Mos Burger in Taiwan

image1955527772.jpgMos Burger is pretty big here in Taiwan. People come here not just for food but also to hang out, have meetings, do work etc.

The food is kind of like McDonalds or Burger King with a twist. It's not the most value you can get for your money, but it has some local flavor. Also, the chicken nuggets are actually juicy.

Buses are both convenient and economical

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I'm sitting here at a bus station 1-2 minutes walk from the apartment.

Over the course of my 10 minute wait for my bus to the Taipei High Speed Rail at least a dozen buses have passed by going to any number of destinations in Taipei.

If you are new to Taipei, do yourself a favor and buy a bus map / schedule. I found one at the local 7-11 for under $5 USD and has stops in English.

Most fares are just around a dollar. On some buses you pay when you get on, and on others when you reach your stop. I never knew that until I asked the driver who pointed at a sign right above him.


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I am in Taipei

image229611479.jpgI arrived in Taipei a couple of days ago. Still getting adjusted to the new time zone and humid weather conditions. I always seem take a whole week to be almost completely adjusted.

Anyway, I'm having lots of fun sight seeing and being a crazy ABC tourist.

I have some tips to share with you in an upcoming post (hopefully by tonight local time) which may help those interested in visiting this fine country where I was made.

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Drive much?

Beltronics

I've been doing a lot of traveling up and down California lately.  On this last trip I was driving a rental truck, and completely forgot to pack my Beltronics Pro GX65 Radar Detector .  So on my trip down from SF Bay area to Los Angeles, my partner and I counted about a dozen police officers / highway patrol vehicles that we could see.

What is interesting is that I know typically my radar detector would have detected over 20 during the times that we were traveling that we could verify once the detector pointed out the proximity.

Now I'm not saying every one needs one of these devices, but everyone can benefit from the useful information they provide.  Whether it be alerts about traffic cameras, speed cameras, road hazards, or whether or not you or someone close is shooting a laser at you, it keeps you aware.

I program other information to the GPS as well to alert me of certain conditions to watch out for: stinky cow plop farms along the I5, school 25 mph zones, dangerous intersections etc.  

Also, they have a reasonable $29.99 fee for 3 years of their database updates/upgrades which from my experience covers almost all the traffic cams, speed camera locations so far in Californa and Nevada.

Anyway, with traffic tickets costing over $600 in some cases, its worth investing in one of these top end units to keep you safe and out of the speed traps.

 

Escort Radar

I use Norton Internet Security 2010, and so should most of you.

People often ask me what kind of antivirus protection and firewall protection I use and recommend. Currently its Norton Internet Security 2010.  Of all the popular ones available out there for individual consumers to use, it provides the best balance of features, stability, protection and just as important - it doesn't bog your system down.

Also even for the one user license version, they give you three activations.  All expire at the same time, but that's three times the protection for the price for you people that have more than one computer system on the internet.

If you have more than three computers that need protection, they also have a 3 user license version as well.

Also, I recommend that you not do the yearly additional updates.  Buy a completely new updated version and uninstall the old version before you install the new version.  For example, if you have Norton Internet Security 2009 - uninstall that first.  Then buy and install Norton Internet Security 2010.

Corporate customers should look elsewhere though.  Their corporate network wide protection / antivirus just isn't as up to date as their consumer software.