I’m wondering what the options are. I’ve got some calls I need to make whilst I’m out here in the middle of nowhere in the Maldives. There’s a brilliant mobile network here, Dhi Mobile, I think it is, that covers 100% of all resorts. Nice. However that’s a good few quid a minute at least [...]
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Ahh; they don’t teach you this in geek school
It’s been two days now and my Apple MacBook Air has been on full fan duty. They don’t teach you these things in geek school, they really don’t. The machine is massively overheating and it’s not doing very well at all in these conditions, despite brilliant air conditioning, the fan won’t stop whirring away. In [...]
Help! My Mobile Network has been impounded!
Picture the scene, if you will. It’s 29 degrees Celsius. A high proportion of sun-thirsty honeymooners have just disembarked a Thomson Fly flight direct to Male, Maldives, from London’s Gatwick airport. There’s relief to be on the ground and in the hot, hot weather. There’s further relief to be had at the passport control stand [...]
Hello from the Conrad Rangali Island
Why hello there! Ahoy! Hello from the Conrad Rangali Island! (Photo via the iPhone) Just 10 hours separate the United Kingdom — Gatwick Airport, to be precise — and the collection of islands known as the Maldives. Why am I here? Well, I do need a break. It’s been a long time since I relaxed. [...]
Vodafone mobile broadband data stick
Vodafone whacked me over a USB modem stick to use on the way to and from the Desert Island. (I’m given to understand that GRPS doesn’t quite work in the Maldives – so I’ll be using this one on the way to and from the airport in the UK.)
SMS Text News is going to a desert island next month
Next month, starting June 16th, we’ll be bringing you SMS Text News live from a desert island in the middle of nowhere. I’m going to be exploring the possibility of working remotely. I’ve emailed Iridium to see if they can lend us a satellite data system to enable us to produce the site. The hotel [...]
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