2014 - Rich Stokoe

Bad Company: Plusnet

Posted on April 21, 2014April 21, 2014 by rich

“Hello, Mr. Stokoe, I’m afraid I have an apology to make – we spoke on Tuesday night but I forgot to save the comments onto your account, can you remind me what we were discussing?” said Mike from painfully incompetent ISP, Plusnet, a subsidiary of BT. 18 Months Earlier… The adverts were full of it, […]

Where is Malaysian Airlines Flight 370? Here’s one theory…

Posted on March 10, 2014March 11, 2014 by rich

I know as soon as I post this the wreckage will be found and I’ll look like a mug, but I had a theory bubble to the top of my brain which might explain where Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is, and why it disappeared. The Facts So we know the following: The aircraft took off […]

Google’s Project Loon

Posted on March 8, 2014 by rich

Google are doing a lot of “10X innovation” right now. That is innovation that isn’t just incrementally better than the competition (like a 10% improvement) but a moon-shot, 10-times improvement. One of these initiatives is called Project Loon: You can sometimes see these balloons being tested off the coast of Christchurch, New Zealand, on FlightRadar, […]

Answering Some Common Questions About Flying

Posted on January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 by rich

Flying is such a common occurrence these days that it’s almost a non-event. We’re pre-programmed to sit upright on take-off and landing, keep our arm-rests down, seatbelts on, but why? Time and time again, everyone asks the same questions about flying. It’s a sad fact that most of the procedures we go through, and the […]