Vagabond Insider

When we are able to watch and be mindful of what happens when we are eating, we’ll be able to appreciate the time we spend on simple matters. There are health benefits too. I’m guilty of this and I find many folks I eat with are too. We don’t pay attention to every bite, we [...]

Having gratitude, allows us to give and appreciate everything we have. Many of us are thankful once a year. Then we go shopping on the black Friday. We’re too busy to look back and be thankful for what we have a lot. The laugh of our child. The smile of our lover. The joke of [...]

Sometimes enough is when we have too much. Sometimes enough is when we have too little. Sometimes enough is when we have no more “room” on our credit card. Sometimes enough is when we see a smile on our child’s face. It’s up to us to make a choice of when is enough. We sometimes [...]

Protecting your banking, email, and other online activities is key in preventing identity theft. Also being able to access websites outside the country you are in is very helpful for travel. The last benefit to secure web surfing is that if there is censorship on your network (say at school or something) you’ll learn how [...]

Street food in asia is delicious, and usually cheap. It’s a definite must have for travelers who REALLY want to experience culture of the places they visit. I’ve been traveling asia for over 14 months now, and I gotta say, Asia is awesome. Whatever country I’ve been in, I’ve eaten street food. I’ve found the [...]

A positive person receives many benefits. By positive, I mean a person who displays an attitude, a thought process, an aura of positivity. Being positive is not truly the opposite of being negative, it’s more about being optimistic and thinking thoughts which do not look down on other folks. Instead of thinking: “That person is fat.” A positive [...]

This is something we don’t notice until someone tells us. Is it possible we repeat what we do everyday? Yesterday we had the same thoughts. Yesterday we made the same judgements. Yesterday we woke in the same way. Yesterday we didn’t do what we were suppose to do. Yesterday we thought ever decisions we made [...]

Being able to post longer than 15 minute videos on youtube will be awesome for folks who don’t want to cut up their content into different parts! Or for posting those 16 minute videos on different websites. Now you can post them on youtube. What you’ll need to get the 15 minute limit removed: A [...]

This is what happens when we spend 27 hours trying to solve a problem.

While I didn’t spent a total of 27 hours of labor trying to fix the computer, it took a total of OVER 27 hours of constant testing, anti virus installs and uninstalls, spyware program testing, to remove all the trojans and malwares from an infected Windows XP computer.

If I only took these few steps, I’d have saved 27 hours of testing and condensed it down into three or less hours of testing. I’m choosing to write this article to save you over 27 hours of testing and frustration.

Now, these programs will work for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, with some of these programs probably working with older, though it’s best to upgrade to a newer operating system to have up to date software.

I was ready to upgrade the operating system from Windows XP – Windows 7 (doing a fresh install) to get rid of the trojans and problems. Luckily with a little bit of elbow grease, I’m going to leave the computer [...]

You can’t take everything with you. (Photo: BrittneyBush)

The act (or is it art?) of packing light is different for everyone. In my previous article about being prepared for being unprepared, carefully choosing the gear in your packing list is worth the time spent.

Packing light to some people might be just going around the world with just a jacket like Rolf Potts (I’ll do this within one year).

To others, it may be having just two full suitcases of clothes and gear. I don’t recommend this approach at all because even if you are not going from place to place, it becomes a reason to stay where you are.

Think why you may have not moved yet. Wouldn’t it be a pain to get all that stuff you have to your new home? Buying boxes, buying tape, getting movers or renting a truck yourself. Packing the boxes, and moving them onto the truck and moving them off the truck and unpacking them, and organizing it all.

Some people love the process of moving. Is it a really effective use of time? Could you be building your business? Spending more time with your kids and loved ones?

Wait, what does this have to do with packing light? Well, everything.

Are you ok with having an apartment full of stuff while you are trekking the world? This choice I leave up to you, but I didn’t want to have stuff to worry about while traveling.

If you decide to pack light (I say one medium sized back pack and one small bag works just fine) you’ll gain mental freedom [...]

Posted 6th November 2010.