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Video chat
Some people have recently asked why I don’t use a webcam and enable video messenging. Some possible replies: – Do you really want to see me picking my nose and…
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Mexican Food in Bangkok
My research into this subject consists only of an hour-long web search. That is all I needed to determine that the first person to establish a Mexican restaurant in Bangkok…
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Overkill?
I’ve been making a big deal about this light fishing cruise on a 70-foot boat in Thailand next month, but just how many feet of overkill does that amount to?…
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The Golden Age of Travel Posters
You should definitely go check out the whole collection at full size: FAR AND WIDE – The Golden Age of Travel Posters This is just the latest exhibit at the…
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Random thoughts on movies/TV
– There is no such thing as a movie being better than the book. And the screen version of Where the the Wild Things Are directed by Spike Lee Jonze…
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Canon 30D
Someone sent this to me with the caption, “CANON 30D.” It is immediately apparent that I was wrong in recommending a Nikon to my little brother last week. Maybe they’ll…
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Skype, Out
Will anyone stand up to the Chinese government? Skype caves in to Chinese censors I’m sick of those commie bastards dictating morally wrong terms of business to Western companies. And…
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Hustler
Check out this awesome photo gallery of pool hustlers. The real kind that is, not the kind with their own (delicious) spaghetti sauce charities, nor the kind that tote around…
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Meet the Fooker
This guy’s a dumbass. He had the best name in the world before he changed it, in fact, he was even one up on the Donger: “What’s yo name, foo?”…
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Taxis at Bangkok Airport
My mom asked me how to catch a cab at Bangkok International Airport and I am reprinting my advice here. ///// The best way to catch a taxi from BKK…
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Details: Boat charter
Just got an e-mail back from Barry, who I’ve been talking to about the boat charter: Our normal trip leaves our pontoon at 9 a.m. and returns around 5 –…
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Cooking with molten rock
How To Cook With Lava I miss Hawaii. I suppose the upcoming Thai trip is a throwback to those days, on the beach with family and friends. (link via mefi)
