A Geek in China

While in Shanghai China recognized the victims of the Sichuan earthquake with a nationwide 3 of silence. At the time I was on a subway, everyone on the subway stopped, stood silently and waited until the 3 passed.

Most tourists like to travel to resorts, amusement parks, or fancy restaurants. I like software parks! yup, I'm that geeky

May 24, 2008 I attended the 2nd annual developers conference in Huangzhou. I have to say that I was quite impressed with the line up of speakers and with the quality of the presentations. I was always extremely interested to compare how I, a big white ...

After a long, hard day of climbing the Great Wall you really don't want to climb back down. Fortunately Chinese people are incredibly smart. They setup an "Inertia Ropeway" which allows you to get down from the Great Wall with the greatest of ease.

I've been attending a small private Chinese language school here in Beijing in an attempt to improve my Mandarin language skills; which are currently at the baby talk level. The school took a trip out to the Simatai section of the great wall. Previously ...

I shot this video several weeks ago and after I shot it the air cleared up for a few days and then got worse again. The last two days the SEPA index has been over 100. Fortunately today the rains and wind came to wash and blow away all of the pollution! ...

I was fortunate enough to be in Shanghai for their Drupal user meetup. It was great to meet all of them and see the projects that they are working on. Shanghai has a good number of Drupal developers and some of them have worked on some really cool ...

The picture is of my new "little red book" (he he) which I received after I gave blood at the expat show. My blood type is one of those nifty types that can be used in a lot of people and its clean so I try to give whenever I can.

For no good reason we subjected ourselves to the expat show in Beijing. I wouldn't say it was horrible but I wouldn't say it was mind blowing either. It was what it was, a show for expats. I'd go again next year if they have free stuff, its free to get ...

Cupping is a form of Chinese medicine believed to relief a myriad of ailments. Lately I haven't been feeling well and I've been meaning to go to a local Chinese medicine business situated just down the street. Putting two and two together and mixing in a ...

Two weeks ago Diana and I headed to Zhong Guan Cun, the major computer area, in Beijing to pick up a new keyboard/mouse combo to alleviate my inevitable descent into carpal tunnel. I attempted to capture the immenseness of the place but failed miserably ...

This morning I thought I'd film a short bit of my ride to class. When the weather is good it is a nice ride.

A sandstorm ripped through Beijing today.

I remember learning about the Erie canal when I was really young but never thought I'd actually see it. In fact I completely forgot that the Erie canal linked the Hudson river with one of the great lakes (Erie). While I was in town Andrew and Vickie were ...

for 春假 (Chun Jia aka. Spring Festival aka Chinese New Years) Diana and I decided to head down to Hong Kong as well as to ZhongShan 中山. On Friday afternoon we boarded the overnight train to Hong Kong and had a really great afternoon and evening on ...

A teaser to a much longer video about our experience getting stuck on a train in Hunan, China. The region was hit with an ice storm during the middle of the night and all of the electrical lines powering the train stopped functioning thus our train ...

If you're expecting pork sauce you might want to learn to read a few Chinese characters. The English on this menu read "Seasonal vegetables in Pork Sauce", The Chinese read "Seasonal Vegetables [with] frog"... Guess what it really was. There are ...

How do you know what time it is in China? Well if its between 7:00 and 7:30 the T.V will tell you. The government likes to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to see and hear what is going on in China especially the new developments, new ...

I have been in China now for about 3 months and I finally purchased my very own bike. Although its the middle of winter and I can't ride it that often it is still nice to own a bike. Beijing is the "Kingdom of Bicycles" and I LOVE IT. Now if it'll stay ...