Today is my seventh Nomadiversary – seven years since I cut the cord and left traditional fixed-location life behind. Over the years, I’ve often been asked “Why?” – what inspired me to hit the road to head out to see the world with only a ridiculously small Tab Clamshell and a little Jeep Liberty to […]
Lithium Dreams, Lined With Worry? (Response to Boeing Dreamliner Battery Fire)
A few people have asked if the Boeing Dreamliner being grounded over a lithium battery fire has given us any cause for alarm, considering our bus is also equipped with a lithium battery bank. Unfortunately, none of the media coverage of the Boeing Dreamliner issues have bothered to give much technical information on the batteries […]
Illustrated Mobile Internet Gadgetry for RVers
This is an update to our mobile internet gadgetry post we made over the summer, updated to reflect the changes to our setup since we made the leap to 4G. For the most current mobile internet information, be sure to visit our ‘Mobile Internet Resource Center’: We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback that this […]
Life In The Fast Lane – 4G Will Make You Lose Your Mind
30+ Mbps downloads! 15+ Mbps uploads! It really makes you feel like you are living in the future to be online on the go at speeds rivaling (and often besting) a suburban home cable modem. Back when I first worked as a university network administrator in the early 90’s, the Internet backbone that ran through […]
Apple’s iOS6 – The Best Place For Maps
The Internet is abuzz this week about the new iPhone 5, the iOS 6 software update, and OMG how horrible Apple’s new mapping software is. By the amount of fuss being made, you’d think that Apple had just made a catastrophic mistake and was on the verge of becoming the next RIM or Palm or […]
A Year On Lithium
Has it been a year already? When we bought our bus last summer it had no house battery bank or inverter installed – critical features of utmost importance for two Technomads who depend on ample electricity for both our work and social lives. We knew this was an area we needed to immediately address if […]
Check Your Reserves! (Tips for Backups & Online Security)
You wouldn’t jump out of an airplane without a reserve parachute, would you? The odds are very high that you won’t need it, and many skydivers go for years without even coming close to pulling the ripcord on their lifesaving spare. But when you need it, you REALLY need it. The situation is the same […]
EAA’s Airventure – At Last!
When I was in high school, my Mom noticed a small blurb in the paper about a local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chapter offering free ground school for students – with expert instructors volunteering their time to teach a new generation of pilots. I had never heard of the EAA before, but I’ve always dreamed […]
Fourth of July – Fair St. Louis AirShow & Fireworks
One of the perks of being camped at the Casino Queen RV Park is the incredible location – directly across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis and the Arch. Though the RV park is a lot more cramped and crowded than we like (it is little more than a big parking lot), the views […]
Project Dominoes – Refrigerator Replacement
There is an exhilarating yet exhausting game that every bus owner, RV owner, boat owner, and home owner will probably play at some point. Project Dominoes. In case you aren’t immediately familiar with the game, let me describe for you a recent relatively epic project dominoes tournament of ours. First, you start with a single […]
