Yearly Archives: 2006

Us Against Them

This is certainly not a new topic for China bloggers, but I just finished reading an article on ESWN entitled “How I Was A Chinese Traitor” and it brought back memories of my own similar experience in Beijing. For those in too much of a hurry to click and check out the article – essentially …

May 21, 2006
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AdNon-Sense

I’ve been in a bit of an e-mail exchange with Google AdSense lately. They wrote to inform me that one of my pages is in violation of their policies. I’ll be the first to admit, I may have skimmed that policy/terms of agreement bit a tad quickly before clicking the little “I Agree To The …

May 19, 2006
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Windows Dead Mail

That’s it, I give up. I’ve stuck with Hotmail since like ’97 or something… tao_monkey acidhartha thehumanaught… Me and Hotmail, we’ve had some good times, we have. But I’m tired of having to battle with the commies to access my e-mail. I mean, I’m not exactly a political dissident, an active activist, or anything… Besides, …

May 18, 2006
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Da Hei Shan 大黑山

Last week, as I’ve mentioned, was May Holiday. This is a very popular time for people in China to travel – as many have a week long vacation. The “many” however did not include Maggie. As I didn’t really feel like trekkin’ around China on my own, and am still slaving over this new Web …

May 9, 2006
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War On Fat: Part III – Good Habits

So, about a week after going to war… how are things? Well… I nixed jogging. At least in the everyday way. With some advice from friends who seem to have an uncanny amount of knowledge about this stuff, I’ve decided to take things a bit slower than I initially intended. I was all gungho about …

May 9, 2006
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The Mac Daddy

I know, I know… two posts in one day – inside of a couple hours even. But since I left here last I stumbled upon something and wanted to share it. I’ve effectively turned the look of my computer into that of Mac OSX. For those, like me, whom years ago swore off Mac and …

May 6, 2006
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China Doesn’t Like Hot Males

Haha… of all the sleazy titles to drive traffic to your site… But yeah, so this last week I’ve been on holiday. It’s the Labour Holiday in China, and as such the people who do the least labour (the rich) get a truckload of time off, while the people who do the most (the poor …

May 6, 2006
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Gasp! Fake News … in China!!!

There’s a new post over at ESWN talking about the Beijing Legal Times. Apparently Chinese counterfeiters have now decided to make a newspaper that’s contents are completely false. This will leave many Chinese aghast at how low these people will go. In other surprise news, Chinese people still believe State-run news agency XinhuaNet is telling …

May 5, 2006
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The War On Fat: Part II

I don’t intend for my updates to be quite so regular as every day – I mean, it’s a long process and rather boring I think… but just wanted to comment on my first day. Day One: Got up at 6:30 a.m. – this has become a strong habit, and with few exceptions is something …

May 4, 2006
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The War On Fat: Part I

Seems everyone has got their “War On” these days – and I’m a follower of the Faith of Conformity, so I’m starting my own war. Dubbed “Operation: Reclaim Waistline“, my War On Fat shall combat the Axis of Evil (The Democratic People’s Republic of Lethargy, The Sovereign Kingdom of Crap Food and Not Drinking Enough …

May 3, 2006
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Worth A Thousand Tears

Just made my daily trip over to EastSouthWestNorth Blog and his current post features a photo journalist named Maohair (毛孩儿) from Shenyang (about 5 hours north of here, and the capital of this – 辽宁 – province. His photography is strikingly raw. It reads more like a CSI report than a portfolio, as most his …

May 1, 2006
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