January 2012
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Laos and the strangely ambiguous but functioning...
Funny how the biggest carrier in Laos that has a perfectly functioning corporate website doesn’t provide a basic information like how to enable 3G manually.
At the time of this writing, Unitel of Laos is yet a member of iPhone’s 100+ official carriers. That said, enabling 3G connection on your iPhone needs a little more work than a regular Stupidphone like your old Nokia.
Also at the...
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Days To Come
Saigon, Jan 1, 2012, 02:05 AM.
The loud music dances with the blinding lights. On one end, a company of glamourous stage stars were singing westernized Vietnamese pop tunes. The passionate crowd dances to the music and the lights guide the night.
As I stand amidst thousands of strangers who were celebrating the coming new days of 2012, I witnessed a different kind of celebration inside. As the...
December 2011
6 posts
The Last Boyfriend and His First Wife
Guy: "Mrs. Long is that your husband?"
Mrs. Long: "Ask him."
Mr. Long: "I was his last boyfriend."
Guy: "But she is your first and only wife, yes?"
HCMC, Vietnam.
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"Chickenshit"
MG Siegler on tech opinion:
I don’t know about you, but when I read my favorite technology writers, I want an opinion. Is the iPhone 4S the best smartphone, or is it the Galaxy Nexus? I need to buy one, I can’t buy both. Topolsky never gives us that. Instead, he pussyfoots around it. One is great at some things, the other is great at others. Barf.
Fucking pick one. I bet that even now he won’t.
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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'Steve'
I could argue that his greatest legacy is the phone I’m now holding in my hand, but his real creation is the company that makes it all happen, one that he passionately started, nurtured and elegantly passed on.
His greatest strength is knowing what people are capable of, and meticulously capacitate them to see things beyond the horizon, outside their realm of possibility. The resulting...
'Joke'
The following has been virally circulated across social media and email as multiple forwards.
This has been purely fictional.
A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Washington , DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her
Inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.
The...
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Flipboard's missing 'Love' Folder
When I tweeted the idea of having a ‘Love’ folder on Flipboard, the CEO, @mmccue shouted: “…cool idea. Thanks! Stay tuned :-)”.
The cute smiley face was real, and I appreciate his love for it, but there’s no actual timeline when or how they will implement it.
When you favourite an item, Flipboard tags it to the corresponding account, a tweet will go to your...
July 2011
4 posts
“Capitalism is based on the economics of the industrial era, economics of...”
– Monitor Group founder Chris Meyer at TED Global (via curiositycounts)
June 2011
9 posts
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What I Believe in Minimalism →
“live with everything you need and nothing you don’t.”
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
– African Proverb (via oceanofmind)
May 2011
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April 2011
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Noir for iPhone →
We Live in a Cruel, Wild World →
The Photo Book Club →
Langdon Graves →
Built for Human →
When Gravity Fails →
Chicago, 1949. →
March 2011
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iMedia Browser 2 →
To All the Crazies… →
Photographers are Pertinacious →