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  • Touring the South Pole Atmospheric Research Observatory with NOAA’s Kelliann Bliss

    Touring the South Pole Atmospheric Research Observatory with NOAA’s Kelliann Bliss

    Here at the south pole, we have some of the cleanest air in the world. As a result, a lot of unique atmospheric research goes on here, mainly at NOAA’s Atmospheric Research Observatory, nicknamed ARO. A few days ago I had the opportunity to be taken on a full tour of the observatory by scientist…

  • The Clowns at Brooklyn Bowl

    On my way to see indie rock band Caveman play at Brooklyn Bowl, I passed this wall of clowns… Fitting? See this image in my Flickr Photostream.

  • Good afternoon from the Wasatch Trail!

    After hiking from the Town of Telluride to the end of the Bear Creek Trail, we’ve transitioned onto the steeper Wasatch Trail and are steadily making our way up towards the abandoned Nelly Mine… See this image in my Flickr Photostream.

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  • Turkey Day Five – Antakya to Kilis

    Turkey Day Five – Antakya to Kilis

    Today was filled with lots of driving, and lots of rural exploration. We started off the day in Antakya, where we had an early morning internet cafe session, along with some fresh juice. After that we visited an orthodox church, where they were having Christmas day mass, and then went down the street for Turkish…

  • Turkey Day Four – Renting A Car

    Turkey Day Four – Renting A Car

    Today was by far the craziest and busiest day yet. We woke up at 8:00, and quickly set up our plan, grabbed a bag of bread, clementines and cheese from the cafe, and headed to the car rental office. Also, the rain had stopped, and blue sky had started to burn through the clouds. We…

  • Turkey Day Three – Adana to Antakya

    Turkey Day Three – Adana to Antakya

    Today we slept in, waking at 9:00 after a solid 9 hours of sleep – much needed after getting 3 hours the previous night. We quickly packed up our gear, Kirk and I had a quick internet cafe session, and then we had a quick morning tea with the Ak Otel (hotel) staff. Before hopping…

  • Turkey Day One – All Over Istanbul

    Here’s the summary so far… I’m going to try to keep track of what we do, log-style, on the iPhone… Woke up early at 9, left the house at 9:30. Pastries, tea and OJ at a local bakery… Also more good Turkish tea. Kirk went off to a meeting, Steph and I took the tram…

  • Landed In Istanbul

    My first day traveling is almost over, and it’s been a long one. I started out on a 19:00 flight out of Newark, to Paris (CDG). The plane was delayed by the winter storm getting out of Newark, so on landing in Paris, I had already missed my flight. I was actually somewhat hoping I…

  • Testing Before (Possible) Departure

    Testing the email to wordpress feature before heading off. For some reason posts send via email are being classified as “pending review” by WordPress, instead of “published”. Something I’ll need to look into- I thinks it relates to the email address used to send the message… Things in EWR are looking ok still… Weather sucks,…

  • Setting Out to Turkey – If The Weather Holds

    Tonight I’m set to fly out of NYC, headed through Paris, on my way to Istanbul, Turkey. All packed up, ready to go – and now snow in the city. Hoping I can get out of here ok. Packing- For this trip, I’m taking two bags with me – my 40L Jack Wolfskin Alpine Pack,…

  • Testing Posting Remotely via Email

    I’m testing posting to the blog by emailing a specially created email inbox, which WordPress is set to automatically check, invoked by a server cron job. This will provide an additional means of posting to the blog from the field, where I may not have access to a full web browser with which to load…

  • Where is Gondry??

    Saw this flyer while walking home yesterday… Where is Michel Gondry?Has he been swallowed up in another Chemical Brothers music video? (I also posted a Chemical Brothers music video in this post about Lemon Jelly) **Update update.. seems Gothamist is wondering the same thing.—Sent via mobile.—

  • Dinosaurs Roam the East Village

    Dinosaurs Roam the East Village Originally uploaded by jamfan2 Seen painted on the side of a building, SW corner of 13th Street and 3rd Avenue, NYC. Sent via Blackberry Curve 8300