Archive for April, 2008

Yesterday was some day. Our overnite bus down the east coast of Malaysia broke down at 5:00 AM, stranding us in the middle of nowhere. A ludicrously expensive taxi (by Malay standards: 100 ringgit = 33 USD = 2 hour cab ride) got us to the airport a comforting 10 hours early. Due to the… »

Dear Visa,
Over the last few days I’ve spent many frustrating hours trying to book an AirAsia ticket over an hsdpa connection from a sandy tropical island. Not fun. Once the lethargic AirAsia site actually allowed me to book a ticket, the payment process was interrupted by something called “Verified by Visa” - a mysterious page… »

I recently spent six weeks volunteering in the depths of rural Bangladesh. During that time, I lived in a town of 50,000 people (Rayenda) – of which about 30% had electricity (which went out for hours at a time, several times a day), few had running water, nobody had a landline, and the only car… »

Good connection speeds on 3G wireless here in Malaysia - posting this from a sandy dinner table at a restaurant on the beach in Pulau Kapas — good… »

Dear Everybody - please title your blogs with something useful. Seriously - I’ve been digging through the feed prospects that TechWatching and WheelScore have turned up, and for most of them you can tell absolutely nothing from their titles. For example:

“Steve-o’s Blog” - about what?
“Just Another Blog” - I have no reason to follow this… »

From extraordinary photographer Jeff Johns in Los Angeles, who came out to Bangladesh for his two weeks of vacation to help… »

I’m finding Twitter to be alarmingly useful for quick posts from the road or my phone, so you’ll see my Twitter volume increase, and (as you may have noticed!) my TechFold blog be updated intermittently (apologies).
Anyway, you can follow me on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/dreadsword
or read our travel blog: http://venturefar.wordpress.com
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Wheelscore is a second deployment of the TechWatching algorithm, now live and alive at http://wheelscore.com. If you’re into cars, you’ll like it. Feedback appreciated!
As noted on Twitter, there’s three more memetrackers in the works for launches in the next few weeks as well - stay tuned!
Btw - I’m out of Bangladesh, currently in the Cameron… »