23 October 2002

Ask the pilot: Boeing 747 is probably the last true design icon of commercial aviation Salon's Ask the Pilot is an excellent Q-and-A column. 5:37:33 PM     comments

BT: You are calling from the BT payphone that marks the centre of Great Britain Actually the exact centre of Britain depends how you measure it. Ordnance Survey, having factored in the UK's 401 islands and using a centre of mass technique, says it's near Dunsop Bridge. BT installed their 100,000th payphone in Dunsop Bridge in 1992. Others say it's at Haltwhistle, more than 70 miles away. 9:18:00 AM     comments

1.43bn text messages sent in UK in Sept 2002 Students return to school and university and help propel SMS figures to 48m per day. 30% higher than in 2001, 250% higher than in 2000. 9:15:48 AM     comments