Last week, Lifehacker asked “What’s in your backpack?” Well, I finally got time to dump it out and take a photo. Here’s what I carry around when I go to work at a coffee shop or elsewhere: Backpack (SwissGear IBEX Notbook Pack) Laptop (macbook pro) 320GB External hard drive Laptop Mouse Spare Phone Battery Spare [...]

So, Lena read this article today about consumerism and ways of keeping your level of home owned crap down to a minimum. Since we moved out of the country 6 months ago and moved back last month, we’ve gone through 2 massive get-rid-of-everything-non-essential purges. Now that we are in a state of living out of [...]

Since Lena has a bit more time to write blogs than I do, here’s her latest with photos and videos galore: http://bit.ly/ctm6KL

We just got back from a weekend trip to Eisenach, where we stayed in the small with Sebastian’s parents (Sebastian is our good friend and neighbor in Magdeburg). in a neighboring village called Schnellmannshausen. This is a village with maybe 100 houses, certainly several sheep, a beautiful stream, rolling hills and some lovely German folk. [...]

Of all the things I brought with me, which is a very small list, the best thing, by far, is my towel. Why is this? Because I love my towel: The REI MultiTowel: http://www.rei.com/product/783079 It dries fast, absorbs well, but best of all, it’s super light. Without question, I will be taking this towel with [...]