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iPhone travel tip of the week
Okay, well maybe a I won’t start posting a new iPhone travel tip every week but this is a good one. The iPhone comes with the ability to view PDF documents but only as email attachments. For our upcoming Japan trip I wanted a way to access reference materials on the iPhone without having to [...]
Project Bobcat Revisited
A couple of weeks back I blogged about Garmin’s Project Bobcat trip planning software for the Mac. In that post I mentioned how the latest obligatory software update from Garmin broke my BlueChart maps. I was really bummed since I currently do not have any Windows PCs (and was hoping to keep it that way).
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Project Bobcat: Finally, Garmin’s solution for trip planning on the Mac?
As I wrote in my posts about our campervan trip through Europe, one of the biggest challenges we had was lack of route planning support for Garmin products on the Mac. Running MapSource with VirtualPC worked okay but the lack of USB support meant that uploads were painfully slow and still the maps did not [...]
Scout 145 Hybrid Boat
A while back I blogged about the DSe Hybrid yacht, a cruising motor-boat that used electric motors coupled with a pair of small diesel generators and a bank of batteries and solar panel array. The boat could steam along under diesel or electric power alone and provide power indefinitely for living “on the hookâ€.
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Kelty Binto Bar: Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Okay, so I’ve blog-fading… (Is there such a thing?) Part of this is because, while I’ve been dreaming up ways to reinvent this blog and make it more interesting, I have been busy with work, family and other pursuits. However, I haven’t seen a lot of gear lately that has motivated me to write about [...]
Have MiniHome will travel
For those of us with nomadic spirits there is something alluring about little homes on wheels. Just knowing that you can pick-up and leave in search of adventure at any time is extremely appealing; however, the styling of most mobile homes leaves a lot to be desired. When I visited Unicat in Germany, I was [...]
Googleâ„¢ Transit now available within Googleâ„¢ Maps
Since 2005 a group of engineers from Googleâ„¢ Labs has been working to create a tool for planning trips using mass transit as a 20% project. Recently, Googleâ„¢ announced on their Lat Long Blog that Googleâ„¢ Transit had graduated from the Labs. This means that, while the main transit page is still available, users who [...]
