Archive for January, 2009

Virtualization Tools for Global Nomads, USA Edition, Update for early 2009

I recently discovered http://www.postful.com/ as a virtualization tool, and decided to repost my current tools for maintaining a remote presence in the United States while living in Asia.

http://www.earthclassmail.com/ is a remote mailbox/remailer that can scan items into pdf. $9.95 x 12 at one time (March 17, 2009 + 9.95/mo. (for Seattle [...]

January 30, 2009 • Tags: , , , , • Posted in: travel • No Comments

Skype is Evil – Other VOIP Options

Skype has revealed themselves to be evil in the latest spyware fiasco. So what are the other options? Let’s look at the various criteria:

Softphone for Desktop Win/Mac/Nix Softphone for Mobile S60 DID Provider

Softphone for Desktop

A softphone is a software SIP phone implementation. SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol, basically an open standard for telephony. There are a [...]

January 30, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: voip • One Comment

Tachilek, Myanmar Market

Tachilek, Myanmar Market, originally uploaded by jeffmcneill.

January 25, 2009 • Posted in: flickr • No Comments

Burmese Tea and Cakes, 21 Baht, Tachilek, Myanmar

Burmese Tea and Cakes, 21 Baht, Tachilek, Myanmar, originally uploaded by jeffmcneill.

There were many other sights and sounds and gustatory experiences in Tachilek, Myanmar. However, I am growing less and less enamoured of simply taking out the camera (however disguised it is as my cell phone) and taking pictures. I will describe some of what [...]

January 25, 2009 • Posted in: flickr • No Comments

Birds in cages – meritorious to set them free

Birds in cages, originally uploaded by jeffmcneill.

January 16, 2009 • Posted in: flickr • No Comments

Temple Bell, Wat Rampoeng

Temple Bell, Wat Rampoeng, originally uploaded by jeffmcneill.

January 15, 2009 • Posted in: flickr • No Comments

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Vexillologically speaking

Vexillologically speaking, George Vancouver gave King Kamehameha a British flag (a predecessor to the Union Jack).

Vancouver and the Hawaiian Islands

Captain James Cook was the first European to step foot on Vancouver Island in 1778, which was between his discovery and naming of the Sandwich Islands in 1778 (sailing into Waimea harbor, Kauai) and his [...]

Habitum Alteram Naturam – Part 3

Simplicity and Complexity

Habits are simple, nature complex. This formulation is meant to help understand how to talk about and act regarding the future. Change is necessary, and it is even possible. How do we conceive of this possibility? How do we talk about it?

The real question regarding talk, is to what degree is talking needed [...]

January 12, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: future • No Comments

Main Chedi, Wat Rampoeng

Main Chedi, Wat Rampoeng, originally uploaded by jeffmcneill.

January 9, 2009 • Posted in: flickr • No Comments