There was a post on The Economist 's travel blog titled, Turning seatmates into SeatBuddies . It talks about how airBaltic is following the example of Dutch KLM in allowing passengers to link their social network profiles with the airline website. Then you could pick your seatmate as well as your seat. From the description,...

Seems like the ideal setup: you're about to visit a country that one of your friends has already been to. Naturally, you ask your pal for advice on where to go and what to do. What could go wrong? Plenty, as it turns out. The Tnooz tech travel blog had an article called Why the...

Ko Phangan, Thailand In one of the final pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov , the main character is speaking to a group of boys and encouraging them to harness the present moment in a way that will guide them in the future. He says, “And whether you are absorbed in the most important...