I got this in my e-mail today:
Firefox extension unblocks Google Cache in China
Chinese users of the latest version of the popular Firefox extension CustomizeGoogle are happy. A new feature modifies the Google Cache urls so that they are no longer blocked by the Chinese firewall.
I don’t have time to give it a try today. If anyone else within China has time to verify it, that would be great.
Update:
OK, I got a chance to try it …
“Superhuman Linking Machine” Simon of Simon World has recently put together a Halloween treat for you. You won’t need a costume to join the fun. You don’t have to go door to door and beg for it. You don’t have to scoop out pumpkin innards or create fire hazards in the name of tradition…
It’s the Simon World’s Top Ten List on the China Blog List “Recommended” page!
Happy Halloween.…
I admitted to Micah the other day that he was a part of the inspiration for the 老百姓 snob I wrote about recently. I didn’t mean it as an insult or anything… it was just an observation of his lifestyle in Shanghai.
Micah recently responded:
But let me say a few words in defense of the 老百姓 snob. I think the reason I put forward the effort to be this kind of snob is because I reject the status
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Imagine a Klondike Bar without the chocolate shell. Just a nice thick square of vanilla ice cream. That’s basically what White Bear (白熊) Ice Cream is.
The picture shows a spoon, but who needs that? The wrappered slab of vanilla fits in your hand comfortably, no utensil required. The ice cream is pretty good… rather creamy for a Chinese brand. It costs 5 rmb. I think I still prefer 大块头 ice cream at only 1 rmb, …
Since Google launched the Google Ads program, website design has been seriously affected. The question of “where will I put the Google Ads in my layout?” has become an important one. I’ll admit that I, too, made this a significant factor in my own redesign of this blog.
There has been a buzz for a while about Baidu starting an ad program similar to Google’s. What I’ve noticed in the past few weeks is not directly related, though… it’s the …
The page features various articles on what foreigners are up to, and two pictorials. One is a gallery of foreigners fixing bikes (and it’s every bit as fascinating as it sounds!). The other is a smaller gallery of foreigners drinking beer out of traditional Chinese vessels called 痰盂. The dictionary says a 痰盂 is a spittoon, and the characters that make up the word seem to indicate this is well. According to a Chinese source, however, these 痰盂 were …
scRambler recently put together a page on Shanghai. It’s loaded with all the sites he likes related to this crazy city. That’s cool in itself, but what makes the page especially intresting to me is that it uses MagpieRSS to pull in info from RSS feeds and then hides most of it, giving users the option to view it with a visibility toggle script. I was thinking of using a similar method for something of my own, so …
OK, I said I was taking a break, but this is too funny not to share…
Thanks to Tian for giving me the heads up. Tian has also collected a lot of this talented duo’s videos on his blog. They really are called the “Back Dorm Boys” (后舍男生). Take a look.
P.S. That is definitely an authentic Chinese boys’ dorm, right down to the roommate playing CS!…
John has lived in China for
11.5
years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and tech.
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