Monthly Archives: August 2008
It’s time to confess – Web 2.0 style
The other day an idea for a new site hit me, and as I was waiting for some deliverables from a client to arrive and didn’t have much to do, I figured – what the hell. The site is called Twitfessions, and essentially it tracks and displays any Twitter tweets that are tagged with #confession. …
Dead babies don’t get A.D.D.
i just finished reading this MSNBC article: “Vaccine-wary parents spark public health worry” and I’ve gotta say, man are we eager to be ignorant. Essentially the article talks about how pockets of populations in the US have had large increases in the number of parents that are getting immunization exemptions. Their argument is that there …
Tim Horton’s in China (Timmie’s secret revealed)
I drink a lot of coffee. I’m sure I’m not alone in this confession, but I thought I’d make it regardless. I drink so much in a day that I’ve set a cut-off limit of 5pm, anything later and I increase my chances of having night-terrors. Now, instead of night-time misadventures, I find myself cramming …
Love will keep us together
Today marks Maggie’s and my 18 month anniversary. I didn’t think it was a thing to be celebrated – Maggie set me straight. Though it’s a lot more just a quirk that my wife like’s to celebrate things, I found it interesting that 18 (yāobā) is considered lucky by Chinese superstitious mumbo jumbo. In addition …
They’re going to bring out their dragons…
I’ve been up to my elbows all week polishing up Lost Laowai in both design and features, and so haven’t had much chance to update on here. However, it’s officially the weekend, and I’m in the mood for some Olympic-sized funnies: The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap? Every time she says that “Oh, they’re …
Danwei.TV: My latest project
Just want to take a moment and brag about a cool new project I’ve been hard at work on: Danwei.TV. Most foreign folks living in China, or with any interest in China, are bound to know Danwei.org, possibly the most widely-read English-language blog about China, and many of you have also likely watched Danwei-produced and …
#080808 – Everybody Ba Ba Ba
So the day is upon us. 08/08/08 is here – the Olympics have arrived. And in good Web meme fashion, the China Twitterati have come up with the #080808 campaign. I first read about it from David Feng over at CNReviews after having seen everyone on my Twitter list 080808′ing their avatars. It was started …
Total Pro
After having used Flickr for a couple years, I’ve finally sprung for a Flickr pro account. I was tired of being confined to a limited number of sets (categories for your pictures), and of being reminded that my account had reached the maximum number of photos that could be displayed. When I first got a …
A weekend in Hangzhou
Last weekend Maggie and I finally got down to Hangzhou. We’d been meaning to visit the place (a mere 2 hour bus ride from Suzhou) since moving here two years ago, but it always seemed to fall by the wayside. With work keeping us both insanely busy, it’s been a little too easy to forget …
