2 posts tagged “segway”
My parents segway rental business is a fun one. They're coming back through the area, so we had my mother in law hop on a Segway to give it a shot. After the instructions and a brief ride, my mom and I decided to be irresponsible have some fun. I learned that Segways have limits. I've been cautioned about this before, but haven't yet met those limits. There is no doubt that I would be the first to discover those limits, probably with some pain involved. I operate in two speeds: Fast and Injured. Often times simultaneously.
Well, I discovered the limit. When exceeding the 12.5mph limit of a Segway, it pushes back. It pushes back hard.
(Also, it didn't hit my toe, I bumped my knee into it so it wouldn't run my toe over. I have a decent bruise from that.)
As all booms, there are early pioneers in any trend. My parents happen to be pioneers in the full-time RVing life. Not that there weren't any people doing it before them, but they certainly beat the influx. It's just incredible how the business is growing. RV sales are expected to top $1 billion. One billion dollars.
Blows my mind.
My parents absolutely love it, though. It suits their lives very well. They just had a great idea, and I think it's even more suitable. Both my parents have an entrepreneurial spirit, my dad especially. So, it stands to reason that they'll get a business to help their travels. Enter, the traveling rentable Segway, courtesy of TJ Mobile Motions.
I've been helping them get setup (my title for their business is CTO! [Edit: pay not to scale]) on the intarwebs, and having a good time doing it. With much chagrin, installed Drupal to manage their site, and have been helping my mom get up to speed. It's renewed my desire to create a package like Drupal in Catalyst, but I don't have nearly enough time (or motivation, really).
All in all, it went well, a bit of learning on all sides but they got the site launched and it does what they want. So, if you ever want to rent a Segway, keep an eye on their event calendar. Mention you know me and maybe they'll even give you a price increase ;)
(And, for those wanting some meats: a great Linode.com setup, with Drupal 5.x and Google Apps for Your Domain hosting mail/calendaring and SmugMug for image management)
