Ramblings
Tonight Sarah and I went to see Superman Returns. I have always been a huge Superman fan and was really looking forward to this movie. I wasn’t disappointed either. The movie starts a little slow but gradually picked up the pace as it went along. The special effects were fantastic and the scene where Super gets shot in the eye […]
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Business The Net
The average Joe on the street is very familiar with the eCommerce business model. It’s the easiest to understand – you make money by selling something. The content model is a little harder to explain but once told, most people understand it. Content based sites make money by advertising or affiliate programs. The advertising can range from in-house sales to […]
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Ramblings
While at the ECS factory I was unable to interview any of the girls because they’re not allowed to talk to “VIPs.†In other words, low class is not allowed to talk to high class. There is a huge class system in China. Yes there is a class system everywhere but it’s taken to extremes in China. When I was […]
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Ramblings Technology
During my tour of the ECS factory in China I noticed that most of the workers were women. I asked the male plant manager why there are so many women working here compared to men. His answer, and I quote, was “We hire women because they’re easier to control.” ECS is run military style with strict rules and regulations. In […]
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Ramblings
We went to the Richmond Night Market tonight. While the night market has been open since May 19th, tonight was the official grand opening. There were speakers from the local and provincial governments as well as Raymond Cheung, the founder of Target Event and producer of the Richmond Night Market. Despite the name, a night market is not a place […]
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Videos
Today I wasted a beautiful sunny Saturday to attend Energize IT, an event put on by Microsoft TechNet. Normally MS TechNet events are very professionally done and quite informative. This “Energize IT – Get Your Geek On” was anything but. It was a shamble of an event and Microsoft should be ashamed that they would put their name on an […]
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The Net
Today I took some older blog posts about my trip to Computex and turned it into an article for The TechZone. My blog readers will be able to pick out the blog posts from the new stuff. However, to readers of TTZ, the article is brand new. This recycling of older posts into a new article is one of the […]
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The Net
AdWords Editor is Google’s free, downloadable account management application for your computer. Especially designed for users with large accounts, AdWords Editor allows you to download your campaigns, easily make individual or bulk changes and then, post your changes to AdWords. You can check out and download the AdWords Editor here.
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