{"id":645,"date":"2007-06-21T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agaveweb.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/21\/ever-dropped-your-mobile-phone-down-the-toilet\/"},"modified":"2007-06-21T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T14:18:11","slug":"ever-dropped-your-mobile-phone-down-the-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/blog\/ever-dropped-your-mobile-phone-down-the-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever dropped your mobile phone down the toilet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to say that I haven&#8217;t, but at least <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuexperto.com\/2007\/06\/18\/los-britanicos-pierden-casi-900000-moviles-al-ano-por-tirar-de-la-cadena-del-vater\/\">900,000 Brits per year have<\/a> according to this spurious report (in Spanish). That&#8217;s why, if you ever move to Mexico, pick yourself up a pay-as-you-go phone from OXXO or similar for about 20 quid (40 bucks) and buy fichas (credit) every now and again to keep it juiced. They&#8217;re sturdy, have a long battery life, come with Snake preinstalled and once you work out how to turn off Spanish predictive text you&#8217;re laughing.<\/p>\n<p>So of late there&#8217;s been a bit too much navel gazing going on so this post is an attempt to redress the balance by sharing some links away from the agaveweb empire&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed this article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aguntherphotography.com\/the-ten-most-common-photographic-mistakes.html\">10 common photography mistakes<\/a>. Most of them are pretty self evident but when driven home with good examples it&#8217;ll make you think before your next trip out with a camera. Next time I&#8217;m in an agave field (Saturday, I think), I&#8217;m going to try a fair few shots lying on my stomach&#8230; Also found some good advice for <a href=\"http:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/blog\/how-to-take-great-group-photos\/\">taking group shots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of b3ta&#8217;s finest moments is this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/200706181605.jpg\">picture evidence showing evolution to be lie<\/a>. Behold the <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/gadgets\/clips\/microsoft-surface-the-parody-270782.php\">Microsoft Big-assed-table<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20070620\/sc_nm\/chile_lake_dc_1;_ylt=AuNRTGYHP0AVGgRmqOC4UwgE1vAI\">Chilean Lake Missing<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/after_5_years_in_u_s_terrorist\">The Onion&#8217;s back on form too.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this just in today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mexicowoods.com\/files\/dfbc769d5ac5974a1b627fcf445baf97-333.html#unique-entry-id-333\">JWood&#8217;s coverage of El dia de los Locos in San Miguel de Allende<\/a>, is great. Especially the Osama bit. Well worth a read, today and every day.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, self-absorbtion should resume with the next post prob&#8217;ly. A bientot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to say that I haven&#8217;t, but at least 900,000 Brits per year have according to this spurious report (in Spanish). 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