Articles Posted in the Useful Category
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Sent a Weird Email to My Future Self
23 February 2011 A couple of nights ago I had bizarre dream, of all people it involved Tiger Woods. Last night I was ‘stumbling’ on the internet and I came across http://futureme.org/, an interesting website concept which allows you to send an email to your ‘future self’. Essentially you write an email and select a [...]
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New Site Format
You will notice that the look of my blog has completely changed. You will hopefully find it both more engaging and easier to navigate. I wanted to make changes that would make things easier for my existing readers and make it easier for new readers to easily find all my existing content. Changes Hideable scroller [...]
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Last Day in Thailand
28 May 2010 This morning walking along the streets of Haadrin (Koh Phangan) it was impossible not to notice the increase in people for the Full Moon Party; the party would appear to act like a magnet, attracting tourists from throughout Southeast Asia for this one big night [tomorrow night]. On one hand it seems [...]
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Blog Improvements
I’ve made some improvements to my blog: Addition of Facebook ‘Like’ facility – If you like my blog/post you will make my day by telling me (comment, ‘like’ or both) Improved large photo viewing via ‘lightbox’ effect Improved photo loading time (hosted on Google) Addition of maps (when I remember) Updated my About page to [...]
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Blog up to Date
There have been a lot of posts lately to try and get you all up to date with where I am and what I have been doing. Special thanks to the people who have made a comment on my blog, your comments make the writing worthwhile. I’ll make a special post tomorrow on the bars [...]
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Travel Must – Eye Mask & Ear Plugs
I’ve never been an eye mask or ear plug wearer (except on motorcycle journeys), but I have to say they have countless value on a backpacking odyssey. You simply must take them, and you simply must try them. The eye mask blocks overhead lights on airplanes, and the golden rays of Thai sunshine allowing you [...]
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Fake iPhone & Delicious Food
03 May 2010 I’m considering buying a rip-off iPhone for $6,000 BHT. For NZ$200 i’m thinking it wouldn’t be that bad when it broke. They look the same, touch screen, and apparently do calls fine plus connect to WiFi, one of the sellers demonstrated the WiFI to me and it seemed to work fine. But [...]
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Packing
Packing my stuff to leave New Zealand
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