Tales from Technomadia
Chris and Cherie are talking about lifestyle hacking and technomadia.com.
The one thing the Prius is useless for is towing anything...
If you take an infinite number of very light things and put them together, they become infinitely heavy. - Robert's Law of Applied Mobile Gizmology, Steve Roberts
The basic trailer model they're using is from Oilver Trailers, who have taken some of their modifications and are now selling them as standard packages to other customers.
They run with 2×100W solar panels backed up by a propane generator. This supports two MacBook Pros, a 24-incg monitor, a Mac mini set up as a media server and a 1TB of NAS. The tech is pretty standard, but it's all crammed into the trailer.
More critical is connectivity, onboard is a "Mobile Command Center" signal booster and a EVDO to WiFi router, looks like the US equivalent to Three's Wireless Router back home. Other connectivity options: Satellite, Long Range WiFi and Internet Cafes.
There are lots of options for home selection: RV, boat, train, backpack, airship(?) and cubesats(?).
What ties people to a place? Debt is the biggest anchor that ties people to location, mortgage or rent, credit card debt, student loans. People are often surprised about how affordable a nomadic lifestyle can be...
Family. You can take them with you, or you can have extended visits with them, and if you want to you can get really far away from them. Pets. A nomadic lifestyle isn't necessarily a bar to having pets.
Stuff. The most common thing people say is "...I could never give up my books". It's incredibly hard but you can shed your stuff.
Other excuses; job or career. There are jobs that can't be done remotely. But if you're a geek, you can probably do your job anywhere. So why are you commuting 40 or 50 minutes a day?
It's not ecologically sound? They're arguing that they're using so little electricity and water now their footprint is much less than when they were living in Silicon Valley.
Practicalities and legalities, you need a state of residence, and a physical address for mail forwarding (or scanning). Use online banking...
If there is something you want to do, the best advice is just go. This isn't for everyone, but if it's for you, get over your excuses and go do it.
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