Archive for the 'Blogging' Category

Internet Amateurs: Hosting your own website and Domain Name

Friday, March 14th, 2008

There was a time when only diligent and determined geeks could become webmasters. Nowadays, just about anyone with a computer, internet access, and a basic IT knowledge base can create, develop, and host their own dynamic website.
As software and freeware become more accessible and user friendly, fundamental coding skills such as HTML and PHP […]

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Thailand Blog: Culture, Society, Lifestyle, News, and Insight about Thailand

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Doing a google search with the keywords, ‘Thailand Blog,’ the Siamerican was quite disappointed to find a hit neither for this web log nor the Siamerican in any of the top 100 results. Being that there were dozens upon dozens of irrelevant sites that ranked high, that weren’t actually Thailand blogs, it is clearly […]

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Wordpress three column theme malfunction in Internet Explorer web browser: column-sidebar drops down in IE; problem and solution

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

For the longest time, this blog and the Siamerican’s personal blog were not displaying properly in Internet Explorer web browsers. As they both implement a three column theme, the third column or sidebar always dropped to the bottom, below all the content, and particularly, only when opened in Internet Explorer.
Upon research, it was found that […]

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Makha Bucha Buddhist Holiday in Thailand: Full Moon Thai- Lunar- Tradition Holidays

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Yesterday, Thursday, February 21, 2008 was the full moon in Thailand, or more specifically, keun 15 kum, duan saam ขื้น ๑๕ ค่ำ เดือนสาม which means the 15th waxing moon since the last new moon (full moon) of the third month.
It’s a full moon, but it’s not to be celebrated in a massive party, at least […]

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Farang Thai citizens: Caucasians and foreign national acquiring Thai Nationality - Citizenship

Monday, February 18th, 2008

One of the biggest questions that lingers among foreign residents in Thailand–wannabe and legit alike–is in regards to the possibility of legally and eternally residing in the proclaimed Land of Smiles. For these farang (ฝรัง = Caucasian-white ethnic people in Thai language), as well as other non-Thai ethnic groups in Thailand, obtaining Thai citizenship […]

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After a month-long silence, the Siamerican’s Cyber Journal @ Thaiskale.com is back!

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

You are probably wondering what happened to January, and why there isn’t any recent blog activity here. That is because the blog was taken down as to transfer web hosts. Previously, the Siamerican Wanderer was using a Thai hosting company paying some 1100 baht (now converts to 34 bucks) per year which was quite […]

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Siamericans’ Triumphs in Thailand: Family bonds–Roots, Present, and Future Thai Americans

Friday, January 4th, 2008

At last, the legacy of Siamerican ancestors unfolds into the next wave of destined manifest; A branch of the Siamerican Wanderer’s Thai American’s beloved kin has finally ventured to the motherland for their first time–not to be the last and only according to the scriptures.
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Proper spelling and speaking in the English Language: Is it really important or just redundant?

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

For all those folks who emphasize on the importance of exact and proper spelling, check out the following paragraph:
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers […]

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Internet and Tech Woes: Victim of Virus and Spam IT epedemic

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

So I log onto my blog and there is some 84 comments to moderate from the last week. I’m thinking, ‘Damn! My blog is happenin!’ To my dismay, 80 of the comments were spam. As usual, most of the spam could be spotted a mile awaythe systematically generated posts with 20 url-hyperlinks to pharmaceuticals and […]

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Dreams, Goals, and Phases: Bangkok University degree ambitions and Vivid Dreams

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

It hasn’t been mentioned much lately in the cyber log– regarding the Siamerican Wanderer’s goals and ambitions to return to University, as he has thoughtfully and patiently been waiting for the waves of ‘distant visions’ to vibrate in sync with ‘current reality.’
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