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I installed the latest updates for Wordpress and Coppermine the other day. Unfortunately this time it hasn’t gone all smoothly. It appears my Feedburner feed is now broken and Coppermine isn’t able to access the SQL database anymore so none of the pics I’ve hosted are appearing. I am working on it, hopefully it will [...]

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A few excellent articles have fallen into my Google Reader today.
The Information Diet, Mike at Vagabondish tells us how we can find more hours in the day and put them to use for something better.
5 Ways To Develop Independent Thought, comes from John Wesley at Pick The Brain and shows you don’t need to be [...]

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Facebook has really taken off, given it’s unique platform and the benefits over other social networking sites like MySpace it’s not really a surprise nor is it that it is quickly becoming a favorite of travelers. Almost everyone wants to keep in touch with the people they meet while traveling and while there are a [...]

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I’ve been thinking of expanding and doing something new, I’ve been reading blogs such as Problogger, kentonwhitman, EcoGeek, The Thinking Blog, Get Rich Slowly, Change Your Thoughts, Lifehacker, Pick The Brain, Zen Habits, Web Design Book and Brave New Traveler for some time now.
It got me thinking about a super blog with the best bits [...]

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Tripbase is a cool little web application that matches destinations to how much you want to experience certain things like, nightlife, nature and food. Maybe not comprehensive but it is still in alpha, something to play with for a bit of fun and maybe even for finding some inspiration.
Rick Steves Interview with Rolf Potts was [...]

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Who would have thunk it? On Friday I read this post by Nina on justwandering and after the initial trepidation I felt I sent off an email to Eric (the boss) introducing myself. Having watched some of the latest Big Brother in Australia I was feeling like the only personalities shown on TV were apparently [...]

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I’ve just stumbled across a new documentary movie called A Map For Saturday, produced by Brook Silva-Braga it is described as “an intimate window onto the world of long-term, solo travel”. A quick search brought up their website where I watched this trailer.

Before I knew it I had ordered the DVD, just this morning I [...]

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There are a few Traveler type quizes out there that I’ve recently discovered I hadn’t really thought to look for them before but they are at least a little fun, so here are a few and what type of traveler they think I am.
Travel Personality Quiz at Concierge
I am a Venturer Traveler
ThridAge Travel Personality Quiz
I am a Adventurous Traveler 
What Kind of Traveler Are You? By Tickle
I am a Wilderness Warrior 
Another Whats Your Travel Personality? By Blogthings
I am Easygoing 
The questions are actually different (but similar) in each [...]

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Thanks to Mike at Vagabondish for tagging me for this, I like this one more than the first one that went around,
1. The Real World. I want to know the real world, how people live in other countries, what their world view is like, their history, how much of the world is occupied by humans and how much or little damage have we done. Of course we can read about all these things but I don’t think [...]

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My laptop has been away for repair since Thursday last week and becuase of the easter break I’ve only just got it back today. I haven’t completely dropped the ball though in that time I did make a few improvements before, during and after the dead laptop and here is proof, I still have a [...]

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