Catching up on Bar talk

Internet

Connections lately have been garbage, to keep it politely.
Dozens of connection errors by the hour. Uploading one photograph which normally takes 15 seconds is now at 5 minutes and still waiting.
Over half a dozen undersea cables were recently severed by Typhoon Morakat.
They are working frantically to restore the cables. We know quite well what that means!! The last time service was disrupted with the same magnitude was 2006.

GOOGLE SEARCH gets it's first improvements since 2006

Hailed as Google Caffeine it is still in Beta testing.

There's a preview at Google Webmaster Central.

I tried it, not overly impressed. I'll be impressed when I can search entries by posting date. Most searches I am still getting pages which have not been updated in the past five years: Lot's of Garbage.

Thailand

Another high profile ladyboy crime.
Less than a month ago an Australian naval officer lost his laptop to a thieving ladyboy. This time it's the Afghan judo coach. He's in Thailand for the first Asian Martial Arts Games. He left the lady and his drink unattended and went to another room. He had no idea that the lady was a man. Read the full story at THAI VISA

Pirated goods still preferred cause they are cheaper.

More measures to revive Thailand Tourism. Visa fee exemption extension, national parks fees discounts, cash loans for tour operators...

... rather prosperous country like Thailand.. Church folk giving out reading glasses with bibles

Baby Elephant wedged in street manhole rescued. FOX NEWS

Tamiflu may not help fight AH1N1. Stop wanking to avoid the flu according to one medical recommendation THAI VISA

Nothing more than gossip.

I've heard tell that Thailand want's to keep the Baht strong so the rich can import luxuries at a lesser price. Here's a local luxury. Thirteen cherries $1.75 at todays exchange rate. The price was actually much higher in previous weeks.