Geeky Traveller

Like any self-respecting nerd, I take my laptop when traveling. However, there are those who might not want to bring $2000 worth of electronics when, say, trekking through the Columbian jungle. If you just need somewhere to store your photos, why not bring $400 worth instead?

Digital Foci has announced the availability of Picture Porter – a portable digital photo album with 20/40 GB hard drive and multi-format card reader. Now you can safely transfer all your photos and videos onto Picture Porter without having to lug around a bulky laptop. It can easily be pocketed (at 5.2″ (L) x 2.8″ (W) x 1.2″ (H), the dimensions are pretty sleek)

As the photo illustrates, it accepts any quite of card and supports USB 2.0. However, at 5 inches long and 3 inches wide, there’s no way it’s frickin’ ‘easily pocketed’. Pocketed in a fat man’s cargo pants, maybe…

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I’ve been a bit delinquent around here the past couple of weeks–I’ll try to improve.

Today we find Travis’s General Theory of Tourism. It even features a Star of David graph.

The way I see it, all tourism can be reduced to six categories.

1. Learning something new
2. Eating something new
3. Buying something new
4. Watching/seeing something new
5. Doing something (physically) new
6. Meeting someone new

The lucky bastard formulated this theory while “jaunting” around Singapore.

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Last week, Gridskipper mentioned an alternative to all them first-person shooters. It’s the real thing at Hostage Rescue Team Seattle. Take their 3-day course and satisfy your real-world killing needs:

When you arrive in Seattle, you

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Finally! A new way for Apple cultists to show their love for the Jobs and his immortal vision. Witness the Motorola ROKR (that’s no doubt pronounced ‘rocker’). It’s pictured at left, though don’t ask me what kind of nuts those are. From the good folks at Gizmodo:

To clear up the first big question: 100 song capacity, and it uses the iTunes interface. It’s a quad band GSM phone, color screen, built-in camera with stereo speakeres and a mobile headset. One button access to iTunes, USB 2.0 connection for transferring songs and random autofill or manuall fill.

I’m all over this badboy. I always feel a little ridiculous carrying around both my cell phone and my iPod. They’re a natural convergence point. For Canadians (like me), apparently the, er, ROKR, will be released in mid-September with Rogers. You can check out the forthcoming TV ads and a demo online.

Also from Apple, the ‘impossibly small’ Apple Nano. Peace out, Apple Mini. Flights of angels and all that.

Technorati tags: ipod, ipod nano, ipod mini, ipod mini killer, motorola, rokr, motorola rokr, itunes, apple, cult, cell phone, mp3 player

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