Archive for May, 2007
Defending Wikipedia
I’ve just been perusing the IBO’s (International Baccalaureate Organisation) forums for news about the IT ethics course I teach. I am a little concerned that this academic community is so dismissive of Wikipedia as a source of information. Therefore, I wrote this post in defense of Wikipedia that I have quoted below:
I am writing [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2007 under ITGS, Internet, education, media.
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See the Great ‘Paul’ of China on TV
Comic Paul Merton has recently been touring China, making a light hearted documentary that is currently being aired on Channel Five in the UK. If the few clips we have seen are anything to go by, then this follows the best tradition of whimsical British travelogues such as Louis Theroux’s Wild Weekend.
Highlights include a visit [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2007 under China, media, travel.
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Shanghai Taxi Conversations 2
Click here to listen or download Shanghai Taxi Conversation 2In this second mini podcast, Clyde reviews two important cultural events that he did not attend. Let’s call this podcast Clyde’s non-review of jazz at JZ and Freaklub’s swansong party.
Photo courtesy of julien.delerue.fr
Posted: May 25th, 2007 under Shanghai, netcasts.
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BBC NEWS - Third of Bloggers ‘Risk the Sack’
Accordng to the BBC, a third of UK bloggers are expressing ideas or giving information that could cause trouble for their companies.
Human resources company Croner, which commissioned the study, warned that such bloggers could be sacked from their job for gross misconduct.
Croner surveyed 2,000 people who keep a personal internet blog or diary and 39% [...]
Posted: May 25th, 2007 under China, Internet, news.
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Hollywood’s Arrival Unleashes DVD Price War
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Hollywood’s Arrival Launches Price War, originally uploaded by shanghaimat.
Hollywood is a new DVD shop just a few doors away from Oscars (nee Ka De Club) in Taikang Lu. This new DVD emporium stocks an amazing [...]
Posted: May 20th, 2007 under Shanghai.
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Vegetarian Bacon Comes to Shanghai
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Vegetarian Bacon Comes to Shanghai, originally uploaded by shanghaimat.
After three years in Shanghai, I have finally found a place to buy vegetarian bacon and sausages to put in sandwiches. It was cheap too at 13 [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2007 under Shanghai.
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Shanghai Taxi Conversations 1
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This is an experiment to get into podcasting again by recording simple, short and unedited conversations with Clyde and Rowena who have been living and working in Shanghai for the last few years. In addition to teaching English, they have become what Malcolm Gladwell would call connectors getting [...]
Posted: May 17th, 2007 under Shanghai, netcasts.
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Queuing and Rubbish
7am is an ungodly hour for many people to engaged in any sort of activity, but not in Shanghai. I was curious to see this overflowing dustbin juxtaposed with a mass gathering of early birds queuing up for goodness knows what. All this happened on Jianguo Xi Lu, just outside Luwan Sports Stadium. We failed [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2007 under China, Shanghai, culture.
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Does Shanghai Have Its Own Cindarella?
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Does Shanghai Have Its Own Cindarella?, originally uploaded by shanghaimat.
If you lost this woman’s shoe last night, then you might like to come to the corner of Shanxi and Jianguo Lu before it gets recycled [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2007 under Shanghai.
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Ra Ra Ra Ra
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Ra Ra Ra Ra, originally uploaded by shanghaimat.
As I was walking along Shanxi Lu in the May sunshine this afternoon, I was amazed to this colourful pageant of staff from the Mongolian restaurant. Chinese businesses [...]