My First Time Flying Spirit Airlines

This past weekend I had to fly Spirit Airlines because I had to travel to a pair of soccer games in the Carolina's. The reason for flying Spirit was two fold, the first was because the schedule because my daughter has school and I can't take her out of school since it just started. The …

Spring Skiing in Park City

This spring the family and I went to Park City. We were in Park City 2 years ago in 2020 before the pandemic. This time we stayed at Shadow Ridge which was really close to the Park City mountain area, so much so that we could walk it every day to the mountain rather than …

Roku Streaming Stick+ is replacing my Google Chromecasts and Apple TV’s

I received a Roku Streaming Stick+ as a Secret Santa gift and it has not disappointed me for the most part (except for that trip to Colorado where the batteries for the remote died). My streaming needs are fairly simple I think. I just want to stream content from my Plex server, Netflix, Amazon Prime …

Aigues-Mortes- Walled City in the South of France

The closest big city to me was Montpellier where I planned to attend a round of 16 match (I missed it since I had work to do and the match was at 6PM!). However the closest town to me as a place called Aigues-Mortes that was walkable from my hotel. Unlike most cities that I’ve …

Using an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM for uploading pictures and video to Google Photos

I've been taking a lot more video on the GoPro of late and there is even video that I haven't even moved over to Google Photos yet and I've been struggling to find a good solution on how to upload all those videos without keeping my MacBook Pro on all night. Recently I upgraded my …

NAVIGON is no more!

Curious thing when I was checking my NAVIGON app last week, there was a message that I sort of just clicked through but it bothered me so I checked the website, to my surprise Garmin decided to kill all their iOS navigation apps. I have had NAVIGON on my phone since the days of the …

Netflix on Chromecast is a terrible experience

I have 2 Chromecasts, one for my home and one for work.  The second one I won while at a conference so I decided to make it the travel one.  I've never had good luck streaming Netflix to Chromecast while traveling for work and I thought for the longest time it was the Chromecasts fault …

Bose vs. Beats: FIGHT!

Let me preface this by saying I'm in now way an audiophile of any kind, I'm just a road weary traveler looking for headphones that fit my current lifestyle.  With that said, I am now the owner of the Bose QC25 and the Beats Wireless Studio headphones.  In reality these were replacements of my Audio …

Apple TV wins over Chromecast for hotel rooms

I've been traveling with both a Chromecast and an Apple TV for a while now and I have to say that in my opinion the Apple TV is winning over the Chromecast.  I don't have a fancy setup like having a Plex Server at home to stream stuff but I do have Netflix and I …

Two Weeks of Travel Left for 2014

It's almost the end of 2014 and I am only two weeks away from being able to stay home for the rest of 2014. I'm looking forward to spending more time at home with the family and to open some of the Christmas presents waiting under the tree. I've gotten my Platinum status with American, …