CNN.com - Trash guidebook, pack a podcast - Jul 8, 2005

First there is blog, then Moblog. And now i think the next big thing
would be "PodCast!" Hmm...I've made used of blog and Moblog.
Now, how can i make use of this new trend? Doing free Podcast
on how to do vipassana meditation? :)

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Trash guidebook, pack a podcast
By Nick Easen for CNN


Friday, July 8, 2005 Posted: 0950 GMT (1750 HKT)


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Manage Alerts | What Is This? LONDON, England (CNN) -- Rather than packing a weighty guidebook into your already heavy luggage, you can now download a city tour using your mobile MP3 player, such as an iPod.

The technology, known as podcasting, involves downloading audio content from the Internet, and is being lauded by the travel industry as an upcoming trend for globetrotters.

The cutting-edge tourist aid is being used by one British airline, Virgin Atlantic, who is offering a series of free audio guides on New York city, including tracks focusing on popular restaurants, shopping, and sites that are off-the-beaten-track.

"Podcasting gives us a fantastic opportunity to communicate with our customers in a new and innovative way," says Breda Bubear, head of advertising at Virgin Atlantic.

The airline is looking at other podcasts for destinations it flies to.

You will be able to receive them when you register online and use its "podcatcher" software -- that way new podcasts will download automatically to your computer and then your mobile device.

The city of Glasgow is also utilizing podcasts, by piloting one of the world's first official "iTours." This free audio guide focuses on the city's musical hotspots.

Music and commentary from a local DJ are interspersed by advertisements for a local brewery, who helped support the project. It is accompanied by a map that you can download and print from the Web site.

According to the UK's Observer newspaper, similar music tours are being developed for other cities, including Manchester and Liverpool and New York.

It is not just airlines and tourist offices that are realizing the importance of portable music devices for travelers, hotel chains are also getting in on the act.

Hilton hotels in the U.S. are installing new clocks that have a connection cable for portable music devices so that guests can listen to their favorite tunes away from home.

While W Hotels have fitted iPod chargers in their suites, you can also borrow iPods from the concierge that contain music tracks picked out by the hotel. This is also true at the Hardrock Hotel in Chicago.

W hotels have also had musicians perform at its hotels and iTunes -- Apple's music company Internet download Web site -- have recorded the event and made a "live from the W" version available for download.

W hotels also has its own playlist on iTunes, which includes a compilation of music from its music collection.

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Podcast--the next big thing after Blog!

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I learned how to juggle Chinese health balls today!

I bought this set of Chinese health balls from HK during my latest trip. It's not just ordinary painted health balls, mind you! It is hallowed and it feels like there is some spring and metal mechanism inside. When you shake it it will make a sound similar to the metal mobile that you hang over your window or corner of your room for Feng Shui purpose. You know, the ting-a-ling you hear at some temples!

Not content with just rolling this magnificent balls in my hand, I decide to try juggling with it. I dropped it a couple of times first when I tried to go to fast, once on my right foot! Ouch! :-P Anyway, at last I figured it out. Now I can juggle clockwise and anti-clockwise! Try it, it's fun! I think it helps wake up your brain and motor skills! :)

News: Stay Thin by Sleeping More(!)

Now I know why I'm fat! ha! :-P

Yahoo! News - Stay Thin by Sleeping More?: "Stay Thin by Sleeping More?


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By Michael Conlon
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A study published on Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat, and experts said it's time find if more sleep will fight obesity. "

The hot gadgets of 2005

I read about this on CNN/Money and will post more about it soon.
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The buzz is about Sony's PlayStation Portable, even bigger TVs and an 'electronic Swiss Army knife.'January 7, 2005: 12:43 PM EST By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Better. Bigger. Faster. Cheaper. And of course, it's not "hot" unless its wireless and portable.


Those are the trends consumers will be seeing in the "must-have" gadgets and gizmos of 2005.

Went to Pantip Today

Was there on business. There were lots of people today at Pantip. Not my fav hanging out place, anyway.

One guy walked up to me and ask if I care for a porn flick. "หนังโป๊ไหมพี่?" The other guy came around to ask if I'd love a pirate copy of games. Finally, one smiling guy even whispered if I'd like to have a gay porn!

All this is a bit too heady for me since I haven't been there for a while. Seems like business is up and running as usual in that sinful little corner of the world...

Now I'm back, safe and sound. Phewwww..... By the way, today's children's day in Thailand. Have a good one, guys!