Taking Stock

No… I’m not talking about stock photography! Now that we are in the “count down to New Year” phase it is time to really evaluate what has worked and what could work better. You’ll notice that I did not say “what hasn’t...

Technopod Death Valley Adventure

The Saga Continues… Well… I finally recovered from a hectic Death Valley trip in the Technopod. You can see the basic setup in the photo above. I use the portable solar panel at the left to keep the deep cycle battery topped off though I didn’t have...

Why Think Small?

Blog Post 2010-11-29 from Lee Varis on Vimeo. Well now… I’ve been configuring and testing my “Technopod” now for a while and I’m getting nearer to my first stress test excursion to Death Valley Dec. 10th… I’ll be writing about...

The Technopod meets the SCA

I just returned from my first Technopod adventure! The maiden voyage occurred at the Great Western War, an annual SCA event near Bakersfield. The SCA is the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international group of Medieval re-enactors who get together to re-create...

The Technopod Adventure Begins

This past Labor Day weekend found me on the road to New Mexico to pick up my new custom teardrop trailer. My idea is to trick out this tiny micro-trailer into a self contained living/workspace with a solar powered computer setup, bed and kitchen. Well… off I...