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You’re Responsible for Hotspot Users

That’s my Blackberry, with a warning all phones should come with.

You’ll never see me allowing anyone to Hotspot off my phone.

Because the signal goes: their phone > your phone > service provider

So if they’re up to anything shady or illegal, then your name is now linked to it, and recorded in your cel phone provider’s database.

I’m sure you could explain your way out, but why even get into it.

 

 

Getting a Bit Bolder at Work

A little, now that I have some months under my belt.
This is one of our newsletters, the arrow is pointing to my headline.

That’s Nissan’s all-new Friend-ME, designed specifically for young men in China; here’s my Autonet article.

It’s not easy being a young guy in China, a Bālínghòu -A Chinese male born in the 80s.

They must follow a lot of rules imposed by their society, and most of them have no siblings, so time with friends is considered precious.

It’s a huge demographic, and that’s why Nissan is going after all 240 milion of them.  This demographic thinks about cars in an all-new way, and will influence the way they’re built in the future.

Cool eh, especially the level of built-in internet connectivity.

I just don’t think the name translates from Mandarin so great:

Friend-ME = Mandarin Bālínghòu 八零后(simplified) or 八零後(traditional) translates directly into 80 After…. or After the 80’s.

Bā = 8
líng = 0
hòu = after/later

Still, I’m not totally comfortable talking as I do here on KeriBlog though, otherwise I’d have called it…

… the “Nissan ForeverAlone” ahaha comeON

The Forever Alone meme

 

Label your Luggage Always

A few months back I was looking out the window, waiting for the plane to take off… oh what’s that?

That’s my suitcase not being loaded on board. Instead, it’s about to be driven away on that little truck.

Oh no.  “Excuse me”… “Hello?” By now the truck has started driving away, I stand up “HI LISTEN HI”.

I described what happened, and it was the pilot himself who leaped off the plane and ran after the truck.

It was only then that I started to worry… imagine if I was wrong, and I’d just held up the plane, while the pilot chased someone else’s bag.

But it wasn’t, and he returned with my luggage, and the passengers around me were all, “sharp eye” and “nice catch”.  I only felt relief.

That’s why I use that giant orange luggage tag,
a bright red strap, and a green lock; VDMs

VDM – Visual Distinguishing Mark

(as I’ve blogged before, only use TSA approved red diamond locks when travelling)

 

$2.5 Million in One Frame

It’s a McLaren– a British car worth $500,000-ish.

This isn’t like, I own an exotic Porsche, this is a different level of rich.

When I posted this online, I was asked if I was testing it. First, like where your heads are at. But really, I’ve no business reviewing one of these.

Not only have I not driven enough cars of this calibre, but this is 616 hp with 443 lb-ft of torque.

I’d be nervous behind the wheel… one small mistake is at least 5 figure$, and this is like, the most powerful engine you can own, this’ll get away from you real fast.

And to really maximize a car like this, the driver would have to be quite skilled, they’re few and far between.

This is what I’m thinking about, while some super-car owner is telling me all about how he finds the car to drive.

Spotted at the Toronto McLaren dealership.