Technology

What Is Twitter?

March 25, 2009

in Technology

Over there on my sidebar I have a section called “The Very Latest.” It is a collection of my Twitter posts. What is Twitter? It is a webpage/phenomenon where you can go to post and read 140 character updates on anything you like. I follow (or added as friends) other travelers, expats and China people [...]

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I’m Watching a Spelling Bee

March 25, 2009

in Back Home, Technology

I settled into my desk this morning, opened my browser (Camino at the moment, just to try it out) and started reading through all the Twitter tweets I received to TweetDeck through the night. An intriguing tweet caught my eye: Spelling live from Victoria. Fun stuff: http://bit.ly/KzZYj Who would have dreamed a newspaper could do [...]

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It’s Alive!

July 27, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Technology

It works! It is not just a paperweight!! <ssssiiiigggghhhhh> All is right in the world again,* my laptop is functioning and should be back on my desk by Monday. *Sorry, it appears that all is not right in the world, what with several wars occurring, children starving, the scourges of AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, etc., and [...]

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Computer Woes Continue

July 25, 2006

in Daily Life, Shijiazhuang, Technology

It appears that I am now the proud owner of a very expensive, shiny, silver Mac paperweight. It has been delivered to the Apple store to see if anything can be done to either resurrect it or reclaim the data from the hard drive. I’m trying to put this all behind me and pretend that [...]

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Computer Sadness

July 21, 2006

in Daily Life, Technology

Friends, please join me in a collective, mournful vigil as I await the fate of my dear, beloved Mac G4 Powerbook, which inexplicably and tragically, decided to douse herself in water. I know she is strong, powerful, and full of irreplaceable data, but I fear that she may not be long for this world. Only [...]

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No Hotmail Means No Email

May 2, 2006

in Technology

Just to let everyone know, especially my parents and siblings, I have been having problems accessing Hotmail for several days now, so I have not been able to email you or answer your emails. Don’t worry, I will email you as soon as Hotmail becomes available again. Anyone else having this problem or is it [...]

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