Tag: adventure
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How to Nix Jet Lag Before it Begins
Jet lag can be such a pain. Traveling should be exciting and packed with activity, not spent nursing aching muscles and desperately trying to de-puff baggy eyes. Since I started working, I’ve averaged four time zone changes per month. Most of these are done between Atlantic and Pacific time, which is a four-hour difference, just enough to […]
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Photo Diary: Boston
Oh, America. Only you would turn a historic government building into a steakhouse. Yes, Boston is home to so much history that they surely had no choice but to capitalize on the tourism factor and put a steakhouse right inside Old City Hall, surrounded by statues of important men in America’s fight for independence. Steakhouse […]
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Photo Diary: Things Around Vancouver
Wealth, health and culture. Those are the three words that come to mind when I think of Vancouver. It’s a beautiful coastal city booming with chic people who walk quickly between the skyscrapers to get to their next appointments. Walking downtown you get the feeling that it was once a quaint place in which, one […]
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Touchdown in Phoenix! (YYZ – PHX)
Hello from Phoenix! Flying in over Arizona was such a surreal experience, I’ve never seen such flat cityscapes and jagged rock formations jutting out of the ground like roller coasters. I’m writing this post from my bed in the Crowne Plaza hotel, looking out the window at desert foliage, palm trees, and those weird sandy-red […]
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By Road, By Rail, By Air
Hello from Seattle! There’s innovation in the air as hundreds of young technologists gather from around the world for the world finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition. I’ll be posting more about that in the next few days, but for now you can follow the action on my Twitter account, @theTrendyTechie. In the meantime, this post is […]