Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Recent Comments:
Keep your home address out of your GPS unit {Gadling}
Nov 2nd 2009 12:45PM I just put Scott's home address in my GPS so if it gets stolen, they go to his house. Win.
Know the limitations of GPS when hiking {Gadling}
Nov 2nd 2009 11:07AM This is a good start. I think you can write more about land-nav skills as an adjunct to using the GPS (I'm still old school when hiking - a good topo map + compass > GPS.) It actually might be pretty cool: navigation for urbanites.
Galley Gossip: A memorable flight for a first time flier {Gadling}
Oct 29th 2009 12:53PM Did the pilot ask him if he liked movies with gladiators in them?
Inside Air New Zealand's Matchmaking Flight {Gadling}
Oct 27th 2009 12:45PM How much did you pay for the flight?
Free press travel: necessary ... and certainly not an evil {Gadling}
Oct 23rd 2009 5:17PM Another thing that I'd like to see (in the interest of transparency) is the non-use of hotel supplied photos, otherwise I as a reader think "this is an ad, written by a Gadling writer." Some of your writers are good at this, some aren't. I'm either viewing it as an ad, or laziness on the author's part. Either way, I as a reader will call you out on it, and I expect other readers to do the same.
The question I ask out of every resort/hotel review is "Would I have gotten the same experience as the writer IF I wasn't from a travel blog and paid out of my own pocket?" Sometimes that's answered, sometimes it's not.
Transparency, such as articles like this, are the best things you as a blog can do to help reinforce the notion of objectivity when reviewing a place. I know that travel writing is subjective, but being more objective helps in differentiating hacks versus writers.
Mileage runs, Flyertalk and obsessive compulsive flying: a film project {Gadling}
Oct 22nd 2009 11:18AM Maybe it was just me, but I couldn't stand to watch it. It was like watching con artists rationalize behavior. Especially Petersen.
Bio jet-fuel: fact or fiction? {Gadling}
Oct 15th 2009 11:40PM The thing that I'm concerned the most about with regards to biofuel is the demand on food crops to make the biofuel. With demand driving the price up, you see the UN's World Food Program feeding less and less as a result. In order to keep the supply up, there will be an environmental impact as land needs to be cleared in order to keep up with food crops to produce biofuel.
Just something to consider.
SkyMall Monday: Anniversary Gift Card Giveaway {Gadling}
Oct 13th 2009 1:15AM But you actually don't review things... you just sort of make snarky comments about them
Galley Gossip: How to create a flight attendant Halloween costume {Gadling}
Oct 7th 2009 12:07PM If you really want to dress up like a legacy carrier FA, add old lady makeup, put on 60 lbs, work on a surly attitude and bitch about seniority.
24 Hours in Rio De Janeiro: The City Maravilhosa {Gadling}
Oct 6th 2009 4:33PM A little guidebooky, but that's ok. You're giving good boots on the ground advice, which is needed. I did Rio myself for a week on Labor Day and can give some advice on what worked/what didn't.
The ATM thing was the worst. Every arrivals hall needs to have an ATM. The Real bus got you into Ipanema but took a while (but was only ~US$4).
