10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Happy New Year!

by Chris Christensen Add comments
categories: News

No, that’s not a typo, I do have the number “1″ in my countdown twice. If you were counting down correctly from 11:59:50 then you should have counted 11 second because 2005 ended with an extra “leap” second. For more on leap seconds look at this article in Wikipedia.

by Chris Christensen

I am the Director of Engineering for TripAdvisor.com/Flights. I am also the host of the Amateur Traveler. The Amateur Traveler is an online travel show that focuses primarily on travel destinations and what are the best places to travel to. It includes both a weekly audio podcast, a video podcast, and a blog.

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