Friday, February 28, 2025

Review: Twitter and Tear Gas - The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

›
 All through the COVID19 pandemic, Zeynep Tufekci was one of the smartest voices in the various places she was published in. Her article in ...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Review: EOS EF-M 55-200 4.5-6.3 IS STM

›
 The thing with the Pixel Pro 8 and 9 is that the phone cameras are now so good that pulling out a bigger mirrorless camera is more cumberso...
1 comment:
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 5th - Epilogue & Conclusions

›
 It was raining by the time we put everything in the car and drove up to refuel it. Arriving at the airport, we found the New Zealand checki...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 4th: Hokitki to Christchurch

›
 The sun came out again as we left Hokitika in the morning after breakfast, which was bought by walking to the supermarket in the morning. ...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Review: Platypus Quickdraw Filter

›
 Our Katadyn BeFree water filter was getting old, to the point where on a recent hiking trip it was an intense amount of work to get water ...
Friday, February 21, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 3rd - Alpine Junction to Hokitiki

›
  We woke up to cloudy skies and a hint of rain. As we put the luggage into the car it started drizzling on us but the roads were still dry....
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Review: Hydrapak Flux Collapsible Water Bottles

›
 Having given up on Hydration Packs, I'd been carrying reusable water bottles for hiking, usually insulated ones. However, those are hea...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 2nd - Diamond Lake and Rocky Point

›
The wear and tear of doing so much hiking was showing on everyone. When I planned our trip to Wanaka the thought to myself was that to do th...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

2025 New Zealand: January 1 - Milford Sound to Alpine Junction (Wanaka)

›
Xiaoqin woke up early, around 6am, and we got up in time to capture Alpenglow photos of the surrounds. It struck me then that the overnight ...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Review: Covacure Collapsible Hiking Poles

›
 We bought a pair of Covacure Collapsible Hiking Poles for the New Zealand trip. While we have full sized hiking sticks for use at home, t...
Friday, February 14, 2025

2024 New Zealand: December 31st - Queenstown to Milford Sound

›
  We got up, packed everything into the car after breakfast, and then drove to buy cough medicine and fever medicine for Boen. The pharmacis...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Review: Osprey Daylite Plus Daypack

›
 The Osprey Daylite Plus daypack is something my brother has used for years and he loves it. The MSRP is incredibly high, so we waited unti...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

2024 New Zealand: December 30th Ben Lomond

›
  It was cool enough to wear a jacket in the morning when we got out of the car at the Queenstown gondola. We had snacks, full water bottle...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

2024 New Zealand: December 29th Glenorchy

›
 We woke up to wettish weather, but the forecast was actually just for occasional rain, and I was getting the idea that New Zealand weather...