Don’t hang up … I want to sell you a loan? Aren’t you a foreigner?
https://tw.forumosa.com/t/combating-mobile-phone-spam/221798/20 I answered a couple of weeks ago a call from a guy shoveling loans for a major credit card vendor in Taipei. Cold calling is really a tough nut to crack. Anyway, I told him I was at work, but he still insisted that he would talk to me. Poor guy! It’s a tough…
It puzzles me….
It puzzles me … when people discuss Scottish Independence, as if it was something Scotland claimed. Rather, I think it is a reaction to the fact that England (at least the South East) left the United Kingdom a long time ago with its increasingly ‘dog-eat-dog’ triumphalist & conservative ideology. Scotland, and the people there, wouldn’t…
Alien Landings? No, ROC U2 Pilots!
TaipeiTimes today is reporting a bizarre story from the late fifties: The City of Cortez is a small town in an isolated and mountainous area of Colorado. It has long been rumored that, 50 years ago, an unidentified flying object (UFO) piloted by an alien landed there. It was only when US military files were…
Hotel Collapse in Southern Taiwan: Morakot After Effects
Hotel Collapse: This is the most enduring image of the typhoon that I reported a week or so ago as coming to Taiwan, a collapse that shocked everyone. You can see more footage here. There are lots of donations coming in for the relief effort.
[Princess (i.e. Princes) Street and Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland] (LOC)
[Princess (i.e. Princes) Street and Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland] (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress. My home city about 100 years ago!
Only: A Presentation
I have no idea who the original author is, but I’d happily attribute it if I could. I was sent it a couple of days ago. Enjoy.
Cashflow 101: It’s fun, interesting and educational!
This is a wonderful game I just revived a few weeks ago with my students! They loved Cashflow 101, though it seems a little difficult to order these days. And it’s pricy!