If you looked hard enough, for years now there have been options for communicating with the outside world at Burning Man via internet or satellite phone. (Not to mention via the exaggeratedly disgruntled Black Rock City Post Office…) For as long as 802.11 has existed, some geeks have enjoyed the challenge of building a public […]
Technology
Current Office View
Using a combination of the WordPress widget QuickFlickr, a Flickr account and a free iPhone app called ‘Flickr Sendr’ – we have added a new feature to our blog – our current office view! So now we will update our office view regularly (which may be where we’re currently parked, visiting or shots from the […]
Mikegyver Revisited: iGo vs Kensington MacBook 12v Power
In May I took a close look at the MacBook 12v power supplies offered by Mikegyver.com – and at first I came away extremely impressed. To recap, here are some quotes from our initial review: One particular frustration that has vexed me for over three years now is that there is no ”official” way to […]
Propane Powered Generator – Honda EU2000i + Propane Conversion Kit
Though we normally rely on our 200 watt solar system for power, one of the essentials in our technomadic toolbox is our small Honda EU2000 generator that has been modified to run off of propane. [wp_campaign_3] We rely on this generator to top off our batteries when the solar is not able to keep up due […]
Camera Upgrade: Canon PowerShot SD780IS
The camera that takes the best pictures is one that is always with you. I tend to have rather large pockets, so I’ve been happy carrying larger cameras like the awesome and affordable Canon Powershot SX110IS, or the pro-caliber Canon PowerShot G9 that we have been experimenting with lately. Both of these fit into a […]
Cameras for Sale!
In our travels, we try out a lot of tech. We’re also always refreshing our tech, and we end up with great tech that we need to dispose of. Of course we can sell it on Amazon or eBay – but we’d much rather sell to friends and followers. It virtually eliminates the chances of […]
Tech Upgrade: iPhone 3G S
For those who haven’t known me for a while, you may not know that before going nomadic I used to be the Director of Competitive Analysis for Palm (the maker of the Pilot, Tungsten, and Treo) and PalmSource (the Palm OS operating system spinoff). It used to be my job to literally dissect every worthwhile […]
Tales from Technomadia – Now Featured in HearPlanet
One of the consulting projects we worked on this past year was orchestrating the launch of the mobile travel application HearPlanet. HearPlanet’s goal is to turn your cell phone (currently just iPhone’s, but other phones will eventually be supported) into a location-aware audio tour guide to entire the world. It’s a fabulous concept, and it […]
Tech Upgrades: GPS Quest
For most of this past year we have used our iPhones as our primary navigation tool.
But Google Maps is absolutely useless when you don’t have a good cell phone signal, and even when you do the user interface makes such basic tasks as “recalculate my route” a clumsy multi-tap affair.
We’ve been craving something better – something a bit more optimized for in-vehicle navigation…
3 Tips to Optimize Your Website for Mobile Bandwidth
As full time technomads we’re often dependent upon cellular data signals and occasional open WiFi hotspots for our bandwidth. With variable speeds (our Sprint datacard can range in speeds reminscent of 2400 baud dial-up modems all the way up to DSL), shaky connections and monthly bandwidth caps, we likely experience the internet in a slightly different way […]
