The Doggs at Digg removed the “Blog This!” link on Dugg stories. That was all this blog ever was, a collection of my Dugg stories, so I kiss this, my only WordPress.com blog, goodbye. I will continue to work on a WordPress.com hosted site called http://AntlerPicasso.com which is currently a work in process for the Antler Picasso of Earth-Friendly, Enviromentally Sustainable, Renewable Resource, Green Furniture made of annual antler sheds of deer, elk, moose, and their ilk. Be sure to check out that site after its official launch in August 2009!

There are fat, old and ugly laowai (foreigners) with beautiful Chinese women at their sides and the Chinese society doesn’t like the laowai just for such kind of reasons. Because of some laowais misbehaving, all laowai are judged in a negative way by the Chinese due to extrapolation. So stop misbehaving you bad laowai!

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The life of your CHinese gold farmer: LI Hua makes a living playing computer games. Working from a cramped office in the heart of Changsha, China, he slays dragons and loots virtual gold in 10-hour shifts. Next to him, rows of other young workers do the same. “It is just like working in a factory, the only difference is that this is the virtual world,” says Li. WOW!

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During the violent riot by 150 workers, one of the cops protecting us came up to me. ‘We’re hungry, we are thinking about going for lunch,’ he said. My boss was speechless. When we opened the door, there was a huge mess of cigarette butts and sunflower seeds, but there was no one there. All the rioters had gone for lunch too. Welcome to China!

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Married businessman, hit by economic downturn, decides to keep only one mistress
Man stages private talent contest without telling mistresses his intention
First woman to be knocked out drove car over cliff with lover, other mistresses, inside
Amusing ending.

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The Russian orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate will choose tomorrow between three alleged former KGB agents as its next spiritual leader. Russian Orthodox Christians not compromised by the KGB/FSB have gone underground and are persecuted by the Russian government and the official MP church as well.

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The number of abortions performed on teenage girls who have had at least one before has risen by almost 70 per cent since 1991, fuelling fears that terminations are being carried out for lifestyle reasons.

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More than 380 legislators in Tibet unanimously endorsed a bill Monday to mark March 28 as “Serfs Emancipation Day”, the date when about one million serfs and slaves in the region were freed in 1959 following an order of the State Council, or the Cabinet, to dismiss the local government of Tibet and replace it with a Regional People’s Committee.

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Google Drive, or Gdrive as it is better known, has to be the most anticipated Google product so far. When it arrives, Gdrive will likely cause a major paradigm shift in how we use computers and bring Google one step closer to dethroning Windows on your desktop.

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Here is great news for all the foreigners who are curious about China web. Tencent has just quietly launched its international portal for QQ, IMQQ.com where you can find all the English information you need to try QQ. The very latest English version of QQ, QQ2009 Beta for Windows was also released together with its Mac & Linux versions as 1.0 betas

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Pearl Long was an orphan with severe medical conditions. Through a clerical error, she was adopted by an American family not looking to adopt. They nursed her back to health, taught her English, and one day found that their girl was on the cover of a book of orphaned Chinese girls which led her to meeting famous author, Amy Tan. This is her story.

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Orthodoxy was born from the Great Schism of 1054, when feuds over papal authority and differences in the liturgy split Christianity into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox halves. In the past, their growth had been largely fueled by immigration, with churches forming mainly along ethnic lines. But now the growth is mostly by conversion.

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Culturefish Media of China is selling 130 of its prime domains with free SEO and tech support services of its CEO, Lonnie B. Hodge, to benefit two cancer survivors needing immediate treatment. All proceeds above the funds needed will go to three 501C3 Charities in The US and China. Please help if you can.

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The Fed has initiated a program to purchase half a trillion dollars worth of mortgage debt that is purportedly clogging up the credit markets. This is essentially what the TARP program was initially supposed to do – buy back mortgage securities. But they decided not to. Now the Fed is doing something similar, though there are important differences

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No computers, downloads, or phone cards necessary. Just dial and talk internationally and pay local rates! How does it work? You give RebTel the phone number of a friend in another country, and they give you a local number for them. Then you are given a local number for them that they can call you back on your mobile for absolutely no cost to you!

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The following tutorial for people who want to install a Linux distribution on their PlayStation 3 gaming consoles. But, before you jump to the installation of this Linux-based OS, please read the warning information (in red) below and all editor’s notes throughout the entire tutorial.

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Met with Nik and Fei in real life  in Oct of 2008. We firstly met via the Facebook. Impressed by his feeling about China.  Then I began pay attention to Nik. Until there were 2 stories happened in the Oct 2008, a sad and a happy stories…

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Seven years ago today this question would have been ridiculous. Total taxation as a percentage of GDP is much lower in the PRC than the US (18% China vs 35% America). Plus, China has a seemingly enormous grey market economy that operates outside of the reach of government interference and control.

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The strangest thing happens. Everybody in the office stops doing anything at around 11:45 am, and eats (not too strange..), but when you look around at 1:30 pm, everyone’s asleep! There’s even a sofa-bed next to the desks for napping on. Often three of the girls will cram onto it at once and snooze. Many simply sleep through the break at their desk

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A 12-year-old girl has been left paralyzed from the waist down by a mystery illness that came on half an hour after she was given the new anti-cervical cancer jab, according to reports. A week later she was admitted to hospital after losing all strength in her legs — two months later, there has been no improvement. This is not the first incident.

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In an attempt to boost security, Sichuan Airlines is recruiting female flight attendants with martial arts skills to work on a new route between Chengdu in western China and the South Korean capital, Seoul.

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Something remarkable happened when evangelists for two great religions crossed paths more than 1,000 years ago: they got along! With today’s religious intolerance, such a thing seems impossible, but it is true. Christianity and Buddhism not only tolerated one another, but they actually cooperated!

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In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the United States has responded by nationalizing industries and electing a president who promised to raise taxes on entrepreneurial efforts. China, the nominally Communist nation, has responded by cutting business taxes to stimulate growth. Remind me which nation supposedly supports capitalism……>>

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With the advent of the EU, developing over a period of 50 years, all of the ingredients to a World Order is now in place. The EU has a currency, a body of law, trade agreements and a very vocal desire to become the leader of the world. There is even a plan to provide the UN a 50,000 member ‘Peace-Keeping Force’ and a binding climate law.

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In short, human flesh search describes the phenomenon in which a group of Chinese netizens, strangers to one another, organize online to discover an individual
’s personal information and track down his or her whereabouts. Once the target is identified, the online search can transition into the physical world. Enraged netizens will call and harass..

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Internet cafe operators are required to remove unlicensed software and replace it with legitimate copies of either Microsoft Windows or China’s homegrown Red Flag Linux operating system. However, Radio Free Asia said cafes were being required to install Red Flag Linux even if they were using authorized copies of MS Windows.

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Tibet Daily, a leading newspaper in the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, has condemned the Dalai Lama and his supporters for their continued support of secession by violent means while waving the banner of “peace”.

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This new type of street lamp can generate electrical power by means of wind and solar energy panel at the same time. In addition, it can store energy day and night. The green street lamps also apply to wider areas and their life is much longer than the ordinary street lamps. This will reduce pollutant emission and energy costs for the Hunan city.

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Compared with the previous version 6.0, the new version offers features like IBM’s Cell SDK 3.1, Firefox 3, and OpenOffice 2.3. On the Sony Playstation 3, the system can for the first time use the RSX GPU’s 256MB of memory as a swap partition, which should noticeably enhance the distribution’s performance.

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FixStars today released Yellow Dog Linux v6.1 for Apple G4/G5, Sony PLAYSTATION3, PowerStation, and IBM Power Systems. Built upon the CentOS foundation, a derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, YDL v6.1 offers several end-user and development tool improvements over the previous v6.0.

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Based on the tremendously successful Firefox 3, the China Edition is a super-charged version that provides a whole range of benefits to Internet users in China. Note there are both a Chinese version and an English version, and we provide downloads that run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The English version also has the same services.

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Wang Jianbo, the chairman of China E-commerce, stated the company applied for a patent for RSS service in 2005, and obtained the patent certificate in December 2007 from China’s State Intellectual Property Office with patent number being No. ZL 2005 1 0022721.3. Wang says Microsoft adopted the technology in Vista without the company’s authorization.

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Fixstars Corporation, a pioneering company in Cell Broadband Engine™ based solutions, today announced the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Terra Soft Solutions, the world renowned developer of Yellow Dog Linux. The new subsidiary Fixstars Solutions, Inc., of San Jose, California, maintains the entire Terra Soft staff, product line….

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Religious people are inclined to be more giving and honest than others because their belief in God assumes the existence of an all-knowing “supernatural police” force that monitors their behavior, Azim Shariff and Ara Norenzayan said in an interview in the prestigious journal “Science”.

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China on Saturday denounced the U.S. government’s decision to sell arms worth of about 6.5 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu JianChao said the Chinese government and people firmly opposed this action which seriously damaged China’s interests and the Sino-U.S. relations.

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On the morning of September 18, a grand wedding ceremony was held for two tibetan mastiff dogs in Kaifu area of Changsha City, Hunan province. The two dogs are less than two years old. The affectionate couple frequently “kissed” during the ceremony, arousing roars of laughter from dozens of onlookers.

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The financial crisis has everyone stirred up the most, people panic easily when it comes to the depletion of wealth. Cash rules everything around us.

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So why is Paulson trying to push this treasonous bailout on the American People? Isn’t it obvious? Greed and Power. Greed is not Good for America! Paulson is the biggest traitor since Benedict Arnold. Who are the terrorists? It’s the Neocons and the Neocrooks that have sold out America and destroyed the country we love.

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“I think Paulson has terminally misunderstood the nature of the American system. Not just no review, no judicial review, no congressional accountability. Give me 700 billion dollars, 700 BILLION dollars! ‘I’ll be glad to spend it for you.’ That’s a centralization of power that is totally un-American.”

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The face of women who have abortions has shifted significantly in the past 30 years, with relatively fewer white childless teenagers and more mothers of color in their 20s and 30s opting to terminate their pregnancies, according to a report being released today…

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“Free Tibet” has become the cry of the backward and the reactionary. Across the West, it has been turned into the pet cause of poor little rich girls (and boys) who feel disillusioned with modernity and cynical about China and for whom Tibet has become a mystical playground that must be protected from the evil forces of progress.

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Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in China, and the world’s third most popular IM service. There were 318 million active QQ accounts as of the end of March 2008, and it is estimated that there are over 160 million QQ users in China.

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What do you do if your Windows installation suddenly just doesn’t want to start up? All those important files and pictures, can be easily recovered using the Ubuntu Live CD without installing anything or damaging any of the files. Easy step-by-step instructions with screenshots.

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It might seem odd, even absurd to the point of unbelievability, but according it’s true. Washington and Beijing are currently working on a joint UN proposal that could bring an end to Internet anonymity.

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#11. ‘Don’t be fooled by low-carb claims.’ Although many fast-food outlets have added low-carb offerings to their menus, it doesn’t mean the selections are any healthier for you. For instance, the Carl’s Jr. Breakfast Bowl has only 5 grams of carbs, but it packs a whopping 900 calories and 73 grams of fat, nearly half of them saturated….

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This is the internet, after all, and if something on the internet can be used in an annoying way, you can safely assume that 99% of the population will proceed to use it in exactly that way, repeatedly.

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Open your Facebook account and click one of your friends’ friend list. Scroll down to the bottom and highlight the white space before page navigation list. You will see the note “What doesn’t kill a quail only makes it stronger.”

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Guys like Owyang and Kawasaki are pushers!!! (check out Guy
’s pic on Twitter for a look at his 70’s pimp/dealer boa if you don’t believe me!) and they both pay a million virtual monkeys using a million computers to pound out a million tweets in hopes of a single retweet in the NYT. As an aside: Owyang has become a pro at slipping in ads…

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LinuxWorld China is the largest linux & open source event in China. Linuxworld will attract developers, IT managers and executives to learn the latest trends, and technologies of open source. Linuxworld China 2008 will talk about Virtualization, Data Center, cloud computing, SaaS , mobile linux, and other open-source and Linux topics.

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If you are on your way to China and you have to spend a few days alone in a city, there is really nothing to fear. Of course there are some extra challenges to face, but you can learn a lot about Chinese culture as a solo traveler. Having to make your own way and find places on your own is a terrific way to introduce yourself to the culture.

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Wake up. Open your eyes, folks. If you want to appreciate just how much of a police state the US is becoming, try living in China. The similarities become more and more disturbing every day.

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Maybe our two countries (The PRC and the USA) are less different than we thought?

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While Mao’s body has been amazingly preserved since his death in 1976, it seems that his spirit has not survived the test of time. He may lie in eternal peace inside his Mausoleum but the world around him has changed considerably; China is no longer the gray and drab country that it was during Mao’s time. It is now a place where people can dream and then go out and make that dream come true. It is not like the old days. People other than just high government officials can drive cars. Chinese people can do business and store up wealth for themselves. Peasants can go to the university now; finding food to eat is no longer such a grave concern. Just around the corner from where Chairman Mao lies in State, the American restaurant chain McDonald’s is full of Chinese people enjoying greasy food and a cool environment. Inside homes, people can watch Western movies on DVD and even occasionally on state owned television. The world is just a mouse click away for the millions of Chinese people who have access to the Internet. Friends and family are no longer afraid of discussing politics with each other. It is even acceptable to criticize the government behind closed doors. All this is happening as Chairman Mao sleeps peacefully at Tiananmen Square. If only he knew.

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How to announce an International Wedding, invite guests, and distribute wedding registries for your marriage using social Internet sites like Blogger, Facebook, and online stores like Amazon.com, Cutco.com, and Target.com to insure all your friends have all the up to the minute details and know what you and your spouse need!

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When it comes to funerals, though, the Japanese have traditionally been inflexibly Buddhist — so much so that Buddhism in Japan is often called “funeral Buddhism.” That expression describes a religion that, by appearing to cater more to the needs of the dead than to those of the living, is losing its standing in Japanese society.

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The Dalai Lama is accused of blackmailing Dorje Shugden worshippers into giving up their religious beliefs. At the same time, Indian citizens who worship Dorje Shugden are reviled and condemned as non-Buddhists and Chinese agents.

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The thinking behind the Chinese chastity movement is certainly different from similar movements in the US and other Western countries. Losing virginity before marriage is losing competitiveness, which may lead to losing an opportunity of a good marriage. Moreover, a woman can be respected or disrespected for chastity’s sake.

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In science we can theorize that a planet exists even though we cannot see it from the effect it’s magnetic field has on the surrounding satellites. Cannot we also theorize that even if we cannot see evidence of God we can theorize that He exists from the effect He has on culture and the history of the human species?

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Is the stereotype accurate that Mac users are cafe sitting, herbal tea drinking, Bob Dylan-listening, liberal democrats, socialists, or communists? Here are the facts, and they may surprise you. In fact more IT professionals consider themselves Republicans than Democrats!

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Romanian-born priest, The Reverend Antonio Petrescu believes you can worship God and Elvis at the same time: as a Catholic priest and Elvis Presley impersonator. Petrescu feels his responsibility as a priest is to “walk this Earth in love for Jesus Christ,” a task in which he is inspired by Elvis’s “search for spirituality in his own life.”

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NBC is offering complete streaming of the Olympics over the internet for the first time ever. It is great news for people working office jobs to be able to watch it from their desks. Unfortunately, it will only be available to Microsoft Vista users. To make it even worse it will only be available to the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Vista!

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A little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building. Trapped for more than 50 hours, she prayed for the life of her unborn child. “Even if I didn’t make it, I just wanted my baby to survive,” she said. “I was holding out hope during the earthquake that this day would come.” That day was today.

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These are some very beautiful icons, but with close of my mission and with my hundreds of icons that I own, I have no space to display them. My loss is your gain! All icon auctions are starting at only 99 cents American.

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The Hao Hao Report is at the beginning of making a major transition to a completely new webware back end. Why the switch? Digg-clone Pligg still in “beta” after 2 1/2 years of development which leads them to believe if and when v1 an v2 are released, they will be equally slow in updating. Pligg updates are few and far between, upgrades are painful.

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Cafe Press now has a hilarious(?) store that sells items supporting police brutality. The bumper stickers are guaranteed to help you get out of your next speeding ticket!?!

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Excess consumption is practically an American religion. But as anyone with a filled-to-the-gills closet knows, the things we accumulate can become oppressive. Which is why people are so intrigued by the 100 Thing Challenge, a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to 100 thiongs

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What if there was something simple you could do every day that would burn calories, be good for your heart, and help you stay young. You’d do it, right?

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The YDL PowerStation, a robust deskside tower which returns the Power architecture to both the workstation and server at an affordable price. It offers four 2.5GHz IBM 970MP cores, up to 32GB RAM, dual Gigabit ethernet, four USB ports, integrated ultra-fast SAS with 4 hot-swap bays, both PCI-E and PCI-X slots and support for x86 graphic cards.

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The Euphrosynos Cafe is wanting to know if current crises are changing your driving habits. Are you driving less? Are you walking more? Are you bicycling more? Why? Is it to save money? Is it to save the Earth’s environment? Is it to lose weight? Is it to build more muscle tone? Or is it just because you enjoy walking and biking?

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With oil prices sky-high, bikes for hire have finally rolled into the United States looking for riders in the US capital, as they have with success in Paris, Lyon and Barcelona. It works like this: for an annual fee of 40 dollars paid for online the bike can be taken out for no additional cost for up to three hours.

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A direct response from the Google Browser Sync team: “It was a tough call, but we decided to phase out support for Browser Sync. Since the team has moved on to other projects that are keeping them busy, we don’t have time to update the extension to work with Firefox 3 or to continue to maintain it.”

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Terra Soft Solutions, the company behind Yellow Dog Linux, launched its YDL PowerStation, the unofficial successor to the Apple PowerMac G5. Not just a simple replacement, but a well designed, readily upgradable, and far, far, more open source friendly system. The YDL PowerStation is four cores of unleashed Power in a solid, affordable package.”

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Terra Soft Solutions announced a development workstation billed as the heir to the Apple PowerMac G5 Quad, except more open. The Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) PowerStation offers four PowerPC cores clocked at 2.5GHz, up to 32GB RAM, and four bays for serially attached SCSI (SAS) drives.

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Available exclusively from Terra Soft Solutions, the YDL PowerStation offers four 2.5GHz IBM 970MP cores, up to 32GB RAM, dual Gigabit ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, integrated ultra-fast SAS with 4 hot-swap bays, both PCI-E and PCI-X slots, and support for x86 architecture graphics cards.

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It’s been three years since the PowerMac was killed. The wait for a PPC replacement is over. Not just a simple replacement, but a more open source friendly system. The YDL PowerStation is four cores of unleashed Power in a solid, affordable package. 4 Quad-core 2.5GHz 970 cores, up to 32GB RAM, Dual Gigabit ethernet, Yellow Dog Linux v.6.0 installed, only $1895.

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This anti-McCain video, put together in February by a Ron Paul supporter, is just brutal. Some of it is a little off the beaten track, but up to the 7 minute mark, it is devastating, especially starting at the 2:30 mark.

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Whereas once it was seen as a risk to populations everywhere, it was now recognized that, outside sub-Saharan Africa, it was confined to high-risk groups including men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, and sex workers and their clients.

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