Earthquake tonight?
An hour ago the news came out that there will be a 2 to 6 degree earthquake from 10 to midnight tonight. This is exciting. My friends and I decided to meet up for some drinks. Now the news just came...
View ArticleXMLBoard Dies of Spam Infection
Last week I visited the XMLBoard website to show one of my coworkers how awesome I am, only to find that the sample site had been crippled under a flood of spam comments. Come to think of it, it’s...
View ArticleMore Fuwa, More Fun
Endlessly inspired by Beijing’s androgenous mascots, I drew this at work the other week. My teammates on the B team going to the frisbee tournament in Shanghai liked it so much that they decided to...
View ArticleDisaster of Red Cliff
Part I of The Battle of Red Cliff is coming out in theatres here on Wednesday, the culmination of, from what I hear, has been the most extended and expensive game of grab-ass in Chinese movie history....
View ArticleBeijing’s New Pajamas
One World, One Dream, One-Piece Pajama Suit Usually when an area in Beijing is fenced off for destruction, the fencing is covered with huge canvas printed with repeating pictures of greenery: woods,...
View ArticleHow to Interact with Foreigners, and other Olympics Propaganda
Don't be "excessive" when helping handicapped people. The diagram shows how to say "Beijing Welcomes You" in sign language. Today I happened across a new series of posters on the neighborhood...
View ArticlePSB More Awesome Than Before
Welcome, foreigner! Although it’s been policy to require foreigners to register residency with their local PSB for a long time now, it’s probably only this year that the policy has grown some teeth,...
View ArticleUnfettered Crazies Tarnish Beijing Olympics
Dreamy riot police, where are you now? (from www.telegraph.co.uk) There was a crazy man on the subway during my commute this morning. He sat across the car by the door and swore uncontrollably,...
View ArticleThugs and Goons, Resilient in Face of Change
As I began work this morning, and dove into my daily task of figuring out how to procrastinate for eight and a half hours, I started, as usual, by reading through the China articles on the New York...
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