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January 24 2010
Beijing Gulou area transformed to "time museum"?
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The Beijinger blog writes:
Disturbing news in the Chinese press has bar owners around Gulou (aka the Drum Tower) feeling nervous. Plans have been announced to “restore” the area around the tower to the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and build an underground “Beijing Time Cultural City,” comprising restaurants, parking spaces, and a museum about timekeeping...
January 23 2010
Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected - Google - Lifehacker
5 Cool About:Config Hacks To Make Firefox Browsing Smoother
Found on a random Facebook page. Looking everything in this scene.Out-of-Work Architects Turn to Other Skills - NYTimes.com
January 22 2010
Photographer Accused of Shooting Wolf in Captivity
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I don't understand how this is faking.
A Spanish artist has been accused of faking this extremely awesome photo of a wolf, not with any Photoshop phoniness, but with a zoo animal. José Luis Rodríguez won a $16k prize from the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for his shot of a supposedly wild wolf jumping a gate, but is said to have broken the ...
Muji and Lego
Lost At E Minor: For creative people
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this is soooooo cooool!
Muji & Lego recently released a joint product that consists of a box of Lego pieces that also comes with sheets of paper — with a particular hole-punch (not included), the paper and Legos can be combined into some cute creations.
BBC News - China shopping centre builds 'car park for women'
Shared by kristenA shopping centre in China's Hebei province designs a women-only car park with wider spaces and bright colours.
Deathly stupid.
It’s so pretty.January 21 2010
Desperately Seeking China VPN
In the wake of Google’s clash with Beijing, it is interesting to note that more and more people are searching for VPNs in China. (Actually, people started searching even before Google’s clash, so there may have been a tightening of the Internet even before Google went public.)
How do I know? Due to a poll I did a few months ago about The Best VPN for China, my blog is one of the top results...
How to Access Twitter and Facebook in China
I setup my connection to Twitter and Facebook via SSH tunnel again. When the original tools to access Twitter, and Facebook failed, I just lost interest to setup proxy. Now, I am back and just accepted the 109 Facebook friend request. (My rule: Accept everyone in jianshuo@Facebook, but be very selective on Kaixin001.com. Here is how I did it.
The process is pretty straight forward, but it is...
London's Olympic stadium to be made out of recycled guns and knives
FT on cultural differences in Chinese internet use
 | Western companies are struggling to bridge the growing gap created by the evolution of a cyberspace with Chinese characteristics. Kathrin Hille explains some of the cultural (and political) differences in today’s Financial Times.
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January 20 2010
Research team 'virtualizes' supercomputer
Mendeley on a Digital Mission to Texas
Great news! We’ve been picked by Chinwag and the UKTI to don our cowboy boots and Stetson hat before jetting off to the great Lone Star State on a Digital Mission.
“39 of the UK’s leading digital companies have been selected for the second annual Digital Mission to South by South West interactive (SXSWi), taking place in Austin, Texas from 11-17th March 2010. [...] The successful companies were...
Nokia’s design and user experience library
 | In recognition of the importance that good design and user experience plays in creating successful products and services, Forum Nokia has renewed and extended it support available for those looking to improve the quality of their mobile applications. Central to this effort has been the launch of a new User Experience program and resources for designers. Most useful of all is the launch of the |
January 18 2010
Don't worry, you can still sext in China
Hey sexy texters, feel free to whip out your phones and tell your respective others how much you like bedtime moves. What? Worried that it'll somehow get your SMS service turned off by the folks at China Mobile and the Public Security Bureau? Thankfully, it turns out that news of those proposed regulations against sexting aren't quite true... at least for now.
Over the weekend, a short...
January 13 2010
Google + US government = Love?
1. Even if Google pulls out of China, this is not going to stop cyber-attacks; there would still be plenty of other Google targets to attack. Similarly, even if they stop offering Gmail services to new Chinese users, they will still have a lot of existing Chinese users to take care of. Security breaches will continue, especially among human...
Nostalgia for vintage ads
Photo from Flickr user Moose Greebles
This ad was sent by a reader a while back, and I understood their nostalgia for it. It's a Lego ad from 1981.
The text reads: Have you ever seen anything like it? Not just what she's made, but how proud it's made her. It's a look you'll see whenever children build something all by themselves. No matter what they've created.
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