C/Net’s Daniel Terdiman begin a two-week trek through the American Pacific Northwest this week. While it’s no epic Everest adventure or Kevin Sites Hot Zone, the adventure of Daniel Terdiman is much closer to home. Everyone can do it.
During my journey, which we’re calling “Road Trip 2006,” I’ll be searching for, reporting and writing stories related to technology and science–or at the very least, pieces likely to appeal to CNET News.com readers.
You’ll be able to follow my progress the whole way as I file a full story and photos–or at least a blog entry or two–nearly every day. You can even track my steps using an interactive map.
The plan is to drive north from San Francisco in my 2001 Subaru Outback station wagon, heading into the woods and away from the city.
In addition to the tent, cooler, air mattress and camping stove I’m toting to keep this trip affordable (no five-star hotels for me, and only a few motels), I’ll be carting along what seems like a Radio Shack’s worth of gadgets, many of which are review units I’ll test along the way.
The collection? Satellite phones (an Iridium 9505A and a Globalstar GSP-1600); a 15-inch Apple Computer MacBook Pro; three GPS units (a Garmin Nuvi 350, a Garmin GPSMAP 76CX and a Magellan Roadmate 3000T) with two separate car navigation systems–we’ll see which one gives me better advice; a new video iPod with portable Altec Lansing iPod speakers; a Sony PlayStation Portable; and a Canon PowerShot G2 digital camera to document the whole thing.
If my car gets broken into, I’m in big trouble.
I’m taking off myself (just for a day) to observe “Sim Day” (Simulation Day) out in Beaverton, Oregon. It’s being organized by Gregg Swanson of HumaniNet, the technology arm spun off from NW Medical Teams.
They will demonstrate a field ready crisis communications center utilizing key technologies in a simulated field environment. Should be interesting.
