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  • Kenny’s BivySack

    Kenny is one of the friendliest and most laid-back travellers I have ever met. He’s also chock full of ideas to improve travelling. This month he launched a kickstarter campaign for his bivy backpack. I asked him a couple of questions about the project:

    How did you come up with the idea?

    I’ve been living out of a backpack since 2007, during this time I’ve camped a lot and bivy sacks have been the lightest item I could carry to stay dry when camping. It seemed obvious to combine my backpack with the bivy to save weight since I never used both at the same time. I also saw it as an opportunity to make a better bivy, one with better ventilation and space around my head, as well as make a simpler backpack.

    What’s the worst weather you’ve used it? How was that?

    While in Ireland I would go several days in a row camping out in the heavy rain, while usually this would be a bummer, I was also happy to be running the BivyPack through the gauntlet. Especially on the windy nights I was hopeful that things would hold up, my concept of using a rain jacket as a fly is one that I hadn’t seen much before. Everything stayed locked in place, however, so I woke up dry and kept on hitching on to the next place.

    How much space does it have? Both as backpack and tent?

    The backpack has a total of 50 liters of space once you subtract that little space taken up by the extra bivy material. The bivy is 7.5 feet long (228 cm), which is suitable for someone up to 6.5 feet tall (198 cm). It’s meant for those who love traveling light, but with smart packing you can still get away with a little extra stuff. While sleeping I’m using two thirds of my belongings, as I’m inside my sleeping bag and my bag of clothes becomes my pillow. All that’s left fits is a dry bag which I can place next to me outside the bivy.

    Have you done this before?

    For me this will be the first piece of major gear I’ve made, but I’m partnered with Helium Hiking Equipment who’s been making ultralight gear for years. James from there is the reason this has all come together, I told him the idea like I told many people and he just said, “Cool, I can make that! Let’s do it!”.

    What are your future plans?

    After the BivyPack I plan to always keep improving upon the idea as well as start in on some other ideas for lightweight gear, but mainly my plan is what is always is – keep on traveling.

    Here is the campaign.

  • Gratisbankrekening.com

    Gratis Bankrekening in Nederland?

    Met Gratisbankrekening.com ben ik bezig om een overzicht te creëren van gratis bankrekeningen, credit cards en andere manieren om veel goedkoper financiële zaken te kunnen regelen. Zoals bijvoorbeeld geld versturen naar het buitenland – of ontvangen van. De Rabobank rekent zich bijvoorbeeld 10€ voor het ontvangen van 1 penny uit Engeland.

    Uiteindelijk hoop ik dat ook Nederlandse banken gewoon gratis betaalrekeningen gaan aanbieden. Het kan wel gewoon in Duitsland en België. En je kunt daar zelfs gebruik van maken als Nederlander.

  • #Kemewahan: itu menyenangkan untuk belajar #BahasaIndonesia http://kemewahan.com/ (it's fun to learn #Indonesian)

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  • #hypothekaufnehmen: #Voraussetzungen. Wie funktioniert es? Auch für #Rentner und #Selbständigen. Aktuelle #Hypothekenzinsen im #Vergleichsrechner. http://hypothekaufnehmen.de/ #deutsch #wordpress

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  • How to improve WordPress menu functionality?

    Since I can’t really find any useful WordPress menu plugins. Also not when searching further, I’m making a list of what I want from a WordPress menu. Drupal menus are not amazing, but generally they don’t suck, even less thanks to my friend’s Menu Editor module and the Menu attributes module. The first allows me to not go mad when adding or editing menu items and the second give me a lot of flexibility, e.g. adding rel="nofollow" and target="_blank" where I want.

    So here’s the list with WordPress menu wishes:

    • convenient adding of attributes such as rel="nofollow" and target="_blank"
    • convenient menu editor
    • no “premium” version, WordPress is GPL and this should be respected

    I may add a couple more over time and I may just start writing it myself.

  • 7 years later. One major release and a lot of useful modules further. #Drupal #i18n is still a major headache to get right.

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  • Gratis online #bankrekening openen in #Duitsland, met #MasterCard https://rijkwordenmetbeleggen.nl/bankrekening-openen-duitsland

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  • Kemewahan

    http://kemewahan.com/ another website in Indonesian. Mulai website lain dalam #bahasaIndonesia? #kemewahan

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  • 19 ways to get traction: a short list

    1. Viral marketing
    2. Public Relations
    3. Unconventional PR
    4. Search Engine Marketing
    5. Social and display advertising
    6. Offline advertising
    7. SEO
    8. Content Marketing
    9. Email marketing
    10. Engineering as marketing
    11. Targeting blogs
    12. Business development
    13. Sales
    14. Affiliate programs
    15. Existing platforms
    16. Trade shows
    17. Offline events
    18. Speaking engagements
    19. Community building

    This is the short list. It’s a good way for me to quickly get back to this when I need it. I just have to type kasper.re/19 in a browser tab to get to it.

    If you are building a startup that you want to scale up you probably want to buy the Traction book.

  • ssh-copy-id is an excellent #unix #ssh tool to copy your public ssh key to a box
    http://stackoverflow.com/q/22700818/1245190

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