Weekly Roundup, Friday 11 October 2019
Good morning It is great to be back, after what has been quite a while since a Travel Insider newsletter appeared in your Friday in-box. I’ve been busy with the two tours that ran back-to-back …
New Zealand Southern Lights Tour – Aurora Australis Adventure
Everyone knows the Northern Lights – the Aurora Borealis. But did you know there is a southern “twin” that is not so well known – the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis? The process that makes …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 13 September 2019
Good morning I’m writing to you from Scotland this morning, with our lovely Scotland’s Highland Highlights tour getting underway, with people joining today, tomorrow, and Sunday, variously here in Glasgow, or in Fort William or …
Urgent : Half-price Scotland Tour
We’ve just had a cancellation off our Scotland tour. If you’d like to come, here’s a chance to help out the lady who had to cancel, and to get the tour at half-price ($950 per …
Apple’s Annual Product Update Extravaganza
The annual orgy of public self-love that is Apple’s traditional iPhone and sometimes other products update event, about this time each year, was held this morning. It started off in a more muted fashion that …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 6 September 2019
Good morning Many thanks to the kind people who responded to the start of this year’s annual fundraising drive. There’s something a bit off with the supporter program’s reporting at present, and I’m sure it …
The $10 Emergency Light that Lasts a Month
Don’t be left with only candles as a solution next time the power goes out. This is an article in a series about how to deal with a “first world problem” – how to respond …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 30 August 2019
Good morning Happy 100th anniversary this week for the first scheduled international passenger flight – between London and Paris, on 25 August 1919. It took 2 1/2 hours and was a full flight – one …
Cell Phone Booster Units – What They Are and What they Can and Can’t Do
The good news for most of us is that while driving around our local urban/suburban area, to and from home/work/shops, we seldom experience any issues with cell phone service or getting a good signal. If …
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The WeBoost Drive Reach Cellphone Signal Booster
This article follows on from the article we wrote explaining what cellphone signal boosters are, how they work, and the type of typical range extension you can expect with one. After the theoretical discussion in …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 16 August 2019
Good morning It is now barely a week until Labor Day and the traditional end of another summer. The airlines are gleefully banking rich profits due to travel this year being up 4% on last …
Amazon’s World Domination Moves a Step Forward : The New Alexa Echo Auto
There’s a massive “land grab” going on at present, with Google’s Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa both rushing to become your “go to” device for voice interaction/control. The chances are you now have competing voice services …
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