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  • Newcastle

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    Newcastle is about two hours drive north of Sydney, and has a distinctly Californian feel about it. Firstly, despite it being the middle of the winter, the temperature today hovered around 18C, which is quite respectable by UK standards; what’s more, there wasn’t a single cloud to be seen in the sky. Consequently, I was…

  • The TEDMED3 Experience: Day 1

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    A review and summary of the presentations given on the first day of the TEDMED3 conference in Philadelphia.

  • Adventure

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    The Future of Adventures – Kim Stanley gets it right again in this essay about the nature of ‘adventure travel’ and what it really means to have an adventure (via BoingBoing).

  • DC

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    I’ll be heading off to Washington DC on Tuesday, and I’m told that most of the museums and zoos there have free entry. Considering that I managed to spend about $35 just going to one (small) museum and one (big) zoo for an afternoon in San Diego, I’m pretty pleased. My experience of San Diego…

  • San Diego

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    So I’ve finally arrived in San Diego. The flight over from Manchester to Washington Dulles was surprisingly pleasant, perhaps because they had these incredibly nifty touchscreen LCDs in the back of every seat, which were playing about 20 video channels and countless Gameboy games. I was even more impressed when LCD screens started to fold…