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Nov 3, 2008 10:52
Passing the torch
Posted by RickM
While many of you are likely keeping tabs on tomorrow's Presidential Election, an even more important transition is taking place here on Little Red Blog. As I hinted in my last post, I will soon be leaving China. So I'm going to make this my final LRB post, and pass the torch to Ryan McLaughlin, someone I'm sure most of you are familiar with already.
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Oct 30, 2008 12:08
Experience the Great Firewall: China Channel Firefox plugin
Posted by RickM
For anyone out there who wants to experience what it's like to surf the Net from inside China, you can do so by installing the China Channel Firefox addon. When turned on you will suddenly have a Chinese IP address, and you'll get a better understanding of what Chinese Net users face everyday.
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Oct 23, 2008 21:25
Study Chinese, Japanese with Nintento DS
Posted by RickM
I've always been impressed with the Nintendo DS educational capabilities. Arguably the most popular DS game is Brain Age, which requires you to complete certain tasks or puzzles and then tells you how old it thinks your brain is. But there are many more educational games available out there to choose from, namely a language study series from French gaming developer Ubisoft. And for anyone who is trying to acquire Asian languages you'll be happy to hear that My Chinese Coach and, just recently, My Japanese Coach have been released as a part of that series.
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Oct 14, 2008 23:25
Open Web Asia: Some thoughts on China
Posted by RickM
While I didn't get a chance to attend Open Web Asia in Seoul today, it looks like they managed to snag a few big names. The most recognizable name on the bill was Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo (meh...). While I have yet to see his speech from today, I was curious to see his thoughts on China after he spoke to Christine Lu recently:
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The problem is, of course, is there advertising yet in China? Not really. And credit cards, not so much. So I would say that China's really, at least five years off from being a great market for American companies. (See full video interview)
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Oct 11, 2008 08:31
IBM virtualizes the Forbidden City
Posted by RickM
If you didn't get a chance to visit Beijing during the Olympics, here's an opportunity to see one of its most famous landmarks--well, virtually at least. IBM has created a virtual Forbidden City (website) in an effort to "provide the means for a worldwide audience to celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history". Check out the intro video: Read more »
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