Archive for July 2009

Reduce Gmail Inbox Size – Request to Remove Email Attachments

Today, I requested a new feature for Gmail.  This is the ability to strip or remove email attachments.
Doing so could prevent our inboxes from filling up or using heavy percentage of inbox capacity.  This could also be beneficial in freeing up Google servers.
Probably many of used to do the same in Outlook to manage our [...]

Rains and Hailstorm in Mongolia in Summer of 2009

Lately, it has been raining nearly every day here in Mongolia.  And, it has been pouring.
Throughout history, Mongolians are known to have worshiped the eternal blue sky during times of the great Chinggis Khaan (often known as Genghis Khan) and before/after that.  Maybe we have maddened the skies, but it has been opened as it’s [...]

North America Mongolia Business Council’s (NAMBC’s) 12th Annual Investor Conference

North America Mongolia Business Council’s (NAMBC) 12th Annual Investor Conference & Prime Minister’s Roundtable will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on September 14-16, 2009.  Registration is discounted for Mongolian businesses, NGO’s, and professors/students with USAM.
About NAMBC & Investors Conference
North America Mongolia Business Council and the Investors Conference are two of the longest running organizations and [...]

Fourth of July in Mongolia

On Fourth of July, 2009, America’s 233rd Independence Day celebration took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.  The event took place at the Star Apartments in the Embassy district from noon to 4pm and was open to Americans and locals alike.  The cover was 7,000 tugrugs (aka tugriks), which equate to about five US dollars.  Locals and [...]

Airmarket, an Airline Ticket Booking Agency, Opens a New Location in Ulaanbaatar

Airmarket, an airline flight ticket booking agency in Mongolia, opened a new location today in the country’s capital city Ulaanbaatar (UB).  The new location sits right across from State Department store on the south side of Peace Avenue.  I ran across the grand opening on the way to work this morning at around 9am.  Here [...]