In recent years Google has been attempting to shortcut the world wide web by posting "People also ask" lists of frequently asked questions with their "machine learning omniscient artificial intelligence selected best answers" directly on search results pages so you don't have to waste time visiting … [Read more...]
What Should I Do With My Stuff When I Go Swimming at the Beach?
Everyone will tell you it's a bad idea to leave your stuff unattended on the beach (the warnings also apply when swimming under a waterfall or rope swinging into a river etc.) but what they don't tell you is how precisely to accomplish that. Bad Ideas (Skip down to Good Ideas) "Oh, there are … [Read more...]
How to Find an Address
Addresses, directions and navigation in Costa Rica are simultaneously methodically logical and maddeningly chaotic. The Method The method is a rectilinear roadway grid with north south calles (streets) and east west avenidas (avenues). Calles count up by odd numbers from the east of Calle … [Read more...]