Best time to plan a vacation is right now [ June 23rd, 2009 ] Posted in » PKL

I love Thailand, and I visit the country almost every year. There are still many parts of Thailand which I need to explore. This year, something came up which has caused me to move up my vacation plans. What has happened? Accor Hotels City Super Sale has happened. Accor hotels are usually very good quality, and when a sale happens, it would be foolish not to take advantage of it. There is a sale on, and it is for a limited time period only, so I will be sure to make my reservations now.

Every visit of mine to Thailand ends with a few days in Bangkok – great shopping and sight seeing. I like to stay in an around the city center, because you can walk to so many of the malls. So, when I checked the rates for hotels in Bangkok, it blew me away. The hotel I usually stay in (The All Seasons Sathorn) is available only for $25.50 per night. That is just too good. I think I will spend one extra day shopping this time around just because the saving on the hotel rent will pay for whatever I buy extra :)

So, after I return from Pattaya, I am going to be spending 3-4 days in Bangkok, enjoying the local scene there. The good thing is that this Super Sale is not limited to Thailand – rates for Accor hotels in 27 cities across 10 countries have been slashed for this sale.You are going to be able to enjoy up to 60% discounts on the hotel rates if you book online before June 29. You can plan your stay between July 10 and end of September of this year (visit the link to get more details and a first-person view of the fabulous discounts).

Happy Vacationing!

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Nothing funnier that kiddy-speak

One of the most interesting sites on the Internet is one that was put up by Scott Hanselman (as a way to record the words of wisdom of his kids). He opened it up so that others could make submissions as well. The site is called overheard@home. Here are some classic examples from the website:

3 yr old, watching the second hand…

"It’s 7 o’clock….now it’s 8 o’clock…now it’s NINE o’clock!!!"

And this one:

Watching the Pixar movie "WALL-E"

7 year old - "ha ha, WALL-E thinks the booby trap is a pair of sunglasses!"

Me - "Erm, that’s not called a booby trap, its called a bra."

What about this one:

3.5 year old girl to her mother: “Mama, who hatched me?”

Mother: “I GAVE BIRTH to you, honey.”

Daughter: “And Max too?”

Mother: “And Max.”

Daughter: "So you had TWO children!?"

Mother: "Yes."

Daughter: "And what did daddy do?"

There are so many gems on that website that you can go on and on. And it is updated regularly as well. I have it in my bookmarks.

June 23rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Painting Twitter’s history

 

Twitter is the hottest thing on the Internet right now, and rightly so. I blog less and tweet more. Its just so much easier to do it. TechCrunch found a picture describing Twitter’s history. Here’s what it looks like:

 

 

Not too many words are needed for this post (a picture is worth… ). Also click on the image to go to the TechCrunch article.

June 23rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Speeding up Windows Vista

Even though Windows 7 is on the horizon, many of us will be stuck with Windows Vista for a long time to come. And since Vista was born with a performance handicap, we will suffer from that as well, unless we do something about it. There are many ways to tweak Windows Vista’s performance, and the easiest is to get expensive high performance hardware. However, even within your limited hardware there are tweaks that can be applied to ensure better performance.

Now, you can go around the Internet searching for these “tweaks” and applying them one by one – or you can take help. And we all know that good help is never free, but it doesn’t have to be expensive as well. Well, here’s a sales pitch that has to stop you and make you think – this might be worthwhile – follow the instructions for 30 seconds worth, and make your computer 500% faster – or get your money back (the money in question is 5 cents short of $13.00).

So, if you need your computer running Windows Vista to be a bit snappier than usual do click on that computer link. Come back here to let us know how it turned out.

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June 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This is how we roll in India

This video has been doing the rounds, and since it was shot about 10 kilometers from where I live, I thought it would be appropriate to share it:


This is How We Roll in India - The funniest bloopers are right here

June 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Honesty, the best policy?

One of my favorite cartoonists recently reminded us that honesty is the best policy… or is it? You decide:

June 19th, 2009 | Leave a Comment

If you are a football fan, Direct TV is your best friend

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All 32 teams of the NFL are about to hit camp next month so that they are ready for the pre-season in August. If you are a football fan, you don’t want to miss any action this year. You want to watch every game, of every team, complete with player tracking. What can you do? The best thing you can do for yourself is to shake hands with Direct TV. Direct TV is the only provider which can bring you action from every team and every game.

The Direct TV NFL Sunday Ticket gives you access to 200 NFL games (14 of them every Sunday), player tracking, and also access to the NFL network. Like I said, if you are a football fan Direct TV is your best friend. Their package is made custom for football lovers. For instance, the player tracker allows you to choose your favorite 18 players, and will send updates to your screen whenever one of these players makes a big play.

The NFL Network access grants you 24 hour information – news, information shows game previews, coaches, players, press conferences, pre-season live games, and much more.The interactive receiver allows you to get detailed player statistics, real-time score feeds, and live updates from other games while you are watching your current game.

Of course, as always there is a benefit for being the early bird (you are getting a discount if you subscribe now). So, what are you waiting for?

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June 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

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