    I just tested the link again, and it takes you to MSNBC. I don’t experience any popups.

  1. 1 New Flights of Fancy - Defend PC

Leave a Reply