January 2012
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June 2011
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February 2011
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Bang
China enjoys a loud New Year.
January 2011
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December 2010
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Goodbye November
I’ve posted something here (almost) every day in November, partly because of pressure from multiple parties to share more photos from my time here in China, and partly as something to put on my Streak.ly list. Streak.ly is a very simple service ran by Kyle Bragger of Forrst fame, Zack Kitzmiller, and a handful of other talented folks. Here’s how it works:
You add things that you...
November 2010
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Mid Pillbox
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North Shore
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Yard
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Ok, this is the last in my current set of fake HDR photos I’ll be posting. This one is of a typical yard full of houses in an older part of Xuchang. Lao Lao owns one of the houses, but it sits empty, as she also owns a nicer house across town.
The government is currently in the middle of taking over this yard to tear it down and build something new. When the...
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New Territories
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This was taken from a room on the 47th floor of the taller of the Nina Towers. Compared to the rest of Hong Kong, the mall and hotel at the towers are a ghost town. I have a hard time believing the owners are turning a profit. The low room rates don’t appear to be attracting enough people to account for the luxury and sheer quantity of rooms. Unless I just...
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Shale Town
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Falls →
I’ve been messing around with some old photos and faking HDR. Here’s one. You may remember the scene from an earlier photo.
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Patina
It’s getting there. I think a good rule of thumb is that your camera should be yelling at you that there isn’t enough light. If it isn’t, keep building.
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Google's Existential Crisis
Chrome team: Profound in questioning the core of their mission, or depressed amidst their inability to find answers?
(original)
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Bend Over and Proceed to the Nearest Emergency...
Fire Prevention Hints - Supersteak, COCO Park, Shenzhen
Public gathering places with crowded assembly, plenty of combustible indoor decorative material and high fire load. In case of fire, it is difficult to put it out and easy to lead to group dies and wound. Thus, please advert to fire prevention.
Please advert to the location of evacuation indication sign and emergency exits, in case of...
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Pang Xie, Before and After
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Ya Shi Li Jing Yuan
AKA home. I live on the 4th floor, but you can’t see it through the trees in front of Nan You Da Sha.
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Tour
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Neo-apocalypse
During Mid-Autumn Festival in Xuchang the sky is hazy, especially at night. It isn’t fog. It isn’t smog, or at least no more than normal. The cities in central China are surrounded with villages and soy bean fields. The farmers, having worked all day to dry and extract the beans, set fire to the chaff and the smoke covers everything. The local village authorities try to police...
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October 2010
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The Last Horoscope You'll Ever Need
I believe a person’s sign, and especially their dedication to what a stranger has to say about their birthday, can tell you a lot about them. Here’s your horoscope for today, this week, and all time:
Aquarius: You’re gullible.
Pisces: You’re gullible.
Aries: You’re gullible.
Taurus: You’re gullible.
Gemini: You’re gullible.
Cancer: You’re gullible.
Leo: You’re gullible.
Virgo:...
August 2010
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Proximal Breakfast
Baozi. Two with meat, two with vegetables. At ~$0.40 USD total, I suspect I’m getting a pile of value here.
I now know that I can start a drip, leave my 4th floor apartment, order from one of the carts sitting outside my yard, and return before the coffee is finished brewing.
Zǎo ān!
July 2010
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The Real iPhone 4 Antenna Design Flaw
The real iPhone 4 antenna problem?
Users can see and feel what’s on the exterior of a phone.
Duh, you say, but hear me out. Take a look at Apple’s own photographs comparing antennas and attenuation from their new antenna response page:
Apple’s own method of highlighting the antenna makes the problem clear. You see the iPhone antenna. It’s right there. The exact...
Proof That Globalization Works
1 Litre of White Wolf Vodka from San Jose, CA. Purchased at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen for 89 RMB ($13.14 USD).
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How's that going, buddy?
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July 2, 2010
The lie isn’t that he would create millions of jobs. The lie is that it was ever up to him.
Why YouTube uses Flash for video →
Not to beat a dead horse, but here are some real reasons for using Flash for video over HTML5. Notice advertising is only a parenthetic mention in a larger issue.
June 2010
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Senior VP of Marketing Discusses Technical...
I love reading or listening to people talk out of their ass about HTML (especially HTML5) and the surrounding technologies. Here we have Jeff Whatcott of Brightcove in a recent interview by ME (Mobile Entertainment):
When you get to iOS, for reasons that are not entirely clear, there is no Flash, so we have to rely on video delivery through HTML5.
Not entirely clear? The CEO writes a front...
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Seven Dollars & Fifty Cents American
That’s how much my “wireframing hardware” costs. You can see it on the right.
One sketchbook
One thin and one thick pencil
A set of relatively shitty colored pencils
Eraser
And of course, the coffee…
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Coffee Porn
For people who don’t need any damn art in their coffee.
May 2010
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Evicting Justin Case | Unclutterer →
minimalmac:
I agree whole-hardily. This Justin guy has got to go. And, while you are at it, stop him from using your computer too. He downloads stuff, saves the installers, keeps your Dropbox full of documents and PDF’s you don’t need, and is just a general worry wart. Seriously, I know he means well but for your own sake you need to kick him to the curb.
Love this quote from Helen...
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No shitting and pissing anywhere.
I think we can suss out something useful from this sign. It should be constantly displayed for all users of Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and any other update-belching pseudosocial network we all love:
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A Meal in Anyang
Top right: Pork w/ peanuts and something scallion related. It looks spicy enough to kill a man but it lies. The dish is actually sweet.
Top left: Fresh eel w/ garlic and a variety of colorful peppers. The spicy bits here do not lie.
Foreground: The one dish I picked. Banana and red bean paste, coated in some sort of breading and fried. Black sesame on the ends.
Not pictured: The reason...
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How To Properly Enjoy a Saturday Morning
After climbing hundreds of stairs, find a resting spot near water with merchants.
Climb more stairs and locate the giant spiral staircase of doom. Ascend.
Look back down at the water and merchants. If you’re scared of heights, stop reading and go take up a more suitable hobby, like knitting dog sweaters.
Follow the path along the crease in the cliff. Be prepared for ducking.
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Village Brides
In the creek bed beneath Shibanyan Cun in the Taihang Great Valley outside of Anyang, Henan, China, a photographer shoots pictures for two different brides in their gowns. The dresses are stained brown to a degree that can’t be explained only by the windy afternoon. It’s ok. Photoshop will bridge the gap between two poor wives-to-be and their self-idealizations for friends, family,...