Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula

The views, the cheese and the harbor full of wildlife are all worthy reasons to make a detour to Akaroa from Christchurch if you want to relax for a few extra days.

Ten New Zealand Travel Tips

Ten things everyone learns pretty quickly during a trip to New Zealand that you really should know before you get here

Coromandel: Auckland’s Easy Getaway

Points of interest in Auckland’s equivalent of Half Moon Bay

What’s new at BrewZone lately?

We have continued to add new articles to the Techniques area. Ongoing exploration of all things photographic means new articles on Cameraphobia of dSLR’s and Sharing Photos Online.  Our stats show that this area continues to be of interest, particularly the panorama guidance. so we will keep adding. Our tips on taking a first kayaking trip have proven equally popular. Watch for expansion to other non-photographic topics as well, since we are exploring home computer networking and some details from our international move.

We haven’t expanded our Adventures area lately, but we do have a few more New Zealand escapades in the wings. It was nice to see readership of our kayaking story spike a bit with a new link from Wendy and Dave at Kayak Alaska. Hopefully it’s helping Alaska bound travelers get a good sense of what the tours are like. Maybe we will add more stories from that summer as well.

We are still craving reader feedback, so please take a minute to let us know if a piece was helpful to you, and if not include ideas you might have for making it better.

Choosing a Network-attached Storage System

Thinking about buying a new hard drive for your computer? Perhaps you want an external drive to back up several machines. You might want to consider network-attached storage, putting the drive on your network.

Sharing Photos Online

If it’s finally time for you to get your photos on the internet, follow these steps to ensure that you set up the right system for you.

Overcoming Cameraphobia

I’d become convinced using a digital SLR would take a huge time commitment that I wasn’t willing to make. I no longer used my film SLR in favor of point and shoots and couldn’t see making the leap from those to a new fangled “real” camera. In truth, I was able to get over my phobia of dSLRs with a few simple steps.