yeah, looks interesting for sure.

I really enjoy backpacking and walking and I’m interested in seeing the Australian outback through the eyes of a walker.

actually, I think the second to the last podcast I put out was about walking specifically as a wonderful mode of travel.

thanks for the recommendation.

oh wow, thanks, this is my first hearing about it.

I appreciate the heads up, I’m checking out the website now.

Texas is the 8th largest economy in the world.

that blew my mind recently.

that looks crazy good, especially after 5 days of backpacking.

were you backpacking in rural areas around your home or did you go a national park or something?

I used to backpack a lot, but never got around to it while I was in Australia.

shoot, 5x the initial work to never cut grass and cultivate a plant bees actually visit?

sounds like a good deal!

travels are good, I taught English a decade ago and have been traveling since.

I don’t know how to follow your progress except to subscribe here, so I guess I’ll do that.

if you have the time, @ me on updates, but I’ll try to be following along.

I’m going to get a house eventually, and clover lawns or grass-alternative lawns are one of my musts.

have a good one!

everything I hear about clover lawns is so great, I’m so happy to see someone trying it out.

please keep us updated on the clover lawn, I hear they thrive forever so I’m excited to hear if that’s true in your situation.

I’m traveling right now, the last time I got to plant stuff a couple years ago I tried a whole bunch of of seeds and when the radishes and carrots and all the little sprouts popped up, it was so exciting, so congratulations.

I know how you feel and it’s very gratifying.

it looks like you’re doing a great job.

you bought it, why shouldn’t you also rent it?

only if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.

just started journey to Savage planet, which is a lot of fun.

the humor reminds me a lot of outer worlds and the exploration feels a lot like outer wilds, coincidentally.

I’m having a really good time playing it and will probably check out the sequel when I finish.

really good article with a couple surprises in there.

"some people speculated that, because of the political pressure against it, its release must have been an act of resistance by someone within the IRS. But the open sourcing of the program was always part of the plan, and was required by a law called the SHARE IT Act. It happened “fully above board, which is honestly more of a feat!,” Given told 404 Media. “This has been in the works since last year.”

Vinton told 404 Media in a phone call that the open sourcing of Direct File “is just good government.”

“All code paid for by taxpayer dollars should be open source, available for comment, for feedback, for people to build on and for people in other agencies to replicate. It saves everyone money and it is our [taxpayers’] IP,” she said. “This is just good government and should absolutely be the standard that government technologists are held to.”"

if you’re talking about the fermented bean curd that I’m familiar with, the flavor is insanely strong.

and despicable, haha.

describing the spiciness of fermented bean curd as superfluous sounds accurate to me.

https://archive.is/2SSwm

for sure! I love talking about this stuff.

if you join an online platform with in-place curriculum, then they assign you to classes so the students are already there.

I didn’t want a schedule, so i made myself available to casually chat with ESL learners on an app called palfish.

enough people called me up for me to make a few hundred a month, which is all I needed to travel. dorms are $100 a month in SE Asia, food is 1 to $4 a portion in all of asia, and I was backpacking half the time anyway.

when I landed in a country, I bought the unlimited data-only plan, clicked the “online” button, and then people called me up whenever they wanted to practice their english with me.

that online work was partially to offset using my savings, but i had already taught in person for ~7 years.

with each month of in-person teaching affording me ~3 months of living expenses, i had enough savings to travel for a couple decades by the time i started traveling full-time.

quick note: there’s no competition for ESL students at the teacher level. there are way too many ESL students and not nearly enough English teachers to fulfill the demand. it’s not even close.

both.

I taught in person in China at first, and then after I started traveling full-time I taught online because all you need is a smartphone.

and no, the market is not at all saturated, it is wide open. there are literally thousands of jobs available right now across dozens of countries and online.

if you have any interest in traveling, or you need money, and are a native or fluent English speaker, teaching English is such a great deal.

I’m happy to answer any other questions you have.

it’s a great job.

teach as little or much as you want, save as much money as you want, go pretty much wherever you want, and then chill out the rest of the time.

I taught for several years and am still traveling on the savings a decade later.

if you’re a native English speaker, you can start doing this next week.

every month you teach english generally results in 2 to 3 months of savings.

I just traveled to Guatemala and learned that once you’re in Guatemala, which is visa-free for most countries, you can also travel visa-free to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua during your stay.

missed the boat there?

thank you!

haha, sorry, i promise this is a good time for me.