Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s most popular island destinations, maintains a ‘must go’ status for some, while for others is still one of those places at the bottom of the list. Considering its collage of aqua marine waters, white sand beaches, pristine tropical landscapes, cultural spice, and modern infrastructure, one has to wonder […]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Out and about on the streets and sights of Bangkok, there’s a spectacle blend of modern and ancient smells, sounds and sights to be had. On one end of the city, you’ll find yourself surrounded by towering skyscrapers, hi tech shopping malls, hi-speed sky train and subway transit systems, posh fashion districts, and IT hubs […]
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Posted in Society Issues, Culture and Customs, Technology, ethics and moral, Crime and Punishment, Religion and Spirituality, Rights and Laws | No 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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Posted in Education, Technology, Adventures, Transportation, Thailand Locations | No Comments »
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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Posted in how to, Education, Technology, Blogging | No Comments »
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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Posted in Technology, Blogging | No Comments »
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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Posted in Education, Technology, Blogging | 1 Comment »
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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Posted in Society Issues, Technology, Crime and Punishment, Blogging | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Surfing the internet, I came across the latest Vietnamese media-government saga about a 19 year old star, Hoang Thuy Linh who had a mobile phone clip of her and her boyfriend ‘getting it on’ which leaked out ultimately causing her popular running show, Vang Anh’s Diaries to cancel. Not that I care or know […]
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Posted in Culture and Customs, sexual matters, Society Issues, Technology, Crime and Punishment, ethics and moral, Government and Politics | 8 Comments »
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
In this log, the Siamerican announced that he had made the application for his Thai passport, and since has been waiting to receive the actual passport via snail mail.
He wasn’t expecting it for at least another few days, but it arrived promptly in tact, and so, the Siamerican can finally feel complete as a dual […]
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Posted in Identity, Siamerican Wave, Technology, Government and Politics, Rights and Laws | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
The Last Resort
After calling both my aunts in seek of my brother’s most recent number, to no avail, I finally sucked it in and pulled out a pen to compose a snail mail letter! Left with no other choice, I needed to get in touch with my half brother whom which I haven’t talked with […]
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Posted in Technology, family matters, Blogging | 2 Comments »