Archive for May, 2010

Review: Expedia TripAssist for the iPhone

Posted 20 May 2010 — by HarriMac
Category Featured, Reviews, Soulville, Technology

I’ve been a fan of Expedia as my source of travel information for quite a while, but recently I’ve become pretty impressed with updates to their iPhone application. The best feature of the newest version I believe is the TripAssist feature. The basic premise is that you can check all details of your itinerary and it will let you know where and when you’re to be somewhere within 24 hours of your trip. It tells you gates, times, has sliding screens that let you see each leg of your trip, what seats you can get, and best of all you don’t have to book through Expedia to use it! It is very easy to add trip information no matter where you booked.

How To: Make a Bean Bag Tripod!

Posted 09 May 2010 — by HarriMac
Category Featured, Soulville, Technology

As you guys know, I’m an avid photographer and I love to travel. I’ve got a week long trip coming up and I’m flying to all my destinations so I went online to see if I could find a small travel tripod. The tripod I already have is about 24 inches long folded up and about five inches wide. Definitely not fitting in a daypack and I’m not a fan of tying stuff on for city exploring. I want to grab and go. After much searching and finding few options that would hold my camera weight, I started looking at photography boards about solutions. Considering that I’ll be in NYC to see Ellie, I saw that a couple places we’re going do not allow traditional tripods without a lot of hassle. But the most awesome comment suggested to use a bean bag tripod. I’d never heard of one, so of course I set out to see what I could find. I found an awesome product called THE pod, but every store I could find was sold out or would be far to expensive to get here before my trip. So I started searching for other bean bag tripods and found directions to make my own! I’ve edited them to post here and added a few helpful websites in case you’ve never sewn before or made anything like this.

Check me out on Women with Droids

Posted 01 May 2010 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl

I’ve been busy playing with my new Android phone (Samsung Moment) and writing about Android Apps over at Women with Droids. While all of the contributors are women, the posts are geared toward any Android user who wants to discover tips and tricks, great giveaways and helpful apps.

Check us out, feel free to comment and visit soon!