A techie friend of mine spent the last week using his skills to help the people of Haiti in the best way he could. He built an App for the iPhone and the Google Android mobile operating systems that performs Creole & English language translation for iPhone and Android mobile phones. According to wiki.crisiscommons the [...]
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January 22nd, 2010
Creole to English, English to Creole Translation for the iPhone and Android
Posted in Helping Others, Hiking Technology 
Tags: Android, creole, creole french dictionary, english, haiti, iPhone, kreyol, translation 
No Comments »September 17th, 2008
Building your own Outdoor Website
Building your own outdoor Website isn’t really all that hard if you have a basic understanding of the Web. Here is a very basic guide to what you’ll need to get started with your own outdoor Website.
First you’ll need a domain name, like hikingtripreports.com. I prefer domain names that end in .com or .org. My [...]
Posted in Hiking Technology, Hiking Websites Tags: , hiking website, internet, outdoor website, web site 3 Comments »November 24th, 2007
Cell Phones in the Wild: Nuisance or Lifesaver
In the last few years there has been a lot of debate about whether or not cell phones should be used in the wild. I love my cell phone and enjoy tricking it out with ringback tones, video, mp3’s, and anything else I can find. But I don’t use it on the trail. I do, [...]
Posted in Cell Phones, GPS, Hiking Technology Tags: cell phones, cellular phones in the wild, hiking with cell phone 2 Comments »October 19th, 2007
Best Outdoor & National Park Web Cams
I love being outdoors but sadly I have to work. If you are like me and spend most of your free time dreaming about your next outdoor adventure you will enjoy these cams. This is a list of the best outdoor web cams for quick mental escapes.
Alaska Web Cam
This cam is from one of my favorite Websites [...]