So, just getting ready to head back to Bangkok after a relaxing weekend in Hua Hin and Ked goes off to grab a bite of Thai food and my friend H and I walk around the corner and decide to eat at The Fat Cat.
The girl comes over to take our order and she's talking at barely above a whisper. She's standing right next to me and I can barely hear her. H asks her to repeat herself because he can't hear her. She mutters something again and H says "Come closer, dear. I can't hear a word you're sa
Anybody have any Hua Hin hotel recommendations? I'll likely be heading down there this weekend with a friend who is in from out of town who would like to see something other than Bangkok.
Something 3-star'ish or so would be nice.
We never really promoted the Facebook page much but people kept finding and now with the new TF working more closely with FB we've finally grown to 999 members. Who wants to put us over the top at 1000?
If you haven't already Liked our TF page come on over and help us get over the magic 999 number :-)
I was reading about this guy who "invented" a meter for motorcycle taxis. I think it's an interesting concept but I'm not convinced the guy will make any money off of it. First off, he seems to have done absolutely zero market research to determine if there's a demand. He simply thought: Motorcycle Taxi + Meter = Huge Profits!!!!!!
It's a two part problem:
1. If it reduces fares the motocycle taxi drivers will refuse to use them.
2. If it increases fares passengers won't want the driver
We've been mentioned by Stickman a few times over the years and he's always had kind words for this site. He caught our recent upgrade and had this to say:
Last night Ked and I went on a river diner cruise. I am still shaking my head at the complete lack of any sort of common courtesy some people exhibit. And they do it with absolutely no shame whatsoever.
Dinner was buffet style and you had people blatantly throwing elbows forcing their way ahead of others. But then you had people like this one guy who completely filled his plate with prawns. No, not just filled his plate, he took every single prawn that was in the serving dish. My guess i
For the last several days I've been struggling with my internet connection. To put it mildly, it sucks. At times it will come to a total standstill and I'm doing work on TF and it's taking forever. Or worse, I start to think the problem is on TF and I'm checking all sorts of server load metrics and everything and trying to figure out why accessing TF is slow, Google is speedy, this or that poker site is slow, etc. etc.
Now I keep my iPad next to my computer and use that as a baseline for w
A few years ago I ran across the phrase "rigtard" in the poker community to describe people who think online poker is rigged and continue to play. They go around to message boards and blogs and rant and rave about how the game is rigged (because they can't win) but they continue to keep playing. Somehow the word rigtard seemed so fitting.
So when I saw someone from one of the largest SEO (search engine marketing) sites use the phrase "freetard" I was fairly intrigued. It may have been coin
BANGKOK, THAILAND
Thailand's Ministry of Public Health issued a stern warning to producers of lakorns (Thai soap operas) warning that they are putting the health of their actors in serious jeopardy. The unusually stern warning came after Ch. 7 actress Ann Pornasurat was rushed to the hospital during the filming.
Doctors say the actress arrived near death suffering from fatigue, difficulty breathings, dizziness, and low blood pressure. She was immediately diagnosed as being severely dehydr
Several years back I was out at what is now known as Climax but was once Spice on Soi 11. I met a girl there who seemed to be very different from a lot of girls I had met. She was very smart (she claimed to have an MBA), very savvy about the world (current events, philosophy, etc) and a somewhat serious sort of business woman.
We left the club and had something to eat at some restaurant and before we parted ways she gave me her phone number. She typed her phone number into my phone and tol
Rob and I are proud to announce the birth of the new TF. Yes, just like a real birth this also involved hours of painful labor but it's done and everyone can now see what we've been so excited about.
Please feel free to look around and get familiar with the new site. We've set up a few forums that might be helpful.
TF v3.0 (and beyond) Suggestions is a thread so you can give us feedback and How Do I? is a thread where you can ask how you do things in the new TF. You can also check out th
Had a lot of fun at Charlie Brown's last night. You sort of get used to seeing only Thai or Filipino bands after awhile and seeing a good Salsa band playing some Spanish tunes you realize the lack of musical diversity here in Bangkok.
