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WE ARE NOT CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING, ARE WE?!

Hello there,

once again a friend of mine has showed me something I really need to share. This time it was my friend Don, who unfortunately does not have a homepage, even though he has always been a source of quite interesting… stuff. Him and his girlfriend have been living in Hua Hin for the past year and (unfortunately) just left to moved back to England. On the last night Don said he’d (finaly) visited my homepage, and that he read my global warming article, surprisingly he kind of… rediculed it. I was at first a bit offended, as there are sooooo much evidence about global warming, like the dissapearing of some southers islands of India due to the rise of the sea level, but instead of dissagreeing with me, he said YES, the sea level IS rising and we DO have global warming, but that it is NOT a man made global warming due to CO2 levels in the athmosphere…. to “prove” his point, he sugested to watch a video caled “The great global warming swindle”. So, I went home and searched the Internet for exactly this video, found it, watched it, and.. would have agreed with it 100%, but I am still not convinced that either theory is right… “The great global warming swindle” was produced by the British TV Channel 4, it is well done and researched, and tries to make AL Gore’s Video “An unconvinient Thruth” look like a buch of crap, when it comes to CO2 and global warming!

So… I still think you should watch Al Gore’s global warming video, but you should also watch Channel 4’s version. HERE is the only link I found on the Internet where you can watch the video directly.

When I was watching Chanel 4’s version of global warming it seemed to me like it makes more sense than Al Gore’s version of global warming. But the way it ridicules Al Glore a bit and because it is trying to make you drop a tear at the end about the 3rd world it kind of gave me the feeling that they are trying a bit hard to convince you, and if the “facts” are true – why is such a thing necessary? But hey, please judge for yourself.

I am really not sure what to believe… but I will try to follow up on this subject and maybe one day I will really know who and what is right and wrong. The conspiracy theory guy in me says: The Big guys want to increase the price on oil and in the same time deliver less, so they force people to use less oil while still having to pay the same or better even more, by taxing them, for polluting the atmosphere when using it. So… I’d have to agree with the version of Channel 4.

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Hi there,

today my good friend John showed me something that kind of blew my mind…

First is oovoo, a skype-like video chat program, where you can have a video conference with up to 6 people at the same time, and you can call US landlines and mobile phones for FREE!

2nd in line is Gizmo5, which needs a bit more of an introduction, as it is probably the coolest chat and VoIP program out there… for now…

Apart from a quite nice looking PC client, it also offers a software for your mobile phone, with which you can chat with your friends using popular chat programs such as msn messenger, send and receive files like pictures or videos, and you can make VoIP phone calls via you mobile phone (which will save you A LOT of money, as Internet usage time is cheaper than calling time). To get the software for you mobile phone, all you need to do is provide your phone number and click a button, the software comes via SMS and is installed in a heartbeat.

But that’s not all, they offer calls via the mobile phones or PC software to landlines and mobile phone from over 60 countries for FREE, and of course video calls from PC to PC just like skype. There are some restrictions to this, but no purchase is necessary ever! Basically you get 20 minutes for free each week, and the people you want to call need to have an gizmo5 account in which the number you want to call is saved in “their” profile. I just simple created a couple of accounts (like for my mum who lives overseas, and who never uses the Internet) and then called her for free, hehe.

Now would come a bunch of blah blah, so I guess I save it and tell you to go check out both programs yourself.

Links:
oovoo website
gizmo5 website

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Hi there,

just found this website: IFC

I saw THIS VIDEO from the Henry Rollins Show, which is running on IFC. Here is the link to his Show, have a special look at Teeing Off. Here is the Wiki about The Henry Rollins Show.

I am not sure, but it seems that at least some of his show is too hot for IFC. However, the show seems to be almost complete, and is definitely worth a watch.

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Hi there,

I guess all of you have watched “An Inconvenient Truth” from Al Gore by now, if not – you should grab a copy next time you’re out DVD shopping.

Do you or a friend of yours think Global Warming is a hoax?

Then click here

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Yes, I have been to this little paradise again…

My parents (dad and step-mum) came down to celebrate my 30th birthday with me. They’d asked me to find them a place like Koh Tao used to be 20 years ago, so Koh Talu it was. To be able to spend some uninterrupted time together my wife and me spent 2 days with them on Koh Talu, and I must say I was really happy to have spend those days with them.

Unfortunately this time my visit has been less satisfactory than my first visit.

Here I got to make a cut and say something I have realized about Germans (as my parents and I are…) in general: German people are usually very polite when being abroad… but dare anything being “wrong” that should be “right”… man… Germans can talk about a dirty towel for weeks! At “home” we are even “worse”, for living in one of the most advanced nations in the world, we manage to sound like starving Africans quite a lot… A German comedian said it quite well a couple of years ago: “We are only satisfied when we’ve got something to complain about” and another quote from a german musician: ” I am thankful for having the luxury to complain”. I only bring this up because since I live in Thailand I have adapted pretty much to the “mai pen rai” attitude of the Thais, and there is hardly anything that can throw me off. It sometimes amused me how my parents could talk (complain) about things I hardly even notice for such a long time.

So, now I got to do my German “thang” and let “yall” know why I didn’t have such a great time on Koh Talu as I did the first time.

1. Unmotivated staff & non-existent customer care
If I would have to give stars for the staff: last time 4 stars, this time no star. Really, if the nice old guy wouldn’t still be there trying to keep the show running with the little resouces he has, it would have been a disaster. The last time we were there, the staff were VERY friendly and always trying to make “your” stay as nice as possible. I really felt welcome. This time is was almost the opposite. Apart from the old guy who really tries to take care of the customers, there was no one willing to deal with the guests. We have had a guy simply turning his back to us, when we were asking a question. Ok, I understand by now that this person can’t speak any English and simply didn’t want to loose his face, and therefor just ran off, but for someone like “my parents” this is simply RUDE! Then a little stab in the back was the “welcome” mats that were placed in front of the doors of Thais arriving, while those were nowhere to be found in front of the doorstep of foreign guests.

2. Food shortage
For an all inclusive deal it is unthinkable that someone would not have enough to eat. This is absolutely outrageous in my point of view. My parents spent 4 days and 3 nights on the island, my wife and me were only there during their 2nd night. They told us about the nice food you get but that there is not enough, and that the people would circle the buffet like vultures waiting for the food trays to be dropped. I thought they were over exaggerating, but it turned out to be true.

3. Dirty beach
For advertising a “eco tour” the beaches look like a waste dump. Trash all over the beach, and no one there to clean it.

4. Deadly activities
Last visit I took a little kayak trip with my wife. As I mentioned before it is FREE, so we went to the beach and the guy there gave us some life vests and paddles and prepped a kayak for us, it was great. Now this time… no staff at all on the beach, no life vests either, we graped a kayak and took of ourselves. My dad and me got about 100 meters away from the beach when the kayak started sinking, once we rescued this…titanic we found out there was a big crack in the bottom of it, it really was a titanic. A little later we saw a guy going out with 2 kids at the age of maybe 4-5 (all without life vests) on another kayak… I was just wondering how this would have ended if they would have chosen ours.

Well… there also was the waste dump which evidently produces swarms of flies on a regular basis, an amazing music selection of 5 CDs at the(only) beach bar, and what else… to put it all together I must say, this trip was not as nice I had imagined it to be. Still, I enjoyed Koh Talu, and if the trip would have cost half the price, I would not even consider to complain about anything. I was VERY happy to see my dad and my step-mum and to be on Koh Talu once again.

I hope the owner of Koh Talu gets to read this, then kicks his staff’s butt and hires some extra staff that speaks English!

And if he does read it, here’s an idea: how about a little “Spa & Massage” area? Would be nice, both for the visitors and the cash register

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