Archive for the ‘Blog Updates’ Category

Help: Is Youku or Tudou Better?

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Now that Youtube and Facebook are both banned here on the dàlù 大陆, I'm looking for a new place to put video clips. If anyone has registered for an account at either Yōukù 优酷 or Tǔdòuwǎng 土豆网, could you make a recommendation? Is there some other service I should be considering? ...

Pirate This: Music of the Laowai

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

The idiom for the day: rù xiāng suí sú 入乡随俗 = When in Rome, do as the Romans do For me that means embracing piracy and actually encouraging downloading and file sharing of my music. I'm sure I'll never make a penny off of any of it (which would be more ...

Contact Form huài le

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

It's just been brought to my attention (thanks John) that my contact form is broken. I'm sorry if you've sent a message and I haven't replied. I'm not ignoring you, I simply didn't receive it. The last email I received via that form was (ironically) on September ...

Top Commentators

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

It's time for some long-overdue recognition of some of the top commentators on this site over the past year. Coming in way above the rest in first place is Helen, followed by Jim Mahler, Joel, Nicki, and Sharon ZY. You've earned a place in the sidebar for the ...

Sorry for the White out

Friday, July 18th, 2008

If you tried to visit in the last 48 hours or so, you would have seen nothing on this site but the White Screen of Death. I just got it sorted out by upgrading to WordPress 2.6, but I have a feeling the addition of the "secret key" (which ...