Archive for the 'Education' Category
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Croc Blood Serum as a Savior?
It’s a common observation that reptiles heal quicker than mammals, far less prone to disease and infection of exposed wounds. Considering crocodiles, particularly, are constantly exposed to millions of microbes and pathogens that would pose threat to exposed humans, one must wonder what can be learned or gained from crocs, [...]
Posted in Education, Food, Eating, & Dining, Health, Fitness, & Medical, Reviews | 7 Comments »
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Directed by Nithiwat Tharatorn starring Ray Macdonald (as Pisit) Chutima Theepanart (as Cherry), and Jarinporn Joonkiati (as Noon), Dear Galileo is a warm and modern Thai flick exploring the stretching bonds of friendship and love across the borders of Europe. Beginning in Thailand, the two prime characters, Noon and Cherry jump straight to [...]
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
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Posted in Blogging, Economics and Finance, Education, Reviews, Technology, how to | 7 Comments »
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
The past week has provide a handful of front-page-newspaper-worthy incidents involving unlucky, unfortunate, and/or misguided post-secondary students and one professor–all separate cases.
Posted in Accidents & Tragedies, Crime and Punishment, Education, Siamerican Wave, Society Issues, Teaching in Thailand, Thailand living, ethics and moral, sexual matters | No Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
After six years motorcycle driving experience in Thailand and counting, with all his limbs and organs still in working order, the author has gained sufficient experience hours on end on thousands of kilometers of urban and rural roads, paths, streets, sois, and highways, giving him the valuable insight, hindsight, and perspective to share with [...]
Posted in Accidents & Tragedies, Adventures, Education, Government and Politics, Health, Fitness, & Medical, Motorcycle, Rights and Laws, Society Issues, Thailand Locations, Thailand living, Transportation, how to | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
This blog entry from Stuart G. Town’s blog informs about a cool new software-website called Mapjack. Similar to Google maps-Google Earth technology, Mapjack takes map navigating to the next level: Real time touring. Though Google Earth allows one to explore the globe real time in a partial-artificially rendered world, Map Jack uses actual still images [...]
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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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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 [...]
Posted in Blogging, Culture and Customs, Economics and Finance, Education, Government and Politics, Identity, Reviews, Society Issues, Thailand Locations, Thailand living | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
As Jane and Jack sat side by side on the hot traffic-stalled Bangkok bus, Jack stared out the window. Though there was plenty of city action before his eyes, Jack wasn’t paying any attention. He was thinking about his ‘gik’.A familiar beeping sound knocked Jack out of his daydream and he immediately turned to his [...]
Posted in Culture and Customs, Education, Health, Fitness, & Medical, Movie & Film, Nightlife, Society Issues, Thai films, Thailand living, ethics and moral, sexual matters | 7 Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The latest breaking news in Thailand, Southeast Asia, and even the globe for that matter is regarding Thailand’s longest reigning elected leader, Thaksin Shinawatra. The disposed prime minister turned English football team owner-manager has finally stepped onto Thai soil after being away in a self imposed exile in the USA, England, and China [...]
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Economics and Finance, Education, Government and Politics, Rights and Laws, Society Issues, Thailand living, ethics and moral | 2 Comments »