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BEWARE: Mobile Data Roaming = $10k/hr!
Most people know that international roaming charges can be pricey. But few realize just how outrageous these roaming charges can be. But imagine how you would feel if you inadvertently racked up over $10,000 in charges after just an hour or two of web surfing and email while in a foreign country? It happens, even to [...]
Continue reading...What’s New at Technomadia.com
1 March 2010
We’re constantly tweeking our online life. Even if you visit our website at http://www.technomadia.com (as opposed to RSS or E-mail subscriptions), you may have missed some of our more recent additions. So, here’s some new stuff you might be interested in checking out: Changes to our blog New Paint – We’ve finally had time to customize our [...]
Continue reading...Video Edition: STS-130 – Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour
8 February 2010
Since Saturday afternoon, we’ve been camped along the Indian River in Titusville, Florida – right off Highway US 1. We’ve been enjoying a completely awesome nomadic rendezvous with Sean Welsh and Louise Hornor of Our Odyssey as temporary neighbors (it’s our first in person meeting after years of cyber stalking each other around the country.) We’ll [...]
Continue reading...Digital Fasting
24 December 2009
One of the things that worried us most about taking the workamping gig at Amazon’s distribution center in Kansas was their strict no cell phone policy. That would mean for 12 hours a day for a month, we would have no contact with the outside world – a very weird concept for us digital nomads. [...]
Continue reading...10 Most Popular Holiday Gift Items
2 December 2009
For those curious about what people are buying this season, I thought I’d share my observations about what are the most popular items being shipping based on what I’m personally packing while we ‘workamp’ in Kansas. Lots of folks getting cameras for the holidays.. here are some that are most frequent buys and apparently incredible [...]
Continue reading...Our Mobile Technology Arsenal
20 November 2009
As technology enabled nomads (thus ‘Technomad’), our mobile technology arsenal plays a critical role in our chosen lifestyle. In addition to evaluating usefulness, geek-factor and quality, we have several unusual but critical considerations to take into account when choosing technology – particularly size and power consumption. Living in around 80 square feet of space, stuff [...]
Continue reading...Thrilling Changes!
30 October 2009
One itch that being nomadic scratches is my seeming need for new experiences, new surroundings and a change of pace. This past week, our Jeep which is our tow vehicle, has been in the shop having transmission issues resolved. Taking away our option to move our house creates an interesting feeling that we’ve not felt [...]
Continue reading...Connected at Burning Man
15 September 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Current Office View
8 August 2009
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 road) [...]
Continue reading...Mikegyver Revisited: iGo vs Kensington MacBook 12v Power
24 July 2009
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 power any [...]
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