Friday, October 31, 2008

Celebrating an early 27th anniversary this weekend in Monterey
Finished the main edit on this week's Amateur Traveler with Alex Lindsay @alexlindsay on Zimbabwe, just need to add the ending and pictures
Ghost Town - Bodie, CA - Photo Friday - http://budurl.com/8akg
celebrating National Knock Knock Jokes Day... orange you glad I didn't say banana?

Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Bible Study Podcast - Episode 90- Hebrews 2 - http://budurl.com/wvql

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

at Logan airport getting ready to fly home to SFO via Las Vegas

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Back in Boston to meet with another agency.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Today is "Crank Co-Workers Day" or in other words... "Monday"

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Sorry, I should have said who is interested in meeting up Tuesday night and maybe late Monday night in Boston.
Any Amateur Traveler listeners who live around Boston want to do a meetup on Wednesday night (or later Tuesday)?
Travel News - Drunk Pilots, Smiling Parisians, Amtrak Discounts, Iceland for Sale on eBay http://budurl.com/yh2e
Still trying to wrap my head around 5 infielders and the Phillies winning game 3 on an infield hit anyway

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Oh for a virtual assistant. I am changing the Amateur Traveler website to point all the episodes to libsyn and to add an audio player.

Seoul, South Korea - Amateur Traveler Episode 157

Episode 157 at Amateur Traveler

The Amateur Traveler talks to Rachel about Seoul, South Korea. Rachel is a college student from Hong Kong who studied in Seoul for the Summer. She talks about historic palaces, museums, customs and shopping in this city that she describes as a "kaleidoscope."



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Seoul, South Korea - Amateur Traveler #157 http://budurl.com/pb8u - Rachel is a college student from Hong Kong who studied in Seoul for ...

Friday, October 24, 2008

Last Chance Harvey Movie Trailer (Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson) http://budurl.com/7s4j - we saw part of this being filmed in London
Giggling in Granada - Photo Friday http://budurl.com/6xf2

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Another good source of travel blogs is Guy Kawasaki's (@guykawasaki) alltop listhttp://budurl.com/3pmf which has some of my favorites
My suggestions for other shows that deserve your vote for a podcast award http://budurl.com/puyw
A couple people have asked about what travel bloggers to follow on twitter, t-list os a good start http://budurl.com/wv5s
Thanks to the San Jose Sharks for scoring >= 4 goals on Saturday which bought me a free pizza for lunch today
Thanks to listener Wes who sent me this article to explain why the dollar is rising http://budurl.com/sr5m
Enjoying new Marketing Over Coffee podcast http://budurl.com/m8rm - Seth Godin talking about his latest book Tribes http://budurl.com/46er
The Bible Study Podcast starts a study on Hebrews this week http://budurl.com/qphw
Just hearing about the Book Group Expo which is this weekend in San Jose on the Reduced Shakespeare Company podcast - http://budurl.com/eann
Today is Make a Difference Day (celebrate by voting for the Amateur Traveler at http://podcastwards.com, it would make a difference for me)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

at SFO to pick up Joan
Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day, because I edit a podcast every week I am very aware that most of us stutter to some degree
Only bright side of getting a parking ticket while volunteering last night at Juvenile Hall, can pay online http://budurl.com/4hlq
Listening to Jumping Monkeys talk about shared parenting. In my house the way things work: http://budurl.com/6tpw
Great tribute video from Funny or Die - In a World Without Don LaFontaine - The Voice-over King http://budurl.com/lj3x
Thanks to the crew of Buzz Out Loud for the nice plug for Amateur Traveler (http://AmateurTraveler.com) today!
Travel News - TSA Targets The Anxious, Ryanair Not Content to Be Hated just in Great Britain http://budurl.com/jjcy
Blogger Outreach - Do Your Homework http://budurl.com/a7uy

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

58 per cent of people forget their best ideas by failing to write them down immediately http://budurl.com/5ml4
With Fashion columnist Mr Blackwell's death we get to find out what he would be caught dead in
My son Mike pointed out this strange robbery story involving Craig's list, sounds like a movie plot http://budurl.com/yywg

Monday, October 20, 2008

Trying out http://budurl.com/elvc which Paul Colligan mentioned on "This Week in Internet Marketing", like tinyurl but with tracking
My goal today is to be caught up on email... at least for one brief shining moment
4 blog posts written and next week's Amateur Traveler on Seoul is started, time for bed.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Thanks to everyone who nominated the Amateur Traveler for a podcast award, don't forget to vote for your favorites. http://ping.fm/NlDtn

Puerto Vallarta - Amateur Traveler Episode 156

Episode 156 at Amateur Traveler

The Amateur Traveler talks to Robin Noelle (author of next year’s edition of the Moon Guidebook for Puerto Vallarta) about Puerto Vallarta. Robin talks about the beach, the food, the jungle and 12 foot wide Manta rays.



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Managed to interview Shel Holtz (@shel) about Slovenia for Amateur Traveler. Fun. Now I think I will take a few weeks off from interviews.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Heading to the San Jose Sharks game with the RPI alumni group
Interview with Shel Holtz (@shel) postponed as he has no audio on his computer after a restart.
h n! The "" key n my laptp keybard des nt seem t be wrking right. As if I were nt already a bad enugh typist.

Friday, October 17, 2008

pricing car sterios with iPod jacks for Joan's birthday (yes she knows), next step in the plan of getting her to listen to podcasts
What a beautiful day to visit San Francisco
Off to San Francisco to shoot video. This is an experiment to see if I have one more podcast in me on travel tech, gadgets, and gear
Finished the main audio edit of this week's Amateur Traveler on Puerto Vallarta with next year's author of the Moon Handbook

Thursday, October 16, 2008

That should have read "use on Dec 14, 1960", which yes was my birthday
Just noticed my certificate for Free Disney admission on my birthday (http://ping.fm/oMnQt) says us on Dec 14, 1960!
Time to pause editing an Amateur Traveler episode on Puerto Vallarta and go to sleep

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Looks like I am heading back to Boston the week after next
Just did an interview for Amateur Traveler on Transylvania that won't come out until November 22nd, never been this far ahead
Sorry to hear about the layoffs at Jive (http://ping.fm/Th6Kf). Best of luck to Bill, Matt, et al.
I have tabnesia today, as in "why did I open that browser tab again"?

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Today is National Boss/Employee Exchange Day... ok what will you give me for my boss Peter Friedman (worked for him for 16 years)?
I think my wife may shoot me, I am thinking of starting an additional podcast, a video show on travel tech. Is it time for an intervention?
And my parting comment for the evening: as a Giant's fan let me say "Go Phillies!"

Monday, October 13, 2008

Just back from Geek Brief meetup, nice meeting everybody
Interviewing Richard Miller from Sparkletack podcast about San Francisco
Funny queensboro.com (http://www.queensboro.com/index.html?ref_id=539758) where I buy my custom embroidered shirts is having a 14.92% off sale today

Colorado - Episode 155

Colorado at Amateur Traveler

The Amateur Traveler talks to Brad Hugg soon to be the host of the Colorado Podcast about his state. He talks about the citieson teh frontal range and gives us a great circle route that takes in 14ers (peaks over 14 thousand feet), huge sand dunes, buttes, Mesa Verde, and the ski resorts near the continental divide.



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I was amused by this one that co-worker/friend @dland sent me: http://ping.fm/hFMwd

Sunday, October 12, 2008

lunch at Chipotle then more work in the libsyn migration - putting in ad slots, changing links to media on my blog, etc
Both Columbus Day and International Moment of Frustration Scream Day as in "What the @$%^&*! This isn't India!"
Getting ready for church http://ping.fm/NPrir You all are welcome. (I'll be at the contemporary one. I prefer drums and guitars to organ.)

Saturday, October 11, 2008

It's moving day as the Amateur Traveler goes to libsyn.com. So long Mevio and thanks for all the fish!
Georgia Travel News (including a plug for my recent show on Amateur Traveler) - http://ping.fm/bS3e1

Friday, October 10, 2008

Warren Buffet interview is a must watch http://ping.fm/w3X2c
OK, I have done the research and am ready to throw my support behind a candidate for president http://ping.fm/JgjZn
Rescheduled the interview until tomorrow because of a client emergency, as long is it is not my client emergency I can deal with that :-)
About to interview Shel Holtz of FIR (@shel) about Solvenia for the Amateur Traveler

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Wearing Podcaster t-shirt http://ping.fm/gawUU love it when asked "what kind of podcast?" not "what's a podcast?"
Connected with Alex Lindsay (@alexlindsay) after all. I knew he would be a good guest after we first talked about Zimbabwe in Jan 2007. :-)
I was trying SpanningSync but it seems to have munged my contacts, creating duplicates and contact fragments. Uninstalling it.
Funniest part of Amateur Traveler interview on Seoul, just for my Wisconsin listeners, cosmetics made from cheese
Starting an interview on Seoul Korea for Amateur Traveler (for Oct 25)
Two Amateur Traveler interviews today: Seoul Korea and Alex Lindsay (@alexlindsay) on Zimbabwe
Stayed up late editing an episode on the Amateur Traveler about Colorado, time for bed... past time for bed

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Immersive Travel in the USA - Amateur Traveler Episode 154

Episode 154 at Amateur Traveler

The Amateur Traveler talks to author Sheryl Kayne about her new book Immersion Travel USA. She talks about volunteer travel, educational travel and other immersive experiences from experiencing zero G to quilting, from climbing frozen waterfalls to counting right whales.



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And if you are afraid we won't reduce those disasters be of god cheer as today is also "National Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work & School Day"
Today is the "International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction" so remember, friends don't let friends start earthquakes.
Wow it's dark. So much for daylight savings time. What did we do, invest all that daylight at Lehman Brothers?

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

My wife's niece won't come live with us because the Angel's lost last night. One way to make a decision. Darn Angels.
Listening to net@nite live while I wade through email
Catching up on email, etc after 5 days off. Reverse culture shock coming back to Silicon Valley after being in the poorer parts of Tijuana

Thursday, October 02, 2008

off to Mexico until Sunday
at Little Italy in San Diego
Passing San Juan Capistrano on the way to dinner in San Diego before we get to Tijuana
In my video on a tour of the Panama Canal I did part in fast forward to make it more interesting http://ping.fm/dWTkj
I loved this story about a 747 turned into a hostel in Sweden http://ping.fm/WbOAJ

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

DirecTV Tivo refused to record American League game, I guess the obscenity which is the D.H. clashed with the parental filters ;-)
I was confused at first why I had an episode of The Bible Study Podcast ready for tomorrow. Oops, was supposed to go out last week!
Packing for my trip to Mexico (working with church group and Esperanza http://ping.fm/K3JBJ), hear more about a previous trip http://ping.fm/mJaTg