The ancient Chinese text, Tao Te Ching, offers a profound insight: "Though thirty spokes may form the wheel, it is the hole within the hub which gives the wheel utility." This quote highlights the importance of acknowledging and embracing the voids, rather than trying to fill every gap. In existence, it is the spaces between the spokes, the unknowns, and the mysteries that give rise to new possibilities and experiences.
My Trini Life - Ryan's Blog
This is a collection of stories of things that I experience, use, collect, review or just feel to talk about here in Trinidad or other places I visit. If you like what you see please comment or share it with others.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Nothing is important
The ancient Chinese text, Tao Te Ching, offers a profound insight: "Though thirty spokes may form the wheel, it is the hole within the hub which gives the wheel utility." This quote highlights the importance of acknowledging and embracing the voids, rather than trying to fill every gap. In existence, it is the spaces between the spokes, the unknowns, and the mysteries that give rise to new possibilities and experiences.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Starlink internet in Trinidad and Tobago
Because the service uses a connection via radio waves from hundreds of miles away in space the connection speed can vary depending on weather and atmospheric conditions.
The residential plan starts at $365 / month for service and $3,900 for hardware and shipping is required at $154.00. This gives a total of $4054.00.
The typical speed you can expect during peak ours are 100 Mbps down, 10Mbps up.
It may vary from 25-100 mbps down / 5-10Mbps up.
You would want to choose this option if you are in an area without a wired connection from the other major internet providers. The high cost of purchasing equipment and relatively lower speed compared to a wired provider means this will not be the first choice for most people.
1TB Priority Data for $1080
2TB Priority Data for $2149
6TB Priority Data for $6446
There is an additional $19,082 for hardware and $653.34 for shipping giving a total of $19,735.59 if you choose the 1TB plan.
-Publicly routable IPv4 address. Read more here.
-Dedicated priority support
-Enterprise dashboard for remote monitoring & network management
-Unlimited service locations. Order your first Starlink on this page; once complete, you can add locations on your account portal
Mobile Priority - 50GB: can be used on ocean, land, and in motion with the 50GB of Mobile Priority Data, which enables our fastest network speeds for consumers. After using all Mobile Priority Data, includes unlimited Mobile Data on land anywhere Starlink has service around the world. In-motion use is only approved with the Flat High Performance terminal. This plan and the Flat High Performance are only available in select markets.
This plan starts at $455/month for service and $3,900 for hardware and shipping is required at $154.00. This gives a total of $4509.00.
No contract is required for these plans. Delivery is currently 1-2 weeks from ordering.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Digicel TV asking for Account and Password
After a power outage your TV box might get reset and needs to have an account and password entered into it. For this you need to contact Digicel directly and they will provide you the codes.
List of contact info - https://www.digicelgroup.com/tt/en/digicel-plus/contact-us.html
The account number needed for the TV is different from the bill account number.
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Saturday, December 10, 2022
Airtap T4 register booster fan
I recently started using one of these and it makes a big difference for bringing cool air into a room.
This runs while the central air is not running and has a thermostat to switch off when the desired temperature is reached.
The minimum for the opening it must go into is 24.5 cm x 9.6 cm. This is the size of the enclosure of the fans which go into the end of ducting in the wall or floor.
The actual size of the face of the unit is 29.2 cm x 14.0 cm.
I recommend this unit as it will save on energy cost since this pulls air from other rooms into a problem area, instead of having the cooling\heat running to the whole house to cool a particular area.
There are different sizes and shapes depending on your application.
Supplier link - https://acinfinity.com/hvac-home-ventilation/register-booster-fans/airtap-t4-quiet-register-booster-fan-system-white-for-4-x-10-registers/
This can be used together with a thermostat sensor and a smart plug to get even better control of different rooms in a home.
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Friday, June 10, 2022
How to extend Caribbean Airlines miles expiry
The cheapest way to extend the expiration date of your Caribbean Airlines miles is to buy 1,000 miles for $30 USD. This will push the expiration date to one year later. You can do this yourself via the member portal (https://caribbeanairlines.frequentflyer.aero/pub) and it takes up to 24 hours for the expiry date to be updated. You can also call CAL and purchase it over the phone.
You also have these options but they are relatively more expensive-
- Request an extension for 12 months:
1 - 10,000 Miles: US$100.00
10,001+ Miles: US$150.00
- Wait for them to expire and reactivate all or just some of your miles:
1 - 15,000 Miles: US$100.00
15,001+ Miles: US$200.00
The Caribbean Airlines Official page with full details is here - https://www.caribbean-airlines.com/#/caribbean-miles/manage-miles
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
What to do with old TTD money (bills)
Old $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 bills
The Central bank will continue to exchange these notes indefinitely after January 1, 2022. You take in your old ones and they will give you a new note of the same value.
Link 1 - https://www.central-bank.org.tt/sites/default/files/latest-news/transition-to-polymer-poster-notice.pdf
Link 3 - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159995926989521&set=a.10150218346274521
Old $100 bills
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/12/24/central-bank-to-take-old-100-bills-till-march/
Where to, when to, who to take in old trinidad and tobago dollars
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Friday, May 20, 2022
How to help the taxi service
1. Label bus, maxi and taxi stands in maps.google.com (log in > right click on the location > Add a missing place, fill in the details). If the place already exists ensure the marker is correct on the map.
2. Take and upload pictures of the price list for rides.
3. Take and upload pictures of the stand from across the road with a view of surrounding buildings and landmarks. More pictures are better.
Optional - get contact information for the Association for the route
If you are not sure what to do or do not want to post it yourself please let me know.
All areas need to be updated but areas currently with no information - Point Fortin, Couva, Rio Claro.
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