Category Archives: Technology

Local travel sites round-up

Another collection of local travel sites that have recently appeared or recently been discovered on the Web.

Another internet travel forum

I discovered two new internet travel forums this month, both in the alpha development stage.

WAYN: The relaunch

The WAYN guys have realised that to keep profiles active they can’t rest on their laurels. Not in this field.

Plans change & Vorovoro gets a solar-powered desalinator

A lack of appropriate materials in Labasa, Fiji to make a solar powered ice machine means that the Kings College team are forced to improvise and come up with a new plan.

Solar-powered ice maker heads for Vorovoro, Fiji

In less than a week we will be arriving on Vorovoro to build a solar-powered refrigeration system. The idea is not new, but this will be the first time the design will be used in a tropical climate.

How do you maintain the Blog life vs real life balance?

How do you live in the moment when you´re thinking about blogging it?

Another new local travel knowledge site

It’s astonishing just how quickly a phrase or an idea can catch on and seem to spawn a whole new generation of websites almost overnight.

A Thesis On Couchsurfing

Last year, we met Szilvia Weyer in Berlin. She told us then she was working on a thesis about Couchsurfing, and we had an interesting conversation about it.

AirBnB moves into apartment rentals

AirBed&Breakfast.com has rebranded itself as AirBnB. Why? Because, despite only launching last August, they’ve already outgrown their original concept.

Going Unplugged

Right, that’s it. I’m burning all my social-networking passwords and logging off.