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Technology is Cool

…because it allow me to show you wacky stuff like this:

Thriller Dance: I hope I see this catch on in China

Places I’d love to see this happen in China:

  • Tian’anmen Square
  • Forbidden City
  • Any subway
  • Some backwoods Chinese village
  • During any Olympic event

FROM their seats on the rumbling London Underground, a group of stony-faced passengers rose at random and burst into the jerky slide kick of a zombie dance before melting away without a word.

The response of British passengers — stiff gazes, nervous silence and tepid applause — was, naturally, videotaped and posted online, and it quickly spun off into zombie dance sequels at the central Copenhagen train station, in Chinatown in London and on the street outside the Sydney Opera House. Source

Any bored laowai out there? Any takers?

On the London underground: Read the rest of this entry »

iPhone App: Baidu mp3 Player

This looks way cool. The guy doing the demo flips through a Top 100 / Top 200 / Top 500 mp3 menu. All free, via Baidu’s mp3 search feature.

Beats the crap out of iTunes, hey?


Baidu vs Google: Side-by-Side Timeline of Design

Note: Google’s logo does not show up using internet archive for some reason. But you get the idea…

2001 – The Big Blue Mess

Nickelback was on top of the charts with This is How you Remind Me. Baidu’s design for that year was equally ridiculous.

Google, keeping it simple. Advanced search, preferences, not much need for anything else.
Baidu Screenshot 2001

Google 2001 Screenshot

2002 – Out with the Blue, in with Yahoo!

A bit of a sobering-up year for Baidu. Magic 8-ball says “Yahoo-style content portal is where it’s at!”

Google still chillin’.

Baidu Screenshot 2002

Google 2002 Screenshot

2003 – Out with Yahoo-style, lets get Googly!

Baidu finally jumps on the Google-train. The “Logo-on-top-of-Main-Menu-on-top-of-Search-Bar-on-top-of-Paris-Hilton -on-top-of-Secondary-Links” formula seemed all the rage that year.

Baidu also brought in Advanced search, just to the right of the search bar.
Baidu Screenshot 2003

Google 2003 Screenshot

2004 – Fix that Menu bar!

Baidu, after many board meetings, decides that their menu bar’s color scheme is just not Googly enough.

Google, after many board meetings, decides to still chill some more.

Baidu Screenshot 2004

Google 2004 Screenshot

2005 – Menu Bars are so 2004!

Google ditches the Menu Bar in favor of text links.
Baidu searches junk drawer for Menu Bar receipt, in the hopes that maybe they can get a refund or at least a nice gift certificate..

This reminds me of the time when I bought a hypercolor shirt just when they were not so cool anymore. Such a bummer…

Baidu Screenshot 2005

Google 2005 Screenshot

2006 – Just Chillin’

Google still chillin’…
Baidu calls a meeting, decides thay they too will also chill.

Baidu Screenshot 2006

Google 2006 Screenshot

2007 – Well, I never liked Menu Bars anyway!

Baidu finally finds Menu Bar receipt in the cushions of the couch. Brings back menu bar and exchanges it for cool new Googly text links!

Baidu Screenshot 2007

Google 2007 Screenshot

2008 – So who’s lacking innovative spirit?

You tell me…
Baidu Screenshot 2008

Google 2008 Screenshot

Way Awesome! Spongebob in China

While some might think that Spongebob in China might be something like this, I prefer to think of a Chinese Spongebob a little more like this…

File under: Shouldn’t laugh, but will do so anyway.

I especially like the part about Chinese Google!



Cheers to KDFA on seesmic for that one.

Tudou Rumors from Sohu, Wangtam

Here are a couple of the Chinese articles saying that Tudou has been ordered to shutdown due to porn content. Danwei reported that a few articles were being deleted, so I figured I’d capure these two at least for posterity.

I may do a CNet post on this later on, so I’d hate to use them as sources if they won’t exist tomorrow… :)

From Sohu:
**Note: Not sure if this is the Sohu article David Feng was speaking of or not.**

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Google Translation

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From Wangtam:

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Google Translation
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2008 ? 2 ? 24 ????? HUNG ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????”??”?????????????????????????????

2 ? 26 ?????????????????????????? CCTV?????????CCTV.com??????????????????????? CCTV?MySpace ??????????????????????????????????????????????? 2 ? 27 ??????????CCTV ????????????????????? CCTV ??????????????????????

2 ? 27 ???????????? CEO ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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Everything you Ever wanted to know about Chongqing

This is the Chongqing China section of my Everything you ever wanted to know about series, intended to provide all the info you’ll need to research cities in China before you visit them.

If you have any resources to add, please stick ‘em in the comments.

Introduction Video: These videos are really good. Over 2 hours of Chongqing as seen from a helicopter.

Chongqing Wikipedia Entry

Chongqing Websites
Livin’ in the Chonx
Chongqing – Spicy City
12 Chongqing
Chongqing Life
CQ Expat

Meet People in Chongqing on Facebook:
Chongqing China
Chongqing Expat
Chongqing Grooves
Sichuan and Chongqing People
China, Chongqing -> ?? ??? Travel Express

See Chongqing Photos on Flickr
Chongqing tag

See Chongqing Videos on Youtube
Here’s a good one (Cheers Thalia!). Here are other
videos tagged with Chongqing.

Chongqing Map:
Map of Chongqing, China

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