I’m flying to Amsterdam in October for WordCamp Europe. For the purpose of cost savings, but mostly to be in Iceland for a handful of minutes, I booked PDX / SEA / KEF / AMS. This looks crazy at first glance, but it made some sense when I lived in Portland. Now that I’ve moved to […]

Sometime last year I stumbled upon writer Dervla Murphy, and her book chronicling her solo trip in 1963, Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle. I think I was drawn by the cycling, the wonder at how it was done equipment wise, and just the raw adventure it promised. The book turned out to […]