We got the nod from the tips-for-everything blog, Lifehacker, on Sunday. The Lifehackers definitely know their tech, and apparently, they’re pretty pleased with ours.

One for the shameless-self-congratulation file: Canadian blogger Rick McCharles put up a very flattering post about the site yesterday

The duo behind BigTripProductions’ videos aren’t kidding with the “Big Trip” part. Otherwise known as Kevin Allgood and Valerie Marshall, they’re currently on a one-year, round-the-world journey that they’re filming and blogging along the way.

Travel Rants, a great, UK-based travel news and advice blog, included us on a list of the ten best travel sites for 2006.

The paperback companion of the world’s backpackers has joined the blogosphere.

The RAD Blog’s Jon Rawlinson is back with new videos after an absence of a month or more. Take a gander at his trip to Kotor, Montenegro.

The Orlando Sentinel, news outlet to Florida’s theme-park corridor, featured us on Monday in a post from their Tourism Central Florida blog.

Technology in travel is all for the good – global cellphones, GPS, travel websites (ahem). But even the most flashpacker-y among us can’t deny the nostalgic appeal of more analog trip technologies.

Starting today, two 20-something buddies going by the names Scotty and Fiddy are setting off on a quest to hitchhike to all 50 state capitals in 50 days or less.

UK paper the Guardian is devoting part of their Travelog feature to a week-long series of posts on air travel’s contribution to the global climate problem, and what can be done to change it.