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Cartoon Network Rickroll
We don’t have cable (we wouldn’t have a TV if Stick didn’t need it for his console games) so I had to find out about the national rickroll through Twitter. It is so awesome to see a nerd joke make … Continue reading
Tropical Nightmare
I recently got the chance to beta Tropical Dream: Underwater Odyssey by Digital Chocolate. I usually love betatesting new games, I get a sneak preview and the chance to run my mouth to the developers. Before I say anything else, … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, Raleigh
Tagged awesome, beta, casual games, chinese, Digital Chocolate, Game Reviews, games, new game, Raleigh, Tropical Dream, Tropical Dream: Underwater Odyssey, Young
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China Bloggers
It’s actually painful for me to pass this on, since I want to win so badly. But it’s still an awesome contest: Mashable and VisualCV have teamed up to send a Mashable reader to China in November with Robert Scoble, … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged awesome, back to China, bloggers, China, China blog, China Blogs, lifetime, Raleigh, social media, tech, travel
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Durian Romance
The awesome Mental Floss Blog has a new post on 5 Innovative Ways to Encourage Safer Sex. All 5 are funny – condom ringtones, anyone? — but I just had to share this one. Ethiopians claim they hate condoms because … Continue reading
Gustav Alerts
So I’m doing a blog for my mom’s museum, the Gustav Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. I had this awesome idea to do a series of posts on a “Stickley in the blogosphere” theme, connecting to posts on personal blogs … Continue reading
Posted in Raleigh
Tagged awesome, bloggers, blogging on blogging, craftsman farms, my family is crazy, my other writing, Raleigh, search terms, SM@CF, Stick, stickley museum
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Meme Sheep #080808
There’s a Chinese Twitter meme going around now, Twitter users — I’m supposed to say “Twitterati” and not “Twits” — are adding #080808 to their icons and tweets. David Feng explains more on CNReviews, and Ryan has a collection of … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey, Other Blogs
Tagged as seen in Beijing, awesome, Beijing Olympics 2008, BeijingRRR, China, chinese, CNReviews, Eric, McDonalds, New Jersey, other blogs, twitter
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Southern Attempt
Stick was hired by as a playtester! It’s a great situation for him, sure, it’s not actually sitting at home playing WarCraft all day but it’s close. The job’s in Raleigh, so now we’re going to be southerners! Waffle House and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged adventures with Stick, awesome, Beijing:Raleigh, chinese, Chinese life, coffee, family, games, mandarin, moving, North Carolina, Raleigh, Stick, WarCraft, World of WarCraft
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End Of Part Two
I’m still in Beijing, but I’m getting into an East Coast sleep pattern already. It comes from lying in bed wondering exactly what I’m going to do with myself next, and then waking up to an anxious countdown of time … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina
Tagged awesome, back to China, China, Chinese life, Cosmo, ESL, expats, family, job hunting, mandarin, North Carolina, Raleigh, reading, repatriation, Stick, travel
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Other Bloggers On Visa Changes
A post on the awesome OneManBandwidth blog says goodbye to many expat friends, and mentions an unexpected side effect of the inability to get and keep a legit working visa in education: Teachers were affected about a year ago when … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged awesome, bloggers, China, Chinese life, education, expats, General, other bloggers, other blogs, teaching, THQ, travel
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Graffiti With Chinese Characteristics
I’ve noticed that Beijing is really low on graffiti. There are exceptions — names and dates scratched into the Great Wall or dust-signatures on cars — but there are almost no spray-painted tags or the type of graffiti I’d expect … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged awesome, cars, chinese, Chinese life, General, graffiti, other blogs, photoblog, Shanghai, with Chinese characteristics
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