Archive for March, 2008

I’ve gone through all our GPS tracks and uploaded maps (where available) and satellite views of the trips we did during our holiday.
Have a look through the blog entries from South America 2008 to see the map info - I’ve uploaded them as images.
If your screen resolution makes the map and satellite images look a bit [...]

We decided to go for a walk today - try and keep up the activity we did on our trip to South America. We also want to make the most of the nice weather - although it’s still a little too humid for me in Sydney at the moment.
We had originally tried to do a [...]

Bit of a drama earlier in the week - our digital set-top box got fried by its own power supply.
I have a Topfield TF5000PVRtMPB (5000 Masterpiece) digital set top box and PVR, and apparently this model has a known problem where the power supply sometimes puts out a much higher voltage than it is supposed [...]

Thought this was interesting (if a little depressing).
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the [...]

Just a quick note to say we just arrived home from our 6 week tour of Patagonia.
We had a fantastic time - really enjoyed our trip and are glad we did it.
We would love to go back and explore some of the areas of Patagonia we didn’t get to spend more time in at some [...]

I’ve now uploaded photos from the rest of our trip:

Day 21 - Puerto Natales
Day 22 - Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine
Day 23 - Puerto Natales and Parque Nacional Bernado O’Higgins
Day 24 - Puerto Natales to El Calafate
Day 25 - El Calafate
Day 26 - El Calafate and Glacier Perito Moreno Ice [...]