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I've been writing, blogging and marketing online for more than 15 years.

This page offers snippets of what I find interesting, and what I'm working on.

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Rent my Budapest flat

I'm traveling in Asia through May 2012. You can rent my flat in downtown Budapest while I'm away.

Current projects

TheRealPashmina.com
Hand-woven pashmina (cashmere) shawls, made to order for you in Nepal


SeaGypsyAdventures.com
Blogging my way through Southeast Asia to Nepal


nowEurope.com
Tech entrepreneurship in Central Europe since 1995


Kaskosan.com
Earth's largest Gypsy social networking site


BudapestToastmasters.com
I'm a founder and past president of the club


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With just a few weeks of training, you can learn to “see” objects in the dark using echolocation the same way dolphins and bats do. Ordinary people with no special skills can use tongue clicks to visualize objects by listening to the way sound echoes off their surroundings, according to acoustic experts at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. “Two hours per day for a couple of weeks are enough to distinguish whether you have an object in front of you,” Juan Antonio Martinez said in a press release. “Within another couple weeks you can tell the difference between trees and pavement.” (via Make Like a Dolphin: Learn Echolocation | Wired Science | Wired.com)

With just a few weeks of training, you can learn to “see” objects in the dark using echolocation the same way dolphins and bats do. Ordinary people with no special skills can use tongue clicks to visualize objects by listening to the way sound echoes off their surroundings, according to acoustic experts at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. “Two hours per day for a couple of weeks are enough to distinguish whether you have an object in front of you,” Juan Antonio Martinez said in a press release. “Within another couple weeks you can tell the difference between trees and pavement.” (via Make Like a Dolphin: Learn Echolocation | Wired Science | Wired.com)