Catherine and I arrived in NC late last night, and I got up a couple of hours ago with jet lag. We have different approaches to dealing with jetlag. Hers is to sleep. She feels that as long as she sleeps enough the jet lag will go away and she’ll get back on a normal […]
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Up for Macworld
Okay, I have to admit that it’s 1am in Beijing and I’m up looking at updates of Steve Jobs’ Macworld Keynote. One thought I’ve had is that the recent increase in iPod ads in Beijing might indicate that the iPhone is coming to China soon (maybe they’re “warming up the market”?), and that Jobs would […]
Merry Christmas!!
Today is the third day of Christmas, so I guess my Christmas wishes aren’t all that late. We spent Christmas in Beijing this year. Catherine and I were both hampered by canker sores, so we didn’t do much talking, but we had a great day. After sleeping in, she went to the dentist and I […]
Two Dogs’ Ideas About Life
We just got back from a Meng Jinghui play starring Liu Xiaoye. It was a lot of fun, and made me want to find some sort of creative outlet. The play was all in Chinese except for a more-eccentric-than-Ringo performance of “Yellow Submarine”, but I think will still enjoyed it. I’m off to Shandong tomorrow […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a great dinner last night with Catherine’s students, and Will and I played flag football in the afternoon. I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend with nothing to do but maybe play basketball on Sunday.
Mac Chinese Input
I agree with everything said here, except for the following: 1) I’m still using 1.4.0, and it works fine. 2) For casual use, the free Fun Input Toy still works pretty darn well. Also: FIT is working on the iPhone.
Xiamen and Fuzhou
I’m sitting on the floor in the airport in Xiamen near the only place I could find an outlet. The outlet is nearly four feet about the ground, and I’m a bit worried that the power adapter is going to fall out and land on my head. If it did, my head would hurt a […]
Running in the Smog
As part of my crusade to include exercise in my life, I went running this morning in Beijing’s smog. Unsurprisingly, it activated my cough. My current theory is that if I start doing the running regularly I will become immune to the smog.
My Cough
I’ve had a cough for about a month. It started when I went on a jet ski in Zhu Hai. I came back on shore short of breath, and remained that way for the rest of the day. I felt better the when I woke up the next morning, but the shortness of breath slowly […]
Xian
My plan to have a thought every day has been thwarted by a variety of factors, including lethargy, a hotel without Internet access, and a laptop needing service. It’s been great having Will staying with us. He’s been taking Chinese class at 7:20 in the morning, and exploring job possibilities. He also went to Xian […]