Monthly Archives: February 2008

"Crusher" controls

Posted on February 27, 2008 by

The Pentagon’s research wing, DARPA, has released information to the press regarding an unmanned vehicle that can drive over or through most anything.  What caught my attention was the controls for the vehicle: Surprisingly, the Crusher’s engine is ripped from … Continue reading →

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Far-East Web Access

Posted on February 26, 2008 by

We were having some problems with accessing our website a few months ago and had to jump through hoops to post blog entries; here’s an article describing why.  Selected portions below: Depending on how you look at it, the Chinese … Continue reading →

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Mind-Reading Headphones

Posted on February 23, 2008 by

This is going on my Christmas list for next year: Hands cramping up from too many video games? How about controlling games with your thoughts instead? Later this year, Emotiv Systems Inc. plans to start selling the $299 EPOC neuroheadset … Continue reading →

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ChunJie Holiday: the last day

Posted on February 21, 2008 by

The Chinese New Year holiday is not a one day affair; it’s a two week period.  So though we have been at school since Monday, some Chinese schools had not returned.  Today, is the last day of the holiday and … Continue reading →

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ChunJie pictures

Posted on February 18, 2008 by

We’ve posted pictures from our Spring Festival break in Chengdu! Since we stayed in town, we took the opportunity to visit some places we hadn’t yet visited: WuHou Temple’s Lantern Festival, “Fun Street” and the WenShu Monastery, RenMin (People’s) Park, … Continue reading →

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New Website Design

Posted on February 11, 2008 by

As promised, our site has gone through some changes over the past week.  Most of the changes have already been made, though some small tweaks may still be in order.  Thanks to Brian for his work on this template. Other … Continue reading →

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Chinese New Year Fireworks

Posted on February 7, 2008 by

We survived the onslaught.  Like I said from the war zone last night, the fireworks kept going from about 7.00pm until after 1am.  We contributed to the madness with a couple of bottle rockets from our rooftop, but this was … Continue reading →

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Happy Chinese New Year

Posted on February 7, 2008 by

It’s almost 12.30 in the morning, and Sarah and I aren’t sleeping.  We would be, except for all the fireworks still going on outside.  Right outside.  At varying levels of intensity for the last five hours.  Pictures and video to … Continue reading →

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Newsletter

Posted on February 5, 2008 by

Sarah and I have published our winter newsletter. You can download it here.  Usually we publish this newsletter at Christmas with many other Americans, but this year we decided to release it on China’s New Year holiday, their biggest holiday and equivalent … Continue reading →

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Weekend Events and Website Changes

Posted on February 4, 2008 by

We started our Chinese New Year break with three days of not sleeping in.  Very sad.  But the time has been useful.  Saturday Sarah and I took a 4-hour trip east of Chengdu to a town named Long Chang.  We … Continue reading →

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