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Taiwanese singer/actress René Liu is the new face of Rado

sushipan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:53:31 +0000

Swiss lux watchmaker Rado announced that René Liu (刘若英) will be their new spokesperson. Classy celeb for a classy brand. And she sure looks good in this print ad.

(via Madisonboom)

Dancing at the Movies – Montage

sushipan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:20:30 +0000

Very cool Youtube montage of dancing scenes from the movies.

A few thoughts:

Jamie Lee Curtis is criminally underrated as a dancer/sex symbol. Although, I never found her very sexy.
Julia Stiles?!
Kenny Loggins was truly the man when I was growing up. I can’t remember how many times I sat in front of my parent’s stereo system listening to the Top Gun Soundtrack
Baryshnikov is a god amongst mortals.
If wasn’t already such an incredible dancer I’d want to be a dancer.

Vimeo blocked in China again?

sushipan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:42:51 +0000

As of 1:37 pm local Shanghai time, Vimeo is not accessible in China without a proxy. This kind of stuff used to be news, but now it’s just met with a shrug by most people. Unfortunately for us at Republic, we use Vimeo a lot to show our work, as un-blocked Vimeo always loaded pretty fast, compared to the stuff that is viewable on our US and HK-hosted servers. Drats!

China Unicom Jailbreaking iPhones in-store (via CW)

sushipan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:54:39 +0000

From CityWeekend:

As if Apple doesn’t have enough problems with iPhone and iPad piracy here, China Unicom’s latest stunt is just a little bit ridiculous. The telecoms giant is now offering an in-store jailbreaking service for iPhones, meaning that devices that are locked to a particular service provider can be used with a Unicom SIM.

According to this first hand report (Google translated), the stores are also offering to help you download the top 10 paid apps for free, and they’ll trim down your SIM card so it will fit inside the iPhone 4’s micro-SIM slot. Since the iPhone 4 isn’t available in China until next month, unless you want to buy a knock-off or a super-expensive grey market model, this service is only of any use if you’ve brought your iPhone 4 back from overseas.

Apple is yet to release a statement. We think they’ll be less than pleased.

I don’t see what Apple has much to be displeased about. Firstly, let’s clarify CW’s blog post: jailbreaking is not the same as unlocking, it just opens the phone to run 3rd party apps. Of course, jailbreaking is a requirement for unlocking, which is undoubtedly what all these phones are going through at these Unicom stores. However, jailbreaking is undoubtedly a market driver Apple and not something they should be preventing. Being locked makes an iPhone less attractive as it ties the owner to one provider. Apple is making their margin off the hardware, after all, and so it should make no difference whether the phone is unlocked or not, or whether it’s been purchased overseas or not; the gold’s in them there damn parts! Unless, of course, they’re majorly marking up their phones to China Unicom, which would have an incentive to install as many of their SIM cards into anyone’s phones. I doubt that is happening though, as Apple should know how prohibitively expensive the Unicom iPhone package already is. The smart money is that they’re happily looking the other way while this stuff happens. And yes, they’re losing a some money on the whole 10 app thing, but it’s a pittance compared to the insane margins they’re making off of Foxconn’s back. And us purchasers, of course.

Rubbernecking Hypocrites

sushipan — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:17:03 +0000

via feedproxy.google.com

Ok, so people here in China are going apeshit over the fact that some Filipinos are posing in front of the hijacked bus that ended up being the tragic death-site of 8 Hong Kong tourists. Yes, it’s totally disrespectful and inappropriate, but don’t tell me for one second that if the situation was reversed that the Chinese would be mournfully respecting the area around the bus like that. The ratio of Chinese group photos and competent hostage-rescuing police officers would be something like 10 billion to zero.

Social Media Gods, I give myself to you

sushipan — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:24:01 +0000

Thanks to @peijinchen’s excellent recommendation, I have now migrated over to Posterous for all my social media needs. Now I can do a blast to Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Flickr, and my own much neglected site sushipanda.com. And all these sites have my own personal information and surfing habits, and will share with each other! Now I know what Meg Ryan’s character felt like when she jumped into that volcano in “Joe Versus the Volcano.” (great movie, by the way).

Weekly Twitter Updates

sushipan — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0000

Polenta gratine! (@ Bacaro (TaiKang Lu)) http://4sq.com/cSE1p3 #
I'm at 钱柜. http://4sq.com/c0Cfq0 #
Uh, crap. Updated Wordpress plug-ins, now my site is dead. Dear Wordpress gods, it's me, Margaret. Can you help? #
For the first time in months, everything in my Google Reader is marked as READ. Let me take in the silence before it refreshes in 5 minutes #
worst…client…ever #
@peekandeat sure! have you ever been to Shanghai before? great site, btw! in reply to peekandeat #
RT @niubi: @DanHarris i am with mayor bloomberg. read his statement if you have not. i couldn't possibly be as articulate #
Taiwan news just spent half an hour dissecting why a bull charged into the stands at a bull-fighting Tea Party. #
I love investigative reporter Chris St. Cavish: http://j.mp/b5SV0A #
Facebook Places not applicable in China! Fascists! Need to scratch my social networking rash. #
@Summertang Hi Summer! Hope you're doing great wherever you are! in reply to Summertang #
Reuters: "Cougar" Trend Of Women Chasing Younger Men A Myth: Study http://nyti.ms/c5sIdq #
I just ousted @rsmeith as the mayor of 鸟安 on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cJlVxS #
I'm at 鸟安. http://4sq.com/cJlVxS #
It's thundering and lightning like crazy. I think Shanghai is being punished for me eating so many wontons for lunch. I won't do it again! #
If God made us in His image, I surmise God likes Japanese curry and has a major beer gut #hatethegym #
Back on the saddle. Let's see how long I go this time (@ W-Fitness Gym) http://4sq.com/d8Sd8n #
Just landed in SH. Glasses and annoyance level steamed up immediately. #
Where are all the bathrooms? All I see are signs for "washrooms!" Freakin' Canadians (@ Vancouver International Airport (YVR) ✈ w/ 4 others) #

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Taiwanese singer/actress René Liu is the new face of Rado

Dancing at the Movies – Montage

Vimeo blocked in China again?

China Unicom Jailbreaking iPhones in-store (via CW)

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Weekly Twitter Updates

Some pics from Expo

Rubbernecking Hypocrites

Social Media Gods, I give myself to you

Weekly Twitter Updates