Comments for Roz Savage, Ocean Rower

Comment on BB2B Day 11: Missing – One Laptop by Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:16:01 +0000

This is whh I love rozsavage.com. Awesome post.

http://videomineral.blogspot.com/2010/03/sculptress-ideal.html

Comment on Addicted to iPhone by John Kay

John Kay — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:48:59 +0000

“To all who suggest I imagine audience in underwear…”

That only works for neophytes, Roz. For you I recommend following your usual successful approach of treating your audience as a collection of friendly acquaintances who have each separately asked you, personally, to talk about your adventures. Which is, essentally, true.

You’ll do fine.

John

Comment on BB2B Day 11: Missing – One Laptop by Shana

Shana — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:37:36 +0000

How dop you do it, rozsavage.com?

http://bloatingpisando.blogspot.com/2010/03/video-discovering-saintliness-fuerte.html
http://aprilplumper.blogspot.com/2010/03/gorging-buff-hailer-april-video.html
http://evanslungworm.blogspot.com/2010/03/extravehicular-diesels.html

Comment on Addicted to iPhone by Roz Savage

Roz Savage — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:57 +0000

Thanks, John, for your request. I’ve passed it along to Carina at eBay, with my suggestions, and we’ll see if we can source such an item in organic cotton. I hope we can oblige!

Comment on Addicted to iPhone by John Kay

John Kay — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:53:57 +0000

eBay Store:

I would like a T-shirt or sweat-shirt in off-white or light grey. On the front, a photo of you in your boat with rozsavage.com below it. On the back “Rowing across oceans for a cleaner environment”. Or something.

Please.

John

Comment on Audiobooking to Australia by Kim

Kim — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:09 +0000

Hi Roz,
I’m a huge fan of audio books. I listen to them during my commute and they keep me sane and free of road rage. Some great books were made ordinary due to the poor performance of the person reading them. For this reason, most books narrated by their authors should be avoided. The exception to this rule of thumb is Neil Gaiman. He’s a great narrator!

Following are my recommendations of great reads, all of which I listened to on audio CD:

1. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, read by Jayne Entwistle. FANTASTIC reader!
2. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
3. The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. (amazing story by AUSTRALIAN writer)
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
6. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
7. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. (have tissues handy)
8. The Spellman Files: A Novel by Lisa Lutz (almost had to pull my car off the road from laughing too hard)

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head. I’ve read a great deal more fantastic books but they’re not on this list unless I’ve listened to them.

Comment on Sound and Vision: TED and National Geographic by Stan Miller

Stan Miller — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:27:10 +0000

I prefer the Ben Style. In that format the listener gets a better feel for the speaker. And, as is implied by NGS’s wish for raw clips, it produces a much less contrived presentation. When I see a video with a music or voice over background I wonder what else in the video was “fixed.”

Using the Lewis style ma be ok for the time limited presentation though because you can rely on a few well timed clips to do the work. Giving yourself only a few minutes to intro the clips and give background can be a real asset when time is tight.

Sorry I won’t be able to make Seattle.

Liked your pic of the gorge. The whole length of the Columbia is like that at the right time of day. If you get to Banff it’s worth the side trip to BC to see the headwaters. It’s only about 2 hours away from Banff. I’d be glad to be your guide.

Stan

Comment on BB2B Day 11: Missing – One Laptop by Gary

Gary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:40:07 +0000

rozsavage.com, how do you do it?

Comment on Addicted to iPhone by Roz Savage

Roz Savage — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:36:16 +0000

Barry – and I miss the Blue Lady. Alas, I will be in a mega-hurry to get from the Galapagos (dahling!) to Kiribati, so no time to stop in Hawaii en route. But I’ll be back one day, for sure! And you will be the first to know.

My departure from Kiribati just won’t be the same without the Blue Lady crew to send me on my way…. You don’t fancy a trip to the South Pacific, do you?

Comment on Addicted to iPhone by Cape of Storms

Cape of Storms — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:47:58 +0000

Hi Roz,
Been awhile since I’ve checked in… sorry! Dunno what it is about you living a “normal” life like the rest of us, but I don’t read your blogs as much as when you’re rowing…. I have to say it’s an addiction when you’re out there! But I read today’s one on the iPhone… I just LOVE my iPhone and can’t image life without it… which is pretty sad! AND I thought hard about your Buddhist comment, but alas too quickly before I moved on to the cool apps you use… some NICE ones there! Will try and think about it seriously (probably when my battery’s dead on my upcoming berg hike!). Would be nice not to be so plugged in…
Enjoyed the read today… thanks!
Susan.