I’m in the weeds with my travel plans at the moment. A phrase I learned in kitchens where you just can’t seem to catch up with things. In this case, it is self inflicted, as I realized to get the best value out of a lot of concurrent needs, it helps to have them overwhelm […]
Data driven Travel Hacking
For the past year or two, I’ve been very interested in data visualization. I first started playing with D3, which is a visualization tool, and later evolved into looking at data management tools such as The R Project. I’m still quite a beginner at it, but I can see the applications.There’s a symbiotic relationship with these two types […]
Project Fi vs T Mobile side by side in the Field
I wrote some time ago about the two services offered by Google (Project Fi) and T Mobile, with a particular interest on the travel applications. Both services offer some great things to travelers, but the argument on which was actually better remains anecdotal.Here’s a background post on this for you who missed it. In that […]
Hyatt Charity Auction
Just saw that there were some amazing rooms on offer from Hyatt based on a charity auction. And while I don’t want to share it with you guys because you’ll bump up my price, it’s for charity, and I feel that I must.Head on over to Travel Codex to check it out!(no bidding on the […]
Currency Arbitrage Thoughts
I’ve been watching the rise of the USD against a number of currencies recently, and it has got me wondering about how to game it. My initial thoughts were that currency arbitrage must happen swiftly. And I think to an extent there is truth in that.Currency arbitrage, like all forms of arbitrage seeks to take […]
Saverocity Charity Update – get involved
Last year I reinstated Credit Card affiliate links in order to help support charity. It’s a simple way to turn affiliate revenue, which can cause conflicts of interest, into a good cause. We pick a charity each quarter. Last quarter we selected Stop Hunger Now. I then kick in the money I would have earned […]
Stewardship shouldn’t exclude
Stewardship is a phrase that upset some people yesterday, so I thought to explain the reasons for it again here. I believe that you need to know your basics before you learn advanced technique. This is true in anything. In martial arts you can’t perform complex strikes and throws until you understand your own balance points […]
Hey! Enough with the Drama already
What is it with the Internet and Drama? Get a grip people! I am too busy trying to enjoy the few hours of sleep I can get and perfecting a 9 second diaper change for this bollocks.“Hark! What drama?” I hear you cry.Well yesterday a blogger ‘outed’ the biggest kept secrets in Manufactured Spending for one! […]
Success- Hacking Vegas Comps
I’ll use the term success in its most liberal and artistic form… but I do feel that by factoring in the new angles of this post, my recent Failed – Hacking Vegas Comps becomes a LOT more viable. I know that many readers here are travel fanatics, as such some things I talk of are […]
Failed Experiment – Hacking Casino Comps
I spent several hours on a new hack, in the end I think it fails my own criteria because I was unable to reduce the variance (chance of loss) despite getting the house edge down as low as 1/216 or 0.4%. I thought to share it here regardless, so you can see my logic, and […]