Category archive for ‘Navigation’ 
Gokivo GPS Navigator (0)
9/18/09 •
I tried to outsmart Gokivo. Twice I attempted to fry it’s artificial brain. Following is a turn for turn account of my battle with Gokivo, the travel directions navigation app. My first use for this app was a setup. I was driving to a concert five miles from my house that only needed one turn ... Read More
iCommuteSF (0)
9/02/09 •
On a recent foray into San Francisco for the Outside Lands Festival, I realized that my knowledge of San Francisco’s public transportation is sad at best. Luckily I had my iPhone, and quickly downloaded the iCommuteSF app which got me around the city easily. Based on my experience with it, I’d say this is helpful ... Read More
Sprout (1)
8/28/09 •
I love farmers’ markets! Because of this insane passion, I have been going through iPhone apps to find one that is both easy to use and useful in finding local-tastic farmers’ markets. Sprout is offered for free in the Appstore, so I thought I should give it a chance. Budding Aspects A step in the ... Read More
OpenTable (0)
8/27/09 •
Ever try to make dinner reservations at the last minute? I wouldn’t recommend it. Restaurants are usually crowded from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and even on the less busy nights, you’re gambling against pretty heavy odds if you and your party simply show up to a restaurant in the hopes they have space. Obviously, the ... Read More
VeganSteven (0)
8/26/09 •
I recently made a Vegan Blueberry Grunt, just with some spare ingredients I had on hand, using all my blueberries before they’d go soft and spoil – a grunt for those you unhip to the Pennsylvania Dutch lingo, is a simple dessert similar to a cobber, only with hefty biscuits baked atop the stewed fruit ... Read More
Sit or Squat (0)
8/14/09 •
One of my biggest chagrins is walking into a business and desperately asking for a bathroom, pleading eyes and bambi lashes in full effect, only to have the owner purse her lips and coldly say, “Sorry, we don’t allow customers to use the rest room.” Now, I like to pride myself on being a camel. ... Read More
LocalEats (0)
8/12/09 •
Supper time! When traveling, as in Mexico say, I tend to frequent the spots where all the Mexicans are eating in numbers, rather than where all the straw hat, madras short-wearing tourists are eating with relish. Sure, some digestion indiscretion may ensue for gringos without the hardened, intestinal bellies of Mexican heritage and upbringing, but ... Read More
Rocket Taxi (0)
8/11/09 •
Aren’t taxis so iconic to our culture? Think of all the movies, all the television series, that show people with arms outstretched, or fingers between their lips, whistling, hailing down that quintessential yellow cab, in its evolving form from curvaceous roundness to sharply boxy, to the modern sleek lines of a the predominant SUV and ... Read More
Earthcomber (0)
8/10/09 •
When traveling, a certain amount of browsing goes into the adventure. We like to walk along foreign boulevards, browse through local shops, and experiment with ordering a “black and white,” the giddy words rolling off our tongue like a seasoned New Yorker. Exploration is tantamount to travel, and much of the time we enjoy the ... Read More
JobCompass (0)
8/04/09 •
Looking for a job? Many of us are. While corporate America has been touting the end of the recession, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily “over” for the rest of us, as we still struggle to find suitable work and make ends meet. Thankfully, there are many avenues to find employment, sites like Craigslist and Idealist.org, ... Read More
