Of Course There's a Mall
More same same than different. Big companies own most of it. Maybe we're living in one big mall?
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Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean the ATM Is Safe
The readers who were nervous about ATM cards weren't wrong. But they might be nervous for the wrong reasons. Here's the full breakdown — what the law covers, what it doesn't, and why the world is making this less relevant anyway.
2026 - 11 Years as a Digital Nomad Lawyer
Eleven years in. We sold the company, got on a plane, and spent a year finding out what's left when you keep subtracting: tigers in the rain, jets over Okinawa, a funeral and a kid waiting at a Bangkok gate thirty-eight hours later.
They Can Search Your Phone at the Border. Here's What That Actually Means.
Hong Kong passed a law making it a crime to refuse to hand over your device password at the border. The U.S. hasn't gone that far — yet. What border agents can actually do with your phone, and what you can do about it.
The Non-Goodbye
After eleven years of leaving places and people, Lisa and I understand something about goodbyes that most people don't have to think about. They're permanent. We just don't say so.
Your Evacuation Membership Doesn't Go Where You're Going
You bought the evacuation membership. You assumed it travels with you. It doesn't — and the line it won't cross is drawn by the State Department, not by actual danger.
Get Some Cash: ATMs, Foreign Banks, and the Cards That Beat Them
Foreign ATMs want to charge you. Foreign banks want to charge you. Your own bank wants to charge you. With the right cards, all three charges go to zero. Here's the setup that actually works.