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by Rick Martin, China

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Solved: The Mysterious Case of the Chinese Robot Restaurant

Jul 25, 2008 09:36

While China is widely reputed to have less-than-stellar working conditions, a certain restaurant in Yiwu China appeared to be taking things a little extreme. The restaurant was in full swing 21 hours a day (from 6am to 3am), and the tireless proprietors had earned the unusual nickname of the "Robot Couple."

Well, it seems that this mystery was recently solved when a reported headed to Yiwu to interview them.

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Anti-radiation maternity clothes in China

Jul 18, 2008 10:20

Here's one for the guys at Mythbusters. Many Chinese women guard against supposed computer radiation using these special anti-radiation maternity dresses. I've always found it strange that these dresses are so commonplace in China, but yet I haven't seen them in any other countries. A quick search on eBay for "anti-radiation maternity dress" gave 13 results, all of them China-based sellers.
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A million 3G iPhones sold, a million Chinese iPhones cracked

Jul 16, 2008 22:59

The second coming of the Jesus phone topped 1 million in sales on Sunday, according to Apple Insider, and that's definitely an impressive number considering all the headaches that people are reporting with activation. Demand for the phone is such that people seem to be willing to endure both the lineups and the headaches. Say what you want, but that's impressive.

Equally impressive is another 1 million iPhone milestone that you may not have heard of. Analysts in China say that there are 1 million illegally cracked iPhones operating on China Mobile's network alone, not to mention iPhones which may be operating on other networks in the country.
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Beijing 2008: A new evil awakens?

Jul 12, 2008 15:50

NBC has released this wacky promo mashup of the Beijing Olympics with... get this... The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Given that the tagline for the movie is "A New Evil Awakens", this is not an idea that I expected NBC to fit into its Olympic marketing strategy.�
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Use Facebook Chat with Adium 1.3b7

Jul 9, 2008 23:50

Adium is an awesome little IM program. Those of you out there using it as a substitute for MSN Messenger or GTalk or whatever, you'll probably be interested to know that the new Adium beta version 1.3b7 (released on July 4) now supports Facebook chat.�I've not been a fan of this new-fangled Facebook Chat since it's tied to the browser window. And given the problems that Facebook has been having in China these days, that's all the more reason to find a browser-free alternative such as this one.�
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About Rick Martin

After years of honing his skills playing Shinobi on the rocky shores of Newfoundland, he moved on to become a freelance ninja. But due to a lull in the Canadian ninja market, Rick Martin teleported to Asia where he studied Chinese and the dark arts of China blogging. When he's not busy with all that stuff, he makes appearances at an international computer company where he does a little something called "work". He can also be found on Twitter and Facebook, or contact him via Email.