Just when I thought I was the coolest nerd around after navigating my bike tour to New York using an old camping GPS, Google Maps printouts while using my cell phone to text updates of my journey to twitter, (old) news of this guy comes along:
[via hackaday]
Meet Steve Roberts, who “sold his house and lived on his bike and in computer networks.” His “computing across America” tour bike tour wasn’t just a trip; he lived and worked as a freelance technical writer from his bike. Not only did his bike have GPS, but a laptop and wireless packet radio for pre-internet/cellular communication, allowing him to “live in the computer networks”. All equipment was powered by a solar panel, bringing the total weight of his bike to 275lbs. Talk about self sustainability.
Here are two videos of him describing versions of his bike and his trip at different points in his journey:
My favorite is the binary keyboard he designed and built into his handlebars so he could type text documents while pedaling, and the ultrasonic siren he included to ward off dogs.
What’s this guy up to now? Still traveling around the world with boatloads of technology, of course, but this time by sea with a Mac Mini on an actual sailboat, blogging and tweeting all the while.
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