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Thanks Hor
Since we’re a pop culture backwater, Heroes is only going to air in our part of the world tonight. Since our national (and only) media is also rather (insert expletive), editors have seen fit to feature this widely acclaimed television series on the front page of Life! today — and also putting a teaser of [...]
The Magic of Luang Prabang
One of the countless statues inside the Pak Ou Caves near Luang Prabang The Lao city of Luang Prabang is wonderfully understated. It doesn’t feel like the second largest city of a country, and in fact barely feels city-like. It doesn’t feel like the smoggy, dusty Asian towns I’m used to either. Being “up north”, as [...]
Real Beauty
In the day and age when cosmetics and beauty products, more often than not seem to be all about pseudo science and making one fairer, whiter, slimmer, it’s always a relief to know an organization in that industry still cares about their market. Dove happens to be one of those. Not content to only make [...]
Talk About Diversifying Your Business.
Note: Think of Tongkat Ali as a traditional Viagra..
Sudder Street
At the stroke of eight each morning, I awoke. All my days in India have always had purpose, and it was especially purposeful in Calcutta, my crazy, lovely, chaotic, I hate you I love you Calcutta. This was a luxurious hole in the wall, 400 rupee a night room — a fortune. One could live [...]
Life After Visual Acuity
No relation to the fabulous essay in Psychology Today called Life After Infidelity (read it, you may learn many things about yourself.. like I did!) Has been all about waking up, seeing, and wondering if I slept with my contact lenses on. Is getting competitive: I wondered this morning if I was flirting with the ophthalmologist so [...]
The End of Myopia
Fifteen minutes and three thousand dollars. So that was all which was standing between me and the reclamation of a life without glasses and without contact lenses — a life I thought I’d bid farewell to, twelve years ago, when I couldn’t read past the first row of letters in a reading test as a nine [...]
Bangkok Tips (Updated)
atarashi wrote to me for Bangkok tips; she wasn’t the only one. I get a few of those each week. So here’s my newest list of tips of places to go, and places to eat. BTS Ari If you’re looking for somewhere more local, somewhere not so… farang (if you know what I mean), an already cool [...]
Some N73 Tips
If the blue blinking disco light in sleep mode annoys you, go to Tools -> Phone -> Display -> Sleep mode (off). For good free S60 software, check out S60 Freeware. Do a phone software update. Most importantly, if you’re experiencing slowness in sending SMSes, download the SMS Accelerator from Nokia. If you use a Mac you can [...]
You’re Missing the Point
Unless you’ve been living under some kind of rock, you’ll know that the big news today (and yesterday, for us) was the announcement and demo of Apple’s iPhone. The Web is up in flames talking about it. It seems to me, from my reading of comments on tech websites (Apple and non-Apple), response has been [...]