It’s tough to divorce yourself from your cell phone. It’s an all-knowing security blanket, and a lot of us would both like to use it while we travel and be entirely free of its interruptions while we travel. I can’t help you with the second one — you’ll have to figure out how to turn the thing off yourself — but I can help you with the first one — [...]
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Lisa and I love the site, JohnnyVagabond.com, but Wes and I have very different takes on travel tech. His setup would cost over $4,000 to replicate (he was fortunate enough to win a photography contest to help pay for it). Want to spend less? Keep reading: my dream setup costs $1,600 (or less) and keeps all the functionality I need. Here’s how they stack up. Computer: MacBook ($999 – $2,500) v. [...]
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One of the most-read posts on our site is about laptops. Travel laptops, specifically, and which one to buy. It’s about a year old, so here’s an update. Keep reading to see the top five travel laptops, 2013 edition. Criteria: Cost and Size The two big criteria for me are simple: cost and size. I want my travel computer to be cheap enough so that I don’t need to worry [...]
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Upon hearing of our impending move to the Ithaca area, one of our college buddies shared a story from the New York Times about the decline of the college bar scene in places like Ithaca. According to the author, students aren’t drinking less, they’re just drinking at bars less (they’re drinking in their rooms, then going to bars to throw up, I guess). I’m sure it’s not relevant that the [...]
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**This post is out-of-date! Click to the Top 5 Best Travel Laptops, 2013 edition.** For a while, I’ve been a cheerleader of the netbook as a travel computer. I like them because they’re small and relatively cheap and can be encrypted to protect your data and identity. Some people vote for a tablet like the iPad as their travel device of choice, but I think iPads are too attractive to thieves and [...]
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It’s been a common question, “Do you guys have iPads?” iPads? Seriously? Nope. Firstly, blogging is a bit like work. You need a keyboard; you need the productivity. We don’t need coffee-table computers. And tweaking PHP code and CSS on a touchscreen? No way. Laptops. That’s the stuff. Non-Apple. Not desirable to thieves, because … … Secondly, an iPad is way too easy to steal. And it’s tempting. We’re living in a van [...]
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Living out of a van will be tricky, even with us planning to visit nearly everybody we know. Between visits, we’ll be car-camping and exploring less-populous locales searching for travel nirvana. Fun favors the prepared, and here is what’s going to keep us fed, warm, and comfortable. © Lisa McNamara Coleman Stove We’ve made a lot of good meals over the campfire and on the backpacking stove, but neither are [...]
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