Arrived in Kyoto. Enjoyed talking with the MBA student from Inner Mongolia in the Taxi from the airport. # The MBA student asked if it is true that Taiwan is ruining its economy by raising taxes and spending all its money on military build up? # @Naruwan: Yes, the English versions of most Taiwanese websites [...]
[reading] Suspicious timing: So, was Gonzales’ resignation yesterday specifically timed to happen .. http://tinyurl.com/275khr #
[reading] Edwards Goes After the ‘Corporate Democrats’ — Is This a Turning Point for His Campaign.. http://tinyurl.com/3y7slq # The Italian version of my Wikitization article is now available online! http://tinyurl.com/23g4vu #
Every Taiwanese has a National ID Card 身分證 with its own unique number, not unlike a Social Security number in the US. The difference is that every legal permanent resident in the US also has a Social Security number, but foreigners living legally in Taiwan are given a different number. Instead of a National ID [...]
Arrived in Taipei via the new express train from Hualien (2 hrs. vs. 2:30-3hrs). Sticking around till Thursday. #
The Palm Treo is a decent device, but it costs twice what it should and it hasn’t been significantly upgraded in years. Unfortunately, I need one. I need one because I dearly depend upon my Pleco Chinese-English dictionary, which I use several times a day. I also need one because my Treo 650 suddenly died [...]
How to publish your facebook status on twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2vrp8p (Shows that Facebook is slowly opening up.) # Are scientists overestimating — or underestimating — climate change? (A three part series.) http://tinyurl.com/yq8e8t # [status] Kerim is switching his favorite pen. Goodbye Uni-Ball Vision (fine), hello Uni-Ball Signo .. http://tinyurl.com/2ttphg # Aiderss.com allows you to subscribe to [...]
Goodby Pandora (doesn’t work outside the US) and LastFM (more like a virus than software), hello Deezer! http://www.deezer.com # China Airlines paints over logo on crashed plane: Mark Frauenfelder: Todd says: "After a China Airlines 737.. http://tinyurl.com/3d9nfn # Canadian cops admit staging own provocateurs at protest: Xeni Jardin: Following up on a previous BoingBoi.. http://tinyurl.com/2yben3 [...]
The text of John Edward’s Hanover speech reprinted in full (via Crooked Timber): Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: “To Build One America, End the Game” Hanover, New Hampshire August 23, 2007 This election is unlike any we have faced before. The stakes are higher. And the challenges we face as a nation are greater than [...]
Switching from RSS2Twitter.com to twitterfeed.com to serve my feeds to Twitter. # Reading: US Farmers Using Prison Labor: Nicole Hill, The Christian Science Monitor, writes: "As sta.. http://tinyurl.com/23ju8o # Burning Questions: Full Feeds http://tinyurl.com/26u46s # The Pentagon is the perfect eBay customer: $0.19 for the item, $969,000 shipping!!! http://tinyurl.com/2vllwb # Why Max Roach was great: [...]