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Can EVs compete with gas cars for road tripping? This American study takes a look

April 25, 2023December 9, 2023 Mark Stachiew

Having just bought my first electric vehicle and being a big fan of road trips, I was interested by a recent study in the United

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Food Maps lets you find all of those restaurants you see on television

June 22, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

I’m more of a You Gotta Eat Here guy, but I have probably watched more Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episodes than I care to admit.

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10 road-trip car games with kids that don’t need electronics

July 19, 2018July 23, 2018 Mark Stachiew

Hours locked up with children in a car on a long road trip may sound like one of the seven levels of hell, but there

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Take a virtual road trip with Call of Road

October 20, 2016January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Armchair travel has taken on a whole, new meaning in the age of first-person video. This website offers POV videos of all sorts of places

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Mon As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Montreal in recent weeks: the Ring Nebula, the Needle Galaxy and the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
    Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lak Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lake.
    I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw t I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw the sun, but the crabapple blossoms don’t care.
    Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxi Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxies and nebulae do, but I think these stellar nurseries are cool. This one is Messier 3 in Canes  Venatici.
    I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately because it's usually cloudy 9 days out of 10, but I tried reprocessing this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and I think it's much improved from my previous effort. What always amazes me about galaxy photos is that when you look closely, you can see other tiny galaxies photobombing the image. There are at least three others that I can see here!
    It’s a good day to exercise your democratic righ It’s a good day to exercise your democratic right to vote.
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