The place I was staying in last night requires me to register my devices’ MAC addresses with their access points to be given access. I couldn’t help but think that they could be tracking my online activities with this.
Of course, the reason they’re probably doing MAC Address Filtering is to make it harder for people not staying in the hotel to piggyback off their connection. Most places will just have a Wi-Fi password. But …
I spent 5 weeks in Buenos Aires, the longest I’ve ever spent in one place while traveling in Latin America. It’s a big, lively city with plenty of things to see and do. You can tell the strong European influence in the city as soon as you arrive with its European style architecture. The people also look more European, there seems to be a lot of Italian-Spanish mix. It’s been sometimes referred to as the …
I use self-signed certificates for my websites and I finally found the security warnings in Google Chrome (Chromium) annoying enough that I decided to do something about it. When you’re accessing your sites many times a day, that extra step of clicking “continue” adds up. The solution is to add the certificate and make it “trusted” in the certificate store that Google Chrome uses.
On Windows, this is very easy to do. You simply export …
When I was in Bohol a few weeks ago, I checked out some packaged day tours to see the Chocolate Hills, the Tarsier Conservation Area, and the Loboc River but found them very expensive, especially since I’m by myself. Most tours also require at least 2 people.
Fortunately, exploring on your own is easy and a lot cheaper using public transportation than taking the tour. Plus you’re on your own schedule, you can spend as …
When I was planning what to pack for my RTW trip, one thing that I was definitely sure I wouldn’t bring was a pair of jeans. I brought 2 travel pants with me instead due to the following reasons:
1. Jeans take up a lot of room.
2. Are heavy.
3. Hard to wash.
4. Take a long time to dry.
I focused too much on the disadvantages that I didn’t realize until about 7 …