X'mas in Vegas

Madeline got her caricature "potrait" drawn there. Please check out my article in Chinese.

Don't forget to click the link at the end of the article for more pictures! (No need to signup Ofoto. Just click the purple "View Photos" button on the linked page)

Spreading the disease

Poisonous formula (milk powder)
fake egg,
dyed orange...

What's next biggest export from China?

It's SPAM!

I feel bad reading all these being a Chinese myself.

A costly miss by the censorship "sensors"?

Music fans know that Wal-Mart censors music it sells. It's not supposed to sell any music with explicit lyric. This is a practice heavily criticized by more open-minded music fans, including myself.

Well, apparently their "effort" is not enough: a couple bought Evanescence's latest CD from Wal-Mart for their daughter and was not happy to hear 'fuck' in the lyrics so they sue Wal-Mart 'coz Wal-Mart is supposed to censor such thing. See Wal-Mart Sued Over Evanescence CD Lyrics for more details.

So, what an irony! Wal-Mart's censorship practice backfired. If they don't do it in the first place, I guess they can't get sued.

(BTW, I never claim that my blog is free of foul language. So don't even think about suing me for that!)

A day to remember: no more IBM PC

(from eweek.com)

BTW, there has been numerous analysis on this deal, with most saying IBM is getting out of PC business because it's not profitable, but this is the most interesting one: The China Syndrome: If You Want to Understand IBM Selling Its PC Division, Just Look East

Who censors?

I gotta brag about writing about Google's biased (pro-Beijing) Chinese news website before major news agency reports that media watchdog Reporters Without Borders accused the U.S.-based company of being complicit by filtering its Chinese-language site.

Ironically, the Chinese government backed search engine Accoona doesn't seem to do much censoring. See Try this search