Archive for June, 2007

Tweets 2007-06-30

Blogging about queuing up! http://standinaqueue.wordpress.com/ More here: http://tinyurl.com/2u6aqw #


Tweets 2007-06-28

Taiwan’s DPP should do something like this instead of starting fights: http://tinyurl.com/2fk2pa #


Jesusphone

I don’t have an iPhone and won’t have one for at least a year or more because I live in Taiwan and iPhones are currently restricted to the worst US cell phone network: AT&T. I also need a phone which will run my Pleco Chinese Dictionary, and the iPhone doesn’t yet support third party applications […]


Tweets 2007-06-26

CAUTION: BIrd Flu http://www.miauk.com/birdflu.html #


Tweets 2007-06-24

Most Americans think like you. http://tinyurl.com/22kd8t #
http://www.hellokittyhell.com/ #
“For Google, it is fair to say that censorship constitutes the single greatest trade barrier we currently face.” http://tinyurl.com/3cetd3 #


Tweets 2007-06-22

Of the three main library sharing websites: Librarything, Goodreads and Anobii, only Anobii.com properly recognizes Taiwanese ISBN numbers! #


GDP vs. US States

Via Strange Maps, a chart/map showing US States renamed with the names of countries where the GDP is similar to that of those states.

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Tweets 2007-06-19

Idea for Google: If there are links in the top ranked posts which might be relevant, make those links clickable in the search results. #


Tweets 2007-06-18

Seems that brick kiln slavery is a problem throughout China, not just in Shanxi. http://tinyurl.com/2e85ps #


Ending Poverty

Been lagging on my Edwards blogging, here is some catchup:
First, Edwards announced a plan for the government to buy up drug patents and release them into the public domain (Kucinich introduced the Free Market Drug Act back in 2004). This is a brilliant idea and hopefully one which will gain more support after everyone’s seen […]