OK, enough is enough, time to let the cat out of the bag. I’ve been hiding something for nearly 2 years now pretending that it doesn’t exist only trying to fool myself. Now I’m going to let it all out, using the internet as a permanent record to my word – something I can go back to, and have dangle over my head if I decide to fall yet again. In the past 33 years of my life I’ve had a few struggles, notably with being excessive. One of my [read more]
Feb 222012
Currencies Around the World
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Jan 212012
Whether you like it or not, money makes the world go ’round. I decided it would be fun to collect a note from each country I have visited while Bicycle Touring around the world and share them with you with a brief description of what the bill means. They come in all shapes in sizes, paper, plastic, and denominations. Constantly Updated! Canada Dollar (CAD) The Canadian five-dollar bill is currently the lowest denomination banknote issued by the Bank of Canada. The current five-Canadian dollar bill is dominantly blue in colour. [read more]
Jan 162012
More from the “This is seriously going to muck me up and cancel any further plans of touring” dept. We last talked about Mosquitoes and focused on the possibility of becoming infected with Malaria, but here’s a new one to worry about. The Tse-Tse Fly. You’ve likely heard the name before but may not know how much damage it can cause, so get comfy and read on.. A problem in Central Africa in rural areas, the Tse Tse fly which can also be known as the Tik-Tik fly live by [read more]
What seems like a couple hundred hours of work to get it to this state I’m finally at a point where I can put it out into the wild and even see if it gets any usage – Let me introduce you to my new project that I’ve been thinking about for the past year and a half – Bicycle Touring Hub – It’s hoped this can be a central resource for new and seasoned bicycle tourists alike. Bicycle Touring Books – When I first started coming up with the [read more]
Dec 272011
Who would think that a simple bite from a mosquito could send you to your grave in a short period of time? It’s true – and the threat is very real in many places around the world. I’ve just now entered into the Malaria Zone of Africa, and have been doing extensive research into prevention, treatment, and its origins. I’d like to share some of my findings and discuss how I’m approaching the issue. Malaria has actually been around before humans were walking on the earth evolving in prehistoric times [read more]
Sep 282011
If you want to go bicycle touring but can’t, or are already touring on the road and need something to read at night here’s something I happened upon while browsing the internet over the past few days getting ready for the next phase of my tour. Hot off the presses is Bicycle Traveler magazine fro the Netherlands. In Digital Format only, and FREE – Put together by Grace Johnson, this magazine collects stories from Bicycle Tourists around the world and showcases new products available to the Bicycle Touring community. I [read more]
Sep 252011
6 easy steps to make your Wordpress blog, travel site, or journal load faster with immediate results.
Jun 032011
I’m absolutely tickled pink (actually, its a sunburn) to find out this morning that Tired of I.T! has won the 2011 Loving the Bike Crank Honors for best Bicycle Travel/Touring Blog! A few weeks ago the polls opened up and I started asking readers to not only nominate the blog but vote if they felt that they liked what I was doing, enjoyed the writing and other content, and wanted to show their support for my travels. It turns out we didn’t only just win, we had the most votes [read more]
In the past I’ve taught you ways on how to protect yourself by creating a portable, encrypted desktop to run off of a USB stick, and went on at length on the perils of traveling with electronic components ensuring that your memories and personal information are safe. This time we’re going to kick it up a notch and take advantage of the services that are available to you on the internet to safely backup, and replicate your data so that in the event of hardware failure, theft, or inadvertently deleting [read more]
Feb 152011
Just for fun, here’s a list of books that I’ve been reading while cycling around the world.
