23 August 2012

• Added new photos to the Australia photo album.

03 July 2012

• Updated the Africa Tour Recommendations page with an entry for Mt. Sinai.

11 May 2012

• Posted a story about, and a photo of, a Cheetah in the Kruger National Park.

10 May 2012

• Posted the conclusion to our three-part story about getting Lost in Botswana.

2 May 2012

• Posted the second part of a story about bus rides in Botswana.

1 May 2012

• Posted the first part of a story about bus rides in Botswana.

17 April 2012

• Updated the Contact Us and Support Us! pages.

15 April 2012

• Wrote a new set of answers to the Frequently Asked Questions we get about our travels.  Posted them on the FAQ page, as well as created a new post to highlight them.

11 April 2012

• Posted a blog entry inviting friends and family (or almost anyone, really) to visit us in Australia later this year.

10 April 2012

• Posted a blog entry about living in Australia, called Living Down Under.

4 April 2012

• Posted a third infographic about our transportation statistics.

29 March 2012

• Caught up to today with our Australia photos. Created a new category and page for them on pv.com.

28 March 2012

• Started uploading some photos from our stay in Australia (but only on Facebook, so far).

26 March 2012

• Posted my Thoughts on Singapore.

23 March 2012

• Posted a blog entry on McDonald’s in Singapore
• Also updated the McDonald’s of the World page.

20 March 2012

16 March 2012

• Posted a blog entry on McDonald’s in Malaysia
• Also updated the McDonald’s of the World page.

15 March 2012

• Uploaded our Malaysia photos to a new album.
• Uploaded a 53 second timelapse of the Petronas Towersat sunset to Youtube.

14 March 2012

• Posted my Thoughts on Malaysia.

13 March 2012

• Finally posted our The World’s Most Dangerous Road video.
• Also uploaded the same video in 720p HD to Youtube.

6 March 2012

• Uploaded a short teaser/preview to Youtube for the next PV video I’ve been working on, #20 The World’s Most Dangerous Road.

29 Feb 2012

• Don’t know how this slipped through the cracks, but… Today I uploaded the final chart on our weekly budget chart page. We still need to go back and include the dates from July 1, 2010, to Nov 10, 2010, (Oksana needs to rework the spreadsheet before we can do that, though) but for now, we have charts for the entire year+ we were outside the United States!

28 Feb 2012

• Posted my Thoughts on Cambodia

27 Feb 2012

• Uploaded our last set of Thailand photos — from Koh Mak and Bangkok — to a new album, Thailand III
• Uploaded my favorites to the Thailand Smugmug gallery.

24 Feb 2012

• Posted a photo and a story about Angkor Wat, along with a link to the timelapse video from yesterday.
• Uploaded photos to three different Smugmug Galleries: Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

23 Feb 2012

• Uploaded the Extended Under Koh Mak video to Youtube in 720p
• Uploaded the Newbold-White House video to Youtube in 720p
• Uploaded 42 more photos (the last) to our Cambodia Album. Facebook has a limit of 200 per album, otherwise I would have posted 94 I selected and edited. 🙁
• Uploaded a timelapse of Angkor Wat at sunrise to Youtube.

22 Feb 2012

• Posted my Thoughts on Vietnam.
• Uploaded the Thai Drinking Game videoto Youtube in 720p HD and updated to links on the original post.

18 Feb 2012

• Posted a second infographic about our camera statistics.

16 Feb 2012

• Posted episode 19 of our travel videos, The Newbold-White House.

14 Feb 2012

• Posted my Thoughts on Laos.

13 Feb 2012

• Posted a new blog entry about our time at the Good Time Resort in Thailand (with 2 videos.)

6 Feb 2012

• Posted the second batch of Cambodia photos (day two of our 3-day Angkor Wat visit) in the Cambodia photo album.

3 Feb 2012

• Posted the first batch of photos to the Cambodia photo album.
• Edited and posted a new McDonald’s video for Thailand.
• Also updated the McDonald’s of the World page.

2 Feb 2012

• Posted our Thoughts on Thailand.

1 Feb 2012

• Installed an Instapaper “Read Later” plugin for WordPress, then uninstalled it when I realized I could accomplish the same thing by customizing the Share This plugin which was already installed. It’ll take two clicks, but Instapaper users can now more easily save my long-ass “Thoughts On” blog entries for later reading. Just in time for a 15-pager on Thailand coming tomorrow… (I also added a +like and a +1 button for Facebook and Google Plus. Maybe someone will use them someday!)

31 Jan 2012

• Posted a PV.com “Extra” video about the crazy soft drinks and juices they have in Thailand.

30 Jan 2012

• Finally, finally, finally! Caught up on the summaries for our daily GPS tracks. Probably no one reads them, but it feels good to have them done and off my list.

25 Jan 2012

• Decided to tag all the McDonald’s videos so that they’ll appear in the podcast. No idea if subscribers will see them retroactively appear in iTunes, though.
• Uploaded the last batch of Vietnam photos (Saigon market, mostly) to the Vietnam Album page.

24 Jan 2012

• Uploaded the second batch of Vietnam photos to the Vietnam Album page. Should finish up tomorrow.

23 Jan 2012

• Uploaded the first batch of Vietnam photos to the new Vietnam Album page.

21 Jan 2012

• Posted our McDonald’s in Dubai video and updated the McDonald’s of the World page.

20 Jan 2012

• Scheduled a post for Friday morning, Thoughts on Dubai.

19 Jan 2012

• Posted a new photo-with-a-story: The Siq.

18 Jan 2012

• Uploaded the last of our Laos photos to the Laos photo album page.

17 Jan 2012

• Finally, finally, finally found time to finish writing, proofing, and posting my Thoughts on Russia blog entry! 7,500 words, 30 pages!

16 Jan 2012

• Posted two consecutive days’ worth of Alms Ceremony photos from Luang Prabang on the Laos Album page.

12 Jan 2012

• Added Luang Prabang photos to the Laos Album page.

11 Jan 2012

• Added Day 2 photos to the Laos Album page.

10 Jan 2012

• Uploaded the first batch of Laos photos to the new Laos Album page.

9 Jan 2012

• Finally updated our GPS track to the end of the trip in Brisbane, Australia (Unfortunately, I still need type up and add almost 2 months worth of notes to go along with the tracks… but at least the map now shows our entire route!)
• Found a few more Thailand photos and added them to the Thailand II album.
• Mentioned Brandy’s awesome comment on our Thoughts on Botswana post on FB and Twitter.
• Created a new widget for the front-page sidebar to direct first time visitors to the best posts.

8 Jan 2012

• Oops. Oksana caught a mistake in the infographic. No idea how I counted 33 countries instead of just 31. Fixed it, though.

7 Jan 2012

• Wrote a new post about our first Infographic.
• Uploaded our favorite photos to four new galleries on SmugMug: Moscow (2006), St. Petersburg (2006), Russia (2011), and Thailand.

6 Jan 2012

• Posted a new photo: The Burj Khalifa.
• Not exactly PV.com related, but I updated the old personal blog’s chronology page and created the 2012 timeline image for the top of very page.

5 Jan 2012

• Posted the McDonald’s in Russia video and updated the McDonald’s of the World page.
• Whew: Finally squeezed all the Thailand photos back into two albums and put them back into chronological order.

4 Jan 2012

• Upoaded Thai Cooking and Elephant Sanctuary photos to the Thailand II album
• Updated Photo Albums (Russia 2011, Moscow 2006, St. Petersburg 2006, Thailand I, Thailand II)

3 Jan 2012

• Uploaded 4 new Weekly Budget Charts

2 Jan 2012

• Posted Good Time Resort video on Youtube

1 Jan 2012

• Updated the McDonald’s of the World page.