Tag Archives: tech
Fatal Attraction
Cory just sent me this story about a Chinese man who spent all of Lunar New Year holiday playing online… and died from it. An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a “marathon” online gaming session over the … Continue reading
Java Script
Just in case you’re somewhere there isn’t a Starbucks on every corner, you can text your current ZIP code to MYSBUX (697289) and you’ll receive the addresses and phone numbers of the three nearest Starbucks locations. No, I’m not kidding. … Continue reading
Universal Game Culture
My students were having trouble with the difference between an action in the present and a habitual action. The book seemed a little technical here, so I pulled out my cell phone. “I’m going to call my boyfriend,” I said. … Continue reading
Nerdy Girl Makes Fun Of Popular Hot Girl For Taking Her Clothes Off
Apparently, you can make a name for yourself on MySpace. And that name can have as many capital letters as you want. ForBiddeN is a MySpace user, who posts naked pictures and semi-naked pictures, as well as offering her own … Continue reading
Facebook Fervor
I joined Facebook three years ago because I’m internet obsessed hip to all web trends, and in that time, Facebook’s added a lot of cool features. You can list your course schedule and search for users by class. You can … Continue reading
Immoral Foreign Blogger (No, not me)
The PRC has recently seen fit to lift the Blogger and Blogspot ban in China. This has led to a lot of changes in the China expat blog world… not the least of which is that now I can see … Continue reading
Drum Tower
We went to the Drum Tower and climbed some more steep stairs. At the top, we saw an awesome show on huge old drums. (yes, that is the technical name for them) Unfortunately, Bethie couldn’t perform her solo here. There … Continue reading
Honesty Is Never The Best Policy
My sister and I were talking about the shades of gray in Chinese honesty. In just the last few weeks, she’s already been witness to quite a lot of what we in America might describe with the local idiom “lying … Continue reading
Hot and Heavy
My air conditioner died. I know, I know, you were expecting this post to be all about Stick and how great he is and stick-figure romance and our trip to Beijing to pick up my sister and our visit the … Continue reading
The Further Adventures Of No-Sense-Of-Direction Girl and Don’t-Plan-Ahead Boy
If you are driving on the New York Thruway, and you happen to miss the exit for 84 (the uneducated might think this is the fault of the girlfriend/navigator but all of the signs were CLEARLY stolen by gnomes in … Continue reading
