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Tweets 2007-09-11
An English-Chinese dictionary so good, it mentiones no less than 16 guest stars on The Simpsons! http://tinyurl.com/2wc8uq #
Tweets 2007-09-10
[reading] Border Crossings: Jobs Abroad Support ‘Model’ State in India: The Indian state of Kerala.. http://tinyurl.com/2f62xl #
SelectedWorks is great. I wish there was an opensource wordpress plugin to do the same thing. http://works.bepress.com/ #
I really wish I had something like GrandCentral or SkypeIn for Taiwan… #
Neked scooter: http://tinyurl.com/yvow3j #
Tweets 2007-09-09
We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did." http://tinyurl.com/2pmvq4 #
[reading] Naomi Klein’s Disaster Capitalism video: exploiting disasters for globalism: Naomi Klein.. http://tinyurl.com/2shl28 #
US insurers don’t recoup the cost of preventative medicine because employers often switch health care providers: http://tinyurl.com/yr94hk #
Tweets 2007-09-08
[reading] RIP: author Madeleine L’Engle: Snip from NYT obituary (urls added): Madeleine L’Engle, w.. http://tinyurl.com/38zckh #
Tweets 2007-09-07
Good news on the Treo saga: UPS returned it without charge and the ebay seller gave me a full refund. #
[reading] Everything You Suspected About Rich White People is True: This American Life did a show .. http://tinyurl.com/3cfvmr #
I need a replacement for iTunes which works better for multiple users sharing a single media library […]
Tweets 2007-09-06
[reading] ClaimID supports the Open Social Web: Today, Joseph Smarr, Marc Canter, Robert Scoble, a.. http://tinyurl.com/39kqkx #
[reading] Police to Monitor Indian Cyber-Cafes: It stops terrorism, you see:
Vijay Mukhi, Preside.. http://tinyurl.com/37smnr #
Bush the Fascist + Bush the Theocrat < Bush the Plutocrat http://tinyurl.com/3b3l62 #
Google Reader just added search!!! #
Tweets 2007-09-05
[status] Kerim is playing with the dog instead of working. http://tinyurl.com/2ob4kh #
I have used Amazon.com since the beginning, and every time I use it I wonder how such an awfully designed website can be so successful… #
@Lukhnos: Maybe when it first came out, but now it just gives me a headache. Example: you can’t just […]
Tweets 2007-09-04
Back in Taipei. If Japanese zen rock gardens have an opposite it is Taipei! Still, good to be home… #
Tweets 2007-09-02
Young Japanese women all walk around (and even bicycle!) while looking at their cell phone. They all seem very good at thumb-typing. #
"about one in every six Iraqis is a refugee" http://tinyurl.com/39k77w #
Traditional Kyoto houses were long and narrow (aka "eel beds") because they were taxed according to the width of the house. #
"flying is […]
Tweets 2007-08-30
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 provide no […]
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