You’ve seen them on the TV, on the late night channels, in magazines, on the net, those expensive weight loss products? I was watching the TV show on BBC World, called Fast Track, in which the presenters are encouraging two business travelers to lose weight. The series is called “FIT TO FLY on fast:track: our…
Popping up all over the Taipei Metropolitan area are a new kind of retail store – the box store. Each store has dozens of ‘units’ that you can rent out for a small amount of money. The store manager will then provide retail services for customers, charge an additional commission, and keep an eye on…
I was just up the road in a 3C store in HongShulin where I saw the ‘fabled’ Asus Eee Box pictured below. It really got me thinking about my music plans. We have an older Yamaha audio system, with a line-in socket. With several GBs of MP3’s purchased legally from EMUSIC and several hundred CDs,…
This story is one that was featurd on BBC News/Worldwide yesterday around lunchtime: The Story of the/a Container Box. The BBC says: BBC News embarks on a unique project telling the story of international trade by tracking a shipping container around the world for a year. The idea is devilishly simple: follow the box around…
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