The first-ever Bay Area Maker Faire was held in the San Mateo County Expo this weekend. The Maker Faire brought together avid the Do It Yourself community of hackers and inventors and I was there! [more]

I went to Washington, D.C. in search of the cherry blossoms but instead I found a Ben's famous chili hot dog. This is that story. [more]

I traveled to Nochistlan, Zacatecas, Mexico to attend my cousin's wedding. This is my first trip back to Nochistlan after two years. Traveling to Nochistlan is always an odyssey of self discovery. [more]

My sister will be working in Raleigh, North Carolina over the summer and she wants to take her car which for the past few years has been parked here in San Jose, California. From the Bay Area there are two routes to the East Coast, Interstate 80 and Interstate 40. On Google Maps it is just about 30 steps to Raleigh but all you need to know is that once after Barstow, California all you have to do is take Interstate 40 all the way to the East Coast. It's that simple. [more]

During day two of our cross country tour of United States, my sister and I find ourselves in Arizona. We visit the Grand Canyon and Hopiland. [more]

In day three of our cross country trip of the United States, my sister and I hit Texas, Oklahoma, and make it all the way to Arkansas. [more]

My sister and I, through our tour of the deep South, end up in Clinton Library in Little Rock. This was a great day! [more]

We finally arrive at our destination, Raleigh, North Carolina. [more]

This is my last report from our cross country tip, from San Jose, California to Raleigh, North Carolina. We spend the day around Raleigh before I head out. [more]

This is an overview of my cross country trip. I saved every gas receipt and logged every mile. I also hope that it can be useful to anyone making a cross crountry trip like my. In essence, it took five days to travel cross country driving about 10 to 11 hours a day. [more]