http://fergus-macdonald.com Life and Times of Fergus S. Macdonald Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:07:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's fairly obvious that the frequency and quantity of posts on my website has slowed somewhat in the last year or two, and sometimes, i wonder if there's any point writing anything (i had that thought a number of times while writing the last one, which is why it's not ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/11/17/is-it-worth-it/ I've been awaiting for this kind of iPhone competitor since...well...the iPhone! And there's certainly a lot I could write about it, but most it has already been written - there are a few detailed reviews and un-boxing walkthroughs online. instead, I'm going to give a few of my ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/11/16/htc-touch-hd-a-users-impressions/ I know it's political, but it is inspirational. I hope for the sake of a lot of people that he will do his job well. http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/11/06/inspirational-stuff/ I've compiled a video of some clips i took while diving in Malapascua, Philippines and Sipadan, Malaysian Borneo. There's two versions for your viewing pleasure - a low resolution 9MB one and a better quality, high resolution 50MB one. I would normally embed the YouTube versions in this post, however, i ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/10/25/dive-in/ I recently listed my iPod on eBay and it sold for a tasty £205. I was a little surprised that it went for so much, but was definitely happy about it. I started to get suspicious when i got an invoice request from the buyer with the following message: Dear Seller, ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/09/19/ebay-scam/ I used a BT Payphone from Gatwick airport recently. Shocked that the minimum price of a call had gone up to 40p and I only had 20p, I opted to use my Visa debit card. I was on the phone for less than two minutes. I checked my bank account ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/09/12/bt-payphone-overcharging-scam/ I wrote to my MP Mark Lazarowicz some time ago regarding the Government proposal to increase the period of detention of suspected terrorists to 42 days - you can find the post here. While initially stating that he was opposed to the bill, I was later informed that he had voted ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/07/23/a-lengthy-reply/ We spent only two days in the small village of Tadlo, Southern Laos, but had a really amazing time there. We stayed at Tim's Guesthouse, run by a very friendly Laos family. The dad runs a local computer school from the profit of the satellite internet service they offer and ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/07/10/tadlo-times/ I'm changing over my email from my gmail address to my domain name address. That means you can email me on anything (at) fergus-macdonald.com, so please update your address books! http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/06/01/my-email-is-changing/ It's my second trip through Vietnam, and in some ways, this one is very different. However, in others, it's painfully similar. Hanoi and Halong Bay We flew into Hanoi from Manila, after niftily sorting out our Visas in 24 hours (rather than the normal 3-5 days), thanks to Callum, and this site. The ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/06/01/vietnam-20/ The Burma Campaign UK, along with a number of other organisations, are holding a global day of action for Burma's cyclone victims. I'm sure that this situation is not far from anyone's heart. It's reported that over 1.5 million people are at serious risk from diseases such as cholera, dysentery and ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/05/15/calling-all-activists/ After being talked out of starting my own online travel guide by my older sibling, i've decided to more actively participate in wikitravel.org. My first article can be found here. Not bad after only being there for 3 hours! http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/05/14/my-first-wikitravel-article/ We enjoyed a 3 hour bus journey today aboard a beast of a bus, run by the D'Christ Bus Company (as in 'Da Christ' - a bit of ghetto slang mixed in with strong Christianism going on there i think!). We were making our way to the longest underground river in ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/05/13/typhoon-time/ I realised today that unfortunately this site doesn't display correctly in Internet Explorer. My apologies to my readers who use IE, I did not notice this as i always use Firefox. I will look into this problem sometime in the near future, however, for those that can't wait - I would ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/05/12/internet-explorer/ You know i couldn't resist the white beach photos at some point! Click the photo for more pics... After a week in the Philippines' golden nugget island of Boracay, we decided to leave the beaches behind for a while, and headed off to the remote corner of Palawan. A 5 minute tricycle, ... http://fergus-macdonald.com/2008/05/12/palawan/