By Gary V. Vaughan under Travel
I’ll probably make several more of my timewarp-posts(tm) over the next week or two, as part of the catch up process for the last few quiet months of non-blogging. Let’s all pretend I wrote these on the date they’re posted under, and I promise the world will be a better place. Even before my first [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Technology
Apple has confirmed today that with the next major revision of OS X, entitled Leopard, the release is set for next Friday 26th October! They also have some new pages advertising some 300+ new features, and a whole page with video describing the very cool looking back to my mac facility for .mac subscribers like [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Bikes & Cars, Travel
Yesterday afternoon, my broker called to confirm that our Harley’s have finally cleared US customs, and that my import duty would be 2% of the current value of the bikes. Adding on the documentation fees, taxes, and the broker’s bill I ended up having to pay about $850 to get them back into the country… [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Bikes & Cars, Travel
But first a little background… Last year, Tave and I cashed in all our assets, sold our cars and quit our jobs so that we could scrape together every penny we had to finance our holiday of a lifetime: to ride the length of US Route 66 on Harley Davidson Motorbikes. We planned to spend [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Travel
After a nail-biting wait, I finally collected my new car from the dealer last Thursday, so Octavia and I spent the weekend camping in Glastonbury. We had both worked through the previous Easter weekend so that we could take four days off and spend them outdoors away from our computers. The weather didn’t disappoint us, [...]