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Accumulate Vacation Time Wisely

Going on vacation requires a job to take a vacation from, unless you happen to be Paris Hilton. Many people complain that they don’t have enough time to take from work when the summer rolls around, yet seem to have enough hours to cure their Wednesday night hangover.

Getting the right amount of vacation depends on many factors that are under your control. With organization, discipline, and some initiative you can easily rack up the hours for your much deserved trip abroad.

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London In Pictures

Peaceluvbug went to London recently and wrote a nice overview on her blog. Better yet are her plentiful pictures of the trip to “The City”. If you’ve never been or have and fell in love the photo gallery is worth a gander.

Pictures of London

If the pictures get you itching to go you can do so with style and spare change with Virgin Vacations. Also, Kinky wrote this great post on surviving your extended vacation from England. Finally, the photo gallery is full of pictures we’ve taken from the Philippines, Spain, Italy, and France.

Shut Down Day

Today is Shut Down Day [via TreeHugger] and is an attempt to combat global warming by giving our silicon friends a break from crunching numbers and downloading porn helping with homework. The aim is to get people to go an entire 24 hours today without using a computer. I’m not sure about global warming, but I sure could use the time away. I doubt I can go an entire day, though I’ll try. At least I’ll only power up one of my machines if need be.

Shutting down your computer when you’re not using is adds up to major energy savings, less carbon emissions and relaxes the soul as much as an ecofriendly glass of wine. Do you leave your machine on when you’re not using it?

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Feed You Obsession For Plane Crashes: PlaneCrashInfo.com

You can get the latest information on every crash within days after they happen at Plane Crash Info. Enjoy crash stats based on the airline and region or be the first to die in a horrible fireball from the sky by riding one of these perfect airlines (that hasn’t had a “rough-splat” landing yet).

Oh, and pictures? We love pictures.

To tickle even further your inner flight-fear-freak take a look at a compiled list of unusual accidents or read some cockpit data flight recorder transcripts.

Help A Hommie: The Good and the Bad Metro Stops to Live by in DC?

Those of DCites who live in and around the city we need your help. A college girl from California is going to be spending the summer in the DC metro area and currently in the place-to-stay hunt. It’s for an internship in the downtown area, but rent around there is high. What’s a good place close to a metro stop that isn’t expensive and not shady?

If you’ve been a comment shy lady or guy from DC now’s your chance!

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About Anil Polat

foxnomad aboutHi, I'm Anil. foXnoMad is where I combine travel and tech to help you travel smarter. I'm on a journey to every country in the world and you're invited to join the adventure! Read More

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