Re-printed from CreteTravel.com blog (April Fools 2010) An astonishingly timely hotel concept launches today with the opening of the first 7 hotels in the newborn X-Hotels™ chain. This infant in the worldwide hospitality scene is expected to grow fast – there will be 30 X-Hotels open within 6 months and brand-linked cafes and restaurants under the X-Presso™ [...]

Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications. Letter from FBI’s Robert S. Mueller (This is the content of a letter from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, sent to Scottish Minister Kenny MacAskill regarding the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.) [...]Your action gives comfort to terrorists around the world who now [...]

Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications. The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg (founder of WordPress) I travel a lot, but when I’m in San Francisco, I usually work from home. Everyone else works from home, too. We’re a virtual company. We recently got an office on Pier 38, a five-minute walk from [...]

Why read this book? These excerpts speak for the book: [Referring to Julia Sweeny ] My first call from my mother was more of a scream. ‘Atheist? ATHEIST?!?!’ [...] I think that my parents had been mildly disappointed when I’d said I didn’t believe in God any more, but being an atheist was another thing [...]