With summer coming in Taiwan, the nights get a little longer and the weather a lot warmer. So it’s quite pleasant to spend the evenings outside as a way to avoid the 35C+ heat of the day. This picture is taken at a little restaurant in ChienShuiWan near Tamsui on a cool evening. Surprisingly there…
This post starts a series of posts on this blog called “The Finer Things in Life” (or should it be subtitled “Life’s guilty little pleasures”?) Step up #1 in the list: Beringer’s 2006 White Zinfandel. We found them at Costco in Taipei City, and purchased several of them. Each time I have found them to…
This week saw two major technology announcements both of which have potentially large implications for users world wide. The first was the iPhone launched by Apple at MacWorld. The second was the “One Laptop Per Child”, a project that promises to “create(sic) expressly for the world’s poorest children living in its most remote environments.” and…
I have a mobile phone by Sharp GX31 that I bought for its multimedia capabilities… I was quite disappointed by the poor performance of the MP3 player (crude), the camera (low quality pictures, except in great light) and the movie features (highly pixelated, too short, and just useless). Also, I found the bridge from the…
Do comic books really enhance reading skills?