Last summer I again squandered my chance to get to Iceland for the first time. I felt even worse after following Alastair Humphreys’ adventures there.
It’s looking good for me to go June 2011.
The first week I’ll rent a vehicle and drive the island dayhiking.
Following that I’ll trek the hotsprings of Laugavegur. Possibly Fimmvörðuháls. And more in that region.
No eruptions this Spring, please.
Leave a comment if you’ve any advice for me.
(via Best Hike)
Ad agency Hill Holliday recently conducted an experiment, asking five families to give up cable TV in favor of connected TV devices for a week.
The growing availability of online content and video subscription services, coupled with an exploding market for connected devices, has pushed the idea of cord cutting — or dropping a traditional cable TV subscription package in favor of online video sources — into the mainstream. But how viable is the concept, really?
For its experiment (which the agency stresses was not intended as a scientific research study), Hill Holliday provided each family with a different connected device: the Roku, Apple TV, Xbox 360, Boxee Box and Google TV.
An Experiment In Cord Cutting from Hill Holliday on Vimeo.
Traditional Cable TV is horrid. But the alternatives are still even worse.
When is Apple or Google going to get it right?
(via Mashable)
Social networking based around food.
Foodily is like Google news for recipes, but with a social twist. Users can search across multiple sites by ingredient, see recipes that their friends like and create Facebook events around recipes. …
Here’s my search results for “raisins”.
… Allrecipes.com, Cooks.com, BakeSpace.com, and Nibbledish all foster community and encourage comments on recipes, but they do so among strangers. …
In general, the more affluent the country, the fewer citizens report that they are ‘religious’.
Note that Kuwait and the USA are outliers, exceptions to that general rule.
James A. Haught wrote about this trend:
Since World War II, worship has dwindled starkly in Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and other advanced democracies. In those busy places, only 5 or 10 percent of adults now attend church. Secular society scurries along heedlessly. …
… males outnumber females among the churchless. “The ratio of 60 males to 40 females is a remarkable result …
Is this trend good or bad?
Good, I’d say, overall.
Religion works for some. I respect their right to freedom of religions so long as it doesn’t impose on others.
And any trend for less religiosity should diminish the fervency of religious extremists. We would hope.
Thanks Warren.
related – What atheists are really concerned about
I’m always getting confused on the differences.
… Not to mention the the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man
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(via A Welsh View)
One of the good guys has retired after 17 seasons, over 1000 NHL games.
But he’s staying on with the Calgary Flames as a special assistant to acting General Manager Jay Feaster.
Cool.
From the company’s FAQ:
Q. Why do you call your service unlimited, when my monthly usage is limited?
A. We refer to TELUS High Speed as being unlimited because you get unlimited hours of monthly access.
If that’s not deceptive enough, Napalm points out that it’s also wrong. A month has only 744 hours, not “unlimited”.
(via Michael Geist)
A cousin has traced back the genealogy on my mother’s side to this address.
Here’s a current photo of the location from Google Maps.
I’ve never visited Ireland.
… like this one.
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