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Clearer directions to Doho Lodge
It’s now my second week in Ethiopia (more on that eventually), and last weekend, we did a road trip to Doho Lodge. The lodge was absolutely fabulous, as you will see from reviews elsewhere. Incredible hot springs (some of the best I’ve ever been to), really nice lodging, and limited–but absolutely delicious–food options (including a…
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Getting my Garmin Forerunner to properly Sync with Spotify
Just a quick note on my experience getting my Garmin device to sync with Spotify. I see from the Garmin Forum and Reddit that this seems to be a notoriously difficult challenge. On my home network (which uses Orbi Wifi routers broadcasting at both 2.4 and 5ghz), no matter what I did, my Forerunner 745…
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Visiting the Urungach Lake: Rules/Advice as of June 2020
Just a quick little file note in case people want to know the latest rules – and are looking for some practical advice – about visiting the Urungach Lakes (also known as the Jade Lakes or Нефритовые озера Урунгач) in Uzbekistan. We found lots of advertorials about the lakes, and some rough guidance on the…
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Reeder 4 Initial Installation
For the longest time, I’ve consumed most of my (non-Twitter) news via RSS feeds. RSS feeds are an incredibly convenient way of bringing different newsfeeds from different websites and informations sources together. I’ve experimented with different types of RSS readers over the years, and my favorites have been Digg, Unread, and more recently, I’ve switched…
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Understanding Chase’s awful terrible no good Verified by Visa integration.
This is a long and somewhat technical rant. tl;dr: If you are planning to spend lengthy periods outside the United States, or are someone who frequently buys things on overseas websites, using the Chase Sapphire as your primary card is a major challenge due to the way Chase chooses to manage Verified by Visa authentication…
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Two more weeks until the Silk Road adventure begins!
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A huge thank you to @flyairnz Andrea and Stuart for their help and for rebooking me. #AirNZ is one of the things I’ll miss most when we’re away from home for the next three years.
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I wonder if there are any empirical papers estimating the productivity/welfare loss to society from people deciding to wait the extra ten seconds for their Secure ID / 2FA tokens to refresh.
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@nytimes comes to the rescue with pop-anthropology reading recommendations. The Stuart Kirsch book is based on his PNG experiences and will be my first pick. But Romanian secret police files also sounds fab! http://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/books/review/katherine-verdery-my-life-as-a-spy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Just the kind of story I want to read during a bout of insomnia. Thanks @voxdotcom!