Manchester

They only reason I ended up in Manchester was because Air Transat offered a flight there $20 cheaper than to London-Gatwick. Now after having been there, I would have paid the extra $20.

… 

 

Pre-departure

Before my great adventure, there were a few pre-departure details I had to sort out. How I was getting there, how I was getting around once I got there and how I was going to deal with unfortunate situations. Luckily, I had lots of time to think, look and make a decision.

By analyzing airline prices over the course of 8 months I was able to get the best deal possible on an overseas flight, here’s how I did it.

… 

 

Packing List

Backpacking Supplies

Coming up with a packing list for this 3-4 month trip was rather difficult. I thought about all of the items of clothing and personal items that I used in my daily life and determined whether or not I would need or want them on my trip.

… 

 

Breadventure: One Game a Month

I have a habit of starting a lot of projects and never finishing them. It’s a behavior I have always had regardless of the activity. That is changing. I have learned the best way to solve problems of any sort is to break them up in to tiny little ones and solve them through iteration.

… 

 

Save money on Textbooks

I’m currently in my last semester of my undergraduate engineering degree and I am baffled by the amount of students who fall for the oldest scam in the book: Purchasing their textbooks from the University Bookstore. Perhaps those individuals are simply shopping there for the convenience, or maybe it’s all going to mom and pops credit card – I don’t know, but here’s a guide to saving a significant amount of money on textbooks.

… 

 

The First Day with Windows 8

For the most part I’m an early adopter of anything tech related, except when I have to pay for it. The university I attend has a premium subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) or what they are now calling it, Dreamspark. All of the latest 2012/Win8 products are already up on Dreamspark so I figured I would spend the weekend doing a hard reformat and try out Microsoft’s latest installment of its flagship product, Windows 8.

…