Any Major Move
Monday, August 31st, 2009Any major move begins with a truck full of stuff. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/docs/anymajormove.pdf .
Archive for 2009
Any major move begins with a truck full of stuff. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/docs/anymajormove.pdf .
Truck Camper Magazine Interview – Part Two
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Part two of our interview by Truck Camper Magazine is here: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842&Itemid=34 .
Five Star Happy Campers
Monday, August 17th, 2009While unpacking the Fuso after its arrival from South America we found a few pounds of white powder. We were not amused. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/fivestarhappycampers.pdf .
The Fuso Stuff
Monday, August 17th, 2009We've been asked more than once what we carried on the Fuso in its 10,000 liters of locking storage space. Since we loaded it as we built it, and started ejecting stuff off of it immediately after pulling out, we didn't really have a good answer to that question. Until ...
Truck Camper Magazine Interview – Part One
Monday, August 17th, 2009We were recently interviewed by Truck Camper Magazine. The interview is here: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=841&Itemid=34 .
The Circle of Trust
Saturday, August 1st, 2009OK, so it's been a while... Four months, in fact. It’s been almost exactly four months since we handed over the keys and paperwork to ship our Fuso from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Long Beach, California. I know what you're thinking, "What could possibly take four months to ship an expedition vehicle from one ...
Tom and I
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Exactly 40 years ago this second, one chapter ended and another began. 40 years ago, plopped down on the shag carpet of our basement family room, watching our round tube Curtis Mathis color television, I saw Neil Armstrong step down onto the surface of the moon. I didn’t know it then, but ...
Pick A Horse
Friday, July 17th, 2009Here’s a quick test for anyone who has sat in their cubicle and dreamed about starting their own business. Read this short web page about a new technology: http://www.agilenano.com/technology.htm What would you build with that technology? What are your product ideas? My friend Scot Mortier, an assistant District Attorney suggested, “Interesting...so, applications from ...
The Quotidian Effect
Thursday, July 16th, 2009"The transition from 'astronaut preparing to accomplish the next big thing' to 'astronaut telling about the last big thing' did not come easily to me." Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut, and second man on the moon. When we were still down in South America, pondering the sudden necessity to return to ...
The Blind Leading The Blind
Monday, July 13th, 2009Steph and I completed our “Big Summer Drive Across America” trip yesterday with an eight hour run from Arkansas to Texas. Along the way we listened to C-SPAN, the BBC and XMPR. One show on XMPR, Let’s Consider The Source, really jumped out at us, unfortunately for all the wrong ...
