Tag Archives: travel
Weather Bonk – Weather With Google Maps
Incorporating Google Maps with weather reporting, Weather Bonk offers another way of weather watching. Weather Bonk lets you view real time weather information on a map. This can provide some very interesting information, particularly in areas with microclimates, such as San Francisco. For example, summer in San Francisco can be particularly cold and foggy, and […]
Airline Safety Announcements – A Funny
I’ve had three people send me this, so I thought that since it was going around, it would be fun to post for everyone, and maybe people will stop forwarding it to me. ;-) All too rarely, airline attendants make an effort to make the in flight “safety lecture” and announcements a bit more entertaining. […]
RV Leak Detector
One of the burdens and hassles of living in an RV is the issue of water. Water inside and water outside, and preventing water outside from coming inside. RVers Corner shows off a device for testing leaks from the inside out. They use a new machine that pressurizes the inside of the RV and fills […]
Inspecting Your New RV Before Buying
RVers Online has a great article on “So You Want to Pick It Up At The Factory” by Bob Gummersall. I think it should be the core policy for buying or picking up your new or used RV, be it trailer, motor home, or van, before you put down the money. After all, you will […]
Remedy for Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Insect Bites and Stings
Instructables offers Remedy for Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Insect Bites and Stings, a quick solution of vinegar, dishwashing soap, and water. I personally prefer ammonia that has been only lightly watered down, or straight, just dabbed on the mosquito and other insect bites. Do you have a fast, homemade recipe for dealing with poison plants […]
New Passenger Security Technology Make Revolutionize Passenger Security Screens
A new technology from an Irish company may revolutionize aircraft passenger screenings and permit passengers to be scanned from 50 meters or so away. Metal detectors currently used for screening aircraft passengers could soon be supplanted by novel millimetre-wave cameras, able to detect even non-metallic concealed objects. The new system, named after a Brazilian bat, […]
Changes and Evolution in the Online Travel Industry
In Rohit Bhargava ‘s Blog , Influentail Interactive, on the post “The Future of the Online Travel Industry”, he brings up some important points about how the online travel industry has developed and is being challenged by chanes in the in the industry and how people shop for travel. the opportunity for any of the […]
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 […]
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 […]