The American Hobo, AKA Daniel, has finished his 4-month bicycle tour around Malaysia. He cycled through Vietnam from north to south and then rode through Cambodia and Thailand before crossing the border into Malaysia. And he did all this on a $100 bicycle. In Malaysia, he first rode down the…
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EXTENDED CUT: Temple Hopping, Museum Touring, and More in Ipoh (Malaysia Mystery Tour Day 6)
TRANSCRIPT: Good morning and welcome to the beginning of Mystery Malaysia Tour day 6. We’re here in Ipoh, still staying at the Regal Vista Hotel. I thought I’d start today’s video where all days actually start. Sitting here on my bed, I would normally fire up my little kettle to…
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UPDATE: What’s Happening Right Now
UPDATE: Not much time has passed, yet it feels like it’s time for a quick update. Planet Doug is still spinning in orbit around Kuala Lumpur. KL has a strong gravitational pull, and it’s always hard for me to break free. The big event for today (Thursday) was moving from…
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Tech Post: The Trouble with WordPress Blogs
Yes, I have a Planet Doug WordPress blog. It can be found here: https://planetdoug.life Why have you never heard of it? Because WordPress drives me insane. It’s supposed to be the standard for this type of personal blog. Everyone recommends it. Everyone loves it. Yet, it has made my life…
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Tech Post: The Trouble with YouTube Audio
How is it that I have shot video for quite a long time now, and it often feels like I still have no clue what I am doing? I’m thinking in particular of audio. Audio is a constant concern, and I wonder why that should be. Surely, there is a…
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Lively Link: The International Bigshot Shares His Thoughts on Design and Sweat Towels
Lively Link: The International Bigshot Shares His Thoughts on Design and Sweat Towels I recently shared that fellow YouTuber “International Bigshot” (AKA Bill) was back in Malaysia. He got here on a European journey through multiple cities, and he will be posting lots of videos from that journey on his…
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Tripod coming in clutch! How did I live without it?
Right out of the gate, my brand new Ulanzi MT-44 tripod is making itself at home in my video-shooting systems. I use it all the time already, from shooting BTS videos on my hotel bed to filming myself getting coffee in the MRT system. My usual method of attaching the…
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Credit Card Fraud Update (and new Touch’n’Go Visa card)
UPDATE: Some good news on the credit card front. Of course, nothing changed with my old credit card. That account was flagged by my bank for potential fraud, and the card was cancelled. My phone call to my bank was extremely stressful, but it wasn’t actually that bad. I’ve certainly…
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UPDATE: Hotel Smokers and Credit Card Fraud
Saturday, October 4, 20258:32 a.m. Room 307 Crossroads HotelChow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia THE SMOKER IN ROOM 408 A few things have happened over the last few days. I’m still in Kuala Lumpur. I keep uncovering new things I want to do or need to do while I’m here. One…
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A/B Thumbnail Testing on YouTube
Recently, YouTube added the ability to do A/B testing on video titles. And you can combine that with A/B testing on thumbnails. So you can test just thumbnails, just titles, or even test various titles combined with various thumbnails to test each combination and compare them. When they added the…