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Terence Eden points out that censorship becomes more difficult as flash memory devices become smaller and gain greater capacity. Case in point: Director Jafar Panahi smuggled This Is Not a Film out of Iran on a flash-drive hidden in a cake. For me, the practicality of the sneakernet became revitalized after I began using git-annex earlier this year.
Their prepaid Visa and American Express gift cards can be purchased with cash at any Simon mall. No identification is required. To use the card with online merchants, you will likely need to register the card with an address so that it can pass AVS checks. This can be done through Tor with fake information.
Wilfred Thesiger is one my heroes. Arabian Sands is one of the great travel books (and one of the few to survive the repeated purges of my bookshelf). Now Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron are planning their own walk through the Empty Quarter. I’m excited to see what comes of it.
I began to read his blog last summer, when he was riding from Anchorage down along the continental divide. It’s a great blog, and his gear is clearly heavily used and carefully chosen. Recently, he has discussed his cook kit, tools, luggage, clothing, electronics, and his bike and the changes it has gone through.
Their videos on blow-out kit basics and hemostatics are worth a view. BFE Labs is not updated frequently, but the blog remains one of my favorites for practical skill and tool discussion.
Dick Griffith has pursued human-powered travel in the wilderness areas of the American West since 1946. He pioneered the use of a packraft in 1952. This book chronicles his travels.
The inaugural event made me proud to be part of ITS. I enjoyed meeting a part of the community around the site, and it was an honor to be included among the high caliber instructors.
Anne over at Hunt Gather Study Medicine discusses the problems with pre-packaged first-aid kits and reminds us that knowledge and experience are more important than gear.