Sunday 31 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 07:00 handy bit of overnight drift. 14 miles to the good! #
  • 15:55 sheesh, it's a hot one. even the breeze is hot. #
  • 18:32 might have killed my ricoh camera. it was supposed to be waterproof! #
  • 21:46 Ocean Rowing is Less a Sport, More a Skin Condition ff.im/3qnXK #
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Saturday 30 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 07:06 about to chat with mum via satphone. poor long suffering woman! #
  • 09:01 RozCast for May 29, 2009 - Solo Pacific Row - Stage 2, Wk 1 ff.im/3nFtw #
  • 09:20 just did 8 miles in 2.5 hours. this is more like it! #
  • 12:20 homemade rawfood sunburgers are awesome. thanks marlene! #
  • 18:16 yayy! i've crossed 20 degrees north! #
  • 20:10 38 miles today. best day yet, with minimal wind assistance. #
  • 21:58 Day 6: Getting Out Of My Depth (And My Boat) ff.im/3oIQM #
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Friday 29 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 07:13 cooler and calmer this morning. clawing back some lost miles. #
  • 08:46 yummm! bodacious banana bread walnutz by Living Nutz. very good! #
  • 10:28 taking break from oars to record podcast with @leolaporte #
  • 13:10 good but all too short spell of north wind. regained ground lost yesterday. #
  • 23:03 Day 5: Waterworld ff.im/3mCQM #
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Thursday 28 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 07:24 grrr. headwind. my boat doesn't do headwinds. #
  • 09:24 reporting interval on gps tracker has now been set to 4hrs. so don't be alarmed! #
  • 15:20 sisyphus eat your heart out. i've been rowing this same mile of ocean for hours. #
  • 21:04 Day 4: Sisyphus Eat Your Heart Out ff.im/3kgxK #
  • 21:29 Pouring with rain now - why doesn't it do this in the daytime when I would LOVE a cooling rainshower?! #
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Wednesday 27 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 06:16 thank heauens! breeze and clouds this morning. much less brutal than yesterday. #
  • 12:52 just started my first crop of beansprouts of the voyage. #
  • 13:58 uh oh. retreated from sun for siesta and got pushed north. back to work! #
  • 16:48 hmph. breeze against me. have rowed 2hrs just to stand still. #
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Tuesday 26 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 00:10 Time for a rest. It's been a long day. Boat is on the cusp between land and dark, dark ocean. #
  • 00:17 Day 1: Launch Day ff.im/3e9ha #
  • 05:56 Feel I didn't sleep much last night. Having to get used to motion and sounds of boat again. #
  • 07:36 Watermaker panic. Discovered intake hose had not been reconnected. Now fixed. Eek! #
  • 09:14 Appropriate audiobook. Hot,Flat&Crowded. Sun is hot. Ocean is flat. Boat NOT crowded. #
  • 15:24 boiling hot. drinking water by the gallon to replace sweat. no breeze either. trades please! #
  • 19:48 phew. sun has set so a little cooler. couple more hours rowing still. #
  • 23:00 Day 2: Hot, Flat and Crowded ff.im/3g0LN #
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Monday 25 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 07:26 Today is the day. Details of how to watch my launch live online coming soon, on my blog. #
  • 09:33 Today we officially launch my eco initiative for the summer - and my boat! www.pulltogether09.org/ #pulltogether #
  • 09:43 Have faith. Expect miracles. Apt words on a bracelet someone gave me on Friday night. Miracles required today! #
  • 09:47 Leaving Today ff.im/3d6Xq #
  • 10:10 Final testing to Twitter for the RozTracker. rozsavage.com #
  • 11:46 WATCH ROZ'S LAUNCH LIVE FROM HAWAII ff.im/3dfXq #
  • 12:04 We might have found a source for the satphone connector we've been missing. Fingers crossed. Would make uploads a l #
  • 12:05 Might have found a source for the satphone antenna connector we need. Fingers crossed. Would make data uploads a LOT easier! #
  • 12:33 RT: @rozsavage: WATCH ROZ'S LAUNCH LIVE FROM HAWAII ff.im/3dfXq #
  • 16:14 Just under 2 hours left now until I launch. Still busy - it's all coming down to the wire. But at least it's keeping my mind off rowing! #
  • 18:56 Roz is on her way! Position updated about once per hour! Beautiful sunset! #
  • 19:08 roz is on her way!!! ff.im/3dLIy #
  • 20:20 First tweet of the voyage. Thank u so much to everyone who came to see me off. Aloha. And mahalo. #
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Sunday 24 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 08:16 Oh sheesh. 168 incoming emails after being offline all day yesterday, working on the boat etc #
  • 08:17 RT @nics_dolcevita: GINORMOUS mahalo to all who contributed to making the @rozsavage fundraiser a grand success! #
  • 13:23 I just met Obama's sister Maya. Lovely lady! Very interested in my adventures. Friend of my friend @sistaliz #
  • 14:14 testing tweet from iridium #
  • 19:31 Just passed my pre row medical. Phew! Would have been embarrassing to fail! #
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Saturday 23 May 2009

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Friday 22 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 05:17 5am, and up early for interview at KHNL. Could just about cope with radio at this time, but TV? Who looks good at 5am? #
  • 06:02 Listening to radio interview with Mark Beaumont, fastest person ever to cycle around the world. Http://pedallingaround.com #
  • 06:48 Nice interview with Dash at KHNL. Funny -he was wearing suit, tie & flip flops because he cut foot on coral while surfing. Only in Hawaii! #
  • 06:50 Now on way to give breakfast presentation at Rotary. #
  • 06:51 RT @nics_dolcevita: @rozsavage on KHNL with Dash! twitpic.com/5mpq3 #
  • 08:55 A warm aloha from the Rotarians in Honolulu. #
  • 08:58 First podcast of new season of Roz Rows The Pacific with @leolaporte coming up at 1.30 PST today. #
  • 10:33 Eek! Having slight techno-problem with video for podcast with @leolaporte. Watch it now at twit.tv. #
  • 11:20 Lorrinlee has managed to get me $1500 of goodies from Whole Foods Market. Result! Just how much nuts & fruit can $1500 buy?! #
  • 11:26 RozTracker now live! tinyurl.com/o8w95a (will have real data once I launch this Sunday, but install now for full multimedia Roz-ness! #
  • 22:29 The reinforcements have arrived! Nicole's granny and brother, @chep2m, and Nancy Glenn. All will be put to work tomorrow.... #
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Thursday 21 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 08:51 Much hilarity in Team Roz over Mangatar-generated image of me. "Holy boobs" commented Nicole. twitpic.com/5kjc3 #
  • 11:57 RT@roxannedarling:@rozsavage Your www.Beachwalks.tv episode is now live! bit.ly/bw-roz You are a gem and a wanderer who is not lost. #
  • 13:39 Yay! RozTracker Facebook app launched! My FB newsfeed says "Roz is following Roz using the RozTracker!" apps.facebook.com/roztracker/ #
  • 17:37 Fun interview at Hawaiian Public Radio with @hawaii and @bytemarks #
  • 20:02 Going to be a late night. Uploading videos in prep for ocean YouTube updates. #
  • 21:55 RT @hawaii: Roz Savage to Resume Voyage on Sunday - Her historic journey continues... enhanced with some local tech: bit.ly/rozgo #
  • 22:24 OK, a long enough night. The Waikiki Yacht Club are about to throw us out. But they have free Wi-Fi. Where else do they expect us to go?! #
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Wednesday 20 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 09:09 Desperately need to get through to Garmin Customer Support, but the voice tells me it's a wait of 30-35 mins. How can this be right?! #
  • 12:48 Having total nightmare trying to activate Garmin charts. Nicole trying their media relations department - in desperation! #
  • 14:12 Have been on this call to Garmin Customer Support for nearly 1:30 hours. Would give up if it wasn't so important to have my charts! #
  • 14:19 WTF. You have to be kidding me. 1:30 hours on the phone. Charts unlocked. But can't transfer to chartplotter because datacard not included. #
  • 20:46 Am I the only person in the world who thinks that Facebook Pages are utterly exasperating? Why can't FB tell when I'm me and when I'm Page? #
  • 21:07 OK, been a challenging day. But some good stuff has happened, and now I'm happily geeking out and putting my ocean strategy together. #
  • 21:51 Have just set up the GPS for my voyage. Next landfall is TBD - aiming for Australia and seeing what happens halfway. 4404 miles to Sydney. #
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Tuesday 19 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 07:22 Taking a morning walk on Oahu's North Shore. Soaking up sights, sounds and smells of land before once again I resign myself to the Blue. #
  • 09:04 Setting up my email autoreply for the summer. Probably one of the more unusual ones that you'll ever read... #
  • 09:16 The Industrial Revolution started climate change; let's hope that the Internet Revolution can help us undo the damage. (@evanrapoport) #
  • 12:09 Wow! just got an email from Audible.com telling me I've got $500 in gift tokens to spend in their store - thanks, guys!!! #
  • 16:37 Store Savage Goes Live - Thanks to eBay ff.im/31t8k #
  • 23:02 Good results today on money and website. Still much anxiety on boat's electrical system and watermaker. Which is what keeps me alive... #
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Monday 18 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 05:55 Love American motels. Shuttle service, fitness room, breakfast and bed. $80 for 2 people. Much better than 10 hours on an airport floor. #
  • 12:10 Just landed in Hawaii. Aloha! Now for the final push... #
  • 16:15 I just did my first interview in Japanese! Well, ok, I only said one phrase and the rest will be subtitled, but try doing that with jetlag! #
  • 17:12 Gorestruck: Roz Meets Al Gore ff.im/2ZpjN #
  • 21:52 Mind-bending conversation over dinner with Henk, creator of Tetris and all-round fascinating guy. Brain now very tired. Heading for N Shore, #
  • 22:33 My pre-launch fundraiser and party in Waikiki this Friday twtvite.com/1owvdb #twtvite #rozsavage #
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Sunday 17 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 02:43 Roz Savage eBay Store has just gone live! #
  • 02:43 Roz Savage eBay Store now online at bit.ly/eL0rP #
  • 11:05 Conference wrapping up. Al Gore just said he "loved Roz Savage's story of personal challenge". Aw shucks. #
  • 11:16 OMG. Al Gore is using my "obituary exercise" as the basis for his closing remarks. #
  • 12:40 The Climate Group Conference is over. Leaving Nashville and heading for Hawaii. Back to work! #
  • 17:04 I'll stop talking about it soon, but need to share. As we were being photographed Al Gore told me he'd shown my website to Tipper last night #
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Saturday 16 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 03:44 Back in conference. David Suzuki onstage. Getting an amazing reception. #
  • 04:03 We have elevated economics above ecology. We need to put the eco back into economics. (David Suzuki) #
  • 10:51 10mins to speech. Need coffee! #
  • 17:03 Sorry for late debrief. Basking in afterglow. Seeing Al Gore join in the standing ovation will be one of my favorite mental images ever. #
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Friday 15 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 06:40 Oops! Slept for 13 hours straight! Guess I was tired after 3 flights and no night from Hawaii to Nashville... #
  • 12:19 Boo. Got bumped from tonight's program due to David Suzuki or some such luminary's flight schedule. Will now be tomorrow. #
  • 12:20 Ooop. Al Gore just walked in. #
  • 12:38 Can't post a pic of Al Gore. Sorry. Had to sign that right away. #
  • 13:13 Mr Gore takes the stage to standing ovation. #
  • 19:54 Late night here in Nashville. Connected with some cool Climate Project people. Met David Suzuki at last after missing him in Vancouver. #
  • 22:35 I'm starting a trip to Pacific Grove today. ff.im/2Upev #
  • 23:12 Oh man. 4am and wide awake mentally rehearsing today's speech in front of Al Gore. Need sleep. Should try counting sheep/Florida votes...! #
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Thursday 14 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 06:05 Hello Phoenix. Hello over zealous airport security official. Goodbye toothpaste... #
  • 09:41 Feeling good after massage at Denver Airport, Gate 44. Used TravTracker iPhone app to note for future reference. #
  • 13:48 Just touched down in Nashville. Nearly 7pm here and we've been traveling since 11pm last night. Time for zzz before big day tomorrow! #
  • 14:06 Just checked in at Hotel Indigo in Nashville. Very nice! (But about 3x what I would normally pay for a room...) #
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Wednesday 13 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

This is a digest of today's Twitter postings.
  • 13:05 Nicole is about to appear on the @andybumatai show - watch it live at theandybumataishow.com! #
  • 17:35 Apologies for lack of tweets. Hectic day - last push to get everything ready to go! #
  • 17:37 Eek, 12 days to go, and the boat has no electrical system. But Mike has promised to make it happen - my tech is in his hands.... #
  • 17:39 Amazing meeting with Archinoetics. RozTracker still in Beta, but looks cool! tinyurl.com/qyjbsr NB: Test data only. I'm still ashore! #
  • 17:54 Been a challenging day, but now the biggest challenge of all - trying to find an outfit to wear for Al Gore conference. I hate shopping! #
  • 20:54 Survived the shopping expedition. Now have something to wear for conference. "Beware any enterprise requiring new clothes" (Thoreau) #
  • 21:35 On our way to airport for redeye to Nashville. 3 stops, arriving 6.30pm tomorrow. Mega day of results here. Onwards and upwards! #
  • 22:47 Oops, got waylaid at yacht club and missed flight. But St Christopher smiled on us & we are on flight just 25 mins later. Next stop Phoenix. #
  • 22:56 Huge thanks to Curtis and the family DaKine. Without our new carry-on luggage we would almost certainly have missed second flight too! #
  • 23:02 And thank you also to Ewan O'Leary for offsetting our carbon emissions for this flight. Thank you for the clearer conscience! #
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Tuesday 12 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 10:49 Chat with Michael at Google about tracking my row in Google Earth and Maps. Will be a bit manual for now, but so long as it works! #
  • 10:50 Glad to see that my new strategy to separate LoudTwitter daily summaries from "proper" blogs seems to be a popular move. #
  • 10:53 Received map of my Atlantic rowing route as it will appear in my book, with labels showing key events. Looks really good. Delighted. #
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Monday 11 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 13:23 Just been stand-up paddling for the first time ever. Was SO nervous of looking a klutz but was brilliant fun. Thanks Kevin and Everpaddle! #
  • 19:04 Cool! Boat tracker currently in car, so can see precise location where we are parked on Google Map. twitpic.com/4ytf7 #
  • 20:43 At opening of new surf/yoga shop owned by surfing legend Rochelle in Haleiwa. Amazing didgeridoo player. tinyurl.com/qx82l7 #
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Sunday 10 May 2009

Roz's Day - Postings from Twitter

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  • 09:41 Engagement leads to character, solitude to talent. (Voltaire) Not sure I agree with this - seems the wrong way round to me! #
  • 10:45 Gorgeous mountains in Hawaii. Car bedecked with floral leis from yesterday's presentations. tinyurl.com/qh4jbj #
  • 12:42 Youch! $346 poorer after trip to Whole Foods to provision for voyage. Did I remember everything?! #
  • 18:31 Fine job applying stickers to boat. She looks so pretty. Thanks @nics_dolcevita and @sistaliz! #
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