VIDEO DESCRIPTION: I’ve taken a strong interest in the American Hobo’s bicycle ride around Malaysia and his upcoming bicycle ride in Indonesia. I watch all his videos and live streams, and I keep track of all the purchases and changes he makes in terms of his camera gear, YouTube Channel,…
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YouTube: I Discover a Piece of Myanmar in the Heart of Kuala Lumpur
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: If you look carefully at the thumbnail for this video, you will see a scattering of names, all associated with food. And that should give you some idea of some of the things that happen in this video. Meals come my way in various ways and at various…
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“Your Google Ads account was canceled” – Panic!!!
I wish the modern world wouldn’t send me into a panic quite as often as it does. I was just out having a relaxing dinner when I got an email from Google with the scary subject line: “Your Google Ads account was canceled.” And that subject line was followed by…
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Cleaning Up and Correcting YouTube Automated Captions Using AI
For every video that I post to Planet Doug, I use an AI to clean up and correct the YouTube Captions. The YouTube Captions are created automatically by the YouTube computers and they are based on simple voice-to-text technology. I assume YouTube will eventually improve on this system, but for…
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YouTube: My Neighborhood Is Better Than Yours – YouTube Challenge
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: I decided to take part in the latest Internet and YouTube craze (that I just invented). It’s called “My Neighborhood Is Better than Yours.” It’s sweeping the nation and soon the world. The idea is that you step outside your front door and turn on your camera and…
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Tech Post: Technology from the Past
I stumbled across these photos this morning. They were taken inside a hotel room in the Philippines back in 2014. Of course, this was way before I had a YouTube channel or even shot video. I didn’t have a laptop or a tablet or even a smartphone. However, as you…
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YouTube: 5-Snack Challenge at the Taman Connaught Night Market (Malaysia)
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: The 5-Snack Challenge is a time-honored Planet Doug tradition. I walk through a market or a food street and by the time I reach the end, I MUST have tried at least five snacks. It’s just a fun technique I came up with to force myself to try…
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Update: What’s Happening on Planet Doug?
Thursday, October 23, 20257:00 a.m. Raja Bot HotelKuala Lumpur, Malaysia Just a quick update about what is happening on Planet Doug. Life circumstances and new opportunities have kept me in Kuala Lumpur, so I’m still here, much longer than I had planned. I keep making plans to leave and then…
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YouTube Video Thumbnail Testing Results
I recently posted a video with three different thumbnails in order to test which thumbnail is the best. Most of the time when I do this, the test is somewhat meaningless. All three thumbnails perform largely the same. In this case, interestingly, there IS a small difference. Two of the…
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Photo Post: Fascinating Apartment Complex in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur
I met up with some friends for brunch the other day, and we noticed a set of older apartment buildings not far away from the Metro Prima MRT Station on the Putrajaya Line. Our restaurant wasn’t open yet, so we strolled over to the apartments to get a closer look….