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A New Internet Cafe in Cebu

August 12, 2014 – 1:45 pm
A Typical Small Internet Cafe

There is a crazy homeless dude outside the 7-11 window this morning. He’s got dirty rasta-style locks of hair going down to his waist. Black skin from the layers of dirt. Wearing one flip-flop on his right foot. Holding two flip-flops in his hands. I haven’t seen this guy too often. I saw him yesterday, and he nearly ran right into me. That’s one thing …

“Hosting Account Suspended” and Other Tech Troubles

February 27, 2014 – 7:16 am
Hosting Account Suspended

Lesson learned: When downloading podcasts in an Internet café, save the downloads directly to a memory card or flash drive. Otherwise – disaster.
Yesterday morning, I spent three hours in an Internet café in Cebu updating my favorite podcasts. I saved the files to the computer’s desktop, intending to copy them all to my MP3 player when I was finished. Unfortunately, the computer crashed. In the …

Hostel Bathrooom & Cagsawa Ruins – Legazpi

April 4, 2013 – 10:24 am
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Thursday April 4, 2013
6:30 a.m. Mayon Backpackers Hostel, Legazpi
Yesterday, I uploaded a large part of my journal plus some pictures at an Internet café near the hostel, and it worked out fairly well. I am using an AlphaSmart Neo still and in order to download the contents, I have to attach it to a computer with a USB cable. That turns the NEO into an …