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Six ways for road warriors to stay in shape {Gadling}
Oct 27th 2009 6:31PM This makes me glad I'm not a road warrior ;) I found it hard enough to force myself to spend some free time exercising and I only have a 9-5! You're right, the hardest part is convincing yourself to take away your own free time.
Top Ten All-Time Scariest Travel-Themed Movies {Gadling}
Oct 27th 2009 12:23PM 'Taken' is a suspense film, not intended to be Halloween-scary, but it has sure scared a lot of people who never travel. Too many times I've heard wide-eyed retellings of the movie's plot (girl goes to Paris by herself, gets abducted) by one non-traveler to another.
Ten reasons why I dislike the airport {Gadling}
Oct 21st 2009 12:04PM I wonder if most travelers would rather see money being spent improving the US' airports or improving the US' train network. I'd vote for the trains any day.
Top ten things not to forget on a trip {Gadling}
Oct 20th 2009 12:13PM How about a packing list? Don't cross off an item until it is actually inside your pack. If you bring the list with you it will help you from leaving things behind in your hotel room. Keep the list online (on Google Docs, for example) so you can re-use it and tweak it for each successive trip.
Happy birthday Gadling! Enter to win one of five IPEVO Kaleido R7 WiFi enabled photo frames {Gadling}
Oct 19th 2009 2:06PM Mine is a photo I took in the evening of the lit-up Blue Mosque in Istanbul. It provides a wonderful backdrop to the crowds and street vendors milling about in front. Sadly it's not online at the moment, only printed and pinned to my cubicle wall, but this one of Hagia Sophia is similar:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cpatik/TurkeyIstanbul#5364080106918476866
Air France's A380 comes to the USA {Gadling}
Sep 29th 2009 11:22AM I've already booked a JFK>CDG flight on AF next summer... any chance I'll get to ride the A380 instead of my currently-schedule plane, or is this only going to be used for new, additional flights?
Gadling gear review - Dexim BluePack S3 backup battery pack {Gadling}
Sep 28th 2009 12:37PM Kensington makes a similar battery pack that's the same size, cheaper, holds more charge (charges my iPhone 2.5 times, and as quickly as AC power), and charges with a standard mini-USB cable (or an included AC adapter which is slimmer than this product's). http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Portable-Mobile-Devices-K38021US/dp/B000UZIYS0/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2LNNWBT1PSO6F&colid=R41JC05EGVFY
Whichever one you choose, these are quite handy. Not only do they make the long flight over the ocean more bearable, they also enable you to recharge when you're taking an overnight train/bus instead of a hotel. And to be honest I don't have anything that doesn't charge via USB except my camera batteries.
British Airways innovates in the "new fees" department with a seat selection fee {Gadling}
Sep 25th 2009 6:19PM I'm just waiting for a trans-Atlantic train, or teleportation, then I won't have to care about airline BS anymore.
Spain to become leader in high-speed trains {Gadling}
Sep 22nd 2009 6:43PM I wonder where Germany ranks? I wish the US would use its desire to be the best at everything to top these countries in train travel.
I have to admit, I'm a bit disappointed that the itinerary for my upcoming trip to Spain doesn't allow for a Madrid-Barcelona AVE train (I'm going a few other places in between).
Gadling gear review - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 {Gadling}
Sep 16th 2009 12:26PM The recently announced ZR1 (or ZX1 in some countries) is smaller, lighter, slightly cheaper, and has HD video and 12MP instead of 10. The only trade-off is an 8X zoom compared to 12X, but it's not a huge difference.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=panasonic_dmczr1%2Cpanasonic_dmczs1&show=all
