{"id":264,"date":"2010-03-15T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T07:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2010-04-13T00:57:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T00:57:39","slug":"4amexpat-blog-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/4amexpat-blog-update\/","title":{"rendered":"4amexpat blog update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/solar-hill-tribe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263\" title=\"solar-hill-tribe\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/solar-hill-tribe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/solar-hill-tribe.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/solar-hill-tribe-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have a been away from blogging for a while, but haven&#8217;t been idle.\u00a0 I have put up a couple of sites that while not perfect, I think make some improvements on what is out there.\u00a0 The first is a Thai classifieds mashup from some of the local classifieds sites.\u00a0 Rather then checking the major ones, you can check <a href=\"http:\/\/classifieds.4amexpat.com\" target=\"_blank\">classifieds.4amexpat.com<\/a> and get them all in one feed.\u00a0 It also has a pretty decent free posting system, so you can sell your stuff there easily.<\/p>\n<p>For news, getting all the major Thai blogs and newspapers in one place is the challenge I went for with <a href=\"http:\/\/news.4amexpat.com\">news.4amexpat.com<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not perfect, but it&#8217;s a decent way to find out what&#8217;s going on in Thailand at a glace.<\/p>\n<p>Have finally converted to <strong>Worpress<\/strong> as well.\u00a0 Been using it pretty thoroughly here in the last several months and decided it was finally good enough for my blog. 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