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Calvin and Hobbes Talk about Writing

Date: October 6th, 2006 |

This is the first of four panels where Calvin and Hobbes are discussing writing. Click here for the full strip. I found it on a random Google search.
Wikipedia has an extensive page on Calvin and Hobbes, in case you wanted to know more about this treasured strip and the creator, Bill [read more]

New AdventureLogue from BootsnAll

Date: September 7th, 2006 |

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Greetings, all.
In the name of shameless self-promotion and keeping it all in the BootsnAll family, I’d like to officially announce the unofficial launch of the Adventure Travel Logue at www.adventurelogue.com. You may remember from a few weeks back that BnA was looking for travel guides for their new series of Logues. In fact, they’re still [read more]

Scouring the earth for travel video

Date: July 26th, 2006 |

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>For those of you that are technologically inclined (or obsessed) enough to lug a camcorder along on your travels, you might be interested in what the boys at scourist.com are doing. The bare-bones site publishes short travel videos on a regular basis. Be sure to check out the Namibia safari soundtrack in the “Biltong [read more]

Travelers’ Tales Podcasts: Hear Tim Cahill and Simon Winchester

Date: June 2nd, 2006 |

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Travelers’ Tales has joined up with ApplauseCast and entered the world of podcasting. For those of you just tuning in, a podcast is a broadcast that you can listen to on the internet, or download on to your iPod for listening to later when you’re on the go.
To launch this new arm of TravelersTales.com, they’re [read more]

Sideways Printed Books

Date: May 10th, 2006 |

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I randomly found this weird but interesting book feature this morning.
Bed Books
That’s right, you can lay in bed, or on the couch, and not have to turn your neck, or the book, to get more comfortable. So far there have a bunch of classics in print, and the prices are affordable. Most of them [read more]

Gridskipper Contest: Win Wallpaper City Guides

Date: October 3rd, 2006 |

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Here’s a chance to score some glossy guidebooks. Gridskipper wants your best city itineraries: Pick one of the 20 cities featured in Wallpaper’s new City Guides series and describe how to best spend $100 in a day. The itinerary you propose for $100 US dollars should not include lodging, but should feature food and [read more]

MSNBC Travel Quiz

Date: August 17th, 2006 |

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Think you know everything about travel? Do you know what a billabong is? Or where Pike’s Peak is located? Part of travel writing is identifying new and emerging trends and hot destinations. More than that, also having prior travel on existing ones. Of course you know simple things like the city the Eiffel Tower is [read more]

Doug Lansky’s Signspotting Best Sign Contest

Date: June 6th, 2006 |

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I just got Doug Lansky’s Signspotting book this week, and it’s crazy fun. You know, all those weird signs you see when you’re traveling- the kind that don’t quite fit with the scenery, in or out of context? Well, funloving travel vet Doug Lansky has compiled a book of them with Lonely Planet.
Signspotting: Absurd & [read more]

Turn Here: Air Your Own Travel Show

Date: May 10th, 2006 |

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If you’ve ever been bored with the Travel Channel, TURN HERE. It’s a super cool collection of video guidebooks.
Turn Here: Short Films. Cool Places.
With viral videos sweeping the Internet, it was only time before it got a travel spin. All I have to say is, Anthony Bourdain—get packing. The people among us are going to [read more]

Wandering Moleskine Project

Date: April 22nd, 2006 |

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My friends at Moleskinerie are launching a second WANDERING MOLESKINE PROJECT. I highly encourage writers and artists to participate. And lets give them some of our travel love! The first notebook will be released on May 1, 2006.
What’s funny about this, is that in reading the Moleskine post right now, I see my name is [read more]

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