Forget what T.S. Eliot says about April being the cruelest month — it’s February. In New York City, it’s the time after all the fun holidays have passed and the novelty of the first snowfalls has worn off.

It’s just cold — unremittingly, depressingly cold.

But frozen soil is good for growing at least one thing: my escapist daydreams. During one such February a couple of years ago, my girlfriend Lauren and I started talking about weddings while having dinner at our favorite neighborhood Thai restaurant. It was a time before we were actually engaged, but after it was clear that we were going to be. And it was one of those light — almost incidental — conversations that you have as a couple that throw off some longer-lasting insights which help you figure out how you both think and feel about things.

But I’m making it sound heavier and more portentous than it was. It was really as much a way to pass the time on a cold winter night as anything else.

A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Begins With Me Shooting My Mouth Off

Probably primed by both the warm surroundings and the Chicken Curry Puffs, I asked Lauren if she had ever heard of an Around-the-World airline ticket.

“Wait…They sell those?”

“Yeah. They do.”

Without giving it much forethought, I think I then said something like this:
“What if — instead of spending a ton of money on a wedding – we just spent it all on a honeymoon trip traveling around the world?”

Lauren just looked at me blankly. Crickets.
Then she said “We totally have to do that!”

And so we have.

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I’ve updated the Apple Mail to Evernote Archiver Script to Version 1.3 — Check out the script’s page for details (and a download link!)

Some of you have expressed an interest in how I use Folder Actions to speed up getting files into Evernote, so here is a brief walk-through of something that I developed for myself and for my clients.
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I’ve been doing some work “under the hood” here at Veritrope.com (or for our UK readers, “under the bonnet”) — the most important change being that I’ve migrated the site over to a new host! We are now coming to you from a super-duper Linode Server — and I think we’re running faster than ever!

I’ve tried to squash all of the site-related bugs, but if you do find something that isn’t working or doesn’t look right, you can take advantage of another new feature — my improved contact form — to let me know!

Veritrope — On the Road!

You may have noticed that I’ve been posting less frequently over the past month or two and, thankfully, there’s a fun reason for that instead of just personal lassitude: I’ve been preparing for my wedding and honeymoon. I’m happy to say that everything went beautifully — and Lauren and I are now preparing to embark upon a very interesting trip.

I’ve done a ton of research over the last few months and, in order to make all of those new things that I’ve learned pay some rent around here, Veritrope.com is going to feature a series of posts that are more “travel-related”: A massive onslaught of gear reviews, tips for using technology to plan (and finance) your trip, staying organized on the road — and more!

(And naturally, if there’s anything that you want to see covered in detail, you can use the contact form to let me know that as well.)

However before I go, there are a couple of posts and script revisions that I am going to try to finish up… so stay tuned!