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Live Tracking Update


I spend the last couple of days working on the user interface to my live tracking project. The mechanics of this system have been operational for a while, but now finally there is a better interface in place to show off the goods. Although the job is far from done I hope to add cool […]

48 Hours


It isn’t easy to get from the West Coast to South Africa and this time the trip included a 19 hour layover in New York. I met several interesting people en route starting with a 70 year old lady at LAX. She missed her flight and was trying to call her daughter in Denver when […]

Southern California


The RV is in storage and I am staying with my buddy Jim in San Clemente. You can’t beat SoCal weather and finally I am basking in the ‘Indian Summer’ that proved so difficult to find everywhere else. Social activities have been high on the agenda and I managed to catch up with most of […]

Terror in Tecate


“Would you do me a favor….. Pull into that secondary inspection bay and tell the officer you were camping in Mexico.”
Suddenly our trouble free travels through Baja came to a screeching halt as the US border patrol made us empty the whole truck and confiscated our lone fresh apple. After all, an apple originating from […]

KiteMare


“When things go horribly wrong while attached to a kite in strong winds”.
I had mine within the first 3 seconds of my first ever kite surfing attempt. Denis brought his kite surfing gear with to Bahia de Los Angeles and after a great run to the lighthouse it was Jim’s and my turn. This should […]