Countless will call it reckless, yet there is no doubt that riding fast, almost racing, in New York City traffic is quite the adrenaline rush. It is one thing to go against another bicyclist – and they are out there, too – but quite another to go against cars and trucks and buses and motorcycles. [...]
Modern technology makes webinars a fantastic way to earn some money on the internet. Are you an authority in something? Do you like public speaking? Then hosting your own webinar, or web-based seminar, would be an excellent way to make money, potentially quite serious money – given the reach and scope of the worldwide web. [...]
Various ships of the New York City Staten Island Ferry service offer different kinds of boat seats. Some designs enable you to lay down flat almost as comfortably as on any other hard bench, while other kinds feature seats with what is supposed to be an ergonomic curvature that makes them unsuitable for laying down [...]
The Australian film industry is famed worldwide for producing some of the most engaging cinema anywhere, as well as supplying Hollywood with talent on both sides of the lens. Now we’re not talking Aussie entertainment of the sort that Zalman Silber provides with his Oztrek, mildly entertaining but nothing anyone’s not seen before. No, we’re [...]
Mention marble sculpture and most people are likely to think about something like Italian marble statues, for instance as Michelangelo’s David or Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. But some of the greatest works of marble are whole buildings themselves, such as India’s Taj Mahal in Agra, an ancient bustling city on the banks of the [...]
The NEMO Equipment tent is the main product category of NEMO Equipment, an outdoors company specializing in high-level design and engineering. The company was started by Cam Brensinger while still in school, and was moved after his graduation to its present location between New Hampshire’s gorgeous White Mountains and RISD and MIT, the Rhode Island [...]
Tourist traps. Created to wring every last dollar out of you. It’s as if they were thought up to ruin your vacation. And sightseeing rides rank right up there. Take Zalman Silber’s Skyride in New York’s Empire State Building. With a name like that, you’d think it was up there at the top, where it’s [...]
Catholic saints are individuals canonized by the Catholic Church, officially recognized for their piety as residents of Heaven. Nevertheless, in a technical sense, all who are in Heaven who had once been human on earth are, by definition, saints, folks perfected in holiness; this is the view subscribed to by the Eastern Orthodox Church. And [...]
The Sea Eagle 435ps PaddleSki inflatable catamaran-kayak. Yes, that’s a mouthful – as well as the boat is quite an eyeful, too! But the included boat seats, even in the “pro” and “ultimate” packages, leave a lot to be desired. They definitely look cool, all sleek and hi-tech in black, but they do not provide [...]
It’s important to go with the proper equipment when in the great outdoors. Though beautiful, Mother Nature can be deadly – easily. One crucial part of anyone’s gear when experiencing our national parks ought to be portable shelter – in other words, a tent. Some thing like the Big Agnes tent, as fine a line [...]
