It's getting so you don't really need much more than Google. As an example, there are now some great tools to let you synchronize your desktop or phone calendar with a Google calendar. Goosync (www.goosync.com) wirelessly synchronizes almost any phone with your Google calendar for free. And a great new app from Spanning Sync (www.spanningsync.com) now enables two-way synching between iCal and your Google calendar.
enjoy.
Brooklyn rox, btw.
24 images of snow in 24 hours. Oh yeah, in early October.
Never again will I voluntarily route thru there...
With a ball-obsessed dog at our corner park. Aaah, life is good.
I was just culling through some photos of our trip and came across this one. You'll have to link to the full sized picture to read the text. It's worth it...
...especially poverty in developing nations.
Dad sent me this article on a new MTV show in which Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz jet around the world exclaiming about how fabulous the poorest countries are for not taking advantage of the environment. They even ride in SUVs. Oh, the hypocrisy.
It reminds me of the trip my whole family took to the remote Tibetan Autonomous Region of Yunnan, China in 2000 (see photo). We were delighted to hike an entire day into the mystical, unspoiled Himalayan mountain village of Yubeng, where there was almost no electricity, no toilets, not a road or a motorized vehicle. We all found it so charming.
Yet when we asked the locals that night what they'd most like - The Nature Conservancy was working in the region to create ecologically sound ovens that operated off of human and animal waste so that people didn't have to burn wood all day every day to stay warm - they said, "A road." And the water wheel that generated enough juice to operate one machine? It was used to power a TV.
Read "Celebs Ignore Death, Poverty on MTV enviro Series." I don't agree with his exclusive measurement of quality of life in terms of infant mortality and life expectancy rates, but the man has a point...
They list your high school graduation date on the sign at the bar.
Father, forgive me. It's been over a month since my last post. You can't imagine how difficult it is to transition from writing about cholera-infested water and live animal sacrifices to...to what? Where do I go from here?
I suppose the natural answer is to follow my passions. News, technology, friends and family, philosophy, art--the list goes on. So let's give it a shot, folks. Welcome to Bomad 2.0.
I realize I've been rather remiss in keeping you all up to date. In the short month since arriving back in the US, we've popped straight into a pseudo-normal semi-urban domestic life replete with car, apartment and frequent access to the Tate Family-Of-Four Lifestyle. Here you see Rylan gleefully enjoying a hot chocolate while doing her best "Bat Boy" impression.
Soon we leave for southern pastures. It will be nice to put away the winter coats and enjoy the warming sun of Venice Beach. But the times here in Portland have been good and will be remembered as such.
After a lovely (but rather long 16 hour) flight on Singapore Airlines, the Foxes have officially returned to the US of A and once again find themselves in the warm embrace of Uncle Sam. When I say warm, I mean bone-chillingly frigid, thanks to the ice storm that smacked Portland last night. I must say, it's a rather unwelcome change from equatorial Singapore.
And so I now sit in the Portland airport, patiently awaiting the departure of my flight to Louisville. It may be a while...
I know. I know. We're all completely worn down and worn out from all the Tsunami Talk. But this was just such a powerful visual that I couldn't help sharing it. Click here to view a set of perfectly matched "before and after" satellite images of the areas worst hit by the quake and tsunami. The first thing you will see is a image of the area before the wave hit. Click the button at the top of the image to toggle to an identical image taken after the damage. Then click on "next" to move to the next picture, etc. The images left me utterly speechless.
[Thanks, K8!]
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