As of yesterday, I am 100% married. I had been “half married” for a year. Honestly, I think it was great to do it this way. We had plenty of time to get used to the idea of being married. I’m usually for jumping into the deep end rather than slowly wading into the shallow end, but in this case I liked it.
My whole family is still here in Shanghai for another week, so expect light posting.…
After eating all Chinese food for about a week, my family was delighted to stop into Starbucks in Hangzhou. (Funny how a familiar corporate logo can engender feelings of fondness.) We had the following conversation:
Me: You don’t need to gather up the trash. They’ll clear the table when we leave.
Mom: But the trash can is just right there.
Me: Still, you don’t need to do it. It’s their job. You don’t want to take away their job, do
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My web hosting provider, DreamHost, got hacked recently. In an e-mail to me, they wrote:
We have detected what appears to be the exploit of a number of accounts belonging to DreamHost customers, and it appears that your account was one of those affected.
We’re still working to determine how this occurred, but it appears that a 3rd party found a way to obtain the password information associated with approximately 3,500 separate FTP accounts and has used that information
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One food that foreigners miss while in China is doughnuts. Sure, Shanghai has its “Mister Donut” shop, but those small, hard doughnuts never impressed me. Then there are those that call Chinese youtiao (fried bread-like sticks) a “Chinese doughnut,” but I find that very suggestion laughable. A proper doughnut is a whole different animal. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to stumble across these yesterday near West Lake in Hangzhou:
Fresh, soft, and dusted in powdered sugar. No glaze, and they …
My whole family is currently visiting me in Shanghai. I’ve got a list of great restaurants to take them to, and a few other fun places as well. We’ll also go to Beijing. I was just wondering if anyone out there can recommend things in Shanghai that appeals to 60ish parent-types?
Specific recommendations as well as links to relevant blog entries or whatever are all welcome. Thanks in advance!
Update: I’ve gotten some helpful suggestions, and I appreciate that. I’m …
John has lived in China for
11.8
years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and tech.
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