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Send Your Holiday Cards to the States – For Free!

December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Ok, so you’re down here in Buenos Aires, enjoying the warm December weather while all your friends and family are stuck back in the northern hemisphere freezing and waiting for the holidays.  Why not cheer them up and send them an old-fashioned, non-electronic holiday card?  Ahh, right, all the hassles with postage and sending things [...]

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Expat Tech: Foursquare Comes to Buenos Aires

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I guess it’s relatively fitting that my first new post to the blog in awhile covers something near and dear to my heart — technology. Yesterday, Foursquare launched in 50 additional cities, and yes, Buenos Aires was one of them. What is Foursquare you ask?  Well, in addition to being one of the most hyped [...]

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Expat Tech: Hulu Blocks Anonymous Proxies

May 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I previously wrote about how to work around content restrictions on viewing television shows from outside of the US using anonymous proxies and VPN services. Unfortunately, those measures no longer work for Hulu, the largest free online site for viewing TV shows. TechCrunch reported yesterday that Hulu is now blocking VPN services and anonymous proxies [...]

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Expat Tech: Twitter

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you’ve probably heard of Twitter. It has been covered by every major news source, spoofed on the Daily Show, made the talk show circuits, contributed to the break-up of Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer, had Ashton Kutcher post a picture of Demi Moore [...]

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