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Solio - Portable Solar Powered Charger

Updated Dec 10, 2007

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The Solio charger is so totally cool: the ultimate eco-road-warrior tool. I love being able to charge devices using the sun: seems so green/earth-friendly and adventurous. I am def bringing a Solio w/me on my next extended adventure so I can have my ipod anywhere in the world and not worry about power outlets

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Lisa Kristine Migration Photography

Updated Nov 12, 2007

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I was recently in Sonoma, CA and came across Lisa Kristine's Migration Photography gallery. Lisa Kristine creates really beautiful travel photography that documents peple and places from around the world w/a particular bent toward Asia and 3rd World subjects. Her work is powerful, rich, and nuanced. I love this sort of stuff alothough it always fills me w/wanderlust and a desire for a world-romping, seeking adventure right now.

Her work is large format color photography. What I think is particularly interesting about Lisa Kristine, besides the work itself, is how she has built a business around her own brand. She has made herself a commercially viable artist by opening multiple captive galleries and mass-producing her work. I know the art world purists out there are probably horrified by this sort of behavior, but it seems to me to be the wave of the future. People like Wyland (though his stuff is cheesy), Murakami, and Christo have all shown that there is a strong demand for the commercial high art artist

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Solarez Surfboard Ding Repair Best Surf Repair Kit UV Cure

Updated Nov 7, 2007

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I love to surf and I love my foam core boards. But I always seem to get a ton of dings in them. Solarez's UV cure ding repair kit lets me quickly and easily fill in the seemingly endless number of dings, cracks, gouges, and, when some bonehead creates a clusterfuck in the line-up by colliding w/me, a fin cut I get in my boards. It dries fast and quickly (but only in the sun- don't make the same mistake I did by trying to get it to dry under artificial lighting). Note: you need to carefully prepare the ding by cutting away broken fiberglass and loose foam to get the best fix so get an xacto knife too. Both are must-haves on surfaris

Bottom line: I get way more out of my quiver because I get a much longer shelf-life thanks to Solarez. Definitiely do NOT sniff this stuff though- it gives wicked headaches, not to mention slays neurons mercilessly.

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Perini Navi sailing yachts

Updated Aug 1, 2007

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I grew up on/around boats and am totally in love w/the ocean. I have spent months of my life aboard boats and love the freedom, vitality, stripped down simplicity, and sense of connectedness of life aboard a ship in blue water. Perini Navi is the premier sailing yacht maker and they have built one of the most beautiful ships I have ever seen in person, in this case the Morning Glory (pictured above).

The Perini Navi Morning Glory was owned at one point by Rupert Murdoch and is one gorgeous vessel. My personal ambition is to have a global cruiser like the Morning Glory that I could do trans Atlantic and trans Pacific crossing in, have all my friends aboard for truly awesome surfing trips around the globe, sail the Antarctic and Arctic, and also donate time and operating costs aboard to ocean conservation organizations (ie use the ship as a research vessel). (Craig Venter, the founder of Land's End, and, I think Donna Karan's cfo all either used their yachts to do research themselves or lent them to research orgs which I think is totally cool. Personally, I would love to have the time to do more oceanographic research. My dad had a small boat and we did some research for the Natural History Museum and I also spent 3 months aboard a schooner doing a senior thesis on global climate change and seaweed distribution patterns in college)

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Gulfstream : G550

Updated Aug 1, 2007

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OK, I admit it, I really want a G550. These are the sweetest private planes in the sky (I think but can't say I know from first-hand experience). I know it is excessive, bratty, totally uneccessary, and not eco-friendly but I still think Gulfstream 550 is a beautiful machine. If I ever had a machine like this, I would buy at least 5x my carbon footprint in offsets to make up for my wanton self-indulgence. The planet can rest easy, however, as there is def not any immediate danger of me being able to afford one of these and I would buy a sailing yacht (much more eco-friendly) first anyway if I had that kind of money.

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Plane Clean Air Filter

Updated May 23, 2007

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Think planes are flying germ tubes? Well, you are right. I am moderately germophobic and have to travel on planes a fair amount. The idea of a sanitizing air nozzle is brilliant.

I learned that it is always a good idea to have the air blowing on your face from the AC while flying because the air coming thru it has been filtered and is much drier which means fewer nasty bugs in it. The idea of the Plane Clean Air Filter nozzle is brilliant: super-clean the air so those five people w/the runny noses sitting around you have less chance of infecting you.

Great for biz travellers. Awesome gift for those recent high-school and college grads setting off on their global adventures as well

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National Geographic Magazine

Updated May 3, 2007

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National Geographic is possibly the most inspiring magazine I have ever read. I started reading NatGeo as a little kid and it really instilled a taste for adventure, science, and exotic locales/cultures in me. I have never lost that interest and always thought running NatGeo would be a blast.

If you are curious, have kids, or just love to look at beautiful pictures, I highly, highly recommend getting a subscription to National Geographic.

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The North Face Pamir Windstopper Glove

Updated Dec 1, 2006

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The North Face Pamir Windstopper Gloves are awesome. I have been a big fan of Windstopper materials for years- the fabric really does work to cut out windchill. It is tough too: it does not rip or melt too easily and the gloves themselves never seem to fall apart, no matter how much I brutalize them (w/in reason, of course, but, generally speaking, I am very hard on my gear)

The main reason I have to replace the Windstopper gloves is usually because I lose one of them :-(

In any event, if you want some durable, comfortable, bomber gloves for campling, etc that are supple enough so you can still do relatively delicate things w/them on, get the Pamirs or any of The North Face Windstoppers. Essential for climbing trips and surfaris to non-tropical climates

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Verizon EVDO Wireless Broadband Service

Updated Dec 1, 2006

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I just got Verizon's Wireless Broadband EVDO service for my MacBook Pro. While Verizon is a company that people often bitch about (frequently w/good reason), their EVDO service really rocks.

No more war-driving for open hotspots or getting charged outrageous day-rates by hotels or Starbucks. W/the EVDO card, my Mac flies along just nicely. While it is true that there are dead-spots w/the EVDO coverage (apparently the EVDO network only covers about 140 million pops- or people- whereas Verizon Wireless' overall network covers about 240 million), it still works plenty good in most places. The real test for me will be while I am in Hawaii for New Year's: if Iget good wireless coverage there, I am going to be one happy guy since it means less time in lame cybercafes and more time to surf, hang w/the family, and get work done in a beautiful setting. Less glamourously, VZW's EVDO will also make my biz travel easier

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Emergen-C

Updated Nov 13, 2006

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Drink one of these before and after a long airplane ride and you will do a lot to prevent catching a cold (I read somewhere that approximately 15% of travellers report getting sick after each plane ride of longer than 3 hours. Yuck!!!). Must-have for the pro-active healthy biz (and pleasure) traveller. Gives you energy too.

They are also great at warding off colds if you have toddlers. Little kids play in the dirt and have runny nose ALL THE TIME and they are very effective germ vecots for parents. When I feel like I might get sick from some bug going around the playground, I drink one of these and am good as gold. (via Jess)

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