10 Tips for Staying at Latitude 10 – Costa Rica
by John Wilson My wife and I were fortunate enough to win a trip to Costa Rica to a resort called Latitude 10. We had a wonderful time hanging out at the resort, relaxing and adventuring into the surrounding area. Latitude 10 describes themselves as follows: It was designed to be small with beautifully arranged [...]
8 Tips for Driving Around Las Vegas as a Tourist
by John Wilson Here are some tips I have after a week of driving around Las Vegas as a tourist for 7 days this Summer: Take your GPS – everyone has one, and they are expensive from the rental service Don’t take the gas option – gas just off the Strip is cheaper than airport [...]
Las Vegas Day 1: Cabana at Hilton Las Vegas Pool
by John Wilson On our first full day in Las Vegas, Parker, Amanda and I spent a good deal of the day at the pool at the Las Vegas HIlton. We rented a cabana to avoid some of the heat (it was 106 degrees). Here are some benefits of renting at cabana at the [...]
Airplane Etiquette
by John Wilson This post (for the most part) is being written at about 18,900 ft on a flight to Atlanta. We’re flying through a storm and this is keeping my mind off of the turbulence. Typically, I use my Jedi mind tricks to keep the flight smooth, but the Claritin is blocking the [...]
John Wilson’s Current Reading List
by John Wilson Inspired by my friend
Nine things I need less of on TV in 2010
by John Wilson These are 9 things I hope go away from my TV in 2010: We are… – No, you ARE NOT. You are NOT Marshall. They came up with this, it has deep meaning there. Stop stealing it. It’s rude and disrespectful. Verizon vs. AT&T commercials – They’re not funny, and AT&T’s [...]
Top 9 Sites I Used in 2009
by John Wilson To wrap up the year, I thought it would be interesting to look back through the logs and book marks and figure out what sites I used the most in 2009. Here are the unscientific results. This list does not include application based sites such as gmail, google calendars, etc. Facebook [...]
Top 7 Geekiest Gifts You Didn’t Get for Christmas
by John Wilson Here are the top 7 coolest geek presents you didn’t get this year for Christmas: The Arkeg – 50% Kegerator, 50% Video Game, 100% cool Sharp 3D Computer Monitor – Just Say No to goofy headwear Legos Millennium Falcon 5,000 Legos and it does point five past light speed Alien [...]