Travel ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Why Hipmunk Is The World’s Best Travel Site

Jun

2012

“Awesome article at Forbes re Hipmunk”:http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2012/06/29/why-hipmunk-is-the-worlds-best-travel-site/. Congrats to the Hipmunk team! If you haven’t tried it out, give it a whirl.

Impressions from 3 Days in Denver

Aug

2011

So our first trip ever to Denver for 3 days of shopping and household set up. A whirlwind trip. I’m struggling to synthesize Denver. It is different than I expected, feels much more like the midwest or Texas than the West Coast — I guess not surprising when you look at a map. What is ...

What I've been up to — Ohio, Europe, Studying…

Oct

2009

Some silence in last month. Spent a lot of time enjoying family and central Ohio, fall is the time to be in the state with football, color changes, often good weather, etc. And when not in Ohio, I was in Helsinki (recommended: Hotel Glo, Fazer Cafe), Stockholm (Lydmar Hotel, Vasa Museum, Sture shopping area, Skogskyrkogården, ...

Gadget packing

Aug

2009

A sad fact of modern life. When I pack for a trip these days, my packing planning and time is dominated by gadget packing. Just carrying the gadgets isn’t that hard. MacBook, iPhone, Kindle, Canon 5d. Ok I have to plan lenses for the Canon a little, and actually there is a whole endless morass ...

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — August Edition

Aug

2009

* Possibly the most ill-considered travel item ever — those TSA agents love a good joke. Ha ha ha, strip your clothes off sir. * Vex robotic kit. Never had robot love, but if i did… * Sticky tripod. No idea why but seems like I should have in my camera kit. * I don’t ...

Recent books — Bonk, Weber, Dauntless, Travel

Sep

2008

* “Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex”:amazon by Mary Roach. Moments of interesting info but a lot of tedium about the crazy ideas people have had about sex research and the crazy methods used. A little bit is titillating, a book worth is off-putting. * “By Schism Rent Asunder”:amazon by David Weber.. Solid ...

Stylish hotels

Jul

2008

10 Amazing Hotels With Ultra Stylish Minimalist Designs — these all look fun.

Luggage/parcels with Dry Ice

Apr

2008

Rules governing up at NWA, Hawaiian Air, UPS. Not that complicated as long as you stay under 2 kilos of dry ice. And you want some sort of insulated box, Washington Packaging has one type of box.

Airport Info

Oct

2006

Was just wondering about airport facilities in some minor markets and came across AirNav — useful airport info, more than I needed

Bostoncoach

Jul

2006

Welcome to BostonCoach — ok this is not the cheapest way to get around, but Buston Coach has been rock-solid for us over the last several years. The service has been flawless — always arriving on time, always courteous, scheduleable on relatively short notice, works well in major metro areas and more remote areas. We ...

Price discrimination by search type

Jun

2006

Clever bastards – Ross Parker has discovered that on at least one website prices differ depending on how you ask your search to be ordered. In particular, if you ask for prices to be listed from lowest to highest you get lower prices, on exactly the same hotels, than when you ask for highest to ...

Dream Trip to Chile

May

2006

Haven’t had much opportunity to travel in the last year but hopefully will get the chance to do so. In the meantime there are some trips I am dying to take and I might as well collect all the links so I can quickly organize when I get the chance. I’ve been dying to go ...

Alternative world maps

Apr

2006

I’m a sucker for maps. Some great ones at Marginal Revolution, weighting countries by things besides area — population, tourism, exports, etc.

Driving Directions

Mar

2006

I love google maps and mapquest, but if you are planning a multi-leg road trip — say for instance visiting 8 colleges and universities over 4 days — AAA triptiks are still pretty darn useful. They make it easy to specify multiple stops, save your plans and try variants, and they print out pretty well. ...

Ignition Blog Roundup 9/26

Sep

2005

* Phil thinks it would be great to listen to podcasts on his cellphone. Totally agree. I would listen to like 10x as many if I could use the cell. * Phil talks about Jobster’s culture and how they encourage innovation — lifting the 20% idea from Google. * Phil on the latest features in ...