The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Travelers (+ one)

Uncornered Market, one of the nicest travel blogs out there, came up with a very interesting list, beyond the common ” The best X coolest places” or “Y things to remember while traveling” post found in travel blogs:

Seek First to Adapt, Then to Complain (a.k.a., Adaptability)
Plan With Multiple Outcomes in Mind (a.k.a, Planning)
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t3mujin’s Today’s Photo Time Capsule

Southern Iceland…

Louvre, Paris…

I really like Photojojo’s Time Capsule, but sometimes receiving an email with some of your photos taken a year ago isn’t a good thing…
t3mujin’s Photo Time Capsule

Sydney Dust Storm

Sydney Dust Storm, Originally uploaded by tomhide

The bright side of having the biggest sand storm of the last 70 years: dramatic photos!

The Flåmsbana

The Flåmsbana, Originally uploaded by kennymatic

While we took the Flåm Railway as a scenic tour it actually is a commuter rail line.
It runs between the towns of Flåm (sea level) and Myrdal (866m above sea level) in a distance of only 20km. The train ride offers spectacular scenery as it goes through many ttwists and [...]

Ingrid Photography

A very creative young photographer.
Ingrid Photography

What Obama should have done by now…

Obama has been in office for a whole month, by this time all wars and hunger should have ended. I’m starting to think he’s a fraud…

bush’s dog was funnier

Obama family ready to go Portuguese for First Dog

It’s official. The Obama family will be getting a dog in April. The much-anticipated announcement came from Michelle Obama during an interview with People magazine. [Guardian]

It’s nice to know the so called Leader of the Free World has chosen a dog breed from my country, [...]

“Your data belongs to us!”, says Facebook

Facebook’s terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.
Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. [...]

Both sides are terrorists, who’s the worst?

Israelis killed by Hamas rockets since 2001: 23
Palestinians killed in last week’s attack in Gaza: 421

Angola’s President daughter is an hippo!

Millennium, Portugal’s largest privately-owned bank, said on Wednesday after the closing bell it had agreed to sell the stake for 164 million euros ($235.8 million) to Santoro Financial Holdings, which is owned by the daughter of Angola’s president. [Forexpros]
George Ayittey has an excellent talk on TED (transcript here) where he splits Africa’s recent history in [...]