June 2008

The Archives

• Blogs

  What if I lose my laptop!? - A rambling post on not losing data.

  06.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Keeping data safe and organized while on the road is a big part of my job. Failing to retrieve a file often means redoing/recoding it, or worse, getting guilt-tripped or going unpaid by a client.
  With my laptop being powered-on and plugged into outlets in a different countries almost monthly, how can I possibly be sure […]

• Blogs

  My new notebook

  06.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  When I told the girl I met on the bus that I had lost my notebook, she gasped “Oh NO!”. I was confused.
  “How much was it!?” she exclaimed with the typical “glad it wasn’t me” look most strangers give others when they hear of such things.
  “Um…about 12 bucks…”
  Suddenly the look of realization is visible in […]

• Photos

  Photo of the Week #4

  06.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Alright so I’m officially 28 minutes late with this Photo of the Week (here in LA it just turned monday which means I missed the usual Sunday posting). I pray you guys forgive me and pretend it is Sunday anyways.
  I’ll make sure to be on time next week.

  Child playing and laughing uncontrollably in the fountain […]

• Blogs

  No good deed goes unrewarded at Starbucks

  06.29.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  At a Starbucks on the corner of Hollywood and Western in Los Angeles, a blogger sits cheerfully, tapping at a keyboard. An empty cup of Starbucks Blended Lemonade sits next to him, as it has for the past three hours.
  This empty cup is his ticket stub, his proof-of-entitlement to use the oh-so familiar Starbucks facilities […]

• Blogs

  The U.S.S. Midway

  06.28.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This review is sponsored by Ryan of 14Giants.com - a site of mass-distraction. This site is digital backpacker certified as a great time-waster for random readings throughout the week. He even recently did a feature on me!
  “The COOLEST MUSEUM in San Diego!” I was touting, loudly, matter-of-factly around the hostel.
  I had just returned from a […]

• Blogs

  Los Angeles: An unexpected sensation

  06.27.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  The crowds, the gridlock, the miles of wannabes and wouldbes and arebes. A city who’s portrait is unanimously painted as a “golden city” littered with self-proclaimed glamor and powder-covered skin: Los Angeles and Hollywood are interchangeable in the minds of the media and its followers.

  The question du jour: Does the city live up to its […]

• Blogs

  Accident at Hill and 3rd Street in downtown Los Angeles

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Yellow mercedes crashes into cement bridge-support wall at Hill and 2nd St. intersection just minutes before video was taken. Video footage recorded by The Digital Backpacker at 3:52pm today.Though the frontend of the mercedes was impounded by the cement structure, the driver was unharmed.

• Blogs

  Arrival in Los Angeles

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  At 10:42am yesterday morning, an eruption of excitement came to me in my seat on the Surfline Amtrak heading to Los Angeles. Needing an outlet for the moment’s energy, I began writing this post:
  Excuse me!? Nobody told me the Amtrak has 120 volt electrical outlets for every seat! This is nuts! I’m in travel writer […]

• Blogs

  Anyone staying at USA Hostels?

  06.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Get $2 off your next stay at USA Hostels with the coupon below:
  USA Hostels (available all around the US) aren’t the best hostels, that’s for sure. But sometimes, when they’re the only option (or the cheapest option) they are necessary.
  I recently stayed at one and completed a survey for them. When you finish the survey […]

• Blogs

  What would you like to see more of?

  06.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

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