Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
Monday, December 27th, 2010
The views were impressive looking out of the mansion, across the expansive lawns and down to Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean spanning the western horizon.
I don’t think I ever knew how many rooms were in the place. More rooms than Steph has shoes, of that I’d wager confidently. But, ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2010
Back in 2004 I wrote a holiday message about our Christmas tree titled The Seekers.
It turned out to be one of the most popular essays of that era.
Since then, it's turned into a bit of a holiday tradition, with old friends asking early in the holiday season if I'm going to post it again.
As I ...
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
As most of you know, we spent most of the time between 2003 and 2009 exploring the world.
We've got our own list of lessons learned from those travels here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/index-lessons-byarea.htm
Gary Arndt, who spent the last three years doing the same, was recently interviewed by Tim Ferriss and gave his 20 ...
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
This was the sunrise view from the balcony of our room today at the Many Glaciers Lodge, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
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This is a panorama created in Photoshop CS5 64 from nine separate shots. The photos were taken handheld with my Canon S90 pocket camera ...
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
19 July, 2010
While Scott is out wandering the world, we are left to more pedestrian, plebeian pursuits.
Devoid of exotic destinations, we must settle for the typical, the mundane, the merely domestic.
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That’s not to say it is without its simple pleasures.
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And ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Steph is in the news again. This time twice in the same day.
First, in a story in MSN Money: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/big-discounts-on-little-pleasures.aspx
Second, in a story on FoxNews: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/04/16/rv-travel-beginners/
The Fox story included a link to our Travel web site, www.HackneysTravel.com, which was nice of them to include. I haven't checked the traffic levels ...
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Steph was on TV on Wednesday and I get a mention on Engadget on Friday. Quite a week for us.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dell-latitude-e6410-e6510-finally-make-it-to-us/
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
Back in 2004 I wrote a holiday message about our Christmas tree titled The Seekers.
It turned out to be one of the most popular essays of that era.
We put up a Christmas tree last week for the first time since then. It was amazing to realize it had been five years since we'd either ...
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
In traveling through 43 countries across six continents, we’ve seen quite a few ancient stadiums. From Rome’s definitive Coliseum to lesser known examples scattered around the world, we’ve explored many.
All share a sense of grandeur that matches the contests staged there, and as you wander about the stones, if you ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
S90 Information:
August 19, 2009 Canon USA Press Powershot line press release: http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20090819_powershot.html
August 19, 2009 Canon UK S90 press release: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09081907canons90.asp#press
Canon USA S90 site: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=223&modelid=19210
DP Review S90 brief hands on: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09081906canons90handson.asp
Evaluation Context: Overlanding / Expedition use
Purpose of this evaluation: Provide initial impressions and testing results of the S90 compared to other ...
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