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Stumbling on the go! How fantastic is THAT! Now you can whip out your smart phone and check your shares, reply to friends and click the stumble button for the all around boredom cure!

This free app allows you to thumb up sites you like and share them with your friends, even while on a long road trip with that friend that never shuts up! I whip out my droid and stumble in parking lots waiting for habitually late people and am no longer irritated about having to wait an extra 15min from the time I was instructed to be there. Doctor office waiting rooms are no longer hell on earth… Thank you Stumble app… thank you so much!

“Stay tuned for future updates to this app coming soon, like the ability to see the number of shares you have waiting right beside your text message and email notifications, the ability to find new Stumblers to follow, and more! (And for those of you using a web-enabled mobile device other than an iPhone or an Android phone, we’re investigating StumbleUpon app possibilities for other mobile operating systems. We’ll update our blog with any developments on that front!)”

Oh I’ll be staying tuned all right, from my phone!!!

There is also an app for ipad users.

StumbleUpon is throwing a huge party to celebrate getting their 10 millionth user and they want you to come! There will be drinks and Dj’s and a chance to win one of 5 iPads! SU really knows how to throw a party so don’t miss out! RSVP with Facebook and put your party hat on!

Thursday | June 17 | 8pm
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
21 and over, No Cover
Google Map!

There will be cool giveaways, dancing and loads of fun! If you don’t have an SU tshirt to wear to the party, you can grab one below! Take pictures in the GQ photobooth with all the cool people you meet and then come back and post them here!

Design a personalized gift at Zazzle.

You may recall my post from last month when I first discussed Traveling Star Stumblers, this is another installment of Stumblers going around the world! Today I bring you Setabnevets aka Steven from Australia, who on his trip around the world stopped off to visit several other Stumblers!

His first flight on his epic journey was to Los Angeles, CA but the trip first began on Stumbleuopon, where he invited friends from SU to welcome him into their homes as he made his way around the planet. The following is a quote from his SU page:

New Update (August 22) Well it’s all underway now, Booked my flight yesterday… Leaving for LA on the 12th of September. I intend to explore the West coast of America, the start on the middle bits moving southward. Then from Florida flying down to Brazil & maybe other parts of Sth America. Then back up exploring the East coast, then over to the UK & Europe, & maybe Russia etc. Possibly South Africa New Zealand & then back home, Some six months or so later. Of course I may not get to every place I would like. I have been studying maps & have discovered that Planet Earth is very large.

If you are one of those who were kind enough to invite me to your home, would you please email me your address, phone numbers & any other contact information.

The Stumblers did just that! Setabnevets received an overwhelming amount of invitations to come stay in various countries with other Stumblers! Of course he was very busy along the way but he did stop off and log into SU every now and then to tell us where he was and who he was currently playing with from SU land! The first of such updates informed us that he had already been to Wilmington, Delaware, New York City, New burgh, Sara toga Springs, Houston Texas, New Orleans, Nashville Tennessee and back and forth between a few!

Here he is in Oxnard, CA With Guitargirl from StumbleUpon:

Steven has an open ended invitation to return and here is a bit of what she had to say about his visit:

Steven chose one of the busiest weeks of our lives to come visit! During the time he was here, he attended a flute recital, a high school football game (Rachel plays with the marching band), a jazz jam session, and joined us on a 3 day camping trip at Lake Cachuma.

While I was at work during the day, Steven cleaned my back patio, worked on my lawn, cleaned up my patio furniture (which I thought was junk – now it is beautiful!), and helped out with the kids. He picked Vaughan up from school and made sure he did his homework. Steven did all this while recovering from a horrible case of jetlag.

He sounds like a wonderful guest!! I wonder if he plans to do this again sometime? It was clearly a success!

Here he is with Akapearlofagirl:

With honkytonkyme:

Some of you may know fellow Stumbler setabnevets and that he’s on a world tour. He’s in Nashville this week and we’ve just enjoyed a night out on the town. Went out for dinner and to hear some music.

With fontanelle in December:

“My world stumbling is in my 4th month now. I still cant believe its happening”

British Airways lost my baggage
Jan 15
I have been in London for 8 days waiting for my baggage.
My daughter joins me in London today, flying to Germany on Saturday.

Although his trip wasn’t without its strife, I do believe he had a wonderful time! There is plenty more to this story so make sure to click through! Read the rest of this entry »

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I wonder if someone over at SU staff saw my post about the Traveling Star Stumblers from a couple weeks ago? The reason I ponder this is because this neat little blog post popped up on their official StumbleUpon blog today, which is how I found the link for those super cool tshirts to share with you guys! There are also some great tips on how to customize vacation research with the use of your StumbleUpon account, fantastic stuff!

Apparently “Kitty” doesn’t have a real name but she clearly has a fun life to make up for it. I wouldn’t mind being called “Kitty” if that meant I could travel across the American continent being carried by a Frenchmen! Wait.. That didn’t come out right… What was I saying? Oh… yes, “Kitty” here has had many adventures, you can see her lap of luxury lifestyle depicted in some of these photographs (and there is even a video!).

According to her owners, Guillaume and Laetitia, they are walking from Miami to Ushuaia, in Argentina (a 3-year trek). You can check their Facebook for updates on where they are in their journey. The budget for the trip is only $2000 per year, but since they are saving on kitty litter that might work out for them okay.

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It was a cool day in Paris but you would never know it from our photograph. We braved the wind and cold to show off our new StumbleUpon Tshirts. When we were asked if we would like to have a couple of their new stylish shirts to take along with us during our travels we happily accepted.

We were surprised to see just how subtle the logos on the t-shirts were. They were even nice enough for us to wear around Paris and feel right in place with the good looking Parisians. So where did we head to first with our new duds?

The Eiffel Tower of course!

What a terrific example of fun and stumbling! These two invite you to join them on their travels! You can check out their amazing blog full of stories and photographs featured above or go visit them on their SU blog featured below.

Dave and Deb are an adventure couple that loves to travel. They want to network with other travelers and travel writers/photographers.

Canada’s Adventure Couple! Aren’t they just down right adorable?!? Well I think so! I will surely be keeping my eye on them from now on! It is always a treat to run across a unique set of Stumbler’s like this couple!

When I was a kid my grandmother would always talk about how she wished she had married a pilot because a pilot would be “the perfect husband” he would be gone all the time so she would be able to live her life and do whatever she wanted, he would make good money so they could have whatever they wanted in life and vacations to everywhere would be a free flight. What happened?

The simple fact is pilots become pilots because they love to fly, who wouldn’t? Unless that sort of thing scares you, either way you should be able to empathize with LOVING to fly. The catch is, once the men upstairs figured out they were flying for the love of flying they started paying them in love instead of money. Pilots for major airlines have been forced to take second and third jobs just to be able to afford to keep flying. Ever seen a tired pilot? Yea, thanks for that. I really want the person with my entire families life in his hands to be on his 3rd day without sleep, good game guys. They aren’t just tired either, they are hungry according to Michael Moore.

Think about that next time you are planning a cross country trip and opt for Amtrak. Sure, it will take longer to get where you are going but you will spend time with your family along the way. Life doesn’t need to be about getting where you need to go as fast as you can, sometimes the ride there is where the true prize is.

Or just enjoy this animation instead, its free.