In 2007 the Internet Crash Happens
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 A hilarious clip from the Onion. The internet has crashed.
Don’t forget to read the ticker.
via: lifehacker
Archive for July, 2007
Hosting Blog on Own Domain is Now Illegal
Friday, July 20th, 2007 The Ya,I Yee blog has posted a hilarious though slightly sad conversation between a Chinese blogger and a staff member of the Shanghai Communication Administration.
The Chinese blogger has his blog on its own domain on a Shanghai server and the latest campaign is to close these down as apparently a blog is considered […]
163 Million INternet Users and Counting
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 China has now 162 million internet users according to the CNNIC. A big jump form the previous 137 million at the end of 2007.
I wrote a short article including charts comparing the end of 2006 with the stats from June 2007.
Check Chinese internet stats June 2007
Recipe for Cartonboard Baozi
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 Products from China are lately in the limelight. Toothpaste that kills, food for kittens that kills, fake water in the water coolers in Beijing and now steamed pork buns (baozi) made from cardboard have popped up.
A bakery in Beijing sold pork buns that were made of 60% cardboard and 40% pork. Customers don’t taste […]
I’ll change my name to VAN
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 Over the last weeks I got several calls from so called Western managed and quality services like my hospital and my dentist. The conversation invariably started with, “Am I speaking to mister “Van”. (Mister “From”, a common part of a Dutch surname)
Before the The Dell china customer rep was convinced I was called mr. […]
