Vinko’s Thoughts On…

Repost from: Vinko’s Satellite Blog

As many of you may have heard of VoIP (Voice over IP). There are some very popular service like: Skype and Gizmo Project.

Last year EQO Communications launched the EQO service, which extends these VoIP service back to the mobile phone, and in addition to offering free IM (instant messaging) service to popular services like: ICQ, MSN Messenger, Google Talk and Jabber.

You may ask, why do you want to have VoIP on a mobile phone? Why does one just use the mobile phone itself to make the call required. The answer is cost. In most cases, there is a discount of about 95%. Like other VoIP providers, EQO offer free calls to other registered EQO users.

Although it offers this service to 29 countries it does not yet offer its service to Asia and more specifically Hong Kong. I am calling everyone in Asia to help convince EQO to begin offering their service in Hong Kong and rest of Asia. Please go to EQO’s country suggestion page to add your respective countries to their list of desired countries.

Repost from: my “satellite” blog at Vox.Com

What’s on your “do before I die” list?

Submitted by Caroline.

This is a question I had heard brought up many times, but has yet to think of an answer… until now.

I think I will list my top 10 “Do Before I Die” items in reverse priority (10 being the most desired):

1. Go bungee jumping
2. Go for a luxury African Safari
3. Go skydiving
4. Get my Level 4 sailing certification and then purchase and live on a sailboat
5. Get certified for scuba diving (Rescue level)
6. Get my private pilot license
7. Get my motorcycle license and purchase a Harley Davidson
8. Go alpine skiing in the Swiss Alps
9. Visit Mount Everest (again)
10. Obit around the Earth either on a spacecraft or space station

I figure I have just a little less than 20 years to accomplish all this. Not that I expect to live another 20 more years. It is just that many of these items have ages limitations.