{"id":7696,"date":"2013-04-25T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2013-04-25T07:58:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T14:58:47","slug":"writings-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/writings-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings, Elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At First and Pike, Downtown Seattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The series I’ve been writing for Skye – letters to Commander Hadfield on the ISS — is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Nothing magical there.” I disagree. Without gravity, everything seems magical to the earthbound. Just for grins, I went into the bathroom and picked up my own toothbrush. When I let go of it, it fell into the sink.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A piece I wrote about how it’s okay to just blog, you don’t have to have a money making strategy, is here<\/a> on the TBEX (Travelblog Exchange) blog.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d expect the answer to this question to be an established plan of strategizing, optimizing, monetizing, and socializing. Here\u2019s your rule book, travel blogger, go forth and prosper. Instead, I have a much shorter answer to that question. How do I make money travel blogging? I don\u2019t.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My advice on how to get the best damn aloha shirt possible is on Lonely Planet, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The noble aloha shirt deserves more than to be dismissed as a piece of trivial tackiness. It\u2019s a piece of fashion history. And you can wear it with grace and style.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My take-down of Kickstarter funded vacations is on Gadling, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

…anyone who donates get this pleasure, no, let’s be realistic, honor, of supporting your travels. Open a Kickstarter fund for your travels and ask total strangers to pay for them. You’re doing them a favor, really.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An essay I wrote about visiting the Halawa Valley in West Moloka’i is here <\/a>[pdf download].<\/p>\n

He was a tough-looking guy in board shorts and a T-shirt, but he had a big, easy smile. \u201cI\u2019ve heard about you \u2026\u201d I started, and he told me, yeah, he\u2019s that<\/em> guy. He\u2019s the one who scowls at trespassers, the one who gives grief to visitors who ignore the \u201ckapu<\/em>\u201d signs that dot the inland side of the road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, no, I haven’t updated the blog for a while — but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. Travel-wise, I have Germany, Austria, and Toronto on deck, but I plan to spend summer at home playing music with my band<\/a>. We’re hard at work planning our second video and recording a full length album. If you’re in Seattle, come see us<\/a> and say hi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The series I’ve been writing for Skye – letters to Commander Hadfield on the ISS — is here. “Nothing magical there.” I disagree. Without gravity, everything seems magical to the earthbound. Just for grins, I went into the bathroom and picked up my own toothbrush. When I let go of it, it fell into the … <\/p>\n


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