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Archive for July 2007

July 31st, 2007

A flashlight for campers

Since it’s still summer here in Montreal (and sweltering hot and humid, thankyouverymuchUGH), my brain is still stuck in the world of camping. When I used to go camping with my dad when I was a kid, I remember trying to pick my way to the bathroom down a rocky path with a little […]

By Sherry -- 3 comments

July 30th, 2007

Samsung tries for a travel guide

Samsung’s L74 tries very hard to offer a built-in travel guide with its camera features. It’s set up to take group shots and panoramic landscapes, offers up 7MP photo quality, and a 3.6X optical zoom. It also boasts advanced shake reduction, 14 different scene modes, and 450MB of internal memory.
Unfortunately, the camera doesn’t […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

July 26th, 2007

Bring your bike along

If you’re a biking fanatic, you’ve probably thought about bringing your bicycle with you when you travel. If you’re going by car and have a rack it’s not that difficult, but what if you don’t have the rack? What if you’re traveling by train or plane? A bike is big and takes […]

By Sherry -- 1 comment

July 25th, 2007

Swim cam!

I can’t tell you how much I envy all the people who can pick up affordable waterproof cameras now for their vacations. Many years ago (almost ten years, actually) I went to Cancun and swam with dolphins, something I’d wanted to do just about forever. I had a camera, but sadly it was […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

July 24th, 2007

Consolidate your phone numbers

If you own your own business and travel a lot, Grand Central could be a really useful service for you. It’s in Beta right now, but it’s also a Google service, so you know that it will likely get stronger and more improved rapidly, just like all their services (hi, I’m a HUGE Google […]

By Sherry -- 1 comment

July 20th, 2007

Clean airline travel

Japan’s Nippon Airways announced that in May 2008 they will be receiving their 50 787 Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing. Among other things, they will feature the Toto toilets that are so popular in Japan as well as around the world.

Most people have heard of these high-tech toilets but for those not in the know, […]

By Sherry -- 2 comments

July 19th, 2007

What time is it?

If you travel a lot or even if you’re just planning a trip to another country, I could see this neat tool coming in handy - the Time Zone Check. With it, you can easily check what time it is anywhere in the world.
You can use it if you’re not the one […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

July 17th, 2007

BOO! All in one travel searches!

Boo! Did I scare you? I hope not, because here’s a nifty website that isn’t scary at all and will put a lot of travel information right at your fingertips.
Boo.com is a travel search site that will give you just about everything you’re looking for and then some. What can […]

By Sherry -- 3 comments

July 16th, 2007

Cell phones on flights

Mid-June, it was revealed that Airbus had won an approval for cell phone use on their flights. They were the first aircraft maker to win this type of approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency.
This new system, once it’s in place, will make it possible for passengers to make and receive calls, as […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

July 13th, 2007

Camping with smoothies (or margaritas!)

I’m really digging around these days for interesting things people use for camping. Like I’ve said in the past, I’m pretty simplified for camping. When I went camping last weekend I did have to pack a lot of stuff but that was only because my kids are 4 and 1 1/2 years old […]

By Sherry -- 4 comments

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