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Tag Archives: life on the road

Air Travel – Cellphones out, WIFI in

Want to talk on your cell phone during the flight? Well, you can’t. Cell phone users on airplanes are considered annoying. So how do you stay in touch while in flight? You’ll have to let your fingers do your communicating. I’m currently working on development and installation of wireless broadband Internet on international airplances while […]

Homemade Underwater Viewer

While there are amazing underwater photographers, our underwater photography is fairly limited to aquariums, we still love swimming, snorkeling and diving. We were lucky enough to swim with the dophins in the Red Sea near Eilat, Israel, and spend a lot of time in the nearby Marine Conservatory, and have sought out many aquariums as […]

US Passports to Get RFID Chip Implants by 2007

According to a new report from CNet News, Passports to get RFID chip implants by October 2006. The new chip implant technology will contain information on your name, nationality, sex, date of birth, place of birth and digitial photo which can be broadcast via a tiny radio frequency ID (RFID) chip. The government is still […]

Live World Day and Night Map

While it isn’t much help to the average traveler, it still is fasincating to check out the way the sun moves across the planet and see who is in the darkness of night and the bright light of day. The Opentopia – World Sunlight Map provides a live view of the sun passing over the […]

Weatherbug RSS Feed

Just went I thought it was time to relax, Hurricane Wilma is threatening our shores again. It is just about to hit the Yucatan, blasting away at Cozumel and Cancun, and already the weather radio has been going off for two days warning of high surf and shore erosion and possible flooding. Brent and I […]

Go Anywhere Disposable Scrabble Game

I love playing games when traveling. I always carry a deck of cards and a minature backgammon board in my carry-0n. It might not be touched during most flights, but on those interminable flights overseas or stuck in an airport due to bad weather and other flight delays, they sure come in handy. I was […]

Computer on the Road – Cooling Your Computer

For the most part, taking a laptop on the road is much easier than taking a desktop, but there are still many who want to take their desktop on the road with them. I’ll be talking more about how to do this, and how to protect your computer on the road, but I wanted to […]

150 Tips and Tricks on Cleaning

I’m working on a series of tips for cleaning your trailer or motor home, which are slightly different from cleaning in your traditional home, and I ran across a batch of cleaning tips that I just had to share with you now. 150 Tips and Tricks on Cleaning from Life Hack is an amazing list […]

World’s Largest WIFI Hotspot is in Rural Oregon

Biggest Wi-Fi Cloud Is in Rural Oregon from Yahoo News reports that: Morrow County, which borders Hermiston and spans 2,000 square miles, still doesn’t have a single traffic light. It only has 11,000 people, a number that does not justify a large telecom player making a big investment, said Casey Beard, the director of emergency […]

Overweight Airlines Passengers May Feel the Pinch – in Ticket Prices

According to the Star Tribute, “Super-size passengers beware: Airlines have you in their sights”, if you are overweight, your next airline ticket might be twice the price of a skinny person. Soaring fuel costs are helping send airlines into bankruptcy. But there’s another little-known reason for airlines’ financial problems: soaring sizes of passengers. Overweight passengers […]

Home Schooling on the Road

Traveling on the road with your children, especially if you decide to go full-time, presents some challenges for traveling with school age children. Resourcefull Lacrosse’s article on “Home Schooling in Your Motorhome” tackles this issue. Your one room school house on wheels. One of major concerns of parents who decide to home school their children […]

What You Need to Know About Bird Flu

Travelers heading overseas to China and other areas in Asia need to know about Bird Flu and how to avoid contagions and infections. Unfortunately, Bird Flu can be spread, along with other pandemic viruses, and there is a major movement to inform everyone about the potential for danger as well as how to protect yourself, […]

Unusual Gadgets for the Eccentric Traveler

Okay, I admit it, I’m a gadget freak. I love a good gadget, especially for travel. I’ve found two unusual gadgets that might be of interest to the eccentric traveler. BrightFeet lighted slippers are slippers from Europe with LED lights built into the sole pointing from the toes with a 25 foot illumination range and […]

Wireless Power by Splashpower – No more recharger cables!

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of all the wires, cables, batteries, and all things electronic that have to go with us when we take our camera on the road. VERY tired. Now comes word that Splash Power Wants to Cut the Charger Cord. You can use them while jogging, take […]

You Don’t Know What It’s Like

You don’t know what it’s like. You can’t imagine what it’s like. You would never believe it. You don’t know how hard it is. You don’t have a clue. Well, guess what? I do. I know what it’s like. I have an imagination. Having traveled a lot of the planet, I can believe just about […]