—Now this is a commercial. Simple, elegant, effective and ending with a great url! This is not. TV commercials in the U.S. have not improved in my absence. In fact, it seems if you make a drug for obscure medical cases then you have to be advertising on television. When did this become okay? I …
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Even More Maps
I don’t know what it is, but I love online maps! The latest is the My Trip Advisor found in Facebook. I found it in Facebook and thought it was quite easy to setup so I wanted to share it with the world. Of course, at the time, there was no way to merge what …
As seen on the BBC
Yes ’tis true. We have made the news again! This time on the BBC. Our recent trip to Harbin received some attention when I posted the tigers eating a cow video on YouTube. Here is the link to the story on the BBC that aired on March 21st, 2007: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/player/?item=4450939 If you have troubles playing …
I have discovered the Discovery Channel
The limited number of English speaking channels in Beijing forces me to discover the Discovery Channel, and I am glad I did! “Monster Machines”, “I shouldn’t be alive”, and “Mega Builders” are awesome and definitely keeping me coming back for more. The most exciting show recently was about the high speed train concept from NY …
Is my maid spying on me?
Maybe the long days spent at home on the couch watching the James Bond marathon are starting to get to me, but I swear my maid is spying on me. Today, I used the laundry room shower to wash the dog. While I was in there I got nosey and decided to open the Ayi’s …
China Blocks Wikipedia
News is coming in that at least in Shanghai, you can no longer access Wikipedia. Under fire recently over the quality and accuracy of some articles, Wikipedians living in China are shit out of luck. – I believe this is now the same for all *.blogspot.com websites from Shanghai as well. It is known that …
MagLev
MagLev Originally uploaded by beuk. One of the highlights of our second trip to China is that we were able to arrive during the day this time (instead of late at night). We were thus able to take the MagLev (Magnetic Levitation) high-speed train into the city. This was a big highlight for B. The …