April 22, 2012

  • Lost Photos and Travel Plans

    I am way overdue for a post. Sorry about the delay.

    I used to use a photo sharing site called Image Cave. Without any warning, the domain disappeared. With it are all of the photos I had posted here. I do not know how many photos are lost forever because of the irresponsibility of the "fine folks" at Image Cave. I have many pictures saved on both Facebook and on Myspace, but the ones I shared here on Xanga were posted through the missing website. It's a drag. I had a number of photos saved to various storage drives, but two are forever gone, and a third appears to be shot, as well. So far only the thumb drives have any kind of resiliency. I carry two Kensington 4 gig drives and one 1 gig drive with me everywhere I go. They are second generation USB drives about the size of your thumb, maybe smaller. I also have a third generation USB drive that is very small. In the future all photos will be stored on thumb drives. External hard drives are an epic failure to me. As for photo sharing sites, the experience with Image Cave is negative enough to where I doubt I will use them in the future.

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    I am preparing to attend teacher orientation in Pattaya one week from today. I have never been to Pattaya, one of the more famous tourist traps in Thailand. The orientation begins on Monday and goes through the week. After the orientation, there will be paperwork to pick up to take to the Thai embassy in Laos so I can get a non-B visa and work in the government school. I should be gone for about a week-and-a-half. School starts in less than a month. Just need to get some money ready for the trip.

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    Last weekend Thailand celebrated the new year by splashing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water on each other. The three day holiday was enjoyed by everyone, especially the ones who stayed inside and didn't get wet. Songkran is not my favorite holiday.