Month: January 2007
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libraries versus publishers
Working in the publishing industry and being particularly sensitive to publishers, I’ve often wondered how they felt about libraries when I’ve passed them during my rides on public transit throughout the city. Now I have a clearer idea. Taken, of course, with a grain of salt.
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Living in Taipei
I have been here just over a week and am settling in ok. I started the week on Monday with a mandarin lesson. Dave had signed me up so we went together, no I don’t think I will be fluent anytime soon, it is another tonal language like Thai, only mandarin has four tones instead…
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how much are you willing to pay for you?
My computer died the other day. Over the weekend it had had some problems accessing one of my hard drives, and Windows was running very slowly. I attempted surgery on it Monday night, but to no avail. Indeed, I believe I may have mucked it up further by attempting (and failing spectacularly) to re-install Windows.…
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Look who is back! I have had a busy few months and will no doubt be writing about it all soon. For now, I am here in Taipei, I arrived a week ago tomorrow and am still trying to get myself into a regular sleeping pattern. It seems to get harder as I get older.…
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the smoking ban
Living downtown, I’ve begun to notice something. While, on the rare occasions I do go out, the smoke has cleared in bars and clubs for the most part – people do still smoke in clubs especially; who’s to stop them when there’s a massive crowd protecting them from the view of whomever is meant to…
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beauty supply outlet commercial now out…
So, remember that commercial I was in? Well, it’s now on the air. Also here for your amusement (until I get told to remove it). (BLARGH! Okay for some reason YouTube hates me and the code they provided won’t post properly in WordPress. So just click the links to go see the videos: variation 1,…
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the holidays, in summary
As you may have guessed from my lack of posting, I went abroad for the holidays. My destination was the UK to be re-uinted with immediate and not-so-immediate family that I see on rare occasions. The two weeks I spent with them was lovely. I caught up with cousins I haven’t seen in a decade…