Yesterday was amazing. History shows just how people did more than just adopt and adapt. https://discoverwildscience.com/10-ancient-innovations-that-prove-humans-were-always-ingenious-1-383604/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/culture

blogging and more https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/blogging%20and%20more/

#Today I’m enjoying this morning at my long time favorite Lalatte coffee. A nice walk from home. Comfy couches. Nice music. Feeling I am sitting both inside and out. The big yellow building is an accounting and finance school. They keep the coffee shop busy […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

taking Tuesday https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/taking%20Tuesday/

Coffee this nice morning. There’s something to sitting at Noi Cafe by the river. Contemplating nothing whatsoever. Soon to take this walk I want. Maybe I need. In a week we go to Otres beach. See some of my wife’s friends there. Someone will cook food for us […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

practicing my barang https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Practicing%20my%20barang/

Saving up for Sunday https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Saving%20up%20for%20Sunday/

After some beer, some Mayer. https://open.spotify.com/track/1c7UYTut2SBOPq64o2t0uN?si=Yx0lyIEPRq6T90A1r1HDYw

Oh. Its Saturday. Almost time for $0.75 beers out. Soon I shall summon the tuktuk and tell driver to take me away. Away to Pub Street.

Nice. But my wife says so cold. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501824273/temperatures-as-low-as-14c-forecast-for-cambodia/

#Today in #cambodia. Just like yesterday for me I guess. Always out for coffee and then just out. My wife tells me every day she loves me. I like that. She tells me she makes one of my favorite Khmer dishes. Fish amok. Some say the national dish of Cambodia […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Starting Saturday https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Starting%20Saturday/

Down my bamboo and small things street. A place to retreat when I need.

Otres beach in 2018. Swimming and swinging. So different then. A little village. Dirt roads. Sunsets. Me. I don’t think this scene exists along the beach any more. I miss that Otres beach and going back means seeing both. The hotel owner and I talked before […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Otres beach Cambodia. The long and meandering blue line where sky and ocean meet islands. I love walking that beach. Accidentally on purpose falling into the water. Feelings it’s playful and teasing tug. The water is cooler than the bath tub water at Koh […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Otres Beach Reprised https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Otres%20Beach%20Reprised/

This morning. At the beautiful and peaceful summer coffee. One of my favorites. I’m so happy that this side of town gets some new places. Sitting inside #Today seems nice with jazz music going. My wife bought Khmer soup for me this morning. It’s hot and […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

This is going to massively speed up my project to reduce my use of Gmail "Google announces the future of Gmail with AI Inbox & new AI Overview search" https://9to5google.com/2026/01/08/gmail-ai-inbox/ #google #ai

RE: https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/115751067284225457 Here's a thread of how "Year In Posts" looks like. Hidden under "Settings" 🙈

walking and coffee https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Walking%20and%20coffee/

#Today me and my little beer hangover found our way to Ur Cafe. It’s a beautiful day to walk out that little headache. Find a road. First though I write. Read some news. My rss newsreader has become my newsstand. From blogs to Reddit to YouTube. Even bluesky […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

daily Siem Reap https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/daily%20siem%20reap/

Some accident after some beer I noticed Alice Cooper released this when I was 18. Life’s funny. 18 and I like it. I’m also enjoying this beer buzz. https://open.spotify.com/track/3YU9X8ryOR20beT7wOlDIJ?si=UUlGOlJVQeSkcBHCcSLAZA

Lately Siem Reap city been rolling out 5g throughout the area. I get mostly 5g now. Sometimes back to 4g. Either service has been rock solid here. WiFi quality is always wonderful in places. We have theee different providers. They all offer about the same plans. I get 50gb of data for $6 a month […]

Red and blue.

retired this and that https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Retired%20this%20and%20that/

It’s Tuesday so #Today in #siemreap is an awesome day for an almond croissant and my iced americano at Spring Coffee. Love coming here and they warm the croissant just right and I always feel like all the little things are covered. Wonderful WiFi. Comfortable […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

#today i wrote here and there. It’s a Monday so I decided some walk was needed for coffee. Down to one of my favorites. Lalatte coffee turns all the right knobs and dials. Normally it’s Khmer only and then me. Now more expats than locals. Tonight we go to […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

my January days https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/My%20january%20days/

#silentsunday #boston #harbor #sailing

Something I learned recently. It seems very difficult to buy shoelaces in #cambodia. I have heard my wife call them strings. Instead I am pushed gently to just buy new shoes. Because they come with new strings. I have asked at a few shoe shops. They have not shown me any shoelaces. Or strings […]

back here https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Back%20here/

Another walk. Another day. First coffee. Then a street I don’t remember walking before. Thanks #siemreap #cambodia.

RE: https://c.im/@Glastomichelle/115825048544725717 Follow @Glastomichelle for such beautiful works.

Beer. And a beautiful day in Siem Reap.

There’s always time for one more rant and rave in the journal. Thankfully. Tomorrow I’ll take my wife out for breakfast to her favorite spot. She will smile a lot and take photos. Both of those are good signs I did well. Then I will go walk north along the […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

New Years is and is not recognized as a holiday in Cambodia. Businesses are open and everyone from small market owners I walk by to tuktuk drivers have told me happy new years #today . Khmer people and all of us barang are very happy that the one gift they wanted really was the release of the 18 […]

Yay! Thank you Cambodia. Nice new year gift. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501819284/cambodia-to-roll-out-5g-mobile-services-from-jan-1-2026/

my 2026 primer https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/My%202026%20primer/

Coffee time in Kampot. At the RC cafe downtown. Really nice spot for doing tue whole coffee relaxation thing. Found it by chance out walking today. It’s time for peace on the border. Too much shooting and killing.

#Today is coffee down our street at V Cafe. The little Khmer place I go to weekly. Then a walk. There are Khmer kids that I see often given food by the waitresses. Weather can’t decide. Today cloudy. Cooler. So sitting with the morning and words feels good […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

An early morning yields thoughts about other places I guess. One day my wife and I sat at Otres Beach outside Sihanoukville and drank and ate. For whatever reason, we got back to the hotel and bought more beer. Sat around and talked. I figure it all started […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

So tempting to sit and scroll... Better to get out and stroll (cringe... Apologies) I had a thought as my dog Joni was (as I thought) dilly dallying and sniffing everything on the walk this evening: If we couldn't read or understand what the markings on a page […] [Original post on zeroes.ca]

Writing it all here https://mikesthoughts.blog/writing-it-all-here

#sea #scotland #hebrides #landscapephotography

Just a memory of sorts. It’s #today and it’s #debian birthday. Light years ago I met Ian Murdock at a Linux show in New York. He and I had worked together awhile at the LSB. I was with this co worker who loved Debian so as we were waking the floor, I introduced him to Ian. He did not realize who […]

Moving along this week https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Moving%20along%20this%20week/

writing and going https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/writing%20and%20going/