When I travel I like to stay in places where I get to mix with the people.

Usually this means small, apartment style hotels.

The last time I was in Phuket I stayed at such a place where I had a small apartment with a full kitchen and a balcony overlooking the back alley, or as they call it, soi.

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Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring success on what it takes to be great, and it turns out it has nothing to do with god given talent.

If you are thinking about starting your own business or just want to get better at your job the key is to practice, practice, practice.

Identify the skill sets that you will need, obtain the necessary training and then be prepared to do some serious practice.

Even though I do not like being held hostage when it comes to leaving eBay feedback, the phone I bought for $35.98 is fantastic.

I left the seller a 5 star rating, well deserved.

The phone is solid and easy to use, came with two batteries and shipping was free.

Today I bought a relatively cheap cell phone on ebay to be used on my upcoming trip next month to Singapore and Thailand.

The phone looks good and has all of the functions I need while travelling, not to mention it is a quad band and it will work anywhere I travel. If I lost the phone, no big deal. I even bought an activated simm card on ebay two years ago. I make sure I top it off just before I head home so that it will be good for another year.

But this quote from the seller is what erks me about Ebay’s feedback policy.

While I work away in my dusty office towards my reporting deadline on November 30th, it is nice just to sit back and enjoy young, talented artists.

I have been away giving birth to a kidney stone. I will not gross you out with the details. I went to the emergency and had to wait my turn, a pain, but not the end of the world. I was then admitted when it was discovered I was going through renal failure. I then [...]

I am a fan of Sci-Fi and I am fascinated by new technology, especially if I read about it 20 years ago when it was just theory. In high school I wrote a short story where we would interact with the world through holographic images. Televisions were no longer a physical object but high definition [...]

Please do not get me wrong, I am not passing judgement, some people feel that I am a moron and based on the particular context they are probably not wrong.

I was reading ReadWriteWeb during my lunch today and specifically the article “Are Trolls Ruining Social Media?”

Philosophers have pondered the question “what is the meaning of life”

Theologians have argued over that question.

Scientists have prodded all kinds of things looking for the answer to that question.

In quiet times you may have even asked yourself that question.