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Berlin boat tour photos and mini Canon SD700 camera review

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of taking a river cruise of sorts through Berlin… including both the former East and West parts.

I shot the photos with my new Canon SD700 camera (which I’m generally pleased but not thrilled with) and posted them on various services.

See my Berlin boat tour photos on...
- Flickr [ set | slideshow ] (strong community, many features, good privacy protection)
- Fotki [ set | slideshow not directly linkable ] (handy admin features, nice hierarchical options)
- Picasa Web Albums [ set | slideshow ] (smart pre-caching, great Picasa integration)

You may note a few funky/overly-general tags (e.g., “Places” and “Geography” and such). This is because I’m having problems debugging a hierarchical-categories-to-IPTC-script. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, no worries; it’s only a minor annoyance and doesn’t affect the photos themselves .

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- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, June 18, 2006 at 9:58 Permalink
- Filed under Photography • Photos • Travel
- Commented on by 2 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Pre-Europe-travel grab bag

WARNING: Mishmash ahead.
Haven’t yet packed, which means this is the perfect time to procrastinate with a blog entry. Or something like that.

I’m leaving tomorrow morning for a two-week work-related trip. See details of that trip, plus enjoy some of my phone, camera, T-Mobile, and other musings below.

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- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 21:02 Permalink
- Filed under Business and consumers • Business cheers and jeers • Personal • Photography • Travel • Travel deals
- Commented on by 8 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

Helpful numbers to save in your phone!

I invite you to go grab your cell phone / mobile phone / home phone whatever and program the following numbers into it:

- 1-800-555-8355 ("555 TELL" -- TellMe)
- 1-800-373-3411 ("FREE 411" -- Free411)
- 1-888-392-7563 ("EZ ASK ME" -- AskMeNow - Initial signup on site required)
- 46645 ("GOOGL" - Google SMS beta - Google via Text Messaging)

NOTE: One or more of these numbers may be U.S.-only... sorry :|

For details on each service, read on...

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- Blathered by Adam on Monday, November 14, 2005 at 17:22 Permalink
- Filed under Business and consumers • Geekery • Geek tips • Search engines • Yahoo • Google • Grab bag • Tips • Travel
- Commented on by 4 folks so far. Visit the full entry page and join in!

My review of Song Airlines (Delta’s low cost subsidiary)

My former colleague, Mark Jen, recently wrote about his rather positive experience flying Song Air, the discount wing of Delta Airlines... and this reminded me that I hadn't gotten around to the review I had planned to write last month.

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- Blathered by Adam on Friday, October 21, 2005 at 15:51 Permalink
- Filed under Travel
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Pricey hotels… sometimes you DON’T get what you pay for

A few weeks ago, I decided to splurge and book a night at a "four star" hotel via Priceline so I could get a good night's rest before taking a long bus ride to Swing Out New Hampshire.

If this Hilton Hotel in Manhattan is four stars, I'd hate to see what a one star place is like.

Okay, so I got at least the 'bare minimums':
- A clean room
- A decent shower
- A relatively comfortable bed

But beyond that... I fail to see why anyone would pay an arm and a leg to enjoy the "four star'ness" of this hotel.

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- Blathered by Adam on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 0:16 Permalink
- Filed under Business and consumers • Travel
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Delightful, quirky travel journal - have a look

My Australian friend Alicja has been keeping a charming blog (with pictures!) detailing her travels around the world. Since I haven't had time to write much interesting stuff lately, I'd like to send you on over her way. I was particularly amused by her ruminations on America

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Oh, and hey, please don't forget to come back here eventually!

- Blathered by Adam on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:27 Permalink
- Filed under Travel
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Big, Friendly Austin, Texas

It figures that in Austin, Texas, even the graffiti is big and friendly.

Edited on January 11, 2003 to add:
Wow, little did I know that this picture above was the soon-to-be-famous Frog Mural!

- Blathered by Adam on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 11:48 Permalink
- Filed under Photography • Society • Travel
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A fascinating look at Morocco

My friend Abeth, who is American with Egyptian heritage, recently spent many months teaching and traveling around Morocco, and with her permission, I've decided to share some of her observations with you.

As I've noted before here, everything you see (aside from quotes) on BLADAM is my own writing unless I note otherwise, and I do hope you don't mind the occasional 'guest columnists'

And now... on with Abeth's comments!
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- Blathered by Adam on Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 21:20 Permalink
- Filed under Society • Travel
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I can breathe clearly now, the smoke is gone

In a shock to smokers and anti-smoking advocates alike, Ireland's government has announced a ban on smoking in pubs, effective January 2004.

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- Blathered by Adam on Friday, January 31, 2003 at 1:07 Permalink
- Filed under Happy body • Society • Law • People and relationships • Travel
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Colorful food in Brussels, Belgium

Food that is tempting to touch and taste that I discovered in one of the main squares of beautiful Brussels, Belgium during a visit in 1998.

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, January 27, 2003 at 3:37 Permalink
- Filed under Happy body • Food and nutrition • Photography • Travel
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