My photo smiling back at me got a nice mention in The Online Photographer: Justin Watt’s Incredible Encounter (and Other Updates) #
I have few memories of Siem Reap itself from 2003. Any that might have remained were likely overwhelmed by either my experience of Angkor or the frenetic pace of development that has seized the town (thanks to the unrelenting flow…
We spent all afternoon on our second day with the guide at Angkor Wat—nearly until sunset. Compared to my first trip, the weather was gorgeous: rich blue skies with beautiful clouds. The expansive Angkor Wat from across the moat The…
Ta Prohm was the highlight of our third day at Angkor. Here’s where our guide’s services came in handy. We got off our tuktuk at one corner of the temple’s outer wall and started hiking along it. We walked for…
What did we do in Cambodia besides be awestruck by Angkor? We toured a silk farm. We visited the new Angkor National Museum. We got $5 foot massages. We went horseback riding in the Siem Reap countryside. We shopped for…
Note: I actually wrote this back in December to post in January, but there was never a suitable gap in the travelogue to put up something non-trip-related. However, now that the dreaded tax season is upon us, I figured: better…
Back in 2007 I stumbled upon something called a QR Code. It was a neat two-dimensional barcode that encodes textual information visually—with URLs being a promising application for the emerging smartphone market (thanks to the release of the iPhone that…
Displaced cargo containers after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (photo by Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press) More at The Big Picture: Japan: earthquake aftermath
Back in May of last year I stumbled upon a blog post about Twitter’s new office. What stood out for me the most were the paintings of San Francisco’s classic 49 Mile Drive sign. (Funny, I don’t think I originally…
We were a little nervous after we learned—a few weeks before our cruise—that a junk boat sank in Hạ Long Bay (also spelled: Halong Bay) killing 12 people (11 of them foreign tourists). We’ve put a lot of things at…
The first thing we do when we arrive in a new place is look for a cooking class. Laos was no exception. We came to Luang Prabang (after several dreary, unmemorable days in Hanoi, post Hạ Long Bay) happy to…
It wasn’t until we saw the third or fourth person riding a scooter with an umbrella (on our first afternoon in Luang Prabang, Laos) that we realized it was “a thing”. It wasn’t raining—the umbrellas were simply shade from the…
Jodi Ettenberg heard about my transpacific “wifi” antics via Waxy (or was it MetaFilter?), and sent me an email last September while we were still en route. Once we’d settled back into full bandwidth life on land, I looked back…
At this point you might be wondering, “What is this, some kind of cooking class blog?” I won’t lie to you, the idea of attending every cooking class I can get my hands on and then reviewing them (Lonely-Planet-style) definitely…
My photo smiling back at me got a nice mention in The Online Photographer: Justin Watt’s Incredible Encounter (and Other Updates) #
Need to get me one of these: CrocoNut Wrenches #
Like lorem ipsum, but for photos. Of kittens. placekitten #
Umm, Stephanie: New iPhone App for Cheese Lovers #
Even simpler than the MOTOFONE F3: John’s Phone, but the best part:
The back of the phone features a flap containing an address book and a pen
Ha! #
They went to our In-N-Out! The Ultimate In-N-Out Secret Menu (and Super Secret Menu!) Survival Guide (I mean, the one FM Tech used to go to north of Sausalito) #
Animal I never knew existed until today, when I learned that it’s illegal to take them out of Vietnam: Pangolin (aka the scaly anteater) #
Yay! In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges #
Quoting Stephanie, “traveling all the time is [not] all rainbows and unicorns“. If you’re dreaming about taking 12, 6, or even 3 months off to travel, check out her post on Craving familiarity #
Super sad story: Wren Jones (be wary of homebirth, homeopathy) #
Props to FM for making #27 on The Wall Street Journal’s “Next Big Thing 2011” list #
Scary! Tourists heading to Thailand warned after spate of mysterious deaths #
I love the way this sounds: Dandelion Pesto (though was expecting it to be yellow) #
Great production qualities on this video by David Lebovitz: A Visit to Patrick Roger Chocolate #
Why wasn’t this guy at our hotel in Siem Reap?—which played Careless Whisper incessantly (it’s actually not that bad a song, but that sax riff drives me nuts) #
And to think, we saw it the day they moved in: now Leona & Philip’s loft has been featured on Apartment Therapy (for the “first” time) #
I’d love to ride on one of these: Maersk’s New Container Vessels Will Be Biggest Ships in the World #
Neat video that probes the uneasy intersection between a photo “gone viral” and copyright: Fstoppers Original: The Stolen Scream (this is even more interesting because the image went “viral” in meatspace) #
To do next time I find myself in Evanston, Illinois: Edzo’s Burger Shop #
Oh dear, looks like Stephanie might have a hard time getting to India: Tourists stranded by Thai flooding (she was planning on taking a ferry from Koh Phangan to Koh Samui tomorrow to catch her Thursday morning flight to Bangkok, but everything has been canceled…)
Update, March 30, 2011: It’s official, Stephanie is stranded on Koh Phangan, with no boats leaving the island, and no definite sense as to when service will be restored. Apparently Thailand has sent their only aircraft carrier to the region to help evacuate people. Now trying to rejigger our travel plans. Hello Bangkok! Here’s some crazy photos of the aircraft carrier rescuing people: Hangar Ship To Rescue Tourists and Locals
Update, March 31, 2011: Stephanie is currently on a boat to Koh Samui, and the weather is much calmer today. She thinks she has a seat on a flight to Bangkok tonight at 5:45pm. I’m already in Bangkok at a hostel eagerly awaiting her arrival.
Update, April 1, 2011: Stephanie made it safely to Bangkok last night. #
Posts like this remind me how much I like building small form factor (aka Mini-ITX) home PCs: Revisiting the Home Theater PC
Also exciting: Intel doubles capacity, drops price in refresh of popular SSD line #
I want this car: Petite Italian Model Seeks Love in America (more good Fiat 500 news) #