Month: July 2010
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Iceland Day Nine – Reykjavik
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This morning Sari made it successfully to the Keflavik airport to go home to Helsinki, and I woke up early to go Scuba Diving. Diving in Iceland is a bit different than diving in other, more tropical parts of the world. This morning, I drove out with Arctic Adventures to Thingvelir national park, to dive…
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Tweets the week of 2010-07-31:
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I'm at Reynihild Hotel Myvatn (Myvatn, Myvatn). https://4sq.com/cFUWYL #
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Iceland Day Eight – Vik to Reykjavik
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Today, Sari and I woke up early in the small town of Vik, and started out drive back into Reykjavik. The first stop of the day was at the fast-moving Solheimajokull glacier, which we stopped at for a bit to hike around on the ice. In this area of Iceland, ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic…
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Iceland Day Seven – Skaftafell to Vik
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Although it’s summer in Iceland, there are still parts of the country that are frozen solid. Today we explored the Breidamerkurjokull glacier with Iceland’s Glacier Guides outdoor school. We woke up at the Skaftafell campground to a light mist in the air, and after packing up our huge tent and getting the car ready to…
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Iceland Day Six – Seydisfjordur to Skaftafell
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Today was our big East Iceland to South Iceland transit day, and we spent a significant portion of it on Route Once winding through foggy East fjords. We woke up at the beautiful campground in picturesque Seyðisfjörður, made a quick pit stop at the local supermarket for breakfast, and then hit the road. This South-Eastern…
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Iceland Day Five – Myvatn to Seydisfjordur
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Today we woke up bright and early in the small lakeside town of Reykjahlíð, surrounded by the apocalyptic volcanic landscape of the Myvatn region. The entire area surrounding Myvatn Lake is bubbling with volcanic activity, and remains very active to this day. It sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and had a landscape unlike…
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Iceland Day Four – Akureyri to Myvatn
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Although Iceland lies far north, its only stake of the arctic circle lies in the middle of a small rock island in the North Atlantic called Grímsey. We woke up early this morning at Joseph’s apartment, and make a quick getaway back to the bus depot in the center of Akureyri. We took the local…
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Iceland Day Three – Blönduós To Akureyri
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Since the earth’s crust is so thin in Iceland, natural geothermal pools of water, locally called “hot pots”, are in almost every town. This morning Sari and I woke up at Christina’s apartment in Blönduós, and together with our Slovakian hitchhiker friend Martina, hopped back in the car and drove a ways down the road…
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Iceland Day Two – Reykjavik to Blonduos
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Iceland is beautiful. Last night Sari finally got in to Reykjavik around 3:00, and met me, where I was already asleep, at Sabrina’s house. This morning we woke up early, and after walking around the Reykjavik harbor and finding breakfast, we hit the road for the Blue Lagoon. Since the earth’s crust is so thin…
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Iceland Day One – Keflavik to Reykjavik
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Whew, today was a seriously long day. Started out on Thursday morning in NYC, and is finally coming to an end Friday night in Reykjavik, Iceland. To maximize my vacation time, I took the night time flight out of EWR to Keflavik Airport, just outside of Reykjavik. With the time difference, that meant that the…
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Road Tripping Around Iceland
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For that last 10 days in July, I’ll be taking a road trip around Iceland. My friend Sari and I are flying into Reykjavik, renting a car, and driving a full loop on Iceland’s Route 1. During the trip, we’ll be staying on couches, in hostels, B&B’s, Hotels, on farms, and in tents. I’m bringing…
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2010 NYC Triathlon Race Report
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This past weekend I competed in my first ever Triathlon, the Olympic-length NYC Triathlon. It was a 1500 Meter Swim, 40 Kilometer bike, and 10 Kilometer run. The swim was in the Hudson River, bike on the West Side Highway, and run across Manhattan into Central park.Overall, the race was great! Going into it, I…
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Kooaba and the Future of Image Recognition
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Recently I had the opportunity to talk to colleges and clients about an iPhone app called Kooaba. Kooaba is a visual image recognition platform, that has the ability to recognize real world objects, much like Google Goggles. I think that image recognition technology like this may become more prevalent… someday. One current, real world example…
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