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Archive for February 17th, 2014
T-Mobile USA: how to keep a SIM card active if you visit the USA infrequently
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/17
Last time when I was in the USA, I got myself a new T-Mobile USA SIM card with a local phone number so I could call and have data.
There are a few pre-paid T-Mobile USA plans interesting, depending on how long you visit the USA:
Voice+Text+Data:
- Pay by the day USD 3/day for Unlimited Talk/Text/Data with the first 200 megabyte of data at 4G speed and the rest at 2G speed.
- Pay by the day USD 2/day for Unlimited Talk/Text/Data with the data at 2G speed. 2G speed is maxed at 128 kilobit/second.
- USD 50/month for 0.5 gigabyte of high-speed data and the rest at 2G speed. (works better for > 25 days of USD2/day).
- USD 60/month for 2.5 gigabyte of high-speed data and the rest at 2G speed. (works better for > 20 days of USD3/day).
- USD 70/month for unlimited high-speed data. (works better for > 23 days of USD2/day)
Data only:
- 0.5/1.0/2.5 gigabyte per day for USD 10/15/30.
- 0.5/2.5/4.5/6.5/8.5/10.5/12.5 gigabyte per month for USD 20/30/40/50/60/70/80.
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Where to watch for StackOverflow / StackExchange downtime status: @StackStatus, @TechCrunch, @HNTweets
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/17
Basically, stackstatus.net is not actively updated when severe things like DDoS happen. So the best way to be kept up to date is watch these links:
- StackExchange Status (StackStatus) on Twitter. Not many updates, but at least some updates.
- TechCrunch. (@TechCrunch) They posted Stack Overflow Goes Down, Programmers Around The World Panic (It’s Back Up Now) | TechCrunch.
- HackerNews. (@HNTweets) They posted Stack Overflow is down | Hacker News.
- IsItDownRightNow. They have some sort of uptime history graph at Stackoverflow.com – Is Stackoverflow Down Right Now? and know that Superuser.com – Is Super User Down Right Now? is related, but not that Stackexchange.com – Is Stack Exchange Down Right Now? is related.
- IsUp.me. No history, only a current status like Down For Everyone Or Just Me -> Check if your website is down or up?.
–jeroen
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Vulcan Point Island: An island in a lake, inside an island, inside another lake inside an island inside the ocean.
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/17
I forgot who brought this up in one of my circles a while ago, but this is fun:
An island in a lake, inside an island, inside another lake inside an island inside the ocean.
From the outside in:
- Sea (South Chinese Sea/Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean)
- Luzon island of the Philippines
- Taal Lake
- Volcano Island
- Main Crater Lake
- Vulcan Point Island
Isn’t the earth a magnificent planet (:
–jeroen
via: Taal Lake – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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