The conclusion of a trip is usually cause for some reflection and analysis. Of course no self-respecting geek can complete a trip like this without making the analysis a numerical exercise and compiling some statistics...
Total Days on Trip: 76
Nights with Friends/Family: 13
Nights in Hotels: 12
Nights in Hostels: 3
Nights in Tent: 46
Nights on Ferry: 2
Distances covered:
Planes: 163 km
Trains: 72 km
Automobiles: 12,370 km
Ferries: 1379 km
Kayak: 127 km
Hiked: 147+ km (at least what was GPS'ed)
Sundry:
Photos Taken: 3360
Best Campsite: Too many to mention
Worst Campsite: Mountain View RV Park, Skagway
Bears Seen in Wild: Lost Count
Moose Seen in Wild: 1
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Home at last!
After spending the long weekend in Edmonton visiting my Mom & brother, we made the final leg back to Calgary. It is weird experiencing culture shock returning to your own city, especially if you haven't even left the continent. The bustle and traffic definitely takes some getting used to.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
We must be relevant! We're on Google!
Check this out: go to the Google home page.
Type: ron carole travel blog
and viola! Not sure how it found our link, but we've now been catalogued into the mighty Google search engine's database.
Now, if we can only get a Wikipedia entry....
Type: ron carole travel blog
and viola! Not sure how it found our link, but we've now been catalogued into the mighty Google search engine's database.
Now, if we can only get a Wikipedia entry....
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Don't Panic: It's Wikipedia
If you've followed any of the links on this blog, you've perhaps noticed that they almost invariably point to a Wikipedia entry. Why? Because more than anything else, in terms of being an information resource, Wikipedia seems to embody the promise of the Internet.
Back in the good old days, the Internet was about sharing information, but it was difficult to limited user interfaces. Then someone invented the web browser. Then came the hucksters trying to sell shit and cluttering it up. Then came the search engines, which helped sort through this clutter, but they seem to be losing ground daily due to billions of useless links from the same old but trickier hucksters trying to sell the same old shit.
Don't know what I'm talking about? Say you wanted to learn more about Cruise Lines - try Googling that and see how many links you get to sites trying to flog tickets, rather than an article talking about the industry itself. Do the same in Wikipedia - and voila, you have what you need. Even Microsoft's "free" Encarta "On-Line Encyclopedia" is just an excuse to post ads.
It could be called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Planet Earth"; we haven't explored the rest of the galaxy yet, but Wikipedia is rapidly becoming the repository of all human knowledge of what we do know: From Aardvarks to Zebus, Shakespeare to Thermonuclear Weapon Design, from the ubiquitous Butt-Plug to the ever irrelevant Paris Hilton, its all there. And yes, the recipe for the infamous Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is there as well.
Back in the good old days, the Internet was about sharing information, but it was difficult to limited user interfaces. Then someone invented the web browser. Then came the hucksters trying to sell shit and cluttering it up. Then came the search engines, which helped sort through this clutter, but they seem to be losing ground daily due to billions of useless links from the same old but trickier hucksters trying to sell the same old shit.
Don't know what I'm talking about? Say you wanted to learn more about Cruise Lines - try Googling that and see how many links you get to sites trying to flog tickets, rather than an article talking about the industry itself. Do the same in Wikipedia - and voila, you have what you need. Even Microsoft's "free" Encarta "On-Line Encyclopedia" is just an excuse to post ads.
It could be called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Planet Earth"; we haven't explored the rest of the galaxy yet, but Wikipedia is rapidly becoming the repository of all human knowledge of what we do know: From Aardvarks to Zebus, Shakespeare to Thermonuclear Weapon Design, from the ubiquitous Butt-Plug to the ever irrelevant Paris Hilton, its all there. And yes, the recipe for the infamous Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is there as well.
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