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Aug 22

How Digital Nomads Live in Hotels Instead of Renting an Apartment

I stopped renting apartments and live in hotels instead. Here is how monthly pricing works, what it costs, and what you give up.

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Jun 30

The Street That Smelled Like Tofu and Nothing Special

I didn’t even know where we were going.

The Street That Smelled Like Tofu and Nothing Special

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12h ago

Why Baguio, the Philippines, Feels Like a Different Country Entirely

A mountain city in the Philippines runs on open windows instead of air conditioning, and a day with a local friend shows why that detail cha

Why Baguio, the Philippines, Feels Like a Different Country Entirely

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1d ago

Anthropic IPO Explained: Why Nvidia, Google and TSMC Are Buying In

Anthropic IPO Explained: Why Nvidia, Google and TSMC Are Buying In

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2d ago

Google’s Newest AI Model Costs $2 Today. That Price Has an Expiry Date.

The line that made me open my calendar was not a benchmark. It was a date. Google released Gemini 4 Carbon on November 10, and the…

Google’s Newest AI Model Costs $2 Today. That Price Has an Expiry Date.

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3d ago

How I Manage Client Logins and Passwords as a Traveling Web Designer

A freelance web designer explains the password habit that quietly put every client site he manages at risk, and the fix that solved it.

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4d ago

How I Use AI Art Tools to Create Custom Website Visuals for Clients

A freelance web designer tries an AI art course to replace stock photos with custom client visuals, and learns where it still falls short.

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5d ago

How I Use AI Art Tools to Create Custom Website Visuals for Clients

A freelance web designer tries an AI art course to replace stock photos for a client, and finds out exactly where it stops working.

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Nov 5

What I Learned From Letting a Local Host Choose My Dinner in Salalah, Oman

A SIM card hunt and a kunafa experiment in Salalah end with a local host choosing where I eat, and why that mattered more than any plan.

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Nov 5

How I Started Offering AI Made Short Video Content as a Web Design Freelancer

A freelance web designer starts getting asked for short videos too, tries an AI course to catch up, and finds out what it cannot teach.

A man holding up a smartphone to film himself in a bright indoor space, illustrative stock photo of filming short video content, not an actual photo of the writer or a real client.

Alparslan Eminaga

Alparslan Eminaga

Solo traveler & digital nomad sharing tips on risky destinations, budget backpacking, AI tools & online income,✍️ Author of Syria Unseen (Amazon Kindle)

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