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| Category: Community building on the 'net
 2007-08-15 21:03:26
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Smoked brains!
This weekend, and next, will be very busy for some of us. We have a Thaivisa member party in Phuket on Friday 17th together with the big launch of MyPhuket Magazine. We'll be there, at the lovely Jazztaurant on Kata Beach Hill. We and our co-organizers are expecting a whopping 150 - 200 people.
On Saturday the 18th, the Chiang Mai members of Thaivisa, and a few inflown mates, will invade Tusker's, to join the biggest Thaivisa Fest ever. Hope to see you at Tuskers party in Chiang Mai on Saturday.
How can all this parties be possible? The answer is easy: The biggest hero of them all, our friend and forum moderator Buckwheat. An American gentleman with a passion for truckloads of Heineken, smoked ribs, party time and beautiful ladies.
Buckwheat is traveling around the country with his fantastic Smoked ribs. Buckwheat's Smoked Ribs. A trade mark. A success. Most of the time he travels thousands of kilometers by road with his famous BBQ Rockets, the machines that produce this lovely stuff. And people love them ribs!
Buckwheat is now so busy cooking, that we have to fly him in to the member events! I'm not joking.
If you have ever tasted this BBQ treat of Buckwheat, you know what I'm talking about. It's the best BBQ ribs I have eaten in my life!
It's fun to be on the road with Buckwheat and his mates bazmlb, and many others. Always a great laugh and always great people around.
It will be a pleasure to meet you all again this coming weekend! And in about two weeks, on September 1st, we will be at Martin and Sunee's place in Surin, The Farang Connection, a favourite place of mine. Martin, the host, is still taking reservations for that party. The Farang Connection's 2nd Anniversary Party is a must to join. And a chance to visit Isaan, the beautiful North-East of Thailand.
And when you see Buckwheat, give him a big hug and a Heineken! He deserve that!
I'm now boarding another plane to catch up with him! Hope to keep up this blog during the coming weeks. Next entry will be tomorrow.
This weekend, and next, will be very busy for some of us. We have a Thaivisa member party in Phuket on Friday 17th together with the big launch of MyPhuket Magazine. We'll be there, at the lovely Jazztaurant on Kata Beach Hill. We and our co-organizers are expecting a whopping 150 - 200 people.
On Saturday the 18th, the Chiang Mai members of Thaivisa, and a few inflown mates, will invade Tusker's, to join the biggest Thaivisa Fest ever. Hope to see you at Tuskers party in Chiang Mai on Saturday.
How can all this parties be possible? The answer is easy: The biggest hero of them all, our friend and forum moderator Buckwheat. An American gentleman with a passion for truckloads of Heineken, smoked ribs, party time and beautiful ladies.
Buckwheat is traveling around the country with his fantastic Smoked ribs. Buckwheat's Smoked Ribs. A trade mark. A success. Most of the time he travels thousands of kilometers by road with his famous BBQ Rockets, the machines that produce this lovely stuff. And people love them ribs!
Buckwheat is now so busy cooking, that we have to fly him in to the member events! I'm not joking.
If you have ever tasted this BBQ treat of Buckwheat, you know what I'm talking about. It's the best BBQ ribs I have eaten in my life!
It's fun to be on the road with Buckwheat and his mates bazmlb, and many others. Always a great laugh and always great people around.
It will be a pleasure to meet you all again this coming weekend! And in about two weeks, on September 1st, we will be at Martin and Sunee's place in Surin, The Farang Connection, a favourite place of mine. Martin, the host, is still taking reservations for that party. The Farang Connection's 2nd Anniversary Party is a must to join. And a chance to visit Isaan, the beautiful North-East of Thailand.
And when you see Buckwheat, give him a big hug and a Heineken! He deserve that!
I'm now boarding another plane to catch up with him! Hope to keep up this blog during the coming weeks. Next entry will be tomorrow.
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| Category: Stop smoking with Quomem
2005-12-15 23:14:54
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Day6:
Very bad sleep last night, indeed. Feel like shit when woke up. Threw up. Strange dreams and *heavy* sweating all night. The pillow was completely wet when I woke up.
Crazy dreams. Felt like shit the morning.
Was smoking all day, as prescribed, but down to around one pack (20).
Something is happening in my body right now. Only 2 cigs for the last 3 hours.
Edit 23:30:
Had 2 beer Chang. No cigs. Maybe I can stop.
Very bad sleep last night, indeed. Feel like shit when woke up. Threw up. Strange dreams and *heavy* sweating all night. The pillow was completely wet when I woke up.
Crazy dreams. Felt like shit the morning.
Was smoking all day, as prescribed, but down to around one pack (20).
Something is happening in my body right now. Only 2 cigs for the last 3 hours.
Edit 23:30:
Had 2 beer Chang. No cigs. Maybe I can stop.
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| Category: Stop smoking with Quomem
2005-12-14 00:29:28
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Day 5 - not dead yet!
Still problem to sleep, could not sleep, had to get up at 4am and have a beer. No problems, always thaivisa to waste time on
Boring, no breakfast served, so went asleep again..
Eating one of these pink Quomem pills every morning and evening now. No problems so far. Stomach a bit often into toilet, but expected. Feel ok.
Smoking a round two packs a dy now, down from 3 packs a day. I have the motivation to stop.
Must read the instructions about exactly when I am supposed to drops the cigs.
A week or two weeks?
Still problem to sleep, could not sleep, had to get up at 4am and have a beer. No problems, always thaivisa to waste time on
Boring, no breakfast served, so went asleep again..Eating one of these pink Quomem pills every morning and evening now. No problems so far. Stomach a bit often into toilet, but expected. Feel ok.
Smoking a round two packs a dy now, down from 3 packs a day. I have the motivation to stop.
Must read the instructions about exactly when I am supposed to drops the cigs.
A week or two weeks?
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2005-12-12 09:35:27
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Day 3.
A bit hard to sleep but no other side effects. From today I will take Quomem twice a day. Looks like I am smoking a bit less today, but that's maybe psychological.
Feel like a Guinea Pig...
A bit hard to sleep but no other side effects. From today I will take Quomem twice a day. Looks like I am smoking a bit less today, but that's maybe psychological.
Feel like a Guinea Pig...
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| Category: Stop smoking with Quomem
2005-12-09 19:17:11
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Time to stop smoke - again....
I have been a heavy smoker for some 20 years. I was smoke free for 2 years, but started again just a month ago. Stupid me.
I rapidly started smoking 3 packs (60 cigs a day). No good! Morning cough and bad smell. My aim is to be smoke free again by December 31, 2005. New Year - no cigs!
My help will be the revolotionary medicine called Quomem/Zyban (150 mg tablets):
Quomem is identical to, and also called Zyban in some markets.
Here is more info about Zyban
And here.
I have just started the medication this evening, will eat it for 20-21 days in the first phase, and will abruptly stop smoking on New Years Eve 2005 at 23:59, BKK time.
Will keep you posted, every day, here on this Blog, with detailed reports about me climbing on the walls, or getting side effects from the drug!
The strange thing with this drug, is that you have to continue smoking for a while [2 weeks in my case], and then stop:
Give me power, I am really motivated to stop! Hope this drug will help. Just took the first tablet, the prescription is 150 mg (1 tab) for the first three days, and then 300 mg (2 tabs) until I am smoke free.
Just had a beer, and still smoking, but that was the deal!
I have been a heavy smoker for some 20 years. I was smoke free for 2 years, but started again just a month ago. Stupid me.
I rapidly started smoking 3 packs (60 cigs a day). No good! Morning cough and bad smell. My aim is to be smoke free again by December 31, 2005. New Year - no cigs!
My help will be the revolotionary medicine called Quomem/Zyban (150 mg tablets):
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Quomem, the only non-nicotine treatment that offers long-term success with smoking cessation by direct action at the site of nicotine addiction, the bloodstream, charged Grey Thailand with increasing sales figures by 95% in a market where the product itself cannot be advertised. Its chief target: men and women 30-59 years old who wished to quit smoking, with a core focus on those aged 40-45.
Quomem is identical to, and also called Zyban in some markets.
Here is more info about Zyban
And here.
I have just started the medication this evening, will eat it for 20-21 days in the first phase, and will abruptly stop smoking on New Years Eve 2005 at 23:59, BKK time.
Will keep you posted, every day, here on this Blog, with detailed reports about me climbing on the walls, or getting side effects from the drug!
The strange thing with this drug, is that you have to continue smoking for a while [2 weeks in my case], and then stop:
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The active ingredient in Zyban is bupropion, a relatively weak inhibitor of the neuronal uptake of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. Chemically, bupropion is related to phenylethylamines and has a relative molecular weight of 276.2. Although, bupropion was initially marketed as an anti-depressant (Wellbutrin), it is chemically unrelated to tricyclic, tetracyclic, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or other known anti-depressants.
The pharmacokinetics of bupropion is best described by a two-compartment model with a distribution phase (how long it takes for the drug to be absorbed into the body and begin working) having a mean half-life of 3-4 hours, and an elimination phase (how long it takes for it to be metabolised and broken down to inert waste products) which has a half-life of 21 hours. Bupropion is extensively metabolized into three active metabolites. At least one of these metabolites is formed by an enzyme called cytochrome P-450 2B6 enzyme. The terminal half-life of the three metabolites ranges from 21 to 37 hours. This means that it may interact with other drugs which also effect this enzyme, such as orphenadrine and cyclophosphamide. The main known side-effects of zyban are dry mouth and dizziness, although there are a few others.
Treatment method
The recommended and maximum dose of Zyban is 300 mg/day given as 150 mg tablets, twice daily. Treatment is usually initiated while the patient is still smoking and the target date for smoking cessation is normally within the first two weeks of Zyban treatment. Zyban therapy then continues for 7 to 12 weeks, depending on the effect of the therapy. If the patient has not reduced smoking by the seventh week of Zyban therapy, it is unlikely that he/she will quit during that attempt and Zyban therapy is normally discontinued.
The pharmacokinetics of bupropion is best described by a two-compartment model with a distribution phase (how long it takes for the drug to be absorbed into the body and begin working) having a mean half-life of 3-4 hours, and an elimination phase (how long it takes for it to be metabolised and broken down to inert waste products) which has a half-life of 21 hours. Bupropion is extensively metabolized into three active metabolites. At least one of these metabolites is formed by an enzyme called cytochrome P-450 2B6 enzyme. The terminal half-life of the three metabolites ranges from 21 to 37 hours. This means that it may interact with other drugs which also effect this enzyme, such as orphenadrine and cyclophosphamide. The main known side-effects of zyban are dry mouth and dizziness, although there are a few others.
Treatment method
The recommended and maximum dose of Zyban is 300 mg/day given as 150 mg tablets, twice daily. Treatment is usually initiated while the patient is still smoking and the target date for smoking cessation is normally within the first two weeks of Zyban treatment. Zyban therapy then continues for 7 to 12 weeks, depending on the effect of the therapy. If the patient has not reduced smoking by the seventh week of Zyban therapy, it is unlikely that he/she will quit during that attempt and Zyban therapy is normally discontinued.
Give me power, I am really motivated to stop! Hope this drug will help. Just took the first tablet, the prescription is 150 mg (1 tab) for the first three days, and then 300 mg (2 tabs) until I am smoke free.
Just had a beer, and still smoking, but that was the deal!
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2005-09-15 03:00:03
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Our footie champs training in Bangkok! We are proud of them!
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2005-08-28 02:43:24
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We have upgraded the blog software.
You can now strip of the header and footer if you decide so. That means that your blog will be completely free from banners and ads. It will look more professonal now.
To use the new design, just go to your blog settings in your forum control panel here:
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?au...og&cmd=ucp_main
Click on: Strip forum header/footer?
If enabled your Blog will be displayed without the forums header and footer.
Have fun!
Thaivisa Blog Team
You can now strip of the header and footer if you decide so. That means that your blog will be completely free from banners and ads. It will look more professonal now.
To use the new design, just go to your blog settings in your forum control panel here:
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?au...og&cmd=ucp_main
Click on: Strip forum header/footer?
If enabled your Blog will be displayed without the forums header and footer.
Have fun!
Thaivisa Blog Team
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| Category: Community building on the 'net
2005-01-20 02:35:14
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Group of search engines introduce new HTML tag:
rel="nofollow"
Here is some (good) news!
The biggest search engines are introducting a new tag to prohibit bloggers and forum posters to spam the search engines with links to their own sites. Not just Google, but all the major players in the search and blogging spheres. However, this is a Google initiative.
This attribute breaks the web, because it breaks the value of links.
From the Google Blog announcement:
From now on, when Google and the other engines sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when they rank websites in the search results.
Also:
Q: Is this a blog-only change?
A: No. We think any piece of software that allows others to add links to an author's site (including guestbooks, visitor stats, or referrer lists) can use this attribute.
Google announcement:
Full post at:
http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/p...mment-spam.html
MSN announcement:
http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/20...ollow_tags.aspx
If use of the tag on regular websites starts to become widespread then it will rollercoaster and there will be hardly any "real" links left. What happens then?
So what if all webmasters start using this tag for all their external links? Then the web ceases to be a set of interconnected pages, but an isolated collection of islands.
Will this break the web?
rel="nofollow"
Here is some (good) news!
The biggest search engines are introducting a new tag to prohibit bloggers and forum posters to spam the search engines with links to their own sites. Not just Google, but all the major players in the search and blogging spheres. However, this is a Google initiative.
This attribute breaks the web, because it breaks the value of links.
From the Google Blog announcement:
From now on, when Google and the other engines sees the attribute (rel="nofollow") on hyperlinks, those links won't get any credit when they rank websites in the search results.
Also:
Q: Is this a blog-only change?
A: No. We think any piece of software that allows others to add links to an author's site (including guestbooks, visitor stats, or referrer lists) can use this attribute.
Google announcement:
Full post at:
http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/01/p...mment-spam.html
MSN announcement:
http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/20...ollow_tags.aspx
If use of the tag on regular websites starts to become widespread then it will rollercoaster and there will be hardly any "real" links left. What happens then?
So what if all webmasters start using this tag for all their external links? Then the web ceases to be a set of interconnected pages, but an isolated collection of islands.
Will this break the web?
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| Category: Health
2005-01-17 03:20:55
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Thanks all for emails, PM's and good advise and heads up!
Diabetes is shit, but Type II is apparently not so bad, so a little update for you:
Seems that my medication works. Bloody good Doctor, Khun Mor.
Now it is:
Morning: 2x30 mg Diamicron MR and Glocophage 500mg
Evening: 500mg Glucophage plus 250 mg Aspirin (good for heart)
Sugar: Now back under 130
Cholesteral: Back to 180 (no pizza)
Triglyceride: still hight, 270, (was 721 2 months ago)
Going strong again!
Still lazy with exercise.... None yet (since 1980).
Diabetes is shit, but Type II is apparently not so bad, so a little update for you:
Seems that my medication works. Bloody good Doctor, Khun Mor.
Now it is:
Morning: 2x30 mg Diamicron MR and Glocophage 500mg
Evening: 500mg Glucophage plus 250 mg Aspirin (good for heart)
Sugar: Now back under 130
Cholesteral: Back to 180 (no pizza)
Triglyceride: still hight, 270, (was 721 2 months ago)
Going strong again!
Still lazy with exercise.... None yet (since 1980).