MyBlogLog and a montage
Image by .CK via Flickr Enjoy the Photo thanks to CK who created this montage of photographs about Taiwan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckyuan/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Alternate Uses: #1 Pantyhose for Milk Tea from Hong Kong
Image via Wikipedia In Hong Kong, it seems that their lacha is made with a unique tool: pantyhose is used to strain the leaves. Now that is weird. What other items get weird or wonderful uses? Drop me a mail with your answers!
Which is a better e-reader? Asus Eee PC T91 or the Amazon Kindle Reader (International)
Image via Wikipedia I was pondering this question today when I was reading the announcements of the Amazon Kindle for International Sales. Which of these would make a better reader? Pricing: Kindle 1 vs. T91 0The Kindle is at least $240 cheaper than the Asus Eee PC T91 series, so on price alone, the Asus…
Scenes from Taipei: October 25th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I thought I’d include some news from Taipei on what is a rainy weekend. There are a couple of great articles on Taipei Life, that would be worth reading. Street food paradise (themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com) Dead People Are Cool: Crematorium Heat Powers Air Conditioning (treehugger.com) If you know of any other great stories, I’ll…
Scanning Those Old Photos – Sweet Memor-Ease
I’ve been going through some of my old photos from the mid-90’s. Since the photos are in poor condition with the humidity, and my poor storage techniques, I’ve acquired this interesting looking device: a negative scanner. It’s the Memor-ease (click the link or picture for a fuller review). Though the image quality isn’t the…
Autumn Festival: Are you watching the moon?
Have you seen the moon tonight? I haven’t. It’s mid-Autumn festival here in Taiwan, or Moon Festival, and it’s traditional to share goodies and moon viewing with your family or friends. Google of course has done it’s own thing to celebrate. Click on the image to go to see it in action. Just wishing you…
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.
Phone Camera: Images of Taiwan
This image was taken on a Sunny day, at the beach in North Eastern Taiwan. It’s a beautiful picture, really. I’m quite surprised that this phone camera takes such good pictures!
Photo: Overlooking Guandu Farms towards the South of Taipei
This image is one of my favorites, it’s taken overlooking Taipei City on a day when you can easily see the mountains in the South, lots of clouds, and you can make out the buildings! The image isn’t crystal clear, but I didn’t have a good lens! I really should learn to take good pictures!…