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Monday, July 28, 2008 5:06 PM
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Last Monday I returned from a 10-day self-drive trip in Ireland, starting in Dublin and driving around the west coast in a rental car. Like many people, every summer we take a longish holiday, and for me the joy has always been about the preparation: Read More...
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Friday, April 18, 2008 11:37 AM
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Almost everyone I spoke to recently has been saddened and frustrated by the anti-China protests that have dogged the Olympic torch relay. Those sentiments are echoed in a survey done by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, that finds an overwhelming proportion Read More...
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Monday, March 31, 2008 11:29 PM
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Noticed how clicking on every featured video on YouTube today takes you somewhere else? You've been rickrolled . I have to say that song does bring back memories... Technorati tags: rickroll , April's fool , YouTube email | digg | delicious | live it Read More...
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Monday, February 04, 2008 8:56 PM
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The news that dominated Hong Kong's airwaves this past week has been the scandal regarding Internet leaks of nude photos of several celebrities, subsequently picked up and published by a major news weekly, Next Magazine. The latest development in this Read More...
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Monday, January 07, 2008 9:17 PM
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December is usually the busiest time of the year for me. Dec 2007 was no exception; there's the usual large number of talent reviews to go through, business planning and budgeting for the following year, client service year-end reviews, and so on. To Read More...
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 1:59 AM
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I was a card-carrying member of Friends of the Earth , back in the 80s when I was still in school. I'd attend conferences where we discussed the woes of indigenous people in the Indonesian jungles being exploited, the dangers of deforestation, acid rain, Read More...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007 2:01 AM
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I'm off to Beijing this weekend to attempt an experiment: that you can furnish an apartment 100% with IKEA products, from bed and sofa to knives and forks. Many have attempted, but in the end were discouraged by the jeers of their peers who find it abhorrent Read More...
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Monday, July 30, 2007 10:25 AM
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Danwei's Front Page of the Day is a picture of the Iraq team celebrating their soccer victory in the Asian Cup. Best part of the news? The Iraq team comprises Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds. Titan Weekly , July 30,2007 Titan Weekly is China's leading sports Read More...
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Sunday, July 29, 2007 12:47 AM
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The "Amazing Chinglish" group on Facebook has many photos of funny signs taken by members throughout China (and apparently some they captured off Engrish.com ) In the run-up to the Beijing Olympics there is a major drive from the government to improve Read More...
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Friday, July 20, 2007 10:10 PM
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Occasionally, to stoke conversation at a dinner party, I'll tell people the biggest environmental threat to the planet is actually the human race itself, and wouldn't it be great if the human race disappeared tomorrow? I don't feel so clever or innovative Read More...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:30 AM
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Unbounded Medicine has a collection of digitally manipulated photographs by artist Koen Hauser , a specialist in digital picture manipulation. This collection is called Modische Atlas der Anatomie. Source: Digital manipulation at Unbounded Medicine email Read More...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:34 AM
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I wonder who the other six "787 VIPs" are. I can still remember when being a millionaire meant you had truly made it...nowadays you have to buy a Boeing jet. Boeing gets 787 order from Hong Kong's Lau Tue May 22, 10:46 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Read More...
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Monday, May 21, 2007 1:37 AM
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Marketing Magazine's blog printed a hilarious email from Justin Lim, Leo Burnett's creative director, who found the Japanese had discovered a creative use for plastic bags that runs against everything we've been taught as youngsters: “Plastic bags certainly Read More...
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Sunday, April 08, 2007 12:19 AM
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So we're spending Easter holiday in Beijing, admiring all the new ultra-small mobile phones in the FAB electronics store in Oriental Plaza on Wangfujing, when Geoff and I launch into an argument on the outer limit of mobile phone size. I belong to the Read More...
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