http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog iThink, therefore ... iBlog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:33:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things I knew about Chicago before today: • It has the nickname 'The Windy City' • The subway system (below) is known as the 'L' • The Cubs play baseball as Wrigley stadium here • It gets really cold in the winter • It's the name of a Broadway musical that I saw on stage, ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/28/on-the-road-again So it's 365 days since I could last say "It's my birthday". Birthdays are often the time to take stock of ones lot. And I like to look back on my birthday on the pluses and minuses of the last twelve months - and compile a little life balance sheet just ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/18/winning-and-losing-2008 Let's see how many I can spot in a 12 hour period. (All times local) 4.54pm - At airport. I don't see any. Most disappointing. Total = 0 6.14pm - Taxi to hotel. Pass two! Must go back to take photos. Total = 2 7.23pm - Am at the Space Needle. The coffee bar ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/14/seattle-starbucks-count In the field video is a lot harder to edit than the luxury of having a proper 'studio' suite to put something together. So with apologies for the rough feel of the cut, here's a little four minute adventure of my trip onto the Mendenhall Glacier today. Flirting with the ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/13/ice-ice-baby I've just been for a walk on this glacier. Photo taken from a helicopter, shortly before we landed on it. Video to follow. http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/12/a-walk-on-the-ice It is raining. It is wonderful. Some of my nicest weather days in Charleston has been where it's rained a little - not a massive thunderstorm, but a pleasant warm rain that cools the air down, removes the humidity and allows you to breath again without this feeling that a ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/10/fresh-air Greetings from Juneau, Alaska. Monday - Resign from job, by giving two weeks notice. Tuesday - Walk out of job after being told I can leave immediately. Wednesday - Have a hard day sunning myself for too many hours at the beach. Thursday - Travel for 19 hours via Philadelphia ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/08/09/the-last-frontier So it's my birthday in a few weeks time. And to make myself feel not-so-old as I'm going to be, I thought I'd get recorded fact of people stating the thing that they always seem to say ... "Oh but you only look X years old!", where X is a usually ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/07/30/the-one-where-geoff-turns An iPod fan I may be, but a Mac convert I still am not. Despite this, the opening of South Carolinas first Apple store in my adopted hometown would have piqued my interest as it was - but when I got the chance to go and make a video for it ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/07/27/its-apple-store-y-time The national association for birds that take laxatives to relieve constipation issues held its annual conference in a tree above where I parked my car in downtown Charleston on Friday night. I had to drive around in it - including going to a funeral on Saturday - before I got a ... http://www.geofftech.co.uk/iblog/2008/07/15/554