Monthly Archives: August 2008

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 …

August 23, 2008
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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 …

August 16, 2008
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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 …

August 13, 2008
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Air travel just doesn’t fly anymore

Aside from family car trips, my first real travels started on a train. I was 11 years old and heading to Montreal from Niagara with just my best friend. We were going to visit his grandmother and meet up with his father, who would then drive us out to New Brunswick on Canada’s East Coast. …

August 10, 2008
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#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 …

August 8, 2008
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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 …

August 8, 2008
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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 …

August 7, 2008
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Good Video: Bono at NAACP Ceremony

Alright, this video is well-over a year old, but I just came across it at Biscuet.com, a site who’s author is joining the ranks at Lost Laowai (which is always looking for new writers). I’ll let the video speak for itself: Update Not sure why, but I accidentally turned off comments when posting this yesterday. …

August 4, 2008
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