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Using an iPod as a travel device and the what could be (aka the tripPad™)

By Ian | December 6, 2009

This fall I was lucky to travel to Berlin and Paris on vacation, but as I geek I of course brought along a computer or 2.
On last years trip to Los Angles I had a NetBook (Aspire One) and using our friends WiFi was able to keep up on email and access the locations I [...]

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a Week in LA

By Ian | October 23, 2008

During the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I was in Los Angeles taking advantage of visiting friends before they returned to Japan. (thank you Hikaru & Mayuko!) It was a chance not only to hang out with them, but also see LA almost for the first time – if you don’t count when I went to [...]

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A brief Trip to NYC

By Ian | September 1, 2008

This was our first trip back in exactly 7 years, having been there in at this date in the days before that awful day. We have only just resumed traveling to the “States” again, a combination of things, including the exchange rate but mostly friends, having drawn us back.
We left early Sunday morning via [...]

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Flickr Photo’s used in On-Line Guide.

By Ian | February 23, 2008

One of my Flickr photo’s from my Oct 2007 trip to San Francisco has been used (as per Creative Commons with Attribution) in Schmap Napa Valley Guide, and in particular the photo of the Gundlach-Bundschu Winery.
They also used one of my Flickr photos of Toronto’s Bloor Street West’s Ukrainian Festival in their Toronto Guide
Schmap is [...]

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Back from Utah, 22 hours of flying displeasure later

By Ian | February 18, 2008

I still recovering from a good week of skiing in Utah, but its not the skiing I’m recovering from as much as the long trip home.
Direct flying time from Toronto to Salt Lake City, Utah, is around 4 hours, if you can get a direct flight.
Our flight down to Salt Lake City proved to be [...]

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