Weekly Twitter digest for 2012-01-15
- I'm looking through my business invoices and receipts and realize I have 6 currencies to deal with. A trait of an online business? #
Weekly Twitter digest for 2012-01-08
- http://t.co/geyfOYIV #
- Happy (belated) New Year! http://t.co/JE5D3fAB #
- My favorite quote from Reddit today: "A cat is actually just the internet experiencing itself subjectively." #
- Foldable shoes like these would be great for a traveller http://t.co/qurel5Gi I'm worried about the min. toe protection & sole thickness tho #
- Okay…maybe now is the time I get a full-time employee. Where to find one who is disciplined enough to work completely remotely though… #
- got into another motorbike accident. this time requiring 9 stitches and an x-ray. this is the most pathetic 1month training i'll ever do fml #
- i think this year is going to be a good one! #
Weekly Twitter digest for 2012-01-01
- Starting my 1-month Muay Thai training tomorrow. I can't wait! #
- Muay Thai is AWESOME, despite running into two unrelated accidents today that left bleeding all over the place. No pain no game! #
- Muay Thai is AWESOME, despite running into two unrelated accidents today that left me bleeding all over the place. No pain no game! #
- Wow, now I'm starting to have dreams about fighting. #
- Every time I enter my washroom in my room @ Suwit training camp, I'm surprised by the big lizard that camps out in it eating mozzies all day #
Weekly Twitter digest for 2011-12-25
- This is by far the weirdest place I've stayed at. The storage area for bed sheets of a fancy hotel…At least the pool is right beside me.. #
- I'm going to add showering naked in the open beside the pool to my "first time" list as well. #
- This is too much randomness in one night. A massive centipede of at least 8 cm just slowly crawled into the washroom… :/ #
- My backpack feels lighter with each day. I don't know if I'm getting stronger or if I'm just losing my stuff everywhere I go. #
- Spending Christmas and New Years getting my Rescue Diver certification and training for Muay Thai. It's going to be a tough and busy month! #
- Just made my biggest purchase for my world collection in Phuket. It's huge and heavy and the shipping costs more than the piece itself. #
- I don't know how long it'll take them to realize this mistake but enjoy 1-for-1 pizza at SPIZZA until they take it down http://t.co/AWgm2TrT #
- Drinking one of the world's most expensive coffees (civet coffee) in Phuket, Thailand for Christmas Eve "celebration." #
- My photos from Malaysia are up on my blog http://t.co/vDwFf7g4 #
Weekly Twitter digest for 2011-12-18
- Got everything done in Singapore. Next time I'm back, it'll be for the long-term. Now off to Thailand. #
- It must be tough being a pretty girl in Thailand. People are prone to think you're a prostitute and/or a tranny. More career choices though. #
- So many good food here! Lots of extreme activities to do too. This brings back the excitement of travelling (vs the comforts in Singapore). #
- I almost slept in a mosquito-infested mosquito net, which would have achieved the exact opposite of the intended goal. Disaster averted! #
- Getting high, rock climbing, eating foreign dishes, meeting interesting people, biz, and getting high in Krabi, Thailand. This is the life. #
- Also, in other news. My travelling sandals have died on me after a year of service
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HOWTO: Change language on Android
This seems like an extremely useless tutorial but it will be helpful for those who travel and use foreign SIM cards.
The first thing that happens on your Android when you plug in a new SIM card is that it asks you whether or not you want to adopt the settings on the SIM. You should accept the changes since it’ll automatically update your settings to use the local networks for voice and data. You could always, of course, find instructions online or to cross your fingers that your pre-existing settings work but the safest and the laziest way is to just let the machines do their ‘g-thang.’ Using this option though will also change your Android language settings to the native language of where you purchased the SIM card.
You’ll want the below instructions to help you navigate your Android to change it back to your language:
1. Menu button
2. Gear icon (goes to Settings)
3. Scroll down to the white block with the letter ‘A’ (goes to Locale and text)
4. First option (goes to Language)
Weekly Twitter digest for 2011-12-11
- What a cool poster idea for frequent travelers – Scratch Map http://t.co/EKL29fhK #
- Postertext is now incorporated!
# - Just spent the day speaking with Singaporean banks and the night with US banks. What a huge difference. Banks in Singapore need improvement. #
Weekly Twitter digest for 2011-11-27
- Geese parade http://t.co/3eet0EXn #
- People in Singapore. Do you have any recommendations for a CPA? #
- The world's longest joke http://t.co/yexVEsNQ #
- The Law of Marketing Leadership #startups http://t.co/VAiZWAAF via @TheStartupDaily #
- Touching video done with stop motion and Google Streetview http://t.co/esat77jH #
Weekly Twitter digest for 2011-11-20
- Swype for Android is a revolutionary way to type on touchscreens. I've increased my typing speed by at least twofold! #
- For those who find themselves lost in their emails or ever wanted to schedule an email / reminder, get Boomerang Gmail! http://t.co/hKl1nsxR #
- YAY! Better, cheaper shipping on Postertext – Free shipping (http://t.co/OotYzFZ9) and cheaper shipping options (http://t.co/D9sgAY0z) #
- What a great feeling to work so hard on something & to have it lead to great results. Best thing is there's even bigger work that lies ahead #
Protect your business and personal data with a VPN
If you’re like me, you hop from public WIFI to WIFI. It’s the only way to establish a fast, stable internet connection while working on the road. Plus, you don’t have to pay for it.
Free WIFI is pretty sweet but your sensitive data is left bare naked to prying eyes. Those that are connected to the same network can easily intercept incoming/outgoing packets and decipher the data you send and receive from your computer – meaning, those important business emails or your credit card information is at risk of being stolen.
Luckily, there’s a way to combat this. Get a virtual private network (VPN).
I don’t want to get too deep into how VPN’s work but you should at least know the main premise:
1) Data to/from your computer is packaged with an outer layer of data (this is called tunnelling for those who are interested).
2) The internet connection you are connected to transports this packaged data to your VPN and vice versa. Because your sensitive data is packaged within this outer layer, it is secure from deciphering.
3) The internet connection you are using (the public WIFI) acts like a conduit to transport this package, whereas your VPN acts as a hub – allowing you to browse the internet through the VPN.
If you’re still not with me, this simple analogy will help demystify it. And just for kicks, I’ll use a Paint-app to illustrate what I mean.
Well…that didn’t work out very well. And now my fingers are all cramped up – I’m using the mousepad.
Anyways, the analogy is that the data is your car. And you’re speeding down the road, which is the public WIFI connection. The destination is the city, which is your VPN (the hub – get it?! ahh hahaha). While in the city you can have all your vice and sins – which effectively describes what you do on the internet. Then, after you collect your fun and bring it back to your car you drive back home, which is your laptop – something I forgot to add to my illustration (I’m really bad at this). The difference is that the car has to make trips back and forth to carry back the fun to your home so you can do what you wan with it.
Okay…I think I’m just going to give up on this analogy. You can read an actual comprehensible analogy here: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/vpn1.htm
What is nice about using a VPN is that your internet experience becomes that of the country where the VPN is hosted. This is a big plus if you frequently find yourself unable to access US-only content, such as Pandora, Hulu, ABC news etc..With a VPN, the website sees your connection as originating from the US.
The VPN I’m using now is from 12vpn. I did a bit of research on other providers before settling down with them. Many people on the web find their service and connection speed to be fantastic. You also get access to not one VPN server but 20+ servers spread across the world. In case, you know, you want to view Germany-only content. The price is very fair as well.
If you often connect to public WIFI, then you should definitely get an account with 12vpn.