There has been an explosion of interest in the Great Loop lately – in large part due to legendary “Jon Boat Guy” Robert Yuouens becoming a viral sensation for racing around the Loop in just 19 days, 13 hours. Solo. In a ridiculously small jon boat. His epic adventure has sparked a ton of debate […]
Nineteenth Nomadiversary: The Cat Distribution System Strikes Again!
Today marks NINETEEN years since I first set off on the road, trading a San Francisco high rise apartment and a Silicon Valley career for a life of adventure and exploration. If I could travel back in time to give my pre-nomadic past self a glimpse of the future, I am not sure what facet […]
M4 iPad Pro vs M2 iPad Air – Which Is Best for Marine Navigation?
Though we have two built in Garmin MFDs (multi-function displays which show sonar, radar, and charts) on our boat Y-Not – we have always relied on iPads as our primary chart plotters for navigation. The iPads offer a huge variety of marine apps – and these apps feature MUCH better and more frequently updated charts […]
Eighteenth Nomadiversary: Time To Embrace TikTok?
Today marks EIGHTEEN years since I first set off on the road, trading a San Francisco apartment and a Silicon Valley career for a life of adventure and exploration. So how has it been going? Time to settle down? Mission accomplished yet? Hardly. If anything – it feels as if I’ve been going around in […]
Seventeenth Nomadiversary: Feeling Like An Artificial Technomad
Today marks seventeen years since I first set off on the road, leaving behind a conventional life in Silicon Valley for a life of adventure and exploration. It’s hard to believe that it has been that long, and that I have seen and done so much in these years. But this past year has been […]
Turning 50 & Running the Space Coast Marathon
As I realized my fifties were getting nearer, a thought occasionally crossed my mind – was it possible that I could turn 50 and be in the best physical shape of my life? That theoretically was not too much of a stretch. I had always been way more of a geek than an athlete, and […]
16th Nomadiversary: Celebrating Sweet Sixteen!
What is it with the passage of time? It seems like it was forever ago that we first got vaccinated, as chronicled in my 15th Nomadiversary post last year. But really, it was just over a year ago. Last year – I was noting that we had spent just four nights outside of Florida in […]
15th Nomadiversary: Nomadic Inspirations, and Getting 5G Shots
The photo above is the sun setting over the Ogeechee River in Georgia – one of the very few recent photos in my album taken outside of Florida. In the past year we spent a total of just four nights outside of our “home” state. At what point do I forfeit my nomad license? Last […]
Top 10 Pandemic Binges – Our Recent TV Streaming Recommendations
The past year has been weird. One of the ways we have coped with the craziness and the lockdowns and the isolation of the pandemic era has been by losing ourselves inside great TV shows. Without many social engagements, we wind down almost every evening with a bit of binging before bed. We have always […]
Celebrating Ten Years of ‘Coverage?’ in the App Store – 3G, 4G, 5G!
Ten years ago today we launched our second app – ‘Coverage?‘. Ten years in the App Store. Wow! ‘Coverage?’ was launched way back in the era of 3G and sparse coverage maps that were more dead zone than not in many parts of the country. Having the ability to carry your own personalized coverage maps […]
