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As If By An Occult Hand

We got our Christmas box from my parents today! They sent lovely things like jeans for me and a sweatshirt for Stick, cookies, mac&cheese and matzo ball mix. Delicious Western yumminess, and wonderful clothes that fit me! Also my parents … Continue reading

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The Dog Ate It.

Stick and I had an odd meeting with our boss today. We were meant to be addressing some of our recent issues, which involve a mysterious someone in the school’s hierarchy changing our schedule, and not telling the foreign teachers. … Continue reading

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More On Zoodoka

A few months ago I was asked to write about Zoodoka, a new blog RSS-to-email program. I said: With any email marketing program, spamming is going to be a major issue. Any free, mass-mailing program has a huge potential to … Continue reading

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Professor Xavier’s Primary School For The Gifted

Amy campaigned tirelessly to be called a “postal worker” and not a “mail-cyclops”. Dr. Colin gives a booster shot of anti-gravity serum to his young patient. Although being a giant firefighter was a rewarding career, Kim couldn’t find pants that … Continue reading

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Google China

Just something we passed the other night in Haidian… it’s bizarre to see a physical Google entity. Edit 1/17/10: After mysterious hackers attempted to break into the GMail accounts of Chinese activists, Google seems to be sick of the Great … Continue reading

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Live At The BBC

I wrote about Christine Ohuruogu for the Beijing Olympics Fan! blog yesterday, and tonight I got an email from the BBC asking if I’d like to talk about it for World Have Your Say. Would I? Of course! BBC radio … Continue reading

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Email To My Mother

Dear Mom, Can you send me some jeans for Christmas? I want the same size 6 boot cut Gap jeans you got me last year, they were perfect but I ripped them sliding into my seat in Duck Duck Goose. … Continue reading

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Foreigner Wanted…. For Something.

I noticed this job posting this morning. At first glance, it’s a typical English tutoring job. There are hundreds of these in China, if you’re foreign, you’re literally offered English teaching jobs as you walk down the street. This ad … Continue reading

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Six Pomegranate Seeds

It’s odd to see ads for new movies, and know that we’ll be buying them as cheap DVDs in China. It’s even weirder to think of all the other things I’ll miss. I’m sad that I’ll be emailing congratulations for … Continue reading

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Zoodoka

I was asked to look at Zoodaka, a new blog broadcasting service. It makes a blog’s RSS feed into an email, which can be delivered whenever there’s new content, or sent as a digest, weekly or monthly. They have fun … Continue reading

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