I’ve been reading a lot of travel blogs, which were pretty interesting over the summer, and then started to taper off as the weather got colder. Suddenly, a lot of these bloggers are doing things again, and it is very worth reading.

721 Sandwiches is about to head down to Key West (for the second time).

freedomvan and A Year in a Car For No Apparent Reason are both in Hawaii (after being on the mainland living in vehicles for a while).

And I AM NOT AFRAID OF WINTER just hitched her way from NC to Portland.

I dunno why I used blog names over real names, but I’m not changing it.
Anyway, keep an eye on those - good reads abound.

So, I know the other day I bookmarked the smiley face that appeared in the sky on Monday, but it appears there is more to this story. The three were originally in the shape of a happy face, visible to the Eastern Hemisphere (from “Bangkok to Kenya”). Then, as it moved over Europe, it changed into a star and crescent, and finally, a frowny face over the USA.

It’s a shame more people aren’t freaking out about this. Let’s start it.

Whoa, I just saw the last posts from this blog in Google Reader, and its getting way too heavy. Let’s lighten things up. Here’s a unicode snowman for you:

Recently I’ve been missing the show more than usual, so I went out looking for a new vlog to latch on to. And I didn’t find any. Most of the things that come up when I’m looking for vlogs are just internet videos. Meaning shows that could be anywhere, but happen to be on the internet. Some examples are Rocketboom, Ask a Ninja, and Robert Krampf’s Experiment of the Week. That doesn’t mean they’re bad, just not what I’m looking for.

So I went to askme, figuring someone had already asked something along those lines, but they hadn’t, so I did. Two responses. I got 80 when I was looking for Boring Books. Does no one watch vlogs anymore, or are there just no vlogs to watch?

It is worth noting that the suggestions that I got were good. ill doctrine is a vlog that seems to be about hiphop, but from what I’ve watched seems to be often about other things. And Brigitte Dale’s vlog is about as close as I think I’ll get to the show.

the show was the first vlog I ever followed, and I loved it. But I remember reading that it would take him hours each day to compose those few minute episodes. I’d imagine that’s why there aren’t more people vlogging. Someday I’ll give vlogging a shot, but that’s a long way from now. I need to have something worth doing first.

Since that This American Life video is gone, check out this show called joppa. More at whatisjoppa.com.