In 1999, because of my love for traveling and adventure, this website mainly started as an adventure travel and recreation resource. As time went on, being a photographer and video person, my website started to grow and expand. I then realized that this was just the beginning and that I was about to embark on one of my greatest adventures ever, building and maintaining an enormous adventure website. Adventure, travel, sports and photography covers a lot of different categories. So this website has expanded tremendously to give website visitors a very unique way of surfing the internet. With over 8,000 hand picked websites, 100's of great product links, 1,000's of photos, 100's of videos, advertisers, as well as travel tips, photography tips, jobs, schools, racing and so much more.
This website has become an incredible resource and a favorite among internet surfers, adventure enthusiasts and information seekers. I just don't travel the world, I also travel the World Wide Web so visitors will always find something new, informative, interesting,  extraordinary, incredible, unexpected, amazing, surprising, bizarre, out of the ordinary, remarkable and phenomenal.
I'm like your best friend who's finding all the cool stuff on the internet and then bookmarking them to save, share and enjoy.
Looking for Adventure Song bite from Steppenwolf

" It's like "The Six Degrees of Adventure" It's just incredibly amazing how many things there are that are in some way
 connected to Adventure. It never ends..."
 

 
" I am a Human Search Engine "
An Internet Miner Exploring the World Wide Web.
Extracting the best information & Websites that the Internet has to offer.
Filtering and Organizing the Internet One Website at a time.
 

Human Search Engine: Person or persons searching multiple search engines, using multiple keywords and phrases, searching multiple websites for links & information, as well as using other media such as TV, Movies, Documentaries, Radio, Magazines, Newspapers, Advertisers and recommendations from other people. Doing all this to find relevant information and websites pertaining to that particular subject that you're interested in or studying, like I have done for 'Adventure' and recently 'Education'.

So how does one person create databases this large in such a short time? The techniques and methods are quite simple.
First: When doing internet searches, for what ever reason, you are bound to come across a website or keyword phrase that relates to your subject matter. Then you do more searches using those keywords and then save those keywords and websites to your database. This is very important because most likely you will never come across the same info related to those particular search parameters, so saving and documenting your findings is very important. Second: When reading, watching TV, watching a movie or even talking with someone, you are bound to come across ideas and keywords to use when searching for more information pertaining to your subject. Then again saving and documenting your findings is very important. It's always a good idea to have a pen and paper handy to write things down or you can use your cell phone to record a voice memo so that you don't forget your information or ideas. The main thing too is to have a subject that you're interested in and at the same time being aware of what information is valuable to your subject when it finally presents itself.  Third: Organizing, updating and improving your database so that it stays functional and easy to access. So my time is usually balanced between these three tasks, and yes it is time consuming. You can also use the Big 6 techniques when gathering Information to help with your efficiency and effectiveness. I also created a Internet Searching Tips Page for useful ideas.
One last thing: if you spend a lot of time on the internet doing searches and looking for answers you are bound to come across some really useful websites and information that are not relevant to your original subject. So it's a good idea to start saving these useful websites in new categories or just save them in a appropriate named folder in your documents. This way you can share these websites with friends or just use them at some later time.

So in a way my Human Search Engine is my Dissertation and my Thesis is proving the importance of a Human Operating System in regards to having a more comprehensive and effective education.
This is my Tenure.

   I am a Semantic Web as well as a Human Search Engine. Humans will always be better then machines when it comes to associations, perceptions, perspectives, categorizing and organizing. Especially when it comes to organizing information and knowledge. Linking Data, Ontology learning, creating a Visual Thesaurus and Tag Clouds is what I have been doing for 10 years. " Welcome to Web 3.0 ". I'm an Intelligent Agent combining Logic and Fuzzy Logic, because there are just some things that machines or Artificial Intelligence cannot do or do well. Automated Reasoning Systems and Computational Logic can only do so much. So we need more humans then Algorithms. Creating knowledge bases is absolutely essential. This is why I believe that having more Human Search Engines is a benefit to anyone seeking knowledge and information. Structuring websites into syntax link patterns and information into categories or Taxonomies without being objective and impartial. Organizing information and websites so that visitors have an easy time finding what they're looking for, plus at the same time, showing them other things that are related to that particular subject that might also be of interest to them. More relevant choices and a great alternative and complement to search engines.
But it's not easy to manage and maintain a human search engine, especially for one person. You're constantly updating the link data base, adding links, replacing links or removing some links altogether. Then on top of that there's the organizing and the adding of content, photos and video. And all the while your website grows and grows. Adding related subjects and subcategorizing information and links. Cross linking so that related information can be found in more then one place. It's a blog, it's a network, it's a directory, it's a human search engine and it's a lot of work. The website has to continually improve to increase it's service qualities to internet surfers. Your like an isle in the internet library. Organizing data out of necessity while making it a value to others at the same time. Eventually connecting to other human search engines around the world to expand it's reach and capabilities. With over 200 Million Websites containing at least 24 billion pages on the World Wide Web, there's a lot of information to be organized. And with almost 2 billion people on the internet there's a lot of  minds to collaborate with. My Human Search Engine Design Methods are always improving and I'm constantly Multitasking so I make mistakes from time to time, especially with proof reading my own writing, which seems almost impossible. This is why writers and authors have proof readers and copy editors, something I cannot afford right now, so please excuse me for my spelling errors and poor grammar. So besides that I'm still making progress and I'm always acquiring new knowledge, which always makes these projects fascinating and never boring. The Adventures in Learning.
"There's a lot you don't know, welcome to web 3.0" This is not just my version of the internet, this is my vision of the internet.

"The collector is the true resident of the interior.....The collector dreams his way not only into a distant or bygone world
but also into a better one"..   - Walter Benjamin
 

Information overload..
It would be ignorant to say that we have too much information and it is impossible to filter it all. That's like walking into a library and saying there's too many books. You don't have to read every book. You just have to know which books to read and why you should read them and when. We should be thankful that we have an abundance of information. Our task, and the task that I have taken, is to filter the information, narrow it down and organize it. This information and knowledge is priceless. This is the world’s greatest and most valuable asset. So information and knowledge needs our full attention and understanding so that it does not become abused or misused. Information overload is an oxymoron. Too much of anything of course is bad, and of course too much of something that you don't have the intelligence or understanding to handle is extremely bad. So a person needs not only ‘Information and Media Literacy’, a person also needs to fully understand balance, variety and self-discipline. They say "Knowledge is Power". But if knowledge is distributed equally then that power will be equal to all, which in turn will make knowledge a blessing instead of a curse.
 

   I like to describe my website as being kind of like a lateral blog then the usual linear blog because I update multiple pages at once instead of just one. As of 2010 around 120,000 new weblogs are being created worldwide each day, but of the 70 million weblogs that have been created only around 15.5 million are actually active. Though blogs are useful to some extent I feel that too much time and effort is wasted, especially if the information and knowledge that is gained from a blog is not organized and categorized in a way that readers can utilize and access their archives like they would do with newspapers. This would probably take a central location for all the blogs to submit too. This way useful knowledge and information is not lost in a sea of confusion. This is one of the reasons why this websites information and links will continue to be organized and updated so that the website continues to improve and also that it never stops being surprising and exhilarating. The look and quality of this site will also improve as it has from the beginning. So always refresh your browser when returning to the site to get the latest changes and updates, (sometimes cleaning out your temporary internet files & cookies in your browser helps too). Navigating around the thousands of pages in this website is not always perfect. Sometimes using the back button on the browser is a better choice when viewing certain pages and photos because some of the photos are sometimes linked to other pages so the back button below the photo might not necessarily take you back from where you started. Since photography and travel fit so well together there will always be more photos, more photo tips, more interesting links, more travel info, and of course more adventure.
 

Mission Statement: To continue to share all my knowledge and experiences on traveling, adventure & photography and continue to organize & update my extensive link database and human edited directory so this site will continue to be one of the best adventure, travel, sports & photography resources on the internet. I will also continue to organize & update my education resources and share all the knowledge and information that I can find that will help improve education as well as make education available to as many people as possible.
 

Some of the things I would like to do in the future...
 

Purchase a Biodiesel Class A Motor Home.  (Mobile Earth Ship or Green Machine)  RV Websites
Reason 1) To be able to move where the jobs are and not have to worry about finding a place to live when moving.
Reason 2) To live a low impact life style. RV’s use less water and energy to live in. Will utilize Solar Power, Small Wind Turbines, and Fuel Cells. Will use waste and garbage to make compost for gardens.
Reason 3) To educate people on all the latest technologies that there is that would show people how to live a sustainable and low impact life style. My Carbon Count    Green Ideas
Reason 4) With broadband, satellite, cell phones and wi-fi, I will always be in contact with everyone and also be able to update my website with new adventures, people and places of interest, activities to enjoy and other cool and interesting stuff. Will also use my adventure website to educate and inspire people to enjoy the outdoors and to show them the importance of having adventure and sports in their life. This endless adventure will have some similarities to the documentary called Go Further with Woody Harrelson, Voice Yourself.com. The Veggie Van guy is another example. He just came out with a great documentary called Fuel.

Purchase a flex-fuel diesel/gasoline plug-in electric vehicle to tow behind RV.   Electric Cars Information
Use the car to make short trips and not have to drive the RV. Will also have Bicycles.
I will also use my photography and video skills to show people images and videos of our beautiful world while educating them about our environment. So I will also be a mobile photography studio with video editing and printing capabilities. Be a Park Host

Buy Land all over the country to preserve and protect that would also act as time-shares.
To help bring awareness of the importance of protecting our parks and open spaces. Land Conservation Websites
I Will also have places to park the RV and also be able to share with others when not occupied.

Design a laptop computer and install as much educational material it can handle and then distribute them all around the world to people who are in need of education and who want to teach others. Each laptop will have a solar charger, wireless Internet capabilities, Webcam, Headphones, external hard drive to store, share and back up material, and an external CD and DVD-RW drive if the PC does not have one built in. Each laptop will also have a built in flash drive so that it can also act like a digital book reader. Each PC will also have a Virtual Animated Teacher that will guide the student through all the subjects and computer programs. Each laptop would also have video and audio instructions on how to use the laptop. Each laptop will have the ability to change languages, teach languages and translate languages so that most people around the world would be able to use the laptops in almost any language. Basic Knowledge 101 &  My Laptop Idea

Start Micro Lending Bank and or Support other Micro Lending Banks.   Micro Credit