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Nanotech tea bag creates safe drinking water, but are there better ways?

August 14, 2010 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

io9.com has an article on Nanotech sachets that use inexpensive materials (nanofibres and activated carbon particles) in a ‘teabag’ form, to use with individual-sized water bottles. Although it seems like it would be very affordable, I’m not convinced it’s such a good thing, as these disposable teabags only will purify one litre of water, but…

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Time for a wanigan

September 20, 2009 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

  I’d like to talk about one decision I’ve made when it comes to kitchen on a canoe trip. There’s a part of me that wants to go as ultra-light as possible, knife and a flint striker and some rope, and improvise from there, but there’s another, more obsessive side that wants to bring every…

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Filed Under: Canoe, Front Page, Gear, HowTo, Things to try, tips Tagged With: Canoe, food, kitchen, tips, wanagan, wanigan, wannigan

Trip report: Little Hay Lake

August 13, 2009 by Michael Zimmermann 4 Comments

So, I’m long overdue on the trip reports. I started a new job last year, and I’m coming up on my first anniversary in a week. The time has flown by, and the crunch of new responsibilities has died down a bit. I’ve gone on a few trips, and I’m ready to start keeping up…

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Filed Under: Canoe, Front Page, Gear, Trip Reports Tagged With: algonquin, Canoe, canoeing, Entrance Point 16, flickr, Gear, Little Hay Lake, summer, Trip report

Sick… but enlightened

January 30, 2009 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

Looks like I may not be able to pick up my car tomorrow, I’m a bit under the weather – but hey, at least I’m getting into the habit of posting again! I’ve failed to mention a great set of finds that I managed this past winter/fall. An old Coleman Lantern, and a Coleman two-burner…

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Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: coleman lantern, coleman stove, sick

Changing my ride… Selling my old VW. sniff.

January 29, 2009 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

I’m looking forward to my new vehicle, but it’s with a bit of a twinge of regret that I’m putting my VW golf up for sale. I’ve put it up on Kijiji, my first ever post on something like that, so we’ll see how things go. I’ve also now put it up on Craigslist, and…

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Filed Under: Gear, News Tagged With: golf, Range Rover, transportation, vehicle, volkswagen, vw

Got myself an iPhone

August 15, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

So, lots of new things going on… I’ve got a new job and a new phone and probably a lot less time this year to go camping, but I’ll get a chance to check out the iPhone in the woods. It has a gps, but I’m not sure how good it will be, since it…

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Filed Under: Gear, Questions, Things to try Tagged With: gadgets, Gear, iphone, solar

Update on Marathon closing

June 24, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

Here’s a bit of an update to follow up on my previous post about Marathon’s “End of Lease” sale. Everybody that knows me would have been proud. I stopped into the store and managed not to buy too much – just a few sets of batteries, and a rubber foot for my walking stick. I’ll…

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Filed Under: Gear, News Tagged With: first-aid, knife, Marathon, shops, toronto

Borrowed a GPS

June 24, 2008 by Michael Zimmermann Leave a Comment

A friend of mine lent me his GPS handheld unit while he’s away, and I’m going to try it out for the next few days. I’ve been thinking about purchasing a GPS unit for a while, and I have an upcoming trip that would be a good testbed for it. It’s a cute little unit…

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Filed Under: Gear, Things to try Tagged With: garmin, Gear, gps, navigation

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