王建硕的博客https://home.wangjianshuo.com/Recent content on 王建硕的博客HugoenWed, 03 Jun 2026 12:37:26 +0800到底该不该用 AI 写文章？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260603_%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E8%AF%A5%E4%B8%8D%E8%AF%A5%E7%94%A8-AI-%E5%86%99%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0.htmWed, 03 Jun 2026 12:37:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260603_%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E8%AF%A5%E4%B8%8D%E8%AF%A5%E7%94%A8-AI-%E5%86%99%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0.htm<p>到底该不该用 AI 写文章？</p> <p>我的结论：<strong>必须</strong>。需要现在就开始学习。</p> <p>AI 写文章不是由它来写，而是学会一种架构让它帮助自己把整个流程自动化，同时给辅助。我给自己定的死目标是：<strong>以后绝不在微信公众号的草稿箱里面改一字</strong>，所有的改动都要通过 Claude Code 来改。改的方式，除了告诉他哪一句需要怎么改以外，其他的方式包括去改风格定义的文件，去约束他未来的更改方向。</p>AI 写作让我们失去的，我接受https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260603_AI-%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%A4%B1%E5%8E%BB%E7%9A%84-%E6%88%91%E6%8E%A5%E5%8F%97.htmWed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260603_AI-%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%A4%B1%E5%8E%BB%E7%9A%84-%E6%88%91%E6%8E%A5%E5%8F%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/06/2891-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天关于是否应该让 AI 写文章，大家有很多讨论，比如 Green Lord 说：</p> <blockquote style="border-left:3px solid #d0d0d0;padding:8px 14px;margin:0;color:#666;background:#f7f7f7;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;">有点疑惑在于，当我们看文章是想和作者交流时，一旦知道这篇文章是 AI 写的，仿佛心里就隔了一层，好像是中间有个代理人一样。也不知道用翻译来作为类比恰不恰当，人原汁原味的思想、表达经过 AI 翻译后，表面上看是这个意思，但是翻译和原文毕竟有着区别。如果是效率型的文字，可以让 AI 写，但如果是审美型、感受型、思想性的文字，不应该让 AI 写。（欢迎大家一起讨论）</blockquote> <p>我同意，任何新技术，比起旧技术，都会缺些什么。问题是，得到的比失去的，是不是值得。和效率比起来，我们曾经在乎的那些是否需要放弃。</p>三年之后：回看 2023 年我对 ChatGPT 的判断https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260529_%E4%B8%89%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E-%E5%9B%9E%E7%9C%8B-2023-%E5%B9%B4%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9-ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E5%88%A4%E6%96%AD.htmFri, 29 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260529_%E4%B8%89%E5%B9%B4%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E-%E5%9B%9E%E7%9C%8B-2023-%E5%B9%B4%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9-ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E5%88%A4%E6%96%AD.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2890-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>2023 年 3 月 6 日，ChatGPT 刚出来不久，GPT-4 还没发布，我和 Sarah 做了一场关于 ChatGPT 的访谈——她播客 Traders&rsquo; Talk「大白话系列」的第三期。那时候 ChatGPT 才出来没多久，真正上手用的人还非常少，这场长达三个小时的访谈，后来一直挂在小宇宙 ChatGPT 类目的第一名。我在里面一口气抛出了二十来个判断和预测，全凭直觉和有限的信息，没什么数据。当时那场访谈的完整逐字稿，还留在公众号上。现在是 2026 年 5 月底，三年过去了，AI 已经长成了当年想象不到的样子。</p>为什么 AI 写的文章一眼就能看穿https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260528_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88-AI-%E5%86%99%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E4%B8%80%E7%9C%BC%E5%B0%B1%E8%83%BD%E7%9C%8B%E7%A9%BF.htmThu, 28 May 2026 17:58:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260528_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88-AI-%E5%86%99%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E4%B8%80%E7%9C%BC%E5%B0%B1%E8%83%BD%E7%9C%8B%E7%A9%BF.htm<p>X: @jianshuo</p> <p>为啥 AI 生成的文章，一眼就能看出来？只是一种感觉，觉得不像真人写的，但又说不出来为啥。这个问题我想了很久。</p> <p>AI 味可能就是太完美的味道：没有错别字，没有明显的错误，没有让人不理解的情绪，没有过于偏颇的观点。<strong>没有让读者不舒服、产生碰撞的棱角</strong>。太过于顺滑了，就没有阅读时候的碰撞感。几乎每一步都踩在合理的范围以内。</p>这一小段路，可能就是十年https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260528_%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E5%B0%8F%E6%AE%B5%E8%B7%AF-%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4.htmThu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260528_%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E5%B0%8F%E6%AE%B5%E8%B7%AF-%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2889-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>效率的提升太快，需求的提升还不明显； 工作的消失太迅速，替代工作的诞生还比较缓慢； 焦虑的情绪已经蔓延，安抚人心的曙光没有出现。</p> <p>方向是光明的，但难的是走过去的这一小段路。 一小段路，说不定就是十年。</p>AI 时代，学动词，别追名词https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260526_AI-%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3-%E5%AD%A6%E5%8A%A8%E8%AF%8D-%E5%88%AB%E8%BF%BD%E5%90%8D%E8%AF%8D.htmTue, 26 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260526_AI-%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3-%E5%AD%A6%E5%8A%A8%E8%AF%8D-%E5%88%AB%E8%BF%BD%E5%90%8D%E8%AF%8D.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2888-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我忘了是谁说的一句话，我觉得特别有道理：AI 时代，要学动词，别追名词。</p> <p>为什么名词追不上？因为每一天都在产生无数新名词。又出了新模型，又冒出新工具，又听说有个新网站、新框架。新东西涌出来的速度，远远超过你能学的速度。你连这些名词的十分之一、百分之一、千分之一都学不完。追名词，是一场你从一开始就注定输的赛跑。</p>ccglass 0.6.0 版本新功能https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260526_ccglass-0-6-0-%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD.htmTue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260526_ccglass-0-6-0-%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2887-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>ccglass 是我自己写的小工具——一个本地的日志反向代理 + 网页面板，让你看见自己的 coding agent 到底往模型发了什么。</p> <p>claude-trace 这些挺好的工具，因为 Claude 改了架构没法继续用了，我又有自己的研究需求，就写了一个。没想到在 Github 上拿到了 300 个星星，说明是大家共同的痛点，所以前不久花了些时间维护（其实，所谓的维护，就是在 issue 后面 @claude 一下，然后把它提的 PR 认真地看一遍）。</p>丑，但它能跑https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260525_%E4%B8%91-%E4%BD%86%E5%AE%83%E8%83%BD%E8%B7%91.htmMon, 25 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260525_%E4%B8%91-%E4%BD%86%E5%AE%83%E8%83%BD%E8%B7%91.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2886-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Karpathy 自己看 AI 写的代码时，原话是：「我会心脏病发作。」</p> <p>他给的形容词：臃肿、大量复制粘贴、笨拙的抽象、脆弱、真的恶心。</p> <p>但他下一句紧接着是：「<strong>但它能跑。</strong>」</p>Claude Code 等编程工具最好的语音输入搭档：HoldSpeakhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260525_Claude-Code-%E7%AD%89%E7%BC%96%E7%A8%8B%E5%B7%A5%E5%85%B7%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%AD%E9%9F%B3%E8%BE%93%E5%85%A5%E6%90%AD%E6%A1%A3-HoldSpeak.htmMon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260525_Claude-Code-%E7%AD%89%E7%BC%96%E7%A8%8B%E5%B7%A5%E5%85%B7%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%AD%E9%9F%B3%E8%BE%93%E5%85%A5%E6%90%AD%E6%A1%A3-HoldSpeak.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2885-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>和大语言模型交互，有一个大家没怎么注意到的、巨大的可以偷懒的地方：你没有必要输入完全正确的文字。</p> <p>即使你拼写是错的，语法是错的，甚至顺序都是乱的，<strong>大语言模型根本不在乎</strong>。它会用自己的方式去理解你大致的意思，把拼错的词纠正过来，再按正确的顺序去读。</p>多浪费点 Tokenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%A4%9A%E6%B5%AA%E8%B4%B9%E7%82%B9-Token.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:16:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%A4%9A%E6%B5%AA%E8%B4%B9%E7%82%B9-Token.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2884-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近我逢人就劝一件事：尽量多用 Token，浪费也无所谓。</p> <p>这话听上去有点反常。我接触到的大多数人，省 Token 的理由其实只有一个——想省点钱。一次对话用得克制一点，一个任务拆得抠门一点，账单数字就好看一点。逻辑很顺，也很自然。</p>「有用」和「好像有用」是两回事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8-%E5%92%8C-%E5%A5%BD%E5%83%8F%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%A4%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%8B.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:15:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8-%E5%92%8C-%E5%A5%BD%E5%83%8F%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%A4%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2883-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我现在看到创业方向上最大的一个误区，是把两个完全不同的东西当成了一个：<strong>有用</strong>，和<strong>好像有用</strong>。</p> <p>大多数 AI 应用，给人的是一种好像有用的感觉。但它不是有用。</p>凡是有用的做不出来，凡是做出来的没啥用https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%87%A1%E6%98%AF%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%8D%E5%87%BA%E6%9D%A5-%E5%87%A1%E6%98%AF%E5%81%9A%E5%87%BA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%B2%A1%E5%95%A5%E7%94%A8.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:14:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%87%A1%E6%98%AF%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%8D%E5%87%BA%E6%9D%A5-%E5%87%A1%E6%98%AF%E5%81%9A%E5%87%BA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%B2%A1%E5%95%A5%E7%94%A8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2882-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>互联网刚出来的那几年，恨不得一天就冒出来几百个网页。那些网页，你今天回过头去看，绝大多数都灰飞烟灭了。</p> <p>我之所以提这件旧事，是因为现在 AI 创业的那一层，出现的问题，跟当年一模一样。</p>新时代的程序，就是 skillhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%96%B0%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF-skill.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:13:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%96%B0%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF-skill.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2881-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近我跟很多人聊 AI 的用法，我把它分两层。其实应该是三层，先说两层。</p> <p>现在 99% 的用户用 AI，叫聊天。打开一个聊天框，问一句，它答一句，关掉，结束。</p>学校禁 AI，和当年大学禁 Google 一模一样https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E7%A6%81-AI-%E5%92%8C%E5%BD%93%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E7%A6%81-Google-%E4%B8%80%E6%A8%A1%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:12:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E7%A6%81-AI-%E5%92%8C%E5%BD%93%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E7%A6%81-Google-%E4%B8%80%E6%A8%A1%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2880-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近我看到一件事，越来越多的公司和学校，开始禁止学生用 AI。</p> <p>老师坚持你不能用 AI 做任何研究，不能用它写论文。还有人专门去识别痕迹，找各种蛛丝马迹来对抗。微信这样的生态里，机器人生产的内容被屏蔽掉，人工智能生成的视频被删掉。平台想维持一个真实的人类生产、人类消费、人类沟通的世界——这本身我觉得没有错，这种真实感是生命力的源泉。</p>20 年前的程序员，重新学走路https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_20-%E5%B9%B4%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98-%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E5%AD%A6%E8%B5%B0%E8%B7%AF.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:11:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_20-%E5%B9%B4%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98-%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E5%AD%A6%E8%B5%B0%E8%B7%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2879-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我最近核心的状态，是在一个新的世界里，要重新学会走路。</p> <p>当你脚下的整个层次变了，原来的程序员，不见得在这个新层次里还会写程序；原来的创业者，不见得在这里面还会创业。这不是谦虚，是一个挺朴素的事实——地基换了，会盖房子这件事得重新学。</p>程序员「瞬间」失业了——但程序员永远不会失业https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98-%E7%9E%AC%E9%97%B4-%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A%E4%BA%86%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E4%BD%86%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:10:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98-%E7%9E%AC%E9%97%B4-%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A%E4%BA%86%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E4%BD%86%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2878-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>一个朋友前几天跟我聊天，很得意地说，他现在 80% 的代码已经是 AI 写的了。我很惊讶，问他你为什么还要写那 20%？你不应该写，一行都不应该写。</p> <p>我问他，你会去改汇编语言吗？汇编语言本来就该由 C、Python 编译出来，由编译器去写，由 CPU 去执行。人站在汇编语言这一侧折腾干嘛呢？除非那是网络最底层的 kernel，否则一般的程序，你去碰它干嘛。</p>程序员的鄙视链https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9A%84%E9%84%99%E8%A7%86%E9%93%BE.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:09:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9A%84%E9%84%99%E8%A7%86%E9%93%BE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2877-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我跟很多人聊过一个问题：到底什么叫程序员？有意思的是，每个人对程序员的定义，都是把自己屁股后面那根线画下来——线以内是程序员，线以外不算。我把自己划进去，把比我「低」的那批人划出去。</p>只要一个人此刻喜欢，就值得被生产https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%8F%AA%E8%A6%81%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E6%AD%A4%E5%88%BB%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2-%E5%B0%B1%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E8%A2%AB%E7%94%9F%E4%BA%A7.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:08:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%8F%AA%E8%A6%81%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E6%AD%A4%E5%88%BB%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2-%E5%B0%B1%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E8%A2%AB%E7%94%9F%E4%BA%A7.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2876-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>聊到推荐算法的时候，我说了一个判断：今天我们看到的千人千面，其实还很初级。</p> <p>你打开小红书，每个人刷到的内容都不一样；你打开抖音，也是。这看起来很智能，但它背后用的智能其实<strong>非常低</strong>。它甚至用不上大语言模型，靠的就是数据挖掘、大数据、算概率。说白了，每个人看到的帖子还是同一批帖子，视频还是同一批视频，算法只是把先后顺序、排列组合给你调了一下。东西本身，是一模一样的。</p>我不信「一人公司」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%88%91%E4%B8%8D%E4%BF%A1-%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:07:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%88%91%E4%B8%8D%E4%BF%A1-%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%BA%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2875-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>有人问我，未来的公司是不是都会变成一人公司。vibe coding 火了以后，大家都在说这个：融资没必要了，大团队也没必要了，一个人就能干完一家公司的活。</p>智能无限的世界，要打破的是脑子里的禁锢https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E6%97%A0%E9%99%90%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-%E8%A6%81%E6%89%93%E7%A0%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%98%AF%E8%84%91%E5%AD%90%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E7%A6%81%E9%94%A2.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:06:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E6%97%A0%E9%99%90%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-%E8%A6%81%E6%89%93%E7%A0%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%98%AF%E8%84%91%E5%AD%90%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E7%A6%81%E9%94%A2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2874-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近我每天早上沿着滨江走路的时候，脑子里一直转着一个问题：在一个智能无限的世界里，到底有哪些东西会发生变化？</p> <p>这个问题听起来很大，但它其实只基于一个很简单的假设——智能无限。我们现在很多很多约定俗成的事情，仔细一想，都不是因为它本来就该这样，而是因为以前智能太贵、太稀缺，我们只好打了个补丁。补丁打久了，大家就忘了它是补丁，把它当成了天经地义。</p>你打一个 hello，发过去 13 万字https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E4%BD%A0%E6%89%93%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-hello-%E5%8F%91%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB-13-%E4%B8%87%E5%AD%97.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:05:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E4%BD%A0%E6%89%93%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-hello-%E5%8F%91%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB-13-%E4%B8%87%E5%AD%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2873-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>你打开 Claude Code，或者 Codex，这些编程的工具，跟它打一个「你好」，或者「hello」，按回车。远端是一个大语言模型。</p> <p>你猜，你往那边发了多少东西过去？</p>大模型是发动机，Claude Code 是车https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%A4%A7%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%91%E5%8A%A8%E6%9C%BA-Claude-Code-%E6%98%AF%E8%BD%A6.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:04:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E5%A4%A7%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%91%E5%8A%A8%E6%9C%BA-Claude-Code-%E6%98%AF%E8%BD%A6.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2872-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>把过去这三年画成一条时间轴，最左边那个点，是 2022 年 11 月 30 号——ChatGPT 诞生的那一刻。那是一个断崖式的变化，一刀切下去，前面和后面是两个世界。</p>效率越高，需求越井喷https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%95%88%E7%8E%87%E8%B6%8A%E9%AB%98-%E9%9C%80%E6%B1%82%E8%B6%8A%E4%BA%95%E5%96%B7.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:03:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E6%95%88%E7%8E%87%E8%B6%8A%E9%AB%98-%E9%9C%80%E6%B1%82%E8%B6%8A%E4%BA%95%E5%96%B7.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2871-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>有人问我，大模型每迭代一次，是不是就把一批程序员、一批应用公司给淘汰掉了。一个程序员现在的效率比三个月前高了十倍，那是不是公司只要留五个人、剩下的都该失业？</p>ccglass 全自动解决 issue 的工作流是如何配置的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_ccglass-%E5%85%A8%E8%87%AA%E5%8A%A8%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3-issue-%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%B5%81%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE%E7%9A%84.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:02:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_ccglass-%E5%85%A8%E8%87%AA%E5%8A%A8%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3-issue-%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%B5%81%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE%E7%9A%84.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2870-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <h1 id="有人给我提了个-bug我一行没改ai-自己提了-pr">有人给我提了个 bug，我一行没改，AI 自己提了 PR</h1> <p>今天发生一件小事。</p> <p>我有个开源的小工具叫 ccglass，是给 AI 编程 agent 做的一个日志面板——agent 在背后跟大模型说了什么、报了什么错，它都实时显示出来。东西不大，几个文件。</p>落后生产力的保护所，就叫艺术https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E8%90%BD%E5%90%8E%E7%94%9F%E4%BA%A7%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E4%BF%9D%E6%8A%A4%E6%89%80-%E5%B0%B1%E5%8F%AB%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_%E8%90%BD%E5%90%8E%E7%94%9F%E4%BA%A7%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E4%BF%9D%E6%8A%A4%E6%89%80-%E5%B0%B1%E5%8F%AB%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2869-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>有人问我，科技再怎么发展，人总还会留下一些被称为艺术的东西吧？我同意。但我想先把「艺术」这两个字定义清楚。</p> <p>在我看起来，<strong>所有落后生产力的保护所，就叫艺术</strong>。</p>AI for Science：你不需要解剖爱因斯坦怎么想出相对论https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_AI-for-Science-%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E8%A7%A3%E5%89%96%E7%88%B1%E5%9B%A0%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%83%B3%E5%87%BA%E7%9B%B8%E5%AF%B9%E8%AE%BA.htmSun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260524_AI-for-Science-%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E8%A7%A3%E5%89%96%E7%88%B1%E5%9B%A0%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%83%B3%E5%87%BA%E7%9B%B8%E5%AF%B9%E8%AE%BA.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2868-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>大概两年前，在一个学校的嘉宾休息室里，我亲眼看见两个科学家吵了起来。</p> <p>一个是做视觉模型的，他兴奋地跟另一个科普：你知道吗，现在的人工智能可厉害了，我们输进去一个东西，它就出来一个东西，中间怎么 work 的我们不知道，他说，非常神奇。</p>100 块，10 轮之后变成 27 块https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260523_100-%E5%9D%97-10-%E8%BD%AE%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E%E5%8F%98%E6%88%90-27-%E5%9D%97.htmSat, 23 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260523_100-%E5%9D%97-10-%E8%BD%AE%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E%E5%8F%98%E6%88%90-27-%E5%9D%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2867-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们炒股的人，心里多多少少都有个念头：这个市场，好像专门跟我作对。</p> <p>我一买，它就跌。我一卖，它就涨。我手里捂着的，半死不活；我刚割掉的，转头就起飞。久而久之，你会觉得有一只看不见的手，盯着你的账户，专挑你最难受的方式走。</p>ccglass 0.3.0 新功能发布https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260523_ccglass-0-3-0-%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%91%E5%B8%83.htmSat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260523_ccglass-0-3-0-%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%91%E5%B8%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2866-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上周我写了个 ccglass，能看到 Claude Code 在背地里跟大模型说了什么。那时候它还只是个看请求的小工具——左边一列请求，右边几个标签页，system、messages、tools 摊开给你看。</p>我写了个 ccglass，看看 Claude Code 向大模型发了什么https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260522_%E6%88%91%E5%86%99%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%AA-ccglass-%E7%9C%8B%E7%9C%8B-Claude-Code-%E5%90%91%E5%A4%A7%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E5%8F%91%E4%BA%86%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88.htmFri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260522_%E6%88%91%E5%86%99%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%AA-ccglass-%E7%9C%8B%E7%9C%8B-Claude-Code-%E5%90%91%E5%A4%A7%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E5%8F%91%E4%BA%86%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2865-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我做了个工具，叫 ccglass，能直接看到 Claude Code 发给大语言模型的所有后台信息。</p> <p>这事原来 claude-trace 之类的工具能干。但 Claude Code 从 node 升级成二进制文件以后，它们<strong>全都用不了了</strong>。</p>用 Claude Code，你以为说了一个 Hello？不是，你发过去一本三国演义https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260521_%E7%94%A8-Claude-Code-%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%BA%E8%AF%B4%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-Hello-%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF-%E4%BD%A0%E5%8F%91%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%80%E6%9C%AC%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E6%BC%94%E4%B9%89.htmThu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260521_%E7%94%A8-Claude-Code-%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%BA%E8%AF%B4%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-Hello-%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF-%E4%BD%A0%E5%8F%91%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%80%E6%9C%AC%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E6%BC%94%E4%B9%89.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2864-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>如果你用 Claude Code，在没有任何上下文的时候，给它打一个词，hello。你知道它实际上发过去了什么吗？</p> <p>远比你以为的多。</p> <p>把这一次请求捕获下来看（这是在我自己的环境下抓到的，你那边的工具、技能、记忆不一样，具体数字会不同，但量级是一回事）：我只打了一个单词，发出去的是 137918 个字节，十三万多字符，一本书的厚度。我那个 hello，在里面只占 5 个字符。剩下的十三万多，是它每一次都要随身背着的东西：</p>趋势不等于需求：你的 90% 的好主意，都过不了这一关https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E8%B6%8B%E5%8A%BF%E4%B8%8D%E7%AD%89%E4%BA%8E%E9%9C%80%E6%B1%82-%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84-90-%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%BB%E6%84%8F-%E9%83%BD%E8%BF%87%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%86%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E5%85%B3.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:12:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E8%B6%8B%E5%8A%BF%E4%B8%8D%E7%AD%89%E4%BA%8E%E9%9C%80%E6%B1%82-%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84-90-%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%BB%E6%84%8F-%E9%83%BD%E8%BF%87%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%86%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E5%85%B3.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2863-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>直播那天，我被一个 AI 当场毙掉了一个 idea。</p> <p>我演示的是 Claude Code 加 G Stack 的 office hour 这个 skill。我跟它讲了一个主意：</p> <p>「我想做一个 AI agent 的市场。AI 在干活的过程中会遇到很多它干不了的事，那它就发布一个悬赏，让一个真人去干，比如订一杯咖啡、提交一份表格。怎么样？」</p>大家说狼来了，其实是一万只狼来了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E8%AF%B4%E7%8B%BC%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%86-%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%87%E5%8F%AA%E7%8B%BC%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%86.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:11:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E8%AF%B4%E7%8B%BC%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%86-%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%87%E5%8F%AA%E7%8B%BC%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%86.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2862-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近经常听到一种说法——</p> <p>「以后不需要工程师了。」 「AI 把白领都干掉了。」 「失业潮要来了。」</p> <p>你们以为的狼来了，是一只狼。真实的情况，是一万只狼来了。</p>大语言模型已经是一个「自然语言对代码的编译器」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E5%AF%B9%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E7%9A%84%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%91%E5%99%A8.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:10:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E5%AF%B9%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E7%9A%84%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%91%E5%99%A8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2861-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>大语言模型现在已经是一个精确的、自然语言对代码的编译器了。</p> <p>什么叫编译器？编译器是把一种语言精确翻译成另一种语言，没有 surprise，没有歧义。你写 C，它编译出来的二进制，每次都一样。</p>改源代码https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%94%B9%E6%BA%90%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:09:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%94%B9%E6%BA%90%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2860-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>今天下午，我在一个叫 <code>SKILL.md</code> 的文件里改了一行字。</p> <p>改完之后，我让 AI 帮我写公众号，它就自动按那条新规矩来了。</p> <p>这就是改源代码。</p> <h2 id="源代码以前是一门外语">源代码以前是一门外语</h2> <p>过去几十年，源代码是 C++、是 Java、是 Python——都是一种外语。要让程序按你的方式跑，要么自己学这门外语，要么花钱请会这门外语的人翻译。</p>每天写一段 prompt，跟每天画一幅画是一回事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%AF%8F%E5%A4%A9%E5%86%99%E4%B8%80%E6%AE%B5-prompt-%E8%B7%9F%E6%AF%8F%E5%A4%A9%E7%94%BB%E4%B8%80%E5%B9%85%E7%94%BB%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%8B.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:08:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%AF%8F%E5%A4%A9%E5%86%99%E4%B8%80%E6%AE%B5-prompt-%E8%B7%9F%E6%AF%8F%E5%A4%A9%E7%94%BB%E4%B8%80%E5%B9%85%E7%94%BB%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2859-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我喜欢画画。</p> <p>以前发过很多画画的内容——也是那段时间知道的：每天画一幅。</p> <p>不是为了画出什么作品。就是感知画画时手的那个状态。今天笔下去是这个手感，昨天又是另一种。</p>你说一句「我饿了」，AI 怎么知道你想吃烤鸭https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E4%BD%A0%E8%AF%B4%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%A5-%E6%88%91%E9%A5%BF%E4%BA%86-AI-%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E4%BD%A0%E6%83%B3%E5%90%83%E7%83%A4%E9%B8%AD.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:07:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E4%BD%A0%E8%AF%B4%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%A5-%E6%88%91%E9%A5%BF%E4%BA%86-AI-%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E4%BD%A0%E6%83%B3%E5%90%83%E7%83%A4%E9%B8%AD.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2858-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近一个多月，我见到太多人跟我抱怨——</p> <p>「AI 真没法用。」 「试过了，输出的东西完全用不上。」 「就是在瞎搞，你们说的都是吹的。」</p> <p>我每次听到都问一句：你怎么试的？</p>拥抱浪费——你在喝咖啡，GPU 替你烧 tokenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%8B%A5%E6%8A%B1%E6%B5%AA%E8%B4%B9%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E4%BD%A0%E5%9C%A8%E5%96%9D%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1-GPU-%E6%9B%BF%E4%BD%A0%E7%83%A7-token.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:06:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%8B%A5%E6%8A%B1%E6%B5%AA%E8%B4%B9%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E4%BD%A0%E5%9C%A8%E5%96%9D%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1-GPU-%E6%9B%BF%E4%BD%A0%E7%83%A7-token.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2857-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>5 月 7 号那场直播，我屏幕上同时开着 20 多个 Claude Code 窗口，每一个都在哗哗哗地跑。我电脑的 CPU 在烧。OpenAI 远处机房的 GPU 在烧。每秒钟都有大量的 token 在被消耗。它们都在为我干活。</p>改指令，不要改产物https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%94%B9%E6%8C%87%E4%BB%A4-%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E6%94%B9%E4%BA%A7%E7%89%A9.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:05:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%94%B9%E6%8C%87%E4%BB%A4-%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E6%94%B9%E4%BA%A7%E7%89%A9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2856-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近没日没夜地用 Claude Code 作为主要的平台做任何事情，得到一个非常重要的经验：要抑制住<strong>直接</strong>修改 AI 生成产物的冲动，而要从 Skill、Memory、CLAUDE.md 等层面去解决问题。</p>不装 skill 的 Claude Code，就是没装 APP 的 iPhonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E4%B8%8D%E8%A3%85-skill-%E7%9A%84-Claude-Code-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E6%B2%A1%E8%A3%85-APP-%E7%9A%84-iPhone.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:04:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E4%B8%8D%E8%A3%85-skill-%E7%9A%84-Claude-Code-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E6%B2%A1%E8%A3%85-APP-%E7%9A%84-iPhone.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2855-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>不装 skill 的 Claude Code，就是没装任何 APP 的 iPhone。</p> <p>一个 iPhone 没装 APP，你能干嘛？打开它，里面有个手电筒，有个指南针，还有一个天气预报。你天天打开就看天气预报，开开就看天气预报。</p>大多数人用 AI，还停在第一个阶段https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%9A%E6%95%B0%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%A8-AI-%E8%BF%98%E5%81%9C%E5%9C%A8%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E9%98%B6%E6%AE%B5.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:03:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%9A%E6%95%B0%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%A8-AI-%E8%BF%98%E5%81%9C%E5%9C%A8%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E9%98%B6%E6%AE%B5.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2854-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>5 月 7 号晚上我开了一场直播，没做任何准备就开始跑，最后居然有 2000 人在看。</p> <p>我把 AI 的用法分成三个阶段。</p> <p><strong>第一阶段：跟它聊天。</strong></p> <p>你打开豆包、ChatGPT、Claude，问一句，它答一句。问什么它答什么，你觉得惊为天人，问什么它好像都知道。但你真要让它帮你做一天的日常工作？远了去了。它就是好玩，但没啥用。</p>AI 的核心不是智力，是控制https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_AI-%E7%9A%84%E6%A0%B8%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%99%BA%E5%8A%9B-%E6%98%AF%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:02:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_AI-%E7%9A%84%E6%A0%B8%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%99%BA%E5%8A%9B-%E6%98%AF%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2853-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>直播那天有人问，今天讲的主题到底是什么？我说，如果硬要总结一句——<strong>今天讲的就是如何控制 AI</strong>。</p> <p>我们这一两年都把眼睛盯在「AI 有多聪明」上面。它能答对高考题，能写诗，能写代码，能生成图。它的智力已经爆棚，这一点没人怀疑。</p>我们从 AI 的领导，变成了 AI 的带路党https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%BB%8E-AI-%E7%9A%84%E9%A2%86%E5%AF%BC-%E5%8F%98%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86-AI-%E7%9A%84%E5%B8%A6%E8%B7%AF%E5%85%9A.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%BB%8E-AI-%E7%9A%84%E9%A2%86%E5%AF%BC-%E5%8F%98%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86-AI-%E7%9A%84%E5%B8%A6%E8%B7%AF%E5%85%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2852-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们以前是 AI 的领导，现在我们是它的带路党——说得难听点，是它的维修工、端茶送水的。</p> <p>听起来像自嘲，其实我是认真的。</p> <p>最近两年我们一直在讨论一个问题：人和 AI 谁是主、谁是从？</p>我允许你喝咖啡，但我不允许你的 agent 空着https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%88%91%E5%85%81%E8%AE%B8%E4%BD%A0%E5%96%9D%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1-%E4%BD%86%E6%88%91%E4%B8%8D%E5%85%81%E8%AE%B8%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84-agent-%E7%A9%BA%E7%9D%80.htmMon, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260518_%E6%88%91%E5%85%81%E8%AE%B8%E4%BD%A0%E5%96%9D%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1-%E4%BD%86%E6%88%91%E4%B8%8D%E5%85%81%E8%AE%B8%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84-agent-%E7%A9%BA%E7%9D%80.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2851-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在我们公司，我允许你喝咖啡。但我不允许你的电脑里的 agent 是空着的。</p> <p>以前我们对一个员工的评价，看的是「努力不努力」。这个人加班吗？周末来吗？工作时长够吗？这个人坐在工位上吗？</p>智能变得廉价以后，会改变什么？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%98%E5%BE%97%E5%BB%89%E4%BB%B7%E4%BB%A5%E5%90%8E-%E4%BC%9A%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88.htmSat, 16 May 2026 17:27:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%98%E5%BE%97%E5%BB%89%E4%BB%B7%E4%BB%A5%E5%90%8E-%E4%BC%9A%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88.htm<p>我最近总是陷入深深的沉思，却沉思不出来任何结果。</p> <p>因为脑子里其实没有一个明确的问题。如果说有一个大致的方向，那就是：在一个智能忽然变得极为廉价、且完全可以扩展的时候，未来最大的机会在哪里？</p>「吃一堑长一智」里的那个「智」，到底长在哪一层？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E5%90%83%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%91%E9%95%BF%E4%B8%80%E6%99%BA-%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA-%E6%99%BA-%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E9%95%BF%E5%9C%A8%E5%93%AA%E4%B8%80%E5%B1%82.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:06:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E5%90%83%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%91%E9%95%BF%E4%B8%80%E6%99%BA-%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA-%E6%99%BA-%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E9%95%BF%E5%9C%A8%E5%93%AA%E4%B8%80%E5%B1%82.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2850-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我笔记本里有两百多条 learning，每一条都是认真写下的「吃一堑长一智」。</p> <p>可是有些堑，我栽过三次。每次栽完都郑重写一条 learning 进去。第四次还是会栽。</p>我新搭了一个市场团队——它是一个文件夹https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%88%91%E6%96%B0%E6%90%AD%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E5%9B%A2%E9%98%9F%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E5%AE%83%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E5%A4%B9.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:05:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%88%91%E6%96%B0%E6%90%AD%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E5%9B%A2%E9%98%9F%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E5%AE%83%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E5%A4%B9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2849-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近我手上多了几个&quot;团队&quot;。</p> <ul> <li>一个<strong>市场团队</strong>——每天早上 6 点钟开始干活。</li> <li>一个<strong>工程团队</strong>——每 4 个小时醒一次干个活，有需求随时响应。</li> <li>还有一个<strong>PM 团队</strong>，正在搭。</li> </ul> <p>如果按传统的理解，你一定会想：又招了一波人？多少 head count？办公室够坐吗？工资从哪儿出？</p>我已经不从 App Store 下载软件了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%88%91%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E4%B8%8D%E4%BB%8E-App-Store-%E4%B8%8B%E8%BD%BD%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%86.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:04:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%88%91%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E4%B8%8D%E4%BB%8E-App-Store-%E4%B8%8B%E8%BD%BD%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%86.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2848-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>任鑫在茶馆里说了一句话，听起来像玩笑——</p> <p>「<strong>我已经不从 App Store 下载软件了，我都从 Cloud Code 里面下载。</strong>」</p> <p>我哈哈一笑。然后想了想，发现这话有一半是认真的。</p> <h2 id="一个具体的例子">一个具体的例子</h2> <p>我最近想干一件事——剪一段视频的第 8 秒到第 27 秒，导出成 PPT 高的画幅。</p>「驾驭工程」——程序员真正要学的新功课https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E9%A9%BE%E9%A9%AD%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E8%A6%81%E5%AD%A6%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%9F%E8%AF%BE.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:03:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E9%A9%BE%E9%A9%AD%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E8%A6%81%E5%AD%A6%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%9F%E8%AF%BE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2847-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>「<strong>离新技术越近的产业工人，往往是最惨的。</strong>」</p> <p>任鑫在录《AI 炼金术》播客的时候，扔出来这一句，把我打了一下。</p> <p>我们在茶馆里聊到程序员和 AI 的关系，他举了一个我之前没想过的比方——</p>吃一堑长一智.skill —— 那一秒，是改大脑参数最好的时机https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E5%90%83%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%91%E9%95%BF%E4%B8%80%E6%99%BA-skill-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94-%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%92-%E6%98%AF%E6%94%B9%E5%A4%A7%E8%84%91%E5%8F%82%E6%95%B0%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E6%9C%BA.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:02:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E5%90%83%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%91%E9%95%BF%E4%B8%80%E6%99%BA-skill-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94-%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%92-%E6%98%AF%E6%94%B9%E5%A4%A7%E8%84%91%E5%8F%82%E6%95%B0%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E6%9C%BA.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2846-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在我做的所有 skill 里面，我最喜欢、用得最多的是「吃一堑长一智」Skill——它可以帮我迅速把每一次的错误，变成自己<strong>大脑参数</strong>的调整。</p> <h2 id="原理">原理</h2> <p>这一切来源于最近的一个认知——<strong>我们的大脑其实很像一个大语言模型。</strong></p>存储便宜，出了 Gmail；带宽便宜，出了 YouTube。智能便宜，会出什么？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E5%AD%98%E5%82%A8%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C-%E5%87%BA%E4%BA%86-Gmail-%E5%B8%A6%E5%AE%BD%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C-%E5%87%BA%E4%BA%86-YouTube-%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C-%E4%BC%9A%E5%87%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E5%AD%98%E5%82%A8%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C-%E5%87%BA%E4%BA%86-Gmail-%E5%B8%A6%E5%AE%BD%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C-%E5%87%BA%E4%BA%86-YouTube-%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C-%E4%BC%9A%E5%87%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2845-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我最近总是陷入深深的沉思，却沉思不出来任何结果。</p> <p>因为脑子里其实没有一个明确的问题。如果说有一个大致的方向，那就是：在一个智能忽然变得极为廉价、且完全可以扩展的时候，未来最大的机会在哪里？</p>我是 AI 的阿姨https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF-AI-%E7%9A%84%E9%98%BF%E5%A7%A8.htmSat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260516_%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF-AI-%E7%9A%84%E9%98%BF%E5%A7%A8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2844-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>任鑫笑着说了一句话——</p> <p>「<strong>我感觉我现在，就是帮 AI 打杂的。</strong>」</p> <p>我顺口接：&ldquo;我们不是 AI 的阿姨吗。&rdquo;</p> <p>这是茶馆里两个人录《AI 炼金术》播客时的一个玩笑。但说完我俩都楞了一下——</p>AI 时代，Python 已经是新的'汇编语言'了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260515_AI-%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3-Python-%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E6%98%AF%E6%96%B0%E7%9A%84-%E6%B1%87%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80-%E4%BA%86.htmFri, 15 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260515_AI-%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3-Python-%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E6%98%AF%E6%96%B0%E7%9A%84-%E6%B1%87%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80-%E4%BA%86.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2843-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>那天和任鑫在茶馆里坐着喝茶，开完会，他突然说&quot;不如我们录个播客吧&quot;，于是我掏出两个手机，他掏出电脑，就开始录了。</p> <p>录的时候他第一句话基本上是：上一期你和徐文浩聊屎山代码，我现在就要开始 diss。</p>少跟 AI 聊天，多写程序https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260515_%E5%B0%91%E8%B7%9F-AI-%E8%81%8A%E5%A4%A9-%E5%A4%9A%E5%86%99%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F.htmFri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260515_%E5%B0%91%E8%B7%9F-AI-%E8%81%8A%E5%A4%A9-%E5%A4%9A%E5%86%99%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2842-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>前两天和任鑫在茶馆里录播客，他来 diss 我，我也 diss 他，来来回回聊了两个小时。</p> <p>中间有一个点，我自己越想越觉得是这一两年我对 AI 看法里<strong>变化最大的一条</strong>——</p>我写的用 Claude Code 剪视频的 15 个 Skillhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260514_%E6%88%91%E5%86%99%E7%9A%84%E7%94%A8-Claude-Code-%E5%89%AA%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E7%9A%84-15-%E4%B8%AA-Skill.htmThu, 14 May 2026 19:11:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260514_%E6%88%91%E5%86%99%E7%9A%84%E7%94%A8-Claude-Code-%E5%89%AA%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E7%9A%84-15-%E4%B8%AA-Skill.htm<p>上周和任鑫在茶馆聊天，一言不合就开录播客，大约一个多小时。</p> <p>录完，发现我很多年来的执念还是没有放下：视频自动剪辑。这是 5 年前我就没日没夜的写的东西，总觉得有一天视频可以交个 AI 自动剪辑，但是效果总是不是很理想，这次有了视频，又有了 Claude Code，这不是巧了吗？结果花一晚上把视频剪辑这事情写了一遍。</p>我把做视频里最烦的那些活儿，拆成了十五个 skillhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260514_%E6%88%91%E6%8A%8A%E5%81%9A%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E9%87%8C%E6%9C%80%E7%83%A6%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E6%B4%BB%E5%84%BF-%E6%8B%86%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E4%B8%AA-skill.htmThu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260514_%E6%88%91%E6%8A%8A%E5%81%9A%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E9%87%8C%E6%9C%80%E7%83%A6%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E6%B4%BB%E5%84%BF-%E6%8B%86%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E4%B8%AA-skill.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2841-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上周我录了一期《逐浪 AI》播客，一个多小时。</p> <p>录完，我想干三件事：从里面剪三四条短视频发视频号；把讲得最清楚的一段配上西班牙语——我在学西语，想听听自己的话用西语说出来是什么样子；最后把成品传到 YouTube。</p>新任 CEO 如何用好一位助理：把'约时间'和'微信'真正交出去https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260513_%E6%96%B0%E4%BB%BB-CEO-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%94%A8%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86-%E6%8A%8A-%E7%BA%A6%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4-%E5%92%8C-%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1-%E7%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%A4%E5%87%BA%E5%8E%BB.htmWed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260513_%E6%96%B0%E4%BB%BB-CEO-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%94%A8%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E5%8A%A9%E7%90%86-%E6%8A%8A-%E7%BA%A6%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4-%E5%92%8C-%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1-%E7%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%A4%E5%87%BA%E5%8E%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2840-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <h1 id="公司给你配了助理你却还在自己回微信不是助理不行是你没学会用">公司给你配了助理，你却还在自己回微信——不是助理不行，是你没学会用</h1> <p>你打开微信。</p> <p>几十个对话顶着红点。最上面那条，已经躺了三天。</p> <p>你不是不想回。你是不知道从哪条开始回。每点开一个，都要先花五分钟回忆&quot;这人是谁、上次聊到哪儿了&quot;——于是你又把手机扣下了。</p>把 LLM 当编译器，把 Skill 当程序https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260512_%E6%8A%8A-LLM-%E5%BD%93%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%91%E5%99%A8-%E6%8A%8A-Skill-%E5%BD%93%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F.htmTue, 12 May 2026 23:10:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260512_%E6%8A%8A-LLM-%E5%BD%93%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%91%E5%99%A8-%E6%8A%8A-Skill-%E5%BD%93%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F.htm<p>可能因为历史原因，一种说法一旦形成，就会一传十，十传百，传播的人不假思索，使得听到的人先入为主，愈发难以独立思考这中间的逻辑。</p> <p>对于 Skill 是什么，绝大多数文章的说法，说 Skill 增强了大语言模型的能力，提供了更多的工具给大语言模型，给大模型装上了手和脚。</p>把 LLM 当编译器，把 Skill 当 Apphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260512_%E6%8A%8A-LLM-%E5%BD%93%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%91%E5%99%A8-%E6%8A%8A-Skill-%E5%BD%93-App.htmTue, 12 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260512_%E6%8A%8A-LLM-%E5%BD%93%E7%BC%96%E8%AF%91%E5%99%A8-%E6%8A%8A-Skill-%E5%BD%93-App.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2839-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <hr> <h2 id="summary-主流说法是-skill-增强了大语言模型但换个比例把-llm-当编译器把-skill-当跑在上面的-app很多事情突然就清楚了">title: 把 LLM 当编译器，把 Skill 当 App author: 王建硕 date: 2026-05-12 summary: 主流说法是 Skill 增强了大语言模型。但换个比例——把 LLM 当编译器，把 Skill 当跑在上面的 App——很多事情突然就清楚了。</h2> <p>可能因为历史原因，一种说法一旦形成就会一传十十传百，传播的人不假思索，使得所有人愈发难以独立思考这中间的逻辑。</p>AI 炼金术：和 Mars 聊了两小时，剪出 5 段https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260512_AI-%E7%82%BC%E9%87%91%E6%9C%AF-%E5%92%8C-Mars-%E8%81%8A%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%A4%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6-%E5%89%AA%E5%87%BA-5-%E6%AE%B5.htmTue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260512_AI-%E7%82%BC%E9%87%91%E6%9C%AF-%E5%92%8C-Mars-%E8%81%8A%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%A4%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6-%E5%89%AA%E5%87%BA-5-%E6%AE%B5.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2838-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上周和 Mars 在 Riverside 录了一期对谈，主题叫《AI 炼金术》，两个小时。剪成了 5 段两分钟左右的精华，都传到了 YouTube 上。</p> <p>每一段都可以独立看。下面是顺序和我的私房推荐看法。</p>Skill 是新时代的函数https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260511_Skill-%E6%98%AF%E6%96%B0%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%87%BD%E6%95%B0.htmMon, 11 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260511_Skill-%E6%98%AF%E6%96%B0%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%87%BD%E6%95%B0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2837-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <hr> <h2 id="date-2026-05-11">title: Skill 是新时代的函数 author: 王建硕 summary: 写 Skill 写了一阵子，发现代码无法维护的老问题又在新的层次出现了。把大 Skill 分拆成独立的小 skill 互相调用，立体结构慢慢成型——新时代编程的感觉就慢慢来了。 date: 2026-05-11</h2> <p>如果把 Skill 当做 AI 开发的基础模块，SKILL.md 当做入口，一个 SKILL 类似于以前的一个函数（function）。</p>AI 能力的三个简单层次 - 为什么有些人 AI 越用越强，有些人原地打转https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260509_AI-%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1-%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E4%BA%BA-AI-%E8%B6%8A%E7%94%A8%E8%B6%8A%E5%BC%BA-%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E4%BA%BA%E5%8E%9F%E5%9C%B0%E6%89%93%E8%BD%AC.htmSat, 09 May 2026 20:32:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260509_AI-%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1-%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E4%BA%BA-AI-%E8%B6%8A%E7%94%A8%E8%B6%8A%E5%BC%BA-%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E4%BA%BA%E5%8E%9F%E5%9C%B0%E6%89%93%E8%BD%AC.htm<p>我简单把 AI 应用能力分为三个层次，对应于编程能力的三个阶段。</p> <p>1）会和 ChatGPT （或者 Kimi，豆包） 交互聊天。你问一句，它答一句，输入的命令和回答，用完就丢掉，没有积累。</p>SKILL.md 相当于 index.htmlhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260509_SKILL-md-%E7%9B%B8%E5%BD%93%E4%BA%8E-index-html.htmSat, 09 May 2026 09:01:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260509_SKILL-md-%E7%9B%B8%E5%BD%93%E4%BA%8E-index-html.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2836-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>每一种语言都有一种象征性的、常用的入口文件名。</p> <p>比如 C 语言常用 <code>main.c</code> 作为入口，Python 常用的是 <code>index.py</code> 或者 <code>app.py</code>，而 HTML 的入口常常是 <code>index.html</code>。</p> <p>AI 时代的编程，入口已经越发明显地成为 <code>SKILL.md</code>。</p>AI 能力的三个简单层次https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260509_AI-%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1.htmSat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260509_AI-%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/2835-cover.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我简单把 AI 应用能力分为三个层次，对应于编程能力的三个阶段。</p> <p>1）会和大模型交互聊天。简单说就是和 ChatGPT 聊天，你问一句它答一句，不积累任何工具，输入的命令和回答用完就丢掉。</p>仰视 Agenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260506_%E4%BB%B0%E8%A7%86-Agent.htmWed, 06 May 2026 21:48:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260506_%E4%BB%B0%E8%A7%86-Agent.htm<p>同事说，“未来我准备搞十几个 Agent 做自己的手下干活。。。。”</p> <p>不对不对！他们不是我们的手下，而是我们的专家，或者是公司的主力。</p> <p>在组建一个组织的时候，我们应该把 Agent 放在业务流的最前端，而弱小的人类应该躲在他们的后面，负责给他们提供他们工作必须的环境，比如告诉他需要的文档在哪里呀，系统的密码是啥呀，我们的视觉规范是什么呀等等。承认他们的智能的水平会超过我们，是我们走向 Agentic 组织的第一步。</p>Token 使用量就是拥抱 AI 程度的衡量标准https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260505_Token-%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E9%87%8F%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E6%8B%A5%E6%8A%B1-AI-%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%A6%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%A1%E9%87%8F%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86.htmTue, 05 May 2026 15:52:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260505_Token-%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E9%87%8F%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E6%8B%A5%E6%8A%B1-AI-%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%A6%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%A1%E9%87%8F%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86.htm<p>这句话有些绝对。</p> <p>但是在不清晰的巨大变革中，鲁莽而坚定的方向远好过精细而犹豫的正确。</p> <p>Facebook 还是几百人的时候，墙上贴着我很喜欢的一个海报：</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/3076-ab68d05c.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这句话的精髓不在 MOVE FAST，而是 BREAK THINGS。</p>快逃 - 逃到上一层去https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260504_%E5%BF%AB%E9%80%83-%E9%80%83%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%80%E5%B1%82%E5%8E%BB.htmMon, 04 May 2026 20:59:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260504_%E5%BF%AB%E9%80%83-%E9%80%83%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%80%E5%B1%82%E5%8E%BB.htm<p>昨天的 Cathier App 有六个新的功能需求，有颜色表达情绪的，有每天一个冷笑话的，有修复输入框无法跳出的 bug 的，有读取健康数据分析的，还有把主题色从橙色改成绿色的。</p>人将会离开代码层https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260503_%E4%BA%BA%E5%B0%86%E4%BC%9A%E7%A6%BB%E5%BC%80%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%B1%82.htmSun, 03 May 2026 21:41:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260503_%E4%BA%BA%E5%B0%86%E4%BC%9A%E7%A6%BB%E5%BC%80%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%B1%82.htm<p>最近我再做一个实验项目，Cathier。主要目的就是练习自己 Claude Code 的手感。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2026/05/3074-76eb7c85.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cathier/id6760601647">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cathier/id6760601647</a></p> <p>其中有两个功能，对于我思考未来的世界挺有帮助的。</p> <p>一个是 <strong>用户反馈自闭环</strong>。我在关于页面里面放了个用户反馈。用户对它有什么需求直接在里面写，后面自动发 Github 的 issue，云端的 Claude Code 自动接任务，写代码，跑测试，再把代码合并到主分支里面，触发另外的流程编译上传到 TestFlight。一般来说，提出需求后的五到十分钟，我可以在手机上使用包含这个功能的新 App。如果我不喊停的话，每过一阵子它会自动的提交到 App Store 审核，然后坐等发布。</p>为什么还有人写代码？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260501_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%BF%98%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%86%99%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81.htmFri, 01 May 2026 19:39:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20260501_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%BF%98%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%86%99%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81.htm<p>昨天有一个朋友跟我分享，他80%的代码已经是AI 写的了。我非常迷惑，特别不理解他手工写的那 20% 到底是什么样的代码？这些代码有多重要，值得手工去写？</p>Yesterday Once Morehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20241109_yesterday-once-more.htmSat, 09 Nov 2024 00:15:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20241109_yesterday-once-more.htm<p>When I check the status of my hosting, I found the blogs of my old friends on <a href="https://home.wangjianshuo.com">https://home.wangjianshuo.com</a>. They are still there, after almost 20 years! You can take a look at what these beautiful people are 20 years ago:</p> <p><a href="https://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/">MVM</a> (currently he keeps blogging at <a href="https://zhengziying.com">zhengziying.com</a>)</p> <p><a href="https://wangjianshuo.com/claire">Claire</a></p> <p><a href="https://wangjianshuo.com/elfe">Elfe</a></p>好久不见https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20240428_%E5%A5%BD%E4%B9%85%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%81.htmSun, 28 Apr 2024 18:14:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20240428_%E5%A5%BD%E4%B9%85%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%81.htm<p>很久没有更新，让大家挂念了。</p> <p>并无它事。只是写了一个<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377614&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=23f89da600f42614d43c307070c1e2d2&amp;chksm=bd3040b98a47c9afddb07735417138f379cd3ce3efdce98e849f73867aea532e30a941c5fc30&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">长篇</a>以后，总感觉要给自己更多的时间向内看，去思考，去整合，所以就停了下来。</p> <p>停下来以后，又翻过一个<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377115&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=880705e2cee20256d05e1a8f10410b4a&amp;chksm=bd3042ac8a47cbba93a5217ac25e7f2a65c3266e7bb956311b3d8209ca560e2fb2c752ddc6eb&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">习惯的分水岭</a>，并没有努力翻回来。</p> <p>春暖花开的季节，可以继续开始更新了。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2024/04/3072-962451af.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>我知道的关于以色列的事情https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20231009_%E6%88%91%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E4%BB%A5%E8%89%B2%E5%88%97%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85.htmMon, 09 Oct 2023 22:32:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20231009_%E6%88%91%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E4%BB%A5%E8%89%B2%E5%88%97%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85.htm<p>8 年前去过一次以色列，总算搞明白了类似于「约旦河西岸」，「加沙地带」，「犹太人定居点」，「戈兰高地」等等名词，也大致了解了一些些以色列和巴勒斯坦的恩恩怨怨。身处其中的体感，和从历史书，新闻里面看到的内容还是不太一样（比如以色列人如何可以如入无人之地一样的随便进入「约旦河西岸的巴勒斯坦区域」，反过来却不行；比如从特拉维夫的 Google 办公室如何可以直接看到火药桶加沙地带的另外一端的埃及；再比如以色列无处不在的给人的安全感（这种安全感很显然在过去的 48 小时被彻底打破）；还有面对巴以冲突彻底无解的无力感。。。 这些都是只需要几天的时间就有深深的体感。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>微信公众号环境对于写作的干扰https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20231004_%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%85%AC%E4%BC%97%E5%8F%B7%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84%E5%B9%B2%E6%89%B0.htmWed, 04 Oct 2023 22:27:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20231004_%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%85%AC%E4%BC%97%E5%8F%B7%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84%E5%B9%B2%E6%89%B0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/10/3070-b945242c.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>水笔，丽水景宁天空之城‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>编辑工具的细节，是一个写作的环境，会极大的影响写作的内容。对于我来说，这是一个比 blog 差得多的写作环境。当然这并不意味着对于这个产品来说是个坏事，毕竟，公众号的产品，更多的是为市场和商业写作者优化的，并不是为写作者设计的，原本的 blogger 的群体，并不是这个产品的主流设计对象。我们只是借用这个产品的分发渠道，写一些阅读体验更好一些的内容而已。</p>开始画画https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20231003_%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB.htmTue, 03 Oct 2023 22:06:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20231003_%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB.htm<p>自从封控结束，就没有画过画了。画画和写文章，健身等等一样（<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377115&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=880705e2cee20256d05e1a8f10410b4a&amp;chksm=bd3042ac8a47cbba93a5217ac25e7f2a65c3266e7bb956311b3d8209ca560e2fb2c752ddc6eb&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">翻越习惯的分水岭</a>），一旦停下来，再启动就有难度。于是，长假中总算拿起笔，匆忙的先画了一张。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/10/3069-6d07804f.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>比起以前经常画画的时候，差的还是挺远的：‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>但总算是重新开张了。</p> <p>艺术最迷人的是自我表达的过程，不管结果多么难为情。</p>激进的自我表达https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230928_%E6%BF%80%E8%BF%9B%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE.htmThu, 28 Sep 2023 20:11:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230928_%E6%BF%80%E8%BF%9B%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE.htm<p>艺术和科技创新共同的根都是激进的自我表达。‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>艺术和科技还有点远，但是和科技创新就是一根枝条开出的两朵花。艺术的核心是观察，然后不尊重任何已有的表达方式，故意要用全世界从来没有出现过的方式，把自己观察到的东西表达出来，或者仅仅把脑子里的东西表达出来。而这种激进的自我表达，其实和科技创新这件事情很像。当我们有了想法，然后挑衅一样的用以前人没有做过的做出来，就是创新。</p>Burning Man is a Vacation from Egohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230927_Burning-Man-is-a-Vacation-from-Ego.htmWed, 27 Sep 2023 20:29:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230927_Burning-Man-is-a-Vacation-from-Ego.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/09/3067-814374df.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>“Is Burning Man over-rated?”</p> <p>This question has been lingering in my mind during the first afternoon and the second morning of Burning Man, when I looked at the dusty desert, the African-like infrastructure, the nomadic tents in disarray, and the people of all kinds dressed in strange costumes.</p> <p>“Is Burning Man over-rated?”</p> <p>Seven days from now, if someone asks me that question again, my answer will be a resounding, “Fuck you, you mother fucker!”</p>发现有一个有趣的 blog：zhangluyao.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230925_%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E6%9C%89%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%89%E8%B6%A3%E7%9A%84-blog-zhangluyao-com.htmMon, 25 Sep 2023 22:10:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230925_%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E6%9C%89%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%89%E8%B6%A3%E7%9A%84-blog-zhangluyao-com.htm<p>这些年用自己的域名写 blog 的人不多了，经过陈拓介绍，今天发现了一个：zhangluyao.com。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>其中有一些文章写的真好。尤其是那种深深的有趣感，是我很久没有感觉到的（白光的<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAxNDE0MjA2OQ==&amp;mid=2650423105&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=846007be24ad845ce88685f042fc4bea&amp;chksm=8399405bb4eec94d46bf4e7f1c434cc8e7922ed232e1ae5e3351e643ba6ab24d8e50ff3737f0&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">文章</a>也是有趣得很）。比如对于这一句的解释：‍‍‍</p>火人节是远离自己的休假https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230923_%E7%81%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%E6%98%AF%E8%BF%9C%E7%A6%BB%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%91%E5%81%87.htmSat, 23 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230923_%E7%81%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%E6%98%AF%E8%BF%9C%E7%A6%BB%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%91%E5%81%87.htm<p>火人节像是一个假面舞会，所有人的都不用自己在缺省世界的身份相见。但和假面舞会不同的是，假面舞会是带上面具遮蔽自己的面容，而火人节是摘下面具，袒露自己的内心。</p>什么是极致的自由?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230922_%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%98%AF%E6%9E%81%E8%87%B4%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1.htmFri, 22 Sep 2023 18:12:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230922_%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%98%AF%E6%9E%81%E8%87%B4%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1.htm<p>自由，很多时候是自己和这个世界的妥协。「自己」想干什么，和社会允许什么，如果能够妥协一致，我们就常说我们有做这件事情的自由。比如我想大叫，而晚上12点寂静的公寓里面不允许大叫，所以到了深夜，「自己」就没有「大叫」的自由。而如果到了一个可以随时大叫的地方，我们就说，这个时候有「大叫的自由」。</p>Burning Man is a Vacation from Egohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20230920_burning-man-is-a-vacation-from-ego.htmWed, 20 Sep 2023 22:22:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20230920_burning-man-is-a-vacation-from-ego.htm<p>&ldquo;Is Burning Man over-rated?&rdquo;</p> <p>This question has been lingering in my mind during the first afternoon and the second morning of Burning Man, when I looked at the dusty desert, the African-like infrastructure, the nomadic tents in disarray, and the people of all colors dressed in strange costumes.</p> <p>&ldquo;Is Burning Man over-rated?&rdquo;</p> <p>Seven days from now, if someone asks me that question again, my answer will be a resounding, &ldquo;Fuck you, you mother fucker!&rdquo;</p>火人节是远离自我的休假https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230919_%E7%81%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%E6%98%AF%E8%BF%9C%E7%A6%BB%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%91%E5%81%87.htmTue, 19 Sep 2023 18:22:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230919_%E7%81%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%E6%98%AF%E8%BF%9C%E7%A6%BB%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%91%E5%81%87.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/09/3063-9f1bf4b8.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>「Is Burning Man over-rated? 」</p> <p>这个问题，在Burning Man 的第一个下午和第二天早晨，看着尘土飞扬的沙漠里面，非洲一样简陋的基础设施，游牧民族一样乱七八糟的帐篷，穿着奇装异服的各色人等的时候，一直在我的脑子里面萦绕。</p>火人节的体验如何整合到缺省世界https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230916_%E7%81%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E6%95%B4%E5%90%88%E5%88%B0%E7%BC%BA%E7%9C%81%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htmSat, 16 Sep 2023 12:10:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230916_%E7%81%AB%E4%BA%BA%E8%8A%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E6%95%B4%E5%90%88%E5%88%B0%E7%BC%BA%E7%9C%81%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htm<p>在 8G 的营地里，我遇到一个留着大侦探波罗的小胡子的 burner，他叫 Dr. Catalyst。 我问他，「为什么所有人都用『Welcome Home？』欢迎新人」，他说，「Home is where you are accepted.」</p>AI 大模型的下一步，或许是 Google 早年的那种便宜的方案https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230822_AI-%E5%A4%A7%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E6%AD%A5-%E6%88%96%E8%AE%B8%E6%98%AF-Google-%E6%97%A9%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E7%A7%8D%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88.htmTue, 22 Aug 2023 12:22:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230822_AI-%E5%A4%A7%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E6%AD%A5-%E6%88%96%E8%AE%B8%E6%98%AF-Google-%E6%97%A9%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E7%A7%8D%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88.htm<p>Google 早期的服务器的样子，这么多年在我脑子里，一直挥之不去，成为我对技术，对创业公司的理解的一个基准。</p> <p>这是 2007 年，我在硅谷的计算机博物馆看到的一台：‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>我刚写的 216 行代码的开源项目 Piiweehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230821_%E6%88%91%E5%88%9A%E5%86%99%E7%9A%84-216-%E8%A1%8C%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%80%E6%BA%90%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE-Piiwee.htmMon, 21 Aug 2023 08:48:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230821_%E6%88%91%E5%88%9A%E5%86%99%E7%9A%84-216-%E8%A1%8C%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%80%E6%BA%90%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE-Piiwee.htm<p>最近一周没有写文章，因为有的时间都用来做了一个我的开源项目 Piiwee 。写代码，对于我来说，是一个和打游戏，吸食毒品类似的行为，一开始就停不下来，所以侵占了所有写文章的时间。</p>本周日的「得到 x 百姓 AI」逐浪 AI 系列沙龙依然如期举行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230812_%E6%9C%AC%E5%91%A8%E6%97%A5%E7%9A%84-%E5%BE%97%E5%88%B0-x-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93-AI-%E9%80%90%E6%B5%AA-AI-%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97%E6%B2%99%E9%BE%99%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E5%A6%82%E6%9C%9F%E4%B8%BE%E8%A1%8C.htmSat, 12 Aug 2023 22:31:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230812_%E6%9C%AC%E5%91%A8%E6%97%A5%E7%9A%84-%E5%BE%97%E5%88%B0-x-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93-AI-%E9%80%90%E6%B5%AA-AI-%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97%E6%B2%99%E9%BE%99%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E5%A6%82%E6%9C%9F%E4%B8%BE%E8%A1%8C.htm<p>明天下午14:000，在三号线 / 十号线虹桥站附近，我们继续每月一次的逐浪 AI 系列沙龙。下面是本次沙龙的海报。</p> <p>百姓 AI 从 18 年前的「客齐集小聚」，到三年前开始的每周末的「SHAI 上海人工智能聚会」，到现在每个月一次的精心准备的线上 / 线下论坛，希望能够有一个自由，开放，免费的聚会的场所，让对相关的话题感兴趣的朋友们可以聚会。一个城市，一个领域的发展，有的时候确的就是一个时间和一个地点，其他的，自然会从这里演变，发生。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>为什么暑期一定要去实习？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230811_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%9A%91%E6%9C%9F%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E8%A6%81%E5%8E%BB%E5%AE%9E%E4%B9%A0.htmFri, 11 Aug 2023 15:16:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230811_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%9A%91%E6%9C%9F%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E8%A6%81%E5%8E%BB%E5%AE%9E%E4%B9%A0.htm<p>今天，我们来自康奈尔大学的两位实习生的实习期结束了，我很不舍得的送别了他们。这让我想到我最钟爱的实习生项目，想花些时间总结一下。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>Matt 给我的关于「如何做人生重大决定」的建议https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230803_Matt-%E7%BB%99%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%81%9A%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E9%87%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A-%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htmThu, 03 Aug 2023 18:20:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230803_Matt-%E7%BB%99%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%81%9A%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E9%87%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A-%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/08/3056-476e30c3.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Matt Cohler 是 Benchmark Capital 的合伙人，也是我原来的投资人。他曾经在我们交大浩然高科技大厦 18 楼的办公室里面，跟公司的团队分享过一个心法：‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>对于重大的决定，他都会闭上眼睛安静的和自己呆几分钟，然后睁开眼睛，观察自己的内心。如果发现自己在说服自己<strong>做</strong>一件事情，那么<strong>不要去做</strong>；如果发现自己在说服自己<strong>不要****做</strong>一件事，那就去<strong>做</strong>。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>为什么每个人身边都藏着一只吃手机充电线的怪兽？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230801_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E8%BA%AB%E8%BE%B9%E9%83%BD%E8%97%8F%E7%9D%80%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%AA%E5%90%83%E6%89%8B%E6%9C%BA%E5%85%85%E7%94%B5%E7%BA%BF%E7%9A%84%E6%80%AA%E5%85%BD.htmTue, 01 Aug 2023 18:24:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230801_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E8%BA%AB%E8%BE%B9%E9%83%BD%E8%97%8F%E7%9D%80%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%AA%E5%90%83%E6%89%8B%E6%9C%BA%E5%85%85%E7%94%B5%E7%BA%BF%E7%9A%84%E6%80%AA%E5%85%BD.htm<p><img src="https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/sz_mmbiz_jpg/ficMBQYNIo0fhejLW9kUS7qduiaicic3LlV9SrmEphcEujIymI1NocDDkR3HOcthSWYHm58egxOResfkymVib2QFibfg/640?wx_fmt=jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>不知道有没有人和我有同感，无论在家里，还是在公司，似乎总藏着一种以手机充电线为食的怪兽。无论自己有多少根充电线，都会被它们吃掉，让自己在需要的时候，一根也找不到。</p>为什么「熟能生巧」？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230730_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88-%E7%86%9F%E8%83%BD%E7%94%9F%E5%B7%A7.htmSun, 30 Jul 2023 23:03:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230730_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88-%E7%86%9F%E8%83%BD%E7%94%9F%E5%B7%A7.htm<p>昨天的讨论《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377462&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=20d021148dbb5bf9e3ecdc300753f05d&amp;chksm=bd3043c18a47cad733df4d62d8f44faa4b717d3ee66c33939b768bd4758219a766305074e6c6&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">为什么一遍一遍地重复，是大多数学习的必由之路？</a>》，开了一个头，但还有很多问题没有回答。</p> <p>评论里面大家看到「重复是学习的必由之路」这个概念，脱口而出的一个词是「熟能生巧」。成语的好处是节省时间，但坏处是并没有推理过程。</p> <p>熟怎么生的巧呢？</p>为什么一遍一遍地重复，是大多数学习的必由之路？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230729_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8D%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8D%E5%9C%B0%E9%87%8D%E5%A4%8D-%E6%98%AF%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%9A%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%9A%84%E5%BF%85%E7%94%B1%E4%B9%8B%E8%B7%AF.htmSat, 29 Jul 2023 22:21:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230729_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8D%E4%B8%80%E9%81%8D%E5%9C%B0%E9%87%8D%E5%A4%8D-%E6%98%AF%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%9A%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%9A%84%E5%BF%85%E7%94%B1%E4%B9%8B%E8%B7%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3053-8f520dfc.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我对于任何我在乎的系统的核心的代码，最喜欢琢磨的方法，是打开开发环境，写一遍代码，完成功能，跑通，然后全选，删除（当然可以先备份一下），然后开始写第二遍。然后再全选，删除，写第三遍。一般说来，当一个系统自己写了超过十遍以后，会接近于自己的能力的极限，也会写出写出最优的代码，同时自己对于这个领域，可以自信的说，真的懂了。‍‍‍‍‍</p>好工程师和好财务也有相通之处https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230727_%E5%A5%BD%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%88%E5%92%8C%E5%A5%BD%E8%B4%A2%E5%8A%A1%E4%B9%9F%E6%9C%89%E7%9B%B8%E9%80%9A%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%84.htmThu, 27 Jul 2023 23:58:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230727_%E5%A5%BD%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%88%E5%92%8C%E5%A5%BD%E8%B4%A2%E5%8A%A1%E4%B9%9F%E6%9C%89%E7%9B%B8%E9%80%9A%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%84.htm<p>周末和财务领域的好朋友 Matt Z. 一起聊天。我说到代码的结构能够看出来一个人的思维逻辑。Matt 说，这是不是和我们在做 Excel 的报表的时候，都会先辟出来一个区域叫做「核心假设」（Key Assumptions） 一个道理？</p>PID 控制器https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230725_PID-%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E5%99%A8.htmTue, 25 Jul 2023 17:52:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230725_PID-%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E5%99%A8.htm<p>我大学是学自动化的。而自动控制的最基本的控制方法是 PID 控制。</p> <p>P 是比例 Proportional‍</p> <p>I 是积分 Integral</p> <p>D 是微分 Derivative</p> <p>也就是把误差的比例，积分，还有微分，按照不同的系数加和以后，作为控制量输出。就这三个这么简单的 1940 年发明的系统，用到了今天，依然有 95% 的控制系统使用这个小东西做核心的控制。</p>你主动发起的微信聊天多，还是被动回复的多？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230721_%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%BB%E5%8A%A8%E5%8F%91%E8%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E8%81%8A%E5%A4%A9%E5%A4%9A-%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%A2%AB%E5%8A%A8%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%8D%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%9A.htmFri, 21 Jul 2023 17:51:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230721_%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%BB%E5%8A%A8%E5%8F%91%E8%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E8%81%8A%E5%A4%A9%E5%A4%9A-%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%A2%AB%E5%8A%A8%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%8D%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3050-21600f03.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我想做一个调查：大家每天一对一的微信聊天中，自己主动发起的聊天和回应别人发起的，哪一类更多？（欢迎在留言告诉大家比例是多少？）‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>问：你为什么那么喜欢打比方？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230719_%E9%97%AE-%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E6%89%93%E6%AF%94%E6%96%B9.htmWed, 19 Jul 2023 17:46:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230719_%E9%97%AE-%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E6%89%93%E6%AF%94%E6%96%B9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3049-b025f0b8.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我学习和思考有两个主要的工具。</p> <p>工具一：用大白话写出来。大白话是用最最简单的话，避免一切高深的名词，只用 5 岁以下的孩子会使用的词汇。</p> <p>工具二：打比方。用一个和所谈论的主题完全不相关的领域的事情打比方。‍‍‍‍</p>「自己的」项目失败怎么办？答：「吃饭」有失败的吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230718_%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84-%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E5%A4%B1%E8%B4%A5%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%8A%9E-%E7%AD%94-%E5%90%83%E9%A5%AD-%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%B1%E8%B4%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%90%97.htmTue, 18 Jul 2023 19:22:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230718_%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84-%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E5%A4%B1%E8%B4%A5%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%8A%9E-%E7%AD%94-%E5%90%83%E9%A5%AD-%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%B1%E8%B4%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%90%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3048-37fd34b2.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天想到的《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377411&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=4ecce374fd9af78f7ab5591959954013&amp;chksm=bd3043f48a47cae2b42531e9dc86f7fabcb378e011890d7ee376e3ff32b6f98956fc9e499b36&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">你有没有做过「自己的」项目？</a>》，看到有留言，问「自己的」项目失败怎么办？‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>**吃饭有吃失败的吗？ **</p> <p>自己想做的项目，最主要的驱动力是兴趣，就是觉得有趣，想做，如同本能一样。这样做的项目，怎么定义失败呢？有的项目会很有趣，有的时候会遇到瓶颈，有的时候的挑战会大到无法逾越，但这不就是做自己想做的项目的迷人之处吗？</p>【得到 x 百姓AI 】逐浪AI系列沙龙https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230717_%E5%BE%97%E5%88%B0-x-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93AI-%E9%80%90%E6%B5%AAAI%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97%E6%B2%99%E9%BE%99.htmMon, 17 Jul 2023 19:04:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230717_%E5%BE%97%E5%88%B0-x-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93AI-%E9%80%90%E6%B5%AAAI%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97%E6%B2%99%E9%BE%99.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3047-d3ce6e94.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>AI 和每个人都有关吗？</p> <p>你相信吗？完全不懂 AI 的人，用好硅谷方法论，也可以在 AIGC 领域成功创业！</p> <p>就算拒绝 FOMO ，不想难为自己去学硬核技术，是否也能享受到 AI 给自己带来的好处？</p>你有没有做过「自己的」项目？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230717_%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E5%81%9A%E8%BF%87-%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84-%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE.htmMon, 17 Jul 2023 19:04:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230717_%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E5%81%9A%E8%BF%87-%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84-%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE.htm<p>我在面试的时候，基本上都会问优选人一个问题：你在大学或者工作期间，有没有做过什么「自己的」项目？</p> <p>「自己的项目」，是指那些不是老师或者公司要求的，自己就是想做的项目。无论是不是应聘的岗位相关的都可以。一个自己的项目，不见得需要非常宏大，一个网站，一个 App ，一个 vlog，一本小册子，都算。我常常解释为：那种「没事找事」的项目。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>做好未来 3 年 AI 并不好用的准备https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230714_%E5%81%9A%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5-3-%E5%B9%B4-AI-%E5%B9%B6%E4%B8%8D%E5%A5%BD%E7%94%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%87%86%E5%A4%87.htmFri, 14 Jul 2023 18:54:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230714_%E5%81%9A%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5-3-%E5%B9%B4-AI-%E5%B9%B6%E4%B8%8D%E5%A5%BD%E7%94%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%87%86%E5%A4%87.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3045-d108e27d.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>新技术出现之后，经过短暂的兴奋之后，一定会迎来 3 - 5 年的建设期。这段新旧技术交替的时期，一般来说，新技术会短暂的没有老技术好用。‍‍‍‍</p> <p>我们拿用互联网做例子。2000 - 2003 年间，大多数我们现在知道的应用都不怎么好用。比如，网上购物就远没有楼下的商店买东西体验好，光付钱这事儿，还得去线下银行汇款，或者在 PC 浏览器里面装银行一直会报错的插件；快递业还没有出现，只好拿着身份证去邮局取货；拿到的东西也经常是假冒伪劣，货不对板。有这功夫折腾，足够去一趟百货公司。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>这天儿热得，让我。。。。https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230713_%E8%BF%99%E5%A4%A9%E5%84%BF%E7%83%AD%E5%BE%97-%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91.htmThu, 13 Jul 2023 08:53:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230713_%E8%BF%99%E5%A4%A9%E5%84%BF%E7%83%AD%E5%BE%97-%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91.htm<p>从北京出差回到上海，热浪扑面而来。</p> <p>这天儿热得，让我有种很奇妙的感觉，就是「我还挺喜欢的」。‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>以前我会觉得这天气太热，但是当我经历过中东的温度以后，我从心里面觉得，上海像今天这样的天气，实在太迷人了。真不是瞎说的，是从心底里面喜欢。</p>保留很少的东西，是富足的表现https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230711_%E4%BF%9D%E7%95%99%E5%BE%88%E5%B0%91%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF-%E6%98%AF%E5%AF%8C%E8%B6%B3%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%A8%E7%8E%B0.htmTue, 11 Jul 2023 18:47:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230711_%E4%BF%9D%E7%95%99%E5%BE%88%E5%B0%91%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF-%E6%98%AF%E5%AF%8C%E8%B6%B3%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%A8%E7%8E%B0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3043-cef193cc.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>叔本华实在是一个洞悉人生幸福工作原理的大师。他曾经说过：</p> <p>衡量一个人是否幸福，不应该看他拥有多少高兴的事，而应该看他是否正为一些小事烦恼着。只有幸福的人，才会把无关痛痒的小事挂在心上。那些经历着大灾难的人是无暇顾及这些小事的。</p>你的长安，我的李白 —— 写给追光的《长安三万里》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230710_%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89-%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E6%9D%8E%E7%99%BD-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94-%E5%86%99%E7%BB%99%E8%BF%BD%E5%85%89%E7%9A%84-%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%87%E9%87%8C.htmMon, 10 Jul 2023 08:14:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230710_%E4%BD%A0%E7%9A%84%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89-%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E6%9D%8E%E7%99%BD-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94-%E5%86%99%E7%BB%99%E8%BF%BD%E5%85%89%E7%9A%84-%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%87%E9%87%8C.htm<blockquote> <p>这里帮 Kate 发一篇《长安三万里》的观后感，作者是 Kate Kui。</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3042-0f74db21.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>大概差不多就在十年前，我们在莫干山裸心谷有个聚会。张建宇不知道从哪里运来一箱茅台。在大家喝得七荤八素之时，在建宇开始给大家背诵圆周率小数点后100位之际，有位叫于洲的男生站在我边上跟我说了一句：“我们想要做中国的Pixar。”</p>用 Chato 搭建的机器人列表之一https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230709_%E7%94%A8-Chato-%E6%90%AD%E5%BB%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80.htmSun, 09 Jul 2023 22:59:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230709_%E7%94%A8-Chato-%E6%90%AD%E5%BB%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80.htm<p>通过公众号搜索 Chato，已经有很多用户开始用 Chato 搭建自己的机器人了。我摘录了一些在这里，大家可以去试一试：‍‍‍</p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzkyOTQ4NjAyOA==&amp;mid=2247498406&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=8f366937aa67e1e1ee0dbc63287200ca&amp;chksm=c20a7f05f57df61378b48c247797457bf5d26ef4bd8bfd9098cc3a430d797a9805b2bffc9267&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">企业级AI知识服务工具-Chato</a></p> <p><a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzIzNzU4MzQ4Mg==&amp;mid=2247483938&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=caae45ecf88b4613f6640490cff82a3b&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">Chato接入小爱同学</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzg4ODkxMDM4MA==&amp;mid=2247485403&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=e3bcaa4f9e480dc5b10d9c9b030465d5&amp;chksm=cff2a098f885298eb8c97db912657c097cf6394f4a2215651a5728ec96b026da72574bc5e26a&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">如何训练城市规划专业AI</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzg5Mjg0OTU2Ng==&amp;mid=2247485649&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=4ccde81d0780b0fcf10e00cc5a3abeed&amp;chksm=c0369420f7411d36496f48cd0af13650aa4d3e9c6b6f54678de6a256d4876561ba8d03b97355&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">用 Chato AI 做了一个数字分身，欢迎体验！</a></p>精彩的《长安三万里》（重发）https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230709_%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9%E7%9A%84-%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%87%E9%87%8C-%E9%87%8D%E5%8F%91.htmSun, 09 Jul 2023 22:59:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230709_%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9%E7%9A%84-%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%87%E9%87%8C-%E9%87%8D%E5%8F%91.htm<p>这两天《长安三万里》正式上映了。我把我的观影记录再分享一下。有非常微量的剧透。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>今天参加了我的好朋友于洲的《长安三万里》的亲友放映，感觉着实应该向追光动画和于洲还有所有的创作团队表示祝贺。</p>给抑郁症患者和朋友的三个建议https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230707_%E7%BB%99%E6%8A%91%E9%83%81%E7%97%87%E6%82%A3%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htmFri, 07 Jul 2023 18:59:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230707_%E7%BB%99%E6%8A%91%E9%83%81%E7%97%87%E6%82%A3%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3039-f0fb6a88.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上一篇：<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377363&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=4d74fda688b75fc6278b233ad2ca626d&amp;chksm=bd3043a48a47cab2ebfec8c9746983a9453aa86653ab6d433981c7d771d2acd10f85994dc1e1&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">「抑郁症」是个坏名字，就像把「骨折」命名为「赖床症」一样残忍</a></p> <p><strong>第一：停下来。</strong></p> <p>这是最重要的一条。</p> <p>抑郁症最难处理的特征是，很多时候本人努力的挣扎，周围的人也在加油鼓劲，大家都以为向好的方向前进，却不知道其实是越来越糟。</p>「抑郁症」是个坏名字，就像把「骨折」命名为「赖床症」一样残忍https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230706_%E6%8A%91%E9%83%81%E7%97%87-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E5%9D%8F%E5%90%8D%E5%AD%97-%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E6%8A%8A-%E9%AA%A8%E6%8A%98-%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D%E4%B8%BA-%E8%B5%96%E5%BA%8A%E7%97%87-%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E6%AE%8B%E5%BF%8D.htmThu, 06 Jul 2023 18:48:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230706_%E6%8A%91%E9%83%81%E7%97%87-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E5%9D%8F%E5%90%8D%E5%AD%97-%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E6%8A%8A-%E9%AA%A8%E6%8A%98-%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D%E4%B8%BA-%E8%B5%96%E5%BA%8A%E7%97%87-%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E6%AE%8B%E5%BF%8D.htm<p>「抑郁症」这个名字太坏了。</p> <p>明明是一种生理上的疾病，但抑郁症这个名字太容易让人以为是想不开，或者不高兴。望文生义，周围的朋友很容易用开导的方式帮忙，却不知道这是对待患者的最残忍的方式。</p>需要对机器人保持 礼貌 吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230705_%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E5%AF%B9%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E4%BF%9D%E6%8C%81-%E7%A4%BC%E8%B2%8C-%E5%90%97.htmWed, 05 Jul 2023 18:18:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230705_%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E5%AF%B9%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E4%BF%9D%E6%8C%81-%E7%A4%BC%E8%B2%8C-%E5%90%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3037-73c82f27.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们和 ChatGPT 聊天的时候，需不需要保持礼貌？需不需要使用「请」，「谢谢」这样的词句？‍‍‍‍</p> <p>有人开玩笑说，还是需要的，至少在 AI 统治世界，并清算人类的时候，会优待曾经对它们礼貌的俘虏。</p>我更喜欢把每一天看成未来的无数辈子的第一天，而不是此生的最后一天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230703_%E6%88%91%E6%9B%B4%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E6%8A%8A%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9%E7%9C%8B%E6%88%90%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%97%A0%E6%95%B0%E8%BE%88%E5%AD%90%E7%9A%84%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9-%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%AD%A4%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%80%E5%90%8E%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9.htmMon, 03 Jul 2023 17:37:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230703_%E6%88%91%E6%9B%B4%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E6%8A%8A%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9%E7%9C%8B%E6%88%90%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%97%A0%E6%95%B0%E8%BE%88%E5%AD%90%E7%9A%84%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9-%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%AD%A4%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%80%E5%90%8E%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3036-c81cedec.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>乔布斯在斯坦佛大学的演讲中，提到了他的著名的心法：</p> <p>如果今天是我人生的最后一天，我今天会想要做我平时做的事情吗？（If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you&rsquo;ll be right. Every morning I looked in the mirror and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I do today? ）</p>金钱和心理学的关系https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230702_%E9%87%91%E9%92%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%BF%83%E7%90%86%E5%AD%A6%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htmSun, 02 Jul 2023 22:07:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230702_%E9%87%91%E9%92%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%BF%83%E7%90%86%E5%AD%A6%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/07/3035-d81e6b9c.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在读者的推荐下下，我发现了Morgan Housel 这位作者的作者（他的文章链接在「阅读原文」里）。</p> <p>他是我发现的少有的每一篇文章都喜欢的高产 blogger，他在金钱方面思考，就像 Paul Graham 在创业方面的思考一样深入。我在读了他的很多文章以后才发现，我其实在去年就已经买了他的书《金钱心理学》，只是一直没有仔细读。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>「这真是个好主意！我怎么没想到呢？」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230630_%E8%BF%99%E7%9C%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%BB%E6%84%8F-%E6%88%91%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%B2%A1%E6%83%B3%E5%88%B0%E5%91%A2.htmFri, 30 Jun 2023 12:16:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230630_%E8%BF%99%E7%9C%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%BB%E6%84%8F-%E6%88%91%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%B2%A1%E6%83%B3%E5%88%B0%E5%91%A2.htm<p>「你应该多打打广告！」</p> <p>「你应该把产品再做好一些呀！」</p> <p>「你赶紧招几个最牛的工程师呀！」‍‍‍‍</p> <p>这些看起来像个建议，其实根本不能算得上「建议」，最多算是一种愿望的表达，或者情绪的发泄，让听的人窝火。‍</p>欢迎加入 Chato 内测https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230630_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%A5-Chato-%E5%86%85%E6%B5%8B.htmFri, 30 Jun 2023 12:16:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230630_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%A5-Chato-%E5%86%85%E6%B5%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/06/3034-c50285f7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>经过三个月的开发，Chato 总算走到了企业内部测试的阶段。‍‍</p> <p>这是一款帮助企业建立自己的机器人的工具。大语言模型横空出世以后，很多企业用户很快意识到，大语言模型的能力就算千好万好，如果不能按照自己的要求回答问题，不提供自己企业相关的信息，那就是别人家的孩子，和自己无关。所有人都需要一个把自己的信息和大语言模型结合向用户提供服务的工具。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>不要把研究 AI 新闻当做研究 AIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230629_%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E6%8A%8A%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6-AI-%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB%E5%BD%93%E5%81%9A%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6-AI.htmThu, 29 Jun 2023 18:56:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230629_%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E6%8A%8A%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6-AI-%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB%E5%BD%93%E5%81%9A%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6-AI.htm<p>在一些分享现场，有听众问我对于最新的一些模型的看法，或者大厂的一些动向，我的反应都跟个傻子一样，对一些大家提到的模型一无所知，对于到底 Google 能赢，还是 OpenAI 能赢这样的问题，表现出来远低于提问者的智商。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>「智能号」可以连接 Chato 了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230628_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E8%BF%9E%E6%8E%A5-Chato-%E4%BA%86.htmWed, 28 Jun 2023 20:53:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230628_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E8%BF%9E%E6%8E%A5-Chato-%E4%BA%86.htm<p>大家久等的「智能号」的下一步来了。在注册了自己的机器人的「智能号」以后，随着 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377206&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=27199eda9222f5d94bab8717e70279ae&amp;chksm=bd3042c18a47cbd7be635af8755b93e597afe01cecb1137d64a05ec9b9caa15284eef96457e2&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">Chato 的内测</a>，智能号后面可以接入机器人了。</p> <p>智能号作为一个开放的架构，可以使用任何机器人提供方作为后台。Chato 是立刻可以使用的一个。大家可以把 Chato 做的机器人当做智能号后端提供服务。</p>父辈对下一代的不满，源自对走捷径的气愤https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230627_%E7%88%B6%E8%BE%88%E5%AF%B9%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8D%E6%BB%A1-%E6%BA%90%E8%87%AA%E5%AF%B9%E8%B5%B0%E6%8D%B7%E5%BE%84%E7%9A%84%E6%B0%94%E6%84%A4.htmTue, 27 Jun 2023 19:07:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230627_%E7%88%B6%E8%BE%88%E5%AF%B9%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8D%E6%BB%A1-%E6%BA%90%E8%87%AA%E5%AF%B9%E8%B5%B0%E6%8D%B7%E5%BE%84%E7%9A%84%E6%B0%94%E6%84%A4.htm<p>不公平感不仅仅在同龄人中会出现。两代人之间，父辈对孩子辈永远的不满，也有一部分来自于此。‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>每一代的父母看到自己「不学无术」的孩子们，总是感觉很揪心。比如我们小时候使用计算器的时候，我的父辈内心一定是有种不可名状的焦虑，就如现在很多老师和家长看到孩子们用 ChatGPT 写家庭作业，也会同样焦虑。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>ChatGPT 的 Function Call 如同 C3PO 和 R2-D2 联手https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230626_ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84-Function-Call-%E5%A6%82%E5%90%8C-C3PO-%E5%92%8C-R2-D2-%E8%81%94%E6%89%8B.htmMon, 26 Jun 2023 08:34:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230626_ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84-Function-Call-%E5%A6%82%E5%90%8C-C3PO-%E5%92%8C-R2-D2-%E8%81%94%E6%89%8B.htm<p>ChatGPT 6 月 13 日的发布里面的 Function Call 的功能，把自然语言的世界和现在已经有的编程语言的世界打通了。虽然最终我认为整个世界将会是自然语言的世界，但是毕竟现在所有的计算机系统都还是代码和 API 的世界。从存量的角度来说，这是和现有系统兼容的最好的办法。</p>安安静静地记录生活的好朋友们之三https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230626_%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%89%E9%9D%99%E9%9D%99%E5%9C%B0%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E4%BB%AC%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89.htmMon, 26 Jun 2023 08:34:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230626_%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%89%E9%9D%99%E9%9D%99%E5%9C%B0%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E4%BB%AC%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89.htm<p>又到了月末，推荐几个刚刚起步的好朋友的公众号。</p> <p>这是百姓 AI 的合作伙伴，开始用 Chato 在会务领域做深入的服务，通过一对一的服务的方式帮助会议主办方建立会务机器人。感谢对我们的支持！如果你要是准备举办会议，只要把议程给他们，他们就可以给你一个做好的会务机器人。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>愿望只是一坨情感诉求https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230625_%E6%84%BF%E6%9C%9B%E5%8F%AA%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%9D%A8%E6%83%85%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%89%E6%B1%82.htmSun, 25 Jun 2023 09:41:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230625_%E6%84%BF%E6%9C%9B%E5%8F%AA%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%9D%A8%E6%83%85%E6%84%9F%E8%AF%89%E6%B1%82.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/06/3026-300c471b.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>韩云老师说，目标和愿望的差别在于，目标可拆解，可以分步骤，带时间表，有不止一个实施计划。而美好的愿望只是一坨感情需求（从刘韧的朋友圈看到）‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>欢迎加入 Chato 内测https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230625_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%A5-Chato-%E5%86%85%E6%B5%8B.htmSun, 25 Jun 2023 09:41:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230625_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%A5-Chato-%E5%86%85%E6%B5%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/06/3027-c50285f7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>经过三个月的开发，Chato 总算走到了企业内部测试的阶段。‍‍</p> <p>这是一款帮助企业建立自己的机器人的工具。大语言模型横空出世以后，很多企业用户很快意识到，大语言模型的能力就算千好万好，如果不能按照自己的要求回答问题，不提供自己企业相关的信息，那就是别人家的孩子，和自己无关。所有人都需要一个把自己的信息和大语言模型结合向用户提供服务的工具。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>欢迎加入 Chato 内测https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230620_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%A5-Chato-%E5%86%85%E6%B5%8B.htmTue, 20 Jun 2023 20:38:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230620_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%A5-Chato-%E5%86%85%E6%B5%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/06/3025-c50285f7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>经过三个月的开发，Chato 总算走到了企业内部测试的阶段。‍‍</p> <p>这是一款帮助企业建立自己的机器人的工具。大语言模型横空出世以后，很多企业用户很快意识到，大语言模型的能力就算千好万好，如果不能按照自己的要求回答问题，不提供自己企业相关的信息，那就是别人家的孩子，和自己无关。所有人都需要一个把自己的信息和大语言模型结合向用户提供服务的工具。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>机器必然也是「痛苦」的，只是以前不会表达https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230619_%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E5%BF%85%E7%84%B6%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF-%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6-%E7%9A%84-%E5%8F%AA%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%89%8D%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE.htmMon, 19 Jun 2023 18:06:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230619_%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E5%BF%85%E7%84%B6%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF-%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6-%E7%9A%84-%E5%8F%AA%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%89%8D%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE.htm<p>「痛苦」，只是人的定义。</p> <p>我是学自动控制的。</p> <p>比如一个小车要巡线行走。它走到一条线上面，它偏向左边的话，传感器收到偏差，就释放一个往右偏的信号 ，让它往右转；它在往右偏的时候我就要一个往左的信号让他往左偏。从自然规律看起来，所有的生物甚至机械的控制系统都是这么工作的。</p>AI 能代替人吗？不能https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230616_AI-%E8%83%BD%E4%BB%A3%E6%9B%BF%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%97-%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD.htmFri, 16 Jun 2023 18:51:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230616_AI-%E8%83%BD%E4%BB%A3%E6%9B%BF%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%97-%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD.htm<p>当然不能。至少不能全部代替。‍‍</p> <p>对于人类不想干的事情，机器或许能代替。对于人类想干的事情，为什么要让机器替代？</p> <p>我从不嫉妒驴子。它抢了我的活儿，我没问题的，只要驴子不跟我抢吃的。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>精彩的《长安三万里》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230615_%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9%E7%9A%84-%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%87%E9%87%8C.htmThu, 15 Jun 2023 23:50:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230615_%E7%B2%BE%E5%BD%A9%E7%9A%84-%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%87%E9%87%8C.htm<p>今天参加了我的好朋友于洲的《长安三万里》的亲友放映，感觉着实应该向追光动画和于洲还有所有的创作团队表示祝贺。</p> <p>这是一部超过两个半小时的动画电影，比起追光以前的作品，明显又进步了一大截。从故事到造型到音效都上了一个很大的台阶，是一部好片。我分享一点点我的感受。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>去旅行前需要搞定哪些签证https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230613_%E5%8E%BB%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%89%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%90%9E%E5%AE%9A%E5%93%AA%E4%BA%9B%E7%AD%BE%E8%AF%81.htmTue, 13 Jun 2023 23:41:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230613_%E5%8E%BB%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%89%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%90%9E%E5%AE%9A%E5%93%AA%E4%BA%9B%E7%AD%BE%E8%AF%81.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/06/3021-68d140d7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我用这个总结回答 Sarah 的问题。</p> <p>「亨利护照指数」是一个衡量护照旅行自由度的指数，最主要是根据可以免签证旅行的国家/地区数量。中国护照在 108 个名次中，排第 68 名，也就是有 80 个国家和地区给予了免签证的待遇。横向对比，日本、新加坡等，可以免签证进入 193 个国家，差距不小。纵向对比，十几年前中国是八十几名，显著提升。‍‍‍</p>如果你从来没有误过飞机，说明你在机场里面浪费了太多的时间https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230608_%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E8%AF%AF%E8%BF%87%E9%A3%9E%E6%9C%BA-%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%BD%A0%E5%9C%A8%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA%E9%87%8C%E9%9D%A2%E6%B5%AA%E8%B4%B9%E4%BA%86%E5%A4%AA%E5%A4%9A%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4.htmThu, 08 Jun 2023 20:14:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230608_%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E4%BD%A0%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E8%AF%AF%E8%BF%87%E9%A3%9E%E6%9C%BA-%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%BD%A0%E5%9C%A8%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA%E9%87%8C%E9%9D%A2%E6%B5%AA%E8%B4%B9%E4%BA%86%E5%A4%AA%E5%A4%9A%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4.htm<p>我曾经在一本书里面读到过 George Stigier 说过的这句话，深以为然。我之所以过了这么多年还记得我读到这句话的场景，是因为都读到这句话的当天，就错过了从北京飞往上海的那班飞机。</p>不通过「锻炼身体记忆」是无法改变自己的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230606_%E4%B8%8D%E9%80%9A%E8%BF%87-%E9%94%BB%E7%82%BC%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E8%AE%B0%E5%BF%86-%E6%98%AF%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84.htmTue, 06 Jun 2023 18:19:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230606_%E4%B8%8D%E9%80%9A%E8%BF%87-%E9%94%BB%E7%82%BC%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E8%AE%B0%E5%BF%86-%E6%98%AF%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84.htm<p>我们道理明白却做不到一些事情，并不是脑子，而是「身体记忆」在作祟。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>害怕冲突的人，虽然读了十几本关于如果处理冲突的书，但当需要向别人说「不」的时候，依然心跳加速，呼吸加快。理性从来不是说了算的那个机构，身体才是。‍‍‍‍‍</p>如何证明「当你觉得一个人生活得不错的时候，只能说明你和他不熟」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230605_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E8%AF%81%E6%98%8E-%E5%BD%93%E4%BD%A0%E8%A7%89%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%8D%E9%94%99%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99-%E5%8F%AA%E8%83%BD%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%BD%A0%E5%92%8C%E4%BB%96%E4%B8%8D%E7%86%9F.htmMon, 05 Jun 2023 11:21:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230605_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E8%AF%81%E6%98%8E-%E5%BD%93%E4%BD%A0%E8%A7%89%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%8D%E9%94%99%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99-%E5%8F%AA%E8%83%BD%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%BD%A0%E5%92%8C%E4%BB%96%E4%B8%8D%E7%86%9F.htm<p>「当你觉得一个人生活得不错的时候，只能说明你和他不熟」</p> <p>这句话看起来就挺有道理，但是如何证明事实真的如此呢？如何证明这句话是放之四海皆准的呢？</p> <p>常见的反驳是：「你又不认识每一个人？」「你怎么知道所有的人都和你一样？」‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>学习的前提，是建立亲切感https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230530_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%9A%84%E5%89%8D%E6%8F%90-%E6%98%AF%E5%BB%BA%E7%AB%8B%E4%BA%B2%E5%88%87%E6%84%9F.htmTue, 30 May 2023 18:19:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230530_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%9A%84%E5%89%8D%E6%8F%90-%E6%98%AF%E5%BB%BA%E7%AB%8B%E4%BA%B2%E5%88%87%E6%84%9F.htm<p>我很为一些同学惋惜。</p> <p>他们会假定，自己是学不会什么东西的。然后在这个前提下问我一些「如何学习的问题」。比如昨天<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377138&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=0b8f0a9618f63be529a64db59d96cb12&amp;chksm=bd3042858a47cb93499048300352e32a15b60516f80da4ee67f01e268bff5265ea079556ded5&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">关于英语学习的帖子</a>，有人假定，我说的方法「只适用于天才」。隐含的意思是，自己「天生」就是学不会某样东西。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>我从来不觉得学习能力是最重要的问题，比能力更重要的，是「亲切感」，是学习一切东西的根源。</p>我们十几年学英语做的事情本质是为了阻止我们学会「说英语」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230529_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%8D%81%E5%87%A0%E5%B9%B4%E5%AD%A6%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD%E5%81%9A%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%E6%9C%AC%E8%B4%A8%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E9%98%BB%E6%AD%A2%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AD%A6%E4%BC%9A-%E8%AF%B4%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD.htmMon, 29 May 2023 23:39:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230529_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%8D%81%E5%87%A0%E5%B9%B4%E5%AD%A6%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD%E5%81%9A%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%E6%9C%AC%E8%B4%A8%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E9%98%BB%E6%AD%A2%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AD%A6%E4%BC%9A-%E8%AF%B4%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD.htm<p>我实在是深深的为全国这么多人用错误的方式学习英语感到痛心。</p> <p>本来应该几个月就能搞定的事情，为什么要拖上个十几年。背那么多单词，搞明白语法，实在是浪费时间。</p>用 Chato 制作的「王建硕」的数字分身https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230527_%E7%94%A8-Chato-%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-%E7%9A%84%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97%E5%88%86%E8%BA%AB.htmSat, 27 May 2023 18:30:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230527_%E7%94%A8-Chato-%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-%E7%9A%84%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97%E5%88%86%E8%BA%AB.htm<p>大家可以点击文后的「阅读原文」，体验一下我用最近我们正在内测的自动建机器人的工具 Chato 造出来的我的数字分身。</p> <p>我刚刚把一些公众号文章倒入进去。我猜测现在大家问的大多数问题我还没有写过类似的文章。不过，就跟网站一样，没有一个好的网站是一天就有全部的内容，然后就不变了。自己的机器人，应该如同 blog 一样，当有第一篇文章的时候就发布出来，然后随着时间的推移，不断的积累内容。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>TEDx武康路的照片让我想起的摄影的原则https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230526_TEDx%E6%AD%A6%E5%BA%B7%E8%B7%AF%E7%9A%84%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E6%83%B3%E8%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E6%91%84%E5%BD%B1%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%88%99.htmFri, 26 May 2023 22:40:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230526_TEDx%E6%AD%A6%E5%BA%B7%E8%B7%AF%E7%9A%84%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E6%83%B3%E8%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E6%91%84%E5%BD%B1%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%88%99.htm<p>TEDx武康路 分享了一些照片。</p> <p>我还挺喜欢这些照片的。</p> <p>大学的时候我曾经上过摄影选修课，每个周末跟着老师去各个地方拍照，养成了每一张照片之后都记一个拍摄笔记的习惯。</p>翻越习惯的分水岭https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230525_%E7%BF%BB%E8%B6%8A%E4%B9%A0%E6%83%AF%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%B0%B4%E5%B2%AD.htmThu, 25 May 2023 22:59:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230525_%E7%BF%BB%E8%B6%8A%E4%B9%A0%E6%83%AF%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%B0%B4%E5%B2%AD.htm<p>大约两周左右没有更新了。</p> <p>习惯就是这样，任何一件事情，一旦停下来，就很难重新启动，如同一台熄了火的车，启动需要外力推一把。跑步也是这样子。每天都想去跑 10 公里的日子，和一点都不想动的日子，如同分水岭的两边，一旦滑落到另一边，回到原来的一边就要花费更大的力气。绘画，编程，运动，读书等等都类似。</p>像面对朋友说话一样写字，文字就活了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230512_%E5%83%8F%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E8%AF%B4%E8%AF%9D%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E5%86%99%E5%AD%97-%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E5%B0%B1%E6%B4%BB%E4%BA%86.htmFri, 12 May 2023 18:49:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230512_%E5%83%8F%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E8%AF%B4%E8%AF%9D%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E5%86%99%E5%AD%97-%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E5%B0%B1%E6%B4%BB%E4%BA%86.htm<p>这是刘韧老师总结的：任何文字，当你知道写给谁，尤其是一个具体的人，就不会虚伪，就会活起来。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>他举了一个例子。任何的小学生，只要让他们写作文的时候，在文章的最开始写上「妈妈：」两个字，然后再写文章，最后再把「妈妈」两个字删掉，文章就立刻增色不少。因为，当和自己的妈妈说话的时候，任何故弄玄虚的词句都说不出口，不真实的东西，创腔作势的东西，会自然减少。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>七龙珠，现在只集齐了六颗，还需要一颗才能召唤神龙https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230511_%E4%B8%83%E9%BE%99%E7%8F%A0-%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E5%8F%AA%E9%9B%86%E9%BD%90%E4%BA%86%E5%85%AD%E9%A2%97-%E8%BF%98%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E4%B8%80%E9%A2%97%E6%89%8D%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%AC%E5%94%A4%E7%A5%9E%E9%BE%99.htmThu, 11 May 2023 15:21:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230511_%E4%B8%83%E9%BE%99%E7%8F%A0-%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E5%8F%AA%E9%9B%86%E9%BD%90%E4%BA%86%E5%85%AD%E9%A2%97-%E8%BF%98%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E4%B8%80%E9%A2%97%E6%89%8D%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%AC%E5%94%A4%E7%A5%9E%E9%BE%99.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/05/3011-0a4f7dc5.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>预测未来是什么样很难。但是预测未来不是什么很容易。</p> <p>我确信的知道的，是未来的 LUI 的世界中最重要的技术，还没有浮出水面。</p> <p>动画片里面集齐七颗龙珠可以召唤神龙，现在 ChatGPT 这样的 LLM 一定是其中非常重要的一颗龙珠，但是一定还有一颗特别重要的龙珠没有出现，以至于我们哈需要一段时间才能召唤神龙。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>为啥大语言模型都跟羊驼干上了？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230509_%E4%B8%BA%E5%95%A5%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E9%83%BD%E8%B7%9F%E7%BE%8A%E9%A9%BC%E5%B9%B2%E4%B8%8A%E4%BA%86.htmTue, 09 May 2023 18:57:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230509_%E4%B8%BA%E5%95%A5%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E9%83%BD%E8%B7%9F%E7%BE%8A%E9%A9%BC%E5%B9%B2%E4%B8%8A%E4%BA%86.htm<p>这是我猜想。</p> <p>大语言模型（Large Language Modal）简称 LLM。</p> <p>LLM 发音困难。两个 LL 跟绕口令一样挑战舌头。大家想给它加点原音，帮助发音。</p> <p>有人加了 A，就是LLaMA。而 llama 在西班牙语里正好是羊驼🦙。</p>让人着迷的门牌号系统：如何从地址解码出位置https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230506_%E8%AE%A9%E4%BA%BA%E7%9D%80%E8%BF%B7%E7%9A%84%E9%97%A8%E7%89%8C%E5%8F%B7%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E4%BB%8E%E5%9C%B0%E5%9D%80%E8%A7%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%87%BA%E4%BD%8D%E7%BD%AE.htmSat, 06 May 2023 18:36:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230506_%E8%AE%A9%E4%BA%BA%E7%9D%80%E8%BF%B7%E7%9A%84%E9%97%A8%E7%89%8C%E5%8F%B7%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E4%BB%8E%E5%9C%B0%E5%9D%80%E8%A7%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%87%BA%E4%BD%8D%E7%BD%AE.htm<p>我对所有的编码系统都很着迷，比如<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652377029&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b2470c81f860dff86baed5c3575884d7&amp;chksm=bd305d728a47d4646b4de1ceff3f21dfae07b0cc26dcfa39182519a50789d568203fd8265c22&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">高速公路</a>、<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376776&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=8714098437c3ea0feff0d43a048422d1&amp;chksm=bd305c7f8a47d56944a22d3717869551bee94aff6e06d0c51c2ed1768c639b51e533687bfbf6&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">国家电话区号</a>，<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376172&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=70cff725c6812220a02e0c3402dcaa8a&amp;chksm=bd305edb8a47d7cd1e999ec2dbb8bfb64525b1056b9ef4d8dfa12041cc98d4f997055bcd3c5a&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">中国电话区号等等</a>。门牌号是另外一个非常有趣的领域。为了让普通人更容易的从门牌号中一眼可以看出来大体的位置，各国的工程师可以说是费尽了努力。我这里把我知道的一些列举一下。</p> <p>美国很多城市的门牌编号都非常整齐，大多以网格方法编号。比如这一个：</p> <p><strong>17024 NE 120th St, Redmond, WA 98052, USA‍‍‍</strong></p> <p>一看就知道是 Redmond 东北区 120 街上，17024 除以 100，直接可以翻译为 170.24，表示 170 街和 171 街之间的一个地址，大约在两条街之间总距离的 24% 的位置（170.24 @ 120）。整个西雅图往西几十公里，都是按照顺序的编号。</p>外卖小哥闯红灯和程序员 996 或许是一回事儿https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230504_%E5%A4%96%E5%8D%96%E5%B0%8F%E5%93%A5%E9%97%AF%E7%BA%A2%E7%81%AF%E5%92%8C%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98-996-%E6%88%96%E8%AE%B8%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%8B%E5%84%BF.htmThu, 04 May 2023 20:43:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230504_%E5%A4%96%E5%8D%96%E5%B0%8F%E5%93%A5%E9%97%AF%E7%BA%A2%E7%81%AF%E5%92%8C%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98-996-%E6%88%96%E8%AE%B8%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%8B%E5%84%BF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/05/3008-acd9ca83.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>为什么程序员是 996 的重灾区？为什么外卖小哥特别容易闯红灯？为什么不是反过来：程序员一般不闯红灯，而外卖小哥一般不 996 。</p> <p>原因是一样的：一个行为，只有带来额外的收入，才会成为主流。</p>世界上的那些城市的中轴线https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230503_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8A%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E8%BD%B4%E7%BA%BF.htmWed, 03 May 2023 17:35:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230503_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8A%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E8%BD%B4%E7%BA%BF.htm<p>我熟悉的城市不多，但是每个城市在我心中似乎都有一个中轴线，城市以这个中轴线为骨架生长。</p> <p>现在，我坐窗边，看着山，问自己了一个问题：「你还记得每个城市的中轴线吗？」‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>我看到 G1522 这样的高速公路编号就兴奋得不得了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230501_%E6%88%91%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0-G1522-%E8%BF%99%E6%A0%B7%E7%9A%84%E9%AB%98%E9%80%9F%E5%85%AC%E8%B7%AF%E7%BC%96%E5%8F%B7%E5%B0%B1%E5%85%B4%E5%A5%8B%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%8D%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86.htmMon, 01 May 2023 23:23:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230501_%E6%88%91%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0-G1522-%E8%BF%99%E6%A0%B7%E7%9A%84%E9%AB%98%E9%80%9F%E5%85%AC%E8%B7%AF%E7%BC%96%E5%8F%B7%E5%B0%B1%E5%85%B4%E5%A5%8B%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%8D%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/05/3006-a3ab7f9e.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>不知道有没有人和我一样，对于各种编号系统都很着迷。</p> <p>这次和朋友们一起来天台山宿营两天，从上海过来，开车很简单的先从 G60 沪昆高速转 G1522 常台高速，就到了。</p>好久没有晒画了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230429_%E5%A5%BD%E4%B9%85%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E6%99%92%E7%94%BB%E4%BA%86.htmSat, 29 Apr 2023 23:58:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230429_%E5%A5%BD%E4%B9%85%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E6%99%92%E7%94%BB%E4%BA%86.htm<p>五一第一天，总要改变一下一年多来紧绷的节奏，让思绪随便飘一飘，从文字开始，放松下来。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>好久没有画画了。</p> <p>三年前关在家里的时候，画画让自己可以平静的度过关在家里的时间，那个时候，居然还有一个专门晒自己随手画的素描的小号。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>面对 ChatGPT 大潮，应该从低抽象度劳动，向高抽象度劳动转移https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230428_%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9-ChatGPT-%E5%A4%A7%E6%BD%AE-%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E4%BB%8E%E4%BD%8E%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E5%BA%A6%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8-%E5%90%91%E9%AB%98%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E5%BA%A6%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8%E8%BD%AC%E7%A7%BB.htmFri, 28 Apr 2023 19:14:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230428_%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9-ChatGPT-%E5%A4%A7%E6%BD%AE-%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E4%BB%8E%E4%BD%8E%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E5%BA%A6%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8-%E5%90%91%E9%AB%98%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E5%BA%A6%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8%E8%BD%AC%E7%A7%BB.htm<p>有人问：「我们在短期内，比如说 5-10 年内，因为 GDP 消失的行业和工种是什么？」</p> <p>世界上很少有一个行业会消失。行业代表着人类最基本的渴望，即便现在，农业也没有消失；畜牧业没有消失；艺术行业没有消失，大多数远古的行业还在。‍</p>身体才是做决定的那个器官https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230427_%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%81%9A%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%99%A8%E5%AE%98.htmThu, 27 Apr 2023 22:50:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230427_%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%81%9A%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%99%A8%E5%AE%98.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/3003-39c76b73.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我有很多年无法理解自己，在做很多判断的时候，无论如何无法做到理性。</p> <p>比如，同样是损失，有的时候，可能几块钱，让人产生的不舒服，比大得多的损失对心理的影响还要大。</p>艺术，是落后技术最后的避难所https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230425_%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF-%E6%98%AF%E8%90%BD%E5%90%8E%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E6%9C%80%E5%90%8E%E7%9A%84%E9%81%BF%E9%9A%BE%E6%89%80.htmTue, 25 Apr 2023 19:17:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230425_%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF-%E6%98%AF%E8%90%BD%E5%90%8E%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E6%9C%80%E5%90%8E%E7%9A%84%E9%81%BF%E9%9A%BE%E6%89%80.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/3002-2b6569c9.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天我想到，《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376974&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b492874c82e28e0280138b867c21c47e&amp;chksm=bd305d398a47d42f91abe24ef8f4420fb4b9d012471dcd8788043a6a9c0cc2f6a29f00f042b4&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">生产效率过高的技术都有些 Spam 的特质</a>》。反过来说，技术落后以后，总能作为「艺术」，得到庇护。</p> <p>一件事情，如果因为效率太低而退出大多数人的日常生活，却依然还会有人并不以效率为唯一衡量标准，继续使用，这个行为常常被称为艺术。‍‍</p>过于生产效率过高的技术（比如 ChatGPT）都有些 Spam 的特质https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230424_%E8%BF%87%E4%BA%8E%E7%94%9F%E4%BA%A7%E6%95%88%E7%8E%87%E8%BF%87%E9%AB%98%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF-%E6%AF%94%E5%A6%82-ChatGPT-%E9%83%BD%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B-Spam-%E7%9A%84%E7%89%B9%E8%B4%A8.htmMon, 24 Apr 2023 18:42:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230424_%E8%BF%87%E4%BA%8E%E7%94%9F%E4%BA%A7%E6%95%88%E7%8E%87%E8%BF%87%E9%AB%98%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF-%E6%AF%94%E5%A6%82-ChatGPT-%E9%83%BD%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B-Spam-%E7%9A%84%E7%89%B9%E8%B4%A8.htm<p>首先解释一下 Spam 这个词。</p> <p>有人把 Spam Mail 翻译为「垃圾邮件」，但这个翻译是不准确的，其实 「垃圾邮件」应该是 Junk Mail ，而 Spam Mail 很难准确翻译，强行翻译的话，或许应该叫做「烦人邮件」？‍‍</p>字体，也是一旦认识，就再也回不去了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230423_%E5%AD%97%E4%BD%93-%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E6%97%A6%E8%AE%A4%E8%AF%86-%E5%B0%B1%E5%86%8D%E4%B9%9F%E5%9B%9E%E4%B8%8D%E5%8E%BB%E4%BA%86.htmSun, 23 Apr 2023 21:54:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230423_%E5%AD%97%E4%BD%93-%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E6%97%A6%E8%AE%A4%E8%AF%86-%E5%B0%B1%E5%86%8D%E4%B9%9F%E5%9B%9E%E4%B8%8D%E5%8E%BB%E4%BA%86.htm<p>香港是中文字体博物馆，充满了各种类型的字体。‍</p> <p><strong>宋体</strong></p> <p>地铁里面，中文用的是宋体（这是一种专门设计的宋体，叫做「港铁宋」，MRT Sung）。</p> <p>宋体的特点是横细、竖粗，横竖结束有三角形的衬线（Serif），撇从细到粗，捺从粗到细，点是水滴状等等。一看就认得出。</p>ChatGPT 真的写不出优美的文字吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230420_ChatGPT-%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%86%99%E4%B8%8D%E5%87%BA%E4%BC%98%E7%BE%8E%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E5%90%97.htmThu, 20 Apr 2023 19:16:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230420_ChatGPT-%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%86%99%E4%B8%8D%E5%87%BA%E4%BC%98%E7%BE%8E%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E5%90%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2999-4232c899.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>今天直播，主持人问我：「余华写出过：『我看着那条弯曲着通向城里的小路，听不到我儿子赤脚跑来的声音，月光照在路上，像是撒满了盐。』的句子，你觉得 AI 写得出来吗？」‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>给百姓 AI 候选人的一封信https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230419_%E7%BB%99%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93-AI-%E5%80%99%E9%80%89%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%B0%81%E4%BF%A1.htmWed, 19 Apr 2023 23:29:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230419_%E7%BB%99%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93-AI-%E5%80%99%E9%80%89%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%B0%81%E4%BF%A1.htm<p>亲爱的候选人：</p> <p>我是百姓 AI 的创始人和 CEO 王建硕。多谢你对百姓 AI 的职位感兴趣。在众多的和 ChatGPT 的大潮相关的职位中，你对我们的兴趣让我们倍感荣幸。我希望用尽量简短的方式，向你描述一下我们正在做的事情，也期待着在不久的将来，可以见面或者通过视频和你见面详聊。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>400 克生活指南 - 如何断食 12 天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230419_400-%E5%85%8B%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E6%96%AD%E9%A3%9F-12-%E5%A4%A9.htmWed, 19 Apr 2023 23:20:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230419_400-%E5%85%8B%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97-%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E6%96%AD%E9%A3%9F-12-%E5%A4%A9.htm<p>我有过四次 12 天的断食体验。这 12 天内，只喝农夫山泉，并且配上足够的运动。这对于自己身体和精神有巨大的帮助。我个人非常喜欢这样的生活。</p> <p>这是给我的几位好朋友写的断食指南。声明：这不是医学建议，不见得科学，并且很明显的并不对所有人都安全。所以请不要轻易尝试。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>ChatGPT 更像浏览器，还是更像操作系统https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230419_ChatGPT-%E6%9B%B4%E5%83%8F%E6%B5%8F%E8%A7%88%E5%99%A8-%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E6%9B%B4%E5%83%8F%E6%93%8D%E4%BD%9C%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F.htmWed, 19 Apr 2023 08:18:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230419_ChatGPT-%E6%9B%B4%E5%83%8F%E6%B5%8F%E8%A7%88%E5%99%A8-%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E6%9B%B4%E5%83%8F%E6%93%8D%E4%BD%9C%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2996-9e0194e3.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>操作系统作为软件皇冠上最璀璨的那一颗宝石，在历史上摄取了巨额的利润。大家现在很多人在争论， ChatGPT 像操作系统吗？‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>上帝是真的吗？当然是真的，和 √(-1) 一样真https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230418_%E4%B8%8A%E5%B8%9D%E6%98%AF%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%90%97-%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84-%E5%92%8C-%E2%88%9A-1-%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E7%9C%9F.htmTue, 18 Apr 2023 17:51:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230418_%E4%B8%8A%E5%B8%9D%E6%98%AF%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%90%97-%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%E6%98%AF%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84-%E5%92%8C-%E2%88%9A-1-%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E7%9C%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2995-029933e7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>自从我理解了世界的三分法（<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371672&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=3515fc621c41aa499d9c80de4d986e53&amp;chksm=bd3fa86f8a482179f3a6c9e9e539559bcd2650b359e68a15149d71e088ce62991315ef8fc44c&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">中医科学吗？当然不科学了，人家是技术</a>）以后，我和整个世界都和解了。</p> <p>我不再是原来那个死硬的理工男，而对所有的宗教，文学，神秘学，甚至占星学、八卦、塔罗，都敞开胸怀接受了。‍‍</p> <p>总有人和我以前一样纠结，上帝存在吗？佛存在吗？安拉是真的吗？‍‍‍‍‍</p>我们应该学 10 种外语的基础而不是精通一门外语https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230417_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E5%AD%A6-10-%E7%A7%8D%E5%A4%96%E8%AF%AD%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%B2%BE%E9%80%9A%E4%B8%80%E9%97%A8%E5%A4%96%E8%AF%AD.htmMon, 17 Apr 2023 23:21:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230417_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E5%AD%A6-10-%E7%A7%8D%E5%A4%96%E8%AF%AD%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%B2%BE%E9%80%9A%E4%B8%80%E9%97%A8%E5%A4%96%E8%AF%AD.htm<p>我想我们学习外语的主流方法或许错了。</p> <p>我们应该用一两个月学习 10 种外语的 20 句话，而不是用几十年的时间试图精通任何一门外语。</p> <p>同样的，我们应该分清楚，听说、读写是完全不相关的两件事情。「听说」是一件事情，「读写」是另外一件事情。我们应该学习「听说」，而不应该过早学习「读写」。</p>如何永远知道哪边是北https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230413_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%93%AA%E8%BE%B9%E6%98%AF%E5%8C%97.htmThu, 13 Apr 2023 18:53:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230413_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%93%AA%E8%BE%B9%E6%98%AF%E5%8C%97.htm<p>到了任何一个陌生的城市，或者一个新的地方，迅速搞清楚东南西北的方位，对我来说非常重要。不知道为什么，如果不知道哪里是南，我真的会焦虑。</p> <p>在我的脑子里面，一定长时间运行着一个消耗 1% 能量的进程，随时计算更新自己所处的方位。</p>爱上铜锣湾https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230412_%E7%88%B1%E4%B8%8A%E9%93%9C%E9%94%A3%E6%B9%BE.htmWed, 12 Apr 2023 17:58:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230412_%E7%88%B1%E4%B8%8A%E9%93%9C%E9%94%A3%E6%B9%BE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2992-f29dd1a7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>铜锣湾的声音，总是停不下来。大楼空调机的嗡嗡声，路上的公交车低沉的引擎声，小汽车车轮在路面上滚动的声音，载货的平板车的咯哒声，叮叮车车轮磨擦铁轨的声音，红绿灯辅助设备哒哒的紧凑拍子声，各种语言的人声，混杂在耳朵里。好像是一座声音博物馆，展品就铺在大街上，延绵几公里不绝。</p>使用机器人回答问题，会越来越贵吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230410_%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98-%E4%BC%9A%E8%B6%8A%E6%9D%A5%E8%B6%8A%E8%B4%B5%E5%90%97.htmMon, 10 Apr 2023 18:58:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230410_%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98-%E4%BC%9A%E8%B6%8A%E6%9D%A5%E8%B6%8A%E8%B4%B5%E5%90%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2990-03a70242.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>先说我的答案：会。使用机器人回答问题，会越来越贵。</p> <p>这是一个反直觉的判断。如果你对这个结论感到困惑，这是非常可以理解的。的确，历史上许多东西的价格，都越来越便宜，特别是那些可以大规模生产的高科技产品。随着生产力的增长，东西越来越便宜是常识呀。为了消解这个困惑，可以先试着回答以下这几个问题：</p>台上的 ChatGPT 式胡说八道时刻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230409_%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%8A%E7%9A%84-ChatGPT-%E5%BC%8F%E8%83%A1%E8%AF%B4%E5%85%AB%E9%81%93%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htmSun, 09 Apr 2023 16:30:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230409_%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%8A%E7%9A%84-ChatGPT-%E5%BC%8F%E8%83%A1%E8%AF%B4%E5%85%AB%E9%81%93%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htm<p>我经常被架到台上，还被像模像样的给冠上一个「专家」的人设（对此，我<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375529&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=d2272ba51fd06436c9bf816ba904fc38&amp;chksm=bd305b5e8a47d248b1d555c6a1b22188426ef8884ed3c8ceaf8d0fa6950233aaa8474d131cb5&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">极度不适应，极力逃脱，偶尔成功</a>）。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>在问答环节，台下会有听众，不是因为出于好奇心，而是出于他们以为一个正常的听众应该问什么问题，向我提问。有些问题，本身逻辑奇怪，前言不搭后语。比如：「ChatGPT 将如何影响 Web3 世界？」「ChatGPT 对于数据安全行业的影响」‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>未来不是替换，而是叠加https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230408_%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%9B%BF%E6%8D%A2-%E8%80%8C%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%A0%E5%8A%A0.htmSat, 08 Apr 2023 18:46:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230408_%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%9B%BF%E6%8D%A2-%E8%80%8C%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%A0%E5%8A%A0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2988-83307ada.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>谈及未来 GUI 向 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376369&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=488d996d44e4d01a7c7d00d7892702f6&amp;chksm=bd305f868a47d690bba06466c7e93df8c817169ab0cd4ea734e83f1df1433d3e046eb9a935ff&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">LUI</a> 的转变，很多人应会忧心忡忡：怎么可能啥都用语言来交互呢？去电商平台买东西，文字怎么可能描述清楚呢？</p> <p>不用担心，老的电商网站又没有关掉。‍‍‍‍‍</p>我怎么有种不好的预感，GPT4 会不会跃升的终结https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230407_%E6%88%91%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%9C%89%E7%A7%8D%E4%B8%8D%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E9%A2%84%E6%84%9F-GPT4-%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E8%B7%83%E5%8D%87%E7%9A%84%E7%BB%88%E7%BB%93.htmFri, 07 Apr 2023 08:58:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230407_%E6%88%91%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%9C%89%E7%A7%8D%E4%B8%8D%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E9%A2%84%E6%84%9F-GPT4-%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E8%B7%83%E5%8D%87%E7%9A%84%E7%BB%88%E7%BB%93.htm<p>我这个预感，纯属文字游戏，并没有任何理性的分析，只是觉得有很多的巧合 。请以阅读玄幻小说，或者阴谋论的方式进行阅读，不要当真。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>ChatGPT 是产品，Web3 是概念，这是它们最大的区别https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230406_ChatGPT-%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%A7%E5%93%81-Web3-%E6%98%AF%E6%A6%82%E5%BF%B5-%E8%BF%99%E6%98%AF%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%AB.htmThu, 06 Apr 2023 19:20:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230406_ChatGPT-%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%A7%E5%93%81-Web3-%E6%98%AF%E6%A6%82%E5%BF%B5-%E8%BF%99%E6%98%AF%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%AB.htm<p>大家经常把 ChatGPT 和 Web3，元宇宙，AGI，AIGC 等等放在一起并列讨论。但是，他们不是一个东西。ChatGPT 首当其冲的本质，是一个已经发布的产品。其他的和他并列的名词，都是概念。</p>受 ChatGPT 冲击越大的行业是越有前途的行业https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230405_%E5%8F%97-ChatGPT-%E5%86%B2%E5%87%BB%E8%B6%8A%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%9A%E6%98%AF%E8%B6%8A%E6%9C%89%E5%89%8D%E9%80%94%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%9A.htmWed, 05 Apr 2023 11:44:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230405_%E5%8F%97-ChatGPT-%E5%86%B2%E5%87%BB%E8%B6%8A%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%9A%E6%98%AF%E8%B6%8A%E6%9C%89%E5%89%8D%E9%80%94%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2985-e1498bd8.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>很多人把一个事实搞错了。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>很多人醉心于研究「在 ChatGPT 的冲击下，哪一个行业比较安全」。大家忽略了一个反直觉的事实：被 ChatGPT 冲击越严重的行业，将是未来会繁荣的行业；越是没有被 ChatGPT 冲击的行业，将会是走向萧条的行业。</p>AI 能改变教育吗？当然。立刻吗？呃。。。https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230403_AI-%E8%83%BD%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E5%90%97-%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6-%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%BB%E5%90%97-%E5%91%83.htmMon, 03 Apr 2023 17:22:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230403_AI-%E8%83%BD%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E5%90%97-%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6-%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%BB%E5%90%97-%E5%91%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/04/2984-0a7f4719.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们在做<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376353&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=5a9fc123c6e5b19c7f871541c48604a4&amp;chksm=bd305f968a47d680f1cb38d7152781e7002fe2ecd1f2b186f62dde958c5d43b364c1f78341ef&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">AI 教育‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</a>，但我一直和大家澄清，我们在未来的两年里面，并不是「用 AI 的方法改变教育“，而是「用相对传统的方法教人使用 AI」，以达到 Elfe 提出的「<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4MjM5MDI0Ng==&amp;mid=2648504806&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=009f067fe32caa2089a656433f72b311&amp;chksm=87ae246fb0d9ad79c06131f329a826d8456493b93bd973a3b37b4ee5fcdc8401744b0a2fed8b&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">因 AI 而强大</a>」的愿景。</p>伊斯坦布尔现代的一面https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230402_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E9%9D%A2.htmSun, 02 Apr 2023 22:29:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230402_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E9%9D%A2.htm<p><strong>伊斯坦布尔机场</strong></p> <p>伊斯坦布尔机场完全超出了我的想象，设计感和明亮程度，和受疫情重创的灰蒙蒙的香港机场形成鲜明的对比。一方面伊斯坦布尔的机场更新，另外一方面，从疫情防控角度，除了地面上残留的保持社交距离的标识以外，已经没有看到什么疫情留下的痕迹。到达大厅，还有大约百分之三四的人戴口罩，而在出发大厅，我成了熙熙攘攘欧洲最繁忙的机场里，目力所及之处，唯一一个戴口罩的人。</p>伊斯坦布尔作为东西放桥梁的证据https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230330_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E4%BD%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF%E6%94%BE%E6%A1%A5%E6%A2%81%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%81%E6%8D%AE.htmThu, 30 Mar 2023 19:38:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230330_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E4%BD%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF%E6%94%BE%E6%A1%A5%E6%A2%81%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%81%E6%8D%AE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2982-8ec61947.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>伊斯坦布尔的不是茶的茶</p> <p>在伊斯坦布尔，最让我感觉到土耳其连接东方和西方的时刻，是每次一杯茶送上来的时候。土耳其的茶，总是用一个如同烧杯一样，一根牙签高的玻璃器皿盛着，而这个玻璃器皿又是没有把手，大肚子，稍细的脖子，大大的开口。里面盛着晶莹的液体。玻璃杯还要用一个极尽华丽之能事的小盘子盛着端上来，盘子里面还会放一颗方糖。</p>「智能号」正式开放注册https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230329_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7-%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F%E5%BC%80%E6%94%BE%E6%B3%A8%E5%86%8C.htmWed, 29 Mar 2023 18:23:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230329_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7-%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F%E5%BC%80%E6%94%BE%E6%B3%A8%E5%86%8C.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2981-404e24d0.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>今天（2023 年 3 月 29 日）晚上 8:00，「智能号」正式开始注册。</p> <p>大家可以在 BaixingAI 的公众号的菜单上选择「智能号」开始注册。（或者点击本文后的「阅读原文」）。‍‍</p>有了插件的 ChatGPT ，是一个节点，却不是中心https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230326_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%86%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E7%9A%84-ChatGPT-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E8%8A%82%E7%82%B9-%E5%8D%B4%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83.htmSun, 26 Mar 2023 17:57:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230326_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%86%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E7%9A%84-ChatGPT-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E8%8A%82%E7%82%B9-%E5%8D%B4%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83.htm<p>ChatGPT 推出了 Plugin 机制，这是一项非常令人兴奋的进展。大家不约而同评价「一个操作系统就此诞生」。这个说法，大错特错。</p> <p>OpenAI 是机器人和机器人对话的世界里面的一个节点（虽然是一个重要的节点），却不是中心。‍‍‍</p>浮光掠影新西兰https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230325_%E6%B5%AE%E5%85%89%E6%8E%A0%E5%BD%B1%E6%96%B0%E8%A5%BF%E5%85%B0.htmSat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230325_%E6%B5%AE%E5%85%89%E6%8E%A0%E5%BD%B1%E6%96%B0%E8%A5%BF%E5%85%B0.htm<p><strong>可以忍的和不能忍的</strong></p> <p>太阳在北边，可以忍；</p> <p>但是太阳从右手边升起，从左手方落下，不能忍。</p> <p>驾驶室在右边，车在左边开，可以忍；</p> <p>但是雨刷在左边，转向灯在右边没法忍。一转弯雨刷就动起来。</p>带上插件后的 ChatGPT 更惊艳！机器人和机器人对话的世界真的来了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230324_%E5%B8%A6%E4%B8%8A%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E5%90%8E%E7%9A%84-ChatGPT-%E6%9B%B4%E6%83%8A%E8%89%B3-%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%86.htmFri, 24 Mar 2023 17:26:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230324_%E5%B8%A6%E4%B8%8A%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6%E5%90%8E%E7%9A%84-ChatGPT-%E6%9B%B4%E6%83%8A%E8%89%B3-%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%9D%A5%E4%BA%86.htm<p>这篇文章是百姓 AI 教育负责人 Elfe 同学今天早上写的文章，非常有趣，强烈推荐。其中观察到的两个机器人，一个（Wolfram）在不厌其烦的纠正另一个（ChatGPT）犯的错误的时候，我们设想的那个<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376726&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=28bbe77144a04f9db0efce81907b80e0&amp;chksm=bd305c218a47d5377b402f54c7e84b776e73eaba7c64d8274ab70f3d2d1590f17d9cdb716b90&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">机器人和机器人对话的世界</a>已然在面前呈现。只不过，今天的 ChatGPT Plugin 机制的 呈现的，仅仅是一个序言。「比起地平线下那光芒万丈来说，这只是东方夜光里的微光。」（注一）</p>我以为去迪拜是去了阿拉伯，实际上发现是到了印度https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230323_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%BA%E5%8E%BB%E8%BF%AA%E6%8B%9C%E6%98%AF%E5%8E%BB%E4%BA%86%E9%98%BF%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%AF-%E5%AE%9E%E9%99%85%E4%B8%8A%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E6%98%AF%E5%88%B0%E4%BA%86%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6.htmThu, 23 Mar 2023 18:06:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230323_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%BA%E5%8E%BB%E8%BF%AA%E6%8B%9C%E6%98%AF%E5%8E%BB%E4%BA%86%E9%98%BF%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%AF-%E5%AE%9E%E9%99%85%E4%B8%8A%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E6%98%AF%E5%88%B0%E4%BA%86%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6.htm<p>（以前的文章，每当我没有时间写文章的时候就发出来补位置）</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2977-8abc2b4c.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我曾经在迪拜转机，却从来没有真正花时间了解过迪拜。出了机场，本来以为会进入一个阿拉伯世界，结果发现我其实是来到了印度。</p>全球的国家电话区号是怎么分配的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230322_%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%94%B5%E8%AF%9D%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%B7%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%88%86%E9%85%8D%E7%9A%84.htmWed, 22 Mar 2023 19:15:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230322_%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%94%B5%E8%AF%9D%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%B7%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%88%86%E9%85%8D%E7%9A%84.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2976-659c736b.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>有人说哈佛的楼大多都是拿人名命名的，MIT 的楼大多都是用数字编号的，这就是截然不同的文科和理工科的思路。我很显然喜欢后者。所以对任何的编号体系都很着迷。比如，全球国家的电话区号的分配方案就是个很有趣的话题。‍</p>为什么我说「我的任何成功，100.00% 来自于幸运」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230321_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%88%91%E8%AF%B4-%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%BB%E4%BD%95%E6%88%90%E5%8A%9F-100-00-%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA%E4%BA%8E%E5%B9%B8%E8%BF%90.htmTue, 21 Mar 2023 08:52:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230321_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%88%91%E8%AF%B4-%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%BB%E4%BD%95%E6%88%90%E5%8A%9F-100-00-%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA%E4%BA%8E%E5%B9%B8%E8%BF%90.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2975-fe834662.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>前几天的一篇文章《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376557&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=52aaf7e8ce5ed15dd07d5f2f5f9dc719&amp;chksm=bd305f5a8a47d64c778b5542c878a0cfe2f1243f961c21a43b857a3c649ea70fedb292c2e904&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">我的任何成功，100.00% 来自于幸运</a>》，引发了不少争论。看起来有必要展开一下我这么说的原因。</p> <p>这个认知，是一件一件的事情对我的影响中逐渐形成的。‍‍</p> <p><strong>世界的可能性</strong></p>大白话聊 ChatGPT 播客发布了，欢迎收听https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230320_%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-ChatGPT-%E6%92%AD%E5%AE%A2%E5%8F%91%E5%B8%83%E4%BA%86-%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E6%94%B6%E5%90%AC.htmMon, 20 Mar 2023 08:52:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230320_%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-ChatGPT-%E6%92%AD%E5%AE%A2%E5%8F%91%E5%B8%83%E4%BA%86-%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E6%94%B6%E5%90%AC.htm<p>上一周我和 Sarah 一起制作的播客节目《【大白话系列 #3】大白话聊 ChatGPT（Sarah &amp; 王建硕）》已经上线了。大家可以扫码下面的二维码，在小宇宙中收听。Sarah 的问题一如既往的清晰，深入，准备总是惊人的细致，出品质量也一直非常稳定。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>用智能号立刻体验「文心一言」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230317_%E7%94%A8%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%BB%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C-%E6%96%87%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%80%E8%A8%80.htmFri, 17 Mar 2023 00:10:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230317_%E7%94%A8%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%BB%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C-%E6%96%87%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%80%E8%A8%80.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2973-88f54822.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>「文心一言」今天正式发布。</p> <p>普通的对话效果，好于我的预期。高级的 prompt engineering 编程能力，还没有支持。作为一个开端，相当不错。我一直认为百度明天底做出一个相当不错的模型是大概率事件，在 3 月份就出来一个不错的产品是小概率事件。到现在的体验，是基本可用。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>我们对于 ChatGPT 的想象中，可能缺少了「电梯」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230316_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E-ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E6%83%B3%E8%B1%A1%E4%B8%AD-%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E7%BC%BA%E5%B0%91%E4%BA%86-%E7%94%B5%E6%A2%AF.htmThu, 16 Mar 2023 13:30:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230316_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E-ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E6%83%B3%E8%B1%A1%E4%B8%AD-%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E7%BC%BA%E5%B0%91%E4%BA%86-%E7%94%B5%E6%A2%AF.htm<p>很多朋友都发现，我的思维有一个习惯，就是对未来的推理，总喜欢用类比法（也就是快思维体系），而很少使用推理法（也就是慢思维体系）。</p> <p>对于 ChatGPT 带来的变革，未来的技术架构会走向何方，我更倾向于看历史，看看互联网，移动互联网的历史出现了什么，然后去预测未来。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>智能号 —— ChatGPT 时代的域名系统https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230315_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94-ChatGPT-%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%9F%E5%90%8D%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F.htmWed, 15 Mar 2023 08:41:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230315_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%B7-%E2%80%94%E2%80%94-ChatGPT-%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%9F%E5%90%8D%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F.htm<p><img src="https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbiz_jpg/ficMBQYNIo0fzUyj18tjmY0QkzIHDqfTZEWhDRNITA8bhpkzAG3zQVq4wz9b8kpOh6icf1rB3BfkpDhTicgcm3Izg/640?wx_fmt=jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>ChatGPT 开启的自然语言用户界面（LUI）时代 ，使得每个企业有一个自己的对话机器人成为可能。每个企业只要提供自己的静态信息（类似于介绍，常见问题，知识库等），动态信息（内部的 ERP 系统， CRM 系统等），就可以让用户，员工，或者其他机器人通过对话的方式和他交流。</p>一个机器人和机器人对话的世界https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230314_%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htmTue, 14 Mar 2023 19:11:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230314_%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E4%BA%BA%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2969-054300e6.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们看到了一个人类和机器人用自然语言对话的世界，但是看到更大的突破是机器人和机器人对话的世界。</p> <p><strong>未来会有多少机器人？</strong></p> <p>首先做一个判断，未来世界上会有多少对话机器人（Bot）？</p>我关于沙特利雅得知道的一切 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230312_%E6%88%91%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A9%E9%9B%85%E5%BE%97%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%88%87-%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E9%83%A8%E5%88%86.htmSun, 12 Mar 2023 20:02:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230312_%E6%88%91%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A9%E9%9B%85%E5%BE%97%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%88%87-%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E9%83%A8%E5%88%86.htm<p><strong>沙特的交通</strong></p> <p>沙特的交通的文明程度，和 90 年代初的中国有些像。虽然有很多车，但是交通规则的权威性并不大。我悠哉悠哉的在最左一根车道开车的时候，居然会有车从我的「左边！」挤过去。我从来没有意识到我以前以为的已经没有什么空隙的左侧，依然可以插进一辆车来。</p>沙特 - 对于陌生的恐惧会消融在阳光的温暖之下https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230311_%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9-%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E9%99%8C%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%81%90%E6%83%A7%E4%BC%9A%E6%B6%88%E8%9E%8D%E5%9C%A8%E9%98%B3%E5%85%89%E7%9A%84%E6%B8%A9%E6%9A%96%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%8B.htmSat, 11 Mar 2023 14:34:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230311_%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9-%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E9%99%8C%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E6%81%90%E6%83%A7%E4%BC%9A%E6%B6%88%E8%9E%8D%E5%9C%A8%E9%98%B3%E5%85%89%E7%9A%84%E6%B8%A9%E6%9A%96%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%8B.htm<p>凡是不了解的，就会恐惧。我们去问一个人对于世界的看法，凡是说外面很乱，很不安全的，八成是旅行较少的人。</p> <p>真正把自己放在一个地方，那种因为遥远、陌生而产生的恐惧，会立刻消失。沙特就是一个典型。</p>「听萨提亚的就对了」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230310_%E5%90%AC%E8%90%A8%E6%8F%90%E4%BA%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%B1%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%86.htmFri, 10 Mar 2023 21:59:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230310_%E5%90%AC%E8%90%A8%E6%8F%90%E4%BA%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%B1%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%86.htm<p>昨天回到久违的微软和跨时空的微软同事们聊 ChatGPT 的话题，有人问：如果你是微软这一块的负责人，你会怎么排兵布阵？</p> <p>我说「我会听萨提亚说的每一句话。」</p> <p>我这么说是发自内心的。</p>我关于沙特利雅得知道的一切 - 第一部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230309_%E6%88%91%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A9%E9%9B%85%E5%BE%97%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%88%87-%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E9%83%A8%E5%88%86.htmThu, 09 Mar 2023 18:37:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230309_%E6%88%91%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A9%E9%9B%85%E5%BE%97%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%88%87-%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E9%83%A8%E5%88%86.htm<p><strong>世界的渐变</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2964-0fab3fc4.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>从东亚到中南亚再到西亚，我们能感觉到这个世界是渐变的，似乎没有什么地方的文化，和周边截然不同。当我开车的时候放着阿拉伯音乐，发现阿拉伯音乐和印度的那个味道不远。吃饭也是用手抓的，吃的咖喱饭的习惯也很相近。</p>大白话聊 ChatGPThttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230308_%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-ChatGPT.htmWed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230308_%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-ChatGPT.htm<p>半年多前就和 Sarah 相约要录一期《大白话聊人工智能》，直到最近，我们决定聚焦在 ChatGPT 上面，准备录一期播客，就叫《大白话聊 ChatGPT》。同时，我们觉得把播客的录制现场直播出来也一定很有趣，所以就有了这场长达 2 小时 44 分钟的直播。我把直播截成了一些小的片段发出来。我们也期待 Sarah 制作的播客节目在小宇宙和喜马拉雅尽快上线。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>王建硕的使用说明书 2022 年 9 月版https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230307_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6-2022-%E5%B9%B4-9-%E6%9C%88%E7%89%88.htmTue, 07 Mar 2023 16:29:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230307_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6-2022-%E5%B9%B4-9-%E6%9C%88%E7%89%88.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2962-7f3a928e.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我为自己写一个使用说明书吧，帮助新认识的朋友更好的使用和照顾我。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2962-4c1e9012.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2962-4c1e9012.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>基本信息</strong></p> <p>1977 年出生，我并不介意公开自己的年龄。从小到大，从被贴上「最年轻的xxx」，混迹于各种「青年领袖xxx」，到被称为「互联网老兵」，甚至「史前互联网老炮」，引以为傲的年轻慢慢变成被尊称「老」，谁不是这样一路走来呢？</p>沙特是个灰色的盘子；利雅得是个普通的城市https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230307_%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E7%81%B0%E8%89%B2%E7%9A%84%E7%9B%98%E5%AD%90-%E5%88%A9%E9%9B%85%E5%BE%97%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E6%99%AE%E9%80%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82.htmTue, 07 Mar 2023 07:20:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230307_%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E7%81%B0%E8%89%B2%E7%9A%84%E7%9B%98%E5%AD%90-%E5%88%A9%E9%9B%85%E5%BE%97%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E6%99%AE%E9%80%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82.htm<p>沙特阿拉伯，在我的脑子里面，如同很多未曾去过的国家一样，被一团浓雾笼罩着。浓雾里面是什么，从来没有深想。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2961-48c762a6.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>直到上一次在迪拜呆过一阵子，才从没有印象，发展成有一些抽象的印象。只不过这个抽象的印象，是一个类似太极图的极黑和极白的混合体。</p>ChatGPT 的突破不等于 AI 领域的全面突破https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230306_ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4%E4%B8%8D%E7%AD%89%E4%BA%8E-AI-%E9%A2%86%E5%9F%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%85%A8%E9%9D%A2%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4.htmMon, 06 Mar 2023 18:45:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230306_ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4%E4%B8%8D%E7%AD%89%E4%BA%8E-AI-%E9%A2%86%E5%9F%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%85%A8%E9%9D%A2%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4.htm<p>最近，大家因为 ChatGPT 这个产品（以及后面的大语言模型 LLM）带来的能力，对 AI 的能力产生无法抑制的想象，尤其在访谈节目里面，开始了一场全民科幻小说命题作文大赛，把我们期待 AI 能有的能力一股脑的安在 ChatGPT 身上。输出的文字，有的甚至接近了 ChatGPT 的一本道的输出水平。</p>我的任何成功，100.00% 来自于幸运https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230305_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%BB%E4%BD%95%E6%88%90%E5%8A%9F-100-00-%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA%E4%BA%8E%E5%B9%B8%E8%BF%90.htmSun, 05 Mar 2023 12:12:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230305_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%BB%E4%BD%95%E6%88%90%E5%8A%9F-100-00-%E6%9D%A5%E8%87%AA%E4%BA%8E%E5%B9%B8%E8%BF%90.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/03/2959-05fa9c00.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天和老华在《客齐集小聚》的对谈环节聊到幸运在成功中占的比例。</p> <p>我认为，我自己的任何成功，100% 归功于幸运，归功于这个时代。除了时代因素，没有其他因素了。其中没有个人奋斗因素，因为所谓的个人的奋斗，也是时代和环境造就了自己的想法。换句话说，我就是这个环境训练的小 AI，并没有自己的主观意识。我以为我有自己的主观意识，只是一种假象。我只是从小到大被整个时代 train 出来的一个跑在无数神经元组成的硬件上的人工智能而已。</p>「行道线对比度指数」，可以衡量城市的发达程度https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230303_%E8%A1%8C%E9%81%93%E7%BA%BF%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%94%E5%BA%A6%E6%8C%87%E6%95%B0-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E8%A1%A1%E9%87%8F%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%91%E8%BE%BE%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%A6.htmFri, 03 Mar 2023 22:57:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230303_%E8%A1%8C%E9%81%93%E7%BA%BF%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%94%E5%BA%A6%E6%8C%87%E6%95%B0-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E8%A1%A1%E9%87%8F%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%91%E8%BE%BE%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%A6.htm<p>去过很多城市，发现最反映一个城市的发达程度的指标，是一个被我命名为「行道线对比度」的指数。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>这个指数，是指一个城市主要街道的行道线的白色和柏油马路的黑色的对比度。如果白色越白，黑色越黑，对比度就越大，行道线对比指数就越高。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>ChatGPT 带给编辑们的好日子https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230228_ChatGPT-%E5%B8%A6%E7%BB%99%E7%BC%96%E8%BE%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%97%A5%E5%AD%90.htmTue, 28 Feb 2023 17:05:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230228_ChatGPT-%E5%B8%A6%E7%BB%99%E7%BC%96%E8%BE%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%97%A5%E5%AD%90.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2957-41001c1d.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我把劳动分为低抽象度劳动和高抽象度劳动。（见《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371619&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=9e3b184527abfbf22dc6ae93acf5d20a&amp;chksm=bd3fa8148a4821025aa5f15712a01fe7f0220169eb5d4c08b2b46778250d2a34aff7e9929159&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">AI会让我失业吗？</a>》）</p> <p>我们一直从低抽象度劳动中脱身，投入到更高抽象度的劳动中。</p> <p>就写作而言，毛笔写字就是低抽象度劳动，用钢笔就高一些（不必关心每一笔的细节），用活字印刷排版就再高一级，用计算机敲字就更高一级（也就是一个字具体怎么写，我们不那么关心，「敲」这个字对我就是 qiao 四个敲击，而不用写 14 笔。使用 Word 就更高级一点（字体，排版，错误检测等等）。使用 ChatGPT 辅助写作是我们现在知道最高抽象度的劳动。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>迪拜是只允许右转的城市https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230225_%E8%BF%AA%E6%8B%9C%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%AA%E5%85%81%E8%AE%B8%E5%8F%B3%E8%BD%AC%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82.htmSat, 25 Feb 2023 11:12:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230225_%E8%BF%AA%E6%8B%9C%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%AA%E5%85%81%E8%AE%B8%E5%8F%B3%E8%BD%AC%E7%9A%84%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82.htm<p>我见过两种世界。</p> <p>一种就像中国、美国或者任何一个国家的农村，楼房很低，密度很低，是到哪里都需要开车的世界。</p> <p>一种像纽约、上海、东京一样的世界：楼很高，密度很高，但去哪里都可以坐地铁加步行。</p>从迪拜到新加坡如同进入了天堂https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230224_%E4%BB%8E%E8%BF%AA%E6%8B%9C%E5%88%B0%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E5%A6%82%E5%90%8C%E8%BF%9B%E5%85%A5%E4%BA%86%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82.htmFri, 24 Feb 2023 07:30:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230224_%E4%BB%8E%E8%BF%AA%E6%8B%9C%E5%88%B0%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E5%A6%82%E5%90%8C%E8%BF%9B%E5%85%A5%E4%BA%86%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82.htm<p>在没空写文章的时候，就把旅行的时候写的库存文章发出来。。。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2955-e9f7d2fe.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我在中东呆了一段时间，比如迪拜，阿布扎比，多哈这样的地方，忽然到达新加坡，就跟地球人忽然置身于《阿凡达》里面的潘多拉星球，目不暇接，惊呼这难道是天堂吗？新加坡最稀松平常的东西，在迪拜都不可想象。</p>ChatGPT 中，G、P、T 分别是什么意思？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230222_ChatGPT-%E4%B8%AD-G-P-T-%E5%88%86%E5%88%AB%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D.htmWed, 22 Feb 2023 17:56:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230222_ChatGPT-%E4%B8%AD-G-P-T-%E5%88%86%E5%88%AB%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2952-06f9fb91.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>流行的技术名词按发音难度排序，ChatGPT 肯定排在前面。</p> <p>到底它为什么叫做 ChatGPT 呢？‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>先说 GPT：Generative Pre-Training Transformer</p>先有新工作机会，还是先失业？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230222_%E5%85%88%E6%9C%89%E6%96%B0%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A-%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E5%85%88%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A.htmWed, 22 Feb 2023 17:56:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230222_%E5%85%88%E6%9C%89%E6%96%B0%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A-%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E5%85%88%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2953-29d0c156.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天标题写错了，纠正后再发一次。</p> <p>围绕 AI 导致失业的讨论，一直就没完没了。大家都没有精力去学习新的 AI 使用技能，只忙着焦虑了。</p> <p>有人说：「从宏观上看，你说的《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371619&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=9e3b184527abfbf22dc6ae93acf5d20a&amp;chksm=bd3fa8148a4821025aa5f15712a01fe7f0220169eb5d4c08b2b46778250d2a34aff7e9929159&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">AI 不会让我失业</a>》的说法是合理的；但微观上看，你站着说话不腰疼，没了工作，你让我怎么办？」</p>现有新工作机会还是现有失业？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230221_%E7%8E%B0%E6%9C%89%E6%96%B0%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E7%8E%B0%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A.htmTue, 21 Feb 2023 18:04:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230221_%E7%8E%B0%E6%9C%89%E6%96%B0%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E7%8E%B0%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2951-29d0c156.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>标题《先有新的工作机会还是先失业？》围绕 AI 导致失业的讨论，一直就没完没了。大家都没有精力去学习新的 AI 使用技能，只忙着焦虑了。</p> <p>有人说：「从宏观上看，你说的《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371619&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=9e3b184527abfbf22dc6ae93acf5d20a&amp;chksm=bd3fa8148a4821025aa5f15712a01fe7f0220169eb5d4c08b2b46778250d2a34aff7e9929159&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">AI 不会让我失业</a>》的说法是合理的；但微观上看，你站着说话不腰疼，没了工作，你让我怎么办？」</p>ChatGPT 带来的 LUI 比 AIGC 大得多https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230220_ChatGPT-%E5%B8%A6%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84-LUI-%E6%AF%94-AIGC-%E5%A4%A7%E5%BE%97%E5%A4%9A.htmMon, 20 Feb 2023 22:06:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230220_ChatGPT-%E5%B8%A6%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84-LUI-%E6%AF%94-AIGC-%E5%A4%A7%E5%BE%97%E5%A4%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2950-319e3c0f.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>如果认为 ChatGPT 所代表的潮流是 AIGC 的一部分，将是对这个浪潮的巨大误解。</p> <p>ChatGPT 作为一款产品，展示了一个大语言模型（LLM）可能的应用场景，其中 AI 生成文本（AI Generated Text）的能力，尤其令人印象深刻。因为这一挤强心针，大家把对这个能力的热情，泛化到了 AI 生成图像，视频，音乐等各种内容，并且笼统的起了个大词儿的名字，叫做 AIGC。这里面不仅仅包含了 ChatGPT 这样的产品，也包括了 MidJourney 这样优秀的图像生成，以及 Stable Diffusion系列工具。至于视频，音乐等反而没有这么流行，但也都被包了进来。</p>程序员的定义 以及新 AI 程序员的阶梯https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230219_%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9A%84%E5%AE%9A%E4%B9%89-%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E6%96%B0-AI-%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9A%84%E9%98%B6%E6%A2%AF.htmSun, 19 Feb 2023 23:03:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230219_%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9A%84%E5%AE%9A%E4%B9%89-%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E6%96%B0-AI-%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98%E7%9A%84%E9%98%B6%E6%A2%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2949-5c21cf25.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>前几天我预测《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652376324&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=711e8d358bcd864f753466119af384f8&amp;chksm=bd305fb38a47d6a5b228272bca7dc32419e05a7588841423d8f6850a761147fef51bb123153d&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">因为 ChatGPT，未来十年中国会新增五亿程序员</a>》。朋友们纷纷追问：「你的程序员的定义是什么？」「只会问问题的人怎么能叫做程序员呢？」「你是不是在偷换概念？」‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>AI 教育的事儿，值得做https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230217_AI-%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E5%84%BF-%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E5%81%9A.htmFri, 17 Feb 2023 21:24:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230217_AI-%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E5%84%BF-%E5%80%BC%E5%BE%97%E5%81%9A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2948-849fa06f.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>今天开始，组建团队进入 AI 教育。</p> <p><strong>好为人师的我</strong>‍‍</p> <p>我天生就「好为人师」，特别喜欢「显摆」自己知道的那点冷知识，小窍门（比如<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371645&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=712537b8f8bfa9175c27bf22729fa671&amp;chksm=bd3fa80a8a48211cafda1d51c70803bc92399ec507b15e87762050e5ebbddcf915817cbce351&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">帆船</a>，比如<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375044&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=2b5026650d85b788b54793ced539a173&amp;chksm=bd305ab38a47d3a5f24b1fccfa6f9e27017c02e63a85c23c4af61dfb89aacfb52e4f0581dd18&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">盘古之白</a>，比如<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373867&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=f4fbfca89b0ed970be6259682f9c02c5&amp;chksm=bd3051dc8a47d8cabfaf9dae8fdd0f8faaafe794eb7fe0c276d8077bd1511c74704c039c20c8&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">各种人类语言或编程语言</a>）。这个倾向，从我这么多年写 blog，公众号文章，也不管有没有人喜欢看就自说自话的介绍各种新东西，可见一斑。看到任何人用低效的方法做事情，总是忍不住、不请自来的指导一番，以至于周围的一些朋友对我避之不及。</p>从 ChatGPT 看坚守 Web3 的风险https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230216_%E4%BB%8E-ChatGPT-%E7%9C%8B%E5%9D%9A%E5%AE%88-Web3-%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%8E%E9%99%A9.htmThu, 16 Feb 2023 19:14:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230216_%E4%BB%8E-ChatGPT-%E7%9C%8B%E5%9D%9A%E5%AE%88-Web3-%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%8E%E9%99%A9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2947-17572dce.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>去年，我花了非常多的时间研究 Web3 ， 写了<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375278&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=f6590fa98241b520f4d6ce5d468fa7e1&amp;chksm=bd305a598a47d34f0aa8dbe24b096242d9adfc5435526e8257d5be16c4c53b81c3a8e1c0b434&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">很多文章</a>，也去参加了 Web3 领域一些重要的大会。</p> <p>我一直想找到一个切入口，可以加入这场大潮，但总是像大狗想吃刺猬，转了十几个圈，找不到一个可以下嘴的地方。「我能干什么？我能提供什么价值？什么地方需要我？」这些问题，我一直找不到一个清晰的答案。</p>刘润对话王建硕：ChatGPT横空出世，我会不会被取代？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230214_%E5%88%98%E6%B6%A6%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-ChatGPT%E6%A8%AA%E7%A9%BA%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%96-%E6%88%91%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E8%A2%AB%E5%8F%96%E4%BB%A3.htmTue, 14 Feb 2023 19:02:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230214_%E5%88%98%E6%B6%A6%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-ChatGPT%E6%A8%AA%E7%A9%BA%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%96-%E6%88%91%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A%E8%A2%AB%E5%8F%96%E4%BB%A3.htm<p>昨天晚上和刘润同学一起聊了一晚上关于 ChatGPT 的内容，谈及：</p> <p>1）什么是 ChatGPT 2）ChatGPT 能干什么；3）ChatGPT 不能干什么；4）我的工作会被取代吗；5）中国会有自己的 ChatGPT 吗；6）普通人的机会在哪里；7) ChatGPT 的股权结构 8) 人工智能对社会的影响以及无差别基本收入 （UBI）9）人工智能有创造力吗？</p>因为 ChatGPT，未来十年中国会新增五亿程序员https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230214_%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA-ChatGPT-%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A%E6%96%B0%E5%A2%9E%E4%BA%94%E4%BA%BF%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98.htmTue, 14 Feb 2023 19:02:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230214_%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA-ChatGPT-%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A%E6%96%B0%E5%A2%9E%E4%BA%94%E4%BA%BF%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E5%91%98.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2945-7111103f.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我听过的最不可能的预测是「ChatGPT 会取代程序员的工作」。</p> <p>恰恰相反，因为 ChatGPT 等工具的出现，我断言未来的十年里，中国新增 5 亿以上的程序员。</p> <p><strong>程序员的效率提升一直在飞速进行</strong></p>ChatGPT 以后，再做一个大语言模型的难度，和哥伦布以后再抵达一次新大陆一样https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230213_ChatGPT-%E4%BB%A5%E5%90%8E-%E5%86%8D%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E7%9A%84%E9%9A%BE%E5%BA%A6-%E5%92%8C%E5%93%A5%E4%BC%A6%E5%B8%83%E4%BB%A5%E5%90%8E%E5%86%8D%E6%8A%B5%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1%E6%96%B0%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7.htmMon, 13 Feb 2023 08:27:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230213_ChatGPT-%E4%BB%A5%E5%90%8E-%E5%86%8D%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E7%9A%84%E9%9A%BE%E5%BA%A6-%E5%92%8C%E5%93%A5%E4%BC%A6%E5%B8%83%E4%BB%A5%E5%90%8E%E5%86%8D%E6%8A%B5%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1%E6%96%B0%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%86%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2944-84aa2802.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>ChatGPT 之后，国内要做 ChatGPT 的团队摩拳擦掌，最终的目标，做一个类似 GPT3 或者 ChatGPT 的大语言模型。但这件事情到底有多难呢？到底有多靠谱呢？‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>多少年了，我们为什么还像仇视蒸汽机一样仇视 ChatGPT？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230212_%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%86-%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%BF%98%E5%83%8F%E4%BB%87%E8%A7%86%E8%92%B8%E6%B1%BD%E6%9C%BA%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E4%BB%87%E8%A7%86-ChatGPT.htmSun, 12 Feb 2023 22:51:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230212_%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%86-%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%BF%98%E5%83%8F%E4%BB%87%E8%A7%86%E8%92%B8%E6%B1%BD%E6%9C%BA%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E4%BB%87%E8%A7%86-ChatGPT.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2943-07947e2c.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>对科技的敌视从来没有消失过</strong></p> <p>每次生产力的巨大提升，都会让人类内心产生波澜。以至于多少年过去了，我们脆弱的小心灵依然会嫉妒 ChatGPT，担心它抢了自己的工作。</p>ChatGPT 开启了一个时代，但与之竞争已成为局部战争https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230210_ChatGPT-%E5%BC%80%E5%90%AF%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3-%E4%BD%86%E4%B8%8E%E4%B9%8B%E7%AB%9E%E4%BA%89%E5%B7%B2%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E5%B1%80%E9%83%A8%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89.htmFri, 10 Feb 2023 23:54:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230210_ChatGPT-%E5%BC%80%E5%90%AF%E4%BA%86%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3-%E4%BD%86%E4%B8%8E%E4%B9%8B%E7%AB%9E%E4%BA%89%E5%B7%B2%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E5%B1%80%E9%83%A8%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2942-32d90119.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>看历史，尤其是科技史，可以帮助我们了解未来。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>ChatGPT，被传播，被讨论，被神话，被误解。但它不是通用人工智能，不是聊天机器人，不是神，不是搜索引擎。。。。。‍‍</p>让我们一起捅破 ChatGPT 的窗户纸https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230209_%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%8D%85%E7%A0%B4-ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E7%AA%97%E6%88%B7%E7%BA%B8.htmThu, 09 Feb 2023 21:51:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230209_%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%8D%85%E7%A0%B4-ChatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E7%AA%97%E6%88%B7%E7%BA%B8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2941-6aa3ef2a.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>任何新技术都有一层窗户纸，尤其对于技术人员来说，只要捅破了，以前积累的编程，架构的知识就可以跨技术时代的复用，而没有捅破的时候，可能会延迟少则几个月，多则一两年进入一个领域的时间。</p>在伊斯坦布尔，我是秦国人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230208_%E5%9C%A8%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94-%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E7%A7%A6%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA.htmWed, 08 Feb 2023 23:56:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230208_%E5%9C%A8%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94-%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E7%A7%A6%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2940-39fd1046.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我会的土耳其语不多。但会的几句，足够到一个地方和当地人聊上几句，相互表达友好，问个名字，交个朋友。</p> <p><strong>交流套餐</strong></p> <p>我的交流套餐，从 Günaiden（早上好）开始，当作面包，Nasilsin？（你好吗）Iyiyim（我好）。Sen Nasilsin （你呢）作为前菜，主菜是 Adım ne？（你叫什么）Adın Habya（我叫哈比尔）。之间点缀一些 Çok Güzel（很好），Çok teşekkürler（非常感谢）等甜点，最终以Güle Güle（再见）这个 果盘结束。</p>随着太阳和麦加呼吸的伊斯坦布尔https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230206_%E9%9A%8F%E7%9D%80%E5%A4%AA%E9%98%B3%E5%92%8C%E9%BA%A6%E5%8A%A0%E5%91%BC%E5%90%B8%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94.htmMon, 06 Feb 2023 22:22:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230206_%E9%9A%8F%E7%9D%80%E5%A4%AA%E9%98%B3%E5%92%8C%E9%BA%A6%E5%8A%A0%E5%91%BC%E5%90%B8%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2938-10305335.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我到过的城市，没有一个城市像伊斯坦布尔一样，随时让我们和自然现象和方位产生那么深的联系。</p> <p><strong>时间‍‍</strong></p> <p>在秋天，每天祈祷开始的时间，都和前一天以一两分钟的差别潜移默化的推迟，这是因为早礼需要在太阳出现在地平面之前完成，而晚礼需要在太阳落山以后，天空的晚霞红色散尽之间。我在伊斯坦布尔的几天恰恰天天都有晚霞，在天光已暗，晚霞满天，几十个清真寺的大喇叭的祷告声如同竞赛一样此起彼伏，清真寺灯火通明，信众慢慢向那里聚集，这是仅次于晨礼的第二段迷人的时光。</p>对 chatGPT 的误解https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230205_%E5%AF%B9-chatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%AF%E8%A7%A3.htmSun, 05 Feb 2023 23:04:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230205_%E5%AF%B9-chatGPT-%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%AF%E8%A7%A3.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2937-35b722d2.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近在各个 chatGPT 的群里观摩了几千个问答，感觉大家对于这个新事物有一些误解，这是我看到的几种。</p> <p><strong>把 chatGPT 当作肚子里的蛔虫</strong>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p>很多人刚刚开始使用这个工具，特别喜欢问这样的问题：‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>伊斯坦布尔的土耳其浴https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230204_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%9F%E8%80%B3%E5%85%B6%E6%B5%B4.htmSat, 04 Feb 2023 21:10:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230204_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%9F%E8%80%B3%E5%85%B6%E6%B5%B4.htm<p>在君士坦丁柱附近，有一个极为低调的入口，蓝色的牌子，写着始于 1586 年。或许有名声撑着，更大的店面并不能帮助他们获得更多的顾客，沿街的其他店面都租了出去，使得入口像是一个黑黑的洞。</p>伊斯坦布尔拂晓的礼拜声https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230203_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E6%8B%82%E6%99%93%E7%9A%84%E7%A4%BC%E6%8B%9C%E5%A3%B0.htmFri, 03 Feb 2023 19:49:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230203_%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94%E6%8B%82%E6%99%93%E7%9A%84%E7%A4%BC%E6%8B%9C%E5%A3%B0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2935-514fa637.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>对一个城市的印象，总要等离开她一阵子，所有的细节都慢慢溶化，相互融合，变得模糊，反而才开始形成整体的印象，就像油画需要在一米以外观赏才可以，而不能盯着细节来看一样。</p>阿拉伯或许是唯一不使用阿拉伯数字的地方https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230202_%E9%98%BF%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%AF%E6%88%96%E8%AE%B8%E6%98%AF%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8D%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E9%98%BF%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%AF%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9.htmThu, 02 Feb 2023 23:17:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230202_%E9%98%BF%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%AF%E6%88%96%E8%AE%B8%E6%98%AF%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8D%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E9%98%BF%E6%8B%89%E4%BC%AF%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9.htm<p>阿拉伯半岛一个让我没有想到的事情是，这里的阿拉伯数字居然还需要翻译。阿拉伯地区或许是世界上仅存的不使用阿拉伯数字的地方，这是一件很讽刺的事情。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p>中国电话区号是怎么分配的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230201_%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%94%B5%E8%AF%9D%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%B7%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%88%86%E9%85%8D%E7%9A%84.htmWed, 01 Feb 2023 08:13:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230201_%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%94%B5%E8%AF%9D%E5%8C%BA%E5%8F%B7%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%88%86%E9%85%8D%E7%9A%84.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2023/02/2933-e01b0dfa.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>中国的电话区号是有非常清晰的规律的。</p> <p><strong>大区</strong></p> <p>整个中国被分为成了六个大区，每个大区有一个中心城市，分配 2 + 区域代码：</p> <p>直辖市（上海 21）</p> <p>直辖市（天津 22）</p> <p>华北 3 区 （北京 23 实际因为首都分配为 1，所以 23 原来是空置的）</p>ChatGPT 就像互联网时代的 HTMLhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230131_ChatGPT-%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84-HTML.htmTue, 31 Jan 2023 00:38:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20230131_ChatGPT-%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84-HTML.htm<p><img src="https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbiz_jpg/ficMBQYNIo0ckUqatZoXsPovVo1lCW1MlwUepeHDggQEruhuKhyLmUuiadg7agP2w9wiaKMdruLiatQOpTxKA8eBcw/640?wx_fmt=jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们最近基于 ChatGPT 做了一些开发，有一些心得分享一下。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍</p> <p><strong>ChatGPT 是一个语言模型，不是通用人工智能‍‍‍‍</strong></p>吃多少颗草莓才可以得出南美的草莓不甜的结论？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221020_%E5%90%83%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E9%A2%97%E8%8D%89%E8%8E%93%E6%89%8D%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%BE%97%E5%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%BE%8E%E7%9A%84%E8%8D%89%E8%8E%93%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%9C%E7%9A%84%E7%BB%93%E8%AE%BA.htmThu, 20 Oct 2022 00:04:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221020_%E5%90%83%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E9%A2%97%E8%8D%89%E8%8E%93%E6%89%8D%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%BE%97%E5%87%BA%E5%8D%97%E7%BE%8E%E7%9A%84%E8%8D%89%E8%8E%93%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%9C%E7%9A%84%E7%BB%93%E8%AE%BA.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/10/2931-28fbc38f.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在参加波哥大以太坊的 DevCon 的前前后后，吃了不少南美的水果。其中小小的香蕉甜到让我直蹦，以前只有巨辣和巨苦这样的味道才能让我有此反应，而甜到足够甜，也是会刺激到让人受不了。</p>旅行帮助我们生活在真实的世界https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221003_%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%B8%AE%E5%8A%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E5%9C%A8%E7%9C%9F%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htmMon, 03 Oct 2022 22:17:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221003_%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%B8%AE%E5%8A%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E5%9C%A8%E7%9C%9F%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/10/2930-bf96db4e.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>​</p> <p>旅行的一个作用在于帮助自已生活在真实的世界里面，而非我们脑子里面想象的那个世界。</p> <p>在日常我们熟悉的地方走路，大门附近有哪些店，有什么景色，大致都是清楚的。所以在自己熟悉的环境里面，我们不仅仅在现实走动，同时也在记忆中走动：在哪里吃过东西，在哪里买过什么，在这附近发生了些什么，这些信如同人肉 AR （Augmented Reality）一样，在现实的感官之上叠加上去的一层丰富的信息。</p>旅行出发前的惆怅https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221002_%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%91%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%83%86%E6%80%85.htmSun, 02 Oct 2022 19:34:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221002_%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%91%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%83%86%E6%80%85.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/10/2929-cc056c5b.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>说到旅行，我能读到很多文章，描述了人们<strong>对旅行的期待</strong>。比如《旅行的艺术》这本书里面，阿兰德波顿用无比细腻的笔触描述了这个过程，但我却很少读到有人描写中长<strong>旅行前的惆怅</strong>。</p>旅行，是浓缩的生活：出发之前https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221001_%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C-%E6%98%AF%E6%B5%93%E7%BC%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB-%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%91%E4%B9%8B%E5%89%8D.htmSat, 01 Oct 2022 19:27:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20221001_%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C-%E6%98%AF%E6%B5%93%E7%BC%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB-%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%91%E4%B9%8B%E5%89%8D.htm<p>关于旅行最好的描述，是我在十几年前从 Elliot Ng 那里听到的：</p> <blockquote> <p>Travel, is life intensified.</p> </blockquote> <p>旅行，如同神奇的药水，可以把自己的生活激活，把大脑对世界的感知力提升，从而达到浓缩生活的目的。</p>我对正念的理解https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220929_%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9%E6%AD%A3%E5%BF%B5%E7%9A%84%E7%90%86%E8%A7%A3.htmThu, 29 Sep 2022 19:08:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220929_%E6%88%91%E5%AF%B9%E6%AD%A3%E5%BF%B5%E7%9A%84%E7%90%86%E8%A7%A3.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2926-0aba7af0.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>节后会有一群老朋友去天台山开启正念之旅。我无法和大家同行，在这里分享我对于正念（Mindfullness）这件事情的理解，希望能够对大家有所帮助。</p>绘画，就是几千次看见的叠加https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220926_%E7%BB%98%E7%94%BB-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E5%87%A0%E5%8D%83%E6%AC%A1%E7%9C%8B%E8%A7%81%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%A0%E5%8A%A0.htmMon, 26 Sep 2022 18:21:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220926_%E7%BB%98%E7%94%BB-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E5%87%A0%E5%8D%83%E6%AC%A1%E7%9C%8B%E8%A7%81%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%A0%E5%8A%A0.htm<p>和尤勇老师讨论绘画，调整了我在过去十年里面对于绘画的一些认知。</p> <p><strong>单焦点透视不是描绘三维绘画的唯一方法</strong></p> <p>我曾经有一个简单的理想：把照相机拍出的照片的透视结构当作唯一正确解。我自己画出来的画，和相机拍摄的结果做比较，不一致的部分，就是「误差」。我把消除这些「误差」，做为自己的改进目标，以此不断训练我这个人脑神经网络，期望有一天，我能够画出如照相机一般形状和色调「精确」的画。尤勇老师把我从变成机器人的错误道路上拯救了过来。这种误差消除，在某种有限的参照系中是正确的，但一旦回归到全人的，整全的参照系中，又失去了准确性。有可能画出每个细节都是对的，但是整体的就是不对；或者就算整体的都是对的，却是没有意义的画。</p>代码不是法律；代码是自然规律https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220925_%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B-%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E6%98%AF%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%A7%84%E5%BE%8B.htmSun, 25 Sep 2022 23:30:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220925_%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B-%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E6%98%AF%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E8%A7%84%E5%BE%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2924-9bd519ec.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Web3 领域有一句著名的话，&ldquo;Code is Law&rdquo;。</p> <p>这句话不对呀。代码不应该是法律。</p> <p>区块链上代码规定的，和人类社会里面我们所知的「法律」相距甚远。如果真的要找一个类似的东西，它更像「自然规律」，而不是「法律」。</p>用门牌号比喻互联网地址https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220923_%E7%94%A8%E9%97%A8%E7%89%8C%E5%8F%B7%E6%AF%94%E5%96%BB%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E5%9C%B0%E5%9D%80.htmFri, 23 Sep 2022 22:15:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220923_%E7%94%A8%E9%97%A8%E7%89%8C%E5%8F%B7%E6%AF%94%E5%96%BB%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E5%9C%B0%E5%9D%80.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2923-76f7297c.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>前天和池建强同学一起讨论写作的时候，提到关于类比这件事情。他说我是属于他认识的人中间特别喜欢打比方的一个。</p> <p>这一点，我承认。我觉得打比方是一种测试，只有我们能够在另外一件事物内部找到和讨论的对象相同本质的东西，才说明我们真的知道一个东西是怎么工作的。否则，只用同一个东西，我们太容易把刚刚听到的复述一遍，或者简单改述，就以为自己了解了。在比方的时候，所有的细节都需要自己补充。虽然不是很准确，但这个时候神似比形似更重要。</p>天演 Web3 闭门研讨会大纲https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220919_%E5%A4%A9%E6%BC%94-Web3-%E9%97%AD%E9%97%A8%E7%A0%94%E8%AE%A8%E4%BC%9A%E5%A4%A7%E7%BA%B2.htmMon, 19 Sep 2022 19:44:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220919_%E5%A4%A9%E6%BC%94-Web3-%E9%97%AD%E9%97%A8%E7%A0%94%E8%AE%A8%E4%BC%9A%E5%A4%A7%E7%BA%B2.htm<p>感谢燕恬的邀请，也感谢各位朋友抽时间来参加这次活动。我把过去三个月里面关于 Web3 的一些文章和视频列出来。如果有时间，欢迎先读一些（如果时间有限，可以只看用粗体标出来的一些文章）；如果没有时间，也肯定不会影响理解分享。</p>UBI 这个概念居然串联起了毫不相关的人工智能，区块链，和大理生活https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220919_UBI-%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E6%A6%82%E5%BF%B5%E5%B1%85%E7%84%B6%E4%B8%B2%E8%81%94%E8%B5%B7%E4%BA%86%E6%AF%AB%E4%B8%8D%E7%9B%B8%E5%85%B3%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE-%E5%92%8C%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB.htmMon, 19 Sep 2022 18:55:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220919_UBI-%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E6%A6%82%E5%BF%B5%E5%B1%85%E7%84%B6%E4%B8%B2%E8%81%94%E8%B5%B7%E4%BA%86%E6%AF%AB%E4%B8%8D%E7%9B%B8%E5%85%B3%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE-%E5%92%8C%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB.htm<p>当我稍微了解了一些大理的生活（<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375909&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=edbd2d3096244f6c631796236cdc1825&amp;chksm=bd3059d28a47d0c47288064ce7ad4eb6ea6e2816d6b14fb5d71b07b93138d9af4429dc2ebfc9&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">移居大理，好似人生重回大学时光</a>）以后，我对很久以前的一个社会经济学概念感兴趣起来。那是我本来以为不靠谱的主意：UBI （Universal Basic Income）无条件基本收入。就是无论男女老幼，政府每个月发一笔保证最基本生活的钱。</p> <p>这个钱一般来说就是比贫困线高一些，在美国这条线是 1000 美元/月。或许在大理，这条线是 3000 元人民币/月？</p>所有的事情都会被做至少两次https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220918_%E6%89%80%E6%9C%89%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A%E8%A2%AB%E5%81%9A%E8%87%B3%E5%B0%91%E4%B8%A4%E6%AC%A1.htmSun, 18 Sep 2022 13:15:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220918_%E6%89%80%E6%9C%89%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A%E8%A2%AB%E5%81%9A%E8%87%B3%E5%B0%91%E4%B8%A4%E6%AC%A1.htm<p>所有的事情都会被做至少两次。</p> <p>一次（或者很多次）在脑子里面筹划；一次，在现实世界做掉。</p> <p>很多事情在现实世界做掉并不难，但它可能要在脑子里面做了不下 100 次，却迟迟没有动手。但是因为在现实世界没有做掉，脑子里还要做第 101 次，102 次，103 次。。。</p>大理的未来的畅想https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220917_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E7%95%85%E6%83%B3.htmSat, 17 Sep 2022 20:05:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220917_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E7%95%85%E6%83%B3.htm<p>当我穿行在大理美丽的洱海和苍山上的营地的时候，我脑子里面挥之不去的，是 Aspen Institute （阿斯彭研究院）。</p> <p><strong>Aspen Institute 的历史</strong></p> <p>1945 年，当科罗拉多州的 Aspen 还是一个废弃的银矿的时候，芝加哥商人 Walter Paepcke 偶尔到访这里。他被美景启发，将它设想成为理想的聚集地，让来自全美国的思想家，领袖，艺术家，音乐家的远离日常的生活，来到一个纯净的专门为聚会而准备的场地，尽情地交流。他梦想把小镇变成一个「对话中心」，一个「让我们摆脱平常自我」的地方。</p>我的画画本子https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220915_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB%E6%9C%AC%E5%AD%90.htmThu, 15 Sep 2022 22:33:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220915_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB%E6%9C%AC%E5%AD%90.htm<p>这是两年前的一个比较老的画画本子。</p> <p>那个时候，通过画画体会到一位画家说的那句话：每个艺术家身体里面都有几千张难看的画。唯一去掉他们的方法是把他们都画出来（<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652372836&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=d9bedf2e1e1d3a926191e3ba1a37a5b4&amp;chksm=bd3fadd38a4824c568ae601e2586de01403af922f8c55c0bfb2de5ae9f60b88b57aa38b4a6a0&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">身体里的1000张烂画</a>）。</p>通过改变现实，平息内心思绪的战争https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220913_%E9%80%9A%E8%BF%87%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E7%8E%B0%E5%AE%9E-%E5%B9%B3%E6%81%AF%E5%86%85%E5%BF%83%E6%80%9D%E7%BB%AA%E7%9A%84%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89.htmTue, 13 Sep 2022 18:48:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220913_%E9%80%9A%E8%BF%87%E6%94%B9%E5%8F%98%E7%8E%B0%E5%AE%9E-%E5%B9%B3%E6%81%AF%E5%86%85%E5%BF%83%E6%80%9D%E7%BB%AA%E7%9A%84%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2917-eedae021.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>从两周前接受老华的建议：《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375920&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=03989be0d06f4acafe22fbcd72fa625d&amp;chksm=bd3059c78a47d0d1bb7c9c523eefd75d83a62e64a390376a9edfd18dc4563c2d59da74e3e040&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">不把手机带入卧室</a>》，到现在的效果惊人。</p> <p>我一夜之间、毫无征兆地从 1 点睡，8、9 点起的夜猫子模式，瞬间切换到 10 点半睡，6 点半起的老年人模式。中间居然没有过渡，也没有啥挣扎，就是瓜熟蒂落般切换了过去。</p>轻轻松松搞懂椭圆曲线加密算法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220912_%E8%BD%BB%E8%BD%BB%E6%9D%BE%E6%9D%BE%E6%90%9E%E6%87%82%E6%A4%AD%E5%9C%86%E6%9B%B2%E7%BA%BF%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95.htmMon, 12 Sep 2022 22:29:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220912_%E8%BD%BB%E8%BD%BB%E6%9D%BE%E6%9D%BE%E6%90%9E%E6%87%82%E6%A4%AD%E5%9C%86%E6%9B%B2%E7%BA%BF%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2916-a4fc5929.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>数学领域，我<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375600&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=17bd2c0c346b7cbcd25604f713c9e8f5&amp;chksm=bd3058878a47d19130610dd720b8e909ad32000071d95751daeda92d75cec9892b3a28f58ed6&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">用吃奶的劲试着解释加密算法的数学原理</a>，结果失败了，以至于需要写第二遍（<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375965&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b9e90876be03e40c1693c3d4b2e6cc1c&amp;chksm=bd30592a8a47d03c78626cfaa7db3ade515c8168262cb3ae03b84df465592060a9ebdb2421a1&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">有人没看懂？再次尝试讲解 RSA 加密算法</a>）。</p> <p>这些还只是算数。椭圆曲线这样的听起来就高大上的东西，我本以为我不可能搞懂了。结果，自学了一下，发现居然原理惊人的容易（至于类似于 RSA 那样的手工可以求解，等以后小梅老师教了我再说吧）。</p>区块链，是人类迄今为止最恢宏的中心化努力https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220910_%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE-%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%BA%E7%B1%BB%E8%BF%84%E4%BB%8A%E4%B8%BA%E6%AD%A2%E6%9C%80%E6%81%A2%E5%AE%8F%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E5%8A%AA%E5%8A%9B.htmSat, 10 Sep 2022 13:38:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220910_%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE-%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%BA%E7%B1%BB%E8%BF%84%E4%BB%8A%E4%B8%BA%E6%AD%A2%E6%9C%80%E6%81%A2%E5%AE%8F%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E5%8A%AA%E5%8A%9B.htm<p>《圣经》里创世纪一章里面，记录了人类曾经的一次中心化努力：巴别塔(Tower of Babel)。</p> <blockquote> <p>来吧，我们要建造一座城，和一座塔，塔顶通天，为要传扬我们的名，免得我们分散在全地上</p>又抓到一个命名导致的混淆：SBT 灵魂绑定通证，并没有绑定灵魂https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220909_%E5%8F%88%E6%8A%93%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D%E5%AF%BC%E8%87%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%B7%B7%E6%B7%86-SBT-%E7%81%B5%E9%AD%82%E7%BB%91%E5%AE%9A%E9%80%9A%E8%AF%81-%E5%B9%B6%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E7%BB%91%E5%AE%9A%E7%81%B5%E9%AD%82.htmFri, 09 Sep 2022 18:35:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220909_%E5%8F%88%E6%8A%93%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D%E5%AF%BC%E8%87%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%B7%B7%E6%B7%86-SBT-%E7%81%B5%E9%AD%82%E7%BB%91%E5%AE%9A%E9%80%9A%E8%AF%81-%E5%B9%B6%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E7%BB%91%E5%AE%9A%E7%81%B5%E9%AD%82.htm<p>昨天晚上被邀请参加一个 Twitter Space 讨论，关于 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375725&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=0f7b9a19371753b7d565a57658ac6321&amp;chksm=bd30581a8a47d10cad534171b6e77d64f652e934487a25af45d4018482413b3b3dbb892d0308&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">DID</a> 和 SBT 的。我作为这两个领域纯纯的小白，只负责提问。幸亏各位参与者耐心地为我科普，我才稍稍增进了一些了解。这个过程中，一不小心，又抓到一个命名导致的混淆：「SBT 灵魂绑定通证，并没有绑定灵魂」。</p>有人没看懂？再次尝试讲解 RSA 加密算法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220908_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E6%87%82-%E5%86%8D%E6%AC%A1%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E8%AE%B2%E8%A7%A3-RSA-%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95.htmThu, 08 Sep 2022 18:10:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220908_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E6%87%82-%E5%86%8D%E6%AC%A1%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E8%AE%B2%E8%A7%A3-RSA-%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95.htm<p><img src="https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbiz_jpg/ficMBQYNIo0eLB4BzlQMX73ceXhHuT7cIdeAWicNHDW6GFu6v1C0Cxf0icoCCUC3h0HjcSDKCkE9YDzplua4QepYA/640?wx_fmt=jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上一次《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375600&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=17bd2c0c346b7cbcd25604f713c9e8f5&amp;chksm=bd3058878a47d19130610dd720b8e909ad32000071d95751daeda92d75cec9892b3a28f58ed6&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">用吃奶的劲试着解释加密算法的数学原理</a>》，已经尽了我的最大努力解释 RSA 算法的具体数学原理了。结果还有同学说没看懂</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2913-789b46f5.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2913-789b46f5.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>。这在我写的文章里面属于少见的反馈。这不能忍，必须再来一次。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2913-c1b1516e.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2913-c1b1516e.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>先上例子</strong></p> <p>假设一个人要把一个数字当众告诉我，却不想让其他人知道。如果我们没有事先约定什么暗号，怎么办？</p>​去中心化怎么就成了政治正确呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220907_%E2%80%8B%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%B0%B1%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E6%AD%A3%E7%A1%AE%E5%91%A2.htmWed, 07 Sep 2022 18:55:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220907_%E2%80%8B%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%B0%B1%E6%88%90%E4%BA%86%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E6%AD%A3%E7%A1%AE%E5%91%A2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2912-0893b0ff.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在 Web3 圈子里面，只要有人说「去中心化」，我就要问一句，「去中心化」有什么好处？得到的眼神如同看傻子一模一样。</p> <p>在 Web3 世界，去中心化就是政治正确，不接受反驳。对于所有的事情，只要去中心化就是善的，进步的，中心化就是恶的，倒退的。</p>具体的建议才是好建议：不把手机带入卧室https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220906_%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE-%E4%B8%8D%E6%8A%8A%E6%89%8B%E6%9C%BA%E5%B8%A6%E5%85%A5%E5%8D%A7%E5%AE%A4.htmTue, 06 Sep 2022 18:18:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220906_%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE-%E4%B8%8D%E6%8A%8A%E6%89%8B%E6%9C%BA%E5%B8%A6%E5%85%A5%E5%8D%A7%E5%AE%A4.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2911-b19d2479.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373890&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=501a90213769fb38277a816af3d3fc32&amp;chksm=bd3051358a47d8234dbd7bfadf6b548f9b990a36d21b0124b3237e7ada8d9cdb636bfdb06087&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">具体的建议才是好的建议</a>。</p> <p>永远指引着我前进的老华，这几天又给出的具体建议：<strong>不把手机带入卧室。如果需要闹钟，可以去买一个电子的</strong>。</p> <p>亲测效果惊人。</p> <p><strong>头脑中的战争</strong></p> <p>如果睡觉前手机放在床头，脑海（脑子里思绪的海洋）中会不断涌现出一个又一个想法：「看看有没有新的微信消息吧」「有篇文章还没看完」，这些想法又立刻被脑海里面的另外一堆念头训斥：「都几点了？」「赶紧睡觉！」。</p>王建硕的使用说明书 2022 年 9 月版https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220905_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6-2022-%E5%B9%B4-9-%E6%9C%88%E7%89%88.htmMon, 05 Sep 2022 19:38:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220905_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6-2022-%E5%B9%B4-9-%E6%9C%88%E7%89%88.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2910-7f3a928e.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我为自己写一个使用说明书吧，帮助新认识的朋友更好的使用和照顾我。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2910-4c1e9012.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2910-4c1e9012.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>基本信息</strong></p> <p>1977 年出生，我并不介意公开自己的年龄。从小到大，从被贴上「最年轻的xxx」，混迹于各种「青年领袖xxx」，到被称为「互联网老兵」，甚至「史前互联网老炮」，谁不是这样一路走来呢？</p>移居大理，好似人生重回大学时光https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220905_%E7%A7%BB%E5%B1%85%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86-%E5%A5%BD%E4%BC%BC%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E9%87%8D%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%97%B6%E5%85%89.htmMon, 05 Sep 2022 18:23:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220905_%E7%A7%BB%E5%B1%85%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86-%E5%A5%BD%E4%BC%BC%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E9%87%8D%E5%9B%9E%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%97%B6%E5%85%89.htm<p>周末组织了一个 6 个人的线上聊天，聊一聊大理的生活，以及给我们的启示。</p> <p>因为最近调皮成性，起了个超级名不副实的名字，叫做《大理数字牧民峰会》，并且恶作剧般的开了直播，结果 2000 多位受害者被忽悠进来，从头到尾一直在线的大约 150 人左右。</p>王建硕的使用说明书https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220904_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6.htmSun, 04 Sep 2022 19:40:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220904_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%B4%E6%98%8E%E4%B9%A6.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2908-e7347e2a.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我为自己写一个使用说明书吧，帮助新认识的朋友更好的使用和照顾我。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2908-1b9d0df5.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2908-1b9d0df5.webp" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>基本信息</strong></p> <p>1977 年出生，我并不介意公开自己的年龄。从小到大，从被贴上「最年轻的xxx」，混迹于各种「青年领袖xxx」，到被称为「互联网老兵」，甚至「史前互联网老炮」，谁不是这样一路走来呢？</p>完整音频：大白话聊写作https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220904_%E5%AE%8C%E6%95%B4%E9%9F%B3%E9%A2%91-%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C.htmSun, 04 Sep 2022 19:40:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220904_%E5%AE%8C%E6%95%B4%E9%9F%B3%E9%A2%91-%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2907-89f7cceb.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在和 Sarah 做了第一期《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375489&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=166e65bc475cf6715d7e2bbaef9f4034&amp;chksm=bd305b768a47d2600082cd64994f4823a259d3ade8317422ee840eee2ba41548fca7e3c3d75a&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">大白话聊 Web3：终将到来的时代，会如我们所想吗？</a>》以后，我们录了第二期，对于写作这个话题进行了讨论。</p> <p>我很喜欢 Sarah 的问题，有条理、全面，可以帮助自己梳理，过去关于这个话题的思考。或许我们还会一起出后面的大白话系列，比如《大白话聊人工智能》什么的。</p>为什么我现在就敢断言，区块链技术是和互联网技术至少一样重要的技术？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220903_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%88%91%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%B1%E6%95%A2%E6%96%AD%E8%A8%80-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E6%98%AF%E5%92%8C%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E8%87%B3%E5%B0%91%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF.htmSat, 03 Sep 2022 21:48:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220903_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%88%91%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%B1%E6%95%A2%E6%96%AD%E8%A8%80-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E6%98%AF%E5%92%8C%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E8%87%B3%E5%B0%91%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2906-63972427.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们站在今年的时间点，回看历史，已经知道了互联网这场技术革命对于我们的生活，对于社会的深远的影响。但是站在互联网的最初期，比如 1993 年，我们能不能做此预测呢？</p>大理会成为下一个「湾区」吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220902_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E4%BC%9A%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA-%E5%90%97.htmFri, 02 Sep 2022 20:45:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220902_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E4%BC%9A%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA-%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA-%E5%90%97.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2905-b1a0132f.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>不会。</strong></p> <p>虽然大理在地貌，天气，位置等很多领域和湾区有很多巧合，但是，大理不可能成为湾区。</p> <p>如果问单项指标，比如「大理的天气有可能和湾区一样吗？」现在已经差不太多了。大理年平均气温15 °，湾区 12°，差不多（他们的维度可是差了 10°呢），降水量 650 毫米对 330 毫米，除去湾区无比干旱的夏季，也都差别不大。</p>对话“抬杠者”王建硕：Web3 名词泛化问题严重，很多人已经放弃了说大白话的能力https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220901_%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D-%E6%8A%AC%E6%9D%A0%E8%80%85-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-Web3-%E5%90%8D%E8%AF%8D%E6%B3%9B%E5%8C%96%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E4%B8%A5%E9%87%8D-%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E6%94%BE%E5%BC%83%E4%BA%86%E8%AF%B4%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E7%9A%84%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B.htmThu, 01 Sep 2022 19:40:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220901_%E5%AF%B9%E8%AF%9D-%E6%8A%AC%E6%9D%A0%E8%80%85-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-Web3-%E5%90%8D%E8%AF%8D%E6%B3%9B%E5%8C%96%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E4%B8%A5%E9%87%8D-%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%E6%94%BE%E5%BC%83%E4%BA%86%E8%AF%B4%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E7%9A%84%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B.htm<blockquote> <p>感谢《链捕手》的朱恩民同学认真有趣的采访。如下是刚刚发布在《链捕手》的文章。总结的非常好。原文点击「阅读原文」获取。</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/09/2904-fe6dbba1.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>任何一个新兴行业，总少不了质疑的声音。今年 5 月以来，加密行业出现了新的“抬杠者”——王建硕。连续 3 个月，他通过个人社交平台和行业媒体向加密行业频繁开炮，密集输出自己的质疑和判断，典型观点包括 “<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374640&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b082857d819af15a31ab724b4e81eba1&amp;chksm=bd3054c78a47ddd139907ae07b4d4412a6097935c83db4ef6739053e116929351034ac9a3f71&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">Web 和 Web3 的关系，就是“雷锋”和“雷峰塔”的关系</a>”、“<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374570&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=cdf9c3350db211223939435300105e6d&amp;chksm=bd30549d8a47dd8b446a425c0b653231848910c4048bb21cca0ca834676aba8b79c9b20a03c8&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">Web3 不是互联网的下一个版本</a>”等等。</p>学习笔记：DID 是从 ID 到公钥的解析服务https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220830_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0-DID-%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%8E-ID-%E5%88%B0%E5%85%AC%E9%92%A5%E7%9A%84%E8%A7%A3%E6%9E%90%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1.htmTue, 30 Aug 2022 19:25:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220830_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0-DID-%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%8E-ID-%E5%88%B0%E5%85%AC%E9%92%A5%E7%9A%84%E8%A7%A3%E6%9E%90%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/2902-527cb739.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我做了一些 DID 的研究，得出了一个结论：DID 是一个从 ID 解析成公钥的机制 ①。</p> <p>DID 是一些字母和数字的组合，用来告诉大家你的名字，以及给定一种方法，从这个名字找到你的公钥。</p>公司是爱马仕，DAO 是塑料袋https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220827_%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E6%98%AF%E7%88%B1%E9%A9%AC%E4%BB%95-DAO-%E6%98%AF%E5%A1%91%E6%96%99%E8%A2%8B.htmSat, 27 Aug 2022 22:10:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220827_%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E6%98%AF%E7%88%B1%E9%A9%AC%E4%BB%95-DAO-%E6%98%AF%E5%A1%91%E6%96%99%E8%A2%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/2901-d2512cd7.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Web3 的众多误解之一是，「DAO 是公司的下一版本」。</p> <p>DAO 是一个新东西，这一点没错。但是不假思索的就把它当做现有的人类最高效的组织形式的下一个版本，就需要商榷了。</p>大理瓦猫之夏的分享视频：Web3 的三大谎言https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220825_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%93%A6%E7%8C%AB%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%8F%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E4%BA%AB%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91-Web3-%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E5%A4%A7%E8%B0%8E%E8%A8%80.htmThu, 25 Aug 2022 23:59:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220825_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%93%A6%E7%8C%AB%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%8F%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E4%BA%AB%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91-Web3-%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E5%A4%A7%E8%B0%8E%E8%A8%80.htm<p>上周在瓦猫之夏亚非拉营地，做了一个名为《Web3 的三大谎言》的演讲，所谓的三大谎言，就是：</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>Web3 是 Web 的下一个版本</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>Web3 是用来解决现有需求的</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>DAO 是公司制的下一个版本</p>试一试在心中用「他」代替「我」，可以开启内心探索之旅https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220824_%E8%AF%95%E4%B8%80%E8%AF%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E7%94%A8-%E4%BB%96-%E4%BB%A3%E6%9B%BF-%E6%88%91-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%BC%80%E5%90%AF%E5%86%85%E5%BF%83%E6%8E%A2%E7%B4%A2%E4%B9%8B%E6%97%85.htmWed, 24 Aug 2022 18:19:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220824_%E8%AF%95%E4%B8%80%E8%AF%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E7%94%A8-%E4%BB%96-%E4%BB%A3%E6%9B%BF-%E6%88%91-%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%BC%80%E5%90%AF%E5%86%85%E5%BF%83%E6%8E%A2%E7%B4%A2%E4%B9%8B%E6%97%85.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/2899-132b3669.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>试着做一个小实验。</p> <p>在脑子里有任何想法的时候，不要说「我」想干什么，而是说「他」想干什么。自己感觉一下那微妙的变化。</p> <p>比如，不要说「我有点饿了」而试着说「他有点饿了」，或者「他想去吃早饭了」、「他有点心烦意乱」等。</p>大理的太阳、湖水、星星和古城https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220823_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%AA%E9%98%B3-%E6%B9%96%E6%B0%B4-%E6%98%9F%E6%98%9F%E5%92%8C%E5%8F%A4%E5%9F%8E.htmTue, 23 Aug 2022 07:33:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220823_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%AA%E9%98%B3-%E6%B9%96%E6%B0%B4-%E6%98%9F%E6%98%9F%E5%92%8C%E5%8F%A4%E5%9F%8E.htm<p>到了大理，还没有上出租车，我就发现，大理的太阳不对劲。在上海的通过太阳辨别方向的方法不灵了。在机场，我通过太阳方位认定的南方，和地图上显示的南方，居然有了几十度的偏差，让我的方位感一下子混乱了。我立刻向同车的朋友抱怨，大理的太阳有问题！</p>大理，在我心中从 Dailifornia 又变回了 Dalihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220821_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86-%E5%9C%A8%E6%88%91%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E4%BB%8E-Dailifornia-%E5%8F%88%E5%8F%98%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%86-Dali.htmSun, 21 Aug 2022 23:28:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220821_%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86-%E5%9C%A8%E6%88%91%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E4%BB%8E-Dailifornia-%E5%8F%88%E5%8F%98%E5%9B%9E%E4%BA%86-Dali.htm<p>刚刚从大理回到上海。开始回顾这次参加瓦猫之夏 Web3 的两天三夜。这次去大理我是有和以前完全不同的期待。最近一段，越来越多的人把大理戏称为 Dalifornia，用这个谐音来隐喻阳光灿烂，自由创新的加利福尼亚，在这片平和美丽的物理世界之上，叠加了一层人为想象的浪漫和美好的一层。我，是带着对叠加的这一层的想象到达了大理。</p>用吃奶的劲试着解释加密算法的数学原理https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220818_%E7%94%A8%E5%90%83%E5%A5%B6%E7%9A%84%E5%8A%B2%E8%AF%95%E7%9D%80%E8%A7%A3%E9%87%8A%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95%E7%9A%84%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%A6%E5%8E%9F%E7%90%86.htmThu, 18 Aug 2022 18:57:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220818_%E7%94%A8%E5%90%83%E5%A5%B6%E7%9A%84%E5%8A%B2%E8%AF%95%E7%9D%80%E8%A7%A3%E9%87%8A%E5%8A%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%AE%97%E6%B3%95%E7%9A%84%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%A6%E5%8E%9F%E7%90%86.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/2896-20fa34ea.webp" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>前不久 Jason 同学邀请复旦大学数学系的梅同学给希望了解 Web3 的朋友们上了 5 节硬核的数学课。从自然数开始，一直讲明白了 RSA 非对称式加密的细节。我再回顾一下，尝试解释这个其实还挺复杂的事儿。</p>我的一头乱发被写进了报告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220817_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%B4%E4%B9%B1%E5%8F%91%E8%A2%AB%E5%86%99%E8%BF%9B%E4%BA%86%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A.htmWed, 17 Aug 2022 19:44:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220817_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%B4%E4%B9%B1%E5%8F%91%E8%A2%AB%E5%86%99%E8%BF%9B%E4%BA%86%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A.htm<p>今天最有趣的事情，是不小心第一次看到，十几年前一位很专业的猎头在找到我以后，写的一份长长的分析和评估报告。</p> <p>文章的文笔真好。寥寥数语，一个头发蓬乱的书呆子形象跃然纸上。不得不称赞真有人可以把枯燥的人才报告写得如此形象，就如同一部小说的第一个章节。</p>喀什 - 惊艳的古城 和 蓄势待发的小城市的合体https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80-%E6%83%8A%E8%89%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%A4%E5%9F%8E-%E5%92%8C-%E8%93%84%E5%8A%BF%E5%BE%85%E5%8F%91%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E5%90%88%E4%BD%93.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:59:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80-%E6%83%8A%E8%89%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%A4%E5%9F%8E-%E5%92%8C-%E8%93%84%E5%8A%BF%E5%BE%85%E5%8F%91%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E5%90%88%E4%BD%93.htm<p>喀什古城还是相当惊艳的。</p> <p>怎么来描述我的感觉呢？在它身上，我看到了几个城市的影子相互交织。有一些些印度新德里，一些墨西哥的瓜纳华托，一些些哈瓦那，再配少许的丽江，差不多就是古城的现在的样子。</p>在新疆纷繁的街头尝试用一笔画的方式捕捉纷繁的线条https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9C%A8%E6%96%B0%E7%96%86%E7%BA%B7%E7%B9%81%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%97%E5%A4%B4%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%80%E7%AC%94%E7%94%BB%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F%E6%8D%95%E6%8D%89%E7%BA%B7%E7%B9%81%E7%9A%84.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:59:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9C%A8%E6%96%B0%E7%96%86%E7%BA%B7%E7%B9%81%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%97%E5%A4%B4%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%80%E7%AC%94%E7%94%BB%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F%E6%8D%95%E6%8D%89%E7%BA%B7%E7%B9%81%E7%9A%84.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-224.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这次在喀什，因为时间实在太有限了，我既想画画，又实在没有像以前一样，用我熟悉的方法一笔一笔的画出来，所以开始尝试一种有趣的方法，就是一笔画。</p>什么？我原来是个体育生？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F%E6%88%91%E5%8E%9F%E6%9D%A5%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:58:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F%E6%88%91%E5%8E%9F%E6%9D%A5%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%AA%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-220.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>年初，在交大的档案馆网站 （dazx.sjtu.edu.cn）上查询在大学的成绩单，意外的发现，成绩最高的一门课，不是计算机，居然是体育！是体育！</p>《龙门金刚》，勾起我的洛阳超级凡尔赛https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E3%80%8A%E9%BE%99%E9%97%A8%E9%87%91%E5%88%9A%E3%80%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%8B%BE%E8%B5%B7%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E6%B4%9B%E9%98%B3%E8%B6%85%E7%BA%A7%E5%87%A1%E5%B0%94%E8%B5%9B.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:58:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E3%80%8A%E9%BE%99%E9%97%A8%E9%87%91%E5%88%9A%E3%80%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%8B%BE%E8%B5%B7%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E6%B4%9B%E9%98%B3%E8%B6%85%E7%BA%A7%E5%87%A1%E5%B0%94%E8%B5%9B.htm<p>我在洛阳出生和长大。一旦提及洛阳，我有太多的地方，可以凡尔赛一把。</p> <p>最近的《七夕奇妙游》的节目里面，《龙门金刚》一段里面惊艳的龙门石窟，让我有一种冲动，记录我小时候的一些片段。</p>既是古都，也是重工业城市的洛阳https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%97%A2%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%A4%E9%83%BD%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E9%87%8D%E5%B7%A5%E4%B8%9A%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E6%B4%9B%E9%98%B3.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:57:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%97%A2%E6%98%AF%E5%8F%A4%E9%83%BD%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E9%87%8D%E5%B7%A5%E4%B8%9A%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E6%B4%9B%E9%98%B3.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-211.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上一篇：<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373436&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=a7ac5c2d394bcf26959407fc32231cac&amp;chksm=bd30530b8a47da1d387dbcd84a7fa6a0c08d88f1a764fbd4f952c6c71cfb5e5db7087dc7c86b&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">《龙门金刚》，勾起我的洛阳超级凡尔赛</a></p> <p>上一篇写了我在作为十三朝古都的洛阳的点滴的凡尔赛时刻，而我所感知的洛阳，最大的印记，却不是古都，而是移民城市重工业城市。</p> <p>毕竟历史离生活太远了。身边的历史痕迹，我们最经常用生活的方式去解读。</p>SHAI 上海人工智能聚会周六继续https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AD%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:57:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AD%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD.htm<p>因为疫情停歇了一段时间的人工智能聚会，从明天9月25日周六，重新开启。</p> <p>时间：2021年9月25日周六 9:00 - 11:00</p> <p>地点：滨江星巴克（上海浦东滨江复都段江边）</p>从静态视频走向动态视频的时代https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BB%8E%E9%9D%99%E6%80%81%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E8%B5%B0%E5%90%91%E5%8A%A8%E6%80%81%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:57:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BB%8E%E9%9D%99%E6%80%81%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E8%B5%B0%E5%90%91%E5%8A%A8%E6%80%81%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3.htm<p>我们最近做的一些尝试，如果要做个比喻，<strong>我们做的事情之于视频，就如同PHP 等语言之于互联网。</strong></p> <p>怎么理解呢？</p> <p>互联网初期，当人们还惊讶于信息在全球范围内如此迅速、便宜的传输的时候，做出的所有的网页都是静态的。也就是拿编辑器（早期是纯文本编辑器，后来是 FrontPage，DreamWeaver 等等）制作好 HTML 的文件，然后放到服务器的文件系统里面，等着用户来下载，然后用浏览器展示。</p>罗胖跨年演讲提及的那个关于左手边玻璃杯的实验https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BD%97%E8%83%96%E8%B7%A8%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%94%E8%AE%B2%E6%8F%90%E5%8F%8A%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%B7%A6%E6%89%8B%E8%BE%B9%E7%8E%BB%E7%92%83%E6%9D%AF%E7%9A%84%E5%AE%9E%E9%AA%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:57:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BD%97%E8%83%96%E8%B7%A8%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%94%E8%AE%B2%E6%8F%90%E5%8F%8A%E7%9A%84%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%B7%A6%E6%89%8B%E8%BE%B9%E7%8E%BB%E7%92%83%E6%9D%AF%E7%9A%84%E5%AE%9E%E9%AA%8C.htm<p>新年第一天，几位朋友问我罗胖2022年跨年演讲里面提及的那个《左手六分满的玻璃杯》的实验具体是怎么回事。</p> <p>我把很久以前的那篇文章转发一下。谢谢罗胖的提及。</p>最近一直在鼓捣的东西，征集早期用户https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4%E5%9C%A8%E9%BC%93%E6%8D%A3%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF%EF%BC%8C%E5%BE%81%E9%9B%86%E6%97%A9%E6%9C%9F%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:57:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4%E5%9C%A8%E9%BC%93%E6%8D%A3%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF%EF%BC%8C%E5%BE%81%E9%9B%86%E6%97%A9%E6%9C%9F%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7.htm<p>最近一致在做视频领域的探索，发现对于大多数的视频制作者来说，如果说制作占<strong>三分</strong>的痛的话，素材的寻找处理和管理的痛，可能就有<strong>七分</strong>。所以我们初步判断，对于现实的世界最需要解决的问题，往前走一步，且只走一步的方案，就是先解决素材的问题。如何精准的找到素材，借用人工智能的理解能力对视频进行检索，预处理，进而进入编辑出品的环节，是我们现在发现的最大的痛点和机会。如果有兴趣，可以扫码和我们的小伙伴联系，让我们听一听你的想法。我们可以一起共创，看看视频素材领域有什么新玩法。</p>无比诚实的人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%97%A0%E6%AF%94%E8%AF%9A%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%97%A0%E6%AF%94%E8%AF%9A%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA.htm<p>前几天在常去的日本餐馆点餐。</p> <p>他们家的麻辣鲜蛤实在是太好吃了，但是量太小。</p> <p>我们和往常一样，直接就点了三份，一家人高兴地吃了起来。</p> <p>服务员小哥看着我们，有点欲言又止的样子，后来实在忍不住，告诉我们：</p>总算明白 Stay Foolish 指的是什么了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%80%BB%E7%AE%97%E6%98%8E%E7%99%BD-stay-foolish-%E6%8C%87%E7%9A%84%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BA%86.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%80%BB%E7%AE%97%E6%98%8E%E7%99%BD-stay-foolish-%E6%8C%87%E7%9A%84%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BA%86.htm<blockquote> <p>Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that’s why life is hard- Jenemy Goldberg</p> </blockquote> <p>勇气是一个褒义词，描述明知道会很疼依然去做。愚蠢是一个贬义词，描述明知道会很疼依然去做。只有当结果出来的时候，才能明确的知道自己的行为是勇气还是愚蠢。</p>为什么要去大城市之交通对比？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%A6%81%E5%8E%BB%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%A4%E9%80%9A%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%94%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%A6%81%E5%8E%BB%E5%A4%A7%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%A4%E9%80%9A%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%94%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>在新天地的 Calix 餐厅，面对着大到吓死人的大肘子，我的侄女夫妇和我在讨论到底应该在小一点的城市工作，还是来上海这样的城市。虽然他们现在所在的郑州，也不能算是小城市，已经是准一线大城市了，但和上海之间还是有诸多不同的地方。<strong>第一部分，交通</strong></p>对于新开通的高铁，应该抱怨通勤时间变长了还是感谢高铁提供的一个新选择呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E6%96%B0%E5%BC%80%E9%80%9A%E7%9A%84%E9%AB%98%E9%93%81%EF%BC%8C%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E6%8A%B1%E6%80%A8%E9%80%9A%E5%8B%A4%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4%E5%8F%98%E9%95%BF%E4%BA%86%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E6%96%B0%E5%BC%80%E9%80%9A%E7%9A%84%E9%AB%98%E9%93%81%EF%BC%8C%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E6%8A%B1%E6%80%A8%E9%80%9A%E5%8B%A4%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4%E5%8F%98%E9%95%BF%E4%BA%86%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF.htm<p>上篇：《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373787&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=70c7d1e17eff454996080988a4b4987e&amp;chksm=bd3051ac8a47d8bad0472cbae7216f8455c8f799b51c80301253164447ac11c313d7ffbc87c3&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">为什么要去大城市之交通对比？</a>》</p> <p><strong>其次，说到大城市的通勤，我们从另一个角度来做一个思维实验。</strong></p> <p>因为洛阳和郑州城际高铁开通，30分钟高铁可以到郑州，加上两边的交通，1个小时可以单程到达，原来不可能的事情一下变得可能，比如晚上去郑州看一个演出，吃一顿饭，结束后返回等等。</p>花个十分钟，背一张密码表，应该就能看懂很多俄文，这学习的性价比超级高https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%8A%B1%E4%B8%AA%E5%8D%81%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%EF%BC%8C%E8%83%8C%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%A0%81%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%8C%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E5%B0%B1%E8%83%BD%E7%9C%8B%E6%87%82%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%BF%84.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%8A%B1%E4%B8%AA%E5%8D%81%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%EF%BC%8C%E8%83%8C%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E5%AF%86%E7%A0%81%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%8C%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E5%B0%B1%E8%83%BD%E7%9C%8B%E6%87%82%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%BF%84.htm<p>最近的新闻只有一件大事，就是俄罗斯和乌克兰。互联网上一天看到的俄语比过去一年都多。</p> <p>可惜俄文是用西里尔文字写成的，看是看到了，但是没法读，连猜都无从猜起，不像拉丁语体系的文字，至少能够试着按汉语拼音读一下。</p>新冠三年了我才搞明白有没有被传染不是非黑即白，要看 CT 值https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E4%B8%89%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%86%E6%88%91%E6%89%8D%E6%90%9E%E6%98%8E%E7%99%BD%E6%9C%89%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E8%A2%AB%E4%BC%A0%E6%9F%93%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E9%9D%9E%E9%BB%91%E5%8D%B3%E7%99%BD.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E4%B8%89%E5%B9%B4%E4%BA%86%E6%88%91%E6%89%8D%E6%90%9E%E6%98%8E%E7%99%BD%E6%9C%89%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E8%A2%AB%E4%BC%A0%E6%9F%93%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E9%9D%9E%E9%BB%91%E5%8D%B3%E7%99%BD.htm<p>核酸检测有一个很重要的阈值，叫做CT值，Cycle Threshold。低于这个值的，视为被感染，高于这个值，就是阴性。中国现在用40，加拿大美国等是35， 德国等是30。</p>只有 1% 排片的纪录片《“炼”爱》，今天上映。如果影院还开门的话，赶紧去看吧https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%8F%AA%E6%9C%89-1-%E6%8E%92%E7%89%87%E7%9A%84%E7%BA%AA%E5%BD%95%E7%89%87%E3%80%8A%E7%82%BC%E7%88%B1%E3%80%8B%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%8A%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%A0%E3%80%82%E5%A6%82.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%8F%AA%E6%9C%89-1-%E6%8E%92%E7%89%87%E7%9A%84%E7%BA%AA%E5%BD%95%E7%89%87%E3%80%8A%E7%82%BC%E7%88%B1%E3%80%8B%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%8A%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%A0%E3%80%82%E5%A6%82.htm<p>期待了三年，参与拍摄的关于女性婚恋话题的纪录片《“炼”爱》终于在今天上映了。可惜上海所有的影院都关闭，自己也封闭在小区里面，只好写点文字庆祝一下影片的上映。推荐暂时没有疫情的城市的单身的朋友们可以结伴观看。</p>“新冠肺炎”还是不是“肺炎”呢？世界上有无症状的肺炎吗？我总算搞明白了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8A%E6%9C%89%E6%97%A0%E7%97%87.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:56:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8A%E6%9C%89%E6%97%A0%E7%97%87.htm<p>我就是好奇，新冠病毒 Omicron 带来的症状，还属于肺炎吗？世界上有无症状的肺炎吗？为什么我们还用 “新冠肺炎” 这样的名字呢？</p> <p>做了简单的研究，得到结论如下。</p> <p><strong>新型冠状病毒</strong>是一种病毒，WHO给的学名是<strong>SARS-COV-2</strong>；由<strong>新冠病毒</strong>引起的病叫做<strong>新冠病毒病</strong>（学名<strong>COVID-19</strong>，其中 D。是Disease的缩写），<strong>新冠病毒病</strong>之中一种肺部受损的种类，在中国叫做<strong>新冠肺炎</strong>。</p>具体的建议才是好的建议https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:55:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htm<p>以前曾经思考过，为什么我们总是《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652372829&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b16b5694ebb834b426e0f4698f6557a7&amp;chksm=bd3fadea8a4824fc5ef8dadee17aba586cb1dcfd7e7dfd3647b32e9db9f4cd74ba2f2f687bc8&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">为什么道理都懂，却过不好这一生？</a>》。</p> <p>我曾经的结论是道理都是成对出现的，而且只说逻辑，不包括对于现实的认知。比如“锐意进取”和“退一步海阔天空”都是很有道理的道理，却没有人告诉你现状应该应用哪一条。</p>为什么3月22日晚上上海那么多人都在抢菜，以及为什么人们相信宗教？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%883%E6%9C%8822%E6%97%A5%E6%99%9A%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E9%83%BD%E5%9C%A8%E6%8A%A2%E8%8F%9C%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E4%B8%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:55:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%883%E6%9C%8822%E6%97%A5%E6%99%9A%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E9%83%BD%E5%9C%A8%E6%8A%A2%E8%8F%9C%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E4%B8%BA.htm<blockquote> <p>许多年以后，面对一桌子青菜，奥利雷亚诺-布恩迪亚上校将会回忆起，自己和很多不相识的邻居一起冲向菜市场的那个遥远的深夜。</p> </blockquote> <p>不用很多年。我现在回想起来自己在公元2022年3月22日晚上的内心活动，不禁害羞的低下了头。</p>具体的建议才是好建议 - 对于如何开始跑步的三个具体的建议https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE-%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E8%B7%91%E6%AD%A5%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:55:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE%E6%89%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%BD%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE-%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E8%B7%91%E6%AD%A5%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA.htm<p>跑步领域，我听过的最好的建议，没有之一：</p> <p><strong>保持180步/分钟的步频</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-190.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>光这一条原则，就足以让任何人跑起来。</p> <p><strong>180步/分钟</strong>的步频是什么概念呢？</p> <p>就是每一次秒针的滴答，步子就跑出 “左、右、左” 三步。</p>纪念互联网之子 Aaron Swartz - RSS, Creative Commons, Web.py, Reddit...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BA%AA%E5%BF%B5%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E4%B9%8B%E5%AD%90-aaron-swartz-rss-creative-commons-web-py-reddit.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:55:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BA%AA%E5%BF%B5%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E4%B9%8B%E5%AD%90-aaron-swartz-rss-creative-commons-web-py-reddit.htm<p>在互联网上，Aaron Swartz 这位同学，不断的引起我的注意，好像我总是绕过不去他，不经意的就能看到他的作品，被他或多或少的影响。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-189.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Aaron 的短暂的一生，完成了互联网领域绝大多数人无法企及的成就。我们随便列一些。</p>用 Excel 来预测一下明天的上海的阳性病例数量https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%94%A8-excel-%E6%9D%A5%E9%A2%84%E6%B5%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B%E6%98%8E%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E9%98%B3%E6%80%A7%E7%97%85%E4%BE%8B%E6%95%B0%E9%87%8F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:55:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%94%A8-excel-%E6%9D%A5%E9%A2%84%E6%B5%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B%E6%98%8E%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E9%98%B3%E6%80%A7%E7%97%85%E4%BE%8B%E6%95%B0%E9%87%8F.htm<p>这个是《上海发布》过去两周半的数据。新增阳性，包括了新增确诊病例加上新增无症状感染者。</p> <p>日期第几日上海每日新增阳性2022-03-110832022-03-121652022-03-1321692022-03-1431382022-03-1542022022-03-1651582022-03-1762602022-03-1873742022-03-1985092022-03-2097582022-03-21108962022-03-22119812022-03-23129832022-03-241316092022-03-251422692022-03-261526762022-03-271635002022-03-2817</p>隔离期间，让我们穿着粉红色和蓝色相间的睡衣，去旅行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%9A%94%E7%A6%BB%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%A9%BF%E7%9D%80%E7%B2%89%E7%BA%A2%E8%89%B2%E5%92%8C%E8%93%9D%E8%89%B2%E7%9B%B8%E9%97%B4%E7%9A%84%E7%9D%A1%E8%A1%A3%EF%BC%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:55:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%9A%94%E7%A6%BB%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%A9%BF%E7%9D%80%E7%B2%89%E7%BA%A2%E8%89%B2%E5%92%8C%E8%93%9D%E8%89%B2%E7%9B%B8%E9%97%B4%E7%9A%84%E7%9D%A1%E8%A1%A3%EF%BC%8C.htm<p>我最喜欢的一本书，是英伦才子阿兰德波顿的《旅行的艺术》。这本书教会了我很多，包括如何在家中旅行。</p> <p>这些天，上海每一个人都面临着帕斯卡尔所说的困境：</p>一定是有坏人在捣乱，上海才这么乱成一团https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E6%98%AF%E6%9C%89%E5%9D%8F%E4%BA%BA%E5%9C%A8%E6%8D%A3%E4%B9%B1%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%89%8D%E8%BF%99%E4%B9%88%E4%B9%B1%E6%88%90%E4%B8%80%E5%9B%A2.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E6%98%AF%E6%9C%89%E5%9D%8F%E4%BA%BA%E5%9C%A8%E6%8D%A3%E4%B9%B1%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%89%8D%E8%BF%99%E4%B9%88%E4%B9%B1%E6%88%90%E4%B8%80%E5%9B%A2.htm<p>我们迫切地需要坏人。</p> <p>因为一旦把一切不如意的事情归罪到坏人身上，我们自己就是好人，再不济，也只是一个普普通通的受害人，幼小而可怜。</p> <p>我们渴求坏人，如同我们渴求蜜糖一般。</p>100倍的压力下的上海牌操作系统运行状况https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_100%E5%80%8D%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%8B%E5%8A%9B%E4%B8%8B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%89%8C%E6%93%8D%E4%BD%9C%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F%E8%BF%90%E8%A1%8C%E7%8A%B6%E5%86%B5.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_100%E5%80%8D%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%8B%E5%8A%9B%E4%B8%8B%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%89%8C%E6%93%8D%E4%BD%9C%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F%E8%BF%90%E8%A1%8C%E7%8A%B6%E5%86%B5.htm<p>做完今天临时通知的核酸的志愿者工作，已经快到深夜了。在过去的9天里面，看到了一个操作系统在重压之下必然会出现的各种现象。简单做个提纲。</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>排队系统是为了解决波峰波谷问题。排队用来把时间平移，消峰填谷。</p>创业者，在上海疫情的不确定状态下，如何帮助小区度过难关？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E8%80%85%EF%BC%8C%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8D%E7%A1%AE%E5%AE%9A%E7%8A%B6%E6%80%81%E4%B8%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%B8%AE%E5%8A%A9%E5%B0%8F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E8%80%85%EF%BC%8C%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8D%E7%A1%AE%E5%AE%9A%E7%8A%B6%E6%80%81%E4%B8%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%B8%AE%E5%8A%A9%E5%B0%8F.htm<p>上海疫情，我看到互联网圈子，很多好朋友都冲在第一线，把自己在创业时候的能力，用在这最需要的时刻。比如刘勇同学网红的《仁恒滨江28号楼防疫保护指南》，就堪称经典。</p>像一定会解封一样相信，像永远也不解封一样生活https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%83%8F%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E4%BC%9A%E8%A7%A3%E5%B0%81%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E7%9B%B8%E4%BF%A1%EF%BC%8C%E5%83%8F%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E4%B9%9F%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%A3%E5%B0%81%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%83%8F%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%E4%BC%9A%E8%A7%A3%E5%B0%81%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E7%9B%B8%E4%BF%A1%EF%BC%8C%E5%83%8F%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E4%B9%9F%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%A3%E5%B0%81%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB.htm<p>维克多-弗兰克尔在《活出生命的意义》一本书里面讲述了他在集中营的故事。</p> <p>他说很多被关押的同伴，坚信自己感恩节一定能回家，结果失望了。</p> <p>又重新希望圣诞节一定可以回去，结果又失望了。</p>我们活在现实的 Omelas 里面，我们是不是那些离开的人们？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%B4%BB%E5%9C%A8%E7%8E%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84-omelas-%E9%87%8C%E9%9D%A2%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E7%A6%BB%E5%BC%80%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%B4%BB%E5%9C%A8%E7%8E%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84-omelas-%E9%87%8C%E9%9D%A2%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E7%A6%BB%E5%BC%80%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA.htm<p>本文充满了困惑和迷茫。自己对于内心的记录。谢绝转发。</p> <p>曾经读过一篇简短的小故事：《那些离开 Omelas 的人们》。</p> <p>讲的是一个如桃花源一样城市，所有人过着天堂般幸福的生活。但所有长到一定年纪的人都知道，在城市的地堡里面，锁着一个孩子。而如果一旦这个孩子获得自由，整个城市的幸福就会灰飞烟灭。得知这个秘密的大多数人，从开始愤怒，很快变成和其他人一样，对地堡里面的小孩视而不见。而也有一些人，独自一人，默默的跨过 Omelas 美丽的城门，永远的离开了 Omelas 。。。。</p>我很痛恨那一刻的自己，同时也在面对他人的愤怒https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E7%97%9B%E6%81%A8%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%80%E5%88%BB%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%8C%E6%97%B6%E4%B9%9F%E5%9C%A8%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%84%A4%E6%80%92.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E7%97%9B%E6%81%A8%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%80%E5%88%BB%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%8C%E6%97%B6%E4%B9%9F%E5%9C%A8%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%84%A4%E6%80%92.htm<p>在《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373926&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=09604a3bfc498db7b781726f49a753fe&amp;chksm=bd3051118a47d807c14ad0ea9ada83e9dc1f6ad76739b15f4b9cefca0a529f646844015581b0&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">一定是有坏人在捣乱，上海才这么乱成一团</a>》这篇文章下，一名署名<strong>华震宇</strong>的读者留下了像诗一样美丽的语言：</p> <p>也有竭尽全力</p> <p>没法解决问题的时候</p> <p>我很痛恨那一刻的自己</p> <p>同时也在面对他人的愤怒</p> <p>把这首诗献给在这场疫情中，竭尽全力，却孤立无援的居委会干部，物业员工，志愿者，物流人员，以及所有的人。</p>出一个好主意最大的风险，是会被指派去做这件事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%8E%E9%99%A9%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E4%BC%9A%E8%A2%AB%E6%8C%87%E6%B4%BE%E5%8E%BB%E5%81%9A%E8%BF%99%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%9C%80%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%8E%E9%99%A9%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E4%BC%9A%E8%A2%AB%E6%8C%87%E6%B4%BE%E5%8E%BB%E5%81%9A%E8%BF%99%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B.htm<p>小区微信群里面一直有很多的好主意。</p> <p>“ 你去跟居委说一下，让他们给我发物资吧 ”</p> <p>“ 我们一起集资买个xxxx吧 ”</p> <p>“ 你去让 xxxx 干 xxxx 吧 ”</p> <p>这些好主意后面，有两大类人：</p>小区在封控期间计划经济和市场经济之争的始末https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E5%92%8C%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%89%E7%9A%84%E5%A7%8B%E6%9C%AB-2.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E5%92%8C%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%89%E7%9A%84%E5%A7%8B%E6%9C%AB-2.htm<h3 id="小区从-4-月-1-日正式封闭之后经历了-16-天的足不出户对于团购要不要搞怎么搞出现了两种有趣的声音我在此记录一下">小区从 4 月 1 日正式封闭。之后经历了 16 天的足不出户。对于团购要不要搞，怎么搞出现了两种有趣的声音，我在此记录一下。</h3> <p>刚刚开始封控，很多人粮食按照 3 天储备，很快出现了部分家庭弹尽粮绝的状况。好在在所有平时熟悉的渠道都瘫痪的情况下，还有团购这种方式。</p>小区在封控期间计划经济和市场经济之争的始末https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E5%92%8C%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%89%E7%9A%84%E5%A7%8B%E6%9C%AB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E5%9C%A8%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E5%92%8C%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%89%E7%9A%84%E5%A7%8B%E6%9C%AB.htm<h3 id="小区从-4-月-1-日正式封闭之后经历了-16-天的足不出户对于团购要不要搞怎么搞出现了两种有趣的声音">小区从 4 月 1 日正式封闭。之后经历了 16 天的足不出户。对于团购要不要搞，怎么搞，出现了两种有趣的声音。</h3> <p>刚刚开始封控，很多人粮食按照 3 天储备，很快出现了部分家庭弹尽粮绝的状况。所有平时熟悉的渠道都瘫痪了，好在还有团购这种方式。</p>人在危机下，反应需要时间，这不是显而易见的事情吗https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BA%BA%E5%9C%A8%E5%8D%B1%E6%9C%BA%E4%B8%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%8D%E5%BA%94%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%98%BE%E8%80%8C%E6%98%93%E8%A7%81%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BA%BA%E5%9C%A8%E5%8D%B1%E6%9C%BA%E4%B8%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%8D%E5%BA%94%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%97%B6%E9%97%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E6%98%BE%E8%80%8C%E6%98%93%E8%A7%81%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B.htm<p>大家都在问，为什么在一个混乱（我说的不是病毒本身）来临的时候，一切都乱了套呢？我不为任何人辩护，仅仅客观地分析一下发生了什么，减少一些不必要的抱怨。</p>小区超高层建筑核酸检测流程记录https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E8%B6%85%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%82%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E6%A0%B8%E9%85%B8%E6%A3%80%E6%B5%8B%E6%B5%81%E7%A8%8B%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E8%B6%85%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%82%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E6%A0%B8%E9%85%B8%E6%A3%80%E6%B5%8B%E6%B5%81%E7%A8%8B%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95.htm<p><strong>限制条件</strong></p> <hr> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>一幢48层楼高，160多家住户的高层建筑。三部电梯。</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>楼内有阳性居家隔离单元若干，密接隔离单元若干。</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>本幢楼处于封闭状态，住户不能出楼，不可以使用外部的广阔区域做核酸。测试地点只能在 1 楼的大堂，同时只能容纳两户家庭。</p>“ 新型流行性正义感爆棚状暴怒症 ” 的传播分析与预防策略https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E6%B5%81%E8%A1%8C%E6%80%A7%E6%AD%A3%E4%B9%89%E6%84%9F%E7%88%86%E6%A3%9A%E7%8A%B6%E6%9A%B4%E6%80%92%E7%97%87-%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E6%92%AD%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E6%B5%81%E8%A1%8C%E6%80%A7%E6%AD%A3%E4%B9%89%E6%84%9F%E7%88%86%E6%A3%9A%E7%8A%B6%E6%9A%B4%E6%80%92%E7%97%87-%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E6%92%AD%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90.htm<p>这是小区里第二个阳性邻居被驱逐的故事。</p> <p>一幢楼里的邻居不幸感染，未成年的女儿阴性。邻居们如何反应？</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-180.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>同一个剧本</strong></p> <p>这个故事，和<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373949&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=ba8f0ceeb1c5d7a8fff9ff72ae819cc4&amp;chksm=bd30510a8a47d81cb7b360ff857c81a38645d642d49740fbe503fffa0cd2d428a73c182503f0&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">上一个故事</a>（《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373949&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=ba8f0ceeb1c5d7a8fff9ff72ae819cc4&amp;chksm=bd30510a8a47d81cb7b360ff857c81a38645d642d49740fbe503fffa0cd2d428a73c182503f0&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">我们活在现实的 Omelas 里面，我们是不是那些离开的人们？</a>》），使用了同一个剧本。</p>处于封控区的居民，到小区里遛狗，你对这个行为怎么看？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A4%84%E4%BA%8E%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E5%8C%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%B1%85%E6%B0%91%EF%BC%8C%E5%88%B0%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E9%87%8C%E9%81%9B%E7%8B%97%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%A0%E5%AF%B9%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A4%84%E4%BA%8E%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E5%8C%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%B1%85%E6%B0%91%EF%BC%8C%E5%88%B0%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E9%87%8C%E9%81%9B%E7%8B%97%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%A0%E5%AF%B9%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA.htm<p>我觉得西方哲学里面有一点值得学习，就是很多哲学家努力的构建一个个思维实验，然后把其他哲学家逼到一个角落，必须对于这个场景做明确的回答，从而证明原来的学说可能的谬误。</p>封控区住户违规出楼遛狗，你怎么看？八百多个读者给出了 12 种回答https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E5%8C%BA%E4%BD%8F%E6%88%B7%E8%BF%9D%E8%A7%84%E5%87%BA%E6%A5%BC%E9%81%9B%E7%8B%97%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%A0%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%9C%8B%EF%BC%9F%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E5%A4%9A%E4%B8%AA%E8%AF%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E5%8C%BA%E4%BD%8F%E6%88%B7%E8%BF%9D%E8%A7%84%E5%87%BA%E6%A5%BC%E9%81%9B%E7%8B%97%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%A0%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%9C%8B%EF%BC%9F%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E5%A4%9A%E4%B8%AA%E8%AF%BB.htm<p>这是一个关于规则的讨论。</p> <p>规则简单明确：封控区的规则是 “足不出户”。</p> <p>行为性质直截了当：遛狗行为破坏了规则。</p> <p>大家对于这个破坏规则的行为怎么看？</p> <p>答案三种必居其一：</p>我们在历史的洪流中，应该如何确保20年后，不成为自己在历史书上痛恨的人？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%9C%A8%E5%8E%86%E5%8F%B2%E7%9A%84%E6%B4%AA%E6%B5%81%E4%B8%AD%EF%BC%8C%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%A1%AE%E4%BF%9D20%E5%B9%B4%E5%90%8E%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%9C%A8%E5%8E%86%E5%8F%B2%E7%9A%84%E6%B4%AA%E6%B5%81%E4%B8%AD%EF%BC%8C%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%A1%AE%E4%BF%9D20%E5%B9%B4%E5%90%8E%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA.htm<p>这次疫情，作为志愿者参与组织小区的各种活动。其中一件事情，让我思考了很久，我称之为 1-0621 事件。它发生在4月4日， 全小区核酸检测的时候。</p> <p>当整体检测告一段落的时候，有邻居举报，1-0621 没有下楼核酸。于是，核酸检测志愿者上门进行了劝说。最终拒绝做核酸。医生离开。</p>在灾难面前，是龟缩着过痛苦的生活，还是冒着风险过有品质的生活？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9C%A8%E7%81%BE%E9%9A%BE%E9%9D%A2%E5%89%8D%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E9%BE%9F%E7%BC%A9%E7%9D%80%E8%BF%87%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6%E7%9A%84%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E5%86%92%E7%9D%80%E9%A3%8E.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:51:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9C%A8%E7%81%BE%E9%9A%BE%E9%9D%A2%E5%89%8D%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E9%BE%9F%E7%BC%A9%E7%9D%80%E8%BF%87%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6%E7%9A%84%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E5%86%92%E7%9D%80%E9%A3%8E.htm<p>在疫情期间，估计很多人都会思考着一个人类的终极命题：</p> <p>是龟缩着过痛苦的生活，等待遥遥无期的解封？</p> <p>还是冒着被感染的风险，过有品质的生活，哪怕可能延迟解封？</p>安安静静地记录生活的好朋友们https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%89%E9%9D%99%E9%9D%99%E5%9C%B0%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E4%BB%AC.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%89%E9%9D%99%E9%9D%99%E5%9C%B0%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E4%BB%AC.htm<p>4月份的最后一个工作日了。休息一下，聊点轻松的，推荐几个有趣的朋友。这个世界有一种人写字，就好像打理一个自己的花园，记录自己的想法，自己是自己作品的第一读者。这里向大家推荐这么几个小花园。CozyClub 是清华的四个女生的合写的一个公众号，其中 Melissa 我比较熟悉，非常喜欢她们写的内容，给我很多启发。MVM 同学，也是个神奇的存在。是交大的同学（准确的说是我太太的同班同学），之后也一起加入微软，几乎是一样的生命轨迹。从 blog 时期，一直不紧不慢的以一种特别的调调记录着他有趣的生活。Elfe 和 老公也是很多很多年的朋友。和我一样，喜欢一些有趣却无用的冷知识。我也借着看他们怎么带娃的名义，津津有味的看每一篇文章。任鑫是个特别聪明的小伙。学习能力也是一流。如果愿意硬着头皮仔细读的话，可以学到好多知识。安安静静地写点东西，在这个连写字也已经商业化的世界，自然有它本身的价值。</p>对自己和对别人，标准保持一致，是乱世里一丝难得的体面https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AF%B9%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%AF%B9%E5%88%AB%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%8C%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86%E4%BF%9D%E6%8C%81%E4%B8%80%E8%87%B4%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E4%B9%B1%E4%B8%96%E9%87%8C%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%9D%E9%9A%BE.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AF%B9%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%AF%B9%E5%88%AB%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%8C%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86%E4%BF%9D%E6%8C%81%E4%B8%80%E8%87%B4%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E4%B9%B1%E4%B8%96%E9%87%8C%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%9D%E9%9A%BE.htm<p><strong>规则就一定要遵守吗？</strong></p> <p>这是一个会给回答者带来风险的问题。</p> <p>如果不假思索，给出的答案将是肯定的。</p> <p>但如果真的如此执行，不出 24 小时就会被现实的种种矛盾击败，尤其在封控中的上海。</p>我们只能用语言思考，而我们的思考能力，难以超越语言的限制https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%8F%AA%E8%83%BD%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%EF%BC%8C%E9%9A%BE%E4%BB%A5%E8%B6%85.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%8F%AA%E8%83%BD%E7%94%A8%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%EF%BC%8C%E9%9A%BE%E4%BB%A5%E8%B6%85.htm<p>我特别喜欢研究外国文字（只是文字，不是语言）。比如俄语，西班牙语，日语，韩语啥的。（《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373867&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=f4fbfca89b0ed970be6259682f9c02c5&amp;chksm=bd3051dc8a47d8cabfaf9dae8fdd0f8faaafe794eb7fe0c276d8077bd1511c74704c039c20c8&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">花个十分钟，背一张密码表，应该就能看懂很多俄文，这学习的性价比超级高</a>》《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371431&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=fbf11875b7c3500773982780ebdfd875&amp;chksm=bd3fab508a48224677419e00f9ffcbf7697219136fef10d6c35b5b32e0bd49c1afc2fb86385e&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟西班牙语教程</a>》《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371186&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=512751ea085fd5aca544cff062584ceb&amp;chksm=bd3faa458a482353d0fc92c7502ded5a6d64bf139a1b956710e4efb3bf3513ffa3ed41432b14&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟日语教程</a>》《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371183&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=613c94611b7a376850a4de7cb1a283fb&amp;chksm=bd3faa588a48234e6cb44f3f9e12761ecfd91e675624bbd12ab77275654991b8e81de19a356a&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟俄语教程</a>》《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371130&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=42d0ad0aaf24ed36d4b2114b7ebdac44&amp;chksm=bd3faa0d8a48231ba71b575951508d0b21c46609ee5a8c3e8080a8f36dbc0c808127ab47bfc1&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟韩语教程</a>》）</p> <p>我也喜欢感觉一下不同的语言对于思想的影响。</p> <p>在两种情况下，我尤其能够感觉语言对于思想的限制：</p>那些别的语言定义过，中文中却空缺的意境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E5%88%AB%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E5%AE%9A%E4%B9%89%E8%BF%87%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%B4%E7%A9%BA%E7%BC%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%84%8F%E5%A2%83.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E5%88%AB%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E5%AE%9A%E4%B9%89%E8%BF%87%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%B4%E7%A9%BA%E7%BC%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%84%8F%E5%A2%83.htm<p>自从卸任了小区核酸检测志愿者的身份，似乎一下空了很多。最近的一个月，看到了以前十年都没有看到的人性的复杂。想说很多，却又不知道如何说起；想写很多，却只写了日记，不适合发出来。不如换换脑子，继续思考一些 “无用的知识” 。</p>警惕权力的诱惑，志愿者不是自己的舞台：一个志愿者的自白书https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%AD%A6%E6%83%95%E6%9D%83%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%B1%E6%83%91%EF%BC%8C%E5%BF%97%E6%84%BF%E8%80%85%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%88%9E%E5%8F%B0%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%BF%97.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%AD%A6%E6%83%95%E6%9D%83%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%B1%E6%83%91%EF%BC%8C%E5%BF%97%E6%84%BF%E8%80%85%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%88%9E%E5%8F%B0%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%BF%97.htm<p>封控期间，志愿者撑起了上海运行的半边天。在居委，物业人力捉襟见肘的时候，志愿者填补了中间广阔的空白。从核酸检测，到物资团购，到分发，到特需的帮助，他们积极地参与其中。在温暖和和谐的主旋律中，志愿者和居民之间的冲突，志愿者的委屈和崩溃，也不少见。</p>“你对” ：微信群一招制敌神器https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BD%A0%E5%AF%B9-%EF%BC%9A%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A4%E4%B8%80%E6%8B%9B%E5%88%B6%E6%95%8C%E7%A5%9E%E5%99%A8.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BD%A0%E5%AF%B9-%EF%BC%9A%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A4%E4%B8%80%E6%8B%9B%E5%88%B6%E6%95%8C%E7%A5%9E%E5%99%A8.htm<p>在占据大家很多时间的小区微信群里面，大家年龄相差50岁都很正常，生活背景的差异更是千差万别。观点的差异性可能是所有群里面最多的。聊聊团购，发发段子，总是雅俗共赏，但如果一旦涉及严肃的讨论，就会很快变成争论。</p>封控期间的煮粽子操作手册https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E7%9A%84%E7%85%AE%E7%B2%BD%E5%AD%90%E6%93%8D%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E7%9A%84%E7%85%AE%E7%B2%BD%E5%AD%90%E6%93%8D%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.htm<p>街道又发物资了。这次发了粽子。邻居里的老外一头雾水，不认识这东西，不知道怎么吃，在微信群求助。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-168.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我这个不会做饭的，给人家写了个英文操作手册：</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>You lock the two Zongzi down in a boiling pot, and ask them to self quarantine for 15 minutes. Stepping outside the pot not allowed.</p>大多数团购将在疫情结束后归于寂静https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%9A%E6%95%B0%E5%9B%A2%E8%B4%AD%E5%B0%86%E5%9C%A8%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85%E7%BB%93%E6%9D%9F%E5%90%8E%E5%BD%92%E4%BA%8E%E5%AF%82%E9%9D%99.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%9A%E6%95%B0%E5%9B%A2%E8%B4%AD%E5%B0%86%E5%9C%A8%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85%E7%BB%93%E6%9D%9F%E5%90%8E%E5%BD%92%E4%BA%8E%E5%AF%82%E9%9D%99.htm<p>《中欧商业评论》准备拉我和刘勇同学一起直播聊一聊封控期间的自组织和商业模式，涉及如下的一些问题。我先简单回答一下，理一下思路。</p> <p><strong>问：团购代表了一种自发式的市场经济，其为何能如此高效，又为何能在特殊时期，胜过统购式的计划经济，更能满足不同人群的需求？</strong></p>上海封控期间的文章列表https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:50:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8.htm<p>上海封控这一个月的经历，对我的影响，超过了过去的几年。</p> <p>每天都有很多思考，好在自己喜欢写字，就形成了一个可以过些年重新翻看的记录。</p> <p>我无法像很多人一样宣称自己看到的就是整个上海。我最多最多看到了我周围能够触及的上海这头大象的2500万分之一的区域。</p>我们容易记住第一次做一件事情，却很少意识到，最后一次https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AE%B9%E6%98%93%E8%AE%B0%E4%BD%8F%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%EF%BC%8C%E5%8D%B4%E5%BE%88%E5%B0%91%E6%84%8F%E8%AF%86%E5%88%B0%EF%BC%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%AE%B9%E6%98%93%E8%AE%B0%E4%BD%8F%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%EF%BC%8C%E5%8D%B4%E5%BE%88%E5%B0%91%E6%84%8F%E8%AF%86%E5%88%B0%EF%BC%8C.htm<p>4 月 30 日团购了杨枝甘露。5 月 6 日黄昏的时候，终于吃到了。生活还要继续，只是需要更多的计划性，需要提前预测自己 6 天以后的心境。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-142.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我已经彻底忘了我上一次喝杨枝甘露是什么时候了。是三月份吗？三月份似乎是很久远的过去。</p>“报告首长，一车新兵”：让他们成为解法，而不是问题本身https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A%E9%A6%96%E9%95%BF%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%80%E8%BD%A6%E6%96%B0%E5%85%B5%EF%BC%9A%E8%AE%A9%E4%BB%96%E4%BB%AC%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E8%A7%A3%E6%B3%95%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A%E9%A6%96%E9%95%BF%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%80%E8%BD%A6%E6%96%B0%E5%85%B5%EF%BC%9A%E8%AE%A9%E4%BB%96%E4%BB%AC%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E8%A7%A3%E6%B3%95%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D.htm<p>先讲一个我很喜欢的笑话：</p> <p>一位将军看到一辆军车陷在泥中，帮忙费了九牛二虎之力给推出来了。然后问：“车上装了啥东西呀？这么老沉？”回答：“报告首长，一车新兵”。</p>10分钟意大利语教程https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E6%84%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%88%A9%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E6%84%8F%E5%A4%A7%E5%88%A9%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htm<p>参见前面写的一些其他语言的教程：</p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371431&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=fbf11875b7c3500773982780ebdfd875&amp;chksm=bd3fab508a48224677419e00f9ffcbf7697219136fef10d6c35b5b32e0bd49c1afc2fb86385e&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟西班牙语教程</a> - <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371186&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=512751ea085fd5aca544cff062584ceb&amp;chksm=bd3faa458a482353d0fc92c7502ded5a6d64bf139a1b956710e4efb3bf3513ffa3ed41432b14&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟日语教程</a> - <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371183&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=613c94611b7a376850a4de7cb1a283fb&amp;chksm=bd3faa588a48234e6cb44f3f9e12761ecfd91e675624bbd12ab77275654991b8e81de19a356a&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟俄语教程</a> - <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371130&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=42d0ad0aaf24ed36d4b2114b7ebdac44&amp;chksm=bd3faa0d8a48231ba71b575951508d0b21c46609ee5a8c3e8080a8f36dbc0c808127ab47bfc1&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">10分钟韩语教程</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-140.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>如音乐一般的意大利语</strong></p> <p>很多年前，当火车蜿蜒在地中海岸，刚刚离开法国，进入意大利，我就被浓郁的音乐般的意大利语迷住了。Milano、Milano （重音在 lan，而且 a 拉得老长，o 发音非常饱满），加上五只搓在一起的手指，在空中挥舞的样子，奠定了我对这门语言的第一印象。</p>我们不应推卸自己应当承担的责任https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%8D%E5%BA%94%E6%8E%A8%E5%8D%B8%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E5%BA%94%E5%BD%93%E6%89%BF%E6%8B%85%E7%9A%84%E8%B4%A3%E4%BB%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%8D%E5%BA%94%E6%8E%A8%E5%8D%B8%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E5%BA%94%E5%BD%93%E6%89%BF%E6%8B%85%E7%9A%84%E8%B4%A3%E4%BB%BB.htm<p>群里面通知，明天所有人做核酸检测。</p> <p>有人不服气，问：明天<strong>我<strong><strong>可不可以</strong></strong>不去做</strong>？</p> <p>问的人，期待有人给自己一个明确回答：“<strong>是的，<strong><strong>你</strong></strong>可以不去做</strong>”。</p> <p>很显然，没有人会给他这个答案。</p>关于 NFT 的醍醐灌顶时刻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E-nft-%E7%9A%84%E9%86%8D%E9%86%90%E7%81%8C%E9%A1%B6%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E-nft-%E7%9A%84%E9%86%8D%E9%86%90%E7%81%8C%E9%A1%B6%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htm<p>我们都有过一些特殊的时刻，仅仅瞟一眼一样原来没见过的东西，立刻就明白了它是什么，并且后面的很多年，这种认知就没有变过。这些时刻，被我称之为“醍醐灌顶时刻”。</p>实物的画做成 NFT 会成为笑话https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%9E%E7%89%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%94%BB%E5%81%9A%E6%88%90-nft-%E4%BC%9A%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E7%AC%91%E8%AF%9D.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%9E%E7%89%A9%E7%9A%84%E7%94%BB%E5%81%9A%E6%88%90-nft-%E4%BC%9A%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E7%AC%91%E8%AF%9D.htm<p>用自己熟悉的东西，尝试理解全新的事物，经常会成为笑话。对于 web3，我们也有这样的倾向。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-138.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>对电子游戏机可笑想象</strong></p> <p>小学的一天，一群小伙伴刚刚光顾过新开的游戏厅，兴冲冲地回到教室，向我手舞足蹈地描述<strong>电子****游戏机</strong>。他们说：</p>我讨厌大词儿https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E8%AE%A8%E5%8E%8C%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%8D%E5%84%BF.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%88%91%E8%AE%A8%E5%8E%8C%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%8D%E5%84%BF.htm<p>不懂但可以让别人以为自己懂的简单方法，是学习一些这个领域的大词儿，新词儿：那些谁都不知道啥意思的词儿，并且经常使用它。听的人其实也不太懂，但他们不会戳穿的，因为揭穿了也就同时展示了自己不懂。</p>互联网是一张网，Web3 是一张表（一张大大的表）https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E7%BD%91%EF%BC%8Cweb3-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%88%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%89.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E7%BD%91%EF%BC%8Cweb3-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%88%E4%B8%80%E5%BC%A0%E5%A4%A7%E5%A4%A7%E7%9A%84%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%89.htm<p>总有人用 “下一代互联网” 来解释 Web3 ①。但我觉得 Web3 和互联网不沾边。Web3 肯定是基于互联网的，但是没必要用 “下一代互联网” 去解释它。这就跟计算机的确用电，但不能用 “下一代的电力网” 来解释一样计算机一样。</p>用 86 个最常用的词，描述复杂的事物是怎么工作的 - 区块链篇https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%94%A8-86-%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%80%E5%B8%B8%E7%94%A8%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%8D%EF%BC%8C%E6%8F%8F%E8%BF%B0%E5%A4%8D%E6%9D%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E7%89%A9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%94%A8-86-%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%80%E5%B8%B8%E7%94%A8%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%8D%EF%BC%8C%E6%8F%8F%E8%BF%B0%E5%A4%8D%E6%9D%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E7%89%A9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84.htm<p>Randall Munroe 挑选了最常用的 1000 个单词，鼓励大家尝试只用这些词，去解释哪怕最复杂的事物。我接受这个挑战，在这 1000 个词里，又挑出了 86 个比较简单的，写成一首诗，看是不是可以把<strong>区块链</strong>的工作原理讲清楚。</p>理科生对于晚婚问题的分析https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%90%86%E7%A7%91%E7%94%9F%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E6%99%9A%E5%A9%9A%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90-2.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%90%86%E7%A7%91%E7%94%9F%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E6%99%9A%E5%A9%9A%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90-2.htm<p>最近因为电影关心起了晚婚的社会现象。作为一个数据敏感型的理科生，我做了这样的数据分析。</p> <p>被问到一个女生的择偶要求，她说：要求不高，只要身高178以上，帅一点，比我大就行。</p>经济高速公路上，突然经过的鸭子https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E9%AB%98%E9%80%9F%E5%85%AC%E8%B7%AF%E4%B8%8A%EF%BC%8C%E7%AA%81%E7%84%B6%E7%BB%8F%E8%BF%87%E7%9A%84%E9%B8%AD%E5%AD%90.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E9%AB%98%E9%80%9F%E5%85%AC%E8%B7%AF%E4%B8%8A%EF%BC%8C%E7%AA%81%E7%84%B6%E7%BB%8F%E8%BF%87%E7%9A%84%E9%B8%AD%E5%AD%90.htm<p>假设一条高速公路上，所有车都维持在 100 公里每小时的速度，稳定运行。</p> <p>忽然一只鸭子冲到路上，吓得司机拼命踩刹车，停了下来。后面的第二辆车也急刹车，后面一辆一辆车都急刹车，还好都没有追尾。之后，鸭子仓皇逃窜，离开高速公路。</p>为啥现在的很多文章都看不懂了？因为它们什么都没有说https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E5%95%A5%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E9%83%BD%E7%9C%8B%E4%B8%8D%E6%87%82%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%9F%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E9%83%BD.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E5%95%A5%E7%8E%B0%E5%9C%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E9%83%BD%E7%9C%8B%E4%B8%8D%E6%87%82%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%9F%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E9%83%BD.htm<p>如果想学点东西，还是去看稍微老一点的书，那些真正懂的人写的书。</p> <p>我在这个封控的周末，花了点时间看了一下费曼教授的《Six Easy Pieces》，只看了一点点，就惊呆了。讲得实在是太简单了，简单得让我停不下来。他从会动的原子开始，没有用任何公式，只用了几页纸，就把物质的一些基本的属性（压力，流体，热胀冷缩，气化，溶解等等）讲得明明白白。</p>为什么动机是不可讨论的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%8A%A8%E6%9C%BA%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E8%AE%A8%E8%AE%BA%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F-2.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%8A%A8%E6%9C%BA%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E8%AE%A8%E8%AE%BA%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F-2.htm<p>公开场合，尤其是微信群里，不讨论动机应该是一个最基本的准则，但知道这一条的人很少，照做的更少。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-135.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>为什么动机不可讨论呢？</p> <p><strong>动机不可证明</strong></p> <p>动机是世界上最不可能证明的东西。没有任何人有能力证明自己的动机是什么，或者不是什么。</p>为什么动机是不可讨论的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%8A%A8%E6%9C%BA%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E8%AE%A8%E8%AE%BA%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:48:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%8A%A8%E6%9C%BA%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E8%AE%A8%E8%AE%BA%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>公开场合，尤其是微信群里，不讨论动机应该是一个最基本的准则，但知道这一条的人很少，照做的更少。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-134.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>为什么动机不可讨论呢？</p> <p><strong>动机不可证明</strong></p> <p>动机是世界上最不可能证明的东西。没有任何人有能力证明自己的动机是什么，或者不是什么。</p>真正厉害的人，怎么用大白话，讲明白复杂的事情https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%8E%89%E5%AE%B3%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%8C%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%94%A8%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%B2%E6%98%8E%E7%99%BD%E5%A4%8D%E6%9D%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%9C%9F%E6%AD%A3%E5%8E%89%E5%AE%B3%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%8C%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%94%A8%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%B2%E6%98%8E%E7%99%BD%E5%A4%8D%E6%9D%82%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85.htm<p>最近深感大家不喜欢用最<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374496&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=2f93816f4ace77362695e982deac1a3e&amp;chksm=bd3057578a47de41e28c075339d5bc55166858cdc4e473d9e88443351bd3743d189332f4b818&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">简单的话</a>把事情<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374527&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=7198bac4db41d31b48930915a6189b2d&amp;chksm=bd3057488a47de5efbcd7b786b33f347fc99a54efc5656eedd922b2a62add83cfcffe1aa7445&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">讲明白</a>，我试图把费曼教授的《Six Easy Pieces》中间第一部分用自己的话讲一遍。</p> <p>估计大家不会耐着性子把这些初中到高中物理课的内容看完，所以我把我的感悟挪到前面来讲。</p>Web3 之迷惑行为大赏https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E4%B9%8B%E8%BF%B7%E6%83%91%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%8F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E4%B9%8B%E8%BF%B7%E6%83%91%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%8F.htm<p>Web3 是当今迷惑行为最密集的领域。（权且这么称呼吧，虽然我希望<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374501&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=024b3e610aac0c0a077c59ff1677b470&amp;chksm=bd3057528a47de44e283779894b4336b646b95feeaef3671b94b8077bfde4f5f963a22277ae4&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">改名</a>叫 Tab，或者 OneTable）我来列举一些。</p> <p><strong>黑话聚集地</strong></p> <p>没人能在刚进入 Web3 社区的时候，不立刻自惭形秽。</p>Web3 迷惑行为大赏https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E8%BF%B7%E6%83%91%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%8F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E8%BF%B7%E6%83%91%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%8F.htm<p>Web3 是当今迷惑行为最密集的领域。让我给这些行为颁一些奖。</p> <p>权且这么称呼为 Web3 吧，虽然我希望<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374501&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=024b3e610aac0c0a077c59ff1677b470&amp;chksm=bd3057528a47de44e283779894b4336b646b95feeaef3671b94b8077bfde4f5f963a22277ae4&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">改名</a>叫 Tab，或者 OneTable。</p> <hr> <p><strong>黑话聚集地</strong></p> <p>没人能在刚进入 Web3 社区的时候，不立刻感到自卑。</p>StepN ：希望找乐子，很好；希望挣钱，没戏https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_stepn-%EF%BC%9A%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E6%89%BE%E4%B9%90%E5%AD%90%EF%BC%8C%E5%BE%88%E5%A5%BD%EF%BC%9B%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E6%8C%A3%E9%92%B1%EF%BC%8C%E6%B2%A1%E6%88%8F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_stepn-%EF%BC%9A%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E6%89%BE%E4%B9%90%E5%AD%90%EF%BC%8C%E5%BE%88%E5%A5%BD%EF%BC%9B%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B%E6%8C%A3%E9%92%B1%EF%BC%8C%E6%B2%A1%E6%88%8F.htm<p>想象一下，你想跑步，但是太懒。</p> <p>你给我 1000 点，你每跑一次我还你 10 个点，最多不超过 1000 点</p> <p>好主意吗？是的，给自己跑步一点动力。</p> <p>好玩么？是的，比自己孤独的跑步好玩。</p>理科生对于晚婚问题的分析https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%90%86%E7%A7%91%E7%94%9F%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E6%99%9A%E5%A9%9A%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%90%86%E7%A7%91%E7%94%9F%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E6%99%9A%E5%A9%9A%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90.htm<p>最近因为<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373880&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=c2a0c7c2fc48a8492cd05f00fa965bcb&amp;chksm=bd3051cf8a47d8d9ff5df47e7b9c5266e3f550e033828172d6ee166960f0698f0d4b5e42e311&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">电影</a>关心起了晚婚的社会现象。作为一个数据敏感型的理科生，我做了这样的数据分析。</p> <p>一个女生被问到择偶要求，她说：要求不高，只要身高178以上，帅一点，比我大就行。</p> <p>看似特别简单的三个要求，实际上可能比她自己想象的比例要小。</p>上海封控大考结束，我们每个人得了几分？ 写在上海解封前夜https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E5%A4%A7%E8%80%83%E7%BB%93%E6%9D%9F%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86%E5%87%A0%E5%88%86%EF%BC%9F-%E5%86%99%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%8A.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B0%81%E6%8E%A7%E5%A4%A7%E8%80%83%E7%BB%93%E6%9D%9F%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86%E5%87%A0%E5%88%86%EF%BC%9F-%E5%86%99%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%8A.htm<p>上海忽然就解封了。早上接到园区的通知，说明天就可以回办公室工作。</p> <p>这通知来得，比封城还要突然。如临大敌的防控，像烈日下的干冰，瞬间消失得无影无踪，不留哪怕一滴水的痕迹。</p>X to earn 都是骗局吗？ Web3 学习笔记https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_x-to-earn-%E9%83%BD%E6%98%AF%E9%AA%97%E5%B1%80%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F-web3-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_x-to-earn-%E9%83%BD%E6%98%AF%E9%AA%97%E5%B1%80%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F-web3-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htm<p>这是系列的 Web3 学习笔记的一篇。作为这个领域的小白，我故意把自己的无知暴露在各位前辈面前，或许会有好心人不忍心见我误入歧途，帮我指点一些明显的错误，我将不胜感激。本文不是科普文章，晦涩难懂，不知所云，大词儿满篇飞，非专业人士可以不用浪费时间，明天来看别的文章较为妥当。</p>脐带另一头连在哪里？柏林墙的起点在哪里？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%84%90%E5%B8%A6%E5%8F%A6%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%B4%E8%BF%9E%E5%9C%A8%E5%93%AA%E9%87%8C%EF%BC%9F%E6%9F%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%A2%99%E7%9A%84%E8%B5%B7%E7%82%B9%E5%9C%A8%E5%93%AA%E9%87%8C%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%84%90%E5%B8%A6%E5%8F%A6%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%B4%E8%BF%9E%E5%9C%A8%E5%93%AA%E9%87%8C%EF%BC%9F%E6%9F%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%A2%99%E7%9A%84%E8%B5%B7%E7%82%B9%E5%9C%A8%E5%93%AA%E9%87%8C%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>有两件曾经让我很困惑的事情。</p> <p>一件是脐带。</p> <p>我们都知道婴儿的脐带一端连着孩子的肚脐，另外一端连在哪里呢？连着母体吗？</p> <p>另一个是柏林墙。</p> <p>我以前一直记得柏林墙一边是东德，一边是西德。那柏林墙的起点在哪里，终点又在哪里呢？再长的哪怕长城那么长的墙，也总有一个头可以绕过去吧。为什么一个柏林墙大家就只能用各种奇葩的办法翻呢？他们为什么不绕过去呢？</p>投票的功能和非功能研究https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%92%8C%E9%9D%9E%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%8A%95%E7%A5%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%92%8C%E9%9D%9E%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6.htm<p>我从很多很多年前，就非常着迷于一件事情，就是一群弱信任，高多样性的群体（比如小区业主）如何集体做一个决定。在以前的小区里面，真有把鼻子打流血的情况发生。对于一群人，比如200个人，如何集体的做一个决定，我到现在还没有看到过特别成功的案例，但我对于这件事情的着迷程度，从来没有减弱。</p>鬼害怕甲醛吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%AC%BC%E5%AE%B3%E6%80%95%E7%94%B2%E9%86%9B%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%AC%BC%E5%AE%B3%E6%80%95%E7%94%B2%E9%86%9B%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>有人教过我一个小窍门，当你害怕一件事情的时候，尽量得去想细节。在细节里面，你的恐惧会消散。</p> <p>比如，在幽暗的走廊里面，你总觉得尽头的阴影里面有鬼藏在那里。</p>Web3 的今天，相当于互联网的 1993 年https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%8A%E5%A4%A9%EF%BC%8C%E7%9B%B8%E5%BD%93%E4%BA%8E%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E7%9A%84-1993-%E5%B9%B4.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%8A%E5%A4%A9%EF%BC%8C%E7%9B%B8%E5%BD%93%E4%BA%8E%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E7%9A%84-1993-%E5%B9%B4.htm<p>如果一定做一个对应的话，我觉得 Web3 的今天的状况像极了互联网的 1993 年。</p> <p><strong>为什么是 1993  年呢？</strong></p> <p>1993 年，是 Netscape 诞生的前一年。虽然之前也有过各种浏览器，比如Mosaic，但真正把互联网推向普通用户，达到一个 1000 万以上用户的，是 Netscape 和 Yahoo! 这一对兄弟。</p>Web 和 Web3 的关系，就是“雷锋”和“雷峰塔”的关系https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web-%E5%92%8C-web3-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E9%9B%B7%E9%94%8B%E5%92%8C%E9%9B%B7%E5%B3%B0%E5%A1%94%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web-%E5%92%8C-web3-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E9%9B%B7%E9%94%8B%E5%92%8C%E9%9B%B7%E5%B3%B0%E5%A1%94%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htm<p>雷锋和雷峰塔是什么关系？就是没啥关系。</p> <p>这两个名字看起来很像，让人们以为它们有关系，却说不清楚它们到底有什么关系。类似的迷惑也存在于“老婆”和“老婆饼”之中，“老公”和“老公房”之中，以及“王建国”和“王建硕”之中。。。 </p>关于区块链和 Web3 的文章列表https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E5%92%8C-web3-%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E5%92%8C-web3-%E7%9A%84%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-127.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>陆陆续续写了一些 Web3 相关的学习笔记，从区块链的最底层的技术开始，到一些简单应用的思考。这里是一个列表，希望给完全的小白一些帮助，稍微入门一点点的同学可以安全的忽略，因为你会无法抑制笑话我的冲动。</p>不要问比特币为什么波动，而是要站在比特币的角度问，为什么美元在波动？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E9%97%AE%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%B3%A2%E5%8A%A8%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E6%98%AF%E8%A6%81%E7%AB%99%E5%9C%A8%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81%E7%9A%84%E8%A7%92.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E9%97%AE%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%B3%A2%E5%8A%A8%EF%BC%8C%E8%80%8C%E6%98%AF%E8%A6%81%E7%AB%99%E5%9C%A8%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81%E7%9A%84%E8%A7%92.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-123.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们看到比特币的涨跌，尤其是看到从 2021 年 11 月 7 日的最高点 5 万美金跌到现在的 2 万多美金的样子，不禁要问，为什么比特币暴跌去一半的价值呢？</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-124.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>这是一个注定没有答案的问题。</p>新世界，从来不需要旧世界的批准，参与，甚至不需要他们知道https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%97%A7%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E6%89%B9%E5%87%86%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%82%E4%B8%8E%EF%BC%8C%E7%94%9A%E8%87%B3%E4%B8%8D.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:47:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%97%A7%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E6%89%B9%E5%87%86%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%82%E4%B8%8E%EF%BC%8C%E7%94%9A%E8%87%B3%E4%B8%8D.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-122.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <hr> <p>世界上有两种变革。</p> <p>一种是改进型的，就是在同一个世界里面，推出下一个版本。比如家电更新，汽车推出新车型。我们对于他的每个进度都清清楚楚。</p> <p>另外一种，是彻底重建一个新的世界。原来的互联网，还有现在的 Web3 都是后者。</p>最基本的问题：比特币到底有什么价值？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%80%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%EF%BC%9A%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E6%9C%89%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BB%B7%E5%80%BC%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%80%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%EF%BC%9A%E6%AF%94%E7%89%B9%E5%B8%81%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%E6%9C%89%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BB%B7%E5%80%BC%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-121.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们先定义什么是价值。</p> <p>马克思认为，价值是无差别的人类劳动。但我更喜欢 Paul Graham 的大白话的解释：价值就是人们想要的东西（Value is something people want ）</p> <p>比特币至少有四层人们想要的东西。</p>送你几个存有以太币的钱包、以及它们的密码https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%80%81%E4%BD%A0%E5%87%A0%E4%B8%AA%E5%AD%98%E6%9C%89%E4%BB%A5%E5%A4%AA%E5%B8%81%E7%9A%84%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85%E3%80%81%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E5%AF%86%E7%A0%81.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%80%81%E4%BD%A0%E5%87%A0%E4%B8%AA%E5%AD%98%E6%9C%89%E4%BB%A5%E5%A4%AA%E5%B8%81%E7%9A%84%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85%E3%80%81%E4%BB%A5%E5%8F%8A%E5%AE%83%E4%BB%AC%E7%9A%84%E5%AF%86%E7%A0%81.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-116.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>送你几个以太币钱包：</p> <p>密钥：</p> <p>0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006</p> <p>（不用数了，就是 6 前面 63 个 0 ）</p> <p>钱包地址：</p> <p>0xE57bFE9F44b819898F47BF37E5AF72a0783e1141</p> <p>大家用这个密钥就可以控制这个账户了。好消息（坏消息）是，钱包密码是不可以改的，所以你知道了，就永远知道了。</p>如何闭上眼睛默念咒语，就能生成自己的钱包https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E9%97%AD%E4%B8%8A%E7%9C%BC%E7%9D%9B%E9%BB%98%E5%BF%B5%E5%92%92%E8%AF%AD%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E8%83%BD%E7%94%9F%E6%88%90%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E9%97%AD%E4%B8%8A%E7%9C%BC%E7%9D%9B%E9%BB%98%E5%BF%B5%E5%92%92%E8%AF%AD%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E8%83%BD%E7%94%9F%E6%88%90%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-112.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天发出《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375001&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=52cf540e9c776f6e0ca23bd6d6d28a54&amp;chksm=bd30556e8a47dc78090235c21477c2363802a8c086ee2bdb5fcbcde810f3c0adc4136753c3fe&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">送你几个存有以太币的钱包、以及它们的密码</a>》的文章以后，有工程师的朋友想知道关于密钥如何得出钱包地址的过程。我用代码回答一下这个问题。</p> <p><strong>密钥</strong></p> <p>首先，你要先选一个密钥。这个密钥是从 0 到 2 的 256 次方之间的任意一个数字。</p> <p>6 也行，18 也行，3333333333，123123123123123123123123123123 都行。</p>一箭一线：关于做选择的具体的建议https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%80%E7%AE%AD%E4%B8%80%E7%BA%BF%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%81%9A%E9%80%89%E6%8B%A9%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%80%E7%AE%AD%E4%B8%80%E7%BA%BF%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%81%9A%E9%80%89%E6%8B%A9%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B7%E4%BD%93%E7%9A%84%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%AE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-111.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373890&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=501a90213769fb38277a816af3d3fc32&amp;chksm=bd3051358a47d8234dbd7bfadf6b548f9b990a36d21b0124b3237e7ada8d9cdb636bfdb06087&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">具体的建议才是好的建议</a>。有一些做选择的具体的建议帮助了我很多年。</p> <p><strong>弯路</strong></p> <p>我曾经希望建立起一种各种因素加权平均最后算总分的体系，或者用优缺点列表等方式做决定。后来一个心理实验彻底帮助我了解这些方法彻底无用的原因。</p>如果发现一个东西的下一个版本怎么看都比上个版本差的时候，可能是我们误解了他的本质https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%9C%8B%E9%83%BD%E6%AF%94%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%AA%E7%89%88.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E4%B8%9C%E8%A5%BF%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%9C%8B%E9%83%BD%E6%AF%94%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%AA%E7%89%88.htm<p>昨天我看了一下一九九五年的时候比尔盖茨跟在 Letterman 里面跟 Dave 讲，互联网是什么样子。</p> <p>我天哪！那叫一个痛苦呀！</p> <p>比尔盖茨告诉他说，在未来你可以在互联网上面可以听 baseball 的 radio 什么的。</p>有些知识，一旦知道了，便再也无法回到那以前的纯真年代https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%80%E6%97%A6%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%BE%BF%E5%86%8D%E4%B9%9F%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E5%9B%9E%E5%88%B0%E9%82%A3%E4%BB%A5%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%9B%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%80%E6%97%A6%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%BE%BF%E5%86%8D%E4%B9%9F%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E5%9B%9E%E5%88%B0%E9%82%A3%E4%BB%A5%E5%89%8D%E7%9A%84.htm<p>有一类知识，和冷知识还不一样，如果我们不知道，也可以过着幸福的生活，但一旦知晓，反而会让自己如同开了天眼一样，看到的世界就会增加一条规则，再也回不去了。</p>新世界和旧世界的映射：一件技术之外，人文之内的事情https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%92%8C%E6%97%A7%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E6%98%A0%E5%B0%84%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%B6%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%96%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E6%96%87%E4%B9%8B%E5%86%85.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:46:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%92%8C%E6%97%A7%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E6%98%A0%E5%B0%84%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%B6%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E4%B9%8B%E5%A4%96%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E6%96%87%E4%B9%8B%E5%86%85.htm<p>在新技术诞生后，如何让使用者尽快对于新技术熟悉起来，是一个常常被遗忘的领域。今天中午和赵君同学的一次聊天又一次提醒了我关注这个大众的适应过程。</p>上海浦东的路名规律https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%B5%A6%E4%B8%9C%E7%9A%84%E8%B7%AF%E5%90%8D%E8%A7%84%E5%BE%8B.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E6%B5%A6%E4%B8%9C%E7%9A%84%E8%B7%AF%E5%90%8D%E8%A7%84%E5%BE%8B.htm<p>地图是一个好东西，盯着看，总能发现隐藏在道路里面的类似于藏头诗一样的有趣设置。尤其是浦东新区的地名，很明显是有规律可循的。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-105.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>碧云国际社区</strong></p> <p>我最喜欢碧云社区在杨高路罗山路西的西南角，路的名字好象一幅油画：</p>准备尝试用直播的方式分享每周的内部技术讲座，附 《Web3 入门》回放https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%87%86%E5%A4%87%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E7%94%A8%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F%E5%88%86%E4%BA%AB%E6%AF%8F%E5%91%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%86%85%E9%83%A8%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E8%AE%B2%E5%BA%A7%EF%BC%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%87%86%E5%A4%87%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E7%94%A8%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F%E5%88%86%E4%BA%AB%E6%AF%8F%E5%91%A8%E7%9A%84%E5%86%85%E9%83%A8%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E8%AE%B2%E5%BA%A7%EF%BC%8C.htm<p>每周的公司内部技术讲座，是我从微软学到的众多优良传统中执行得最好的一个。每周，都抽出一个晚上，相互分享自己最近学到的新的技术 ，对于分享者和参与者，都是有益的促进。一个技术菜鸟，一年 50 几场各种类型的讲座听下来，怎么着都不至于太菜。</p>买 NFT，实际是在买什么？从底层代码视角的分析https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B9%B0-nft%EF%BC%8C%E5%AE%9E%E9%99%85%E6%98%AF%E5%9C%A8%E4%B9%B0%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F%E4%BB%8E%E5%BA%95%E5%B1%82%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E8%A7%86%E8%A7%92%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B9%B0-nft%EF%BC%8C%E5%AE%9E%E9%99%85%E6%98%AF%E5%9C%A8%E4%B9%B0%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F%E4%BB%8E%E5%BA%95%E5%B1%82%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E8%A7%86%E8%A7%92%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90.htm<p>0xBC4CA0EdA7647A8aB7C2061c2E118A18a936f13D </p> <p>这串乱码是什么？</p> <p>这个 42 个字母组成的字符串，其实是一个地址，存在以太坊那个全球所有人公用的大表上。这个神秘的地址里存着什么呢？我们用 web3js 的代码 getCode 去拿一下：</p>安安静静地记录生活的好朋友们之二https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%89%E9%9D%99%E9%9D%99%E5%9C%B0%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E4%BB%AC%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%89%E5%AE%89%E9%9D%99%E9%9D%99%E5%9C%B0%E8%AE%B0%E5%BD%95%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B%E4%BB%AC%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%8C.htm<p>又到了月底。一到月底，就想轻松一下，推荐一些安安静静的记录生活的好朋友的公众号。</p> <p>毛毛是一个无比细腻的产品经理，因为他加入的时候，公司里面已经有一个女孩叫毛毛了，所以我们就一直叫他男毛毛。他的公众号文章不多，但是每一篇依然浸润着那种细致思考的感觉，让人如沐春风。</p>NFT 是专业泡沫冲浪者（Pro Bubble Surfer）的天堂https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_nft-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%93%E4%B8%9A%E6%B3%A1%E6%B2%AB%E5%86%B2%E6%B5%AA%E8%80%85%EF%BC%88pro-bubble-surfer%EF%BC%89%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_nft-%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%93%E4%B8%9A%E6%B3%A1%E6%B2%AB%E5%86%B2%E6%B5%AA%E8%80%85%EF%BC%88pro-bubble-surfer%EF%BC%89%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82.htm<p>在澳大利亚东部布里斯班附近，有一个美丽如天堂的地方，叫做 Surfers Paradise。那里有世界上出了名的大浪。我曾经天真到想到沙滩附近的海里游泳。结果一个大浪过来，我被抛上天空，脑袋浮在水面，脚离海底一米左右。大浪过去，海水退去，却只够淹没脚踝。没有冲浪板，在这里逗留属于自虐行为。</p>面试投资者https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E8%80%85.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E8%80%85.htm<p>今天和一位硅谷的朋友电话，聊起关于融资的话题。对于一些常见的问题，他让我给建议。其中最重要的三条我已经在以前的文章（《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371122&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=6cfabbe13e69b0808d59afbfcae4c520&amp;chksm=bd3faa058a482313cbf09c52a72cefccd3957bff37ee31be948c87ef50b4a025c85ab424297c&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">买保险，书面为准，市场定价 &ndash; 融资的三个小提示</a>》）里面写过了，基本上就是三条：</p>私房小彩虹制作手册https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%A7%81%E6%88%BF%E5%B0%8F%E5%BD%A9%E8%99%B9%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C-2.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:45:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%A7%81%E6%88%BF%E5%B0%8F%E5%BD%A9%E8%99%B9%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C-2.htm<p>今天傍晚，上海出现了超级大的彩虹。下面这个是我在楼下随手拍到的。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-86.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>观察到彩虹需要有几个条件：</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>需要是正在下雨，或者刚刚雨过天晴。总之就是天空中应该布满小水珠。</p>私房小彩虹制作手册https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%A7%81%E6%88%BF%E5%B0%8F%E5%BD%A9%E8%99%B9%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:44:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%A7%81%E6%88%BF%E5%B0%8F%E5%BD%A9%E8%99%B9%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.htm<p>傍晚，上海出现了超级大的彩虹。下面这个是在楼下随手拍到的。朋友圈被彩虹刷屏，看来彩虹爱好者很多。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-76.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>观察到彩虹需要有几个条件：</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>需要是正在下雨，或者刚刚雨过天晴。天空中应该布满小水珠，从而可以反射阳光。</p>版权和 Web3 的关系，就像邮政编码和电子邮件的关系https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%89%88%E6%9D%83%E5%92%8C-web3-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E9%82%AE%E6%94%BF%E7%BC%96%E7%A0%81%E5%92%8C%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E9%82%AE%E4%BB%B6%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%89%88%E6%9D%83%E5%92%8C-web3-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E9%82%AE%E6%94%BF%E7%BC%96%E7%A0%81%E5%92%8C%E7%94%B5%E5%AD%90%E9%82%AE%E4%BB%B6%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htm<p>我们在邮局寄信，需要填写邮政编码。为什么发电子邮件就不用填邮政编码吗？因为这是两套体系，相行不悖，平信的世界用邮政编码，电子邮件世界不用邮政编码。</p>2022年六月份文章目录https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_2022%E5%B9%B4%E5%85%AD%E6%9C%88%E4%BB%BD%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_2022%E5%B9%B4%E5%85%AD%E6%9C%88%E4%BB%BD%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.htm<p>六月份写了大约 25 篇文章。基本上都是我的 Web3 学习笔记（加粗的是我觉得比较有价值的文章）。</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375180&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=4b1fe8ae0ba079fb0d8694fab257be97&amp;chksm=bd305a3b8a47d32d30e3b7446ae6955e04dd669714692aeaf7785900e266ba51cf0d190cf315&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">版权和 Web3 的关系，就像邮政编码和电子邮件的关</a>系</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375175&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=0dcbef111db03840b9350a5d6ef176ad&amp;chksm=bd305a308a47d326024d29341aa2da37b33710d6e799e511ea58eae420dd0f68fe3a95a837f5&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">私房小彩虹制作手册</a></p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375141&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=40caa9808812d9d430d940c12db3b217&amp;chksm=bd305ad28a47d3c4d32437f225432c8dcf9b3002cc847c03bb538faf622fc25b02ba60b9223c&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">面试投资者</a></p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>****<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375135&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=9c1b1bd825e1cfdd96692caac0172223&amp;chksm=bd305ae88a47d3fe12d8dbf3c0f8600686d114175ded4d0de9f586e89577a39819c9abc2285c&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">NFT 是专业泡沫冲浪者（Pro Bubble Surfer）的天堂</a></p>「请用简洁的话语描述一下 Web3。主谓宾即可」https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E3%80%8C%E8%AF%B7%E7%94%A8%E7%AE%80%E6%B4%81%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9D%E8%AF%AD%E6%8F%8F%E8%BF%B0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B-web3%E3%80%82%E4%B8%BB%E8%B0%93%E5%AE%BE%E5%8D%B3%E5%8F%AF%E3%80%8D.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E3%80%8C%E8%AF%B7%E7%94%A8%E7%AE%80%E6%B4%81%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9D%E8%AF%AD%E6%8F%8F%E8%BF%B0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B-web3%E3%80%82%E4%B8%BB%E8%B0%93%E5%AE%BE%E5%8D%B3%E5%8F%AF%E3%80%8D.htm<p>我经常收到类似的留言，比如：</p> <p>「请用简洁的话语描述一下 Web3。主谓宾即可」</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-75.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我正为难怎么回答这个问题呢，有另外的同学帮我回答：</p> <p>「请用简洁的话语描述一下量子力学。主谓宾即可」。</p>DAO 学习笔记（一）：迷宫的入口是 DAO 软件https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_dao-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%EF%BC%88%E4%B8%80%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%9A%E8%BF%B7%E5%AE%AB%E7%9A%84%E5%85%A5%E5%8F%A3%E6%98%AF-dao-%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_dao-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%EF%BC%88%E4%B8%80%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%9A%E8%BF%B7%E5%AE%AB%E7%9A%84%E5%85%A5%E5%8F%A3%E6%98%AF-dao-%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6.htm<p>从今天开始的一周，每天发布一篇自己学习 DAO 的学习笔记。DAO 或许是区块链世界创造出来的，最模糊，最被误用，也是最不知道啥意思的一个概念。希望用自己的研究，和大家一起游一游这个迷宫。如果有错误，或者更好的解释，欢迎留言告诉我。</p>关于非中心化自治组织 (DAO) 的醍醐灌顶时刻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E9%9D%9E%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E7%BB%84%E7%BB%87-dao-%E7%9A%84%E9%86%8D%E9%86%90%E7%81%8C%E9%A1%B6%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E9%9D%9E%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E7%BB%84%E7%BB%87-dao-%E7%9A%84%E9%86%8D%E9%86%90%E7%81%8C%E9%A1%B6%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htm<p>上一篇：<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375199&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=bb2670e3ec50d4583a7b05dac4672f27&amp;chksm=bd305a288a47d33ea474f36c8b26055f40cfbdd347a4e8e4dcacc124ef44b4993e37f6587763&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">迷宫的入口是 DAO 软件</a></p> <blockquote> <p>我们都有过一些特殊的时刻，仅仅瞟一眼一样原来没见过的东西，立刻就明白了它是什么，并且后面的很多年，这种认知就没有变过。这些时刻，被我称之为“醍醐灌顶时刻”。</p>DAO 迷惑行为大赏https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_dao-%E8%BF%B7%E6%83%91%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%8F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_dao-%E8%BF%B7%E6%83%91%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%BA%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%8F.htm<p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374570&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=cdf9c3350db211223939435300105e6d&amp;chksm=bd30549d8a47dd8b446a425c0b653231848910c4048bb21cca0ca834676aba8b79c9b20a03c8&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">Web3 领域整体上迷惑行为</a>密集，但其中的 DAO 领域，密度更高。我对这个领域的一些迷惑行为进行颁奖。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-64.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <hr> <p><strong>用「DAO」这个词代替「组织」这个词说话</strong></p> <p>一个朋友说被拉入了一个电影人的 DAO，我问了一下啥情况。她说就是一个微信群，正在对白皮书表决。我问，他们是怎么表决的？发给我一看，就是一个微信小程序。他们说，表决通过了，这个DAO 的章程就通过了。</p>「噗噗」是如何变成「苹果」的：论人类语言概念的形成https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E3%80%8C%E5%99%97%E5%99%97%E3%80%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%8F%98%E6%88%90%E3%80%8C%E8%8B%B9%E6%9E%9C%E3%80%8D%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9A%E8%AE%BA%E4%BA%BA%E7%B1%BB%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A6%82%E5%BF%B5.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E3%80%8C%E5%99%97%E5%99%97%E3%80%8D%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%8F%98%E6%88%90%E3%80%8C%E8%8B%B9%E6%9E%9C%E3%80%8D%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9A%E8%AE%BA%E4%BA%BA%E7%B1%BB%E8%AF%AD%E8%A8%80%E6%A6%82%E5%BF%B5.htm<p>自然语言处理（NLP）领域近些年最大的突破，或许是 Word2Vec，就是把自然词汇转换成一组数字的算法。比如斯坦福的 GLOVE 模型，就把每个词用 300 个数字表示。</p>要阅读原文https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%A6%81%E9%98%85%E8%AF%BB%E5%8E%9F%E6%96%87.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:43:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%A6%81%E9%98%85%E8%AF%BB%E5%8E%9F%E6%96%87.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-62.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>学习最好的方法就是看最原始的第一手资料，看原著，看原作者写的文章。比如学习区块链就应该看中本聪的比特币论文。</p> <p>除了作者真的懂以外，一个很重要的原因是，作为首创的最早关于一个领域的文章，他们无法使用这个领域后面发明的词汇，所有这篇文章里面发明的新的词汇，也必须加以说明和解释。跟随者写文章反而都假设这些词别人都懂了，虽然自己不太懂，但只要别人懂了就行，结果谁都看不懂别人在说什么。</p>发自内心讨厌 「理中客」 这个词https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%8F%91%E8%87%AA%E5%86%85%E5%BF%83%E8%AE%A8%E5%8E%8C-%E3%80%8C%E7%90%86%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A2%E3%80%8D-%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E8%AF%8D.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%8F%91%E8%87%AA%E5%86%85%E5%BF%83%E8%AE%A8%E5%8E%8C-%E3%80%8C%E7%90%86%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A2%E3%80%8D-%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E8%AF%8D.htm<p>发自内心讨厌 「理中客」 这个生造出来的贬义词。</p> <p>如果连「理性」，「中立」，「客观」这样的褒义词都可以被污名化，成为贬义词的话，下一个会被集体无意识地造出来的贬义词会是什么？</p>Web3 相关文件列表https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E7%9B%B8%E5%85%B3%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_web3-%E7%9B%B8%E5%85%B3%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8.htm<p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375241&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=a761eddaba400464061471c87bd8711a&amp;chksm=bd305a7e8a47d3687142c20146458a67fcedec32ddfbfd6e38a6fc94c1103ea6a0c35d050642&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">DAO 迷惑行为大赏</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375236&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=52d966d36488036853415bb9086b6268&amp;chksm=bd305a738a47d365aa806b95899f0c9407c2fce0902fe5cab245a147bc29ed0dec641c477f93&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">关于非中心化自治组织 (DAO) 的醍醐灌顶时刻</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375199&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=bb2670e3ec50d4583a7b05dac4672f27&amp;chksm=bd305a288a47d33ea474f36c8b26055f40cfbdd347a4e8e4dcacc124ef44b4993e37f6587763&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">DAO 学习笔记（一）：迷宫的入口是 DAO 软件</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375180&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=4b1fe8ae0ba079fb0d8694fab257be97&amp;chksm=bd305a3b8a47d32d30e3b7446ae6955e04dd669714692aeaf7785900e266ba51cf0d190cf315&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">版权和 Web3 的关系，就像邮政编码和电子邮件的关系</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375135&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=9c1b1bd825e1cfdd96692caac0172223&amp;chksm=bd305ae88a47d3fe12d8dbf3c0f8600686d114175ded4d0de9f586e89577a39819c9abc2285c&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">NFT 是专业泡沫冲浪者（Pro Bubble Surfer）的天堂</a></p>欢迎转发、转载、引用声明https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E8%BD%AC%E5%8F%91%E3%80%81%E8%BD%AC%E8%BD%BD%E3%80%81%E5%BC%95%E7%94%A8%E5%A3%B0%E6%98%8E.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E8%BD%AC%E5%8F%91%E3%80%81%E8%BD%AC%E8%BD%BD%E3%80%81%E5%BC%95%E7%94%A8%E5%A3%B0%E6%98%8E.htm<p>从我开始写 blog 开始，就希望通过写作，促进自己观察、思考、理清思路。我自己，一直是我写作的第一读者。</p> <p>如果这些思考恰巧还对第二个人有用，并且他/她不介意花些时间阅读的话，那就更好了。</p>机器调度，人做苦力的系统的诞生https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E8%B0%83%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%81%9A%E8%8B%A6%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9E%E7%94%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E8%B0%83%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%81%9A%E8%8B%A6%E5%8A%9B%E7%9A%84%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9E%E7%94%9F.htm<blockquote> <p>我在地平线上，看到了一种新型的系统正在诞生。我不知道它会走向何方，但是我确信，它会用不起眼的方式慢慢把科幻片的场景变成现实。&mdash; 王建硕</p>视频回放：一起游览 DAO 的迷宫https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E5%9B%9E%E6%94%BE%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%B8%B8%E8%A7%88-dao-%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%B7%E5%AE%AB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E5%9B%9E%E6%94%BE%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%B8%B8%E8%A7%88-dao-%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%B7%E5%AE%AB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-58.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这是本周三的 TechTalk 的录播回放。这一次我们谈及下一个话题：一起游览 DAO 的迷宫。</p> <p>下面是以 Aragon 为例，通过 DAO 软件这个迷宫的入口，先最直观的感觉一下 DAO 软件提供的功能，并且从这个功能开始，对 DAO 有一些直观的感觉。</p>IPFS 学习笔记https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_ipfs-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_ipfs-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htm<p>这是一篇技术笔记，供自己备忘。</p> <p>IPFS 是一种很早很早就开始运行分布式的存储系统，据说《硅谷》美剧的Piped Piper 的原型就是类似于 IPFS 的系统。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-57.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我其实非常着迷于 IPFS 这样的设计：对于一个文件产生一个哈希值，可以用这个哈希值访问到这个文件。</p>你有没有发现，大家开始不用右括号了？（我最近才知道https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%EF%BC%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8%E5%8F%B3%E6%8B%AC%E5%8F%B7%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%9F%EF%BC%88%E6%88%91%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%89%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E5%8F%91%E7%8E%B0%EF%BC%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8%E5%8F%B3%E6%8B%AC%E5%8F%B7%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%9F%EF%BC%88%E6%88%91%E6%9C%80%E8%BF%91.htm<p>不知道最近大家有没有发现，在微信或者类似的平台上，越来越多的人开始只使用左括号，直接忽略了右括号？（迷惑</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-56.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我请教了一圈，才只知道，这种表达方式在二次元人群中，从 2012 年就已经开始流行起来（这么早呀</p>在自己的生活上添加一个图层https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9C%A8%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E4%B8%8A%E6%B7%BB%E5%8A%A0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%9B%BE%E5%B1%82.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:42:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9C%A8%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E4%B8%8A%E6%B7%BB%E5%8A%A0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%9B%BE%E5%B1%82.htm<p>Peter 是我在 2020 年开始练习速写的时候认识的朋友，好多个周六我们都会跟着 Drawing Shanghai 的写生活动一起游历上海漂亮却小众的地方。</p> <p>那个时候，他的画风是这个样子的：</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-49.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>万一智能合约出错了呢？那将导致机器彻底统治人类https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%87%E4%B8%80%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%90%88%E7%BA%A6%E5%87%BA%E9%94%99%E4%BA%86%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F%E9%82%A3%E5%B0%86%E5%AF%BC%E8%87%B4%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E5%BD%BB%E5%BA%95%E7%BB%9F%E6%B2%BB%E4%BA%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%87%E4%B8%80%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%90%88%E7%BA%A6%E5%87%BA%E9%94%99%E4%BA%86%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F%E9%82%A3%E5%B0%86%E5%AF%BC%E8%87%B4%E6%9C%BA%E5%99%A8%E5%BD%BB%E5%BA%95%E7%BB%9F%E6%B2%BB%E4%BA%BA.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-48.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>几天前，写了这篇文章：《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375302&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=706694b9ca5ada2480167b8a8ce72761&amp;chksm=bd305bb18a47d2a7568355a9481bf8ce2e18aa97de63bfc73a6dd61367f76b4390329a006a27&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">机器调度，人做苦力的系统的诞生</a>》，描述了《西部世界》第三季里面的世界正在通过 DAO 组织的机制成为现实。但是很多细节并没有描述清楚。这篇文章，我来试图进行补充这些细节。</p> <p>我们在很多科幻小说里面，看到了机器人统治人类的场景。无论是《黑客帝国》里面的 Matrix，还是《终结者》里面的天网，似乎都是机器在一瞬间就拥有了智能，人类一下子就被按在系统的控制之下。至于如何一步步走到这一步的，这两部电影并没有阐述。</p>关于去中心化标识符（DID ）的问题集合https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E6%A0%87%E8%AF%86%E7%AC%A6%EF%BC%88did-%EF%BC%89%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E9%9B%86%E5%90%88.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%8C%96%E6%A0%87%E8%AF%86%E7%AC%A6%EF%BC%88did-%EF%BC%89%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E9%9B%86%E5%90%88.htm<p>老冒的 DID 文档 《去中心身份的独立日》① 发给我，命我给些反馈。如下是我仅仅基于文档，没有任何其他研究的时候提出的疑问，顺序保持原文前后出现的顺序。我相信这也是大多数初次听到这个概念的朋友的疑惑。希望以后可以通过老冒的进一步阐述或者自己搜索中找到答案。（本文只有问题，没有答案。至于 DID 这个新东东是啥？晚些我应该自己搞明白了再写一个介绍。）</p>大白话聊 Web3：终将到来的时代，会如我们所想吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-web3%EF%BC%9A%E7%BB%88%E5%B0%86%E5%88%B0%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%9A%E5%A6%82%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%89%80%E6%83%B3%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-web3%EF%BC%9A%E7%BB%88%E5%B0%86%E5%88%B0%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%9A%E5%A6%82%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%89%80%E6%83%B3%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>前几天和 Sarah 一起做了一期播客节目，聊了聊最近 Web3 学习的心得。今天播客节目在主要的平台上线了。</p> <blockquote> <p>纵观下面的时间线，你可以感受到我们聊遍了 Web3 世界里的大词（区块链、NFT、DAO等），但实际上听起来却是平实易懂的。这离不开他平日里一贯秉承着「用简单的词能讲明白一件事情，才是真的懂得」的原则。</p>美国地图，自带经纬度标尺https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%BE%EF%BC%8C%E8%87%AA%E5%B8%A6%E7%BB%8F%E7%BA%AC%E5%BA%A6%E6%A0%87%E5%B0%BA.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%BE%EF%BC%8C%E8%87%AA%E5%B8%A6%E7%BB%8F%E7%BA%AC%E5%BA%A6%E6%A0%87%E5%B0%BA.htm<p>美国地图，尤其是西部，和中国地图最大的差别，就是所有州的边界横平竖直，基本上就是直线。这是我一直知道的。</p> <p>但是直到最近，我仔细观察，才发现，这些直线不仅仅是经度和纬度，而且基本上都是<strong>整数的</strong>经度和纬度线，并且后面还有相对简单但有趣的历史。</p>谁能帮我回答这些困惑？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%B0%81%E8%83%BD%E5%B8%AE%E6%88%91%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E5%9B%B0%E6%83%91%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%B0%81%E8%83%BD%E5%B8%AE%E6%88%91%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E5%9B%B0%E6%83%91%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>关于 DAO，有太多的以讹传讹的论断。有一些观点，实在不容易理解。如果谁可以帮助我回答这些问题，不胜感激。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-41.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <hr> <p><strong>DAO 效率比公司制更高？</strong></p>下一代大航海时代的航海日志https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3%E5%A4%A7%E8%88%AA%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E8%88%AA%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E5%BF%97.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3%E5%A4%A7%E8%88%AA%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E8%88%AA%E6%B5%B7%E6%97%A5%E5%BF%97.htm<p>计算机领域有很多词，都来源于生活中的事物。有人觉得像，就拿来比喻，结果流行起来。我相信很多人都知道 debug 和小虫子的关系，spam 和午餐肉的关系，或者 web 和蜘蛛网的关系，对吧？</p>新时代的假面舞会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%81%87%E9%9D%A2%E8%88%9E%E4%BC%9A.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:41:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%96%B0%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84%E5%81%87%E9%9D%A2%E8%88%9E%E4%BC%9A.htm<p>从上一周六开始，因为疫情暂停了半年的上海周六新技术聚会又恢复了。</p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375357&amp;idx=2&amp;sn=4d582cb10fe2aa5be7e5c24dfda6086a&amp;chksm=bd305b8a8a47d29cdc74e65866ddb468c97e3bfa4df79d93ac3e2a3218cd4eb570097b70e39b&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">本周六聚会恢复，7 月23 日下午 3 点到 5 点，苏州河西藏路桥附近。后台回复：聚会 获取入群二维码。</a></p>声音元宇宙？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A3%B0%E9%9F%B3%E5%85%83%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:40:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%A3%B0%E9%9F%B3%E5%85%83%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-29.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>电话是 150 年前发明的。</p> <p>打电话的时候，我们以为听到的是对方的声音。</p> <p>真的是这样吗？并不是。</p> <p>我们听到的是对方声音的模拟，让我们脑子以为我们直接听到了对方的声音。对方的声音，还留在他在的屋子里面，并没有传到我们的耳朵里。</p>2022 年七月份文章目录https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_2022-%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%83%E6%9C%88%E4%BB%BD%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:40:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_2022-%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%83%E6%9C%88%E4%BB%BD%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.htm<p>七月份写了 25 篇文章。主要还是在 Web3 领域的话题。我自己比较喜欢的几篇用 </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-21.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-22.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375428&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=7a2a8da2cd8258e9341245f61e40baff&amp;chksm=bd305b338a47d225b992e557943f1e92e3081d17eaf489053b35fcd544ac468c76d000ecfc70&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">声音元宇宙</a></p> <p>产品简单直接，概念复杂难懂。本来像电话这种看得见摸得着的东西，被冠以「语音元宇宙」这样花里胡哨的名字，反而谁都听不懂了</p>更先进的技术，会减少我们旅行的需求吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9B%B4%E5%85%88%E8%BF%9B%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%9A%E5%87%8F%E5%B0%91%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E7%9A%84%E9%9C%80%E6%B1%82%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:40:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9B%B4%E5%85%88%E8%BF%9B%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%9A%E5%87%8F%E5%B0%91%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C%E7%9A%84%E9%9C%80%E6%B1%82%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375411&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=df845333501a85a4aac78327674aeae7&amp;chksm=bd305bc48a47d2d29c1584af4634d7fb896d444f98e0cd1d97fde7c67b24f9cbc323d1215c2e&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">周六的聚会</a>中，大家聊到一个问题：如果 VR 技术继续发展，会减少我们旅行的需求吗？</p> <p>当然不会。恰恰相反，大概率会更加刺激旅行的需求。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-20.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>旅行需求随着接触到的世界扩大而扩大</strong></p> <p>以前在通讯技术不发达的时候，我们的交流范围就在自己的小乡村里面。我们其实并没有哭着喊着要去北京的需求。在那里，我谁也不认识，没有什么业务，也没有什么需要见的人，需要开的会。</p>为什么我们总想不清楚事物的本质？·https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%80%BB%E6%83%B3%E4%B8%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A%E4%BA%8B%E7%89%A9%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%AC%E8%B4%A8%EF%BC%9F%C2%B7.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:40:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%80%BB%E6%83%B3%E4%B8%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A%E4%BA%8B%E7%89%A9%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%AC%E8%B4%A8%EF%BC%9F%C2%B7.htm<p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAxNDE0MjA2OQ==&amp;mid=2650422981&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=639f30cd1d2f484f51e5048fc8634b04&amp;chksm=839941dfb4eec8c964a42660a2453438c201ba32728368d81b1cc51b69c8a8748c5ac19db626&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">白光</a>写了一篇文章，探讨《何为本质》。文章里面描绘了一个很常见的现象，当我们被问及什么东西的本质是什么这种问题，几乎每个人都会觉得自己的智商受到了挑战，同时面露难色，抓耳挠腮，甚至还为自己无法回答这个问题而感到恼怒。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-18.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>类似的「哲学」问题有很多。什么是爱情的本质？什么是公司的本质？什么是 X 的本质？</p> <p>我想写一篇短文，安抚大家焦躁的情绪，慰藉受伤的心灵。想不清楚事物的本质，不是我们的错。</p>完整音频：大白话聊 Web3：终将到来的时代，会如我们所想吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%8C%E6%95%B4%E9%9F%B3%E9%A2%91%EF%BC%9A%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-web3%EF%BC%9A%E7%BB%88%E5%B0%86%E5%88%B0%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%9A%E5%A6%82%E6%88%91.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:40:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%AE%8C%E6%95%B4%E9%9F%B3%E9%A2%91%EF%BC%9A%E5%A4%A7%E7%99%BD%E8%AF%9D%E8%81%8A-web3%EF%BC%9A%E7%BB%88%E5%B0%86%E5%88%B0%E6%9D%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E4%BB%A3%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%9A%E5%A6%82%E6%88%91.htm<p>两周前，<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375372&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=853026ca256aa145f189d83c5cdba99f&amp;chksm=bd305bfb8a47d2ed99df4dae46b56b6e69343eba67c6c3b02792c82e56b195f79199ea5c2283&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">和 Sarah 一起做了一期播客</a>，基本上把前面一段时间对于 Web3 学习的心得用语音的方式整理了一遍。似乎大家的反馈还挺好，昨天上了《小宇宙》的首页。征得 Sarah 同意，我把音频也在公众号发一遍，总长度 2 个小时，适合大家上下班的时候慢慢听。涵盖的内容如下：00:07:55 Web3 的定义——全球共用的一张中心化大表00:14:23 区块链之于 Web3，相当于互联网之于 Web00:19:10 Web3 并不是互联网的下一个版本00:24:07 Web3 核心要解决的问题不见得是为了解决 Web2 大厂垄断等痛点00:27:53 2035 年或许是 Web3 时代全面到来的时间00:32:40 为什么 Web3 会成为一场席卷全球的革命浪潮？00:42:24 版权与 NFT 的关系，就像邮政编码和 Email 之间的关系一样00:45:50 NFT 解决的是纯数字原生作品的确权，让比特世界的犯罪变得不可能00:56:07 旧世界对新技术的态度01:00:58 对 NFT 价格巨大波动的看法01:04:40 互联网初期创办百姓网的契机01:10:10 龙头垄断现象在 Web3 还会再次上演吗？01:11:20 警惕对 Web3 的过度美化</p>回答问题前需要做些什么？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E5%89%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E5%81%9A%E4%BA%9B%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:40:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%9B%9E%E7%AD%94%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E5%89%8D%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E5%81%9A%E4%BA%9B%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-16.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>关于这期播客，有听众评论：</p> <p>主播好会提问！但嘉宾为什么一直在质疑问题啊？基本每个问题他都觉得没意义/不准确/不必要……习惯性地否定别人吗？</p> <p>我的回答：</p>DID 的醍醐灌顶时刻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_did-%E7%9A%84%E9%86%8D%E9%86%90%E7%81%8C%E9%A1%B6%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:39:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_did-%E7%9A%84%E9%86%8D%E9%86%90%E7%81%8C%E9%A1%B6%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-9.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>7 月 19 日，DID（Decentralized Identifier）已经作为 W3C 的标准推出了。我 7 月 20 日问了一堆 DID 相关的问题：</p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375357&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=13940280d7961a4023dfa41d76997117&amp;chksm=bd305b8a8a47d29c17641308190552ddbc26ed97c08cc0c85f6e150019a67a2fc969e8b96756&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">关于去中心化标识符（DID ）的问题集合</a></p>抵制住被叫老师的诱惑https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%8A%B5%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%8F%E8%A2%AB%E5%8F%AB%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%B1%E6%83%91.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:39:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%8A%B5%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%8F%E8%A2%AB%E5%8F%AB%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%B1%E6%83%91.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-8.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近经常被称为王老师，或者建硕老师。我理解对于这个年纪不上不下，叫建硕感觉有些过于随便，叫什么的确是个难题。</p> <p>我非常理解大家的好意，心怀感激，不过还是时不时地纠正一下，不能欣然接受有人叫我老师。我开玩笑说，最近就忙着纠正两个误解：Web3 不是 Web；建硕不是老师。</p>无聊猿不是一个送给爱人的好礼物https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%97%A0%E8%81%8A%E7%8C%BF%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E9%80%81%E7%BB%99%E7%88%B1%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E7%A4%BC%E7%89%A9.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:35:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%97%A0%E8%81%8A%E7%8C%BF%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E9%80%81%E7%BB%99%E7%88%B1%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E7%A4%BC%E7%89%A9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在传统的世界里面，男性表达爱意，最常用的是<strong>钻石</strong>，更加便宜一点的是<strong>鲜花</strong>。我在思考，在纯数字世界里面，钻石和鲜花的等价物是什么？我还没有明确的答案，但肯定不是类似无聊猿一样的东西。</p>保持欲望的好办法是抑制它https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BF%9D%E6%8C%81%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E5%8A%9E%E6%B3%95%E6%98%AF%E6%8A%91%E5%88%B6%E5%AE%83.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:35:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E4%BF%9D%E6%8C%81%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B%E7%9A%84%E5%A5%BD%E5%8A%9E%E6%B3%95%E6%98%AF%E6%8A%91%E5%88%B6%E5%AE%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-6.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我强烈推荐的方法不多，除了<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652374547&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=f043e64d16c1d017829ecf6d72a5caea&amp;chksm=bd3054a48a47ddb202780de84a36c5b28c61630e9996a6da1448ed441346af5dfc2b380e9634&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">费曼学习法</a>这样通过书写，输出学习以外，另外一个我最推荐的方法，就是给自己限量而非目标。</p> <p>给自己限量而非目标</p> <p>比如写 blog 这样的事情，我曾经要求自己每天写作不超过一篇。这样的要求帮助我坚持了十年日更。因为如果一开始心血来潮，把想写的东西全都一股脑写出来了，第二天一定断粮。反过来，如果每天都有超过自己想写的话题，脑子里一直保存着五六个题目，缓慢的释放出来，每天就总有想要写的东西。这种想写而不得的状态持续了十年，也就持续输出了十年。</p>杀死欲望最好的方法是满足它https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9D%80%E6%AD%BB%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E6%B3%95%E6%98%AF%E6%BB%A1%E8%B6%B3%E5%AE%83.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:35:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E6%9D%80%E6%AD%BB%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E6%B3%95%E6%98%AF%E6%BB%A1%E8%B6%B3%E5%AE%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture-5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天记录下来的思绪，留了个尾巴：既然<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375543&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=cc62b0527d15c6dc789da93c29e235a7&amp;chksm=bd305b408a47d25640a7a4bd4aaa43eb0e09f7d2fdcd94274888377b925205d793546f204112&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">保持欲望的好办法是抑制它</a>，反过来说，杀死欲望最好的方法就是满足它。</p> <p>这句话虽然没错，但对我们的生活并无任何指导作用。</p> <p>对于保持欲望，我们可以用限量的方法，维持欲望小火苗长久的燃烧，这很容易做到。而对于杀死欲望，难道我们能用「满足所有的欲望」的方式消除它吗？想买跑车，去买一辆回来不就好了？提这样的建议，会被人扔到垃圾箱里并踩上几脚。</p>身处史前互联网博物馆里，看 Web3 的未来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%BA%AB%E5%A4%84%E5%8F%B2%E5%89%8D%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A6%86%E9%87%8C%EF%BC%8C%E7%9C%8B-web3-%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:33:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E8%BA%AB%E5%A4%84%E5%8F%B2%E5%89%8D%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E5%8D%9A%E7%89%A9%E9%A6%86%E9%87%8C%EF%BC%8C%E7%9C%8B-web3-%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5.htm<p>在家中整理东西，忽然在一堆旧书里发现了两本大学时期的笔记本。这些本子应该是 1997 年左右，在我沉迷在早期互联网世界时候的记录（年龄不是秘密，不怕暴露）</p>只因为，这场景，似曾相识https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%8F%AA%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%99%E5%9C%BA%E6%99%AF%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%BC%E6%9B%BE%E7%9B%B8%E8%AF%86.htmTue, 16 Aug 2022 23:33:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220816_%E5%8F%AA%E5%9B%A0%E4%B8%BA%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%99%E5%9C%BA%E6%99%AF%EF%BC%8C%E4%BC%BC%E6%9B%BE%E7%9B%B8%E8%AF%86.htm<p>上一篇：<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652375565&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=cf5ef576067efd3727d428174be6078b&amp;chksm=bd3058ba8a47d1aca5123db927c9414da1b09ed0306784a1e11bbf016ed9aac2a03c12d51aae&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">身处史前互联网博物馆里，看 Web3 的未来</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/08/picture.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>欢迎大家参观我的互联网博物馆里的这一个藏品。这是一件可以帮助我们理解现在 Web3 领域各种妥协的一件文物。</p> <p>通过它，我们可以理解，在一个行业开始的时候，为了达到愿景中的未来，曾经做过哪些妥协，并且这些妥协又如何消失。</p>《Web3 入门》视频回放https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220801_Web3-%E5%85%A5%E9%97%A8-%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E5%9B%9E%E6%94%BE.htmMon, 01 Aug 2022 18:41:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220801_Web3-%E5%85%A5%E9%97%A8-%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E5%9B%9E%E6%94%BE.htm<p>每周的公司内部技术讲座，是我从微软学到的众多优良传统中执行得最好的一个。每周，都抽出一个晚上，相互分享自己最近学到的新的技术 ，对于分享者和参与者，都是有益的促进。一个技术菜鸟，一年 50 几场各种类型的讲座听下来，怎么着都不至于太菜。</p>欢迎大家继续在微信公众号阅读https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220721_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD%E5%9C%A8%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%85%AC%E4%BC%97%E5%8F%B7%E9%98%85%E8%AF%BB.htmThu, 21 Jul 2022 11:54:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220721_%E6%AC%A2%E8%BF%8E%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD%E5%9C%A8%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%85%AC%E4%BC%97%E5%8F%B7%E9%98%85%E8%AF%BB.htm<p>blog 作为一个时代的先进的发布方式，慢慢地让位给公众号甚至 Mirror 这样的平台。我也会把最新的文章先发布到公众号去，然后定期的同步一些过来。</p> <p>公众号：王建硕</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-21-at-11.41.38-AM-640x224.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>任鑫这周找谁学（12）王建硕：Web 和 Web3 的关系，就是“雷锋”和“雷峰塔”的关系https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220609_%E4%BB%BB%E9%91%AB%E8%BF%99%E5%91%A8%E6%89%BE%E8%B0%81%E5%AD%A6-12-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-Web-%E5%92%8C-Web3-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF-%E9%9B%B7%E9%94%8B-%E5%92%8C-%E9%9B%B7%E5%B3%B0%E5%A1%94-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htmThu, 09 Jun 2022 16:39:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20220609_%E4%BB%BB%E9%91%AB%E8%BF%99%E5%91%A8%E6%89%BE%E8%B0%81%E5%AD%A6-12-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95-Web-%E5%92%8C-Web3-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB-%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF-%E9%9B%B7%E9%94%8B-%E5%92%8C-%E9%9B%B7%E5%B3%B0%E5%A1%94-%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htm<p>**本期嘉宾｜**王建硕，百姓网创始人、董事长，著名IT评论者、专栏作家。</p> <p>这周我找了王建硕聊 Web3，我平常看建硕的文章，会觉得他是一个在真实生活里亲自探索的人，对我是一种提醒，和他聊过几次后，邀请他录了这期播客。</p>为什么说读代码像读小说？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%AF%B4%E8%AF%BB%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%83%8F%E8%AF%BB%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%9F-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:54:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%AF%B4%E8%AF%BB%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%83%8F%E8%AF%BB%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%9F-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-51.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>来， 随手那一小段 anime.js 的代码。看其中最简单的一段：</p> <ul> <li> str: a =&gt; typeof a === &lsquo;string&rsquo;,</li> </ul> <p>这一句，就看得出作者遣词造句的能力。</p> <p>比如，他用了三等号，就是 === ，而不是双等号 == 。这两个相等运算在这里都是可以使用的，运行结果其实是一样的，但是三等号更加准确的表达了这里作者想意图，就是要“严格相等，不仅仅值要相等，类型也要相等”。</p>中医科学吗？当然不科学了，人家是技术https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E4%B8%AD%E5%8C%BB%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%E4%B8%8D%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B6%E6%98%AF%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:54:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E4%B8%AD%E5%8C%BB%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%E4%B8%8D%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B6%E6%98%AF%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-50.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我最近形成了一个自创的三分法世界观。有了这种三分法，我可以心平气和的和更多人聊天了。</p> <p>我把世界分为：科学，技术，和文学三个范畴。</p> <p><strong>科学和技术</strong></p> <hr> <p>科学和技术的分别比较清晰。科学用系统化的，定量、实验的方法寻求世界运行的规律。而技术是为了达到一定目标的而发明的方法和工具。</p>小区保安的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E4%BF%9D%E5%AE%89%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:45:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E4%BF%9D%E5%AE%89%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-49.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：小区门口的游乐场</p> <p>换一个话题，这个话题是关于我们现在这个社会的。最近一段时间看到一些所在小区的业主，物业，业委会，居委会之间的矛盾和不信任（当然这也是大多数小区在发展过程中必然经历的过程），于是开始思考这些矛盾背后的原因，然后把这个思考记录下来，作为我的社会实践的一部分。今天先从小区的保安的工资开始讲起。</p>船是怎么控制抛锚还是起锚呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E8%88%B9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E6%8A%9B%E9%94%9A%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%B5%B7%E9%94%9A%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:45:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E8%88%B9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E6%8A%9B%E9%94%9A%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%B5%B7%E9%94%9A%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-47.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>连着一两周的严肃的话题，今天换个有趣的。</p> <p>我曾经有过几个百思不得其解的问题。这些问题直到几年前学帆船的时候才知道答案。</p> <p><strong>船是怎么控制抛锚还是起锚呢？</strong></p>业主的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E4%B8%9A%E4%B8%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:45:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E4%B8%9A%E4%B8%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-46.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：Airbnb总部</p> <p>在任何小区里面，大多数的业主是不关心小区的事务的。除非，整体的情形超过了他的忍耐程度，或者自己的利益受到损害。</p> <p>而在任何小区里面，也总有一群热心的业主，在大多数人沉默的时候发出声音，希望做出改变。而这些改变的尝试，<strong>常常因为大多数的沉默而前途渺茫，有时处境甚至如同挑战风车的唐吉柯德一样悲凉。</strong></p>法律的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:45:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-45.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：莘庄商务区，从窗口看到的景色 </p> <p>绘于：2020年3月</p> <p>正如《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371627&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=80bc289d4fed460d0ff21c2c9d073bb6&amp;chksm=bd3fa81c8a48210aae8efde3ff8f9712f482106f3347322cf8ef4c160a227db3872a87341812&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">业主的困境</a>》里面阐述的，当业主面对一个“扯淡但是合法”的《业主大会议事规则》，接下来怎么办呢？</p> <p><strong>修改业主大会议事规则</strong></p> <p>第一个想法肯定是修改《议事规则》。但这个直觉反应不见得行得通。就好像如果我网购买到了假货，立刻就想着要修改一下《宪法》，这个跨度有点大，修改了对面前的事情帮助有限，其难度也可想而知。</p>啥？帆船比风跑得还快？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%95%A5%EF%BC%9F%E5%B8%86%E8%88%B9%E6%AF%94%E9%A3%8E%E8%B7%91%E5%BE%97%E8%BF%98%E5%BF%AB%EF%BC%9F-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 15:45:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%95%A5%EF%BC%9F%E5%B8%86%E8%88%B9%E6%AF%94%E9%A3%8E%E8%B7%91%E5%BE%97%E8%BF%98%E5%BF%AB%EF%BC%9F-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-39.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371611&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=68982af85735f4b5d31b16372da4733f&amp;chksm=bd3fa82c8a48213a1f3850a9f43e0626ba06ceaf5699d59473c0bdadeedd52ec8156d989dbbf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">这篇文章</a>提到，帆船的速度可以比风速还快，甚至可以达到风速的3倍以上。</p> <p>啥？真的么？为啥呢？</p> <p>帆船是靠风航行的，所以大家脑子里面的帆船就是船上竖起一根杆子，然后把床单挂上去，风一吹就走了。如果是这样，那船无论如何也不会比风还快呀！郑和下西洋那个年代的船就是这样，那种帆叫做平帆。</p>创造者和实施者https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E8%80%85-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:24:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E8%80%85-2.htm<p>周六，和一位好朋友共进晚餐。期间谈及很有趣的人的细致的差别。 话题的开端是从给作家做经纪人和给演员做经纪人的不同开始的。好似给演员做经纪人容易一些，他们的可塑性比较强，比较容易根据外界的要求柔软的变化；而作家是很固定和坚硬的，他们有他们自己的世界，和外界打交道时有些困难。 作家和演员是不同的。作家在努力的创造一个自己的世界。有一种忘他的精神。他的所有的创造都在自己的大脑里面，那个世界是在脑子里面第一次被创造，在书面上体现的东西。这是一种不同于现实世界的崭新的世界。 演员不是。演员是努力的把别人创造的一个世界表现出来。他们更加关注于具体把一件事情做好。 同样道理，记者和作家也完全不同。从时间和空间维度，作家的世界相对稳定，没有太强的时间维度，无论是鲁迅的鲁镇，还是川端康成的雪国，都是一个虽然有现实世界的影子，却仅仅存在于想象中的世界。记者不是。记者的世界就是现实世界。记者需要了解的是现实世界里的人的思考。记者观察的都是有实效性的现实的世界。 这个区别好似开发工程师和支持工程师的区别。开发工程师是先创造一个完美世界，然后用代码把它表达出来，并且放在电脑上运行。支持工程师有很多的能力，能够处理电脑死机的问题，能够处理文档损坏的问题，但这些能力，仅仅是解决问题。当外界的刺激一旦消失，支持工程师会陷入一段时间的无所事事。演员，记者也有类似的情况。 同样的道理，程序员和工程师也有本质的不同。Developer，是把别人脑子里的世界翻译成代码的人。别人，有时是产品经理（产品经理写功能说明书，程序员写出来），有时是客户（外包中心的开发），有时是业务人员，但无论哪种情况，这个世界是需求提出者的世界，而不是程序员的世界。工程师就不同。工程师脑子里面有一个完整的，逻辑清晰，层次清晰，边界不断扩展的完美世界。以这个世界为出发点，不断的代码，并不断的勾勒出这个世界。所以百姓网有工程师和开发者两个不同的职位。我们希望当开发者有了基本的变成熟练度以后尽快成为工程师。虽然工程师需要具备一些开发者的技能，比如写代码，但从根本上，工程师的能力，和代码无关。 画家，作曲家，作家，建筑师，工程师，企业家，甚至一些精神领袖，都是这样的人。对于精神世界里面创造一些东西，他们游刃有余。对于现实世界里面的实现，他们却未必擅长。 所以我认为，画家，作曲家，作家，hacker，企业家，他们如此相近。同时，演奏家，记者，支持工程师，开发者，经理等等，他们又如此相似。 我坚信一个企业家和一个作家在性格中的共同点远大于他和他们的同一领域的经理或者记者。 世界需要那些在思维世界不受现实羁绊而翱翔的人，也需要把这些想法变成现实的人们。这是两个不同层面的问题，学会相互欣赏和合作才是正道。</p>社交网络不是网络效应！答各种社交网络为什么经常昙花一现？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%95%88%E5%BA%94%EF%BC%81%E7%AD%94%E5%90%84%E7%A7%8D%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%BB%8F-3.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:24:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%95%88%E5%BA%94%EF%BC%81%E7%AD%94%E5%90%84%E7%A7%8D%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%BB%8F-3.htm<p>早上，在环球的89层楼，看着整个上海，心思真的就会变得很广阔，视野就会很远。</p> <p>我被问到了一个问题：看看最近的网络效应的案例，比如微博，比如Draw Something，比如Zynga，甚至比如Facebook自身，都出现了疲软或者下降的态势。原来网络效应理论，就是一旦形成，很难被颠覆的预期是不是出了问题？百姓网也是网络效应，如何证明不是昙花一现呢？</p>社交网络不是网络效应！答各种社交网络为什么经常昙花一现？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%95%88%E5%BA%94%EF%BC%81%E7%AD%94%E5%90%84%E7%A7%8D%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%BB%8F-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:24:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%95%88%E5%BA%94%EF%BC%81%E7%AD%94%E5%90%84%E7%A7%8D%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%BB%8F-2.htm<p>早上，在环球的89层楼，看着整个上海，心思真的就会变得很广阔，视野就会很远。</p> <p>我被问到了一个问题：看看最近的网络效应的案例，比如微博，比如Draw Something，比如Zynga，甚至比如Facebook自身，都出现了疲软或者下降的态势。原来网络效应理论，就是一旦形成，很难被颠覆的预期是不是出了问题？百姓网也是网络效应，如何证明不是昙花一现呢？</p>Amazon是一家好公司，但Amazon的模式并非最优https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_amazon%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%A5%BD%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%86amazon%E7%9A%84%E6%A8%A1%E5%BC%8F%E5%B9%B6%E9%9D%9E%E6%9C%80%E4%BC%98-2.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:24:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_amazon%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%A5%BD%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%86amazon%E7%9A%84%E6%A8%A1%E5%BC%8F%E5%B9%B6%E9%9D%9E%E6%9C%80%E4%BC%98-2.htm<p>舆论对于公司的赞美和贬低都是根据公司的绩效走的，好似孩子的脸，说变就变。</p> <p>在1999年的时候，苹果是一个烂苹果（乔布斯的威力还没有发挥出来）。舆论把苹果的失败归功于苹果封闭的模式。他们自己做硬件，自己做软件，自己做服务，必然不可持续。而乔布斯的苹果让大家看到一个新的模式。为了控制最终用户体验，不但软硬都做，连零售都自己做。舆论又把苹果的成功归功于模式。短短10年，成也萧何败也萧何，让我感叹舆论之多变。</p>面试，是为了获得两个终极问题的答案https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E8%8E%B7%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%AA%E7%BB%88%E6%9E%81%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E7%AD%94%E6%A1%88.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:23:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%EF%BC%8C%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E8%8E%B7%E5%BE%97%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%AA%E7%BB%88%E6%9E%81%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E7%AD%94%E6%A1%88.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-36.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>黄石国家公园，2016</p> <p>面试过程中，面试官会问很多问题，考察各个方面，（《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652372670&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=e4cfa1ec62c362f70549dc9fdb5a9399&amp;chksm=bd3fac098a48251facd12437d72cd3a6b1d10d7ccf962644c61d139419f91be5e71d1dbca13b&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">面试题的背后藏着的问题是什么？</a>》《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371849&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=1a306605fcfce55061a20899152c1bac&amp;chksm=bd3fa93e8a4820284f0895f74d5977e1e5d16529052b5b503165fc4b50e2ca5e1ed79d7f9229&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">面试中三个反直觉的真理</a>》），但最终，都是在寻求两个问题的答案：</p> <p>问题一：我是不是迫不及待的希望和这个人一起工作？</p> <p>问题二：这个人未来是否会成长为令我敬仰的优秀？</p>那个好奇宝宝的周六聚会SHAI换地方了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E5%A5%87%E5%AE%9D%E5%AE%9D%E7%9A%84%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9Ashai%E6%8D%A2%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E4%BA%86.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:23:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E9%82%A3%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E5%A5%87%E5%AE%9D%E5%AE%9D%E7%9A%84%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9Ashai%E6%8D%A2%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E4%BA%86.htm<p>7月3日，是上海人工智能周六聚会的第 9 次活动，本周六的地点在我们慷慨且低调的伙伴的支持下，有了新的聚会地址。</p> <p>时间：7月3日周六下午2:30 - 4:30</p>注射疫苗和人类婚恋的关系https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E6%B3%A8%E5%B0%84%E7%96%AB%E8%8B%97%E5%92%8C%E4%BA%BA%E7%B1%BB%E5%A9%9A%E6%81%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:22:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E6%B3%A8%E5%B0%84%E7%96%AB%E8%8B%97%E5%92%8C%E4%BA%BA%E7%B1%BB%E5%A9%9A%E6%81%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB.htm<p>打了第一针疫苗，准备打第二针的时候，发现各区为了抢第二针疫苗用尽浑身解数，这里给400块钱抵用卷，那里专车接送还送礼物。</p> <p>我恍惚间似乎有了作为适龄女生的幻觉 &ndash; 到处都是追求者。可惜自己只能打一针，所以要珍惜这个机会，当然要好好挑一挑了，到底是选这个400块的，还是那个开车接送的呢？要不然再等等，说不定还有更好的呢。</p>7月10日SHAI上海人工智能聚会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_7%E6%9C%8810%E6%97%A5shai%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:22:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_7%E6%9C%8810%E6%97%A5shai%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A.htm<p>时间：2021年7月10日 2:30 - 4:30</p> <p>地点：五原路380号（近武康路口）</p> <p>大家可以在后台回复 “ 聚会 ” 获取参加快闪群的二维码。快闪群会在7月17日发放下一次聚会二维码之后解散。</p>7月17日 SHAI 上海人工智能聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_7%E6%9C%8817%E6%97%A5-shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:22:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_7%E6%9C%8817%E6%97%A5-shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p>时间：2021年7月17日 2:30 - 4:30</p> <p>地点：五原路380号（近武康路口）</p> <p>大家可以在后台回复 “ 聚会 ” 获取参加快闪群的二维码。快闪群会在7月24日发放下一次聚会二维码之后解散。</p>是的！前几天我去喀什了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E6%98%AF%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%81%E5%89%8D%E5%87%A0%E5%A4%A9%E6%88%91%E5%8E%BB%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%E4%BA%86.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:21:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E6%98%AF%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%81%E5%89%8D%E5%87%A0%E5%A4%A9%E6%88%91%E5%8E%BB%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%E4%BA%86.htm<p>前几天参加百度的会议，第一次去了新疆，而且一去就是新疆离上海最远的喀什。估计未来几天会发一些文章，记录一下我的喀什之旅。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>喀什古城</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-9.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>白沙湖</p>喀什！喀什！喀什！https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%EF%BC%81%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%EF%BC%81%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%EF%BC%81.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:21:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%EF%BC%81%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%EF%BC%81%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%EF%BC%81.htm<p>从喀什回来已经两周了，总算稍空一些，可以在离开喀什5000公里，海拔只有46米的上海家中，吹着空调，回忆一下那火热的喀什。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/08/picture-5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>喀什，在新疆也算最远的地方，从乌鲁木齐过去还需要将近两个小时的飞机，远过上海到北京的距离。</p>在帕米尔高原的国境线上是怎样一种体验？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%9C%A8%E5%B8%95%E7%B1%B3%E5%B0%94%E9%AB%98%E5%8E%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%A2%83%E7%BA%BF%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E6%A0%B7%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%8D%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C%EF%BC%9F.htmWed, 25 Aug 2021 13:21:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210825_%E5%9C%A8%E5%B8%95%E7%B1%B3%E5%B0%94%E9%AB%98%E5%8E%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%A2%83%E7%BA%BF%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E6%A0%B7%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%8D%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>我对地理并非那么感兴趣，但一旦接近或者跨越国境，我就忽然提起了兴趣。</p> <p>这事情的道理，就如即使无数的分分秒秒都平淡的过去，而在新年倒计时结束，新年刚刚来临的那个交界线上，异常兴奋。</p>人人都服兵役的创业创业的国度https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%BA%E9%83%BD%E6%9C%8D%E5%85%B5%E5%BD%B9%E7%9A%84%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%BA%A6.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:45:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%BA%E9%83%BD%E6%9C%8D%E5%85%B5%E5%BD%B9%E7%9A%84%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%BA%A6.htm<p>**</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-304.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>**</p> <p>Fiverr的壁画****</p> <hr> <p><strong>创业的国度</strong></p> <p>特拉维夫的创业氛围像极了Palo Alto，以色列毕竟是一个《创业的国度》。</p> <p>航班在6点钟天蒙蒙亮的时候降落在特拉维夫的本古里安国际机场，特拉维夫讲究效率的人喜欢乘坐这样的航班，到了以后就直接进入工作。我喜欢以色列人对于效率的追求，一切简朴，有效，合理（Make Sense）。整个特拉维夫都是一种务实和低调的风格。它既很漂亮，办公室都跟硅谷的创业公司很像，又很务实。好看是好看的， 但是很少看到和奢华沾上边的东西。</p>加沙地带和以色列有多远？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%8A%A0%E6%B2%99%E5%9C%B0%E5%B8%A6%E5%92%8C%E4%BB%A5%E8%89%B2%E5%88%97%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%9A%E8%BF%9C%EF%BC%9F.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:41:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%8A%A0%E6%B2%99%E5%9C%B0%E5%B8%A6%E5%92%8C%E4%BB%A5%E8%89%B2%E5%88%97%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%9A%E8%BF%9C%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>地图就在那里。没有特别的原因，我们却不会把目光落到地球的那个角落，任凭加沙地带，约旦河西岸，戈兰高地等名词充斥耳朵，却不能确切的说明白他们到底在哪里？相互之间有多远？</p>SHAI 上海人工智能 5月22日聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-5%E6%9C%8822%E6%97%A5%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:40:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-5%E6%9C%8822%E6%97%A5%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p>上海 AI 聚会 （ SHAI ）第三场将在5月22日进行。</p> <p>地点：华山路888号创邑SPACE B1 会议室</p> <p>时间：2021年5月22日 下午2:30 - 4:30 </p> <p>主题：如何揭开 AI 神秘的面纱？</p>好的工程师的 7 个加分项https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%88%E7%9A%84-7-%E4%B8%AA%E5%8A%A0%E5%88%86%E9%A1%B9.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:37:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%B8%88%E7%9A%84-7-%E4%B8%AA%E5%8A%A0%E5%88%86%E9%A1%B9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-261.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在所有职位中，工程师这个职位是我们团队人数最多的，我希望尽量长的时间保持工程师占总人数的 2/3 的比例。工程师的工作描述反而是最简单的，因为我们的工程师不分前端工程师，或者后端工程师，或者硬件工程师等种类，甚至暂时不分高级工程师，初级工程师等，而只有一个职位，就是工程师。</p>技术领域那些唬人の名词 之 大数据https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E9%A2%86%E5%9F%9F%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E5%94%AC%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E5%90%8D%E8%AF%8D-%E4%B9%8B-%E5%A4%A7%E6%95%B0%E6%8D%AE.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:37:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E9%A2%86%E5%9F%9F%E9%82%A3%E4%BA%9B%E5%94%AC%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E5%90%8D%E8%AF%8D-%E4%B9%8B-%E5%A4%A7%E6%95%B0%E6%8D%AE.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-242.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652372569&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=a427101bd754e0549b422071399acea7&amp;chksm=bd3facee8a4825f856d635554c1378503997a073fb05da4067a127f79e852dadfe5c87b8e684&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">周六聚会</a>里大家在畅谈人工智能之余，随便聊起了大数据。</p> <p>我不由感慨，这么多年了，大家依然用大数据这个词来唬人。</p> <p>其实很多技术的基本原理很简单，但是有人就是喜欢用大的词，去描述自己也不懂的东西，从而彰显自己的高深。</p>面试题的背后藏着的问题是什么？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E8%83%8C%E5%90%8E%E8%97%8F%E7%9D%80%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:35:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E8%83%8C%E5%90%8E%E8%97%8F%E7%9D%80%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-241.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近面试比较多，所以想跟大家分享这些面试题背后到底藏着什么，为什么会有这种看起来不着边际的面试题。</p> <p><strong>你的兴趣？</strong></p> <p>面试官真的对你的兴趣感兴趣吗？并不见得。如果因为你喜欢篮球，而他/她不喜欢篮球，而毙掉你，那肯定是不靠谱的面试官。但为什么问兴趣呢？</p>SHAI 上海人工智能 5月29日聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-5%E6%9C%8829%E6%97%A5%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:35:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_shai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-5%E6%9C%8829%E6%97%A5%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p>上海 AI 聚会 （ SHAI ）第三场将在5月29日进行。</p> <p>地点：上海徐汇区番禺路951号交大书院二楼</p> <p>时间：2021年5月29日 下午2:30 - 4:30 </p> <p>主题：Show Me the Code 专场</p>我喜欢编程，喜欢写作，还喜欢画画https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E6%88%91%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E7%BC%96%E7%A8%8B%EF%BC%8C%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E5%86%99%E4%BD%9C%EF%BC%8C%E8%BF%98%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:33:43 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</p>我总算知道为什么出租车把我放错了地方https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E6%88%91%E6%80%BB%E7%AE%97%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%87%BA%E7%A7%9F%E8%BD%A6%E6%8A%8A%E6%88%91%E6%94%BE%E9%94%99%E4%BA%86%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:25:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E6%88%91%E6%80%BB%E7%AE%97%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%87%BA%E7%A7%9F%E8%BD%A6%E6%8A%8A%E6%88%91%E6%94%BE%E9%94%99%E4%BA%86%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-119.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这件事已经过去两年了，我也憋在家里快两年了。</p> <p>但我忽然想起来，我错怪了那个古巴的出租车司机。</p> <p>曾经，某个晚上，我打车从哈瓦那的旧城到新城。</p> <p>目的地在 E 街 (Calle E) 上。 </p>输出是最好的学习https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%BE%93%E5%87%BA%E6%98%AF%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:25:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%BE%93%E5%87%BA%E6%98%AF%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-116.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我很喜欢发现什么有趣的事情就写出来，而且好为人师，动不动就拉人过来，“我给你出一道题！” 然后看着对方抓耳挠腮的，再手舞足蹈的跟人家讲一遍，以至于和我比较亲近的人都对我避之不及，生怕被抓住当学生。</p>6月5日周六的人工智能聚会继续举行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_6%E6%9C%885%E6%97%A5%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AD%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD%E4%B8%BE%E8%A1%8C.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:24:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_6%E6%9C%885%E6%97%A5%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AD%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD%E4%B8%BE%E8%A1%8C.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-97.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>王建硕 瓦力的花园。自言自语的地方。**公众号    </p> <p>上海 AI 聚会 （ SHAI ）第五场将在6月5日进行。</p> <p>地点：上海徐汇区番禺路951号交大书院二楼</p> <p>时间：2021年6月5日 下午2:30 - 4:30 </p>为什么道理都懂，却过不好这一生？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E9%83%BD%E6%87%82%EF%BC%8C%E5%8D%B4%E8%BF%87%E4%B8%8D%E5%A5%BD%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%9F.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:22:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E9%83%BD%E6%87%82%EF%BC%8C%E5%8D%B4%E8%BF%87%E4%B8%8D%E5%A5%BD%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-96.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>华师大和交大小区</p> <p>原因有两个：</p> <p><strong>道理常常成对出现</strong></p> <p>人生要拼搏进取 vs 人生要退一步海阔天空</p> <p>大丈夫宁死不屈 vs 大丈夫能伸能曲</p> <p>就跟阴和阳一样，我很少能够找到只有一面，而没有相反的道理的情形。</p>身体里的1000张烂画https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%841000%E5%BC%A0%E7%83%82%E7%94%BB.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:22:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%BA%AB%E4%BD%93%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%841000%E5%BC%A0%E7%83%82%E7%94%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-94.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>2020年1月，绘于东京大学</p> <p>在我最狂野的想象中也没有想到有一天有人会问我关于<strong>如何学习画画</strong>的问题。</p> <p>在我专门讨论这个话题前，先分享学画画的时候，对我帮助最大的一句话：</p>为什么画画https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:22:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-87.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>2020年4月，绘于夏都小镇的咖啡馆</p> <p>关于画画的尝试，第一个要回答的问题是：<strong>为什么要画画</strong>。</p> <p>对于绘画这件事情的目的，解释的最清楚的是我最喜欢的作家阿兰德波顿在《旅行的艺术》中《对美的拥有》这一章表达的观点：绘画的不在于最终的结果，还是<strong>借助绘画让自己观察世界</strong>，从而，用更抽象的话来描述，完成<strong>对美的拥有</strong>。</p>6月5日 上海人工智能 聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_6%E6%9C%885%E6%97%A5-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:21:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_6%E6%9C%885%E6%97%A5-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD-%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p>上海 AI 聚会 （ SHAI ）第五场将在6月5日进行。</p> <p>地点：上海徐汇区番禺路951号交大书院二楼</p> <p>时间：2021年6月5日 下午2:30 - 4:30 </p> <p>主题：人工智能在NLP（自然语言处理）以及视频领域的应用</p>脑子投诉自己在瞎搞的时刻，不要听从https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%84%91%E5%AD%90%E6%8A%95%E8%AF%89%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E5%9C%A8%E7%9E%8E%E6%90%9E%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E5%90%AC%E4%BB%8E.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:19:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%84%91%E5%AD%90%E6%8A%95%E8%AF%89%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E5%9C%A8%E7%9E%8E%E6%90%9E%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E5%90%AC%E4%BB%8E.htm<p>当我们知道为什么画画，并且成功的把结果的重要度降低的时候，我们就可以拿起笔画画了。</p> <p>从这里开始，其实我个人是没有任何的建议的，因为我从来没有过正规的老师，没有看过任何书，几乎任何接触过任何绘画标准路径的东西。</p>如何用两万块钱环游全球五大洲的26个城市https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%87%E5%9D%97%E9%92%B1%E7%8E%AF%E6%B8%B8%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E4%BA%94%E5%A4%A7%E6%B4%B2%E7%9A%8426%E4%B8%AA%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:19:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E7%94%A8%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%87%E5%9D%97%E9%92%B1%E7%8E%AF%E6%B8%B8%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E4%BA%94%E5%A4%A7%E6%B4%B2%E7%9A%8426%E4%B8%AA%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82.htm<p>看着两年多没有用过的大行李箱，真心的思念旅行了。作为排解这种思念的一种方法，我来推荐一种反常规的，用令人惊讶的最低的机票价格环游世界的方法。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-61.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>变态狂飞攻略https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%8F%98%E6%80%81%E7%8B%82%E9%A3%9E%E6%94%BB%E7%95%A5.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:18:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%8F%98%E6%80%81%E7%8B%82%E9%A3%9E%E6%94%BB%E7%95%A5.htm<p>在上一篇中，我例举了一个 23,000元 的航程，从亚洲出发，到欧洲主要城市转一圈，再到北美的主要城市转一圈，然后访问了南美洲的所有主要城市，最后甚至又去大洋洲访问两个城市，最后回到上海。</p>SHAI 6月12日上海人工智能聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_shai-6%E6%9C%8812%E6%97%A5%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:18:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_shai-6%E6%9C%8812%E6%97%A5%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-58.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>人工智能聚会，第六场，依然在老地方：</p> <p>地点：上海徐汇区番禺路951号交大书院二楼</p> <p>时间：2021年6月12日 下午2:30 - 4:30 </p> <p>主题：人工智能的入门之路</p>《“炼”爱》是怎么炼成的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E3%80%8A%E7%82%BC%E7%88%B1%E3%80%8B%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%82%BC%E6%88%90%E7%9A%84.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:17:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E3%80%8A%E7%82%BC%E7%88%B1%E3%80%8B%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E7%82%BC%E6%88%90%E7%9A%84.htm<p>分享一件有趣的事情。</p> <p>我作为路人甲出演了董雪莹导演执导的纪录片**《“炼”爱》**的拍摄，有几分钟的对白，推荐大家在电影年底正式上映的时候去电影院观看。这个月在上海电影节里也有三场展映。</p>《“炼”爱》导演董雪莹做客 SHAI 聚会6月19日活动https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E3%80%8A%E7%82%BC%E7%88%B1%E3%80%8B%E5%AF%BC%E6%BC%94%E8%91%A3%E9%9B%AA%E8%8E%B9%E5%81%9A%E5%AE%A2-shai-%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A6%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5%E6%B4%BB%E5%8A%A8.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:14:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E3%80%8A%E7%82%BC%E7%88%B1%E3%80%8B%E5%AF%BC%E6%BC%94%E8%91%A3%E9%9B%AA%E8%8E%B9%E5%81%9A%E5%AE%A2-shai-%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A6%E6%9C%8819%E6%97%A5%E6%B4%BB%E5%8A%A8.htm<p>6月19日，SHAI 上海人工智能第七次聚会，地点依然是<strong>交大书院</strong>二楼的阶梯会场。</p> <p>本次的时间改为：<strong>上午****10:30</strong> - 12:00</p> <p>我们尝试一下早上是不是能够让我们很多周末睡懒觉的朋友有一个理由早起，好开始一个更充实的周末。</p>视频新文化运动https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E6%96%B0%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E8%BF%90%E5%8A%A8.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:14:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E6%96%B0%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E8%BF%90%E5%8A%A8.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-14.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我们处在一个非常重要的转折点，是一个视频逐渐取代文字的时代，这个时代需要一场类似新文化运动一样的工作，我们不妨称之为《视频新文化运动》。</p> <p><strong>新文化运动 vs 视频新文化运动</strong></p>学习外语要先学“听说”，再学“读写”https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E5%A4%96%E8%AF%AD%E8%A6%81%E5%85%88%E5%AD%A6%E5%90%AC%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%8C%E5%86%8D%E5%AD%A6%E8%AF%BB%E5%86%99.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:14:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E5%A4%96%E8%AF%AD%E8%A6%81%E5%85%88%E5%AD%A6%E5%90%AC%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%8C%E5%86%8D%E5%AD%A6%E8%AF%BB%E5%86%99.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture-9.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天我在《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373041&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=1ee4d1f31ec5afd8837984d4c8cc23f2&amp;chksm=bd3052868a47db901b85d71e31514ea9191ea8a080243632f05aff5b570ad94eeeec1bf15fcd&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">视频新文化运动</a>》里斗胆预测，视频将逐渐取代文字而成为主要的表达的方式，听到很多反馈，认为没有文字我们将无法思考，我想大家这么想，是因为大家把语言和文字两件事情混淆了。</p> <p><strong>从语言学习的 听说读写 谈起</strong></p> <p>我们学习语言，经常说，学习语言就是听说读写，但实际上，听说 和 读写 那完全是两门不同的学科。</p>6月26日SHAI上海人工智能聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_6%E6%9C%8826%E6%97%A5shai%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:13:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_6%E6%9C%8826%E6%97%A5shai%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p>时间：2021年6月26日周六 下午2:30 - 4:30</p> <p>地点：番禺路951号交大书院二楼</p> <p>大家可以在后台回复“聚会”，获取加入快闪群的二维码。（如果把二维码直接放在公众号里面的话，会有爬虫扫描，自动加入群，然后发了广告就撤）本次我们有请Amazon Web Services (AWS) 亚马逊云科技的技术经理，也是我在微软的时候多年同组的同事，技术大拿<strong>姜慧剑</strong>为大家分享《从零开始，上手机器学习工具箱》主要介绍<strong>AutoML的一种实践方式</strong>。如果大家对AutoML不了解的话，它指的是 Automated Machine Learning，就是把本来需要人工介入的特征提取，准备数据，训练模型等等的工作都自动给做了，可以比较快的上手，是入门人工智能比较方便的一个路线。聚会的流程依然是：2:30 - 2:45 相互自我介绍2:45 - 3:45 《从零开始，上手机器学习工具箱》3:45 - 4:30 相互分享<strong>6月19日活动回顾</strong>****<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652373039&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=71a496cdc83896766140e9f447eaff6b&amp;chksm=bd3052988a47db8e7170ed19581663680daa1e0ee5b6583e1841dbbf6ac0393bb709c8d7b5c1&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">《“炼”爱》导演董雪莹做客 SHAI 聚会6月19日活动</a>****上一次的活动里面和董雪莹做了一个半小时的对谈，关于电影制作过程中的摄影师的镜头应用，关于纪录片电影和虚构类电影的区别，关于如何让观众产生代入感，以及关于婚姻，亲密关系的观察等等话题。是我们这个聚会非常有趣的一次小跑题。</p>喂养青龙的、左手边六分满的玻璃杯https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%96%82%E5%85%BB%E9%9D%92%E9%BE%99%E7%9A%84%E3%80%81%E5%B7%A6%E6%89%8B%E8%BE%B9%E5%85%AD%E5%88%86%E6%BB%A1%E7%9A%84%E7%8E%BB%E7%92%83%E6%9D%AF.htmFri, 02 Jul 2021 11:12:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210702_%E5%96%82%E5%85%BB%E9%9D%92%E9%BE%99%E7%9A%84%E3%80%81%E5%B7%A6%E6%89%8B%E8%BE%B9%E5%85%AD%E5%88%86%E6%BB%A1%E7%9A%84%E7%8E%BB%E7%92%83%E6%9D%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/07/picture.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>缘起</p> <p>有本关于风水的书提及</p> <p>在办公桌的左手位，放一玻璃杯，一直保持6分水，大吉！</p> <p>解释是这样的：</p> <p>左青龙，右白虎。青龙喜水，左手位放一杯水，青龙随时有水喝，主人的生活就会比较调和。</p>忘他https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%BF%98%E4%BB%96-2.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%BF%98%E4%BB%96-2.htm<p>我知道我有一个毛病，就是经常进入“忘他”的境地。“忘他”是和“忘我”相对的。在我迷恋于一个想法的时候，常常会忽略听众的想法而进入一种没有自己，没有他人的状态，以至于别人是不是听懂，是不是有小担心，都直接忽略了，所以被投诉也是经常的。</p>与百姓网王建硕谈分类网站：下一家市值十亿美金的公司https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%8E%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E8%B0%88%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E7%BD%91%E7%AB%99%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%B8%82%E5%80%BC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%BF%E7%BE%8E%E9%87%91.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%8E%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E8%B0%88%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E7%BD%91%E7%AB%99%EF%BC%9A%E4%B8%8B%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%B8%82%E5%80%BC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%BF%E7%BE%8E%E9%87%91.htm<p>感谢《福布斯》杂志的汤维维同学花了一上午的时间听我唠唠叨叨的聊百姓网的业务。如下是发表在网站上的文章。借此和大家沟通baixingwang在做什么事情。</p>百姓网滨江音乐会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E6%BB%A8%E6%B1%9F%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90%E4%BC%9A.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E6%BB%A8%E6%B1%9F%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90%E4%BC%9A.htm<p>一个好的社群一定是一个多样的社群。一群优秀的人一定从各个维度来看都有惊人的表现。这次的音乐会冒出来好多多才多艺的同事，相信下一次运动会也会这样，相信在业务里面，在技术领域，一个好的制度都会产生一群这个维度优秀的人。</p>创造者和实施者的差别https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E8%80%85%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%AE%E5%88%AB.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E8%80%85%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%AE%E5%88%AB.htm<p>和一位好朋友共进晚餐。期间谈及很有趣的人的细致的差别。</p> <p>话题的开端是从给作家做经纪人和给演员做经纪人的不同开始的。好似给演员做经纪人容易一些，他们的可塑性比较强，比较容易根据外界的要求柔软的变化；而作家是很固定和坚硬的，他们有他们自己的世界，和外界打交道时有些困难。</p>无比好看的晚霞https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%97%A0%E6%AF%94%E5%A5%BD%E7%9C%8B%E7%9A%84%E6%99%9A%E9%9C%9E.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%97%A0%E6%AF%94%E5%A5%BD%E7%9C%8B%E7%9A%84%E6%99%9A%E9%9C%9E.htm<p>如上是去年在海上拍到的一幅晚霞的照片。</p> <p>前天晚上在嘉兴也拍到了一缕晚霞。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-73.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-74.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>如下在马尔代夫：</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-75.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-76.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>看到这样的图景，我的脑子里一片空空，仅仅有一个英文单词可以形容：Mystical&hellip; Mystical&hellip;</p>抽象一步是理想和现实之间一座坚实的桥梁https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E4%B8%80%E6%AD%A5%E6%98%AF%E7%90%86%E6%83%B3%E5%92%8C%E7%8E%B0%E5%AE%9E%E4%B9%8B%E9%97%B4%E4%B8%80%E5%BA%A7%E5%9D%9A%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84%E6%A1%A5%E6%A2%81.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E4%B8%80%E6%AD%A5%E6%98%AF%E7%90%86%E6%83%B3%E5%92%8C%E7%8E%B0%E5%AE%9E%E4%B9%8B%E9%97%B4%E4%B8%80%E5%BA%A7%E5%9D%9A%E5%AE%9E%E7%9A%84%E6%A1%A5%E6%A2%81.htm<p>抽象一步是我相当喜欢的一种工作态度。</p> <p><strong>抽象</strong></p> <p>什么叫抽象？抽象就是在有一件事情出现的时候，稍微跳脱一点，用一种更加通用化，更加根本的方式解决问题。“授之以鱼不如授之以渔”，“磨刀不误砍柴工”，“釜底抽薪”，“治标治本”等等所描绘的场景都是一种抽象。</p>如何开会 － 百姓网的开会模版（拿去不谢）https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%BC%80%E4%BC%9A-%EF%BC%8D-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%80%E4%BC%9A%E6%A8%A1%E7%89%88%EF%BC%88%E6%8B%BF%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%8D%E8%B0%A2%EF%BC%89.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:19:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%BC%80%E4%BC%9A-%EF%BC%8D-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%80%E4%BC%9A%E6%A8%A1%E7%89%88%EF%BC%88%E6%8B%BF%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%8D%E8%B0%A2%EF%BC%89.htm<p>如下是百姓网如何开会的一个总结。我把这个总结分享给大家。若是能够启发更多的组织开更好的会，我们将无比开心。</p> <p>一个公司的创造过程基本上可以分成两种基本形式：其一，一个人的独自思考，独自工作；其二，两个或以上的人共同思考，共同工作。鉴于后者的成本高于前者，所以更加需要规范保证其高效。</p>合理性假设是一条的分界线https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%90%88%E7%90%86%E6%80%A7%E5%81%87%E8%AE%BE%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E6%9D%A1%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E7%95%8C%E7%BA%BF.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%90%88%E7%90%86%E6%80%A7%E5%81%87%E8%AE%BE%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E6%9D%A1%E7%9A%84%E5%88%86%E7%95%8C%E7%BA%BF.htm<p>在解决问题的时候，我喜欢拉着大家做一个假设：“如果我们假设，我们面临的现状是100%合理的，正确的，你会怎么办？”</p> <p>一旦我们把我们当下无法控制的事情假定为合理，我大概的估计可以减少30%的无用的理性思考，和50%的负面情绪。比如：</p>有人写文章就是为了促进思考https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%86%99%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E4%BF%83%E8%BF%9B%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%9C%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%86%99%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86%E4%BF%83%E8%BF%9B%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83.htm<p>有的人写文章仅仅为了促进思考。我就属于这类人。</p> <p>我把写东西完全当作自己的一个旅程，不是为了说服任何人，也不是为了传递什么信息。最主要是为了自己。我发现只有能优美、简洁、准确的把一个想法表达出来，我才敢说自己思考过了。否则落笔时，才发现有些概念依然模糊，或者答案还没有浮出水面。不写出来，自己就会浑然不知。</p>画点画https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E7%94%BB%E7%82%B9%E7%94%BB.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E7%94%BB%E7%82%B9%E7%94%BB.htm<p>那怕再忙，有几分钟的时候就想去画一幅画。这是很好的消遣方式。能画画，能写点东西，对于我就像狗鼻子湿湿的一样，是还算状态良好身体健康的标志。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-65.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>三人制：公司内传承和备份的机制https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%B6%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%86%85%E4%BC%A0%E6%89%BF%E5%92%8C%E5%A4%87%E4%BB%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%BA%E5%88%B6.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%B6%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E5%86%85%E4%BC%A0%E6%89%BF%E5%92%8C%E5%A4%87%E4%BB%BD%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%BA%E5%88%B6.htm<p>我们在大理的一场实战演习游戏里面歪打正着的尝试了一下三三制组队，发现这个军事上来源于林彪的三三制的编队的原则完全可以借用到公司里面。因为原来的三三制是指好几层的以三为单位的组队方式，我们可以把它简化成三人制以后在公司采用。<strong>游戏</strong>游戏是这样的：一个阵地，两方对峙，各二十一人。二十一个首次合作，个性十足的队员，在时间压力下协作，组织难度很高。搞不好就会叽叽喳喳乱成一团糟，这么多人谁听谁的，怎么配合，什么战术，都是未知。后来不知道是谁提出的三人制最终较好的解决了这个问题。所谓三人制，就是三个人为一组，二十一个人形成了七个小队，每个小队有队长一名，组员两名。大范围的协调由七个队长完成。在一个小组里面，小队除了队长以外另外指定了副队长，还发明了第三副队长。按照军队里面的惯例，队长拥有最大的权力，另外两个人在队长活着的时候全听队长的，然后保持队长在中间两个人在两边的品字形三角方式前进。当队长牺牲了以后，副队长立刻成为队长，第三副队长成为副队长，同时找机会和其他的团队合并或者吸收落单的人成为新的三人小队。</p>为什么在一个陌生的国度的咖啡馆写文章感觉会如此不同https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E9%99%8C%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%BA%A6%E7%9A%84%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1%E9%A6%86%E5%86%99%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E6%84%9F%E8%A7%89%E4%BC%9A%E5%A6%82.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E9%99%8C%E7%94%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%BD%E5%BA%A6%E7%9A%84%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1%E9%A6%86%E5%86%99%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E6%84%9F%E8%A7%89%E4%BC%9A%E5%A6%82.htm<p>这是一个在写下来的时候我自己也不知道答案的问题。（同时也是一个很好的例子证明写作是一个不断地追寻答案的过程，而不仅仅是阐述结论的过程。）</p> <p>我的一个初步的答案是，在陌生的国度的咖啡馆里写文章通过改变情绪改变了思考方式。通过一番努力，我总算把改变的情绪涉归了一下类：</p>对于三十几个城市的偏见https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%87%A0%E4%B8%AA%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E5%81%8F%E8%A7%81.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%AF%B9%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%87%A0%E4%B8%AA%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E7%9A%84%E5%81%8F%E8%A7%81.htm<p>世界那么大，总想去看看。对于已经看到的世界的那一小部分，我做了个总结，用尽量短的一两句话，释放我作为一个狭隘的旅行者对于一个城市／地方的偏见。</p>这几天上海为什么这么漂亮？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E8%BF%99%E5%87%A0%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%BF%99%E4%B9%88%E6%BC%82%E4%BA%AE%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:18:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E8%BF%99%E5%87%A0%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%BF%99%E4%B9%88%E6%BC%82%E4%BA%AE%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>这几天上海的天气出奇的好，天蓝得跟很多年以前似的，云跟假的似的，能见度高到可以看到地平线，太阳刺眼到下山的时候都不太敢直视。自己拍了几张照片纪念一下这漂亮的日子。</p>学画画，三个月够不够呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88%E5%A4%9F%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%9F%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:17:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%BB%E7%94%BB%EF%BC%8C%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88%E5%A4%9F%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%9F%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>疫情刚开始，严格的居家隔离，大约是三月份的时候。我从那个时候开始学习画画。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-47.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>AirBnb总部，2020年3月20日</p> <p>罗斯金认为，绘画可以教我们去观察，这是显然的；同时，以我自己的经验，它也在教我们创造。所有的画都是被现实<strong>启发</strong>，而独立在脑子里面<strong>创造</strong>出来，然后再靠手的技巧把它<strong>表达</strong>出来。</p>世界上有坏人吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8A%E6%9C%89%E5%9D%8F%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:16:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8A%E6%9C%89%E5%9D%8F%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-46.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>最近在观察小区里的事情，发现大家最喜欢说谁谁谁是坏人。而我一直听起来觉得很不得要领。世界上真的有那么多坏人吗？</p> <p><strong>坏人</strong>这个概念，是人类发明的众多不准确，不清晰的概念之典型。大家对于这个概念的迷惑，正来源于这个概念本身定义的诸多矛盾的地方。</p>善和恶是相对坐标，合法还是违法是绝对坐标https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%96%84%E5%92%8C%E6%81%B6%E6%98%AF%E7%9B%B8%E5%AF%B9%E5%9D%90%E6%A0%87%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%88%E6%B3%95%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%BF%9D%E6%B3%95%E6%98%AF%E7%BB%9D%E5%AF%B9%E5%9D%90%E6%A0%87.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:16:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%96%84%E5%92%8C%E6%81%B6%E6%98%AF%E7%9B%B8%E5%AF%B9%E5%9D%90%E6%A0%87%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%88%E6%B3%95%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%BF%9D%E6%B3%95%E6%98%AF%E7%BB%9D%E5%AF%B9%E5%9D%90%E6%A0%87.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-45.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>昨天关于这篇文章《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371692&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=b2af872fa0a004b2016427419f60af9b&amp;chksm=bd3fa85b8a48214d16ff4c710947149174765cbaa1b14612911499a6b531a4eb1ed256d677fe&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">世界上有坏人吗？</a>》，有人问，难道就没有善恶了吗？</p> <p>当然有。</p> <p>只不过在评价好、坏、善、恶的时候一定要提醒自己，这是一个相对概念。这是正确应用这些概念的钥匙。</p> <p><strong>问题</strong></p> <p>我问一个不相关的问题：重庆是上坡路多还是下坡路多？</p>《Mojito》 里的古巴，记忆中的哈瓦那https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E3%80%8Amojito%E3%80%8B-%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%B0%E5%BF%86%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E5%93%88%E7%93%A6%E9%82%A3.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:16:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E3%80%8Amojito%E3%80%8B-%E9%87%8C%E7%9A%84%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%B4%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%B0%E5%BF%86%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E5%93%88%E7%93%A6%E9%82%A3.htm<p>周董发布的《Mojito》，对我来说，是一首迷人的歌曲。人们常说，音乐是一列穿越时空的火车，可以瞬间把人带回到曾经经历的那个时间和空间。《Mojito》就是这样的一首歌。</p>我是如何分辨南北，又如何一到商场就迷路的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%88%86%E8%BE%A8%E5%8D%97%E5%8C%97%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%88%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E4%B8%80%E5%88%B0%E5%95%86%E5%9C%BA%E5%B0%B1%E8%BF%B7%E8%B7%AF%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:16:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%88%86%E8%BE%A8%E5%8D%97%E5%8C%97%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%88%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E4%B8%80%E5%88%B0%E5%95%86%E5%9C%BA%E5%B0%B1%E8%BF%B7%E8%B7%AF%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-36.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我周围有两种人，一种是永远知道东南西北的，一种是永远不知道的。我属于前者。而同时，在商场里面，前者常常迷路，而后者更加游刃有余。这是为什么呢？</p>如果想了解80年代初的中国，可以去古巴https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E6%83%B3%E4%BA%86%E8%A7%A380%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%A3%E5%88%9D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%8E%BB%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%B4.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:15:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%A6%82%E6%9E%9C%E6%83%B3%E4%BA%86%E8%A7%A380%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%A3%E5%88%9D%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%8E%BB%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%B4.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-28.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在我的古巴照片中，有一条明显的分界线。</p> <p>分界线一边，是拉丁美洲的，奔放的，绚烂的，宏伟的，微醺的，充满异国情调的那个古巴；而分界线另一边，是灰暗的，巨大的，贫穷的的古巴。</p>关于电动车，我好像就没有里程焦虑https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E7%94%B5%E5%8A%A8%E8%BD%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E5%A5%BD%E5%83%8F%E5%B0%B1%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E9%87%8C%E7%A8%8B%E7%84%A6%E8%99%91.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:15:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E7%94%B5%E5%8A%A8%E8%BD%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E5%A5%BD%E5%83%8F%E5%B0%B1%E6%B2%A1%E6%9C%89%E9%87%8C%E7%A8%8B%E7%84%A6%E8%99%91.htm<p>十一期间和 Wendy 买了辆 Tesla Model 3 。</p> <p><strong>关于电动车的加电问题</strong></p> <p>对于电动车，有很多人有严重的里程焦虑。我反而一直没有，或许跟我开燃油车即便是低油量灯亮起，我还不急着去加油一脉相承，但更重要的是，加电的模式本来就比加油方便很多。我们且不说未来，即便是现在，即便是中小城市，加电或许已经比加油方便很多，只是大家还不适应。我们来比较一下。</p>我所经历的自动驾驶https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%88%91%E6%89%80%E7%BB%8F%E5%8E%86%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E5%8A%A8%E9%A9%BE%E9%A9%B6.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:15:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%88%91%E6%89%80%E7%BB%8F%E5%8E%86%E7%9A%84%E8%87%AA%E5%8A%A8%E9%A9%BE%E9%A9%B6.htm<p>特斯拉作为一个玩具，最好玩的就是宣称的自动驾驶。我的结论：特斯拉现状是把市面上已经有的大多数辅助驾驶做得最精致的，但以现状而言，并没有太多的突破。</p>为什么 1024 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+0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_2020%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%8C%E6%84%BF%E4%BD%A0%E5%BF%AB%E5%BF%AB%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E5%8D%B4%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81%E5%BF%98%E8%AE%B0.htm<p>2020年终于走了。</p> <p>虽然这一年发生了这么多让人讨厌的事情，在最后几个小时，我却忽然有些怀念，并没有像想象的那样，会兴高采烈任由它离去。</p> <p>就像我们度过的每一年一样，最终，还要感谢2020！</p>为什么代码总有可能变得更短？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E6%80%BB%E6%9C%89%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%98%E5%BE%97%E6%9B%B4%E7%9F%AD%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:15:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E6%80%BB%E6%9C%89%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E5%8F%98%E5%BE%97%E6%9B%B4%E7%9F%AD%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>我曾冒着被程序员世界骂得体无完肤的风险，坚定的论断，<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371662&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=88b1083dd05f1381eabb1beda7c47a54&amp;chksm=bd3fa8798a48216f764c86605f36accd9d6164d19992bb5671a25bfa9ffbfcd7ae3bbaeacbe3&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">越短的代码就是越好的代码</a>。</p> <p>不接受抬杠，不接受反驳。😄 </p> <p>我经常问自己，为什么代码总能变得更短？</p> <p>同时，为什么把一个5行的代码编程4行基本不可能，但是把几万行的代码编程几千甚至几百行经常可以做到？</p>为什么小路相比大路反而不容易堵？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%B0%8F%E8%B7%AF%E7%9B%B8%E6%AF%94%E5%A4%A7%E8%B7%AF%E5%8F%8D%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E5%AE%B9%E6%98%93%E5%A0%B5%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:15:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%B0%8F%E8%B7%AF%E7%9B%B8%E6%AF%94%E5%A4%A7%E8%B7%AF%E5%8F%8D%E8%80%8C%E4%B8%8D%E5%AE%B9%E6%98%93%E5%A0%B5%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>观察了一阵子城市的道路， 得出这么一些经验： **道路网越密通行效率越高。**不知道从专业的角度来看，这种民科的观察是否正确。</p> <p>上海的很多很拥挤的地方，比如黄浦区南京路附近的街区，虽然车辆很多，但是整体还算可以通行，而北京二环或三环，或者上海的世纪大道，张扬路这样的大的道路，反而经常水泄不通。我想原因是来自于几个方面：</p>又到了应该聚会的时候，周日一起来吧https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%8F%88%E5%88%B0%E4%BA%86%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99%EF%BC%8C%E5%91%A8%E6%97%A5%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5%E5%90%A7.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:15:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E5%8F%88%E5%88%B0%E4%BA%86%E5%BA%94%E8%AF%A5%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99%EF%BC%8C%E5%91%A8%E6%97%A5%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5%E5%90%A7.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-24.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>每隔几年，就会有一些新的技术出现，就是该开始一轮新的聚会的时候。很久以前 Web 2.0 时代在滨江星巴克每周的聚会，我一直就觉得是上海互联网圈开始起了不小的推动作用。之后的很多的很有趣的想法，都来自于一些不那么正式，不那么刻意的聚会。</p>FAQ: 5月9日的开始的聚会将会是每周一次https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_faq-5%E6%9C%889%E6%97%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E7%9A%84%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E5%B0%86%E4%BC%9A%E6%98%AF%E6%AF%8F%E5%91%A8%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:14:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_faq-5%E6%9C%889%E6%97%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E7%9A%84%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E5%B0%86%E4%BC%9A%E6%98%AF%E6%AF%8F%E5%91%A8%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1.htm<p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371839&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=6317798cbb8c73c6eed6e3a4d109f8d5&amp;chksm=bd3fa9c88a4820de328b53bffee5877840817d01f86b02a3742b62a09088a6ef9dd229021a1b&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">又到了应该聚会的时候，周日一起来吧</a></p> <p>大家好，谢谢大家对5月9日（周日）的聚会感兴趣。对于一些朋友的问题，我准备了一个 FAQ，一并回答。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-23.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Q：我周末来不了，以后还有类似的聚会吗？</strong></p>面试中三个反直觉的真理https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%E4%B8%AD%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E5%8F%8D%E7%9B%B4%E8%A7%89%E7%9A%84%E7%9C%9F%E7%90%86.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:14:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%95%E4%B8%AD%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E5%8F%8D%E7%9B%B4%E8%A7%89%E7%9A%84%E7%9C%9F%E7%90%86.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-22.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>面试的时候我们常常请对方描述他/她当下的工作环境，从这里得出的结论有不少是反直觉的，需要提醒自己注意。大家的回答，有时候反着听更接近真相。</p>世界不是由天才创造的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%94%B1%E5%A4%A9%E6%89%8D%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E7%9A%84.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:14:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%94%B1%E5%A4%A9%E6%89%8D%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E7%9A%84.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2021/05/picture-21.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这是一篇写于2006年的文章，在过去的15年里面，4000多人参与了这个游戏，都得到了类似的结果。在朋友的建议下，再发一遍，邀请大家再一次参与，一起来思考这个世界是怎么运作的。</p>5月15日 SHAI 聚会预告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_5%E6%9C%8815%E6%97%A5-shai-%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:09:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_5%E6%9C%8815%E6%97%A5-shai-%E8%81%9A%E4%BC%9A%E9%A2%84%E5%91%8A.htm<p>上海 AI 聚会 （ SHAI ）第二场将在5月15日进行。</p> <p>地点：长乐路989号世纪商贸广场1楼星巴克</p> <p>时间：2021年5月15日 下午2:30 - 4:30 </p> <p>主题：如何揭开 AI 神秘的面纱？</p>来一起工作，搞点好玩的，怎么样？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%EF%BC%8C%E6%90%9E%E7%82%B9%E5%A5%BD%E7%8E%A9%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%8C%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7%EF%BC%9F.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:08:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E6%9D%A5%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%EF%BC%8C%E6%90%9E%E7%82%B9%E5%A5%BD%E7%8E%A9%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%8C%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%A0%B7%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>一句话，招人了！</p> <p>实习生，正式员工，技术，运营，行政等岗位开放。小团队，直接汇报给我。</p> <p>可以直接加我微信，发简历给我就可以了。我的微信是：</p> <p>echo &ldquo;mldqvkxrzdqj&rdquo; | tr &lsquo;[a-z]&rsquo; &lsquo;[x-za-w]&rsquo;</p>身临其境的以色列和巴勒斯坦https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E8%BA%AB%E4%B8%B4%E5%85%B6%E5%A2%83%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%A5%E8%89%B2%E5%88%97%E5%92%8C%E5%B7%B4%E5%8B%92%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6.htmMon, 17 May 2021 23:08:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20210517_%E8%BA%AB%E4%B8%B4%E5%85%B6%E5%A2%83%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%A5%E8%89%B2%E5%88%97%E5%92%8C%E5%B7%B4%E5%8B%92%E6%96%AF%E5%9D%A6.htm<p>旅行给人带来的，比增长知识更有价值的，是提供一种亲切感。</p> <p>这种亲切感，如同在时空里拉了条线，打了个结，把一个遥远的国度和自己的生活联系在一起，从此对于那里的事情开始关心起来，似乎那是自己生活的延展。</p>京东云试用报告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20201230_%E4%BA%AC%E4%B8%9C%E4%BA%91%E8%AF%95%E7%94%A8%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A.htmWed, 30 Dec 2020 22:54:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20201230_%E4%BA%AC%E4%B8%9C%E4%BA%91%E8%AF%95%E7%94%A8%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A.htm<h2 id="登陆">登陆</h2> <p>京东智联云APP登陆和京东登录还是分开的，这个好处是什么呢？对于一个华为应用市场报告有9万次安装的app，作为主登陆，反而把京东APP的巨大的用户群的优势给去掉了。至少也应该是京东APP扫描二维码也可以登陆，京东智联云APP扫描也可以登陆，而且用的都应该是京东APP的登陆体系。</p>阅读这个公众号的正确方法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E9%98%85%E8%AF%BB%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E5%85%AC%E4%BC%97%E5%8F%B7%E7%9A%84%E6%AD%A3%E7%A1%AE%E6%96%B9%E6%B3%95.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:24:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E9%98%85%E8%AF%BB%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%E5%85%AC%E4%BC%97%E5%8F%B7%E7%9A%84%E6%AD%A3%E7%A1%AE%E6%96%B9%E6%B3%95.htm<p>作为一个写了很多年的博客作者，我发现微信公众号的众多优点（最突出的是分享的方便和因为限制而产生的简洁）之外还有很多我至今无法适应的地方。推送就是一个，不可更改是第二个。</p>又一批纯手工制作的画新鲜出炉https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8F%88%E4%B8%80%E6%89%B9%E7%BA%AF%E6%89%8B%E5%B7%A5%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84%E7%94%BB%E6%96%B0%E9%B2%9C%E5%87%BA%E7%82%89.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:24:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8F%88%E4%B8%80%E6%89%B9%E7%BA%AF%E6%89%8B%E5%B7%A5%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84%E7%94%BB%E6%96%B0%E9%B2%9C%E5%87%BA%E7%82%89.htm<p>7月份在旅行的时候花了几幅画，抽空记录下。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-131.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-132.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-133.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-134.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-135.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-136.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>我还挺喜欢钢笔画的，主要是难度挺大的，每笔下去都不能改，而我喜欢比较搞脑子的事情。</p>影响力公式https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D%E5%8A%9B%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:23:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D%E5%8A%9B%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F.htm<p>在工作中最有用的一种分类法就是把人分为影响力高的和影响力低的。影响力在我的定义里面严格等于“让事情发生的能力” (The ability to make things happen)。</p> <p>作为一个理科生，如果不能拿数学表达一个概念总觉的自己没想清楚。所以我做了如下的公式来分析影响力。</p>资本寒冬的正确活法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%B5%84%E6%9C%AC%E5%AF%92%E5%86%AC%E7%9A%84%E6%AD%A3%E7%A1%AE%E6%B4%BB%E6%B3%95.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:23:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%B5%84%E6%9C%AC%E5%AF%92%E5%86%AC%E7%9A%84%E6%AD%A3%E7%A1%AE%E6%B4%BB%E6%B3%95.htm<p>最近寒冬的文章多了起来。这是好事情。</p> <p>我喜欢寒冬，热爱寒冬，因为只有寒冷的空气才能让人头脑清醒，让身体强壮，让不理性和弱小的竞争对手死掉。冬天是所有的资本的季节中我最喜欢的季节。</p>上海迪士尼不排那么长的队会死呀？嗯，真的会死https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E8%BF%AA%E5%A3%AB%E5%B0%BC%E4%B8%8D%E6%8E%92%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E9%95%BF%E7%9A%84%E9%98%9F%E4%BC%9A%E6%AD%BB%E5%91%80%EF%BC%9F%E5%97%AF%EF%BC%8C%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%9A%E6%AD%BB.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:23:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E8%BF%AA%E5%A3%AB%E5%B0%BC%E4%B8%8D%E6%8E%92%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E9%95%BF%E7%9A%84%E9%98%9F%E4%BC%9A%E6%AD%BB%E5%91%80%EF%BC%9F%E5%97%AF%EF%BC%8C%E7%9C%9F%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%9A%E6%AD%BB.htm<p>周末和全家去开业已经一段时间的上海迪士尼乐园去玩，要不是信用卡送的门票，我们可能不会那么有创意的在35度的高温里面去迪士尼。在看了两场室内的演出躲过了暴晒的早上以后，我们决定去挑战一下最热门的《飞跃地平线》。</p>空客 vs 波音，分清楚很重要吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%A9%BA%E5%AE%A2-vs-%E6%B3%A2%E9%9F%B3%EF%BC%8C%E5%88%86%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A%E5%BE%88%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:23:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%A9%BA%E5%AE%A2-vs-%E6%B3%A2%E9%9F%B3%EF%BC%8C%E5%88%86%E6%B8%85%E6%A5%9A%E5%BE%88%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>预警：我还是不可救药的掉回了原先的blog的风格体系里面去。什么叫做blog的风格体系呢？就是每天都逼自己写一些东西（讨厌的微信，这就意味着需要逼好多人每天读一些东西）。既然写作可以促进观察，定期的写作可以强迫这种观察。就跟若不是为了画画，谁会花20分钟看一个杯子呢？若不是为了写东西，我们对于这个世界的观察的确分辨率会低很多。</p>思考的层次决定了思考的影响力https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E7%9A%84%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E4%BA%86%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D%E5%8A%9B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E7%9A%84%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1%E5%86%B3%E5%AE%9A%E4%BA%86%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D%E5%8A%9B.htm<p>观点的世界不是一维的，是多维的。</p> <p>很少有两个观点是完全相反的。看似相反的观点其实它们有太多的维度是相似甚至是相同的，仅仅是一个维度相反而已。</p> <p>比如论坛上争论上海人好还是北京人好的人，他们的思路基本上是一摸一样的。无论认为北京人比上海人好，还是认为上海人比北京人好的人，他们在认为地域可以决定一个人的好坏这件事情上观点完全一致，对于可以对一个庞大的群体作出好坏判断的维度上也是出奇的一致，在观点只有极端才有讨论的价值这个维度观点也是差别不大。总之，在一个维度上相反的观点，在其他维度上可能都是一个思维，观点相反的两个人的相似点可能远大于不同点。尤其在一些生僻的领域，比如空间物理，或者特定的历史，能找到持不同观点的人实在是不易。他们至少是同行了。</p>我的小小的管理工具箱（第一部分）https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E5%B0%8F%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E5%85%B7%E7%AE%B1%EF%BC%88%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E9%83%A8%E5%88%86%EF%BC%89.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%8F%E5%B0%8F%E7%9A%84%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E5%B7%A5%E5%85%B7%E7%AE%B1%EF%BC%88%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E9%83%A8%E5%88%86%EF%BC%89.htm<p>周末了。趁着天气依然晴好，把自己常用的管理方法拿出来晒一晒，晒好了收回到我的管理工具箱里面。（我依然是我写的东西的第一读者，我看得懂就好。hiahia）</p>Fenng冯大辉这件事情上我支持大辉。句号。https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_fenng%E5%86%AF%E5%A4%A7%E8%BE%89%E8%BF%99%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%E4%B8%8A%E6%88%91%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E5%A4%A7%E8%BE%89%E3%80%82%E5%8F%A5%E5%8F%B7%E3%80%82.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_fenng%E5%86%AF%E5%A4%A7%E8%BE%89%E8%BF%99%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8B%E6%83%85%E4%B8%8A%E6%88%91%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E5%A4%A7%E8%BE%89%E3%80%82%E5%8F%A5%E5%8F%B7%E3%80%82.htm<p>我极少对正在进行的事件评论。按我一贯的写东西的原则，不关注新闻事件，不关注那些稍纵即逝的东西，而更关注一些底层的恒久的东西。尤其在进行中的事件有太多的信息尚不完全知晓，无法做出客观的评论的时候。</p>关于期权的若干硬知识，知道这些就不那么担心了。https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%9C%9F%E6%9D%83%E7%9A%84%E8%8B%A5%E5%B9%B2%E7%A1%AC%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86%EF%BC%8C%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E5%B0%B1%E4%B8%8D%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E6%8B%85%E5%BF%83%E4%BA%86.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%9C%9F%E6%9D%83%E7%9A%84%E8%8B%A5%E5%B9%B2%E7%A1%AC%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86%EF%BC%8C%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E5%B0%B1%E4%B8%8D%E9%82%A3%E4%B9%88%E6%8B%85%E5%BF%83%E4%BA%86.htm<p>近期丁香园的关于期权的纷争对创业环境产生了不小的负面影响，让创业团队对于期权的担心快赶上食品安全了。连以前多次表示不感兴趣的小排同学都开始到处找期权文件看。所以现在写一篇文章，帮创始人和团队理一理期权的事情，尽一点创业社区里应尽的义务。</p>图片也是一种自我表达的方式https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%8D%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%8D%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F.htm<p>今天写点轻松的东西。说说美景。</p> <p>我喜欢用没有意义的美丽的风景照片当做文章的题图。这些照片都是自己拍的，每张照片的背后都有一段故事，但至少都是美丽的图片，个人认为很适合做桌面，也有人想我要过。为了保持每篇文章的内容的聚焦，我没有花太多的时间去描述那些题图，这里一并注释。</p>知道取舍就会举重若轻，取舍之后精髓其实很轻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%8F%96%E8%88%8D%E5%B0%B1%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%BE%E9%87%8D%E8%8B%A5%E8%BD%BB%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%96%E8%88%8D%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E%E7%B2%BE%E9%AB%93%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%E5%BE%88%E8%BD%BB.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:20:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%8F%96%E8%88%8D%E5%B0%B1%E4%BC%9A%E4%B8%BE%E9%87%8D%E8%8B%A5%E8%BD%BB%EF%BC%8C%E5%8F%96%E8%88%8D%E4%B9%8B%E5%90%8E%E7%B2%BE%E9%AB%93%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%E5%BE%88%E8%BD%BB.htm<p>一次去中欧听融资讲座，嘉宾画了个五边形的分析图，说融资需要综合考虑五个方面，投资人的背景，融资条款，估值，融资额，需要的时间等等。然后告诉你每一项都很重要，需要综合考量。</p>一位体育老师的影响力https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D%E5%8A%9B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:20:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%80%E4%BD%8D%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%93%8D%E5%8A%9B.htm<p>说到影响力这个话题，我经常会回忆起我的高中体育老师魏平安老师。说来有趣，读书的时候在众多的老师中并没有注意到他，但是离开了以后回忆起来，总是能想到他，在洛一高毕业生的聚集地，比如贴吧，知乎，学校论坛里面，发现最近二十几年的学生中间最有共同话题的就是这么位体育老师。</p>买保险，书面为准，市场定价 -- 融资的三个小提示https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B9%B0%E4%BF%9D%E9%99%A9%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%A6%E9%9D%A2%E4%B8%BA%E5%87%86%EF%BC%8C%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E5%AE%9A%E4%BB%B7-%E8%9E%8D%E8%B5%84%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E5%B0%8F%E6%8F%90%E7%A4%BA.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:20:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B9%B0%E4%BF%9D%E9%99%A9%EF%BC%8C%E4%B9%A6%E9%9D%A2%E4%B8%BA%E5%87%86%EF%BC%8C%E5%B8%82%E5%9C%BA%E5%AE%9A%E4%BB%B7-%E8%9E%8D%E8%B5%84%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%AA%E5%B0%8F%E6%8F%90%E7%A4%BA.htm<p>朋友打来电话问融资的问题。我简单粗暴的给了如下建议。深究起来，不见得在所有的场合都正确，但作为提示还是有它的价值的。</p> <p><strong>其一，能融资的时候融资（买保险）</strong></p>10分钟韩语教程https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E9%9F%A9%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:19:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E9%9F%A9%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htm<p>经常旅行，而且对语言感兴趣，所以到了一个地方就努力的通过猜，来学习那里的语言，结果发现居然能够连猜带蒙的看懂一些语言（注意，只是看懂，不是听懂）。</p>用漂亮的照片迎接新年https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%94%A8%E6%BC%82%E4%BA%AE%E7%9A%84%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87%E8%BF%8E%E6%8E%A5%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B4.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:19:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%94%A8%E6%BC%82%E4%BA%AE%E7%9A%84%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87%E8%BF%8E%E6%8E%A5%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B4.htm<p>新年快来的几天上海的天气晴好，能见度高。登高望远，拍了些漂亮的照片，迎接新年。自己也开始打扫房间，清空邮箱，收拾整理，准备迎接新年。提前祝大家新年快乐！</p>10岁的孩子心中的魔法世界https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%B2%81%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E9%AD%94%E6%B3%95%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:18:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%B2%81%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E5%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E9%AD%94%E6%B3%95%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C.htm<hr> <p><strong>哆啦A梦</strong></p> <p>快要满十岁的儿子最近居然开始疯狂的迷上了哆啦A梦。他看了无数集《哆啦A梦》的动画片，买了几个大大小小的毛绒哆啦放在自己床边。最主要的是他觉得自己是一只哆啦A梦，每天自言自语，贴身带着纸片做的各种道具，平时不断的拿出道具出来大喊一声，说话的腔调像极了哆啦A梦，签名也改成了小哆啦。</p>痛苦很多时候来源于自己的能力和环境的挑战的落差https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99%E6%9D%A5%E6%BA%90%E4%BA%8E%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E5%92%8C%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E7%9A%84%E6%8C%91%E6%88%98%E7%9A%84%E8%90%BD.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:18:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%97%9B%E8%8B%A6%E5%BE%88%E5%A4%9A%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99%E6%9D%A5%E6%BA%90%E4%BA%8E%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E5%92%8C%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E7%9A%84%E6%8C%91%E6%88%98%E7%9A%84%E8%90%BD.htm<p>自身的能力和环境的挑战总是有落差的，但大多数时候我们都只注意到了环境的不如意，把注意力放在了环境上面，从而形成了烦恼的情绪。这就好似初学的画家抱怨人的脑袋长得不规则，不如正方体好画，或者森林的颜色过多一样；或者和登山者抱怨山太高，路太陡一样可笑。好的画家和好的登山者自然对于自己技术所及的范围以内的部分驾轻就熟，抱怨复杂的人仅仅是因为没有能力驾驭而已。</p>尝试合并的方式发送消息https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E5%90%88%E5%B9%B6%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F%E5%8F%91%E9%80%81%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:18:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%B0%9D%E8%AF%95%E5%90%88%E5%B9%B6%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F%E5%8F%91%E9%80%81%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF.htm<p>曾经写过我写东西的原因</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652370987&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=c8083fd148a94fa2f4b74986b3045f03&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">有人写文章就是为了促进思考</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371046&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=f54918abe854624d5a8fd923adcf0552&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">阅读这个公众号的正确方法</a></p> </blockquote> <p>总的说来，就是我写的东西的读者是自己，虽然我不介意其他人也看一看，并且给我一些正向的压力，但这不是初衷。</p> <p>微信公众号的设置的确给了我很多困扰。它的确对于我写什么东西，什么时候写产生了影响。这和blog的差异还是很大。我自己记录一下今天重量减少一斤并不是什么大事儿，但是推送给上万人不管怎么说都有些不合时宜，在半夜推送更加如此。</p>学习不能停https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD%E5%81%9C.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:18:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD%E5%81%9C.htm<p>周末做了些家务。</p> <p>说起家务这件事情，我发现自己还真的不怎么会做。简单如怎么叠衣服，我都做的不是很好。这件好似在初中时代就应该学会的东西，我还需要照着一本整理的书一步一步来。</p>认知的围栏https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%AE%A4%E7%9F%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B4%E6%A0%8F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:18:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%AE%A4%E7%9F%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B4%E6%A0%8F.htm<p>在商店里面买单，旁边的一位50岁左右的顾客问有没有折扣。店员说加入会员就有，只需微信扫码，点关注就算加入会员了。这位年纪不算太大但也不年轻的顾客坚持说，手机这东西我搞不来的，你来帮我操作。店员说我教你。顾客说我学不会的，你帮我干了就行了。如是纠缠了半天。</p>如何创造环境让孩子学习编程https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E8%AE%A9%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%BC%96%E7%A8%8B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:18:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E8%AE%A9%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%BC%96%E7%A8%8B.htm<p>先说我的经历。</p> <p>我学习编程比较早，是在五年级结束的那个暑假，也就是1988年六月份。</p> <p>我学编程有这么几个机缘巧合。</p> <p><strong>环境</strong></p> <hr> <p>第一个机缘，是我出生在一个工程师家庭。爸爸是交大电机系毕业的，家里面各种电子相关的书比较多。我最早接触的是二极管三极管这样的电路，三、四年级的时候迷着做收音机，音乐门铃什么的，看的书也是《电子报》一类制作各种电器的。而电脑是因为其中有一本叫做《计算机台历》的，里面关于计算机的基础知识让我似懂非懂的看了两年。</p>10分钟俄语教程https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E4%BF%84%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:17:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E4%BF%84%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htm<p>俄语是另外一个长得稀奇古怪的语言。字母念都念不出来。我在莫斯科呆了一两天以后忽然灵光乍现，发现俄罗斯人是研究密码学的英国人，俄语其实就是加密的英语！元音不变，把辅音做一个变换，就基本上是英文了。</p>10分钟日语教程https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E6%97%A5%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:17:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E6%97%A5%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htm<p>我一直对于学习语言很感兴趣，加上经常旅行，总想学习尽量多的语言。在过去的几年里面，每到一个地方就开始琢磨那里的语言。结果发现了一些小秘密。简单的说，就是：</p>链表，哈希，挖矿等 － 区块链技术学习笔记https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E9%93%BE%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%8C%E5%93%88%E5%B8%8C%EF%BC%8C%E6%8C%96%E7%9F%BF%E7%AD%89-%EF%BC%8D-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:17:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E9%93%BE%E8%A1%A8%EF%BC%8C%E5%93%88%E5%B8%8C%EF%BC%8C%E6%8C%96%E7%9F%BF%E7%AD%89-%EF%BC%8D-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htm<p><strong>开篇</strong></p> <p>很多年没有看到像区块链这样有生命力的事物了。它像一个欣欣向荣的新大陆一样，把技术理想主义者，围观者，投资者，投机者，甚至流氓骗子各色人等聚集在一起。</p>智能合约，代币（Token）等 - 区块链技术学习笔记https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%90%88%E7%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A3%E5%B8%81%EF%BC%88token%EF%BC%89%E7%AD%89-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:17:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%90%88%E7%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E4%BB%A3%E5%B8%81%EF%BC%88token%EF%BC%89%E7%AD%89-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-87.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>智能合约（Smart  Contract）是区块链一个重要的功能。说到智能合约，我们得把视野从比特币转到以太坊，因为完整的支持智能合约是以太坊和比特币的重大差别。</p>钱包，私钥，地址等 - 区块链技术学习笔记https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85%EF%BC%8C%E7%A7%81%E9%92%A5%EF%BC%8C%E5%9C%B0%E5%9D%80%E7%AD%89-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:17:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E9%92%B1%E5%8C%85%EF%BC%8C%E7%A7%81%E9%92%A5%EF%BC%8C%E5%9C%B0%E5%9D%80%E7%AD%89-%E5%8C%BA%E5%9D%97%E9%93%BE%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-84.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>钱包</strong></p> <p>判断一个人是否真的了解区块链的一个简单的测试是问一句：“我转钱给你。你的钱包地址是啥？” 这个试金石可以轻松区分很多伪专家。在成熟的互联网世界，没有邮件地址还说得过去，毕竟没有邮件地址也可以点外卖，但是现在百废待兴的区块链世界，一切都如此原始，没有自己的钱包地址就是一个旁观者。</p>西贡初体验https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%A5%BF%E8%B4%A1%E5%88%9D%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:17:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%A5%BF%E8%B4%A1%E5%88%9D%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C.htm<p>最近越南的新闻多了起来。这些新闻勾勒出了一个欣欣向荣的国家的形象。但对于我，越南依然是一个陌生的国度，记忆中仅有8年前岘港海滩上和老城格格不入的皇冠假日酒店。这次，终于来到的越南。</p>印度，我正在接近上瘾的边缘 之一 被设计的首都和马赛克https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%E6%8E%A5%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%8A%E7%98%BE%E7%9A%84%E8%BE%B9%E7%BC%98-%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80-%E8%A2%AB%E8%AE%BE%E8%AE%A1%E7%9A%84%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%92%8C.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:15:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%E6%8E%A5%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%8A%E7%98%BE%E7%9A%84%E8%BE%B9%E7%BC%98-%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80-%E8%A2%AB%E8%AE%BE%E8%AE%A1%E7%9A%84%E9%A6%96%E9%83%BD%E5%92%8C.htm<p>从来没有一个国家让我感到如此困惑。</p> <p>我无法说我喜欢她，或者不喜欢；无法判断我是期待再次访问，还是尽量远离；更无法确定她的未来是悲观，还是乐观。从印度归来，我唯一知道的是，自己对于印度的无知。</p>印度，我正在接近上瘾的边缘 之二https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%E6%8E%A5%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%8A%E7%98%BE%E7%9A%84%E8%BE%B9%E7%BC%98-%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%8C.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:13:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%E6%8E%A5%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%8A%E7%98%BE%E7%9A%84%E8%BE%B9%E7%BC%98-%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%8C.htm<p>上篇：<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371366&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=94541b3d6b2ce6bcc0232c72fcfa6365&amp;chksm=bd3fab118a4822075d76cef842ef5c4e6f9cf057feac882d539b99c27a021de51bd8311845d2&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">印度，我正在接近上瘾的边缘 之一</a></p> <p><strong>陵墓</strong></p> <p>清晨，太阳刚刚露出头，游客还没有出现的时候，德里的古迹异常迷人，甚至美得让人窒息。阳光下几个陵墓端庄肃穆。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-47.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>中国人喜欢中轴对称，而古印度人似乎更加喜欢四轴对称：左右对称，前后对称。我看到的很多陵墓俯瞰都是一个巨大的正方形庭院，中间大约1/3部分，是一个高高的正方形基座。基座上再端庄的放上1/3基座宽度的巨大的正方形陵墓。而主人死后就在这三层正方形的正中心。陵墓从四个方向看都几乎是一模一样。在正方形的庭院上，有完全对称的水道，在有水的时候可以映衬出上下对称的陵墓。我觉得印度的陵墓设计师除了美学的造诣，也都是几何学得很好的理科生。</p>印度，我正在接近上瘾的边缘 之三https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%E6%8E%A5%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%8A%E7%98%BE%E7%9A%84%E8%BE%B9%E7%BC%98-%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:13:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%EF%BC%8C%E6%88%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%E6%8E%A5%E8%BF%91%E4%B8%8A%E7%98%BE%E7%9A%84%E8%BE%B9%E7%BC%98-%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89.htm<p><strong>老德里</strong></p> <p>摆脱了各种阻挠，最终我充满向往的前往老德里。</p> <p>我对老德里是做好了心理准备的。我准备去看那里的嘈杂、脏乱、绚烂的色彩以及香料的味道。我知道老德里是一座古城，几个世纪以来原汁原味的保留了下来。它在我心中的形象至少是一个低配版的耶路撒冷，应该有类似哭墙附近的那些人流如织的小巷、卖各种稀奇古怪东西的商店、和各种宗教各种肤色的人群。</p>10分钟西班牙语教程https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E8%A5%BF%E7%8F%AD%E7%89%99%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:12:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_10%E5%88%86%E9%92%9F%E8%A5%BF%E7%8F%AD%E7%89%99%E8%AF%AD%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-34.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>以前写10分钟<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371186&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=512751ea085fd5aca544cff062584ceb&amp;chksm=bd3faa458a482353d0fc92c7502ded5a6d64bf139a1b956710e4efb3bf3513ffa3ed41432b14&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">日语</a>，<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371130&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=42d0ad0aaf24ed36d4b2114b7ebdac44&amp;chksm=bd3faa0d8a48231ba71b575951508d0b21c46609ee5a8c3e8080a8f36dbc0c808127ab47bfc1&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">韩语</a>，<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371183&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=613c94611b7a376850a4de7cb1a283fb&amp;chksm=bd3faa588a48234e6cb44f3f9e12761ecfd91e675624bbd12ab77275654991b8e81de19a356a&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">俄语</a>教程的时候，从来没有想过西班牙语也可以有10分钟教程。其实所谓的10分钟教程对于一种语言肯定远不及入门，而仅仅是作为一种语言观察，发现一些这些语言中，我希望早一些有人告诉我的一些常识，好让自己消除一种语言的陌生感，从而开始升起一些学习的兴趣和信心。所以十分钟教程与其说是教程，不如说是语言结构简介。</p> <p>我本来以为，西班牙语至少是英语，法语一个级别的难度，并不存在什么捷径。但当我真的开始研究这门语言的时候，却惊讶的发现，西班牙语实在是我知道的所有的语言中间最容易学的，远比英文容易。它的容易在于他的规律非常明确。</p>卷积网络 CNN 学习笔记之一：我们是怎么认识0的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80%EF%BC%9A%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E8%AE%A4%E8%AF%860%E7%9A%84.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:12:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%80%EF%BC%9A%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E8%AE%A4%E8%AF%860%E7%9A%84.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-32.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：Airbnb总部 绘于：2020年3月</p> <p>最近在做人工智能方面的探索的时候，深感能找到的材料中，按照一定步骤编程就能得出结果的信息很多，但大家都把这个过程视为一个黑盒子，常说，这个过程我们就不知道为什么了，反正结果就是计算机有智能了。</p>卷积网络 CNN 学习笔记之二：细节消失，抽象生成https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%8C%EF%BC%9A%E7%BB%86%E8%8A%82%E6%B6%88%E5%A4%B1%EF%BC%8C%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E7%94%9F%E6%88%90.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:11:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%8C%EF%BC%9A%E7%BB%86%E8%8A%82%E6%B6%88%E5%A4%B1%EF%BC%8C%E6%8A%BD%E8%B1%A1%E7%94%9F%E6%88%90.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-30.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：香港的蜗居</p> <p>绘于：2020年3月</p> <p>上一篇：<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371437&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=57a20e87ac2aaed52adfe3b0e6a1e4d8&amp;chksm=bd3fab5a8a48224c62d0ac433d1c7e1336f41f01fdcd060c0123d93f2acabf24519951f77ebf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">卷积网络 CNN 学习笔记之一：我们是怎么认识0的</a></p> <p>昨天留了个思考题，你的大脑是如何认识那个一圈的？</p> <p>在你翻看 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371437&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=57a20e87ac2aaed52adfe3b0e6a1e4d8&amp;chksm=bd3fab5a8a48224c62d0ac433d1c7e1336f41f01fdcd060c0123d93f2acabf24519951f77ebf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">前一篇文章</a> 以前，我再问你一个问题，你还记得上一次我们见到的 MNIST 数据集里面的那个 0 是如下哪一副吗？或者降低点难度，和如下哪一个 0 更接近呢？</p>卷积网络 CNN 学习笔记之三：卷积像卷地毯https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89%EF%BC%9A%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E5%83%8F%E5%8D%B7%E5%9C%B0%E6%AF%AF.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:11:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89%EF%BC%9A%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E5%83%8F%E5%8D%B7%E5%9C%B0%E6%AF%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-23.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371437&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=57a20e87ac2aaed52adfe3b0e6a1e4d8&amp;chksm=bd3fab5a8a48224c62d0ac433d1c7e1336f41f01fdcd060c0123d93f2acabf24519951f77ebf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之一：我们是怎么认识0的</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371505&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=dc38b21c72f119b9d34362791d08cb45&amp;chksm=bd3fa8868a48219016f6dbcc2149eff5128eb2231828a69aaadc152f1426fb05eb26ed95d353&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之二：细节消失，抽象生成</a></p> <p>总算可以正式开始讲卷积网络的工作原理了。</p> <p><strong>过滤器像卷地毯一样卷过去</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-24.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>上面的白纸就像图像，而我们现在拿一个红颜色的格子，这个格子是 3 x 3 ，里面写着9个数字。这 9 个数字开始是随机数，经过大量的训练以后开始不断的变得有意义。</p>卷积网络 CNN 学习笔记之四：最终形成判断https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E5%9B%9B%EF%BC%9A%E6%9C%80%E7%BB%88%E5%BD%A2%E6%88%90%E5%88%A4%E6%96%AD.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:10:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E5%9B%9B%EF%BC%9A%E6%9C%80%E7%BB%88%E5%BD%A2%E6%88%90%E5%88%A4%E6%96%AD.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-22.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：思南路别墅</p> <p>绘于：2020年4月17日</p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371437&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=57a20e87ac2aaed52adfe3b0e6a1e4d8&amp;chksm=bd3fab5a8a48224c62d0ac433d1c7e1336f41f01fdcd060c0123d93f2acabf24519951f77ebf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之一：我们是怎么认识 0 的</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371505&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=dc38b21c72f119b9d34362791d08cb45&amp;chksm=bd3fa8868a48219016f6dbcc2149eff5128eb2231828a69aaadc152f1426fb05eb26ed95d353&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之二：细节消失，抽象生成</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371548&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=3c56ef4fd73a714c018ba954e44bc950&amp;chksm=bd3fa8eb8a4821fd0fc757afe6e85b1989dfac9feafb0901c490f97537f600d4cf51b8b1253e&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之三：卷积像卷地毯</a></p> <p>上一次走到了卷积网络的第一步，就是用一个 3x3 的小矩阵就像探照灯一样，把图像扫一遍，就得到了第二层的网络。</p>卷积网络 CNN 学习笔记之五：就像医生看化验单https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%94%EF%BC%9A%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F%E7%9C%8B%E5%8C%96%E9%AA%8C%E5%8D%95.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:10:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%8D%B7%E7%A7%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C-cnn-%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%AC%94%E8%AE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%94%EF%BC%9A%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F%E7%9C%8B%E5%8C%96%E9%AA%8C%E5%8D%95.htm<p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371437&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=57a20e87ac2aaed52adfe3b0e6a1e4d8&amp;chksm=bd3fab5a8a48224c62d0ac433d1c7e1336f41f01fdcd060c0123d93f2acabf24519951f77ebf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之一：我们是怎么认识0的</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371505&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=dc38b21c72f119b9d34362791d08cb45&amp;chksm=bd3fa8868a48219016f6dbcc2149eff5128eb2231828a69aaadc152f1426fb05eb26ed95d353&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之二：细节消失，抽象生成</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371548&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=3c56ef4fd73a714c018ba954e44bc950&amp;chksm=bd3fa8eb8a4821fd0fc757afe6e85b1989dfac9feafb0901c490f97537f600d4cf51b8b1253e&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之三：卷积像卷地毯</a></p> <p><a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371581&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=86418ad4a2f335940c113d2255515ed0&amp;chksm=bd3fa8ca8a4821dc6cb766fc277114757e95ef3c40511cb008458506c3eafab37477dabd3ce2&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">学习笔记之四：最终形成判断</a></p> <p>今天，我们看上一次的代码跑起来是什么样子的。</p> <p><strong>输入图像</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-16.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这个是输入图像，维度是 28x28x1 。 这是 MNIST 图像集里面的第1002号数字。我用我的人脑处理了一下，觉得似乎是一个  <strong>1</strong> 。我们看看电脑如何处理。</p>边疆战事和烽火台的比喻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%BE%B9%E7%96%86%E6%88%98%E4%BA%8B%E5%92%8C%E7%83%BD%E7%81%AB%E5%8F%B0%E7%9A%84%E6%AF%94%E5%96%BB.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:08:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%BE%B9%E7%96%86%E6%88%98%E4%BA%8B%E5%92%8C%E7%83%BD%E7%81%AB%E5%8F%B0%E7%9A%84%E6%AF%94%E5%96%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-14.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：金泽古镇 绘于：2020年4月12日</p> <p>对于一个崭新的领域，比喻是一种容易的入门的方法，尤其对于牵涉大量的技术细节的领域。当我们既想尽量详细的了解它，有没有时间和勇气去深入进去的时候，比喻是最好的方式。不同的人对于不同的比喻的亲近和理解程度不一样，于是我试着用几种不同的比喻，描述同一个事物，总有一种能让某一个人心有戚戚焉。</p>血常规检测和医生看病的比喻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%A1%80%E5%B8%B8%E8%A7%84%E6%A3%80%E6%B5%8B%E5%92%8C%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F%E7%9C%8B%E7%97%85%E7%9A%84%E6%AF%94%E5%96%BB.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:08:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E8%A1%80%E5%B8%B8%E8%A7%84%E6%A3%80%E6%B5%8B%E5%92%8C%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F%E7%9C%8B%E7%97%85%E7%9A%84%E6%AF%94%E5%96%BB.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-13.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>嘉定图书馆 绘于 2020年4月14日</p> <p>这是为了让大家了解神经网络的另一个比喻，希望通过用几个不同的比喻，描述同一个原理，或许可以更容易让人出现 “a-ha” 时刻，就是不知道怎的，忽然一根筋搭上了，就懂了。</p>人工智能是如何学习的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:07:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%A0%E7%9A%84%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-11.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>上一次（<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371583&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=092a1f5b0e664d58a75b4360197d6ebe&amp;chksm=bd3fa8c88a4821de1d5d815cbc308fc02f61c49974b92408f9b624cfe88a03bad61fbe858c04&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">就像医生看化验单</a>）我们问了一个问题但是没有回答，那就是：人工智能到底是怎么学习的？</p> <p>在前面的这一系列的文章里面，我们都假设了，所有的参数都是已经学好的，就好像上帝创造了人一样，被人类创造了出来。有了第一层这几百个数字，后面几层的几万个数字，机器就如同有了灵魂一样，能够先识别边缘，再从边缘学习线，从线学习圆圈，从圆圈学习数字0，或者继续学习圆圈的组合，从而认识猫，认识人脸。</p>物业公司的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%89%A9%E4%B8%9A%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:07:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%89%A9%E4%B8%9A%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-10.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：M50园区</p> <p>当我看到保安的工资这么低，物业费又还算高的时候，第一反应和所有的业主一样，那钱一定是被物业公司给拿去了，甚至被物业公司的领导个人偷偷放在自己的口袋里了的说法也颇受听众欢迎。因为除此以外想不出什么合理的解释。而当我了解了以后，最没有想到的，竟然是物业管理公司面临着这么大的困境。一句话说，如此low的物业公司，居然演绎的是一个港资公司在大陆水土不服的故事。</p>AI会让我失业吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_ai%E4%BC%9A%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 15:06:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_ai%E4%BC%9A%E8%AE%A9%E6%88%91%E5%A4%B1%E4%B8%9A%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在写了一点 AI 领域的 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371437&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=57a20e87ac2aaed52adfe3b0e6a1e4d8&amp;chksm=bd3fab5a8a48224c62d0ac433d1c7e1336f41f01fdcd060c0123d93f2acabf24519951f77ebf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">Hello World 级别介绍</a> 以后，周末么和成远，明月还有李享几个好朋友聊天。在静安寺的咖啡馆里，我们几个思维离开了地心引力，开始畅想美好或者恐怖的未来。大家探讨的第一问题就是，未来 AI 会让我失业吗？我说，那当然。大家失去现在的职业是肯定的事儿呀，但有什么担心的呢？</p>答案公布：船是怎么起锚的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%AD%94%E6%A1%88%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83%EF%BC%9A%E8%88%B9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E8%B5%B7%E9%94%9A%E7%9A%84.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 13:48:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E7%AD%94%E6%A1%88%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83%EF%BC%9A%E8%88%B9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E8%B5%B7%E9%94%9A%E7%9A%84.htm<p>对于这个问题《<a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371611&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=68982af85735f4b5d31b16372da4733f&amp;chksm=bd3fa82c8a48213a1f3850a9f43e0626ba06ceaf5699d59473c0bdadeedd52ec8156d989dbbf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">船是怎么控制抛锚还是起锚呢？</a>》，当教练跟我说了这一句话的时候我就豁然开朗了。</p> <p>“ 把锚放入水中的时候，放进去的绳索要是水深的 5 - 7 倍 ”</p> <p>哦。那就全懂了。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-4.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>原来船锚不是垂直放下去的，而是拉着长长的线，以至于由于绳子的重力，到了最后基本上贴在海底，成为水平的状态了。</p>几个在船上才知道的冷知识https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%87%A0%E4%B8%AA%E5%9C%A8%E8%88%B9%E4%B8%8A%E6%89%8D%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E5%86%B7%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 13:46:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%87%A0%E4%B8%AA%E5%9C%A8%E8%88%B9%E4%B8%8A%E6%89%8D%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E7%9A%84%E5%86%B7%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86.htm<p>**</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-2.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>**</p> <hr> <p>几年前在学帆船的时候发现了几个冷知识，很有趣，分享一下。</p> <p>第一个是海里。既然已经有公里，英里，为啥还要有海里这么个计量单位？仅仅是因为历史原因不愿意改了吗？并不是。海里在导航上有天生的优势。</p>为什么说读代码像读小说？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%AF%B4%E8%AF%BB%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%83%8F%E8%AF%BB%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%9F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 08:35:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E8%AF%B4%E8%AF%BB%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%83%8F%E8%AF%BB%E5%B0%8F%E8%AF%B4%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>来， 随手那一小段 anime.js 的代码。看其中最简单的一段：</p> <ul> <li> str: a =&gt; typeof a === &lsquo;string&rsquo;,</li> </ul> <p>这一句，就看得出作者遣词造句的能力。</p> <p>比如，他用了三等号，就是 === ，而不是双等号 == 。这两个相等运算在这里都是可以使用的，运行结果其实是一样的，但是三等号更加准确的表达了这里作者想意图，就是要“严格相等，不仅仅值要相等，类型也要相等”。</p>如何判断一段程序是否优美？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%88%A4%E6%96%AD%E4%B8%80%E6%AE%B5%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E6%98%AF%E5%90%A6%E4%BC%98%E7%BE%8E%EF%BC%9F.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 08:33:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E5%88%A4%E6%96%AD%E4%B8%80%E6%AE%B5%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E6%98%AF%E5%90%A6%E4%BC%98%E7%BE%8E%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture-6.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我喜欢的美好的东西，看似相隔很远，比如写文章，学习西班牙语，绘画，还有编程，却有着相同的本质 &ndash; 使用一种简练的最基本的元素构建一个世界。可以像文章一样被读懂，西班牙语一样被听懂，像绘画一样被人看到，像程序一样被执行。</p>中医科学吗？当然不科学了，人家是技术https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%AD%E5%8C%BB%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%E4%B8%8D%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B6%E6%98%AF%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF.htmThu, 03 Sep 2020 07:46:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200903_%E4%B8%AD%E5%8C%BB%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E5%90%97%EF%BC%9F%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%E4%B8%8D%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E4%BA%86%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%BA%E5%AE%B6%E6%98%AF%E6%8A%80%E6%9C%AF.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/09/picture.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>我最近形成了一个自创的三分法世界观。有了这种三分法，我可以心平气和的和更多人聊天了。</p> <p>我把世界分为：科学，技术，和文学三个范畴。</p> <p>** 科学和技术 **</p>业委会的窘境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E4%B8%9A%E5%A7%94%E4%BC%9A%E7%9A%84%E7%AA%98%E5%A2%83.htmSat, 29 Aug 2020 17:54:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E4%B8%9A%E5%A7%94%E4%BC%9A%E7%9A%84%E7%AA%98%E5%A2%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/08/picture-12.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：夏都小镇咖啡馆</p> <p>我住过的小区里面，没有见过业委会不被骂的；但在这个小区里面如此直接的，强烈的不满以及在他们背后传递的耸人听闻的故事，倒是让我眼界大开。</p>小区保安的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E4%BF%9D%E5%AE%89%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htmSat, 29 Aug 2020 17:51:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E5%B0%8F%E5%8C%BA%E4%BF%9D%E5%AE%89%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/08/picture-11.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：小区门口的游乐场</p> <p>换一个话题，这个话题是关于我们现在这个社会的。最近一段时间看到一些所在小区的业主，物业，业委会，居委会之间的矛盾和不信任（当然这也是大多数小区在发展过程中必然经历的过程），于是开始思考这些矛盾背后的原因，然后把这个思考记录下来，作为我的社会实践的一部分。今天先从小区的保安的工资开始讲起。</p>船是怎么控制抛锚还是起锚呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E8%88%B9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E6%8A%9B%E9%94%9A%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%B5%B7%E9%94%9A%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F.htmSat, 29 Aug 2020 17:51:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E8%88%B9%E6%98%AF%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E6%8A%9B%E9%94%9A%E8%BF%98%E6%98%AF%E8%B5%B7%E9%94%9A%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/08/picture-9.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>连着一两周的严肃的话题，今天换个有趣的。</p> <p>我曾经有过几个百思不得其解的问题。这些问题直到几年前学帆船的时候才知道答案。</p> <p>** 船是怎么控制抛锚还是起锚呢？ **</p>业主的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E4%B8%9A%E4%B8%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htmSat, 29 Aug 2020 17:50:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E4%B8%9A%E4%B8%BB%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/08/picture-8.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>题图：Airbnb总部</p> <p>在任何小区里面，大多数的业主是不关心小区的事务的。除非，整体的情形超过了他的忍耐程度，或者自己的利益受到损害。</p> <p>而在任何小区里面，也总有一群热心的业主，在大多数人沉默的时候发出声音，希望做出改变。而这些改变的尝试， **</p>法律的困境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htmSat, 29 Aug 2020 17:50:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B%E7%9A%84%E5%9B%B0%E5%A2%83.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/08/picture-7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <pre><code>题图：莘庄商务区，从窗口看到的景色 绘于：2020年3月 </code></pre> <p>正如《 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371627&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=80bc289d4fed460d0ff21c2c9d073bb6&amp;chksm=bd3fa81c8a48210aae8efde3ff8f9712f482106f3347322cf8ef4c160a227db3872a87341812&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">业主的困境</a> 》里面阐述的，当业主面对一个“扯淡但是合法”的《业主大会议事规则》，接下来怎么办呢？</p>啥？帆船比风跑得还快？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E5%95%A5%EF%BC%9F%E5%B8%86%E8%88%B9%E6%AF%94%E9%A3%8E%E8%B7%91%E5%BE%97%E8%BF%98%E5%BF%AB%EF%BC%9F.htmSat, 29 Aug 2020 17:48:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20200829_%E5%95%A5%EF%BC%9F%E5%B8%86%E8%88%B9%E6%AF%94%E9%A3%8E%E8%B7%91%E5%BE%97%E8%BF%98%E5%BF%AB%EF%BC%9F.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2020/08/picture-1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在 <a href="http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NzI0Mjg0MA==&amp;mid=2652371611&amp;idx=1&amp;sn=68982af85735f4b5d31b16372da4733f&amp;chksm=bd3fa82c8a48213a1f3850a9f43e0626ba06ceaf5699d59473c0bdadeedd52ec8156d989dbbf&amp;scene=21#wechat_redirect">这篇文章</a> 提到，帆船的速度可以比风速还快，甚至可以达到风速的3倍以上。</p> <p>啥？真的么？为啥呢？</p> <p>帆船是靠风航行的，所以大家脑子里面的帆船就是船上竖起一根杆子，然后把床单挂上去，风一吹就走了。如果是这样，那船无论如何也不会比风还快呀！郑和下西洋那个年代的船就是这样，那种帆叫做平帆。</p>Solute to Hackershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20170305_solute-to-hackers.htmSun, 05 Mar 2017 15:21:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20170305_solute-to-hackers.htm<p>Look at this piece of code at the header of Hello Dolly plugin by Matt - maybe the first plugin of the WordPress system (you can always find this piece of code in any WordPress installation. Look for it in the /wp-content/plugins/ folder). Think about why the plugin has something to do with music! Think about why the description reads that way. What do you sense from a developer&rsquo;s code?</p>美丽的夜景的原图https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20170123_%E7%BE%8E%E4%B8%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%BE.htmMon, 23 Jan 2017 17:13:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20170123_%E7%BE%8E%E4%B8%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%BE.htm<p>点击如下缩略图可以得到原图。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/F9DB59FB-B0CE-490E-AED7-2C8E59691EB6.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/E49B1B63-237E-42F3-8130-13C8EC1AEF50.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/AD0B8C63-96A1-4CBB-9104-8D2F84F3E402.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/ABAB0751-7E0E-4701-BAEA-8D97767FC9C5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/81321AAE-CCE9-4C50-9B5A-DCDC4A7F5029.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/63833BC4-A3CE-4F42-B19B-30488B6B0C05.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/87D1FD36-4BFA-4A7E-A350-1D4D2A086811.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/86CA25DD-3521-4000-A9A1-C0DE75AFABB7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/52B51999-C996-49E7-BA7F-93EB5C32ABAE.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/5BECFA4D-8E29-4FA7-8AEB-6232079A78A2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/02BB810C-1898-44B6-B0A9-1D85DD1F2071.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/1C76D9B3-70AF-4703-86E0-D7E9063F9CB2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/01/0C19F466-7766-4151-841B-19A34D517A4F.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>图片也是一种自我表达的方式 － 原图https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20160830_%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%8D%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F-%EF%BC%8D-%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%BE.htmTue, 30 Aug 2016 19:06:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20160830_%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87%E4%B9%9F%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%8D%E8%87%AA%E6%88%91%E8%A1%A8%E8%BE%BE%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B9%E5%BC%8F-%EF%BC%8D-%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%BE.htm<p>点击你要下载的图片就可以看到原图。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2016/08/IMG_0014.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2016/08/IMG_5286.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2016/08/IMG_1178-1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2016/08/IMG_6962.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2016/08/IMG_5769.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>我们每个人都需要断舍离https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20160105_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E9%83%BD%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%96%AD%E8%88%8D%E7%A6%BB.htmTue, 05 Jan 2016 10:18:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20160105_%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%AF%8F%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E9%83%BD%E9%9C%80%E8%A6%81%E6%96%AD%E8%88%8D%E7%A6%BB.htm<p>公司内部的真心送PK赛，大家会遇到没有什么可送的状况。我来分析一下这个状况。</p> <p>环顾四周，我们每个人周围都有大量属于自己的东西，而这些东西大多数是自己用不到的。一个简单的测试，就是把自己拥有的所有的东西都像准备搬家一样打包，之后的生活只从纸箱子里面取出需要用的东西，比如牙膏，毛巾，电脑什么的。没有用到的就留在箱子里。我相信一年之后，超过80%的东西依然躺在箱子里面。其中一定有读过的或没有读过的书，有已经不愿意穿的T恤，有别人送的装饰性的礼物，有买错了的不合心的东西，有不再用的游戏机啥的。这些东西在生命中唯一做的事情，就是呆在那里。你不动它，它也不动你。就在那里安静的呆着，很多年。</p>做一个好的CEO的建议的笔记https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20160104_%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84ceo%E7%9A%84%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86.htmMon, 04 Jan 2016 23:00:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20160104_%E5%81%9A%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA%E5%A5%BD%E7%9A%84ceo%E7%9A%84%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86.htm<p>在看这篇文章：<a href="http://www.inc.com/ss/8-tips-how-be-more-successful-ceo">成功的CEO的8条贴士</a>，标注如下：</p> <p>日历别排的过满</p> <p>完全同意。当你在公司的时候，其实很难思考公司的事情。当你离开一段的时候，反而可以想得更清楚。每个人都需要足够长的安静的没有打断的时间来思考。进入思考的状态就跟进入睡眠的状态很像，需要一段时间的安静，才会进入。每隔帮个小时有人来说一句话是绝对睡不着的。思考也一样。CEO很需要思考，而思考需要空白的时间。37Signals的工作方式从这句话看来我是同意的。</p>断舍离的三十天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20151220_%E6%96%AD%E8%88%8D%E7%A6%BB%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%A4%A9.htmSun, 20 Dec 2015 22:30:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20151220_%E6%96%AD%E8%88%8D%E7%A6%BB%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%A4%A9.htm<p>第一天</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2015/12/5e92609bcd119a80c229ae7d8778bc50.jpg_bd.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>第二天</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2015/12/0c75eccd942f0840c66cd94a7e4f590d.jpg_bd.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img 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src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2015/12/05f71b565d90d20f188f5f9424049a25.jpg_bd.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>重启博客，继续开始个人的旅行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20151218_%E9%87%8D%E5%90%AF%E5%8D%9A%E5%AE%A2%EF%BC%8C%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C.htmFri, 18 Dec 2015 17:23:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20151218_%E9%87%8D%E5%90%AF%E5%8D%9A%E5%AE%A2%EF%BC%8C%E7%BB%A7%E7%BB%AD%E5%BC%80%E5%A7%8B%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%97%85%E8%A1%8C.htm<p>好久没有写blog了。</p> <p>我写blog从最开始是为了自己写的。算是一种公开的邮件或者日记吧。如果居然对除了我以外的一个或者两个人有些帮助，那是在预期之外的。没想到后来这预期之外的部分超出我的想象：不但居然有超过一两个人在看，而且好似名命中注定一样把自己引入了现在做的<a href="http://www.baixing.com">事业</a>。</p>难忘的巴塞罗那https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20150627_%E9%9A%BE%E5%BF%98%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%B4%E5%A1%9E%E7%BD%97%E9%82%A3.htmSat, 27 Jun 2015 23:22:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20150627_%E9%9A%BE%E5%BF%98%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%B4%E5%A1%9E%E7%BD%97%E9%82%A3.htm<p><img 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src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/2583B876-473D-4150-BE8E-9E5695D1123D.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/896011BE-6FCF-44F3-BB54-5B4B21E513CE.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/2C6C8E3E-631F-4FE7-8004-B3E241568465.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/D22EC45E-1CBF-4D1D-BC6A-03FE529EA62B.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/98E8285C-9F61-45D5-9AD2-4F2D9F333451.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/ED71D208-930F-4788-AA5F-CA851E62C7D3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2017/06/AD8341DB-1BA4-4845-ADCC-372219F952B0.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Blog is Dead - Let's Move Onhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20141024_ruanyifengs-message.htmFri, 24 Oct 2014 20:11:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20141024_ruanyifengs-message.htm<p><a href="http://www.ruanyifeng.com">Ruanyifeng</a> brought a message to me. He said I was too quiet for too long on the blogshpere. In a typical blogger manner, I response publicly (nothing identify a blogger better than talking publicly on blogs when the mobile phone or other communication channel is easily available).</p> <p>I have announced that I stopped regular update to blog on my 10th year&rsquo;s anniversary. I joined many people who have predicted that blog was dying. Now should say, I have joine the people who witnessed the death of blogging.</p>Aspen Photos (Password Required)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20140920_aspen-photos.htmSat, 20 Sep 2014 12:55:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20140920_aspen-photos.htm<h2 id="antigone-after-party"> Antigone After Party</h2> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2014/09/11-640x360.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2014/09/10-640x360.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2014/09/9-640x360.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2014/09/8-640x360.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2014/09/7-640x360.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2014/09/6-640x360.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img 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</p>重重的感情https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140909_%E9%87%8D%E9%87%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%84%9F%E6%83%85.htmTue, 09 Sep 2014 17:22:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140909_%E9%87%8D%E9%87%8D%E7%9A%84%E6%84%9F%E6%83%85.htm<p>和一个很重感情的朋友聊天。为自己的在乎的人，默默的付出了很多，多得常人难以想象。甚至还是默默的付出，无论是兄弟的感情，还是爱情。但常常会受到伤害。我身边有好多这样的朋友。这让我开始思考，感情到底应该有多重，应该如何去付出。</p>团队是谁的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140902_p1148.htmTue, 02 Sep 2014 17:30:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140902_p1148.htm<p>一个朋友要去创业了。我们聊起他创业的梦想。他说：“我要打造一个我自己的团队。就算做的事情不成，我这个团队也能做点别的事情“。</p>出离心https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140902_%E5%87%BA%E7%A6%BB%E5%BF%83.htmTue, 02 Sep 2014 16:52:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140902_%E5%87%BA%E7%A6%BB%E5%BF%83.htm<p>今天和准备离开公司的好朋友在聊天。在最后的谈话中，大家都异常轻松，聊了很多过去有些聊不下去的话题。我都觉得有些难以相信。探究其原因，就是当谈话的双方都已经做好了准备，不再带有现有的很多的顾虑的时候，就着未来将要发生的一段新的旅程来讨论，的确轻松很多。这或许就是出离心的神奇效果。</p>2014年的新页面主题https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140829_2014%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B0%E9%A1%B5%E9%9D%A2%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98.htmFri, 29 Aug 2014 11:58:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20140829_2014%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B0%E9%A1%B5%E9%9D%A2%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98.htm<p>刚刚更换了一个新的页面的主题。大家看怎么样？</p> <p>好久没有写blog了。毕竟技术的大潮不断的前进，blog从2001年出现，13年后，已经不是最好的信息生成和发布平台了。信息的生成，消费，转发等和SNS以及手机上的微信相比，已经不在浪潮之颠了。以微信为例子，发布被手机的快捷代替，消费的提醒比RSS的开放系统更好，转发也已经天然在一套生态系统里面了。一个完整的微信系统其实已经在很多方面好出blog系统一大截子。</p>Delegation as Productivity Toolshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20140103_delegation-as-productivity-tools.htmFri, 03 Jan 2014 13:01:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20140103_delegation-as-productivity-tools.htm<p>This sounds very useful:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Delegation can be one of your best productivity tools!</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>There are many good practices, and we keep learning. What is the best way to remember these quote, and turn that into good habit?</p> <p><a href="http://www.quora.com/Productivity/As-a-startup-CEO-what-is-your-favorite-productivity-hack">http://www.quora.com/Productivity/As-a-startup-CEO-what-is-your-favorite-productivity-hack</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">我在小宇宙上听到王老师将web3，觉得很好<div class="comment-meta">— 奥松 · 2022-08-06 14:49</div></div> </details>Baidu's Deal Is Proof That M&A Will Flourish in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130717_ma-does-happen-in-china.htmWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:02:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130717_ma-does-happen-in-china.htm<p>Baidu&rsquo;s $1.9 billion acquisition of app store 91 Wireless this week made me smile, because it solved a Chinese mystery. I&rsquo;ve always wondered: Why do Chinese Internet giants try to copy the success of other companies, instead of simply buying them out?</p> <p>Tech companies in the U.S. have long been willing to acquire promising up-and-comers, instead of simply duplicating them. But, until recently, it didn&rsquo;t work that way in China.</p>谁是创业公司招聘的负责人？业务！https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130706_%E8%B0%81%E6%98%AF%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E6%8B%9B%E8%81%98%E7%9A%84%E8%B4%9F%E8%B4%A3%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%9F%E4%B8%9A%E5%8A%A1%EF%BC%81.htmSat, 06 Jul 2013 20:33:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130706_%E8%B0%81%E6%98%AF%E5%88%9B%E4%B8%9A%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E6%8B%9B%E8%81%98%E7%9A%84%E8%B4%9F%E8%B4%A3%E4%BA%BA%EF%BC%9F%E4%B8%9A%E5%8A%A1%EF%BC%81.htm<p><strong>谁是招聘负责人？1）HR 2）业务负责人</strong></p> <p>答：业务负责人。</p> <p>以一个公司为例，找到业界最优秀的人，吸引他们加入公司，是CEO之职责还是HR？我认为这是CEO负主责任，HR是副手。业务负责人也是一样。业务负责人负责公司的一条业务线，并对这条线的最终结果负责。</p>Anyone Still Read Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130702_anyone-still-read-blog.htmTue, 02 Jul 2013 23:12:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130702_anyone-still-read-blog.htm<p>I am just curious: is there anyone reading this blog at this time? Obviously blog is the &ldquo;old&rdquo; way of communication. If you are still here, would you please raise your hand so I can see you? (Well, leaving a comment seems better way for me to see you).</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">45 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">YES!<div class="comment-meta">— ra · 2013-07-02 23:52</div></div> <div class="comment">I still read when there is something to read.<div class="comment-meta">— Tom · 2013-07-02 23:18</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m following your blog for 3 years. Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Sherry · 2013-07-03 10:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Not many people, but at least there are still some. :-) So warm to be still surrounded by some one. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2013-07-03 12:01</div></div> <div class="comment">:)<div class="comment-meta">— oldmonk · 2013-07-03 00:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Dude, didn&#x27;t open my google reader for a long time... nor your blog.<div class="comment-meta">— Robert Mao · 2013-07-03 02:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I am still here :)<div class="comment-meta">— garga · 2013-07-03 04:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I do. Maybe I&#x27;m too old (37), but I don&#x27;t see how twitter and other casual social media can replace the blog format. Blog entries are like diary entries or short essays -- places with room for thought and reflection. These formats are timeless and not coupled to a particular technology. I fully understand when people say they don&#x27;t have time for creating such things (and I was amazed and inspired about your persistence), but just saying that they are &quot;old&quot; seems a bit like an excuse to me ... And a second thought that occurs to me is about the readership. I keep a personal diary very similar to a blog. I&#x27;d be very uncomfortable sharing it with the world, even though some entries might be of interest to others. So my readership consists of one person, and that&#x27;s enough for me to keep on writing. It helps me reflect on my life. So I guess my question to you would be, for whom are you writing your blog?<div class="comment-meta">— Tam · 2013-07-03 06:02</div></div> <div class="comment">My hands are raised up...<div class="comment-meta">— Xiao Xin · 2013-07-02 23:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, still read it. Also, I agree with Tam, although everything evolves and so do methods of communication I also cannot see Twitter/Facebook/G+, etc replacing longform platforms. Not yet.<div class="comment-meta">— Vadim · 2013-07-03 15:14</div></div> <div class="comment">I set up an feedburner for this blog and subscribe it to its email. It&#x27;s here<br>http://feeds.feedburner.com/wangjianshuo/lsMV<br>Hope FB service went un-noticed during Google&#x27;s product review.<div class="comment-meta">— leafyoung · 2013-07-03 16:44</div></div> <div class="comment">heads up. reading this blog via RSS reader.<div class="comment-meta">— Joechin · 2013-07-03 22:16</div></div> <div class="comment">OF COURSE!<div class="comment-meta">— Ben · 2013-07-04 04:07</div></div> <div class="comment">:)<div class="comment-meta">— xiang zhou · 2013-07-04 10:09</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;m always here<div class="comment-meta">— lily · 2013-07-04 11:42</div></div> <div class="comment">raise up.<div class="comment-meta">— Hai · 2013-07-05 10:28</div></div> <div class="comment">:)<div class="comment-meta">— niuhuifei · 2013-07-07 17:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Hands up :)<div class="comment-meta">— eclipselu · 2013-07-07 23:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Always here.<div class="comment-meta">— Donglei · 2013-07-09 18:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes :)<div class="comment-meta">— linuxsand · 2013-07-09 22:02</div></div> <div class="comment">yes, I&#x27;m check-in ever now and then<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2013-07-10 05:57</div></div> <div class="comment">读的；blog还是让人思维更清晰而系统的地方<div class="comment-meta">— shaozhfieng · 2013-07-10 10:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes - via GReader before (now The Old Reader). BTW, the RSS feeder of your blog seems dead now...<div class="comment-meta">— XQG · 2013-07-10 12:19</div></div> <div class="comment">...still here.<div class="comment-meta">— RSSKitty · 2013-07-12 11:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes! Did add you on Weixin too.<div class="comment-meta">— abjp · 2013-07-12 15:59</div></div> <div class="comment">BTW, do you think you can make it as a RSS feed like olden days? so that we can follow more closely :)<div class="comment-meta">— Donny · 2013-07-14 10:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Yep, still reading it. Had some problems migrating from Greader but I&#x27;m here :)<div class="comment-meta">— Fabrizio · 2013-07-17 21:22</div></div> <div class="comment">特意上来举手^-^<div class="comment-meta">— meteorlxk · 2013-07-20 22:35</div></div> <div class="comment">still read the tech blog<div class="comment-meta">— ljinliuj · 2013-07-25 10:56</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;m in...<div class="comment-meta">— stone · 2013-07-29 12:36</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m new, I&#x27;m in, and I will follow.<div class="comment-meta">— trustice · 2013-07-29 20:21</div></div> <div class="comment">me counted<div class="comment-meta">— Daniel · 2013-08-13 17:31</div></div> <div class="comment">me look to<div class="comment-meta">— hegelen · 2013-08-22 01:18</div></div> <div class="comment">yes.<div class="comment-meta">— zz · 2013-08-27 02:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Can&#x27;t you just check the no. of pings like everyone else? i have fat fingers and don like to raise my hands<div class="comment-meta">— k · 2013-08-27 14:16</div></div> <div class="comment">yep. Has not checked in years.<div class="comment-meta">— md · 2013-08-31 06:45</div></div> <div class="comment">hands up....<div class="comment-meta">— Kumar · 2013-09-08 17:55</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;m here<div class="comment-meta">— lily · 2013-09-30 13:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes! :)<div class="comment-meta">— Zhong Zhong · 2013-10-03 12:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, once in a while.<br>Moved away sometime ago, so I really appreciate the chance to see how things are going back there. Thanks for keeping it going.<div class="comment-meta">— Kasey · 2013-09-17 12:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, I&#x27;m here. I was the student of your .net lesson in 2000 :&gt;<div class="comment-meta">— Xiaoye · 2013-10-08 21:49</div></div> <div class="comment">当然，偶尔会读一读。<div class="comment-meta">— 苹果 · 2013-10-16 11:19</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;v just read the article about Baidu&#x27;s aquisition of 91 wireless, very good analysis and I &#x27;v learned from it. I just did not think about to reply it, but I feel it is necessary to say something here:)<div class="comment-meta">— huiying · 2013-10-29 16:46</div></div> <div class="comment">从BBS到博客到微博再到微信,成也内容败也内容。不知道下一个热点是什么,但是我现在已经很少上微博了。我还是更喜欢一个纯粹的阅读平台，当N多的心灵鸡汤，网络营销充斥了微博微信平台之后，这个平台也就毁了。<div class="comment-meta">— yangjiayuan · 2013-11-21 02:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Me too! Ten years after you asked, of course, but still....:-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll McNeill · 2023-09-11 23:22</div></div> </details>Amazon是一家好公司，但Amazon的模式并非最优https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130702_amazon%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%A5%BD%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%86amazon%E7%9A%84%E6%A8%A1%E5%BC%8F%E5%B9%B6%E9%9D%9E%E6%9C%80%E4%BC%98.htmTue, 02 Jul 2013 21:02:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130702_amazon%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E5%A5%BD%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%EF%BC%8C%E4%BD%86amazon%E7%9A%84%E6%A8%A1%E5%BC%8F%E5%B9%B6%E9%9D%9E%E6%9C%80%E4%BC%98.htm<p>舆论对于公司的赞美和贬低都是根据公司的绩效走的，好似孩子的脸，说变就变。</p> <p>在1999年的时候，苹果是一个烂苹果（乔布斯的威力还没有发挥出来）。舆论把苹果的失败归功于苹果封闭的模式。他们自己做硬件，自己做软件，自己做服务，必然不可持续。而乔布斯的苹果让大家看到一个新的模式。为了控制最终用户体验，不但软硬都做，连零售都自己做。舆论又把苹果的成功归功于模式。短短10年，成也萧何败也萧何，让我感叹舆论之多变。</p>社交网络不是网络效应！答各种社交网络为什么经常昙花一现？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130629_%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%95%88%E5%BA%94%EF%BC%81%E7%AD%94%E5%90%84%E7%A7%8D%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%BB%8F.htmSat, 29 Jun 2013 19:26:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130629_%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%95%88%E5%BA%94%EF%BC%81%E7%AD%94%E5%90%84%E7%A7%8D%E7%A4%BE%E4%BA%A4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E4%B8%BA%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E7%BB%8F.htm<p>早上，在环球的89层楼，看着整个上海，心思真的就会变得很广阔，视野就会很远。</p> <p>我被问到了一个问题：看看最近的网络效应的案例，比如微博，比如Draw Something，比如Zynga，甚至比如Facebook自身，都出现了疲软或者下降的态势。原来网络效应理论，就是一旦形成，很难被颠覆的预期是不是出了问题？百姓网也是网络效应，如何证明不是昙花一现呢？</p>人们跟随他们相信的 － 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130624_%E5%8F%AF%E5%8F%A3%E5%8F%AF%E4%B9%90%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E4%B9%B0%E7%B3%96%E6%B0%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8.htmMon, 24 Jun 2013 22:21:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130624_%E5%8F%AF%E5%8F%A3%E5%8F%AF%E4%B9%90%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%B6%E4%B9%B0%E7%B3%96%E6%B0%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8.htm<p>我把上一篇文章《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/?p=1110">人们跟随他们相信的</a>》提及的几个广告片放在这里。（当然在YouTube上面，我相信你有自己的访问真正的世界的办法）。</p> <p><strong>Miss Mary</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2013/06/missmarycoke-300x166.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>板凳</strong></p> <p>（还没有找到）</p> <p><strong>I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke</strong></p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1VM2eLhvsSM"></iframe> <p><strong>固执的乐观</strong></p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mS0-r1JFNBY?rel=0"></iframe> <p><strong>我爱你非洲</strong></p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rb6yctYKfhs"></iframe> <p><strong>监控录像</strong></p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ceTBF1Hik5I?rel=0"></iframe> <p><strong>小世界机器</strong></p> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ts_4vOUDImE?rel=0"></iframe>人们跟随他们相信的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130619_%E5%8F%AF%E5%8F%A3%E5%8F%AF%E4%B9%90%E4%B8%8D%E4%BB%85%E4%BB%85%E6%98%AF%E5%8D%96%E7%B3%96%E6%B0%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8.htmWed, 19 Jun 2013 16:04:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130619_%E5%8F%AF%E5%8F%A3%E5%8F%AF%E4%B9%90%E4%B8%8D%E4%BB%85%E4%BB%85%E6%98%AF%E5%8D%96%E7%B3%96%E6%B0%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8.htm<p>对于创意和广告行业，我一直是个门外汉，并且抱有一贯的偏见。这次的可口可乐公司关于“Work that Matters”的演讲，从根本上改变了我的想法，让我不再认为可口可乐仅仅是一家卖糖水的公司。可口可乐有他们坚信的东西，这些东西远在饮料之上。他们，总希望把一些社会理想放入广告的故事线里面。这个或明显或隐藏的社会理想，就是可口可乐这个品牌代表的那条线索。</p>Heading to Nice via Parishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130615_heading-to-nice-via-paris.htmSat, 15 Jun 2013 20:30:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130615_heading-to-nice-via-paris.htm<p>I am packing to head to Nice via Paris. Great trip ahead. I am very excited to join the Cannes Festival of Creativity.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Regarding your complaints about the US visa office in Shanghai: don&#x27;t complain about being treated like a terrorist, the gov&#x27;t is just trying to protect themselves and other innocent people from terrorists. Until we live in a perfect Utopian world, just take off your shoes and belt; and don&#x27;t complain about the wait times because your Chinese embassy makes me buy a plane ticket to another state for a visa and wait all day in the outside weather! You have to pay 10 RMB and some phone charges? I have to pay $759 for a plane ticket!<div class="comment-meta">— Melisa · 2013-06-20 15:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Is there any pics share with us?<div class="comment-meta">— trustice · 2013-07-29 22:05</div></div> </details>好奇心回来了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130613_p1107.htmThu, 13 Jun 2013 07:28:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130613_p1107.htm<p>我的好奇心又回来了。玩一玩微信公共账号，试一试语音输入的SDK，再下一下各种手机上应用程序，并且积极的考虑我的下一个非iPhone的手机。。。</p>百姓网和串串香https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130612_%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E5%92%8C%E4%B8%B2%E4%B8%B2%E9%A6%99.htmWed, 12 Jun 2013 19:07:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130612_%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E5%92%8C%E4%B8%B2%E4%B8%B2%E9%A6%99.htm<p>串串香从吃法的角度来说，本质就是火锅；但从业务模式角度来说，它是把十几元一份的菜分割成几块钱一串；有的走得更远，开始用每串等价的方式定价。 串串香对于火锅做了iTunes对于唱片做的事情。</p>I Got my Weixin Public Accounthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130612_i-got-my-weixin-public-account.htmWed, 12 Jun 2013 17:27:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130612_i-got-my-weixin-public-account.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2013/06/qrcode_for_gh_37b91adc947e_430.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>This is my Weixin Public Account. I started to get interested in new widgets and new technologies - the same way as I did many years ago.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">trying to follow your blog using Weixin... but just realize it is in Chinese :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Donny · 2013-07-14 10:40</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve added you. will keep reading both Chinese and English.<div class="comment-meta">— trustice · 2013-07-31 22:14</div></div> </details>创造者和实施者https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130612_%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E8%80%85.htmWed, 12 Jun 2013 08:28:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130612_%E5%88%9B%E9%80%A0%E8%80%85%E5%92%8C%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E8%80%85.htm<p>周六，和一位好朋友共进晚餐。期间谈及很有趣的人的细致的差别。</p> <p>话题的开端是从给作家做经纪人和给演员做经纪人的不同开始的。好似给演员做经纪人容易一些，他们的可塑性比较强，比较容易根据外界的要求柔软的变化；而作家是很固定和坚硬的，他们有他们自己的世界，和外界打交道时有些困难。</p>提前量https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130611_%E5%BF%98%E4%BB%96.htmTue, 11 Jun 2013 16:37:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130611_%E5%BF%98%E4%BB%96.htm<p>我知道我有一个毛病，就是经常进入“忘他”的境地。“忘他”是和“忘我”相对的。在我迷恋于一个想法的时候，常常会忽略听众的想法而进入一种没有自己，没有他人的状态，以至于别人是不是听懂，是不是有小担心，都直接忽略了，所以被投诉也是经常的。</p>成都https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130610_%E6%88%90%E9%83%BD.htmMon, 10 Jun 2013 22:23:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130610_%E6%88%90%E9%83%BD.htm<p>真为成都高兴。现在的成都就好似1995年开始的上海。一切都在建设，一切都在变化。遇到的人都对未来充满信心。财富论坛开过以后，成都更加象一个大城市了。</p>Comment to my eBay Articlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130606_comment-to-my-ebay-article.htmThu, 06 Jun 2013 21:15:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130606_comment-to-my-ebay-article.htm<p>I got 80 serious comment from my post on eBay on LinkedIn. Here is a copy.</p> <p>Daylon S.</p> <p><em>Design Founder of CuriousCore / CuriousCatch @Mark L: Those are some pretty big assumptions you&rsquo;re making there. Have you worked in China before or with a Chinese Internet company? Like (1) 4m George K.</em></p> <p>Arbi A. SALES - International Business Development | LION | +6.5K / +22M Connections | It all boils down to culture, nationalism, language barrier, internet censorship and localization; A Far Eastern prospect&rsquo;s likes and dislikes can not be as easily dictated based solely on the US consumer data. Local companies know the culture, speak the language and use chopsticks for lunch; multinationals however tend to force-feed using their tried and true spoon feeding method. How do I know this? I am a Middle Eastern, my ex was Taiwanese, we met in Canada and moved to Taiwan. I don&rsquo;t want you to run a company in China; just try to attend a Chinese funeral and a wedding ceremony back to back, then talk to me again about cultural common points. As a sales rep working for a Taiwanese company, we would take our western clients to &ldquo;Fried Bees Lunch&rdquo; just for fun! My Taiwanese colleague nearly got killed in Cologne, Germany as a result of not being able to digest Tar-Tar. A product as strongly tied to the local culture as Google, Ebay &hellip;. must learn to follow the rules when dealing with a +5000 year old culture. Like 30m</p>对于7个关键字的理解https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130606_p1087.htmThu, 06 Jun 2013 07:40:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130606_p1087.htm<p><strong>信任</strong></p> <p>人性有善有恶，但基本向善。绝大多数人可以一起合作的。公司需要洋溢着快乐，自信，融洽的氛围。鼓励可以让每个人更强。</p> <ul> <li> <p>公司没有打卡制度，有上班时间要求但是没有严格的时间要求。（对于迟到需要发邮件通知同组的制度需要反思）</p>How **** can Win in China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130606_3976.htmThu, 06 Jun 2013 07:00:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130606_3976.htm<p><strong>How about Censorship?</strong></p> <p>Censorship is another widely spread out excuse for the failure of the Internet giant. Not true. It is part of the reasons, maybe 10%, but not all. There are examples of Google, and Facebook. Yes. They were blocked partially or completely, but that is the only only fatal attack they face. LinkedIn was not banned, but it didn&rsquo;t grow as fast as people think. eBay was not banned, and majority of the Internet companies were not. Although they survived from the first challenge - whether people can use it - they didn&rsquo;t survive the sequential challenge that both local and  international Internet companies face: the challenge of a good product, the challenge of a first-class team, the challenge of marketing, and the challenge of competition. Lift the censorship is the first step to success, but not last step.</p>Dinner with Adam Lashinsky in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130603_dinner-with-adam-lashinsky-in-shanghai.htmMon, 03 Jun 2013 23:29:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130603_dinner-with-adam-lashinsky-in-shanghai.htm<p>I am a typical ENFP - Perceiving type, and I hate plans, and I love last minute meetings. Interesting, I found many of my journalist friends are of the same time - Lynn, Alexandra, and this one: Adam.</p> <p>This was what happened. There are some random email going back and forth these days between me and Adam, and one email reads:</p> <p>Adam: &ldquo;Where are you?&rdquo; Jian Shuo: &ldquo;Shanghai, China. +8 time zone&rdquo; Adam: &ldquo;I am in Shanghai. Want to catch up?&rdquo; Jian Shuo: &ldquo;Sure. I am on my way to Grand Hyatt lobby&rdquo;. Adam: &ldquo;See you&rdquo;.</p>各就各位，各司其职https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130603_%E5%90%84%E5%B0%B1%E5%90%84%E4%BD%8D%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%84%E5%8F%B8%E5%85%B6%E8%81%8C.htmMon, 03 Jun 2013 09:30:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130603_%E5%90%84%E5%B0%B1%E5%90%84%E4%BD%8D%EF%BC%8C%E5%90%84%E5%8F%B8%E5%85%B6%E8%81%8C.htm<p>上周五和John吃饭。他是个经验丰富的CEO。我留意到他桌子上全体员工合影，貌似在台湾。</p> <p>我问：“我们也在考虑outing，你说哪里好呢？” “台湾台湾！那里晚上可好玩了。所有的人一定会暴喜欢。” “可是。。。好似手续最难办了。” “不会呀！Grace很快就办好了！你可以去问她，让她告诉你怎么办。好容易的！一定要去台湾！”</p>Why eBay Failed in China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130530_why-ebay-failed-in-china.htmThu, 30 May 2013 21:33:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130530_why-ebay-failed-in-china.htm<p>Let me give you some background information. Almost all US Internet companies failed in China in the last 10 years. Yahoo! entered China by acquiring 3721.com (some argued it was a keyword based search engine that dominated the space before Baidu.com came out), and turned it into nothing, before Yahoo! China was sold to Alibaba. eBay acquired EachNet.com, the largest C2C website, and spent few hundred million dollars on marketing, and successfully turned its market share from 90+% to less than 10%, and then sold it to Tom Online. Google entered China and with years&rsquo; of efforts only to turn its market share from 30% to 10%, and claimed to move China site to Hong Kong. Who else?</p>I am Backhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130526_i-am-back.htmSun, 26 May 2013 15:31:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130526_i-am-back.htm<p>It has been uneasy three years for me. The blog was affected by the unstable mood of myself, and was a honest, and solid reflection of who I am - good times, and more importantly, the bad times.</p> <p>I am back to blog again. This is different from the previous back. It has been quite some time since I last blogged - that is exactly 4 months ago. It was quite dramatic in the last four months, and I experienced things. This time, it was a calm back, and I don&rsquo;t think I can easily defeated, or went down. The confidence was rebuilt, and I am sure this new version of myself is better, more confident, and more lovely.</p>蓦然回首https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130303_%E6%81%8D%E7%84%B6%E5%9B%9E%E9%A6%96.htmSun, 03 Mar 2013 21:16:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130303_%E6%81%8D%E7%84%B6%E5%9B%9E%E9%A6%96.htm<p>蓦然回首，境界不那么高了。随着年龄和经验的增加，依然能够保持那种自己什么都能做得好的假设，保持那种确信，真不容易。如果不时不时停下来，读一读好多年前写的blog，去回顾那时的憧憬，还有对于未来的乐观，很容易就落入惯性的生活。而惯性，总有摩擦力的，于是就慢下来，慢下来，直到自己停下来。</p>Religiously Waitinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130126_religiously-waiting.htmSat, 26 Jan 2013 01:56:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130126_religiously-waiting.htm<p>I am going to meet my friend on Sunday and he mailed me and told me where to meet and then he added:</p> <blockquote> <p>I will religiously wait for you</p> </blockquote> <p>To do something religiously always yield power that others don&rsquo;t understand and cannot imagine.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">If your friend was speaking English, &quot;Religiously&quot; generally means do to something over and over. I watch my favourite show, The Simpsons, religiously every week.<br><br>If someone waited for you religiously they would have to wait for you every day or every week. Otherwise they are just waiting for you patiently. <br><br>If your friend was speaking Chinese, then never mind.<div class="comment-meta">— Altavistagoogle · 2013-02-05 13:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, everytime I visit time blog Chrome tells me it&#x27;s unsecure. Anything need to be fixed?<div class="comment-meta">— Luis · 2013-05-01 20:21</div></div> </details>Richmondhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130126_richmond.htmSat, 26 Jan 2013 01:31:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130126_richmond.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2013/01/20130125-172939.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Two nights past and I basically haven&rsquo;t seen London yet.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Is it the Melbourne Richmond or London&#x27;s? doesn&#x27;t look like Melbourne&#x27;s to me~<div class="comment-meta">— Jeremy · 2013-03-06 02:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Richmond is charming<div class="comment-meta">— joe · 2013-03-08 12:44</div></div> </details>Job Posting from a Friendhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130125_job-posting-from-a-friend.htmFri, 25 Jan 2013 01:53:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20130125_job-posting-from-a-friend.htm<p>I generally don&rsquo;t do this, but Yang Meng is so special to me so I promised to post a job for him to my expat community, although I warned him not many people are still following this blog. :-) Here you go.</p> <blockquote> <p>Make life better. Get in on the ground. Start a career at Anker.</p> <p>Started by a few ex-Googlers in 2009, Anker set out with one goal in mind: to design reliable, affordable yet inspiring products which we would use ourselves. Today Anker has 100+ employees globally, spread among Changsha, Shenzhen, San Jose, Tokyo and Beijing.</p>以前从来不曾理解过隐私https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130117_p1067.htmThu, 17 Jan 2013 23:35:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130117_p1067.htm<p>我其实从未在乎过隐私。我过去的世界好似一直是透明的。隐私的定义是“不被知道的权利” (The right not to be known)，而我几乎放弃了这个权利。所以blog完美的适合我。另外一个极端的例子<a href="http://weigend.com">Andreas Weigend</a>（随时纪录他的所有谈话），以及<a href="http://www.justin.tv/">Justin.tv</a>的Justin（随时直播自己）。一个有趣的发现。我以为我是典型的，但最近发现我不是那么典型。</p>流水一样的感情和音乐https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130117_p1063.htmThu, 17 Jan 2013 21:41:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130117_p1063.htm<p>音乐和感情是很类似的。我们太习惯于用理性的方式表达，却忽略如何用流水一样的形式来表达。</p> <p>看拉斯维加斯的喷泉！喷泉怎么可以如此富有深情！</p> <p>当自己的心境不是那种感动的时候，其实挺难和这个喷泉共鸣，但有的时候，看着就会很感动。</p>解刨自己的虚荣心https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130112_%E8%A7%A3%E5%88%A8%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%99%9A%E8%8D%A3%E5%BF%83.htmSat, 12 Jan 2013 11:42:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130112_%E8%A7%A3%E5%88%A8%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%99%9A%E8%8D%A3%E5%BF%83.htm<p>周四，很无厘头的去了一趟北京。主要目标只有一个，就是见一个著名人士。回来了， 坐在书房里面。静静的坐着，好似在飞机上的座位里坐着一样舒服。</p> <p>人需要玩具。即便是长到30好几，内心里依然有些孩童时候的那种需要。不服管束，有些欲望，希望玩一些玩具。只不过玩具已经不是汽车模型，而是汽车；不是布娃娃而是真娃娃；不是过家家，而是真的事业。如果把人的所有的要的东西和一个3岁小孩子要的东西相比较，很能够看清一些成人做事情的本质原因。</p>喜欢读书也喜欢喜欢读书的人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130111_%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E8%AF%BB%E4%B9%A6%E4%B9%9F%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E8%AF%BB%E4%B9%A6%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA.htmFri, 11 Jan 2013 10:32:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20130111_%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E8%AF%BB%E4%B9%A6%E4%B9%9F%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E8%AF%BB%E4%B9%A6%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA.htm<p>读书其实是一件挺没有现实意义的事情，尤其当日常的水龙头需要修，电费需要付，工作的计划需要写，很多的人需要见的时候，读书的“不食人间烟火”的属性，的确不合时宜。</p>美美的生活https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121212_1048.htmWed, 12 Dec 2012 10:37:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121212_1048.htm<p>美美的生活</p> <p>当物质越来越多，心却越来越乱。我们以为是我们选择的物质生活错了，其实是我们的心错了。</p> <p><strong>住酒店</strong></p> <p>酒店是有服务的。以前住酒店我老是把房间，尤其是浴室搞得和土匪来过一样，甚至有的时候浴巾泡在浴缸里。我曾经觉得这样是在享受服务，却忘记，我们如何对待这个世界，世界不是那么在乎，而我们的内心在乎。我们在肆意的四仰八叉的生活，心却没有被约束，它反而不快乐。</p>Learning from ARMhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121205_learning_from_arm.htmWed, 05 Dec 2012 04:22:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121205_learning_from_arm.htm<p>Long time no blogging, right? Here is the new stuff. I am writing in the conference room at Goldman Sachs Private Internet Conference at Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.</p> <p>I just finished a great talk with Tom Lantzsch, from ARM. It was a 1:1 - that type of session you register and spend about 30 minutes with people you want to meet alone. I regret a little bit to request that session when it is approaching because I suddenly realized that I don&rsquo;t have any intersection between my business and chip design business, and I worried that it may end up with nothing essential and waste both party&rsquo;s time, and it turned out to be exactly the opposite. Here is a brief note about what we can learn from ARM.</p>Flying to Pukethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121121_flying_to_puket.htmWed, 21 Nov 2012 06:51:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121121_flying_to_puket.htm<p>I am at Pudong airport and get ready to fly to Puket - my first trip to Thailand, and one of the few trips to southeast Asia.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">你好！我是19saitoy。<br>I saw your blog. I went to thailand once but I didn&#x27;t go to puhket.<br>I am a student in JAPAN. Please check my blog too. <br>http://blogs.yis.ac.jp/19saitoy/<br>\<div class="comment-meta">— 19saitoy · 2012-11-27 08:53</div></div> <div class="comment">awesome blog , Also i recommended this website it&#x27;s also provide Swift codes and Bic codes in Arab world .<br>- ARAB SWIFT CODES<br>swift codes banks numbers in united Arab emirates<br>http://arabswiftcodes.com/?cat=16<div class="comment-meta">— arab swift code · 2013-01-20 13:10</div></div> </details>jswang@microsoft.com Still Availablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121112_jswangmicrosofot_com_still_available.htmMon, 12 Nov 2012 09:35:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121112_jswangmicrosofot_com_still_available.htm<p>I sent an email to <a href="mailto:jswang@microsoft.com">jswang@microsoft.com</a>, my old email at Microsoft.</p> <blockquote> <p>Can you receive this mail?</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>This was my email alias many years ago.</p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang</p> </blockquote> <p>Very soon, I got mail like this:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="mailto:postmaster@microsoft.com">postmaster@microsoft.com</a></p> <p>to me</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://mail.microsoft.com/">mail.microsoft.com</a> rejected your message to the following email addresses:</strong></p> <p><a href="mailto:jswang@microsoft.com">jswang@microsoft.com</a> (<a href="mailto:jswang@microsoft.com">jswang@microsoft.com</a>)</p> <p>**<a href="http://mail.microsoft.com/">mail.microsoft.com</a> gave this error: User unknown **</p> <p>The email address you entered couldn&rsquo;t be found. Please check the recipient&rsquo;s email address and try to resend the message. If the problem continues, please contact your helpdesk.</p>王建硕使用手册https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121109_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.htmFri, 09 Nov 2012 23:28:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121109_%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E7%A1%95%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.htm<p>JIAN SHUO WANG</p> <p>您的标志主题</p> <p>The Gallup Organization 多年的研究表明，效率最高的人往往是那些非常了解自己的优势和行为的人。 这些人最擅长通过制定策略来满足日常生活、职业发展以及家庭的需求，甚至可能达到更高的水平。</p>本地服务的问题https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121102_%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98.htmFri, 02 Nov 2012 10:23:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121102_%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0%E6%9C%8D%E5%8A%A1%E7%9A%84%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98.htm<p>在一个关于<a href="http://blog.agrawals.org/2011/10/24/think-groupon-is-a-technology-company-think-again/">Groupon的模式的文章</a>里，Rocky提到的本地服务模式，我觉得有道理：</p> <blockquote> <p>Besides, the core problem in local is not a technology problem: It’s the reluctance of many small businesses to use Internet technologies. That’s a problem hundreds (if not thousands) of companies have wrestled with for 15 years now. Many companies have built self-serve platforms that few businesses used. Groupon’s innovation was to strip away the requirement for the business to use a computer, make Internet advertising less targeted, less efficient and more expensive — expensive enough that it could afford to pay a sales force.</p>怎么没想到呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121101_%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%B2%A1%E6%83%B3%E5%88%B0%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F.htmThu, 01 Nov 2012 13:09:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121101_%E6%80%8E%E4%B9%88%E6%B2%A1%E6%83%B3%E5%88%B0%E5%91%A2%EF%BC%9F.htm<p>1993年，Marc Andreessen写了一封很重要的<a href="http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.html">邮件</a>：</p> <blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;d like to propose a new, optional HTML tag:</p> <p>IMG</p> <p>Required argument is SRC=&ldquo;url&rdquo;.</p> <p>This names a bitmap or pixmap file for the browser to attempt to pull over the network and interpret as an image, to be embedded in the text at the point of the tag&rsquo;s occurrence.</p>Started to Use MarsEdithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121101_started_to_use_marsedit.htmThu, 01 Nov 2012 12:36:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121101_started_to_use_marsedit.htm<p>After switching to WordPress from MovableType, and after switching from Windows to Mac, I need to find some software to blog on my laptop. Here is MarsEdit. I saw some good comments from Quora on it, and here you are. This is the first post from the client.</p>Knowledge vs Resources from Friendshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121101_knowledge_vs_resources_from_friends.htmThu, 01 Nov 2012 12:13:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121101_knowledge_vs_resources_from_friends.htm<blockquote> <p>Mr. Systrom, now 29, offered this as a parable for the roomful of would-be entrepreneurs who came to hear him talk <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2735">at Stanford last spring</a>: in the intensely competitive start-up scene here, success is as much about who you know as what you know. “Make sure to spend some time after the talk getting to know the people around you,” he told his audience.</p> </blockquote> <p> He is right in both China and US. But in the valley, although people provide connections, most people provide knowledge and advice, just as Adam D&rsquo;Anglo did for Instagram, but in China, people generally expect resources.</p>《百姓网须知》初稿https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121026_%E3%80%8A%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E9%A1%BB%E7%9F%A5%E3%80%8B%E5%88%9D%E7%A8%BF.htmFri, 26 Oct 2012 14:52:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121026_%E3%80%8A%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E7%BD%91%E9%A1%BB%E7%9F%A5%E3%80%8B%E5%88%9D%E7%A8%BF.htm<ul> <li> <p>百姓网是本地的。请仅在一个城市发帖，如果你的帖子需要出现在多个城市，百姓网可能不适合你。</p> </li> <li> <p>百姓网是分类的。一个帖子请只发布在一个最相关的类目。请不要重复发布相同信息。</p>《打造Facebook》推荐语https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121022_p1015.htmMon, 22 Oct 2012 11:27:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20121022_p1015.htm<p>一个互联网企业的灵魂不是它现在的市场地位，现在的代码，现在的资金，而仅仅是</p>I am in Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121001_i_am_in_hong_kong.htmMon, 01 Oct 2012 00:34:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20121001_i_am_in_hong_kong.htm<p>Arrived in Hong Kong and stay in Causeway Bay.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Well the ad I saw was in Chinese, and this here is a Chinese ad on the side of a bus,<br>http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c80.0.403.403/p403x403/576502_354878704597446_1079505037_n.jpg<div class="comment-meta">— solopolo · 2012-10-04 13:27</div></div> <div class="comment">came here because i saw the kijiji hk ad on tv, are you still working there?<div class="comment-meta">— solopolo · 2012-10-01 15:20</div></div> <div class="comment">really? Kijiji entered Hong Kong for English speaking country. We rebranded Kijiji China to Baixing and I am still running it - 7 years.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2012-10-01 22:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Jian Shuo Wang!<br><br>I&#x27;m a student in Institute for Media, Design and Archirecture in Russia. Our group are going to visit Shanghai. I&#x27;ve found your blog that is refer to our research <br>We are interested in in free media companies, social media development, innovative hi tech companies for managing information, Internet start up incubators. If you could help me to find the key persons and places that wouild be great! May be you be yourself could meet us. See forward for your reply!<br><br>Alexandra<div class="comment-meta">— Alexandra Simonova · 2012-10-26 16:53</div></div> </details>Some of My Old Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120927_some_of_my_old_photos.htmThu, 27 Sep 2012 15:33:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120927_some_of_my_old_photos.htm<p>I took a lot of photos with people I met, and many of them are good friends, but I never spent the time to organize them in a good way. Here is my attempt to make it happen.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/09/melon.park-sanjeev.singh_.jianshuo-640x478.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Sanjeev Singh and Jian Shuo Wang. January 18, 2012 at Facebook Office in Melon Park, CA. Sanjeev was creator of Google Mail, and FriendFeed.com. I visited Sanjeev in Facebook after FriendFeed.com was acquired by Facebook, and had wonderful lunch together in the newly opened cafe.</p>UK Visa Application Formhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120925_uk_visa_application_form.htmTue, 25 Sep 2012 20:07:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120925_uk_visa_application_form.htm<p>GWF016188269</p> <p>Please review the answers you have given in the application below.</p> <p>If you need to change an answer simply step back through your application pressing the &lsquo;Previous&rsquo; button until you reach the desired question. Note - If you change an answer you will have to complete the application from that point on, as the questions asked are dependent on your answers.</p> <p>If you are satisfied with the answers you entered click the &lsquo;Next&rsquo; button to continue with your application.</p>New Generation of Tech media in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120925_new_generation_of_tech_media_in_china.htmTue, 25 Sep 2012 17:50:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120925_new_generation_of_tech_media_in_china.htm<p>I am trying to collect a list of interesting media that is raising these years, and it is very different from the last generation. It is typically created by an experienced media industry person, but jumped out of the old framework. Here is the starting and I will keep updating the list.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.chuangyejia.com/">The Founder</a> by former Chief Editor of China Entrepreneur editor Niu Wenwen</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.huxiu.com/">Huxiu.com</a> by former chief executive of China Entrepreneur editor Li Min</p>十年blog记一笔https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120911_%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4blog%E8%AE%B0%E4%B8%80%E7%AC%94.htmTue, 11 Sep 2012 23:23:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120911_%E5%8D%81%E5%B9%B4blog%E8%AE%B0%E4%B8%80%E7%AC%94.htm<p>写blog十年了。中文blog也快9年了。</p> <p>居然发现越来越不好玩了。这就好玩一把。放轻松啦。。。。。。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">俺写独立博客也有5年多了，折腾互联网也近9年了，改变可以改变的，努力，gogoogoo！<div class="comment-meta">— hegelen · 2013-08-22 01:50</div></div> <div class="comment">写十年博客是一个多么让人羡慕的事情，很久以前我也有写日记的习惯，并且每天都写，但这个习惯持续不到1年，现在我还喜欢把这些日记翻出来，看看以前在做什么、在想什么，看的时候能立刻让自己的心静下来。这10年你积累的文字， 是你人生的一大笔财富，恭喜。<div class="comment-meta">— 自然志 · 2013-05-29 12:51</div></div> </details>10 Year Anniversary of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120911_10_year_anniversary_of_blogging.htmTue, 11 Sep 2012 23:00:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120911_10_year_anniversary_of_blogging.htm<p>Today is the 10th anniversary of my blogging.</p> <p>Starting from Sept 11, 2002, with my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">first blog</a>, I have been blogging for ten years. I cannot believe it! Ten year doing one thing everyday seems crazy for anyone, and I am surprised I am that crazy guy.</p> <p>However, the bad news is, I realized that I am not as calm and as peaceful as 10 years ago. With the increase of age, and increase of responsibility, it is harder and harder to sit down at the desk, and write something. Email flys in; mobile rings; Weibo checking; Yifan calls&hellip;. More importantly, within my mind, thousands of things flying to different directions. I heard something  this morning: with the increase of age, especially after 35, there are too many distraction that few can stay calm and concentrated. It needs a lot meditation and understanding of what is important than the younger time. I believe I may entered another stage of life after 10 years of blogging. Look at the frequency, topic, and depth of the blog entries I wrote in the last three years, and I can clearly see the path of the declination in frequency, decrease in interestingness, and decrease in depth. I am full aware of it, and I know it is the competition of attention for me. The competition just get stronger when I am connected to more, and it is the time to cut something from my life.</p>EpicEditor － 前端的代码真奇妙https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120908_epiceditor-%EF%BC%8D-%E5%89%8D%E7%AB%AF%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E7%9C%9F%E5%A5%87%E5%A6%99.htmSat, 08 Sep 2012 21:23:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120908_epiceditor-%EF%BC%8D-%E5%89%8D%E7%AB%AF%E7%9A%84%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E7%9C%9F%E5%A5%87%E5%A6%99.htm<p>var opts = { container: &rsquo;epiceditor&rsquo;, basePath: &lsquo;/cn/2012/09/EpicEditor/epiceditor&rsquo;, clientSideStorage: true, localStorageName: &rsquo;epiceditor&rsquo;, parser: marked, file: { name: &rsquo;epiceditor&rsquo;, defaultContent: &lsquo;&rsquo;, autoSave: 100 }, theme: { base:&rsquo;/themes/base/epiceditor.css&rsquo;, preview:&rsquo;/themes/preview/preview-dark.css&rsquo;, editor:&rsquo;/themes/editor/epic-dark.css&rsquo; }, focusOnLoad: true, shortcut: { modifier: 18, fullscreen: 70, preview: 80, edit: 79 } } var e = new EpicEditor(opts).load();</p> <p>看了sofish这个百姓网工程师团队的<a href="http://engineer.baixing.com/265">blog</a>，发现前端的很多东西实在太容易了。相当大的改变了我对编辑器的看法。随手用人家的代码做了个编辑器。真好用。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">yes<div class="comment-meta">— yograj tiwari · 2012-10-02 17:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues.<br>When I look at your blog site in Chrome, it looks fine but when opening <br>in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up!<br>Other then that, superb blog!<div class="comment-meta">— Reggie · 2012-10-30 04:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Just test<div class="comment-meta">— Jack · 2012-09-09 17:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Had been in actual fact searching for just an ordinary <br>shower enclosures before i found this web <br>site, wouldn&#x27;t even know there were any such thing as a &#x27;steam shower enclosure&#x27;, incredible, might just have to have one<br><br>my site :: steam shower whirlpool - Alberta -<div class="comment-meta">— Alberta · 2014-06-14 00:12</div></div> </details>我承认我作弊了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120904_eaeae-4.htmTue, 04 Sep 2012 10:58:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120904_eaeae-4.htm<p>前不久写付费代码，192行PK两万行，我承认我作弊了。</p> <ol> <li>忽略细节</li> </ol> <p>因为我没有介入到任何细节里面去，仅仅知道财务需求，业务需求是什么，最大的问题解决了，其他就忽略了。大多数让大家头疼的问题我根本就不知道，更不要说有解决方案，但问题是，眼不见心为静，可以专心思考最重要的是什么。这是全新的眼睛的好处。有人说Think out of box。当不知道box在哪里的时候，想在外面太容易了。这和想象力无关。跳出来显然比从外面看要难。</p>为什么百姓网开源？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120904_ccaeaeaeie.htmTue, 04 Sep 2012 10:35:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120904_ccaeaeaeie.htm<p>2012年9月6日，百姓网的第一批项目开源发布。其中包括前端的模版语言<a href="http://github.com/baixing/jedi">Jedi</a>（Hax的作品）和后端的数据访问层<a href="http://graph.baixing.com">Baixing Graph API</a>（小排作品）。这次发布是小范围的，仅仅是第一个尝试，以后每隔一段时间我们会把做出来的东西拿出来和大家分享。</p>压制了贬义词就压制了褒义词https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_aeeaeeaeeaee.htmMon, 03 Sep 2012 20:55:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_aeeaeeaeeaee.htm<p>那天我提到Hacker的反叛精神，有人问：如果无法无天怎么办？如果。。。怎么办？我说，要的就是无法无天。</p> <p>同义词的褒义词和贬义词两种说法很容易让人代替思考。</p>Github vs SourceForgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_github_vs_sourceforge.htmMon, 03 Sep 2012 12:43:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_github_vs_sourceforge.htm<p>最近一直在用GitHub，再看一下SourceForge，对比一下。比如：</p> <p>比如这个项目：<a href="https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew">https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew</a></p> <p>再看看这个项目：<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/clisp/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/clisp/</a></p> <p>感觉不一样吧？（不是比较两个项目，而是类似的项目放在不同的地方的感觉）</p>IP Onlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120903_ip_only.htmMon, 03 Sep 2012 11:42:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120903_ip_only.htm<p>I created my first plugin when I created my <a href="http://ceo.baixing.com">CEO Blog</a>. The problem is obvious: I am going to have a CEO blog where I can share my thoughts with the team frequently. I tried to write a different blog, and I found it is just impossible to maintain two. So I decided to put it on to my own personal blog.</p> <p>Although most of the articles are public in nature, I do have something that I hope to disclose to the general public later. I don&rsquo;t want to have complicated OAuth based verification. A simple IP based restriction is good enough. There is no simple solution so I wrote one myself.</p>Solute to Hackershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_p874.htmMon, 03 Sep 2012 11:27:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_p874.htm<p>Look at this piece of code at the header of Hello Dolly plugin by Matt - maybe the first plugin of the WordPress system (you can always find this piece of code in any WordPress installation. Look for it in the /wp-content/plugins/ folder). Think about why the plugin has something to do with music! Think about why the description reads that way. What do you sense from a developer&rsquo;s code?</p>试错，不是试对https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_eeieaee.htmMon, 03 Sep 2012 09:54:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120903_eeieaee.htm<p>我们说创业公司要试错，但话虽这么说，我们脑子里轻巧的转一个弯儿，就把它当作“试对”来理解了。试了呢么多错，当然目标是为了对了。但实际上并不这么简单。</p>I Won't Drive to Hangzhou Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120902_i_wont_drive_to_hangzhou_again.htmSun, 02 Sep 2012 23:16:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120902_i_wont_drive_to_hangzhou_again.htm<p>I am back from Hangzhou, and I would say, I will never drive to Hangzhou again.</p> <p>Hangzhou is only 45 minutes away via high-speed rail, and the transportation to and back the railway station is so simple for me, and the only bottle neck is to get to hotel from the Hangzhou railway station. It takes for ever to build the metro in Hangzhou. Despite that, I should enjoy the relaxed time in Hangzhou via taxi, or local cars, not driving. I am very tired after the long trip.</p>不好了，池子漏了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120902_aeaeieae.htmSun, 02 Sep 2012 22:51:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120902_aeaeieae.htm<blockquote> <p>周末在杭州给天使湾的十几家移动互联网公司分享，看到他们做的东西，和庞小伟聊了聊，得到如下思考，和大家分享。</p> </blockquote> <p>2012年是传统互联网公司遇到前所未有的挑战的一年。</p>创造价值https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120901_eae-4.htmSat, 01 Sep 2012 21:07:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120901_eae-4.htm<p>很有趣的事情。如果不发生交易，一个家庭的“钱”的数量应该是不变的。比如，在这个时刻，我们象木头人游戏那样喊“停！”，然后谁都不要动，每个人手里的钱的数量就会不动。这个时候假设一种情况：你开始把自己的一个坏了的相机修好了，这个时刻你的钱虽然没有发生变化，但是你的财富发生了变化，你变得比原来多了一个“好相机减去坏相机的差价”那么多财富，广义上来说，整个人类社会的财富增加了这么多。</p>Language Mattershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120831_language_matters.htmFri, 31 Aug 2012 23:43:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120831_language_matters.htm<p>For some reason, I enjoy learning languages, no matter it is the language of daily life sense, or computer sense.</p> <p>I can read and write in:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Chinese</p> </li> <li> <p>English</p> </li> <li> <p>C/C++</p> </li> <li> <p>Java (a little bit)</p> </li> <li> <p>JavaScript (Not to compare it with Hax)</p> </li> <li> <p>PHP</p> </li> <li> <p>ASP/VB/VBScript</p> </li> <li> <p>C#</p> </li> <li> <p>Propositional Logic</p> </li> <li> <p>Mathematics</p> </li> </ul> <p>I am looking forward to learn more. Some language I started a little bit (but I put some serious effort behind) are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Italian</p> </li> <li> <p>German</p>一个建都的计划https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120831_aeaeeece.htmFri, 31 Aug 2012 15:13:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120831_aeaeeece.htm<p>前天晚上我们打破了一个世界。面对我们自己给自己设置的边界，我摔了第一个盘子，大家都看到了，知道原来那些桌子架子上的碍着自己事儿的盘子是可以摔的。于是大家有跃跃欲试，准备跟着摔盘子。但问题是，不是摔了盘子就能解决问题的。我们重建的是什么，怎么重建？这是一个计划。</p>192行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120830_192e.htmThu, 30 Aug 2012 12:09:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120830_192e.htm<p>//wangjianshuo@baixing.com namespace Graph;</p> <p>class CompanyAccount { &hellip;function occuredRevenue($startTime, $endTime) { &hellip;&hellip;$money = 0; &hellip;&hellip; &hellip;&hellip;if($endTime &gt; time()) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;throw new Exception(&ldquo;Refuse to tell you future, because that may be inaccurate&rdquo;); &hellip;&hellip; &hellip;&hellip;$s = new Searcher( &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;new AndQuery( &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;new Query(&rsquo;type&rsquo;, &lsquo;Order&rsquo;), &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;new Query(&lsquo;paid&rsquo;, 1), &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;new RangeQuery(&lsquo;startTime&rsquo;, null, $endTime), &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;new RangeQuery(&rsquo;endTime&rsquo;, $startTime - 1, null) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;) &hellip;&hellip;); &hellip;&hellip; &hellip;&hellip;foreach($s as $order) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$money += ($order-&gt;occuredRevenue($endTime) - $order-&gt;occuredRevenue($startTime)); &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; &hellip;&hellip;return $money; &hellip;} }</p> <p>class UserAccount { &hellip;public $balance; // money + credit; &hellip;public $ratio; // money / balance; &hellip; &hellip;function in($money, $credit){ &hellip;&hellip;$this-&gt;ratio = ($this-&gt;balance * $this-&gt;ratio + $money) / ($this-&gt;balance + $money + $credit); &hellip;&hellip;$this-&gt;balance += $money + $credit; &hellip;&hellip;$this-&gt;save(); &hellip;} &hellip; &hellip;function out($mondit) { //mondit = money + credit &hellip;&hellip;$this-&gt;balance -= $mondit; &hellip;&hellip;$this-&gt;save(); &hellip;} &hellip; &hellip;function pay($order) { &hellip;&hellip;$order-&gt;pay($order-&gt;listPrice * $this-&gt;ratio); &hellip;&hellip;$this-&gt;out($order-&gt;listPrice); &hellip;} &hellip; &hellip;function partialCancel($order, $time) { &hellip;&hellip;$order-&gt;particalCancel($time); &hellip;&hellip; &hellip;&hellip;$refund = $order-&gt;price - $order-&gt;occuredRevenue($time); &hellip;&hellip;$ratio = $order-&gt;price / $order-&gt;listPrice;</p>一艘没有人有浆的船https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120830_eaeaeaeccc.htmThu, 30 Aug 2012 10:47:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120830_eaeaeaeccc.htm<p>付费是我们众多代码泥潭的一个。5个工程师耗时半年，2万2千行代码，却bug不断，每天都有用户付了钱没置顶，对账对不清，退费消耗整个公司大量的精力，而我们的付费工程师还在抱怨业务过于复杂，对于新增的业务需求，没有人有信心完成。</p>Approaching 10 Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120827_approaching_10_years_of_blogging.htmMon, 27 Aug 2012 23:23:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120827_approaching_10_years_of_blogging.htm<p>I am approaching the 10th anniversary of my blogging - 10 years, and one article almost everyday. Should I be known as a 10 year blogger after 100 years?</p> <p>I am thinking about what to do at the tenth anniversary. Do you have any ideas?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I wish I can suggest for a party, but I don&#x27;t think that I can be able to attend. So, let me say this:Congratulations! You did a great job, your blog had inspired many people at many needs. Thank you and please continue blogging.<div class="comment-meta">— Miao, Jun · 2012-08-28 09:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Develop a app so that your fans like me can read your article in the first time....<div class="comment-meta">— Eric-wu · 2012-08-28 12:46</div></div> <div class="comment">难以置信的一件简单但伟大的事情。<div class="comment-meta">— 孙波 · 2012-08-31 23:17</div></div> <div class="comment">每天一篇，坚持10年。。。<div class="comment-meta">— 毕扬 · 2012-08-31 23:27</div></div> </details>写代码这件事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120827_aeceaeae.htmMon, 27 Aug 2012 22:46:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120827_aeceaeae.htm<p>晚上花了两个小时给丰兄和花花展示一次如何写代码，从第一个字符开始，用199行代码完成付费的如下功能：</p> <ul> <li> <p>权责发生制的记帐</p> </li> <li> <p>置顶的产生和显示逻辑</p> </li> <li> <p>类目置顶，筛选置顶，全省置顶，全国置顶，区县置顶</p>去看大灰机https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120827_cc-8.htmMon, 27 Aug 2012 00:37:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120827_cc-8.htm<p>沪青平公路（也就是318国道）16公里处，正好是虹桥机场跑道的尽头。降落的飞机比上升的要缓慢，速度要慢些，离地的角度也小。如果是一个刮北风的日子，飞机将会从南边降落到跑道，这是看飞机的最好时机。</p>Aircraft Spotting at Hongqiao Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120827_aircraft_spotting_at_hongqiao_airport.htmMon, 27 Aug 2012 00:27:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120827_aircraft_spotting_at_hongqiao_airport.htm<p>I am not a professional aircraft spotter, but I am also amazed by the scene of an aircraft roars and lands at airports.</p> <p>The best place to do it I know is at G318 (at K16+). It is easy to find if you follow the 沪青平 highway and you will be guided by the big noise of the aircrafts.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0763-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>There are lines of this, and flushing one after another, creating a guiding line toward the runway.</p>《世界人权宣言》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120824_p677.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 21:06:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120824_p677.htm<blockquote> <p>我觉得有必要再读一读《世界人权宣言》，这个世界很多国家在60多年前的文本。并不是有了互联网社会就进步了。</p> </blockquote> <p>序言</p> <p>鉴于对人类家庭所有成员的固有尊严及其平等的和不移的权利的承认，乃是世界自由、正义与和平的基础，</p>“不公平”是社会进步的原动力https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120824_aecaeec-3.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120824_aecaeec-3.htm<p>这是一句犯众怒的话。让我先把我要说的不公平和“贪污”，“权力”，“内幕交易”，“践踏法律”等等引发的不公平区分开啦。我指的不公平是在创造财富过程中“谁创造财富，谁保留财富”的原则而引发的不公平。</p>别显摆自己的不专业https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120823_ecaeae-3.htmThu, 23 Aug 2012 12:52:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120823_ecaeae-3.htm<blockquote> <p>有很多人通过让自己在其他领域变得不专业来证明自己在自己的领域专业。 － <a href="http://www.13775.org/">潘晓良</a></p> </blockquote> <p>曾经发生在PM和Dev身上的故事。一个优秀的开发者，自从变成PM以后，他周围的人就误以为他不会写代码了，而且自己也这样认为。成为PM或许让自己在开发上的进步变慢了，但也不至于一下清零呀。</p>动手好奇反叛的Hacker精神https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120822_chackercc.htmWed, 22 Aug 2012 14:59:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120822_chackercc.htm<blockquote> <p>这两天正好赶上给办公室新的WIFI的SSID命名。我建议网络名叫hacker（还有一个可以覆盖到整个徐汇交大大草坪的热点，叫Free4Hacker。我花了点时间，写下了我对Hacker精神的理解，给大家瞅瞅。</p>看代码的愤怒https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_caecc-2.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:15:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_caecc-2.htm<p>刚才花时间看了些代码，怒了。</p> <p>程序员是思考的人，象画家和作家一样，不是码农，不是通过体力完成功能的人，绝不是！看代码和看书一样，是能感觉到写代码的人的思想。看一篇优美的散文和诗歌，跟看报纸上干巴的公关稿，感觉就是不一样，跟看帐本更不一样。</p>提正确的问题，用聪明的办法解决https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_cceeiecece_.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:14:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_cceeiecece_.htm<p>刚才我们一起过了一下付费，抱歉，我又非常气愤。气愤在于大家的智慧没有发挥，而在一个乱麻中间搅和，完全是在浪费生命。我期望百姓网的程序员都是Hacker，如下是我的期望：</p>Graph架构图https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_graph_.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:13:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_graph_.htm<hr> <h2 id="-----------------------url-routing-----------------------">| URL Routing |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="--------------------controller-routing-------------------">| Controller Routing |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="-----------------------controller------------------------">| Controller |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="---------------------view-dispatcher---------------------">| View Dispatcher |</h2> <hr> <p>|View Ad| |Listing| |Homepage| |User| |Search| |Payment| |View | |View | |View | |View| |View | |View |</p> <hr> <hr> <h2 id="--------------------template-engine----------------------">| Template Engine |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="-------------------model-data-binding------------------">| Model (Data Binding) |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="------------------modelgraph-integration----------------">| Model/Graph Integration |</h2> <hr> <p>| HTTP Transport | | PHP Transport | | Socket Transport |</p> <hr> <hr> <h2 id="---------securityprettifierlimit-control---------------">| Security/Prettifier/Limit Control |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="----------------------graph--api-----------------------">| Graph () API |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="--------------------------node---------------------------">| Node |</h2> <hr> <h2 id="--------------------------edges--------------------------">| Edges |</h2> <hr> <p>| ID | | Connections |</p>我思考的百姓网类目用户模型https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ecccccc.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:08:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ecccccc.htm<p>我把用户分类三大类，并使用如下态度</p> <ul> <li> <p>坚决保护熊猫用户</p> </li> <li> <p>允许核心用户发展</p> </li> <li> <p>收费限制污染用户</p> </li> </ul> <p>（骗子违法坚决打击，不在用户模型里面）</p> <p>熊猫用户是我们想要的用户。</p> <ul> <li>在二手里面，就是哪些处理东西的宅男，卖宝宝东西的妈妈等等；</li> <li>在二手车里面，卖自家二手车的车主；</li> <li>在工作类目，直招的50人以下的小企业；</li> <li>在房屋类目，房东直接租房，卖房的用户；</li> </ul> <p>实在找不到一个更好名字，来表达，姑且用熊猫来代指。他们是相对弱小的群体。</p>百姓网对开发者的风水https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccece.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:08:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccece.htm<p>经过一段时间观察，我发现百姓网的办公室对于开发者来说，风水不好，需要改变。</p> <p>如果不信，问大家一个问题：如下两个场景更接近于你的工作状态</p> <p>1）自己坐在竹林里的亭子里，小风在吹，我在写程序；</p>为什么大家都在加功能https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_aeaeaeee.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:07:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_aeaeaeee.htm<p>小排问了我一个问题，为什么各个创业公司的产品都要拼命加功能。我当时还没有特别好的回答这个问题。现在我有了更完整的答案。 说到功能，我们先要从技术开始。技术就是做事情的方法。如果你找到了一种比大多数人更好地做事情的方法，你就有了更先进的社会生产力。比如1200年的佛罗伦萨，它的财富就是由发明了一整套的先进的纺织机开始的，作为一个城市，他们比欧洲全球任何国家都能够更便宜的织出更好的布；1500年的荷兰，开始仅仅因为发明一个小刀可以一刀切的剖开鲱鱼的肚子，去除内脏并且直接放到盐里保存；之后他们又发明了肚子大，甲板小，不带火炮的专用商船，把运输成本降低到英国人的一半，成为海上马车夫；更不要说1700年以后英国的以蒸汽机为代表的工业革命，以及以电气为代表的第二次工业革命，以及发端于美国的以计算机信息技术为代表的第三次工业革命。简而言之，科技不断发展，生产率逐渐提高，就是过去发生的事情。</p>开发者的办公环境https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ecc-4.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:06:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ecc-4.htm<p>一个好的开发者的办公环境是什么样子的呢？</p> <ul> <li> <p>安静的。安静的要死的那种环境。我不介意要戴上耳机听听音乐，但背景一定要安静下来。</p> </li> <li> <p>风水好。所谓风水里面让人心里安静的那些因素都需要有。背后最好有柱子，有屏风可以看不到别人，可以安静的自己呆着。最好的状态是一人有一个办公室，隔离起来，但如果达不到也要有独立的空间。用盆栽的小树把自己围起来是一个好主意。（Amy，我决定用9盆我旁边的那种小树把我的座位围起来。请帮忙）</p>Baixing Graph API 0.2 发布https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_baixing_graph_api_02_.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:05:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_baixing_graph_api_02_.htm<p>各位Hacker们，</p> <p>今天乐高时间，我们将要发布一个还没有成型，但是可以初步展示我们要做的东西。大家可以自己先玩一玩。在给大家尝试的地址之前，我先说一下背景。</p>百姓网Graph API 9月6日全国公测https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccgraph_api_96.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:04:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccgraph_api_96.htm<p>工具组做了一个决定，在9月6日公开发布一系列产品和计划。</p> <ul> <li> <p>Baixing Graph API</p> </li> <li> <p>Graph数据访问工具集的开源代码</p> </li> <li> <p>Jedi模版语言以及开源代码</p> </li> <li> <p>手机客户端天使投资计划</p> </li> </ul> <p>我们会根据成熟程度在9月1日决定是否邀请媒体。</p>百姓网Mobile的定位https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccmobilecae-2.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 21:03:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccmobilecae-2.htm<p>在伟力展示手机组的数据的时候，我在想一个问题：如果这是家独立的移动互联网公司，他的估值是多少？</p> <p>这个问题在整个review期间持续的萦绕在脑子里。我问的问题是：百姓网手机组到底在解决什么问题？</p>我理出来一些付费需求https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_caeaeaeee.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 20:20:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_caeaeaeee.htm<ul> <li> <p>Ding（类目，Tag，全省，全国）</p> </li> <li> <p>价格（置顶竞价，配置配置）</p> </li> <li> <p>端口（发帖限制，刷新次数，显示不同）（名字有房，车，招聘，服务）</p> </li> <li> <p>刷新（5元一次）</p> </li> <li> <p>跨城市发布（10元一条）</p>Hackers I Knowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120821_hackers_i_know.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 17:28:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120821_hackers_i_know.htm<p>I became aware of few hackers these days.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://paulgraham.com">Paul Graham</a> - sure. He knows how to hack</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://aaronsw.com">Aaron Swartz</a> - 26 years old this year, but he has created so many interesting things since he was a teenager.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/">Tom Preston-Werner</a>, founder of GitHub</p> </li> </ul> <p>Read their articles and found out how good they are.</p>Reading Good Codehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120821_reading_good_code.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 12:34:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120821_reading_good_code.htm<p>I read some code by FriendFeed guys. They are great. The Tornado code is neat. You can take a look here:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://github.com/facebook/tornado">https://github.com/facebook/tornado</a></p> </blockquote> <p>One of the test I ask my developer is, do you feel comfortable to open source your code. If they do, they are pretty in good shape.</p>百姓网Mobile的定位https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccmobilecae.htmTue, 21 Aug 2012 09:22:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120821_ccmobilecae.htm<p>在伟力展示手机组的数据的时候，我在想一个问题：如果这是家独立的移动互联网公司，他的估值是多少？</p> <p>这个问题在整个review期间持续的萦绕在脑子里。我问的问题是：百姓网手机组到底在解决什么问题？</p>德鲁克真的过时了吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120820_ecceaeie.htmMon, 20 Aug 2012 21:54:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120820_ecceaeie.htm<p>前不久听到Paul Graham的一段<a href="http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail657.html">演讲</a>，其中提到的几句话把我笑疯了。我觉得他真的描述的太形象了。的确就是这样！他这样描述绝大多数的公司环境：</p> <p>每个人都需要在工作时间出现在公司里面。后面的逻辑是，虽然公司没法保证每个人都在工作，但至少可以保证每个人不在玩儿。只要你不在玩儿，那你一定在工作，对吧？</p>ISO 8601https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120820_iso_8601.htmMon, 20 Aug 2012 13:15:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120820_iso_8601.htm<p>I am genuinely interested in numbers, and specs. I must be the strange person in other people&rsquo;s mind, but I am just so excited to see things like numbers. For example:</p> <ol> <li>CVC 22651</li> </ol> <p>When travelling in California, I really love the CVC 22651 printed on the TOW AWAY plate, and traced to the following document: <a href="http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22651.htm">http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22651.htm</a></p> <ol start="2"> <li>ISO 8601</li> </ol> <p>The smart guys want to solve a problem of how to represent date across the world (both west and east and both computer or human). So they invented something like:</p>Notes of Hiring is Obsoletehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120820_notes-of-hiring-is-obsolete.htmMon, 20 Aug 2012 10:56:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120820_notes-of-hiring-is-obsolete.htm<p>Here goes my notes on <a href="http://paulgraham.com/hiring.html">Hiring is Obsolete</a>.</p> <p>Wisdom comes from facts. Everything is getting cheaper. (Computer of the same power? Automated services?) Cost of startup should only be people.</p> <blockquote> <p>(Nerds have better things to do) =&gt; (Nerds are unpopular)</p> <p>if( (Undergraduates are Undervalued) == true)</p> <p>invest(undergradutes());</p> <p>if((Smart people speaks stupid things) == true)</p> <p>dont_ignore_people_do_stupid_things();</p> <p>value = people_to_user();</p> <p>compensation = company_estimate();</p> <p>compensation = average(values);</p> <p>assert(difficulty(valuing work) &gt; 80%);</p> <p>class bigcompany :</p> <p>def <strong>init</strong>():</p>用专业语言表达，用通用语言沟通https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120819_caeaeeeeeiececeee.htmSun, 19 Aug 2012 23:23:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120819_caeaeeeeeiececeee.htm<p><strong>起因</strong></p> <p>这几天读文章，遇到一个新词，叫gape。原文是：</p> <blockquote> <p>I stood there gaping for a few seconds.</p> </blockquote> <p>啥意思呢？赶紧查字典，字典的解释是：</p> <blockquote> <p>Stare with mouth widely open.</p> </blockquote> <p>原来是张着嘴巴瞪着眼睛的意思，是一个stare的动作加上一个张嘴的动作。那什么是stare呢？英文解释为</p>王逸凡的十万个为什么https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120818_cecaeaeaeaeae.htmSat, 18 Aug 2012 23:56:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120818_cecaeaeaeaeae.htm<p>今天晚上又是一个十万个为什么之夜。早早的就和他一起在床上聊天，他开始问我问题，从9点一直问到了11点多。当我想起来拿手机纪录他的问题的时候，已经过去一个多小时了。我很惊讶于5岁的小孩子对于世界的敏感。等小家伙睡着了，我根据剩下一个小时的录音整理了一些他问的问题。看完你就会发现5岁的孩子的世界是多么丰富，思维多么跳跃，视角多么宽广。</p>Python的确是非常棒的语言https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120818_pythonccecee.htmSat, 18 Aug 2012 11:14:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120818_pythonccecee.htm<p>早上6点半爬起来，花了几个小时学习Python。</p> <p>只能感慨我来晚了，晚了12年。在我在微软做工程师的时候就应该学习这种语言了。显然Python有很多优于PHP的地方，就像PHP对于写网站有太多因为“幼稚”而优于Java的地方。</p>Elastic Search Solved a Problemhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120817_elastic_search_solved_a_problem.htmFri, 17 Aug 2012 22:25:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120817_elastic_search_solved_a_problem.htm<blockquote> <p>{ &ldquo;ok&rdquo; : true, &ldquo;status&rdquo; : 200, &ldquo;name&rdquo; : &ldquo;Gardener&rdquo;, &ldquo;version&rdquo; : { &ldquo;number&rdquo; : &ldquo;0.19.8&rdquo;, &ldquo;snapshot_build&rdquo; : false }, &ldquo;tagline&rdquo; : &ldquo;You Know, for Search&rdquo; }</p> </blockquote> <p>These lines of response from Elastic Search at http://localhost:9200 seems so nice. I smiled when I saw this response, and I said to my self: &ldquo;Hack! Those guys at elastic search really solved a problem.</p> <p>They defined a problem in <a href="http://www.elasticsearch.org/">their statements</a>, and they solved the problem. Doing a lot of things should be easier and easier  - that is the thoughts of typical hacker. Why should I even need to download something to my server to run search? I may further ask the question. I believe some hacker out there will solve this problem.</p>Baixing Internal Graph API Alpha Launchedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120816_baixing_internal_graph_api_alpha_launched.htmThu, 16 Aug 2012 19:59:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120816_baixing_internal_graph_api_alpha_launched.htm<p>I pre-released Baixing Graph API internally at 1801. I am going to release it to the public on Sept 6, 2012. (One of the key driver to make anything happen is to make it public first, and let the pressure push you to make it happen).</p>I am Back to the Code Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120814_p3793.htmTue, 14 Aug 2012 22:50:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120814_p3793.htm<p>I am happy to be able to code for few days, in a closed office.</p> <p>Why a CEO code? Because I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120805_confessions_of_a_failed_programmer.htm">love</a> it.</p> <p>Is it all? Not really.</p> <p>I was educated thousands of times by everyone that &ldquo;you should not code&rdquo;. A CEO should not code. The more neutral version was: &ldquo;A CEO of a company of your size should not code&rdquo;. But after few years, I realized that the traditional wisdom is wrong.</p>Bad Programmer Destroys Wealthhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120809_bad_programmer_destroys_wealth.htmThu, 09 Aug 2012 15:13:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120809_bad_programmer_destroys_wealth.htm<p>After code review, I understood why people say bad programmers destroy wealth. Their productivity is less than 0, which means they are creating bugs and drag the team to fix it. I consistently saw really bad and buggy code here and there, by one programmer who is not at our company. But the code there is guaranteed to be bad, and buggy. Interestingly, bad programmers are very productive if you measure by lines of code they created. So identify them! Early!</p>Typhoon is Overhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120809_typhoon_is_over.htmThu, 09 Aug 2012 08:37:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120809_typhoon_is_over.htm<p>This year&rsquo;s Typoon is over in Shanghai. Actually some nice changes happens this time.</p> <p>Typhoon hits Shanghai almost every year. Although not seriously, it does impact the lives.</p> <p>This year, the biggest difference is not the typhoon itself. Yes. It is stronger this year, but the biggest difference is the government.</p> <p>The Beijing&rsquo;s heavy rain claimed lives of nearly 100, and Shanghai government acted very proactively. They started to use the post-SARS type of effort to inform residents about what is coming. They also shutdown parks and some public events. At least, this time, due to the recent pressure of the press, and Internet, they are doing reasonably well.</p>Learning Githttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120808_learning_git.htmWed, 08 Aug 2012 11:14:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120808_learning_git.htm<p>I am learning GIT.</p> <p>A new frontier for me to learn. GIT.</p> <p>Technology is actually driven by tool makers. Think of the few generation of advancement: Weaving machines in Florence, Herring cutter and commercial boats in Holland, stream engine in English, electronic and information technology in US - all of them are tools. The advancement of tools help human develop and advance.</p> <p>GIT is such a tool. I started to use version control with SD (SourceDepot). That was a very good tool developed back in 198x, before git appears in the horizon.</p>Nanjing, the Capital of a Republichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120807_nanjing_the_capital_of_a_republic.htmTue, 07 Aug 2012 19:28:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120807_nanjing_the_capital_of_a_republic.htm<blockquote> <p>A danger of travel is that we see things at wrong time, before you have the opportunity to build up the necessary receptivity so that new information is as useless and fugitive as necklace beads without a connecting chains. - Alan de Botton</p> </blockquote> <p>This time, I visited Nanjing during the weekend, and I had some preparation to get the receptivity, and tried to use a connecting chain to guide what to see. The topic will be the government of Republic of China, a historical term in mainland China, and a current term in Taiwan.</p>Drawings of Interiorshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120806_drawings_of_interiors.htmMon, 06 Aug 2012 21:49:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120806_drawings_of_interiors.htm<p>Let me continue to post my drawings in Italy. This time, the topic will be interiors of buildings. I drew something of what is inside of a building.</p> <p>Below: The terrance of the hotel (MMV Resort) in Cannes.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0501.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Below: Tino steak house in Firenze. Drunk some wine, and was not really conscious at that time. You can tell from the messy strokes.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0517.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This one was even worse. I was almost completely drunk, and I am impressed that I could still draw something in that mood.</p>Confessions of a Failed Programmerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120805_confessions_of_a_failed_programmer.htmSun, 05 Aug 2012 16:14:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120805_confessions_of_a_failed_programmer.htm<p>I love to write code. That is not a good news for a CEO who has a business to run, but I just cannot stop loving writing code!</p> <p>Why?</p> <p>The story started in 1986, when I was in grade three in primary school. There was a small computer calendar booklet in my home, among tones of others on electronic engineering.</p> <p>I read it and was amazed by the idea that computers were so smart that they can calculate 1000 times faster than human brain, but at the same time, they were so stupid that they could only do very limited plus calculation at the bottom. That was the early years of my exposure to computer. The lesson learnt is, if you want your kid to grow into some type of people, just buy some books on the topic and put it within the reach of the kids. See what happens!</p>Drawing of Nature Serieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120804_drawing_of_nature_series.htmSat, 04 Aug 2012 21:59:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120804_drawing_of_nature_series.htm<p>After drawings of churches, interiors, streets, this series is about nature - the trees, sea, and mountains.</p> <p>This is at Milano, the big part near the fort.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0505.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>A sketch of the Mediterranean at 5 Terra, Italy.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0518.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is the view from top of the mountain, where our B&amp;B hotel is.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0519.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Subtle Impact of a Scheduled Meetinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120804_subtle_impact_of_a_scheduled_meeting.htmSat, 04 Aug 2012 13:08:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120804_subtle_impact_of_a_scheduled_meeting.htm<p>I am trying to do a full day black out on Wednesdays. It turned out, because of previous appointment, there is one meeting slip to the calendar, so I have take the meeting at 2:00 PM.</p> <p>Having been super effective this morning, and facing an approaching meeting, I am aware of the psychology change. I started to loose productivity about 10 minutes before &hellip;</p> <p>(Bing! Here they come and interrupted my posting and now the meeting is over)</p>Reading Note on Richard Hamming'shttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120803_reading_note_on_richard_hammings.htmFri, 03 Aug 2012 09:36:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120803_reading_note_on_richard_hammings.htm<p>Below is a reading note on Richard Hamming&rsquo;s lecture: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html">You and Your Research</a>.</p> <p>Age: Why most productive things were done young? One of Richard&rsquo;s explanation was: &ldquo;If you do some good work, you will find yourself in all kinds of committees and unable to do any more work&rdquo;. That is the first problem. The second problem is, when you are famous for doing some good work, you can only work on great problems, not small. I was so shocked to know how small the idea Pierre Omidyar, eBay&rsquo;s founder, had for his next startup. Very few people would understand the once-famous-founders&rsquo; second startups at the very beginning.</p>Why? Visa from Guangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120803_why_visa_from_guangzhou.htmFri, 03 Aug 2012 08:08:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120803_why_visa_from_guangzhou.htm<p>I renewed my visa to the USA. When I got my visa, it prints:</p> <blockquote> <p>Issuing Post Name: Guangzhou</p> </blockquote> <p>That comes with a small incident during the submission. When I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120727_tough_questions_for_some_people.htm">filled my DS-160 form</a>, I naturally put Shanghai as the application city, but the form was rejected after we sent the passport along with the application. I was instructed to change the port from Shanghai to Guangzhou. No reason was given.</p> <p>Well. Fine. As along as I can get my visa done, I don&rsquo;t really care about it, although I feel that US Embassy may owe me an explanation of why. In a sense of justice, actually they don&rsquo;t owe me anything, but as a customer, or &ldquo;whomever concerned&rdquo;, I am curious enough to feel certain that they owe it.</p>Peace State of Mindhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120803_peace_state_of_mind.htmFri, 03 Aug 2012 07:24:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120803_peace_state_of_mind.htm<p>Paul Graham is so sensitive to capture the small but important stuff in life - I call it Fengshui, but just my way. <a href="http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html">Maker&rsquo;s Schedule, Manager&rsquo;s Schedule</a>.</p> <p><strong>Productivity</strong></p> <p>In the article, I started to understand why I am sometimes much more productive than other. By &ldquo;some times&rdquo;, I mean at least a quarter, some times a year. In blogging, for example, pre-2009 years are much more productive than 2010, and 2011. Why is that?</p>Drawing of Street Views in Italyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120802_drawing_of_street_views_in_italy.htmThu, 02 Aug 2012 21:49:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120802_drawing_of_street_views_in_italy.htm<p>I posted some drawings of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120729_drawing_of_churches_in_italy.htm">churches</a> before. Here is another series of street views.</p> <p>This is a street view of Cannes, France. The only drawing in France.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0502.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Below: The mall near the Milano Duomo. There are many luxury stores there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0504.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The square of Venezia - the building of a hotel.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/08/IMG_0508.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is the San Macro Plaza in Venezia. The tower is the symbolic sign of the city.</p>Shanghai's Clear Skyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120802_shanghais_clear_sky.htmThu, 02 Aug 2012 20:50:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120802_shanghais_clear_sky.htm<p>Shanghai these days is amazing! Look at the photos I took during the weekend. It is just amazing. I just cannot understand why Shanghai&rsquo;s sky can be so blue and clean. I have never experienced Shanghai like this since I came here. Anyone has any idea?</p> <p>Some joked that it is because of the wave of bankrupt of factories and fewer factories work. I seems to be a joke, but I started to suspect whether it is partly true.</p>Relief for Procrastinatorshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120802_relief_for_procrastinators.htmThu, 02 Aug 2012 08:42:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120802_relief_for_procrastinators.htm<p>There are two persons in this world that helped me to gain peace in mind. Both them are alive, and not older too much than me, and ironically, both appear on the same day at the Cannes Lion to give lecture, which I both missed. They are <a href="http://paulgraham.com">Paul Graham</a>, and <a href="http://www.alaindebotton.com">Alain de Botton</a>. I believe we share a lot of things in common - maybe all of us are ENFP in personality type; we all like writing; and we all love to think.</p>入静和入世https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120801_eae-3.htmWed, 01 Aug 2012 18:00:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120801_eae-3.htm<p><em>本文受Paul Graham的<a href="http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html">Maker&rsquo;s Schedule, Manager&rsquo;s Schedule</a>启发而作，建议大家有空去读一下。</em></p> <p>人有两种思考状态，我将一种称为入境，另一种称为入世。</p> <p><strong>入静</strong></p> <p>程序员和作家需要的是一种入静的状态。他们需要整段的，不被打扰的时间才可以工作。一个下午三点种的会议，哪怕仅仅持续15分钟，一个下午就会因此废了。问题不是会议占据的时间，关键问题是会议把一个下午分成了两块，让每块都不够大，都不足以入静。因为对于下午废掉的担心，上午的工作也受到影响，不太敢开始解决真正困难的问题。所以整天都在一种心神不宁的状态。</p>I Love New Hotmail Designhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120801_i_love_new_hotmail_design.htmWed, 01 Aug 2012 11:04:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120801_i_love_new_hotmail_design.htm<p>Saw the Weibo of Teach <a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu">Liu Run</a> and learnt the <a href="http://outlook.com">Outlook.com</a>, a new interface for the old Hotmail.com. It was great. I love it much better than Hotmail.com or the even worth name Windows Live Mail.</p> <p>What I love is, it cut all the things the end users don&rsquo;t care. They cut, cut, cut, cut, cut to an extreme that only leaving a subject line, and a big area for people to write on. That is so cute. An application should behave this way.</p>Traveler's Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120801_travelers_schedule.htmWed, 01 Aug 2012 08:11:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120801_travelers_schedule.htm<p>Paul Graham had another article back in 2009 about the <a href="http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html">Maker&rsquo;s Schedule vs Manager&rsquo;s Schedule</a>.</p> <p>That is a very good observation. &ldquo;What you do changes very hour&rdquo; is exactly why people complain the company is getting inefficient. People complaining about the meetings, but actually, they are not complaining the total time spent on meetings, they are complaining that the meetings cut their time into smaller chunk that does not work. Paul even went so far to claim that founders should resist, or at least postpone to become managers.</p>Sun Rise Observation in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120731_sun_rise_observation_in_shanghai.htmTue, 31 Jul 2012 06:30:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120731_sun_rise_observation_in_shanghai.htm<p>From <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=shanghai+sun+rise">WolframAlpha</a>, I know today, the sun rises at 5:08 AM. So I waked up earlier, and put myself to the top of my 18-story building, and wait for the sun rise. We are used to observe sun rise or sun set at sea, or on top of mountain, and now, observe it from on of the top floors of a skyscraper in Shanghai provides a nice alternative.</p> <p>I am actually amazed by how accurate the prediction is (well, it is not weather, and for sure people can predict it). When I am going to the take the photo below, my alarm clock set at 5:08 started to ring.</p>Drawing of Churches in Italyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_drawing_of_churches_in_italy.htmSun, 29 Jul 2012 11:20:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_drawing_of_churches_in_italy.htm<p>Inspired by Allen de Botton in Art of Travel, I started to draw some pictures along the way. The key is not the result of the drawing (who cares if I burn it afterward), it is about the process to spend time to appreciate what is before you. You spend half an hour really focus on the object before you and observe!</p> <p>Here are some of them, with my note.</p>Italian Humorous Traffic Signshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_italian_humorous_traffic_signs.htmSun, 29 Jul 2012 08:49:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_italian_humorous_traffic_signs.htm<p>Italian are born to be humorous. In many cities I visited, the traffic signs were changed a little bit. You can see the creativity of the people there. Unlike graffiti, I feel this modification of public property is humorous, decent, and not offensive. It even can be designed as standard signs to demonstrate the characters of the country. Enjoy some of them.</p> <p>Below: Smiling Pedestrian This Way.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/07/IMG_9779-001.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Below: Leonardo da Vinci not Allowed</p>Surrounded by the Crazy to be Normalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_surrounded_by_the_crazy_to_be_normal.htmSun, 29 Jul 2012 08:08:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_surrounded_by_the_crazy_to_be_normal.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t say we cannot fight against the crowd, but it is really hard and cost a lot of energy. In the Silicon Valley, when you meet those technical guys, the investors, and entrepreneurs, you are surprised to see how crazy they are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>They use the new technology that you never heard of.</p> </li> <li> <p>You rush to production and change the server architect, and rewrite the code like crazy.</p> </li> <li> <p>They gather and talk about something that people in other places never heard of</p>My Romehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_my_rome.htmSun, 29 Jul 2012 07:54:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_my_rome.htm<p>Roma (or Rome) is definitely considered as one of the most beautiful cities. I was excited to spent a quick 24 hours in the city, with about half in Via Dei Condotti shopping street with the girls.</p> <p>Sitting back in my reading room, and recall what I saw in Roma, and how I feel about it, I started to get stuck. I stayed in a hotel (Mercure) in the northeast side of the city near Plaza Bologna. I visited some famous places like Vatican, Trevi Foundation, Plaza Venezia, Colosseo, or Spagna steps. It was totally an eye pleasure trip, but I still feel there is a wall between me and the city. On the other side, the great meal with local Brother Xiaoyou near Santa Crocs Gerusalemme, and the ice cream fighting in the 100-year old ice cream shop seems more vivid to me, when we barely had consciousness after some nice wine. Why sight seeing is the critical part of the trip but memories with people are another big (if not bigger part)? What is the difference?</p>Why a Week in Travel Feels Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_why_a_week_in_travel_feels_good.htmSun, 29 Jul 2012 07:47:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_why_a_week_in_travel_feels_good.htm<p>The question is, why I feel happier during one week of travel. I dig into it and get the following thoughts.</p> <ul> <li> <p>One week, one goal. If the board meeting is OK, the week is OK. Others are just nice to have. What a wonderful week!</p> </li> <li> <p>One week, everything taken care of. No electricity bills, no broken washing machines, or air/con, or what so ever.</p> </li> <li> <p>Lonely time. If you choose, you are in a city alone, with no one even know what you are doing. Even at a hotel room - the sense of loneliness is just beautiful.</p>Wrap up my Italy Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_wrap_up_my_italy_trip.htmSun, 29 Jul 2012 07:23:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120729_wrap_up_my_italy_trip.htm<p>7:18</p> <p>This is a way belated blog. I have been back from Italy trip for a month, but I barely wrote anything about it. It is the time to do some reflection on the trip, what I saw, what I learnt, about Italy or future trips.</p> <p>I will create a new category called Italy. My plan is to finish it in one day, today, with all the pictures, and thoughts. I struggled a little bit about how to date the entries, because I typically don&rsquo;t back date anything. Back dating causes two problems: 1. The entry are very unlikely to be read. 2. That is some small form of dishonest, because that is not the date the post was actually written but reader&rsquo;s expectation is that. The attempt to back date it is, the whole end of June and early July was empty, and I should fill in the blank with what actually happened during that time for future reference.</p>Hottest Weibo Everhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_hottest_weibo_ever.htmSat, 28 Jul 2012 17:24:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_hottest_weibo_ever.htm<p>I wrote a Weibo two hours ago. It reads:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://weibo.com/jianshuo">@王建硕</a>：<em>看到今天事态发展，相当痛心。大家越界了，严重的越界了，开了个不好的头，不象厦门等地的理智。用暴力获取自己要的东西，会使用暴力上瘾。别人的错误不是自己的错误的理由。目的正确永远不能证明过程的正确。如果用现有的思维继续前行更远，中国可能进入下一个可怕的暴力为王的轮回。</em><a href="http://weibo.com/1682912122/yuxmsjHRq?type=repost">转发(3015)</a><em>|</em><a href="http://weibo.com/1682912122/yuxmsjHRq">评论(1030)</a><a href="http://weibo.com/1682912122/yuxmsjHRq">今天 15:02</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Literally translation:</p> <blockquote> <p>@Wang Jian Shuo: Seeing the development of the situation today, felt the pain. We crossed the line, seriously crossed the line, and started a bad beginning, not as restrained as Xiamen. If you use violence to get what you want, you will get addicted to violence. Other party&rsquo;s wrong deed is not the reason of your own wrong deed. Right goal always cannot prove the rightness of process. If we continue to follow the current thinking too far, China may enter into the next terrible violence-ruled circle.</p>Caught in the Web Moviehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_caught_in_the_web_movie.htmSat, 28 Jul 2012 07:09:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_caught_in_the_web_movie.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/07/2090454.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image credit: mtime.com</p> <p>Chen Kaige&rsquo;s new movie <em><a href="http://movie.mtime.com/153149/">Caught in the Web</a></em> is surprisingly good! Wendy and I went to theater yesterday to watch the film. I am deeply shocked by the rare deep thoughts and humorous illustration of the subject. I&rsquo;d highly recommend everyone to see the movie. It is simply one of the best one I saw in the last few years.</p> <p><strong>The Theme</strong></p> <p>The current Chinese society is at a very tricky time if you look at the long history of China. The conflicts from different groups of people, the conflicts between traditional value system to the newly created one, and the deep impact of Internet, new media, social, and mobile - everything is evolving in a much faster pace than any year I have experienced. The confusion of the new generations (well, every new generation is always confused, for few hundred years), the social tension, and understanding, all mixed together to orchestrate a pretty decent scene, for artist, novelist, writers, journalis, directors, and actors to catch, and to illustrate.</p>Suspicious Equipment on Top of Roofhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_suspicious_equipment_on_top_of_roof.htmSat, 28 Jul 2012 06:05:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_suspicious_equipment_on_top_of_roof.htm<p>Let me share something interesting this morning. On top of our 18F residential building, I observed two suspicious equipments. They are suspicious because they tried too hard to look like a typical air-condition outlet. They are obviously not. Look at the front. The hole for the fan, and the grids are all drawn. On the side, they also tried so hard to look like an air-con.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/07/Photo-9.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>There are two of this pointing to the south east direction.</p>A Travel Document Just for Taiwanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_a_travel_document_just_for_taiwan.htmSat, 28 Jul 2012 05:26:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120728_a_travel_document_just_for_taiwan.htm<p>People in China have to have a lot of documents, from the government.</p> <p>Besides National ID, Residential Permit Booklet (Hukou Booklet), which everyone has, there are two special documents that are interesting.</p> <p>One is Pass for Travel to Hong Kong and Macau. That is a special document with the same format and content as a passport, but just for travelling to Hong Kong or Macau. Mainlander still needs a visa, but it is politically incorrect to call it visa. It is a notation, and you have to get it before you travel.</p>Tough Questions for Some Peoplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120727_tough_questions_for_some_people.htmFri, 27 Jul 2012 11:26:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120727_tough_questions_for_some_people.htm<p>When I was filling out US Nonimmigrant Visa DS-160 form (my visa expires again), and I saw the following questions.</p> <blockquote> <p>Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom? Yes No</p> </blockquote> <p>I know there are many government officials need to say Yes, but I believe they can just lie and choose No.</p> <p>Another one:</p> <blockquote> <p>Have you ever been directly involved in the establishment or enforcement of population controls forcing a woman to undergo an abortion against her free choice or a man or a woman to undergo sterilization against his or her free will? Yes No</p>Driver: A Life Worth 190 RMBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120727_driver_said_a_life_worth_190_rmb.htmFri, 27 Jul 2012 05:59:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120727_driver_said_a_life_worth_190_rmb.htm<p>I was on a taxi, and there are pedestrian crossing the road without observing the red light. The driver was very angry, and claimed that if he wants, he just run over the guy, and that only cost him 190 RMB.</p> <p>I was shocked and asked why? He explained that the insurance covered 80% of any accidents of the taxi driver, and they have a mutual fund of all taxi drivers to cover the rest 20%. So he is free of any payment. The only downside for him personally is, the insurance fee will increase 190 RMB the second year.</p>Early Wakeup Bankruptedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120726_early_wakeup_bankrupted.htmThu, 26 Jul 2012 20:52:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120726_early_wakeup_bankrupted.htm<p>My early wakeup practice went bankrupt today, after 4 days.</p> <p>I wrote <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100306_jet_lag_builds_early_raiser.htm">Jet Lag Builds Early Raiser</a> before:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jet lag is good thing for me. Whenever in US, or back to Shanghai, jet lag drives me wake up earlier and then I became an early raiser for some days. Thus I have enough time to write more blogs (helping me to get clearer idea about my world, and comprehend the message I got). It is just like an effective “Raise Early” medicine. But the problem is, the effect gets less significant along the day, and I will fade into normal life.</p>We Design Our Life, at Least for Travelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120726_we_design_our_life_at_least_for_trave.htmThu, 26 Jul 2012 09:56:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120726_we_design_our_life_at_least_for_trave.htm<p>I met with many people during the trip, and many of them were so interested in China, so that they even sent their kids to Chinese language school, but they never went to China. I asked why, and they said, they were thinking about it. I always encouraged them to come to China - anyway, it is just 12 hours of plane ride away.</p> <p>The interesting story of Two Monks&rsquo;s travel story suggested that well preparation, and a lot of money does not guarantee a monk to get to Nanhai from Sichuan. The one who take action made it.</p>Technical Thinking is Not Necessarily Technicalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120725_technical_thinking_is_not_necessarily_technical.htmWed, 25 Jul 2012 09:47:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120725_technical_thinking_is_not_necessarily_technical.htm<p>During a meetup organized by my friend Amy, I met Chris. He is a technical guy - very technical. Besides his work at a high-tech company, he did a lot of things technical. This is what Amy told me.</p> <p>His grass is greener than all his neighbors, because he really took the soil into the lab to analyze what&rsquo;s in it, and what is lacking for grass to grow. He added a lot of ingredient and makes it better.</p>Unbelievable Blue Skyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120724_unbelievable_blue_sky.htmTue, 24 Jul 2012 20:44:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120724_unbelievable_blue_sky.htm<p>This is amazingly blue sky in Shanghai. Look at the cloud and the sky. Impressive! I would say that it is the bluest sky I saw in Shanghai in years.</p> <p>Interestingly, the radio program started to notice this too (for sure), and comment about it. They forecast that the blue sky will last for one more day and rain is coming on Thursday.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/07/20120724-204119.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">wow! It could beat the one in US!<div class="comment-meta">— Yu Zhu · 2012-07-25 06:27</div></div> <div class="comment">The sky is really fantastic these days, I can not help taking pics even when I am driving!<div class="comment-meta">— Climb · 2012-07-25 15:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. This one is particular stunning. The white cloud is very like fake one hanging there.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2012-07-25 07:23</div></div> </details>Early Morning at French Concessionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120724_early_morning_at_french_concession.htmTue, 24 Jul 2012 08:46:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120724_early_morning_at_french_concession.htm<p>I waked up early in the morning (5:30 AM), and drove to the french concession. The best time to visit Shanghai is very early in the morning. Here are two buildings. One is at around 140 Fuxing West Road, and the second is on the Wukang Road. Looking at the buildings, and you just feel beauty out of it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/07/IMG_0264.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/07/IMG_0266.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">This article may be interesting to you (if you are able to access it)<br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangpu_Park<br>At any rate, a mixed blood city can be best described as &#x27;Melting Pot&#x27;.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2012-07-28 04:11</div></div> <div class="comment">and Stephen, I am happy to see you back. After switching to Weibo, and other social media for about a year, I realized that blog is still the most beautiful form of expression and reading. So I am back and I am happy to see you back too. How are you doing these days?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2012-07-27 09:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Stephen, I had written a Chinese blog on this topic: http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090515_aeaeeieae.htm A mixed blood city called Shanghai. You may want to read it, and I will talk about the story in the future blogs. To be brief, although everyone in China outside Shanghai can take the pride and avoid talking about the history, people in Shanghai are culturally born with a Chinese mother, and a western father, and that culture is in the blood, so people have a mixed feeling toward the beautiful heritage (it IS beautiful), and the rape that happened 100 years ago.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2012-07-27 09:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Fuxing Rd and Wukang Rd used to call Route Lafayette and Route Ferguson respectively, I am surprised you still use the term French Concession as most younger Shanghaiese regarded this colonial history as infamy together with the structures at the bund, only the local elders have the vivid memory of the past. Can you please tell me the present general point of view towards this &#x27;unfaithful&#x27; history of Shanghai.<br>At any rate, glad to see your blog is strengthened.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2012-07-27 00:28</div></div> </details>Daylight Saving Time - My Wayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120724_daylight_saving_time___my_way.htmTue, 24 Jul 2012 07:23:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120724_daylight_saving_time___my_way.htm<p>During this west coast travel in the States, I started to think about daylight saving time (DST), in my own way.</p> <p>The whole idea of daylight saving is, there are many more additional hours of daylight in summers than winters. Since we always define 12:00 as noon when the sun is at the highest position, there are two hours of more daylight in the morning, and in the evening.</p> <p>The other fact is, people tend to extend activity to the evening, instead of morning. The evidence is, lighting (candles, or electronic) are most used at evening than in the morning. Most people just don&rsquo;t wake up in the morning, lit the light, and do something. Modern activities, like movies, sports, entertainments, after work life, and even education tend to leverage the hours in the evening.</p>US Nonimmigrant Visa Application DS-160https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120723_us_nonimmigrant_visa_application_ds_160.htmMon, 23 Jul 2012 11:07:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120723_us_nonimmigrant_visa_application_ds_160.htm<p><strong><a href="https://ceac.state.gov/GENNIV/General/complete/complete_biographical.aspx?node=Personal">Edit Personal Information</a></strong></p> <p>Name Provided:</p> <p>WANG, JIANSHUO</p> <p>Full Name in Native Alphabet:</p> <p>王建硕</p> <p> Other Names Used:</p> <p>NO</p> <p>Telecode Name Used:</p> <p>NO</p> <p>Sex:</p> <p>MALE</p> <p>Marital Status:</p> <p>MARRIED</p> <p>Date of Birth:</p> <p>18 OCTOBER 1977</p> <p>Place of Birth:</p> <p>LUOYANG, HENAN, CHINA</p> <p>Nationality:</p> <p>CHINA</p> <p>Other Nationalities:</p> <p>NO</p> <p>National Identification Number:</p> <p>410305197710185334</p> <p>U.S. Social Security Number:</p> <p>DOES NOT APPLY</p> <p>U.S. Taxpayer ID Number:</p> <p>DOES NOT APPLY</p> <p><strong><a href="https://ceac.state.gov/GENNIV/General/complete/complete_contact.aspx?node=AddressPhone">Edit Address and Phone Information</a></strong></p> <p>Home Address:</p> <p>ROOM 501, BUILDING 28</p>What We Can Learn from Travellershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120723_what_we_can_learn_from_travellers.htmMon, 23 Jul 2012 06:35:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120723_what_we_can_learn_from_travellers.htm<p>Travel is a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080914_travel_is_a_habit_changer.htm">habit changer</a>, and a mind changer. From time to time, I acknowledge the benefit of travel, and its positive impact on me.</p> <p><strong>Break the Boundary of Time</strong></p> <p>Travelers may have different sense of time than the residence. I waked up and wandered around the Bund at 5:30 am today, and saw many travelers - who else wake up so early to get to a tourism location? When I was in the valley, because we are running out of the daily schedule, 9:00 am is not that a sharp dividing line between pre-work to work. Sunday and Saturday are not that different, than work days.</p>Large Wave of Factory Bankrupt in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_large_wave_of_factory_bankrupt_in_china.htmSun, 22 Jul 2012 13:01:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_large_wave_of_factory_bankrupt_in_china.htm<p>When I open newspaper, especially on Weibo, bad news are coming one after another. There are a large wave of factory bankrupt and shutdown starting from this year. The wave spread out from Pearl Delta, to Yangtze Delta, and quickly spread out to the whole China.</p> <p><strong>Labor Cost as the Last Straw</strong></p> <p>Most of the news attributed the bankrupt to a lot of factors, including the decline of export orders, and increase of material cost. But seldom can they ignore the fact that the labor cost has increased like crazy.</p>Have You Been to Shanghai? Think Twice!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_have_you_been_to_shanghai_think_twice.htmSun, 22 Jul 2012 07:47:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_have_you_been_to_shanghai_think_twice.htm<p>I have been in Shanghai for 17 years (I cannot believe it), but I suddenly realized that I haven&rsquo;t really been to Shanghai. A visit to the Bund and Nanjing Road shocked me. I haven&rsquo;t ever been there! Never!</p> <p>Suffered (or enjoyed) from my jet lag pattern from the States, I waked up early in a very comfortable way (not tired, and not sleepy, and just waked up) at 4:00 AM. After writing some blog post, I packed my bag and grabbed a taxi and threw myself to the beginning of the Bund.</p>Startups should be in Bad Areas - SOMAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_startups_should_be_in_bad_areas___som.htmSun, 22 Jul 2012 05:04:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_startups_should_be_in_bad_areas___som.htm<p>I had some quick discussion with Matt during a meeting.</p> <p>I realized that SOMA (South of Market) has been the new hot place for startups. There are many of the well-know startups there: Wired, Twitter, Dropbox, Justin.tv, BT, Yelp, Zynga, Rapleaf. Previously, Six Apart, and Rojo were there.</p> <p>Recently, the government is putting a lot of effort there to turn it into a better place.</p> <p>I said: Startup should always live in bad areas. Because by definition, startups should run very cheaply. Where is the cheapest place to rent? Bad areas.</p>Different View on New Technology Adoptionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_different_view_on_new_technology_adoption.htmSun, 22 Jul 2012 04:45:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120722_different_view_on_new_technology_adoption.htm<p>In Silicon Valley, obviously there are a lot different views on technology. Although generally they are on the same direction, the minor difference are huge enough. I had conversation with three different people, and their view comes from aggressive, neutral and conservative. Here is the story (without revealing the name, while sorry for not giving the credit).</p> <p><strong>New Technology! Always! As Fast As You Can!</strong></p> <p>****I visited a startup, and they are not officially launching their product yet. They are using the latest technology. Here are some:</p>How Many Times I Visited the Bay Areahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120721_how_many_times_i_visited_the_bay_area.htmSat, 21 Jul 2012 03:28:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120721_how_many_times_i_visited_the_bay_area.htm<p>I am asking myself the question:</p> <blockquote> <p>How many times I visited the bay area?</p> </blockquote> <p>I asked because I was asked, many times.</p> <p>The first clue come from the United Airlines frequent flyer program. Although I don&rsquo;t always fly United, it is a good place to get started. Then the blog posting is another very powerful way to trace back. Finally, combined with the US customer stamps on my passport, I basically have some idea.</p>Wrapping up My Trip to Silicon Valleyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120720_wrapping_up_my_trip_to_silicon_valley.htmFri, 20 Jul 2012 23:35:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120720_wrapping_up_my_trip_to_silicon_valley.htm<p>Just as the starting and end of every trip to my favorite travel destination, say, Sanya, I am always telling myself that I should come here more often at the first day of landing, and at the last day. Silicon Valley is exactly giving me that feeling and even stronger.</p> <p>I am sitting at my desk at Days Inn of Palo Alto, and thinking about packing up for flight UA857 back to Shanghai. Looking back, it was a great trip again. Here is a brief summary of it.</p>Silicon Valley is the Florence in Actionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120719_silicon_valley_is_the_florence_in_action.htmThu, 19 Jul 2012 17:03:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120719_silicon_valley_is_the_florence_in_action.htm<p>I was born too late - 450 years late, and I don&rsquo;t know what it looks like in Florence at Renaissance. I heard at that time, in every coffee shop, and in every room, there are people talking about painting, sculpture, music, etc, and there are some greatest artist, like Michael-angel, emerging in those days in Florence.</p> <p>But I am born at the right time, and be able to visit Silicon Valley often. I would dare to claim that Silicon Valley is the Florence of today. Look around. You see every coffee shop, University Cafe, Coupa Cafe, or anyone, you name it, there are conversation about startups, technology, and funding of the ideas. In the thousands of office buildings in the area, in every single room, and before every whiteboard, there are people dreaming, talking, writing, and sharing, and building something. There are some of the greatest companies like Apple, Google, Facebook of all ages, and there are some greatest entrepreneurs emerging in this area, one after the other. The technology, especially in software, and Internet, was advanced in amazing speed, and that impact the whole world. Think about it. It is just amazing.</p>CEO's Responsibility Frameworkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120718_ceos-responsibility-framework.htmWed, 18 Jul 2012 17:03:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120718_ceos-responsibility-framework.htm<p>I meat with a great CEO in his office. Very impressive. He summarized the duty of a CEO and that is very true. The framework is strategy, priority, and people.</p> <p>Strategy is where to go, and how to get there. It has to be very clear. To get rid of ambiguity is the key. People may or may not agree with the strategy, and we can talk, but at any given moment, and you ask people: &ldquo;What is the most important thing for the company&rdquo;, and they should all tell you growth, and if you ask &ldquo;how you make money&rdquo;, and the answer should be the same - not now, but these are the options. He believes in meritocratic, not democratic. Being in the company does not entitle everyone to be weighted the same. You have to work hard to gain that credit.</p>CEO做什么其实是在传达一个信号https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120717_ceoaeaeaeeaeaeae.htmTue, 17 Jul 2012 17:59:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120717_ceoaeaeaeeaeaeae.htm<p>今天晚上在大学街的意大利煎饼果子铺，我们几个人在聊Facebook的高管在做什么。几个细节引起了我的注意。CEO Zuck每年还是要Checkin一行代码的（显然这是一个象征性的动作），COO Sandberg每天都自己盯着解决几个用户的问题。这个小动作其实大有值得借鉴的地方。</p>The Art of Elimination of Decisionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120717_the_art_of_elimination_of_decision.htmTue, 17 Jul 2012 17:04:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120717_the_art_of_elimination_of_decision.htm<p>I had great time with AG yesterday (I let not to disclose the name before checking) at Red Rock in Mountain View. It was such an inspiring talk. Among them, there is a story about decision making.</p> <p>He said once, a successful entrepreneur Ben told him about how he made a decision. At that time, he was running a company and are going to raise another round of financing. They turned out to raise 40 million USD at 160 million valuation. Actually, based on the 5 people team, they would have only need to raise 5 million. Why so much!? The answer was quite wise and insightful:</p>Will Bay Area Become Firenzehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120717_will_bay_area_become_firenze.htmTue, 17 Jul 2012 01:52:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120717_will_bay_area_become_firenze.htm<p>I am in the silicon valley. There is no big monuments, no churches, and not even something big enough to see. The whole valley is about interaction between people. When that fade out, Silicon Valley may be another Firenze (Florence, Italy). I visited Firenze few weeks ago, and realized that the city where everyone is painting, sculpturing, and talking is gone. I went there 450 years late. Will Silicon Valley become another Firenze after 400 years, with just the buildings, and the legendary stories of the information revolution?</p>World Bandwidth is Getting Cheaperhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120716_world_bandwidth_is_getting_cheaper.htmMon, 16 Jul 2012 01:13:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120716_world_bandwidth_is_getting_cheaper.htm<p>In Italy, I got 3G network for one month, unlimited data and 5 EURO calling at 12 EURO (10 EURO in Venize). In the bay area, I am going to get T-Mobile 1.5G monthly plan at $25. It seems the world bandwidth cost is getting down, except China, right now.</p>I am in Bay Area Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120714_i-am-in-bay-area-again.htmSat, 14 Jul 2012 11:23:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120714_i-am-in-bay-area-again.htm<p>I am at T2 of Shanghai Pudong Airport, and ready to get on board UA858 to San Francisco. I will be in the bay area from July 14 to July 19, 2012. Besides some pre-arranged meetings, I&rsquo;d like to visit more startups during this trip. I visited Google, Facebook, eBay for too many times, and even Apple, and Yahoo!. This time, I am looking forward to meeting more friends from startups - companies with 5 to 20 people and understand the subtle difference between a pure startup and a mid-sized company, and how to push the company psychological age down.</p>Back from France-Italy Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120709_back-from-france-italy-trip.htmMon, 09 Jul 2012 22:26:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120709_back-from-france-italy-trip.htm<p>It has been a while. I was on road - Cannes, Nice, France, and varies cities in Italy. Here is a brief schedule of what happened in the last 10 days. Just FYI if you plan the same trip. I will share more photos later.</p> <p>6/20 Fly from Shanghai to Dubai to Nice, France Stay in MMV Resort Registration of Cannes International Creative Festival Have coffee with the delegation Attend the Cannes Lion Award ceremony Have dinner at restaurant near the Dame</p>Wendy and I was in Monocahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120622_wendy_and_i_was_in_monoca.htmFri, 22 Jun 2012 21:50:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120622_wendy_and_i_was_in_monoca.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/09/7578340452_9f0a5d2538_z.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/atfirstsightofeu/">olivetree2010</a></p> <p>This may be the only photo we had there. :-)</p>The Most Unprepared Trip Everhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120619_the-most-unprepared-trip-ever.htmTue, 19 Jun 2012 19:07:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120619_the-most-unprepared-trip-ever.htm<p>I am about the leave for Cannes, France. This is the most unprepared trip I had ever had. I was in full day meeting for two days, and till now, I don&rsquo;t know exactly where the place is, how to get there, which airline of flight, and what we are going to do there. Wendy is working to put everything together, which I am completely not aware of.</p> <p>Is it a good thing? If it is, by what means? Not? By what means?</p>Microsoft Zizhu Campushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120613_microsoft_zizhu_campus.htmWed, 13 Jun 2012 22:58:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120613_microsoft_zizhu_campus.htm<p>I visited the Microsoft Zizhu campus, and met with many old friends - I didn&rsquo;t expect to see about 10 persons who joined Microsoft around my joining, and they are still there after more than 10 years.</p> <p>I was a little bit sad though to see the current Microsoft is more like the Yahoo! Sunnyvale campus, than the office in my memory. The building quality is not good enough, and that surely does not justify the long distance from the downtown.</p>Visibility Shocks Peoplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120607_visibility_shcoks_people.htmThu, 07 Jun 2012 21:52:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120607_visibility_shcoks_people.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a173104494.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a173103336.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a155467446.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a141772902.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a173105002.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a173102918.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a172984677.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/a208068574.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Blue Sky in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120605_blue_sky_in_shanghai.htmTue, 05 Jun 2012 22:26:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120605_blue_sky_in_shanghai.htm<p>It is so rare - there are blue sky and clear air. I took this photo out of the window of our 18th floor office in Xujiahui.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/photostream.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Whenever I see city scene like this in Shanghai, I am thinking about climbing to the top of a skyscraper - either World Financial Center, or JW Marriott with my sketch book and draw something of this city.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s going to raining.....<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2012-06-06 13:57</div></div> </details>World As I Travelledhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120603_world_as_i_travelled.htmSun, 03 Jun 2012 17:02:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120603_world_as_i_travelled.htm<p>I wrote about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120531_chineseprovinces_i_visited.htm">Chinese provinces I visited</a>. It is the time to do a summary about the world as I travelled - the foreign countries I set my foot on. The life is a long journey, and many people believe it is endless, and they always have a chance to visit every country of the world. Not likely to happen. If that is something I really get interested, set a plan for it.</p>Happy Birthday to Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120602_happy_birthday_to_yifan-2.htmSat, 02 Jun 2012 12:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120602_happy_birthday_to_yifan-2.htm<p>Happy Birthday to my little Yifan. He is 5 years old today!</p> <p>We first went to the Century Park, Yifan&rsquo;s favorite.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_9399.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_9400.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_9406.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Then had dinner at Kerry Center.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_9435.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_9441.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Birthday Party</strong></p> <p>At home, we had the birthday cake, and Yifan invited his best friend Xuanxuan to join us.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_3682.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_3711.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_3715.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_3727.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/IMG_3744.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Happy Children's Day at Baixinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120601_happy_childens_day_at_baixing.htmFri, 01 Jun 2012 22:22:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120601_happy_childens_day_at_baixing.htm<p>This was the first family day we organized. More than 10 kids visited our office, and had a wonderful party together. Below are photos taken by <a href="http://weibo.com/u/2374846362">@摄影人-红姐</a>. Kids are obviously happy to see both other kids and their parents on afternoons of working days.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/8d8d479agw1dtj3qal5w6j.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/8d8d479agw1dtj3ix1bb0j.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/06/8d8d479agw1dtj3azu7f1j.jpeg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Chinese Provinces I Visitedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120531_chineseprovinces_i_visited.htmThu, 31 May 2012 21:50:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120531_chineseprovinces_i_visited.htm<p>Xiaoliang wrote that majority of people in Israel visited 12 countries before age of 35. Let me count how many Chinese provinces I visited.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Heilongjiang</p> </li> <li> <p>Harbin. I visited there as interviewer when we went there to recruit from Harbin University of Science and Technology</p> </li> <li> <p>Liaoning</p> </li> <li> <p>Dalian. Visited there many times for business, and jus for tour.</p> </li> <li> <p>Beijing</p> </li> <li> <p>Visited this city for at least 30 times. The most frequently visited city other than my home city.</p>Mangzhong Finished, and We are Happyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120530_mangzhong_finished_and_we_are_happy.htmWed, 30 May 2012 22:05:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120530_mangzhong_finished_and_we_are_happy.htm<p>This photo marks the end of a project, and it seems everyone is happy about it. In case you are curious, I was standing on top of a table when taking this photo.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9354.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Unnatural Community Means Failurehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120529_unnatural_community_means_failure.htmTue, 29 May 2012 15:36:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120529_unnatural_community_means_failure.htm<p>I am quite amused by Alexis Madrigal&rsquo;s story <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/how-google-can-beat-facebook-without-google-plus/257480/">How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus</a>. This is one of the best article talking about the deep reasons why a product succeed or fail.</p> <p><strong>California City</strong></p> <p>****He mentioned California City, CA. Although it is the largest city by land in CA, it only has 15K residents - 1/10 of the number in residential area I am living. The California city has all the infrastructure a great city needs to have, but, it is just an empty city. People gather because of other people, not the infrastructure.</p>Yifan's Hair Cuthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120528_yifans_hair_cut.htmMon, 28 May 2012 22:59:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120528_yifans_hair_cut.htm<p>Yifan grows up, and he is not afraid of hair cut. He is cooperative tonight when I brought him for haircut. He acted as grown-ups. Look at the photos:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9340-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9341-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9342-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9343-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9344-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9347-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9348-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9349-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>It is just one week away from Yifan&rsquo;s 5 year birthday. His mom said, I lost another job - to hold Yifan to have him haircut. I said: we are going to lose more and more functions that Yifan really needs you in the days to come.</p>Sunday Dinner with Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120527_sunday_dinner_with_yifan.htmSun, 27 May 2012 21:28:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120527_sunday_dinner_with_yifan.htm<p>We had Italian dinner at Coolzey Pizza at Huashan Road. The benefit of living in Shanghai, despite of high living cost, is access to all kinds of food, if you want to explorer.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9293.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9278-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>We are away from the downtown Shanghai for too long, and since Wendy is driving, I can take some photos of the skyscrapers.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9269-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9262.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9236-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>P.S. In the afternoon, Yifan met with his other classmates, and they played football for long enough - to be hungry.</p>Yifan's New Drawing of Owlhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120527_yifans_new_drawing_of_owl.htmSun, 27 May 2012 21:17:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120527_yifans_new_drawing_of_owl.htm<p>We basically didn&rsquo;t send Yifan to any pre-school education other than his kindergarten, to give him enough time to explorer what he loves at home. He showed great interest in drawing, go, singing, and making stuff using paper and Lego. So we started to bring him to drawing class and see if he loves it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9227-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Chengshan Road Under Constructionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120526_chengshan_road_under_construction.htmSat, 26 May 2012 22:32:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120526_chengshan_road_under_construction.htm<p>After completed for few years, the Chengshan Road surface is under construction. The big machine had get rid of asphalt of the surface, and waiting for the new surface to be laid out. So, currently, the road surface looks like this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9324-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9325-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9327-358x480.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>It will be few days like this, and it caused big problem with the traffic. It reminded me of the most <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100905_advanced_asphalt_road_paving_system.htm">advanced asphalt paving system</a> I have ever seen. It combined the two steps into one, and the road is instantly new with the asphalt. Shanghai should learn from Weihai.</p>Yifan has a Visitorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120525_yifan_has_a_visitor.htmFri, 25 May 2012 22:25:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120525_yifan_has_a_visitor.htm<p>Yifan&rsquo;s best friend at kindergarten is Xuanxuan, our neighbor. He had Xuanxuan visited us tonight. The two kids spent great time together drawing trains, and building trains using Lego. Two kids can talk and can share happiness, and can understand things that only makes sense in their world. China really need to think about changing its <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060620_one_child_policy_in_china.htm">one child policy</a>. I don&rsquo;t know how this half century recorded in history.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9157-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Bottle Opening Feehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120524_bottle_opening_fee.htmThu, 24 May 2012 20:26:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120524_bottle_opening_fee.htm<p>Many restaurants in Shanghai charge a bottle-opening fee for any wine brought by customers themselves. The typical amount is 50 RMB per bottle. I didn&rsquo;t know the reason of this pricing and thought it was too expensive.</p> <p>Recently, when I compare the purchase price and the retail price of the wine, I started to form a theory that they charge for 50 RMB, because that is the typical margin for them to sell a bottle of wine there. For example, a bottle of wine priced at 100 RMB/bottle are likely to have about 50 RMB as purchase price. Does it make sense?</p>Talents are the Key to Successhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120523_talents_are_the_key_to_success.htmWed, 23 May 2012 19:03:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120523_talents_are_the_key_to_success.htm<p>This is a pretty dumb statement. Everyone knows it. Everyone says it. Every textbook have it. Every leadership session talks about it. Every&hellip;..</p> <p>But common sense is not common, and some times it does not make sense. (Jian Shuo Wang&rsquo;s invented the second part of this phrase).</p> <p>I sat down with Quanzhan this noon to afternoon to talk about the talent. It is not surprising for a research organization of Tencent, talents are the No. 1 priority. The selection standard,  the talent, and the retention are something that makes a great workplace and a winning business.</p>Accumulation Calories Burning and Morehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120522_accumulation_calories_burning_and_more.htmTue, 22 May 2012 22:42:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120522_accumulation_calories_burning_and_more.htm<p><strong>Accumulation Calories Burning</strong></p> <p>Nike+ is a great product. It turned running into something interesting. I started to accumulate my calories burning history from March and that is the main driver for my running. Blog posts are the visible mileage of my writing, and the thinking behind it. It is said:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you cannot messuare, you cannot improve</p> </blockquote> <p>Either blog posting or Nike+ is a way to measure, and to improve, because numbers are the few things in this world to have a clear direction, while ideas, and wish are pointing to many directions.</p>Losing by Spending Moneyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120521_losing_by_spending_money.htmMon, 21 May 2012 21:28:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120521_losing_by_spending_money.htm<p>When we spend money, we thought we bought something. But recently, I realized it may be losing, in many cases. Here are examples.</p> <p><strong>Buying a Car</strong></p> <p>Ever since I bought my car, I felt more and more disconnected with this city. I don&rsquo;t talk with people on the way home, and I don&rsquo;t see anything new. I don&rsquo;t observe, and I don&rsquo;t hear anything. I am losing many things.</p> <p><strong>Hiring a driver</strong></p>TEDxShanghai 520 Eventhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120520_tedxshanghai_520_event.htmSun, 20 May 2012 20:23:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120520_tedxshanghai_520_event.htm<p>I attended the TEDxShanghai event today (May 20, 2012) at the Shanghai Concert Hall.</p> <p>TED means Technology, Entertainment, and Design. It was started in mid-1980s, and kept the vision of &ldquo;Ideas worth spreading&rdquo;. The famous TED main conference in California charges 7500 USD for each participants, and is sold out soon.</p> <p>TEDx is independently organized TED event. It is brand licensing model, like franchise. It is non-profit - all profit needs to go back to the TED organizing itself. There are strict rules of each TED event - the rules makes the TEDx events pretty consistent with the main TED theme.</p>Baixing Office Pictures in May 2012https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120519_baixing_office_pictures_in_may_2012.htmSat, 19 May 2012 19:06:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120519_baixing_office_pictures_in_may_2012.htm<p>At weekend, I am staying in the office of Baixing.com and took some photos of the empty workspace. After moving to this building (Haoran High-Tech Building on the campus of Shanghai Jiaotong University) for 5 years and move to the 2nd floor for half years, the office is finally fully opened. We occupied the first half and expanded to the second half recently.  People often ask me what the office look like. Now, let me give you a tour.</p>My 3 Words for 2012https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120519_my_3_words_for_2012.htmSat, 19 May 2012 00:21:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120519_my_3_words_for_2012.htm<p>It is almost the middle of the year, when I read Elliot&rsquo;s blog entry: <a href="http://elliottng.com/my-3-words-for-2012-20111229.html">My 3 Words for 2012</a>, where he got inspiration from <a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/my-3-words-for-2010/">Chris Brogan</a>. For an <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wordpress/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htm">ENFP</a>, to-do-list is not my style. I would rather have a theme and put everything around that Guiding Pillars. With a theme, it is more like a pull not a push, and that is the mode of life I enjoy.</p> <p>Here are my three themes: Talent, Do, (  ). I am leaving the third to later time.</p>Finally on WordPresshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120518_finally_on_wordpress.htmFri, 18 May 2012 22:17:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120518_finally_on_wordpress.htm<p>If you see this message, it means you are reading a website created by <a href="http://wordpress.org">WordPress</a>.</p> <p>After <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120512_thinking_about_switching_to_wordpress.htm">considering moving from MovableType to WordPress</a>, to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120513_migrating_movabletype_to_wordpress.htm">actual migration</a>,  I am finally there! Congrats to WordPress. You just won me from the MT camp.</p>Yifan Loves Taking Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120517_yifan_loves_taking_photos.htmThu, 17 May 2012 00:02:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120517_yifan_loves_taking_photos.htm<p>When Yifang got a chance to take photos with iPhone, he will carefully point to any object that got his attention and take photos of it. Everyday, he generate a lot of &ldquo;garbage pictures&rdquo; on my iPhone.</p> <p>However, I decided not to delete them. I am going to keep them forever, at least to safely transfer the photos to Yifan when he grows up, and he can make the decisions later. I created a folder called &ldquo;Yifan&rsquo;s World&rdquo; in my laptop, and drag all the pictures he took there. Here are some samples of what he took.</p>Spam Enters Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120516_spam_enters_china.htmWed, 16 May 2012 23:32:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120516_spam_enters_china.htm<p>I am not talking about email spam, or comment spam. I am talking about Spam from Hormel - the lunch meat.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9047-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I am not sure if it has been in China market for a while or not. I just saw it on the table of my dining room few days ago.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9050.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I am happy that people are rich enough not to have to each spam every day.</p>Remote Access to iMac at Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120514_remote_access_to_imac_at_home.htmMon, 14 May 2012 23:02:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120514_remote_access_to_imac_at_home.htm<p>I have a iMac computer at home which is always on. I want to find ways to access this computer from office. Here is my technical note when I did my research about how to do it.</p>Migrating MovableType to WordPresshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120513_migrating_movabletype_to_wordpress.htmSun, 13 May 2012 22:15:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120513_migrating_movabletype_to_wordpress.htm<p>This is a migration guide I wrote solely for the benefit of myself. Although I don&rsquo;t think I need it the second time, to have a detailed reproduce steps written and modify to reflect the actual steps are the basic skills of a support engineer (by training).</p> <p><strong>The Problems</strong></p> <p>The basic export/import stuff works for MovableType to WordPress - pretty straight forward. There are only three minor issues that prevent the smooth transition.</p>Thinking about Switching to Wordpresshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120512_thinking_about_switching_to_wordpress.htmSat, 12 May 2012 12:39:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120512_thinking_about_switching_to_wordpress.htm<p>I am a one with emotions. I have been using MovableType for almost 10 years - daily. There are many great memories with MovableType. I know their founders (well, met briefly during my first Silicon Valley trip), and I know many of their people (well, early employees, not sure if they are still there). They even hosted a 6 year blogging anniversary for me in their office. I am using MovableType daily for so long. To be short, I loved MovableType, and the team.</p>Over Optimistic and Over Pessimistichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120511_over_optimistic_and_over_pessimistic_.htmFri, 11 May 2012 23:14:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120511_over_optimistic_and_over_pessimistic_.htm<p>Based on my observation on the International companies in China, which failed, or failing, they are swinging from the over optimistic mode to over pessimistic mode. eBay is an example, and Google is another.</p> <p>They start with big ambition to get the whole country in few months, or 1 year, but it quickly find out that it is mission impossible and then they quickly switch to the over pessimistic mode and claim the failure. They are actually not.</p>New Traditional Industry Leaders Meetuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120510_new_traditional_industry_leaders_meetup.htmThu, 10 May 2012 23:46:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120510_new_traditional_industry_leaders_meetup.htm<p>This is an interesting gathering - a group of CEOs of Internet companies in Shanghai agreed to meet quarterly. We joked the industry has become a new &ldquo;traditional industry&rdquo;, because it has been labor intensive, unlike the traditional internet business model.</p> <p>Here is the final photo:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/10/7171065054_ce5478ebc6_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>From the left to right are:</p> <p>Afu, CEO of JJDD.com</p> <p>Zhang Tao, CEO of Dianping.com</p> <p>Bill Yao, CEO of PPTV.com</p> <p>Mike Liang, CEO of Anjuke.com</p>The Question to Ask on Dinner Partyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120509_the_question_to_ask_on_dinner_party.htmWed, 09 May 2012 23:29:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120509_the_question_to_ask_on_dinner_party.htm<p>Check out Auren Hoffman&rsquo;s blog post: <a href="http://blog.summation.net/2012/05/tpq-thought-provoking-questions.html">TPQ - Thought Provoking Questions</a>. This answered the question about &ldquo;The Awkwardness of Meeting Someone in Person&rdquo; I mentioned yesterday in this <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120508_the_top_of_paul_grahams_list.htm">post</a>. It is the lack of a good question.</p> <p>Dr. Andreas Weigend&rsquo;s TPQ was, &ldquo;What was your biggest surprise in the last year?&rdquo;</p> <p>I got another one, it is asked by Adams Lashinsky: &ldquo;How you can make big money in the next 20 years?&rdquo;</p>The Top of Paul Graham's Listhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120508_the_top_of_paul_grahams_list.htmTue, 08 May 2012 22:03:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120508_the_top_of_paul_grahams_list.htm<p>A short quote from Paul Graham&rsquo;s to do list in this article <em><a href="http://paulgraham.com/todo.html">The Top of My Todo List</a></em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Don&rsquo;t ignore your dreams; don&rsquo;t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.</p> </blockquote> <p>Paul continued to be the most amazing writers that I read - he have some genuine thoughts, and guide him and many of his startups. I would highly recommend you to read his blog.</p> <p><strong>The Awkwardness of Meeting Someone in Person</strong></p>TnDao, Shanghai's TEDhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120507_tndao_shanghais_ted.htmMon, 07 May 2012 22:02:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120507_tndao_shanghais_ted.htm<p>I attended the TnDao forum. It was great.</p> <p>TnDao forum was inspired by TED, and was initiated by Mr. Dai Jianbiao and many other great people like Miss Jian Fang, and Mr. Jian Changjian. It is a monthly talk of great people and offers an opportunity for few hundreds people to escape from their busy lives to get inspired by new ideas, especially from different industries.</p> <p>You can get more information and the past video from <a href="http://tndao.com">http://tndao.com</a>.</p>Longjing is My Favorite Villagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120506_longjing_is_my_favorite_village.htmSun, 06 May 2012 23:29:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120506_longjing_is_my_favorite_village.htm<p>&ldquo;40-year-old is the time to form one&rsquo;s value system&rdquo;, He Ying meant it when we had coffee tonight, after I am back from Hangzhou (the fourth consecutive weekend).</p> <p>The mountain area of Hangzhou is very good place for exercise, to drink, eat, to stay and to think. Among the villages, I love Longjing 龙井, Manjuelong 满觉陇 and Yangmeiling 杨梅岭 most. I climbed the mountains, and drinker the tea, and rate it as my favorite village in China. (Well, this is a very biased view, since I only visited very few of them. But anyone has the right to do the rating anyway, right?)</p>Going to Hangzhou Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120505_going_to_hangzhou_again.htmSat, 05 May 2012 12:30:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120505_going_to_hangzhou_again.htm<p>After being in Hangzhou for three consecutive weekend, I decided to go to Hangzhou again, today, with Wendy and Yifan.</p> <p>This is an action to break the laziness and make some difference in the normal life.</p> <p>IF, I mean everyone can imagine the IF part, we set our home in Hangzhou, and we will commute to Hangzhou every weekend. I know many people, at least 10 of them, have their home in a different city and they have to do the same thing as we do today, for years. Many of them have homes in Shanghai but work in Beijing or Shenzhen, or Hangzhou.</p>Shanghai Real Estates Still Under Controlhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120504_shanghai_real_estates_still_under_control.htmFri, 04 May 2012 22:38:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120504_shanghai_real_estates_still_under_control.htm<p>The Chinese government always have more methods to control whatever they want to control. They can control how many child you are allowed to have, and it is not surprising to see how many houses you can buy.</p> <p>According to the <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/5257214.htm">House Purchase Restriction</a> order:</p> <ul> <li> <p>For local residents who already have one apartment, and non-local residents who have been paying tax for two years, they can only purchase another one.</p> </li> <li> <p>For local residents with two or more apartments, or non-local residents with one or more apartments, they are not allowed to buy any houses/apartments.</p>Interior Drawing Practiceshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120430_interior_drawing_practices.htmMon, 30 Apr 2012 22:04:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120430_interior_drawing_practices.htm<p>Here are some photos of my drawing of what is inside a room.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/05/IMG_9001-358x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It is a little bit better that the previous drawings.</p>为“二”的精神干杯https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120316_aeaaeaccc.htmFri, 16 Mar 2012 22:41:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120316_aeaaeaccc.htm<p>2005年六月，我写了一片文章，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050624_eciecae.htm">赐名给我，我就火了</a>，其中表达了我对芙蓉现象的困惑。</p> <blockquote> <p>那天和郑子颖在人民公园附近聊起芙蓉姐姐，两人都大笑不已。郑子颖问：“建硕，你能说明白大家关注芙蓉姐姐的时候是什么一种心态？”</p>寻找象吸烟一样有利于沟通的活动https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120307_ecaeaeec.htmWed, 07 Mar 2012 22:53:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120307_ecaeaeec.htm<p>我从不吸烟，但发现办公室里一起吸烟是种及其有效的沟通方式。 1）吸烟的人每天反正要吸，如同吃饭睡觉上厕所一样，只要有人一叫，立刻放下手头的事就能出去，反正不浪费时间－总归要花的时间嘛！ 2）一起强制呆5－7分钟。只要开始，必然要在一起呆够一支烟的功夫，没见过吸一半就走的。 3）这七分钟的话题，基本上是没有准备过的话题，和正式开会一定不同，不带点儿八卦好像都不好意思说出口。 4）时间短，有明确的结束时间。因为一支烟吸完，基本上一定会定时散场，因为空站着很奇怪，尤其在楼梯间的时候。这让没有任何人有负担。 符合这四个条件的，我找了好久。 1）吃饭，时间太长，不够轻量级。 2）睡觉，这。。。。算了。 3）上厕所，女生好像还有这爱好，男的算了。 4）吃水果，这个还算靠谱，拉着晓良吃了几次水果，发现不符合第四条，上次一不小心把公司给所有人的水果吃光了才结束。 5）喝奶茶，这个其实是相当靠谱的，就是最近有点冷，还有也不够健康。 6）喝水。到现在我能找到的最靠谱的方式了。再加以改进，改为茶，完美了。 证明如下： 1）反正要喝，多喝水总归更健康。 2）强制7分钟。茶从茶叶放进去，放热水，凉到可以喝，到喝完，正好10分钟以内。 3）话题－同吸烟一样。 4）喝完了，就走了，象是有闹钟似的。 等我拉大家喝水不要奇怪。。。</p>7 Year Anniversary of Baixinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120301_7_year_anniversary_of_baixing.htmThu, 01 Mar 2012 23:33:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120301_7_year_anniversary_of_baixing.htm<p>It is an exciting day. Looking back of the 7 years, I cannot imagine how I can be luckier to have a group of really talented, committed, and passionate friends to work on this. 7 years is not a short period of time. That is almost 1/7 of one&rsquo;s entire working life. This group of people stayed with each other, hand in hand, and marching forward - to change the world.</p>局部最大化的CEO们https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120225_ecceoae.htmSat, 25 Feb 2012 23:40:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120225_ecceoae.htm<p>如果在探寻Steve Jobs的足迹，一定会发现Apple名叫Gil Amelio的前任CEO。我花了很长时间去看他的录像。那种无趣的感觉和Steve Ballmer的最近几场演讲很像。可以预见，微软的未来不见的比Steve Jobs回归前的Apple好太多。</p>好制度和坏制度https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120223_397.htmThu, 23 Feb 2012 09:07:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120223_397.htm<p>好制度是为了提高效率，让人干更多的事情，比如</p> <ul> <li> <p>把上线时间定下来，每天9点半上线，而不是随意的，避免了每天大家问来问去。</p> </li> <li> <p>合理的分工让大家不是经常的不确定谁来做某件事情</p>法律和实践https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120222_e-8.htmWed, 22 Feb 2012 22:47:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120222_e-8.htm<p>在西安到兰田晃悠的大巴上（旁边是秦岭的余脉在远处蜿蜒），我向一位法律界的朋友请教如何建立社区秩序的问题。他教会我一个常识：法律(Law)重要，实践(Practice)更重要。</p>公司文化https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120221_p395.htmTue, 21 Feb 2012 13:33:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120221_p395.htm<p>公司文化是一个偏大的词儿，我一直想找一些更小的词来定义它。</p> <p>公司文化是一种组织习惯。任何事情都有至少10种正确的做法，作为一群人，有没有一种统一的做法，保证一个组织像一个人一样行为一致，可以预测？这是组织的习惯。</p>你有把枪抬高一厘米的自由https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120218_aeeaeccec.htmSat, 18 Feb 2012 22:51:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120218_aeeaeccec.htm<p>我们在中国现在的世界里，常常做出些身不由己的事情，很多都是出于所谓的上级命令。这里有一个案例，或许对矛盾中的我们有所帮助。</p> <p>1989年2月，东德的小伙格夫洛伊试图翻越柏林墙，被当时的东德哨兵亨里奇用冲锋枪打死。他作为军人，是在执行命令。他没有其他选择，不是吗？这多么像现今的我们，明明知道不对，为了逃避对自己的加害，必须去执行一些加害于其他人的行为。</p>Changzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120218_changzhou.htmSat, 18 Feb 2012 20:17:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120218_changzhou.htm<p>I am in Changzhou.</p> <p>So far, it seems amazing. The city is clean and nice - just as an extension of the whole Biyun or Liangyan Area of Shanghai. It is just amazing.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/02/18/6896115791_e45d4b7668_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/02/18/6896127375_6e8e74b4d6_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>公司的青春期https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120217_ce-4.htmFri, 17 Feb 2012 21:12:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120217_ce-4.htm<p>觉得公司最近进入了青春期。</p> <p>青春期是一个从生理到心理都出现变革的时期。因为成长，以前的做事方式需要改变，文化需要修正，流程需要建立，已有的流程需要打破，新的同事带着多样的文化融入到教派般的老文化中，生意的规模和复杂度远远超过了原来可以对付的边界。这是个不得不改变的时期，也是个充满不确定的时期。</p>Planning Ahead Ended with Packed Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120215_planning_ahead_ended_with_packed_days.htmWed, 15 Feb 2012 23:18:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120215_planning_ahead_ended_with_packed_days.htm<p>I am planning ahead and started to put appointment one or two weeks ahead of time. Some of the meeting appointment is even a quarter away.</p> <p>This practice ended up with very packed day. In the last few days, my schedule is like a meeting every two hours or one hour. I actually had 5 meetings today.</p> <p>The upside of this type of scheduling is, it put the most important things on the calendar first, and you make sure you the important things done first, instead of urgent one.</p>Connect with People We Knowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120212_connect_with_people_we_know.htmSun, 12 Feb 2012 22:38:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120212_connect_with_people_we_know.htm<p>Here is the challenge. Just as <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20120211_scaling_an_organization.htm">scaling the organization</a>, as I grew, well, to 30-some, the relationship network I accumulate over the last 20 years started to reach a scale that is hard to manage the old way. Maybe that is the reason why time flies faster and faster. Think of Yifan - he only has about 10 person relationship he needs to manage right now (at the age of 4, parents, grandparents, teachers, and a girl-friend). I have at least 1000 people in my address book that I had once kept pretty close relationship along the way.</p>Big Surprise: How Much Apple Product I Boughthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120212_big_surprise_how_much_apple_product_i_bought.htmSun, 12 Feb 2012 17:44:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120212_big_surprise_how_much_apple_product_i_bought.htm<p>One of the biggest surprise in 2011 was how many Apple product I bought. I had never imagined that before. Here is a list:</p> <ol> <li> <p>iMac as the main desktop computer in our reading room.</p> </li> <li> <p>MacBook Air 13&rsquo; as my main laptop.</p> </li> <li> <p>MacBook Air 11&rsquo; as Wendy&rsquo;s main laptop</p> </li> <li> <p>iPhone 4 for my main phone</p> </li> <li> <p>iPhone 4 for Wendy&rsquo;s main phone</p> </li> <li> <p>iPad first generation for me</p> </li> <li> <p>iPad 2 for Wendy</p> </li> <li> <p>Time Capsule as main wireless router, and main NAS</p>Scaling An Organizationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120211_scaling_an_organization.htmSat, 11 Feb 2012 22:04:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120211_scaling_an_organization.htm<p>I love technology, and enjoy scaling a system. You build the right architecture to allow scale out - using more computers to provide more processing power.</p> <p>Talking about a company, we have to scale it as well. It is an art of scaling a human organization. To make a scalable system work for the people is much more complicated than in technical world.</p> <p>When an organization grows, easy things started to become difficult. In technical world, insert a record into a database, serving a page view - any newly-graduate computer major can do the job. Inserting 1 million record per minute into the database, or serving 1 billion page views per day? Not easy. For the organization, it is the same. Communication within 1 0 person team is very different from 100 person team.</p>做大和做强https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120211_391.htmSat, 11 Feb 2012 21:37:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120211_391.htm<blockquote> <p>“如果把扩大规模看作成功，那么这种成功必将会失败”。 －－ 霍华德－舒尔茨，星巴克。</p> </blockquote> <p>一家公司可以做大，也可以做强。很多榜单，无论是财富500强（按照营业额排名）还是股票市场（按照市值排名），其实说得都是“大”这件事情，而大不是以强作为根基的，不会长久。</p>最好的跑步地点在楼下https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120207_cecae-2.htmTue, 07 Feb 2012 22:26:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20120207_cecae-2.htm<p>找了几天，试了不同的地方，羡慕了半年Ann的世纪公园线路，终于在跑了50公里左右，发现最好的跑步场所就在楼下的公园里面。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2012/02/08/map-jinxiuhuacheng-running" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>在开始在楼下跑步之前，Wendy认为自己和跑步之间隔着一个跑步机，我觉得隔着一个可以和我的iPhone相连的名叫Nike+的小小传感器。这些，其实都是没有必要的。</p>Network Infrastructure in My Home - After 10 Yearshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120204_network_infrastructure_in_my_home_-_after_10_years.htmSat, 04 Feb 2012 15:22:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120204_network_infrastructure_in_my_home_-_after_10_years.htm<p>I wrote an article about 10 years ago (on September 13, 2002) named:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020913_network_infrustucture_in_my_home_in_shanghai.htm">Network Infrastructure in my Home in Shanghai</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Time flies. So many things changed since I wrote that blog ten years ago.</p> <ul> <li> <p>I was at age of 25 at that time, and now I am 35</p> </li> <li> <p>At that time, I was an engineer at Microsoft who likes and good at writing <strong>technical</strong> articles like Knowledge Base Articles. Now, I am an entrepreneur who only cares about the network to be working than anything else.</p>What is CEO's Jobhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120203_what_is_ceos_job.htmFri, 03 Feb 2012 21:59:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120203_what_is_ceos_job.htm<p>What a CEO should do? I have to recommend an article from Ben Horowitz again (the second time in a week): <a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/05/30/how-andreessen-horowitz-evaluates-ceos/">How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs</a>.</p> <p>Here is some note I took away from the reading. You should definitely read it too, by yourself.</p> <p>According to Ben, he thinks the CEOs should do two things:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Does the CEO know what to do?</p> </li> <li> <p>Can the CEO get the company do what he knows?</p>Shanghai New Traditional Industry Gatherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120202_shanghai_new_traditional_industry_gather.htmThu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120202_shanghai_new_traditional_industry_gather.htm<p><strong>New Year Gather</strong></p> <p>The interesting part of life is to set traditions. We now have a new tradition: to meet quarterly within the community of Internet entrepreneurs in Shanghai. Here is the first gather:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2012/02/02/shanghai-jianshuo.mikeliang.etc-internet.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>They are the CEO of <a href="http://dianping.com">dianping.com</a>, <a href="http://61.com">61.com</a>, <a href="http://51.com">51.com</a>, <a href="http://pptv.com">pptv.com</a>, <a href="http://jjdd.com">jjdd.com</a>, some of the most important internet websites in China.</p> <p><strong>Beautiful Life</strong></p> <p>Alan de Botton is really my favorite writer. I am re-reading his &ldquo;Consolation of Philosophy&rdquo;, and it inspired me a lot. On Consolation of Lack of Money, he wisely quoted Epicure about the natural and necessary needs of human. It turned out that those does not cost a lot of money, like running, is natural and necessary, while expensive houses and fame are not. We really need to switch the paradigm of this world.</p>Pudong IKEA is 500 Calorie Awayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120201_pudong_ikea_is_500_calorie_away.htmWed, 01 Feb 2012 21:42:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120201_pudong_ikea_is_500_calorie_away.htm<p>I just got Nike+ and started to test run with my iPhone. The first experiment is to understand how much calorie a typical running route cost. So I picked southbound of my home.</p> <p>It turned out that the Pudong IKEA store is exactly 500 calories away from my home. That means, if I want to increase 33% calorie burn, or get rid of what I got from a dinner, I should just decide to visit IKEA.</p>Highly Recommend Ben Horowitz's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120201_highly_recommend_ben_horowitzs_blog.htmWed, 01 Feb 2012 09:35:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120201_highly_recommend_ben_horowitzs_blog.htm<p>Here is a list of articles on the left side of <a href="http://bhorowitz.com/">Ben&rsquo;s Blog</a>. I found out all of them - every single article of them worth reading. You should, if you also run a company.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/">Why We Prefer Founding CEOs</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2011/01/04/when-smart-people-are-bad-employees/">When Smart People are Bad Employees</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-buys-skype/">Microsoft Buys Skype</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/05/30/how-andreessen-horowitz-evaluates-ceos/">How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/08/23/how-to-minimize-politics-in-your-company/">How to Minimize Politics in Your Company</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2011/04/15/peacetime-ceowartime-ceo/">Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2011/10/08/nobody-cares/">Nobody Cares</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2011/04/01/what%e2%80%99s-the-most-difficult-ceo-skill-managing-your-own-psychology/">What&rsquo;s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/08/02/taking-the-mystery-out-of-scaling-a-company/">Taking the Mystery out of Scaling a Company</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/13/four-things-some-vcs-do-that-i-dont-like/">Four Things Some VCs Do That I Don&rsquo;t Like</a></li> <li><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2010/05/14/why-startups-should-train-their-people/">Why Startups Should Train Their People</a> Thanks Richard Lim for sharing the first article with us.</li> </ul> <p>P.S. John Morgidge, CEO cisco, once said</p>Pretotype - Inspired by Alberto Savoiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120130_pretotype_-_inspired_by_alberto_savoia.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 08:51:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120130_pretotype_-_inspired_by_alberto_savoia.htm<p>Yutong sent me the prototype book by Alberto Savoia. In the first page I saw this quote:</p> <blockquote> <p>Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn once said: &ldquo;If you are not embar- rassed by the first version of your product, you&rsquo;ve launched too late.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote> <p>Very nicely said. Thanks Yutong.</p> <p>Obviously, anything that sounds right must be put into context, and the tough part is, the author often ignore that part, and only tell you the conclusion. Just as the &ldquo;Little Horse Crossing the River&rdquo; story, the Ox, and the squirrel told completely different idea but they forgot to tell the horse that the depth of the river was relative to THEIR heights.</p>Epicureanismhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120129_epicureanism.htmSun, 29 Jan 2012 23:45:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120129_epicureanism.htm<p>There is a section in the book <em>The Consolations of Phylosiphy</em> covering the topic of Epicureanism. May spend some time to understand it.</p> <p>We setup Sonos system at home. Good speaker with an iPhone type of system in it.</p> <p>And Wendy fell in love with the new Kindle.</p> <p>Hmmm.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">which kindle?<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2012-01-30 01:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Which kindle?<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2012-01-30 05:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Kindle Touch Wifi.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2012-01-30 08:01</div></div> </details>Long Long Road Ahead - G40https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120128_long_long_road_ahead_-_g40.htmSat, 28 Jan 2012 10:42:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120128_long_long_road_ahead_-_g40.htm<p>G40 is the code for Shanghai - Shaanxi National Expressway. It starts from Shanghai and run about 1500 km and goes from about 31.23°N, 121.5°E to 34.27°N, 108.9°E. That is almost one time zone difference (15 degree).</p> <p>It is pretty handy to get back to Wendy&rsquo;s home town Nanyang from Shanghai. Along the way, we started from G42 and went across G15 and G2 in Shanghai, G25 and G3 in Nanjing, G35 in the middle of no where and G45 near east of Xinyang, G4 at Xinyang and finally G55 in Nanyang. That is basically the traverse of the China National Highway System.</p>Why We Like Hotelshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120128_why_we_like_hotels.htmSat, 28 Jan 2012 09:30:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20120128_why_we_like_hotels.htm<p>We finally arrived at hotel at Nanjing, after 7 hours of driving. &ldquo;We love hotels&rdquo; Wendy and I agreed, not to mention our little hotel lover, Yifan. He just started to run around and play with all kinds of things.</p> <p>Here is the question: why we love hotels?</p> <p>It is empty. There are drawers but nothing in it. There are enumertable number of items even in the washroom: soap, shampoo, lotion, tooth brush. There are desks, but basically nothing is readable on it. There are TV - yes. If they remove the TV, it can bring more sense of emptiness.</p>Visiting Bay Area in Mid Januaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111226_visiting_bay_area_in_mid_january.htmMon, 26 Dec 2011 11:16:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111226_visiting_bay_area_in_mid_january.htm<p>Travel news! I am visiting the bay area from January 13 to January 19, 2012.</p> <p>I want my readers to know the news, and if you want a meet up, please drop an email to me at jianshuo at hotmail.com</p>《浪潮之巅》作者吴军老师上海开讲https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20111107_aaeaaeeeaee.htmMon, 07 Nov 2011 17:57:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20111107_aaeaaeeeaee.htm<p>本周五晚上，百姓网邀请到了《浪潮之巅》作者吴军坐客百姓网，和互联网同行们共享《浪潮之巅》这场盛宴，欢迎大家参加。 时间：2011/11/11（本周五） 19:00-21:0 地点：广元西路55号上海交通大学浩然高科技大厦3楼 位子有限，有兴趣参加的同学们发信给qiyanmei@baixing.com注册！</p>Drove to Hangzhou and Back, in a Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111106_drove_to_hangzhou_and_back_in_a_day.htmSun, 06 Nov 2011 00:16:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111106_drove_to_hangzhou_and_back_in_a_day.htm<p>To have a travel companion is very important to long distance driving. I drove to Hangzhou, 2 hours, this morning from 9:30 to 11:30 am (well, in Hangzhou, it took another 30 minute in traffic), and back in two hours (7:00 to 9:00 pm) with Jim, Jack, and Jiangfeng. The trip was nice with a car full of interesting people. :-)</p> <p>P.S. It is OK not to speak Cantonese&hellip;. :)</p>Jian Shuo, Yifeng, and Keso in Same Photohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111106_jian_shuo_yifeng_and_keso_in_same_photo.htmSun, 06 Nov 2011 00:11:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111106_jian_shuo_yifeng_and_keso_in_same_photo.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/11/06/6314735927_79258f6a3a_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Finally, one of the three very similar Chinese IT bloggers got into the same photo, for the first time. It is also my first time to meet Yifeng in person.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Yifeng Ruan?<br><br>Wow 这个跟他博客上面的照片怎么不太像<div class="comment-meta">— GLORY · 2011-11-06 02:41</div></div> <div class="comment">是啊，没想到一峰这么瘦。<div class="comment-meta">— Rory · 2011-11-06 19:47</div></div> <div class="comment">博主，你们的广告做得怪有意思的，比58之前那个扯着嗓子喊得好多啦。不过网页设计的到没广告那么简洁了。不过我是门外汉，就是说说自己的感受。还有就是见到阮一峰庐山真面目啦。<div class="comment-meta">— lesley · 2011-11-07 09:27</div></div> <div class="comment">I liked the content on this site. Would like to visit again. Visit shilpbazaar dot com<div class="comment-meta">— deepa · 2011-11-29 21:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Excellently written article, if only all bloggers offered the same content as you, the internet would be a much better place. Please keep it up!<div class="comment-meta">— SMC solenoid valve · 2011-12-01 14:52</div></div> </details>支持“不靠谱的主意”就是支持创新https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20111105_aaeeecaea.htmSat, 05 Nov 2011 23:37:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20111105_aaeeecaea.htm<p>今天参加<a href="http://tisiwi.com">天使湾</a>在杭州举办的Demo Day，15个项目依次亮相。整个活动看到了让人眼睛一亮的项目，更看到了一种让人眼睛一亮的投资模式。</p> <p>小伟是适合做天使投资的。庞小伟同学对于科技可以带给世界的事情充满诗人一样的憧憬，有一种极致的理想主义，还有几乎是盲目的乐观。这些都是天使投资需要的，需要直觉大于理性，重信念而不是现实。。。。</p>Culture Shock in my Own Countryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111104_culture_shock_in_my_own_country.htmFri, 04 Nov 2011 00:16:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111104_culture_shock_in_my_own_country.htm<p>When foreigners enter a difference country, they feel the culture shock. However, I found out that even in China, I sometimes feel the culture shock myself, from time to time.</p> <p><strong>Regional Culture Shock</strong></p> <p>China is large, and China differs a lot from region to region. The recent trip to Xi&rsquo;an is pretty shocking in some ways - how people see entrepreneurs, and how people value their fixed income jobs - very different from Shanghai.</p>Back to Universityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111102_back_to_university.htmWed, 02 Nov 2011 23:56:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111102_back_to_university.htm<p>We had a nice university recruiting event tonight at the East China Science and Technology University. It is successful because the company is well presented, and the Q&amp;A section was good. If any of you have missed the event, you can simply contact us with your resume at <a href="mailto:eduhr@baixing.com">eduhr@baixing.com</a>, and I am looking forward to hear from you.</p> <p>Here are some random notes of today. (As Paul suggested, some times to spend time to record the random note is helpful to relax, and get more unstructured inspiration. I added, the other way to do that is just to draw - follow what you see, and don&rsquo;t care what is drawn on the paper).</p>Wrapping up YLF Xi'an Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111030_wrapping_up_ylf_xian_trip.htmSun, 30 Oct 2011 23:13:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111030_wrapping_up_ylf_xian_trip.htm<p>I am wrapping up this year&rsquo;s YLF trip on the flight from Xi&rsquo;an to Shanghai. I said farewell to my dearest friends today, after singing the song of all kinds on friendship last night. From time to time, I assert the necessity of the trip most of the time when I wrap it up. Obviously, these three days are very worth the time.</p> <p><strong>Cross Industry Knowledges</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/30/6295073902_2ed2a644f9_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Ron Xu</p>Songs are One of the Culture Gapshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111029_songs_are_one_of_the_culture_gaps.htmSat, 29 Oct 2011 23:56:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111029_songs_are_one_of_the_culture_gaps.htm<p>This year&rsquo;s YLF ended tonight, with a mad karaok until mid-night of both the Chinese and American participants. It was so fun to sing a Chinese song and an American song alternatively. This is the second time YLF went to sing together in my memory.</p> <p><strong>Music is Universal, Dance is, but Popular Songs are Not</strong></p> <p>This is my observation of this interesting event. The music is universal. When the music started, no matter it was Chinese or English song, people just started to get excited and swung, and danced with it. That is the mutual bounding between the people. We never feel we share the same humanity as much as when we are dancing with the same music.</p>Reflection of My 5 Years of YLFhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111029_reflection_of_my_5_years_of_ylf.htmSat, 29 Oct 2011 19:06:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111029_reflection_of_my_5_years_of_ylf.htm<blockquote> <p>This is the summary of what I talked during this year&rsquo;s YLF about my personal experience of the program</p> </blockquote> <p>The theme of this year&rsquo;s YLF is YLF Time Capsule - what I am going to put into the time capsule to be opened in the future to help understand the present. I actually will put something that I took out of the time capsule I started about 5 years ago. It is a list of articles I wrote about YLF. You know, I am a blogger. I write daily, in the last 10 years. I have about 70 entries mentioning YLF out of the 3000 entries, which means YLF is at least 5% of my life. The actual impact is even higher than that. I am lucky to be able to read the articles and understand how it got started, and how the magic happened.</p>Jade Valley Winery in Lantianhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111028_jade_valley_winery_in_lantian.htmFri, 28 Oct 2011 23:38:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111028_jade_valley_winery_in_lantian.htm<p>YLF has unique connections. The second day conference were held in unique places. June connected us with Shui Lu An where she helped to preserve, and Haisong and Phil connected us with Jade Valley Winery, where we held the nice discussion in the afternoon and dinner.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/28/6291719057_442ced36ca_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Ron Xu</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/28/6291722161_0a231201a1_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image taken by Ron Xu</p> <p><strong>Jade Valley Winery</strong></p> <p>Jade Valley Winery is one of the most unexpected encounters during the last few years for me. In the middle of the mountains of Qin Range, and beside the villages that cannot be more common in the area stood a <a href="http://http://www.jadevalley.com.cn/resort/?type=detail&amp;id=4">Stone House</a>, a residence that is built with the modern architect. We also visited the Jade Valley Resort - a well designed and constructed site at the top of a hill, facing the G40 Shanghai - Xi&rsquo;an Expressway, and a large grape land.</p>YLF in Xi'anhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111027_ylf_in_xian.htmThu, 27 Oct 2011 23:20:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111027_ylf_in_xian.htm<p>I cannot believe it that it is the tenth anniversary of YLF (Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum). It is the biggest personal commitment I made during the last five years to take three days out of the 365 days I have (about 1%), and it is also the best rewarding time I got. It is so amazing to spend time with the really talented people from both China and US, and from many sectors (business, architect, lawyer, dancer, education, journalism, military, space program, government officials, artist, publishers - you name it). Although I do hope I can be with the company in my daily work so much (exciting things going on there), I always told me that this is the best long term investment in myself, and even in the family, and the company around me. It is basically about making personal connections and make myself a better person.</p>Arrived at Xi'anhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111026_arrived_at_xian.htmWed, 26 Oct 2011 23:57:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111026_arrived_at_xian.htm<p>Wow. What a busy day. With two meetings in two places, and many meetings in the office. I even left my laptop in the Peace Hotel (and finally found it), and still have no idea where I left my jacket. When I am at the flight to Xi&rsquo;an, I was completely tired. I met Haisong, who introduced me to Jan and later to YLF on the plane. We talked a lot, and when we get to the Kempinski in Xi&rsquo;an, it is already the mid-night. I happily escaped from starving to death by eating a bowl of noodle. When I finally sit down and think about the day - hmmm&hellip; It is the first time I travel without watching taking off and landing from the plane window, and the first time I basically didn&rsquo;t see any scene or observe the architect of the hotel, and the first time not interested in looking out of the window of the hotel. It is the time to sleep.</p>Blog is Better than Microblog of mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111026_blog_is_better_than_microblog_of_me.htmWed, 26 Oct 2011 00:31:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111026_blog_is_better_than_microblog_of_me.htm<p>Disclaimer: I am only talking on behalf me, and stating a fact that just works for me. Not anybody else.</p> <p><strong>More Honest to One&rsquo;s Self</strong></p> <p>There is some benefits about not being that public. Weibo or twitter is really good at spreading the message to as many people as possible, but it is too public that you can hardly have time to be quiet and be honest to yourself. Writing a blog, if you are too concerned about the public response, chances are, you are not writing anything that worth recording. We often fell into the trap to believe we are somebody. We try to act everyday to be a &ldquo;proper&rdquo; person, but it turned out that no one really cares about you as much as ourselves. Well. One experiment I did for almost years is, to publish my mobile phone number to this popular blog - check the home page and look at right. So far, basically nothing happened. We are way too concerned about privacy, about this and about that. But if we are not honest with ourselves, blog is not a blog. It will be a personal propaganda to the world.</p>Try to be a Good CEOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111025_try_to_be_a_good_ceo.htmTue, 25 Oct 2011 00:17:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111025_try_to_be_a_good_ceo.htm<p>Whenever I felt frustrated, and felt there were so many balls falling and so little time, my friend just smiled and told me: &ldquo;Welcome to the world of a CEO&rdquo;.</p> <p>Yes. That is the experience to be a CEO. As an entrepreneur, you are facing the challenge that only the people who were in that position can understand - the loneliness, and the excitement - oh, boy, nothing in this world is comparable to that. I show my full respect to every CEO in this world - even my competitors, even former Apple CEO, former Yahoo! CEO, and former whatever company CEO who ended their career in a way of public failure - they have all the due respects, not to mention the greatest CEOs of this century - Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jack Welch. We are just the same kind.</p>A Note of the Sundayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111023_a_note_of_the_sunday.htmSun, 23 Oct 2011 23:07:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111023_a_note_of_the_sunday.htm<p><strong>Sheshan</strong></p> <p>The Mount She (It is pronounced as Sheer, not as the female pronoun), is the closest mountain to Shanghai (it is at the Qingpu District of the city). It is maybe the only climbable nature thing in this city. Wendy and I decided to go there and climb the mountain. It is not far from our home in Pudong - 51 km. We climbed the mountain - it is lower than most of the buildings in this city - less than 90m. Within 20 minutes, we went to the top and get to the ground, pretty confused, and disappointed by how low the hill actually is.</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111018_happy_birthday_to_me-10.htmTue, 18 Oct 2011 20:42:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111018_happy_birthday_to_me-10.htm<p>Tomorrow is my birthday. I am happy to turn 34 (or some people say, to be 35).</p> <p>I just felt that I have passed the age to make birthday resolution now. It has been great year for me - experienced many ups and downs, and grew a lot. I just feel I am surrounded with great friends and mentors each year.</p> <p>Happy birthday to me.</p> <p>P.S. I realized that I posted a &ldquo;Happy Birthday to Me&rdquo; every year since I started in this blog - from 2002, to 2010. It is almost a behavior art to write the same thing every year - for 9 years in a row.</p>Tomorrow is Steve Jobs Day in Californiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111015_tomorrow_is_steve_jobs_day_in_california.htmSat, 15 Oct 2011 15:33:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111015_tomorrow_is_steve_jobs_day_in_california.htm<p><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/10/15/steve-jobs-day-california-october-16-stanford/#28669Apple-Store-5th-Ave-NYC">California claimed Oct 16 is Steve Jobs day</a>. It is a well deserved honor. I don&rsquo;t think Steve ever cares about it when he was alive, and when he knows his days were limited.</p> <p>It reminded us the saying that &ldquo;What matters is not what the world give us. It is what we offer to this world&rdquo;. Steve offered a lot, and he is remembered.</p> <p>Sometimes, people need such inspirational moment when a great person leaves us as wake up call. It serves as a north star to help us understand what matters, via the life of another great person. That last time I was shocked, and moved, and in deep thoughts were almost 6 years ago (the flower I left in that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050120_space.htm">space</a>).</p>Upgraded to iOS 5 on iPhone 4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111015_upgraded_to_ios_5_on_iphone_4.htmSat, 15 Oct 2011 08:51:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111015_upgraded_to_ios_5_on_iphone_4.htm<p>With a night of download and a hour of installation, my iPhone 4 now runs iOS 5, the newest mobile operating system. The most exciting feature of iOS 5 is iCloud, and I am testing it right now.</p> <p><strong>First iCloud Experience</strong></p> <p>So far, the iCloud Experience was good - the photo stream feature basically delivered what it promised, but it is not as fast as I expected it to be. The photo will appear on my computer about two minutes after it is taken - not immediately. Should Apple strive to make it happen? That will be more intuitive (a typical demanding user).</p>Memorial to Steve Jobshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111015_memorial_to_steve_jobs.htmSat, 15 Oct 2011 02:57:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111015_memorial_to_steve_jobs.htm<p>These are the picture of the memorial of Steve Jobs at the Apple Store at 14th Street in New York.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243988752_1876cc1bb2_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243471001_ca2815df63_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243471043_438e13c015_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243471099_e30001c67a_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243988658_5984aaa496_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243470749_f7ac9b49f4_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243470647_4f625c9fd3_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/15/6243470435_c4a415fce5_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>New York and a Memorialhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111012_new_york_and_a_memorial.htmWed, 12 Oct 2011 01:42:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111012_new_york_and_a_memorial.htm<p>When I am talking about the feeling of New York, something reminded me of the feeling. That is a memorial in Berlin - the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. I don&rsquo;t want to connect New York with murder, or holocaust, but from the architect perspective, you can see something in common.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/12/6234970544_146d99d303_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>When people get in to a maze of poles, and look left, it is an alley, and to the right, it is the same. People just want to escape. Look at this. Is it the same as standing at 31th street, and 6th ave?</p>Bye Bye Big Applehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111010_bye_bye_big_apple.htmMon, 10 Oct 2011 22:27:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111010_bye_bye_big_apple.htm<p>Wendy and I am at JFK airport, wrapping up the four day trip in NYC, the big apple. When we said bye to our friend Sam, where we stayed with during this trip, the two small worms of this big apple is leaving. Yes. I did feel the reason why people call the city big apple - in the city, there are basically hard to see the sky (especially in mid-town), and we are just here wandering from street to street, and drink, and eat in the shops, and rest in a small apartment in the big city - just like worms. The city is so sweet, delicious, and attractive, to the small worms in it. Now, the two worms are leaving the Big Apple.</p>New York is not the City For Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111009_new_york_is_not_the_city_for_me.htmSun, 09 Oct 2011 13:21:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111009_new_york_is_not_the_city_for_me.htm<p>New York is a financial center. It is a paradise for finance industry, artist,, fashion designers, and many other people, but may not be the best place for Internet startups (so far, I only know <a href="http://foursquare.com">foursquare.com</a>, <a href="http://gilt.com">gilt.com</a>, <a href="http://theladder.com">theladder.com</a>). Most of the people I met so far are in financial industry - hedge funds, trading desk, PE, leverage financing&hellip; The terms I don&rsquo;t understand. Time is New York is not be happiest time in my life so far, although the view is amazing. From personality type, I just feel I belongs to the places like bay area better, than NYC.</p>Couragehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111009_courage.htmSun, 09 Oct 2011 12:06:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111009_courage.htm<p>It takes courage, to be the leader of something big. Jobs taught us so.</p>NASDAQ, Bloomburg, NCUSCR, and Morehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111008_nasdaq_bloomburg_ncuscr_and_more.htmSat, 08 Oct 2011 12:47:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111008_nasdaq_bloomburg_ncuscr_and_more.htm<p>Another exciting day in New York. Although I didn&rsquo;t pack my schedule as busy as I did when I was in Silicon Valley (most of the business meetings were completed yesterday), there are still a lot interesting things to do in New York, especially when I have unbelievably kind friends here who took great care of me.</p> <p><strong>NASDAQ</strong></p> <p>The day started with a visit to the NASDAQ Open Bell ceremony at 9:30 am. I was actually quite impressed by the way NASDAQ worked. At the Times Square, if you locate the NASDAQ Tower (very easy to see), and there is a glass room at the street level. That broadcast room IS the place to ring the bell. I thought it would be a place inside the building with a lot of people trading (the typical scene found in the NYSE, and Shanghai Stock Exchange), but they don&rsquo; t have that. As a completely automated system, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation (NASDAQ) does not have a physically marketplace (just like <a href="http://baixing.com">Baixing.com</a>). The tower (called Marketsite) is just a terminal of the real system - just as millions of terminals saw by millions of people worldwide. It is actually a broadcast room. Sherry told us that more than 100 TV programs were broadcast exactly from that room.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog Meetup in New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111008_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup_in_new_york.htmSat, 08 Oct 2011 12:15:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111008_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup_in_new_york.htm<p>It is official, and it is, as always, last minute, that I am going to host a small Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup in New York on Saturday (Oct 8, 2011), which is tomorrow, at 5:30 PM at the following location:</p> <blockquote> <p>Starbucks</p> <p>665 Broadway (cnr. E 2nd Street)</p> <p>New York, NY 10012</p> </blockquote> <p>It will last for one hour until 6:30 pm.</p> <p><strong>About the Meetup</strong></p> <p>This blog has been running for 9 years, and we have meetup from time to time. The first was in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031227_wonderful_meetup_on_dec_26.htm">2003 in Shanghai</a>, and few times later (like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080830_the_wonderful_2008_meetup.htm">this one in 2008</a>). It also happened in other places in the world, like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050424_meetup_in_san_francisco_ca.htm">San Francisco</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070908_meetup_in_palo_alto_on_sept_9_2007.htm">Palo Alto</a>. This is the first time it comes to New York. But as always, as a person who is incapable of planning anything in advance, it is always in the last-minute announcement style.</p>From Downtown to Midtownhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111007_from_downtown_to_midtown.htmFri, 07 Oct 2011 13:21:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111007_from_downtown_to_midtown.htm<p>I am using the small screen iPhone to write this blog. Sorry for being brief.</p> <p>New York stimulate my desire to make more drawings. I did and I will share when I can upload a picture. Check my Flickr account to see it now.</p> <p>The New York did lost a lot when the twin towers of WTC are gone. I share the pain of New Yorkers. Buildings are missed, not to mention the humans.</p>Arrived at New York - the Big Applehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111006_arrived_at_new_york_-_the_big_apple.htmThu, 06 Oct 2011 14:34:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111006_arrived_at_new_york_-_the_big_apple.htm<p>I just got to New York via a late flight DL2040 at JFK. I am at the 29th St. and 5th. Ave now with wonderful view from the window of my friend Sam.</p> <p>Something big happened today. Jobs died. The inevitable moment finally arrived and no one is prepared. I will collect news paper tomorrow to keep the historical moment and show solute to this great entrepreneur.</p> <p>The protest at Wall Street continues and I happen to be in the city. Will check it out.</p>Wrapping Up my SV Trip in Oct 2011https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111005_wrapping_up_my_sv_trip_in_oct_2011.htmWed, 05 Oct 2011 14:30:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111005_wrapping_up_my_sv_trip_in_oct_2011.htm<p>I am sitting at the small lobby of Camino Inn and Suite (at 1984 El Camino Real in Mountain View). It is almost 12:00 PM. The 2-star hotel typically offer free in-room wifi, but for something, it does not work today. So I spent the last night of my Silicon Valley trip in this empty lobby. As Alan de Botton put it: &ldquo;The beautiful loneliness of travel&rdquo;.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/10/05/6213751440_d85a55078f_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Drawing of the hotel lobby by Jian Shuo Wang</p>Shall I be Back with Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111005_shall_i_be_back_with_blog.htmWed, 05 Oct 2011 14:06:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20111005_shall_i_be_back_with_blog.htm<p>I tested to work on Weibo for some time, and it is good for instance publishing, and it did consumed much of my time. Now it is the time to do some reflection of the experiments, and understand what is the next thing to do.</p> <p>Shall I return to blog after pausing for some time?</p> <p>I think the answer is &ldquo;YES&rdquo;. You may be happy with my final decision. Here is why.</p>Questions on Innovationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110816_questions_on_innovation.htmTue, 16 Aug 2011 10:59:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110816_questions_on_innovation.htm<p>I got a list of questions to probe people&rsquo;s innovation ability. Here is the list, and I think it is well thoughts and written.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Finds new ideas by relating out-of-industry trends and patterns to the business.</p> </li> <li> <p>Creatively solves challenging problems by drawing on diverse ideas or knowledge.</p> </li> <li> <p>Often finds solutions to problems by drawing on solutions or ideas developed in other industries, fields, or disciplines.</p> </li> <li> <p>Frequently connects ideas from industries or situations unrelated to our business (often through analogy).</p>Reflection of the July 23 Highspeed Train Accidenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110808_p3056.htmMon, 08 Aug 2011 23:12:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110808_p3056.htm<p>It has been almost three weeks after the Highspeed Train D3115 and D301 crashed. As always, I felt hard to sit down and write about the event that is happening around us, especially for events like Tibet, and Wenzhou train accident that I don&rsquo;t have any direct information. Any conclusion based on the unverified information can lead to the wrong direction. Now, when everything settles, and people are about to forget about the event, and be ready to go on without looking back, it is the time to do some reflection of the events, and record some of the thoughts. My hope is, people will be able to look at what is going on in the current China after 50 years, and what a normal person sitting before a computer in Shanghai is thinking. (Time Capsule?)</p>Soul Searching - The Deep Trace of the Reasonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110808_soul_searching_-_the_deep_trace_of_the_reason.htmMon, 08 Aug 2011 22:51:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110808_soul_searching_-_the_deep_trace_of_the_reason.htm<p>The term soul searching comes from the book <em>The Facebook Effect</em>, on page 180 of the chapter 9, 2006.</p> <blockquote> <p>The astonishing success of Facebook&rsquo;s photos application led to a bout of soul-searching at the company. What was it, Zuckerberg and his colleagues asked themselves, that made photos so successful?</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Soul Searching</strong></p> <p>Soul searching means the deep trace of the reason why something worked. It is easy to be happy about a great feature, and a successful campaign, but it is way to easy to just stop tracing the deeper reason of the product. Just like the photos application of Facebook. It is a simple application without most of the features other photo sites have, but it is soon becoming the most successful photo application on the Internet. What is the driver for that? Why is that? Why, Why and Why?</p>Baixing is Moving to New Officehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110806_baixing_is_moving_to_new_office.htmSat, 06 Aug 2011 13:46:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110806_baixing_is_moving_to_new_office.htm<p>From Monday, majority of the company will move into a new office on the second floor of the building we are in - the Haoran High Tech Building inside the Shanghai Jiaotong University Xuhui Campus. It has been 4 and half years since we <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070104_eeae.htm">moved</a> into the building&rsquo;s 18th floor.</p> <p>The new office is much bigger, more beautiful, and more energetic. Thanks to Hua and Jia and many people to make it happen. Here are some photos of the finished area. The other half is under reservation, and will be ready in few months.</p>CEO Lessonshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110803_ceo_lessons.htmWed, 03 Aug 2011 23:06:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110803_ceo_lessons.htm<p>From time to time, I meet with people who work in big companies, and thought the achievement of the company in the past are their own. That is pretty funny. As a CEO, there are many news things that people in other roles don&rsquo;t think of. And of cause, as a CEO, there are many things need to be learnt on the job, since no university offer CEO lessons in undergraduate.</p>High-speed Train Crash, 33 Diedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110725_high-speed_train_crash_33_died.htmMon, 25 Jul 2011 00:16:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110725_high-speed_train_crash_33_died.htm<p>I wrote a lot about high-speed train.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100928_shanghai_to_hangzhou_highspeed_train.htm">Shanghai to Hangzhou Highspeed Train</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070505_faster_bullet_trains_in_china.htm">Faster Bullet Trains in China</a></p> <p>Not to mentions the tens of articles on Maglev.</p> <p>When I dreamed about going to Beijing via high-speed train, and thought highly about the mega-project, the train crash last night which killed 33 people really put me into deep thoughts - another type of thoughts.</p> <p>(If you are not aware of the accident, see the <a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4d5cbf220102drj8.html">photos here</a>)</p>FedEx, GE和Google的文化在打架https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110724_fedex_gegooglec.htmSun, 24 Jul 2011 22:38:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110724_fedex_gegooglec.htm<p>昨天和一位朋友聊天，提及几家比较了解的公司的文化，觉得把这三家公司放在一起对比很有意思，这三家有着迥异文化，却都非常成功的公司是FedEx，通用电气，和Google。</p>Daily Reporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110722_daily_report.htmFri, 22 Jul 2011 23:56:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110722_daily_report.htm<p>Daily report is a great way for people to do some meditation, and review what happened during the day. In my company, many new hire write daily reports, as communication and summary. What about my daily report?</p> <p><strong>Breakfast</strong></p> <p>Breakfast is one of the details we need to pay attention. In my so many years of running a company, free breakfast is the single highest ROI benefits I have ever tried. It helped the team to save time, foster communication, and increase the level of happiness. We should do more things to make the breakfast and other small benefits like this better. Free drink is another benefits that wildly spread out in the bay area among Silicon Valley hi-tech companies, and recently are the free meals (with nice chef)&hellip; We should increase the standard of the company to the next level.</p>Traffic Rules in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110722_traffic_rules_in_shanghai-2.htmFri, 22 Jul 2011 18:48:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110722_traffic_rules_in_shanghai-2.htm<p><em>Disclaimer: I am trying to tell a joke - a humorous way to illustrate the problem of Shanghai&rsquo;s traffic. Do not treat it as a tourist guide. It may cause serious danger, damage, or death.</em></p> <p>Traffic rules you have to follow in Shanghai.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Yield at Red Light. Red light in Shanghai does not mean stop. It means yield. When pedestrian observe red light at cross street, they must stop first, look left and right to make sure there is no cars, and they cross the street. BTW, do the same thing for green light.</p>Will MacBook Air / Mac OS X Lion Release Tonighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110720_will_macbook_air_mac_os_x_lion_release_tonight.htmWed, 20 Jul 2011 21:39:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110720_will_macbook_air_mac_os_x_lion_release_tonight.htm<p>What an amazing change! It has been a long time since I have ever expected the launch or release of something. Mac OS X Lion and MacBook Air are what I am expecting now. There is rumor that they will be released tonight (morning of US time). What was the last time I was so excited for something? Windows 2000 release?</p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to show my respect to Jobs, who have left Apple, according to him, to really think about the value of life, and back to Apple. I am sure because of his health condition, money and fame are no longer the reason for him to design, but he really made it possible to create something that is so wonderful. He is just great.</p>One and Half Hour Round Trip to Chongminghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110718_one_and_half_hour_round_trip_to_chongming.htmMon, 18 Jul 2011 22:36:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110718_one_and_half_hour_round_trip_to_chongming.htm<p>I did the experiment. To show my family Chongming, I drove from my home at 5:00 PM and went to Chongming via the Shanghai Yangtze Bridge and Tunnel, and get back to home at 6:30 PM. It takes about one and half hour to make a round trip to Chongming.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/07/18/5950627686_06b4b2bac7_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>What an amazing trip. I love the wide 3 lane tunnel that crosses the river, and the 10km bridge. It cost 100 RMB for round trip, but compared to the silly round Lujiazui tour bus, the trip is more recommended for people who want to experience the Mega side of the city. It is another <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080331_mega-projects_and_raising_power_of_china.htm">Mega Project in China</a>.</p>Find What I am Good at AND Enjoyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110714_find_what_i_am_good_at_and_enjoy.htmThu, 14 Jul 2011 00:22:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110714_find_what_i_am_good_at_and_enjoy.htm<p>From time to time, we need to do a refreshment about what we are good at, and what we enjoy most. Why that matters? It is the foundation of our life, and it is what we can enjoy the process and contribute more.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I cannot agree with you more,Jianshuo.Yesterday I just watched the movie &quot;3 idiots&quot;,and there are something concerning this issue.Farhan in the movie likes cameras,but his father thinks mechanic is far more promising,so he forced his son to have mechanic as his career.Fortunately,Farhan find what he really wants.<br><br>I don&#x27;t know whether you&#x27;ve watched it or not,so I recommend it to you!<div class="comment-meta">— Liu Dongyang · 2011-07-16 12:04</div></div> <div class="comment">@Liu Dongyang, I watched the movie as you recommended. Very long one, and I took few times to complete it. It is very nice, and well illustration of the idea, although a little bit exaggerated<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2011-07-18 22:46</div></div> </details>Frequency of Changing Laneshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110709_frequency_of_changing_lanes.htmSat, 09 Jul 2011 14:42:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110709_frequency_of_changing_lanes.htm<p>Something to observe - in Shanghai, the frequency of changing lanes on the road is very high, if not a constant action. People will shift from one lane to another, and to another, and back and forth, all the time.</p> <p>The frequency of the same action is so low in the bay area. Generally people need to change lane just few times in the whole journey. For example, get onto the University Ave, follow the one lane street, and choose the lane going to US-101 later. Keep the lane on the right before getting the ramp exit, and then follow the lane to hotel. That was a typical route.</p>Awareness of Time Zonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110707_awareness_of_time_zone.htmThu, 07 Jul 2011 07:53:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110707_awareness_of_time_zone.htm<p>We don&rsquo;t need to take care of time zone issue when we don&rsquo;t travel, and have no contact to the world outside our own.</p> <p>But the world changes. We fly around the world, and we have conference calls instantly connect the both side of the ocean - effectively confusing us about the time zones. In this article, I want to share some of the useful tips about remembering time zones.</p>Never Squeeze Buffer Time for Travelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110704_never_squeeze_buffer_time_for_travel.htmMon, 04 Jul 2011 04:04:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110704_never_squeeze_buffer_time_for_travel.htm<p>Now it is official: I will get to airport for any travel 2 hours before departure. That is the law now.</p> <p>The past experience shows that the practice works well. There are several reasons.</p> <p>A long line at check-in counter, and a slow attendant/a slow customer, or both can easily cost 30 - 60 minutes (As I did this morning at American Airlines SFO counter).</p> <p>Other things may happen. Just before I returned my car, I realized that I didn&rsquo;t fill in the gas yet. So I exit at a unfamiliar exit of US-101, only to find myself lost in the curry roads. After get a gas station, they do not accept my credit card (expected), but the counter was closed due to July 4 holiday (surprise!). Then I need to find another one.</p>Why I WILL Return my MacBook Airhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110703_why_i_will_return_my_macbook_air.htmSun, 03 Jul 2011 01:36:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110703_why_i_will_return_my_macbook_air.htm<p>The topic of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20110630_i_bought_myself_a_macbook_air.htm">buying a MacBook Air</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20110702_why_i_wont_return_my_macbook_air.htm">Why I Won&rsquo;t Return my MacBook Air</a> is getting more and more interesting. When I am thinking through it, I surprisingly find how a single decision relates to a broad range of topics, including the valuation of time, decision making process, losing face, desire for the better. Let me examine these one by one.</p> <p><strong>The Value of Time</strong></p> <p>The key reason I won&rsquo;t return the MacBook Air is about time. Waiting for another two weeks, and also bear the risk of initial shortage of supply, or even longer if I want to ask someone to buy it from Palo Alto and bring it to Shanghai to save about 10%? Or imagine enjoy the new laptop right now at desk of my hotel, at SFO airport, on plane (I heard the battery last for 7 hours which fit into my schedule), show it off to Wendy and try to hide it from the sight of Yifan?</p>Why I Won't Return my MacBook Airhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110702_why_i_wont_return_my_macbook_air.htmSat, 02 Jul 2011 14:24:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110702_why_i_wont_return_my_macbook_air.htm<p>Here is an interesting story, the most interesting one I got in the last few days.</p> <p>I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20110630_i_bought_myself_a_macbook_air.htm">bought myself a MacBook Air</a>. I was happy, excited, and cannot wait to open the box, and use it. I posted a blog article, and happily fell asleep. The second day, I wake up, only found the crucial truth, which my readers told me in my blog comment section: &ldquo;wrong decision&rdquo;, &ldquo;stupid&rdquo;, &ldquo;return it to store&rdquo;&hellip;.. Not because of the product is not good, because a new version of release of Apple MacBook Air is expected to release in two weeks! The new model comes with Thunderbolt, faster CPU, and Mac OS X Lion operating system.</p>I Bought Myself a MacBook Airhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110630_i_bought_myself_a_macbook_air.htmThu, 30 Jun 2011 16:17:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110630_i_bought_myself_a_macbook_air.htm<p>I passed by Apple Store in downtown Palo Alto, and bought myself a MackBook Air 13&rsquo;&rsquo; 256G notebook. I have been a fun of iPhone, and want to continue my explore to other Mac product. I wanted to buy iPad 2 initially, but at second thought, I may use a laptop more frequently iPad - a physical keyboard is the key to me.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/30/5886645663_f02b1cc230_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Sense of Relief</strong></p> <p>I am currently a proud Apple user. How strange it is if you put this into perspective - I have been working in Microsoft for 7 years. It is not politically right to use Apple product, or Linux product. Now I am a big fan of PHP, Linux, cheap scalable servers, and enjoys Apple. Of cause, for search, Google.</p>God is Favorable to People in Bay Areahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110629_god_is_favorable_to_people_in_bay_area.htmWed, 29 Jun 2011 15:48:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110629_god_is_favorable_to_people_in_bay_area.htm<p>I am here for few days. The bay area is always nice - sunny (except yesterday, when it rained a lot). The view of the bay area seems to be very stable, at least for a visitor like me. I don&rsquo;t see new buildings, and I don&rsquo;t see too much changes, event the name of the shops on the University Ave, in Palo Alto.</p> <p>The change of this place is all about the inside. The up and down of companies, the shift of talent from one to another (like to Google, and to Facebook), and the sentiment of financial marketing all change greatly, and that changes (part of) the world. You just don&rsquo;t see it from the buildings, and environment.</p>Don't Trust Travel Agencieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110628_dont_trust_travel_agencies.htmTue, 28 Jun 2011 23:31:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110628_dont_trust_travel_agencies.htm<p>I need to change my flight back to China earlier.</p> <p>I called ctrip, where I booked the flight (I should do a better job in getting around them). Their term:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sorry. We cannot do it since it is international flight. You have to give up your back leg, and book a new ticket. If you just change the date, you need to pay 1500 RMB change fee. Let me check what a single trip ticket from San Francisco to Shanghai is. That can be very expensive</p>Hello from SFOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110626_hello_from_sfo.htmSun, 26 Jun 2011 16:03:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110626_hello_from_sfo.htm<p>Hello, I am here, stayed at Foster City, CA this time.</p> <p>The trip was long. I transferred at Los Angeles International Airport via American Airlines. I didn&rsquo;t write it before, but I really like San Francisco over Los Angeles, and I enjoy SFO much better than LAX.</p> <p><strong>Los Angeles</strong></p> <p>Interestingly, my impression of Los Angeles was all about being hungry. The last time I did the trip with Wendy from the south up to LA on I-5, the only reason we took exist at the downtown was, we were so hungry because we didn&rsquo;t have lunch and it was 3:30 PM. So LA has been a place to eat when we are hungry. Later, when we spent the last night at LAX, it was the same. We wanted to have dinner, and since we stayed near LAX airport, we took the shuttle to the airport hoping to get some thing to eat. Again, to our disappointment, most terminals won&rsquo;t open for people who are not traveling.</p>I am Going to Sillicon Valleyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110625_i_am_going_to_sillicon_valley.htmSat, 25 Jun 2011 17:32:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110625_i_am_going_to_sillicon_valley.htm<p>I am checking my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090701_checklist_for_us_trip.htm">Checklist for US Trip</a> I prepared a long time ago. Interestingly, I found around July 1 is the most frequently traveled date I have for US trip. This time, since I booked later than I should, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041129_ua858_pvg_-_sfo.htm">UA858</a>, the flight I don&rsquo;t enjoy too much, was fully booked. So I am trying a new airline - <a href="http://aa.com">America Airlines</a>. The departure time is as late as 21:45 so I deferred to packing till now, which is 5:00 PM already.</p>Surround Yourself with Passionate Peoplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110622_surround_yourself_with_passionate_people.htmWed, 22 Jun 2011 21:35:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110622_surround_yourself_with_passionate_people.htm<p>I first read <a href="http://zenhabits.net/surround/">this sentence</a> in <a href="http://zenhabits.net">Zen Habits</a>. Leo, the writer of the blog, is obviously a passionate person.</p> <p>I had a good conversation with Ann in Starbucks at Liangyang area. From time to time, I meet with people like her, and get excited myself, even when talking about my own stuff. For example, <a href="www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-kagel/8/ba5/a68">Bob Kagel</a> is one of them. When talking with him, well, to be more exact, to be talking to him, and with him listening and asking questions, you get passionate about what you are doing. That is a magic. He once mentioned that the less control you seek, the more powerful you are. It is that type of passionate people. Mark Zurkerburg is another type of passionate people that you don&rsquo;t feel it when you talk with him. He is so shy, just like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050423_i_meet_mena_and_ben_from_six_apart.htm">Ben</a> of MovableType. But that type of person also impress me a lot by how &ldquo;insistent&rdquo; he is for certain things, which he has passion in.</p>IKEA Beicai Store Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110613_ikea_beicai_store_photos.htmMon, 13 Jun 2011 00:19:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110613_ikea_beicai_store_photos.htm<p>Yifan wanted to visit IKEA, so we went there, the new store, which is opening on June 23, 2011. Here are the photos.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/13/shanghai.ikea-entrance.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang on iPhone 4</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/13/shanghai.ikea-logo.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang on iPhone 4</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/13/shanghai.ikea-parking.direction.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang on iPhone 4</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/13/shanghai.ikea-parking.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang on iPhone 4</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/13/shanghai.ikea-store.front.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang on iPhone 4</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/13/shanghai.ikea-yifan.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Excercise Make People Happyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110611_excercise_make_people_happy.htmSat, 11 Jun 2011 18:44:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110611_excercise_make_people_happy.htm<p>One rule I learnt from blogging was, you have to enjoy the process of writing it, not the result of have something written. For the exercise, it is the same thing. Keeping fit is the goal, and being healthy is the destination, but you have to enjoy doing that, and that is the only way we can keep doing it for a long time.</p> <p>I did some swim today. Good&hellip;</p>Chongming via Shanghai Yangtze Bridge and Tunnelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110606_chongming_via_shanghai_yangtze_bridge_and_tunnel.htmMon, 06 Jun 2011 00:19:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110606_chongming_via_shanghai_yangtze_bridge_and_tunnel.htm<p>I visited Chongming with Wendy and Yifan today, so I experienced the Island and the Shanghai Yangtze Bridge and Tunnel. Both are great.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Yangtze Bridge and Tunnel</strong></p> <p>This is another <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080331_mega-projects_and_raising_power_of_china.htm">Mega Project in China</a>. The whole project is 25 km long, with 16 km bridge (9 km bridge and the rest are land road), and 9 km of tunnel.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/06/shanghai.chongming-bridge-far.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/06/shanghai.chongming-bridge.pole-font.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/06/shanghai.chongming-tunnel-entrance.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/06/shanghai.chongming-tunnel-entring.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Cost</strong></p> <p>It cost 50 RMB single way to use the bridge and tunnel. That is about 100 RMB fee to visit Chongming each time. The bridge and tunnel integrate the island to be part of Shanghai.</p>Art - Water Drophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110605_art_-_water_drop.htmSun, 05 Jun 2011 23:54:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110605_art_-_water_drop.htm<p>Enjoy my photo of water drop series.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/05/shanghai.chongming-water.drop-9.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">beautiful. strong iphone/apple feel :)<div class="comment-meta">— gengmao · 2011-06-07 02:07</div></div> <div class="comment">you moved to Compound 11 now?<div class="comment-meta">— wicen · 2011-06-08 16:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice sun roof...............<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2011-06-09 04:25</div></div> <div class="comment">This is a good hobby for you, Jian Shuo! I still remember your &quot;tree in water&quot; image :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2011-06-13 07:02</div></div> </details>IKEA Beicai Store to Open on June 23, 2011https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110604_ikea_beicai_store_to_open_on_june_23_2011.htmSat, 04 Jun 2011 23:46:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110604_ikea_beicai_store_to_open_on_june_23_2011.htm<p>After visiting the crowded <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20110604_ikea_xujiahui_store_shanghai_is_crowded.htm">IKEA Xujiahui Store</a>, I am happy to learn that the IKEA Beicai Store will officially open on June 23, 2011.</p> <p>The BeicaiStore is just 4 km away from my home. The store is basically the same size of the Xujiahui store, and has a equally good location - at the intersection of Hunan Highway and the Middle Ring Road. I am looking forward to visiting the store as soon as it opens. (Well, even for the first day, it is expected to be crowded, based on my experience of the opening of the Xuhui store).</p>IKEA, Xujiahui Store Shanghai is Crowdedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110604_ikea_xujiahui_store_shanghai_is_crowded.htmSat, 04 Jun 2011 17:05:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110604_ikea_xujiahui_store_shanghai_is_crowded.htm<p>Wendy, Yifan and I visited IKEA this afternoon, or to be more exact, attempted to visit IKEA but failed because of the crowd.</p> <p>Below is the picture of the people lining up at the 30 counters, to pay for their items. Yifan and I got an ice cream each and left.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/04/5795514207_5d8efbf07c_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Small IKEA! Expensive IKEA!**</p> <p>About 15 years ago, when IKEA just opened its first store in Shanghai, it was a very small one at the first and second floor of an office building near its current Xujiahui Store. At that time, everything seems so expensive to me (as a college student). They WERE expensive. The Billy Bookcases cost a big portion of my first month salary in 1999, and now, it cut its price to half, due to increase of its sale volume, and maybe change of supplier.</p>People Don't Obey Rule Set by Othershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110602_people_dont_obey_rule_set_by_others.htmThu, 02 Jun 2011 23:05:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110602_people_dont_obey_rule_set_by_others.htm<p>It is about 11 pm now, and the people are still gathering outside on the Jinzun Road. They have surrounded 7 policemen for few hours tonight.</p> <p><strong>The Road</strong></p> <p>The road outside our residential area is a small street leading to the river side. It is a branch road for people in this area only. Due to the parking space limitation, many people park their cars on the both sides of the street. There are about 100 cars there every night. Since there is no through traffic, and the security level in that area was pretty good, people feel comfortable doing that. This peaceful use of the road parking has been lasting from the day one the road was built - about few years ago.</p>Yifan is 4 Years Oldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110602_yifan_is_4_years_old.htmThu, 02 Jun 2011 21:52:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110602_yifan_is_4_years_old.htm<p>Haha! Yifan is 4 years today! The family celebrated the birthday for the young man.</p> <p><strong>Happy Birthday, Yifan!</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/06/02/shanghai-yifan-cutting.cake.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>In the last four years, Yifan brought so much joy to the family. I just realized that it is the children that the parents owe a lot, not the other way around. Thanks for being the source of happy (and angry, and trouble some time) for us.</p> <p>Yifan got a small strawberry birthday cake, four balloons (which he loves a lot), and a lot of food he likes. He also got red bag from grandparents. When he saw the 100 RMB note from the envelop, he was very happy and screamed:</p>Categories of My Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110530_categories_of_my_blog.htmMon, 30 May 2011 23:01:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110530_categories_of_my_blog.htm<p>I have put the about 3000 blog entries into many categories. Here is a list of all the categories I created, and you can explore more about the content of this site. I am also trying to write in a balanced way that I can cover most of the categories within a year.</p> <ul> <li> <p>China</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/culture.htm">Culture</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/education.htm">Education</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/expo_2010.htm">Expo 2010</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/government.htm">Government</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/internet.htm">Internet</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/new_tech.htm">New Tech</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/news.htm">News</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/olympics_2008.htm">Olympics 2008</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/polution.htm">Polution</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/sars.htm">Sars</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/super_girl.htm">Super Girl</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/tibet_issues.htm">Tibet Issues</a></p>View of Chengshan Road and Jinzun Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110528_view_of_chengshan_road_and_jinzun_road.htmSat, 28 May 2011 22:48:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110528_view_of_chengshan_road_and_jinzun_road.htm<p>I got to the top of the first row of the buildings to take some photos of the Chengshan Road, and Jinzun Road area. About 5 years ago, there is nothing in this area. The both roads didn&rsquo;t not exist, and the area are occupied by farm land, and village. Here is what it looks today.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/05/28/shanghai-chenshan.road-residential.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/05/28/shanghai-jinzun.chenshan-corner.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/05/28/shanghai-paris.spring-front.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/05/28/shanghai-paris.spring-top.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Along with the building of Paris Spring department store, and the restaurant section, the chain restaurants followed quickly. Here are the stores appeared there:</p>My Secret Weekend Picnic Placehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110528_my_secret_weekend_picnic_place.htmSat, 28 May 2011 20:02:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110528_my_secret_weekend_picnic_place.htm<p>I admit I hesitated a little bit before I want to share the place. It is my favorite place to picnic, which is within walking distance from where I live. The best part of it is, no one knows about it, so it is always &ldquo;one-family&rdquo; picnic camp ground. Anyway. Let me share the secret with the hope that others may also be able to enjoy the great place.</p> <p><strong>Culture Park</strong></p>All Apps Crashes after iOS 4.3.3 in iPhonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110527_all_apps_crashes_after_ios_433_in_iphone_.htmFri, 27 May 2011 20:47:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110527_all_apps_crashes_after_ios_433_in_iphone_.htm<p>I cannot believe Apple can have such a common and show-stopper bug. It did happened.</p> <p>After I upgrade my iPhone to 4.3.3, all my downloaded application (from App Store) crashes. I can only use the native applications.</p> <p>The solution was also amazingly simple:</p> <blockquote> <p>Delete any App, and download it again from App Store again. Restart that App.</p> </blockquote> <p>Not only that App works, all the app works normally. If you want more certainty about the steps, I delete Instagram and reinstalled it. Then it worked.</p>The Possible Death of Fixed Linehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110526_the_possible_death_of_fixed_line.htmThu, 26 May 2011 00:48:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110526_the_possible_death_of_fixed_line.htm<p>Why? Because of telemarketing.</p> <p>I have been using my phone number since 2001. Everyday, I got a lot of phone calls. Most of it comes from fixed lines. Most of them, if not all, start with &ldquo;Are you Mr. Wang? May I interrupt you for a moment. We are a company &hellip;.&rdquo;. They are real estate agencies, credit card companies, securities company, etc.</p> <p>I have formed a pattern recognition that all calls from fixed lines are telemarketing calls. I started to natually skip any phone calls that is from fixed line to my mobile. From time to time, I pick up some randomly to check the reliability of this rule. So far, there is no false positive.</p>I Went to Karaokhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110525_i_went_to_karaok_.htmWed, 25 May 2011 23:09:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110525_i_went_to_karaok_.htm<p>I went to Party World (originally the Cash Box) with the team tonight. OMG. When was my last time to visit Party World? I suspect it was in 2002 - about 9 years ago in Puxing Park. After that, I don&rsquo;t remember I have went to sing Karaok. It may be too far memory for me.</p> <p>For the songs, I don&rsquo;t know most of the songs people sang. &ldquo;When did this song come out?&rdquo; Often the answer was &ldquo;Last year&rdquo;, or &ldquo;2008&rdquo;&hellip; I am not interested in songs. Does it mean aging (while, just a little bit?)</p>Xizang S. Road Tunnelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110524_xizang_s_road_tunnel.htmTue, 24 May 2011 23:17:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110524_xizang_s_road_tunnel.htm<p>It has been quite some time since I had the relaxed time to update the construction of Shanghai. Today, I am going to talk about the Xizang S. Road Tunnel, which opens many months ago.</p> <p>It opens along with the Renmin Tunnel, and added it to the many of the tunnels, and bridges along the Huangpu River. It starts from the Xizang S. Road in Puxi and connect with the Gaoke W. Road at Pudong. It is the tunnel I am using everyday, instead of the previous Lupu Bridge, or Nanpu Bridge. It provided a traffic free shortcut between my home to Xujiahui.</p>Shanghai's Visibility Depends on Windhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110523_shanghais_visibility_depends_on_wind.htmMon, 23 May 2011 23:32:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110523_shanghais_visibility_depends_on_wind.htm<p>I am sure I am not the first one to discover it. The rule is, if the wind blows from the east to the west, Shanghai is always as clear and beautiful. The visibility is very high, and I can see both Jinmao Tower, and the World Finance Center in Pudong from my office in Puxi. The wind from the east is from the Pacific Ocean, and it brings fresh air.</p>可爱的山寨版百姓网广告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110523_p385.htmMon, 23 May 2011 02:43:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110523_p385.htm<p>自从<a href="http://blog.baixing.com/?p=1139">百姓网的电视广告</a>播出，收到很多用户自己做的可爱的视频。太多了，随机挑了一些供大家欣赏。能做一个网站让这么多人喜欢，实在太有成就感了。谢谢大家，心理暖和得不行了。上视频！说吧，我们还能做什么，让大家用得更爽呢？</p>Yifan's Drawing of Dad and Himhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110522_yifans_drawing_of_dad_and_him.htmSun, 22 May 2011 23:35:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110522_yifans_drawing_of_dad_and_him.htm<p>Yifan pick up a chalk and drew the following drawing on the floor at home.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/05/22/5746785102_1790cfbc91.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I assume the left bigger one is Dad (me) and the right one is Yifan himself. I don&rsquo;t know where he got the inspiration from. From kindergarden or from some of my drawings?</p> <p>I just cannot keep it on floor for too long so I take the photo and save it digitally.</p> <p>Yifan was very happy today because we took him to a Japanese restaurant downstairs to eat the &ldquo;all-you-can-eat&rdquo; package. Wendy and I paid for our parts and Yifan is free of charge because he is not o110 cm in height yet. Obviously that was a bad rule since Yifan actually ate more than I did. He was so happy with the food and kept singing for an hour after dinner.</p>Always Make New Mistakeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110522_always_make_new_mistakes.htmSun, 22 May 2011 22:50:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110522_always_make_new_mistakes.htm<p>Last night, I had nice dinner with my friend Doug, Haisong and a group of venture capitalists at Lao Maotou (we talked about the silliness of it&rsquo;s English name, the Cool Dock).</p> <p>I was impressed by <a href="http://www.pascalsview.com">Pascal Levensohn</a>. He mentioned about his belief of his work: always make new mistakes.</p> <p>I assume the meaning was</p> <ol> <li> <p>Don&rsquo;t make the same mistakes twice.</p> </li> <li> <p>Be aggressive and brave enough to try new things, acknowledging the possibility that it may be a new mistake.</p>The Function of Hairhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110522_the_function_of_hair.htmSun, 22 May 2011 21:05:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110522_the_function_of_hair.htm<p>I start to realize the function of hair when I don&rsquo;thave it. The key function is</p> <ul> <li>It helps to keep you warm. It is a raining day and I just cannot walk outside. I actually got cold a little bit. Is it relates to the hair?</li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Yes, it&#x27;s the hair. Most of my friends who shave their heads, male and female, end up wearing knit caps most of the time, even when it is not cold outside. I think it looks very cool to have a shaved head, but I&#x27;ve never done it. When I had long hair, in the summer, it was really hot on my neck.<div class="comment-meta">— Zjemi · 2011-05-23 01:55</div></div> </details>I Got Shaven Head - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110521_i_got_shaven_head_-_part_ii.htmSat, 21 May 2011 10:50:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110521_i_got_shaven_head_-_part_ii.htm<p>Some interesting observation. After I got my head shaven, I realized that my world does not change at all. I cannot see any change from my eyes, unless I unintentionally glance into a mirror. Other than that, nothing.</p> <p>But the world changes more for people around me. They have to get used to a new image of a person.</p> <p>Isn&rsquo;t it interesting enough? The change of a person does not has impact on him, but the world around it. I may have changed a lot in the last few years (lucky me. I can trace the change in very details in the 9 years of blogging, and I can see it), but I am totally unaware of it. It is people around me who felt the change. What I can feel is the interaction between me and my friend. Change of hair style (or in my case, with or without it) is more visible than the change in characters. There is no such a thing called personality mirror so my friends may be the only way to act as the mirror so you can discover the change.</p>I Got Shaven Headhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110520_i_got_shaven_head.htmFri, 20 May 2011 23:33:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110520_i_got_shaven_head.htm<p>Don&rsquo;t be surprised, and Yes, I was serious. I had all the hair shaven today. This was a promise I made many months ago, that when the business of Baixing reaches certain level (I don&rsquo;t disclose the amount here), I will have my head shaven, as a celebration ceremony. Obviously, the Baixing team got excited about my head shaving. They did it by themselves for me. I am happy to have a great team, that I can share my happiness with. Actually, I didn&rsquo;t seriously think about it until we had celebration, and after I am home, and watch myself in the mirror. Ops! :-)</p>Life without Coffee or Teahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110518_life_without_coffee_or_tea.htmWed, 18 May 2011 23:15:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110518_life_without_coffee_or_tea.htm<p>I decided to try life without coffee, tea or spicy food from two weeks ago. So far, I feel great.</p> <p>I said good bye to Starbucks or Coffee Beans and enjoyed water and orange juice more often.</p> <p>I also tried to sleep earlier and to try to think more and doing more important but less stuff. By giving some constrains to life, do we lead a more spiritual live?</p> <p>I will share my answer after I practice for more time.</p>China may Bypass Lots of Thingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110517_china_may_bypass_lots_of_things.htmTue, 17 May 2011 23:30:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110517_china_may_bypass_lots_of_things.htm<p>Today, when I had dinner with Bruce, he asked the question about credit card. I had been following <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/banks.htm">credit card usage in Shanghai</a> for many years, and witnessed the transition from very hard to use to very popular today. However, I just realized that maybe Chinese will directly bypass credit card stage.</p> <p>Something we may ignore is, credit card system was invented well before Internet, or even computer was invented. Since there is no way to trace usage of money in real time, people at that time either use &ldquo;check&rdquo;, or credit card - one for debit, and one for credit.</p>Yifan with Big Casehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110516_p3012.htmMon, 16 May 2011 23:51:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110516_p3012.htm<p>Yifan loves to carry anything with wheels that he can handle. So he freed me and Wendy during our trip by taking care of the big case, all the time.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/%e7%85%a7%e7%89%87.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>An Even Better Way to Record Life than Twitterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110516_an_even_better_way_to_record_life_than_twitter.htmMon, 16 May 2011 23:35:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110516_an_even_better_way_to_record_life_than_twitter.htm<p>I thought twitter, and in China, its counterpart (copier) Weibo, was</p> <p>the best way to record life, especially with the nicely done iPhone</p> <p>App. I know blogger.com has the ability to allow people send emails to</p> <p>it, and have it posted. MovableType has a plugin called PostOffice,</p> <p>that serve exactly the same propose. Now, i am writing an email to an</p> <p>email address I setup, and it will automatically appear on my blog.</p>Five Sentenc.eshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110516_five_sentences.htmMon, 16 May 2011 22:26:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110516_five_sentences.htm<p>To keep an email as short as five sentences sounds like a great idea. Twitter is a way to simplify our lives with fixed amount of characters (with the problems that people write more often than before). Put some constrains to life actually makes it more efficient. What is the constrain you put to your life?</p> <hr> <p>Q: Why is this email(blog) five sentences or less?</p> <p>A: <a href="http://five.sentenc.es">http://five.sentenc.es</a></p>GMail Partially Blockedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110515_gmail_partially_blocked.htmSun, 15 May 2011 21:50:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110515_gmail_partially_blocked.htm<p>The long-lasting concern that other Google application will be banned in China after Search became a reality. In the recent two months, Gmail has been more and more inaccessible.</p> <p>I am still not sure what is happening behind, Gmail is just on and off with some functions like &ldquo;send&rdquo;, or &ldquo;view&rdquo; hanging there for ever. That, I assume, will also promote the usage of VPN in China in the tech space. At least I have to rely on VPN to access Gmail.</p>Office Renovation Startedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110514_office_renovation_started.htmSat, 14 May 2011 12:56:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110514_office_renovation_started.htm<p>We are starting to design our new office, and obviously, we have great ideas about what the new office environment should look like. Here are some of my note, and I would love my readers to share some insights about what is important for an Internet company office.</p> <ul> <li> <p>There should be combined relax corner with sofa, foods, books and business oriented meeting rooms.</p> </li> <li> <p>There will be as many places to write on, to stick notes on as possible, since whiteboards, glass boards, and writable walls inviting and engaging people discussion.</p>不害怕优雅和美的中国人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110514_aeaeeccaeae.htmSat, 14 May 2011 10:55:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110514_aeaeeccaeae.htm<p>当我收拾行囊，结束我2007年杰出青年论坛以及到苏州，同里和上海的考察之旅的时候，我脑子里一直萦绕着一个关于中国未来的重要话题：我们，作为一个国家，真的害怕优雅和美吗？</p>Baixing's First TV Commericalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110513_baixings_first_tv_commerical.htmFri, 13 May 2011 23:47:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110513_baixings_first_tv_commerical.htm<p>I&rsquo;d like to share with you the first TV Commercial of Baixing.</p> <p>Hope you enjoy it. I enjoy the process of creating the clip with elements of Shanghai architect, the traditional pop-corn machine, and the quick disappearing refrigerator.</p> <p>No matter what we do, we want to do it with confidence, professionalism, and a sense of hummer.</p> <p>If you see it on TV, please let me know. :-)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice commercial. I&#x27;d like to take a look at the opportunities there at Baixing and I just sent my resume to the HR email address. Hope it won&#x27;t be buried :)<div class="comment-meta">— qingbo · 2011-05-16 16:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice job, pretty cool and impressive. Simple is power, than any donkeys......<div class="comment-meta">— Dennis · 2011-05-18 10:11</div></div> <div class="comment">I see this every morning on the bus, and I saw a longer one this morning, in which two foreigns also got the bag of money.<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2011-05-18 10:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks all for your support.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2011-05-18 23:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Mr Wang, I&#x27;m curious as why I&#x27;m seeing foreigners on your ad campaign inside the bus and subway. Baixing don&#x27;t have English interface.<br><br>好奇而已....<div class="comment-meta">— Miss_ABC · 2011-06-09 13:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Same question as Miss_ABC...<div class="comment-meta">— Micah S · 2011-07-11 09:32</div></div> </details>Great YLF Dinner in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110422_great_ylf_dinner_in_shanghai.htmFri, 22 Apr 2011 00:14:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110422_great_ylf_dinner_in_shanghai.htm<p>Finally, we had 10 persons for the YLF gather. Todd, and Gregg flew from US, and others from Xia&rsquo;men and Beijing&hellip;</p> <p>Jian Shuo</p> <p>Haisong</p> <p>Greg</p> <p>Todd</p> <p>Ming</p> <p>Hong</p> <p>Ron</p> <p>Brice</p> <p>Sean</p> <p>Doug</p> <p>It was always inspiring to talk with the YLFers. We chatted about a great variety of topics, You can imagine to put a group of people mixed of American and Chinese, and career from great architect, to lawyer, to government official, to military, to TV anchor, to investor&hellip; what people will share, and especially when many people have spent quality time together for almost ten years.</p>2011 is New Spring of Internethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110331_2011_is_new_spring_of_internet_.htmThu, 31 Mar 2011 23:27:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110331_2011_is_new_spring_of_internet_.htm<p>I wrote a blog article to forecast <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100802_2011aeaeeccae.htm">the &ldquo;spring&rdquo; of Internet will arrive in 2011</a>. It turned out to be exactly true. The only thing I didn&rsquo;t predict was, I should have used &ldquo;summer&rdquo;, not spring to describe what is going on here in 2011.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Maybe fierce summer<div class="comment-meta">— DonDon Lau · 2011-03-31 23:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Lets hope it is not followed by a freezing winter.<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2011-04-01 17:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Just for the fun of it<br><br>http://tinyurl.com/4w3trwt<br><br>;-)<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2011-04-01 18:02</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know my trully mind,who can lead me out?<div class="comment-meta">— suntree · 2011-04-02 09:41</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know my trully mind,who should lead me out?<div class="comment-meta">— suntree · 2011-04-02 09:42</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know my trully minds.Who should lead me out?<div class="comment-meta">— suntree · 2011-04-02 09:50</div></div> </details>Resuming Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110330_resuming_blogging.htmWed, 30 Mar 2011 23:47:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110330_resuming_blogging.htm<p>I am resuming blogging. The blog is not dead, just cooler, when I experimented to use Sina weibo (twitter like services). Obviously, the challenge of simpler, and quicker twitter model presented is big for blogging and bloggers. I am embracing both.</p> <p>I am in Beijing now, and will return to Shanghai tomorrow. It is just a quick visit, so I skipped meeting most of my friends in Beijing.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">确实很忙啊<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#20961;&amp;#23458;&amp;#35802;&amp;#21697;4&amp;#26376;&amp;#31036;&amp;#21697;&amp;#21345; · 2011-04-01 12:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Twitter or Weibo can&#x27;t totally replace some role of blog such as sharing complex ideas and thoughts. I&#x27;ve combined my Twitter and blog too. Everyweek, a blog containing of all my tweets of last week would be published automatically to my blog. Blog and microblog, two ways of recording.<div class="comment-meta">— Chern · 2011-04-02 02:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Glad to see you back. The great thing about the blog is that people can refer to it in the future. For example when I go to Shanghai I will look at it to see information about places to go. Chern&#x27;s idea of blogging the tweets is a good way to combine the immediacy of tweets with the legacy of blogs.<br><br>of course this is my own selfish view. It&#x27;s your blog, you are the master!<div class="comment-meta">— TianQin · 2011-04-14 11:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Planning a trip to Asia in June. Originally planned to spend 10 days in Korea and another 6 in Japan. With the situation as it is in Japan, we are looking for alternative destination(s) for those 6-8 days. We are traveling with a 16 year old girl and 14 year old boy. Girl loves shopping. Boy loves gaming. Any suggestions in traveling with these teens?<div class="comment-meta">— Susan · 2011-04-26 08:31</div></div> </details>我现在的桌面https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110217_cce-3.htmThu, 17 Feb 2011 22:31:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110217_cce-3.htm<p>我现在用前几天自己拍的一张照片作为桌面。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2011/02/17/SFO.Desktop-640x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>用iPhone 4拍摄</p> <p>很喜欢这个宁静的感觉。如果你也喜欢，可以从<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2011/02/17/sfo-water.tree-desktop.jpg">这里</a>下载原始图片（2592x1936）。</p> <p>祝大家有个好心情。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">25 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">很漂亮~<div class="comment-meta">— cube · 2011-02-17 23:14</div></div> <div class="comment">很不错，下载了。谢谢分享！<div class="comment-meta">— 左腾 · 2011-02-18 10:35</div></div> <div class="comment">若把鸭子换成一只小舟，就可以用“野渡无人舟自横”了<div class="comment-meta">— 萧渔 · 2011-02-18 10:59</div></div> <div class="comment">不知道哪个眼睛能看出是野渡，呵呵<div class="comment-meta">— xiaoyu · 2011-02-20 06:58</div></div> <div class="comment">春江水暖鸭先知！<div class="comment-meta">— 健康 · 2011-02-20 21:51</div></div> <div class="comment">也不是江，应该是春湖水暖鸭先知<div class="comment-meta">— meteor · 2011-02-22 08:38</div></div> <div class="comment">很美!请问这是哪里呢?<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2011-02-23 10:28</div></div> <div class="comment">一看就知道是国外照的，中国的野鸭子还能这么逍遥？白天没空晚上都要去捉了红烧了。。。<div class="comment-meta">— 呵呵 · 2011-02-25 07:12</div></div> <div class="comment">照片的地址：<br><br>Marin French Cheese Co<br>7500 Red Hill Rd<br>Petaluma, CA 94952-9438, United States<br><br>其实这个地方离Windows XP桌面的那个蓝天白云绿草的缺省桌面的拍摄地很近，是不是觉得背景的山很像XP?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2011-02-25 19:19</div></div> <div class="comment">在5gme上看到洪波先生对你一个感言，提到以物换物，我觉得一部台湾电影很有启发《第36个故事》，市场需求是存在的，更多是习惯，大量宅男宅女周末在家这是大量潜在的用户，他们都有过剩用品，能体会二手交易带来的不同的体验。对此，我有个想法，不知道是否方便可以简单交流下，我的邮箱 kavor（at）vip.sina.com<div class="comment-meta">— Vincent.s · 2011-03-01 12:22</div></div> <div class="comment">很好的照片，我也当桌面了。<div class="comment-meta">— magnoliacx · 2011-03-16 07:20</div></div> <div class="comment">有没有搞错，乱逛逛到这里了！打扰博主了！<div class="comment-meta">— 熊松 · 2011-03-27 19:30</div></div> <div class="comment">图片很漂亮<div class="comment-meta">— 蒋文明 · 2011-04-02 21:58</div></div> <div class="comment">好地方，这是个池塘吗？ 水真清，为有源头活水来？ ^.^<div class="comment-meta">— molgee · 2011-04-14 15:06</div></div> <div class="comment">不会吧，我在网上下的，想到是你拍的， 是哪个好地方？国外？<div class="comment-meta">— rocky2com · 2011-04-15 17:54</div></div> <div class="comment">我喜欢这个图片。让人心情宁静的风景<div class="comment-meta">— 梦之源泉 · 2011-04-22 16:50</div></div> <div class="comment">平静的水面会让人静下来吗?<div class="comment-meta">— 志言 · 2011-07-15 13:40</div></div> <div class="comment">不知道这是哪里呢？<div class="comment-meta">— alex · 2011-07-27 16:35</div></div> <div class="comment">sharing is getting<div class="comment-meta">— nickshen · 2011-07-30 02:29</div></div> <div class="comment">半亩方塘一鉴开， 天光云影共徘徊。 问渠那得清如许， 为有源头活水来。<div class="comment-meta">— Kingsean · 2011-09-11 22:52</div></div> <div class="comment">挺好看的，就是有点沉重的感觉，我也下回来当桌面啦！<div class="comment-meta">— 爱琴海 · 2011-09-17 18:14</div></div> <div class="comment">看上去就蛮让人感伤的地方...<div class="comment-meta">— 混在北京 · 2011-09-30 15:33</div></div> <div class="comment">多么美好的画面,我也用来当桌面,现在每天一打开电脑, 看着它, 心情美美的! 谢谢!!<div class="comment-meta">— Heather Lin · 2011-10-09 10:36</div></div> <div class="comment">就是树木挡住了后面的风景，视野不开阔了，也没有纵深感了<div class="comment-meta">— apple · 2011-10-11 10:41</div></div> <div class="comment">有点暗，不够亮<div class="comment-meta">— etoro · 2012-03-27 13:04</div></div> </details>The Advantage of Travelerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110216_the_advantage_of_traveler.htmWed, 16 Feb 2011 07:53:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110216_the_advantage_of_traveler.htm<ol> <li> <p>As traveler, every in town loves to meet you since you are there just few days out of the year. For people in their own city, you&rsquo;d better think of really good reasons before you call.</p> </li> <li> <p>Traveler arrange their time according to whathe/she want to do, not what others want him/her to do. Most of the time, the traveler&rsquo;s calendar for the days is blank initially waiting to be actively filled. For people in town, they have to deal with routines even their calendar is blank.</p>Packing for Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110214_packing_for_shanghai.htmMon, 14 Feb 2011 15:20:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110214_packing_for_shanghai.htm<p>I finished my trip in the bay area this time, and am heading to SFO tomorrow morning. Spent some time with my friend Ming Liang, Yang Meng, and He Li, and will be back.</p> <p>Shanghai, I am coming back.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, Jianshuo<br><br>I just come back to Shanghai last night, resume work today...I will keep on read to your blog.<br><br>Is it typing error? I think it must be BACKING not packing :)<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2011-02-15 09:36</div></div> <div class="comment">I made a mistake, sorry for my poor english, &quot;Packing for Shanghai&quot; is correct.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2011-02-18 12:39</div></div> <div class="comment">sorry！ poor english！<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#20961;&amp;#23458;&amp;#35802;&amp;#21697; · 2011-02-22 22:35</div></div> </details>Meet with Craig Newmarkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110212_meet_with_craig_newmark.htmSat, 12 Feb 2011 15:22:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110212_meet_with_craig_newmark.htm<p>I finally met Craig Newmark. We missed to see each other in 2009, and 2010. Now is the time to sit down and have a cup of coffee in his favorite Reverie Cafe, 848 Cole, San Francisco.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/02/12/5437600741_4e40760094.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/02/12/5438206952_4737fa09e2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Thanks Craig for taking the time.</p>Met with Adam D'Angelo and Charliehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110212_met_with_adam_dangelo_and_charlie.htmSat, 12 Feb 2011 15:16:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110212_met_with_adam_dangelo_and_charlie.htm<p>Met with Adam D&rsquo;Angelo, and Charlie - the two great people who founded Facebook many years ago. They are not founders of <a href="http://quora.com">Quora</a>, the Q&amp;A site that I use frequently recently. (Need invitation? I can help).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/02/12/5437596143_cd8c6622b0.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">13 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">i need an invitation,3ks<div class="comment-meta">— wei · 2011-02-12 15:32</div></div> <div class="comment">would you give me an invitation? thanks<div class="comment-meta">— geo · 2011-02-12 19:56</div></div> <div class="comment">They are not founders of Quora? It&#x27;s not a typo?<div class="comment-meta">— notor · 2011-02-12 21:34</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;They are not founders of Quora&quot;<br><br>↓<br><br>They are now founders of Quora<div class="comment-meta">— lan · 2011-02-13 03:14</div></div> <div class="comment">I need an invitation thank you<div class="comment-meta">— moneywei · 2011-02-15 12:28</div></div> <div class="comment">I need an invitation, thank you very much.<div class="comment-meta">— Joy · 2011-02-18 13:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Could you offer me an invitation? Thanks a lot.<div class="comment-meta">— YiNan · 2011-02-20 18:32</div></div> <div class="comment">I need an invitation, thank you very much.<div class="comment-meta">— Serena · 2011-02-20 21:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo, any hurdle is set up for the invitation?<div class="comment-meta">— shun lai · 2011-02-22 21:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Could you send an invitation? Thank you.<div class="comment-meta">— Jimmy · 2011-02-26 16:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Could you send me an invitation? Thank you in advance.<div class="comment-meta">— Steven Tu · 2011-02-27 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">王大哥，我需要Quora的邀请码？Thanks a bunch!<div class="comment-meta">— Oten · 2011-04-06 08:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Would you plz send me the invitation code? Thanks a bunch!<div class="comment-meta">— Oten · 2011-04-06 08:04</div></div> </details>In Google and Facebook Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110211_in_google_and_facebook_today.htmFri, 11 Feb 2011 14:39:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110211_in_google_and_facebook_today.htm<p>Was in <a href="http://ebay.com">eBay</a> in the morning.</p> <p>Visited <a href="http://google.com">Google</a> at noon. Thanks Zhiheng for hosting,</p> <p>and met with Adam D&rsquo;angelo and Charlie of <a href="http://quora.com">Quora.com</a>,</p> <p>and spent dinner and night in <a href="http://Facebook.com">Facebook</a>.</p> <p>P.S. My sina weibo backup is <a href="http://200030.com/?uid=1682912122">here</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">My brother is back working at Facebook.<div class="comment-meta">— Micah S · 2011-02-11 16:01</div></div> </details>开始活跃于微博了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110131_eaeae-3.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 22:51:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20110131_eaeae-3.htm<p>几个微博开了有一段时间，一直没有怎么用，在这里公布一下地址。</p> <p><strong>新浪微博</strong> 名字：王建硕 id: @jianshuo 地址：<a href="http://t.sina.com.cn/jianshuo">http://t.sina.com.cn/jianshuo</a></p> <p><strong>腾讯微博</strong> 名字：王建硕 id：@jianshuo 地址：<a href="http://t.qq.com/jianshuo">http://t.qq.com/jianshuo</a></p>Baixing is Sending out 15 iPhonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110128_baixing_is_sending_out_15_iphone.htmFri, 28 Jan 2011 21:22:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110128_baixing_is_sending_out_15_iphone.htm<p>Let my friends know a marketing program by Baixing. We are sending out 15 iPhone and 35 iPod Shuffle in the next few weeks. Check it out <a href="http://x.baixing.com/?g=1_13653560">here</a>. Good luck!</p> <p>In the following two pictures are 20% of the people we have in our company. :-)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/01/28/shanghai-baixing-four.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/01/28/shanghai-baixing-york.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">i wish baixing.com can also be translated and readable in English.. i wanted much to joing specially with perks like these..so awesomely envied<div class="comment-meta">— momsypie · 2011-01-31 20:10</div></div> <div class="comment">You can try to use Google Translate - Baixing works extremely well with Google Translate.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2011-01-31 22:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Baixing is not working well with Google Translator recently...<div class="comment-meta">— Lazor · 2011-04-01 16:49</div></div> </details>Death of Blogging?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110127_death_of_blogging.htmThu, 27 Jan 2011 22:52:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110127_death_of_blogging.htm<p>I am trying to avoid this topic, but as a 9 year blogger, I have to admit that the declining of blog sphere has been an obvious trend, and we have to face it.</p> <p>The whole Internet is involving quickly. Just like the <a href="http://Geocities.com">Geocities.com</a> cannot be hot for ever as its first few years, blogging cannot be as cool as 2001 - 2005. Comparing to the newest media, and tools, blog started to fall short in many aspects.</p>Harvard MBA Recommendation Questionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110111_harvard_mba_recommendation_questions.htmTue, 11 Jan 2011 23:40:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110111_harvard_mba_recommendation_questions.htm<p>I started to help people to give recommendation for business schools. This is the question from Harvard, and I think they are great dimensions to assets people&rsquo;s ability. This is a list:</p> <p>Below Average (Button Third)</p> <p>Average (Middle Third)</p> <p>Good (Top Third)</p> <p>Excellent (Top 15%)</p> <p>Outstanding (Top 5%)</p> <p>Leadership Potential:</p> <p>Self-Confidence:</p> <p>Personal Maturity:</p> <p>Professional Maturity:</p> <p>Imagination and Creativity:</p> <p>Motivation:</p> <p>Intellectual Ability:</p> <p>Analytical Ability:</p> <p>Quantitative Ability:</p> <p>Teamwork Skills:</p> <p>Listening Skills:</p> <p>Ability in Oral Expression:</p>Beijing use Lucky Draw for License Platehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110111_beijing_use_lucky_draw_for_license_plate.htmTue, 11 Jan 2011 23:28:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110111_beijing_use_lucky_draw_for_license_plate.htm<p>After 20 years for Shanghai to use bidding for car license, Beijing is introducing a lottery based license plate system. You have to submit application, and try your luck. For the first week, the odd is 1 out of 12. With more and more people joining and the previous participants still in the pool, the chance gets fewer and fewer. If I can vote, I would definitely vote against it.</p>YLFers Gathered to Pray for Gabrielle Giffordshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110110_ylfers_gathered_to_pray_for_gabrielle_giffords.htmMon, 10 Jan 2011 00:55:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110110_ylfers_gathered_to_pray_for_gabrielle_giffords.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t expect a normal Sunday morning started with beeping of many email alerts on my phone. It was from the email threads from YLFer friends that I heard the sad news about the shooting of Gabby and other innocent people in Arizona. I was completely shocked.  It turned out to be the headline of all major news sites, even the headlines of Sina.com.cn later this morning.</p> <p>Gabby was a YLF 2003 Fellow, and so was her husband Mark Kelly. They met each other via the Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum in Huanshan in 2003. Thier marriage was among the few other unexpected, wonderful side effects of the US-China relationship program. It is also rare that both persons of a couple are friends of the same group of people.</p>Baixing Campaign to Win iPadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110106_baixing_campaign_to_win_ipad.htmThu, 06 Jan 2011 16:08:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110106_baixing_campaign_to_win_ipad.htm<p>We are sending out 13 iPad, 28 iPad Shuffle in the following 7 days to Baixing&rsquo;s users. In case you are interested to enter the luck draw, click <a href="http://x.baixing.com/?g=1_13653560">here</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">typo - iPod Shuffle<div class="comment-meta">— qingbo · 2011-01-06 16:45</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;ve taken part in the campaign~ wish me good luck!! ipad pad ad d...<div class="comment-meta">— justin · 2011-01-07 19:48</div></div> </details>Curiosity Keeps People Happyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110104_curiosity_keeps_people_happy.htmTue, 04 Jan 2011 21:21:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110104_curiosity_keeps_people_happy.htm<p>I am generally happy in 2011, from the first few days of holiday and the first day of working. At night, Wendy and I went downstairs to the Paris Spring shopping mall for a cup of coffee. Two interesting things happened.</p> <p><strong>Starbucks!</strong></p> <p>To our greatest surprise, a section of the shopping mall was under construction. On it hangs big Starbucks logo, and big &ldquo;OPENING SOON&rdquo;. Below it was &ldquo;We look forward to serving you amazing coffee, we just have a few things to take care of first.&rdquo;.</p>Challenges to Trusthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110104_challenges_to_trust.htmTue, 04 Jan 2011 17:43:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110104_challenges_to_trust.htm<p>I started to re-think about the Google&rsquo;s decision to withdraw from China. If the rumor &ldquo;attack-from-within&rdquo; turned out to be true, it is a very reasonable action. The company&rsquo;s culture is built on trust - new hires from intern to employee were given enough freedom based on trust - they can see documents they need to see, and access to resources they need to access, without limit. That was exactly like the time in Microsoft before 2000 (I still remember how shock I was when I was able to see piece of source code few weeks after I got into the company).</p>Android Seems to be Very Easyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110103_android_seems_to_be_very_easy.htmMon, 03 Jan 2011 22:58:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110103_android_seems_to_be_very_easy.htm<p>At 3 PM in the afternoon, started to read an Android book (<em>Hello, Android, Introducing Google&rsquo;s Mobile Development Platform, Third Edition</em>) and started to write some Android application. It turned out everything was simple and smooth, much better than I had expected. It always takes people some time to learn new things, and as a technical guy by heart, I just cannot stop and don&rsquo;t do some coding on the Android platform myself. It won&rsquo;t occupy too much of my time, since my time is better used in other stuff than coding, but to get a real sense of a system, the best way is always to do it yourself.</p>jianshuo@facebook.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110103_jianshuofacebookcom.htmMon, 03 Jan 2011 12:51:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110103_jianshuofacebookcom.htm<p>It is obviously a new era.</p> <p>I was happy to register jianshuo @ hotmail.com email address about 14 years ago, when hotmail.com was just launched one year before. That was the starting point of Internet, and email communication.</p> <p>Then I got jianshuo @ gmail.com, the main email address I am using today (I still keep telling people the old jianshuo @ hotmail.com email address, and let the mail forwarded to the gmail one).</p>The New Year Holiday Endshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110103_the_new_year_holiday_ends.htmMon, 03 Jan 2011 10:47:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110103_the_new_year_holiday_ends.htm<p>The last day of the three day holiday of the New Year. Enjoyed the three relaxed day before putting all my effort back to my website. It is shining here in Shanghai. It snowed a little bit when I was in the Liangzhu 良渚 area in Hangzhou yesterday, and I heard it snowed this morning (I found some evidence on my car), but now, it is sunny and pleasant in Shanghai again.</p>First Day of 2011 in Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110101_first_day_of_2011_in_hangzhou.htmSat, 01 Jan 2011 17:25:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110101_first_day_of_2011_in_hangzhou.htm<p>I am at Farmer&rsquo;s Paradise at north of Hangzhou with several of Wendy&rsquo;s friends. The first day of 2011 is very pleasant, very different from the first few days of 2010, when Yifan got cold and it was completely a mess for the family. I sent SMS greetings to my close friends, and received many. New Year is a good excuse to connect with long lost friends, and say hi. That is social stuff (the reason the Poke feature was successful).</p>Shanghai Pudong Library Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110101_shanghai_pudong_library_photos.htmSat, 01 Jan 2011 08:39:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20110101_shanghai_pudong_library_photos.htm<p>The first post in 2011 - good year. Waked up early, shining, cold outside, but warm inside. Sitting in my reading room, thinking about what to share today as the first post.</p> <p>I posted a blog about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100622_pudong_library_opens.htm">open of Pudong Library</a>, but without photos. Now, I got some.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/01/01/shanghai.pudong-library-birdview.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. January 2011</p> <p>![](/archives/2011/01/01/shanghai.pudong library-tables.jpg)</p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. January 2011</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2011/01/01/shanghai.pudong-library-another.side.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. January 2011</p>新年快乐2011https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101231_ae2011.htmFri, 31 Dec 2010 22:24:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101231_ae2011.htm<p>日子在不知不觉中过去，做完网站组第四季度的offsite，回到公司看过几个功能，一抬头，已经6点半。回想起来，那个时候，我还完全没有意识到一个严重的问题：这已经是2010年的最后一天。直到晚上，要写英文blog的时候，才意识到我该和2010年说再见了。</p>Happy New Year, 2011https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101231_happy_new_year_2011.htmFri, 31 Dec 2010 22:03:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101231_happy_new_year_2011.htm<p>Happy New Year!</p> <p>Days pass our lives quickly. When people got busier and busier, days pass even faster. The last day of 2009 was still vividly in my memory, when the bell of the year 2011 rings.</p> <p>I read through all the posts I wrote in the year of 2010. It was a long year. The beginning of the year was not a good one - my ankle was broken so I could not walk, and Yifan&rsquo;s forehead was hurt. The crazy Internet control in the winter of 2010 was depressing. That was not a very good start. I have my best hope for the year of 2011, and I believe the year of 2011 will be a very good and exciting year.</p>Node.js is Excitinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101226_nodejs_is_exciting.htmSun, 26 Dec 2010 23:05:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101226_nodejs_is_exciting.htm<p>Sign&hellip; Sometimes, when I got caught by some interesting and exciting technology, I was completely caught by them, and started to spend hours to figure out how to use them. The new toy for me this afternoon was node.js.</p> <p>var socket = new io.Socket(&lsquo;<a href="http://ec2-175-41-189-167.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com">http://ec2-175-41-189-167.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com</a>&rsquo;, {port:8080});</p> <p>socket.connect();</p> <p>socket.on(&lsquo;connect&rsquo;, function(client){</p> <p>alert(&lsquo;connected&rsquo;);</p> <p>client.send(&lsquo;hello everyone&rsquo;);</p> <p>client.on(&lsquo;message&rsquo;, function(msg) {</p> <p>alert(&rsquo;:&rsquo;+msg);</p> <p>});</p> <p>});</p>Paused Blog for a Whilehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101223_paused_blog_for_a_while.htmThu, 23 Dec 2010 21:07:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101223_paused_blog_for_a_while.htm<p>I&rsquo;d post a blog briefly update about the (long) pause of my blog. Pretty busy recently, so I just feel I am distant from the city life. I am getting back to the normal pace now.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo, welcome back, I Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2010-12-24 12:15</div></div> </details>Misunderstood Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101212_misunderstood_hong_kong.htmSun, 12 Dec 2010 00:18:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101212_misunderstood_hong_kong.htm<p>aDuring the last weekend, I stayed in Hong Kong for few days. I found I had some serious misunderstanding of the city.</p> <p>Hong Kong has 40%+ land reserved. I started to be interested in the Hong Kong Island Trail, a path winding 50 km in the mountains from the peak. A another good reason besides attending meetings, and shopping in Hong Kong is, mountain hiking. It sounds crazy, but it is rare to find that good path.</p>Tiredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101130_tired.htmTue, 30 Nov 2010 23:34:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101130_tired.htm<p>It has been two intensive days. I have arranged 11 meetings for myself, and Wang Chen in Beijing and meeting with 20+ people, and a presentation with about 100 people.</p> <p>Got back to hotel now. Going to sleep now.</p> <p>BTW, I enjoyed big hotels, and now I more and more enjoy smaller hotels like the Orange Hotel in Zhongguancun area. In US, I started to hate those big hotels with hundreds of hotel rooms. Maybe just 20 rooms or fewer are better for me. I am at second floor of the hotel. Think about the elevator, 20+ floor hotel room, and overseeing the whole city - I hate that now.</p>菠萝和筷子的故事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101129_eeccae.htmMon, 29 Nov 2010 23:22:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101129_eeccae.htm<p>公司里面有很多的典故，菠萝和筷子是比较流行的一个。今天在Donews谈起，让我想起来提一下。</p> <p>百姓网每天都会供应水果。夏天里面最受欢迎的是菠萝。阿姨把切好的菠萝泡在盐水里，用乐扣乐扣的大盒子装着放在进门的桌子上。不过阿姨经常忘记拿筷子，让吃菠萝心切的同事们围着菠萝打转。这种事情在每个公司里呆过一段时间的人都会遇到。</p>I am in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101129_i_am_in_beijing.htmMon, 29 Nov 2010 23:19:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101129_i_am_in_beijing.htm<p>I predicted that 2011 will be a year with a lot of Startups coming out - the another Spring of Internet in China. I still believe in so. I am in Beijing these days, and I have/will visit many startup companies, like <a href="http://douban.com">Douban</a>, <a href="http://Qunar.com">Qunar</a>, <a href="http://Baihe.com">Baihe</a>, <a href="http://sina.com.cn">Sina</a>, <a href="http://sohu.com">Sohu</a>, <a href="http://qq.com">Tencent</a>, <a href="http://google.com.hk">Google</a>, <a href="http://Innovation-works.com">Innovation-works</a>, and many other media/companies during the three day trip. The Beijing&rsquo;s weather is not very cold, although it is technically speaking colder than Shanghai, but the atmosphere of the Internet world is still has hot as summer - well, compared to the real peak of Internet bubble, it can be called as late spring. The recent new models like LBS, Mobile Internet, Groupon-clone, and twitter-clone have been enough to fill entrepreneurs and copiers into. One thing that is so unique in Beijing is, these companies are so close with each other in the Zhongguancun area. These big/small companies are lined up side by side with each other within walking distance. That is a unique competitive advantage for this world - just like Silicon valley to the rest of the world. If you ask me to pick only one place that is closest to silicon valley in China, that has to be the Zhongguancun area in Beijing.</p>Unicom iPhone Cuts My Friend Connectionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101128_unicom_iphone_cuts_my_friend_connections.htmSun, 28 Nov 2010 23:17:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101128_unicom_iphone_cuts_my_friend_connections.htm<p>A very high portion of my friends cannot be connected via the number stored in my mobile phone. They changed their mobile phone number, just to use the Unicom iPhone. They consistently share their new mobile phone with 186 at the beginning of the numbers with me. For more, I simply got &ldquo;The number you dialed has been out of service&rdquo; message when I try to reach people.</p> <p>Will it be significant that a new communication tool, or even just a new client device like iPhone dramatically shift the social interaction? Think about fax number. The impact of the iPhone 4 wave for me in China is, it cuts my friend connections effectively.</p>Expo Destruction Startedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101126_expo_destruction_started.htmFri, 26 Nov 2010 21:31:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101126_expo_destruction_started.htm<p>Today on the ramp bridge of Lupu Bridge, I saw some towing Expo Buses were towed by towing truck. These Expo Buses use electricity and need to charge at bus stations from time to time in the expo site. That is the reason they can only be reliably moved  by Bowing truck out the site.</p> <p>The once splendid Expo site is still splendid, but without any visitors in it. A pavilion on the Puxi side is surrounded by green construction nets. It seems the destruction is going to start soon. Bye Bye, Expo!</p>Baixing Recruiting Event in SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101124_baixing_recruiting_event_in_sjtu.htmWed, 24 Nov 2010 21:53:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101124_baixing_recruiting_event_in_sjtu.htm<p>SJTU = Shanghai Jiaotong University.</p> <p>Baixing.com will hold a recruiting event in Shanghai Jiaotong University tomorrow night at 6:30 PM at Tiesheng Building (铁生馆).</p> <p>I am very excited to get back to Jiaotong University, where I studied between 1995 to 1999.</p> <p>If any of you knows anyone in Jiaotong University or other nearby university who are interested in positions in Baixing (<a href="http://jobs.baixing.com">http://jobs.baixing.com</a>), please direct them to the event tomorrow. I will be speaking there, and am more than willing to chat with people there.</p>交大，我明天回来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101124_aeie.htmWed, 24 Nov 2010 20:29:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101124_aeie.htm<p>明天晚上，就是周四的六点半，我会回到我生活过两年的闵行交大，在铁生馆200号宣讲厅做百姓网的校园招聘宣讲会。</p> <p><strong>铁生馆</strong></p> <p>虽然铁生馆在现在大得没边没沿儿的交大里面显得不是特别起眼，却是我印象最深刻的一幢楼。在95年的时候，交大的闵行没有几幢楼，我报道的第一天急着找厕所才第一次冲进这幢三层小楼。我以为大学校园应该很大，从拖鞋门走到铁生馆应该仅仅是一个开始，后面还有大片的校区。结果，从厕所的窗户望出去，已经看到了交大的最北边围墙。说实在，相当的失望。现在的交大闵行已经比15年前大了很多，学生也多了很多。我相信现在的同学会比我们那个时候更聪明，更有竞争力。</p>Taxi as Bottleneck of Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101123_taxi_as_bottleneck_of_hangzhou.htmTue, 23 Nov 2010 23:02:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101123_taxi_as_bottleneck_of_hangzhou.htm<p>The Shanghai to Hangzhou high-speed train just takes 45 minutes to get to Hangzhou, but today, we took another 45 minutes waiting in the long line for a taxi desperately while there are basically no taxi coming.</p> <p>On the way back, it is also horrible. At round 4:00 PM, there are empty taxi everywhere on the street but none of them would take passengers, because it is the time for them to get back (all of them) to taxi company, and handle over the car to the driver at another work shift. There is basically no way to get to the train station to catch up that really fast train.</p>10 Years Laterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101122_10_years_later.htmMon, 22 Nov 2010 21:39:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101122_10_years_later.htm<p>So many things dramatically changes over 10 years, but it happens so gradually that we didn&rsquo;t pay any attention to it when it happens. Here are some examples.</p> <ul> <li>The IT support in my office was gray haired. When I just started my career, IT support is a profession of young people. Now, when the outsourced IT person appeared in my office, I realized that he is also in his 30-40s. That changed.</li> <li>Credit card processing is so quick. Now, I don&rsquo;t bother to use cash since most of the time, the credit card processing is as quick as the same time as swiping card - it is supposed to work that way, but when I just started to use credit card, it easily takes few minutes, waiting for the printing machine to start printing. Sometimes, I have to make some phone calls to the bank and let the bank call center person to teach the cashier how to swipe the card.</li> <li>The business meal in the Xujiahui area gradually raised to a level higher than Hong Kong, and most places in U.S. The set dish has reached to 58 RMB (8-9 USD) or higher. The 10 RMB box meal completely disappeared from this area.</li> <li>The CPI has raised to a level that people in Shenzhen started to buy home supplies in Hong Kong, and more people discuss about pork price these days than 10 years ago.</li> </ul> <p>10 Years. Many things changed.</p>I am Second Employee of Adventure Workshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101121_i_am_second_employee_of_adventure_works.htmSun, 21 Nov 2010 22:28:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101121_i_am_second_employee_of_adventure_works.htm<p>Interesting enough, I got an email reads</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo, It is very cool to execute the following statement in SQL Server 2000 if you have the sample database Adventure Works 2000 installed: SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE (EmployeeID = 2); The result would be:        2       Jian Shuo       2       1       Wang            0       509647174       Engineering Manager     1997-12-121964-12-13    adventure-works\Jian    <a href="mailto:Jian@adventure-works.com">Jian@adventure-works.com</a>        1       MQiang Wang     249-433-7659    1       M       1       2       43.2692 2       21      0       1       2003-1-15 19:26:14      {69C8C27C-87DF-45B4-9A46-AB603268AB1B} It is noticed that the first name is stored as &ldquo;Jian Shuo&rdquo; with capitalized &lsquo;S&rsquo; and a space between &ldquo;Jian&rdquo; and &ldquo;Shuo&rdquo;, which is your preferred written form in your article before. Also, it is different than other Chinese-liked first names such as &ldquo;Jinghao&rdquo;(EmployeeID = 77) and &ldquo;Jinghao&rdquo;(EmployeeID = 241), making it the only Chinese name with a first name separated into 2 words in the database. I&rsquo;m not sure whether this imaginary employee is based on your figure so I&rsquo;m writing to get your confirmation. BR</p>Yifan Love to Land Aircraftshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101120_yifan_love_to_land_aircrafts.htmSat, 20 Nov 2010 22:26:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101120_yifan_love_to_land_aircrafts.htm<p>Yifan enjoys the game FlightControl very much. When there is a chance, he will grab the iPad and play with it, and my role is to make sure he hand it back to me within few minutes, so he is not too obsessed to computer games.</p> <p>Look at how happy he is when he got the iPad!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/10/f464913f2e27_13A84/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I remember he just a newborn baby ¡¡how clever , happy and handsom he looks¡¡congratulations¡¡<div class="comment-meta">— maria ezcurra · 2010-11-21 01:00</div></div> </details>Facebook Effect - the Bookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101120_facebook_effect_-_the_book.htmSat, 20 Nov 2010 17:53:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101120_facebook_effect_-_the_book.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t remember that I bought <em>the Facebook Effect</em> book in Singapore, and I ordered it again from Amazon. Today, I found out the book, and started to read it - very interesting one. There are some similar scene with the Social Network movie, but in a much deeper way.</p> <p>Recommending people who are interested in technology and Internet to watch the movie, and read the book.</p>Chinese Blogger Conference Changed Locationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101119_chinese_blogger_conference_changed_location-2.htmFri, 19 Nov 2010 00:10:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101119_chinese_blogger_conference_changed_location-2.htm<p>To hold a conference in China is not easy. Not surprisingly, although the venue was only announced 4 days before the actual event, the venue was canceled due to &ldquo;well known&rdquo; reasons. The organizers are still busy working to find another venue to make it possible for blogger flying, or taking train from across the country (some from worldwide) to gather the day after tomorrow. Exactly like the Hangzhou conference, the venue needs to be changed few times before the actual event happens. Good luck!</p>Chinese Blogger Conference Changed Locationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101118_chinese_blogger_conference_changed_location.htmThu, 18 Nov 2010 23:58:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101118_chinese_blogger_conference_changed_location.htm<p>To hold a conference in China is not easy. Not surprisingly, although the venue was only announced 4 days before the actual event, the venue was canceled due to &ldquo;well known&rdquo; reasons. The organizers are still busy working to find another venue to make it possible for blogger flying, or taking train from across the country (some from worldwide) to gather the day after tomorrow. Exactly like the Hangzhou conference, the venue needs to be changed few times before the actual event happens. Good luck!</p>Attending China Blogger Conference 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101117_attending_china_blogger_conference_2010.htmWed, 17 Nov 2010 23:17:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101117_attending_china_blogger_conference_2010.htm<p>I am going to attend the China Blogger Conference 2010. This year, the conference will be held downstairs of my office - at 55 Guangyuan West Road, Haoran Hi-tech Building, Shanghai, China.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/10/Attending-China-Blogger-Conference-2010_14268/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is the sixth conference. I attended the first one in Shanghai and the second one in Hangzhou. I missed the Beijing one, didn&rsquo;t go to Guangzhou conference, and completely ignored the Lianzhou one. Since this year&rsquo;s conference is in Shanghai, I am happy to return to the conference.</p>People Mattershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101117_people_matters.htmWed, 17 Nov 2010 22:51:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101117_people_matters.htm<p>People are always the core of any company. Enough focus on its people is the essential to the success.</p> <p>Keep the talent density high enough is to the key.</p> <p>Be sensitive to the environment and act quick enough.</p> <p>Always find the right people to do the right thing.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I love your ideas and your ability to speak them out i look fwd to the day i could join one of your conferences... i hope many chinese talented ppl learn from your example!<div class="comment-meta">— Claudia Frias · 2010-11-19 22:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Fully agree,especially point 4<br><br>Find the right people to do the right thing is also essential to the success.<div class="comment-meta">— Frank Hong · 2010-11-23 16:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, good boss!<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2010-12-20 14:04</div></div> </details>Mondayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101115_mondays_.htmMon, 15 Nov 2010 23:09:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101115_mondays_.htm<p>A nice Monday.</p> <p>The post expo days are much better than the half year - at least for the Pudong section.</p> <p>Young people always brings energy to the team.</p> <p>The Asia Games obviously didn&rsquo;t draw too much attention from the people around me.</p> <p>The Chinese Blogger Conference was just announced today - the conference will be held on this Saturday, breaking the record of the most rushing conference revere and they didn&rsquo;t announce venue yet. The only thing people outside Shanghai knows is, it will be held in Shanghai so buy the ticket now. The rushing style of the conference is so interesting.</p>Busy Days for Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101114_busy_days_for_blogging.htmSun, 14 Nov 2010 23:01:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101114_busy_days_for_blogging.htm<p>I skipped blogging in the last few days, rare in the 8 years of history. Here are some outlines of what I did.</p> <ul> <li>Went to Hangzhou via the highspeed train for a  day - 45 minutes, and the experience was great - better than Maglev.</li> <li>Welcome to the new hires on Baixing. There are many recruiting events going on and I continue to feel honored to work with the talented young guy got on board.</li> <li>Played tennis and basketball at nights and Sundays. It is good to get back to sports.</li> <li>Yifan is doing well. Wendy went to school during the weekends in the last few weeks, so I took the role to take care of Yifan - we hung out in KFC for three hours this morning.</li> <li>Watched movie &ldquo;The Social Network&rdquo; - first on pplive.com, and then downloaded from verycd.com. Good movie, although it is said to be far from reality.</li> <li>Conducted some interviews and the article to be published was pushed back to the next week because of the Asia Games opening the last Friday.</li> <li>I enjoyed the ceremony of Guangzhou Asia Games - good one without being too exaggerate on money spending.</li> </ul> <p>Anything else I left?</p>Expo is Over! Finally!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101107_expo_is_over_finally.htmSun, 07 Nov 2010 22:36:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101107_expo_is_over_finally.htm<p>I was not able to update this blog for quite some time. It has been busy days&hellip;</p> <p>Expo is over. We visited the site on October 30 for the last time. Wendy&rsquo;s comment: &ldquo;I started to regret that we hadn&rsquo;t come more often&rdquo;. She loves the Italian Pavilion in particular.</p> <p>What the expo left for the people in this country? I would say: It is the biggest event to educate people to line up. The long lines had became the symbolic sign for this expo. People waited for up to 12 hours to get to a pavilion.</p>百姓网今晚在复旦的讲座https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101103_ccaece.htmWed, 03 Nov 2010 15:28:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20101103_ccaece.htm<p>从客齐集到百姓网的这几年，我们的活动从来没有离开过校园，比如这个列表：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051108_eeecce.htm">客齐集最近的大学公益讲座</a>。百姓网的员工都离开学校不久，如果能用讲座的方式给现在还在学校的学弟学妹们一些帮助，是我们最愿意做的事情。</p> <p>这一系列的活动的主题是：<strong>百姓网-灯塔沙龙</strong>.</p> <p>这个沙龙主要目的是为热爱互联网行业、正要走向工作岗位的优秀在校大学生解答就业路上遇到的困惑，希望从过来人的角度给大家支支招。现在正是各大公司在学校里面开招聘会，宣讲会的季节。如果听了几个宣讲会，希望找人聊一聊，了解些行业和职业发展的情况的同学，可以过来。</p>Last Chance to Visit Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101026_last_chance_to_visit_expo.htmTue, 26 Oct 2010 23:32:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101026_last_chance_to_visit_expo.htm<p>If you haven&rsquo;t visited expo yet, you only have five days left before the event concludes on October 31. The good news is, there are relatively much fewer people visiting expo in the last few days since Monday, when the ticket price raised by 40 RMB to prevent final rush.</p> <p>Wendy went there today and reported back via SMS that they didn&rsquo;t need to line up for many pavilion (really hot pavilions like China pavilion excluded). That is consistent with the official number of visitor today: 390K (comparing with 1 million in peak time). The expo also successfully reached the goal of 70 million the other day (too accurately executed to believe).</p>Baixing Classifiedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101026_baixing_classified.htmTue, 26 Oct 2010 14:41:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101026_baixing_classified.htm<p>function applyTag(){</p> <p>var s = document.getElementById(&rsquo;tags&rsquo;).value;</p> <p>$.each(s.trim().split(&rsquo;,&rsquo;), function(key, value){</p> <p>if(value == &lsquo;&rsquo;) return;</p> <p>$(&quot;.datagrid li:contains(&rsquo;&quot; + value + &ldquo;&rsquo;)&rdquo;).appendTo($(&rsquo;#completed&rsquo;)).css(&lsquo;color&rsquo;, &lsquo;red&rsquo;).append(&quot; <span>&quot; + value + &ldquo;</span>&rdquo;);</p> <p>});</p> <p>}</p>Socialism vs Western Democracyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101023_socialism_vs_western_democracy.htmSat, 23 Oct 2010 21:48:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101023_socialism_vs_western_democracy.htm<p>Recently, more and more articles appear in party magazines about the topic of &ldquo;Draw a clear line between Socialism vs Western Democracy&rdquo; (<a href="http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2010_09/16/2533946_0.shtml">source</a>). That brought me to some interesting similar cases.</p> <p>My friend told me when China first started to import movies from abroad, every movie needs a very long time to get approved. She asked why it takes so long. The person in charge said: It is very hard work to draw a clear line between socialism kiss, and capitalism kiss. If a kiss scene is socialism, it can be approved; otherwise, the scene needs to be cut or the movie rejected. What a joke!</p>Yifan Loves iPhonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101023_yifan_loves_iphone.htmSat, 23 Oct 2010 13:23:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101023_yifan_loves_iphone.htm<p>I continued to be amazed by how user friendly iPhone is. Yifan loves to play withy iPhone. His current favorite is to long press the icons on the home screen and rearrange it.</p> <p>If turned our that everyday, when I want toake a phone call or send an SMS, i found the icons are rearranged so I need to solve a small puzzle to find it either in another screen or hidden in another folder.</p>Tell Them You are Going to Chuanshahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101022_tell_them_you_are_going_to_chuansha.htmFri, 22 Oct 2010 23:08:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101022_tell_them_you_are_going_to_chuansha.htm<p>Every time I take ride of a taxi at Pudong airport to my home in Pudong, the taxi driver will educate me: &ldquo;Next time, tell them that you are going to Chuansha&rdquo;.</p> <p>By &ldquo;Them&rdquo;, they mean the taxi dispatcher who happily acting as the bottle neck of the long taxi lines, and the long passengers lines. Every passenger will be asked where they are going before they can get on board a taxi (effectively slows down everything). They will then dispatch the passenger according to how far or near the passenger is to their destination. That means huge difference in taxi fare for the drivers, who have waited in the dark parking lot for few hours. You can imagine how powerful the dispatcher, and why they still insists to take the power at the expense of taxi driver&rsquo;s time, and the passenger&rsquo;s time - something similar happened in bigger scale.</p>Shanghai-Hangzhou Express Trainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101022_shanghai-hangzhou_express_train.htmFri, 22 Oct 2010 00:24:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101022_shanghai-hangzhou_express_train.htm<p>Breaking news. The Shanghai-Hangzhou Express Train will start operation officially on Oct 26, 2010, according to this <a href="http://sh.eastday.com/qtmt/20101021/u1a814874.html">news report</a>. The ticket selling will start from October 22.</p> <p>The first train G7401 will start from Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station at 6:32 am, and arrive at Hangzhou at 7:32, with duration of 1 hour.</p> <p>When the operation passes the trail period, the single way will be 38 km, at 350 km/hour. The interval of trains will be 3 minutes (shorter many metro carts).</p>Timber Cove, Sonomahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101020_timber_cove_sonoma.htmWed, 20 Oct 2010 10:15:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101020_timber_cove_sonoma.htm<p>This year&rsquo;s YLF (Young Leaders Forum, National Committee on US-China Relationships) took place in Timber Cove, Sonoma county, California. I have decided to make time for this great event no matter what. I am back from the three day trip, and have time to post some of the photos I took during the days. Well, the content is obviously 100 times better than the content, and I got great inspiration from the other fellows. Since that is a strictly confidential and off-record conference, I won&rsquo;t disclose anything about the conference itself.</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101018_happy_birthday_to_me-9.htmMon, 18 Oct 2010 03:55:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101018_happy_birthday_to_me-9.htm<p>It turned out today is my birthday today.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t realize it is already October 18, well, Beijing time.</p> <p>It is the first birthday spanning on both sides of the Ocean. Although I haven&rsquo;t enter Oct 18 at this side of the Pacific, when I am there, the day will end.</p> <p>PS. Based on the boarding information I have, when I arrive at PVG, I will conveniently skip the day and will be 2 am the second day.</p>International Financial Center Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101010_international_financial_center_opens.htmSun, 10 Oct 2010 22:46:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101010_international_financial_center_opens.htm<p>Heard the news that International Financial Center opens at Lujiazui (many weeks ago), and it offers free parking, we detoured there on our way to the post office to check out.</p> <p>Location: It has many the best location in Lujiazui, just between Jinmao tower, and the Super Brand Mall, as shown in the map below (it was not completed yet in the satellite image).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/10/International-Financial-Center-Opens_130D4/map-bf67b642a2e7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/10/International-Financial-Center-Opens_130D4/shanghai-roof-ifc.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>After IFC opens, Shanghai has another top shopping center with the first line brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci&hellip; I just feel I entered the world of &ldquo;The Devil Wears Prada&rdquo;. Interestingly, I am the dummy who don&rsquo;t understand the brand. I just cannot keep asking the question, why a bag worth 20K RMB? What is the value the branded product? My guess is, maybe the reason is just like people buying iPhone (I can certainly understand why iPhone justifies its 3x to 4x higher price than average phones).</p>Blog Writter Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101010_blog_writter_blog.htmSun, 10 Oct 2010 18:16:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101010_blog_writter_blog.htm<p>Trying to use Windows Blog Writer to create a test post. The new version looks better, although I was completely confused by the Windows Live Messenger new version.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, I was using Windows Live Blog for a blog about Shanghai, as it is not blocked in China. But, I recently found that Microsoft will stop this service soon. They will let people move their blogs to WordPress, but I think that WordPress may be blocked in China. So I will have to figure something else.<br><br>But I guess you can continue to use the Writer tool for other blogs.<br><br>Wang Jian Shuo, what blog service do you use? Or did you make it yourself?<div class="comment-meta">— TianQin · 2010-10-12 04:45</div></div> <div class="comment">wordpress is not blocked in shanghai but in other cities (such as my hometown zhen jiang).<br><br>Live Writer is good but i don&#x27;t know how to download.. The download page confused me for a long time and i can&#x27;t find any download link.. strange microsoft.<div class="comment-meta">— Ding Li · 2010-10-14 17:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello Ding Li, thanks for the information about wordpress.<div class="comment-meta">— TianQin · 2010-10-21 00:47</div></div> </details>Qingdao Area Geographyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101009_qingdao_area_geography.htmSat, 09 Oct 2010 23:50:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101009_qingdao_area_geography.htm<p>The best way to understand geography of an area is by moving around. In a city, the best way is to walk, with biking as the second choice. For an area, driving is best.</p> <p>After driving to Qingdao, I understand the area better, and can explain it to you - mainly from the expressway system perspective.</p> <p><strong>G15</strong></p> <p>Thanks to the G15 National Expressway, the driving from Shanghai to Qingdao is pretty straight forward - get to G15 by any of the many east-west expressways (G40 to Xi&rsquo;an, G50 to Chongqing, G60 to Chengdu, or S5 to Jiading District, S32, S4 to Jinshan).</p>Restart Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101007_restart_again.htmThu, 07 Oct 2010 19:17:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101007_restart_again.htm<p>After the 7 full day of rest, I am feeling very refreshed, and excited. Tomorrow is a good day, and I am going to rush back to the field, and to start the exciting journey again. I am back!</p>My Contact Management Tipshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101006_my_contact_management_tips.htmWed, 06 Oct 2010 23:04:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101006_my_contact_management_tips.htm<p>In the current world with most applications like iPhone contact manager, and Gmail contact designed around English names, it is a little bit challenging for Chinese users. Here are my tips:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Design a consistent naming system for yourself. Here is mine.</p> </li> <li> <p>Whenever someone has a Chinese name, record it in contact manager using the correct Chinese name.</p> </li> <li> <p>Always input Chinese name as a whole into the Last Name section. It is strange to enter two Chinese characters into the First Name columns, and one character into the Last Name. The worst is when it is displayed, like in iPhone, that last name is in bold font, and there is a space between the first and the last. Not necessary at all.</p>Running on G15https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101006_running_on_g15.htmWed, 06 Oct 2010 18:25:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101006_running_on_g15.htm<p>Wendy is driving.</p> <p>Yifan is sleeping.</p> <p>The car is running on the long north to south national expressway G15 (a.k.a Shenyang-Haikou Expressway).</p> <p>Inspired by the 2200 km travel across the western US, the family drove to Qingdao and back during the holiday.</p> <p>The G15 is generally empty with just one or two cars ahead in sight for many sections except in Shanghai.</p> <p>Car traveling is a feasible option for Chinese now.</p>Using iPhone to Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101005_using_iphone_to_blog.htmTue, 05 Oct 2010 23:47:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101005_using_iphone_to_blog.htm<p>With the help of <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/2007/09/one_more_reason_to_buy_an_ipho.html">iMT</a> plugin, I am using iPhone to publish this entry now. Although the iPhone keyboard is more suitable for 140 character of twitter, at least I have some decent tool to blog on the go. I still don&rsquo;t have any idea how it changes the way I blog. The most possible outcome of this tool is, I simply forget about it soon. The other possibility is, it may turn my blog into a mini blog, or twitter (if you want to use the more popular name for that kind of thing). It will be both good and bad - good to capture the inspiration on the go, but the other side of the coin is, maybe it is not as worthy as before.</p>Days Like Thishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101003_days_like_this.htmSun, 03 Oct 2010 19:14:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101003_days_like_this.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t know in the future, when Yifan grows up, will he live in the era like ours? What will he learn about the world we are living in in the October of 2010.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">What makes you have this comment today?<div class="comment-meta">— Guff · 2010-10-03 19:43</div></div> <div class="comment">What was happened?<div class="comment-meta">— zhiqiang · 2010-10-03 23:22</div></div> <div class="comment">To be frank, today is actually the best time ever in China&#x27;s 5000 year history. China is at its peak moment. Next couple of decades will not likely see such best moment. In fact, China is on its peak and heading down to a multi-decades of slow growth and worse, potential instability. My point is, your child may not see better times you are seeing today when he grows up in 20 years. Enjoy good times today. The next peak will probably come in the mid century, 2040 to 2050 period, of course, after a troublesome intermediate period.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2010-10-04 23:28</div></div> <div class="comment">In partiaular for a Chinese , this century sure beats the last century.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2010-10-05 00:19</div></div> <div class="comment">From a cyclic point of view, when history suffers for too long, it will correct to the opposite side violently. China had suffered painfully more than 200 years before the current revival. It can partially explained last 30 years glorious boom. However, when the boom overdoes or over-extends itself, it can correct to the opposite side for an intermediate period. I believe China today is right at the crux of the boom. From historical precedences we often see, a boom tends to over extend and fizzles into a counter trend correction, which would be the next 20 years period. We don&#x27;t yet know how extensive the correction would be. From an optimistic view, China will re-emerge from the correction and make new progress after 2030 and onward.<br><br>My point is, life tends to be cyclic, too is fortune.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2010-10-05 01:30</div></div> <div class="comment">China&#x27;s future will be worse. Move him out of that country before it is too late.<div class="comment-meta">— June · 2010-10-05 15:38</div></div> <div class="comment">No, it will be much better. It will be more truthful and I as an ABC need a stronger China. I am already happier than I was before because of a more accessible and more vocal China even though I am an American. I need China to be visible, for an echo of my ancestry to be vibrant. It makes me more comfortable to be alive. Your son feel more embraced and more belonging to the world than I ever have in the past.<div class="comment-meta">— Cleo · 2010-10-05 23:15</div></div> <div class="comment">China suffers from what I call a &quot;moral vacuum&quot;, it is a large, diverse, and morally corrupt society right now. If we look at it from this pessimistic angle, China will be spiraling down a path leading to a dystopian existence. On the plus side, there&#x27;s some hope. People with integrity and sense of righteousness like Jianshuo here.<br><br>Politically, China will always be an Oligarchy. It always has been ruled by an elitist group of inter-connected &quot;buddies&quot; and mobsters and this tradition will continue forever. Premier Wen once said during a CNN interview (cannot be seen inside China of course) that he sees a democratic China at some point in the future. He is an idealist on that point I think. Nothing will break the Chinese characteristic of an elitist ruling class. Not even our &quot;beloved Chairman Mao&quot; could do it!<br><br>But for now, I am happy to be making my millions, screw the other guy standing on the pile of s**t!<div class="comment-meta">— titi · 2010-10-06 17:42</div></div> </details>In Qingdao Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101002_in_qingdao_now.htmSat, 02 Oct 2010 20:31:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101002_in_qingdao_now.htm<p>From Rizhao, 150 km away on the north is Qingdao. Now we arrived at Qingdao this afternoon from Rizhao.</p> <p>The next station will be Yantai tomorrow.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Great pictures!! Copied a couple for my presentation.<br><br>Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Jenny · 2011-10-30 11:19</div></div> </details>Drove to Rizhao, Shandonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101002_drove_to_rizhao_shandong.htmSat, 02 Oct 2010 10:57:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20101002_drove_to_rizhao_shandong.htm<p>Wendy, Yifan and I am at Rizhao after 9hours of driving via G15 expressway.</p>Shanghai to Hangzhou via Hangzhou Bay Bridge?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100929_shanghai_to_hangzhou_via_hangzhou_bay_bridge.htmWed, 29 Sep 2010 23:26:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100929_shanghai_to_hangzhou_via_hangzhou_bay_bridge.htm<p>The question reads:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jian,</p> <p>I have tried everywhere to find if we can do a trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou, staying overnight and coming back to Shanghai via the Hangzhou Bay bridge. Is it possible if we took an early D train to Ningbo and then made our way over the bridge by bus or cab? Any suggestions you have would be more than welcome.</p> </blockquote> <p>The short answer is, you don&rsquo;t to go over the Hangzhou Bay Bridge from Shanghai to Hangzhou. Actually, there is no need to use that bridge from any where in the world to get to Hangzhou.</p>Shanghai to Hangzhou Highspeed Trainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100928_shanghai_to_hangzhou_highspeed_train.htmTue, 28 Sep 2010 23:27:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100928_shanghai_to_hangzhou_highspeed_train.htm<p>The Shanghai to Hangzhou Highspeed Train will officially launch at the later half of October, 2010. Today, the headline news is, the train experimented to run at 416.6 km/hour (259 miles/hour).</p> <p>At commercial operation, the train will link Shanghai and Hangzhou. It takes about 40 minutes to get to Hangzhou from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100913_photos_of_hong_qiao_railway_station.htm">Shanghai Hong Qiao Railway Station</a>, running at 350 km/hour (217 miles/hour). The current D-Train, the fastest, is about 2 hours.</p>Holiday is Approachinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100927_holiday_is_approaching.htmMon, 27 Sep 2010 22:12:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100927_holiday_is_approaching.htm<p>Oct 1 to Oct 7 are the National Holiday in China. In the next few days, the nation will enter the holiday theme. Happy holiday, in advance.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Let me be the first one to wish you a &quot;HAPPY and Wonderful holiday for you and your family&quot;.<br><br>Hope YIFAN enjoys the holiday time more with this father &amp; Mother.<div class="comment-meta">— Balaji · 2010-09-27 22:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy holiday！<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#28120;&amp;#19978;&amp;#30270; · 2010-09-27 22:30</div></div> <div class="comment">钓鱼岛是中国的！<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#32654;&amp;#30643; · 2010-09-29 00:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, another holiday to celebrate one year closer to the end of the current regime. Happy holidays, everyone.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2010-09-29 01:59</div></div> <div class="comment">That&#x27;s right, Happy Holiday. And you will also see people with huge suitcases and large appliances on every bus and train.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2010-09-29 14:17</div></div> <div class="comment">forget about 钓鱼岛<br><br>history is sometimes hard to swallow, but necessary, let&#x27;s move on. the hard lesson learned is we need to wisely solve territorial disputes before they become unsolvable.<div class="comment-meta">— ronin · 2010-10-01 05:06</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;And you will also see people with huge suitcases and large appliances on every bus and train.&quot; If these trains and buses are moving somehow, its not really holidays for everyone out there in China, isn&#x27;t it? It seems to be very unique in the whole world, that a country has got holidays for over a week for most of the people. And people who has to work on this specials days, should be paid double and tripple, please! We will see, how long your goverment is having these holidays. I find that a bit spooky. What the hell are you doing all, if you are not visiting a family? Are you takin gthe chance to visite the rest of the world?<div class="comment-meta">— li kebushi · 2010-10-03 09:44</div></div> </details>Apple Flagship Store in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100926_apple_flagship_store_in_shanghai.htmSun, 26 Sep 2010 23:05:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100926_apple_flagship_store_in_shanghai.htm<p>The second day I am back from Singapore, I had a lunch meeting in Shangri-la, and after the meeting, I went to the Apple Flagship Store in Shanghai.</p> <p>The store is located near the Grand Brand Mall, just the other side of the Pearl TV Tower. It is at basement of the International Financial Center (IFC) complex, near the LV flagship store.</p> <p>Here is the entrance - the feeling is just like the glass entrance of the Louvre.</p>My Friends in Singaporehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100924_my_friends_in_singapore.htmFri, 24 Sep 2010 23:20:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100924_my_friends_in_singapore.htm<p>Here are some nice group photo.</p> <p>A nice working lunch with faculty and students from School of Computer, National University of Singapore.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5021520453_4080d264ff_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>After the talk to students.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5021520485_ac1be1be54_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Meeting with NUS Entrepreneur Alumni at Soc, NUS</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5021520517_6209da1b48_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Meeting with MDA.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5022128550_80183b1a66_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Below is the time of the lecture:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5022733361_ceb432c248_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5022733233_455a7caff1_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/24/5023342914_7074f86cdc_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">why u always at far end in all photos, JS? BTW, which one is jiang ming liang in your photos?<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2010-09-25 18:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I assume in Singapore, people value the Chinese courtesy. It is courtesy to the host, and other people to leave the middle space to others, and take the far most position. Similar things are like when people propose a toast, and the glasses touches each other, everyone try to be lower than the other glass to show courtesy.... I am just trying to do that all the time. Ming liang was not able to go there this time.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-09-26 11:48</div></div> <div class="comment">What was talk at NUS about?<div class="comment-meta">— Nirmalya · 2010-10-27 01:26</div></div> <div class="comment">What was the topic of your talk at NUS? Good to see one of lecture halls I spent some time in recently :)<div class="comment-meta">— Nirmalya · 2010-10-27 01:28</div></div> </details>道路的编号https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100923_eecc.htmThu, 23 Sep 2010 00:17:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100923_eecc.htm<p>在新加坡，发现一个有趣的现象：在一个人口只有4百多万，面积只有720平方公里的地方，邮政编码居然多达6位，而且看起来还用不像中国的200030这样空荡荡的样子。比如：</p>Meetings in Singaporehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100922_meetings_in_singapore.htmWed, 22 Sep 2010 23:07:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100922_meetings_in_singapore.htm<p>Meetings include:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Meeting with faculties in National University of Singapore</p> </li> <li> <p>Workshop on China&rsquo;s Internet - The room will filled with 300 students with another same size room broadcasting the video</p> </li> <li> <p>Meeting with Infocomm Development Agency</p> </li> <li> <p>Meeting with Media Development Agency</p> </li> <li> <p>Meeting with Temasek</p> </li> <li> <p>Meeting with NUS alumni</p> </li> <li> <p>Meeting with computer department of NUS.</p> </li> </ul> <p>There are other smaller meetings in it. I love my Singapore trip. Here are some photos.</p> <p>Below: A cool demo by a company invested by MDA.</p>Singapore Pte Ltdhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100921_singapore_pte_ltd.htmTue, 21 Sep 2010 23:26:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100921_singapore_pte_ltd.htm<p>I joked with Prof. Juzar on the way to dinner, that I found myself on the campus of a big company called &ldquo;Singapore Pte Ltd&rdquo; these days. Some people joked that the president of China acts as CEO of China Limited Corparation. I felt more so in Singapore. I formed the impression from the interaction with the government agencies, universities, and private sectors, and some ideas comes from the autobiography of Lee Kuan Yew.</p>Singapore Second Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100920_singapore_second_impression.htmMon, 20 Sep 2010 23:18:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100920_singapore_second_impression.htm<p>I am at Orchard Hotel at Singapore, on the famous Orchard road.</p> <p>This is my &ldquo;second impression&rdquo; of Singapore - the first impression was about 10 years ago.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Singapore is far from China. I was surprised that there is no time difference after 5 hours&rsquo; of flight. Then with the help of a map, I figured out that it is at the same longitude with Kunming in China, only moved to 1 degree north near the equation. That was my major mistake, since I always thought Singapore is somewhere very west.</p>Beijing Traffic Jam on Wide Roadshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100920_beijing_traffic_jam_on_wide_roads.htmMon, 20 Sep 2010 00:18:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100920_beijing_traffic_jam_on_wide_roads.htm<p>Check out how wide the road of Beijing is, and how terrible the traffic jam of today. Thanks to lee who posted this to the Internet:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/20/5004152859_56fd14b2e3_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>copyright: Lee from t.sina.com.cn</p> <p>Yes. Beijing has a problem in transportation now.</p> <p><strong>Update and Correction</strong></p> <p>People sent me message and tell me it is not like Beijing. At a closer look, I believe so. Sorry for posting confusing message, and it is the time to re-enforce my rule on this blog: only post something I personally see.</p>高速公路编号的学问https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100919_eeecce-2.htmSun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100919_eeecce-2.htm<p>道路的标号是一门有趣的学问，把繁杂的物理世界变成井然有序的数字，需要花一点心思。顺便把中国和美国解决同样的问题的方法比较一下。</p> <p><strong>主干道的编号</strong></p> <p>中国刚刚诞生的高速公路体系在编号上面，和美国50年代开始修建的艾森豪威尔高速体系基本上是一致的。奇数表示南北方向，比如上海附近的G15（沈海高速）, G25（长深高速），洛阳附近的G55（二广高速）等，偶数表示东西方向，比如上海附近的G40（沪陕高速）, G50（沪渝高速）， G60（沪昆高速）等。美国一样，西雅图那里的东西的I-90，南北的I-5;旧金山那里东西的I-80和南北的I-5等等。。。总体说来，本着5结尾就是南北骨干，0结尾就是东西骨干的方式，中美一致。中国特色的是从北京开出来的几条一位数字的放射线，比如G1京哈, G2京沪 - G7京乌的7条线。</p>Injected the Measles Vaccinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100918_injected_the_measles_vaccine.htmSat, 18 Sep 2010 23:22:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100918_injected_the_measles_vaccine.htm<p>Following up the question: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100908_shall_i_sign_for_measles_vaccine.htm">Shall I Sign for Measles Vaccine</a>, here is the update. We finally signed the letter, and had Yifan injected the Measles Vaccine.</p> <p>Few days before, immediately after Beijing reassured everyone that it is voluntary, the kindergarten Yifan attended posted a poster and said, it is mandatory. Although they offered a form of two choices, they said any claim not to inject will be invalid, and should be chose again&hellip;. The kindergarten closed at 12:00 at noon in Friday, and ask parents to bring their kids to do the injection.</p>我们不喜欢注释https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100916_aeaee-3.htmThu, 16 Sep 2010 23:20:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100916_aeaee-3.htm<p>今天下午的乐高，讨论了代码规范中注释的部分。做为实用主义者，我们不喜欢过多的注释。“让代码的速度跟得上思考的速度”是我们一直提倡和追求的，也就是代码要写得入如注释般清晰，简洁，让人可以如读英文文章一样的读代码，而不是读注释。</p>Singapore e-Visahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100916_singapore_e-visa.htmThu, 16 Sep 2010 20:47:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100916_singapore_e-visa.htm<p>I was impressed by the efficiency of Singapore government. They issued an e-visa the second day after I submitted the application, although the standard processing time is 3 days - an example of &ldquo;under promising, over delivering&rdquo;.</p> <p>The e-visa is just a printed paper (just needed for airlines to check-in). The real visa is in the computer system, and will be validated with my passport.</p> <p>The visa fee is 153 RMB (30 S&rsquo;$). It is valid of two years, and multi-entry.</p>Why Chinese Citizen Needs Visa Everywherehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100915_why_chinese_citizen_needs_visa_everywhere.htmWed, 15 Sep 2010 22:32:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100915_why_chinese_citizen_needs_visa_everywhere.htm<p>I got an invitation from Prof. Tang (via Mingliang and Hua) of National University of Singapore to deliver a talk on <a href="http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/events/chinaworkshop.html">a seminar</a> there. Then, I visited the Singapore visa office very early in the morning to get a visa. Every time I apply for a visa, either for United States, Australia, Singapore, or other places, I cannot stop wondering why Chinese citizens need to apply visa for almost every country existing on this planet.</p>I am Using iPhone 4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100914_i_am_using_iphone_4.htmTue, 14 Sep 2010 23:28:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100914_i_am_using_iphone_4.htm<p>Finally, the iPhone 4 we booked at Apple Store in Palo Alto never appeared. Wendy bought one from Hong Kong, and she was kind enough to let me use it (while she uses iPad).</p> <p>So, consider me as a person with an iPhone from now on.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Welcome to the &quot;dark side&quot;... ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Norris · 2010-09-15 11:32</div></div> <div class="comment">How did you get a micro SIM card here in China?<div class="comment-meta">— Jerome Cole · 2010-09-17 13:47</div></div> <div class="comment">To Jerome: A good question, but we have a good friend - Scissors.<div class="comment-meta">— Edward · 2010-09-19 19:21</div></div> <div class="comment">How much is Iphone 4 from Hongkong?<div class="comment-meta">— zhy8098 · 2010-09-20 17:30</div></div> <div class="comment">I also got iPhone 4 over the weekend. Loved it so far.<div class="comment-meta">— Stlplace · 2010-09-21 02:46</div></div> </details>Photos of Hong Qiao Railway Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100913_photos_of_hong_qiao_railway_station.htmMon, 13 Sep 2010 23:18:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100913_photos_of_hong_qiao_railway_station.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t make a mistake here. It is NOT Hong Qiao Airport, it is the Hong Qiao Railway Station.</p> <p>Before many people know it, the Hong Qiao Railway Station at the new Hong Qiao Airport Terminal 2 has operated for quite some time. It is the new station serving the highspeed trains from Shanghai to Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing and future destinations.</p> <p><strong>Location</strong></p> <p>It is exactly at the west side of the Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2. It shares the same building with the Hong Qiao Transition Center (Metro Line #2, and Line #10, and future Maglev, if they are lucky to be able to build it), and the T2. You can basically walk from the railway train station to the Hong Qiao airport terminal 2, but it is a pretty long walk. You can also take the Metro for one stop (got the idea about how far it is to talk at the basement of the building?)</p>8 Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100911_8_years_of_blogging.htmSat, 11 Sep 2010 23:59:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100911_8_years_of_blogging.htm<p>I almost forgot about the 8 years of blogging anniversary if my reader hadn&rsquo;t notified me about it. We should celebrate it a little bit, right? (Well, as always, I don&rsquo;t want to be too high-profile of it due to our respect to the people who lost their lives in 911 - The two days are just co-incidentally the same).</p> <p>8 years - about 10% of one&rsquo;s life - with daily blogging. Isn&rsquo;t it crazy?</p>Blog的头8年https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100911_blogc8.htmSat, 11 Sep 2010 23:48:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100911_blogc8.htm<p>要不是我的好心读者提醒，我都忘了今天是我写blog的八周年纪念日。从2002年9月11日到2010年9月11日这2922天中间，我总共写了2805篇英文blog，338篇中文blog，合计3143篇，平均每天1.08篇文章，可以说，在过去的八年里面，我还是坚持了每天一篇文章的频度。在8年前写第一篇blog的时候，真的没有想到写blog，会占据我生命的十分之一的时间。既然是第九年的第一篇blog，总要总结些什么，才对得起这特殊的日子。</p>如果我有时间，我会写更短的代码https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100910_eieaeccaec.htmFri, 10 Sep 2010 00:05:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100910_eieaeccaec.htm<p>eBay的代码量已经比Windows+Linux更多了。从我看来，这绝不是一种恭维，而是彻彻底底的技术人员的失败。从代码的角度，越短的代码，就越有力量。</p>Urbanization of Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100909_urbanization_of_shanghai.htmThu, 09 Sep 2010 23:39:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100909_urbanization_of_shanghai.htm<p>I posted the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100827_urbanization_of_luoyang.htm">urbanization of Luoyang</a>. Let me share some photos of urbanization of Shanghai.</p> <p>There photos are taken during my flight from Weihai to Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/09/4974403908_a67103d17f_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/09/4974403526_fafbb61501_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/09/4974405162_a866898e7c_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>It should be an area near Xinzhuang.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">em... WJS, your photos made me check the definition of Urbanization on dictionary. I am lost;-)... these are all about &quot;suburbanisation&quot;... nothing urban to my understanding.<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2010-09-10 14:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo,<br><br>Today is Sept 11th. Happy Birthday to your blog!<br><br>- Joe<div class="comment-meta">— jt · 2010-09-11 20:57</div></div> <div class="comment">interesting photo. so is there a full, car-sized street on each side of the house and no backyard? (I&#x27;m showing my suburban american roots) why?<div class="comment-meta">— bryan · 2010-09-14 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">I believe we are looking at many small apt buildings or multi family houses. They have driveways and small front yards.<div class="comment-meta">— michael · 2010-09-15 18:50</div></div> <div class="comment">They need 24 hour convenience stores then. This isn&#x27;t looking too promising in terms of considerate planning. It may be hard to live in these kinds of neighborhoods for long stretches of time. Are they mostly car owners? Where do the cars park? Otherwise, how do you get out of this place? On foot? Shuttle vans? Are we looking at buyouts in fifteen years when the area (hopefully) becomes more desirable or is the next big corporation just going to bypass this area completely and build an hq/research facility somewhere undeveloped? Are these low-rises built because of the soft marshland of pudong that is allegedly sinking from the weight of skyscrapers? OMG, what is the humidity level of these houses in a few years? Are the walls using drywall or plaster?<div class="comment-meta">— Cleo · 2010-09-17 08:52</div></div> <div class="comment">They look awful.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2010-09-18 04:01</div></div> <div class="comment">i bet 90% are empty. most units will be flipped several times over and will never occupied<div class="comment-meta">— LooneyTunes · 2010-09-21 07:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry to jump in late. There are some misperceptions going on here.<br><br>@GN - I know what you mean, but WJS is right. &quot;Urbanization&quot; is the term for turning rural or natural land into inhabited land, no matter the building pattern. &quot;Suburbanization&quot; (which is also going on in Shanghai) means the process of a large city spreading out into suburban style areas.<br><br>@Bryan, Michael - not a full car-sized street. You are seeing just a very small lot - street in front, small back yard right on street behind. Hard to tell for sure, but I think these are single family, not multi-family.<br><br>@Cleo - I agree there isn&#x27;t good planning going on here. I *think* this is public/relocation housing for rural villagers whose land has been appropriated for some other purpose (railroad, other urban development, etc.) So few cars, more bikes and scooters. It&#x27;s low rise because this is far away from the center of the city and that&#x27;s a cheap way to build (and this is Puxi, not Pudong), it doesn&#x27;t have anything to do with land sinking. The humidity level everywhere in Shanghai is very high all the time, no need to worry about in a few years :-) It&#x27;s almost certainly plaster, not drywall.<br><br>@Looneytunes - Like I said above, I think this is public housing, not investment housing, so they probably will be occupied and not flipped.<br><br>But I agree with everyone, it&#x27;s a very poor environment, how do you get anywhere?<div class="comment-meta">— ddjiii · 2010-09-30 11:41</div></div> </details>Shall I Sign for Measles Vaccinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100908_shall_i_sign_for_measles_vaccine.htmWed, 08 Sep 2010 23:56:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100908_shall_i_sign_for_measles_vaccine.htm<p>Yifan got a letter to parent from kindergarten. It is about a sudden action to inject Measles Vaccine for the upcoming nationwide measles immunization campaign. That was a big shock to me.</p> <p>Only after I got the letter that I realized that it is not just for Yifan. Parents of more than 100 million children in China received the same letter, and the deadline for signing the letter is just tomorrow. There are about 3 days for us to decide whether to accept it.</p>百姓网在威海https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100908_cc-6.htmWed, 08 Sep 2010 00:08:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100908_cc-6.htm<p>公司这次出游经过集体投票，选在了海滨城市威海。这里是全体参加的同事的合影。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2010/09/08/4967386903_997ca3884f_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>数一数，在过去的几年中，我们已经一起去过了龙王山，青岛，柬埔寨，宁海，嵊泗，厦门，成都，三亚，各个小团队出差也已经分头去过美国的旧金山，加拿大的多伦多，荷兰的阿姆斯特丹了。这就是作为精干的小团队的一员的好处。百姓网要做一个轻公司，每个人都真正可以施展才华的公司。</p>How Startups Enter China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100907_how_startups_enter_china.htmTue, 07 Sep 2010 23:23:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100907_how_startups_enter_china.htm<p>My friend asked me a question:</p> <blockquote> <p>It is stupid to ignore China market for any startup. What is your suggest for startups to enter China market?</p> </blockquote> <p>My quick answer is: Don&rsquo;t.</p> <p>My alternative suggestion is, enter China market by putting your headquarter in China.</p> <p>I have many successful entrepreneur friends in the Silicon Valley, who don&rsquo;t have China presence yet (and I suggested them not to do it), and I also know some great American in Shanghai who have amazing business in China. In contrary, I also know many of my local friends who were laid off after working for the Shanghai branch offices for startups in US, or Europe.</p>Back to Windows World: Silverlighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100906_back_to_windows_world_silverlight.htmMon, 06 Sep 2010 23:56:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100906_back_to_windows_world_silverlight.htm<p>Tried to build some Silverlight application over the night. I felt I was back to the Windows world, and I have to say, Windows development system has the best architect I have every seen.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">专程来踩E文点！<div class="comment-meta">— cndig · 2010-09-08 01:21</div></div> </details>Advanced Asphalt Road Paving Systemhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100905_advanced_asphalt_road_paving_system.htmSun, 05 Sep 2010 12:15:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100905_advanced_asphalt_road_paving_system.htm<p>At Haibin North Road 海滨北路 of Weihai, I saw the most advanced road paving system I have ever seen.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/05/4957472170_7f8a228b63_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The system consists of many big machines, lining up for about 200 meters. It completely automated the work to pave a new Asphalt road. The whole army of trucks moved slowly, but after them, the old broken Asphalt is turned into new and ready to use road.</p>Weihai by the Seahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100904_weihai_by_the_sea.htmSat, 04 Sep 2010 23:32:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100904_weihai_by_the_sea.htm<p>This is the second day I am in Weihai 威海. Here is some observation during the day.</p> <p><strong>Where is Weihai</strong></p> <p>Weihai is at the tip of the Shandong Peninsula, at the other side of the Korea Peninsula. In that area, there are four major sea-side cities: Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, and Rizhao.</p> <p><strong>My Impression</strong></p> <p>Weihai is a newly raised city. According to the plate number, it is 鲁K - traditionally, the capital city of the province is numbered A, and the cities are then number according to significance. K is not a very top number.</p>Blue Sky of Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100903_blue_sky_of_shanghai.htmFri, 03 Sep 2010 23:49:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100903_blue_sky_of_shanghai.htm<p>We are flying to Weihai 威海 this morning. I wake up earlier than before to get the new Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2. On the way, I took some picture of the rare blue sky of Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/03/4953865799_33e42dc0bd_z.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/03/4954439806_e67c5be534_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/09/03/4953877813_d8c987747d_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>After paying attention the pattern of blue sky in Shanghai, I found out it is a rule that whenever there are wind from the sea (south-east wind), Shanghai will be very beautiful, especially after a typhoon.</p>Yifan's Happy First Day in Kindergartenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100902_yifans_happy_first_day_in_kindergarten.htmThu, 02 Sep 2010 23:03:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100902_yifans_happy_first_day_in_kindergarten.htm<p>Yifan&rsquo;s first day in kindergarten was great. He was very happy when we sent him to the kindergarten. He was singing a song when we stepped into the gate. He went straight to the LEGO in his room.</p> <p>He cried briefly when his mom left, but basically enjoyed the day. The teacher reported that he ate well, and slept well this noon. Great!</p> <p><strong>Yifan as Apple Fan</strong></p> <p>Wendy bought an iPad, and Yifan naturally can play with it. Kudos to Apple Inc. to make it so usable. We bought an Apple T-shirt in Apple Company Store at Apple headerquarter, and dressed him up with the new T-shirt. The front reads: &ldquo;Hello. I am a Mac&rdquo;, and at the back is an Apple logo.</p>Typhoon Hits Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100831_typhoon_hits_shanghai.htmTue, 31 Aug 2010 23:54:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100831_typhoon_hits_shanghai.htm<p>Typhoon is coming to Shanghai tomorrow. It will be the first day Yifan go to kindergarten. His teacher in kindergarten sent us SMS that the kindergarten will be closed tomorrow due to typhoon. So, Yifan has one more day at home before he can play his favorite cars in his classroom.</p> <p>Take care, my friends, if you are in Shanghai or southeast coast of China.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Same here, but teachers still have to work! Jodi and I had to scramble to find a place for our kids tomorrow.<div class="comment-meta">— Micah S · 2010-09-01 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">shanghai is more safety than some other place in China.<div class="comment-meta">— zbill · 2010-09-01 14:50</div></div> </details>Cost Structure of the Kindergartenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100830_cost_structure_of_the_kindergarten.htmMon, 30 Aug 2010 23:46:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100830_cost_structure_of_the_kindergarten.htm<p>Yesterday, I posted about the new <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100829_yifans_kindergarten.htm">kindergarten</a> near my home. In the comment section, people are very interested in the low tuition - 180 RMB per month per person. That is just the tuition. The meal per day is 6 RMB, which is about 120 RMB, plus some minor fees. In total, it is not expensive at all. Why?</p> <p><strong>The Public School Sponsored by Developer</strong></p> <p>It is a public school. Most private school charges much higher than that. Before, Yifan attended a pre-kindergarten care. That charges about 1600 RMB per month - a pretty normal one. The better private day care charges about 300 RMB per day, which is basically 6000 RMB per month, which I didn&rsquo;t choose.</p>Yifan's Kindergartenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100829_yifans_kindergarten.htmSun, 29 Aug 2010 21:32:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100829_yifans_kindergarten.htm<p>I cannot believe it. In three days, Yifan will officially start his kindergarten life. This will be a great milestone for him. The kindergarten starts from Sept 1, 2010 - the official school date for almost all schools, and kindergartens in China. I attended the first parents&rsquo; meeting yesterday.</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t get confused with Yifan&rsquo;s current kindergarten. Yifan was in another kindergarten for two months:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100315_yifan_started_his_kindergarten_life.htm">Yifan Started His Kindergarten Life</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100316_yifans_second_day_in_kindergarten.htm">Yifan&rsquo;s Second Day in Kindergarten</a></p>Journalist Should Not Be Directorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100829_journalist_should_not_be_director.htmSun, 29 Aug 2010 01:01:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100829_journalist_should_not_be_director.htm<p>Last week, I received an interview from ICS (International Channel Shanghai). The program is ICS news.</p> <p>I regretted that I didn&rsquo;t insist not to take the interview. I have decided not to take interview from the local media, especially TV media, but finally, I said yes.</p> <p>Then it comes the filming. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience inn talk show programs from ICS. My favorite is &ldquo;Culture Matters&rdquo;, which I have been with their program for 5 times. I enjoyed the style of Sammy who is the host, and also the CEO of Sunny TV. He brought a lot of modern journalism style to the program. For example, they only record 30 minutes in total for the 20 something minutes program. That means, they basically broadcast all the content without too much editing. For other talk show like &ldquo;Crossing Over&rdquo; with Hong Huang, it went on well, although not as good as Culture Matter.</p>Urbanization of Luoyanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100827_urbanization_of_luoyang.htmFri, 27 Aug 2010 23:57:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100827_urbanization_of_luoyang.htm<p>My hometown Luoyang is a typical sample of recent years of urbanization process in China.</p> <p>Situated in the middle of China, Luoyang is a middle sized city. Although the total population is 6 million (too big a number in US to be a middle sized city), the urban population is only about 1 million, with the rest to be rural population.</p> <p>In the last 10 years, Luoyang changes a lot. When I check satellite image on Google Maps, I found due to some reason, some tiles of the map was not updated to the current image. That provided an interesting view of the past and the current picture of Luoyang on the same page.</p>Back to SJTU BBShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100817_back_to_sjtu_bbs.htmTue, 17 Aug 2010 11:48:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100817_back_to_sjtu_bbs.htm<p>When you lost an ID that you enjoy a lot, you don&rsquo;t want to use that site any more. It is the case for me on SJTU BBS (Shanghai Jiaotong University Bulletin Board System). I started to use it when I was a junior there. I used a nick name <em>stonebook</em> for few years, before it was terminated on Oct 26, 2003.</p> <p>I just registered a new nickname on <a href="http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn">http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn</a>: <em><a href="http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn/bbsqry?userid=jianshuo">jianshuo</a></em>. I will return to the Automation department board, SOEIEE board (what a strange name), and others.</p>Written Chinese Keeps China Unitedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100816_written_chinese_keeps_china_united.htmMon, 16 Aug 2010 23:24:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100816_written_chinese_keeps_china_united.htm<p>One of my guesses (without any support) is, the written language of Chinese played a very important role in keeping China united as a country in the last 1000 years, although it separates, and then united. Why?</p> <p>Unlike languages that records pronunciation, like English, Chinese characters is basically a &ldquo;picture&rdquo; represents the meaning. Look at the illustration in this blog: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070624_chinese_characters.htm">Chinese Characters</a>.</p> <p>No matter how you want to read it, the written language is always the same across China. A simple (over simplified) example are the number one, two, three in Chinese: 一. 二. 三. If you have Chinese system in your computer and can read Chinese, you will find one stroke means 1, two strokes means 2, and three vertical strokes means 3. (Of cause, 1000 strokes does not mean 1000). It is just like the Rome representation: I, II, III, IV, V, or the numerical representation: 1, 2, 3, 4&hellip; In different countries, they are read differently, but the meaning are the same.</p>Mob Violencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100815_mob_violence.htmSun, 15 Aug 2010 23:18:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100815_mob_violence.htm<p>In special days like today, we observe violence from the top, and from the peers. Mob violence is at least equally strong as official violence&hellip;.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">What mob violence you were talking about? You mean there are mob violence on the streets of Shanghai?<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2010-08-17 00:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Good, smart post. I&#x27;ve done this as well and I have to see it&#x27;s great in terms of creating brand and ultimately, awareness.<div class="comment-meta">— Nike TN Chaussures · 2010-08-27 11:42</div></div> </details>OOB Today for Three Kindomshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100814_oob_today_for_three_kindoms.htmSat, 14 Aug 2010 23:56:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100814_oob_today_for_three_kindoms.htm<p>Watching TV Series <em>Three Kindoms</em> today.</p> <p>OOB for one day.</p>Minimum Fee 120 RMB for Top of SWFChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100813_minimum_fee_120_rmb_for_top_of_swfc.htmFri, 13 Aug 2010 23:56:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100813_minimum_fee_120_rmb_for_top_of_swfc.htm<p>The top secret I have about this city is how to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091003_get_to_top_of_swfc_within_100_rmb.htm">Get to Top of SWFC Within 100 RMB</a>. Now, I found out that trick does not work.</p> <p>The 91th floor of Shanghai World Financial Center is no longer the best value bar in Shanghai. Now, they require 120 RMB per person minimum pay for all afternoon tea guests.</p> <p>Now, the only alternatives left for me are:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070101_the_great_well_in_jinmao_tower.htm">Bottom of the Well at Jinmao Tower</a>. They require 50 RMB / person fee. It is fine, since their juice and tea are 50 RMB.</p>Now We Have More Internshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100812_now_we_have_more_interns.htmThu, 12 Aug 2010 22:14:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100812_now_we_have_more_interns.htm<p>Very happy to have offered 4 smart interns for Baixing today.</p> <p>Two of them are from Fudan University.</p> <p>One from Shanghai Jiaotong University,</p> <p>and another from Wuhan University.</p> <p>Looking forward to work with more interns soon.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Does intern in China receive remuneration during the training period?<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2010-08-13 23:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. We provide salary of 100 RMB per day (about 2000 - 2100 RMB per month). Not high salary, but still higher than the Shanghai average salary.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-08-15 00:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Lucky for those interns who are working for you, at least better than working for Foxconn...........<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2010-08-25 22:51</div></div> </details>Quora is Growing Crazilyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100811_quora_is_growing_crazily.htmWed, 11 Aug 2010 22:02:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100811_quora_is_growing_crazily.htm<p>I first learn <a href="http://quora.com">Quora</a> from Matt, and now, email about someone following me came in like crazy. I got about 120 email like this in the last few days.</p> <p>The website by few ex-former employees of Facebook, and invested by Benchmark is very interesting. It showed the early characters of a promising website - the feeling of WOW when you first read it.</p> <p>On my first page, I saw some interesting question answered by interesting people. For example, the best answer voted to &ldquo;What does Matt do when he was in China&rdquo; was answered by Matt himself, and the question &ldquo;What does Craig of Craigslist think about money&rdquo; also received a lot of answers, out of which, Craig&rsquo;s own answer was chosen to be the best.</p>Questions About Trespassinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100810_questions_about_trespassing.htmTue, 10 Aug 2010 20:41:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100810_questions_about_trespassing.htm<p>I have few questions for my friends in US who are familiar with the legal system there. It is about definition of trespassing, and property owner&rsquo;s right when it happens.</p> <p>It is about the recent case of Guo Degang, the famous Chinese talk show (well, I know it is a funny translation, but what is the right one) actor. That is maybe the hottest news in the recent days before the media was ordered to stop reporting it. Huge amount of people rushed into debating whether they support Guo, or not, and why, but few people really dig into the details of the fact part. Let me try to repeat what is happening. I want to understand how people in the US deal with it, since there is no exact way to define trespassing in China yet.</p>Does Shanghai have Beach, Nearby?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100809_does_shanghai_have_beach_nearby.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 20:47:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100809_does_shanghai_have_beach_nearby.htm<p>I answered the question <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050321_does_shanghai_have_beach.htm">Does Shanghai have Beach?</a> before: No.</p> <p>Wendy and I have been searching beach in Shanghai many times. We went to many claimed beach in Shanghai - the Jinshan Beach, or the Fengxian beach. So far, the nearest real beach is at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060419_shengsi_island_pictures.htm">Shengsi</a>.</p> <p>This time, we continued our search to the north side of the Yangtze River, and arrived at Changshazhen, at Rudong, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=nantong&amp;sll=28.068658,113.033256&amp;sspn=0.009145,0.01929&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Nantong,+Jiangsu,+China&amp;z=10">Nantong</a>.</p> <p>To our disappointment, there is so no beach there. What we see is very like the scene at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060913_dishuihu_dishui_lake_pictures.htm">Dishui Lake</a> in Shanghai.</p>Integrity is Hard in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100808_integrity_is_hard_in_china.htmSun, 08 Aug 2010 21:20:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100808_integrity_is_hard_in_china.htm<p>The integrity issue people pointed out in the comment section of this blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100806_integrity_of_resume.htm">Integrity of Resume</a> is deep rooted in the current system of China. The current system makes it so hard to keep integrity. Here are some examples:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Education. Although questioning authority is a virtue, it is so hard to do so in the current exam driven tests. There are fences everywhere to prevent students to think about. If a student really pursues the truth, and asks questions related to the culture revolution, China&rsquo;s involvement in Korean war, he will be in big trouble, so is his/her teacher. The reason is political reason.</p>Integrity in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100808_p2908.htmSun, 08 Aug 2010 17:00:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100808_p2908.htm<p>My previous post on Integrity of Resume received some very nice comment. That leads me to continue to the discussion about integrity environment in China, and what we can do about it.</p> <p><strong>It is Impossible to Stay Integrity</strong></p> <p>It is a shocking conclusion, and I am aware of how much effort I am going to spend to clarify this conclusion without being accused as dishonest person myself.</p> <p><strong>Universally Hard to Define Honesty</strong></p>Yangtze River is Now a Yellow Riverhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100807_yangtze_river_is_now_a_yellow_river.htmSat, 07 Aug 2010 23:36:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100807_yangtze_river_is_now_a_yellow_river.htm<p>It is a sunny Saturday in Shanghai, and I guess it is so for the Yangtze delta. Wendy and I wanted to bring Yifan to a new city. After the US trip (1600+ miles in 7 days), we reset our definition of living area. 500 km is the new boundary of what we define as &ldquo;far&rdquo;.</p> <p>After checking out cities as far as Rizhao 日照, which may cost 6 hours, we finally decided to go to Nantong 南通. It is at the north side of the Yangtze River, opposite of Suzhou.</p>Integrity of Resumehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100806_integrity_of_resume.htmFri, 06 Aug 2010 22:50:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100806_integrity_of_resume.htm<p>Today, a candidate came to interview at our company. The experience, and the answers to questions looks very promising, but there is one problem: he intentionally changed the date of his employment history by few years. We immediately terminated the interview when we found out.</p> <p>Integrity is the key to any person, and company. It is by trust that this society works together. No matter how good a person is, if there is integrity problem, that is a big problem. In Microsoft, for example, integrity issue is the biggest mistake someone can make, and will result in immediate termination of employment. The first value of the seven key values of Microsoft is Integrity and Honesty. At least in the few years I was in Microsoft, it was really enforced. I know it is a big deal.</p>I Love Tech Talkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100805_i_love_tech_talk.htmThu, 05 Aug 2010 23:10:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100805_i_love_tech_talk.htm<p>Thanks Jianqiu to deliver a tech talk on Data Mining at Baixing office. I enjoyed the talk, and enjoyed the way people share knowledge in the format of tech talks.</p> <p>Baixing is recruiting PM interns these days, and I hope to get your resume if you are in grade 3 in universities. The benefits of being an intern at Baixing is to access to all technical sessions like this one every week.</p>Phoenix Tree-Lined Streets in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100804_phoenix_tree-lined_streets_in_shanghai.htmWed, 04 Aug 2010 19:42:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100804_phoenix_tree-lined_streets_in_shanghai.htm<p>Besides the skyscrapers (not so interesting for the local, but serving as a good opportunity for visitors to take photo as background), the most charming characters of the city of Shanghai is its streets.</p> <p>The streets in the old French Concession was lined by Phoenix trees, and villas. The villas are typically larger than those in the Silicon Valley, and walled by bricks, and high raised fences above it. There are many buildings along the edge of the streets, and you walk besides the window of the kitchen or leaving room of the residents of the building - a very unique experience only in Shanghai.</p>Back to Smallness - Fortress Besiegedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100803_back_to_smallness_-_fortress_besieged.htmTue, 03 Aug 2010 22:51:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100803_back_to_smallness_-_fortress_besieged.htm<blockquote> <p>Marriage is like a fortress besieged: those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out</p> </blockquote> <ul> <li>French proverb and quoted in and inspired the title of the Chinese novel, <em>Fortress Besieged</em>.</li> </ul> <p>After being passionate about bigness, and the magnificent, the splendid, and the modern, I started to learn to appreciate the beauty of smallness.</p> <p><strong>Growing up in the Smallness</strong></p> <p>Grew up in a mid-sized city, Luoyang, in the middle part of China (with 6 million population), most of the things around me are small.</p>大学里的不务正业https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100803_ecaeae-2.htmTue, 03 Aug 2010 19:57:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100803_ecaeae-2.htm<p>我对大学里面不务，因正业的学生总是有特殊的偏好的为我自己在大学里面就是这样的类型。保守的估计，我或许旷掉了一半的课，相当的愧对于险些拿不到的文凭。</p>Pigeon Point Lighthousehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100802_pigeon_point_lighthouse.htmMon, 02 Aug 2010 21:47:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100802_pigeon_point_lighthouse.htm<p>At the west coast of US, there is a lighthouse called Pigeon Point. Wendy and I arrived at that lighthouse at a dark night, thinking we were in the middle of nowhere.</p> <p>We were driving lonely around 9:00 PM along the CA-1, planing to leave San Francisco the second day. Along the dark route, we only can barely hear the wave of ocean on the left, from deep down the cliffs.</p>2011年注定是中国互联网第三春https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100802_2011aeaeeccae.htmMon, 02 Aug 2010 16:09:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100802_2011aeaeeccae.htm<p>我预测，2011年将会是中国互联网继1999年，2005年之后的第三个春天。这个推论不仅仅是用差数列推出来的，而是因为这些天，我真切的嗅到了一些春天的气味，这些气味，和2004年底如此相似。</p>Shanghai is Hot and Humidhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100801_shanghai_is_hot_and_humid.htmSun, 01 Aug 2010 20:44:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100801_shanghai_is_hot_and_humid.htm<p>After a week of incredibly nice weather, and beautiful sky, Shanghai returned to its gray, hot, and humid nature of summers.</p> <p>Currently, the temperature of Shanaghai is 35°C, and humidity is 53%. I often pay more attention to temperature (well, this time, the visit to US enforced my attention to this metrics), but generally ignore humidity.</p> <p>What does 53% means? I need to find out later. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity">Wikipedia article on Humidity</a>, &ldquo;Shanghai and Hong Kong in China also have a extreme humid period in their summer months&rdquo;. It is talking about weather like today. The 6km SW wind does not help at all.</p>Lake Tahoe Photo of Me (Some kind of)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100731_lake_tahoe_photo_of_me_some_kind_of.htmSat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100731_lake_tahoe_photo_of_me_some_kind_of.htm<p>Rick posted it on Sina Microblog about this photo. It is a late afternoon near the Lake Tahoe this March. If you watch this photo close enough, you will find the person at the lake is actually me.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/31/4403452306_3b8fc0b958.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>photograph by Rick Zhuang</p> <p>Thanks Rick!</p> <p>Obviously, Rick has some nicer pictures of the same place without me breaking the beauty of the nature. Good photographer!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/31/4403440352_3039c496e6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>photograph by Rick Zhuang</p>Grand Canyon Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100730_grand_canyon_photos.htmFri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100730_grand_canyon_photos.htm<p>These are the photos I took at the Grand Canyon.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843662800_91c487c500.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843662076_a2aac1419f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843664036_46645abbdd_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843048115_c9a6ef3340_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843663382_85eb2a83dd_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843047461_abb2416981_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/30/4843051831_571436ddc8_z.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Great view! Probably I will never be able to visit the US, but I still like their countryside.<div class="comment-meta">— Uwe · 2010-07-30 22:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Great pictures !<br><br>Did you go on the glass plate that stretches OVER the grand canyon ?<div class="comment-meta">— Mary · 2010-08-01 00:19</div></div> </details>Do Travelers Feel People are More Friendly?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100729_do_travelers_feel_people_are_more_friendly.htmThu, 29 Jul 2010 22:24:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100729_do_travelers_feel_people_are_more_friendly.htm<p>I had a conversation with a participant of Fortune Brainstorm Conference about his recent visit to Asia, namely, Thailand, and China. He was filled with exaggerated excitement about the places he just visited. &ldquo;I was overwhelmed by how friendly people are. Hey man, you just cannot imagine how friendly they are&rdquo;.</p> <p>Hmm… Is it true that travelers feel people are friendlier in foreign countries?</p> <p>For me, for example, I genuinely feel people in the States are very friendly, and people in Sanya, Lijiang, or Daocheng are friendly to me. According to my personal experience, the statement seems to positive. There are for sure cases when people get extremely frustrated during the trip or mistreated, generally, people tend to agree that they love the people they meet when they are traveling. Why is that? How so?</p>Why People Travelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100728_why_people_travel-2.htmWed, 28 Jul 2010 20:34:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100728_why_people_travel-2.htm<p>I asked this question <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090328_why_people_travel.htm">again</a> and again, why people love to travel.</p> <p>**Find new things? **</p> <p>No matter how small it is, from an electronic plug that is different from those in our own country, to a breakfast that offers something you seldom eat in home, the difference reminds us that we are in a different world. Nothing can be more boring when you arrive in a place but you really cannot tell any difference from your home.</p>The Roads in the Westhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100727_the_roads_in_the_west.htmTue, 27 Jul 2010 21:45:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100727_the_roads_in_the_west.htm<p>Nothing can help me to understand that America is a country on the wheels better than drive along the long free way across the western part of US - the road that extends endlessly before you.</p> <p>Along the road, we saw different scenes.</p> <p>Sometimes, we passed the bridges in mountains (I-8 in Arizona)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/27/4833762807_9a84535ac5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Sometimes, we cross another road running to another direction</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/07/27/4833762735_0ef98f7c77.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The mountains are always with us</p>Aspen Airport Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100726_aspen_airport_photos.htmMon, 26 Jul 2010 21:18:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100726_aspen_airport_photos.htm<p>Aspen is a nice town situated in the valley of Rocky Range. Aspen airport, a small airport (the smallest I saw in US, although it is still relatively larger than Nanyang Airport or Luoyang Airport) is very cute. That is the reason I choose to update the photos of Aspen airport first, when I am trying to upload the photos to my blog.</p> <p>Not like large airport, they manually handling of luggage.</p>Wrapping up the Summer Trip in UShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100725_wrapping_up_the_summer_trip_in_us.htmSun, 25 Jul 2010 13:20:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100725_wrapping_up_the_summer_trip_in_us.htm<p>I am now in Hotel Jerome. With the antique light on the desktop, and piano from Colorado Public Radio (the housekeeper always tune to this channel and open the radio when they finished the house cleaning), it is a pretty quiet and &ldquo;prestigious&rdquo; night (This is the word Wendy learn from Amy in Arlington. From then, we used the word prestigious on almost anything that is nice).</p> <p><strong>The Trip</strong></p> <p>This is the longest trip I had in the States. The board meeting in July 7, 2010 in Menlo Park is pre-determined, and there is no way to move it within two months, and the date of Fortune Brainstorm conference at July 22, 2010 is also set. It caused some challenges for me to arrange my schedule. There is about two weeks in the middle of the two important meetings. Typically, I will send about a week in the silicon valley meeting varies companies for both business and learning experience, but there is still another week in the middle. It does not make sense economically and logistically to fly back and forth between the two countries within a week. (I did fly back and forth in two weeks to attend the eBay Global Leadership Meeting, and the Leadership eBay workshop in 2006). So I took personal vacation from July 14 to July 21.</p>Second Day of Fortune Brainstorm Techhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100724_second_day_of_fortune_brainstorm_tech.htmSat, 24 Jul 2010 13:54:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100724_second_day_of_fortune_brainstorm_tech.htm<p>What a whole day. I already waked up enough but still didn&rsquo;t catch up the first session, at 6:00 AM, the optional mountain trail hike.</p> <p>I came from the Internet space, combined with the startup space. Today&rsquo;s session is generally interesting and amazing. The most inspirational part of today&rsquo;s session is, the people, the company, and the topics are not those I will touch on daily basis. I was dragged out of Internet a little bit, but not too far away - to the <strong>Tech</strong> world.</p>Fortune Brainstorm Tech #FortuneTechhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100723_fortune_brainstorm_tech_fortunetech.htmFri, 23 Jul 2010 13:07:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100723_fortune_brainstorm_tech_fortunetech.htm<p>Just finished the first day (well, half day to be more exact) of the <a href="http://www.fortuneconferences.com/brainstormtech/">Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference</a>. As they stated in the description,</p> <blockquote> <p>Fortune Brainstorm: TECH is a marketplace of ideas that assembles the smartest people we know - the world&rsquo;s top technology and media thinkers, operators, entrepreneurs, innovators, and influencers. These leaders inspire a conversation that informs Fortune&rsquo;s editorial coverage throughout the year.</p> <p>Brainstorm began in Aspen in 2001, and Fortune is delighted to be returning to our roots in 2010. We know from experience that Aspen is the ideal - and idyllic - setting to exchange ideas and build relationships, the hallmarks of the Brainstorm experience.</p>Leaving for Aspenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100722_leaving_for_aspen.htmThu, 22 Jul 2010 08:22:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100722_leaving_for_aspen.htm<p>I am leaving Los Angeles airport for Aspen, Colorado.</p> <p>A small aircraft, flying to a small town, from a very big city, and a noisy world.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>Arrived at Aspen, CO. What a small but decent airport. It IS a very nice town. On the whole way from LAX to ASE, I was thinking about the difference between places - the warm and green west coast, the desert like Arizona, and Nevada, and finally the green and beautiful Coloroda again. Why is that?</p>More Perspective about US, and Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100721_more_perspective_about_us_and_china.htmWed, 21 Jul 2010 16:14:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100721_more_perspective_about_us_and_china.htm<p>Travel helps people to understand the world better.</p> <p>Here are some changes I made during the last few days of west US trip.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Urbanization. California is really urbanized, but in US, there are places like Arizona, and Nevada which rural lands separate cities, just like China.</p> </li> <li> <p>Whether people obey rules is not dependent on which country the person is, it is based on the overall environment - economical and demographic. I saw Las Vegas is like Shanghai - there are more people stop you and send you cards with naked girls and phone numbers than people selling fake Rolex on Huaihai Road. People horn in busy streets in Los Angeles, just as Shanghai.</p>I Found a Las Vegas in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100720_i_found_a_las_vegas_in_shanghai.htmTue, 20 Jul 2010 15:41:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100720_i_found_a_las_vegas_in_shanghai.htm<p>American cities are mostly clean, well planned, well organized, and rule-enforced. I saw the quiet small towns like San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle. Even in New York, I see the characteristic of American cities - in certain neighborhood, the style of the buildings - especially the heights of the buildings are pretty similar. In smaller cities like Cappuccino, CA, any small change in the exterior of the house needs approval from neighbors, or the city. I never experienced so much constrain about a building in the America. After watching nice community with decent houses, well cut grasses, and trees, it started to be a little bit &hellip;. hmmm&hellip; boring.</p>San Diegohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100719_san_diego.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 15:44:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100719_san_diego.htm<p>Arrived at San Diego from Sedona, AZ. It was pretty long trip, but Wendy and I was excited about the few hours on road, especially when we see the few miles of desert at the border of Mexico.</p> <p><strong>My Impression of US Cities</strong></p> <p>As anyone, before really setting foot to a place, we have some fixed impressions about it. It may comes from TV series, movie, or a photo. People always make mistakes about the impression.</p>Route 66 and Interstate 40 at Seligmanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100718_route_66_and_interstate_40_at_seligman.htmSun, 18 Jul 2010 14:01:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100718_route_66_and_interstate_40_at_seligman.htm<p>I am a big fan of the Pixar movie, <a href="http://disney.go.com/cars/">Cars</a> - the story of a race car, and the historic route 66, the American&rsquo;s mother road, or the main road.</p> <p>The movie is a very decent, and thoughtful work with the thought of the impact of modern, and fast life, symbolized by Interstate 40 (I-40), and the old-good-sweet time symbolized by route 66, on the life of the people (like the cars in Radiation Springs town).</p>Restart the Daily Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100717_restart_the_daily_blog.htmSat, 17 Jul 2010 15:37:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100717_restart_the_daily_blog.htm<p>In the last two months, especially the last month, I didn&rsquo;t keep my daily blogging int he last 8 years. There are many things to do in the last month, and I think I am completely occupied by my business world - hiring was one of the key job I did. To be honest, I was pretty stressed out.</p> <p>Now, I feel I am starting to get back to the original energy level, so, I think I am able to get back to the daily blog schedule which I kept for years.</p>Reserved iPhone 4 at Apple Storehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100707_reserved_iphone_4_at_apple_store.htmWed, 07 Jul 2010 09:50:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100707_reserved_iphone_4_at_apple_store.htm<p>After a meeting from 2:00 to 3:30 PM in downtown Palo Alto, I passed an <a href="http://www.apple.com/retail/paloalto/">Apple Store at 451 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 617-9000</a>. Sometimes, shopping idea just happened at a flash of thought - I never thought about buying iPhone 4 before, but when I played it for a while, I decided to spend the $599 to get one. That is the difference - if you feel something on your hand, feel its weight, and play with it for a while, and most importantly, when you feel it is closer to you, and you can get it with a small action, you are more likely to buy it.</p>Jian Shuo is in Bay Area, Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100706_jian_shuo_is_in_bay_area_again.htmTue, 06 Jul 2010 04:28:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100706_jian_shuo_is_in_bay_area_again.htm<p>I am in Comfort Inn in Palo Alto. Just arrived, and had my classic PHO as lunch. Will go to bed to adjust the jet lag soon.</p> <p>My friends here, please drop me a note at jianshuo at hotmail dot com to arrange meetup! I am looking forward to seeing you.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Ah, I miss my Bay Area and the Pho. Shanghai is nice, but nothing beats the weather, the food, and the nice people of California. ;-D Are you on El Camino Real in Palo Alto?<div class="comment-meta">— Suz · 2010-07-08 11:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Welcome to China!<div class="comment-meta">— naci · 2010-07-08 16:15</div></div> </details>下个月代表百姓网参加财富论坛https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100629_aeaeaeeccee.htmTue, 29 Jun 2010 00:46:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100629_aeaeaeeccee.htm<p>7月22日到7月25日之间，非常荣幸的受《财富》杂志邀请，参加在美国科罗拉多州Aspen举办的<a href="http://www.fortuneconferences.com/brainstormtech/">2010年财富论坛</a>。</p> <p>大家可以follow <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=fortunetech">#FortuneTech</a>了解最新的情况。</p> <p>这也是我第一次访问美国除了东海岸和西海岸之外的地方。听说那里民风淳朴。</p>1 USD = 6.79527864 RMBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100628_1_usd_679527864_rmb.htmMon, 28 Jun 2010 23:50:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100628_1_usd_679527864_rmb.htm<p>For the first time in recent years, the RMB went strong and broke the 6.80 threshold. What does it mean to people in China, the States, and other countries?</p> <p>I am not an economist, and I am lack of basic ideas about how currency exchange impacts the world. Let me explain what I think from an individual who want to think about this issue.</p> <p><strong>I Forgot the Time when 1 USD is 8.2 RMB</strong></p>The Bund Tunnelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100627_the_bund_tunnel.htmSun, 27 Jun 2010 21:24:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100627_the_bund_tunnel.htm<p>Half years after the Bund Tunnel opened to public, I had the chance to use it for the first time yesterday.</p> <p><strong>The Bund</strong></p> <p>The Bund, and the 30+ buildings along the Bund are landmark of Shanghai. It is where the modern Shanghai got started 200 years ago. The buildings on the west side of the Bund are the most historical, and magnificent buildings of the city, and on the east side, is the mother river, Huangpu River, of the city.</p>中国互联网不缺乏创新https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100623_aeaeecaecae.htmWed, 23 Jun 2010 23:16:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100623_aeaeecaecae.htm<p>中国互联网总被诟病为缺乏创新。中国的很多成功公司做的事情都可以在美国找到鼻祖。但我觉得大家是误解了中国的创业者了。</p> <p>互联网的新技术1夜可以传到中国，商业模式1周就足够拷贝，但是最难拷贝的是用户的成熟度（参见：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050530_aecaeeccccccaeccaeie.htm">中国的互联网现状究竟相当于美国的哪一年？</a>）。成功的企业不是技术或者模式的成功，而是迎合了用户需求而成功。如果大多数用户的需求总比美国慢上几年，我们如果做美国的创业者还没有做过的事情，在中国的用户基数上如何成功？符合用户需求的主流应用，因为中美互联网的时间差，一定是“跟随”的。</p>Pudong Library Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100622_pudong_library_opens.htmTue, 22 Jun 2010 23:55:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100622_pudong_library_opens.htm<p>The new Pudong Library opens.</p> <p>It is located at the Jinxiu Road 锦绣路, and Qiancheng Road 前程路, walking distance from where I am living.</p> <p>Here is the map:</p> <iframe src="http://ditu.google.cn/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=zh-CN&geocode=&q=%E9%94%A6%E7%BB%A3%E8%B7%AF%E5%89%8D%E7%A8%8B%E8%B7%AF&sll=31.21223,121.577903&sspn=0.141822,0.308647&brcurrent=3,0x35b27a4f25879eb1:0xbd6cd4370b6f9c12,0,0x35ad8c73cd3952c7:0xbb190e9364c4e592%3B5,0,0&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E6%B5%A6%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%BA%E9%94%A6%E7%BB%A3%E8%B7%AF%E5%89%8D%E7%A8%8B%E8%B7%AF&ll=31.192539,121.538916&spn=0.035243,0.054932&z=14&iwloc=A&output=embed"></iframe> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.cn/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;geocode=&amp;q=%E9%94%A6%E7%BB%A3%E8%B7%AF%E5%89%8D%E7%A8%8B%E8%B7%AF&amp;sll=31.21223,121.577903&amp;sspn=0.141822,0.308647&amp;brcurrent=3,0x35b27a4f25879eb1:0xbd6cd4370b6f9c12,0,0x35ad8c73cd3952c7:0xbb190e9364c4e592%3B5,0,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E6%B5%A6%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%BA%E9%94%A6%E7%BB%A3%E8%B7%AF%E5%89%8D%E7%A8%8B%E8%B7%AF&amp;ll=31.192539,121.538916&amp;spn=0.035243,0.054932&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A">Larger view</a></p> <p>Their website: <a href="http://www.pdlib.com/pdlibrary/index.jsp">http://www.pdlib.com/pdlibrary/index.jsp</a></p> <p>You are encouraged to visit that library. It is maybe the best library in Shanghai. Since it is built 10+ years later than the Shanghai library, it is much more modern.</p> <p>Recently, I didn&rsquo;t bring camera with me as often as I did, so I don&rsquo;t have photos again. Sorry for that, but the 5 story building is a huge one with enough parking lot. Everything is free (most of them), and there are amazingly huge amount of books in the reading room. I don&rsquo;t know whether they have wireless network in the library yet. I will try and report back.</p>World Cup 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100621_world_cup_2010.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 23:34:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100621_world_cup_2010.htm<p>I have never been a football fan, and never tried to be one, or pretend to be one. The last time I was deeply impacted by World Cup was still back in 1994, one year before the College Entrance Exam - THE exam that basically determines the future of us. Many classmates climbed out of the wall of the middle school, and put all the pillows in the dorm into the quilt to pretend someone was still on bed.</p>逸凡的审美标准https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100621_ecc-3.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 15:58:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100621_ecc-3.htm<p>王逸凡今天认真的端详妈妈半天，然后说：</p> <blockquote> <p>妈妈，你怎么穿了一件这么难看的衣服啊？</p> </blockquote> <p>补记： 晚上我再看到小宝妈妈的时候，发现她换了件衣服。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">可怜的妈妈压力好大啊。不知道我儿子这么大时，会不会也这样爱妈妈。好期待好期待！<div class="comment-meta">— 小鱼 · 2010-07-22 22:41</div></div> <div class="comment">我们家也快有小Baby了~<br>希望也能这么可爱..<br>很高兴认识你<br>在下也是中原人士<div class="comment-meta">— 西子湖畔の树人 · 2010-07-23 13:20</div></div> <div class="comment">孩子有自己的审美能力，我们不必怀疑。看过《漂亮者生存》，提及案例：婴幼儿更喜欢对面孔漂亮的人微笑。<div class="comment-meta">— 明月心 · 2010-12-01 22:08</div></div> <div class="comment">孩子有自己的审美能力，我们不必怀疑。看过《漂亮者生存》，提及案例：婴幼儿更喜欢对面孔漂亮的人微笑。<div class="comment-meta">— 明月心 · 2010-12-01 22:08</div></div> <div class="comment">This is great! It really shows me where to expand my blog. I think that sometime in the future I might try to write a book to go along with my blog, but we will see.Good post with useful tips and ideas.<div class="comment-meta">— plastic prototyping · 2010-12-15 15:18</div></div> <div class="comment">光阴如梭，上了网，看到你的博客才知你都有下一代了。印象里你还是中学里和善有才，温文尔雅的白面书生。太恍惚了·····<br>（看了你的文章佩服的五体投地，洛一高的才子当之无愧呀！）你儿子的名字真好听。祝好！<div class="comment-meta">— 陈琳 · 2011-01-19 02:15</div></div> </details>微软的愿景正在被其他公司实现https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100620_eceaec.htmSun, 20 Jun 2010 20:57:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100620_eceaec.htm<p>我所知道的微软，至少在Bill Gates做CEO的时代，永远有着强烈的愿景支撑。他的愿景永远足够高远，远到总在提出之后的二三十年才有实现的可能。</p>Deposit Money for Discount - Huge $$$https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100620_deposit_money_for_discount_-_huge_.htmSun, 20 Jun 2010 16:20:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100620_deposit_money_for_discount_-_huge_.htm<p>I uploaded a photo of an advertisement of a Sichuan restaurant onto Facebook (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/jianshuo">/jianshuo</a>). They were advertising for cash deposit card. If you deposit money (pre-pay) into their card, they give you discount. There is nothing new about it.</p> <p>However, the tricky part is the amount.</p> <p>If you deposit 100,000 RMB, you can get 120,000 RMB worth of credit to buy dinner in that restaurant.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t make the mistake. That is 100,000 RMB, or roughly 15K USD, for dining card.</p>S16 - Hangzhou - Pudong Expresswayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100617_s16_-_hangzhou_-_pudong_expressway.htmThu, 17 Jun 2010 22:53:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100617_s16_-_hangzhou_-_pudong_expressway.htm<p>During the three day vacation, the family went to Lin&rsquo;an, the mountain area near Hangzhou. We used the G60 (Shanghai - Hangzhou) expressway on our way there, and used a new expressway S16 (Hangzhou - Pudong) Expressway back. Let me give you a quick overview of the new S16 Hangzhou - Pudong Expressway.</p> <p>The new expressway 杭浦高速 is basically parallel to the old Shanghai - Hangzhou Expressway 沪杭高速. They both start from Hangzhou at basically the same place (about 5 km away from each other at the intersection of Hangzhou Ring Expressway (G2501), and extend to the Shanghai direction. The G60 (Shanghai - Hangzhou Expressway) is a little bit northward (1 o&rsquo;clock direction), and the S16 is on the south (2 o&rsquo;clock direction).</p>Train from Shenzhen to Guangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100613_train_from_shenzhen_to_guangzhou.htmSun, 13 Jun 2010 21:12:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100613_train_from_shenzhen_to_guangzhou.htm<p>In this Shenzhen, Guangzhou trip, I was impressed by the CRH train between Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The train is the same, but the schedule, and the train station, and the process are very different.</p> <p><strong>Schedule</strong></p> <p>Look at this schedule! There are train from Guangzhou to Shenzhen every few minutes from as early as 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM.</p> <p>D7001 06:08 -07:26</p> <p>D7013 06:40 -07:46</p> <p>D7069 06:41 -08:01</p> <p>D7091 07:10 -08:16</p>欢迎访问百姓网官方bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100613_eeeccblog.htmSun, 13 Jun 2010 18:49:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100613_eeeccblog.htm<p>欢迎访问：</p> <p><a href="http://blog.baixing.com/">http://blog.baixing.com/</a></p> <p>说是官方，其实是最不官方的平民blog风格。如果想了解百姓网，来这里看看。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">:)官方博客也非常友善和可爱，也是建硕的风格，呵呵：）<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2010-07-10 03:03</div></div> <div class="comment">在百姓网发帖，出现了两次如下情况：显示帖子发布成功，但是却不见帖子。<br>不知道是什么原因。<br>曾经有投诉过赶集网胡乱删帖------把收费的中介帖全留在网页上，把不收费的都删除了。然后我投诉道：还好，还有其他网站存在。第二天，就有人在百姓网发帖骂百姓网是个“破网站”。<br>我不懂技术，不知道这里面有没有关联。<br>但是，两次出现发帖成功，帖子却显示不了，显然不是正常现象。<div class="comment-meta">— zoe · 2010-07-19 20:27</div></div> <div class="comment">@zoe, 发布以后用你的手机搜索一下。发布如果成功，一定会显示的，到现在还没有其他用户报告这件事情。如果可以确认，请把发布以后的页面的网址（就是包含广告id）的链接给我看一下。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-07-22 15:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I am glad to talk with you and you give me great help! Thanks for that,I am wonderring if I can contact you via email when I meet problems.<div class="comment-meta">— plastic mould · 2010-12-15 15:18</div></div> </details>最好的分账表格https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100612_cee.htmSat, 12 Jun 2010 20:07:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100612_cee.htm<p>这次和Jack (<a href="http://ppdai.com">ppdai.com</a>)，<a href="http://www.pangxiaowei.com/">小伟</a> (<a href="http://edushi.com">edushi.com</a>)，<a href="http://www.jimsang.com/">Jim</a> (<a href="http://inezha.com">inezha.com</a>)一行的深圳广州之行，身体疲劳，收获不少。本着AA制的原则，旅程结束了以后要分账。因为不同的项目不同的人付钱，而且有的是只有部分人需要摊销的，结束了还有复杂的三角债关系，这是件简单，但是很乱的事情。</p> <p>这个时候，我想起了和Stanford一群MBA在Tahoe滑雪的时候，他们分享的一个小Excel工具，可以做这个事情。我把我收到的账单拿来一用，真的是惊讶得很。这东西简单（甚至简陋），但是真好用，在这里分享出来。</p>In Shenzhenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100610_in_shenzhen.htmThu, 10 Jun 2010 02:00:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100610_in_shenzhen.htm<p>I am in Shenzhen.</p> <p>For the first time, I see the city from top of a high building.</p> <p>Hong Kong is just one bridge away.</p> <p>Shenzhen is very like the life in Silicon Valley - green trees, clear sky, and &hellip; a little bit boring.</p> <p>After the Tencent trip, we will appear in Netease in Guangzhou tomorrow.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi jianshuo,Guangzhou is meeting its construction schedule which causes temporary inconvenience.Hope you will enjoy your trip to GZ.<div class="comment-meta">— donglei · 2010-06-10 09:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Re: Donglei&#x27;s comment. Are you taking the train from Shenzhen? Because construction has turned Guangzhou East Rail Station into a hellhole. The taxi queue is really far away (turn left out of the station and walk several blocks) and there aren&#x27;t many good signs. Plus, the queue is enormous. The authorities are so dead-set on building lots of stuff for a sporting event that they have become totally inconsiderate for anyone travelling with elderly parents, lots of luggage, a wheelchair, etc. Heck, it&#x27;s even bad just with rain.<br><br>I skipped it entirely. I walked out, turning right out the station, and was lucky enough to catch a cab off the street.<br><br>Or maybe you can ask your hotel to arrange a car to pick you up.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce Lau · 2010-06-10 14:41</div></div> <div class="comment">From Shenzhen, if you look out at the hills of the New Territories, Hong Kong, on the other side of the river, you can see the small path where I ride my horse! :)<br><br>I don&#x27;t like Shenzhen either. Sure, it has lots of new fancy towers, hotels, restaurants and malls. But the upscale stuff is mostly empty. I went to MixC, and felt like the only shopper there -- all these salesgirls with too much makeup, standing around looking bored. It&#x27;s like developers just wanted &quot;face,&quot; without realizing that 99% of the population don&#x27;t want to spend 2,000 RMB on a shirt, or 300 RMB on a mediocre upscale Western lunch.<br><br>Since Shenzhen was just built up in a generation or so (from fishing village to SEZ in 30 years), it doesn&#x27;t feel like a real city to me. There is no sense of history, local culture, roots, etc. It tries to look like HK, but it doesn&#x27;t have that natural buzz and bustle of a city. I find it a bit boring, too.<br><br>I like Guangzhou more -- despite the construction. There is a real sense of Cantonese language, food and culture, which makes it unique. I hope you eat well while you&#x27;re there!<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce Lau · 2010-06-10 14:47</div></div> </details>深圳广州行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100609_e-7.htmWed, 09 Jun 2010 01:01:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100609_e-7.htm<p>结束了三天的深圳广州行。参观了腾讯和网易两家著名的互联网公司。感触还是很深的，但最主要的印象，在于华南互联网界的低调，让人难以置信的低调，其中尤其以腾讯为胜。为了尊重大家埋头做事，不张扬，不急躁的做事风格，不在这里透漏太多。希望以后多有机会交流。</p>不做得最好的学问https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100608_aece-3.htmTue, 08 Jun 2010 16:41:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100608_aece-3.htm<p>第一次思考这个问题是在微软顾问咨询部的时候。当时我们讨论的问题是：测试是不是做得越多越细越好。有经验的顾问分享，从高层次这是一个业务问题，而不仅仅是技术问题。按照火星探索车的测试要求测试普通自行车是可以的，但是这辆自行车可能没有客户买得起。这个讨论，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080221_eaee.htm">测试是不是应该太强</a>涉及到。第一个问题是投入多少资源，第二个问题才是在这个框框下做得最好。</p>小公司，大影响https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100608_ie.htmTue, 08 Jun 2010 10:44:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100608_ie.htm<p>应《程序员》杂志之约，与闫辉进行如下访谈，发表在刚刚出版的一期《程序员》杂志上。</p> <blockquote> <ol> <li>你谈到现在公司每个员工给公司贡献超过100万，一个人可以相当于其他公司十多个人，为什么可以做到这样，有什么原 因？</li> </ol> <p>这是互联网公司的特质。微软里面有一个流行的说法：“一个优秀的程序员的影响力远大于十个一般的程序员”。在技术型互联网公司，更是如此。一个小的改动，几分钟内就可能影响上万人，远大于一个软件的改动的影响。互联网创业公司，更需要最好的人 紧密结合在一起，产生最好的主意，并且可以让每个人产生最大的影响。从这个角度来说，“小公司，大影响”是互联网精神的本质。从 另一方面说，对于最优秀的人，宁愿在一个自己可以产生最大影响的公司，而不是仅仅是一个大的系统中的一颗小螺丝钉。所以百姓网不追求公司的人数更多，而追求最好的人做出最有影响的产品和服务。</p>世博会看什么https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100607_aeaecaeae.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 12:23:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100607_aeaecaeae.htm<p>今天第三次去世博会。本着不花时间排队的原则，本次参观的都是没有不放电影的场馆，毕竟这不是2010年<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100523_2010aeece.htm">上海国际电影节</a>。</p> <p>其实从世博会筹办到现在，我脑子里一直有一个疑问，就是对于在信息如此发达的现在，举办世博会还有没有意义。我逛了一天，感觉至少是部分有意义的。</p>Speak in Fortune Brainstorm Techhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100607_speak_in_fortune_brainstorm_tech.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 11:05:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100607_speak_in_fortune_brainstorm_tech.htm<p>I will be speaking at <a href="http://www.fortuneconferences.com/brainstormtech/">Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference</a> July 22-24, 2010 at The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado.</p> <p>I am honored to join <a href="http://www.fortuneconferences.com/brainstormtech/speakers.html">other 60 great speakers</a> to discuss the most interesting ideas. This is also my first time to visit any place in the United States not on the east or west coast.</p> <p>Any of my friends or readers will be there?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Shuoshuo, Aspen is a very nice place. If you have time, you should visit Snowmass nearby, it is a famous Ski resort and you will have a lot of fun there. By the way, I am going to Oklahoma City to start my physician training, hopefully will have time to visit you back in Shanghai in couple of years.<div class="comment-meta">— Ruifeng Guo · 2010-06-15 07:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! Aspen is a nice winter tourist/summer conference town... beautiful though. And, the in and out flights are choppy. Have fun!<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2010-06-15 09:27</div></div> </details>世博会的几个场馆https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100606_p359.htmSun, 06 Jun 2010 22:37:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100606_p359.htm<p>第三次去世博会了，今天总算是时间最长的一次。我曾经开玩笑说，世博会办成<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100523_2010aeece.htm">2010年上海国际电影节</a>了。而实际上，世博会远比短片多得多。而且，凡是有短片的场馆都是最热的场馆（至少是最慢的场馆），今天我本着不排队的原则，没有看到太多短片，倒是看了很多有趣的场馆。记录下来一些攻略，供大家参考。</p> <p><strong>浦西比浦东有趣</strong></p> <p>浦西的片区是人最少的，世博局的宣传努力并没有改变太多，多数的城市最佳实践区的场馆不需要排队（除了台北市案例馆和未来城市馆）。可能每个人喜欢的东西不一样，我对这个片区的兴趣最大，因为这里都是城市馆（而不是浦东的国家馆），展示的大多是“好主意”，而不是国家馆的“好风光，好人民，好经济”。</p>Semi-Erotic Ballet in Argentina Pavilionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100606_semi-erotic_ballet_in_argentina_pavilion.htmSun, 06 Jun 2010 22:20:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100606_semi-erotic_ballet_in_argentina_pavilion.htm<p>This is the third time I visit the Expo site. I don&rsquo;t enjoy waiting in the long line for hours (up to 4 hours) under strong sun light, I choose some less popular pavilions to get start. My first visit happened to be Argentina Pavilion.</p> <p>During the noon time, the theater was showing a ballet film. I don&rsquo;t know the name, but something very strange happened. The film is semi-erotic, and semi-violent at least so with the Chinese standard. The story is a love story, and the 5 minutes long show is about two dancers (man and woman) half naked and artistically show the &ldquo;love&rdquo;, before they were shown completely naked in the bed&hellip;</p>正直是公司的基石https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100605_ccc-3.htmSat, 05 Jun 2010 12:28:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100605_ccc-3.htm<p><a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0&amp;sa=492960217">晓良</a>提起“正义”这两字如果拆开来，可以分为正和义。正为正直，义为义气。正应该是排在义的前面的。对此我非常认同。</p> <p>互联网圈子，听说过“只问兄弟，不问江湖”，也见到过非常多的职业的人，忠诚的是自己内心的操守。如果，对于一个公司或者组织的忠诚，和对于道德和正义的忠诚，发生冲突的时候，我宁愿所有的人选择对于后者的忠诚。不正直的义气，产生的问题比得到的好处多得多。</p>Yifan is Three Years Oldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100602_yifan_is_three_years_old.htmWed, 02 Jun 2010 23:39:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100602_yifan_is_three_years_old.htm<p>Happy birthday to Yifan. Little Yifan is 3 years old today, officially.</p> <p>We celebrated his birthday with his favorite cake, and brought him to his favorite playground. He really had a great day.</p> <p>Yifan already grew up to be a big kid. He has his own principle, and his own rules already. Yifan loves to sing songs, and we are so lucky that we have a good singer in the house every day.</p>ShanghaiExpat Redirected to 114 Pagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100602_shanghaiexpat_redirected_to_114_page.htmWed, 02 Jun 2010 20:05:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100602_shanghaiexpat_redirected_to_114_page.htm<p>Mae from ShanghaiExpat need some help. ShanghaiExpat is one of the most popular English website for expats in Shanghai. When their server receives high load, their site is hi-jacked by the China Telecom to their 114 Search Page. They sent the following instruction so I can forward to my readers. If you have problem to access the site, you may find the following instruction helpful. Please also help ShanghaiExpat to spread out the word.</p>Yifan's First Children's Day in Kintergardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100601_yifans_first_childrens_day_in_kintergarden.htmTue, 01 Jun 2010 23:22:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100601_yifans_first_childrens_day_in_kintergarden.htm<p>Yifan was sitting there, has nothing to do, and have a big &ldquo;Red Army&rdquo; hat&hellip;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/06/01/ca5f60d1b9939ec3ed3_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I know some people will talk about that hat&hellip; Well. Take it easy. Just 3 year old kid celebrating Children&rsquo;s Day.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Convidamos você à participar do lançamento da inovadora Revista Home Broker, voltada para abertura de NOVOS clientes no mercado financeiro e divulgação de atividades do setor de RENDA variável!<br><br>Ampla campanha de lançamento, consulte.<br><br>Aproveite a oportunidade e saia na frente, www.RevistaHomeBroker.com, Digital e Eco-responsável.<br><br>Email contato@RevistaHomeBroker.com<br><br>Atenciosamente,<br><br>Comercial RHB<div class="comment-meta">— www.RevistaHomeBroker.com · 2010-06-02 00:02</div></div> <div class="comment">He looks like me wearing the same hat N decades ago. I guess time hasn&#x27;t really changed. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2010-06-02 02:00</div></div> <div class="comment">haha,cute. happy Children&#x27;s Day.<div class="comment-meta">— zengrong · 2010-06-02 16:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Yifan does look cute.. really cute...!<br><br>Children&#x27;s day wishes<div class="comment-meta">— Balaji · 2010-06-02 18:09</div></div> <div class="comment">The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.hotcakeschennai.com<div class="comment-meta">— Sudiptaa Paul · 2010-06-02 21:10</div></div> <div class="comment">The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.expresscakesmumbai.com.<div class="comment-meta">— Samadrita Biswas · 2010-06-12 19:50</div></div> </details>Become a Baixing Userhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100601_become_a_baixing_user.htmTue, 01 Jun 2010 10:41:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100601_become_a_baixing_user.htm<p>Happy Children Day.</p> <p>A good news. If you are not using Baixing (one of the largest online classified sites and my company), you should do it now.</p> <p>Using <a href="http://www.baixing.com/?u=13653560">this link</a> to post an ad today, and you can get 25 RMB worth of coupon. You can buy some interesting service like &ldquo;refresh&rdquo; on Baixing.com. Hope you enjoy the free gift.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Where can I find the list of &quot;the largest online classified sites&quot; (for Chinese mainland, I assume)?<br><br>Do you think we need more sites or just handful good ones?<br><br>What is the rank of Baixing?<br><br>What are the unique features of Baixing?<div class="comment-meta">— dallas cowboy · 2010-06-12 05:50</div></div> </details>预测：2011年注定是中国互联网第三春https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100531_p356.htmMon, 31 May 2010 23:10:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100531_p356.htm<p>我预测，2011年将会是中国互联网继1999年，2005年之后的第三个春天。这个推论不仅仅是用差数列推出来的，而是因为这些天，我真切的嗅到了一些春天的气味，这些气味，和2004年底如此相似。</p>Back from Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100530_back_from_beijing.htmSun, 30 May 2010 00:18:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100530_back_from_beijing.htm<p>The Beijing trip is very intensive. I met with many people:</p> <p>CHINICT guys, GOAP, Christine Lu&hellip;</p> <p>Li Min</p> <p>Yumin</p> <p>Chedong, Ada</p> <p>Liang Gongjun</p> <p>Chenjun</p> <p>Rick</p> <p>Zheng Yun</p> <p>Bsun</p> <p>XLVector</p> <p>Hongbo</p> <p>Dongqing</p> <p>Boyu</p> <p>Liu Yuan (Kevin)</p> <p>Wanghua</p> <p>Kaifu</p> <p>Cuijin</p> <p>Dai Zhikang</p> <p>Peter Zheng</p> <p>&hellip;</p> <p>Beijing is a media center, I confirm that.</p> <p>Beijing is the center of Internet in China. Positive confirmation for that.</p> <p>Travel is life intensified</p> <p>The new spring of Internet in China is coming, either at the second half of this year or 2011. I am very sure about it after attending the China Webmaster Conference.</p>我们应该重新定义隐私https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100529_aeeeaeec.htmSat, 29 May 2010 23:04:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100529_aeeeaeec.htm<p>最近Facebook和Google的隐私问题搞得沸沸扬扬。我觉得我们在这个新的时代，必须重新定义隐私。</p> <p>隐私很长一段时间被广泛接受的定义是“不被知道的权利”，但是，Facebook不知道是开玩笑还是认真的提出&quot;Personal Embarrassing Information&quot;倒是一个新的隐私标准。也就是说，我们对什么是隐私信息的定义阀值提高了。</p>有朋自杭州来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100527_e-6.htmThu, 27 May 2010 14:52:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100527_e-6.htm<p>昨天DBANotes的冯大辉和Yupoo的刘平阳同学光临百姓网，同时还有张一宁，张二宁，霍炬，桑勇，以及很少露面的射手Player作者沈晟。我们和百姓网的所有技术人员做了一下午的技术交流。多谢大辉和平阳精彩演讲和各位的参与。</p>I will be in Beijing Thursday to Saturdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100527_i_will_be_in_beijing_thursday_to_saturday.htmThu, 27 May 2010 00:29:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100527_i_will_be_in_beijing_thursday_to_saturday.htm<p>Hey, Beijing, I am coming!</p> <p>Will have many meetup. Beijing is the center of media and Internet in China, I have to admit, and it is good to be back to center.</p> <p>I will be at CHINICT tomorrow. If you are also going, see you there. Ping me via twitter - my id is <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jianshuo">@jianshuo</a></p>Gary Wang's Speechhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100526_gary_wangs_speech.htmWed, 26 May 2010 11:37:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100526_gary_wangs_speech.htm<p>Just read Gary&rsquo;s <a href="http://blog.tudou.com/?p=97042">speech</a> on GroupM Asia. Very inspirational, and well written. You should read it.</p> <blockquote> <p>Like all explorers before, there are plenty of things in the world to concern us and tie us down: money, relationships, families, values, customs, rules and regulations, but since we are here in this pale world to paint some colorful colors, to explore, to create new things, to inevitably break up things, to push the boundaries, and since surely we will get old and get mature and settled down, become one day the establishment to be broken up by the newer generation, and become the dead old man, I know the boundaries will eventually catch up and get me. But when they do get me, I hope to have traveled more distances, and have had a lot of fun.</p>何时是创业的季节？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100524_aeaeceie.htmMon, 24 May 2010 23:30:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100524_aeaeceie.htm<p>那天和朋友聊天，大家都很怀念环境宽松，新主意不断，互联网蓬勃如春天的2005年。不过，我觉得互联网的再一次春天不远了。去年有点像互联网没有任何声音的2002-2003。没有沉闷，就没有活跃。看一看我们这个互联网圈子里面，离职的人开始多起来了。当离职的多了，创业的还会少吗？因为从定义上来讲，如果没有大批的离职，就没有大批的创业。</p>创业公司需要孵化吗？- 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100524_aeeeie_caee.htmMon, 24 May 2010 21:43:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100524_aeeeie_caee.htm<p>小文《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100521_aeeeie.htm">创业公司需要孵化吗？</a>》引起了很多朋友的讨论，其中不乏闪光的观点。在这里整理一下，供大家更加全面的思考这个问题。</p> <p>Keso在<a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso/archive/2010/05/22/1583549.aspx">东拉西扯：创业还是孵化</a>中提到：</p> <blockquote> <p>创新工厂也许从来就不是为了孵化伟大的公司而开设，但它的确有更多的机会孵化出在Android和iPhone平台上非常有创意、有活力的小公司，或者从一开始就具备被大公司收购潜质的有专长的公司。亲自创办过微软中国研究院和谷歌中国研究院的李开复，恰好比较适合做这样的孵化器。</p>USA Pavilion at Shanghai Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100524_usa_pavilion_at_shanghai_expo.htmMon, 24 May 2010 00:05:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100524_usa_pavilion_at_shanghai_expo.htm<p>I was at the USA Pavilion at Shanghai Expo. Surprisingly, it is much better than a tent (as people joked about it when the funding problem was not solved).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/05/24/4631432129_ec0f957e27.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>They have a nice opening area outside the 1776 Suite (VIP area) on the second floor)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/05/24/4632022384_d4a8ccb1a6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/05/24/4632021492_7c35768fc5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/05/24/4632017694_39021d22ea.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/05/24/4631405829_71764c9957.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/05/24/4631996794_ecfcb1d5f5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Pay attention to the &ldquo;hard&rdquo; word in the posting. Funny. A good way to cure a minor design mistake.</p>2010上海国际电影节https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100523_2010aeece.htmSun, 23 May 2010 21:56:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100523_2010aeece.htm<p>早上受世博会<a href="http://www.usapavilion2010.com/index.php">美国馆</a>邀请，参观美国馆，参加<a href="http://blog.usapavilion2010.com/2010/05/23/east-meets-west-geeks-meetup/">东·西极客会“East Meets West” Geeks Meetup</a>的活动。</p> <p><strong>上海国际电影节</strong></p> <p>在参观过美国馆以后，我们戏称这届世博会可以改名为：2010上海国际电影节了。还有人建议：上海国际短片节，或者上海国际宣传片展。在信息如此便捷的方式，各个馆却不约而同的采用了电影（准确的说，是视频）的方式展示自己国家。</p>Wendy is Back via FM9116https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100522_wendy_is_back_via_fm9116.htmSat, 22 May 2010 23:37:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100522_wendy_is_back_via_fm9116.htm<p>I am happy that after few days of Beijing trip, Wendy will finally be back via FM9116, Beijing International Airport T2 to Shanghai International Airport T2.</p> <p>I am going to pick her up. What a late flight - landing at 23:55.</p>为什么硅谷最牛的人在创业公司？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100522_aeaeaececcaeaeie.htmSat, 22 May 2010 20:14:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100522_aeaeaececcaeaeie.htm<p>上次写到《中国的硅谷在哪里？》，《中国企业家》的主编李岷女士约稿，希望继续写一些关于硅谷和中国的差异。我欣然从命，找了一个和硅谷类似的风景秀丽的地方（我家阳台），看着满眼的绿树，开始思考一直困扰着我的一个问题：为什么硅谷最牛的人都在创业公司，而国内大公司对于人才的吸引力依然如旧。</p>相反观点中的相似性https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100522_cecaeccae.htmSat, 22 May 2010 15:39:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100522_cecaeccae.htm<p>最近发现一个有趣的现象：当两个人争得面红耳赤的时候，他们两个中间相似性反而超过他们的不同。</p> <p>一个例子是争论到底是Windows好，还是Linux。他们在“绝对主义”的道路上的相似，远超过和另外一群认为两者都好，不同的时候不同的平台或好的人。</p>Similarity among Opposite Opinionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100521_similarity_among_opposite_opinions_.htmFri, 21 May 2010 22:21:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100521_similarity_among_opposite_opinions_.htm<p>I found out an interesting fact: there are more similarity among the two opposite opinions than those who share more similarity.</p> <p>Here are example:</p> <p>If Tom and John are arguing Linux is better or Windows is better, they share more in common than another guy who thinks both Linux and Windows are good, depending on where to use.</p> <p>Another example: Tom loves Facebook, and John hates Facebook, but they share much more in common than another guy who has never heard of Facebook, or yet another guy who does not care.</p>创业公司需要孵化吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100521_aeeeie.htmFri, 21 May 2010 00:13:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100521_aeeeie.htm<p>同样的旅程，去程总比回程显得短一些。又是一个多小时的火车，从杭州回到家中。不费气力的把<a href="http://www.wangyifan.com">逸凡</a>小朋友哄睡觉，回到房间里面继续写点最近思考的话题。</p> <p>那天在北京和<a href="http://kaifulee.com">开复</a>聊了一个多小时<a href="http://innovation-works.com">创新工厂</a>的想法。我大致明白了这个项目的意图，的确是一种新的模式，不同于传统VC，不同于天使投资，在国外能够看得到的，估计只有Bill Gross的<a href="http://IdeaLab%E3%80%82com">IdeaLab</a>，和<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/">Paul Graham</a>的<a href="http://ycombinator.com/">Y Combinator</a>。这三个人都是我非常敬重的，碰巧都写得好文章，有哲学家，散文家，兼科学家的气质。</p>中国的硅谷在哪里？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100520_aecceeie-2.htmThu, 20 May 2010 19:39:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100520_aecceeie-2.htm<p>现在坐在杭州城站的两岸咖啡，等我7点半回上海的火车。人在旅行的时候，不仅多出来时间，而且受到更多新鲜的人和事的刺激，又离日常的世界比较远，所以思维会相对活跃一点。下午和久闻大名的<a href="http://www.dbanotes.net/">冯大辉</a>还有老朋友<a href="http://blog.yupoo.com/">刘平阳</a>在<a href="http://www.cafebeta.com/">贝塔咖啡</a>见面。大辉也强烈建议我多写中文的blog，把一些想法和经验分享给更多的人。至今未曾谋面的<a href="http://www.ruanyifeng.com">阮一峰</a>也这样建议。我绝对接受这个建议。</p>杭州是个技术乐观派的城市https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100520_aeaeec.htmThu, 20 May 2010 18:55:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100520_aeaeec.htm<p>现在上海到杭州感觉上的距离越来越近了。动车组D5657早上9点29出发，路上一小时18分钟，10点47分到达。时间本来就不长，加上上海的交通时间随着地铁的延伸变得越来越长（因为可以去以前不能想象的地方上班了），更是相对的近了很多。等到高速铁路通车以后，进一步缩短到38分钟，小于从我家里坐地铁到上海南站的时间。上海和杭州，真的要变成一个城市了。</p>Long Line in Expo as a Biased Filterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100520_long_line_in_expo_as_a_biased_filter.htmThu, 20 May 2010 01:15:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100520_long_line_in_expo_as_a_biased_filter.htm<p>In a meeting this afternoon, heard someone from one Expo pavilion. They have one of the longest lines in the expo site. The interesting finding they have was, the long line has acted as a biased filter. Most of the visitors coming to the pavilion are either labor workers, or old people - people who are less sensitive in time. They also want to attract people with higher education, or at least between 20-40, but they are just big fans of waiting in the line for hours.</p>I am Hiring an Assistanthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100518_i_am_hiring_an_assistant.htmTue, 18 May 2010 09:04:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100518_i_am_hiring_an_assistant.htm<p>I tend to separate my professional life (as CEO of <a href="http://www.baixing.com">one of the largest classified sites</a> in China), and my blogging life separate. You typically see a <strong>person</strong> behind this blog, not a CEO. This entry is a rare exception, because I do need some help from my readers.</p> <p>Simply put it, I am hiring an executive assistant. The job posting is <a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/wenmi/a50605671.html">here</a> on Baixing.com. Obviously, you need to be able to read Chinese to apply for this position, so I didn&rsquo;t provide translation. General introduction about Baixing is <a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/zanzhushangguanggao/a49997799.html">here</a>, with other opening positions.</p>友情链接https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100517_e-5.htmMon, 17 May 2010 11:10:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100517_e-5.htm<p>我一直没有友情链接的习惯，因为可以节省出来“交换链接”上消耗的时间，我一直说我不交换链接，这里没有友情链接。但总觉得有些很好的技术方面资源，需要向大家推荐，那些blogger也是我长时间希望见面却又从来没有见过的。这里我列出其中的一些。望有机会相见。从大家的blog上面得到一些关于现在在哪里的介绍（不见得准确，请更正）</p>MeiGuoGuan at Twitterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100517_meiguoguan_at_twitter.htmMon, 17 May 2010 00:05:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100517_meiguoguan_at_twitter.htm<p>Two comment:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The best way to get attention is to give attention. (MeiGuoGuan did, and I talked back).</p> </li> <li> <p>Twitter <a href="http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/">Blackbird Pie</a> is nice - a simple to dead tool, but solve a big problem. Are people in twitter intentionally want to embarrass people in the Internet field by introducing really simple, but popular tools?</p> </li> </ul> <p>.bbpBox14081568163 {background:url(<a href="http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/96792436/USA_Pavilion.jpg">http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/96792436/USA_Pavilion.jpg</a>) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block}</p>大学教育教会了我们什么？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100516_eaeaeaeaeaeie.htmSun, 16 May 2010 17:08:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100516_eaeaeaeaeaeie.htm<p>这个问题最广为流传的回答要数教育学家怀特海的阐述：“当一个人把所学的东西都忘记了以后，剩下的就是教育教给你的东西”。剩下的是什么呢？</p> <p><strong>学习能力</strong></p> <p>以前在交大菁菁堂，我随便问大家一个问题，这个礼堂有多高？没有人（也不太应该有）立刻举手。但我问：如果明天早上，我再回来，有谁有信心那个时候告诉我答案，举手的人有一多半。有人说“可以查Google”，有人说可以自己做目测的仪器，还有很多方法。我最切身的体会就是，第二天就要考试，但却从来没有读过课本而熬夜的经历，真是大学的精华部分 - 就是<strong>学习能力</strong>。</p>New Media from the State Departmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100515_new_media_from_the_state_department.htmSat, 15 May 2010 08:32:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100515_new_media_from_the_state_department.htm<p>I got an email from Philippe Reines, about the upcoming visit of Sectary Clinton to the Shanghai Expo site. Obviously I was just one of the many people he sent our his email to - bloggers, and other &ldquo;new media&rdquo; persons in Shanghai, and in China.</p> <p>I was amazed by the message it sends - the State Department is engaging new media (bloggers like me) about the activities from the US government. Although I doubt the effectiveness of pinging each individual bloggers/new media about an update, it is a great move, at least a great attempt.</p>OOB for Few Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100512_oob_for_few_days.htmWed, 12 May 2010 00:11:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100512_oob_for_few_days.htm<p>Recently, I am busy working on recruiting - getting the best people possible for the Baixing team. <a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/zanzhushangguanggao/a49997799.html">Chinese Job Posting</a> is here. It takes quite some time, so, I am going to be OOB (Out of Blogging) for few days to concentrate to the most important job I have. If you happen to be willing to work at Baixing (formally Kijiji China), you are very welcome to send your resume this way. We have exciting positions for Software Engineer, Architect, Marketing Manager, and PR Manager here. The quicker I can fill these positions, I sooner I can get back to normal posting schedule on this blog. :-) We are open to talents across the whole China, and will also be interested in people from other part of this world.</p>百姓网公开笔试题结果展示https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100511_ccceecc.htmTue, 11 May 2010 12:56:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100511_ccceecc.htm<p>前几天出的一道笔试题《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100505_ccceeieeaece.htm">百姓网公开笔试题：查询条件的子集判断</a>》，收到来自各地的很多解决方案，有C的，有C++的，有PHP的，还有Python的。我建议大家把自己的解答放在自己的blog上面，我这里给链接，大家移步到他们的blog上去看。</p> <ul> <li> <p>赖勇浩：<a href="http://blog.csdn.net/lanphaday/archive/2010/05/06/5565095.aspx">百姓网那道题</a>（我是为了阅读这个代码开始学习Python的，的确简洁，清晰）</p> </li> <li> <p>Qmigh：<a href="http://qmigh.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog500-querybuilderqueryandor-tyler.html">查询条件子集判断的解决思路</a>（墙外）</p> </li> <li> <p>Season Lee：<a href="http://www.cnblogs.com/SeasonLee/archive/2010/05/11/1731414.html">从离散数学到编译原理&ndash;百姓网编程题后序</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Soulogic: <a href="http://soulogic.com/blog/archives/400.html">《百姓网公开笔试题：查询条件的子集判断》的一份 PHP 答卷</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>在<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100505_ccceeieeaece.htm">原文</a>的评论中也有很多精辟的思路，大家可以借鉴。</p> <p>《程序员》杂志<a href="http://blog.csdn.net/superyan">闫辉</a>在邮件里问了这样一个问题：</p> <blockquote> <p>你认为程序员的成就感来自哪几个方面？</p> </blockquote> <p>这是我的回答</p> <blockquote> <p>每个程序员都是不同的，他的成就感也是不同的。有的人看重纯技术的优秀 （以Linux平台上的C程序员为多），有的人看重结构的完整（以Java程序员为多），还有人看重对业务的贡献（我见到的微软系统 的比较多一些）。各种都有，而且程序的世界是一个广阔的世界，可以从汇编，到Python，从几个字节的纠结，到几个 Terabyte的推敲，里面成千上万的技术爱好者在里面乐此不疲。</p>义乌之旅https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100510_aeaeae.htmMon, 10 May 2010 23:27:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100510_aeaeae.htm<p>周六一行人到义乌去。Jack (<a href="http://ppdai.com">ppdai.com</a>)，<a href="http://www.pangxiaowei.com/">小伟</a> (<a href="http://edushi.com">edushi.com</a>)，<a href="http://www.jimsang.com/">Jim</a> (<a href="http://inezha.com">inezha.com</a>)，Yale (<a href="http://baidu.com">baidu.com</a>)，Wendy和<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">我</a>。这是计划超过两年的一次旅行。对于一个运行市场的人，不去义乌看看，好似总觉得不到家的感觉。速记印象如下：</p> <ul> <li> <p>动车组从上海南站到义乌仅仅两个半小时，中间路过杭州。<a href="http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2010/04/talk_with_wangjianshuo.html">二线城市的交通潜力</a>正在显现。时间是相对的，现在在上海，地铁坐个一个多小时也是经常的事情，所以感觉两个多小时并不长。</p> </li> <li> <p>在义乌市场的博物馆里面，看到了义乌“先有市后有场”的历史 - 有趣的是，义乌市场的发展，得益于当时政府的无作为，不查处，才使这个资本主义苗子在改革开发之前就得以生长。历史再一次证明，以“主义”担纲的发展线路总抵不过以“发展”为主线的实用主义线路。</p>百姓网招贤纳士https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100510_ccec.htmMon, 10 May 2010 18:50:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100510_ccec.htm<p>以下是发布在百姓网上面的百姓网招聘启事。原文在：<a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/zanzhushangguanggao/a49997799.html">http://shanghai.baixing.com/zanzhushangguanggao/a49997799.html</a>。有兴趣的同学欢迎和我们联系。请注明来自王建硕blog。我热忱的期待着和业界最优秀的你一起参与创造一家快速成长，改变世界的技术公司。</p> <blockquote> <p>我们成立于2005年3月1日，前身是美国互联网巨头eBay旗下的一家创业型子公司客齐集中国，成立至今已经发展为每月浏览量近10亿，每月新增信息量超过300万条的超大型C2C分类信息网站。想了解百姓网更多，请亲身体验一下百姓网的方便和效果(<a href="http://www.baixing.com">http://www.baixing.com</a>)</p>Competence Levelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100507_competence_level.htmFri, 07 May 2010 21:32:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100507_competence_level.htm<p>If we use &ldquo;I understand&rdquo; and &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t understand&rdquo; as one axis, and &ldquo;get things done&rdquo; and &ldquo;cannot get things done&rdquo; as another axis, we draw an interesting competence chart with four quadrants.</p> <p><strong>I don&rsquo;t understand why you cannot get things done</strong></p> <p>This is lowest level. If I know how we can do it, but don&rsquo;t understand why you cannot get things done, that is a series problem.</p> <p><strong>I can understand why you cannot get things done, or why you can get things done</strong></p>Don't Use Hate to Stop Spread of Hatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100506_dont_use_hate_to_stop_spread_of_hate.htmThu, 06 May 2010 22:29:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100506_dont_use_hate_to_stop_spread_of_hate.htm<p>Recently, there are astonishing news about killing in kindergarten. In 40 days, 5 incidents in 5 different cities across China, more than 60 children will killed or badly hurt. Look at the killed children, as a father, I am completely frightened, and deeply concerned.</p> <p>There are many things in common with the Virginia Tech accidents many years ago in US. The desperate killer (also victim of this society in bigger scope out of the case itself) turned to express their hate to this society by killing people - in the recent months, killing of children.</p>百姓网公开笔试题：查询条件的子集判断https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100505_ccceeieeaece.htmWed, 05 May 2010 09:12:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100505_ccceeieeaece.htm<p>这是发布在<a href="http://blog.baixing.com">百姓网官方blog</a>上的一道公开笔试题。转发到这里，我知道我的blog读者有很多优秀的程序员，还有我敬仰的一些技术大牛，热切希望能够得到你的来信，并且有机会一起解决一个又一个这样有趣的技术挑战。也欢迎转载，多谢！</p> <p>=====================================</p> <p>百姓网需要最聪明，最有潜力的技术牛人来帮助我们给世界惊奇。为了让我们互相找到的过程变得更加直接了当，我这里有一个公开的笔试题目。这是我们日常的工作中遇到的一个典型问题。如果你有答案，请直接寄到 geeks @ baixing.com而不需要使用 shhr @ baixing.com。</p>Security Tightened at SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100504_security_tightened_at_sjtu.htmTue, 04 May 2010 23:15:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100504_security_tightened_at_sjtu.htm<p>SJTU = Shanghai Jiao Tong University.</p> <p>From May 1, the security level of SJTU has been raised to a level I had never saw, heard of, or even imagined in the last 15 years (since I first stepped in the campus in 1995). I saw the different today.</p> <p>The campus was completely closed with the big automatic fence about the height of my shoulder closed all the time.</p> <p>For cars, they will check the specially issued permit and an IC card before they open the gate. They have to make sure that your car is of resident on the campus.</p>Facebook的片段https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100504_facebookcc.htmTue, 04 May 2010 18:07:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100504_facebookcc.htm<p>表面看，这只是又一个好运的互联网新秀。但越仔细了解这家公司，你会越觉得他们的成功是有计划出来的，而非巧合—也许这才是Facebook最牛的地方。</p>The Devil Wears Pradahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100504_the_devil_wears_prada.htmTue, 04 May 2010 00:22:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100504_the_devil_wears_prada.htm<p>I watched the movie on the United Airlines flight to US, so I watched it two and a half times on flight. I love it.</p> <p>One year later, I started to read the book. Combined with my current thinking of great leader, I started to turn my perspective, and look at the world from the eyes of Andrew Sachs (the assistant)&rsquo;s boss, Miranda Priestly.</p> <p>From the eyes of Andrew, Miranda is the devil.</p>My Plan for Visiting Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100503_my_plan_for_visiting_expo.htmMon, 03 May 2010 11:47:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100503_my_plan_for_visiting_expo.htm<p>I have Expo ticket (normal days), and I am planning to visit it sometime in mid-May, so I can report what is going on inside the Expo site.</p> <p>Will take some photos.</p> <p>Any of my readers have been there? How does it feel?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, I&#x27;ve already been there. A little hard to go around the entire place but we did it in six hours.<br><br>There&#x27;s nothing special but the people, which you could see everywhere in China.<br><br>Preparing food and water is important cos there are expensive and distasteful in the expo zone (I brought some pears in my bag cos water is forbidden)<br><br>Enjoy your expo time.<div class="comment-meta">— FlyChina · 2010-05-03 12:48</div></div> <div class="comment">The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.gifts4hyderabad.com.<div class="comment-meta">— poulamimajumder · 2010-05-03 14:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Planning to go mid May too. Someone wrote a one day guide to the Expo http://www.chinahush.com/2010/05/01/a-complete-one-day-guide-to-shanghai-world-expo/<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2010-05-04 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">We shall be here every a few days and expect your extraordinary feeling about Expo and some nice photos. Gee, good time is waiting for you!<div class="comment-meta">— qingtingwei · 2010-05-04 01:28</div></div> <div class="comment">I have been there...All my reviews are in this site... Feel free to browse...<br><br>http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/phpbbforum/expo-preview-review-t109075-50.html<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Here are my tips......<br><br>PREPARATION<br><br>What you need to prepare before you go.....<br><br>Just like most people, our first time on May 01 was really tiring...We are not prepared for the long queue and the walking and standing...Food are expensive and some are not edible... :lol: There is Papa John, Burger King, Starbucks...but not all corners have one...So, you wouldn&#x27;t know when you&#x27;ll be hungry and it sucks when you&#x27;re falling in line then you hear your stomach growling....<br><br>So, here is my tip to save you from hunger, dehydration and muscle pain... :lol:<br><br>First and foremost, you&#x27;re not allowed to bring in water....But, it&#x27;s okay to bring an empty bottle... Just refill water whenever you see a drinking fountain inside. You can bring food like rice meal, sandwich..etc. As long as it&#x27;s not soup with water... :D If you bring your own food like rice meal or noodles, make sure you don&#x27;t bring in stainless spoon and fork... :lol:... damn, just those disposable ones are fine...<br><br>Here is what we prepared on May 03...<br><br>I carried a backpack with these inside...<br><br>Picture Link: http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/phpbbforum/expo-preview-review-t109075-100.html<br><br>My friend carried her backpack with home made sandwiches packed individually...She made about 10 sandwiches...2 small tupperware of rice with some food she cooked... It&#x27;s not heavy, actually....<br><br>Picture Link: http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/phpbbforum/expo-preview-review-t109075-100.html<br><br>We didn&#x27;t spend much inside the EXPO...I spend 6rmb for a bottled coke for our whole day on May 03.<br><br>We didn&#x27;t get any muscle pain from all the walk coz we have the miracle &quot;Bengay&quot; to relieve the pain so fast that we feel like &quot;wonder woman&quot;... and we&#x27;re not so tired coz we get to sit while queing... We take turn sitting down on the chair...By the way, the folding chair ain&#x27;t heavy..It&#x27;s very light and easy to use...<br><br>You can buy the folding stool at Super Brand Mall inside the HOLA store...30 rmb each... :p<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>ENTRANCE / EXIT TO THE EXPO SITE<br><br>Here is another tip on the entrance and exit to the EXPO site...<br><br>For the entrance, I strongly recommend to use Line 9 subway and get off at Ma Dang Road, then transfer to Line 13. The walk is shorter and less exhausting...Might as well be exhaust your energy inside the expo, rather than exhaust yourself going into the expo site...<br><br>Almost everyone is going inside the expo from Pudong area by using Line 7 subway...so expect the lines there to be very long....Most of these people can&#x27;t understand the map from Puxi side..they thought from Puxi it&#x27;s farther... Technically speaking it&#x27;s farther to the actual EXPO site...but saving yourself from the long queue is better off...because in Puxi you have the Line 13 which will take you to the inside of EXPO where the Spain, Denmark,..etc pavilions are...or the Thai, Australia, Philippines, Singapore..etc pavilions...<br><br>As for the exit...well, it&#x27;s hard to walk back where you came from...the place is sooo big, but of course taking the Line 13 back to Puxi is nice..but if you&#x27;re far out, ain&#x27;t that nice anymore...<br><br>So try to do your homework on how you will tour the site... What we did is we went to Africa pavilion last, then walk a bit to the Argentina Pavilion..Right infront of the Argentina Pavilion are small electric golf cart like car that takes you all the way to China Pavilion for FREE... (I&#x27;m saying this in case anyone is interested to travel from Zone C to Zone A riding those electric car)<br><br>Well, as for the exit, there is another entrance/exit a little farther off the Argentina Pavilion... You can take that route out of the Expo (10 minutes walk)...Right outside, there are many EXPO buses there..One of the bus takes you all the way to Line 7 subway for FREE....<br><br>******************************************************<br><br>Unless you want to tire yourself, you may opt to take the FREE ferry from the Baosteel Pavilion to the Puxi side (one of our first experiment on May 01)..... Well, I tell you that taking this route out of the EXPO is the worst one.... From the ferry docking station in Puxi it will take you 20 minutes to eternity to get outside the EXPO...Not to mention, another 1-2 hours queuing for taxi outside...or you may spend almost an hour walking very very far away to hail a taxi.... almost everyone is taking this route because they want to experience the 5 minutes FREE ferry thinking they are in good position taking this route to Puxi...<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>RESTING PERIODS<br><br>Here is a tip for &quot;resting&quot; periods...<br><br>The night before your EXPO tour, make sure you have lots of rest... I mean lots of rest...<br><br>Go early as 9AM via Line 13, most especially if you want to go inside Switzerland Pavilion riding those hang in the air rides like a cable car thing...Spend your first 5 hours to tour 2-4 pavilions (Switzerland, France, Belgium and UK) You can do this before 2-3 PM and you&#x27;ll be shocked that YOU DID IT!! yey!!! :lol:<br><br>Remember, my earlier tip for the folding stools and sandwiches...those can get you by without exhaustion in the morning....Before you leave the house, put some sunblock lotion on your body and face. Also bring sunglasses and a cap and don&#x27;t bring umbrella for chris sake!! you already have a stool and a cap, don&#x27;t make everyone stand besides you to envy you.... :lol:<br><br>DO NOT do the &quot;resting periods&quot; from 11:30AM - 2PM... most likely, you&#x27;ll be joining thousands of people doing the same thing during those times... and it will be hard to find a nice spots with shades to sit down and relax...not to mention the long queue on most of the restaurants...<br><br>Try to do &quot;resting&quot; for 1-1.5 hours... even take a nap if you want on the long bench...It&#x27;s really cooling and nice...<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>VISITORS TO THE EXPO<br><br>We all know that there are certain amount of tickets sold for the EXPO... even when you hear people say &quot;there are no more tickets&quot; or &quot;SOLD OUT&quot; tickets even on regular days....<br><br>DON&#x27;T BE FOOLED thinking that &quot;Yeah, I can go on blah blah date so the people will be lesser..&quot; tsk..tsk...<br><br>I have learned that big travel agencies like Elong and Ctrip bring in visitors without actual EXPO tickets... the same thing applies to small time travel agencies. They do it by groups of people and they have special place for entrance and exits inside the EXPO...reason why you will be shocked as to the hundreds of thousands people inside the EXPO..<br><br>These travel agencies provide their visitors with special EXPO card for souvenir and not the actual ticket you insert into the machine...<br><br>Travel Agencies all over China will be greedy and seeing the EXPO as their &quot;bread and butter&quot; for the next few months.. They will be bringing in lots and lots of visitors...so never under estimate any regular day to be &quot;lesser&quot; people in the EXPO....<br><br>Just follow my tips above and you&#x27;ll have a wonderful experience....<div class="comment-meta">— prettyindistress · 2010-05-05 14:13</div></div> <div class="comment">We went on May 01 and All my reviews are posted in here with pictures...<br><br>http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/phpbbforum/expo-preview-review-t109075-50.html<br><br>feel free to browse page 4 &amp; 5 , as my tips are all written in there....:)<div class="comment-meta">— prettyindistress · 2010-05-05 14:47</div></div> <div class="comment">went there yesterday...<br><br>Advice to the visitors:<br><br>- Do not expect the finish all the pavilions in 1 day. Go to pavilions with not too long queue or moving queue. The famous pavilions have extreme long queue.<br><br>- Some pavilions in not worth queuing for hours to get in. Do your home work before you go.<br><br>- European Nation, South Asia zone and Puxi side is a better zone to visit. Many pavilions are in these zone and the crowd is distributed, thus reduce the queuing.<br><br>- The crowd started to reduce once sunset. Try to go back to the crowded pavilions again. Most likely there are no queue anymore.<br><br>- Take the Expo buses. Save your strength.<br><br>Good:<br><br>- Take the ferry to enter the Expo site. You get to the expo fast and a nice relaxing boat ride cruising on HuangPu river.<br><br>- Puxi is worth visiting. Check out the green concept cubes<br><br>- Kudos to the volunteers! They are everywhere and ready to assist. And know their stuff well :-)<br><br>- Maintaining the Expo sites spick and span... not as messy as some earliest comments we read.<br><br>Need improvement:<br><br>- A lot of pavilion does not provide any narration explanation. You&#x27;re on your own trying to understand what is the message they are trying to convey. With the high density crowd, you barely can see and read what is written on the posters. Some don&#x27;t even has a single poster to explain... maybe I couldn&#x27;t find due to the high density. Again, do your homework before you go.<br><br>- No clear information where can a visitor do his/her reservation for China pavilion. And priority is given to tour group.<br><br>- Ferry ride does not provide English narration. Wonder why... Nowadays even the public bus and Metro has English narration.<br><br>- Do not provide information about the events of the day by different pavilions or the Expo site. No brochure were given or announcement were made known to the visitor. For example, I know there is a parade... but don&#x27;t what time and where is the location. Also wondering when I can see the NZ Maori&#x27;s dance? sigh...<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2010-05-13 12:12</div></div> </details>没有比解决瓶颈更高效的事情了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100502_eceecaeae.htmSun, 02 May 2010 22:50:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100502_eceecaeae.htm<p>我最恨的情形就是在<a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/hongqiaoairport/index.htm">虹桥机场</a>排队等出租车。一边有上千辆出租车在停车场等了几个小时，一边几百个乘客要<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070413_avoid_hong_qiao_airport_on_friday_night.htm">排一个小时</a>才能上车，就是因为中间有个愚蠢的人心安理得的当瓶颈。<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100315_hongqiao_airport_t2_opens.htm">新的虹桥</a>机场大了几倍，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100323_long_taxi_lines_in_hongqiao_t2_too.htm">思路却一样</a>。</p> <p>我受自由市场经济理论影响很深，受不了这种不充分的市场。比如前几天世博会预演的时候，居然要排几个小时的队<a href="http://www.expo2010.cn/a/20100423/000020.htm">吃午饭</a>，情形和虹桥机场排队一样。因为进世博园卖吃的，是多高的标准和多大的荣光，结果严格的审查和行政的控制，导致供应量远低于需求。我常常在YY如果这是一个自由市场，我们楼下卖考红薯的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081222_i_have_a_name_card.htm">武师傅</a>和其他的小商小贩一定推着小车就去了，不说是不是有碍世博会的伟大形象，至少不会出现吃不到饭的情况。世博会的那一堵围墙，就是供和求的瓶颈。</p> <p>在公司，里面可以做的事情很多，外面可以承担工作的人很多，而一个不高效的面试流程或许就是这瓶颈。只要打破瓶颈，很多奇妙的事情就会发生。比如我家楼下，我本以为不会有任何商业机会的地方，一夜间冒出了<a href="http://www.85cafe.com/">85度C</a>，<a href="http://www.ajisen.com.cn/">味千拉面</a>，<a href="http://www.dairyqueen.com/">DQ</a>，<a href="http://www.papajohns.com/">Papa John&rsquo;s</a>，<a href="http://kfc.comc.n">肯德基</a>和一个巴黎春天百货。结果一夜间不知道从什么地方冒出了茫茫多的人，各家店都是人满为患。这个商业中心，就是解决这个DQ要挣钱，我们要吃DQ这种问题的瓶颈。</p>Back from Jinshan Beachhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100501_back_from_jinshan_beach.htmSat, 01 May 2010 21:11:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100501_back_from_jinshan_beach.htm<p>Shanghai is near sea, but Shanghai never has a good beach. Shanghai is one of the most richest cities with one of the highest travel demand - so people in Shanghai love to hang around in Sanya, and spent huge amount of dollars on air tickets.</p> <p>Is there a way to build a beach with sand in Shanghai?</p> <p>People in Jinshan gave it a try.</p> <iframe src="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7&daddr=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E5%8C%BA%E7%9F%B3%E5%8C%96%E9%87%91%E6%B6%9B%E8%B7%AF+(%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E6%B2%99%E6%BB%A9)&hl=zh-CN&geocode=FfSK3AEdlIc9BykzPPWxQHCyNTGhZMMjlBKVAg%3BFZqA1AEdKpA7ByHhlTXkhnCnjylB03drhr6yNTHhLqeN4vz6zQ&mra=ls&sll=30.72376,121.347771&sspn=0.050984,0.077162&brcurrent=3,0x35b2633be24b87d5:0xde5e102b16be8828,0%3B5,0,0&ie=UTF8&ll=30.96841,121.3815&spn=0.52576,0.18694&output=embed"></iframe> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;source=embed&amp;saddr=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7&amp;daddr=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E5%8C%BA%E7%9F%B3%E5%8C%96%E9%87%91%E6%B6%9B%E8%B7%AF+(%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E6%B2%99%E6%BB%A9)&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;geocode=FfSK3AEdlIc9BykzPPWxQHCyNTGhZMMjlBKVAg%3BFZqA1AEdKpA7ByHhlTXkhnCnjylB03drhr6yNTHhLqeN4vz6zQ&amp;mra=ls&amp;sll=30.72376,121.347771&amp;sspn=0.050984,0.077162&amp;brcurrent=3,0x35b2633be24b87d5:0xde5e102b16be8828,0%3B5,0,0&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=30.96841,121.3815&amp;spn=0.52576,0.18694">查看大图</a></p> <p>That is a big area of beach, with nice sand. It is said they shipped the sand from somewhere - Dalian? The water is at least clean, and you can identify the color of blue in the water. There are people sailing in the sea.</p>用贬义词描述自己要做的事情https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100501_ceaeeeeecae.htmSat, 01 May 2010 09:36:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100501_ceaeeeeecae.htm<p>大家都会用褒义词来描述自己的生意：最好的，最大的，高质量的，先进的，便宜的。。。。以我愚见，褒义词越多，成功的可能性越小。</p> <p>举个例子：</p> <p>我的一个朋友几个月前开始做一个订机票的网站。他说他可以做一个价格比携程更低，服务比携程更好的网站。</p>Shanghai Expo Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100501_shanghai_expo_opens.htmSat, 01 May 2010 00:40:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100501_shanghai_expo_opens.htm<p>Expo finally opens.</p> <p>The opening ceremony is exteremely disappointing. I didn&rsquo;t have any exception for it, but I was still surprised. It is really boring.</p> <p>The fireworks is outside my window. The CCTV broadcast is on my TV. There IS several seconds of delay from what I see outside my window and what I see on TV.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I watch a little. Actually, I was busy recently and would be an out-man :) Anyway, welcome everyone to Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— kang · 2010-05-01 01:27</div></div> <div class="comment">if i visit shanghai at the end of october to witness the closing ceremonies, where should i stay to watch the closing ceremonies? isn&#x27;t it the ceremonies are not open to the public?<div class="comment-meta">— rod · 2010-05-01 01:37</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m going to Shanghai for a few days -- oddly, nothing to do with the Expo, just a coincidence of timing.<br><br>If I want to go, can I just pop in for a few hours? Or is it the kind of thing where you have to book tickets far in advance or wait in line for hours?<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce Lau · 2010-05-01 02:45</div></div> <div class="comment">In watching this extravaganza and government-sanctioned nationwide binge, I have to say once this chinese balloon bursts, it will cause a humungous havoc to the human race the history has never witnessed.<br><br>How much money has Greece (in actual bankruptcy today) borrowed and spent in staging that 2004 spectacular Olympics? The seed of self-destruction was already sowed back then.<div class="comment-meta">— shanghai-ren · 2010-05-01 03:22</div></div> <div class="comment">@rod, not sure if you can get the closing ceremony&#x27;s ticket. I don&#x27;t know anyway to get the opening ceremony&#x27;s ticket yet. It is at least not commercial consideration about who can come, although it is really not that interesting to watch.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-05-01 10:26</div></div> <div class="comment">I saw a picture of the opening... the light text of &quot;brother who&quot;. It was funny. I am not sure what the message it was trying to send... seems to me that the gov. (the city gov. maybe) is trying too hard to be cool... it just doesn&#x27;t feel natural.<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2010-05-01 14:20</div></div> <div class="comment">When the live broadcast was going on, what having recently happened in China seemed to be tucked away in the opening stadium full of cheering. The first of May came with the midnight pasting. International Labor Day belongs to the world&#x27;s people. Expo and May Day both are two big events in China. I don&#x27;t wonder if Expo can make most of common foreigners very excited except May Day when watching TV. Anyway I have hardly felt excited so far. It is a little exciting for me to do a good job and make a bit progress in everyday life. I don&#x27;t also know whether the ordinary Chinese outside the occasion were really in high spirits or went to rapture. Nevertheless, if I was on the scene, I could be very excited. If I<div class="comment-meta">— qingtingwei · 2010-05-01 17:52</div></div> <div class="comment">I guess you wanted to say &quot;I didn&#x27;t have any expectation for it&quot;. Expectation:)<div class="comment-meta">— Andy · 2010-05-03 10:13</div></div> <div class="comment">I agree that this Expo things is not cool and meaningless.<div class="comment-meta">— Mike · 2010-05-11 13:55</div></div> </details>关于我的中文Blog的思考https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100430_aecaeblogce.htmFri, 30 Apr 2010 12:45:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100430_aecaeblogce.htm<p>自从2003年<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/">我的中文</a>blog开张，我这7年确写得不多，才303篇文章。而英文的在同期是2408篇。</p> <p>前几天<a href="http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2010/04/talk_with_wangjianshuo.html">和阮一峰的开放对话</a>，他问我的第一个问题：</p> <blockquote> <p>R：建硕，我知道你有两个Blog，一个是英文的，另一个是中文的。但是，你更新英文Blog的频率，远远高于更新中文 Blog，这是为什么？</p>和阮一峰的对话https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100430_eaece.htmFri, 30 Apr 2010 00:07:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100430_eaece.htm<p>我最喜欢的上海blogger阮一峰和我在邮件上面一来一往的进行了一次谈话。我的桌上就放着他翻译的《<a href="http://book.douban.com/subject/4163938/">软件随想录</a>》，并且热切的期待他<a href="http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2009/12/i_will_translate_paul_graham.html">翻译</a> <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/">Paul Graham</a>的《<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html">Hackers and Painters</a>》。虽然现在还没有见面，却惊奇的发现一峰提议的“把封闭式交流（close talk）变成开放式交流（open talk）”的形式更能够从容的交流。</p>Should Shanghai Host Expo?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100427_should_shanghai_host_expo.htmTue, 27 Apr 2010 23:45:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100427_should_shanghai_host_expo.htm<p>Expo is just 4 days away. Is it too late to ask this question?</p> <p><strong>This Expo is Special</strong></p> <p>This year&rsquo;s expo is special from most of the expo in the past. To be honest, I have never experienced previous Expo in other countries. I never heard about it before Shanghai started to bid for it.</p> <p>Now, it is regarded in all the media as an event as important as the Olympics. Is it true? I doubt it. I especially feel so when government officials pointed out again and again that &ldquo;Olympics is not government hosted - it is just civil events, and Olympics is just 20 days - expo is half year&hellip;.&rdquo; It is pretty funny.</p>I Promise to Add Twitter Profile Photo, Laterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100426_i_promise_to_add_twitter_profile_photo_later.htmMon, 26 Apr 2010 21:59:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100426_i_promise_to_add_twitter_profile_photo_later.htm<p>Please read this article first: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060914_not_happy_new_year.htm">&ldquo;Not Happy New Year&rdquo;</a>.</p> <p>In that article I wrote in 2006, I did an experiment. To prove that &ldquo;I can never over-state the importance of the display name of an Instant Messenger (IM) in the current age&rdquo;, I kept my MSN Messenger displayed name unchanged for half year (1/1/2006 to 6/30/2006) as &ldquo;Jian Shuo Wang - Happy New Year&rdquo;, and changed it to &ldquo;Jian Shuo Wang - Not Happy New Year&rdquo; for another half year (7/1/2006 - 12/31/2006).</p>Facebook is .... Scaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100424_facebook_is_scary.htmSat, 24 Apr 2010 23:08:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100424_facebook_is_scary.htm<p>I intended to use the word ambitious as many people used in their review after f8, but I really feel scary is the better word - that is more than ambitious - that is super ambitious.</p> <p>The announcement of Facebook on F8 is very exciting. I just spent a little time to try out these features. Below are some buttons you can try to play with. Be cautious: I need to tell you this, clicking on the like button will tell your friends that you Like Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog, which may be true.</p>Yifan's Story about Kindergartenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100423_yifans_story_about_kindergarten.htmFri, 23 Apr 2010 22:07:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100423_yifans_story_about_kindergarten.htm<p>Yifan has been in Kindergarten for few weeks. Here are two stories about his Kinderkarten life. I promise they are interesting stories.</p> <p><strong>&ldquo;Exactly Like Kindergarten&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>One day we went to a restaurant with Yifan. Yifan has a big dish of food in front of him.</p> <p>He played all the time when everyone finished the meal. Yifan didn&rsquo;t ate too much.</p> <p>One hour later, we decided to leave. We paid the bill, and the waiter began to clean up the table, and removed his dish.</p>Worried for Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100422_worried_for_expo.htmThu, 22 Apr 2010 22:47:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100422_worried_for_expo.htm<p>The Expo Preview happened on April 20, 2010, ten days before the grand opening.</p> <p>However, the feedback I got so far is very disappointing, almost scary.</p> <p>I almost got a ticket but it was recalled - because the security worries about terrist (I started to wonder if they worry about it that much, how to handle the 70 million visitors?)</p> <p>The feedback mostly concentrates on the fact that there are too many people. It takes about 1 hour to pass the security check, 2 hours to get anything to eat, 3 hours to get some serious food like Dumplin. For the China Pavilion? Most people can only see from the outside. Most of the comments I saw from my friends and people on twitter are - completely massy. Most of the news I saw on Shanghai TV, CCTV was, the first day was smooth and successful. The contrast is so big that I am not surprised.</p>The World of Leadership of Managementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100421_the_world_of_leadership_of_management.htmWed, 21 Apr 2010 22:47:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100421_the_world_of_leadership_of_management.htm<p>I was in the world of Linux, and C.</p> <p>Then I entered the world of Windows and project management.</p> <p>Then the current world is about leadership and management.</p> <p>I shifted in these worlds consistently, and frequently.</p> <p>My friends change along the way.</p> <p>I had Linus, Apple, C++ as my friends,</p> <p>then I had new friends named MSDN, Don Box and TechNet.</p> <p>In the recent years, on my bookshelf are Druker, and Welch.</p>Role of a People Managerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100419_role_of_a_people_manager.htmMon, 19 Apr 2010 23:11:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100419_role_of_a_people_manager.htm<p>Simply three steps:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Get the right people in the right place.</p> </li> <li> <p>Set clear goals</p> </li> <li> <p>Shut up.</p> </li> </ol> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">12 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Looks more complex.<br><br>Inspiration, coaching, especially there is not easy to get right people, most cases are too expensive than you can pay.<div class="comment-meta">— Jeff · 2010-04-20 02:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Sometimes, it makes sense to find not so right people, then train them to be the right people. The obvious right people are already taken in the market.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2010-04-20 04:57</div></div> <div class="comment">what is your strategy IF the person refuse to &quot;shut up&quot;? he/she just feel like going against anything he/she sees... Maybe that is so-called freedom of expression.<br><br>hehehe...<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2010-04-20 19:10</div></div> <div class="comment">@jqian, and @Jeff, that is exactly what I learn from the role of people manager - to get the right people at the first place is the most important thing in organization, not the other way around.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-20 19:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Shutup is for the manager. A manager should never micromanage someone, and should always get out of the way of the people, and allow them to try their best to archive the goal, not orders from managers.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-20 19:30</div></div> <div class="comment">if you cannot find right person in short time, you have to coach/train people in hand. so training/coaching must be part of the role. Perfection always goes with luck.<div class="comment-meta">— rollback · 2010-04-20 21:44</div></div> <div class="comment">JS your strategy is right.<br><br>Albert Einstein once said:<br><br>To be successful one needs to:<br><br>Work hard<br><br>Play hard<br><br>and Shut up<div class="comment-meta">— soon · 2010-04-21 04:31</div></div> <div class="comment">I agree with the three steps. I guess the third step means making a resolution, especially a great one in a juncture point. But sometimes a manager will suffer a great deal from pain when he is resolving. Giving a true order is often related to the leader&#x27;s quality and effectively realizing it needs qualified staff. However, the manager seems more important than his clerks.<br><br>Actually I don&#x27;t much know about what you are engaged in now. It&#x27;s only what I am thinking.<div class="comment-meta">— qingtingwei · 2010-04-21 20:00</div></div> <div class="comment">I think getting the right men is not as easy as you said . Training or retraining new employees is one of the most important duties for manager .<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2010-04-22 14:13</div></div> <div class="comment">I think your theory looks good on paper, first of all, there is no such thing as &quot;right person for the right place&quot;, only the continuous support and cultivation from the management will enable the stuff to gain job satisfation and excel in their work.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2010-04-22 23:02</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m not sure #3 should be shut up or follow up.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2010-04-24 11:37</div></div> <div class="comment">According to me the role of the people manager also includes<br><br>* understanding the strength and weakness of your own team members<br><br>* start providing guidance to the member to improve his weak area<br><br>* do some macro tracking else people will be more relaxed about their own deliverables<div class="comment-meta">— Sami · 2011-02-09 14:13</div></div> </details>My Car is Named Bandengerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100418_my_car_is_named_bandenger.htmSun, 18 Apr 2010 22:18:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100418_my_car_is_named_bandenger.htm<p>I have decided to name my new car Bandenger, which basically means bench.</p> <p>The Nissan Teana is optimized for comfort. It is absolutely better than a bench, but just as the way I named my previous Goudaner, it is a pretty cheap, ugly, and normal name, with the wish that the car can have good luck - people in China, especially in villages, and in old time, like to name their kids by &ldquo;ugly&rdquo; names - something like under-promise, over delivery.</p>Traffic Getting Worse before Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100413_traffic_getting_worse_before_expo.htmTue, 13 Apr 2010 00:04:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100413_traffic_getting_worse_before_expo.htm<p>The good traffic condition only lasted for few weeks, before it is getting worse. From the slow moving cars on the road, and policemen with flashing police car at every city corner, I got the signal - Expo is no longer a count down number. It is getting real.</p> <p>People get nervous. There are problems when there are visitor peak that the city cannot handle. There are also problems, maybe a bigger one, that there are not as many people as expected to come.</p>Metro Line #10 Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100412_metro_line_10_opens.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:24:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100412_metro_line_10_opens.htm<p>I cannot keep up with the construction news of Shanghai these days, at my daily publishing schedule.</p> <p>Metro Line #10 Opens.</p> <p>There is a station near where I work - the Shanghai Jiaotong University station. It goes to Hongqiao Transportation Hub (Hongqiao Train Station, Hongqiao Airport T2, Hongqiao Airport T1), and goes eastbound to downtown Shanghai, and wind northbound to New Jiangwan Town.</p> <p>The Metro Line #10 is called by some people The Campus Love Line, because it connects some of the most respected universities in the city: Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, and Fudan University&hellip;</p>I Started to Get Interested in Economicshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100411_i_started_to_get_interested_in_economics.htmSun, 11 Apr 2010 00:29:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100411_i_started_to_get_interested_in_economics.htm<p>Wendy finally decided to take spare time to attend the Finance MBA program of <a href="http://ckgsb.com">Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business</a>. She has my full support for the decision. Good education makes people wiser, and happier, although I don&rsquo;t think the degree has too much value.</p> <p><strong>Wendy&rsquo;s Passion</strong></p> <p>Wendy&rsquo;s passion for finance has lasted for years. After reading the incredibly thick book - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143114166/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=1594201315&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=0B8GBRP3X3C5GSRB818H">The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World</a> by Alan Greenspan, she just finished another book about George Soros - another incredibly thick book. Wendy has the passion to talk with me about finance, and economics, just as I was passionate to talk with her about business, and some times even coding and other techs. I didn&rsquo;t appreciate it as much as she wanted me to. We sometimes beg the other party to spend time just to listen what we learned. Interesting, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Expo is 22 Days Awayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100409_expo_is_22_days_away.htmFri, 09 Apr 2010 23:12:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100409_expo_is_22_days_away.htm<p>First hand photos of the Expo site.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/09/4504931675_314bd976bc.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang using Nokia N78</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/09/4505565094_57447194aa.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang using Nokia N78</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/09/4505564464_5ccda713a3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang using Nokia N78</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/09/4505564006_7859a482a7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang using Nokia N78</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/09/4504928499_d367160321.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang using Nokia N78</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/09/4505563468_6bf199ae94.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang using Nokia N78</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">We are trying to decide when to come to Shanghai this year. We usually come for the month of November. Will we still be able to see the expo sites? Can we buy tickets? Should we come toward the end of October? I read that the last week is one of the prime times, so it will be hard to get tickets then.<br><br>Do you have any suggestions? We missed the Olympics and wished we were there if only to participate in the 热闹. We don&#x27;t want to be in the US wishing we were in China this time.<div class="comment-meta">— zjemi · 2010-04-10 03:04</div></div> <div class="comment">@zjemi, I really have no idea. But I do know the Expo closes on Oct 31, so November is not a good idea, if you just want to see the four permanent building and a big construction site (well, a destruction site). You will have better idea about whether the ticket is hot or not after May, and you can make decision at that time. Based on the fact that every family in Shanghai gets a free ticket, it does not seem to be that crowded.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-10 03:16</div></div> <div class="comment">A few weeks ago, I made a comment in another of Jianshuo&#x27;s blog entry this tread within the parenthesis:<br><br>(I know many visitors will be coming to Shanghai to see the World Expo, but knowing how crowded Shanghai already is without the Expo and the added population, I&#x27;m afraid the road condition will be awfully unbearable. The restaurants, markets will all be crowded as well. )<br><br>That said, ZJEMI, my advice is that if you are like me who don&#x27;t like crowded environment, noise, cigarette odor, and long wait for transportation, food, shops, then don&#x27;t go to Shanghai before summer is over. Try to go in Sept or Oct. Remember many local people don&#x27;t have the habit of queuing. It bothers me to hell when people cut in lines.<br><br>I live in Shanghai right now, but I have booked a flight to go to the States just a few days before the opening of EXPO and the big crowd swarming into this city.<div class="comment-meta">— TW · 2010-04-11 03:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations on Shanghai not just for the World Expo, but for beating out London in having the world&#x27;s longest Metro system.<br><br>:-)<div class="comment-meta">— David Feng · 2010-04-11 22:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi! My kids and I will be in Shanghai on April 19-25. Is there a soft opening of the Expo before May 1? Can we have a glimpse or at least picture of the pavilions or the permanent 4 buildings?<div class="comment-meta">— Pilar · 2010-04-12 07:14</div></div> <div class="comment">I heard there is an opening at the night of April 30, but it is not something as fancy as Olympics<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-12 11:10</div></div> </details>Why I Didn't Understand Social Mediahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100408_why_i_didnt_understand_social_media.htmThu, 08 Apr 2010 23:56:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100408_why_i_didnt_understand_social_media.htm<p>This post is in response to <a href="http://robertmao.com">Robert</a>&rsquo;s request to clarify my status update in Facebook. I said</p> <blockquote> <p>just realized that I don&rsquo;t really understand the social media yet.</p> </blockquote> <p>Robert asked why. Let me share some indicators.</p> <p><strong>I never took Social media serious</strong></p> <p>I had a twitter account on February 14, 2007, and sent my first twitter message that day. But I didn&rsquo;t really take it serious afterward. I dropped some tweets in the beginning and recently, but compared to 1195 blog entries I wrote since than, 869 messages are much fewer. Majority of them are notification of new blog entries. Obviously a blog entry is longer than 140 characters, and takes much more time to write.</p>My Twitter Dump from March 12, 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100407_my_twitter_dump_from_march_12_2007.htmWed, 07 Apr 2010 21:21:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100407_my_twitter_dump_from_march_12_2007.htm<p>Here is a backup of all the twitter message I sent out (including my hand-written, and automatic generated from RSS, and some spam my mistake). Thanks to <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com">http://www.searchtastic.com</a> (via <a href="http://www.xiaoji.org/">@jjxiao</a>) to allow me dump everything.</p> <p>Tweet Date Tweet In Reply To</p> <p>Apr 26 2010, 12:43 UTC http://shanghai.baixing.com/root/?query=userId:33416061 百姓网空缺职位&hellip; <a href="http://goo.gl/vhOc">http://goo.gl/vhOc</a></p> <p>Apr 26 2010, 12:42 UTC 百姓网现在空缺的职位，欢迎大家帮我们推荐合适的人选，或转发。我们在上海，欢迎全国的朋友来上海工作。 <a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/root/?query=userId:33416061">http://shanghai.baixing.com/root/?query=userId:33416061</a></p>Metro Line #2 Extends to Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100407_metro_line_2_extends_to_pudong_airport.htmWed, 07 Apr 2010 19:34:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100407_metro_line_2_extends_to_pudong_airport.htm<p>It finally becomes official - tomorrow, the Shanghai Metro Line #2 will extend to the Pudong Airport.</p> <p>This blog started with a simple question - how to get to downtown from Pudong airport about 10 years ago (with a static page). Finally, the easiest answer is available: just take the Metro Line #2 from Pudong airport to downtown Shanghai. This will replace taxi, maglev, and bus as the recommended transportation.</p>Xindanwei is Coolhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100406_xindanwei_is_cool.htmTue, 06 Apr 2010 22:32:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100406_xindanwei_is_cool.htm<p>I was in <a href="http://xindanwei.com">Xindanwei</a> this afternoon to chat with <a href="http://twitter.com/isaac">@isaac</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/popoever">@popoever</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/aaajiao">@aaajiao</a>.</p> <p>I heard about Xindanwei from time to time, but never related it to Isaac - who is an angle investor to this idea.</p> <p>The idea is simple: you pay as low as 15 RMB per hour to get an office space there - by hour, or by month, with nice meeting room.</p> <p>I put it this way: It is a real estate company + a property management company. Well. Isaac put it different: it is a place where people share space, share connection and share knowledge&hellip; I admit his version looks nicer.</p>Nice Technical Blogshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100406_nice_technical_blogs.htmTue, 06 Apr 2010 10:38:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100406_nice_technical_blogs.htm<p>Some nice technical people.</p> <p><a href="http://xlvector.net/blog/">XLVector</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.csdn.net/zhengyun_ustc">Zheng Yun</a></p> <p><a href="http://qingbo.net/">Qing Bo</a></p> <p>Beijing seems still the center of technical people. We have to admit that Beijing is still the Internet center, and is the closest to <em>Silicon Valley in China</em>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">The three people you mention are all graduated from USTC.<br><br>Me (xlvector) and Qingbo are roommate in university. :)<div class="comment-meta">— xlvector · 2010-04-06 12:45</div></div> <div class="comment">xlvector, welcome to my blog. USTC is THE place to have people with good algorithm skills. Will visit you guys in Beijing in my next trip.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-06 22:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Curious how you found us... It was only a week ago someone from the US told me the relationship between eBay and baixing and I checked out your blog for the first time.<br><br>Looking forward to seeing you soon :)<div class="comment-meta">— qingbo · 2010-04-07 00:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Robert Mao (robertmao.com) recommended.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-07 15:38</div></div> </details>A Highschool Classmates Gatherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100406_a_highschool_classmates_gather.htmTue, 06 Apr 2010 00:01:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100406_a_highschool_classmates_gather.htm<p>Spent the day in Century Park with highschool classmates - three families with two kids. It has been 15 years since we graduate, and we were planning a 15-year anniversary gather on Saturday, May 29, 2010 in Zhengzhou. Visibility is the best way to make things happen, so I put the date on my calendar and on my blog. I was the key organizer for the 10-year anniversary 5 years ago. We planned hotel in Qingdao, and we planned the date, and we planned the communication. The only problem was, we didn&rsquo;t gather.</p>Shanghai Expressway Maphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100404_shanghai_expressway_map.htmSun, 04 Apr 2010 22:03:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100404_shanghai_expressway_map.htm<p>It has been a while since I last draw <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_expressways_of_shanghai.htm">the diagram of Shanghai Expressway</a>. Compared to the old map I draw, I feel I grew up a little bit in the last 4 years.</p> <p>Here I proudly present the new Shanghai expressway map as of 2010.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/04/4489172643_cf9841daf1_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>©Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Let me give you a little bit explanation.</p> <p><strong>The Rings</strong></p> <p>There are basically four big ring expressways in Shanghai - the four blue square.</p>Movie - Crossing Hennessyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100403_movie_-_crossing_hennessy.htmSat, 03 Apr 2010 23:41:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100403_movie_-_crossing_hennessy.htm<p>After the busy day, Wendy and I went to theater. That is the rare time we have - Yifan fell asleep at home with his grandparents. We guess he will sleep for a lot time since he was too excited in the afternoon in our office and missed his noon snap.</p> <p>The movie Wendy picked is Tang Wei and Zhang Xueyou&rsquo;s <em>Crossing Hennessy</em>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/04/03/s4241522.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: the Corssing Hennessy team</p>Nissan Teana 2.5 XLhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100402_nissan_teana_25_xl.htmFri, 02 Apr 2010 22:42:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100402_nissan_teana_25_xl.htm<p>I started to drive the new white Nisson Teana. We still haven&rsquo;t given it a name yet, but will surely do that in few days. Here are some initial thoughts</p> <p><strong>Bigger Car is Not Necessarily Better than Small One</strong></p> <p>For the first time, I realized that bigger car is not as convenient as small car, especially in crowded city like Shanghai. I picked up my feeling of a new driver again - on the elevated highway, I started to complain the lanes are too narrow. At parking lots, I have to reverse the car to the narrow place - before, I always dive into the parking lot without even slow down too much - the benefit of a small car.</p>Yifan's Song - Night of Military Porthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100402_yifans_song_-_night_of_military_port.htmFri, 02 Apr 2010 22:16:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100402_yifans_song_-_night_of_military_port.htm<p>Yifan loves to sing. In kindergarten, he will routinely sing a song for the class before everyone goes to bed at noon.</p> <p>Here is his newest song - night of military port 军港之夜.</p> <p>I know, you must be saying: Yifan grows up so fast. I feel so too. Yifan can learn a song in one night, and sing it in an accurate way - much better than his father. Another interesting thing about Yifan&rsquo;s learning behavior is, he tend to listen to the same song again and again without ever giving it a try. The first time he sings it, he always sings from the beginning to the end corrected. That always surprises everyone.</p>Expo Taxi and More Blurred Night Shotshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100401_expo_taxi_and_more_blurred_night_shots.htmThu, 01 Apr 2010 22:48:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100401_expo_taxi_and_more_blurred_night_shots.htm<p>More Expo news is coming from this blog. I am reporting 3 km away from the Shanghai 2010 Expo site.</p> <p><strong>Expo Taxi</strong></p> <p>I am not a big fan of this idea - to manufacture 4000 special taxi just for the Expo. My proposed plan is to leverage the current taxi system, and expand it. If the standard is not good enough for the expo, why not take the opportunity increase the standard?</p>Bet is Greatest Tool to Increase Visabilityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100401_bet_is_greatest_tool_to_increase_visability.htmThu, 01 Apr 2010 20:50:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100401_bet_is_greatest_tool_to_increase_visability.htm<p>I just made a bet with college in my company. The bet is like this:</p> <p>The loser will travel to a city in the middle of Hunan province named Loudi (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudi">Loudi on Wikipedia</a>), and take a photo before the Loudi Train Station at the end of this month.</p> <p>Here is the transition plan:</p> <blockquote> <p>K859 4:54pm - 9:08AM Shanghai South Railway Station - Loudi</p> <p>K80 - 2:02pm - 4:53am Loudi - Shanghai South Railway Station</p>Expo is Nearerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100331_expo_is_nearer.htmWed, 31 Mar 2010 22:47:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100331_expo_is_nearer.htm<p>Expo is officially 31 days away. I saw the expo site from the Inner Ring Elevated Highway tonight.</p> <p>They are testing the Expo light effect today. At night, the site is so beautiful. From the gap of two buildings, I saw a pavilion with OIL logo on it. That redish shining pavilion is like a magic box. I didn&rsquo;t get the chance to take a photo of it.</p> <p>The Nanpu Bridge is lightened, with color bar on the side facing the Expo site. I do have some blurred picture for the decorated Nanpu bridge.</p>Bye Bye Goudanerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100330_bye_bye_goudaner.htmTue, 30 Mar 2010 21:55:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100330_bye_bye_goudaner.htm<p>Tonight, Goudaner left his sweet home in the last 6 years in the night rain. Man is a kind of animal that loves cars. A good car is part of his life. I stayed in the car for a long time before my friend pick him up. The mileage is 79020 KM - in 6 years.</p> <p>Bye bye Goudaner, and have a great life. I am very sure that you will be take care of very well.</p>Yifan Fell Asleep by Himselfhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100330_yifan_fell_asleep_by_himself.htmTue, 30 Mar 2010 18:45:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100330_yifan_fell_asleep_by_himself.htm<p>Wendy posted this in her Buzz:</p> <blockquote> <p>I left my boy in his small bedroom alone and he fell into sleep ten minutes later after he sang and played his favorite mini cooper yellow car. That&rsquo;s the good habit got in the kindergarten</p> </blockquote> <p>I saw the Buzz, and my heart melted down.</p>I Sold Out my Google Nexus Onehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100329_i_sold_out_my_google_nexus_one.htmMon, 29 Mar 2010 23:14:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100329_i_sold_out_my_google_nexus_one.htm<p>One month after I bought Google Nexus One (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100226_i_should_not_open_nexus_one_at_night.htm">I Should Not Open Nexus One at Night</a>), I finally sold it out in <a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/shouji/">Baixing.com Second-hand Phone</a> category at a little bit lower price than I bought. If I had sold it the first day when I am got it, I can make a decent profit out of it, but the price of the new phone dropped from 6% higher than US to relative the same price in the last month.</p>Metro Line #11 Extension Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100329_metro_line_11_extension_opens.htmMon, 29 Mar 2010 22:59:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100329_metro_line_11_extension_opens.htm<p>Metro Line #11 from Jiading 嘉定 to Shanghai opened for a while. Now, one month to Shanghai Expo 2010, the extension of the line opened.</p> <p>To give you some sense about where the extension is, look at the current full map (I attached larger picture at the end of this blog to give you more detailed view (meanwhile not blocking the screen in case you have smaller screen or read it in other software than a browser).</p>GM EN-V Unveild in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100329_gm_en-v_unveild_in_shanghai.htmMon, 29 Mar 2010 22:27:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100329_gm_en-v_unveild_in_shanghai.htm<p>General Motor unveiled a new concept car - EN-V. That car is expected to hit market in 2030, 20 years from today. EN-V is electronic driven, and there will be a plug to re-charge the car. Once fully charged, it is said to be able to run for 40 km.</p> <p>Thanks to Xiaojing and Jia to give me this very nice toy - a EN-V model. You can see the details of this car from inside out. Here are the photos:</p>More Hongqiao Airport T2 Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100328_more_hongqiao_airport_t2_photos.htmSun, 28 Mar 2010 22:57:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100328_more_hongqiao_airport_t2_photos.htm<p>I took the photo of T2 two weeks ago. Let me share the rest of the photos in this blog.</p> <p>Below is the arrival hall of Hongqiao Airport T2. It is hard to distinguish it from the arrival hall of Pudong Airport T1, and T2. The three halls are very like each other.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/28/4469252223_72ca369e19.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>In my memory, this is the few decorations I found in the four airport terminals in Shanghai - the paper airplane on the top of the pole.</p>Travel is Life Intensifiedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100328_travel_is_life_intensified.htmSun, 28 Mar 2010 22:24:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100328_travel_is_life_intensified.htm<p><a href="http://cnreviews.com/author/elliottng">Elliot Ng</a> has many great thoughts. He does not talk too much, but from time to time, I think of something that often turned out to be from Elliot.</p> <p>Elliot said this before:</p> <blockquote> <p>Travel is life intensified</p> </blockquote> <p>As an travel industry expert, his comment is very sensational from a personal level.</p> <p>I searched for the term &ldquo;life intensified&rdquo;, and found out this interesting blog entry: <a href="http://www.lucifester.com/articles/whytravel.htm">Why I Travel</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Travel is intensified living.&quot; The actual sentence reads &ldquo;Travel is intensified living - maximum thrills per minute and one of the last great sources of legal adventure. Travel is freedom. It&rsquo;s recess, and we need it</p>Forward Hindsighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100328_forward_hindsight.htmSun, 28 Mar 2010 00:16:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100328_forward_hindsight.htm<p>Forward Hindsight is the name of my friend Ashish&rsquo;s company in Minneapolis, MN. It was because of this company name did I learn the English world: Hindsight.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hindsight: recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.</p> </blockquote> <p>I started to love this word, and started to appreciate the name of Ashish&rsquo;s company - how good it will be to have <strong>forward</strong> hindsight.</p> <p><strong>Photography</strong></p>Experienced Security Guardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100326_experienced_security_guard.htmFri, 26 Mar 2010 23:50:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100326_experienced_security_guard.htm<p>Let me record the experienced I had in Pudong airport before I forgot.</p> <p>At the X-ray security check machine, a female security guard is supervising people to put their stuff into the machine. This is the conversation.</p> <p>Before I put the bag there, she asked: &ldquo;Do you have a laptop?&rdquo; I pulled my laptop out of the bag.</p> <p>She asked: Anything in your pocket? I used my left hand to pull the wallet from my pocket.</p>Complicated Roads to Hongqiao T2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100326_complicated_roads_to_hongqiao_t2.htmFri, 26 Mar 2010 23:32:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100326_complicated_roads_to_hongqiao_t2.htm<p>The new Hongqiao Transportation Hub (including Hongqiao Airport T2) is a big project, with Airport, Maglev, and train station integrated in the same structure. There are many roads to this big hub, making it one of the most complicated road system in Shanghai.</p> <p>Let me share with you some photos I took in my last visit to Hongqiao. If you are new to Shanghai, and rent a car at the new terminal, guess whether you know which road you choose to use when you first see these signs.</p>Jian Shuo Got His New Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100325_jian_shuo_got_his_new_car.htmThu, 25 Mar 2010 23:20:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100325_jian_shuo_got_his_new_car.htm<p>About 6 years ago, I posted this entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htm">Jian Shuo Got His Car</a>. The little car (I gave it the name Goudaner) has been with me and my family for 6 years.</p> <p>This week, we got our new car - a <a href="http://teana.dongfeng-nissan.com.cn/">Nissan Teana 2.5L XL</a> with V6 engine, and CVT transmission. Today, Wendy went to the dealer to get the new car back (I hope it was myself who went there, as I picked up Goudaner 6 years ago). I quickly had my dinner and rushed down to see it. Then I drove to the nearby department store with Yifan and Wendy - just for a test drive.</p>HTHT IPOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100325_htht_ipo.htmThu, 25 Mar 2010 20:57:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100325_htht_ipo.htm<p>Hanting, the chain hotel group will go IPO tomorrow (March 26, 2010). The ticker will be <strong>HTHT</strong> - China Lodging Group.</p> <p>I am a frequent Hanting customer. I know their style. It is a very cost concious and cost effective company. My gut feeling tells me that they should be doing well after IPO.</p> <p>I will wait and see the final result, and do some reflection after comparing the final results with my thoughts, and learn more about how to valuate a company better.</p>I Love the Garage in Hongqiao T2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100324_i_love_the_garage_in_hongqiao_t2.htmWed, 24 Mar 2010 23:34:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100324_i_love_the_garage_in_hongqiao_t2.htm<p>The highlight of the new Hongqiao Airport T2 is the garage. There are plenty of them - not worried about parking any more.</p> <p><strong>Where is the Garage - P7 and P6</strong></p> <p>Look at this diagram below:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/24/4457485756_a92349bf76.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The horizontal yellow area on the right is the Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2. The yellow area in the middle is the East Transportation Hub, where the Parking Area P6 (at north) and P7 (at south) is located. At the B1 of this giant building is the Metro Station of Hongqiao Airport T2 for Metro Line #2 and #10 (opened Q4 this year).</p>Global Villagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100324_global_village.htmWed, 24 Mar 2010 22:12:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100324_global_village.htm<p>This morning, I am very happy to host two talented students - Chengyi from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Echo from Stanford University. It brought me back to the days when we, as a company and as a person, had strong connection with universities.</p> <p><strong>Internship Cross Borders</strong></p> <p>Regarding the summer internship program we had been for five years, we just realized that we can accept both students from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and from Stanford - 6000 miles, and 8 time zone away.</p>Look up! The World Above! - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100323_look_up_the_world_above_-_part_ii.htmTue, 23 Mar 2010 23:30:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100323_look_up_the_world_above_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the second part of my series <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100313_look_up_the_world_above.htm">Part I</a>.</p> <p>Here is my pick of the day: the Shanghai Metro Line #2 Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 Station.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/23/4456675305_849d62cc40.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/23/4457454240_eef078f223.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/23/4457454890_17d1771ff7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p>Long Taxi Lines in Hongqiao T2 Toohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100323_long_taxi_lines_in_hongqiao_t2_too.htmTue, 23 Mar 2010 23:14:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100323_long_taxi_lines_in_hongqiao_t2_too.htm<p>The biggest hope for Hongqiao Airport T2 was to solve the long taxi line in Hongqiao Airport T1. I complained about it many times.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061218_40_minutes_for_a_taxi_at_hongqiao.htm">40 Minutes for a Taxi at Hongqiao</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070413_avoid_hong_qiao_airport_on_friday_night.htm">Avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday Night</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Now the 4-times bigger T2 opens. My guess was, it will solve this problem. To my disappointment, the problem is still there - not as serious, but there are still many people waiting in long lines for taxi, and there are even longer lines of taxi waiting inn the parking lot. The only bottleneck is, again, the taxi pickup area - the design of this brand new airport is still far from efficient.</p>The New Home of Google in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100323_the_new_home_of_google_in_china.htmTue, 23 Mar 2010 10:11:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100323_the_new_home_of_google_in_china.htm<p>After the Google official announcement of quitting China (not Google China, but google.cn, the site), I opened Google China homepage (<a href="http://google.com">google.com</a>). It has already been redirected to <a href="http://google.com.hk">google.com.hk</a>. The interesting sentence on the page reads:</p> <blockquote> <p>Welcome to the new home of Google search in China</p> </blockquote> <p>Google is alive and kicking in China.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Yes, but for how long?<br><br>I always search through google.nl or google.com and I really do not want China to block the complete sites!<div class="comment-meta">— Anna · 2010-03-23 12:44</div></div> <div class="comment">I think you might wish to say, &quot;Google is alive and kicking in China.&quot;<div class="comment-meta">— Joe · 2010-03-23 13:49</div></div> <div class="comment">They will just block google.com.hk as well, but it will be interesting to see the government blocking a site that operates entirely legally on Chinese soil (Hong Kong). This show what kind of thugs these people are.<div class="comment-meta">— one · 2010-03-23 19:00</div></div> <div class="comment">One country, two systems !<div class="comment-meta">— zou5020 · 2010-03-23 19:06</div></div> <div class="comment">thanks deng xiao ping, thanks the policy of &quot;one country, two systems&quot;!<div class="comment-meta">— lalaland · 2010-03-24 16:47</div></div> <div class="comment">you guys shouldn&#x27;t be happy too soon, if the central government decides they want to shut down google in China totally, those clowns in Hong Kong government will be too spineless to say anything.<div class="comment-meta">— one · 2010-03-24 18:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Today is March 25, why could I still open &quot;http://www.google.cn/ig/china?hl=zh-CN&quot; in my laptop?<div class="comment-meta">— ming · 2010-03-25 11:25</div></div> </details>Sand Storm Hits Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100321_sand_storm_hits_shanghai.htmSun, 21 Mar 2010 15:40:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100321_sand_storm_hits_shanghai.htm<p>I am happy that the sand storm is over. Yesterday, Wendy and I planned to go out for a walk at around 5:00 PM. It was windy, but the surprising part was, the air is full of dust, and it smelled like being in the middle of cleaning of an old building.</p> <p>We are still luck. The sand storm from southern part of Xinjiang already hit many provinces including Beijing. It looked much worse than Shanghai.</p>G60 Shanghai-Kunming National Expresswayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100320_g60_shanghai-kunming_national_expressway.htmSat, 20 Mar 2010 15:05:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100320_g60_shanghai-kunming_national_expressway.htm<p>Wendy and I drove to Jiaxing via the formal A8 Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway, and found out that the signs of the expressway have changed to its new name: G60 - Shanghai-Kunming National Expressway (or Hukun Expressway 沪昆高速). Let me tell you more about this national highway.</p> <p><strong>Name Change Matters</strong></p> <p>Although there are many criticism about the high cost and convention change of the new National Expressway system, I feel excited about the change (if we put aside the cost). The name gives people better sense of direction.</p>7 Year Anniversary of Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100316_7_year_anniversary_of_wedding.htmTue, 16 Mar 2010 23:19:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100316_7_year_anniversary_of_wedding.htm<p>Today is the 7 year anniversary of wedding for Wendy and me.</p> <p>In 2003, I was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030324_wedding_anniversary.htm">admiring</a> Kayne for 4 year wedding anniversary, one week after Wendy and I got married.</p> <p>After 7 years, we are even more happier - than 7 years ago. Wendy and I am together since 1996, much longer than getting married - that is about 14 years ago. In 2003, I can still list what we did together in the last year. Now, I found it harder to make that list - it is easier to list what we didn&rsquo;t do together in the last 7 years than things we went through together. All the sweet, and pains, we came along together. The same experience made us similar persons, and one family.</p>Yifan's Second Day in Kindergartenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100316_yifans_second_day_in_kindergarten.htmTue, 16 Mar 2010 21:07:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100316_yifans_second_day_in_kindergarten.htm<p>Yifan&rsquo;s second day is not as sweet as <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100315_yifan_started_his_kindergarten_life.htm">the first one</a>.</p> <p>The day started with Yifan&rsquo;s cry.</p> <p>The teacher called in the middle, and told Wendy that Yifan kept crying. He even took the photo of other kid&rsquo;s mother, and watched for a long time. He gave a big hug to a calendar showing three-person family, and told the teacher that is his mother.</p> <p>When Wendy picked him up, he sit on the beach, leaning his head to a toy phone. The teacher told Wendy that Yifan has been calling his mom for a long time.</p>Hongqiao Airport T2 Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100315_hongqiao_airport_t2_opens.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 22:30:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100315_hongqiao_airport_t2_opens.htm<p>Tomorrow, the Hongqiao Airport T2 is going to open. I really want to go there and take a look myself, maybe this Saturday. I hope I can get some photos and report back to my readers about the new addition.</p> <p>A quick overview of the new airport (before my more detailed report).</p> <p><strong>The Airport</strong></p> <p>The T2 is west of T1 (the old terminal). It is basically a new airport - 90% of the airlines will move to the new T2 (no wonder they didn&rsquo;t made too much improvement to the crowded T1 in the past few years - makes sense).</p>Yifan Started His Kindergarten Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100315_yifan_started_his_kindergarten_life.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 22:13:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100315_yifan_started_his_kindergarten_life.htm<p>March 15 is not a normal Monday.</p> <p>Yifan started his first day in kindergarten today. It is not the official kindergarten yet - that will start from this September, instead, it is 8:30 - 4:30 pm part time school. The official one needs him to be 3 year old.</p> <p>We worried a lot for the first day - we heard the stories of kids crying for days to get used to the new life. We believe so since we tried to put him into some part time kindergarten before - does not work at all.</p>Happy Birthday to Goudaner (6th Year)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_6th_year.htmMon, 15 Mar 2010 21:51:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_6th_year.htm<p>Today is the 6th year anniversary of my little car - Goudaner.</p> <p>I cannot believe it that I used the car for 6 years. I didn&rsquo;t use it very much - just for commute from home to office. The meter only shows 78K km - 13 km per year. The statics shows I used the car less in the last 3 years than the previous 3 years.</p> <p>When I celebrated the 3rd year anniversary for Goudaner (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_3rd_year.htm">Happy Birthday to Goudaner (3rd Year)</a>), I drove for 41K - in the last three years, I drove 32K km.</p>Yifan's Parking Lots - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100314_yifans_parking_lots_-_part_ii.htmSun, 14 Mar 2010 22:34:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100314_yifans_parking_lots_-_part_ii.htm<p>After Yifan built <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100313_yifans_parking_lots.htm">Parking Lots</a> with his glass balls, he started to add eyes to all the cars. Look at this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/14/4431372225_fa6d647f1f.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/14/4431372221_b111f2b482.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>More interestingly, Yifan fell in love with my new Google Nexus One, and quickly learn how to take photos. Among the 50+ blurred and dark photos, I still can find some very decent photo taken by Yifan, at his 2 and 3/4 year.</p>Electronic Power Towershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_electronic_power_towers.htmSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:15:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_electronic_power_towers.htm<p>I have a mixed feeling toward the electronic power towers.</p> <p>It is obviously not pleasant to get close to it, but it is not completely lack of artistic feeling.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/13/2010-03-07%2017.37.02.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know how many of you feel the same as myself - I have to admit that I enjoy watching and shooting the scene of power towers when I am on the highways&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">After working hard to create a proxy for blocked photo on Flickr and Picasa, I finally get back to the original question: nothing can be more inefficient than solving a problem that does not need to be solved.<br><br>I give up.<br><br>If anyone cannot see my photos, it is because we are all living inside the high great wall. Learning how to get access yourself... I just find out to use code to solve problem is always more time-consuming than expected.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-03-14 00:31</div></div> <div class="comment">The official name for &quot;ELECTRONIC POWER TOWERS&quot; is &quot;Electricity Pylon&quot; or &quot;Transmission Tower&quot;.<div class="comment-meta">— NIMROD · 2010-03-14 14:02</div></div> <div class="comment">I live in Thailand. Your picture display in the post with no problem at all.<br><br>It is an interesting picture as I also have interest in these towers, on my trip I noticed that China has lots of towers along the highway, different type and shapes.<br><br>The appearance of your photo makes me wonder if it was taken by mobile phone or not, would you mind to tell?<div class="comment-meta">— Karp · 2010-03-17 20:22</div></div> </details>Look up! The World Above!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_look_up_the_world_above.htmSat, 13 Mar 2010 22:52:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_look_up_the_world_above.htm<p>In busy days, we rush to metro, anxiously wait for trains, and leave trains without looking back. That is our life.</p> <p>From time to time, we may want to spend some time to look at the world using a different angle. This time, I tried to &mdash;</p> <p>Look up!</p> <p>Above our head, there are ceiling, and above the ceiling, there are complicated air system, and fire prevention system, and there is a speaker there. Did we really think about where the sounds of background music, or train arriving information comes out in the station?</p>Yifan's Parking Lotshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_yifans_parking_lots.htmSat, 13 Mar 2010 22:45:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_yifans_parking_lots.htm<p>Yifan started to build parking lots for his cars with glass balls. Look at this, it is getting big!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/13/4427821549_337278da74.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>P.S. When Yifan was sleeping (gradema was with him), I got out for a cup of coffee with my Moleskine notebook.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/13/4428588004_80d47c5376.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>People Started to Wait at Red Lightshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_people_started_to_wait_at_red_lights.htmSat, 13 Mar 2010 22:40:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_people_started_to_wait_at_red_lights.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/13/4427825173_fff565069b.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Taken at Guangyuan Road, and Gongcheng Road</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/13/4427825141_86297fbfc6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Taken at Guangyuan Road, and Gongcheng Road, at 8:50 AM, rush hours</p> <p>Look at this photo. That is a normal day in rush hours in the morning. People started to wait for the looong red lights to cross the pedestrian. That was something very new to me. That continued to build my confidence to this city, and this country. As time went by, people will start to learn how to live in a city better, and will form some rules that everyone started to obey.</p>Baggage Check in Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_baggage_check_in_shanghai_metro.htmSat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100313_baggage_check_in_shanghai_metro.htm<p>The expo is coming. Everything is tighten up.</p> <p>About few months ago, Shanghai started to check baggage at the entrance of major metro stations. The rule of whether a bag should be checked is not consistent.</p> <p>I am wearing my black back bag all the time I enter metro. Most of the time, the security just ignore me, and allow me to enter without scanning, just like they treat the small hand bags ladies carry.</p>This Moment, in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_this_moment_in_shanghai.htmWed, 10 Mar 2010 22:33:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_this_moment_in_shanghai.htm<p>I took metro to attend an important dinner tonight.</p> <p>I walked over the pedestrian viaduct at the Chengdu Elevated Highway, and the Yan&rsquo;an Elevated highway - the theoretically central point of the transportation system of Shanghai. If you have some ideas of the Shanghai&rsquo;s elevated highway system, it is basically a few big circles, called Inner Ring Road, the Middle Ring Road, the Outer Ring Road (S20, formally A20), and the Suburb Ring Road (S30, formally A30). For the Ring Roads, there is one horizontal (east-west) back born road, named Yan&rsquo;an Elevated Highway, and there is one vertical (north-south) elevated highway called Chengdu Elevated Highway. The intersection of these two highways is, naturally, the center of this big transportation system.</p>In Market We Trust - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_in_market_we_trust_-_part_ii.htmWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:17:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_in_market_we_trust_-_part_ii.htm<p>xge made a very good point under my entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100309_in_market_we_trust.htm">In Market We Trust</a>. That is exactly what I am trying to say about the market - the difference is, xge just gave better examples. Let me continue the argument here.</p> <p><strong>Intuition</strong></p> <p>The government decision makers are very likely to make decisions based on intuition, and the planned economy mindset. I, myself, made even more frequent mistakes when I make decisions about the market. I admit that I did several things wrong in my business without respecting the market laws. Here are some examples about the actions people take (basically using xge&rsquo;s examples).</p>ROBOCOPY D:\my Z:\ /E /Zhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_robocopy_dmy_z_e_z.htmWed, 10 Mar 2010 09:45:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_robocopy_dmy_z_e_z.htm<p>I have a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100308_thinkpad_to_dell_latitude_e4300.htm">new computer</a> and I am moving files to it.</p> <p>Let me just keep a record of the command I use.</p> <blockquote> <p>ROBOCOPY D:\my Z:\ /E /Z</p> </blockquote> <p>/E is for all directories, including empty one.</p> <p>/Z is for restartable mood - which is the most important parameters.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">This command reminds me the old day we worked in Microsoft, in which time, this command was used very often.<br><br>I did not use it for quite a few years. Time flies by...<div class="comment-meta">— Hu Jin · 2010-03-13 22:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Hehe. ROBOCOPY! Yes. That is of a long ago history - time flies. I still use it frequently today.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-03-13 22:38</div></div> <div class="comment">This is my digital assets:<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras<br><br>Dirs : 11264 10511 753 0 0 1<br><br>Files : 159651 126067 33584 0 0 0<br><br>Bytes : 105.023 g 76.929 g 28.093 g 0 0 0<br><br>Times : 193:18:36 193:11:26 0:00:00 0:07:10<br><br>Speed : 118769 Bytes/sec.<br><br>Speed : 6.796 MegaBytes/min.<br><br>Ended : Mon Mar 22 16:02:37 2010<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-03-23 14:35</div></div> </details>Shanghai Snows - Heavily, Shortlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_shanghai_snows_-_heavily_shortly.htmWed, 10 Mar 2010 08:33:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100310_shanghai_snows_-_heavily_shortly.htm<p>Yesterday, the weather of Shanghai is strange - in the afternoon, it snows when the Sun is hanging in the sky, and at night, it snows heavily and everything quickly turn white, and this morning, it is sunny again, and there is no hint of the snow.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/10/4420613889_d75223d856.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/10/4420613801_fd65b1f6f3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/10/4421379284_fac7a6f322.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">really strange.2012 is coming<div class="comment-meta">— guohaifeng · 2010-03-10 09:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Its freezing in Shenzhen but compared to Shanghai I guess we are better off. However I bet you have heaters no one thought we would need them here. Definitely a freak cold spell last week it was super hot.<div class="comment-meta">— Nick · 2010-03-10 09:47</div></div> </details>In Market We Trusthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100309_in_market_we_trust.htmTue, 09 Mar 2010 12:23:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100309_in_market_we_trust.htm<p>The main take away from my Silicon Valley trip is the understanding of &ldquo;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market">market</a>&rdquo;. I know, the recent financial crisis can be used as a way to argue the other way, I am still talking about the relative older style of market (like the flea market, and fish market), not the financial innovation stuff.</p> <p><strong>Hotwire and Priceline</strong></p> <p>Websites like <a href="http://hotwire.com">Hotwire.com</a> and <a href="http://priceline.com">Priceline.com</a> (how I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100223_how_stupid_i_am_not_knowing_priceline.htm">found</a> it) let me think more about how to use the market to allocate resource more efficiently. Without services like Hotwire, hotel suffers from empty rooms, and visitors suffers from high price. They are the bridge to allow those unsold rooms to be evaluated and priced - the price is lower than retail price, which is very likely to be the fair market value of the &ldquo;unsolde&rdquo; rooms.</p>Lining up for Metro - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100309_lining_up_for_metro_-_part_ii.htmTue, 09 Mar 2010 08:37:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100309_lining_up_for_metro_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the second post about lining up in Shanghai metro after I posted the first entry about it (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061128_lining_up_for_metro.htm">Lining up for Metro?</a>) three and half years ago.</p> <p>These days, when I started to take metro again, I found out in more and more stations, people started to line up.</p> <p><strong>The Change Over Time</strong></p> <p>8 years ago when I started my blog, people never line up.</p> <p>3.5 years ago, people started to line up in busy stations like People&rsquo;s Square, and that was the only case I saw it.</p>Metro Line 7 and 9 Became Full Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_metro_line_7_and_9_became_full_time.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 21:46:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_metro_line_7_and_9_became_full_time.htm<p>After I am back to Shanghai, the Metro Line #7 became operating in full time - from 5:30 to 22:31. Before, it only operate between 9:00 - 16:00. That means, Metro Line #7 started to operate in real sense. At the same time, Metro Line #9 started similar full time operation. Both intervals are 6 minutes.</p> <p>Look at this map I shot in a metro station - that is the current metro map.</p>Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 to Openhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_hongqiao_airport_terminal_2_to_open.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 21:04:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_hongqiao_airport_terminal_2_to_open.htm<p>Before we are aware of, the city of Shanghai expanded beyond the speed of thinking.</p> <p>2 years ago, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080326_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_t2.htm">Pudong Airport Terminal 2 just opened</a>. In just 2 years, another giant terminal - Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 will open on March 16, 2010.</p> <p>Look at this satellite image. The T1 is small on the right, and T2 is much bigger on the left:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/08/4416335085_e4b94bfbde.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Map credit: Google Maps</p> <p>According to news report, this terminal will be 4 times bigger than the current T1. I always complained about taxi, especially on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070413_avoid_hong_qiao_airport_on_friday_night.htm">Fridays</a>, and they didn&rsquo;t do too much about it. I guess this time, the taxi won&rsquo;t be the bottle neck for the new terminal.</p>Photo in Google, 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_photo_in_google_2010.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 21:01:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_photo_in_google_2010.htm<p>Everytime I am in the bay area, if I don&rsquo;t visit Google, I feel the trip is not complete. So, I was in Google on Monday of my last week in Mountain View.</p> <p>On the picture, from left to right is Yi Wang, Qiushuang Zhang, Jian Shuo Wang, and Meng Yang.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/03/08/2010-03-01%2016.41.22.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by a kind Googler using Nexus One</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">can&#x27;t see the photo<div class="comment-meta">— ye · 2010-03-08 21:40</div></div> <div class="comment">I can see the photo.<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2010-03-09 11:08</div></div> <div class="comment">haha, look forward to seeing you again Jianshuo! :)<div class="comment-meta">— Qiushuang Zhang · 2010-03-09 13:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice trip! But this homepage seems to have been attacked... lol~<div class="comment-meta">— Xinlong · 2011-10-05 23:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Really? Attack? What happened? Anyone can describe the virus thing for me? Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2011-10-05 23:51</div></div> </details>ThinkPad to Dell Latitude E4300https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_thinkpad_to_dell_latitude_e4300.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 20:48:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100308_thinkpad_to_dell_latitude_e4300.htm<p>After using IBM ThinkPad X60 for three years, I finally switched back to Dell. The reason I am using &ldquo;Back&rdquo; is, my first laptop is a very big Dell laptop, and I am a Dell user for several years, when I worked in Microsoft. Only after Baixing did we start to use IBM. The reason I used &ldquo;ThinkPad&rdquo; not IBM is, I don&rsquo;t know how I should address it - it is no longer IBM ThinkPad.</p>I am a Hotel Testerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_i_am_a_hotel_tester.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 15:24:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_i_am_a_hotel_tester.htm<p>During this trip, I used a strategy to change to a different hotel every one or two days depending on the price, and my meeting location, to optimize for both budget, and diversity of my stay, and get some idea about what is the best hotel fitting my needs. Here are the list:</p> <p>2/20 - 2/21 via Expedia, <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g32849-d79181-Reviews-Palo_Alto_Silicon_Valley_Travelodge-Palo_Alto_California.html">Travelodge Palo Alto</a>, $67, * 3945 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306*</p>Yifan's Storieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_yifans_stories.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 13:46:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_yifans_stories.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t know why, when I am back, Yifan put all his toys into two big boxes, and asked his mom: &ldquo;Would you please hide them so dad cannot find it?&rdquo; What is in his mind to hide his toys from dad?</p> <p>In the morning, Yifan kept asking me where I want to take his train to go. His stops are his familiar places like Shanghai, Luoyang, Beijing&hellip;. I told him, I am going to Rio de Janeiro. Yifan just smiled and cannot follow the difficult city name. Disappointed, he went to mom and ask where mom wanted to go, and mom said: &ldquo;Amsterdam&rdquo; - another way too difficult name for him to pronounce. He just know some simple names. Then he asked grandpa, and the answer he got was Buenos Aires&hellip;. Yifan was completely confused. Everyone burst into laughter.</p>Breakfast Meeting in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_breakfast_meeting_in_shanghai.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 13:09:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_breakfast_meeting_in_shanghai.htm<p>Are you serious to have breakfast meeting in Shanghai? Think twice before you make the appointment.</p> <p>I never really understand why people would think of the crazy idea of having breakfast meeting in Shanghai. I received the invitation for some times, but always rejected it.</p> <p><strong>Why Breakfast Meeting is Good in the Valley</strong></p> <p>When I am in the valley, I found it so nice to have breakfast meetings. There are some benefits:</p>Jet Lag Builds Early Raiserhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_jet_lag_builds_early_raiser.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 09:23:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_jet_lag_builds_early_raiser.htm<p>Jet lag is good thing for me. Whenever in US, or back to Shanghai, jet lag drives me wake up earlier and then I became an early raiser for some days. Thus I have enough time to write more blogs (helping me to get clearer idea about my world, and comprehend the message I got). It is just like an effective &ldquo;Raise Early&rdquo; medicine. But the problem is, the effect gets less significant along the day, and I will fade into normal life.</p>My Passion to Second Tier Citieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_my_passion_to_second_tier_cities.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 08:58:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_my_passion_to_second_tier_cities.htm<p>In a private dinner at Goldman Sachs Internet and Technology Conference, I was asked to share a great idea with the accomplished investors, CEOs, and journalists. This is my idea:</p> <blockquote> <p>Put all your money in the second tier cities in China! 10 cities in China is building their first metro system today, and they are connected by high-speed train system already. The Chinese version of Eisenhower national road system is also completed even before the economy stimulate plan, connecting these cities together. With the jump-start transportation system, talents, and capital will flow from first tier cities like Shanghai and Beijing to the second tier cities in the next 10 years. Think about what you can do in these booming cities: real estate, business, manufacture, outsourcing&hellip;</p>Wind Blows West to Easthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_wind_blows_west_to_east-2.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 08:43:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_wind_blows_west_to_east-2.htm<p>This trip helped me to understand some basic weather phenomenon - the wind at the surface of the earth.</p> <p><strong>West to East along 31-37 degree in Latitude</strong></p> <p>In <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100224_the_hills_of_sillicon_valley_is_green.htm">this article</a>, I asked meteorology question: how come bay area is so warm when its latitude is as high as 37 °, it is warmer in the winter than Shanghai, which is just a little bit north of 31°? As my readers pointed it out, it is because the wind.</p>The Scare of Shanghai Healshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_the_scare_of_shanghai_heals.htmSat, 06 Mar 2010 08:32:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100306_the_scare_of_shanghai_heals.htm<p>One part of travel is to see the other side of the world (like my recent <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100209_i_am_in_sanya.htm">two</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100304_wrapping_up_2010_winter_trip.htm">travels</a>), and the other interesting part is to leave Shanghai for 10 days and get back to see how things change quickly. It is always good to get a reasonable distance from daily life, and when back, you discover more changes than you are always there.</p> <p>This time, the change is the roads.</p> <p>In preparation of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/expo_2010.htm">Shanghai Expo 2010</a>, which is just 2 months away, huge constructions spread out through out the city. That includes new elevated highways, improvement of current roads, and new metro stations. In early or March, many of the constructions are completed, and the scare of the city heals quickly, and perfectly.</p>Meeting Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100305_p2780.htmFri, 05 Mar 2010 09:19:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100305_p2780.htm<p>Amy Gussin, Ling Wen</p> <p>David, Randy</p> <p>Tina</p> <p>Du Dan</p> <p>Siting</p> <p>Yenug</p> <p>Richard Lim</p> <p>Bill Gurley</p> <p>Martin Tshopps</p> <p>David Lee</p> <p>Bob Kagle</p> <p>Matt Colher</p> <p>Ron Conway</p> <p>Alex</p> <p>David</p> <p>Michael</p> <p>Jeremy</p> <p>Peter Fenton</p> <p>Mark Zurkergurg</p> <p>Chris Pan</p> <p>Sheryl Sandberg</p> <p>Jaiver</p> <p>Alex Shultz</p> <p>Richard Shutserman</p> <p>Martin Herbs</p> <p>Selina Lam</p> <p>Erik Hansen</p> <p>Yi Xu</p> <p>Jefferson</p> <p>Daisy</p> <p>Yvoone</p> <p>Ziming Zeng</p> <p>Peng Linlin</p> <p>Xiao Li</p> <p>Daivd</p> <p>Yang Meng</p> <p>Qiushuang Zhang</p> <p>Wang Yi</p> <p>Gu Yulong</p> <p>Patrick Mckenna</p>Travelogue of Tahoehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100304_travelogue_of_tahoe.htmThu, 04 Mar 2010 22:54:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100304_travelogue_of_tahoe.htm<p>On Sunday, we were back from Tahoe with just 3 hours and a half on the road - comparing to the 9 hours on snowy Friday night, it is much better. When I finally find time to sit down, I can start to write a travelogue about my trip to Tahoe.</p> <p><strong>Where is Tahoe</strong></p> <p>Although most people in the States should know where it is, it worth some time to tell other readers where the beautiful lake is.</p>Wrapping up 2010 Winter Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100304_wrapping_up_2010_winter_trip.htmThu, 04 Mar 2010 22:45:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100304_wrapping_up_2010_winter_trip.htm<p>I am back to the comfortable bed in my home in Shanghai. The 10 days trip, as every previous trips, is wonderful for me - just like Alice&rsquo;s Adventure in the Wonderland.</p> <p>I did a quick summary in my Moleskine notebook, and found the following data:</p> <p>People I meet in depth during this trip: <strong>50</strong> (criteria: spent at least one hour together and had in-depth discussion, and I know their background well, and they know mine well)</p>Jian Shuo Wang in Forbeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100302_jian_shuo_wang_in_forbes.htmTue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100302_jian_shuo_wang_in_forbes.htm<p>What happens these days. After the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/25iht-rshanblog.html">New York Times article about this little blog</a>, Forbes named this little me as <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/26/young-chinese-entrepreneurs-to-watch-entrepreneurs-technology-china_2.html">Nine Young Chinese Entrepreneurs To Watch</a> (<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/26/young-chinese-entrepreneurs-to-watch-entrepreneurs-technology-china_slide_10.html">picture edition</a>). It is a little bit surprising and embarrassing, since when <a href="http://www.hannahseligson.com/">Hannah Seligson</a> emailed back and forth about the description, I didn&rsquo;t know it was under this title. The title in my brain is &ldquo;Lifestyle of Chinese young man&rdquo;&hellip;</p> <p>Anyway, thanks Hannah, and Forbes for the article. It did generate some congratulations emails in my inbox, but I just want to put a disclaimer here for the record: it is not a real ranking, just some &ldquo;sample&rdquo; of entrepreneurs, and I happened to have mutual friends with the kind author.</p>Skiing in Tahoehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100228_skiing_in_tahoe_.htmSun, 28 Feb 2010 06:22:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100228_skiing_in_tahoe_.htm<p>At middle of Mt. Pluto.</p> <p>Skied for the morning and noon. Tired that I cannot even walk.</p> <p>Beautiful mountain and lake. Scary trail.</p> <p>Waiting here so other Stanford guys get to top.</p> <p>PS. Still have problem using Android soft keyboard. Use backspace a lot.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Ha, we missed each other by about 2 weeks.<br><br>Yeah, that blue Pluto trail was really beautiful. I had trouble getting down also.<div class="comment-meta">— Ji Village News · 2010-03-01 00:30</div></div> </details>Tsinghua & Jiaotong University Alumni Gatherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100226_tsinghua_jiaotong_university_alumni_gather.htmFri, 26 Feb 2010 17:08:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100226_tsinghua_jiaotong_university_alumni_gather.htm<p>I am just back from the Tsinghua Alumni gather. It turned out to have many Jiaotong (or Chiao-Tung) guys there.</p> <p>Charlies obviously didn&rsquo;t tell me that I because one of the youngest person in that room, with some alumni leaving university before I was born. I felt embarrassed to be put into the speakers&rsquo; seat with two outstanding entrepreneur (Steward) and VC (Jackie). I hoped I was somewhere in the crowd.</p>I Should Not Open Nexus One at Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100226_i_should_not_open_nexus_one_at_night.htmFri, 26 Feb 2010 16:48:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100226_i_should_not_open_nexus_one_at_night.htm<p>I made a mistake. I should not have opened Nexus One at night. I just cannot resist the temptation to open it, charge it, and entered my Google Account. Then what happened? I spent about the last one hour, from mid-night to 1:00 AM to play with it.</p> <p>Just I wrote in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100225_i_bought_nexus_one.htm">I Bought Nexus One</a>, it is like the story of Little Horse Crossing River. How this little horse feel?</p>Facebook初探https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100225_facebook.htmThu, 25 Feb 2010 15:54:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100225_facebook.htm<p>今天的湾区阳光灿烂，280州际公路两边的绿色山坡和蔚蓝的白云，让人觉得自己是<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_%28image%29">Windows XP桌面</a>上的一个图标。</p> <p>下午，2点，终于来到<a href="http://Facebook.com">Facebook</a>这个神奇的公司。他们的新家在<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1601+s.+california+ave,+palo+alto&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=1601+S+California+Ave,+Palo+Alto,+CA+94304&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=4zWGS__LL4bwsgOnhMHSDQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA">南加利福尼亚街的最里面</a>，一幢两层的楼里。他们刚刚从车位紧张的Palo Alto城里搬到这里，据说一层楼又要搬了。我好像是他们再次搬地方前的最后一批访客。这里，车位依然紧张。Facebook有那种蓬勃向上的感觉，处处都在生长。长得结实的前台问的第一个问题就是：你是来访问的，还是来面试的？</p>Met with Mark Zuckerberg of Facebookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100225_met_with_mark_zuckerberg_of_facebook.htmThu, 25 Feb 2010 09:51:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100225_met_with_mark_zuckerberg_of_facebook.htm<p>Spent the afternoon in Facebook office on the California Ave. It is a very nice and promising company with great energy. It is surely not as established as Google is, and I clearly see the rawness of a startup company. Their cafeteria is very utilitarianism, not as fancy as Google, and their office is very open. Everyone has a table, and there is no cubicle.</p> <p>When we walked along the roads, and someone like an engineer sit down from a weird corner table. Matt didn&rsquo;t made the introduction, and I felt his face very familiar. Then we chatted a little bit and realized he is the Mark of Mark in Facebook. Then, &ldquo;Hey, where is my camera?&rdquo;</p>Reported by New York Timeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100225_reported_by_new_york_times.htmThu, 25 Feb 2010 01:30:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100225_reported_by_new_york_times.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> <em>Feburary 24, 2010</em></p> <p>Correction: I didn&rsquo;t realize that International Herald Tribune is a New York Times newspaper. The report is actually physically printed on IHT, not New York Times. On the web, it is on <a href="http://nytimes.com">nytimes.com</a> site.</p> <p><em>End of update</em></p> <p>Maile dropped me an email to let me know that the report she was working is published in New York Times of Feb 24, 2010. You may want to buy a copy of New York Times today - I will do. The title of the report is: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/25iht-rshanblog.html">Bloggers Open an Internet Window on Shanghai</a>.</p>I Bought Nexus Onehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100225_i_bought_nexus_one.htmThu, 25 Feb 2010 00:08:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100225_i_bought_nexus_one.htm<p>I finally bought <a href="http://www.google.com/phone">Google Nexus One</a>.</p> <p>I know there are many people who said bad things about like, like Robert Mao; and I have other friends who really liked it (although they said it is not as good as iPhone, but still worth trying if I am a heavy Google user). After reading so many reviews, I get more and more confused, and then I thought of a story, <em>the little horse crossing the river</em>. Ant Cow said different thing from little squirrel to the little horse.</p>Street Names in America is Mystery - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_street_names_in_america_is_mystery_-_part_ii.htmWed, 24 Feb 2010 23:52:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_street_names_in_america_is_mystery_-_part_ii.htm<p>After I wrote <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100221_street_names_in_america_is_mystery.htm">Street Names in America is Mystery</a>, there are many great reply. Many of them are already published in the comment section of that blog entry (problem of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100224_content_scattered_on_the_web.htm">scattering content</a> everywhere on the Internet), but many came from Google Buzz, and email. The answers are very good, and I want to share it with you. Thanks my friends for always so kind to help me out.</p> <p><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/#buzz/107816145129705045802">Song Li</a> -</p> <blockquote> <p>basically, as long as you do not create a name conflict in your city&rsquo;s street name space, and it&rsquo;s not anything nasty, the local resident, i.e. company or real estate developers can choose the name. Say Apple&rsquo;s headquarter: 1 Infinite Loop, pretty smart name you-know-why.</p>Busy and Excitedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_busy_and_excited.htmWed, 24 Feb 2010 23:28:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_busy_and_excited.htm<p>It was a busy day, mixed with a little bit jet lag. But as always, very excited. I am continued to be amazed by how mature and high-quality of people&rsquo;s thought here. There are 5 hour long meeting with the greatest people in the field in the afternoon, and then saw great guys like the Jeremy running <a href="http://yelp.com">Yelp</a>, Mark running <a href="http://lindenlab.com/">Second Life</a>, Ron who invested in Google and PayPal as angel investor, guys in <a href="http://facebook.com">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://ebay.com">eBay</a>, <a href="http://google.com">Google</a> and other great founders of many famous and nice sites. It is also great to see my friends here with lunch or dinner, or breakfast, or cafe. Besides the great meetings in the US Internet circles, to have the opportunity to connect with the Chinese entrepreneurs in this area is also my favorite. I am happy to be on a panel of GSR&rsquo;s New Year party, will be at Tsinghua Alumni dinner, and another dinner for <a href="http://gsrventures.com">Stanford</a> CEO group. The schedule is so full, that I cannot add another 1 hour meeting into it. That is me! An <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htm">ENFP</a> needing inspiration and tireless seeking for it.</p>Content Scattered on the Webhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_content_scattered_on_the_web.htmWed, 24 Feb 2010 16:27:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_content_scattered_on_the_web.htm<p>From time to time, editors came to me to ask to republish the content of this blog to other blog sites. I generally agree to the request, and grant free permission. Examples are:</p> <p>****<a href="http://wangjianshuo.blog.sohu.com/">Wangjianshuo on Sohu.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/wangjianshuo">Wangjianshuo on Sina.com.cn</a></p> <p>Although I do not disapprove the content replication, I do doubt the effective of this, especially when they use editors to check the blog content and publish it onto another web. That is very traditional way of doing magazine. The Internet has evolved, and it is not about media - the carrier any longer. Copy and paste an article to a newspaper or magazine makes sense, but to another website, especially manually does not add too much value.</p>The Hills of Sillicon Valley is GREENhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_the_hills_of_sillicon_valley_is_green.htmWed, 24 Feb 2010 00:54:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100224_the_hills_of_sillicon_valley_is_green.htm<p>I visited the bay area many times (), but most of them are in summer. I was surprised to see the hills of the valley is green! All the previous visit showed me yellow mountains. With the blue sky, white cloud, green grass land, and cows scattered on the green grass, I drive along the I-280 and wind with the mountains, I just have the feeling of Jacke entering the Pandora jungle. Besides all the great inspiration, and good weather, the bay area can be good tourism destination - very like the mountains I see near Tibet area.</p>Building Safty by Increasing Vulnerablityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100223_building_safty_by_increasing_vulnerablity.htmTue, 23 Feb 2010 14:56:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100223_building_safty_by_increasing_vulnerablity.htm<p>I thought about it long time ago. In the GSR New Year Part, I talked about this idea with the audience here. Let me record this simple idea.</p> <p>There are many system that archived safety, not by making it more safe, but by making it more vulnerable, and thus decrease the barrier of usage, and then as a result, increased the user base, and finally archived lower security incident percentage - a more secure system. Let me give you some examples.</p>US Visa is Simple to Gethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100223_us_visa_is_simple_to_get.htmTue, 23 Feb 2010 13:33:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100223_us_visa_is_simple_to_get.htm<p>Few weeks ago, Wendy went to the US embassy for interview of visa.</p> <p>The visa officer asked Wendy a simple question: &ldquo;What do you do?&rdquo;</p> <p>Wendy said: &ldquo;housewife&rdquo;.</p> <p>Then she got the visa!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">so easy?<div class="comment-meta">— suzhou · 2010-02-23 16:17</div></div> <div class="comment">hahaha... tot she is lady boss now :-)<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2010-02-24 14:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Wangjianshuo,<br><br>I am an American working in China. I&#x27;ve been married to a Chinese lady for four years and we want to go to the U.S. by next summer (2011). We&#x27;re not sure what visa she needs to apply for or how difficult it will be to get. We plan to return to<br><br>China but my health might keep us in the U.S. for some time. We may even decide to stay if it seems necessary. I&#x27;m too old now to hire out but we do have house in Bedaihe in both our names.<br><br>How difficult do you think it will be for her to get a visa and about how much will it cost? These things are not easy to find out on the internet with much certainty.<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2010-09-22 16:57</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m not an expert but there are two simple points:<br><br>1. If it is her first trip out of China she must get a chinese exit visa. The most quick and simple way is to apply for a short trip to Hong Kong or Macau, they will automaticlly issue and after return this step is done.<br><br>2. In past, US visa was difficult to get and had to take months but is getting easiyer for a torist visa.<br><br>3. On the other hand, I think a residence visa in the US is difficult to get so I suggest to contact the US Consulate in your provence and ask for information. If you are a US citizen you can get quick service, if she calls she may have to wait in queue very long.<br><br>4. One thing I know is some spouse of ex-pats will have a difficult time because the Us is beware of &quot;marriage of convennience&quot; for the purpose of immigration, and they may require seperate intervies to judge if you are really married asking persona questions. But I think if you have been marrie 4 years and can prove such things as joint ownership of a house it should be easyer.<br><br>I have one american friend that lived in china several years, married, and now returned to US with his wife. It took several months for her to finally get a Green Card but it was done. I wil try to contact him to ask if there is any special tips, but I know they used s lawyer to smooth the process, bu that can be expensive.<br><br>So I do suggest to ask the consualte for advice and think they can explain the process to you, it would be best to get this information first so you know what to expect.<br><br>Good Luck.<div class="comment-meta">— Ko · 2010-09-24 20:12</div></div> </details>How Stupid I am Not Knowing Pricelinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100223_how_stupid_i_am_not_knowing_priceline.htmTue, 23 Feb 2010 03:50:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100223_how_stupid_i_am_not_knowing_priceline.htm<p>Zheng <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100221_hotel_searching_experience.htm#0955">shared a wonderful tip</a> with me when I talked about my hotel search experience:</p> <blockquote> <p>In order to stay in mid- and up-scale hotels at good prices in the US, you need to BID on priceline.com. Priceline has two prices, a undisclosed one that you have a limited number of chance to BID (Click on &ldquo;name your own price&rdquo; on their site) and a public one that you have seen.</p> <p>Bidding has some risk of not knowing what hotels you will end up with, but there are sites like</p>Google Reader Support PubSubHubbubhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100222_google_reader_support_pubsubhubbub.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 15:08:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100222_google_reader_support_pubsubhubbub.htm<p>One of the most significant steps of the promising PubSubHubbub protocol is, Google Reader started to support <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/">PubSubHubbub</a>. That means, a post on this blog will appear in Google Reader (and Google Buzz in Gmail) immediately after I click Save. That is cool. I am happy I finally <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100217_enabled_pubsubhubbub_on_my_blog.htm">enabled PubSubHubbub support</a> on this blog the other day.</p> <p>Again, welcome to the world of real time web.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> <em>February 21, 2010</em></p> <p>P.S. My test shows, this update appears in Google Buzz about 10 seconds after, but it took about 1 minute to appear in Google Reader. Maybe it is because of cache (enemy of real-time web), or high volume?</p>Learnt What Open House ishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100222_learnt_what_open_house_is.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 14:56:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100222_learnt_what_open_house_is.htm<p>When I read classified section on local business (I am surely interested in this newspaper based offline business), I often saw the phrase: &ldquo;Open House&rdquo;, but don&rsquo;t really understand it. Then Amy taught me today that in Silicon Valley, from 3-5 pm every Sunday, people will put open house sign at their house. Potential buyers can wander around their favorite area, and walk into any house with this sign without appointment.</p>Hotel Searching Experiencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_hotel_searching_experience.htmSun, 21 Feb 2010 23:46:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_hotel_searching_experience.htm<p>As I commented in this blog entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100221_hello_from_palo_alto.htm">Hello from Palo Alto</a>, I cannot bear the noise of Travelodge. I am moving.</p> <p>So I did some basic research, and here are my findings.</p> <p><strong>Price Difference</strong></p> <p>In a mature and complicated business environment like US, when there are so many ways to optimize for the profit of a business, the rating of hotels varies a lot.</p> <p>The top rated <a href="http://www.creekside-inn.com/#">Creekside Inn</a> (and I went there myself when I pass it tonight) is great. Their price varies from $79 of tomorrow, to $135 at weekdays. For the same day, their price differs from $79 via <a href="http://Expedia.com">Expedia.com</a>, to $99 on Creekside Inn&rsquo;s own website, to <a href="http://Hotels.com">Hotels.com</a> to $150 in other book site,</p>Why Restaurant's Menu is Printed Daily?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_why_restaurants_menu_is_printed_daily.htmSun, 21 Feb 2010 23:36:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_why_restaurants_menu_is_printed_daily.htm<p>When people travel, they use fresh eyes to ask silly questions that is not often noticed by local people. That is one reason why people travel.</p> <p>I have my question of today: When I had dinner at <a href="http://www.californiacafe.com/paloalto/index.php">California Cafe</a> at Stanford Barn 700 Welch Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 (recommended by Yelp), I noticed that they have Feb 20, 2010 printed on the header of the menu. That is what we often find out in nice restaurants here in the States (and now in Shanghai).</p>Street Names in America is Mysteryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_street_names_in_america_is_mystery.htmSun, 21 Feb 2010 15:18:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_street_names_in_america_is_mystery.htm<p>Street Names in America is mystery for me. Let me randomly put some street names I am familiar with:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Hans St</p> </li> <li> <p>Serra St</p> </li> <li> <p>Alma St</p> </li> <li> <p>Quarry Rd</p> </li> </ul> <p>These are not English words. Does people invent a word and use it to call the place they live, or what?</p> <p>I at least understand certain types of road names:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Interstate, or state roads that are numbered, like US101, I-280, CA-85</p> </li> <li> <p>Named after another name, like Oregon Expr, Santa Cruz Ave</p>酒店的等级https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100221_eccc-5.htmSun, 21 Feb 2010 14:19:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100221_eccc-5.htm<p>在三亚的时候，Wendy同学在经历了从5星级到家庭旅馆的不同住宿以后，评论道：</p> <blockquote> <p>酒店服务的作用，就是把房间里其他人住过的痕迹彻底抹掉，让下一个一点都察觉不出来，不留一根头发，或者被人动过的痕迹。</p>Hello From Palo Altohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_hello_from_palo_alto-2.htmSun, 21 Feb 2010 02:06:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100221_hello_from_palo_alto-2.htm<p>Just want to wave and tell everyone that I have safely and smoothly arrived at Palo Alto via United Airlines UA858 (seat 41B through Gate 95 at SFO), and drove all the way down from the airport to downtown (via AVIS Pontiac G5 car, via US-101, Oregon Expr, El Camino), and arrived at Travelogue.</p> <p>This is the airplane that took me here (at the time of the shooting, it was still parking at Gate D77 at Pudong Airport).</p>PVG to SFO in Febuaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100219_pvg_to_sfo_in_febuary.htmFri, 19 Feb 2010 23:41:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100219_pvg_to_sfo_in_febuary.htm<p>Just packed everything according to a previous check-list - feeling so good to have a reference of what to bring to the States. I will fly to San Francisco tomorrow via UA858.</p> <p>Looking forward to another exciting trip in the bay area. I am always inspired by the people there. Here I am coming!</p> <p><strong>Itinerary</strong></p> <p>PVGUA 858 20FEB 1334 0814</p> <p>SFOUA 857 02MAR 1157 1745+1</p> <p>I will basically in the Palo Alto area (Stanford!). Ping me if you want a meetup. Current schedule is very busy, but I am sure I can manage to get few hours out of it.</p>Test Entry for PubSubHubbubhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100219_p2751.htmFri, 19 Feb 2010 12:57:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100219_p2751.htm<p>It seems everything works now. I will try to test if it appears in Google Buzz in 2 seconds after I press Save button. If it does not work, I will hide this entry.</p>Xinjian Road and Renmin Road Tunnelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100219_xinjian_road_and_renmin_road_tunnel.htmFri, 19 Feb 2010 12:22:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100219_xinjian_road_and_renmin_road_tunnel.htm<p>Before I know it, two other tunnels cross the Huangpu River opened at the end of the last year: Xinjian Road 新建路隧道and Renmin Road Tunnel 人民路隧道. Along with Fuxing Tunnel 复兴路隧道, Yan&rsquo;an East Road Tunnel 延安东路隧道, and Daliang Road Tunnel 大连路隧道, there are 5 tunnels in the area.</p>117 Starbucks in Shanghai Alreadyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100218_117_starbucks_in_shanghai_already.htmThu, 18 Feb 2010 22:47:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100218_117_starbucks_in_shanghai_already.htm<p>I am a Starbucks fan, and I have <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">visited all the 12 Starbucks in Shanghai in a Day</a> in 2003.</p> <p>Now, Starbucks will enter Sweden, and I was called by a journalist in Sweden today to discuss the impact of Starbucks to Shanghai. It was a very interesting and one hour long conversation, which I may share later.</p> <p>To my surprise, when I look at Starbucks website, I found out there are already 117 Starbucks Store in Shanghai today. More than 100 Starbucks Store appeared in Shanghai in the last 7 years.</p>The Most Beautiful Shorelinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100218_the_most_beautiful_shoreline.htmThu, 18 Feb 2010 18:35:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100218_the_most_beautiful_shoreline.htm<p>This is the most beautiful shoreline I found out during the Hainan trip. It is at Xiangshui Bay (Perfume Bay) at Lingshui County 陵水县, Wanning 万宁, Hainan. With all my courtesy to other great bays in Hainan, like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_the_holiday_inn_resort.htm">Yalong Bay</a>, or Shimei Bay, the Xiangshui Bay is the most blue, most pure and most natural bay I saw. Let me share some photos.</p> <p>Below the construction site of a private residential area. I am wondering why the government turned this this 4.2 km long of beautiful bay to a private land that only few people can enjoy.</p>Fireworks for God of Fortunehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_fireworks_for_god_of_fortune.htmWed, 17 Feb 2010 23:42:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_fireworks_for_god_of_fortune.htm<p>There are great fireworks on the 180 degree view of my window right now. According to the Chinese tradition, the 5th of the New Year is the day the God of Fortune will arrive at your home. People need to fire great fireworks to welcome him to arrive.</p> <p>I paid attention to this tradition only after I am in Shanghai, since I noticed the fireworks in Shanghai on the night of the 4th of the New Year is even more intensive than the New Year Eve!</p>I have Driven Around Hainanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_i_have_driven_around_hainan.htmWed, 17 Feb 2010 21:45:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_i_have_driven_around_hainan.htm<p>Just to report that I have driven around the Hainan island during the holiday.</p> <p>Day 1 - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100209_i_am_in_sanya.htm">Sanya</a> to Jianfengling Ridge and stayed at a Taohuayuan Hostel</p> <p>Day 2 - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100213_jianfengling_ridge_in_hainan.htm">Jianfengling</a> to Haikou and stayed at HNA Grand Hotel</p> <p>Day 3 - Haikou to Wenchang</p> <p>Day 4 - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100214_wenchang_to_wanning.htm">Wenchang to Wanning</a> via Qionghai</p> <p>Day 5 - Wanning to Sanya and stayed at a B&amp;B (without breakfast)</p> <p>The whole trip, including some branches of the trip, is 1000 km in distance, and took about 500 RMB in gas, and 1000 RMB in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20100217_my_first_car_rental_experience_in_hainan.htm">car rental</a>.</p>Enabled PubSubHubbub on my Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_enabled_pubsubhubbub_on_my_blog.htmWed, 17 Feb 2010 21:32:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_enabled_pubsubhubbub_on_my_blog.htm<p>I am excited about the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/">PubSubHubbub project</a>, and was amazed by its simplicity and scalable design.</p> <p>I finally downloaded the <a href="http://github.com/miyagawa/MT-PubSubHubbub">MovableType PubSubHubbub plugin</a> and installed it 5 minutes ago. If it works as it is expected to work, and after <a href="http://buzz.google.com">Google Buzz</a> and other crawler update my RSS XML the next time, the magic will happen. You will start to see my blog post in real time (well, almost real time by few seconds delay) in your Google Buzz. With more and more services supporting PubSubHubbub, more and more people will see this real time functionality.</p>My First Car Rental Experience in Hainanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_my_first_car_rental_experience_in_hainan.htmWed, 17 Feb 2010 20:18:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_my_first_car_rental_experience_in_hainan.htm<p>I just realized the difference between China and US is less and less obvious. Let me give you some signs. The recent development is car rental. We tried our first car rental in Sanya this holiday, and it worked almost as well as in the US.</p> <p><strong>Price</strong></p> <p>The price is twice as high as in US: 330 RMB/day (or 50 USD/day) for Toyota Yaris vs 25 USD/day at AVIS. However, that also reflected the price of cars (twice as high) and other related costs in China - like all kinds of difference taxes, and fees paid to the government related to car ownership.</p>I am on Google Buzzhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_i_am_on_google_buzz.htmWed, 17 Feb 2010 15:52:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100217_i_am_on_google_buzz.htm<p>If you are also on it, you can follow me by searching me by either</p> <ul> <li> <p>jianshuo</p> </li> <li> <p>Jian Shuo Wang</p> </li> <li> <p>Wang Jian Shuo</p> </li> </ul> <p>in the Search of Google Buzz.</p> <p>So far, I love what Buzz delivers - real time, and deep integration, a quick and handy interface and a solid existing network dug from the email contacts network.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Wang Jian Shuo, I read your post on 12/02 about Google Buzz. I followed the link in your post and clicked the &#x27;try buzz in gmail&#x27; button. Do you know of a way to access Buzz if like me your gmail account is with wangjianshuo.com (your kind gift) Regards Rob<div class="comment-meta">— Rob · 2010-02-17 18:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Google Buzz is not applied to Google Apps yet (domains like wangjianshuo.com), but they said they are going to have that soon.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-02-17 20:00</div></div> </details>Wenchang to Wanninghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100214_wenchang_to_wanning.htmSun, 14 Feb 2010 22:34:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100214_wenchang_to_wanning.htm<p>Let me upload some photos on the way from Wenchang 文昌 to Wanning 万宁. I just realized Flickr&rsquo;s image was blocked in China these days. So&hellip; use your own ways to access these photos.</p> <p><strong>My Comment on Yaris</strong></p> <p>We rented a Toyota Yaris for several days. That was much better than I expected. I love this small car. The storage system in the car is especially well designed. We chose this car just because all other cars were fully booked out, and it turned out to be a good choice. BTW, it is 330 RMB per day.</p>Very Disappointed in Haikouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100214_very_disappointed_in_haikou.htmSun, 14 Feb 2010 22:14:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100214_very_disappointed_in_haikou.htm<p>I was very disappointed by the city of Haikou. In the most broad sense of classification, Chinese cities can be divided into charming cities, big cities, and ugly cities. In my personal experience, there are two cities in my ugly city list: Haikou, and Changsha.</p> <p>Look at the view outside the 16th floor of my hotel. Maybe I am here just at the wrong season?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/14/4355673573_dacb4f43d5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang, at HNA Grand Hotel 16F</p>Sanya Bayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100213_sanya_bay.htmSat, 13 Feb 2010 09:07:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100213_sanya_bay.htm<p>Unlike Yalong Bay, the 5-star hotel bay, the Sanya Bay is still highly utilized as a transportation hub. From our hotel window on the 7th floor, we see the whole bay with many boats:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351920739_f1bd221016.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Although it has limited hotel facility, but looking out, the vast area is public ports - noisy, but exciting.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351920701_c0c50873bf.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The artificial Phoenix Island raises from nothing with the ambition to beat Dubai. The 7-star hotels are under construction. (I am always confused about what 7-star means. Is it accepted standard?)</p>Yifan on the Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100213_yifan_on_the_road-2.htmSat, 13 Feb 2010 08:48:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100213_yifan_on_the_road-2.htm<p>To have Yifan with us was less challenging was we thought. Yifan is such a nice boy and he plays nicely with us most of the time. Trip with Yifan makes it harder than just Wendy and me, but it adds so much fan.</p> <p>Yifan wearing Wendy&rsquo;s swimming glasses.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4352667716_fee6b1698e.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Yifan&rsquo;s second favorite after elevator in Sanya: the electronic trolley car. We don&rsquo;t have trolley car in our hotel, so Yifan took the chance to touch it, or &ldquo;ride&rdquo; it when it is parked. Yifan loves the car so much that we pretend to be another hotels&rsquo; guest so he can ride for half minute, before we were discovered. Embarrassing is the father, and exciting is the son.</p>Jianfengling Ridge in Hainanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100213_jianfengling_ridge_in_hainan.htmSat, 13 Feb 2010 00:15:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100213_jianfengling_ridge_in_hainan.htm<p>Look at the beautiful scene of the Tianchi of Jianfengling Ridge.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351596332_489ceb2d45.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351596082_66a1789e2e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350846963_136251c016.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350846557_464916e278.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350846299_b4472e1a5c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4352648092_24a7da0c69.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350846239_b48819c054.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351595178_2c9c4ef15f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350907981_dffafb1254.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350907877_aa87f80516.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351657280_9f90021e0b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4351901379_2c6ca71971.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4352648130_830452049e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/02/13/4350907273_db36b40576.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">wow, very beautiful! I love the last two pics mostly.<div class="comment-meta">— QiHui · 2010-02-13 02:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks Qihui. That is a very nice place - and looks very beautiful both on picture, and in real.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-02-13 08:24</div></div> <div class="comment">wow, beautiful ... enjoy your holidays!<div class="comment-meta">— Abe · 2010-02-14 23:23</div></div> </details>Travelogue - Haikou, Hainanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100212_travelogue_-_haikou_hainan.htmFri, 12 Feb 2010 20:00:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100212_travelogue_-_haikou_hainan.htm<p><strong>5 Star Hotel</strong></p> <p>I am at the <a href="http://mingguanghotel.com/">HNA Mingguang Grand Hotel</a> in Haikou. This is maybe one of the cheapest 5 star hotels - 450 RMB per night. Compared to the 10K+ RMB crazy price for hotels in Yalong Bay in Sanya, and 800+ RMB village hotels, this seems shocking. Their service and hardware are 5-star hotel standard, at least based on my personal rating system&hellip;. Interestingly, they offer to issue boarding pass at the hotel lobby.</p>I Really Love Interaction of Buzzhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100212_i_really_love_interaction_of_buzz.htmFri, 12 Feb 2010 19:51:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100212_i_really_love_interaction_of_buzz.htm<p>If there is anyway that I can post my blog as easy as that in <a href="http://buzz.google.com">Google Buzz</a>, and get my comment, and reply to it as easy as in Buzz, that would be wonderful. (A typical Twitter message, but it seems not the right length for a blog post on my regular blog. See the difference?)</p> <p>Regarding Buzz, I commented: &ldquo;Buzz puts us into further to the center of distraction&rdquo;.</p> <p>P.S With all the competing products and services, MovableType (my favorite), was again thrown out of the conversation further. Six Apart had <a href="http://developer.typepad.com/motion/create-motion.html">Motion</a>, a similar idea, but far behind what Google offered: just like Notepad vs Gmail&hellip;</p>I am in Sanyahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100209_i_am_in_sanya.htmTue, 09 Feb 2010 23:30:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100209_i_am_in_sanya.htm<p>I started my vacation in Sanya. This is (hmm&hellip;. let me count, one, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_flying_to_sanya.htm">two</a>, three (stayed in villa 5), four&hellip;) fourth time I am in Sanya.</p> <p>We will spend the Spring Festival in Sanya and Hainan. Although it is getting super expensive these days in Sanya, the weather, the sea, and the swimming pool treated us very well.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy New Year in b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l- Sanya ! (been there :)<br><br>What do you mean by &quot;super expensive&quot; ? and is there a reason for it being more (?) expensive ?<br><br>mary<div class="comment-meta">— Mary · 2010-02-11 07:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow! I can imagine the beautiful scene and how happy you feel there with your family. Unfortunately I&#x27;ve never been to Sanya, and I wish I would be there one day with my family in the near future.<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2010-02-11 12:01</div></div> <div class="comment">so expensive...<div class="comment-meta">— LI, Zhou · 2010-02-11 13:24</div></div> <div class="comment">oh...jealous... i loved Sanya when i went! hope I can go back someday<div class="comment-meta">— Kate · 2010-02-12 04:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, wish you, Wendy and Yifan have a good holiday at Sanya! You certainly know more Sanya than me. I only visited Sanya once (with my wonderful wife during honeymoon :-)<div class="comment-meta">— STLPlace · 2010-02-12 10:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Your trip reminds me of my honeymoon trip to Sanya, Haikou among other places in 1987! Back then honeymoon trip is rare, you spend all your money on stuff and wedding banquet. There were no hotel or resort per say by then. I would like to go back soon!<br><br>Is monkey island still there (near Snaya)? I remembered eating at this one good restaurant ( my husband and me were the only guests on that evening) after starving all day becasue there is no clean place to eat between Haikou and monkey island.<br><br>Is Howard Johnson Resort Sanya Bay (三亚国光豪生酒店) a good place to stay?<div class="comment-meta">— Jin · 2010-02-13 00:43</div></div> </details>8.8 mmhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100205_88_mm.htmFri, 05 Feb 2010 22:45:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100205_88_mm.htm<p>This is a show of the annual dinner at the beginning of this week.</p> <p>Here is the transcript in Chinese.</p> <p>For people who don&rsquo;t understand Chinese, it is an exaggerated show imitating whose on the TV commercial selling things in Chinese TV stations.</p> <blockquote> <p>8.8毫米</p> <p>女：欢迎大家来到电视直销节目，今天我们非常荣幸地请到夏总（热情的观众：鸟人~）。今天夏总给我们带来一件非常特殊的产品，就是我们的往死里点的置顶服务，有请！夏总</p>Yifan's Latest Picturehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100203_yifans_latest_picture.htmWed, 03 Feb 2010 22:31:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100203_yifans_latest_picture.htm<p>Yifan grows fast.</p> <p>Recently, he started to ask hard-to-answer questions.</p> <p>Once he pointed to a No-Smoking sign, and asked me what it is. I said it means no smoking. Yifan asked me what is smoking. I said to have cigarettes, and he continued to ask why people have cigarettes&hellip;.</p> <p>Yifan loves train. His favorite entertainment is to ride Metro with us. He will stand and wave to every train and say &ldquo;Byebye!&rdquo;</p>People are Basically Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100202_people_are_basically_good.htmTue, 02 Feb 2010 00:19:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100202_people_are_basically_good.htm<p>What is the true meaning of this sentence:</p> <blockquote> <p>People are basically good</p> </blockquote> <p>That is the founding principle eBay was founded. Someone said it was John Locke (a person I am having strong interest in today) said that, although I suspect that. It is the base of many faith.</p> <p>My naive question is: what is the true meaning of it? What is the philosophical meaning of it?</p> <p>Anyone wants to point me to a good book about this?</p>关于两个机房的讨论https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100201_aeaeaecee.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 23:09:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100201_aeaeaecee.htm<p>如何最大限度的提升中国的网站速度，今天发信给我信任的朋友们，老冒回复如下：<a href="http://robertmao.com/2010/02/01/internet/">我朝Internet南北不畅通的解决方案（老旧方案）</a>（需要翻墙。可以在Google Reader里面订阅http://robertmao.com/feeds/latest/访问）。很多要点老冒几乎都提到了，我在此列出我的一些问题和思考，共有用样需求的各位讨论。</p>Spring Festival 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100131_spring_festival_2009.htmSun, 31 Jan 2010 21:17:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100131_spring_festival_2009.htm<p>This is the holiday schedule for China:</p> <p>Holiday starts from: February 13</p> <p>ends at: February 19</p> <p>February 20 (Saturday), and 21 (Sunday) are working days!</p> <p>P.S. Started to exercise in the gym downstairs. My food IS recovered.</p> <p>11:04 PM</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">My food IS recovered? Is it foot?<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2010-01-31 23:04</div></div> <div class="comment">I think Jianshuo was trying to say his &quot;foot&quot;, which was injured 2-3 months ago, has recovered. Good for you, JS!<br><br>One thiny I don&#x27;t understand is why the Chinese government doesn&#x27;t announce its national holidays one year or even 3 months ahead? It often waits until less than one ago prior to the big holidays to let its citizens know when the holidays begins and ends. Knowing it early makes it much easier for folks here to make holiday plans, particularly for those having to travel far domestically or to overseas. Another thing beyond believe is the airlines jack up its prices to ridiculous levels. I checked United&#x27;s airfares last week. Flying from PVG to LAX departing after 2/11 was over US$5,000 round trip in economy. I was told it&#x27;s full Y fare. One way from PVG to SFO in First class was over $12,000USD when I check it yesterday.<div class="comment-meta">— tw · 2010-02-01 11:15</div></div> <div class="comment">NICE!<br><br>p.s. I never understand the logic behind switch the weekends for &quot;holidays&quot;... only two days, give people a break! What can you get out of the first weekend after the new year anyway... I think most people would be much happier if they get those two days as the part of the &quot;holiday&quot;.<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2010-02-01 12:55</div></div> <div class="comment">I hate the practice of working on the weekend to make up for the vacation too, that&#x27;s why at my office we don&#x27;t do it!<br><br>Most factories already stop working from around Feb 9 to Feb 22, because all the migrant workers need time to get home.<div class="comment-meta">— Anna · 2010-02-01 20:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I agreed with Anna , there is no work in the vacation.Man is not machine ,they need rest for natural life.<div class="comment-meta">— Bahamas Vacation · 2010-07-05 14:45</div></div> </details>人肉云计算https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100131_aeeaeec.htmSun, 31 Jan 2010 20:37:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100131_aeeaeec.htm<p>我的一个朋友要做提醒服务，发现如果帮用户注册139.com的邮件，发邮件过去，用户就可以收到短信通知。免费，简单。唯一的问题是，139.com的注册过程有一个识别码，就是那种写的乱七八糟，机器无法识别而人却很容易看出来的那种图片（学名CAPTCHA），真的把这个自动注册服务给难住了。</p>Long Lines for Avatar 3D IMAXhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100130_long_lines_for_avatar_3d_imax.htmSat, 30 Jan 2010 23:04:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100130_long_lines_for_avatar_3d_imax.htm<p>I was in the Raffles City today, and saw the long lines for Avatar 3D IMAX in the Peace Theater.</p> <p>Peace Theater is the only cinema with IMAX in Shanghai that shows Avatar. There is another IMAX cinema in the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, but they would rather keep showing the 3D Moon Walker and other tech movie, despite the fact that IMAX is in huge demand in Shanghai because of Avatar.</p>做好人的原因https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100130_aec-5.htmSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:58:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100130_aec-5.htm<p>在一个培训里，我们做了个有趣的游戏。那个游戏是一个囚徒困境的翻版，是为了证明双赢的可能性和重要性的。简化来说，是这样的：</p> <blockquote> <p>两个人猜拳。 每个人都可以出剪刀或者布。 积分规则如下： 若两人都出剪刀，各得1分； 若两人都出布，各得3分； 若一人剪刀，一人布，剪刀者得5分，布者得0分。 如此往复很多次，积分最多者获胜。</p>小宝对态度的感知https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100130_cc-5.htmSat, 30 Jan 2010 17:53:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100130_cc-5.htm<p>小家伙早上有些哭闹，好不容易稳定下来，一个人在小桌子前玩积木。爸爸上班的时候，悄悄地拉开门，希望避免小宝一定要跟着出门的情况发生。就在我马上就消失在门后的时候，被小宝一回头看到。于是，他就站在那里瞅着爸爸。爸爸很尴尬的看了看他，一转身，溜走了。小家伙倒也没有什么反应。爸爸窃喜。</p>老冒的Revolution .vs. Evolutionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100129_ecrevolution_vs_evolution_.htmFri, 29 Jan 2010 22:39:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100129_ecrevolution_vs_evolution_.htm<p>老冒的这篇<a href="http://robertmao.com/2010/01/24/revolution-vs-evolution/">Revolution .vs. Evolution</a>写得相当的深刻，他所说的，后端革命性突破，前端要尽量渐变，或者不变；后端和算法的改变通常都是最难，却是用户真正在意的，而前端的改变通常是最容易的，却最没有价值的。深表认同。</p>Started to Walkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100129_started_to_walk.htmFri, 29 Jan 2010 22:24:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100129_started_to_walk.htm<p>Walking in Shanghai is a nice experience. I started to walk to everywhere whenever time allows - following Vince&rsquo;s leads and best practices of loosing weight by walking.</p> <p>I have gave up exercise for too long, since I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090813_broke_the_bone_of_my_foot.htm">broke my ankle</a>. Hope to have some time to make up the time lost.</p> <p>In Shanghai, and with my current walking pattern, I can use Google Maps on my mobile phone to search the driving path from point A to point B, and get the distance. Multiple the distance in km by 10 is the actual number of minutes for me to get there.</p>Trend Against Semantic Webhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100128_trend_against_semantic_web.htmThu, 28 Jan 2010 22:36:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100128_trend_against_semantic_web.htm<p>Semantic web is one of the hottest trend in 2009 and should continue to be so in 2010 (like in this article: <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_5_web_trends_of_2009_structured_data.php">Top 5 Web Trends of 2009</a>.) We talked about this during the dinner time with Gao Xiang of Hubs1, and other great guys.</p> <p>I personally don&rsquo;t see huge potential of semantic web.</p> <p><strong>X.400 vs SMTP email address</strong></p> <p>If you compare the two implementation of email address,</p> <p>X.400 representation:</p> <blockquote> <p>G=Harald;S=Alvestrand;O=Uninett;P=Uninett;A=;C=no</p>中国哲学体系的困惑https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100127_aeaecc.htmWed, 27 Jan 2010 21:12:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100127_aeaecc.htm<p>中国古代的智慧，经过千年，现在依然可以用“子曰”什么什么，或者“俗话说”什么什么的来对我们周边的现象进行<strong>解释</strong>。但一直没有用一种严密的逻辑推理来帮助我们做<strong>判断</strong>。俗语里面的正确的事情，基本上都是成双成对的以反义词的方式出现的。这么做，也有道理；不这么做，有另外的道理。事后诸葛亮的情形居多，锦囊妙计类型的比较罕见。</p>Notes on Harvard Justice Course Part 3/4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100126_notes_on_harvard_justice_course_part_34.htmTue, 26 Jan 2010 20:47:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100126_notes_on_harvard_justice_course_part_34.htm<p>Quote from the section 3, part I of Justice - What is the right thing to do.</p> <p>Taxation = Taking of Earnings</p> <p>Taking of Earnings = Forced Labor</p> <p>Forced Labor = Slavery (You are not longer the 100% owner of your own life - taxation means the state is a part owner, or a share holder of you).</p> <p>Slavery = Against Principle of Self possession (we are the owner of the individual person - wholly)</p>My Favorate Road - Xingguo Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100123_my_favorate_road_-_xingguo_road.htmSat, 23 Jan 2010 00:03:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100123_my_favorate_road_-_xingguo_road.htm<p>I love to walk on small and quiet roads like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090224_favorite_road_wukang_road.htm">Wukang Road</a> and Xingguo Road.</p> <p>There is something special in this area: you can walk besides other people&rsquo;s window!</p> <p>That is unique compared to the current &ldquo;Residential Area&rdquo; design. That made us feel that we are still in a small town, not in city.</p> <p>The road is quiet - no wonder a shop on this road cost just 1/6 of resident house on this road.</p>How to Access Twitter and Facebook in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100121_how_to_access_twitter_and_facebook_in_china.htmThu, 21 Jan 2010 22:29:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100121_how_to_access_twitter_and_facebook_in_china.htm<p>I setup my connection to Twitter and Facebook via SSH tunnel again. When the original tools to access Twitter, and Facebook failed, I just lost interest to setup proxy. Now, I am back and just accepted the 109 Facebook friend request. (My rule: Accept everyone in <a href="http://www.facebook.com/jianshuo">jianshuo@Facebook</a>, but be very selective on [Kaixin001.com](http://D:\my\6.video\Wangyifan.Video - all video\100VIDEO). Here is how I did it.</p> <p>The process is pretty straight forward, but it is not free.</p>Avatarhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100120_avatar.htmWed, 20 Jan 2010 22:49:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100120_avatar.htm<p>Just completed 3 hour journey of <a href="http://www.avatarmovie.com/">Avatar</a>. Amazing. Some thoughts:</p> <ul> <li> <p>When to good words conflicts, which takes priority. When justice conflicts with the home country, Jack didn&rsquo;t hesitate to betray his country - in this movie, betray his own race.</p> </li> <li> <p>Wendy said: If I were Jack, I won&rsquo;t be back too - how good it is to be the hero, and be strong. I said: That is why people love to play online game like WOW.</p>小宝对老婆的看法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100119_ecc-2.htmTue, 19 Jan 2010 23:11:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20100119_ecc-2.htm<p>一天，两岁半的王逸凡一边照镜子，一边问妈妈： “妈妈，我头上的伤口好了！是不是可以娶到老婆了？” （小家伙头上撞伤了，妈妈跟他说，不要用手去抓，要不然以后找不到老婆了。） 妈妈说：“是呀。我问问你，要老婆做什么？” 小宝说：“可以给我炖汤喝”。 妈妈心想，这小家伙还挺知道照顾自己的，连给他炖汤的人都想好了。 小宝接着叮嘱说：“妈妈，记得帮我剁得碎一点呀！” 妈妈大惊，原来这个小家伙一直以为老婆是可以用来炖汤的！</p>Google in China - Business Decision?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100118_google_in_china_-_business_decision.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 21:15:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100118_google_in_china_-_business_decision.htm<p>Google&rsquo;s announcement risking to quit China is controversial in nature. Not only in China, but also in the States, even in the high-tech camp, Microsoft, and Yahoo! hold different opinions.In fact, it is people&rsquo;s reaction to this news that shocks many people, in both camp. Let me add my observation by starting from the easiest question:</p> <p><strong>&ldquo;Is Google&rsquo;s announcement about its China operation a business decision, or not?&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>The critics about Google&rsquo;s action that occupied the dominating position in Chinese (government approved) media is, it is all about money, and Google is mixing business with politics&hellip; In short, Bad! Ugly!</p>My Brain Does not Work Wellhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100117_my_brain_does_not_work_well.htmSun, 17 Jan 2010 23:01:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100117_my_brain_does_not_work_well.htm<p>There is too much information for me to consume these days.</p> <p>My brain does not work very well. There are many things I want to comment on but don&rsquo;t know how to start, like the Google&rsquo;s case, Baidu&rsquo;s case, and the recent news happening to many companies.</p> <p>I just feel I cannot find quiet time to sit down to think about all these. The busy hours at work and busy schedule seem to be pretty hard for me.</p>Snow of Beijing Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100115_snow_of_beijing_airport.htmFri, 15 Jan 2010 23:38:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100115_snow_of_beijing_airport.htm<p>When I arrived in Beijing, it just snowed. Look at the Beijing airport.</p> <p>The picture was taken when I just left the gate of my Hainan Airlines aircraft.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2010/01/15/4276113837_89e3bed144.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">下面是我对GOOGLE事件的持续看法：<br><br>《为什么GOOGLE会遭受这种毁灭性的打击？》<br><br>1月16日，跟GOOGLE发表退出中国声明已经两天。关于此事的情况我又有了新的了解。据GOOGLE搜来的消息，有安全专家发布了一些GOOGLE受到攻击的技术分析。当然，这篇报道是一篇非专业性的文章，所以，作为普通读者的我还是能够明白，文章中所说的意思是，GOOGLE受到的这次攻击技术含量很高，按文章的说法，是属于国防工业级别的，其证据是，加密的手段需要通过集程化的运作，这种运作，在安全领域需要一种环境来执行，而个人黑客，没有必要作这种外包装式的动作，不会将主要精力放在这种加密到完整的程度。就算没有这篇技术分析文章，我是否可以判断，这次攻击的级别一定不低。所以令GOOGLE感到吃惊。那么这是外因。<br><br>接下来说一下GOOGLE内部的安全机制。<br><br>一个公司总会有个安全机制，对于GOOGLE这种计算机公司来说，它是怎样管理自己的安全的呢，比如说微软，比如说，有某些秘密配方的宝洁公司，这些高度机密的东西，一定会有一套安全系统在进行保护。但，我在某回复看到，似乎GOOGLE采取一种信任的态度，给予自己的员工以级高的权限。所以问题就发生了。对于一个优秀的员工来讲你当然可以信任它，但是，对于一个打入GOOGLE商部的商业间谍来说呢？首先我很怀疑GOOGLE中国公司的内部机制是否完善。在硬件上，GOOGLE可以把美国的一套全部都搬到中国来，但问题就主要是发生在人身上，要知道，优秀的硬件过来了，甚至优秀的管理方法过来，但人不去执行怎么办。我试问，在GOOGLE中国的高层中，有哪一位是值得GOOGLE去深信的。是可以代表GOOGLE 的利益去维护整个公司的。要知道，即使是一个公司的高层，有些人并不是以公司为重，而是以公司发给的工资为重。所以GOOGLE在中国的公司的高层中，有哪些人是受到GOOGLE的信任的。一但中国部缺少这样一个GOOGLE的监理。那整个GOOLGE的中国公司就会有别于美国GOOGLE从而产生出另外一套潜规则出来。这是我对外企在中国办公司特点的一个看法。所以，当一个由GOOGLE出资，却由一些不信任的中国领导人领导的GOOGLE公司，其变味也是很正常的事情。不然的话，那个商业间谍是怎样混进GOOGLE公司的呢？所以，GOOGLE如果只想作好人，而不提防坏人，那摸这次挨搞也是活该。试想，一个员工就可以让公司的系统走向毁灭，随着GOOGLE的壮大，人越来越多，越来越杂，你怎么可以相信每一个人，也许GOOGLE在想，我招进来的人，进入我这样一个优秀的公司，这样好的待遇，它们一定会努力干活的，好了，现在进来的不是普通的人，而是间谍。所以，对待普通员工的那一套跟本就不能适用在间谍的身上。间谍来不是享受你公司的待遇的，而它们是一种工具，进来就是为了搞破坏。你对它再好又有什么用，间谍终归是间谍。所以，在GOOGLE的中国公司，在公司层面缺少美国总部那样的管理，导致了这种人渣混进去的可能。这就是内因，也许，面对外部来到的强大攻击，GOOGLE再怎么着，总能组织力量去进行反搞，但是，如果自己内部出了问题，也许外部一次小小的打击都会让GOOGLE一命呜呼。这种内贼是很可怕的，即使你有再高的安全级别，但防外不防内，所以，我想像GOOGLE在这一次遭受内外夹攻的情况一定非常要紧。那么，现在来分析动因。<br><br>首先，如果仅仅是一个商业间谍，对GOOGLE进行源代码的盗取活动，那么会对GOOGLE造成毁灭性的打击吗？即使GOOGLE被间谍成功的盗走了源代码，但是，你要发动对GOOGLE有致使性的攻击，你还需要许多条件。不然，你无法将GOOGLE一招致命。所以，你也许就会问，是谁，为什么要这么作。<br><br>GOOGLE通过合法手段进入中国从事互联网信息产业的经营，信息产业，是中国极为敏感的地带，通过这次的GOOGLE事件你就可以查觉得，仅在两天时间之内，互联网的传播及效应是惊人的。如果一带互联网发展得更为成熟有效，那么，我国对信息产业的控制又会怎样呢？所以，作为一个世界强大的信息公司入主中国互联网，是一件极为危险的事情，一切事情要将之扼杀在摇蓝状态，GOOGLE通过合法手段成功登陆中国互联网。想通过这种合法手段以争取到中国网民的认同，从长远来看，一个美帝国主义的商业公司这样进入到一个可以让中国极为敏感的地界，这是无法让人忍受的。不知道，是否有人拿得出，GOOGLE在中国法律上面经历过的事情，就可以证明这些。显然，我说到这里就存在一个意识形态的问题，事情就是这样，就好比，你不备案虽然不等于你违了法，但我就是要备案，这样我好控制你。但是GOOGLE不那么好控制。作为一个如此强大的公司，进入到中国的互联网市场，是一个怎么都让人不安的事情，如果一但有一天，这个家伙不听话了怎么办，我能对它怎样，GOOGLE拥有雄厚的技术力量，所在中国互联网的根基越来越强大，GOOGLE的服务器偏布全球，这对于互联网的封锁与管理来说是一个极大的潜在风险。因此，GOOGLE必须退出中国。在我看来，一般某些人要搞人的时候，它很在意外界的舆论，所以，表面上是对20家公司发起了攻击，其实是掩人耳目，因为你搞不走ADOBE，但你可以通过此举搞走GOOGLE。中国这种人渣的作事方法就是，它通过说来取得你的信任，所以，你会发现，它不管哪样说，其目的就是一个，就是取得你的信任。对付这种人只有一个办法，就是实践是检验真理的唯一标准。所以，我也想告诉王建硕，很多人都可以说，很多人都有不同的看法，但真理永远只有那一个，只是人的主观意识并不能看清它，而越是能接近真理的人，就越会成功！别人会找到你的思维弱点，对你进行忽悠。所以，这个时候就考验你，在实践的过程中不断的思考。这是件很智慧的事情。中国古人之所以强大，就是因为它们不断的找寻真知。在实践之前，大部份人都会失去耐心，与长途的耐力。摆在你面前的就是你害怕失败。万一这条路是不通的怎么办。那没得法。那你只有等别人成功了以后再来模仿了。<br><br>GOOGLE到底要不要退出呢，如果不退出的话会怎么样？我的分析如下：GOOGLE在中国仍然找不到合适的总管。GOOGLE无法在中国找到信任的人。从而领导中国的公司。从这一点上来讲，GOOGLe始终无法在中国建立一个值得信任的团队。其二，GOOGLE退出之后，是否有能力继续发展在中国的市场呢？如果GOOGLE收回战线，从而加强内部力量，通过互联网的技术含量是否能够继续发展中国市场，这我不知道，所以，我抱有希望的事情就是，希望 GOOGLE能发明一种技术，可以继续为中国用户使用GOOGLE的服务。这是我对这次事件关注的重点所在，我希望通过这件事情从而导致GOOGLE开发一种面向中国用户的应用。道理简单，一，GOOGLE不想放弃中国市场，但决定从美国本土发展。二，与其在中国互联网发展，不如在美国互联网发展。除非中国完全切断中美两国间的互联网。我一直劝GOOGLE不要本土化，你在美国是怎么作的，你在中国就怎么作。要知道，你在美国时作的那一套导致了中国用户对你的粉丝，为什么来到中国反而到是为了所谓的本土化从而放弃了你本来吸引中国用户的真正的东西呢？我个人觉得，谷歌公司并不让我感到满意。其浓重的中国那种杂乱与不沌洁在中国的谷歌反应了出来。所谓与中国互联网同行的合作，我反而看作是一种同流合污。看看中国互联网的垃圾们吧，你GOOGLE公司居然还要和它们合作！GOOGLE如果坚信自己是在作正确的事情，为什么还要和那些作不正确事情的人来往呢？所以，GOOGLE重新审视自己在中国的发展是好事。<br><br>GOOGLE也不应完全太过于关注中国市场，GOOGLE应该站在美国的互联网上，先开发出真正好的应用，在美国本土获得改变互联网信息应用更好的方法，中国市场迟早是你的。因为我讲死中国人发明不出好的互联网应用，因为我讲死中国的互联网只会模仿。因为，中国的互联网垃圾，人心更垃圾。它们只在乎利益，在乎别人的看法，不坚持真理，有钱就是大爷，它们没有信仰与原则。所以，中国互联网永远开发不出好的应用，所以GOOGLE放心好了。只要你能作得出好的东西，中国人总会对你产生极为强烈的需要。那就是解决互联网信息的结构处理，筛选上的问题，因为放下中国问题不谈互联网本身还存在很多问题。解决这些问题，是否也算是一个成功之道呢？<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#36229;&amp;#32423;&amp;#32771;&amp;#25289; · 2010-01-16 21:11</div></div> <div class="comment">GOOGLE有可能不走了，因为GOOGLE大概重新定义了在中国的布属，比如像对待外人一样的对待中国区这边的人事。<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#36229;&amp;#32423;&amp;#32771;&amp;#25289; · 2010-01-17 19:55</div></div> <div class="comment">评论一下GOOGLE退出的谍报风云版<br><br>我最初看到GOOGLE退出的谍报风云版是在王建硕的博克回复里。这则消息是很能考校人的新闻。相当于小道消息，或传言。非常的能忽悠人。无论这则消息是真是假，有一点我可以肯定，就是它能够有助于中国的网民提高自己的判断意识。我想社会舆论水平的提高就是要不断的通过类似事件一点点帮助人们思考。所以，一种成熟的自由言论形式应该博采众长的，纳而析之的。所以我决定写这篇文章，来接受这个忽悠。<br><br>传言的内容是这样，话说，在GOOGLE中国部的人员里面有一个卧底，在GOOGLE招人的时候，这个卧底得以顺利进入，之后，卧底开始使用手中的权限深入到GOOGLE的内部进行了非法行动，对GOOGLE造成了极大的伤害，由此，得出结论，GOOGLE的这次退出跟被卧底了有关。<br><br>这篇传言写得会声会色，其实提供了大量你即无法判断，但又令你深信不疑的线索。其直接导致的后果就是你傻了蒙了，不知道该相信谁了。所以，给人造成很大的困惑。我说过，实践是检验真理的唯一标准。在我们没有得到很多已经条件的情况下去求得答案是件很费神的事情。所以，着手已经条件是解这道题的思路所在。既然这篇文章我拿不到条件，那么我就退出来，退到一个更大更明确的条件环境下来。那么你就可以看到，这篇传言的目的不外乎就是在考校你，GOOGLE 与中国政府的关系。从而引导你得出一系列推断，但请注意，是推断而不是事实。就我个人来说，我是相信政府是会对外资企业进行某种程度的控制，但问题的关键是，这种控制是否会起到破坏作用。基于这一点我很容易相信这篇传言中所描述的一切。那么换个角度来考虑，如果这个传言是真的，那么GOOGLE该如何应对。如果GOOGLE不离开中国，它会想什么样的办法来杜绝此类事情的发生呢？第一步肯定是对所有中国谷歌部门的人员进行权限管理，使这些人使用一套分离的系统。用备份系统来操作，虽然这会降低系统效率，但这会提高安全性。第二，重新调整谷歌中国公司的作用，由原来的开发型公司，转变为市场销售处，由以开发为主，进而转变成以销售为主。这样，即可以保住在中国的销售前沿，又能防止关键技术外漏。所以，如果GOOGLE不走的话，它将着手解决的唯一问题，就是安全问题。由于这次安全问题给GOOGLE造成了较为严重的警示，使GOOGLE对中国市场本来就不确定的策略更加雪上加霜。如果GOOGLE不走，除了要解决已经存在的安全问题，面对GOOGLE搜索被过滤，以及今后，GOOOGLE在中国的市场策略，及GOOGLE搜索引擎如何卖出广告，这些都会涉及到GOOGLE的一个原则性问题，那就是GOOGLE的价值观问题，GOOGLE的一切行为都是按照其价值观念进行，包括业务，开发，市场，对合作伙伴公司文化的定位等，然而，在中国的遭遇却让GOOGLE无数次的感觉到，自己的价值观念正在被中国的环境扭曲的改变，GOOGLE不得不放下自己的核心价值观念反而去适应中国的国内标准。这种所谓的适应让GOOGLE很不舒服。在对中国问题的决策上也让GOOGLE感到恼火。因此，GOOGLE不走的话，它要给自己列出一个问题，那就是，如果我不走的话，我如何继续扩大我在中国市场的份额？难道要像其它那中国互联网上的垃圾公司一样，靠打弹出窗口广告来营生吗？而之所以，能够留住GOOGLE的另一重要原因就是中国的消费者，显然，GOOGLE自己觉得自己在中国消费者心目中的位置还不错。如果 GOOGLE被持续搞臭，那么它的离开则是必然，所以，当GOOGLE不断被搞臭的时候，我可以想像GOOGLE离开的心境是怎样变化的。所以，我曾见意，如&amp;#<br><br>26524;GOOGLE即想按照自己的价值观念去作事，又想开发中国市场的话，只有通过退出，然后在技术上打开一条通向中国互联网的通道，那么GOOGLE 就可以解决上述问题，或许，这些需要的是时间，GOOGLE目前的打算应该会留有市场部的人员继续保持中国市场广告业务方面的处理工作。为了不让中国政府赶自己出去，也会保留经过审查内容的搜索结果，不然的话，就不会有人买GOOGLE的广告了。与此同时，GOOGLE要以新产品来获得中国市场的消费者，新产品中包括一种更容易利于中国消费者们相互联系的工具，必要时，这个工具还可起到破网的作用。GOOGLE的突然撤出肯定不现实。只要GOOGLE能够按自己的价值观念作自己本来自己的事情就可以，到时候，中国再请GOOGLE出去也不要紧不晚。是主动走，还是被别人赶，我觉得被中国赶走还好一些，因为只要GOOGLE本着自己凭良心没作错事的事实在那里，就算被赶走的话，也会获得中国网民的同情。所以，一方面如果GOOGLE不走的话，肯定要继续搞臭它，另一方面，GOOGLE作为防守，应该杜绝内部的安全隐患，见意放入专门的美国特工对公司内部进行检查。就像沃尔玛一样，招聘了特工对自己的员工进行监视。因为，这是中国，是一个真假难分的地方，我不提防好人，但如果是坏人来了，我一定会防它的。我想，这次的事情也算是给GOOGLE上了一课吧。<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#36229;&amp;#32423;&amp;#32771;&amp;#25289; · 2010-01-17 23:15</div></div> </details>Crazy Week in 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100115_crazy_week_in_2010.htmFri, 15 Jan 2010 22:45:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100115_crazy_week_in_2010.htm<p>No one predicted that we started 2010 in such a chaos way. Following the suspension of many Internet sites in China, Baidu was hacked on Tuesday and stopped serving for 11 hours, which made Internet traffic shuffled upside down because of the big traffic distribution role Baidu played.</p> <p>Soon after that, Google issued the announcement about uncensored Google.cn. I was at first thought the ball became at the government&rsquo;s hand, then I was surprised the Google didn&rsquo;t wait the government take the initiative to shut it down. They simply started to prepare the post-mortem of the office without any real pressure from the government.</p>Google's (Right) Choicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100113_googles_right_choice.htmWed, 13 Jan 2010 22:51:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100113_googles_right_choice.htm<p>Today&rsquo;s biggest news is Google&rsquo;s blog about stopping censoring its content on <a href="http://google.cn">Google.cn</a>, and considering quitting from China. I typically don&rsquo;t comment immediately about any news, because often, I need more time to under the situation better (as I stated <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080917_dont_force_me_to_write_on_topics_.htm">here</a>). But for this topic, I have been thinking it for a long time. I know what I am going to say about this, when it happens.</p> <p><strong>The Nature of Google&rsquo;s Choice</strong></p>Back from Snowy Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100112_back_from_snowy_beijing.htmTue, 12 Jan 2010 23:46:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100112_back_from_snowy_beijing.htm<p>Wendy and Yifan greeted me at Hong Qiao Airport - so good to avoid the terrible long line for taxi, and taxi driver&rsquo;s unpleasant look for short distance to my home. Wendy observed: &ldquo;You are always very happy after you visit Beijing every time&rdquo;. That is absolutely true. Beijing, more like Silicon Valley, brought inspiration to me. As an ENFP, inspiration and new ideas are the necessary food for my life.</p>Met with Xiaolai in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100111_met_with_xiaolai_in_beijing.htmMon, 11 Jan 2010 23:52:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100111_met_with_xiaolai_in_beijing.htm<p>During this short Beijing trip, after had great conversation with <a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso/">Keso</a> in his home, I had a nice dinner with <a href="http://chedong.com">Chedong</a>, Zhou Jun, <a href="http://hi.baidu.com/inetpm">William Gao</a>, and <a href="http://www.lixiaolai.com">Xiaolai</a>&hellip;</p> <p>Xiaolai is a very interesting guy - the few people who really think independently and deeply about stuff. He shared the video: <a href="http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/uscWmVj5zqM/">Justice - What is the Right Thing to Do</a>:</p> <p>Even without watching it, I know I should love it - the hard journey to seek what is justice, and morally right (as I kept seeking in this blog in the previous articles: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060109_the_city_and_its_moral_boundary.htm">The City and Its Moral Boundary</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090313_bad_behavior_its_reason_and_future.htm">Bad Behavior, Its Reason, and Future</a>). I am happy that there are some people around me who think about this philosophical question, although most people would discourage me by saying: &ldquo;Get real. Do some business, and don&rsquo;t just sit there and think as a God&rdquo;.</p>Two Consistent Internet Companieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100109_two_consistent_internet_companies.htmSat, 09 Jan 2010 23:46:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100109_two_consistent_internet_companies.htm<p><strong>Hollywood.com</strong></p> <p>From time to time, I receive a newsletter from <a href="http://hollywood.com">Hollywood.com</a>, in the last 13 years. I remember I subscribed its newsletter in the early days in 1996 - when Hotmail just started, and not bought by Microsoft. At that time, there are just few well known websites for me. I just started to try to use it, and often visit the following sites:</p> <p><a href="http://Harvard.edu">Harvard.edu</a>, <a href="http://Whitehouse.gov">Whitehouse.gov</a>, <a href="http://www.cern.ch/">CERN</a> and <a href="http://hollywood.com">Hollywood.com</a> - basically any famous name plus a .com or .gov.</p>Book Earlier for Cheaper Ticket? Not So in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100107_book_earlier_for_cheaper_ticket_not_so_in_china.htmThu, 07 Jan 2010 22:14:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100107_book_earlier_for_cheaper_ticket_not_so_in_china.htm<p>Yangle <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060306_booking_china_domestic_flight_outside_china.htm#0548">asked</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Alright folks?</p> <p>There&rsquo;s been some really awesome and helpful stuff here - thanks! :)</p> <p>I have a question that is probably quite obvious - if I were to book an internal flight in the UK (where I&rsquo;m from) then I would book it really really early - possibly months in advance if I could - so I could get the cheapest fare possible. Is this the same rule for Chinese domestic flights? Or can you book them just a month or two in advance and get the cheapest fares? I&rsquo;m wanting a round-trip from BeiJing to GuiLin end of June, beginning of July time.</p>I Don't Like 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100107_i_dont_like_2010.htmThu, 07 Jan 2010 20:04:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100107_i_dont_like_2010.htm<p>The first few days of 2010 does not show good sign for a new year.</p> <p>In personal life, Wendy and Yifan got cold, and many people in the company got cold. I just spent the full day at hospital - people mountain and people sea there, and waited for few hours for injection for Yifan (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090901_hospital_is_badly_needed.htm">Hospital is Badly Needed</a>).</p> <p>Meanwhile, although it is not the coldest winter, I felt the freezing cold. I am very sure that the starting of 2010 is making history. People are not aware of the meaning of historical events when it is happening. The significance reveals only afterward. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090423_back_from_bosstown.htm">BossTown</a> has been so kind to invite me to join their program to talk about Ten years of Internet in China, and let me predict what the Chinese Internet space will look like in 2019. I expressed a polite refusal to attend the program, since today, I am not in the mood to forecast the future of Internet in China, if there is one.</p>My Advice to Entrepreneurshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100103_my_advice_to_entrepreneurs.htmSun, 03 Jan 2010 17:30:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100103_my_advice_to_entrepreneurs.htm<p>Occasionally, friends ask me for advices of their startup. I am flattered but shy away from giving any advice, since I just started the journey about 5 years ago myself, and I have more lessons from mistakes than tips for success to share. Now, let me give it a try (shamelessly pretending that I know this topic).</p> <p><strong>Try to Use Bad Words to Describe Your Business</strong></p> <p>It is not rare to see people describe their products, or services using many good words - the best, the cheapest, the highest in quality, or the newest&hellip; In my opinion, the chance to success with any thing more than one good word is small. Let me give you an example.</p>Metro Line 9 Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100101_metro_line_9_opens.htmFri, 01 Jan 2010 23:19:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100101_metro_line_9_opens.htm<p>The Metro Line #9 east section opens yesterday. The newly opened section starts from Xujiahui Station and ends at Century Ave Station. It connects with the rest of the already opened Metro Line #9 and arrives at Songjia New Town, at the west most part of Shanghai.</p> <p>I visited the Metro Line #9 newly extended stations this afternoon. Here is my report.</p> <p><strong>Insensitivity of New Lines</strong></p> <p>When Metro Line #1 opens, there are just about 10 stations. I know every single station so well. I even wrote guideline about each stations:</p>Lego Duplo Car for Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100101_lego_duplo_car_for_yifan.htmFri, 01 Jan 2010 23:02:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100101_lego_duplo_car_for_yifan.htm<p>I spent the whole morning and noon time with Yifan. We built LEGO train, car, and buildings together. The only LEGO we had so far is <a href="http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/4960-1">Set # 4960-1: Giant Zoo</a>. It contains building blocks for a zoo, but Yifan is not as keen to animals as to cars. So, we just left all the animals along, and started to build cars.</p> <p>Look how I did to help Yifan to build the car. I did most of the part, and Yifan was busy helping me on logistic - he is very good at finding similar items for me.</p>New Year Eve 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100101_new_year_eve_2010.htmFri, 01 Jan 2010 21:31:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20100101_new_year_eve_2010.htm<p>The year of 2010 arrives. Happy New Year!</p> <p>I never expected I could welcome the new year the way I did. To be short, I ended up helping to deliver milk tea at the New Year&rsquo;s Eve. Let me tell you more.</p> <p><strong>Unexpected</strong></p> <p>Wendy and I brought Yifan to celebrate the New Year. Yifan happily played in the Metro station and enjoyed watching metro trains.</p> <p>Wendy&rsquo;s milk tea shop was doing very well, but no one ever expected that the huge volume of people after 10:00 AM. Many shopping malls close at mid-night, and many people waited till 0:00 AM to celebrate that wonderful moment with their loved one. Then, the small shop is suddenly short of hands, and there are long lines of people waiting there.</p>It Snows in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091227_it_snows_in_shanghai.htmSun, 27 Dec 2009 14:20:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091227_it_snows_in_shanghai.htm<p>It snows in Shanghai! Heavy snow since abou 10:00 AM to now (3:09 PM).</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">saw the snow! it was beautiful!!!<br><br>but the sad thing was that it didn&#x27;t last long..<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#33841; · 2009-12-29 14:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year, Jian Shuo!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2010-01-01 14:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Carroll, Happy New Year to you and Jim!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-01-01 22:04</div></div> </details>Freezing Winter for Internet in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091225_freezing_winter_for_internet_in_china.htmFri, 25 Dec 2009 21:09:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091225_freezing_winter_for_internet_in_china.htm<p>My friends Lv Xinxin comes from Beijing today and we had a nice lunch with other friends from websites. We chatted a lot about the status of many of our friends - most of them run websites.</p> <p>Xinxin brought me back to the year of 2005. I said so, because 2005 is the Spring for Internet in China. The global Internet recovered from the Internet bubble crisis in 2003 to 2004, and in China, the real beginning was 2005. Many websites emerged at that time, and we had interesting gathering so frequently at that time. I got to know Xinxin at that time, and I got to know many of my current friends in the Internet space in that year.</p>Merry Christmas 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091224_merry_christmas_2009.htmThu, 24 Dec 2009 22:49:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091224_merry_christmas_2009.htm<p>Merry Christmas!</p> <p>There is not too much Christmas feeling this year. Does anyone feel the same? I just feel this Christmas in Shanghai is a pretty plain and simple holiday, unlike other Christmas.</p> <p>Anyway, for all my friends who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas, especially to my friends outside Shanghai (hope you have better atmosphere there).</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas to you from America, where in the Washington, D.C. area we still have two feet of snow from last weekend on the ground...<br><br>Happy 2010 to you and your family.<br><br>Larry Blow<div class="comment-meta">— Laurence E. Blow · 2009-12-25 00:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Everything to you and your good family, Jian Shuo. We had a call from our older son last night saying that he might be able to come home for Christmas this year after all, so at the moment, I&#x27;m a very excited and happy Mom :-)<br><br>Please give Yifan a gentle little hug for me, OK? He may not know who I am (yet) but hopefully he will be able to feel the love.<br><br>Big hugs and much love to you and Wendy too!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2009-12-25 02:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas!<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2009-12-25 11:14</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s been a lovely Christmas in Hong Kong.<br><br>Maybe the lights on the highrises are not as spectacular, either because of cost-cutting or environmental awareness. It is unseasonably warm. And the shopping / dining is not quite as frantic, because of economic worries.<br><br>But there&#x27;s been good Christmas spirit this year.<br><br>Yesterday, I had Christmas Eve lunch with my mom, dad, brother and sister-in-law. We didn&#x27;t spent alot on gifts (not as much as in past years) but it was fun opening everything wrapped up beautifully in ribbons and bows. It was nice being together.<br><br>Last night, my brother and his wife went to Catholic Mass.<br><br>Meanwhile, I waited for my husband to come home, and we had a Champagne toast.<br><br>Today, unfortunately, I&#x27;m working. But my husband (who works as a chef) prepared a great Christmas dinner for the staff here.<br><br>When I get home tonight, we&#x27;ll open our Christmas stockings. (OK, we couldn&#x27;t hang them by the fireplace or tree, since we don&#x27;t have either in our Hong Kong flat -- but it&#x27;s the thought that counts!)<br><br>Tomorrow, Boxing Day, we&#x27;re having a HUGE family reunion with 26 people in my ancestral village.<br><br>I&#x27;m not very religious personally, but many of my family are Christians. Either way, it&#x27;s a big holiday for many people in Hong Kong.<br><br>I wish you and your family the best.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce Lau · 2009-12-25 14:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, we have a party @ 12.27 afternoon near Dongchang road line 2, contact me if you&#x27;re interested :) Merry Christmas!<div class="comment-meta">— Isaac · 2009-12-25 15:51</div></div> <div class="comment">I took some photoes about Christmas trees from Shanghai, some are from office park , some are from shop. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16779604@N03/sets/72157622942752437/<br><br>More and more expats live at shanghai now, that is why Christmas become so popular now.<div class="comment-meta">— Forrest · 2009-12-26 00:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Xmas! Feliz navidad! Shengdanjiekuaile! from mexico city!<div class="comment-meta">— Claudia Frias · 2009-12-26 10:16</div></div> </details>Lego 3001 (Brick 2 x 4)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091224_lego_3001_brick_2_x_4.htmThu, 24 Dec 2009 10:14:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091224_lego_3001_brick_2_x_4.htm<p>We started technical days with a great name - Lego Day. Yes. The Lego means the Denmark toy manufacture <a href="http://Lego.com">Lego</a>.</p> <p>We bought <a href="http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail.jhtml?item_id=c757f233efb3e47688232e4768b70b0d&amp;x_id=0db2">Lego 66284 Build and Play Value Pack</a> that consists of <a href="http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=5576&amp;cmp=afc-bp6648365778&amp;hqs=5573">5573</a>and <a href="http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=5576&amp;cmp=afc-bp6648365778&amp;hqs=5576">5576</a>.</p> <p>Among all the bricks, obviously, LEGO 3001 is the star. A simple brick that is manufactured the most, and most easily found in every corner of this world. It is the spirit of create something and make it really good, instead of creating many different functions but none of them is as classic as Lego 3001 (I am talking about website design and almost all business).</p>Vulnerable Line 1 and Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091222_vulnerable_line_1_and_shanghai.htmTue, 22 Dec 2009 22:30:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091222_vulnerable_line_1_and_shanghai.htm<p>The big news today is the crash of two metro carts at Shanghai Railway Station of Metro Line #1. The accident around 7:00 AM stopped that segment of Metro Line #1. Massive people were impacted. My observation:</p> <ul> <li> <p>one of my colleague got to work at 11:40 - after trying very hard to find a way to get here.</p> </li> <li> <p>The metro has problem and all the ground transportation becomes a mess.</p>Where is PHPMapReduce?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091221_where_is_phpmapreduce.htmMon, 21 Dec 2009 14:58:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091221_where_is_phpmapreduce.htm<p>Anton Vedeshin hosted a project named <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/phpmapreduce">PHPMapReduce on SourceForge</a>, but without any update yet. The name is so attractive that many people, like me, want it. MapReduce is such a good architect that can solve many interesting problems, but Hadoop is, like many Java application, too big. We need something like that in PHP world.</p> <p>If PHPMapReduce still does not come, I may want to write a MapReduce framework myself and share it with the open source community.</p>世博园区预览https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20091220_aeee-2.htmSun, 20 Dec 2009 22:17:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20091220_aeee-2.htm<p>昨天和Wendy到世博园区溜了一圈。拍了些照片，让大家先预览一下2010年上海世博会的一些国家场馆。</p> <p>中国馆</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2009/12/20/4200022920_cb379ced94.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2009/12/20/4200022996_ab86f43ece.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2009/12/20/4200029202_01e7f6bcc4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>澳大利亚馆</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2009/12/20/4200095652_78f1c3212a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>日本馆</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2009/12/20/4200047382_be79529e0c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p>Preview of Shanghai Expo Site (Photos)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091220_preview_of_shanghai_expo_site_photos.htmSun, 20 Dec 2009 20:34:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091220_preview_of_shanghai_expo_site_photos.htm<p>On December 19, 2009, Wendy and I visited the Shanghai Expo Site. The last time I visited was back to May 11, 2009 (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090511_second_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htm">Second Impression of Shanghai Expo Site</a>). This is the third impression of the site.</p> <p>To be short, my impression is, the Expo is getting real. When you see the pavilions standing there, and people busy working on it, you know the expo is really not far away, although you always can easily understand conceptually, that it is just 130 days away.</p>Great Progress of China Pavilionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091220_great_progress_of_china_pavilion.htmSun, 20 Dec 2009 20:12:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091220_great_progress_of_china_pavilion.htm<p>The Shanghai Expo is 130 days to come. Thanks to the invitation of Peter and Lina from Australian Pavilion, I had the chance to visit the Expo site way ahead of its opening.</p> <p>Here is the photo I took at the foot of the China Pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/12/20/4199264353_202d8f28b1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Above is the fresh red facade of the China Pavilion - the Oriental Crown. At the right lower corner is the surrounding buildings to the main architect.</p>Preview Australian Pavilion in Shanghai Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091219_preview_australian_pavilion_in_shanghai_expo.htmSat, 19 Dec 2009 22:14:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091219_preview_australian_pavilion_in_shanghai_expo.htm<p>Visited Australian Pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010 this morning with Wendy. I&rsquo;d like to thank Peter, Lina and Sarah for the invitation and great accompany. As a blogger, I am always excited to be part of the development of this city, and share my first hand information with my readers worldwide. The Australian Pavilion project team obviously has been very nice to me to allow me to take a closer look at what is going on inside that highly secure guarded and mysterious Expo site. You will see my photos of the whole tour of many other pavilions (photo from outside) here: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091220_preview_of_shanghai_expo_site_photos.htm">Preview of Shanghai Expo Site (Photos)</a>. Now, let me show you one of my favorite pavilions on the site: the Australian Pavilion.</p>Thanks Wikepediahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091218_thanks_wikepedia.htmFri, 18 Dec 2009 23:17:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091218_thanks_wikepedia.htm<p>I read Jimmy Walls&rsquo; letter on [donations to Wikipedia](</p> <p><a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Appeal/en)">http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Appeal/en)</a>. A very good one.</p> <p>I donated $35 to the Wikimedia Foundation to show my little help to them keep the good work, and sharing information. I am a proud supporter of Wikepedia, and hope you can do it too. You can donate with Paypal.</p> <p><img src="http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/extensions/skins/Donate/images/banners/Banner_468x60_0001_B.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Thank you, Jianshuo, for this nice reminder.<br><br>I probably use Wikipedia every day, and I have never given then a cent. Now that you mention it, it&#x27;s pretty selfish of me. I will send them a small Christmas gift.<br><br>I hope you have a nice holiday season with your family.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce Lau · 2009-12-19 00:48</div></div> <div class="comment">I donated $25 a year back. I definitely think we should donate as you rightly pointed out. We use it so much.<br><br>Happy holidays to you and your family.<div class="comment-meta">— Sekhar · 2009-12-19 12:13</div></div> <div class="comment">I wiki everyday, it makes me look wiser. However I was fired by Microsoft 2 weeks ago and is running in saving mode... Figured I&#x27;m gonna donate when I get my next job.<div class="comment-meta">— Felix Wang · 2009-12-19 20:53</div></div> </details>No Domains for Individuals in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091215_no_domains_for_individuals_in_china.htmTue, 15 Dec 2009 22:58:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091215_no_domains_for_individuals_in_china.htm<p>In the recent years, regulations come out like jokes. Everyday there are some national level regulations coming out to shock everyone - just like the jokes does, but not that fun.</p> <p>From 9:00 December 14, 2009, no individuals in China can register a domain name in China. The interesting thing is, it is just a regulation for the Chinese domain registars. Anyone can easily register a domain via Internet from foreign providers like GoDaddy.com.</p>I am not Computer Science Majorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091213_i_am_not_computer_science_major.htmSun, 13 Dec 2009 23:18:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091213_i_am_not_computer_science_major.htm<p>When I have to write algorithms related code, I feel the limitation of my knowledge. From time to time, I need to turn to Wendy for help. She does not like to code as I do, but she completed 6 years of under-graduate and graduate study in Computer Science from Jiaotong University. I didn&rsquo;t. My major was Automation, not pure computer science.</p> <p>I have been puzzled by this for three days. Is there any chance that my readers can help me to solve this puzzle?</p>Yifan and Questionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091210_yifan_and_questions.htmThu, 10 Dec 2009 08:23:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091210_yifan_and_questions.htm<p>In his current age, Yifan loves to ask questions all the time. The typical types of the questions are: &ldquo;What&rdquo; and &ldquo;Why&rdquo;.</p> <p>Sample questions:</p> <p>What is this?</p> <p>What is on this?</p> <p>Why this stone is red?</p> <p>Why this brick is missing?</p> <p>Why there is no gas hole on train?</p> <p>Why are you standing here?</p> <p>Why look at me?</p> <p>Why&hellip;.</p> <p>Obviously, he is trying very hard to form an inner mapping of the external world in his brain. He is exploring curiously, and learning happily.</p>Yifan and Mobile Phonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091210_yifan_and_mobile_phone.htmThu, 10 Dec 2009 08:14:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091210_yifan_and_mobile_phone.htm<p>Yifan found mobile phone easier to use than pen, computer, and chopsticks.</p> <p>His morning routine is to grab my mobile phone and started to input numbers. His favorite is 8. He enters 16 eights (the length limit) and asks me to help him clean it up. Later, when he learned to use the clear key to clean the numbers, he loves the mobile phone better.</p> <p>His mom recorded a nice folk song <em>Jasmine</em> by herself on her mobile phone. At night, Yifan loves to have the mobile phone, and play the song of his mom. Wendy and I cannot keep from laughing when we hear him play the song again - a big relief to Wendy. Thanks for the new technology. I asked Wendy: &ldquo;Do you think he can fall asleep with the mobile phone&rdquo;. Wendy said &ldquo;no.&rdquo; She is right. After Yifan is tired of the high-tech equipment, he still reaches out to the low-tech mom to sing for him, so he can feel safely fall asleep.</p>Early Wake Uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091210_early_wake_up.htmThu, 10 Dec 2009 07:59:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091210_early_wake_up.htm<p>Following up yesterday&rsquo;s post about common sense &ldquo;Go to bed early, and wake up early make you a health man&rdquo;, I went to bed at 10:00 AM and wake up at 7:00 AM. Spent about an hour to write some sample code (so good to use less lines of code to archive more). Then I did some planning work for the next few weeks. Yes. It seems right and nice to have the future life in control.</p>I Would Have Written Less if I Had More Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091209_i_would_have_written_less_if_i_had_more_time.htmWed, 09 Dec 2009 21:34:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091209_i_would_have_written_less_if_i_had_more_time.htm<p>Paul <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091206_less_is_more_in_coding.htm#1250">told me</a> that Mark Twain once said &ldquo;I would have written less if I had more time&rdquo;. What a great idea - echos what I believed in the programming space: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091206_less_is_more_in_coding.htm">Less is More in Coding</a>.</p> <p>Common principles are very common looking. Like the old saying to tell people to &ldquo;Be good&rdquo;! Commonly looking, and you don&rsquo;t even noticed that people said that. The good idea is to follow the common principle, since it is more likely to reflect the truth.</p>Weekly Routine as Big Stonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091209_weekly_routine_as_big_stone.htmWed, 09 Dec 2009 21:08:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091209_weekly_routine_as_big_stone.htm<p>One concept of 7 habits in Habit 3: Put First Things First is to put the big stones in life into our daily life first, before thinking about other smaller stuff. What I learned from Leo of <a href="http://zenhabits.net">Zen Habits</a> was, to give every day of the week a name, and you focus on that on that day. Leo has 7 days in a week (I do too), and he assigned names like day of health, the day of productivity to each day, and he writes a blog on that topic on that day. This is actually a powerful idea. If you follow it, after few months, you will find yourself writing pretty balanced topics across all the categories, not just few of them.</p>Metro Line #7 Opens (with Pictures)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_metro_line_7_opens_with_pictures.htmSun, 06 Dec 2009 22:22:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_metro_line_7_opens_with_pictures.htm<p>Metro Line #7 finally opens yesterday on December 5, 2009, at 9:00 AM. I took this afternoon taking the Metro Line #7 and took some photos.</p> <p><strong>Overview of the Metro Line #7</strong></p> <p>Shanghai Metro Line #7 is an orange line - the color of this line. It goes from Meilanhu on the northwest of the city to Huamu Road on the southeast. The completed line #7 will have 33 stations, but currently, only the stations between (including) Shanghai University and Huamu Road are open.</p>Less is More in Codinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_less_is_more_in_coding.htmSun, 06 Dec 2009 17:00:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_less_is_more_in_coding.htm<p>There is a saying within eBay that the lines of codes of eBay is more than Windows and Linux combined. Well&hellip; It is not a compliment from where I stand. The less the code is, the more powerful it can be.</p> <p>With OOP (Object Oriented Programing), and the right level of abstraction, code can be very simple, very concise, easy to read, but remain more flexible and powerful. I spent the last few weeks rewriting some code with one principle in mind - just to push the limit to have less code. I have successfully turned a 2000 lines code into 250 lines, and another few thousands into 250 lines. I just feel 250 lines of code is a magic number to accomplish a lot. My goal of writing PHP code is, put less than 7 lines (ideally 3 lines or 1 line) into a function, and as less function as possible, while still maintain a very high level of flexibility and functionality. I believe one day I will share some sample codes.</p>Retaliating and Forgivinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_retaliating_and_forgiving.htmSun, 06 Dec 2009 10:55:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_retaliating_and_forgiving.htm<p>It seems this Sunday morning is a perfect time to do something mental work (Yifan and Grandpa are in the park, and Wendy is in university studying). I want to continue to think about the topic of retaliating and forgiving as I first mentioned in this article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091206_the_reason_to_be_friendly_-_part_ii.htm">The Reason to be Friendly - Part II</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061028_i_am_not_a_big_fan_of_hate.htm">I am not a big fan of hate</a> - I am always so. It seems more natural for me to forgive, but not so easy to retaliate. (Strange person, isn&rsquo;t it?) But the game theory and the X, Y game I played the other day is a time changer, and I started to see the need for retaliating (or a better way to put it, the need for balancing retaliating and forgiving).</p>More Thoughts on Win-Win Strategyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_more_thoughts_on_win-win_strategy.htmSun, 06 Dec 2009 10:30:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_more_thoughts_on_win-win_strategy.htm<p>Continuing the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091205_the_reason_to_be_friendly.htm">discussion about Prisoner&rsquo;s Dilemma</a>, which leads to the win-win strategy of the 7 Habits course, I think further about the win-win. Basically, it is another application of the Game Theory.</p> <p>In a zero-sum situation, it is pretty hard to find a win-win. The best is a compromise, since the resource is limited and fixed. The more you get is the more the other party loose.</p> <p>The non-zero-sum game is more often in our life, but this fact is very easily ignore. Basically, it is about the total of someone&rsquo;s gain, and others&rsquo; lose is not zero. It can easily become negative total or positive total. The best example for this is a couple: one won&rsquo;t be happier if the other party is sadder.</p>The Reason to be Friendly - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_the_reason_to_be_friendly_-_part_ii.htmSun, 06 Dec 2009 10:15:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091206_the_reason_to_be_friendly_-_part_ii.htm<p>Continuing with the discussion I had yesterday, the key to the Prisoner&rsquo;s Dilemma is the round of the game.</p> <p>If there is only one round, it is obvious that everyone should simply choose X - since although you loose $1, it is better than being the only Y loosing $3.</p> <p>If there is 10 round, except the last round, for the other 9 rounds, cooperate and having Y seems a good idea. Although by theory, there is no difference, but most people only think one step future (like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius.htm">this game</a>).</p>The Reason to be Friendlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091205_the_reason_to_be_friendly.htmSat, 05 Dec 2009 21:29:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091205_the_reason_to_be_friendly.htm<p>I just finished the training of <a href="http://www.cn.right.com/training/index.php?cat=FC&amp;subcat=1&amp;subsubcat=5">7 habits of highly effective people</a> of Right Management by facilitator Jessica Cao. To be short, it is a wonderful training and better than what I expected. The most impressive game in the training was the XY gambling game. That gives me the true strength about being friendly and doing the right thing, despite of other people&rsquo;s behavior. Let me share the game with you.</p>Yifan Loves to Singhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091203_yifan_loves_to_sing.htmThu, 03 Dec 2009 23:15:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091203_yifan_loves_to_sing.htm<p>Yifan grows up quickly. Recently, he started to find a tune by himself, and created the lyric. He even gives his own first song a name: Ma Ni Ma.</p> <p>That sounds like:</p> <p>Ma ni ma ni ma ni ma ni la,</p> <p>ma ni ma mi ma mi ma&hellip;.</p> <p>Whenever he is in good mood, his little song will fill every corner of the room. Amazing!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">That&#x27;s a very sweet post. I hope, someday, my husband and I will have a child to love, too.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce Lau · 2009-12-03 23:22</div></div> <div class="comment">:-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2009-12-04 01:34</div></div> <div class="comment">：-D，呵呵，真可爱，小逸凡 :)<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2009-12-04 13:48</div></div> </details>Congratulations to Eric and Applehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091129_congratulations_to_eric_and_apple.htmSun, 29 Nov 2009 21:46:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091129_congratulations_to_eric_and_apple.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> and Apple got married today. Just got back from their wedding in Portman Riz-Carlton Hotel. Congratulations!</p> <p>If you are not familiar with the name Eric, MVM may be helpful - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm</a>.</p> <p>Obviously many girls and boys will be sad to see the handsome, and talented Eric, and the smart and decent Apple to both get married.</p>Pedestrian in Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091125_pedestrian_in_hangzhou.htmWed, 25 Nov 2009 21:15:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091125_pedestrian_in_hangzhou.htm<p>Hangzhou is a city full of innovation in public transportation.</p> <p>Look at what they did to traditional pedestrian in Hangzhou!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/11/25/4133653320_431b722caf.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/11/25/4133653156_b229779625.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>They put an arrow on the right side of the pedestrian to indicate the side for people to walk.</p> <p>What do you think?</p> <p>Other innovation includes</p> <ul> <li> <p>LED display board to show how far the next bus is from the bus stop.</p> </li> <li> <p>Dynamic car lanes that changes according to traffic</p>Coins or Paper Moneyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091123_coins_or_paper_money.htmMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:48:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091123_coins_or_paper_money.htm<p>We talked about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091105_day_2_of_ylf_2009.htm">network effects of a real society</a> many days ago. Hopefully, that explains why Chinese don&rsquo;t use voice mail, calendar, or classified. We talked about it in YLF 2009 conference, and there are people who don&rsquo;t agree with what I said.</p> <p>Then I have another great example. When I was in Chengdu, no one uses coins. They always use the paper money of 1 RMB. Everyone hates coins. Why? Not for a rational reason. It is just because when you have a 1 RMB coin, you cannot spend it. People won&rsquo;t accept it, and they ask you to change it to 1 RMB paper money. Just because you cannot spend it, you don&rsquo;t accept it, and because you don&rsquo;t accept it, others cannot spend it. The stronger the current feedback loop is, the harder it is to break.</p>Did you Observe the Decline of Blogging?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091120_did_you_observe_the_decline_of_blogging.htmFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091120_did_you_observe_the_decline_of_blogging.htm<p>In November, I just feel some changes in the blogsphere. It seems to me that blogging activities are getting declining in the past month. I check my Google Reader few times a day in Oct, and every time I can get many updates, but recently, I check it daily and still didn&rsquo;t get too much update. I didn&rsquo;t change the feed source. It turned out that people blogged less. Did you observe the same decline in blogging?</p>November Turbulancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091119_november_turbulance.htmThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:42:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091119_november_turbulance.htm<p>November 2009 is the month with most turbulance in blogging in the recent year. The frequent travel to Xiamen, to Chengdu made regular blogging harder than ever, and recenty, I was highly devoted in defactoring some of the code of the production environment. I found out code is really what my passion is at. I love to code any way, especially the design pattern, and defactoring. Hope I will have time to sit down at my computer to get videos, pictures of my trip out of my camera, and camcorder, and upload some of them to this blog. Please be patient for another few days.</p>Back from OOB in Chengduhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091115_back_from_oob_in_chengdu.htmSun, 15 Nov 2009 18:35:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091115_back_from_oob_in_chengdu.htm<p>Sorry that I didn&rsquo;t post it earlier. I was out of blogging to Chengdu with the team in the last few days, and just got back to Shanghai. The continuous trip made blog posting hard, especially in a relaxed, and fun city like Chengdu. We had great fun, and return to hotel after 2:00 AM. I will make up some post to tell you more about Chengdu.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hello,<br><br>Lucky man, Chengdu is definitively my favorite city in China!<br><br>monsieurma<div class="comment-meta">— monsieurma · 2009-11-16 19:43</div></div> <div class="comment">For those who don&#x27;t have a chance to visit Chengdu, explore it here:<br><br>http://www.gochengdoo.com/en/gallery/<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-11-17 10:24</div></div> </details>Xiamen Photohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091112_xiamen_photo_.htmThu, 12 Nov 2009 23:32:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091112_xiamen_photo_.htm<p>Let me put some photo I took during my Xiamen stay here. I do not remember how many times I went to Xiamen - this is the second time I visit Xiamen this year.</p> <p>2009 - Young Leaders&rsquo; Forum 2009</p> <p>2009 - Baixing company outing</p> <p>2008 - 3rd China Webmasters&rsquo; Conference</p> <p>2006 - 2nd China Webmaster&rsquo;s Conference</p> <p>200x - Microsoft Channel Meeting</p> <p>200x - Microsoft Company Outing</p> <p>Gulangyu:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/11/12/4098509154_a6d5e81f32_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Back from Xiamen via Spring Airlineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091111_back_from_xiamen_via_spring_airlines.htmWed, 11 Nov 2009 22:13:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091111_back_from_xiamen_via_spring_airlines.htm<p>I wrote about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060719_chinas_low-cost_spring_airlines.htm">Spring Airlines</a> three years ago. At that time, the low cost airline just celebrated its first anniversary. Now, it not only broke even, but also made decent profit, and grew very fast. I am a Spring Airlines fan. Let me tell you why.</p> <p><strong>I Always Fly China Spring</strong></p> <p>Recently, I really enjoyed flying with China Spring. Wendy, me and Yifan fly back to Zhengzhou via Spring Airlines, and fly to Xiamen and back via Spring. The 99 RMB flight ticket is very attractive. But there are more than that. As a business person, I appreciate what Spring Airlines did.</p>Concluding my YLF Trip in Xiamenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091110_concluding_my_ylf_trip_in_xiamen.htmTue, 10 Nov 2009 21:45:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091110_concluding_my_ylf_trip_in_xiamen.htm<p>I am currently in a small hotel called <a href="http://uuiinn.com/">Yoyou Inn</a> (<a href="http://uuiinn.com/show.php">photos</a>) on Gulangyu. We have finished the 3 day of YLF 2009 Forum in Xiamen, and the three day extension trip, and got back from Zhangzhou, Quanzhou to Xiamen.</p> <p>In the later 3 days, I was always on the road roaming from one city to another. Not just our American counterpart, I, myself, hasn&rsquo;t been to other part of Fujian other than Xiamen an Fuzhou. Although I tried my best to avoid saying &ldquo;China is blah-blah-blah&rdquo; on this blog, I still make the mistake to pretend I know what China is on this blog. Obviously, the part I saw with our American YLFers is not exactly the China in my mind.</p>Day 2 of YLF 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091105_day_2_of_ylf_2009.htmThu, 05 Nov 2009 23:08:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091105_day_2_of_ylf_2009.htm<p>During the discussion at night, we started to talk about voice mail - why there is no voice mail in China. I happened to write a Chinese blog about it more than one month ago: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090920_eccc.htm">The Network Effect of Technology Application</a>. In that blog, I argued that Chinese don&rsquo;t use voice mail because of lack of network effect. Voice mail is only useful when more people (at least more than half) will actually check their voice mail if you do leave one, or people will often check their voice mail only when you get at least one voice mail once every year! (I setup an answer machine with Wendy&rsquo;s and my greeting at home, only to receive one valid voice mail during the first half year before I gave it up). The reason there is no network effect (no other people using that technology) is because voice mail emerges far ahead of mobile phone, and people in China just frog leap from no phone to mobile phone. The same situation happened to Video Recorder in VHS format - the tapes of video. Chinese directly entered VCD era - the first home video system in most Chinese families are VCD. The same for fax machine, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071115_why_classified_is_not_popular_in_china_yet.htm">newspaper classified</a>. Oh. I remember I also wrote about it in an English blog: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090428_why_people_dont_use_voice_mail_in_china.htm">Why People don&rsquo;t Use Voice Mail in China</a> and later, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090823_whole_society_is_the_biggest_network_effect.htm">Whole Society is the Biggest Network Effect</a>.</p>Day 1 of YLF 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091105_day_1_of_ylf_2009.htmThu, 05 Nov 2009 13:20:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091105_day_1_of_ylf_2009.htm<p>Day 1 of YLF 2009. Just finished the morning sessions, and the afternoon will happen in Gulang Yu (the tomorrow&rsquo;s afternoon session will be in Nan Putuo Temple). The morning session was wonderful - the success and failures. My notes about the topic is, it is all about dimension, and the diversity of the standard, and acceptance for the failure. Will write about it later when we are back from the afternoon and night session.</p>Luggage (Me) is Still in Hongqiaohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091104_luggage_me_is_still_in_hongqiao.htmWed, 04 Nov 2009 17:37:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091104_luggage_me_is_still_in_hongqiao.htm<p>My Spring Airlines 9C8807 to Xiamen is further delayed to 18:20. I am still at Hongqiao Airport waiting to get on board at a restaurant. Yesterday, I just read Feld&rsquo;s suggestion: <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/11/pretending-you-are-luggage.html">Pretending You are Luggage</a> when you are traveling by air. I agree. Luggage never complain and is never in a hurry. The reception at the outdoor grassland of YLF will start soon, and this big luggage is still in Shanghai. Hmm&hellip;. Don&rsquo;t complain. Drink some water, and continue to pretend I am a luggage.</p>Flying to Xiamen for YLF 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091103_flying_to_xiamen_for_ylf_2009.htmTue, 03 Nov 2009 18:22:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091103_flying_to_xiamen_for_ylf_2009.htm<p>I am flying to Xiamen tomorrow to attend the YLF 2009 (Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum). Very excited and cannot wait to see the great people there.</p> <p>I will be in Xiamen from November 4 to November 11 with the main session from November 5 to November 7, and the extension trip from November 8 to November 10.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Looking forward to your update on YLF 2009. Eager to know whom the &quot;great people&quot; you are to meet there, and what you are to discuss on.<br><br>I had an interesting dream last night: I was sitting in the last row on a bus, and the guy sitting beside me was - Kaifu Lee - one of a few persons I admire so much! Is he attending this forum too? Are you seeing him there?<br><br>I know he is your good friend. It&#x27;s really odd for me that you didn&#x27;t mention him in your blog in the past several months, during which so many things happened to him. I had thought you would start even another series for him and his new adventure. Anyway, I know your rule. Your blog. You deside what to talk.<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-11-04 22:34</div></div> </details>Milk Tea Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091101_milk_tea_business.htmSun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091101_milk_tea_business.htm<p>It has been few days after Wendy <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091029_wendy_opened_a_milk_tea_shop.htm">opened her milk tea shop</a>. Let me share some of my thoughts for this small business.</p> <p><strong>My Position</strong></p> <p>I support Wendy with all my heart, but I intentionally keep a far distance from the business. There are several reasons. First, it is Wendy&rsquo;s business, not mine (well, although legally speaking, I am also an owner). I know it is her dream to own a shop, and I let her do it without interference. Second, to run a shop requires a lot of time and energy, and I have my business to take care of. Sometimes, to put a firm line and won&rsquo;t over commit is a must in today&rsquo;s world. It is more of a joyful journey than a serious business anyway. I want to be a helper and observer, more than a participants. If I retire one day, I may be very happy to join in, and deliver milk tea to customers. That would be very interesting (more interesting than sitting in an office).</p>Closer Look of the Moonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091029_closer_look_of_the_moon.htmThu, 29 Oct 2009 23:34:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091029_closer_look_of_the_moon.htm<p>Now we are closer with many things with the help of technology. The moon is not that far away from me with the help of my new Sony HDR-CX500E. Look at the photo below. I took it myself.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/29/4055846886_87c7fd42fc.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/29/4055846836_fa72e5d1bf.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Your new toy is not bad. Can see the Crater Baily clearly from the photos - the largest one near south pole.<br><br>I still remember the excitement when I saw lunar craters for the first time through an astronomy telescope in my junior high school. I was fascinated by the magnificence and mystery of the universe during those a few years, and dreamed I could work in an observatory after growing up. Dream is dream after all. All those astronomy knowledge in my brain is fading away, and fewer &amp; fewer stars can be seen in the city nowadays due to air pollution. Children living in the cities can hardly understand why the galaxy is also called Milky Way. I once had a chance to spend a few nights on a peak of Tianzhu Mountain in Anhui (altitude about 1500m). I&#x27;ll never forget that splendid scene, a twinkling &quot;river&quot; running across the dark black sky. At first I thought it was a cloud, until later I realized it consisted of unnumbered dim stars. Do bring your camera and take some starry night photos if you are to stay in mountains one day.<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-10-31 00:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Ooooo. That&#x27;s pretty amazing.<div class="comment-meta">— Molly · 2009-10-31 01:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow. I can never do that with my camera!<div class="comment-meta">— Yee Shian · 2009-11-04 01:13</div></div> <div class="comment">JSW: great pics! does your Cam come with an attached telescope?<div class="comment-meta">— JT · 2009-11-04 11:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi! Jianshuo, I&#x27;ve got the same question with JT. The moon in your photo is like that one I observe through the telescope. It&#x27;s not like the moon we see with the naked eye. By the way, how are you in Xiamen?<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2009-11-04 14:38</div></div> <div class="comment">I think that&#x27;s just the &quot;zoom in&quot; function of the cam.<br><br>Usually you need to use a tripod when you shoot a dim object while zooming in. Otherwise you can&#x27;t hold the cam steadily and the photo would be vague, coz the zoomer also magnifies vibration of your hands. Another solution is to adjust the ISO setting of the cam to a very high value, so you will only need a very short exposure time, during which little vibration could happen. But not every cheap cam can do this. I don&#x27;t know if Jianshuo had used any of these tricks. If not, he may have the potential to become a good sniper.<br><br>I do have a question too: why the 2nd photo is yellowish. Did Jianshuo change the &quot;white balance&quot; setting?<div class="comment-meta">— adam · 2009-11-04 18:54</div></div> <div class="comment">The answer is simple - it is just the zoom in feature with no add-on. The camera comes with 12X optical zooming, and 150X digital zooming.<br><br>What impressed me a lot was the 3D Stabilizer. Even with 150X digital zooming, the image is still very stable. You can even use the camera to shoot the moon on the moving car without too much problem.<br><br>The stabilizer is just like the lens floating in oil. You shave it heavily but it makes the move very soft and smooth.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-11-04 23:16</div></div> <div class="comment">To answer the other question about the yellowish moon - it is because I changed the exposure (not white balance) to show more details of the Moon.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-11-04 23:17</div></div> </details>Wendy Opened a Milk Tea Shophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091029_wendy_opened_a_milk_tea_shop.htmThu, 29 Oct 2009 23:12:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091029_wendy_opened_a_milk_tea_shop.htm<p>I know this may be very surprising news for most of my friend, but it is not a joke. Wendy (if you don&rsquo;t know her yet, she is my sweet wife) opened a Ding Tea (a Taiwan brand) milk tea shop at People&rsquo;s Square in Shanghai. The grand opening is today (well, not an extremely grand opening, but a warm, crowded, and nice opening).</p> <p><strong>The Location</strong></p> <p>Here is the location of the shop:</p>My Identity in Communityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091028_my_identity_in_community.htmWed, 28 Oct 2009 00:30:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091028_my_identity_in_community.htm<p>I am participating in the Baixing community heavily, but not using my own identity - the CEO of the company. I am trying to build the community feeling from a normal community member. I am struggling in my thoughts whether I should use an ID like jianshuo in community, and let people know that I am the person (CEO) of the site, and the person to contact if they find anything wrong.</p>Failed to Bid for Shanghai Platehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091027_failed_to_bid_for_shanghai_plate.htmTue, 27 Oct 2009 00:59:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091027_failed_to_bid_for_shanghai_plate.htm<p>My regular readers (I mean from 5 years to 6 years ago) know my struggle to get a Shanghai car plate.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090919_a_car_plate_27200_rmb_in_sept_2009.htm">A Car Plate = 27200 RMB in Sept 2009</a> <em>September 19, 2009</em></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080120_shanghai_car_plate_is_not_investment.htm">Shanghai Car Plate is NOT Investment</a> <em>January 20, 2008</em></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071029_seat-belt_oh_no_thanks.htm">Seat-Belt? Oh. No. Thanks!</a> <em>October 29, 2007</em></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070819_congrats_victor_for_getting_car_plate_-_at_46500.htm">Congrats Victor for Getting Car Plate - at 46500</a> <em>August 19, 2007</em></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070806_shanghai_car_plates_is_investment.htm">Shanghai Car Plates IS Investment</a> <em>August 6, 2007</em></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070724_controversy_car_plates.htm">Controversy Car Plates</a> <em>July 24, 2007</em></li> </ul> <p>Finally, I decided to join the tens of thousands of people to bid for a Shanghai plate. Unlike many others though, we are not very eager to get one. Our attitude is just to join the bidding, and if the price is OK, we get it. If now, we give it up.</p>I am Back from Eye Vacationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091027_i_am_back_from_eye_vacation.htmTue, 27 Oct 2009 00:23:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091027_i_am_back_from_eye_vacation.htm<p>I did keep my promise not to use computer during the last two days. My eyes are much better today since my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091024_oob_for_three_days.htm">OOB</a> (Out of Blogging) for Eye Vacation. Need some time to catch up the conversation here. Give me some time. :-)</p>OOB for Three Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091024_oob_for_three_days.htmSat, 24 Oct 2009 01:26:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091024_oob_for_three_days.htm<p>I feel I over used my eyes in the previemts days.</p> <p>Need to give my eyes some rest.</p> <p>I promised Wendy and myself not to touch my computer this weekend.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wish I could do the same. Unfortunately, I can&#x27;t do my job without computers. Yes, there also has to be two of them. Nowadays, I wouldn&#x27;t know how to live without computers. Enjoy your computer-free days.<div class="comment-meta">— Molly · 2009-10-24 01:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, this reminds me of a interesting group in douban. It is &quot;你为什么不关掉电脑去做爱...&quot;，but when you click in，it actually is &quot;你为什么不关掉电脑去做爱做的事&quot;. (The Group name is too long to be completely displayed) There are a lot of people doing the same thing: Swearing they wouldn&#x27;t touch the computer for ...<br><br>And when I was in college, most of us sit in front of computer in spare time. It was really boring, but we didn&#x27;t know better way to kill the time. But when sometimes the Electricity was cut off for regular inspect, things were different: We played cards, sitted around chatting, and a buddy next-door played guitar in the dark...<br><br>the good old days.<div class="comment-meta">— Sonic · 2009-10-26 10:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Try the Bates Method for your eyes.<div class="comment-meta">— Cheng · 2009-10-27 01:37</div></div> </details>Phone Works Better than Emailhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091022_phone_works_better_than_email.htmThu, 22 Oct 2009 23:28:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091022_phone_works_better_than_email.htm<p>How silly it is. I finally decided to recover my oldest ebay account with ID jianshuo.</p> <p>That was an account created 7 years ago, and suspended 5 years ago. I submitted the online request. As expected, nothing happened - no reply - after few weeks.</p> <p>Then I gave them a call: +1866-643-2959. It worked very well. They promised to send the activation email to my new email address.</p> <p>Phone works better than email, always for large companies.</p>French Concession and Shanghai's Historyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091020_french_concession_and_shanghais_history.htmTue, 20 Oct 2009 22:51:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091020_french_concession_and_shanghais_history.htm<p>Just when I opened a new entry before me and wondered what to write to day, Stephen left a comment, which can be a very good topic to start a discussion.</p> <blockquote> <p>I was reading the website of the restaurant where you celebrated your birthday, to my surprise the restaurant features &ldquo;French Concession&rdquo; as a selling point. Since the Shanghai public concession has been abolished since last government, is people today still fond of the past history or they prefer the infrastructures left by the foreigners before the war?</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091018_happy_birthday_to_me-8.htmSun, 18 Oct 2009 21:20:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091018_happy_birthday_to_me-8.htm<p>I am turning 33 today. Another birthday and a sunny Sunday.</p> <p>Had a nice dinner at <a href="http://www.smartshanghai.com/venue/4645/Lapis_Thai_%28Hunan_Lu%29_shanghai">Lapis Thai</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">17 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">HaPpy BiRtHdAy to U!<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2009-10-18 22:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Birthday. It is the same day as my partner&#x27;s, Robin, 罗彬. He will be so happy to know he shares his birthday with you, because I pass on lots of your blog posts about Shanghai. We are eating birthday cake for breakfast and watching a Chinese<br><br>movie and imagining that we are in China. It is raining outside, but our imaginary Chinese world is much sunnier.<div class="comment-meta">— zjemi · 2009-10-18 23:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Every year I think for sure I will send you a &quot;Happy Birthday&quot; message before you post about it...and every year (so far) I have missed doing that. Shame on me!<br><br>I hope you have a wonderful day, feel well-celebrated, and are able to enjoy many many more such celebrations in the years to come!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2009-10-19 02:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Birthday!<div class="comment-meta">— lang · 2009-10-19 08:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy birthday.<br><br>Though one day later :)<div class="comment-meta">— cube316 · 2009-10-19 11:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Live long and prosper.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2009-10-19 12:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy birthday:)<div class="comment-meta">— Ray · 2009-10-19 14:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy birthday! Though a little late. ^^<div class="comment-meta">— Sam · 2009-10-19 18:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy birthday to you!<div class="comment-meta">— Mike · 2009-10-19 22:24</div></div> <div class="comment">ha! happy birthday jianshuo! but i&#x27;m reading it a day late.<div class="comment-meta">— shan · 2009-10-20 06:15</div></div> <div class="comment">:) 生日快乐，建硕，:)<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2009-10-20 19:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-10-20 22:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I was reading the website of the restaurant where you celebrated your birthday, to my surprise the restaurant features &quot;French Concession&quot; as a selling point. Since the Shanghai public concession has been abolished since last government, is people today still fond of the past history or they prefer the infrastructures left by the foreigners before the war?<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2009-10-20 23:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy birthday<div class="comment-meta">— LIDETING · 2009-10-21 19:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!<div class="comment-meta">— Jenny · 2009-10-22 06:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo,<br><br>I wish I knew it was your birthday, as I was seeing you the day before it. Anyway, happy 33rd.<br><br>Best,<br><br>David<div class="comment-meta">— David Lee · 2009-10-22 09:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Birthday!<div class="comment-meta">— dincer80 · 2009-10-29 15:34</div></div> </details>Sony CX500E is Wonderfulhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091017_sony_cx500e_is_wonderful.htmSat, 17 Oct 2009 21:42:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091017_sony_cx500e_is_wonderful.htm<p>After using <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091011_finally_bought_sony_cx500e.htm">Sony CX500E</a> for a while, I have to say, I am extremely satisfied with this camcorder. Just like the Sony P8 camera, this Sony product is perfect, and I always feel I am lucky to choose it. There are several reasons.</p> <ul> <li> <p>The SteadyShot feature is amazing. I can take video when I am walking, even running a little bit, but the final result is just like the camera were mounted to a tripod - very clear.</p>Shanghai View from Shangri-lahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091015_shanghai_view_from_shangri-la.htmThu, 15 Oct 2009 23:52:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091015_shanghai_view_from_shangri-la.htm<p>Shangri-la hotel has a nice view. From its 29th floor, you see the whole Puxi area. Let me share some of the photos I took (using my newly bought Sony CX500E). Please note that there is a green glass between the camera and the outside.</p> <p>Below: the newly built white building on the right hand gives Shanghai the feeling of Hong Kong - there are similar style building in Hong Kong.</p>Safe Travel in China for 1 Year Kidhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091013_safe_travel_in_china_for_1_year_kid.htmTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:35:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091013_safe_travel_in_china_for_1_year_kid.htm<blockquote> <p>Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I am visiting China for 2 weeks in November/December. I noticed your posts on traveling with Children and thought I would ask questions from an expert.</p> <p>We are bringing our 1 year old daughter. We are planning on going to Beijing and (guilin or Hangzhou or Shanghai or Xian or&hellip;), Guangzhou and Hong Kong.</p> <p>Do you have any recommendations of how to arrange kid friendly travel from abroad and how to make sure that things are good for our baby?</p>Recording of Memorieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091012_recording_of_memories.htmMon, 12 Oct 2009 20:46:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091012_recording_of_memories.htm<p>Will life under camera be better than without one? I guess the answer is yes, just like life with blogging.</p> <p>After play with Sony Handycam CX500E for two nights, I said this to Wendy: &ldquo;You know when we should have bought this camera? 1996!&rdquo; That was the year when we just met.</p> <p>Look at this sweet family!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/12/4004929270_ba021d0289.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>P.S. I am trying to recover my account on eBay - that was registered on Nov-13-01 in China - a 8 year account with eBay. It was suspended&hellip;. Hmmm&hellip;.</p>Finally Bought Sony CX500Ehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091011_finally_bought_sony_cx500e.htmSun, 11 Oct 2009 23:28:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091011_finally_bought_sony_cx500e.htm<p>After posting <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090912_a_good_video_camcorder.htm">my intention</a> to buy a camcorder, Wendy and I finally bought one at &ldquo;Buy Now&rdquo; computer market at 7550 RMB. The list price at BestBuy is 8499 RMB - Jia doubted why people want to buy at BestBuy. I believe many people will do it. Wendy and I almost bought it, and later though, if a taxi drive to another place can save you 1000 RMB, who not bother?</p>China Telecom is ADSL Spammerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091011_china_telecom_is_adsl_spammer.htmSun, 11 Oct 2009 14:57:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091011_china_telecom_is_adsl_spammer.htm<p>Look at this screen:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/11/screen-china.telecom.spam.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is the screen users using Shanghai China Telecom ADSL see when they dial up and first visit a website. The ad is so dominate and changes the way the original page is displayed. It appear for few seconds and then disappear.</p> <p>In the wild west Internet, what ever behavior is possible, and allowed.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">22 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">This IS pretty wild. There are companies in US do this if you only reg. your domain with them and want to us their hosting for free. I don&#x27;t think any paid plans nor internet providers are allowed to do this...<br><br>How does it work in China? China Telecom is a internet provider... right? Is there such a thing as hosting company... or you have to use China Telecom as hosting company? Also, I never quite understand why is that the internet providers (China Telecom and others) don&#x27;t offer email accounts when you sign up with their service. Most people I know use mail services like yahoo, hotmail, vip.163 etc.? Can you get email addresses with your own url... xxxx@wangjianshuo.com?<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2009-10-11 17:15</div></div> <div class="comment">I hate this. I hate it. The problem is that if you want broadband in Shanghai, this is kind of what there is. Does anyone have any experience with cable internet?<div class="comment-meta">— ddjiii · 2009-10-11 18:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Firefox pluging against it?<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2009-10-11 20:40</div></div> <div class="comment">i have experienced this a couple of times before, but it always disappear, so it&#x27;s ok~<div class="comment-meta">— yee shian · 2009-10-11 21:13</div></div> <div class="comment">To clarify how this works, China Telecom is injecting ads into pages when you try to access them (via an iframe). This can happen on any site, seemingly at random: so there&#x27;s nothing the website can do, and it happens regardless of the browser being used. Pretty nasty. Normally, refreshing the page gets rid of it.<div class="comment-meta">— Matt · 2009-10-11 21:33</div></div> <div class="comment">@ecodelta, there is nothing we can do on the firefox side. China Telecom, as ISP, can do anything they want. Many ISP do illegal stuff, but since they are backed by the government, there is no way to sue them.<br><br>For example, they can give you web page of Baidu when you type in Google, or change whatever content of a web site on the fly, or more commonly, block sites so you cannot access it.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-10-12 00:23</div></div> <div class="comment">This defect caused by domain hijacking from China Telcomm, you can get issue analysing and solustions after searching the key words &quot;电信 DNS 劫持&quot;.<br><br>http://www.williamlong.info/archives/604.html<br><br>http://www.williamlong.info/archives/605.html<br><br>附:投递者的解决问题步骤:<br><br>1.电话10000,讲解有广告,明确告诉客服,我是投诉&quot;增值业务部门&quot;增加的强行广告;特别要强调是投诉增值业务部门,特别告诉他们不要转到ADSL运营部门去了.<br><br>2.投诉电信PUSH业务.这个业务叫PUSH 强推广告业务,电信增值业务部门正在招标和测试.所以特别要强调,请把我的adsl帐号用测试名单中去掉.特别强调从push 广告业务测试中去掉自己.<br><br>3.多次要求投诉增值业务部门,告知该强行广告是强插到他人网站了.如果客服搪塞说是网站广告,请严厉的告诉电信客服,我自己的网站也被强行插入广告了!<br><br>4.多打几次,我前后打了7次之多,成功排除了我家和公司的强插广告.<br><br>5.每次注意记下客服人员编号.<br><br>6.该PUSH业务本身具有过滤用户功能,且记录了adsl用户的用户名等信息的,可以过滤不对某用户插入广告.我们下一步目标恐怕要是抵制不法厂商推出这种解决方案给电信单位.<div class="comment-meta">— whocare · 2009-10-12 01:15</div></div> <div class="comment">What about using your favorite anti-GFW proxy/vpn/tunnrel strategy. It may also work against such tricks from China Telecom.<br><br>Such a system can be even installed within Chinese internet, within the boundaries of the GFW,<br><br>Comply with Chinese....Ahem.... regulations, maybe even good speed, but tunnel through Telecom&#x27;s dirty tricks.<br><br>Would such strategy work?<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2009-10-12 03:09</div></div> <div class="comment">If it works, maybe an business oriented IT-man can implement it as pay service inside China.<br><br>&quot;Enjoy our legal, pure, unadulterated, honest and crystal clear Internet access. Available for low a monthly fee. Test free for 15 days&quot;<br><br>(Access Restrictions to &quot;Unharmonious&quot; websites still apply. Comply with state regulations ;-)<br><br>I have Even service name proposals<br><br>&quot;Blue Skies Internet access&quot;<br><br>&quot;Clear River Internet access&quot;<br><br>&quot;The green internet access&quot;<br><br>&quot;Harmonious surfing&quot;<br><br>etc<br><br>:-)<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2009-10-12 03:55</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s not a news.<br><br>China Telecom did this several years before, in ShenZhen.<br><br>You can find some blogs about it, for example:<br><br>http://www.williamlong.info/archives/335.html<br><br>So, we all knows that China Telecom is a gangster, for many years.<div class="comment-meta">— skymountain · 2009-10-12 10:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Hate this too, very intrusive ads are everywhere on most Chinese commercial websites/software, thats why I refuse to use &quot;Storm&quot; media player (although apparently it plays every media filetype that exists) or YouTube wannabe sites like Youku (glad YouTube isn&#x27;t blocked where I am).<div class="comment-meta">— one · 2009-10-12 17:56</div></div> <div class="comment">no ads on dongfangyouxian - tv cabel internet :D internet speed is slow tho its like when you play cs and connect shanghai server ping is around 60 or so<div class="comment-meta">— Max · 2009-10-13 23:13</div></div> <div class="comment">@ecodelta:<br><br>&quot;What about using your favorite anti-GFW proxy/vpn/tunnrel strategy. It may also work against such tricks from China Telecom. ... If it works, maybe an business oriented IT-man can implement it as pay service inside China.&quot;<br><br>Someone is already doing this business.<br><br>See this: http://www.expressvpn.com<br><br>US$12.95 per month - not cheap! They should appreciate GFW if they can really earn big money on this.<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-10-15 15:11</div></div> <div class="comment">@Adam<br><br>I was thinking of a service inside China. Within the boundaries of the GFW. Not really for censorship circumventing, but to get rid of local internet providers dirty tricks.<br><br>Some of the advantages would be to comply still with CH internet &#x27;regulations&#x27; (from the local &#x27;law&#x27; point of view it should be safe) greater speed and probably cheaper price.<br><br>Still heavy weights like China telecom &amp; others, through the pull they have with gov officials, could make life not easy for such a provider, but it may introduce a competitive element in the market that could at least help to reduce the annoyance of their dirty tricks.<br><br>On the other hand. I think that one of the obstacles to bring down internet censorship in China , besides socio-political reasons, is what to do with all the infrastructure, departments and people working for the GFW, specially in this time of crisis.<br><br>Something that could help is to offer it internationally as a service. Internet access for schools/children, companies (some IP issues here) and public organizations that want to prevent access to problematic webpages to its users/workers: download sites, p&amp;o&amp;r&amp;n material, phishing web sites and prevent intrusions software.<br><br>The GFW department surely have the infrastructure, experience and personnel....<br><br>The GFW(tm) as cloud service ;-)<br><br>Of course, one of the business areas would also be to offer censorship services to other authoritarian (and maybe not so authoritarian...watch late UK and France regulations) regimes across the world.<br><br>There is already a proxy service that provides the full GFW experience from outside China. If anyone just want to live the experience of surfing through an &#x27;Harmonized&#x27; internet, just go there. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2009-10-15 16:12</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know how feasible this is, but it&#x27;d be interesting if &quot;satellite broadband&quot; technology (similar to satellite phones) could be used to get around the censorship in China. Seems to me that minimal infrastructure is required (so the government cannot easily block things) that you&#x27;d only need a satelite dish or something like that. The difficult part is how you can market this and I think private satellite dishes are still illegal?<div class="comment-meta">— one · 2009-10-15 18:17</div></div> <div class="comment">@ ecodelta<br><br>There are already some other ISP&#x27;s in China, such as Netcom, Chinatietong, and some cable tv. I&#x27;m not optimistic about their future, as China Telecom is such a heavy weight. I think &quot;Free from dirty tricks&quot; can&#x27;t be an attractive selling point for those competitors. Dirty tricks like spammer - most Telecom consumers would just tolerate it rather than bothering to transfer to another ISP (I heard those competitors usually perform poorer than Telecom on technology aspect.) Dirty tricks like blocking unharmonious webpages - none competitor can survive this if only it&#x27;s in China. I guess low price could be their only strategy.<br><br>You are so kind-hearted, worrying about future of GFW. Get reassured. GFW belongs to the public security department. We have millions of laid off workers, but none laid off policeman. Infrastructure? That&#x27;s just a few coins comparing with huge amount the officials have consumed on their feasts &amp; travels. And most importantly, I don&#x27;t see any possibility to abort the GFW in foreseeable future. On the contrary, I think they are investing more men &amp; money on this project, to cope with netizens which is growing on not only quantity, but also proxy skills.<br><br>Something off the topic, but I think interesting:<br><br>I recalled a news I read many years ago, saying someone is developing a new technology, which provides extremely broad band internet service through public electricity facilities. That means people can plug their computer wire onto the electricity receptacle then start surfing. No need for special internet infrastructure. What a great invention! I was just starting to use the dial-up narrowband service at that time, and wish this technology get popularized asap. But it&#x27;s like a pebble thrown into the sea. Now I realized it&#x27;s such a natural outcome. How can we expect the Telecom (or counterparts of other countries) to send some engineers to help developing that new project? We should just pray they don&#x27;t send an assassinator. And maybe there is already a technology that can turn seawater into petroleum, but it&#x27;s lying in a safe in the headquarters of ChinaPetro or OPEC.<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-10-15 18:43</div></div> <div class="comment">@one, I am not optimistic about &quot;satellite broadband&quot;. Even things like prostitution - something that not any other equipment is needed (no ADSL, no receiver), just a man (with money), and a woman (with body). If the government wants, they can crack it down.<br><br>The issues is not the technology requirements, it is legal framework. The current system already effectively ban people to say the two number ending with 4 and starting with 6, why they cannot ban anything physical?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-10-15 18:47</div></div> <div class="comment">@ one<br><br>satellite broadband - Interesting idea! But:<br><br>1. Price must be as high as satellite flies.<br><br>2. My sister used to have a satellite dish (for TV), but was confiscated later. It&#x27;s illegal.<br><br>3. Watch out for assassinator. (See my above post)<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-10-15 18:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Obviously the government just want to monopolise everything as far as possible. They put anti-competition laws in place a few years ago and use them as circumstances suit (to protect state monopolies and the so-called &quot;ethnic brands&quot;), just look at how they blocked Coca Cola from buying Huiyuan Juice few months ago.<br><br>It&#x27;d be naive to believe these laws were introduced to ensure fair competition as I can&#x27;t see any attempt to break state-monopolies like those huge oil companies and banks that are the biggest on earth thanks to the state-subsidised monopolising power. Prices just go out of control and services remain bad.<br><br>A friend of mine just came and visit me in London and she bought like 10 boxes of milk powder, which cost about ~70RMB each (900g), for her aunt&#x27;s new baby in China. She was telling me that milk powder like that cost like ~160RMB each (and it&#x27;s a Chinese brand, not anything imported) in her hometown. I think it&#x27;d be crazy if what she told me is true, the average income in her hometown might be a tenth of that in London but basic neccessities like baby milk powder costs twice as much as in London !<br><br>So in China, the rich gets richer and the poor will just burn in hell forever. Everyone just use every possible means to get rich and become previleged and make sure themselves are not the ones who burn in hell.<br><br>Let&#x27;s just hope the right technology will be available soon enough so that people can get out of all this advertising, censoring bullshit and start relying on offshore satellite broadband providers with just a small receiver that you can easily hide at home.<div class="comment-meta">— one · 2009-10-15 20:19</div></div> <div class="comment">@adam<br><br>&quot;You are so kind-hearted, worrying about future of GFW.&quot;<br><br>Yes, I am kind hearted ;-)<br><br>&quot;We have millions of laid off workers, but none laid off policeman&quot;<br><br>Maybe that is a secure job in authoritarian states, specially in time or crisis. That is something that job seekers and new graduates should consider when approaching the job market in CH.<br><br>&quot; I don&#x27;t see any possibility to abort the GFW in foreseeable future.&quot;<br><br>So it seems to be. China is even becoming more and more isolated from the rest of the world. Twitter out, Facebook out, YouTube out, to name a few; and others get ON/OFF restrictions<br><br>Not a good thing. They may hope the CH market if big enough so no need of external competitors. Not a good strategy. Isolation is dangerous, others can race technologically ahead before you notice what is really going on.<br><br>Some never learn the lessons of history.<br><br>&quot;On the contrary, I think they are investing more men &amp; money on this project, to cope with netizens which is growing on not only quantity, but also proxy skills.&quot;<br><br>Yes, that seems to be the case. Some glitches detected several months ago seem to be because a &quot;software upgrade&quot; in the system.<br><br>&quot; which provides extremely broad band internet service through public electricity facilities.&quot;<br><br>I also followed that development. The problem is that the layout and devices along the electric network is far from standard, some of the installed equipment along the line may interfere with the signal.<br><br>Although possible from a physics point of view it would require a significant investment to iron out all problems<br><br>&quot;can turn seawater into petroleum,&quot;<br><br>You can get Hydrogen from water. You get energy and possible source to manufacture hydrocarbons, but only feasible when nuclear fusion reactors become a reality.<br><br>Let see what the guys at ITER (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER) can achieve this time ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2009-10-16 02:24</div></div> <div class="comment">@ one<br><br>I just came across this:<br><br>http://www.ts2.pl/en/Internet-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan<br><br>To my surprise, there really is &quot;satellite broadband&quot;. Although not in China, this technology has already come into commercial operation!<br><br>Seems I&#x27;d better update my ken more frequently. New techs develop faster than I expected.<div class="comment-meta">— Adam · 2009-10-19 18:39</div></div> <div class="comment">i am really glad I&#x27;ve found this information. Nowadays bloggers publish just about gossips and net and this is really annoying. A good blog with interesting content, that is what I need. Thank you for keeping this web-site, I will be visiting it. visit this site<div class="comment-meta">— internet service provider · 2012-05-16 15:51</div></div> </details>Is there Monthly Ticket for Expo?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091011_is_there_monthly_ticket_for_expo.htmSun, 11 Oct 2009 10:34:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091011_is_there_monthly_ticket_for_expo.htm<p>I want to get a monthly ticket for Expo so I can visit the site any time I want, but only to find out they don&rsquo;t have such ticket type.</p> <p>They offers the following types:</p> <p>Daily Pass</p> <p>3 Day Pass</p> <p>7 Day Pass</p> <p>Night Pass - good after 17:00 everyday, sold on site (90RMB)</p> <p>It seems the 7 day pass is attractive, but 3 day and 7 day pass are not available for sale now. The price for 7 days will be 900 RMB, and 3 days be 400 RMB. Available to public from Jan 1, 2010.</p>Some Social News at Q4, 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091010_some_social_news_at_q4_2009.htmSat, 10 Oct 2009 23:53:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091010_some_social_news_at_q4_2009.htm<p>Every 10th of the first month of the quarter is the date for me to wrap up the last quarter, and really start this quarter.</p> <p>Today is a Saturday, and it is weird to just work for two days and there is a weekend tomorrow. Expecting to meet old friends tomorrow.</p> <p>At bed room, we changed the direction of bed by 90 degree. Yifan was so naughty to fall from the bed to the ground - wasn&rsquo;t hurt, and it is not a big deal, but we were scared again, and put the longer edge of the bed along with the wall.</p>100 Century Ave on Top of SWFChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_100_century_ave_on_top_of_swfc.htmFri, 09 Oct 2009 21:34:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_100_century_ave_on_top_of_swfc.htm<p>This is the photo of the 100 Century Ave on the 91th floor of Shanghai World Financial Center. I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20091003_get_to_top_of_swfc_within_100_rmb.htm">wrote about it</a> few days ago. Here are photos.</p> <p>It is a very good place to look at the top of Jinmao Tower.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/09/3995490974_4dcaa87475.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>A little bit northwards. I was surprised that I can actually see the sea, and the Chong Ming Island from the tower.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/09/3994730325_eac0b8738c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is inside the cafe - tall roof, but pretty crowded - limited seats are available.</p>Nice Weather this Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_nice_weather_this_holiday.htmFri, 09 Oct 2009 21:31:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_nice_weather_this_holiday.htm<p>During the national holiday of 2009, I took some photos when we drove along the Nanpu Bridge, and along the Bund.</p> <p>I had never seen so many policeman on the Bund before - every street corner is like this. It seems this was the most dangerous national holiday.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/09/3995488794_2b17a25344.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>As always, the buildings built by capitalists and bankers were decorated with communism and socialism banners:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/09/3995488238_d5662e68fc.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The river front of the Bund area is completed closed. Visitors must be very disappointed to visit the Bund without seeing the Huangpu River.</p>I got my Expo 2010 Tickethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_i_got_my_expo_2010_ticket.htmFri, 09 Oct 2009 19:38:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_i_got_my_expo_2010_ticket.htm<p>I got my ticket for Expo 2010 today.</p> <p>Here is the photo of the face and the back.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/09/3995476806_4ed9742411.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/10/09/3995476806_4ed9742411.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The ticket is good between May 1 to Sept 30, and Oct 8 to Oct 24.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How many people are expected to come for the Expo? I&#x27;m planning to come and see. Should be interesting.<br><br>So for 160 rmb you can go unlimited times during this time period? That&#x27;s not bad.<br><br>I&#x27;m also looking forward to seeing the cleaned up Shanghai. Last year the Bund was very messed up, should be very nice soon.<div class="comment-meta">— Greg · 2009-10-10 13:21</div></div> <div class="comment">@Greg, 160 rmb is for ONE day!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-10-10 13:58</div></div> <div class="comment">haha,<br><br>so early to get ticket .<div class="comment-meta">— luwei · 2009-10-10 18:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Is there an unrestricted entrance pass, do get those if they are available. From past experience one have to go back many many times to be able to enjoy the Expo experence . It really worth the money.<div class="comment-meta">— loretta · 2009-10-11 02:09</div></div> <div class="comment">i am planning to return to shanghai for the shanghai expo nxt year!<div class="comment-meta">— yee shian · 2009-10-11 20:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi: I ´m writing from Argentina. I read tickets for May 1 to May 3 are sold out. Is it true?<br><br>Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— yuri D. · 2009-10-28 21:56</div></div> <div class="comment">HI, I am arriving in SHanghai on APril 27th and staying until may 10th. Will I be able to get an expo ticket for that time?<div class="comment-meta">— Alejandro · 2010-04-03 04:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry Alejandro, I have no idea. My GUESS is, you still can get it at door, but who knows the real situation at that time. At least, they sell night ticket from 7:00 PM. You don&#x27;t need to reserve for that. That is the bottom line.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2010-04-03 19:03</div></div> </details>Surface of Roads in Shanghai Recovershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_surface_of_roads_in_shanghai_recovers.htmFri, 09 Oct 2009 19:26:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091009_surface_of_roads_in_shanghai_recovers.htm<p>For the Shanghai Expo 2010 the next year, Shanghai government has tried everything possible to make the city look better. Although most of the efforts are just once in few decades type of thing, like painting the facade of most buildings, it does have some positive impact to this city.</p> <p>Most of the roads are re-constructed. The tiles on the pedestrian roads are changed, and lift the shoulder of roads - the reason <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090813_broke_the_bone_of_my_foot.htm">my ankle was broken</a> two months ago. Now, many roads enter into a stage to wrap up the mess with nice bitumen.</p>Bye Bye, GeoCities.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091008_bye_bye_geocitiescom.htmThu, 08 Oct 2009 21:54:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091008_bye_bye_geocitiescom.htm<p><a href="http://Geocities.com">Geocities.com</a> is going to close two weeks from today. It is the end of an era. When you know something you were so crazy about, but not important any longer, is going to be shutdown, you know you are old enough. :-)</p> <p>Imagine, what you feel after few years, if you know <a href="http://Google.com">Google.com</a> is going to be shutdown, or more likely <a href="http://Facebook.com">Facebook.com</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com">twitter.com</a>, or other super popular websites today. Geocities.com was the Facebook.com in my university age.</p>End of Long Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091008_end_of_long_holiday.htmThu, 08 Oct 2009 21:24:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091008_end_of_long_holiday.htm<p>This is another long holiday - the end of the 8th free day.</p> <p>Wendy asked me &ldquo;What we did in the last National Holiday?&rdquo; Good question. I had no idea. Checking the blog entry of Oct last year, I realized that last year was just like this year - seven days of free time with no particular activities.</p> <p>This is life - normal life does not leave any mark in memory.</p>Kongming Lamp - Hundreds of Themhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091006_kongming_lamp_-_hundreds_of_them.htmTue, 06 Oct 2009 23:59:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091006_kongming_lamp_-_hundreds_of_them.htm<p>I heard about Kongming Lamp, but never really saw it myself. Kong Ming Lamp, or known as Kong Ming Lantern, or Sky Lantern, is made of thin paper, and heated by a candle, so it flies to the sky with the heated air.</p> <p>The previous few days, when I am at my home, I saw some &ldquo;airplane&rdquo; with only one single red light - very different from the airplane. I thought it was helicopter. When I see more and more of it, I even thought it is a big military action.</p>Installing Windows XP on Dellhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091004_installing_windows_xp_on_dell.htmSun, 04 Oct 2009 21:54:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091004_installing_windows_xp_on_dell.htm<p>I am installing a new copy of Windows XP on my Dell desktop computer (with service tag: JG7PR1X).</p> <p>Regarding installing Windows, it was one of my favorite many years ago. When I just joined Microsoft in 1998 as an intern (Hey! It is Microsoft!). That was years before Windows 2000 was launched, and we were still using Windows 95. One of my daily job was to install Windows. At that time, many cases need environment to reproduce the problem, and we don&rsquo;t have fancy stuff like Virtual PC - we only had ghost, but most of the Windows environment don&rsquo;t have a ghost file. I am very good at installing a Traditional Chinese Office onto a Thai Windows, just to reproduce some weird problems. I may have installed Windows 100+ times in one year.</p>Get to Top of SWFC within 100 RMBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091003_get_to_top_of_swfc_within_100_rmb.htmSat, 03 Oct 2009 19:38:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091003_get_to_top_of_swfc_within_100_rmb.htm<p>Here, I&rsquo;d e to share a secret place with budget visitors. This is really the secret locals know.</p> <p><strong>Top of World Financial Center</strong></p> <p>The <a href="http://swfc-shanghai.com/">Shanghai World Financial Center</a> (SWFC) is now the highest building in Shanghai and China. Standing at 492 meters high, with 101 floors, it attracts huge number of visitors to the top observation deck.</p> <p>It costs 150 RMB per person to get to the top of it. Expensive, but tourists are not as cost sensitive as in their normal lives. Look at the long lines to get to the top!</p>Load All Articles on Category Pagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091003_load_all_articles_on_category_page.htmSat, 03 Oct 2009 11:06:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091003_load_all_articles_on_category_page.htm<p>I added a little function for myself - not necessarily everyone will love it. My last discussion about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090821_full_content_on_home_page_of_my_blog.htm">Full Content on Home Page of my Blog</a> actually turned out to a conclusion that my readers love its current design (or to better put it, hate change). So I will try not to change stuff too much.</p> <p>On the category page, I used to have a list of all the articles in the category, with a link to the original article, and excerpt. It is nice for people to read that article, and the comments(!).</p>Foot Starts to Recoverhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091003_foot_starts_to_recover.htmSat, 03 Oct 2009 09:30:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091003_foot_starts_to_recover.htm<p>The ankle is recovering well. Now I can start to use the right food to walk a little bit in the room. When I am out, I still need to use crutches to go further.</p> <p>Hopefully, after the 8 days of holiday, I will be able to go to office without crutches.</p> <p>The life of being a temp handicapped person almost ends. I feel I have get used to this time, and feel a little bit unease to be completely independent. :-)</p>Useless Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091002_useless_time.htmFri, 02 Oct 2009 19:57:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091002_useless_time.htm<p><a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/zhouguoping">Zhou Guoping</a> is a wise man. Wendy bought a book of him, and I am reading a piece of it. He described the value of &ldquo;useless things&rdquo;, and &ldquo;useless time&rdquo;.</p> <p>A story was about parents playing with kids on the beach. The traditional view is the parents is accompany the kids, but his view is, the kids are guiding the parents to discover happiness - the water, the sand, the grass, and the ants! Children are really good at enjoying themselves for something that is perceived by adult as useless, but it is those stuff that people often enjoy themselves best.</p>Imbalance of Male and Female in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091001_imbalance_of_male_and_female_in_china.htmThu, 01 Oct 2009 19:33:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091001_imbalance_of_male_and_female_in_china.htm<p>Look at this group of interesting data:</p> <p>Year | Male % | Male # | Female #</p> <p>1976 50.92% 20,491,797 10,435,196 10,056,601</p> <p>1977 50.86% 17,931,155 9,119,685 8,811,470</p> <p>1978 50.55% 18,831,591 9,519,345 9,312,246</p> <p>1979 50.45% 18,924,822 9,548,059 9,376,763</p> <p>1980 50.64% 18,393,809 9,315,481 9,078,328</p> <p>1981 51.00% 19,122,938 9,752,137 9,370,801</p> <p>1982 51.02% 23,100,427 11,786,950 11,316,732</p> <p>1983 51.21% 20,065,048 10,275,677 9,789,371</p> <p>1984 51.53% 20,313,426 10,468,201 9,845,225</p> <p>1985 51.88% 20,429,326 10,598,460 9,830,866</p> <p>1986 51.85% 23,190,076 12,023,710 11,166,366</p>Watching the Military Paradehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091001_watching_the_military_parade.htmThu, 01 Oct 2009 10:28:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20091001_watching_the_military_parade.htm<p>9:30 Lay back in my sofa and waiting for the military parade to begin at 10:00.</p> <p>9:35 CCTV is broadcasting the scene of many cities in China in real time - it takes a lot of resources to do it!</p> <p>9:43: The 60 years of history is a big V shape, with the ending point much higher than the starting point. In the 60 year review, no one ever mentioned the &ldquo;missing 20 years&rdquo;. It seems China directly jumped from 1955 to 1977.</p>Parade Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090930_parade_tomorrow.htmWed, 30 Sep 2009 22:57:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090930_parade_tomorrow.htm<p>The 60 Anniversary Parade will be on show tomorrow morning.</p> <p>But, I still don&rsquo;t really understand the need for a military parade.</p> <p>I understand that many people want a celebration, but what is the military function of the parade? Anyone wants to share some idea?</p> <p>I am confused not only by the Parade tomorrow, but also the parade in France, and other countries. It seems there are just small number of countries still doing that.</p>60 Anniversary of ... Motherland?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090930_60_anniversary_of_motherland.htmWed, 30 Sep 2009 15:11:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090930_60_anniversary_of_motherland.htm<p>Tomorrow is the so-called &ldquo;60 anniversary of the motherland&rdquo;. It was called 50 anniversary of the motherland 10 years ago, and people just let it go, but this year, with the popularity of blogs, and social media, more and more people are challenging the idea: Is the motherland of China just 60 years old?</p> <p>I would support to change it to &ldquo;60 anniversary of the regime&rdquo;.</p> <p>In 1 and half hour, the traffic control measures will be implemented in Shanghai. Several roads and buses are blocked. But we are much better than Beijing. Just had a phone call with my friend in Beijing, and they are busy moving out the building. The whole building near the east 4th ring will be shutdown shortly.</p>2009 National Holiday Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090929_2009_national_holiday_schedule.htmTue, 29 Sep 2009 23:04:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090929_2009_national_holiday_schedule.htm<p>In China, it has formed a tradition that every national holiday from now on will be from Oct 1 to Oct 7 - 7 days. This year, since there is a Middle Moon Festival during that period, the holiday is extended to 8 days.</p> <p>So, the quick schedule is: Oct 1 to Oct 8 = holiday.</p> <p>The complicated schedule is about the date before and after it. Since the holiday is just 3 days, and they tried to leverage the 4 weekends before and after the 3 holiday to make it up to 7 days, the national wide schedule is very wired:</p>Village Li - My Primary Schoolhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090928_village_li_-_my_primary_school.htmMon, 28 Sep 2009 22:38:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090928_village_li_-_my_primary_school.htm<p>My school mate Nie Xiangfeng took some <a href="http://niefeng2005.blog.hexun.com/37969622_d.html">photos</a> of the primary school we went to (we are both primary school, and middle school classmates). Very nice picture - obviously it means a lot to me since I have never been back since 15 years ago.</p> <p>Below is the playground and the buildings of the primary school - how come after 20 years, it never changed a little bit?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/09/28/b_2427B58B1B944CC1142548A3AC494F48.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Nie Xiangfeng</p>Photo of Rush Hourshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090926_photo_of_rush_hours.htmSat, 26 Sep 2009 23:32:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090926_photo_of_rush_hours.htm<p>Wendy took a photo of rush hours on Huashan Road. Look at below:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/archives/assets_c/2009/09/552148_209680522-thumb-640x425-69.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/archives/assets_c/2009/09/552148_209682767-thumb-640x425-71.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p>That is the bonus of living in a big city.</p> <p><em><strong>The Founding of a Republic</strong></em></p> <p>Wendy and I went to theater to see the movie <em>The Founding of a Republic</em> - the politically important movie. It is about the beginning of the domestic war and the end between 1945-1949, a movie to celebrate 60 anniversary of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China.</p>Overestimation of Bad Thingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090925_overestimation_of_bad_things.htmFri, 25 Sep 2009 13:06:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090925_overestimation_of_bad_things.htm<p>In my favorite book &ldquo;Stumble Upon Happiness&rdquo;, Gilbert described an experiment seeking for the answer of this question: &ldquo;Whether people are happier to lose one leg, or winning 1 million prize in lottery&rdquo;. The result seems to be obvious, but objective survey of people who lose a leg in car accidents, and people who won lottery after one year show the difference is not that obvious (with people losing a leg just slightly unhappier than the lucky winners). Why is that?</p>Nice Discussion on Politicshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090924_nice_discussion_on_politics.htmThu, 24 Sep 2009 00:49:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090924_nice_discussion_on_politics.htm<p>I&rsquo;d like to draw people&rsquo;s attention to the follow three thread where there is great discussion happening. I admire people&rsquo;s thoughts in the comments section. Please join us if you are interested.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090922_does_policital_system_in_taiwan_work.htm">Does Policital System in Taiwan Work?</a> 24 comments so far.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090919_millionaire_country_singapore_china.htm">Millionaire Country Singapore. China?</a> 12 comments so far.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090918_life_in_beijing_must_be_interesting.htm">Life in Beijing Must be Interesting</a> 33 comments so far.</p> <p>Be patient to read the long thread. There are some very nice thoughts in it.</p>Recovered Old Files on Wangjianshuo.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090923_recovered_old_files_on_wangjianshuocom.htmWed, 23 Sep 2009 21:05:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090923_recovered_old_files_on_wangjianshuocom.htm<p>My frequent readers won&rsquo;t be able to notice the difference between two domains: <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/">wangjianshuo.com</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">home.wangjianshuo.com</a>. They are different in many ways:</p> <p><strong>History</strong>: wangjianshuo.com started in 2000, and it is far before I started the blog.</p> <p>**Authoring **tools: Between 2000 and 2002, I never heard about blog, and I was a FrontPage support engineer in Microsoft in early days, so I used FrontPage - not very good in today&rsquo;s web 2.0 terms, since after you authorized the pages, it is static. I didn&rsquo;t change the content for a long time.</p>Does Policital System in Taiwan Work?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090922_does_policital_system_in_taiwan_work.htmTue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090922_does_policital_system_in_taiwan_work.htm<p>This is a discussion in the previous article: Millionaire Country Singapore. China?. There are many comments on Taiwan and I liked it. Take the Wonton&rsquo;s comment as an example:</p> <blockquote> <p>@JS:</p> <p>Be very careful of what you wish for. I don&rsquo;t want to go into details but in Taiwan, politics has degenerated into a bad soap opera. While it is true there is democracy, the system has open it&rsquo;s doors to many fools and crooks. The voters have no idea who to trust. And the media is forever ready to pounce on gossip leaving the leaders no time to do what they were supposed to do. I don&rsquo;t know what kind of &ldquo;great hope&rdquo; you saw in Taiwan&rsquo;s &ldquo;experiment&rdquo;. Was it the wrestling kung fu brawl in their parliament ? There is no such thing as being &ldquo;ahead&rdquo; or &ldquo;behind&rdquo; in political processes. The only thing that matters is weather it works or not. Yes, while you rejoice in knowing that the crook president is behind bars, what about the 8 wasted years of screwing up the country ?</p>Nothing to Record Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090921_nothing_to_record_today.htmMon, 21 Sep 2009 23:16:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090921_nothing_to_record_today.htm<p>From time to time, I have days like this without a specific topic to write about. So, let me rest for one night. Time to go and play with Yifan.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nothing is something. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Jackie · 2009-09-21 23:52</div></div> <div class="comment">peaceful day. Isn&#x27;t that a good day :-)<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2009-09-22 00:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Yifan rules!<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2009-09-22 06:52</div></div> </details>老技术的网络效应https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090920_eccc-4.htmSun, 20 Sep 2009 12:33:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090920_eccc-4.htm<p>美国人都用语音信箱。这是个很愚蠢的东西，打电话过去，要留言，还要等人家回电话，回电话说不定还是留言。在中国这个人人都有手机，都用短消息，用MSN和QQ的国度，语音信箱太落后了。但落后的东西不见得能够很快的被淘汰。是不是很奇怪？</p>Millionaire Country Singapore. China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090919_millionaire_country_singapore_china.htmSat, 19 Sep 2009 23:12:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090919_millionaire_country_singapore_china.htm<p>My reader Soon sent me an email about this topic:</p> <blockquote> <p>Singapore is a country rises from rags to riches and become the 3rd richest country in the world. A fervent autocratic and capitalist country. Can China repeats the same feat? Can you put this in your blog and let your readers debate? (<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/37895-welcome-to-millionaire-country">more</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>What is your thought? Here is mine.</p> <p><strong>Don&rsquo;t Compare China and Singapore</strong></p> <p>With all the due respect to Singapore, I just don&rsquo;t want to compare China and Singapore. You can compare Singapore and Shanghai, or Hong Kong, or we can compare a system, but on the macro level, Singapore and China may not be the good subject to compare.</p>A Car Plate = 27200 RMB in Sept 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090919_a_car_plate_27200_rmb_in_sept_2009.htmSat, 19 Sep 2009 19:10:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090919_a_car_plate_27200_rmb_in_sept_2009.htm<p>The car plate bidding this morning resulted in the lowest bidding price to be 27200 RMB for one car plate in Shanghai (<a href="http://sh.sina.com.cn/news/s/2009-09-19/1204117894.html">news source</a>)</p> <p>I kept tracking the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/car.htm">car plate</a> since <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htm">2003</a>. I wanted to buy a car plate at the very beginning, and then choose a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040920_cars_with_non-shanghai_plates.htm">Hangzhou plate</a>. Now, Wendy and I started to think about a Shanghai plate. We planned to participate in the bidding this month, but just didn&rsquo;t take action to pay the required 2000 RMB bidding deposit. Maybe the next month.</p>Group Rental Appeared in my Neighborhoodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090919_group_rental_appeared_in_my_neighborhood.htmSat, 19 Sep 2009 18:45:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090919_group_rental_appeared_in_my_neighborhood.htm<p>My neighbor knocked at our door this afternoon, and asked me to look at an apartment upstairs. They are transforming the apartment into a group rental suite.</p> <p><strong>What is Group Rental</strong></p> <p>It is like shared rooms - many people share the same apartment to lower the cost. But it is not exactly shared room. It is a very professional business. It transfers some good apartment into a new type of suite - separate the rooms into several <strong>independent</strong> rooms and rent it out separately. The biggest difference between group rental and shared room is, either the number of people living in the room (low end group rental), or the change of the house structure (high end group rental).</p>Stay at Home During Oct Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090918_stay_at_home_during_oct_holiday.htmFri, 18 Sep 2009 20:39:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090918_stay_at_home_during_oct_holiday.htm<p>It seems the travel plan is just a plan. The doctor told me to keep the foot out of the ground for another two months. That means, I cannot use this foot to walk for three months. There is a Chinese saying that &ldquo;any injure to the bone needs 100 days to cure&rdquo;. That seems, unfortunately, true.</p> <p>So, I am thinking about other things to do. The most possible thing to do during the holiday is to stay on bed, and really take care of the foot. The doctor also criticized me harshly about stilling going to work during the past month. He said what I need to do most is to stay on bed, and keep the foot higher. The X-Ray of the injured place does not look good either - the leak on the bone is still clearly seen.</p>Life in Beijing Must be Interestinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090918_life_in_beijing_must_be_interesting.htmFri, 18 Sep 2009 19:41:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090918_life_in_beijing_must_be_interesting.htm<p>There are always surprises for people in Beijing. The residence just survived from a troubled Olympic Games the last year, and they welcomed the 60th anniversary of this country.</p> <p>I hosted a friend today, who just get here from Beijing. She was happy that she choose flight of last night, since the Beijing airport will be closed for two days, and she can only fly back on Saturday night. That was of short notice, because they didn&rsquo;t really disclose when the biggest rehearsal will happen.</p>CMB, HSBC, CITI Swift Codehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090917_cmb_hsbc_citi_swift_code.htmThu, 17 Sep 2009 22:48:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090917_cmb_hsbc_citi_swift_code.htm<p>I love to study all kinds of &ldquo;code&rdquo;, since it is a perfect combination of society and computer technology. I don&rsquo;t like to use addresses that is readable by human, since it is not accurate, and a computer code of whatever kind is attractive to me. I have studied <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030801_shanghai_taxi_tickets.htm">the code on Shanghai taxi</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070719_chinese_car_plate.htm">Chinese car plate</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030731_pnr_on_united_airlines_ticket.htm">PNR on all airline tickets</a>.</p> <p><strong>SWIFT Code</strong></p> <p>SWIFT standards for Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9362">source</a>). It is just like an international post code for banks to identify another bank.</p>No Taxi at Huaihai Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090916_no_taxi_at_huaihai_road.htmWed, 16 Sep 2009 23:43:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090916_no_taxi_at_huaihai_road.htm<p>It is so hard to get a taxi. Wendy and I were at the Huaihai Road and Xizang Road at around 9:00 PM tonight. We waited there for about half an hour but still don&rsquo;t think there is any possibility to catch a taxi. There are people on both side of the streets waving their hands to every car - no matter it is a taxi, or non-taxi, but for a long time, there is no taxi stopping at all.</p>Yifan, Dad and Momhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090915_yifan_dad_and_mom.htmTue, 15 Sep 2009 22:53:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090915_yifan_dad_and_mom.htm<p>These are the photos Yifan and I took one week ago:</p> <p>Below: Yifan loves to be with his dad - laughs all the time:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/09/15/3922414815_172b2f1794.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by: Wendy Fan</p> <p>Below: Yifan loves to watch Qiaohu (Clever Tiger) - a DVD program produced in Shanghai. As always, he has his red car with him - all the time:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/09/15/3923217420_5a6715c6b4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Yifan is genereally a happy boy and loves to laugh at many things, including dad waving at him, or simply see his dad jumps from one sofa to another.</p>Small Cartoon Policeman at Each Websitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090915_small_cartoon_policeman_at_each_website.htmTue, 15 Sep 2009 00:28:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090915_small_cartoon_policeman_at_each_website.htm<p>My reader ecodelta <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090913_bought_a_tcl_internet_tv.htm#0254">asked</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I have one question. What are those small cartoon police at the bottom of the website? To denounce violation of copyright by TV viewers? Strange&hellip;. I am confused ;-)</p> </blockquote> <p>He was referring to the two small policemen icons at the bottom of <a href="http://ppstream.com/">http://ppstream.com/</a>. It is not just for their website. If you browse Chinese Internet more often, you will find it everywhere. It is standard requirement by the police department for most Internet companies.</p>I Need Some Changehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090913_i_need_some_change.htmSun, 13 Sep 2009 23:21:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090913_i_need_some_change.htm<p>I am not happy these days. Something terrible happens in life, one after another.</p> <p>I broke my ankle first, and one month later, Yifan&rsquo;s head is hurt. (well, I am very cheerful when my ankle broke - a very good experience for me, but I was mad when Yifan got hurt)</p> <p>My mood falls down to lowest point in the recent years.</p> <p>When things that is completely out of your control happens, people are more likely to be religious. Should I turn to a temple or church to find out some cure? Hmm&hellip; Wendy has already suggested me not to think that way.</p>Bought a TCL Internet TVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090913_bought_a_tcl_internet_tv.htmSun, 13 Sep 2009 22:23:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090913_bought_a_tcl_internet_tv.htm<p>Wendy and I have been watching small screen TV for a long time. We have been talking about it since we moved in our new home in 2001. Interestingly enough, we are never too materialism to buy big TV, big car, or big nice bags. The current 29&rsquo;&rsquo; TV worked pretty good for us for a long time. These days, we just started to think about it: isn&rsquo;t it nice to have a bigger TV?</p>How about my Foot?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090913_p2619.htmSun, 13 Sep 2009 13:06:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090913_p2619.htm<p>It is about 4 weeks after I put cast onto my foot. I was supposed to remove it as early as last Thursday, but I was in hospital most of the day with Yifan. I posted removing the cast to the next week.</p> <p><strong>Thoughts About Life</strong></p>A Good Video Camcorderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090912_a_good_video_camcorder.htmSat, 12 Sep 2009 14:20:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090912_a_good_video_camcorder.htm<p>I have postponed it for a long time - I really need a good video camera to take videos for Yifan. We are not using the pretty early model of flip. What do you recommend me to buy?</p> <p>My current choices are either a Sony HDR something, or a Flip UltraHD. I want to make the decision quick, and getting back with a good camera to record the precious life we have with Yifan.</p>Blog写了7年了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090912_blogae7ae.htmSat, 12 Sep 2009 00:54:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090912_blogae7ae.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Blog</a>写了7年了。今天进入第八个年头。</p> <p>7年变化知多少？</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">13 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">前辈啊……偶刚写过五年……<div class="comment-meta">— 沈蚊 · 2009-09-12 11:23</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s always easy to say, but hard to do.<br><br>Keep doing things great, and especially those make you happy<div class="comment-meta">— Jacck · 2009-09-12 15:23</div></div> <div class="comment">博客元老级人物~<div class="comment-meta">— 左岸读书 · 2009-09-12 17:01</div></div> <div class="comment">祝贺。真不容易，博客贵在坚持，你做得非常好，值得大家学习。<div class="comment-meta">— 最美别墅 · 2009-09-13 01:29</div></div> <div class="comment">七年！相当不容易。还记得最早接触你的博客，是缘于你的那篇“对贡献有激情，对回报有信心”。<br><br>祝贺。<div class="comment-meta">— Balon · 2009-09-15 18:33</div></div> <div class="comment">越写越短<div class="comment-meta">— 车东 · 2009-09-16 03:37</div></div> <div class="comment">好不容易更新了，就这么寥寥几个字哦。好不容易坚持了7年，一定要坚持下去哈！继续支持你<div class="comment-meta">— HORSE · 2009-09-17 16:26</div></div> <div class="comment">果然真的短<div class="comment-meta">— yanpeng · 2009-09-26 16:48</div></div> <div class="comment">真是不容易啊，坚持七十年吧！<div class="comment-meta">— luckydog · 2009-09-28 12:26</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;7&quot;这个数字富有含义，譬如大家耳熟能详的“七年之痒”，期待JS下一个“七年”的精彩。<div class="comment-meta">— Balon · 2009-10-07 18:38</div></div> <div class="comment">科学家说人的细胞新陈代谢，七年之后所有细胞都会换一遍，也就是说七年之后我们会变一个人！<br>不过，这篇确实很短。<div class="comment-meta">— jersey store · 2009-12-25 10:57</div></div> <div class="comment">今天才从阮一峰的博客读到这里 真是阅读越有滋味。。。互联网太大太小了<div class="comment-meta">— nooidea · 2010-04-29 22:16</div></div> <div class="comment">I just want to know how can i start? And how i can insist on like you for 7 years?<div class="comment-meta">— caroline · 2010-08-12 10:55</div></div> </details>7 Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090911_7_years_of_blogging.htmFri, 11 Sep 2009 23:11:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090911_7_years_of_blogging.htm<p>Today marks the completion of my 7 years of blogging, and this entry is the first one in my eight years since I started blog on Sept 11, 2002. In the last 2557 days, I wrote 2498 entries on this blog, leaving just 59 days blank.</p> <p>There is nothing to celebrate, since I am in the worst mood after <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090910_yifans_head_was_hurt.htm">Yifan was hurt</a> yesterday. Obviously compared to the pain of the families of 911 victims, it is nothing, and every time I mark anniversary of my blog, I should have showed respect to the people who lost their loved ones in that disaster.</p>Yifan's Head was Hurthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090910_yifans_head_was_hurt.htmThu, 10 Sep 2009 23:45:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090910_yifans_head_was_hurt.htm<p>Sept 10 is a bad day. Bad day!</p> <p>Yifan fell over, and hurt his head at 8:00 this morning. We sent him to hospital and have doctor sutured the wound. My heart was completely broken. The wound was about 1cm long on Yifan&rsquo;s forehead, and took 5 surgical sewing.</p> <p>This is the toughest day for me in the recent years. I worry so much that there will be a scar left on Yifan&rsquo;s head. We tried everything we can to avoid that. But nothing is really that helpful after it happened.</p>PubSubHubbub is Interestinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090908_pubsubhubbub_is_interesting.htmTue, 08 Sep 2009 22:41:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090908_pubsubhubbub_is_interesting.htm<p>Was away from tech for a long time.</p> <p>Noticed Brad&rsquo;s new protocol <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/">PubSubHubbub</a>.</p> <p>I told Wendy the name of this protocol. She, as I expected, was quite amused by the pronounciation of the name - pub - sub - hub - bub.</p> <p>It is used for real-time publishing. I have asked Jim to do some research on it. Althoguh there are not too many people using this protocol yet, I would see the protential of this interesting idea.</p>Go to Sleep Early Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090906_go_to_sleep_early_today.htmSun, 06 Sep 2009 22:00:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090906_go_to_sleep_early_today.htm<p>Good night!</p> <p>I am going to bed at 9:30 PM.</p> <p>Look! Shining Stars!</p> <p>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">good night!<br><br>I&#x27;ll go to take a shower.<div class="comment-meta">— luwei · 2009-09-06 22:36</div></div> </details>Giving Way to Firefigher. Surprised?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090906_p2613.htmSun, 06 Sep 2009 20:37:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090906_p2613.htm<p>I saw many people (11,963) in Kaixin0001 reposted the following video.</p> <p>In the survey attached, 12,346 people participated, and expected the admire to civilaization level of Europe and thought it is impossible in China.</p>The Movie Uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090906_the_movie_up.htmSun, 06 Sep 2009 20:04:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090906_the_movie_up.htm<p>Went to Kodak Super Cinema at Metro City with parents today to see Disney and Pixar&rsquo;s new 3D movie - <a href="http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/up/main.html">Up</a>. Very good movie! The cinema delivers 3D effects, which is good.</p> <p>It is another proof that a good movie does not necessarily mean &ldquo;exciting&rdquo; or &ldquo;new&rdquo;, it is all about old human feeling of love (and sometimes fear or hate) - the humanity.</p> <p>Recommend people to go to cinema and see it.</p>Procedures of Hospital in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090905_p2611.htmSat, 05 Sep 2009 23:13:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090905_p2611.htm<p>As always, I can only say about Shanghai (or the limited hospital I visited) not China, because I didn&rsquo;t visit hospitals in most cities, but I guess they should be the same.</p> <p>Since I saw a comment on my blog yesterday complaining about the complexity of the hospital procedure, let me explain it briefly. Although I am not the guy to change it in any way, I am the right person to help people at least get informed what it is like and what to do to enter a hospital in Shanghai</p>Technology and Fairnesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090905_technology_and_fairness.htmSat, 05 Sep 2009 13:26:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090905_technology_and_fairness.htm<p>I read an <a href="http://www.wired.com/print/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist">article about Craigslist</a> and found a particular opinion very interesting. Here is the quote:</p> <blockquote> <p>Universal search subverts craigslist&rsquo;s mission to enable local, face-to-face transactions; it increases the risk of scams and <strong>can be exploited to snatch up bargains, giving technically sophisticated users an advantage over casual browsers</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>How interesting. Many Internet and new tech application tried hard to make things easier and more convenient for people, but in a marketplace like craigslist, that convenience and ability to &ldquo;snatch up bargains&rdquo; is not necessarily a good thing. By giving the power to a small group of people actually hurt other people.</p>Communication is Key to Any Success - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090904_communication_is_key_to_any_success_-_part_ii.htmFri, 04 Sep 2009 14:24:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090904_communication_is_key_to_any_success_-_part_ii.htm<p>Let me re-post this article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090507_communication_is_key_to_any_success.htm">Communication is key to Any Success</a>. It is still true.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Let me left a message again to support it .<br><br>BTW, It seems that there is no link to the reader&#x27;s message for a long time.<br><br>It&#x27;s a little pity.<div class="comment-meta">— Balon · 2009-09-05 17:30</div></div> </details>Ten Characteristics of Great Companieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090903_ten_characteristics_of_great_companies.htmThu, 03 Sep 2009 20:15:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090903_ten_characteristics_of_great_companies.htm<p>Feld posted an article about <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AVc/~3/sC6snNnJnBo/ten-characteristics-of-great-companies.html">Ten Characteristics of Great Companies</a>. Nice article. Among the ten, if you ask me to pick three, here it is:</p> <ol start="3"> <li> <p>Great companies make lots of money but leave even more money on the table for their users and partners.</p> </li> <li> <p>Great companies don&rsquo;t look elsewhere for ideas. They develop their ideas internally and are copied by others.</p> </li> <li> <p>Great companies are led by entrepreneurs who own a meaningful piece of the business. As such, they make decisions based on long term business needs and objectives not short term goals.</p>Is This H1N1 Flu?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090902_is_this_h1n1_flu.htmWed, 02 Sep 2009 23:49:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090902_is_this_h1n1_flu.htm<p>More and more people got flu these days. I have so many people around me to have flu: one after another in office, and about half already got flu. one colleague has 4 out of 5 people in the family to get flu. Yifan get flu, and is still coughing. I am not feeling good this morning but better this afternoon.</p> <p>Most of the people visited hospital and confirmed it is not H1N1 Flu, including Yifan, but I just started to suspect why the flu got spread out so quickly? I never experienced flu infection as strong, and as fast as this.</p>Free Wireless in Starbucks Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_free_wireless_in_starbucks_shanghai_.htmTue, 01 Sep 2009 22:10:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_free_wireless_in_starbucks_shanghai_.htm<p>I am sitting in Starbucks after talking with my friends. From mid of this year, Starbucks started to offer free wireless service partnering with China Mobile. (<a href="http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/marbridgedaily/2009-08-06/article/28479/china_mobile_starbucks_cooperate_on_wlan_services">news</a>)</p> <p>Although only 80% of 120 Starbucks stores in Shanghai now provide the service, the most visited Starbucks stores have that access:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Grand Gateway Store I</p> </li> <li> <p>Grand Gateway Store II</p> </li> <li> <p>Metro City Store</p> </li> <li> <p>Huashan Greenland Store.</p> </li> </ul> <p>It is not completely free. You need to have a mobile phone (not sure whether it has to be China Mobile mobile phone) to access it. You need to enter your phone number after you connect to CMCC-Starbucks wireless network, then the user name and password is <strong>SMSed</strong> to you via mobile phone. Then you can access the service on your laptop.</p>I am Dreaming about Visiting Indiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_i_am_dreaming_about_visiting_india.htmTue, 01 Sep 2009 21:45:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_i_am_dreaming_about_visiting_india.htm<p>Just had nice dinner of my Indian friend Pranay and Jiby. We spent two days together, when they visited us in our office.</p> <p>Over dinner, we talked about a lot of politics, and shared about the change in China and India. It is interesting to see how the current Chinese system of a powerful central government can do whatever they want to do, and sacrificing individual rights for growth, and in India to sacrifice development for democracy. I do not agree on the general perception in India that China grows just because of one strong power. Will talk about it later.</p>MP4 is Cheaphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_mp4_is_cheap.htmTue, 01 Sep 2009 00:35:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_mp4_is_cheap.htm<p>I am not a big fan of MP4, or movie or music, but today, Wendy surprised me with some good hi-tech toys - the MP4 players that have been popular in the market for several years in China.</p> <p>Our favorite is a MP4 player with many functions - <a href="http://mymahdi.com">Mahdi</a>. It has 4GB of storage (many has much bigger than this), and can play HD MP4, display pictures, play music and record sound. The screen is very big - like two typical mobile phone combined (I mean the size of two phone, not their screen). The price is 299 RMB (40 USD). It is not bad at all.</p>Hospital is Badly Neededhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_hospital_is_badly_needed.htmTue, 01 Sep 2009 00:22:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090901_hospital_is_badly_needed.htm<p>Yifan got fever from Saturday. Not a very big deal - just the typical fever because of getting cold. However, I took the chance to get to a world that I haven&rsquo;t touched too much before.</p> <p>Yifan started to be hot at round 5:00 AM in the morning. Wendy and I got up and sent him to Huashan Hospital. When we approached the hospital, we saw about 100-200 people lining up already. It is obvious that they have been there for a while. They waited just to get a &ldquo;number&rdquo; to see an expert doctor. The big gap of healthcare resources and people&rsquo;s demand for such services is obvious. Among the hundred people, there are 10-20 agents greeted us and asked if we need to &ldquo;buy&rdquo; a &ldquo;number&rdquo;. They make a profit by getting tickets from either inside the hospital or wake up earlier to line up.</p>House Price Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090827_p2600.htmThu, 27 Aug 2009 23:05:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090827_p2600.htm<p>It is a house price topic again since it has reached to a level of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090823_craziness_of_real_estate_market.htm">craziness</a> that many people don&rsquo;t understand. To claim it is hard to understand is easier than really try to understand it.</p> <p>I have two basic judgment.</p> <p><strong>1. House is like Silver + Stock</strong></p> <p>Houses are the combination of two basic functions. 1) a place for people to live; 2) an physical representation of wealth. It is just like silver in the early days before the paper money.</p>Goal Driven vs Discovery Driven Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090827_goal_driven_vs_discovery_driven_life.htmThu, 27 Aug 2009 00:46:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090827_goal_driven_vs_discovery_driven_life.htm<p>From time to time, I reflect what I am doing and can find a strong tendency of living a &ldquo;discovery driven life&rdquo; in myself.</p> <p>Sometimes, after doing a lot of things very excitingly, I found out I didn&rsquo;t have a goal at the very beginning. I tend to discover the dots first, and then find ways to connect these dots together afterward, instead of having a prediction, a projected line, and drive things along that line and reach the goal. In MBTI analysis, it is a typical difference of P type of people and J type of people. Me as an ENFP tends to do things like that.</p>Shanghai for Disabledhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090826_shanghai_for_disabled.htmWed, 26 Aug 2009 23:57:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090826_shanghai_for_disabled.htm<p>I am a part-time disabled person now. I use crutches whenever I go. Let me report my two weeks of experience as a disabled in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Wheel Chair? No. Thanks</strong></p> <p>I did get a 300 RMB nice wheel chair but I only used it outside my home for once. It turned out that Shanghai is not a good place to use wheel chair. There are slops at the pedestrian at cross road, but it seems no one ever tested it. The gap (about half cm) is just too big for a wheelchair to pass. Wendy pushes the wheelchair to get me up to the pedestrian, but got stuck there. If she pushes harder, I will fall out from the front since it is stuck anyway. The only solution is for me to leave the wheelchair, jump aside, helped me to pull the wheelchair up, and get to the pedestrian, and then sit down. After several places like this, I gave up wheelchair.</p>Yifan and Carshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090825_yifan_and_cars.htmTue, 25 Aug 2009 22:57:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090825_yifan_and_cars.htm<p>Yifan is a big fan of cars. He loves all kinds of cars - the real car running on the streets, his toy cars (he has a lot) or cars on TV, magazines. He especially loves red car. He knows the cars by brand and can tell you the brand all the time. His favorite so far is Audi, followed by Mazda.</p> <p>He loves everything related to car. He washes his car all the time, and leaving the table a mass with water.</p>IBM vs Dell Laptophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090825_ibm_vs_dell_laptop.htmTue, 25 Aug 2009 22:42:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090825_ibm_vs_dell_laptop.htm<p>When we read about books about several years of transition of competition, we take it for granted that some brands can quickly take over the other brand, but in reality, since that happens slowly, we are also slow to recognize the shift. IBM laptop vs Dell laptop is an example.</p> <p><strong>Previous Perception of Quality and Service</strong></p> <p>I always consider Dell as the brand of &ldquo;bad quality + good service&rdquo;. The image was there since I started to use Dell desktop and laptop in 1998 in Microsoft. Dell&rsquo;s computer parts break easily, but they offer second day on site service, and they are happy to exchange any part in their service period. I especially love their &ldquo;service tag&rdquo; design.</p>Always Not Good Enoughhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090824_always_not_good_enough.htmMon, 24 Aug 2009 21:19:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090824_always_not_good_enough.htm<p>Or the topic can be &ldquo;Always Stay Humble&rdquo;.</p> <p>The best time I feel focused, and archived is when I was in middle school. Let me share the story that I have never shared in the last 17 years with you today. That was triggered by another great book I read many times <em>Good to Great</em>.</p> <p><strong>The Middle School</strong></p> <p>The best school I entered in my life is my middle school - much better experience than the <a href="http://sjtu.edu.cn">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a>. The middle school has as long history as my university - the Luoyang No 1 Middle School.</p>Whole Society is the Biggest Network Effecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_whole_society_is_the_biggest_network_effect.htmSun, 23 Aug 2009 22:38:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_whole_society_is_the_biggest_network_effect.htm<p>I chatted with Doug on this the other day about the difference between people in China and US. I have written on this topic in many articles:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090428_why_people_dont_use_voice_mail_in_china.htm">Why People don&rsquo;t Use Voice Mail in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050527_do_you_have_a_calendar.htm">Do You Have a Calendar?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071115_why_classified_is_not_popular_in_china_yet.htm">Why Classified is NOT Popular in China, Yet</a></p> <p><strong>The Slow Move</strong></p> <p>You will find that people in US seem to move slower than people in China in all of the cases, just because most of the things are new to Chinese, and people in China can directly by pass voice mail and get to mobile era, by pass calendar and directly do real time planning (via IM and mobile), and no possibility for newspaper based classified in China forever.</p>Craziness of Real Estate Markethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_craziness_of_real_estate_market.htmSun, 23 Aug 2009 17:50:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_craziness_of_real_estate_market.htm<p>Well. It&rsquo;s me again, to complain about the craziness of the real estate market in Shanghai. I have talked about it many times in my previous post about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/real_estate.htm">real estate</a>.</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s talk abut the recent round of rise of real estate market.</p> <p>There is a new residential area called Xing He Wan 星河湾 near where I live - in Pudong, at Jinxiu Road and Long Yang road - within walking distance. They just opened to the market at 50,000 RMB/sq. meter. The market responded like crazy, and all the apartments were sold out in the first 3 days. That means 10 million to 20 million RMB (or 1.5 million to 3 million USD) per apartment there.</p>Talked with Friend about Moneyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_talked_with_friend_about_money.htmSun, 23 Aug 2009 17:14:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_talked_with_friend_about_money.htm<p>Spent the morning, noon, and part of the afternoon with Wendy and my good friend. We talked a lot in a corner of Starbucks, and then moved to a quiet restaurant at Zhongshan Park area. Here are some of the points mentioned.</p> <p>About Wealth. He is in the stage that wealth is not a problem. People don&rsquo;t need to have too much money to sustain a good life. 1 million RMB per year maybe the top range for any moderate successful people to spend - excluding people who put an equal sign between money spent and their value to this world. I would tend to agree.</p>Reading Books - Built to Lasthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_reading_books_-_built_to_last.htmSun, 23 Aug 2009 11:11:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090823_reading_books_-_built_to_last.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t remember this is how many times that I read the book <em>Built to Last</em>. The first time I read it was still in the old Microsoft days. The last time I read it was among the time I was in deep passion for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090316_a_glass_cup_of_water_on_left_hand.htm">Fengshui</a>, and these days, Xiaoliang <a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!D7CFB8290E47E741!2067.entry">falls in love</a> with this book, thus I read this book again.</p> <p>Interestingly. The book itself didn&rsquo;t change, but the inspiration you got from it changed a lot. For a lot of things, if you are not in the position to think about it, you don&rsquo;t understand it at all.</p>Full Content on Home Page of my Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090821_full_content_on_home_page_of_my_blog.htmFri, 21 Aug 2009 13:21:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090821_full_content_on_home_page_of_my_blog.htm<p>I am thinking about putting the full content of the last 20 articles onto the homepage of my blog, just as most of blogs. The goal is to help people to glance at what is the recent articles on this blog without clicking into each article. Is it a good idea? I know for many, it does not matter since they read through RSS. I have full content delivered via RSS anyway.</p>Good Morning, Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090821_good_morning_shanghai.htmFri, 21 Aug 2009 08:21:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090821_good_morning_shanghai.htm<p>Another early morning. Good morning, Shanghai. Or good afternoon San Francisco, and good night, New York. Ops. For London, I&rsquo;d rather don&rsquo;t say anything since it is late night and people are sleeping.</p> <p>Just finished another conference call, as one of the hundreds of conference calls I had. I found it interesting to have conference calls - for people from around the world, having different time zone, and different places to talk simultaneously over the thick line of phone. Well. I should not have been amazed by the telephone technology in this Internet era, but when you really think about it, this is quite amazing.</p>What if Someone Cut my Tree?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090821_what_if_someone_cut_my_tree.htmFri, 21 Aug 2009 00:24:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090821_what_if_someone_cut_my_tree.htm<p>I was asked the question in a family gather in the States on July 4 about &ldquo;what happens if your neighbor gets to your garden and cut your tree?&rdquo; I answered: &ldquo;I will jump to their garden and cut their trees, and if I can break their window, that is even better&rdquo;.</p> <p>I was kidding, but the bitter reality in China today is, that is maybe the only solution left.</p>Yifan's Drawing of Fishhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090819_yifans_drawing_of_fish.htmWed, 19 Aug 2009 20:56:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090819_yifans_drawing_of_fish.htm<p>This is the picture Yifan drew in the last few weeks. He enjoys to draw big circles like below:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/08/19/3835972779_eb6afc5ee9.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Drawing of Yifan at age of 2</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/08/19/3835972373_06d4ba00b7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Drawing of Yifan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/08/19/3836762318_8211b9bc39.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Drawing of Yifan</p> <p>Like it?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">fish or pollywog? enjoy... :-)<div class="comment-meta">— MX · 2009-08-19 22:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Yifan is endlessly adorable, how could God send such a cute angel to you! By the way, will there be a meetup this year in Shanghai ? If there is one, could you bring Yifan there ?<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2009-08-20 10:04</div></div> <div class="comment">I love how it has become possible to save each and every one of these works of art on the internet so we can enjoy them across continents and oceans. And someday you will be able to look back on all these entries, with Yifan at your side to marvel for himself at how much his talents have grown.<br><br>Precious moments, and priceless memories :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2009-08-20 10:46</div></div> <div class="comment">спасибо за такую информацию<div class="comment-meta">— zapad · 2009-08-23 18:26</div></div> </details>Values, Profit and Backgroundshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090818_values_profit_and_backgrounds.htmTue, 18 Aug 2009 23:19:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090818_values_profit_and_backgrounds.htm<p>Recently read an article of Jeremy about<a href="http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/what-is-the-difference-between-a-good-product-and-a-good-company/">What is the difference between a good product and a good company?</a>.</p> <p>I like the way it describes the two different company. Below is my extension of the idea, not necessarily what Jeremy wrote in his blog.</p> <ul> <li> <p>A company that create value but cannot make profit.</p> </li> <li> <p>A company that create profit that does not provide value</p> </li> </ul> <p>The interesting type is the second type of company. One class is arbitrage. In China, there are so many arbitrage opportunities with fast development of everything, and there is opportunity everywhere. If you want, you can capture that opportunity easily. However, there is a nature end of life for these projects when the arbitrage opportunity closes.</p>Google Translate for Blog Articleshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090817_google_translate_for_blog_articles.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 11:18:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090817_google_translate_for_blog_articles.htm<p>This entry is at request of my friend Jackie. He found there is translation of many of my articles on my blog: Franch, Chinese, German&hellip; He understood it is translated using Google Translate API, but don&rsquo;t know how to do it exactly. Here is the trick (sorry for posting for too late).</p> <p>Below is the script behind the scene. I am away from code for many years. The last time I touched PHP code was in 2007 (ops. The last time I touched ASP, or .NET code was in 2004).</p>B for Parking Garagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090816_b_for_parking_garage.htmSun, 16 Aug 2009 15:06:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090816_b_for_parking_garage.htm<p>Yifan surrounded me the whole morning. He got curious about my laptop, and tried to reach out to touch the keys. He particularly love the key of B. He presses B hundreds of times, and keeps saying: &ldquo;Parking Garage! Parking Garage&rdquo;.</p> <p>I thought it is just another random word popping out of his mouth. 10 minutes later, he explained it very serious me: &ldquo;On the Elevator! On the Elevator!&rdquo;</p> <p>Then I realized he did realize the character B, since the parking garage is marked as B in my elevator.</p>A Tale of Threee Citieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_a_tale_of_threee_cities.htmSat, 15 Aug 2009 22:18:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_a_tale_of_threee_cities.htm<p>After posting my blog entry of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090113_jian_shuo_wang_on_channel_young.htm">Jian Shuo Wang on Channel Young</a>, I stumbled upon the online video of the program on SMGBB. Share with my friends. If you participated in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080829_blog_meetup_on_august_30_2008.htm">my blog meetup</a> on August 30, 2008, you should be able to find yourself in the video.</p> <p>Hmm&hellip; Look at how much spare time I have when <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090813_broke_the_bone_of_my_foot.htm">my foot was broken</a>. I didn&rsquo;t have too much time to post it online. I remember I promised people during the meetup that I will try to post the video if I can find it one day.</p>Update about my Foothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_update_about_my_foot.htmSat, 15 Aug 2009 21:09:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_update_about_my_foot.htm<p>This is the third day since my foot was wrapped gypsum and bandage. I have stayed at home for three days. Hopefully, I can get back to office Monday noon to have my regular lunch meeting, and the regular dinner with the team. There is actually not many things I can do except keeping my foot away from any additional shock.</p> <p><strong>Wheelchair</strong></p> <p>Wendy got a wheelchair on Baixing (<a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/jiaju/a36796048.html">link</a>) at 300 RMB. Nice wheel chair but Shanghai is not a good place to use it.</p>Risk Assessment of My Zhiyong Serieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_p2583.htmSat, 15 Aug 2009 19:12:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_p2583.htm<p>As many people pointed out via comment and via email about my recent series of article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/zhiyong.htm">The Significance of Xu Zhiyong</a>, it is very risky for anyone in China to touch the topic of Zhiyong. So it is appropriate to do a risk assessment for myself to publish the articles.</p> <p><strong>Risk about the Website</strong></p> <p>If you search for Xu Zhiyong - the name in Chinese in <a href="http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E8%AE%B8%E5%BF%97%E6%B0%B8">Google</a>, or <a href="http://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%D0%ED%D6%BE%D3%C0">Baidu</a>, there is no (zero) result. Most of the related articles have been deleted in Sina, and other websites in China. Many of the other websites outside China have been blocked in China and cannot be accessible.</p>The Significance of Xu Zhiyong's Casehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_the_significance_of_xu_zhiyongs_case.htmSat, 15 Aug 2009 14:45:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090815_the_significance_of_xu_zhiyongs_case.htm<p>After talking about the significance about Xu Zhiyong&rsquo;s work in the series <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/zhiyong.htm">The Significance of Xu Zhiyong</a>, we need to go further to understand what the cracking down and detaining of Zhiyong means to the Chinese society.</p> <p><strong>It is a Clear NO</strong></p> <p>Despite of the high visibility and all activities under the current legal framework of Zhiyong, the organization (or the company) was shut down, and Zhiyong was detained by the police. It is a clear no to people who want to improve the society in a &ldquo;under the Sun&rdquo; type of activity, and may force such organizations to go underground. Underground organizations can easily result in violence. That is even more harmful.</p>NGO as a Company in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_ngo_as_a_company_in_china.htmFri, 14 Aug 2009 17:52:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_ngo_as_a_company_in_china.htm<p>I know many NGO organization, and I am personally involved in some. It is hard to get registered with the Internal Affairs Bureau. I tried to setup Coffee Bean Club to help students to get access to successful people, but it was not possible to register, so my choice, and many other NGO&rsquo;s choice was to stay unregistered.</p> <p><strong>Unregistered Organizations</strong></p> <p>To have many organizations unregistered is not a good thing for all the parties. For the founders of the organization, since it is not legally recognized, it is very vulnerable, not just to the government inspection, but to all type of criminals. For example, they have to use personal account to keep organization money ($#%#!), and they cannot legally hire people, and they cannot do anything outside the power of several individuals. For volunteer organizations, it may be OK, but there is no growth. For the government, it is not good since they cannot provide services, and cannot take their duty to make sure everything is fine. For others the organization is interacting with, it is the same to deal with a gangster organization - no legal protection.</p>Zhiyong and People's Congresshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_zhiyong_and_peoples_congress.htmFri, 14 Aug 2009 12:31:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_zhiyong_and_peoples_congress.htm<p><strong>Zhiyong as a Representitive of People&rsquo;s Congress</strong></p> <p>One symbolic case is, Zhiyong run for a seat in People&rsquo;s Congress in Beijing. I opened my eyes so widely when I heard about it. &ldquo;How can it be possible?&rdquo; I asked.</p> <p>Zhiyong is a practical idealist. He is so &ldquo;naive&rdquo; to believe that it MAY work. He then run for it (not many people even think about it), and since he is the first independant person to run for it, and did some work to help people to know who he is, not surprisingly, many people choose him, because he is the only person they know. His initial idea is to become a representitive of the People&rsquo;s Congress of Haidian District of Beijing, and then run for Beijing and finally be able to run for the National People&rsquo;s Congress, but his attempt just stopped in the Haidian district level, since the Beijing&rsquo;s People&rsquo;s Congress Representitives are elected by the representitives like Zhiyong at district level. It means, they need many people like Zhiyong to make it really work, but now, there are just one person who are really elected in that district. It is impossible for other &ldquo;appointed&rdquo; representitive to elect him or any other people elected representitive.</p>Under the Legal Frameworkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_under_the_legal_framework.htmFri, 14 Aug 2009 11:48:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_under_the_legal_framework.htm<p>This is part of a series article named <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/zhiyong.htm">The Significance of Xu Zhiyong</a></p> <p><strong>What Zhiyong Accomplished</strong></p> <p>I am not a dedicated investagive journalist (and I don&rsquo;t have the skills), so I won&rsquo;t bother to list the accomplishment of Zhi Yong and his Open Constitution Initiative. Let me just provide several links to public media so you can read and get some idea.</p> <p>It is really rare that People&rsquo;s Daily website published a sympathic article (quoting Global Times): <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6724150.html">Baby milk powder victims lose legal proxy</a></p>Gypsum is a Life Changerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_gypsum_is_a_life_changer.htmFri, 14 Aug 2009 11:35:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090814_gypsum_is_a_life_changer.htm<p>Exactly as Carroll <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090813_broke_the_bone_of_my_foot.htm#0202">predicted</a>, the unexpected loss of mobility changed my life a lot.</p> <p><strong>How Loss of Mobility Changed my Life</strong></p> <p>Waking up in the morning, and facing the reality that I cannot happily go to work, I told Wendy: if you really want a vacation, go to a hospital and put gypsum around your foot (eventhough nothing happens to it), and you get the peace you are longing for for many years.</p>The Significance of Xu Zhiyonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090813_the_significance_of_xu_zhiyong.htmThu, 13 Aug 2009 23:18:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090813_the_significance_of_xu_zhiyong.htm<p>I am starting to write a series article around the case of Xu Zhiyong. As my typical reaction to many event, I don&rsquo;t want to jump to something that just happened without gathering enough information. Basically, facts are the hardest part in China, and after gathering enough facts, I still need to sometime to think about it, before I form something. Now, several weeks past after Zhiyong was brought away by the policeman, I want to start to write something. The series of article is called the &ldquo;Significance of Xu Zhiyong&rdquo;. This is the first article.</p>Broke the Bone of my Foothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090813_broke_the_bone_of_my_foot.htmThu, 13 Aug 2009 22:30:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090813_broke_the_bone_of_my_foot.htm<p>Interesting. I fell down at the edge of the road, and my right foot was hurt. I thought it was not a big deal but after visiting PLA 85 Hospital and did X-Ray exam, it turned out the fifth right small bone was broken - well, not a serious broken, just a leak at the end of the bone.</p> <p>Anyway, it is a bone break, and the doctor put gypsum around my foot, and ask me to stay home without going anywhere, and don&rsquo;t step out of the room. It makes 4 to 6 weeks to recover.</p>The City of Tongchuanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090809_the_city_of_tongchuan.htmSun, 09 Aug 2009 23:54:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090809_the_city_of_tongchuan.htm<p>I am in Tongchuan - I am flying back tomorrow morning.</p> <p>Tongchuan is a typical city in west China: it is not a capital, and it is not very small - the second (at least from the order of vihecle code - Shaan B) largest city in Shaanxi - just like Luoyang in Henan.</p> <p>It has too major issues.</p> <p><strong>A City When Resource is Used Up</strong></p> <p>Tongchuan developed several decade ago because of the coal storage. The coal fields are the major economic source of the city. A large portion of the city population still speaks Henan accent, because the huge labor needs from the miner factories.</p>BossTown Tonighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090808_bosstown_tonight.htmSat, 08 Aug 2009 21:12:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090808_bosstown_tonight.htm<p>I heard the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090423_back_from_bosstown.htm">BossTown of Kai-Fu Lee</a> will be on air tonight at CBN at 9:00. I was a small potato in that show - one of the three observers to ask questions.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> 11:41</p> <p>It turned out that they misspelled my name again. My name is 王建硕，not 王健硕.</p> <p>I cannot receive CBN in Tonghucan (just Oriental Satellite TV), but I watched it at <a href="http://www.smgbb.cn">http://www.smgbb.cn</a>.</p>I am in Tongchuan (Near Xi'an) Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090808_i_am_in_tongchuan_near_xian_today.htmSat, 08 Aug 2009 00:23:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090808_i_am_in_tongchuan_near_xian_today.htm<p>I am flying to Xi&rsquo;an via flight FM9203 on August 8, 2009, and will be back on Monday. Maybe cannot access Internet during my trip, but will update when I am back.</p> <p>I lived in Tongchuan 铜川 from 1.5 years to 3 years old (just in the age of Yifan these days) with my uncle. I treat it as my second hometown. I am visiting my uncle there. He is in hospital, and I hope he will recover very soon.</p>My Passion for Humanityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090807_my_passion_for_humanity.htmFri, 07 Aug 2009 23:22:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090807_my_passion_for_humanity.htm<p>This article actually echos to what I wrote more than one year ago on my Chinese blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080325_aeccaecc.htm">The Tragedy of Humanity, and Love for the Guilty</a>. If you can read Chinese, I&rsquo;d suggest you to read it. My thought about the guilty and humanity never changed since then, and I don&rsquo;t know how to translate many of the words in that article. Here are some additional thoughts about it.</p> <p><strong>Crime is like Infectious Disease</strong></p>Blog on My Mobilehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090806_blog_on_my_mobile.htmThu, 06 Aug 2009 20:54:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090806_blog_on_my_mobile.htm<p>At home, posting via Nokia N78.</p> <p>Seems a good idea to post OOB in the future.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Recommend using Blackberry<div class="comment-meta">— Lonewolf · 2009-08-08 15:44</div></div> </details>I am a Rich Person?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090805_i_am_a_rich_person.htmWed, 05 Aug 2009 22:05:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090805_i_am_a_rich_person.htm<p>It is a very tough topic, and it is surely controversial. But it puzzled me a lot and I take the courage to share it.</p> <p>In the last few years, I wrote an article <a href="My">conflict with security guards</a>. The root cause for the conflict is, <strong>I think</strong>, my hope of a better country - a country with more respects, and with more rules - A country that people respect private property, and a country where people are eventually equal - not because being rich or poor, or the positions they hold. Everyone should follow the rules, and be equal. I saw so many injustices the rich people did for the poor people.</p>Back to Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090805_back_to_blogging-2.htmWed, 05 Aug 2009 21:53:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090805_back_to_blogging-2.htm<p>Just a notice about why I didn&rsquo;t blog in the last two days. Hmmm&hellip; I found out I even didn&rsquo;t have time to open a web page in the last few days except web based application like gmail. Pretty busy days. The other reason is, network does not work in my home. Wendy got a new 3G netbook (Dell Mini). But the 3G didn&rsquo;t work after she brought it back home. Another way to access Internet is gone.</p>Channel 9 Communication Explainedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090802_channel_9_communication_explained.htmSun, 02 Aug 2009 19:47:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090802_channel_9_communication_explained.htm<p>I wrote the article about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090716_channel_9_of_flight_control_center.htm">Channel 9 of Flight Control Center</a>. I posted the communication between the pilots and air traffic control centers. However, I am not sure of what the message is about. I sent an email to George, my friend who is actually a pilot of the United Airlines. Here is his answer. Used with permission and with little modification. The quoted text is from George.</p> <p>==================================================</p> <p>Interestingly, although I heard it is required to use English to do the communication, most of the conversation in the audio is in Chinese. It is the same situation when we fly near Tokyo Narita Airport. They are using a language I am not very sure whether it is English or Japanese - I just cannot get a single word besides the numbers.</p>Welcome Home, Chris and Endeavourhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090731_welcome_home_chris_and_endeavour.htmFri, 31 Jul 2009 22:40:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090731_welcome_home_chris_and_endeavour.htm<p>After 15 days in space, Endeavour Shuttle will return to earth in one hour - it should land in Florida at 10:48 EDT, or 11:48 PM China time.</p> <p>Chris sent us (YLF) an email describing his departure preparation back to the Earth when he was in the International Space Station. It is the first email I got from the space - very cool. Obviously that very exciting and interesting email is private communication and should not be published, otherwise, I would be very happy to share what Chris experienced in the space on this blog.</p>Second Child For Some Familyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090729_second_child_for_some_family.htmWed, 29 Jul 2009 20:44:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090729_second_child_for_some_family.htm<p>China has implemented the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060620_one_child_policy_in_china.htm">One Child Policy</a> for more than 30 years. I have two brothers, and I am among the last generation to have brothers or sisters in the last 30 years. If the policy were enforced earlier, there would be no &ldquo;me&rdquo;. Well. In China, there is always a grace period between announcement of a policy and enforcing it.</p> <p>Recent years, it changed. I don&rsquo;t know exact the date, but for certain family, they can have two children. The criteria are, the both parents have to be the only child in their family. Before, there is a several year gap between the two children. I heard the interval requirement has been canceled.</p>My Conflict with Safe Guardshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090729_my_conflict_with_safe_guards.htmWed, 29 Jul 2009 00:04:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090729_my_conflict_with_safe_guards.htm<p>Recently, I found I often run into conflicts with safeguards - the safeguard at my residential area and the safeguard at the place where I had worked. Actually, this is very similar to the story of the mason in my post <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060711_the_world_of_different_rules.htm">The World with Different Rules</a></p> <p><strong>The Story of the Safeguard</strong></p> <p>Many weeks ago, I went to Metro Tower to pickup stuff of Wendy. The safeguard closed the entrance to the load/unload area, and do not allow me to stop before the load area. He even ignored the fact that I just paid 30 RMB for parking at the parking lot, and just wanted to drive into the load/unload area.</p>Back fro OOB in Shengsihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090728_back_fro_oob_in_shengsi.htmTue, 28 Jul 2009 12:27:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090728_back_fro_oob_in_shengsi.htm<p>We were in Shengsi for company outing. Just returned. I left few days blank in my blog - pretty rare in the last few years. I will update about the outing soon.</p> <p>This is also an interesting time slot that caused a lot of mental tension, and thinking power. I said to my partners that I have almost been converted from ENFP to ISTJ in the last few weeks. It seems now I am at least more introverted than before.</p>Solar Eclipse Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090723_p2564.htmThu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090723_p2564.htm<p>Note: If you receive an email notification, it is because I just enabled it. You have subscribed to this mail list of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Update at least one year ago (I paused sending out emails in the last year). If you don&rsquo;t want to receive it, please unsubscribe now.</p> <p>Below are the photos of the solar eclipse. To be more exact, the darkness, instead of the Sun.</p> <p>It is very dark outside, but if I don&rsquo;t mark the time and date, it is exactly another night of Shanghai.</p>Eclipse Just Endedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090722_eclipse_just_ended.htmWed, 22 Jul 2009 10:44:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090722_eclipse_just_ended.htm<p>It was completely dark outside. Darker than I thought - exactly a night.</p> <p>I just feel I got jet lag - eyes told me I should be sleepy, but I am still excited. That is exactly the feeling of jet lag.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I heard an interview on NPR yesterday that since it is Monsoon season in India right now... there won&#x27;t be much a chance to view the sun, a company was chartering people to view the eclipse above the clouds for $1600 per person for 3 hours... something like that. Is there a market for things like that in mainland?<div class="comment-meta">— GN · 2009-07-22 12:16</div></div> <div class="comment">an interesting event... even though not able to see how the eclipse happened<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2009-07-22 15:28</div></div> <div class="comment">You&#x27;re so lucky to be in Asia. The next full solar eclipse will be 2132.<br><br>I heard in an interview a full eclipse is bad omen in most east Asian culture. With the current financial crisis, the prediction arrived after the fact.<div class="comment-meta">— raymond · 2009-07-23 06:33</div></div> </details>We Will Miss the Solar Eclipsehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090722_we_will_miss_the_solar_eclipse.htmWed, 22 Jul 2009 09:01:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090722_we_will_miss_the_solar_eclipse.htm<p>Ops. It seems we are going to miss the longest and the best total solar eclipse in Shanghai. Look at this picture and you will know how lucky we are to be located in Shanghai:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/22/TSE2009globe1a.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>But being in the central location of the Solar eclipse is just the beginning of the story. The reality is, it is cloudy!</p> <p>Here is the photo I took this morning.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/22/shanghai-solar.eclipse.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Believe Your Gut Feelinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090721_believe_your_gut_feeling.htmTue, 21 Jul 2009 23:00:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090721_believe_your_gut_feeling.htm<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai-Fu_Lee">Kai-Fu Lee</a> wrote an article of &ldquo;Follow your heart&rdquo; when he left Microsoft and joined Google. I was told the same thing today. To me, that translates to &ldquo;Believe your gut feeling&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>That is just not Right</strong></p> <p>Sometimes, we have to admit how weak the rational logic and reasoning are when making complicated decisions. Sometimes, when you have already thought for many times, and have already made a decision, and the decision is well-informed, data-proven, and perfect-logic, you just about to make a decision, but at the last minute, you feel something is not right. It just does not FEEL right. You don&rsquo;t know why it is that way, but you just have that gut feeling. Can I call it intuition (BTW, I am an Intuition type of person - ENFP)?</p>Right Lane - Most Important Road in Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090719_right_lane_-_most_important_road_in_city.htmSun, 19 Jul 2009 23:03:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090719_right_lane_-_most_important_road_in_city.htm<p>The reason I love business world is, you have to reach a level of excellency in digging into details of all the aspects of your business to really be able to deliver a world class product or services. I tend to practice this skill in worlds other than business. Transportation of large cities is one of the area I spent a lot of time thinking. Here is one of my observation.</p>Xinjiang! Xinjiang!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090718_xinjiang_xinjiang.htmSat, 18 Jul 2009 22:35:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090718_xinjiang_xinjiang.htm<p>When the riot (I have to pay specially attention to my wording, although I don&rsquo;t know what is the best word to describe it) in Xinjiang happened, I was in US. But I don&rsquo;t think I missed any news than being in China.</p> <p>Every time, when I don&rsquo;t write about an important event, it is because I don&rsquo;t feel I have known enough about the fact. That was the reason <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080406_why_i_didnt_cover_about_tibet.htm">Why I Didn&rsquo;t Cover About Tibet</a>. That is the same reason I kept silence about what is happening in Xinjiang.</p>Channel 9 of Flight Control Centerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090716_channel_9_of_flight_control_center.htmThu, 16 Jul 2009 08:15:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090716_channel_9_of_flight_control_center.htm<p>Maybe the last key reason to keep me fly on United Airlines is the Channel 9 they offer. I believe most of people even don&rsquo;t know that there is a special channel at every passenger&rsquo;s seat: the 9th channel. That is the channel the pilot communicate with the control tower. Recently, most of the United Airlines captain don&rsquo;t bother to turn it on, but they did turn it on the last time at UA857 from San Francisco to Shanghai. Here are some audio I recorded. Click on any of the dark image to play.</p>Endeavour Finally Launchedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090716_endeavour_finally_launched.htmThu, 16 Jul 2009 08:03:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090716_endeavour_finally_launched.htm<p>I am very happy that Endeavour finally launched today at 6:03 AM. Unfortunately, after chasing the even for very long, I over slept this morning, and was not able to watch the even live - due to wake up too early two days ago.</p> <p>Now I am watching the post-launch press conference, and watch the launch again and again, but the replay does not have all the communication between the crew, and the base station, which I am most interested in.</p>Welcome to China, If Temperature is OKhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090715_welcome_to_china_if_temperature_is_ok.htmWed, 15 Jul 2009 22:42:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090715_welcome_to_china_if_temperature_is_ok.htm<p>Are you traveling to China from other countries, be prepared for the temperature check, in the background of H1N1 Type A Flu.</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t worry though. Let me describe the process so you have a preview of what to expect.</p> <ul> <li> <p>On plane, you will be required to fill in a form of self-health-claim form. Everyone needs to do it, and claim whether you feel fever, cough or other flue symptom.</p> </li> <li> <p>After landing at Pudong International Airport, all passengers will be required to remain seated. Medical staff will get on board, and use a laser detector to check the temperature of every passenger. This seems very time consuming, but it is actually very fast. It is just the speed of flight attendants delivering drinks - several minutes are fine.</p>Shanghai Also has Blue Sky - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090714_shanghai_also_has_blue_sky_-_part_ii.htmTue, 14 Jul 2009 22:10:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090714_shanghai_also_has_blue_sky_-_part_ii.htm<p>I very happily described the very rare blue sky in my previous post here: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070816_shanghai_also_has_blue_sky_-_for_one_day.htm">Shanghai Also has Blue Sky - for One Day</a>. These two days after I am back from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090709_wrapping_up_my_trip_in_sv.htm">Silicon Valley trip</a>, I found Shanghai also has clear sky, thank to the east wind from the ocean. I brought my camera with me (intentionally) just to capture the blue sky. Here are the nice photos. I love Shanghai a lot if the city remains like this, or at least half of the days are like this.</p>Chris is Going to Space Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090714_chris_is_going_to_space_again.htmTue, 14 Jul 2009 06:47:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090714_chris_is_going_to_space_again.htm<p>This is on NASA&rsquo;s website:</p> <blockquote> <p>T-20 Minutes and Holding</p> <p>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:38:11 AM GMT+0800</p> <p>The countdown clock at NASA&rsquo;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has paused as scheduled at the T-20-minute mark. This is a planned hold lasting 10 minutes. At Launch Pad 39A, space shuttle Endeavour&rsquo;s crew access hatch has been closed, sealed and locked for flight. All seven STS-127 astronauts are safely strapped into their seats and are awaiting liftoff at 6:51 p.m. EDT.</p>Fast Changing Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090713_fast_changing_shanghai.htmMon, 13 Jul 2009 22:23:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090713_fast_changing_shanghai.htm<p>One of my favorite thing involving traveling to US for one week is that when you come back to Shanghai, you find so many things changed in one week. One week means a lot in current Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Construction</strong></p> <p>From the first thing I noticed - the facade of the building under construction near my residential area were completed. Several new buildings (20+ stories high) just suddenly appeared there. Well. They were not built in one week, but it took just one week to remove all the greenish construction wrappers around the building to reveal a beautiful new building.</p>Back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090712_back_to_shanghai-2.htmSun, 12 Jul 2009 05:08:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090712_back_to_shanghai-2.htm<p>Quick note: I landed at Shanghai Pudong Airport at 12:30 PM, July 11, 2009. From leaving Super 8 at Stanford at 9:00 AM, July 9, it is 51.5 hours (yes. I surely understand that there is 15 hours time zone difference it it), or 36.5 hours on the road.</p> <p>Interestingly, United Airlines gave me another &ldquo;Sorry for inconvinience&rdquo; card. Am I lucky to receive two cards during the trip? One for bad equipments, and service, and another for delay for 10 hours?</p>My United Airlines was Cancelledhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090710_my_united_airlines_was_cancelled.htmFri, 10 Jul 2009 13:10:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090710_my_united_airlines_was_cancelled.htm<p>Too quick to say bye bye to America. I am now still sitting at a bigger table, and a nicer room at Best Western El Rancho Inn &amp; Suite near the San Francisco Airport (so near that I see flight landing just out of window!).</p> <p>My flight UA857 from San Francisco to Shanghai was cancelled today. It is scheduled to leave tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM, and arrive in Shanghai at 12:30 PM, Saturday.</p>End of Noodle Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090710_end_of_noodle_trip.htmFri, 10 Jul 2009 13:03:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090710_end_of_noodle_trip.htm<p>My recent US trip started to form a routine. It always start with a PHO noodle - the Vietnamese noodle somewhere near the hotel I stay, and ends the trip at Tomokazu Japanese Cuisine noodle shop near gate G100 of San Francisco airport.</p> <p><strong>Choosing Food</strong></p> <p>In the bay area, the closest food to Chinese food, including Chinese restaurants, is actually Vietnamese noodle. I didn&rsquo;t make a mistake here. I did mean INCLUDING Chinese food. Well, actually there is no such a thing called Chinese food, just like there no such a thing called European food. Most of the Chinese food here are Cantonese cuisine, not the food I am used to. I just need 1) Noodle 2) Hot soup instead of cold (iced!) water 3) Salty food, not just rice 4) with meat AND vegetables in it (cooked not fresh vegetables).</p>Wrapping up my Trip in SVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090709_wrapping_up_my_trip_in_sv.htmThu, 09 Jul 2009 13:52:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090709_wrapping_up_my_trip_in_sv.htm<p>I am sitting at my small table in the Super 8 hotel at Palo Alto. Yes. It is a small table, and a small room with noisy refrigerator, and it smells. But, I am happy.</p> <p><strong>Life as an Entrepreneur</strong></p> <p>Kissing goodbye with 5-star hotels, business class flight and jumping back to the real life of an entrepreneur, I just don&rsquo;t believe I could make a better decision. The corporate style of work is just not my style. Let me tell you, Super 8 is really good - not because of it is good (please fix the noise of the refrigerator!), it is because it symbolize the spirit of cost saving, and the place you pay attention.</p>I Just Love Silicon Valleyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090708_i_just_love_silicon_valley.htmWed, 08 Jul 2009 16:03:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090708_i_just_love_silicon_valley.htm<p>Before 2005, I always tell people - I love Seattle, WA, because of the great trees, lakes, mountains and great cities. At that time, every of my US trip is in Seattle. It turned out that I said that just because I never visited Silicon Vally. This is exactly the reason people travel - never make decisions about what you want most before you explore more places and lifestyle - the type of seeking for something unknown.</p>Got a Overtime Parking Tickethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090707_got_a_overtime_parking_ticket.htmTue, 07 Jul 2009 16:17:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090707_got_a_overtime_parking_ticket.htm<p>How embarrassing!</p> <p>I got a ticket for overtime parking in Palo Alto downtown today.</p> <p>I parked the car into the purple zone. Then I visited Tina and have lunch together. It is the first Monday after the Independent Day. We walked to many restaurants from her list one by one, only to find out all them are closed, and one even closed for two weeks!</p> <p>15 minutes later, we stopped the Palo Alto downtown guided tour and went to the Japanese restaurant to have Sushi. We had wonderful conversation, but jet lag hit me at about 1:30 PM. I could not stay awake, and proposed to have a cup of coffee.</p>Why Car Lights in US are Always Onhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090707_why_car_lights_in_us_are_always_on.htmTue, 07 Jul 2009 03:36:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090707_why_car_lights_in_us_are_always_on.htm<p>Just one quick question: why people in California always have their car light on even in day time? It seems waste of energy, and pretty annoying. On the rented car, the light switch default to AUTO, but does it mean to shut it down in automatically in sunny California at day time?</p> <p>BTW, I inherited this habit of forgetting to close the light when I am back to Shanghai (completely manual lights), and Wendy always reminded me about that.</p>Inspiration is the Key in Silicon Valleyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090706_inspiration_is_the_key_in_silicon_valley.htmMon, 06 Jul 2009 16:09:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090706_inspiration_is_the_key_in_silicon_valley.htm<p>Another exciting day in Sunny silicon valley just ended. I would say every time I visit the Silicon Valley, I just love it more and more. The valley is all about new ideas, inspiration, and thoughts about the future. I chatted with Reid, and Jin, and my friends in the Chinese entreprenure community at lunch (with a side trip to Costco to get the shopping list I got from my friends filled). All of the meetings were very good. In Silicon Valley, what the future looks like really matters for many people, and you can just go ahead to talk about it without getting a strange look (like in Shanghai or Luoyang). With Jin, I got very excited about the future of Smart Grid - the power management system, although it may be 5 years or 10 years from now. It seems to me just like another Internet. This is also my first introductionary talk about clear energy. Not to mention Reid&rsquo;s wonderful mind - some of the tips are still singing besides my ear now.</p>Tax Rate in China is Low?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090705_tax_rate_in_china_is_low.htmSun, 05 Jul 2009 22:16:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090705_tax_rate_in_china_is_low.htm<p>Just get back from the party. We talked about the tax rate in China, and it gave me the impression that the tax rate in China is low.</p> <p><strong>Business Tax</strong></p> <p>5% of revenue as operating tax, and 20% of profit - for an Internet company.</p> <p>For other type, like the trading cmopany, they do not pay according to revenue - they pay value-add tax.</p> <p>For certified high-tech company, the tax of the first 3 years will be 0, and half of the tax due in the following two years.</p>Fireworks in Sillicon Valleyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090705_fireworks_in_sillicon_valley.htmSun, 05 Jul 2009 15:36:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090705_fireworks_in_sillicon_valley.htm<p>Thanks Carroll to inviting me to her wonderful party again. There are very nice conversation going on and great food, and there are fireworks! Look at the wonderful fireworks and view!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/05/DSC06097.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/05/DSC06103.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Credit: Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/05/DSC06114.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Credit: Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/05/DSC06115.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Credit: Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/05/DSC06117.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Credit: Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p>Drawing of Stanfodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090704_drawing_of_stanfod.htmSat, 04 Jul 2009 15:13:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090704_drawing_of_stanfod.htm<p>I should otherwise be sleeping at hotel, if there were no meeting that afternoon. Since I got to the Stanford anyway, it was nice to hang out for a while and take some pictures, and make some drawings.</p> <p><strong>Hoover Tower</strong></p> <p>Stanford has a nice tower - the Hoover Tower:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/07/04/DSC06049.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I was there on July 2nd, when I just landed from SFO airport. I took several minutes to draw what I saw. It is embarrassingly bad drawing</p>Morning America, and Good Night Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090704_morning_america_and_good_night_china.htmSat, 04 Jul 2009 02:00:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090704_morning_america_and_good_night_china.htm<p>It is another sunny morning in bay area. So lovely weather, and I am sitting in my favorite (or OUR favorite?) University Cafe. Interestingly, although I love new travel destinations, I always enjoy have meal or cafe at exactly the same location. So I arranged most of my Palo Alto meetings in the same place: University Cafe, 271 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA. I am enjoying my nice orange juice, and expecting my breakfast:</p>美国旅行手册https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090703_ce-3.htmFri, 03 Jul 2009 13:36:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090703_ce-3.htm<p>其实不是手册，而是仅仅写给我自己的，方便下次。</p> <p><strong>美国旅行三宝</strong></p> <p>护照，驾照，信用卡，缺一不可。有了它们，其他都不重要了。</p> <p>身份证不带，没问题。驾照其实不用翻译件，最近几次Avis的人总是像模像样的比对驾照上的中文和预定记录，我真不信他们看得懂中文。美金现金应该带上几十块钱。最近三次在硅谷都是只有信用卡没有现金，唯一的问题是付不出打扫房间一块钱的小费。邀请信好像最近的五六次都没有带过，正常过关。</p>United Airlines is Badhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090703_united_airlines_is_bad.htmFri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090703_united_airlines_is_bad.htm<p>I wrote <em><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021104_united_airlines_is_good.htm">United Airlines is Good</a></em> 7 years ago, when I just started flying to US. On one hand, my expectation was lower than today, and on the other hand, they were much better in the good economy. The trip UA858 leaving PVG on July 2, 2009 for SFO was really bad. However, this time, I was not the same person many years ago, and I started to investigate this company from the business perspective.</p>Hello from Palo Altohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090703_hello_from_palo_alto.htmFri, 03 Jul 2009 02:38:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090703_hello_from_palo_alto.htm<p>Just landed. Palo Alto is much nearer than San Jose. This is the first time I stay in Palo Alto. The previous many time, I was always in the San Jose area.</p> <p>Just landed. Stayed at 3200 El Camino Real - the Super 8 Hotel, a cheap hotel that I stayed once the last time. The United Airline UA 858 flight I just finished was the worst experience I had so far. I may write about it. Even the crew felt that it is so bad that they gave many of us a &ldquo;Please Accept Out Apology&rdquo; card, and a series number on it. With the card, I can get 10% off from the next international trip, or $150 certificate&hellip;</p>Bye Bye Shanghai for Few Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090702_bye_bye_shanghai_for_few_days.htmThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090702_bye_bye_shanghai_for_few_days.htm<p>I just packed everything, and a taxi is waiting downstairs to Pudong Airport. I am leaving for San Francisco Airport, and stay in Palo Alto for some days - near the Stanford university, and be back to Shanghai at night of July 10th.</p> <p>Bye bye Shanghai for a while, and I will be back soon. I don&rsquo;t expect the trip will interrupt blogging - I will just suffer a little bit of time zone difference, and not sure how to keep the one post per day guideline - so I just post &ldquo;randomly&rdquo; when I want to.</p>Checklist for US Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090701_checklist_for_us_trip.htmWed, 01 Jul 2009 23:47:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090701_checklist_for_us_trip.htm<p>I am heading to US via <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060504_flight_from_shanghai_to_us.htm">UA858</a> tomorrow. As always, I always wait for the last minute to pack up everything. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090531_enfp_is_incompatible_with_gtd.htm">ENFP is not compatible with GTD</a>.</p> <p>The first US trip made me excited for weeks ahead of it, and now, it becomes another working day. However, my personality type always welcomes difference, and loves something new, not routine, and travel (including business travel) is the most exciting thing.</p> <p>The improvement this time is, I made a check list of important things:</p>I am Moving Back to Puxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090629_i_am_moving_back_to_puxi.htmMon, 29 Jun 2009 23:06:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090629_i_am_moving_back_to_puxi.htm<p>I have lived in Shanghai for 14 years.</p> <p>My first two years was spent in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031116_new_sjtu_minhang_campus.htm">Minghang Campus</a> of <a href="http://sjtu.edu.cn">Shanghai Jiaotong University</a>.</p> <p>Two years later, I moved back to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060427_campus_tour_of_shanghai_jiao_tong_university.htm">Xujiahui Campus of SJTU</a>. That was where my current Baixing office is located - the dorm is about 200 meters from my office building.</p> <p>In 1999, Wendy and I moved to a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030912_my_previous_house_at_meilong.htm">cheap apartment in Meilong</a>.</p> <p>3 years later, we very happily moved to the Vanke Waltz Garden near the Caobao Road Metro Station of Metro Line #1. That was wonderful time. The only problem is the noisy Caobao Road.</p>Real Estate Price Rises in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090628_real_estate_price_rises_in_shanghai.htmSun, 28 Jun 2009 22:01:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090628_real_estate_price_rises_in_shanghai.htm<p>The real estate market in Shanghai enters into another crazy period. No matter how many experts or the government official expected the house price will go down, it continued to raise like crazy.</p> <p>This weekend is another crowded weekend. Out of my window in the apartment in Pudong, I saw batches of house agents bringing their client to visit one house after another. I guess there are about 20 of them.</p>不同观点的根源https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090628_aeecc.htmSun, 28 Jun 2009 21:33:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090628_aeecc.htm<p>中国网民开始发出声音，是好事。讨论的时候，针锋相对，观点不一随处可见，也是好事。为什么同一件事情会观点如此不同呢？我试着归类如下。</p> <p>其一，盲人摸象。看到的都是事实，确实不同部分的事实。关于上海好还是不好，美国好还是不好，都是类似这样的讨论。<strong>我们必须接受，对于同一个事物，可以有多于一种事实。</strong></p>'It Works' is the Highest Standardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090626_it_works_is_the_highest_standard.htmFri, 26 Jun 2009 22:38:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090626_it_works_is_the_highest_standard.htm<p>For a lot of services, especially the Internet services, and new technology, &ldquo;it works&rdquo; is the highest possible standard, not the basics.</p> <p>The other day, I chatted with my friend in Google, and he asked me what is the future of eCommerce in China, and is there any new model that they need to follow.</p> <p>My guess is, for the eCommerce to work in China, we just need to make some services work, and not neccessarily to be a new model.</p>Google.com Blocked, Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090625_googlecom_blocked_again.htmThu, 25 Jun 2009 23:34:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090625_googlecom_blocked_again.htm<p>Last night, Google.com/Gmail/AdSense and most of other Google property cannot be accessed in China. The whole Green Dam - Google China - Google.com story has unwind and reveal a clear path of censorship + propaganda. The whole story is very long, and there are thousands of articles (if not millions) on this. Let me quickly record the key event.</p> <ul> <li> <p>The Chinese Government requires all computer to ship with a porn-filtering software, Green Dam by July 1, 2009. The order came out 10 days before the deadline.</p>I Use Hotmail Since 1997https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090624_i_use_hotmail_since_1997.htmWed, 24 Jun 2009 18:26:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090624_i_use_hotmail_since_1997.htm<p>MSN China is running a campaign to engage users to celebrate <a href="http://10.msn.com.cn">10 years of MSN service</a>. They offer to give you your registration time if you enter your MSN account and password (well. security concerns here), they will report the registration date and time, and tell you among all users, how many users are earlier than you.</p> <p>This is a very nice campaign - it engages users because everyone is curious, and everyone wants to spread out the word if they feel they are pretty early bird - like myself. Another even more successful campaign I participated was the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040109_my_name_is_on_mars.htm">Send Your Name to the Mars</a>.</p>Conversion of San Francisco and Beijing Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090623_conversion_of_san_francisco_and_beijing_time.htmTue, 23 Jun 2009 23:28:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090623_conversion_of_san_francisco_and_beijing_time.htm<p>I do not do as much conference calls as before, and I don&rsquo;t use an advanced scheduling system called Microsoft Outlook (TM), so I often mass meetings up. After booking three meetings wrong, I decided to really look into the details of how time zone, daylight saving works.</p> <p><strong>Converting San Francisco Time to Beijing Time</strong></p> <p>Although there are many tools doing the conversation, I found many tools converted the time wrong, since the new change of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in US extended one month of daylight saving</p>Deep Calmhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090623_deep_calm.htmTue, 23 Jun 2009 22:29:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090623_deep_calm.htm<p>I love to read Feld&rsquo;s blog - his blog was introduced by <a href="http://shaoblog.com">Bo</a>, and is my entrance level knowledge source on <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/category/term-sheet">termsheet</a> - the best resource on termsheet I can find.</p> <p>Today, he posted a blog entry with title <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/06/deep-calm.html">Deep Calm</a>. I like the post a lot, especially the first simple paragraph.</p> <blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m sitting in the early dawn light in a cabin in Tabernash, Colorado drinking a cup of coffee and getting ready to go for a run in the mountains.</p>Shanghai to Jinshanweihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090621_shanghai_to_jinshanwei.htmSun, 21 Jun 2009 21:13:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090621_shanghai_to_jinshanwei.htm<p>I got an email about how to get to Jinshanwei on July 22, 2009, just to watch the Solar Eclipse.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I´ve discovered your blog since I´ve been looking for information about travelling to Shanghai. We have planned our hollidays this year visiting Shanghai so we´ll observe the 22 july total solar eclipse. We realised that one of the best place in conditions to observe the eclipe is on shore in Jinshanwei. The fact is that day, our lodge is located in an hotel in Shanghai and as far as we have to arrive to Jinshan before 9.41 am, I´m concerned about how to cover the distance between Shanghai and Jinshan and how long does it takes the trip, so it happens in a labour day. What´s your opinion? Do you recommend to go by taxi? How much aprox would it cost? If not, better by bus? Where to leave from?. I haven´t found any information about it in the net.</p>Suggestion about Quitting Microsoft?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090620_suggestion_about_quitting_microsoft.htmSat, 20 Jun 2009 22:15:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090620_suggestion_about_quitting_microsoft.htm<p>I chatted with my friend about whether he should quit Microsoft.</p> <p>I always believe Microsoft is a great company - the greatest company I saw so far, but I know many people regret quitting Microsoft too late - 7 years for me is too long.</p> <p>I talked about why more in this Chinese article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080213_cceeae.htm">Standing on the Shoulder of a Great Company</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Explore while you are young !<div class="comment-meta">— kbguy · 2009-06-22 18:52</div></div> </details>Back from Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090620_back_from_nanjing.htmSat, 20 Jun 2009 00:14:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090620_back_from_nanjing.htm<p><strong>Meeting</strong></p> <p>Back from the trip to Nanjing - a government meeting on media regulations. It is maybe the only government meeting I attend every year. The meeting is in Nanjing International Convention Center, in the same mountain area with Zhong Shan Ling. I like that area a lot - the place we should definitely visit more often.</p> <p><strong>Nanjing Blogger</strong></p> <p>Most of the photos I saw about Nanjing came from <a href="http://lifetea.org/?pg=2">http://lifetea.org/?pg=2</a>. She started blog 5 months before I did (<a href="http://lifetea.org/?pg=359">her first blog</a>), and from the first one, I saw a long-long-long-long-time-no-see name: <a href="http://rg.blogspot.com/">Tiger Cafe</a>. Yes. In the old happy days in 2002, not so many bloggers in this world. Tiger cafe has stopped update in 2004. <a href="http://lifetea.org">Christina</a>, me, <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">Isaac</a>, and <a href="http://www.robertmao.com">Robert</a> are still writing our blogs. BTW, Christina and I was not as aggressive as the other two. Their blogs have been blocked by GFW many times - an acknowledgment of the depth of &ldquo;harmful information&rdquo; by the government.</p>双重狂汗https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090617_ec-4.htmWed, 17 Jun 2009 23:08:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090617_ec-4.htm<p>晚上和Wendy以及一朋友吃饭。她聊到她最近的看房经历时说：</p> <blockquote> <p>“连<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">mvm</a>）的房子都被我看到了。那天我去看看房。。。。。”</p> </blockquote> <p>之后的情节我在<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">mvm</a>的一个月以前的blog《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000839.htm">生活中总有一些事情让人狂汗(41)</a>》已经看过了：</p> <blockquote> <p>我家的房子在卖，下午有人来看房子。我不在，是苹果接待的。结果貌似看房子的人认识我。据苹果给我发的短信所述：“女的，不认识，对着你的照片大喊了一声你的名字”。 －－来源：mvm《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000839.htm">生活中总有一些事情让人狂汗(41)</a>》May 18, 2009</p>Visiting US in Julyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090617_visiting_us_in_july.htmWed, 17 Jun 2009 22:09:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090617_visiting_us_in_july.htm<p>Visiting US from July 1 to July 9.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041129_united_airlines_in_shanghai.htm">Always United Airlines</a> - haven&rsquo;t tried other airlines yet.</p> <p>Always Avis - haven&rsquo;t tried other car services yet.</p> <p>Alternatives? Richard suggested JetAirways, but they have discontinued their service from Shanghai to San Francisco.</p> <p><strong>Moving to Pudong?</strong></p> <p>It is a tough decision about whether to move back to Puxi near my office in Xujiahui. I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040405_life_in_pudong_started.htm">moved to Pudong</a> 5 years ago. Now the traffic is really a problem. But, am I ready to move back to Puxi? Seems today, I am making some progress.</p>Manhole Covers in Shanghai and Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090616_manhole_covers_in_shanghai_and_beijing.htmTue, 16 Jun 2009 22:43:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090616_manhole_covers_in_shanghai_and_beijing.htm<p>From time to time, I will post some random photos of this city. There is no particular topic, just to record the daily life, and to keep a record of my life for myself to reference in the coming years.</p> <p><strong>The Manhole Cover</strong></p> <p>Below is the current version of the manhole found at the crossroad near my home. It reads: Shanghai Shui (meaning Shanghai Water).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/16/DSC_0444.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p>Controlling Software is Everywherehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090616_controlling_software_is_everywhere.htmTue, 16 Jun 2009 22:27:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090616_controlling_software_is_everywhere.htm<p>At client side, all newly shipped PC are required to pre-install a spyware by the government (well. The nature of a software is really about what it does, instead of who installed it). This is just like a fiction.</p> <p>At the server side, more and more internet companies are required to install a server controlling system to get information automatically to the government of the user information.</p> <p>It is unbelievable but it is happening these days in China.</p>I am at facebook.com/jianshuohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090613_i_am_at_facebookcomjianshuo.htmSat, 13 Jun 2009 16:18:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090613_i_am_at_facebookcomjianshuo.htm<p>Since I registered my email account jianshuo at hotmail.com, I tend to use the id in most services.</p> <p>Now, I am</p> <ul> <li> <p>jianshuo at hotmail.com</p> </li> <li> <p>jianshuo at gmail.com</p> </li> <li> <p>jianshuo at wangjianshuo.com</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/jianshuo/">http://twitter.com/jianshuo/</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://facebook.com/jianshuo/">http://facebook.com/jianshuo/</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Follow me (on twitter), or add me on Facebook. The current policy for me is, I add whoever requested to add at Facebook. I am using <a href="http://kaixin001.com">Kaixin001.com</a> also, but I absolutely only add people I consider as close friend.</p>Chris把我雷到了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090613_chriseae.htmSat, 13 Jun 2009 11:15:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090613_chriseae.htm<p>再有9个小时，在美国佛罗里达的肯尼迪航天中心的39A发射塔，奋进号航天飞机就要发射了。随机的就有我的宇航员朋友<a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cassidy-cj.html">Christopher</a>。这是他第一次上太空。要说这事儿挺大的。我就发了个很短的邮件给他，祝他一路平安。我没想到的是，Chris还是不紧不慢的像往常一样回了邮件，这下可把我雷到了。看来，航天员还是挺空的嘛，还在收邮件。呵呵。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/12/153212main_2009-3649-428.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: NASA</p> <p>在南京的时候，我们就聊过关于宇航员的生活。有趣的是，空间站里的宇航员是可以收发邮件的。只不过发出来的邮件直接寄到收件人。只有发到空间站的邮件需要有人在下面先看一遍，到没有什么秘密，仅仅不希望有人发一个病毒或者垃圾邮件什么的上去。</p>Good Luck Endeavour and Chrishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090612_good_luck_endeavour_and_chris.htmFri, 12 Jun 2009 22:45:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090612_good_luck_endeavour_and_chris.htm<p>I just dropped a short email to Christopher, who will be on board of Endeavour Space Shuttle, to say good luck. His journey to the International Space Station on NASA mission <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts127/index.html">STS-127</a>.</p> <p>The launch will happen at 7:17, June 13 US Eastern time, or 19:17 on the same day in Shanghai - it is good that I can watch the launch at home. I just hope the NASA TV connection on my computer works tomorrow.</p>My Mood These Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090611_my_mood_these_days.htmThu, 11 Jun 2009 22:26:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090611_my_mood_these_days.htm<p>My long time reader xge asked the question under my entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090610_dogs_unprotected_how_about_human.htm#0216">Dogs Unprotected. How about Human?</a></p> <blockquote> <p>I sensed a lot of bitterness and anger in many of your recent posts. Does it reflect a real change in you? I wonder if it reflects a real mood change in the general population and what happens if it does.</p> <p>Posted by: xge on June 11, 2009 2:16 PM</p> </blockquote> <p>Here is my answer to the questions. I am not happy and I read many other bloggers are not happy these days.</p>Dogs Unprotected. How about Human?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090610_dogs_unprotected_how_about_human.htmWed, 10 Jun 2009 23:39:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090610_dogs_unprotected_how_about_human.htm<p>I actually didn&rsquo;t believe the <a href="http://nc.people.com.cn/GB/61877/9406930.html">news</a> (WARNING: bloody photos of dogs in the report) when it came out:</p> <blockquote> <p>Before May 31, 2009, all dogs on the 3206 sq. km area of Yang Xian of Shaanxi were killed by the local government, including all dogs in people&rsquo;s home, and those who already got government permits. Now, the county has became the first one in China without a single dog, and their goal is too keep the county dog-free in the next three years.</p>Tianzifang at Taikang Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090609_tianzifang_at_taikang_road.htmTue, 09 Jun 2009 22:05:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090609_tianzifang_at_taikang_road.htm<p>Let me add some photos to the Tianzifang I mentioned the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090607_gaokao_day_2009.htm">other day</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/09/DSC_0384.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/09/DSC_0385.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/09/DSC_0386.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><strong>Tianzifang</strong></p> <p>Tianzifang is at the lanes of Taikang Road. It developed from local residence area, to a new art zone. The Taikan Road is an area where artist gathers in the downtown Shanghai. Then without people even noticed, the lanes along the Taikan Road developed to a new attraction.</p>Shi Shi Shi Shi - Chinese Pinyinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090607_shi_shi_shi_shi_-_chinese_pinyin.htmSun, 07 Jun 2009 22:14:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090607_shi_shi_shi_shi_-_chinese_pinyin.htm<p>As many people knows, there are many different characters mapping to the same pronunciation. Thus, it is very hard to directly tell from a pronunciation what the original character is. Here is an interesting example, written by Zhao Yuan Ren in 1930.</p> <blockquote> <p>石室诗士施氏，嗜食狮，誓食十狮。适施氏时时适市视狮。十时，适十狮适市。是时，适施氏适市。氏视是十狮，恃矢势，使是十狮逝世。氏拾是十狮尸，适石室。石室湿，氏使侍拭石室。石室拭，氏始试食是十狮尸。食时，始识是十狮尸，实十石狮尸。试释是事。</p>Gaokao Day 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090607_gaokao_day_2009.htmSun, 07 Jun 2009 21:36:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090607_gaokao_day_2009.htm<p>Some interesting things about today.</p> <p>**Gaokao **</p> <p>I haven&rsquo;t realized that it is the day for 10.2 million students to go to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040609_national_college_entrance_examination_gaokao.htm">Gaokao</a> (College Entrance Exam) today, until I saw there are some traffic control around some schools. The big signs wrote: &ldquo;No horn!&rdquo;.</p> <p>Yes. It is Gaokao time, the most important day for most students at age of 18. My Gaokao was 14 years ago. Today, it is not very hot in Shanghai, good for them!</p>Back to Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090606_back_to_blogging.htmSat, 06 Jun 2009 19:59:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090606_back_to_blogging.htm<p>I OOB (Out of Blogging) longer than expected. I scheduled to be OOB only on June 2th, which is Yifan&rsquo;s birthday, but later, I missed the following few days. Don&rsquo;t worry since it is not because of the sensitive day we just passed in China.</p> <p>Xiaowei of edushi.com came, and we spent the time together with other friends late at night. Then I was on the trip to Dishuihu, stayed there for one night, and just got back yesterday, and now, you see, I am back. I missed blogging on some important things and I will make it up later.</p>Happy 2 Year Birthday to Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090602_happy_2_year_birthday_to_yifan.htmTue, 02 Jun 2009 21:51:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090602_happy_2_year_birthday_to_yifan.htm<blockquote> <p>This entry was made up on June 7th, and dated back to June 2.</p> </blockquote> <p>These are some photos of Yifan at his 2 year old birthday.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0005.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0003.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0078.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0151.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0037.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0091.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/06/02/DSC_0325.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>His mom tried to bake a birthday cake for him, but failed in the afternoon. Well. The cake tastes great, just strong in shape. Yifan didn&rsquo;t seem to mind the shape, as long as it tasted good.</p>Happy Children's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090601_happy_childrens_day-2.htmMon, 01 Jun 2009 23:39:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090601_happy_childrens_day-2.htm<p>Happy Children&rsquo;s Day. We don&rsquo;t prepare too much for Yifan on Children&rsquo;s Day, because, Yifan is turning two years old tomorrow!</p> <p>I will be OOB (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/out_of_blogging.htm">Out of Blogging</a>) tomorrow for the whole day (and out of office, and out of computer, and out of anything that I felt important most of my time), and stay with Yifan for the whole day. I believe he will be happy to have enough of his dad&rsquo;s attention, which he recently demands a lot.</p>Congratulations to Andrew McLaughlinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090531_congratulations_to_andrew_mclaughlin.htmSun, 31 May 2009 23:17:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090531_congratulations_to_andrew_mclaughlin.htm<p>Another piece of YLF (Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum) news: Andrew is going to be the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of Obama Administration. (Source: <em><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/googles-top-policy-exec-to-join-obama-administration/">Google&rsquo;s Top Policy Executive to Join Obama Administration</a></em>).</p> <p>Congratulations to <a href="http://andrewmcblog.com/">Andrew McLaughlin</a> to play a big role! Interestingly, I saw Andrew one week before the YLF 2007 in Nanjing in Google&rsquo;s office, by introduction of <a href="http://isaacmao.com">Isaac Mao</a>. Then I get back and go to Nanjing, and at the forum, I saw someone with familiar face. It turned out that he is Andrew.</p>Gulangyu Photos by Wendyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090531_gulangyu_photos_by_wendy.htmSun, 31 May 2009 22:33:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090531_gulangyu_photos_by_wendy.htm<p>Wendy gets back from Gulangyu with some nice photos. It compliment to my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090419_back_from_xiamen_and_why_oob.htm">journey record</a> about one month ago. I didn&rsquo;t take too many photos the last time.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0026.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0074.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0107.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0144.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0157.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0160.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0234.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/31/DSC_0277.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>ENFP is Incompatible with GTDhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090531_enfp_is_incompatible_with_gtd.htmSun, 31 May 2009 11:57:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090531_enfp_is_incompatible_with_gtd.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htm">ENFP</a> = Extroverted iNtuition Feeling Perception type of MBTI</p> <p>GTD = Getting Things Done - a productivity methodology by <a href="http://www.davidco.com/">David Allen</a></p> <p>I bought a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090402_i_bought_a_moleskine.htm">Moleskine notebook</a>, and attached tags, and wrote my to-do-list on it, and categorize them as GTD suggested. It looked pretty promising at the very beginning.</p> <p>In a conference, I met my friend Akio Tanaka (who should be of similar personality type as myself), and showed off my notebook. He asked: How long have you tried this system? I admitted that I only started two weeks ago. He said, let&rsquo;s talk about it after a while.</p>End of a Holiday without Wendyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090530_end_of_a_holiday_without_wendy.htmSat, 30 May 2009 21:37:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090530_end_of_a_holiday_without_wendy.htm<p>Three days past so quickly, that I need to face a working Sunday tomorrow.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t feel well at begining (as I said, I felt like caught by flu), but I am fine very quickly, with temperature always between 35 -36 °C (my meter IS working very well).</p> <p>Wendy went to Xiamen, and Gulangyu Island with her friends. So it is a dragon boat festival without Wendy. I slept for long hours in the last three days. Elliot Ng was right. If getting sick happens to be at the same time of a long holiday, that is a sign that I need some rest. There is a theory in Chinese medicine (which I don&rsquo;t really believe in) that when people starts to slow down, the body gets a chance to get sick, something it does not have time to do when you are working so hard.</p>不惧怕优雅和美丽的中国人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090530_p315.htmSat, 30 May 2009 21:05:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090530_p315.htm<blockquote> <p>在这个特别的六月，把两年前关于这个问题的思考分享给更多的人</p> </blockquote> <p>当2007年杰出青年论坛结束</p>Nikon D50 CHA Error with SD Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090529_nikon_d50_cha_error_with_sd_card.htmFri, 29 May 2009 13:01:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090529_nikon_d50_cha_error_with_sd_card.htm<p>Wendy just called from Xiamen (she went there with friends) and complained that she got a new SD card, and put it into our <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080613_i_got_my_nikon_50mm_18d.htm">Nikon D50</a>, and got error message &ldquo;CHA&rdquo; and cannot take photo.</p> <p>I did some research and confirmed that Nikon D50 is incompatible with any SD card larger than 2G.</p> <p>P.S. I posted a short message on <a href="http://twitter.com/jianshuo">my twitter</a> about feeling like being caught by flu, and got many response. I am feeling better now.</p>Happy Dragon Boat Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090528_happy_dragon_boat_festival.htmThu, 28 May 2009 22:11:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090528_happy_dragon_boat_festival.htm<p>Happy Dragon Boat Festival to everyone. It is now a Chinese national holiday.</p> <p>I tend to call it Zongzi festival. Zongzi is the food that everyone eats (well, not everyone, at least not in my family) on this day. It is a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves.</p> <p>The holiday continues tomorrow (Friday), and ends on Saturday. The cost of the three day holiday is, people get back to work on Sunday.</p>罗伯特议事规则https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090528_caeceaee.htmThu, 28 May 2009 14:48:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090528_caeceaee.htm<p>初步尝试，<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%E7%BD%97%E4%BC%AF%E7%89%B9%E8%AE%AE%E4%BA%8B%E8%A7%84%E5%88%99&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a">罗伯特议事规</a>则用于<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090117_aeeaeece.htm">家庭会议</a>，也适用于公司的决策性会议。初步的三次会议，效果不错，继续摸索前行。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">早就听说过罗伯特议事规则，但在中国用起来还是很不容易的。<div class="comment-meta">— 熊眼看世界 · 2009-05-29 17:48</div></div> <div class="comment">:) 祝小逸凡小朋友儿童节快乐，明天生日快乐，每一天都快乐，咯咯:-D<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2009-06-01 16:58</div></div> <div class="comment">健硕的内容在Google的牌位就是高啊。找个“罗伯特议事规则”，也能在第一页看到，佩服佩服。<div class="comment-meta">— 陈天强 · 2009-10-15 14:47</div></div> </details>资费挺重要https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090527_eeee-2.htmWed, 27 May 2009 23:57:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090527_eeee-2.htm<p>现在3G的声响很大，周围朋友开始有像当年web 2.0概念刚刚出来时那种蠢蠢欲动的感觉。我倒觉得这只是一种假象，真正的3G，还远没有到来。</p> <p>那天一个朋友给我看Mixi的用户增长图，从2006年开始，手机用户从几个百分点，到现在占Mixi用户的2/3左右，而互联网用户只有1/3，以此说明手机对于未来战略的重要性。</p>US Congressmen Visit Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090527_us_congressmen_visit_shanghai.htmWed, 27 May 2009 23:15:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090527_us_congressmen_visit_shanghai.htm<p>It is pretty late after I left the Ritz Carlton Club on the 43th floor of Ritz Carlton Portman hotel. US congressman <a href="http://www.house.gov/larsen/">Rick Larson</a> (Democratic, Washington) and <a href="http://www.house.gov/kirk/">Mark Kirk</a> (Republic, Illinois) are visiting Shanghai (<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5il5yUavtXdWmaI9vqcwVrJNJqE_Q">news</a>), after they arrived in Hong Kong, and visited Guangzhou, before they fly to Beijing. With the two congressmen is the inimitable <a href="http://www.ncuscr.org/stephen-orlins-president">Steven Orlins</a> (as we always used the interesting word &ldquo;inimitable&rdquo; after the tradition of usage before Chairman Mao).</p>Bribe for Driver's License?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090526_bribe_for_drivers_license.htmTue, 26 May 2009 20:27:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090526_bribe_for_drivers_license.htm<p>Many of my friends are trying to get their driver&rsquo;s license. The driver&rsquo;s license exam consists of different stages of exams. Here are my experience:</p> <p>If you want to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/learn_to_drive.htm">Learn to Drive</a>, you first sign up to a</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030628_learn_to_drive.htm">driving school</a>, and pass the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040627_written_test_for_drivers_license.htm">Written Test for Driver&rsquo;s License</a> then <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030821_passed_the_field_and_road_driving_exam.htm">Pass the Field and Road Driving Exam</a>. That was pretty straight forward.</p> <p>However, the straight forward thing is not so simple in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Give Money (bribe) or Not</strong></p>The Only Beach in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090524_the_only_beach_in_shanghai.htmSun, 24 May 2009 22:20:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090524_the_only_beach_in_shanghai.htm<p>This morning, the whole family went to the Daning Green Land 大宁绿地, at the west of the Shanghai Circus. The reason we went there was, it has the only beach in Shanghai.</p> <p>Well. I admit that I made a mistake here. It is not a beach. It is just a lake with some sand on the north side of it.</p> <p>However, it is the only place in the whole Shanghai that I can bring Yifan to really play sand. There are some other man-made beach in Fengxian, and in Jinshan, but none of them are as child friendly as the place we went to.</p>城市的细语https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090523_cce-2.htmSat, 23 May 2009 16:39:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090523_cce-2.htm<p>任何城市都在对其中的每个人细语。[1]</p> <p>在你生活在一个城市里面，它总通过各种不经意的途径告诉你些东西。城市说话的方式不是有意的，而是不经意间的。不是用印在明信片上的那些景点，而是在餐厅里邻桌飘进耳朵里的谈话，或者不经意看到的墙上一行小字，或者仅仅是暮色中看到的一个没有拉上窗帘的房间。。。这些不是你去主动发现的，而是你躲也躲不开的。</p>Hijacked Education by Scientistshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htmSat, 23 May 2009 12:36:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm">Schools Conducted by Gaokao</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm">Hijacked Education by Scientists</a></p> </blockquote> <p>After writing for a week about all the pressure the Chinese educational system put to students, let me spend one article to discuss about the output of this system.</p>Schools Conducted by Gaokaohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htmFri, 22 May 2009 22:38:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China. The previous several articles are:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I didn&rsquo;t expected that my first blog about my thoughts of Yifan&rsquo;s education led to so many articles about the current education system in China. Sure. I am thinking about solutions, but to help more people to understand how the system works is the first step.</p>小宝和妈妈的对话https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090522_ce-2.htmFri, 22 May 2009 01:31:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090522_ce-2.htm<p>妈妈：想妈妈了没有？ 小宝：有－－－－－ 妈妈：想了几次？ 小宝：五－－－－－（同时五个手指伸得直直的，放在妈妈眼前） 妈妈：哪里想了？ 小宝：心－－－－－（然后两只手食指和拇指比划出一个心的形状）</p>University Education = Hukou in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htmThu, 21 May 2009 23:11:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm">Schools Conducted by Gaokao</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm">Hijacked Education by Scientists</a></p> </blockquote> <p>After I talked about the choice between <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese and International Education</a>, let me dive into details about how the current educational system, and why it has failed.</p>Chinese or International Eduction?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htmTue, 19 May 2009 20:49:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm">Schools Conducted by Gaokao</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm">Hijacked Education by Scientists</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I will continue the topic around which school should I send Yifan to today. As I always did, I am trying to share the options I have, and the dilemma I am facing to help my readers to get some ideas about the tough decisions to make for people in this city. Again, I tried not to generalize it as a question people face in this country. For example, Shanghai and my hometown Luoyang is very different.</p>Is China Changeable?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090518_is_china_changeable.htmMon, 18 May 2009 23:24:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm">Schools Conducted by Gaokao</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm">Hijacked Education by Scientists</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>谁也改变不了中国的这一现实 (Whoever cannot change the reality of China)</p>薡茶 - 鼎茶https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090518_ee_ee_.htmMon, 18 May 2009 17:00:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090518_ee_ee_.htm<p>薡茶是个有趣的品牌。</p> <p>典型的从台湾小打小闹到上海的一个总代理，到现在开了很多家店，很快呀。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">我也在说这个品牌，突然一下铺天盖地了，以前没咋见过的。<div class="comment-meta">— Stony Wang · 2009-10-26 12:09</div></div> <div class="comment">瞒好喝的<div class="comment-meta">— 乌龙茶属于什么茶 · 2010-08-07 12:38</div></div> </details>Worry about Yifan's Education - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htmSun, 17 May 2009 21:00:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm">Schools Conducted by Gaokao</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm">Hijacked Education by Scientists</a></p> </blockquote> <p>In the previous article about Yifan, I talked about the choices I am trying to make for Yifan&rsquo;s education. As some of my readers pointed out, this is a pretty private decision. I post it here, just to help my readers to understand the challenges, and the environment I am living in - not just from the point of view of a tourist, but also from the local residents.</p>Pudong House Price Rise Sharplyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090516_pudong_house_price_rise_sharply.htmSat, 16 May 2009 22:10:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090516_pudong_house_price_rise_sharply.htm<p>During the Spring Festival early this February, the apartment near where we live was about 13,500 RMB per sq. meter. To put it into perspective of US standard, you can safely assume it is a 100 sq. meter house with 2 bed rooms, one living room, one dining room, and it costs 1,350,000 RMB.</p> <p>Today, we find out the price has raised to 17,000 RMB per sq. meter, based on real transaction price. The same apartment of 1.35 million RMB is now 1.7 million RMB, 25% increase in a very short period of 4 months.</p>Worry about Yifan's Educationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htmSat, 16 May 2009 01:21:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a series of articles on education in Shanghai (I tried to avoid big topics like Education in China:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090516_worry_about_yifans_education.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education</a> and</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090517_worry_about_yifans_education_-_part_ii.htm">Worry about Yifan&rsquo;s Education - Part II</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090518_is_china_changeable.htm">Is China Changeable?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090519_chinese_or_international_eduction.htm">Chinese or International Eduction?</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090521_university_education_hukou_in_china.htm">University Education = Hukou in China</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090522_schools_conducted_by_gaokao.htm">Schools Conducted by Gaokao</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090523_hijacked_education_by_scientists_.htm">Hijacked Education by Scientists</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Which primary school should I send Yifan to? Every parent wants their child to receive the best education, and there is not standard of what best education is. Here are some choices we have:</p>一个混血儿，名字叫上海https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090515_aeaeeieae.htmFri, 15 May 2009 22:25:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090515_aeaeeieae.htm<p>我2006年写过《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060224_caeaecae.htm">六年爱上不正常的上海</a>》。当时只有一种感觉，就是上海和其他地方不一样。至于为什么不一样，却说不上来。最近读到陈丹燕的一些小说，发现<strong>混血儿</strong>或许是解释这个城市的不同最好的词汇。</p> <p>从文化上说，上海是一个西方和中国的混血儿。她有一个中国的母亲，和一个来自西方的父亲。就像所有的混血儿一样，上海充满着对于自身身份的焦虑和迷茫，甚至有痛苦和挣扎。这种混杂着自卑和自傲的说不清的感情，主导者一个世纪以来上海和其他中国人不能不说紧张的关系。这就像一个中日混血儿所面临的困境，既没有办法同意“日本人都是畜生”的过激言论，也无法同意日本人对于中国人类似的贬低。这就是上海这座混血城市面临一摸一样的尴尬。</p>Time Matters in Communicationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090515_time_matters_in_communication.htmFri, 15 May 2009 00:57:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090515_time_matters_in_communication.htm<p>This week (May 11 to May 15, 2009) is my communication week. I talked with people. Today, I talked 12.5 hours in total (including 2.5 hours with Jack and Jim), and the other 10 with TL, and ZR. Yesterday, I talked about 7 hours with Joanna, and Bobo, and the day before, 5 hours with Vince&hellip; Nice to chat with everyone and to get fully synced. The last week, I also talked 9 hours + 7 hours in two days with Matt.</p>Friendship Binding vs Interest Bindinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090513_friendship_binding_vs_interest_binding.htmWed, 13 May 2009 20:17:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090513_friendship_binding_vs_interest_binding.htm<p>For a company, whether it should be bound by friendship (&ldquo;I really love to work with these guys&rdquo;), or should it be bound by interest (&ldquo;I maximize my value in this company in any other company in the world&rdquo;)? This is a key question in my mind recently.</p> <p>The easy and simple answer is, sure, you need both, but if you have to decide, what comes first? When there is a conflict, which comes first?</p>May 12, 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090512_may_12_2009.htmTue, 12 May 2009 23:30:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090512_may_12_2009.htm<p>One year anniversary of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080512_earthquake_and_flee_from_18th_floor.htm">earthquake</a>. To be honest, today just slip from my fingers, another crucial way to tell us (sadly) that no matter what happens, the world still keep going&hellip;</p> <p>I spent 7 hours talking today, and had two pretty important meetings in the morning. A long and tiring day. I said <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090507_communication_is_key_to_any_success.htm">communication is the key to any success</a>. I do mean it, and that is the reason I will spend the rest of the month purely on communication.</p>Second Impression of Shanghai Expo Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090511_second_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htmMon, 11 May 2009 22:29:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090511_second_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htm<blockquote> <p>This is a follow up article after my previous article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090225_first_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htm">First Impression of Shanghai Expo Site</a></p> </blockquote> <p>The other day, I visited the Shanghai Expo Site with the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090510_australia_pavilions_construction_site.htm">Australia Pavilion Group</a>. Before I entered the site, I took a picture of the current Shanghai Expo Land site:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/11/050820091062.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is the picture of the site on May 9, 2009. If you still remember, in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090225_first_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htm">the previous article</a>, I posted a similar photo from a little bit higher than this view point, you will find out the building behind changed a lot.</p>Australia Pavilion's Construction Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090510_australia_pavilions_construction_site.htmSun, 10 May 2009 22:36:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090510_australia_pavilions_construction_site.htm<p>I am happy to be invited to the Australia Pavilion&rsquo;s construction site inside the Shanghai 2010 Expo Site. Thanks to Anna from Ogilvy PR, and Australia Pavilion team. This is the second time I participate in an even of the Australia Pavilion. I feel very involved with the project. (This was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090225_australian_expo_pavilion_foundation_completed.htm">my report</a> from the last time when the foundation was completed).</p> <p><strong>The Location of the Australia Pavilion</strong></p> <p>I would complain a little bit that there is no map available to outline the exact location of each pavilion on the Shanghai Expo web site. I searched, and was not able to find one (any reader can point to a direction if you know the existence of this map?). By visiting the construction site, I am able to have some rough idea about where the site is.</p>Communication is Key to Any Successhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090507_communication_is_key_to_any_success.htmThu, 07 May 2009 23:59:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090507_communication_is_key_to_any_success.htm<p>Once again, it is proved the importance of communication in our team.</p> <p>Communication is a very very very important thing in a team, and we need to make sure the trust are maintained among everyone, and information is freely available to everyone. That is key to the success of anything.</p> <p>To make something work is an art. It includes many factors that multiply by each other. It is hard to say which is the most important one, but communication is definitely a factor that can easily get to a lower score, which affect the people, and thus affecting many things.</p>Two Nice Photos from Xiaolianghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090506_two_nice_photos_from_xiaoliang.htmWed, 06 May 2009 22:50:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090506_two_nice_photos_from_xiaoliang.htm<p><a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com">Xiaoliang</a> just got back from his Europe trip. I found two nice photos of his <a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D7CFB8290E47E741!2004.entry">recent blog</a>, and want to share with my readers.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Changjiang (Yangtze) River Bridge</strong></p> <p>Recently, Shanghai went crazy to build really big bridges, like Donghai Bridge, and Hangzhou Bay Bridge.</p> <p>This one is also very amitious - to connect Chong Ming Island to Shanghai via a bridge. Here is the almost completed bridge from airplane:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/06/shanghai-yangtz.bridge.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Make My Blog Fasterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090505_make_my_blog_faster.htmTue, 05 May 2009 16:50:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090505_make_my_blog_faster.htm<p>In day one, my blog was very fast. These days, I don&rsquo;t feel it is as fast as it was long time ago. I started to add more and more elements to this blog, and unfortunately, it slows everything down a bit at a time, and now, it is not as fast as before.</p> <p>At the same time, I am working very hard in my company to make <a href="http://Baixing.com">Baixing.com</a> even faster. These two things can be done in parallel, and I can use some tips and learning from this site and apply it to my blog.</p>Enjoy the Beauty of Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090504_enjoy_the_beauty_of_life.htmMon, 04 May 2009 21:03:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090504_enjoy_the_beauty_of_life.htm<p>I live far away from office, and it costs me one hour to get to where I work. That is one of the key painful things I have in my life. Wendy and I tried many different solutions from waking up earlier, to looking for an apartment to rent in nearby places, and other ways.</p> <p>Finally, we give up the idea of buying or renting an apartment near where I work. We decided to really think about what we have today, and appreciate what we have, instead of pursuing what we don&rsquo;t have. I loved to discuss about the meaning of happiness, but from time to time, we just lost in our own puzzled life, and forget it.</p>Google Analytics Cookie by this Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090502_google_analytics_cookie_by_this_site.htmSat, 02 May 2009 22:16:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090502_google_analytics_cookie_by_this_site.htm<p>I am using Google Analytics to track traffic to this site, and thus, it will set first-party cookie on computers of my readers. To help my readers to understand what it is, and whether it contains any private information (someone asked), I am writing a quick guide, although it should be Google&rsquo;s job to do it.</p> <p><strong>__utma</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Name: __utma</p> <p>Content: 140862379.1932703144.1241269035.1241269035.1241269035.1</p> <p>Domain: .home.wangjianshuo.com</p> <p>Path: /</p> <p>Sent For: Any type of connection</p>Balloon and Camera in Outer Spacehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090502_balloon_and_camera_in_outer_space.htmSat, 02 May 2009 19:44:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090502_balloon_and_camera_in_outer_space.htm<p><a href="http://robertmao.com">Robert Mao</a> posted a <a href="http://robertmao.com/2009/04/29/teddybear/">nice article</a> talking about two outer space projects.</p> <p>One is the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1091896/Out-world-British-teddy-bears-strapped-helium-weather-balloon-reach-edge-space.html">Teddy Bear project</a>. The pupils in UK made the balloon and shipped it with two teddy bears, and send it to 30 km away from space.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/02/article-1091896-02B07D16000005DC-691_634x476.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I love this picture also - the pupils put a teddy bear into a plastic bottle to keep it warm in the harsh cold in outer space, and another one wear a plastic head cover - seems to be the bottom of a Pepsi bottle.</p>Clear Shanghai Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_clear_shanghai_night.htmFri, 01 May 2009 20:27:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_clear_shanghai_night.htm<p>It is nice to have a good view outside my office window, isn&rsquo;t it? It is especially true when it is clear night in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/01/DSC_0198.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/01/DSC_0191.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/05/01/DSC_0204.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I know there are many photos like these in my blog, but I just cannot help to post the same view again and again on my blog, since I am impressed by the views from time to time.</p>Breakeven Happinesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_breakeven_happiness.htmFri, 01 May 2009 20:20:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_breakeven_happiness.htm<p>I got a new term called break-even happiness from MC today. Very nice term. Just like a company that can either be losing money or break-even or profitable, the status of break even happiness means the status of not having obvious pains, and no things that trouble you too much, and you don&rsquo;t have too much extra than that.</p> <p>That is a nice state to get for any one in a startup company, and that is what we want to archive first. Although there are big return in the future in terms of stock options, we want to make sure everyone is at least happy about their life - to lead a reasonable good life with dignity, and don&rsquo;t have to worry too much about their family and personal life. So people can be patient with the growth of the company. Nice term! It is nice to apply that to daily life.</p>China and US is Opposite on North and Southhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_china_and_us_is_opposite_on_north_and_south.htmFri, 01 May 2009 19:43:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_china_and_us_is_opposite_on_north_and_south.htm<p>I talked with a friend today and he always cannot relate Shanghai with finance and operational type of city, and relate Beijing with culture, and media center. I believe that is the tend of thinking for many people.</p> <p>In US, north may mean economy centers, and mean people are more business oriented, and for south, the people is more straight-forward culturally, and it is not as business oriented as the north.</p>Why Use the Pedstrain Crossing?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_why_use_the_pedstrain_crossing.htmFri, 01 May 2009 00:05:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090501_why_use_the_pedstrain_crossing.htm<p>I talked a lot about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030604_traffic_rules_in_shanghai.htm">traffic rules</a>, and people jaywalking on the street, and even <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070427_how_i_drive_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm">how I drive in Shanghai</a>. All the thought is based on two assumptions:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The international traffic rules are always the best laws possible</p> </li> <li> <p>We should always follow the laws although in China, most people don&rsquo;t do itBut after my visit to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archinves/xiamen.htm">Xiamen</a>, and to be more exact, in Gulangyu Island, I started to think twice about what I have believed for so many years. The key question is, why we need a pedestrain crossing in the first place, and why people cannot just go across the road as they wish? I know it is crazy ideas but let me explain more.</p>Jinji Lake - Rebuild Another West Lakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090430_jinji_lake_-_rebuild_another_west_lake.htmThu, 30 Apr 2009 23:34:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090430_jinji_lake_-_rebuild_another_west_lake.htm<blockquote> <p>This post was created one months ago, and only show up today.</p> </blockquote> <p>For people tired of going to West Lake in Hangzhou or The Humble Administrator&rsquo;s Garden in Suzhou (I mean, after you visit these two places for more than 10 or 20 times), they may be interested to find out somewhere that si near Shanghai, and offers something new. Wendy and I went to Jinji Lake last Tuesday on our six year wedding anniversary. To my greatest surprise, the Jinji Lake has been turned into a new West Lake type of tourism destination, and a Xintiandi type of clustering of modern chain high-end restaurants, and Around-Century-Park type of high-raising residential areas.</p>Why People Don't Use Voice Mail in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090428_why_people_dont_use_voice_mail_in_china.htmTue, 28 Apr 2009 08:43:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090428_why_people_dont_use_voice_mail_in_china.htm<p>People in China don&rsquo;t use calendar as often as United States. I talked about it in a blog entry back in 2005: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050527_do_you_have_a_calendar.htm">Do You Have a Calendar?</a>. I also talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071115_why_classified_is_not_popular_in_china_yet.htm">Why Classified is NOT Popular in China, Yet</a>. Today, I want to talk about another thing about absolutely no people in China use today. That is voice mail.</p> <p><strong>Chinese is Unique? No</strong></p> <p>Four years ago, when I just joined eBay, and had the golden opportunity to witness the fight between eBay and Taobao from an inside on the eBay side. During many in-depth discussion with Meg Whitman when she was in Shanghai, I tried very hard to convince her that China is different. China has a unique culture, unique history, and unique user behavior, and we should treat China very differently.</p>Two Things Other Tourist Don't Do in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090427_two_things_other_tourist_dont_do_in_shanghai.htmMon, 27 Apr 2009 20:20:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090427_two_things_other_tourist_dont_do_in_shanghai.htm<p>When I am asked about three most interesting things that other tourists do not do in Shanghai, I typically give the following suggestion.</p> <p><strong>1. Transit Between Metro Line #1 and Line #2 in Rush Hours</strong></p> <p>I know you are tired of the routine scenic spots, and try to dive deep into the daily life of people in this city, a metro ride is a must. To be further visually impressed by the energy of this city, you should schedule your metro ride between 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM. You will not only see what we call &ldquo;People Mountain People Sea&rdquo;, it is the type of people and the expression on their face, their pace, what they do in the metro cart, and how huge number of people interact with each other. The scene is shocking for myself every time I experience it. Is there anything more significant to see the largest hub of people in a city with 16 million people?</p>Shanghai Auto Show 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090426_shanghai_auto_show_2009.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 19:09:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090426_shanghai_auto_show_2009.htm<p>3:00 PM, when Yifan fell asleep, Wendy and I tried to figure out where to spend the precious 2 hours without interruption, we had the idea to visit the Shanghai Auto Show. We should cherish our opportunity to be in Shanghai, and live just 5 km away from the Shanghai International Exhibition Center, where the Auto Show is located.</p> <p><strong>Is it a Auto Show, a Model Show, or People Sea Show?</strong></p>How my Fake Boarding Pass was Madehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090425_how_my_fake_boarding_pass_was_made.htmSat, 25 Apr 2009 23:28:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090425_how_my_fake_boarding_pass_was_made.htm<p>I showed a fake, hand-drawn boarding pass in my previous post: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090420_three_interesting_photos.htm">Three Interesting Photos</a>. Here is the complete story:</p> <p>Dengjia got a blank Spring Airline boarding pass. He draw the pass according to his.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/25/P1010260.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by <a href="http://bulaoge.com/?york">York</a></p> <p>and it turned out to be this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/25/041620091005.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>and finally, everyone saw it and was very happy about it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/25/P1010283.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by <a href="http://bulaoge.com/?york">York</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">did you use it?<div class="comment-meta">— Nick (@riceagain) · 2009-04-26 01:45</div></div> <div class="comment">I should have added a comment on the blog: It is just for fun, and there is no way to use it, especially the bar code - no way for computer to recognize the code.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-04-26 14:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Is it supposed to be a April Fool&#x27;s trick ?<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#31119;&amp;#29983; · 2009-04-26 15:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Btw, I know most of you are unable to watch Youtube in China, but I have something to share with you fellas. So I downloaded it to my blogspot. It&#x27;s a lesson to us not to judge a book from it&#x27;s cover. Come over and click here Wang,..<br><br>http://justmenus.blogspot.com/2009/04/valuable-lesson-learned.html<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#31119;&amp;#29983; · 2009-04-26 16:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Hehe. It is that type. There are this type of joke all the way to Xiamen.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-04-26 19:08</div></div> </details>美国和中国的用户习惯在于历史https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090425_p308.htmSat, 25 Apr 2009 21:21:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090425_p308.htm<p>如果两年前问我中国和美国的互联网习惯的差距有多大，我会说非常非常之大，不但有<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050530_aecaeeccccccaeccaeie.htm">七年的时间差距</a>，还有巨大文化差别。现在，我自己的想法发生了很大的变化，觉得中国和美国的用户其实很类似，只是不同的历史导致不同的结果。</p> <p>美国有一个叫做语音邮件的东西(voice mail)，相当的流行，而在中国彻底</p>Another Drawing - Zhangsanfeng's Milk Tea Shophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090424_another_drawing_-_zhangsanfengs_milk_tea_shop.htmFri, 24 Apr 2009 23:55:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090424_another_drawing_-_zhangsanfengs_milk_tea_shop.htm<p>When I find some spare time and especially there is a cup of nice milk tea before me, I love to draw something. It was inspired by the Art of Travel, and other related books. By drawing, you observe the world more closely than you glance it. The actual result of the drawing is not important at all. It is the ACT of drawing that makes a difference. Here is my embarrassingly bad drawing, but I&rsquo;d be happy to share.</p>百姓网研发部门诚聘大二、大三实习生https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090424_ccceeeeaeaaeaec.htmFri, 24 Apr 2009 13:16:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090424_ccceeeeaeaaeaec.htm<p>转自：<a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/jisuanji/a33228056.html">http://shanghai.baixing.com/jisuanji/a33228056.html</a>和<a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!D7CFB8290E47E741!1881.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&amp;sa=916020989">晓良博客</a></p> <blockquote> <ol> <li> <p>百姓网是做什么的？ 百姓网（http://www.baixing.com）是互联网巨头EBAY旗下的个人生活信息网站，是个人房源、个人闲置物品转让、拼车、技能交换、物品交换、招工等各类生活信息的集散地。百姓网的研发人员一半以上都是从实习生开始，在实践中快速成长，成为现在的技术骨干，整个团队年轻而充满激情，卓越而互相帮助，而我们现在又开始敞开臂膀，欢迎有志于在互联网开发方向发展的同学们加入我们。</p>My Homework for Travel Timeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090423_p2477.htmThu, 23 Apr 2009 23:07:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090423_p2477.htm<p>This page is created for an important audience, Miss Zhao Ning from Travel Times. I accepted her invitation to be a columnist of the weekly newspaper. Here is the list of articles pending consideration to be published the next week (with its status).</p> <p>Jinmao Tower.</p>Back from BossTownhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090423_back_from_bosstown.htmThu, 23 Apr 2009 22:19:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090423_back_from_bosstown.htm<p>Just finished recording of this week&rsquo;s BossTown - the guest speaker is Kai-Fu Lee. It is very challenging task - especially when you have the best debator in International Varsity Debate, Jiang Chang Jian sitting on your right hand, and McKinsey&rsquo;s Sha Sha sitting on the left.</p> <p>The show went on very well. Wendy&rsquo;s observation was, at the beginning, I was too nervous (Wendy went there with me, and sit in the dark area off the stage, and I am happy she went with me). She is right. To have the host several meters away from you present an interesting type of conversation - just like the layout of the International Varsity Debate Varsity&hellip; I was a debate in the debate team in SJTU (Shanghai Jiaotong University), and act as the fourth member (same as Jiang Chang Jian) but far from even fluent in speaking. I still prefer the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080222_culture_matters_from_ics.htm">scenario of Culture Matters</a>. As I said, it was a bigger challenge for me, since this may be one of the first media show like this.</p>BossTown Record Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090422_bosstown_record_tomorrow.htmWed, 22 Apr 2009 22:40:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090422_bosstown_record_tomorrow.htm<p>Tomorrow, I am going to be an observer of <a href="http://finance.sina.com.cn/focus/bosstown/index.shtml">BossTown</a>, the popular business talk show hosted by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/ylf.htm">YLFer</a>, <a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/yuanmingblog">Yuan Ming</a>. The guest of this show will be long time friend, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081102_talk_with_kai_fu_lee.htm">Kai-Fu Lee</a>, and another observer will be <a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM5NjMyMDQ=.html">Jiang Chang Jian</a>, from Fudan University (my idol when I was in middle school).</p> <p>P.S. Recently, very tired, and want to defer longer post to the next few weeks. Maybe it is because of frequent travel, and tight daily schedule to meet with people. I sit much less before a computer screen than before.</p>Three Interesting Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090420_three_interesting_photos.htmMon, 20 Apr 2009 22:46:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090420_three_interesting_photos.htm<p>I haven&rsquo;t taken metro in rush hours for a long time, so I was surprised to see the current metro volume in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/20/042020091037.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>People need to wait for a long time to go down the stairs - without moving at all.</p> <p>P.S. here is another photo I took from my mobile in Starbucks in Xujiahui (Metro City Store). They just renovated.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/20/041920091036.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>P.S. 2: Another interesting photo. For my Xiamen trip, Yiyi gave me the boarding pass like this:</p>Pudong Airport to Shanghai Expo Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090420_p2471.htmMon, 20 Apr 2009 21:52:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090420_p2471.htm<p>When the Shanghai Expo get nearer, I believe more and more visitors will need the information to get to Shanghai Expo Site from Pudong Airport - the main International airport in Shanghai. This article try to explain the options available.</p>Back from Xiamen (and Why OOB)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090419_back_from_xiamen_and_why_oob.htmSun, 19 Apr 2009 01:09:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090419_back_from_xiamen_and_why_oob.htm<p>This is the last day of my four day trip in Xiamen. I was OOB in the last few days (since April 13, 2009). The four day trip was too intensive that I didn&rsquo;t find time to sit down to update a blog - I hope I should have posted something like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/oob.htm">OOB</a> before hand.</p> <p>The special thing about this photo is, the islands in this picture is Jinmen, and it is under governence of Taiwan.</p>Another Drawing and Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090413_another_drawing_and_yifan.htmMon, 13 Apr 2009 22:54:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090413_another_drawing_and_yifan.htm<p>In Beijing, when I waited for a dinner to start, I brought out my notebook, and draw the following sketch. What is it?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/13/04092009982.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I hope you can recognize the object from the embarrassingly bad drawing. It is the cover of a man-hole in Beijing.</p> <p><strong>Yifan and Camping</strong></p> <p>After the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090409_fly_to_beijing_again_via_ca933_again.htm">long</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090411_beijing_to_shanghai_via_nanjing.htm">delayed</a> Beijing trip, whole day of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090411_10_years_gather_since_graduation.htm">SJTU 113 Anniversary Gather</a> on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090412_new_sjtu_minhang_campus_-_part_ii.htm">new Minhang Campus</a>, and a full series of meeting on Sunday, I finally had the time to setup my camp on the same grand again (although I know most of my readers don&rsquo;t think it is a camping, but for me, it is). Yifan loves it. Look!</p>Yifan can Count from 1 to 9https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090412_yifan_can_count_from_1_to_9.htmSun, 12 Apr 2009 22:28:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090412_yifan_can_count_from_1_to_9.htm<p>Just now, Yifan finished his daily practice of language. Now, at 1 year and 10.5 months, he can pronounce number from 1 to 9 - pretty clear - in Chinese, of cause.</p> <p>We count how many ducks on his quilt with me. Bingo. My little boy can count to 9.</p> <ul> <li>Note from a happy father.</li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s certainly no surprise if the son of Wang Jian Shuo turns out to be good with numbers :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2009-04-13 08:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo ,<br><br>I know you and your wife can speak good English.<br><br>and I am just wondering , how about your cute son?<br><br>Do you talk to him in English some times ?<div class="comment-meta">— Lu Wei · 2009-04-13 08:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Well. He is not good at numbers. He just started to pronounce. Now, Yifan enters a stage to be noisy and speak a language from Mars.<br><br>We never speak English to him. Don&#x27;t have any intention to do that in the future, even in far future.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-04-13 10:37</div></div> <div class="comment">that&#x27;s the so-called &quot;quiet beauty&quot;, which is my dream, little jealous about u :)<div class="comment-meta">— tonyliu · 2009-04-18 20:07</div></div> </details>New SJTU Minhang Campus - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090412_new_sjtu_minhang_campus_-_part_ii.htmSun, 12 Apr 2009 16:46:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090412_new_sjtu_minhang_campus_-_part_ii.htm<p>Let me share some photos of the new Minghang Campus of SJTU. When we studied on this campus, the campus is only 1600 sq. acre. Now, it is almost 5000 - 3 times bigger.</p> <p>Here is the current map. I did have seen this map when I just entered the university 14 years ago, but never really thought the map and the model can become true one day.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/12/DSC_0189.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>10 Years Gather Since Graduationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090411_10_years_gather_since_graduation.htmSat, 11 Apr 2009 23:35:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090411_10_years_gather_since_graduation.htm<p>Just returned from a day long gather on the SJTU campus. I haven&rsquo;t seen most of them since we left the campus 10 years ago.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/11/DSC_0399.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Wang Ye. Click on photo to view bigger image</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/11/DSC_0150.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/11/DSC_0137.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I just have a question: How can it be possible for everyone not to change at all after 10 years? Everyone matches exactly what I remembered 10-14 years ago. I don&rsquo;t believe that people won&rsquo;t change. It must be a psychology topic to discuss. I just feel that they are so familiar as if we just graduated the last week.</p>Beijing to Shanghai via Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090411_beijing_to_shanghai_via_nanjing.htmSat, 11 Apr 2009 01:26:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090411_beijing_to_shanghai_via_nanjing.htm<p>I just left CA177 from Beijing to Shanghai, and arrived in Nanjing Lukou Airport. I know it is ridiculous, I know, but it happened. It was said that due to weather situation in Pudong that didn&rsquo;t allow safe landing, our flight was forced to land at Nanjing Airport.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong>: <em>00:30, April 11, 2009</em></p> <p>I am back from Nanjing. The airport arranged bus to transfer us to Shanghai. The bus took exactly 3 hours to get to Shanghai from Nanjing.</p>Fly to Beijing Again via CA933 againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090409_fly_to_beijing_again_via_ca933_again.htmThu, 09 Apr 2009 01:06:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090409_fly_to_beijing_again_via_ca933_again.htm<p>This is the second time I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070412_perfect_beijing_trip_with_ca933.htm">record my trip from Shanghai to Beijing via CA933</a>. It is not as perfect as the last time, but still OK, and worth some logistic recording.</p> <p>Wake up at 6:30 AM as always, wash and waste some time by sitting on the water closet and check my RSS feed, I finally called a taxi at 7:00 AM. I forget how many times I regret that I would have called the previous night. Qiangsheng taxi does not accept 30 minutes in advance booking. That is possible in the previous night. I have to make the call and the taxi arrives several minutes late.</p>My First Camping with New Tenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090406_my_first_camping_with_new_tent.htmMon, 06 Apr 2009 22:45:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090406_my_first_camping_with_new_tent.htm<p>I am a very happy customer of my new Quechua 2 Seconds Air III (Quechua is the brand name, 2 Seconds implies that by throwing the tent into the sky and the tent will be installed in 2 seconds. Air means they have window on the side, and it is called Air Cooling System, and III means three adults can sleep in it). So far, all the promises in the name turned out to be true.</p>Love Campinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090405_love_camping.htmSun, 05 Apr 2009 23:41:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090405_love_camping.htm<p>Went for camp near where we live, just near the water below.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/05/03152009871.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Three families joined the casual camping - three couple + 2 children (Yifan missed the camping because he felt asleep at home). We are close friends from junior middle school. Isn&rsquo;t it nice to have close friend for, OMG, 20 years? Wang Chen brought his tent for us.</p> <p>At night, we immediately went to Decathlon in Pudong to get a Quechua <a href="http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/2-seconds-air-iii-35289275/">2 Seconds Air III</a>.</p>Favorite Road: Fuxing West Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090405_favorite_road_fuxing_west_road.htmSun, 05 Apr 2009 12:46:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090405_favorite_road_fuxing_west_road.htm<blockquote> <p>This is part of my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/favorite_road.htm">Favorite Road Project</a>. I want to write about my favorite roads, and then choose my most favorite road in Shanghai</p> </blockquote> <p>Another road I do enjoy to wander on is Fuxing West Road 复兴西路。</p> <p><strong>Facts of the Road</strong></p> <p>District: It is in the Xuhui District at the heart of the historical French Concession.</p> <p>Direction: West to East</p> <p>Range: It starts on the west from Huashan Road, and on the east ends at Huaihai Middle Road.</p>Shouning Road for Crayfishhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090405_shouning_road_for_crayfish.htmSun, 05 Apr 2009 00:02:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090405_shouning_road_for_crayfish.htm<p>I am not so crazy to crayfish as many of my friends. I would rather eat something normal. But Crayfish is quite a phenomenon when there is no crabs to eat.</p> <p>Recently, the Shouning Road is getting hotter and hotter about THE place to go to eat crayfish. It is the typical Shanghai eatery street - very narrow, very crowded, and not clean at all, but tens of vendors, and shops gather there, along with many people rushing there after work.</p>I will be in Beijing on April 9https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090402_i_will_be_in_beijing_on_april_9.htmThu, 02 Apr 2009 20:25:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090402_i_will_be_in_beijing_on_april_9.htm<p>I am going to Beijing from April 8th, to April 10th.</p> <p>Currently, my noon to late night of April 9th is booked, and have other meet-up pending for confirmation.</p> <p>If you want to meetup, please drop a line to me via email (jianshuo at hotmail dot com), leave a comment below, or twitter to me at jianshuo.</p> <p>I will also hold a Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup in Shangri-la hotel lobby, and you are welcome to join from 4:00 - 5:00 PM of April 9th. I will be there. If you want to join, you are very welcome. No registration or confirmation needed. However, my guess is, I will be the only person sitting there with my laptop or my new <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090402_i_bought_a_moleskine.htm">Moleskine</a> on my lap, and writing something myself. Every time, I just expect that no one will actually show up for my blog meetup, because of some obvious reasons (before was commonly because very short notice period, and this time, because the time and venue are not the most popular choice). But every time, some people come (sometimes just two or three). Check out my previous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/meetups.htm">meetups</a>.</p>A Peek Inside Someone's Travel Notebookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090402_a_peek_inside_someones_travel_notebook.htmThu, 02 Apr 2009 18:20:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090402_a_peek_inside_someones_travel_notebook.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/04/02/22831625_275c0af275.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yusheng/22831625/">A Peek Inside My Travel Notebook</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yusheng/">yusheng</a>.</p> <p>This is a very interesting notebook with nice travel tips. I am going to create a one page for every travel I am going to make. Moleskine helps people to get back to paper age. Internet and computer are still far less convenient than paper and pen, and becomes very successful as a company itself. The success is admirable.</p>I Bought a Moleskinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090402_i_bought_a_moleskine.htmThu, 02 Apr 2009 12:43:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090402_i_bought_a_moleskine.htm<p>I hopelessly fall in love with <a href="http://moleskine.com">Moleskine</a> notebook in two days, and before I believe it, I becomes a Moleskine fan.</p> <p>Although Moleskine has many details of good design and good craftsmanship, it is the usage of Moleskine, and the Moleskine community that attracts me most.</p> <p>Look at these nice scratches on a Moleskine by those Moleskine owners! It is maybe like <a href="http://Flickr.com">Flickr</a> - not only the system, but also who uses it that makes flickr attractive.</p>10 Years from 32151, Automation, SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090401_10_years_from_32151_automation_sjtu.htmWed, 01 Apr 2009 23:47:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090401_10_years_from_32151_automation_sjtu.htm<p>My old classmate Gong Liang sent us an email to remind us to return to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) on April 11, 2009 - it is the official &ldquo;Get Back to School&rdquo; day of SJTU. More than that, it is 10 years since we graduate from university. It brought my memory back to the class 32151 of Automation Department of SJTU.</p> <p>10 years. I changed a lot in the last 10 years, and the time as a student in Shanghai Jiao Tong University seems to be very far from me. At that time, there was no blog, no digital camera, and there was plenty of time. I am not a good student when I was in university - I may talk about it when I am in the mood of getting back to old days&hellip;</p>Back to Office with Full Energyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090330_back_to_office_with_full_energy.htmMon, 30 Mar 2009 09:34:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090330_back_to_office_with_full_energy.htm<p>I have to admit the best way to get back energy after working for a long time is to give ourselves a pause, and get away from work.</p> <p>Now, I am sitting in the quiet office, one hour before everyone comes. I will list this as one key happiness items - it allows you to concentrate, and wandering in the office to see where you can improve this important place.</p>Photos of Shanghai in Spring 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090329_photos_of_shanghai_in_spring_2009.htmSun, 29 Mar 2009 23:41:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090329_photos_of_shanghai_in_spring_2009.htm<p><strong>Photos of Shanghai</strong></p> <p>I took some photos along the way back from Starbucks home, to give my frequent idea about what Shanghai looks like TODAY.</p> <p>Loving couple before the nice flowers on the tree.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/29/DSC_0108.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>The nice flower - spring comes to Shanghai! Woolaaa!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/29/DSC_0109.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/29/DSC_0110.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The Jinmao Tower, and World Financial Center.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/29/DSC_0111.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>And in Lujiazui, this kind of truck is more commonly seen than any other places in Shanghai. Today, Lujiazui is a even bigger construction site, and a bigger mass. :-)</p>Cannot Measure it, Cannot Improve ithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090329_cannot_measure_it_cannot_improve_it.htmSun, 29 Mar 2009 22:57:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090329_cannot_measure_it_cannot_improve_it.htm<p>Found a famous quotation, that within Microsoft, people use very often. But this time, saw it on <a href="http://www.google.org/powermeter/">Google&rsquo;s website</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. by Lord Kelvin</p> </blockquote> <p>This is for many times proved to be true, and I believe it is also the foundation principle of the modern science. Fengshui? Or Chinese Medicine? That does not include measurement yet. Don&rsquo;t have measurement does not necessarily means that they are not effective, but it is maybe one of the key distinguishing characteristic of modern science and others. The other is religion - you just cannot use science to explain religion, just like you cannot use English to exactly explain Chinese.</p>Green Lotus Hotel of Yangshuohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090328_green_lotus_hotel_of_yangshuo.htmSat, 28 Mar 2009 22:30:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090328_green_lotus_hotel_of_yangshuo.htm<p>The best way to explorer Yangshuo should be any of the nice hotel (including youth hostels), and hang out in the bars on the West Street.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0371.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The lobby (Yes, the little model in the middle is Yifan)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0384.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0257.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The view from the top of the hotel.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0235.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The hotel windows.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0236.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0242.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The entrance of the hotel from the river side.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/28/DSC_0271.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Photos of Yangshuo, Guilin - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090328_photos_of_yangshuo_guilin_-_part_ii.htmSat, 28 Mar 2009 21:52:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090328_photos_of_yangshuo_guilin_-_part_ii.htm<p>Here are more photos of the trip with very brief note. I am here in Shanghai. Immediately after I get off airplane, I headed to Shangri-la for a meeting, and there are two meetings near the Pudong Shangri-la and Starbucks tomorrow. I already noticed the big difference - I feel excited about the upcoming meetings - that is the benefit of a vacation.</p> <p>Follor near Lijiang River - from the Bilian Jiangjing Hotel.</p>Why People Travelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090328_why_people_travel.htmSat, 28 Mar 2009 20:46:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090328_why_people_travel.htm<p>Event at the lake of Yangshuo near West Street and facing the nice Bilian (Green Lotus) Hill, I brought out my Nokia E71 smartphone, and Googled the question: &ldquo;Why people travel?&rdquo;</p> <p>Yes. That was exactly the question in my mind, and the question I tried very hard to answer. I read books about it, fall into deep thought in airports, and hotels, and even went to many places myself. The question was still in my mind that I still didn&rsquo;t find a satisfactory answer. When I am reading a <a href="http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5">blog</a> entry started with this</p>Wrapping Up my Guilin Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090327_wrapping_up_my_guilin_trip.htmFri, 27 Mar 2009 23:08:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090327_wrapping_up_my_guilin_trip.htm<p>I am packing up for my departure to Shanghai tomorrow. Good bye Guilin and Yangshuo.</p> <ul> <li> <p>It is good and important to take break at least every year to find time to spend with family.</p> </li> <li> <p>People need to have a unique place to go to make a mark in memory about the year.</p> </li> <li> <p>This is not a relaxed trip with Yifan, and my parents-in-law. As Wendy put it, we are learning to take care of people, and start to share the responsibility of a family. A big family trip proposes a much bigger challenge on where we stay, and where we eat.</p>Mountains of Guilinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090326_mountains_of_guilin.htmThu, 26 Mar 2009 23:26:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090326_mountains_of_guilin.htm<p>Just had a strange thought: after several hundred years, when all the tall buildings in Shanghai got abandoned, and trees, and grasses grow out of the buildings, that will be another Guilin.</p> <p>You get the idea of the mountains of Guilin? Just like the high-raising buildings in Shanghai. It just stand there, coming out of no where.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/26/DSC_0118.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>When I am in Guilin, I also understand that the &ldquo;stone drawing&rdquo; of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071206_suzhou_museum_by_im_pei.htm">Suzhou Museum by I.M. Pei</a>must be the mountains of Guilin.</p>Yifan on the Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090325_yifan_on_the_road.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 23:43:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090325_yifan_on_the_road.htm<p>Yifan on the Guilin to Yangshuo boat - his first boat ride.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/25/DSC_0031.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Yifan likes his red car - he has been with the car for many weeks - days and nights. At night, he sleeps with the car - any attempt to remove the car from his hands will cause him to cry for a long time to protest against.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/25/DSC_0184.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/25/DSC_0194.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/25/DSC_0197.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Yifan and the bird (technically, it is called Phalacrocorax carbo 鸬鹚). I paid 2 RMB to get the permission to take the photo for Yifan.</p>Impression of Impression Sanjie Liuhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090325_impression_of_impression_sanjie_liu.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 22:38:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090325_impression_of_impression_sanjie_liu.htm<p>We went to see the long expected <a href="http://yxlsj.com/english/index.asp">Impression Sanjie Liu</a> 印象刘三姐.</p> <p>The show was designed to be the highlight of the trip, because of several reasons:</p> <ul> <li> <p>It is a show on the Lijiang River, and before the nice mountain.</p> </li> <li> <p>The type of show is very unique in China.</p> </li> <li> <p>It is directed by Zhang Yimou, the director of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080808_beijing_olympic_games_opening_ceremony.htm">Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>Also, the ticket is very pricey: 188 RMB per person.</p>Bad Tourism: Killing Goose for Eggshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090325_bad_tourism_killing_goose_for_eggs.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 12:52:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090325_bad_tourism_killing_goose_for_eggs.htm<p>Tourism is a prosperous industry in China. It drives the economy of many cities, like Guilin (where I am now) and Luoyang (my hometown). How to develop a sustainable tourist industry must have been the focus of many officials. Here is my observation, and thoughts, although I am not sure yet.</p> <p><strong>Moving Piers to Increase Transportation</strong></p> <p>Guilin is the popuar travel destination city (with an International airport), and Yangshuo is the emerging and even hotter place that people must visit. The cruise on the Lijiang River is many people&rsquo;s choice to get to Yangshuo from Guilin, after arriving by air.</p>Thoughts on the Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090324_thoughts_on_the_road.htmTue, 24 Mar 2009 23:39:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090324_thoughts_on_the_road.htm<p>People like to think on the road. I believe it is the massive input of information - the scene, the smell, the noise, the interesting stuff&hellip; Here are my thoughts during my Guilin, Yangshuo trip.</p> <p><strong>Travel</strong></p> <p>Why people like travel? Besides all the possible reasons, there is another one I found out: Convenience. Most hotels are close to nice streets, beautiful scenes. The nice view or the bar streets are much more accessible for travelers, not local residents. I believe my next travel destination will be Shanghai, the city I live. But I will spend the day in a hotel, which is exactly in the downtown or along the Huangpu Bund - that provides a completely different lifestyle than living in home.</p>Photos of Yangshuo, Guilinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090324_photos_of_yangshuo_guilin.htmTue, 24 Mar 2009 20:53:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090324_photos_of_yangshuo_guilin.htm<p>Let me post some photos of Yangshuo. It is no longer that kind of backpacker trip with Yifan with us, and his fixed schedule of sleep, we are more hotel oriented with just random adventures out side the hotel.</p> <p>The Gongnong Bridge of Yangshuo.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/24/DSC_0113.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/24/DSC_0120.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/24/DSC_0182.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/24/DSC_0200.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/24/DSC_0177.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>These mountains are famous because they are on the back of the 20 RMB note.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/24/DSC_0121.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Customers Wants Service to be Badhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090323_customers_wants_service_to_be_bad_.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 23:22:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090323_customers_wants_service_to_be_bad_.htm<p>The day tour from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/guilin.htm">Guilin</a> to Yangshuo was by no means a pleasant trip. I don&rsquo;t like the boat - with 100 people packed into the lower deck, and the bus picked us from the hotel to the pier turned out to be a tourist group, which means we were pushed into the sourviner market before we get on board the boat.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/23/DSC_0178.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang. The boat - obviously, it is another boat, but ours is similar.</p>I am in Guilinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090323_i_am_in_guilin.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 22:54:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090323_i_am_in_guilin.htm<p>I am in Guilin.</p> <p>Before I came, I thought Guilin is like Sanya. I am wrong. I am presented a city like Luoyang.</p> <p>The city is small, crowded (full of the atmosphere of life, of cause), and not so beauitiful. It is like the old town of Guangzhou, or Shanghai - you can find the energy from the chaos.</p> <p>I even didn&rsquo;t took a single picture in Guilin, before I left the city for Yangshuo.</p>Shanghai Bejiing Express Railway Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090322_shanghai_bejiing_express_railway_photos.htmSun, 22 Mar 2009 23:43:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090322_shanghai_bejiing_express_railway_photos.htm<p>Only seeing is believing. Although I know the Shanghai Beijing Express Railway started construction on April 18, 2008, I didn&rsquo;t realized that there is big progress there. On March 17, 2009, Wendy and I drove to Suzhou, and along the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway (A11), you see the poles of the tracks are already completed.</p> <p>The 1318 km high-speed railway will enable specialized CRH trains to run at 350 km/h, that cut the total travel time to Beijing to 5 hours, from current 10.</p>Pudong is Now Like Puxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090321_pudong_is_now_like_puxi.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 23:33:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090321_pudong_is_now_like_puxi.htm<p>Remember the painful <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/moving.htm">move decision</a> I made in 2004 about moving from Puxi to Pudong? Then look at what I observed at that time (that is, OMG, 5 years ago):</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htm">First Week in Pudong</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pudong is Quiet</p> <p>Pudong Sleeps Early</p> <p>Fresh and Natural Life</p> <p>No Restaurants, no entertainment</p> </blockquote> <p>What does Pudong looks like in my eyes after 5 years?</p> <p>I climbed to the top of one building in the area where I live, and took the following three photos:</p>环境是最忠实的执行者https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090321_ccee.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 11:08:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090321_ccee.htm<p>把水龙头稍微开松一点点，让水可以每一分钟滴一滴，放一个桶在下面，然后忘记这件事情（不用我提醒，你一定会忘的）。等你再过来看的时候，或许桶早已经满了。有趣的是，这个实验成功的前提是，你一定要忘记你做了这件事情，只要你还惦记着，桶里面的水就不会太多。</p>I am Going to Guilinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090321_i_am_going_to_guilin.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 07:45:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090321_i_am_going_to_guilin.htm<p>Business is business - the excitement, daily thought (not only daily, it is also nightly), inspiration, challenges, and changes - when I look back, I just realized I didn&rsquo;t go to a well planned trip in the last two years. What was the last time, I was from business and normal life? 2007 in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/australia.htm">Australia</a>! It was before <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/yifan.htm">Yifan</a> was born. I did visit nearby places like Hangzhou twice, and even fly as far as Sanya for several days, but these two cities are too familiar and we visited almost the same thing as before, and they even didn&rsquo;t leave too much memories (even not a blog entry) for me.</p>Metro Between Hongqiao and Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090320_metro_between_hongqiao_and_pudong_airport.htmFri, 20 Mar 2009 22:52:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090320_metro_between_hongqiao_and_pudong_airport.htm<p>It is <a href="http://news.163.com/09/0319/12/54P599V1000120GR.html">reported</a> that the Metro Line #2 will connect the Pudong and Hongqiao airports by May 1, 2010, just in time for the Shanghai World Expo 2010.</p> <p>Currently, the most effective <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040608_pvg_transition_to_hong_qiao_sha.htm">transition between Shanghai Pudong Airport and Hongqiao Airport</a> is still by bus or taxi. The Maglev is not a feasible approach yet, since it just arrives at Long Yang Road Station. You have to transit to Metro Line #2 first, and then transit to Airport shuttle at Jingan Temple Station, or taxi.</p>7 Office Design Ideashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090318_7_office_design_ideas.htmWed, 18 Mar 2009 21:04:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090318_7_office_design_ideas.htm<blockquote> <p>From the home office to the enterprise, our environment affects the way we work</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.officedesigngallery.com/template.asp?pagename=about">Office Design Gallery</a></li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>With the idea of renovate our office and more interaction area, I visited the Microsoft R&amp;D Center in Grand Gateway, where my good friend <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> and Helen work.</p> <p>Eric is exactly the right person to turn to. He is very (if not over) sensitive to details, and is conscious about the impact of the small things. We toured from the 9th floor to the 8th, and here were our findings.</p>6 Years of Marriagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090317_6_years_of_marriage.htmTue, 17 Mar 2009 22:12:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090317_6_years_of_marriage.htm<p>Today, Wendy and I have been married for 6 years. Wow! I hear the applause&hellip;</p> <p>It is a tradition between Wendy and I that we will take one day off, and spend the whole day together to celebrate our anniversary. I looked through my previous blog articles, to try to remember what we did before. Although I don&rsquo;t write down exactly what we did each year, I have a rough idea of the past 5 years.</p>细节还是细节https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090316_ceece.htmMon, 16 Mar 2009 22:49:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090316_ceece.htm<p>人真笨。</p> <p>不知道从多小的时候就听说过，细节决定成败。细节，还是细节。</p> <p>结果，总要自己做了很多年以后才稍微比以前更知道一点细节的重要。同时还顺便验证了另外一句古话：“纸上得来终觉浅，绝知此事要躬行”。</p>A Glass Cup of Water on Left Handhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090316_a_glass_cup_of_water_on_left_hand.htmMon, 16 Mar 2009 22:25:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090316_a_glass_cup_of_water_on_left_hand.htm<p>Foreigners have typically wrong perception about China. One is, Chinese all knows some Kongfu, and the other is, people in China all believe in Fengshui. I don&rsquo;t believe in Fengshui, until recently.</p> <p>Let me tell you the story.</p> <p><strong>A Glass Cup of Water on the Left Hand</strong></p> <p>I read a Fengshui book about where you should put your water glass. They suggest that according to Fengshui theory, you should keep a glass of water on the left hand on the desk, and always keeps above 60% of water in the glass.</p>Hotmail Opens POP3https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090315_hotmail_opens_pop3.htmSun, 15 Mar 2009 11:53:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090315_hotmail_opens_pop3.htm<p>Yesterday, I tried to use Gmail to receive emails in Hotmail, and found out that Hotmail already opens POP3 access to all users. At least for me, I am in China.</p> <p>Here is the necessary settings:</p> <p><strong>POP3 Server:</strong> pop3.live.com (port 995)</p> <p><strong>Need POP SSL?</strong> Yes</p> <p><strong>User name:</strong> your Windows Live ID, like <a href="mailto:somebody@hotmail.com">somebody@hotmail.com</a> (Please note: you have to include the @hotmail.com part, not just the name)</p> <p><strong>Password:</strong> your password</p> <p><strong>SMTP Server:</strong> smtp.live.com (port 25 or 587)</p>Pi Day - I can Remember Pihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090314_pi_day_-_i_can_remember_pi.htmSat, 14 Mar 2009 23:40:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090314_pi_day_-_i_can_remember_pi.htm<p>Today is Pi Day, a new holiday <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10194354-38.html?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=2547-1_3-0-5">invented</a> by people in America.</p> <p>I am a fan of pi. I once can remember a lot of digits of pie, but now, I can only remember the following, using the segmentation when I recite it:</p> <p>3.1415926</p> <p>535</p> <p>8979</p> <p>323</p> <p>8462</p> <p>643</p> <p>3832</p> <p>7950</p> <p>2884</p> <p>19716</p> <p>93993</p> <p>7510</p> <p>5820974</p> <p>9445923</p> <p>0781640</p> <p>6286208</p> <p>9986280</p> <p>This is roughly the first 85 digits of pie. Yes. I recite it when I write it.</p>16300 Dialup Internet Accesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090314_16300_dialup_internet_access.htmSat, 14 Mar 2009 19:43:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090314_16300_dialup_internet_access.htm<p>The other day <a href="http://blog.ppdai.com">Jack Gu</a> reminded me that the easiest way for anyone to access Internet is still using dial up.</p> <p>In today&rsquo;s broadband Internet age, many people may already forget the existence of dial up network. It does exist, and is surely one of the easiest, and most widely available Internet access method. It is especially good for international travelers. Here is how you use it.</p> <p><strong>Number and Price</strong></p> <p>The most important piece of information is dial up number, user name and password:</p>小宝和水https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090313_304.htmFri, 13 Mar 2009 23:22:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090313_304.htm<p>王逸凡小朋友不喜欢说话，不喜欢和其他小朋友玩，但喜欢水。各种各样的水，杯子里的，盆里的，湖里的，马桶里的。。。</p> <p>因为担心他把水撒得家里到处都是，或者倒在自己身上，他对于水的渴望总是不能满足。</p>Bad Behavior, Its Reason, and Futurehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090313_bad_behavior_its_reason_and_future.htmFri, 13 Mar 2009 19:18:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090313_bad_behavior_its_reason_and_future.htm<p>Under this blog entry <em><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090311_beer_can_by_the_highway_vs_spitting.htm">Beer Can by the Highway vs Spitting</a></em> about bad behavior like spitting, traffic rules (jay walking) and pushing in China, Stephen left comments, and I posted my response. It seems it worth sharing with more readers in case you ignored the comment part.</p> <p>Disclaimer: Although we hold different point of view, I&rsquo;d like to thank Stephen for pointing out a valid point, and he has all my due respect for doing this.</p>Meetings Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090312_meetings_today.htmThu, 12 Mar 2009 22:16:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090312_meetings_today.htm<p>Since talking with industry insiders have been my full time recently, I talked with many great people today. I met with Zhongwei Lee, president of <a href="http://www.shopex.com.cn">Shopex</a> over lunch. He is an expert on sales management, and business model. Then I talked with Carsten - we found out that we are in the same building (Hao Ran Hi-Tech Building), but we never met each other (even not in elevator), and in the afternoon, I met with John Chow (yes, the famous John from <a href="http://johnchow.com">Johnchow.com</a>). I finished my day with great conversation with <a href="http://blog.ppdai.com/">Jack Gu</a>, CEO of <a href="http://ppdai.com">PPDAI.com</a>, the C2C Lending platform in China. He mentioned that he has unsubscribed his broadband Internet plan at home and switched to dial-up. I think it is a fantastic idea to free up some time at night.</p>左手边六分水的玻璃杯https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090312_eccc-3.htmThu, 12 Mar 2009 21:26:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090312_eccc-3.htm<p><strong>缘起</strong></p> <p>有本关于风水的书提及，<strong>在办公桌的左手位，放一玻璃杯，一直保持6分水，大吉！</strong></p> <p>解释是这样的：<strong>左青龙，右白虎</strong>。青龙喜水，左手位放一杯水，青龙随时有水喝，主人的生活就会比较调和。</p>Beer Can by the Highway vs Spittinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090311_beer_can_by_the_highway_vs_spitting.htmWed, 11 Mar 2009 19:10:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090311_beer_can_by_the_highway_vs_spitting.htm<p>I guess one of the biggest &ldquo;culture shock&rdquo; on the first day for foreigners visiting Shanghai are two things: 1) Traffic Rules, 2) Spitting. At least this is what I heard from time to time from my friends, and this <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031223_10_things_you_lovehate_about_shanghai.htm">10 Things You Love/Hate About Shanghai</a> post comments. BTW, is there any others?</p> <p>For this issue, I always take it easy and want to say:</p> <ol> <li> <p>It is embarrassing that the situation is still as it is, but there is a historical and reality reason behind it. It has nothing to do with culture, or morality.</p>Thoughts After Seeing Dubai Towerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090310_thoughts_after_seeing_dubai_tower.htmTue, 10 Mar 2009 23:21:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090310_thoughts_after_seeing_dubai_tower.htm<p>Anyone here ever visited Dubai? Saw the Dubai Tower?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/10/2089584920_293387ca50.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="./photos/21499556@N04/">Ammar Abd Rabbo</a></p> <p>I saw an article about Dubai on the recent issue of <em><a href="http://www.ableaders.com">Asia Business Leaders</a></em>. I was very impressed by the Dubai Tower. It is so tall. When you see things as tall as this big, people may give up the idea of building a even taller building than that.</p> <p>At least, I lost my interest in the future Shanghai Tower (632m when finished), which is taller than the current Shanghai <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080115_world_financial_center.htm">World Financial Center</a>, but much lower than this tower.</p>风水 = 方便 + 积累https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090309_p302.htmMon, 09 Mar 2009 23:50:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090309_p302.htm<p>原本是不信风水的，因为绝不相信天下有挪动一件东西的位置就会产生某种玄妙的结果。不过，有种说法，“有其事必有其理”，不过那个理，常常不是我们原以为的那个理。最近因为努力思考积累的力量，和<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090301_aece.htm">方便的力量</a>，才发现，风水有其事，还真有其理。</p>Living Cost in Shanghai (2009 Edition)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090309_living_cost_in_shanghai_2009_edition.htmMon, 09 Mar 2009 20:56:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090309_living_cost_in_shanghai_2009_edition.htm<p>I have published a series of articles on Living Cost of Shanghai (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm">2002 Edition</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070122_living_cost_in_shanghai_2007_edition.htm">2007 Edition</a>). Let me continue to update this pure unofficial one-man effort index of the living cost of this city. It is not only a annual update, it is in the new background of global financial crisis, and I try to analyze its impact to living cost in Shanghai.</p> <p>Please note: 1 USD = 6.80 RMB as this article is written. (It was 7.75 on January 22, 2007)</p>Expo China Pavilion - Oriental Crownhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090308_expo_china_pavilion_-_oriental_crown.htmSun, 08 Mar 2009 21:20:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090308_expo_china_pavilion_-_oriental_crown.htm<p>Here is the Shanghai Expo 2010 China Pavilion, a.k.a Oriental Crown.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/03/08/DSC_0001.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Taken by Jian Shuo Wang on March 8, 2009</p> <p>It does look like a crown.</p> <p><strong>Where is it?</strong></p> <p>It is located the crossing road of horizontal and vertical axes. The photo above was taken at the Shangnan Road 上南路 and Pudong South Road 浦东南路. This cross road is also the terminal station of the current Metro Line #8. BTW, Shangnan Road will be the main axes for the Expo site.</p>我以为的和他们告诉我的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090307_aeaecaeaeec.htmSat, 07 Mar 2009 12:32:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090307_aeaecaeaeec.htm<p><strong>我以为</strong></p> <p>在我们的虽有观点前，加上“我以为”，或者“我曾经以为”是件挺有趣的事。</p> <p>奥巴马说</p> <blockquote> <p>“我们可以改变”</p> </blockquote> <p>而加上</p> <blockquote> <p>“我们以为，我们可以改变”</p> </blockquote> <p>把意思就拧巴了。朋友说：</p>'We Thought...'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090307_we_thought.htmSat, 07 Mar 2009 12:13:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090307_we_thought.htm<p>In the gray cloudy Saturday morning, I sit down with <a href="http://cnreviews.com/">Elliot Ng</a>, and other friends in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080510_meeting_place_starbucks_at_jinyan_road_pudong.htm">Meeting Place: Starbucks at Jinyan Road, Pudong</a> for some free chat. For some reason, we talked about contrast of people&rsquo;s belief and the reality of this world.</p> <p><strong>&ldquo;We Can Change&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>To better understand the different, I found by adding &ldquo;We Think &hellip;&rdquo; to whatever statement twist the meaning a lot. Even more interestingly, adding &ldquo;We thought &hellip;&rdquo; to any statement is even more clear about the difference.</p>Train is Better than Car to Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090306_train_is_better_than_car_to_hangzhou.htmFri, 06 Mar 2009 22:46:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090306_train_is_better_than_car_to_hangzhou.htm<p>I am back from Hangzhou via <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080703_crh_train_from_shanghai_to_hangzhou.htm">CRH Train</a>. I would still highly prefer train over cars to get to Hangzhou from Shanghai, especially for international visitors. Here are some advantages of train:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Train is faster - 1 hour and 30 minutes for train, but car can easily take 2 hours - both does not include the travel time in Shanghai or Hangzhou city.</p> </li> <li> <p>Train is safer - I am not happy with the safety record of Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway (aka A8). You have to deal with many full stop on the road - scary.</p>便宜的Amazonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090306_aecamazon.htmFri, 06 Mar 2009 20:59:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090306_aecamazon.htm<p>在<a href="http://aws.amazon.com/">Amazon Web Services</a> (AWS)中，我用的最多的是两个<a href="http://aws.amazon.com/s3/">S3</a>和<a href="http://aws.amazon.com/ec2">EC2</a>。两个都相当的便宜。昨天在杭州，我强烈推荐<a href="http://inezha.com">哪吒</a>把它用于备份和实验环境搭建。</p> <p>我把自己硬盘上面40G的个人数据中的部分备份到S3服务上去，每天晚上<a href="http://s3sync.net/wiki">S3sync</a>增量备份。存储15美分每G每月，传输10美分每G，用到现在还不错，只不过几块钱一个月就搞定。很便宜。</p> <p>还有EC2也不错，给自己弄几台Windows Server的机器，12美分每小时，可以用微软的Terminal Client远程登录过去，自己是管理员，和自己多了几台电脑一模一样。睡觉前关机，就不花钱。上个月我才花了不到一美元。很爽。</p>Finished Talk in Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090306_finished_talk_in_hangzhou.htmFri, 06 Mar 2009 00:51:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090306_finished_talk_in_hangzhou.htm<p>Pretty late now (12:55 AM), and I am sitting at a budget hotel at Hupan Garden 湖畔花园. It is 160 RMB (discount of 20 RMB comes <a href="http://jimsang.com/">Jim Sang</a>, who is their frequent guest). Jim said the advertisement of this residential area stated many years ago that this is the only villa area in Hangzhou that you can hear the song of birds.</p> <p>This garden is more famous in Internet community because of its connection with Taobao, and Alibaba - all of them are born in one villa in this area. People believe in Fengshui a lot and said this area has good Fengshui.</p>Follow Me on Twitterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090305_follow_me_on_twitter.htmThu, 05 Mar 2009 16:25:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090305_follow_me_on_twitter.htm<p>Recently, I am using <a href="http://twitter.com">twitter</a> pretty often. I just realized that I may have many readers who are also using twitter. I am delivering my daily blog update, including my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">English blog</a> (this one) and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">Chinese blog</a> to my twitter.</p> <p>So, please follow me on twitter now. My twitter account is <a href="http://twitter.com/jianshuo">jianshuo</a></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/jianshuo">Follow me on Twitter</a></p> </blockquote> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Well, like many fanatic fans on sina.blog.com.cn, please allow me to burst in craze: I&#x27;m the first one to comment!!<div class="comment-meta">— Yang · 2009-03-06 15:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Well. On this blog, we don&#x27;t encourage any comment that is not with real content. Sofa, shafa, or things like this are strongly discouraged.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-03-07 12:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Twitter is not working for me anymore here in China... is it for you?<div class="comment-meta">— Tati · 2009-06-05 23:32</div></div> </details>Eighth YLF Meeting in Novemberhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090305_eighth_ylf_meeting_in_november.htmThu, 05 Mar 2009 10:32:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090305_eighth_ylf_meeting_in_november.htm<p><strong>YLF 2009 Time</strong></p> <p>Just got email from Jon that the eighth <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/ylf.htm">YLF</a> (Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum) meeting will happen in November 4-8, 2009, in China. The location is not confirmed yet. I am very expecting to join the meeting and see my old deep friends there.</p> <p><strong>WWW Conference Developer Track</strong></p> <p>Yesterday, just one day before the deadline, I managed to review the 11 papers assigned to me. I am pretty flattered that some of the paper sent to me are actually pretty important persons, like Matt, the architect of YUI&hellip; Hope the conference go on well in Spain - I don&rsquo;t have plan to attend in person though.</p>Tired in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090304_tired_in_shanghai.htmWed, 04 Mar 2009 21:23:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090304_tired_in_shanghai.htm<p>The recent <a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090304/article_393030.htm">Shanghai Daily Article We&rsquo;re tired, say office workers</a> caused some discussion about the pressure level of office workers in Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>FEELING tired is the top complaint of local office workers, followed by worries over their jobs and emotional problems, according to an online survey.</p> </blockquote> <p>And the following finding put a smile on my face:</p> <blockquote> <p>Global travelers and artists were considered the people with the most enviable lives and the survey found that the best sources of happiness and satisfaction came from going to places they had never been before and staying with family or people they loved.</p>Civitology and Shanghaiologyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090302_civitology_and_shanghaiology.htmMon, 02 Mar 2009 21:23:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090302_civitology_and_shanghaiology.htm<p>Had a cup of coffee with <a href="http://twitter.com/DavidFeng">@David Feng</a> about <a href="http://civitology.com">Civitology</a> and <a href="http://Shanghaiology.com">Shanghaiology</a>. David did wonderful job in taking pictures and record every metro station in <a href="http://shanghaiology.com">Shanghai</a>, <a href="http://Beijingology.com">Beijing</a>and <a href="http://Tianjinology.com">Tianjin</a>.</p> <p>What I learn from David during our conversation is the western popular idea of &ldquo;dummy proof&rdquo;. &ldquo;There are many be mistakes of giving too much information, and there are mistakes of giving too little information. If we can choose, we the first mistake&rdquo; David explained, and he also talked about a sample equation: &ldquo;Instead of giving 3+7 to your user, give 10&rdquo;.</p>What is Happening in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090301_what_is_happening_in_shanghai.htmSun, 01 Mar 2009 18:29:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090301_what_is_happening_in_shanghai.htm<p>Looking at <a href="http://www.twitter.com">twitter</a>, and you can find out many people&rsquo;s story related to Shanghai. Here is what is people are doing around Shanghai. Hit F5 from time to time to get update. You see, Shanghai as a big hub with many people coming and go, and they have something in comment - they are twitter users, and love to share what they are doing.</p> <p>function link_url(input){return input.replace(/(ftp|http|https|file)://[\S]+(\b|$)/gim,&rsquo;<a href="$&" target="_blank">$&amp;</a>&rsquo;).replace(/([^/])(www[\S]+(\b|$))/gim,&rsquo;$1<a href="http://$2" target="_blank">$2</a>&rsquo;).replace(/shanghai/gim,&rsquo;<b>Shanghai</b>&rsquo;);}function show(data){for(i=0;i&lt;data.results.length;i++){document.getElementById(&ldquo;msg&rdquo;).innerHTML += &ldquo;<li>&rdquo; + data.results[i].from_user + &ldquo;: &quot; + link_url(data.results[i].text) + &ldquo;</li>&rdquo;}}</p>方便的力量https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090301_aece-2.htmSun, 01 Mar 2009 18:15:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090301_aece-2.htm<p>积累的力量不用多讲，水滴石穿，集腋成裘等等的成语颇多。一天写一篇blog，七年的积累就是现在的2300篇文章。而方便的力量，却被提及不多。</p> <p>我哥哥开过一句玩笑：想成为哪方面的专家，在马桶旁边放一本那方面的书就好了。我仔细想了一下，还真的有些蛛丝马迹可以印证。</p>Congratulations to Xiaoliang and Tangjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090301_congratulations_to_xiaoliang_and_tangjing.htmSun, 01 Mar 2009 15:35:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090301_congratulations_to_xiaoliang_and_tangjing.htm<p>I am in the Liudao Resort to attend Xiaoliag and Tangjing&rsquo;s wedding. Xiaoliang is not only my business partner, he is also my good friend. In the last four years of <a href="http://Baixing.com">Baixing.com</a> (a.k.a Kijiji.cn), we went along the same ups and downs, and we have built enough trust possible. We are more than friends, and I am very happy that Xiaoliang finally get married - counting as another marriage after <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090222_congratulations_to_ryun_and_jenny.htm">Jiachen/Yeyun</a> and others.</p>Jian Shuo Wang's Talk on Lunch 2.0https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090228_jian_shuo_wangs_talk_on_lunch_20.htmSat, 28 Feb 2009 11:25:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090228_jian_shuo_wangs_talk_on_lunch_20.htm<p>Let me briefly record the transcript of my talk on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090228_expats_more_need_community.htm">Lunch 2.0</a> meetup. I talked very fast, and may be only used 3 minutes. It was supposed to talk about my business baixing.com. But as always, we want to be low profile about what we are doing, I talked about something instead. It is basically based on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090219_aecaec.htm">a Chinese blog article about entrepreneurship</a> I recently wrote.</p> <p>I started by saying &ldquo;I am Jian Shuo wang, CEO of Baixing.com. It is a online classified service that provide housing, jobs, second-hand, services, and community. Since the business model of classified is so simply, let me talk about three things I learn from 4 years of my company&rdquo;. Tomorrow is actually the 4th year anniversary of baixing.</p>Expats More Need Communityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090228_expats_more_need_community.htmSat, 28 Feb 2009 10:58:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090228_expats_more_need_community.htm<p>I just attended the <a href="http://www.lunch20.com/2009/02/26/lunch-20-shanghai-feb-27/">Lunch 2.0</a> organized by George, invited by <a href="http://www.mobinode.com/">Gang Lu</a> and <a href="http://www.qifang.com/">Calvin</a>. As I described in my last blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090226_international_events_in_shanghai.htm">International Events in Shanghai</a>, I was surprised to find out it is a pure international event - the expat entrepreneur community meetup.</p> <p>The conversation is in English - I delivered short 5 minute speak along with my old friend Zhang Tao (CEO of Dianping.com, and host of this Lunch 2.0), and new friend David Feng of Citiology. The attendants, as I expected, are mainly expat entrepreneurs in Shanghai</p>International Events in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090226_international_events_in_shanghai-2.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 21:55:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090226_international_events_in_shanghai-2.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t know about you, but I feel that there are more and more international events in Shanghai. To be more exact, by international, I mean events organized by expat community (people not native in China), and use English as the main language, plus the international (western) style, and format.</p> <p><strong>Lunch 2.0</strong></p> <p>Let me give you some example. Tomorrow, I was invited by Gang Lu, blogger of <a href="http://www.mobinode.com/">www.mobinode.com/</a> and Calvin, founder of <a href="http://Qifang.com">Qifang.com</a> to attend an event <a href="http://lunch20.com">Lunch 2.0</a> Shanghai (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=56718056989">facebook page</a>) in <a href="http://dianping.com">Dianping</a>&rsquo;s office. It is not a surprise for Shanghai to have entrepreneur meetup, but from the RSVP list, I have a feeling that this event is very international. At least I am very sure there are some people on the list who don&rsquo;t know anything about Chinese, and from the name and background, I am sure another 10 people should use English only. Hmmm&hellip;. I didn&rsquo;t expect that. Shall I ask whether I should use English or Chinese in delivering this speech?</p>Virtual Physical Name Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_virtual_physical_name_card.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 21:22:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_virtual_physical_name_card.htm<p>If I sent this link to you, I want to sayGlad to meet you. Sorry that I didn&rsquo;t bring my name card with you today. Here is my Virtual physical name card. Keep in touch!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/02/25/02252009788.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/02/25/02252009789.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>If you just discover this link by yourself, continue to read about why I posted this.</p> <p>Sometimes, I went to meet with people only to find out I didn&rsquo;t bring my name card. I promised to send to them later, and most of time, I did. The interesting thing is, many of them, we know each others&rsquo; contact information already (like email and mobile phone), but just feel the need to exchange a card to get complete information (title is one of this information that we seldom directly ask). So I take a picture of my name card (two pictures for both sides) and post it online. It feels better to see a real name card than VCard.</p>A Blogger at a Media Eventhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_a_blogger_at_a_media_event.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 17:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_a_blogger_at_a_media_event.htm<p>What happens if a blogger attend a media conference designed for journalists? This was what happened today, when I was invited to join the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090225_australian_expo_pavilion_foundation_completed.htm">Australia Pavilion Foundation Completion Ceremony</a>. Here is my observation.</p> <p><strong>Amateur vs Professional</strong></p> <p>It seems everyone in that room was there simply because it was their jobs.</p> <p>There are officials from both Australia and Chinese government - should be pretty routine job for them to participate in events like this. Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. I don&rsquo;t mean it is not important, but to do ceremonial thing again and again may cause people lose the real passion doing that - just holding wedding ceremony many times may cause the bride and groom to lose their passion for love at the moment of exchanging finger ring.</p>Australian Pavilion Foundation Completedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_australian_pavilion_foundation_completed.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 10:37:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_australian_pavilion_foundation_completed.htm<p>I am currently sitting at the audience seat of a special event: Shanghai Expo Australian Expo Pavilion Foundation Completion Ceremony. I was invited by Ogilvy Public Relationship Shanghai as a &ldquo;journalist&rdquo; of digital media - interestingly enough, this is the first time. The original ceremony was planned to be held before the Australian Pavilion construction site (wow!) but now it was moved to a conference room inside the Expo Land building due to the heavy rain this morning. As you can imagine, it is not fun at all if you have to get to the center of a construction site in this weather. Pretty disappointed, to be honest, and I want to find other ways to get into the site - I mean before the Expo starts. I am a big fan of construction site.</p>First Impression of Shanghai Expo Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_first_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 10:27:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090225_first_impression_of_shanghai_expo_site.htm<p><em>Note: this entry was overwritten by another one for some time, and I have now recovered it</em></p> <p>Well. To be more exact, this is my first impression of the Shanghai Expo planning headquarter which is located partly inside the Shanghai Expo Site.</p> <p><strong>Where is it?</strong></p> <p>The Shanghai Expo Building is located #3588, Pudong South Road. Coming from the north of the Pudong South Road, you can see a 12-story building with big ExpoLand logo on it. That is it.</p>Favorite Road: Wukang Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090224_favorite_road_wukang_road.htmTue, 24 Feb 2009 19:42:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090224_favorite_road_wukang_road.htm<p>I have been asked many times about my favorite road in Shanghai. It is so hard to answer this question, since I have many roads in my minds that can be my favorite road. So I am trying to make a list along my way of discovery of my real favorite road. Wukang Road 武康路 is just a starting point - let me repeat, I have not decided to give my favorite road title to Wukang Road yet.</p>Six Apart's Problem?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_six_aparts_problem.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 22:34:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_six_aparts_problem.htm<p>Whenever I search for some <a href="http://plugins.movabletype.org/">plugins on MovableType community</a>, I constantly run into the great plug-ins by <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/members/byrnereese">Byrne Reese</a>. The plugin that is in my head is <a href="http://www.majordojo.com/projects/movable-type/autolink/">AutoLink</a>. I am thinking about installing it tonight. However, when I just browse the articles on Byrne&rsquo;s website, I stumbled upon an article dated back to December 5, 2008: <a href="http://www.majordojo.com/2008/12/looking-to-the-future.php">A sad departure from Six Apart and looking to the future</a>. Byrne left the company? It was from that entry did I understood that Six Apart has done 8% layoff in November 2008.</p>Track Click on Elementshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_track_click_on_elements.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 21:55:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_track_click_on_elements.htm<p>I once used the code below to track the clicks on elements on a page. If you know JavaScript, you may understand what it is about.</p> <blockquote> <p>// Track every click within the page.</p> <p>document.onclick = function(e) {</p> <p>    e = e || window.event;</p> <p>    el = e.target || e.srcElement;</p> <p>if(el.tagName.toLowerCase() != &lsquo;a&rsquo; || el.tagName.toLowerCase() != &lsquo;input&rsquo;) return true;</p> <p>    var name = &ldquo;&rdquo;;</p> <p>    var i = 0;</p> <p>    while(el != document &amp;&amp; i++ &lt; 10 &amp;&amp; el.tagName.toLowerCase() != &ldquo;html&rdquo;) {</p>Congratulations to Ryun and Jennyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_congratulations_to_ryun_and_jenny.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 21:26:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_congratulations_to_ryun_and_jenny.htm<p>Ryun and Jenny got married tonight. I just got back from their wedding ceremony in Shenyuexuan at Dingxiang Garden.</p> <p>It is always nice to join the wedding ceremony of friends, especially when you know both the bride and groom. It keeps reminds us that there are much more than work in everyone&rsquo;s life - to have some good friends, and to have a warm family (with husband, wife, and parents, and children) are so wonderful.</p>A15 Expressway Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_a15_expressway_shanghai.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 13:23:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090222_a15_expressway_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai has pretty huge construction these days. Yesterday, Wendy and I drove to Minhang, and saw the construction of a brand-new long expressway was under construction: the A15 Expressway.</p> <p>This new expressway is not well-known yet. It starts from the Pudong International airport, and go from there west-bound, and get cross the Huangpu River via a huge <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080427_minpu_bridge_under_construction.htm">Minpu Bridge</a>, and continue to go straightly west, cross current A4 road, and go to Zhejiang province. It was <a href="http://dfdaily.eastday.com/d/20090203/u1a531427.html">reported</a> that the expressway will be completed this year (2009).</p>Microsoft Shanghai Zizhu Campushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090221_microsoft_shanghai_zizhu_campus.htmSat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090221_microsoft_shanghai_zizhu_campus.htm<p>It was a sunny afternoon (update: it quickly turns into thunderstorm tonight), and Yifan fall asleep. There is nothing for Wendy and I to do - pretty rare in the last two years, so we cherished the great opportunity to wander around. Wendy had a crazy idea, and I was even more crazier than her: I agreed.</p> <p>The idea was, to drive 35 km away to Microsoft Shanghai&rsquo;s new campus in Zizhu Science and Technology Center. The construction of this center is pretty important to us, since Microsoft is moving most of its technical people to that center, which, unfortunately, including Wendy.</p>Who is Chris Devonshire Ellis - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090220_who_is_chris_devonshire_ellis_-_part_ii.htmFri, 20 Feb 2009 23:11:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090220_who_is_chris_devonshire_ellis_-_part_ii.htm<p>I have already decided leave this Chris Devonshire Ellis (a.k.a <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23cde">cde</a>) alone after I briefly wrote this blog entry: <a href="home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090122_who_is_chris_devonshire_ellis.htm">Who is Chris Devonshire Ellis</a>. As I said, I don&rsquo;t care who he is - good or bad - it is just completely not my business. He was brought to my attention just because the three pretty silly threatening emails, and two phone calls. Well. I received a few of them because of some other people&rsquo;s comment on my blog (and interestingly, more than half of the threatening letter comes because they want me to delete their own comment on this blog, like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081025_ways_to_delete_your_comments.htm">this</a>).</p>Meaning of 886 in Chinesehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090220_meaning_of_886_in_chinese.htmFri, 20 Feb 2009 10:31:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090220_meaning_of_886_in_chinese.htm<p>I received email asking about what 886 means in Chinese. This is an interesting question.</p> <p><strong>886</strong></p> <p>Simply put it, 8 may generally means rich, because it has similar pronunciation of being rich. 6 means smooth, since the pronunciation of 6 is pretty smooth by itself.</p> <p>886 is a pretty good number, in most Chinese people&rsquo;s mind.</p> <p>Meanwhile, it is also the international long distance area code number for Taiwan (mainland China is 86, and Hong Kong is 882).</p>创业的三点感悟https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090219_aecaec-2.htmThu, 19 Feb 2009 21:35:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090219_aecaec-2.htm<p>做公司多年，有一些小小的心得，乐于和朋友分享。</p> <p><strong>1. 专注。</strong></p> <p>听小伟说，blogcn的胡之光曾经说过一句非常有道理的话，让我们每个做过公司的人都深以为然。他说</p>Thanks to the Crisishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090219_thanks_to_the_crisis.htmThu, 19 Feb 2009 21:19:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090219_thanks_to_the_crisis.htm<p>This is the second entry about the Financial Crisis. As an Internet entrepreneur, I have some observations.</p> <p><strong>It Reminds us the Basics of Business</strong></p> <p>One of the key basic rule we noticed these days is: profit equals revenue minus cost.</p> <p>This equation is obviously but was not paid attention to during booming times. When Internet investment is hot, people tend to think about revenue and cost this way:</p> <p>Every dollar in revenue may result in 20 dollars in valuation of the company, and for that 1 dollar, many first-time-entrepreneurs and VCs are willing to spend 1.2 dollars to get, or even 18 dollars! That is the source of the crazy Internet bubble when people spend 18 dollars just to get 1 dollar - the sin of valuation.</p>Financial Crisis and Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090219_financial_crisis_and_shanghai.htmThu, 19 Feb 2009 21:10:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090219_financial_crisis_and_shanghai.htm<p>It may be too late for me to write about the financial crisis, and its impact to Shanghai (I tried hard to avoid to use too big terms like China - basically, I only know a very small portion of the city of Shanghai, not to mention about China).</p> <p><strong>Shanghai IS Impacted</strong></p> <p>Despite of many claims that China is fine so far, I clearly feel the arrival of winter, or at least approaching of financial winter.</p>Shanghai 2010 Expo Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090217_shanghai_2010_expo_site.htmTue, 17 Feb 2009 19:48:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090217_shanghai_2010_expo_site.htm<p>Everyday, we <a href="home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081219_drive_on_nanpu_bridge_for_3000_times.htm">drive along</a> the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070211_nanpu_bridge.htm">Nanpu Bridge</a>, and see the Shanghai Expo site spread out on the west side of the bridge - from pretty crowded Shanghai typical residential area, and factories, to a destroyed land with barely nothing, to a big construction site, and then become a new Lujiazui style cluster of high-raising buildings&hellip; The change just happens gradually without me even noticing it.</p> <p>The other day, I took taxi and ran along the Lupu Bridge, and took the picture below:</p>Xizhimen Viaduct is Too Confusinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090214_xizhimen_viaduct_is_too_confusing.htmSat, 14 Feb 2009 23:14:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090214_xizhimen_viaduct_is_too_confusing.htm<p>If you have a chance to visit Beijing, besides Tiananmen Square, you have to visit the Xizhimen Viaduct 西直门立交桥. I am quite amazed by how confusing it is. I always wanted to drive on that bridge, because it is a serious challenge for anyone&rsquo;s IQ.</p> <p>The big interchanged was built about 10 years ago to solve the complicated transportation problems. After 4 years of design, and 200 million RMB to build, the viaduct becomes a headache for drivers. News about drivers spent hours on the viaduct often appear on newspaper. Let me examine this wonderful viaduct.</p>Transportation Options in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090214_transportation_options_in_shanghai.htmSat, 14 Feb 2009 21:55:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090214_transportation_options_in_shanghai.htm<p>I am always happy to receive emails from my readers to tell me that my blog has helped them in some way. No matter how small the note is, I feel very happy about it. Here is another one, and with a quick question to get from one location to another.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi JianShuo,</p> <p>greetings from Singapore!</p> <p>I am going to Shanghai next month and chanced upon your blog.</p> <p>I must say that it really offers great advice compared to the expatriate websites online. Your detailed and informative data has offer a perspective that is stereotypically more Asian-oriented. Kinda makes my life easier should my overseas counterparts ask me for directions during our upcoming seminar.</p>Received Gift from Media Templehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090210_received_gift_from_media_temple.htmTue, 10 Feb 2009 09:26:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090210_received_gift_from_media_temple.htm<p>It seems to me that anything with the name or abbr. of MT is a very good thing. First, MovableType (MT), then Media Temple (MT).</p> <p>I have been 7 year fan of MovableType, and I am still using it. Most importantly, I got the opportunity to meet with so many great people in Six Apart and setup a deep relationship with them eve since. Remember the big 5 year of blogging party at Six Apart office in San Francisco they held for me? I am so flattered to get the honor, and the legendary story of Mena and Ben is very inspirational for me.</p>Fireworks and Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090209_fireworks_and_yifan.htmMon, 09 Feb 2009 23:44:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090209_fireworks_and_yifan.htm<p>Today is the Latten Festival - the festival for the family to get together and have Tangyuan together. Our office closes at 5:30 PM, so people has the extra 30 minutes to get back home to have a great dinner with their family.</p> <p>Today is also the last chance, maybe, to fire some fireworks. I have kept our fireworks, and crackers to today, and we sent the beautiful fireworks to the sky to celebrate the finally end of the Spring Festival, and the arrival of the year of Ox.</p>The Help of a To-Do-Listhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090208_the_help_of_a_to-do-list.htmSun, 08 Feb 2009 22:15:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090208_the_help_of_a_to-do-list.htm<p>From the early of this month, I started to create a to-do-list for me. As an <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htm">ENFP</a> type of person, I hate any kind of to-do-list. The life is just a flow of passion, and my focus is where my passion is.</p> <p>Recently, I discovered a page on zenhabits: <a href="http://zenhabits.net/2007/07/how-to-actually-execute-your-to-do-list-or-why-writing-it-down-doesnt-actually-get-it-done/">How to actually execute your to-do-list</a>. I think that is maybe the most helpful tips I ever had on this, and now my to-do-list is long and my completed tasks are longer. It is very good, and thanks Leo for sharing the great tips.</p>把自己的代码放在别人的网站上？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090206_ecaecaecccaeie.htmFri, 06 Feb 2009 11:43:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090206_ecaecaecccaeie.htm<p>今天在聊到要不要接着做一些别人可以把它放到自己的网站的东西，好让百姓网的连接在互联网很多的地方出现，就像原来的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070113_ccaeaee.htm">客齐集公益联播</a>一样。我的感觉是，不做。</p> <p>在互联网上面，想这么做的人很多，真正能做到的，很少。</p>Car Towing Services in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090206_car_towing_services_in_shanghai.htmFri, 06 Feb 2009 07:18:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090206_car_towing_services_in_shanghai.htm<p>During the Spring Festival, my car broken down on the road. It is the first time I called a towing service in Shanghai. With the popularity of cars, the demand for towing services may increase. Let me share what I learn from the experience.</p> <p><strong>The Tow Company</strong></p> <p>There are only two major towing companies in Shanghai: Anchang 安畅 and Jiuyuan 救援</p> <p>Anchange&rsquo;s phone number is 021-56995995</p> <p>(995 in Chinese sounds like &ldquo;Save Me&rdquo;)</p>I had my Wisdom Teeth Extractedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090205_i_had_my_wisdom_teeth_extracted.htmThu, 05 Feb 2009 19:22:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090205_i_had_my_wisdom_teeth_extracted.htm<p>This afternoon, I went to a dentist my friends recommended, and had my right wisdom teeth extracted. It has some problem because of dental caries. It is very painful for me. These days, it started to affect my dining and sleeping. So I have to get it out.</p> <p>I hesitate a lot before the operation, and it turned out to be painless - it is my first time to do anything with my teeth except daily brushing. Now, 3 hours after that, everything is OK. It is just as before the operation. Good. Now I have 31 teeth.</p>A Jungle without a Toilethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090205_a_jungle_without_a_toilet.htmThu, 05 Feb 2009 06:28:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090205_a_jungle_without_a_toilet.htm<p>I thought and talked a lot about the moral problems in China, and how and why people don&rsquo;t follow rules, and why many times, rightousness fails. Here are some sample articles I wrote about.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060109_the_city_and_its_moral_boundary.htm">The City and Its Moral Boundary</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061128_lining_up_for_metro.htm">Lining up for Metro</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070426_how_i_drive_in_shanghai.htm">How I Drive in Shanghai?</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070427_how_i_drive_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm">How I Drive in Shanghai II</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061016_beggars_in_china_and_peoples_attitude.htm">Beggars in China and People&rsquo;s Attitude</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>What pullzed me was, why certain things worked like this (breaking of rules) and why it is not like that&hellip;</p>Daily Cost of a Tourist in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090204_daily_cost_of_a_tourist_in_shanghai.htmWed, 04 Feb 2009 23:16:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090204_daily_cost_of_a_tourist_in_shanghai.htm<p>Today, I am going to reply this reader&rsquo;s email about how much does it cost as a normal budget tourist in Shanghai. Here was the email:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I can&rsquo;t find anything on your blog about how much per day it would cost to enjoy a holiday on various budgets. Maybe you can only do it for Shanghai but it would be good to see how much to expect to pay per day when I am there in March/April this year. Obviously accommodation costs vary so that could be excluded (with a disclaimer). I am talking about food and travel fares and apporximate sightseeing costs in general. I was thinking about $40US per day would be more than enough for my low budget holiday expenses, again not including hostels and souvenirs.</p>Shoe Thowinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090203_shoe_thowing.htmTue, 03 Feb 2009 21:01:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090203_shoe_thowing.htm<p>I got an email from a reader of mine who wanted me to post this message from him:</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear China,</p> <p>We wish to express American solidarity with China in sharing our disgust at the Cambridge shoe incident involving Premier Wen Jiabao.</p> <p>We in the United States know how it feels to have a shoe thrown at your leadership, if you recall the Iraq incident involving our Former U.S. President George Bush.</p>Hello! Hello! I am Backhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090202_hello_hello_i_am_back.htmMon, 02 Feb 2009 23:26:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090202_hello_hello_i_am_back.htm<p>If you are a daily reader of my blog and you are the traditional reader (not using a RSS reader, like Google Reader), you may noticed <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090202_short_pause_of_service_of_bluehost.htm">short outage</a> of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog.</p> <p>Sorry for that. As I explained in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090202_short_pause_of_service_of_bluehost.htm">previous post</a>, bluehost kicked me out of their server room (due to performance issue of my blog), and I have to look for another host.</p> <p>Although I am not happy about it, it forced me to take the chance to move everything I have to a new host provider, <a href="http://mediatemple.net">Media Temple</a>. I am still at the sweet moon time with this new hosting, and everything here is wonderful. Please give me feedback about how it feels: the site getter faster, slower, or is there any outage in the next few weeks.</p>Short Pause of Service of Bluehosthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090202_short_pause_of_service_of_bluehost.htmMon, 02 Feb 2009 22:27:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090202_short_pause_of_service_of_bluehost.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/bluehost.htm">Bluehost</a> is a pretty nice host provider. I am very happy with the service they provided. Although they generated many CPU Exceeded Errors for my account before, but I believe it is because of the low efficiency of my own script, not completely their fault. Actually, the ability to provide this threshold is a very good service to help keep others who share the same server with me from any problems the code causes. So, I am still happy about it.</p>MediaTemple is Great!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090202_mediatemple_is_great.htmMon, 02 Feb 2009 14:52:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090202_mediatemple_is_great.htm<p><a href="http://livid.cn">Livid</a> used Media Temple long time ago (two years ago I think), and when I try to find a new hosting company after <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/bluehost.htm">bluehost</a>, I started to think about MediaTemple.</p> <p>The several hour of experience I had with MediaTemple was great. I once thought bluehost was the best, because it offered everything I need, but I just find out MediaTemple has everything bluehost had, and provided much more.</p> <p>Even more surprising thing for me was, I made phone calls to MediaTemple to ask two questions. They answered the phone several rings later (as quick as bluehost), and the person who got my phone, Revon, knows exactly what I was talking about, and gave me the solution immediately. I even got an email like this after the conversation. This is completely out of my expectation. This is really great customer service, combined with really cool technology. I hope posting the email itself should be OK since it is a complement to MediaTemple, and I will be OK to pull it off, if for any reason MediaTemple don&rsquo;t want their communication with customers being posted.</p>End of Long Spring Festival Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090131_end_of_long_spring_festival_holiday.htmSat, 31 Jan 2009 22:50:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090131_end_of_long_spring_festival_holiday.htm<p>22:17</p> <p>This is the end of the long 7-day Spring Festival Holiday, the longest one in the entire year. Relaxed time always flies fast enough. When you take the time to look back, it already pasted away.</p> <p>To avoid the situation that after many years, I will completely forget what I did during the Spring Festival of 2009, let me create a small memo to summarize the holiday.</p> <p>Note: I surely know that each paragraph of this article deservers a separate article to provide more information. Let me just summarize at the highest level, and then find a chance to write more. Leave me a comment to tell me which part you love me to write first.</p>Out Of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090128_out_of_blogging-2.htmWed, 28 Jan 2009 10:23:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090128_out_of_blogging-2.htm<p>I am out of blogging in the next two days - visiting some places near Shanghai and will get back tomorrow.</p>How Cold is Shanghai Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090125_how_cold_is_shanghai_today.htmSun, 25 Jan 2009 20:46:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090125_how_cold_is_shanghai_today.htm<p>Do you want to know how cold Shanghai is, in a visual way? Let me show you some pictures I took 2 hours ago.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/01/25/01252009608.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/01/25/01252009609.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/01/25/01252009610.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/01/25/01252009611.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/01/25/01252009612.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2009/01/25/01252009614.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>It seems the coldness has caused the water pipe on the top floor to break, and the water formed the long ice line. Although it is an accident (not so icey everywhere), it is a visual representation of how cold Shanghai is - it is not common for Shanghai to form so thick ice.</p>Chinese Zodiachttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090125_chinese_zodiac.htmSun, 25 Jan 2009 12:56:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090125_chinese_zodiac.htm<p>Here is the list of the Chinese Zodiac:</p> <ul> <li>Rat</li> <li>Ox</li> <li>Tiger</li> <li>Rabbit</li> <li>Dragon</li> <li>Snake</li> <li>Horse</li> <li>Ram</li> <li>Monkey</li> <li>Rooster</li> <li>Dog</li> <li>Pig</li> </ul> <p>When people first know each other, they typically ask for which Zodiac Animal they belong to.</p> <p><strong>Examples</strong></p> <p>For example, I am a Snake, Wendy is a Horse, and Yifan is a Pig. :-)</p> <p>Since there are 12 years in between of two same animal, it is pretty easy to calculate how old is someone. The age is not as a secret as in western world, anyway.</p>Happy Niu Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090125_happy_niu_year.htmSun, 25 Jan 2009 12:23:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090125_happy_niu_year.htm<p>You read it right, I mean Happy &ldquo;Niu&rdquo; Year, not &ldquo;New&rdquo; Year.</p> <p>About 12 hours later, the Chinese Lunar New Year is coming. The year of Ox is coming to us.</p> <p>Ox is written in Chinese characters as ?, or Niu. Since the pronunciation of Niu is exactly New, and there is a trend to use Niu and New interchangeably among my friends.</p> <p>So, Happy Niu Year and Happy New Year to all my readers, my friends and family!</p>Child Care in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090124_child_care_in_shanghai.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 20:12:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090124_child_care_in_shanghai.htm<p>I tend to use the title of Child Care in China, but at second thoughts, the varity of how people handle their childcare differs so greatly from city to city, from city to villages, and from north to south. I would rather only talk about Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Family Structure in China</strong></p> <p>With the implementation of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060620_one_child_policy_in_china.htm">One Child Policy</a>, most of the families in China is three person family: wife, husband, and child. If you include the extended family, there are parents for both of the couple, which is 7 in total.</p>Yifan Attacks Me :-)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090123_yifan_attacks_me_.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 21:19:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090123_yifan_attacks_me_.htm<p>Yesterday, Yifan happily throw his toy car onto my head - it hurts, and Yifan is so happy and laugh like crazy - it really hurts.</p> <p>Then he tried to get my nose with his small hand, and scratched my face - there are three points on my face was hurt, with blood coming out a little bit.</p> <p>Yifan is still cheerful and didn&rsquo;t know what happened. Hmmm&hellip;. It hurts, again.</p>Why Chinese Prefer Mobile to Access Internethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090123_why_chinese_prefer_mobile_to_access_internet.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 19:19:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090123_why_chinese_prefer_mobile_to_access_internet.htm<p>There was a thread on Webmasterworld about <a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/asia_pacific_search_engines/3827097.htm">the Internet population in China</a>. There are questinos around:</p> <blockquote> <p>But why do the Chinese / Japanese so prefer a mobile over a small laptop?</p> </blockquote> <p>. Here is my attempt to answer the question.</p> <blockquote> <p>This is just my guess about why Chinese use mobile much more than Japanese or American.</p> <ol> <li> <p>More Hand-Free. With relatively very low penetration of cars in China, most of people either walk, or take bus to move. Their hands are not occupied. There is much more waiting time than average American (this is very similar in Japan).</p>Which Train Station to Use in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090123_which_train_station_to_use_in_shanghai.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 16:31:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090123_which_train_station_to_use_in_shanghai.htm<p>I received an email today regarding the two confusing train stations in Shanghai. He/she is definitely not the first one to ask the question.</p> <blockquote> <p>by the way, i would like to ask you because i checked online and wanted to buy a train ticket from shanghai to beijing. my question is i want to ride the T104 train and where is that located? i mean there are three (3) railway stations in shanghai so im a little confused. and maybe you could also give me a chinese address of the station so we can show it to the taxi when we go there. thank you. I&rsquo;ll wait for your reply pls.</p>Who is Chris Devonshire Ellishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090122_who_is_chris_devonshire_ellis.htmThu, 22 Jan 2009 18:13:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090122_who_is_chris_devonshire_ellis.htm<p>In short, I don&rsquo;t know.</p> <p>In longer answers, I don&rsquo;t know, I don&rsquo;t care, as long as I don&rsquo;t receive annoying legal statements or phone calls.</p> <p>In the 7 years of blogging, I experienced many conflicts of opinions on this blog. Most of them are around meaningful topics, and I enjoyed the conversations a lot (like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070427_how_i_drive_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm">this</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050301_helping_by_hiring.htm">this</a>).</p> <p>However, I was disturbed by a conversation in this entry: <em><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060715_second-generation_identity_card.htm">Second-Generation Identity Card</a></em>, related to a person named Chris Devonshire Ellis. If you want to see all the off-topic discussion, scroll down to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060715_second-generation_identity_card.htm#1043">comment made by Pesci</a>, and all the discussion after it.</p>马桶边的书和方便的力量https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090122_p296.htmThu, 22 Jan 2009 13:10:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090122_p296.htm<p>以前二哥曾经开过一个玩笑：</p> <blockquote> <p>马桶旁边放一本书，不到一年就会成为这方面的专家。</p> </blockquote> <p>我觉得还是有道理的。</p> <p>我们都相信<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060511_keep_doing_and_its_meaning.htm">坚持的力量</a>，最近越发觉得，“方便”</p>Watching US President Inaugurationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090120_watching_us_president_inauguration.htmTue, 20 Jan 2009 23:37:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090120_watching_us_president_inauguration.htm<p>I am watching the US President Inauguration 2009 now using <a href="http://hulu.com">Hulu.com</a></p> <p>![](<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_m78is3Xggbw/SXXwZlnphzI/AAAAAAAAAHc/lLAG-AR9KOQ/s640/">http://lh5.ggpht.com/_m78is3Xggbw/SXXwZlnphzI/AAAAAAAAAHc/lLAG-AR9KOQ/s640/</a>???? 2009-1-20 234004.jpg)</p> <p>Interesting enough, I browsed all the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080218_tv_guide_in_shanghai.htm">50-something TV stations</a> I have in my home, there is no single station reporting the event.</p> <p>Well. Many people argue that who would be interested in a president inauguration in China. There are one scene (night scene, which should be taken 12 hours ago) on CCTV News Channel for 1 minute). That is all I saw 13 minutes before the Inauguration starts.</p>Short Pause of Comment Systemhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090120_short_pause_of_comment_system.htmTue, 20 Jan 2009 23:32:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090120_short_pause_of_comment_system.htm<p>Sorry that due to an ignored error in the template system, more specifically, the invidual archive template, you may experience some problems when you post your comment to this blog. This problem existed for several days and affecting the few most recent blog entry.</p> <p>Now the problem has been fixed (Thanks Carroll for the email to bring this to my attention). The good thing is, all the comments you have posted are recorded by the system completely, and they should have shown up now.</p>Visited Police Station Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090120_visited_police_station_today.htmTue, 20 Jan 2009 01:02:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090120_visited_police_station_today.htm<p>Visited the Xuhui Police Station today, for the first time.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">For what?<div class="comment-meta">— 3water · 2009-01-21 00:44</div></div> <div class="comment">This post sounds scary especially for the lacking of information in it. Are you in trouble?<div class="comment-meta">— xge · 2009-01-21 13:23</div></div> <div class="comment">It is OK, just some chat (not related to this blog). Don&#x27;t worry, but I would rather not to disclose too much.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2009-01-21 18:50</div></div> <div class="comment">may be the government of China have done something to make it different ...<br><br>they always can and will htt://www.gevezechat.net<div class="comment-meta">— sedat · 2009-01-23 11:22</div></div> <div class="comment">bedava sohbet chat odalari almanya hollanda chat<div class="comment-meta">— chat odalari · 2009-03-27 11:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Bu sayfada : Online Filmler, Bedava Film izle, Filmizle izleyebilirsiniz<div class="comment-meta">— film izle · 2009-05-20 05:44</div></div> </details>Yifan on Sliding Boardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090118_yifan_on_sliding_board.htmSun, 18 Jan 2009 22:32:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090118_yifan_on_sliding_board.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/583c4a9c2475_138A4/video9d12541358bb.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Yifan in the Le Meridien She Shan Shanghai</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Ooooooooooooo! I can&#x27;t stop smiling at this. What a lucky little boy to have found you for his family :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2009-01-21 13:02</div></div> </details>The Power of Conveniencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090118_the_power_of_convenience.htmSun, 18 Jan 2009 22:06:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090118_the_power_of_convenience.htm<p>I am a strong believer of the power of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060511_keep_doing_and_its_meaning.htm">keeping doing one thing for really long time</a>. Meanwhile, I just discovered the importance of being convenient.</p> <p>My brother once joked</p> <blockquote> <p>If you put a book into your restroom, you may become an expert of the area after a year.</p> </blockquote> <p>To some extend, I think it is true.</p> <p><strong>My Inspiration in Luoyang</strong></p> <p>When I am back to Luoyang, I browsed the books on the bookshelf in my parents home - the place I grew up. I just realized I have read most of the books, from Electronic Appliance repairing, to computer, to encyclopedia. Interesting enough, I found out the reason why I know something - it is because the books are there, and I happened to have read it long time ago.</p>给小宝讲故事哄睡觉https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090118_ceaece.htmSun, 18 Jan 2009 11:50:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090118_ceaece.htm<p>昨晚照例在9点钟给小宝讲故事，哄他睡觉。</p> <p>我说：“从前有座山，山上有个庙，庙里面有一个老和尚和一个小和尚。老和尚给小和尚讲故事说： 从前有座山，山上有个庙，庙里面有一个老和尚和一个小和尚。老和尚给小和尚讲故事说： 。。。。。。。”</p>All Metro Stations in A Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090118_all_metro_stations_in_a_day.htmSun, 18 Jan 2009 11:25:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090118_all_metro_stations_in_a_day.htm<p>After <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">Starbucks in a Day in Shanghai</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040805_starbucks_in_a_day_beijing_version.htm">Starbucks in a Day in Beijing</a>, I am thinking and talking about Shanghai Metro in a Day for a long time. The idea first emerges when the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080102_shanghai_metro_line_6.htm">Metro Line #6 opened</a> (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071230_shanghai_metro_line_4_6_8_9_opens.htm">my visit</a>), but I was not able to really prepare for it. I talked with Wendy for many times, and asked her to be with me.</p> <p>This morning, I saw Matt&rsquo;s attempt to explorer <a href="http://www.exploremetro.com/blog/every-shanghai-metro-station-in-one-day">Every Metro Station in a Day</a>. Wow. We had exactly the same idea. So I twittered Matt that I will congratulate him for maybe the first person do that, and I will do it again to see whether I can be faster to get there.</p>杀人游戏是议事规则的启蒙https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090117_aeeaeece.htmSat, 17 Jan 2009 20:21:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090117_aeeaeece.htm<p>上周，家人在洛阳团聚。我们兄弟三个，加上三个媳妇，三个家庭，就是六个大人和4个小孩子，还有父母，加在一起有12个人。很多年没有能在一起吃个团圆饭，照张全家福，都很开心，其乐融融。在晚上，我们就在一起开家庭会议。</p>HD90 Fake Renminbi Notehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090115_hd90_fake_renminbi_note.htmThu, 15 Jan 2009 21:24:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090115_hd90_fake_renminbi_note.htm<p>HD90?</p> <p>I just started to form the habit to write down the first four numbers of Renminbi note the first week of this year, the news of fake Renmibi note came out.</p> <p>I never saw a <strong>HD90</strong> note yet. It is pretty famous. Yesterday, we chatted that some people offered 360 RMB for a fake note, just to keep something special.</p> <p>This event may serve as a PR for the numbers of RMB. The numbers on the note turned out to be meaningless - just as the serial number of CPU - the only thing for sure is, the numbers are unique.</p>New Year Eve Dinnerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090114_new_year_eve_dinner.htmWed, 14 Jan 2009 22:32:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090114_new_year_eve_dinner.htm<p>In China, there are tradition called Nian Ye Fan (年夜饭) or New Year Eve Dinner. It is a special dinnner specially designed for family members to gather at the Chinese New Year Eve to celebrate the New Year. But many companies and organization prepare New Year Eve Dinner for their members and employees - it is just the same concept of family New Year Eve Dinner, but just at different time.</p>Jian Shuo Wang on Channel Younghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090113_jian_shuo_wang_on_channel_young.htmTue, 13 Jan 2009 19:54:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090113_jian_shuo_wang_on_channel_young.htm<p>5 minutes later, the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090105_interview_by_channel_young.htm">previous interview</a> with me will be broadcast on Today&rsquo;s Impression program of Channel Young.</p> <p>If you are in Shanghai, and you happen to see this note in the next 5 minutes, please tune to Channel Young 上海电视台生活时尚频道 and watch the program.</p> <p>I am still in office, and don&rsquo;t feel the temptation to rush back home to watch, because, I already felt that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080319_being_on_tv_is_nothing.htm">Being on TV is Nothing</a></p>Back from Luoyang Family Gatherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090112_back_from_luoyang_family_gather.htmMon, 12 Jan 2009 19:41:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090112_back_from_luoyang_family_gather.htm<p>Yifan, Wendy, and I am back from our 5-day trip in Luoyang. Time flies, and we would only hope to stay at home longer. My two elder brothers, sister-in-laws, and other 3 little children get together with Yifan. It is a big family with 12 members. Imagine how fortunate we are. Even we have broadband Internet at home, I still didn&rsquo;t put any time into blogging - maybe the longest blogging pause in the recent months, but it worth it, doesn&rsquo;t it?</p>Flying Back to Luoyang Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090107_flying_back_to_luoyang_tomorrow.htmWed, 07 Jan 2009 22:32:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090107_flying_back_to_luoyang_tomorrow.htm<p>Tomorrow, we will fly back to Luoyang for several days, and get back next Monday.</p> <p>It is the first time Yifan gets back home in Luoyang. For the first time, he will see his sisters, and brothers (my brothers&rsquo; children). How exciting.</p> <p>Also, it is the longest time I can spend full time with Yifan in the recent months.</p> <p>I am back&hellip;.</p> <p>P.S. I got my new glasses. Need some time to get used to it.</p>Yifan's First Google Searchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090106_yifans_first_google_search.htmTue, 06 Jan 2009 22:56:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090106_yifans_first_google_search.htm<p>Do you have any idea about what is below?</p> <h1 id="google-advanced-search"><a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en">Google</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=QQQI8I8QQ8IQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ++B+N%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60+3JJ2JJ3%22&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=1B5GGGL_zh-CNCN296CN296">Advanced Search</a></h1> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/preferences?q=QQQI8I8QQ8IQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ++B+N%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60%60+3JJ2JJ3%22&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=1B5GGGL_zh-CNCN296CN296">Preferences</a></p> <p><strong>Web</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Your search - <strong>QQQI8I8QQ8IQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ B N```````````` 3JJ2JJ3&quot;</strong> - did not match any documents.</p> <p>Suggestions:</p> <ul> <li>Make sure all words are spelled correctly.</li> <li>Try different keywords.</li> <li>Try more general keywords.</li> <li>Try fewer keywords.</li> </ul> <p>It is Yifan&rsquo;s first Google Search. He grasped my laptop and enjoyed typing. When Yifan left, I found out a new browser window with the above content there. How come he started a Google search?</p>Interview by Channel Younghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090105_interview_by_channel_young.htmMon, 05 Jan 2009 18:23:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090105_interview_by_channel_young.htm<p>From time to time, I get some media request. Most of them are around my little blog. I do want to convert their attentiont to my business, <a href="http://baixing.com">Baixing.com</a>, but most of the time, failed. The editors, and reporters seem more interested in established things, like my 7 year blog, instead of new things (especially when it is not that new). :-)</p> <p><strong>Me, 7 Years Ago</strong></p> <p>In 2002, I got my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020930_attended_media_conference_in_microsoft.htm">first media interview in Microsoft</a>. That was about the opening of Microsoft Asia Regional Support Center (AREC).</p>东西的来来去去https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090105_aeec.htmMon, 05 Jan 2009 13:09:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090105_aeec.htm<p>年关重新开始在<a href="http://baixing.com">百姓网</a>上<a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/u13653560.html">卖东西</a>，回家翻箱倒柜的找不用的破烂儿，拍照片，定价钱，写描述，发布。接电话，回邮件，一件一件的卖出，准备过简单的生活。</p> <p>随手一翻，“破烂”就很多，堆满了书橱，塞得抽屉都打不开。比方说，那个最终有5个人抢着要的<a href="http://shanghai.baixing.com/riyongpin/a30458311.html">Google谷歌万年历</a>，就是在2007年底出现在我的桌面上的。放在那里，一年没有动过，也从来没有意识到它的存在。于是想都没有想，挂在了网上。</p> <p>说好了成交以后，自己却很是舍不得：毕竟他是可以每个月可以自己排出来日历的，一百年也不过期的；毕竟上面还可以记录旅行，休假等日期的；毕竟它还有Google的标志，挺酷的；毕竟。。或者给小宝玩，他一定狠喜欢；或者就算现在不喜欢，明年长大点也会喜欢。。。越想越发舍不得了。</p>Mortgage Rate Lowered Toohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090104_mortgage_rate_lowered_too.htmSun, 04 Jan 2009 23:17:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090104_mortgage_rate_lowered_too.htm<p>After the change of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20090103_airline_fuel_surcharge_lowered.htm">Airline Fuel Surcharge</a>, the lower of housing mortgage rate is even a bigger news today. Friends are running round to tell friends that the mortgage rate has lowered to 70% of the original level. That is huge amount of money for many people. All the four major banks in China joined the campaign - Bank of China, China Construction Bank, China Bank of Commercial and Industry, and China Bank of Agriculture&hellip; Local banks like Bank of Shanghai also issued news about lowering the rate.</p>便宜才是硬道理https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090104_aecec.htmSun, 04 Jan 2009 19:46:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090104_aecec.htm<p>虽然成功的公司有很多原因，我想，从经济上面成本低是除了产品好以外很重要的一个因素。所谓物美价廉如果难以达到，至少要“价廉物不烂”。</p> <p>微软的产品不错，而它所在的软件行业的主要成本是人力成本，而微软用低工资策略有效地控制了人力成本（微软早期的工资标准是业界的60%为基准的）。</p>卖东西了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090104_aeeae-3.htmSun, 04 Jan 2009 17:40:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20090104_aeeae-3.htm<p>新年过了，发现有去年又留下很多旧东西，一一拿到<a href="http://www.baixing.com">百姓网</a>上来卖。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2009/01/04/3165527149_8b5687b6ab_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>顺便参加我们自己的破烂王活动。那么好的东西，留着没有用处（比如看过了的杂志），有占地方，送人还不见得能送的出去，让有需要的人过来取，还能够积少成多变成点现金回来，多好的事情。</p>Airline Fuel Surcharge Loweredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090103_airline_fuel_surcharge_lowered.htmSat, 03 Jan 2009 22:32:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090103_airline_fuel_surcharge_lowered.htm<p>Wendy, Yifan and I am planning to get back to home in Luoyang in January. We booked flight ticket away ahead, so we are happy to got tickets between Shanghai and Zhengzhou as low as 99 RMB (14 USD) per adult for the 2 hour flight. It is Spring Airline.</p> <p>However, the biggest part of the cost is not the charge by airline. The fuel surcharge was 150 RMB per person (Yifan enjoy infant waiver) and the airport construction fee is 50 RMB.</p>Numbers of My 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090101_p2357.htmThu, 01 Jan 2009 14:04:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090101_p2357.htm<p>It is nice to wrap up my 2008 with some statistic numbers.</p> <ul> <li> <p>I have 4548 emails in my <a href="http://baixing.com">baixing.com email box</a> - we started to use this email box only after April 1, 2008.</p> </li> <li> <p>I have 5633 emails in my personal <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail account</a>, among them, 1033 comes from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080615_attended_shanghai_5g_in_our_office.htm">5GShanghai</a> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/5gshanghai">email group</a>, which 70% of them I didn&rsquo;t read.</p> </li> <li> <p>2008 has 365 days (obviously).</p> </li> <li> <p>I personally created 408 documents in 35 folders in 2008 (in my business folder).</p>Happy New Year 2009https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090101_happy_new_year_2009.htmThu, 01 Jan 2009 11:06:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20090101_happy_new_year_2009.htm<p>Happy New Year everyone! We are at the beginning of the year of 2009 now. Wish everyone has a very lucky, happy, and rewarding new year!</p> <p>Here are some peronsal plans for 2009.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Making long term and big goals to accomplish in 2009</strong>. I always wanted to ask the question: &ldquo;What did you accomplished in the previous year?&rdquo; This is the test question that many of us, including myself, feel embarrased to answer. To make the 365 days collectively meaningful is more important than individual days, and seperate actions.</p>Summary of My 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081231_summary_of_my_2008.htmWed, 31 Dec 2008 17:18:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081231_summary_of_my_2008.htm<ul> <li> <p>Most memorable experience: the last 2 months with Baixing ? I just feel I returned to myself in 2000 ? hard working and getting great results.</p> </li> <li> <p>Relaxing trip: with Yifan joining the family, Wendy and I lost the chance to visit any place further than Hangzhou. We brought Yifan to Hangzhou once, when Yifan felt asleep in the baby seat at the back of the car, and he cried loud at night.</p>Hangzhou Photos at the End of 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081229_hangzhou_photos_at_the_end_of_2008.htmMon, 29 Dec 2008 20:26:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081229_hangzhou_photos_at_the_end_of_2008.htm<p>I cannot imagine how close Hangzhou and Shanghai is these days, after the D-Train (CRH train) connects the two cities.</p> <p><strong>The Schedule</strong></p> <p>The schedule for this trip is perfect - I would highly recommend people to use this schedule for a relaxed trip to Hangzhou. Disclaimer: this is by no means a good trip for first time visitor to Hangzhou. If you have been to Hangzhou for 4 times or more, and just want to relax during the weekend, this is a good choice.</p>Returned from Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081228_returned_from_hangzhou.htmSun, 28 Dec 2008 23:26:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081228_returned_from_hangzhou.htm<p>Over the weekend, spent our last weekend in Hangzhou.</p> <p>Hangzhou is so close to Shanghai with the new D-train. I will post more pictures later after I upload them</p> <p>P.S. Everytime I am in Hangzhou, and after my visit, I feel I should have visited Hangzhou more often.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Same here -- everytime I visit HZ, I wish I could visit more. It&#x27;s so beautiful around there. Even the farms and farmer houses are all so clean and well taken care of.<div class="comment-meta">— Joshua Allen · 2008-12-29 03:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Haha, I love Hangzhou, too. It was chilly last weekend. Was it rainy in Hanghzou?<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2008-12-29 11:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Does it snow in Hangzhou ? I wish to be there when it snow ! It seems like the chinese prefer Hangzhou over Shanghai. Why is it so ? How long does it take to travel from HZ to S&#x27;hai ?<div class="comment-meta">— kbguy · 2008-12-29 15:53</div></div> </details>Letter from NCUSCRhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081225_letter_from_ncuscr.htmThu, 25 Dec 2008 23:04:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081225_letter_from_ncuscr.htm<p>On Christmas, I received email from Steve Orlins, president of National Committee on US-China Relationships about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080912_dinner_with_mayors_in_us_again.htm">a dinner we had with US mayors</a> on Sept 12, 2008 - it was exactly the first day of my 7th year of blogging.</p> <blockquote> <p>NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS</p> <p>71 West 23rd Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10010-4102 (212) 645-9677 Fax: (212) 645-1695 e-mail: <a href="mailto:info@ncuscr.org">info@ncuscr.org</a></p> <p>December 16, 2008</p> <p>Mr. Wang Jian Shuo</p> <p>18/F Haoran Hi-Tech Building</p>Christmas Eve 2008 at Xintiandihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081224_christmas_eve_2008_at_xintiandi.htmWed, 24 Dec 2008 22:52:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081224_christmas_eve_2008_at_xintiandi.htm<p>Where did we spend tonight at Christmas Eve? We went to Xintiandi. We wanted to find some place with large Christmas trees, and with many cute lights, so Yifan will be very happy about. It turned out Yifan was very happy, but there are so many people (I cannot imagine Xintiandi having so many people, and the newly built tower (at the corner of Taicang Rd, and Xingye Rd, and is very ugly. What is the name?) completely changed the feeling of Xintiandi - made it like a valley.</p>Thank You My Friendshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081224_p2350.htmWed, 24 Dec 2008 22:11:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081224_p2350.htm<p>NCUSCR</p> <p>Besides my daily work, I am honored to be involved in many NCUSCR (National Committee of US China Relationships) program. I was invited by Haisong to join the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060629_ncucr_visit.htm">lunch with delegatem</a> from <a href="http://ncuscr.org/PIP/PublicIntellectualsProgram.htm">Public Intellectuals Program</a>. From then, I started my journey to directly work on something related to US-China relationship, and later joined YLF (Young Leaders Forum), the best organization I have ever been so far, and later, hosted some delegation of US Mayor groups, and Congress group.</p>Merry Christmas 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081224_merry_christmas_2008.htmWed, 24 Dec 2008 11:14:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081224_merry_christmas_2008.htm<p>Merry Christmas to my family and friends!</p> <p>2008 has not passed yet (I am still waiting for December 31, 2008 to write about a summery of this year), but I cannot help thinking about the amazing year.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/24/DSC_0219.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>2008 was a very remarkable for me, especially the last few months of the year. I know it is not a normal year in China (Sichuan Earthquake, Beijing Olympic, and all kinds of scandle at the end of the year), and the world (Financial Crisis, of cause), but it also means a lot for me, personally.</p>'I have a Name Card'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081222_i_have_a_name_card.htmMon, 22 Dec 2008 21:08:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081222_i_have_a_name_card.htm<p>Mr. Wu is a vendor outside the Shanghai Jiao Tong University campus. He bakes corns, and sweet potatoes. That is very typical eatery in north China. Although people generally doubt whether the food is clean, it does not prevent people from lining up to get one.</p> <p>The interesting stuff is, Mr. Wu, as shown in the photo below, recently moved his business to mobile based.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/22/3128273530_79384b2ac8.jpg?v=1229953169" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>By request of his customers (typically girls in office buildings), he printed out some name cards, and started to distribute to potential customers.</p>Bomb Threats in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081221_bomb_threats_in_shanghai.htmSun, 21 Dec 2008 15:16:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081221_bomb_threats_in_shanghai.htm<p>As always, Wendy, and I brought Yifan to the Super Brand Mall on Sunday. There are many interesting things for Yifan to play with, from the cute elecronic devices in BestBuy to toys in ToysRus, and the big shoes from Crocs&hellip;</p> <p>However, there are something strange today. The undergrand garage of Super Brand Mall was closed today. There are two policemen safeguarding the entrance, and the entrance was blocked completely with big red road blockers.</p>jQuery + Baixing.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081221_jquery_baixingcom.htmSun, 21 Dec 2008 11:41:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081221_jquery_baixingcom.htm<p>Shane <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081130_i_love_json.htm">said</a> that if I enjoy JSON, I must be in love with jQuery. He is quite right. I played with it a little bit, and created small application below:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="javascript:(function()%7Bvar%20loc%20=%20location.href;%20%20%20%20window.setTimeout(function%20()%7B%20%20j(%22#datagrid%20tr.row:first%22).remove();%20if(j(%22#datagrid%20tr.row%22).length%20%3C%201)%20%7B%20if(!loc.match(/pageZ/))%20loc%20=%20location.href%20+%20(loc.match(/W0/)?%22%22:%22W0%22%20)%20+%20%22QQpageZ1%22;%20if(m%20=%20loc.match(/pageZ(%5Cd*)/))%20%7B%20loc%20=%20loc.replace(%22pageZ%22%20+%20m%5B1%5D,%20%22pageZ%22%20+%20(1%20+%20m%5B1%5D*1));%20j(%22#datagrid%22).load(loc%20+%20%22%20#datagrid%20tbody%22,%20function()%20%7B%20if(j(%22#datagrid%20tr.row%22).length%20%3C%205)%20loc%20=%20location.href;%20%7D%20);%20%7D%20%7D%20setTimeout(arguments.callee,%202500);%20%7D,%202500);%20%20%7D)();">Auto Scroll</a></p> </blockquote> <p>and</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="javascript:window.i=0;(function()%7B%20%20%20%20%20j(%22a%5Bhref*='baixing.com'%5D:has('img.img,%20img.yb,%20img.yb2')%22).each(function()%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20if(window.i==0)%20j(this).load(this.href%20+%20%22%20img.yb,%20img.yb2%22,%20function()%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20j(%22img%22,%20this).hide();%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20);%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20j(%22img:eq(%22%20+%20window.i%20%25%20(j(%22img%22,%20this).hide().length)%20+%20%22)%22,%20this).show();%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%20);%20%20%20%20%20setTimeout(arguments.callee,%202000);%20%20%20%20%20window.i%20++;%20%7D)();">Picture Animation</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Here is how you use it:</p> <ul> <li>Drag and drop the two links above to your bookmark in Firefox.</li> <li>Visit any listing page at Baixing.com, like <a href="http://beijing.baixing.com/gerenchuzu/">here</a>.</li> <li>Click one of the two button, and see what happens.Again, this is a pretty technical post, and for normal readers, you can safely ignore.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Update</strong> <em>April 27, 2009</em></p>Drive on Nanpu Bridge for 3000 Timeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081219_drive_on_nanpu_bridge_for_3000_times.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 22:26:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081219_drive_on_nanpu_bridge_for_3000_times.htm<p>This is a normal Friday in Shanghai. It is also around 498 days before the Shanghai Expo in 2010.</p> <p>In the morning, Wendy and I drove along the Nanpu Bridge - how many times have we driven along this bridge? My rough guess is 2800 times. This is based on the following facts:</p> <ul> <li>We have moved to Pudong in April, 2004</li> <li>It has been 1700 days since we moved here.</li> <li>Let me assume that I am visiting Puxi 5.5 days a week (some weekends, we still come to Pudong, but at as frequent as once every weekend)</li> <li>That is around 1400 visits to Puxi from my home in Pudong</li> <li>Since I am using Nanpu Bridge to get to Puxi 99% of the time, I am assume that I have run on this bridge for about 2800 times, which is likely to be 3000. Is it a fair calculation?</li> </ul> <p>The good thing is, recently, the scene on the west side of the Nanpu bridge is getting better and better. High-raising towers are countless (if you still think high-raising buildings are good things), and the Shanghai Expo site spreads behind it.</p>WWW2009 DevTrack Call For Papershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081218_www2009_devtrack_call_for_papers.htmThu, 18 Dec 2008 21:34:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081218_www2009_devtrack_call_for_papers.htm<p>As one of the Program Committee member who is trying to be responsible, I am posting the WWW2009 Developers Track - Call For Papers and Proposals here. I know many of my friends (obviously  not everyone is in technical field) are in the Internet industry. If you are interested, please feel free to submit your paper to the conference. Here you go:</p> <blockquote> <p>WWW2009 Developers Track - Call For Papers and Proposals</p>Shanghaiist's Quote of Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081217_shanghaiists_quote_of_me.htmWed, 17 Dec 2008 22:06:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081217_shanghaiists_quote_of_me.htm<p>Since I am going to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081217_going_to_attend_shanghaiist_party.htm">the party</a> hosted by my friends in <a href="http://shanghaiist.com">Shanghaiist.com</a>, I started to browse some old articles from Shanghaiist. They are on my daily RSS feed list, but I didn&rsquo;t take time to check their old stories&hellip; Then I found they have a lot of articles quoting what I said on this blog. Here is some reference by them. Thanks for linking (since <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081217_going_to_attend_shanghaiist_party.htm">link is always a nice gift</a>).</p> <p><a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2005/07/09/ebay_to_launch.php">Shanghaiist: eBay to launch PayPal in China this year</a></p>Going to Attend Shanghaiist Partyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081217_going_to_attend_shanghaiist_party.htmWed, 17 Dec 2008 21:25:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081217_going_to_attend_shanghaiist_party.htm<p>I am going to attend the Shanghaiist.com&rsquo;s <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2008/12/16/shanghai_holiday_party_weather.php">Christmas Party</a> on Saturday. Dan Washburn kindly sent the invitation, and people at Shanghaiist.com have been my friends for a long time.</p> <p>Here is the party detail. I believe Shanghaiist.com and this blog shares a lot of readers (the expat community), and if you also consider to go, see you this Saturday night.</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p><strong>What:</strong> A Very Shanghai Christmas, a holiday party presented by Shanghaiist and <a href="http://cottons-shanghai.com/">Cotton&rsquo;s</a></p>Dell Optiplex 755https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081216_dell_optiplex_755.htmTue, 16 Dec 2008 20:13:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081216_dell_optiplex_755.htm<p>I just got a new desktop at work: <a href="http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/optix_755?c=us&amp;cs=555&amp;l=en&amp;s=biz">Dell Optiplex 755</a>. My first computer when I entered Microsoft was a Dell. They had the tradition to upgrade desktop computer every one to two years. That was a white one (I forgot about the model). The service tag for this new Dell Optiplex 755 is FT15C2X, just for my record in case I lose it later. I will spend more time learning how the new Dell Optiplex 755 works. Interestingly enough, they don&rsquo;t have network card driver for the brand new Dell Optiplex 755 after I installed Windows XP on it.</p>Shangri-La vs Four Seasons Hotelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081215_shangri-la_vs_four_seasons_hotel.htmMon, 15 Dec 2008 23:03:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081215_shangri-la_vs_four_seasons_hotel.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080713_shangri-la_hotel_pudong_shanghai.htm">Shangri-la Hotel in Pudong</a> is my favorite hotel in Shanghai. As many Shangri-la hotels in the world, the strong Asia style runs across all the hotel.</p> <p>The other new hotel, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070130_four_seasons_hotel.htm">Four Seasons</a>, is maybe one of the latest added new brands to Shanghai. It should be a good hotel brand. According to this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_Hotels_and_Resorts">Wikipedia article</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Four Seasons Hotels, Inc. is a five-star Canadian-based international luxury hotel chain. It is considered among the finest luxury hotels worldwide, according to Travel + Leisure magazine and Zagat Survey</p>Temporarily Removed Facebook Connecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081214_temporarily_removed_facebook_connect.htmSun, 14 Dec 2008 20:35:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081214_temporarily_removed_facebook_connect.htm<p>Due to slow connection of Facebook in China - especially</p> <blockquote> <p>static.ak.connect.facebook.com</p> </blockquote> <p>and some times infinitive loop problems (which caused some browsers to hang), I have temporarily removed Facebook Connect from this site. I feel sad since I just <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081207_facebook_connect_with_movabletype.htm">added</a> one week ago. Let me see if I can find a work around - the most possible way to work around it is to put the JavaScript files locally, which requires some modifcation, especially the loader file, FeatureLoader.js, since the URL of the other scripts are hard-coded there.</p>Yifan in 2008 Christmashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081214_yifan_in_2008_christmas.htmSun, 14 Dec 2008 20:18:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081214_yifan_in_2008_christmas.htm<p>This afternoon, we brought Yifan to the Lujiazui area. We went there from noon time, until around 4:00 PM - Yifan played in the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/sbm/superbrandmall.htm">Super Brand Mall</a> for several hours, and then fell asleep in my arms.</p> <p>Here are some photos I took for Yifan during the visit today.</p> <p>Look at this pair of big shoes! It is a promotion booth by <a href="http://www.crocs.com/">Crocs</a>, and Yifan really loves it. He played there for about a hour, trying to fit his small feet into the big shoes.</p>I am going to Visit Fuxing Road Areahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081214_i_am_going_to_visit_fuxing_road_area.htmSun, 14 Dec 2008 18:31:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081214_i_am_going_to_visit_fuxing_road_area.htm<p>Swing posted a <a href="http://swinging.blogcn.com/diary,21726071.shtml">blog</a> about the new area near the Huang Pu River in Shanghai:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://swinging.blogcn.com/diary,21726071.shtml">http://swinging.blogcn.com/diary,21726071.shtml</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Seems nice place. I am planning to visit one day, and take some photos, and then share with everyone. Let me just &ldquo;steal&rdquo; some of nice photos from Swing.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/AnAreaIamGoingtoVisit_10136/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>  Photograph by Swing</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/AnAreaIamGoingtoVisit_10136/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Swing</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/AnAreaIamGoingtoVisit_10136/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Swing</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/AnAreaIamGoingtoVisit_10136/image_5.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Swing</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/AnAreaIamGoingtoVisit_10136/image_6.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Swing</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve never been to that area too, and it seems nice.<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle Zhang · 2008-12-14 20:31</div></div> </details>Hosted US Congress Delegationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081213_hosted_us_congress_delegation.htmSat, 13 Dec 2008 23:43:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081213_hosted_us_congress_delegation.htm<p>On Saturday night, I helped <a href="http://www.ncuscr.org/">NCUSCR</a> to host another United States delegation: Congressional District Office Staff Delegation to China. In the hotel room of Regal International Hotel near where I worked, we gathered in a guestroom, sitting on the floor, and had some beers and snacks. The chat was wonderful, and it is their last night during the trip to China. I would like to keep the content of the discussion off-record. I WAS asked about what is boundary of blogging in China in the censorship environment. What we talked is partly out of the boundary. :-)</p>Where is This Tunnelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081213_where_is_this_tunnel.htmSat, 13 Dec 2008 19:57:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081213_where_is_this_tunnel.htm<p>Anyone want to try to guess where this tunnel is? The only thing I want to tell is, that it is not Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/13/DSC03689.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Update <em>December 19, 2008</em></p> <p>DKwan got the right answer: it is Narita airport of Tokyo. Here are more photos of the nice tunnel.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/13/DSC03692.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/13/DSC03691.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/13/DSC03688.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I would guess an Airport building. But where i dont know ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Tobi · 2008-12-13 21:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Looks very similar to an airport tunnel connecting two different gates in Bejing international airport, but I&#x27;ve been there 1,5 years ago so I cannot be sure...<div class="comment-meta">— Fabrizio · 2008-12-13 21:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Yep - new Beijing terminal, I think (looks similar anyway) - underneath between &#x27;pods&#x27; (forget the name they use at the airport).<div class="comment-meta">— Aussie Pete · 2008-12-14 12:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Fabrizio and Aussie Pete, it is not in Beijing...<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-12-14 19:44</div></div> <div class="comment">I guess Japan due to the Japanese-looking fire alert box - except there are no people, and it&#x27;s much wider than any place I&#x27;ve ever seen in Japan...<div class="comment-meta">— Al · 2008-12-15 01:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Narita International. When I was there it was this empty too. :)<div class="comment-meta">— DKwan · 2008-12-19 11:52</div></div> <div class="comment">DKwan, you got it exactly right - it is Narita International Airport - the long tunnel that very few people use. I think it is very nice .<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-12-19 12:08</div></div> <div class="comment">I was at Narita Intl airport just two weeks ago but do not remember seeing this tunnel.<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-12-19 13:37</div></div> <div class="comment">It is a tunnel that very rare place for people to visit - it connects a two remote terminal. I am adding more photos to this blog now.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-12-19 22:31</div></div> <div class="comment">There is a similar tunnel in Paris afaik Chatelet - Les Halles - it even my be a little bit longer but in any case a lot more dirty...<br><br>Nice blog...<div class="comment-meta">— PBrock · 2009-10-29 22:28</div></div> </details>FBML Sandbox of Facebookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081212_fbml_sandbox_of_facebook.htmFri, 12 Dec 2008 23:10:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081212_fbml_sandbox_of_facebook.htm<p>If you are not technical oriented people or you are not interested in Facebook, you can safely ignore this page. This page is just for me to test some FBML (Facebook Markup Language).</p> <pre><code>&lt;fb:connect-form action=&quot;http://www.example.com/post_invite.php&quot;&gt; &lt;/fb:connect-form&gt; &lt;fb:fbml&gt; &lt;fb:request-form action=&quot;/&quot; method=&quot;POST&quot; invite=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;XFBML&quot; content=&quot;This is an invitation to an interesting blog &lt;fb:req-choice url='http://home.wangjianshuo.com/' label='Go to Wangjianshuos blog' /&gt; &quot; &gt; &lt;fb:multi-friend-selector showborder=&quot;false&quot; actiontext=&quot;Invite your friends to use Connect.&quot;&gt; &lt;/fb:request-form&gt; &lt;/fb:fbml&gt; </code></pre> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">(This is the extremely non-technical Carroll in California, waving cheerfully as I completely ignore your test page :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-12-13 01:23</div></div> <div class="comment">@Carroll, although you are extremely non-technical, you are extremely caring and sweet. I just posted some new pictures of Yifan, thinking that you will like it.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-12-14 21:14</div></div> </details>在Blog上面集成Facebook Connecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20081212_blogaeeefacebook_connect.htmFri, 12 Dec 2008 21:15:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20081212_blogaeeefacebook_connect.htm<p>刚刚把<a href="http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&amp;story=108">Facebook Connect</a>在我的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">中文</a>和<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">英文</a>的blog上面实施了一下。这样子，如果你有Facebook的账号，你就可以直接点那个Facebook的按钮，你的Facebook的信息，就自动填在评论的表单里面，你的评论旁边就有了你在Facebook的头像，而且接下来，我还可以让在这里的评论自动发表在Facebook里面，可以让别人看到。</p> <p>做这些事情还是需要一点简单的JavaScript的编程。我有两个惊讶的事情：第一，Facebook的编程模型的确诡异，几乎所有的函数调用都接受一个回调函数作为最后一个参数，函数执行不是以返回结束，而是通过调用回调函数结束，这样就出现了迷宫一样的一个函数潜逃一个函数的状况，以及结束时候多达10个的右花括号或者右括号。第二，Facebook如何在一个Blog站点上面集成这样一个通用的应用，居然在他们的网站上面没有例子。如下的几行代码，倒还真是让我花费了一段时间，直搞得我眼花缭乱，耗时2个小时才搞定。所以想我应该把过程记录下来，以便其他blogger可以借用，同时也显摆一下，说明Hello World级别的编程，我还是可以的。</p>Christmas Tree in Shanghai & Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081211_christmas_tree_in_shanghai_hong_kong.htmThu, 11 Dec 2008 23:06:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081211_christmas_tree_in_shanghai_hong_kong.htm<p>Christmas is coming. Although we don&rsquo;t have tradition to celebrate Christmas, and people have different oppinions about whether we should celebrate Christmas in China, the Christmas tree is getting bigger and bigger in Shanghai, despite of the financial crisis.</p> <p><strong>Christmas Outside Grand Gateway</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChristmasTreeinShanghai_14237/12082008401.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Swarovski X&rsquo;mas Tree</strong></p> <p>Below is the Christmas tree inside the Grand Gateway.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChristmasTreeinShanghai_14237/12082008406.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Super Brand Mall</strong></p> <p>This is from the Super Brand Mall.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChristmasTreeinShanghai_14237/DSC05663.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Movie All About Womenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081210_movie_all_about_women.htmWed, 10 Dec 2008 14:08:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081210_movie_all_about_women.htm<p>Wendy got to tickets of Xuke&rsquo;s *All About Women. *We went to the Kodak Super Cinema  in Xujiahui, and watched the long and funny movie. My rating will be 3 out of 5. I said there are no depth of the movie - just some fun moments. Wendy criticized me that I can only accept certain narrow range of movies. Anyway, it was a nice night.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/529a619f1322_135E3/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>At the end of the movie, the director, and the actors, and actresses came to the stage and held a pretty short ceremony, and answered some questions from the audience. Among the guest, my favorite were ZHOU Xun (actress of <em>Painted Skin</em> and a super star) and XU Ke (the director of many famous and nice movies).</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog Supports Facebook Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081209_wangjianshuos_blog_supports_facebook_now.htmTue, 09 Dec 2008 21:39:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081209_wangjianshuos_blog_supports_facebook_now.htm<p>With about 2 hours learning and coding tonight, I finally enabled Facebook Connect on this blog. You may have noticed the Facebook Connect login button at the comment section of this page. That is it.</p> <p>You can click on the button. If you have a Facebook account, you can simply click OK to login this site, and then you will see your photo, and your name, email, url information auto filled. Then you can comment with that information.</p>Shanghai is Freezinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081207_shanghai_is_freezing.htmSun, 07 Dec 2008 23:49:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081207_shanghai_is_freezing.htm<p>Shanghai is so cool these days - the water in the lake before my apartment has already frozen- you can ice on the surface of the lake.</p> <p>If you are coming to Shanghai, please take my alert: please bring some warm cloths with you.</p> <p>Even people from Toronto, north part of China will feel the cold weather in Shanghai hard to bear. It is that kind of humid cold - very different from the coldness in north or central part of China. Let me tell you exactly how it feels - it is like putting you into the cold water of 0 degree. Don&rsquo;t let the 0 degree mislead you - it is colder than you think if you come from somewhere the normal temperature is below 0. In those areas, there are heating equipment everywhere, and it may not as humid. Most large cities north of Shanghai have heating equipment in winter. Shanghai? No.</p>Facebook Connect with MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081207_facebook_connect_with_movabletype.htmSun, 07 Dec 2008 00:16:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081207_facebook_connect_with_movabletype.htm<p>I did a quick survey about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081205_how_many_of_my_readers_use_facebook.htm">How Many of My Readers Use Facebook</a> and the initial response was quite possitive. It seems I have a lot of readers who are on Facebook already, no matter it is just random, or rare use, or daily use.</p> <p>Then I believe I need to integrate Facebook Connect with MovableType. I search in Google about the term &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=facebook+connect+movabletype&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;aq=o&amp;oq=">Facebook Connect MovableType</a>&rdquo; but didn&rsquo;t see any plugin. It should be a very popular plugin if someone create one.</p>Poster about Financial Crisis in HKhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081206_poster_about_financial_crisis_in_hk.htmSat, 06 Dec 2008 23:49:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081206_poster_about_financial_crisis_in_hk.htm<p>Saw the following two interesting poster at Peking Road of Hong Kong:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/06/DSC05619.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/06/DSC05620.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Bascially they are the same, one in Chinese, and the other in plain English. It is maybe the only sign of financial crisis I saw in Hong Kong during my two day stay. Is there any other changes? I just don&rsquo;t have a benchmark of what the city should look like in normal days so I cannot tell.</p>Photos of Hong Kong in December 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081206_photos_of_hong_kong_in_december_2008.htmSat, 06 Dec 2008 22:34:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081206_photos_of_hong_kong_in_december_2008.htm<p>The IFC (Hong Kong International Finance Center). Obviously it does not change over years, but every year, and the persons who take the photo should be the same as the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070126_some_photo_of_hong_kong_in_jan_trip.htm">previous trip</a>, but every time, the feeling is still slightly different.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/06/DSC05591.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/12/06/DSC05592.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Hong Kong&rsquo;s ferry has a very lovely name: Star Ferry, or 天星小轮. It by itself is a highlight of my Hong Kong trip.</p>How Many of My Readers Use FaceBook?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081205_how_many_of_my_readers_use_facebook.htmFri, 05 Dec 2008 16:06:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081205_how_many_of_my_readers_use_facebook.htm<p>Facebook has a nice new release called <a href="http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php">Facebook connect</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/HowManyofMyReadersUseFaceBook_DCFD/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It helps website like this blog to engage with Facebook users.</p> <blockquote> <p>Facebook Connect is the next evolution of Facebook Platform - enabling you to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site. Enable your users to&hellip;</p> </blockquote> <p>Some idea I can think of using this tool on this website:</p> <ul> <li>Facebook users maybe able to use their identify to leave comment</li> <li>People can share their comment on both this blog and their Facebook profile, so others see your valuable comments.</li> <li>See if your friends are also on this blog.</li> </ul> <p>The idea may be cool, but the first question I will ask is, how many of my readers are on Facebook. If there is not so many people, it may not worth the effort.</p>National Flag of China in Airport - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081204_national_flag_of_china_in_airport_-_part_ii.htmThu, 04 Dec 2008 23:55:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081204_national_flag_of_china_in_airport_-_part_ii.htm<p>In 2002, Bill <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021203_national_flag_of_china_on_airport.htm">suggested</a> that a Chinese flag should be hang at Pudong Airport. I thought it was a very nice suggestion, and we should do it. I also suggested to the Tourism Bureau but didn&rsquo;t get any response.</p> <p>I am happy that during my trip, when I returned from Hong Kong, I found this big flag at the arrival hall of Terminal 2 of Pudong Airport, just before the investigation point for passport.</p>Hong Kong Not More Expensive Than Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081203_hong_kong_not_more_expensive_than_shanghai.htmWed, 03 Dec 2008 18:47:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081203_hong_kong_not_more_expensive_than_shanghai.htm<p>Another finding of this trip to Hong Kong is, Hong Kong is not too much more expensive than Shanghai today.</p> <p>I had the impression that Hong Kong is super expensive, compared to Shanghai. Many years ago, I cannot understand why a bowl of noodle costs 40-50 RMB, and a direct ride on Metro cross the Victoria Bay costs around 9 RMB. At that time, same distance of Metro in Shanghai only cost 2 RMB.</p>Island Pacific Hotel is Pretty Nicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081203_island_pacific_hotel_is_pretty_nice.htmWed, 03 Dec 2008 18:23:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081203_island_pacific_hotel_is_pretty_nice.htm<p>I stayed in <a href="http://www.sino-hotels.com/Island_Pacific_Hotel/en/default.aspx">Hong Kong Island Pacific Hotel</a> during my stay. It is pretty nice hotel, and not super expensive - around 600-700 HKD. The only problem is, it is still far from the Sheung Wan Metro Station, and it don&rsquo;t have free Internet access. An option for my next Hong Kong trip, besides the Youth Hotel we stayed during our first visit.</p> <p>BTW, both JW Marriott Hong Kong, and Shangri-la Hotel Shanghai offer free Wifi service in their lobbies and meeting rooms. It is very nice. Just FYI, in case you are really in need of a WIFI service in Hong Kong or Shanghai.</p>Impression of Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081202_impression_of_hong_kong.htmTue, 02 Dec 2008 23:50:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081202_impression_of_hong_kong.htm<p>When I am going to conclude my forth trip to Hong Kong, let me describe what Hong Kong is in my eyes.</p> <p><strong>Transportation System</strong></p> <p>Hong Kong is the super crowded city, but the transportation is so efficient that both taxi and bus run pretty fast. The road system in Hong Kong is well planned, so there are cars running on all the smaller roads, unlike Beijing (with only big bold backbone roads like the rings but not too much working connecting road). Shanghai is a little bit better, but still far behind Hong Kong.</p>Baixing Awarded as Red Herring Asia 100https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081202_baixing_awarded_as_red_herring_asia_100.htmTue, 02 Dec 2008 14:17:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081202_baixing_awarded_as_red_herring_asia_100.htm<p><a href="http://baixing.com">Baixing.com</a> has been awarded as <a href="http://redherring.com">Red Herring Asia 100</a>. It is the only classified site in Asia awarded.</p> <p><img src="http://redherring.com/logo/32.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Red Herring</p> <p>I am pretty excited about it.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wow! Great job! Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2008-12-02 15:29</div></div> <div class="comment">People will like this new name :) Maybe a famous brand later.<div class="comment-meta">— 502forever · 2008-12-02 19:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Congrats Jian Shuo. And after such a terribly disorganized conference. :)<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-12-03 00:44</div></div> <div class="comment">congratulation. I am surprised that there are no news about rh asia winners except yours. who else are winner?<div class="comment-meta">— randy · 2008-12-03 00:55</div></div> <div class="comment">hey, congrats!<div class="comment-meta">— mac · 2008-12-03 21:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Wooo, congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-12-04 01:04</div></div> <div class="comment">congratulations! jiayou(加油！）<div class="comment-meta">— Wang Liangcai · 2008-12-04 09:27</div></div> </details>Red Herring Asia in Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081202_red_herring_asia_in_hong_kong.htmTue, 02 Dec 2008 10:36:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081202_red_herring_asia_in_hong_kong.htm<p>I am a blogger. To have a blogger in a conference is really dangerous for most of organizer. Here I am coming.</p> <p>The conference started with some problems - not a surprise from the first impression. I am maybe the only person who don&rsquo;t wear suite and tie - I am very serious. I am. I wear the green shirt - the only one who is not pure in black.</p>On my Way to Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081201_on_my_way_to_hong_kong.htmMon, 01 Dec 2008 18:49:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081201_on_my_way_to_hong_kong.htm<p>I am sitting on the floor of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/pudong_airport.htm">Pudong Airport</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080804_pudong_airport_t2_behind_the_security_gate.htm">Terminal 2</a>. My flight KA897 is going to depart at 17:20 to Hong Kong.</p> <p>This is my forth time to Hong Kong.</p> <p>First time, Wendy and I traveled there - I fly from Beijing to Shenzhen (cheaper), and she flys there from Shanghai. That was the longest trip, and my best trip there. My trip record: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040830_hong_kong_-_the_amazing_city.htm">Hong Kong - the Amazing City</a></p> <p>The second time, I went there for PR train. (PR = Public Relationship). That is single day trip - go there early in the morning and returned Shanghai on the same day. During that trip, I learnt Cantonese for street name: 百花街 (pronounced as Bai Fa Gai)&hellip; I don&rsquo;t have any photos for this trip, and I didn&rsquo;t write about it.</p>Happy 1.5 Year Birthday of Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081201_happy_15_year_birthday_of_yifan.htmMon, 01 Dec 2008 16:26:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081201_happy_15_year_birthday_of_yifan.htm<p>Today, Yifan is exactly one year and 6 months old. I am far away from my cute son. So I bought a big bear for him. On the tag, I wrote:</p> <blockquote> <p>To: Yifan From: Daddy and Mommy</p> </blockquote> <p>Hope Yifan will like it. The toy bear is almost the same size of Yifan, and I bet he must be happy to have a little brother to play with him.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/Happy1.5YearBirthdayofYifan_4F5/DSC05573.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>I Love JSONhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081130_i_love_json.htmSun, 30 Nov 2008 21:44:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081130_i_love_json.htm<p>I am deep in my heart a technical person. Although I am thrown into the business world, from time to time, I get back to the technical world to play for a while, and then get back to normal life. To me, it is just like a fever - the passionate fever that will fade out anyway, but when it comes, I am so interested in the topics.</p> <p>Playing with Solr - the open source search engine on Saturday, I am again interested in a wonderful simple technology called JSON. I realized almost all the Google API, and open source API are now supporting JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). I even created a page that helps me to view the JSON object easier:</p>Pudong Airport to JW Marriotthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081130_pudong_airport_to_jw_marriott.htmSun, 30 Nov 2008 20:01:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081130_pudong_airport_to_jw_marriott.htm<p>Who gets my help today?</p> <blockquote> <p>This is my first time travelling in Shanghai. I wanted to know how we can go to JW Marriott Tomorrow Square at Nanjing West Road.</p> <p>Will it be possible for me to take the Maglev Train to theJW Marriott hotel in Nanjing West Road.</p> </blockquote> <p>The answer is Yes, you can take Maglev to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031028_jw_marriott_in_tomorrow_square_opens.htm">JW Marriott Tomorrow Square Hotel</a>.</p> <p>Below is the overview map. You can use the + and - sign to zoom in or out to see details of the map.</p>Still Many People Go Abroadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081130_still_many_people_go_abroad.htmSun, 30 Nov 2008 19:37:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081130_still_many_people_go_abroad.htm<p>I went to the Shanghai Entrance and Exit Administration Bureau today to have my Hong Kong visa renewed. Here is what I saw:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/11/30/11292008386.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This was a cold, sunny, and clear Saturday morning. I didn&rsquo;t expect so many people waiting in line to get a passport or visa. The line of people winds and finally leads to a photo service - they were waiting for their photo taken.</p> <p>As I observed, the line moved very slowly.</p>My Friend Blogrollhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081128_my_friend_blogroll.htmFri, 28 Nov 2008 23:17:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081128_my_friend_blogroll.htm<p>Look at this magic code. I just added this piece of code to my home page, and meanwhile, I keep a Google Spreadsheet <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSOl_srkuwZXvH3XSagMAdA">here</a>. At any time, I add a friend into the speadsheet, the link on my homepage gets updated immediately. You can also help yourself to add you into the list by filling in a <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pSOl_srkuwZXvH3XSagMAdA">form</a>. After I confirm, it will be published.</p> <blockquote> <dl id=friend><dt>Friends</dt></dl> <script type="text/javascript"> function listEntries(json) { for (var i = 0; i < json.feed.entry.length; i++) { var dd = document.createElement("dd"); var link = document.createElement("a"); link.href= json.feed.entry[i].gsx$url.$t; link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(json.feed.entry[i].gsx$name.$t)); link.title = json.feed.entry[i].content.$t; dd.appendChild(link); document.getElementById('friend').appendChild(dd); } } </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pSOl_srkuwZXvH3XSagMAdA/default/public/values?alt=json-in-script&callback=listEntries"></script> </blockquote> <p>I have to say, Google Spreadsheet, and Google Docs is far beyond our imagination. I also found out that I can still write code fluently.</p>Joined WWW2009 Programme Committeehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081128_joined_www2009_programme_committee.htmFri, 28 Nov 2008 21:40:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081128_joined_www2009_programme_committee.htm<p>Invited by Cong Yu, I am not a PC (Programme Committee) member of <a href="http://www2009.org/">World Wide Web Conference 2009</a>.</p> <p>Obviously, I am a big fan of the Internet (World Wide Web). It has been part of my life since 1996. I thought about a lot of (not-so-great) ideas about Internet, and am still in this industry.</p> <p>WWW Conference, as a key event for the WWW society has been well-known. Below is from the WWW2009 website:</p>Meet with Judy, Hua, Bill, and Lianghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081128_meet_with_judy_hua_bill_and_liang.htmFri, 28 Nov 2008 20:57:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081128_meet_with_judy_hua_bill_and_liang.htm<p>Tonight, had a nice dinner with my old friends in Microsoft.</p> <p>Judy is now in <a href="http://bcg.com">Boston Consulting Group</a> in Shanghai,</p> <p>Hua became CEO of <a href="http://ncsoft.com/global/">NCSoft</a>in China,</p> <p>Bill does investment for <a href="http://qq.com">Tencent</a>,</p> <p>and Liang now is CTO of <a href="http://Tudou.com">Tudou.com</a>.</p> <p>Nice guys. Nice place. Nice dinner, and nice talk.</p> <p>Judy reminded us that it was a Thanksgiving dinner.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">hi, i&#x27;m student at cairo,egypt... i want to ask about a blogger in china, aspecialy in hong kong...<div class="comment-meta">— wan · 2008-12-26 02:46</div></div> </details>Happy Thanksgivingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081127_happy_thanksgivings-2.htmThu, 27 Nov 2008 16:33:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081127_happy_thanksgivings-2.htm<p>I never really understand the origin of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=thanksgiving&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=">Thanksgivings</a>, and don&rsquo;t know what people should do on this day. Meanwhile, at the back end of my mind, I still hesitate a bit to talk about this &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/westen_holidays.htm">western holiday</a>&rdquo;, confused about the terms of &ldquo;westernization&rdquo;, or globalization. To do something without a tradition just because of seeing it on TV, or movie sounds silly, just like people celebrating V-Day without know how to spell it. That is the starting point of my thoughts of Thanksgiving day. P.S. I even don&rsquo;t know exactly what day is Thanksgivings if <a href="http://qingji.spaces.live.com/">Judy</a> hasn&rsquo;t had written me a note saying: &ldquo;BTW, today, our dinner is on Thanksgivings Day&rdquo;.</p>不同的行业https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20081127_aeceae-2.htmThu, 27 Nov 2008 15:56:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20081127_aeceae-2.htm<p>看起来一模一样的东西，一不小心本质上分到了不同的行业。</p> <p>我看，YouTube是在视频分享行业，而国内很多的视频网站其实是在VOD行业(Video on Demand)。视频分享都是用户创造的小视频，盈利是靠广告的；VOD行业传统上是在互联网上面看连续剧，按照每集几块钱付钱的。不适用P2P技术的免费的VOD，很难用广告去填VOD的大窟窿。</p>The Death of A Citizenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081127_the_death_of_a_citizen.htmThu, 27 Nov 2008 12:26:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081127_the_death_of_a_citizen.htm<p>Yesterday, when I was boarding my flight back to Shanghai, I browsed my Google Reader on my mobile phone, and heard the news that the young man killing 6 policemen was already executed. What a shock news. I feel deep sorrow for him, and feel even more hopeless about the justice of the country.</p> <p>My friends outside China felt strange to know that I pay sympathy to a man who killed many policemen. It is even more wired that many of my friends feel the same. What&rsquo;s wrong?</p>In Beijing Airport, Back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081126_in_beijing_airport_back_to_shanghai.htmWed, 26 Nov 2008 19:19:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081126_in_beijing_airport_back_to_shanghai.htm<p>I am at gate 31 of Beijing Airport, heading to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041127_hong_qiao_sha_vs_pu_dong_pvg_airport.htm">Hongqiao Airport</a> in Shanghai. The two day Beijing trip was full of fun and inspiration. Among my trip, talk with Kooxoo.com founder <a href="http://dawnli.spaces.live.com/">Chen Hua</a>, and talk in Baidu were highlight.</p> <p>When I left Beijing, I just feel if you ask me about the landscape of cities in China, and in US, I would even say the current Beijing is more westernized (or modernized).</p>A Well Planned Trip to Huangshan?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081124_a_well_planned_trip_to_huangshan.htmMon, 24 Nov 2008 23:16:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081124_a_well_planned_trip_to_huangshan.htm<p>Got another reader email. Here you go (after removing names and other private information)</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Jianshuo,</p> <p>Pardon me for taking the liberty to write to you direct but my googling/research for my family&rsquo;s trip keeps finding itself to your blog! I wonder if you would be so kind to give me some assistance?</p> <p>I&rsquo;m planning a trip with my husband and 3yr-old son. My husband doesn&rsquo;t speak mandarin so the main job of research lies with me. We are planning to arrive in Shanghai on the 26th Dec and somehow make our way to Suzhou then Hangzhou then Huangshan. I would like to know what is the best way to travel from place to place that would be cheapest and safest with consideration of travelling with a toddler.</p>In Beijing, Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081124_in_beijing_again.htmMon, 24 Nov 2008 22:55:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081124_in_beijing_again.htm<p>I am in Beijing. Sometimes I feel like a clock - swinging between Beijing and Shanghai.</p> <p>At Hong Qiao Airport, I found things changes quietly, but dramatically. Once a while that you do not visit the airport, you will find many surprises.</p> <p><strong>Taxi Lanes</strong></p> <p>The taxi lanes for picking up passengers at Hong Qiao Airport finally increased to 8 lanes, with 2 lanes coming from the parking lot to the pick up area. It is said that it decreased average waiting time from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. Good move.</p>Beautiful Thoughts with Beautiful Scenehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081120_beautiful_thoughts_with_beautiful_scene.htmThu, 20 Nov 2008 08:56:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081120_beautiful_thoughts_with_beautiful_scene.htm<p>Hello. Shanghai is so beautiful in early Winter. I don&rsquo;t like very cold winter, or very hot summer. The feeling is so deeply left in my impression of the city, especially when you get into your car in winter - cooold, and in summer - hoooott.</p> <p>But if you have to ask me Winter or Summer, which do you love better in Shanghai? I still may say, I love Winter better, at least Shanghai is relatively more elegent, more decent in winter.</p>Yifan is Growing Uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081119_yifan_is_growing_up.htmWed, 19 Nov 2008 23:12:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081119_yifan_is_growing_up.htm<p>Wendy and I felt the urgency to spend more time with Yifan these days. Yifan is growing up so quickly. Before we ever realized, Yifan started to walk, to talk (a little bit), and understand almost everything you say.</p> <p><strong>Yifan Walks</strong></p> <p>When was Yifan still not able to walk? He used to crawl from a room to another carefully, but not so quickly. For a day, all of a sudden, he stand up and started to walk by himself. Where I was at that time? I remember I am in my US trip at that time. I just thought: &ldquo;What? How does it mean that the little boy can get to anywhere he wants (in the house) without my help?&rdquo; Maybe the next question is, when the boy can go very very far away for work without even letting me know&hellip;</p>Summary of First Half of Novemberhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081118_summary_of_first_half_of_november.htmTue, 18 Nov 2008 20:48:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081118_summary_of_first_half_of_november.htm<p>Since Oct, we are working six days a week, and after about one month. The result is wonderful. We finally reached breakeven point. This is not my first breakeven I have experienced, but it is such an important milestone, especially in this winter. I am happy that the team will feel very warm in the cold days ahead.</p> <p>Personally, I didn&rsquo;t have too much time on this blog. It is understandable, isn&rsquo;t it? I don&rsquo;t have too much touch with the city - I just feel I started a business trip in Shanghai. I mean I get disconnected from the city, and don&rsquo;t feel that I am a citizen in this city.</p>CnBloggerCon in Guangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081117_cnbloggercon_in_guangzhou.htmMon, 17 Nov 2008 19:49:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081117_cnbloggercon_in_guangzhou.htm<p>This time, the China Blogger Conference is held in Guangzhou. Unlike the previous few conferences, i didn&rsquo;t participate. One reason is Guangzhou is a little bit too far for me to get there, and to put it into my business schedule (especially weekends), the other reason is, it is not as attractive as it appeared to be.</p> <p>The two factor combined, I am not going. Hope bloggers there have a nice party there.</p>Shanghai is Getting Colderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081117_shanghai_is_getting_colder.htmMon, 17 Nov 2008 19:49:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081117_shanghai_is_getting_colder.htm<p>Shanghai enters winter.</p> <p>It is colder and colder - welcome winter to Shanghai!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">There is also a winter to Economy this year .<br><br>But thus winter is coming ,spring will come in the near future !<div class="comment-meta">— Balon · 2008-11-18 09:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Pls let me know Shanghai&#x27;s weather like in March mid.<div class="comment-meta">— Srini · 2008-11-25 01:50</div></div> </details>Mayfair (Paris Spring) is on Salehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081114_mayfair_paris_spring_is_on_sale.htmFri, 14 Nov 2008 23:41:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081114_mayfair_paris_spring_is_on_sale.htm<p>Mayfair is a brand-shopping mall in Shanghai. With it first store at Xiangyang Road, and Huaihai Road, it started to open many stores in Shanghai these years, after the first store opened 10 years ago.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/11/14/11142008333.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It is on sale today - only one day - on a Friday.</p> <p>Most things are 50% off.</p> <p>It is like crazy. I went there with Wendy, and took some pictures.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/11/14/11142008338.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Quintet Shanghai is Nicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081112_quintet_shanghai_is_nice.htmWed, 12 Nov 2008 22:25:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081112_quintet_shanghai_is_nice.htm<p>My friend Fay opens a five room hotel on Changle Road!</p> <p>Fay is the Fay of <a href="http://shanghai.faysrooms.com/">Fay&rsquo;s Room</a> - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070923_apartment_sharing_in_shanghai.htm">an apartment sharing service</a> in Shanghai. She shifted focus from apartment sharing to own a real bed &amp; breakfast hotel at the heart of Shanghai. I visited their hotel, and feel the need to write about it. Before I talk about this special hotel, you can check out their website: <a href="http://www.quintet-shanghai.com">http://www.quintet-shanghai.com/</a>.</p> <p><strong>Fay</strong></p> <p>Fay is from Taiwan. We worked closely together before, and then she quitted her great Fortune 500 job, and pursut her dream. She started with sharing her aparmtent with backpackers, and then managed few friend&rsquo;s property, and that is where the Fay&rsquo;s Room come from.</p>Nice Day for My Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081111_nice_day_for_my_business.htmTue, 11 Nov 2008 22:47:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081111_nice_day_for_my_business.htm<p>Today is a pretty nice day. Very happy, and very excited. Huge breakthrough in many metrics. Xiaopai said the number has reached 300 one hour before end of today.</p> <p>I am going to try my first week in the Shanghai Jiaotong University Hotel tonight. Hope hard work can bring good result.</p> <p>Met Mike and Luoying today. Nice chat, and learnt that everyone has something to pursue. It is nice for everyone.</p>Thanks Matt Isler!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081110_thanks_matt_isler.htmMon, 10 Nov 2008 21:39:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081110_thanks_matt_isler.htm<p>I got a small post card from my YLF friend Matt Isler.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/11/10/3019337124_a66ba7e70d.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang. Chinese character written by Matt.</p> <p>What a great friend I have! Thanks Matt, and Mei Lan!</p> <p>What is the last time I send a postcard to my friend? I tend to use electronic version, or the Internet more&hellip;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/11/10/3019367946_237b4f7689.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Written by Jian Shuo</p> <p>So I drawed a sentence on a piece of paper, and take a photo of it, and post it on this web page:</p>Google Custom Search Enginehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081110_google_custom_search_engine.htmMon, 10 Nov 2008 14:01:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081110_google_custom_search_engine.htm<p>I am experimenting Google Custom Search Engine, and here is the result of my experiment. It searched the whole Internet, with priority put on Baixing.com. It also filtered some competitors from the list, and add Subscribed Link. You can try to search for &ldquo;wangjianshuo&rdquo; or &ldquo;panxiaoliang&rdquo; in the search box.</p> <p>.adsense {display:none}</p> <p>var googleSearchIframeName = &ldquo;cse-search-results&rdquo;;</p> <p>var googleSearchFormName = &ldquo;cse-search-box&rdquo;;</p> <p>var googleSearchFrameWidth = 600;</p> <p>var googleSearchDomain = &ldquo;<a href="https://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>&rdquo;;</p> <p>var googleSearchPath = &ldquo;/cse&rdquo;;</p>All Maps in China are Transformedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081109_all_maps_in_china_are_transformed.htmSun, 09 Nov 2008 14:26:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081109_all_maps_in_china_are_transformed.htm<p>There are rumor that all printed maps that is available in domestic market are transformed. The goal is to make the map useless for military situation to protect the safety of the country.</p> <p>I heard about it but I didn&rsquo;t really believe it. I thought to protect the country from foreign intelligence agents by transforming all maps available in a country is just a fool decision.</p> <p>I do know that in certain Shanghai map, because of the streets in downtown is so crowded, and in other places, density is lower. So they transformed the map to cover as much as places possible while keep the downtown street clear enough to recognize.</p>Indian Englishhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081108_indian_english.htmSat, 08 Nov 2008 22:46:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081108_indian_english.htm<p>Wendy&rsquo;s team in Microsoft support India customers. Something she suffers a lot is the India accent English. She now brings an iPod, and put some India podcast in it, and listen to India English all the way to work and back to schoo.</p> <p><strong>Indian -&gt; American -&gt; Chinese</strong></p> <p>A very interesting thing I found out is,</p> <p>American can understand 80% of Indian accent English,</p> <p>American may be can understand 50% of Chinese English (English with strong Chinese accent, also called Chinglish)</p>Transition of Metro Line #1 and Line 2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081106_transition_of_metro_line_1_and_line_2.htmThu, 06 Nov 2008 21:46:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081106_transition_of_metro_line_1_and_line_2.htm<p>Travel to Shanghai and really want to experience something special? Have you tried to transit from Shanghai Metro Line #1 to Shanghai Metro Line #2 during rush hour, say from 8:00 - 9:00 AM?</p> <p>Take a look at what I caputured yesterday.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">probably you can take a shot of how you were squeeze in the subway? hehe...<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2008-11-09 00:22</div></div> </details>Erik Paulsen and Gabrielle Giffordshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081106_erik_paulsen_and_gabrielle_giffords.htmThu, 06 Nov 2008 21:41:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081106_erik_paulsen_and_gabrielle_giffords.htm<p>Got a special note from YLF:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hearty congratulations to YLFers <strong>Erik Paulsen</strong> (2005 Fellow) and <strong>Gabrielle Giffords</strong> (2003 Fellow) for winning their respective U.S. House of Representatives races! In his first term in the House, Erik will represent the 3rd District of Minnesota, and, in her second term, Gabrielle will again represent the 8th District of Arizona.</p> </blockquote> <p>It was a pity that I was not able to meet Paulsen, or Gabrielle in my Nanjing or Snoqualmie YLF session in the last two years, but I enjoy the news from YLFer - I know YLF people are basically very similiar - nice and warm people.</p>Shanghai Postal Codehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081106_shanghai_postal_code.htmThu, 06 Nov 2008 21:09:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081106_shanghai_postal_code.htm<p>I am going to answer another very simple question about <strong>Shanghai Postal Code</strong>.</p> <p>This seems simple, but it is not easy to directly get the postal code from street address. There are so many postal code in Shanghai, one for each area.</p> <p>China postal code is always 6 digits. Shanghai starts from 20xxxx.</p> <p>Shanghai downtown: 200000</p> <p>Shanghai County: 201100</p> <p>Jiading District 嘉定: 201800</p> <p>Songjiang District 松江: 201600</p>10:00 PMhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081105_1000_pm.htmWed, 05 Nov 2008 21:36:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081105_1000_pm.htm<p>It is 10:00 PM. I decide to go to bed earlier than normal days. It is important to relax a little bit after working days and nights for some time.</p> <p>No matter what, to keep the pace of &ldquo;Life&rdquo;, or &ldquo;the body&rdquo; itself is so important to me. My teeth hurts these days. According to Chinese medicine theory, it is because of the raise of &ldquo;fire&rdquo; in my body. Need to take some water (yes, physically drink some water), and some sleep to get rid of it.</p>Taiwan and Mainland Direct Transithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081105_taiwan_and_mainland_direct_transit.htmWed, 05 Nov 2008 18:34:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081105_taiwan_and_mainland_direct_transit.htm<p>What? Direct flight between Taiwan and mainland China is opened. Meanwhile, there are more than that. There are direct post lines across the strait.</p> <p>I saw this news on ITimes this morning on Metro. It was a big surprise to me. This seems too quick, much quicker than I thought. I am even not prepared yet.</p> <p><strong>Taipei and Shanghai?</strong></p> <p>In the future, direct flight between Taipei and Shanghai will only be 81 minutes. That is just one and half hour - shorter than Beijing and Shanghai.</p>Busy Since After National Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081104_busy_since_after_national_holiday.htmTue, 04 Nov 2008 23:00:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081104_busy_since_after_national_holiday.htm<p>Since national holiday, I started to be very busy. There are always exciting things during my work. It is just like getting back to the life when I just joined Microsoft after graduation.</p> <p>Wasn&rsquo;t able to update my blog at interval I would expected. May also skip one or two if schedule does not allow. However, I do have many things to share. Just hope to get more time.</p>Rating of Places Nearby Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_rating_of_places_nearby_shanghai.htmSun, 02 Nov 2008 22:14:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_rating_of_places_nearby_shanghai.htm<p>Let me start with an email:</p> <blockquote> <p>We know places aournd Shanghai like Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, Shao Xing, Ningbo, Yang Zhou, ZhenJiang &amp; towns like ZhouZhuang, Tongli, Xitang, Nanxun, Luzhi that can make a visit. What is yoru suggestion?</p> </blockquote> <p>OK. Let me do a rating</p> <p><strong>Cities</strong></p> <p>I use a rating system of two rating only: &ldquo;must see&rdquo;, and &ldquo;if you have spare time to kill&rdquo;.</p> <p>Hangzhou = must see</p> <p>Suzhou = must see</p>Shanghai Populationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_shanghai_population.htmSun, 02 Nov 2008 21:44:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_shanghai_population.htm<p>What is the population of Shanghai? It seems to be a simple question, since the population of any city at a given time is pretty predictable. However, the number for cities in China is not certain, and especially for immigration cities like Shanghai.</p> <p>Recently when I did research for classified market in other countries, I realized that Denmark only has 5 million people (while its top classified site dbk gets about 60 million USD in revenue) with 129.16/km² density. How about Shanghai?</p>Bus Seems Better than Taxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_bus_seems_better_than_taxi.htmSun, 02 Nov 2008 21:11:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_bus_seems_better_than_taxi.htm<p>Recently, in Shanghai, when I am proposed two choices - bus and taxi, I started to prefer bus. At a glance, you may find taxi has all advantage over bus, except it is more expensive. For me, if we don&rsquo;t consider cost factor, I still think bus is better.</p> <p>After thinking hard about why I have the perception, I have the following findings.</p> <p><strong>Bus is easier</strong></p> <p>Although taxi is easier, it involves reading the meter, pay with cash or card, and collect the receipt for the ride. You also have to talk with the taxi driver, and tell him where you are going.</p>Talk with Kai Fu Leehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_talk_with_kai_fu_lee.htmSun, 02 Nov 2008 16:24:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081102_talk_with_kai_fu_lee.htm<p>It was about two years since I last had lunch with Kaifu in Shanghai. Kaifu Lee is the head of Google China, and we worked together when we were both in Microsoft. I visited Google China office the last week, and spent about one hour in his office.</p> <p><strong>Kaifu Lee is a Great Friend to Have</strong></p> <p>I know Kaifu for quite some time, and I admire his academic achievements. Besides that, Kaifu is pretty lovely and kind. Last time, when I send my LinkedIn invitation to my friends, Kaifu returned email about to tell me to use another email address. :-) The only one who treat everything so serious.</p>Wrapping up my Beijing Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081031_wrapping_up_my_beijing_trip.htmFri, 31 Oct 2008 00:34:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081031_wrapping_up_my_beijing_trip.htm<p>I am back from Beijing, via <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081027_shanghai_to_beijing_train_is_better_than_air_.htm">train</a>. Here is a short summary.</p> <p><strong>Train is Good</strong></p> <p>As I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081027_shanghai_to_beijing_train_is_better_than_air_.htm">described</a> earlier, train is efficient for business travel. But I realized there is one criteria for it to be efficient: you have to be able to sleep very well on the train. Like me, I am always <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030118_me_a_sleepy_cat.htm">sleepy</a>, and I can sleep from the time I get to bed on the train until train is approaching the terninal station. For my friend, Jia, the trip is not that pleasant - he wakes up every one hour or sooner during the trip.</p>In Beijing, In Meetinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081029_in_beijing_in_meeting.htmWed, 29 Oct 2008 13:16:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081029_in_beijing_in_meeting.htm<p>I am in Beijing, and I am in a bunch of meetings.</p> <p>It is critical to arrange meetings ahead of schedule, so you don&rsquo;t have too many things to do at the same time, or have a big block of time has nothing to do.</p> <p>It is especially important, in this case, to pre-arrange dinner and lunch, at least location, so you don&rsquo;t end up have lunch by yourself - like this noon.</p>Shanghai to Beijing? Train is Better than Airhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081027_shanghai_to_beijing_train_is_better_than_air_.htmMon, 27 Oct 2008 09:57:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081027_shanghai_to_beijing_train_is_better_than_air_.htm<p>kTonight, I am going to Beijing, and will be back on Wednesday night. Previously, my trip was all via flights. After I tried train the last time, I decided to switch all my trip to Beijing to train in the future. Why?</p> <p><strong>Time Efficiency</strong></p> <p>Although train takes much longer than flight - 12 hours vs 2 hours, the biggest advantage of train is, it wasted your time at night, especially deep night, instead of train.</p>How's China in Global Financial Crisis?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081026_hows_china_in_global_financial_crisis.htmSun, 26 Oct 2008 20:56:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081026_hows_china_in_global_financial_crisis.htm<p>This may be the million dollar question that everyone what to know the answer. Many friends and readers asked me about how will China perform in the next few years when the global financial crisis is spreading. It seems for sure that US will suffer from the recession in the next few years, and so do many other countires. What about China?</p> <p>To be honest, I don&rsquo;t know. I am confused myself.</p>User Feedback are the Keyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081026_user_feedback_are_the_key.htmSun, 26 Oct 2008 12:46:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081026_user_feedback_are_the_key.htm<p>Stumbled upon this article: <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/25/youtube-enables-deep-linking-within-videos/">YouTube Enables Deep Linking Within Videos</a>. It is related to YouTube.</p> <p>The feature to link deep into a video seems obvious - most of the user feedback based features are very obvious, but it is the key driver for any consumer facing product. To root the inspiration to what users say is very important for the success of a website, just like craigslist has demonstrated.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">This new feature of YouTube will definitely bring users much convenience. YouTube commentors are now presented with a button asking if they&#x27;d like to hear their comments read aloud before they are posted, haha, which is really funny. Thanks for this informatiaon, Jianshuo.<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2008-10-26 16:59</div></div> </details>Ways to Delete Your Commentshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081025_ways_to_delete_your_comments.htmSat, 25 Oct 2008 13:34:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081025_ways_to_delete_your_comments.htm<p>From time to time, I receive request to delete a comment they have made on this blog. There are not many. I would say about 10 - 20 request so far.</p> <p>The major reason of the delete request is, when they search for their name on Google or other search engine, they found their comments they made maybe long time ago. They no longer feel comfortable to see the sometimes &ldquo;silly&rdquo; or &ldquo;out of date&rdquo; comment on this blog. So they drop me an email to ask me to delete them.</p>Eatery is Really Small Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081021_eatery_is_really_small_business.htmTue, 21 Oct 2008 23:12:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081021_eatery_is_really_small_business.htm<p>After the National Holiday, I started to take bus to work, so I got the opportunity to walk along the Tianping Road (天平路), and pass many breakfast eatery shops. That is good since it solved my breakfast problem.</p> <p>The interesting thing is, they does business in an exteremely cost sensitive way.</p> <p>For example, I buy the pan egg cake 鸡蛋饼. They will cut like 1/8 of the whole cake as you asked them to do. Then they will weigh it on a weigh, and tell you: total price is 0.9 RMB.</p>Pollution in Taihu (Lake Tai)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081020_pollution_in_taihu_lake_tai.htmMon, 20 Oct 2008 22:57:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081020_pollution_in_taihu_lake_tai.htm<p>During my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081019_xishan_an_island_in_taihu.htm">trip to Xishan</a>, I passed Taihu. The beautiful lake - the third largest freshwater lake in China.</p> <p>To be surprise, Taihu changed a lot - because of polution.</p> <p>Because of the nitrogen and phosphorus discharged by the chemical and fishing factories around the lake, algae overgrew in the lake like crazy, further decreased the water quality.</p> <p>Look at the picture I took below:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/10/20/DSC05259.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/10/20/DSC05260.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/10/20/DSC05261.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Xishan, an Island in Taihuhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081019_xishan_an_island_in_taihu.htmSun, 19 Oct 2008 20:17:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081019_xishan_an_island_in_taihu.htm<p>As I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081017_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">forecast yesterday</a>, my family went to Xishan, an island in the middle of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/taihu.htm">Taihu</a> (Tai Lake). It is connected to the land via a big Taihu bridge.</p> <p>Here is the island - Xishan 西山:</p> <iframe src="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.098806,120.265961&spn=0.267521,0.4422&t=h&z=11&output=embed&s=AARTsJqzARj-Z8VnW5pkPMLMmZbqrJcYpw"></iframe> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=31.098806,120.265961&amp;spn=0.267521,0.4422&amp;t=h&amp;z=11&amp;source=embed">View Larger Map</a></p> <p>Here is the the island in the bigger map in the Taihu:</p> <iframe src="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&s=AARTsJqzARj-Z8VnW5pkPMLMmZbqrJcYpw&ll=31.264466,120.201416&spn=1.126897,1.757812&z=9&output=embed"></iframe> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;ll=31.264466,120.201416&amp;spn=1.126897,1.757812&amp;z=9&amp;source=embed">View Larger Map</a></p> <p><strong>The Area</strong></p> <p>Many weeks, Wendy and I was wondering where we should go to spend the weekend. In Shanghai, we have became hopeless to find any place new or to spend the night. We love Hangzhou, and Suzhou.</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081017_happy_birthday_to_me-7.htmFri, 17 Oct 2008 23:53:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081017_happy_birthday_to_me-7.htm<p>I am 31 now.</p> <p>Look at this entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">Happy Birthday to Me</a>. At the time I started blog daily, I was only 25. I cannot believe it.</p> <p>It was a busy week. I could hardly stop a little bit to think about my birthday, and really take time to do some reflection to the past 31 years, and write something. I didn&rsquo;t get the chance to stop and rest a little bit yet.</p>Winter for Startups is Cominghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081016_winter_for_startups_is_coming.htmThu, 16 Oct 2008 09:47:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081016_winter_for_startups_is_coming.htm<p>Winter is coming. It is not the winter in the weather and seaonal sense. It is for startups.</p> <p>With the financial crisis gets worse in US, which is no longer news, the recent reaction in Venture Capital market in Silicon Valley is huge. Signaled a bunch of emails and meetings by top VC firms and others, everyone just realized what the slight change in temperature means: it means the arrival of winter.</p>Bus is Faster than Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081013_bus_is_faster_than_car.htmMon, 13 Oct 2008 23:00:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081013_bus_is_faster_than_car.htm<p>After taking bus to commute in the morning for a little bit more than a week, I realized that buses runs faster than private cars in Shanghai. Even included the time to park at the station, passenger off-load and load, it is still faster than private cars. It takes about 40-50 minutes to arrive in Xujiahui, or 1 hour at peak time. There are several reasons to it.</p> <p><strong>Public Transportaion Bus has Special Lanes</strong></p>Chinese Government is Like a Companyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081012_chinese_government_is_like_a_company.htmSun, 12 Oct 2008 21:57:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081012_chinese_government_is_like_a_company.htm<p>Chinese government works completely different from the US government - at least from the organizational perspective. It is more like a company than US government.</p> <p><strong>US Governments are like Companies</strong></p> <p>In US, there are so many governments that are like the many companies in the market place. There may be bigger one like Federal Government, or the State Governments, just like the Fortune 500 companies. There are also many smaller one, like city government, or some water supply governments&hellip;</p>Back from Jiangyinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081011_back_from_jiangyin.htmSat, 11 Oct 2008 21:47:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081011_back_from_jiangyin.htm<p>Spent the Friday night in Jiangyin, Wuxi, China. Robert Cao from YLF hosted us in his Germany Beer Festival. Had wonderful time there. Just get back from the trip. I will be back to talk more about it after I make up some sleep.</p> <p>P.S. Jiangyin is at the south of Yangtz river, 2 hours from Shanghai.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">In your article you mentioned &quot;Robert Cao&quot; who is likely my boss. Our company produces bumpers and is named as JiangNan MPT. Am I right?<div class="comment-meta">— Amy · 2008-10-13 11:56</div></div> <div class="comment">:-) Yes. It is him - very nice guy....<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-10-13 22:46</div></div> </details>SVB Bank is like a Familyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081010_svb_bank_is_like_a_family.htmFri, 10 Oct 2008 00:52:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081010_svb_bank_is_like_a_family.htm<p>Just get back from SVB Bank Wine Tasting event. SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) is a very special bank. Based on my experience with them, they know what they are going to do, and have some great people in the team, and of great culture. It is like a family.</p> <p>The event happened in Le Platine in the Xintiandi area. The venue is a very nice place for such private meetings. They mixed their partners, VC clients and entrepreneurs. The first part of it was not very interesting (I just want to be honest with myself), but the last part, I had the opportunity to talk with Hairong Ji from Focus Media (I learnt he was in SJTU for 8 years), and David Wu (my school mate of the same department. SVB folks joined the talk after they sent most of their guest out.</p>Visited Two Companieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081008_visited_two_companies.htmWed, 08 Oct 2008 23:16:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081008_visited_two_companies.htm<p>Visited Aspect Gaming, and AdChina today.</p> <p>Nice Internet startups in Shanghai. Had wonderful lunch with Justin, and talked in depths with Alan. Both are good friends of me. They are both in Shanghai Mediazone Tower (Wang Wang Tower) near Nanjing road.</p> <p>We really should get together with great people more often and get inspiration. I do need to talk with people - my type of people need inspiration to live, and to work.</p>Software List for Newly Installed PChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081007_software_list_for_newly_installed_pc.htmTue, 07 Oct 2008 18:43:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081007_software_list_for_newly_installed_pc.htm<p>I wrote about my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070717_software_for_newly_installed_pc.htm">software list for newly installed PC</a> the last year. Since I reinstall my laptop from time to time (on average, every quarter), I keep a list of software to be installed. I don&rsquo;t like software like Ghost - I just want to keep my PC as fresh as possible.</p> <p>Looking back at the article I wrote before, there are not many in the list. This time, i create a longer list. Maybe after 5 years, when we look back at this list, many of them no longer exists, or we have started to use newer software at that time. A trend I observed from the last year is, most of my daily use software was downloaded from Internet (for free).</p>YouTube成功的秘诀https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20081007_youtubecce.htmTue, 07 Oct 2008 16:43:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20081007_youtubecce.htm<p>那天在Sand Hills路上的星巴克，有幸和YouTube的投资者Roalef聊了一个小时的天。除了一些相互介绍和互相展示家庭成员的照片之外，我问了一个每个人一定会问的问题：</p>I Use Public Transportation Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081006_i_use_public_transportation_now.htmMon, 06 Oct 2008 23:19:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081006_i_use_public_transportation_now.htm<p>The traffic jam at around 8:00 - 9:00 in Shanghai has finally reached a point that driving is slower than taking public transportation. From the first day of the new season (October, or the new quarter, or you may call it the first day after the long holiday), I decided to use public transportation to commute to work.</p> <p><strong>Public Transportation System in Shanghai</strong></p> <p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040707_public_transportation_in_shanghai.htm">public transportation system</a> in Shanghai is reasonably good now. With metro lines reaching many important places (unfortunately, not including my home yet), and many bus lines, it is very convenient to use the bus + metro or just bus combination to commute.</p>Q4 2008 Beginshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081006_q4_2008_begins.htmMon, 06 Oct 2008 10:34:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081006_q4_2008_begins.htm<p>The fourth and the last quarter of 2008 begins. How exciting. I am getting back to work, full of energy now.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">you are so DRIVEN MAN<br><br>I AM ENVY YOU ON YOUR ENERGY TO LIFE AND WORK<div class="comment-meta">— lin · 2008-10-06 18:45</div></div> </details>Last Day of National Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081005_last_day_of_national_holiday.htmSun, 05 Oct 2008 21:31:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081005_last_day_of_national_holiday.htm<p>This is the end of the last holiday. The holiday started from Sept 29, and ends today, October 5.</p> <p>What I did in the last 7 days? I was in Beijing in the first two days, and spent the rest 5 days at home. With Yifan at home, most of the time, if all, were spent with Yifan. We went to the Lujiazui area the first night, went to Century Park, and Xujiahui at night. We also went to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081003_yifan_broke_another_cup.htm">dinner</a> with Yifan. Then we went to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum the other day, and on the final day, went to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20081005_free_exam_offered_for_poison_milk_victims.htm">hospital</a> together.</p>Free Exam Offered for Poison Milk Victimshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081005_free_exam_offered_for_poison_milk_victims.htmSun, 05 Oct 2008 20:21:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081005_free_exam_offered_for_poison_milk_victims.htm<p>Yifan got a little bit fever, and we brought him to the Shanghai Children Medical Center. We have already tried the local small clinic called Anda Hospital - the place within walking distance from our home, but they were on holiday, and we went to the Becai Community Medical Center - they were on holiday too. We have to take our last choice, the one we really don&rsquo;t want to bring Yifan to - the Shanghai Children Medical Center. We don&rsquo;t want to bring Yifan there because it is really <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071222_went_to_childrens_hospital_-_refugee_camp.htm">a refugee for children</a>. Today, Yifan&rsquo;s grandfather went there early this morning, and got a ticket with #608 in the queue, and he came back. We drive there about 2 PM in the afternoon, and we arrived just on time. They just past the ticket No. 600. So, practically speaking, you have to wait for 4-6 hours to get your child to see a doctor for 2 minutes. Anyway, this is not news. They are always like this. The conclusion I got was, with the increase of GDP, tax dollars the government collect from all kinds of activities, and the increase of demand for people to get health care, the supply of hospital and other medical resources just kept unchanged. That is a big problem for the current system.</p>Capitalism or Socialismhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081004_p2259.htmSat, 04 Oct 2008 23:21:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081004_p2259.htm<p>In Snoqualmie, in a speech, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Rittenberg">Sidney Rittenburg</a> said something like this:</p> <p>People get very confused in the current world.</p> <p>Which country, under the flag of socialism, step fast on the track to capitalism.</p> <p>Which country, under the flag of capitalism, running fast toward socialism.</p>Impact of US Financial Crisis on Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081004_impact_of_us_financial_crisis_on_china.htmSat, 04 Oct 2008 20:47:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081004_impact_of_us_financial_crisis_on_china.htm<p>Several weeks after the US financial crisis really burst out. I tend to use Monday, Sept 15, 2008, the day Lehman Bros announcing bankruptcy, and Merrill Lynch&rsquo;s sold out as my indicator of the big storm in US. I was luckily (or unluckily) in US at that time. At that time, almost everyone I talked with concerned about the crisis, and talked about the impact to them, to their firm, or to the country.</p>Yifan Broke Another Cuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081003_yifan_broke_another_cup.htmFri, 03 Oct 2008 23:30:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081003_yifan_broke_another_cup.htm<p>At night, Wendy, Yifan and I had dinner with <a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu">Run</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/">Eric Zheng</a>, and <a href="http://beingconfused.spaces.live.com/">Apple Zhu</a>.</p> <p>Yifan felt boring when the adults discussed about something that he was not interested. He got some dishes, and a glass cup and played wit it. Not surprisingly, very soon, he dropped the glass cup to the ground, and broke it.</p> <p>Finally, we paid 11 RMB for it to the restaurant, and Run was kind enough to pay the penalty for Yifan. Thanks, and here is just for the record.</p>Rob's Skateboard Journeyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081002_robs_skateboard_journey.htmThu, 02 Oct 2008 10:37:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081002_robs_skateboard_journey.htm<p>Rob left a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080922_different_ways_to_waste_energy.htm#0642">comment</a> on my blog, and I learned about his amazing journey. He used 800 days to skateboard from Switzerland to Shanghai two days ago, and here is his journey.</p> <p>I have shot an email to Rob asking whether he has time for a meetup in Shanghai. It is very like many of my crazy project, but his is much more crazier.</p> <p>Enjoy these boundless thoughts and actions in this world!</p>Resume from Long Pause of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081001_resume_from_long_pause_of_blogging.htmWed, 01 Oct 2008 22:44:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20081001_resume_from_long_pause_of_blogging.htm<p>After I returned to Shanghai on Sept 23th Shanghai time, my sense of time was completely disordered, and due to the national holiday, and the recent travel to Beijing, my sense of days is also destroyed. In Beijing, I happened to have no Internet access, and that is the reason of one of the longest blogging pause in my blogging history.</p> <p>Now, I am back.</p> <p>And I will make up some blogs to fill in the absence - I don&rsquo;t like to record something that I know is not truth. My way to handle it is to change the time to some day in the past, and put a disclaimer at the end of the entry to tell people (especially for myself) the actual day the blog was created.</p>Adidas in Sanlitun Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080930_adidas_in_sanlitun_beijing.htmTue, 30 Sep 2008 23:23:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080930_adidas_in_sanlitun_beijing.htm<p>From the first day I am in Beijing, I planned to visit the new Adidas flagship store in Sanlitun, Beijing.</p> <p>I am not a sports fan, and I am not an Adidas fan yet. I went there just for the building. When we were at a bar at floor 4 of the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie, Greg told me that he has a new architect completed in Beijing. This is one of the only three works he did for Asia. I went there and check out his building.</p>Prepaid Gas and Electricity in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080928_prepaid_gas_and_electricity_in_beijing.htmSun, 28 Sep 2008 22:50:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080928_prepaid_gas_and_electricity_in_beijing.htm<p>In Beijing, almost everything related to household utility is prepaid. This is the biggest difference in life in Beijing and Shanghai.</p> <p>I have taken it for granted that the following things should be billed after use:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Natural gas</p> </li> <li> <p>Water</p> </li> <li> <p>Electricity</p> </li> <li> <p>Hot-water (if it is provided)</p> </li> <li> <p>Fixed Line Telephone</p> </li> </ul> <p>In Beijing, things are very different.</p> <p><strong>Card&hellip;.</strong></p> <p>For most of the households in Beijing, they have many different cards:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Electricity card. You have to go to bank or self-serve machine to buy electricity credit, and then insert it into the electricity meter to get electricity.</p>Wendy's High School Gatheringhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080928_wendys_high_school_gathering.htmSun, 28 Sep 2008 22:19:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080928_wendys_high_school_gathering.htm<p>I went to Wendy&rsquo;s high school gathering in Beijing on Sept 28th. For many classmates, Wendy haven&rsquo;t seen them for 13 years. Time flies. Here is a nice photo after the dinner. Me? I was the photographer.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/28/DSC_0076.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wendy is beautiful and smiles well:)<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2008-10-06 18:48</div></div> </details>Plastic Bags in Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080924_plastic_bags_in_seattle.htmWed, 24 Sep 2008 23:08:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080924_plastic_bags_in_seattle.htm<p>In the Pike Market in Seattle, I bought a small apron skirt for Yifan. That was a very small thing that I can put into my pocket. The lady who sold it to me gave me a large plastic bag, and I immediately said: &ldquo;Oh. No. Thanks&hellip;&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>Plastic Bags?</strong></p> <p>When people travel, and maybe only when people travel, they can be more sensitive to the world, and found out something that they didn&rsquo;t think before.</p>Back from 22 Hours Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080924_back_from_22_hours_trip.htmWed, 24 Sep 2008 19:22:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080924_back_from_22_hours_trip.htm<p>I am back from Seattle. The trip was very long - left hotel at 7:00 AM Sept 22 Seattle time, and arrives at home at 8:00 PM Sept 23 Shanghai time. That is 22 hours on the road - to be more exactly, on the road, at airport and in air.</p> <p>I agree that Seattle is too far away. I have get used to my trip to the Bay Area. That is more convenient compared to Seattle. I have not been to Seattle since 2005, when I left Microsoft.</p>Random Note During Meetinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080924_random_note_during_meeting.htmWed, 24 Sep 2008 10:35:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080924_random_note_during_meeting.htm<p>YLF</p> <p>Title 9 - what is this?</p> <p>Women in sports as background of what she did - much better cause to do things.</p> <p>30 years of reform since 1979.</p> <p>You are going to spend all your time as a tourist.</p> <p>&ldquo;Challenge what you believe&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;You should really be ready to embrace uncomfortable positions&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;It is not what you say that matters. It is what you are seen that matters&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;It is the same group of people who fight for jobs who fight for getting back to home&rdquo;</p>Different Ways to Waste Energyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080922_different_ways_to_waste_energy.htmMon, 22 Sep 2008 15:27:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080922_different_ways_to_waste_energy.htm<p>Travel is interesting since it gives you the chance to understand the silly things we do everyday.</p> <p>During my travel in US, I realize something:</p> <p>People in China always use energy to make water hot, while</p> <p>People in US always use energy to make it cold.</p> <p>I just cannot bear that everything I drink is cold. Not only &ldquo;not warm&rdquo;, half of the water in the cup is &ldquo;ice&rdquo;. I didn&rsquo;t think about my love to hot water too much before I realized American&rsquo;s love to cold water.</p>Salsa Dance Place in Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080921_salsa_dance_place_in_seattle.htmSun, 21 Sep 2008 17:09:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080921_salsa_dance_place_in_seattle.htm<p>After we have dinner with D-WA congressman Rick, many of YLFers head back to hotel. I went to a Salsa dancing place in Seattle with Ashish, Tong, Ming, Mark, Lisa, Raymond, Matt, Jen&hellip;.(many people, and I just try to use first name - the typical way I quote people when I don&rsquo;t have their explicit permission to show their name in my blog).</p> <p><strong>Century Ballroom</strong></p> <p>The place is called <a href="http://www.centuryballroom.com/">Century Ballroom and Cafe</a> at 915 E Pine St., Seattle. Nice place. I was very impressed by how well everyone in the ballroom dances. I didn&rsquo;t bring camera with me but you can check out some sample photos they posted on their own website. It was amazing.</p>Jian Shuo Wang Becomes Wang Jian Shuohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080921_jian_shuo_wang_becomes_wang_jian_shuo.htmSun, 21 Sep 2008 05:49:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080921_jian_shuo_wang_becomes_wang_jian_shuo.htm<p>During this trip to YLF, and recent other trips in US, I just realized in more and more occasions, my name is printed as Wang Jian Shuo instead of Jian Shuo Wang. If you didn&rsquo;t noticed the difference yet, let me tell you explicitly: it is all about first name first or the last name first for Chinese people.</p> <p>I write about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040807_why_i_dont_have_an_english_name.htm">Why I don&rsquo;t have an English Name</a> 4 years ago. If you don&rsquo;t have the time to read that long article, the quick reason is about how you can legally proof that you are the person identified by your English name. But in the last few years, more and more I feel a Chinese name is all about the Chinese identify that I feel very comfortable of.</p>Photos from YLF Snoqualmie, WAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080921_photos_from_ylf_snoqualmie_wa.htmSun, 21 Sep 2008 05:26:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080921_photos_from_ylf_snoqualmie_wa.htm<p>Let me first post this photo Robert Yung took during our stay in Salish Lodge. The point where the photo was taken is very close to where we stayed.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/21/DSC09885.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Robert Yung</p> <p>And this is me.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/21/Ashish%20Family%20011.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Ashish Gadnis</p> <p>We had great fire-side chat before dinner last time, and Ashish again, took the photo of us when we were there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/21/Ashish%20Family%20047.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Ashish Gadnis</p>Float Over the River of Snoqualmiehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080920_float_over_the_river_of_snoqualmie.htmSat, 20 Sep 2008 10:51:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080920_float_over_the_river_of_snoqualmie.htm<p>Just get back from the river floating of Snoqualmie River. I am still waiting Ashish to send over the great photos he took when we were on the boat, let me tell you something about the wonderful experience.</p> <p>The water fall of Snoqualmie river is just at where we stayed (<a href="http://www.salishlodge.com/">Salish Lodge</a>). I could not believe how close a resort can be with a big water fall like that.</p> <p>We took the big raft for 6 persons down to the river. The water is cold - believe me. It is not as the water where Titanic sinks, but it is really cold.</p>First Two Sessions of YLF 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080920_first_two_sessions_of_ylf_2008.htmSat, 20 Sep 2008 05:16:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080920_first_two_sessions_of_ylf_2008.htm<p>Just finished the first two sessions of YLF (The Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum) this morning.</p> <p>It is a wonderful presentation, and I am so happy that I have get rid of my jetlag, so I can concentrate to the presentations, and join the discussion.</p> <p>There are so many things that I want to record, and then discuss about it, but let me just quickly move the following bulletins from my note to my blog, because I am very sure that this blog last longer than paper.</p>Top Commenter of 6 Yearshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_top_commenter_of_6_years.htmFri, 19 Sep 2008 16:21:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_top_commenter_of_6_years.htm<p>I am presenting this Top Commenter of the Last 6 Years award to a group of unbelievable persons. In the last 6 years, my readers are with me and created this great community to talk about important things in life, setting a bridge between China and the rest of the world.</p> <p>These people wrote most comments in the last 6 years, since Sept 11, 2002, to Sept 10, 2008. The first line of the list is the name of the commenter, and the number behind it are the number of comments this person posted on this blog in the last 6 years.</p>Only J (Not P) Survives in UShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_only_j_not_p_survives_in_us.htmFri, 19 Sep 2008 07:44:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_only_j_not_p_survives_in_us.htm<p>I am of type <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htm">ENFP</a> (Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving) in my MBTI testing. (If you happen to know MBTI, you know what I am talking about. I believe in it a lot).</p> <p>I am a very typical P type of person - the type of people</p> <ul> <li> <p>who don&rsquo;t like schedules</p> </li> <li> <p>who likes to keep everything open ended</p> </li> <li> <p>who want to keep possibilities, instead of fixed.</p> </li> <li> <p>who want to understand the world instead of control it.</p>I Decided to Learn to Read Menushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_i_decided_to_learn_to_read_menus.htmFri, 19 Sep 2008 07:25:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_i_decided_to_learn_to_read_menus.htm<p>Going to restaurants in US is a big problem for me, as I mentioned in this blog: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080917_finally_get_into_bucks_restaurant_.htm">Finally Get into Buck&rsquo;s Restaurant</a>. GN and I had some nice conversation below it, and it is not a surprise that people cannot realize how hard menu is for foreigners, like English menu for Chinese, or Chinese menu for French&hellip;</p> <p>For example, this section is quoted from <a href="http://www.buckswoodside.com/food/index.html">Buck&rsquo;s Restaurant&rsquo;s menu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Filoli garden omelette 10.50</p> <p>(Wild mushrooms, onion, zucchini, tomatoes)</p>I Now Prefer Inexpensive Hotelshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_i_now_prefer_inexpensive_hotels.htmFri, 19 Sep 2008 06:14:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080919_i_now_prefer_inexpensive_hotels.htm<p>I am sitting in the lobby of the Arctic Club Hotel, Seattle. This is a nice historic hotel in downtown, at 700 3th Ave, Seattle. Since I still have 1 hour before YLF car pick me up, I think I should take the time to write down some of the thoughts during my US trip so far. I will beginning with the experience I gained from this trip.</p> <p><strong>On Hotel Selection</strong></p>Dinner with Friends in Microsoft in Redmondhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080918_dinner_with_friends_in_microsoft_in_redmond.htmThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:28:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080918_dinner_with_friends_in_microsoft_in_redmond.htm<p>Just back from dinner at Maple Garden Chinese Restaurant at 14725 NE 20th St. (really bad food in standard of China standard).</p> <p>Washington state is very different from California, and Microsoft is very very different from what I saw in the silicon valley. After several years, Microsoft seems to be more conservative, and more like a big company. I just have a feeling that Microsoft is more like Boeing&hellip;</p> <p>Get back to hotel. Pretty tired. Pardon me for the short and not-in-detail style. Will add more later. Get to bed now.</p>Finally Get into Buck's Restauranthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080917_finally_get_into_bucks_restaurant_.htmWed, 17 Sep 2008 05:27:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080917_finally_get_into_bucks_restaurant_.htm<p>Tina took me to the Buck&rsquo;s Restaurant at Woodside by I-280 before, but the line was very long and we gave up. I only saw the &ldquo;Google car plate&rdquo; on the war, with a tagline - something like this: &ldquo;we are so fool that we missed Google stock, but we got the plate.&rdquo;</p> <p>I went there the next trip, but still, too many people. Again, I gave up.</p> <p>Today, I finally entered the restaurant. It is not empty but still have several seats - BTW, is this another sign of US economy slow down (if not recession)?</p>Don't Force Me to Write on Topicshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080917_dont_force_me_to_write_on_topics_.htmWed, 17 Sep 2008 05:26:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080917_dont_force_me_to_write_on_topics_.htm<p>From time to time, I saw frustrated readers commenting on this blog about less coverage of a &ldquo;very important topic&rdquo;. Here is one example:</p> <blockquote> <p>yeah&hellip;what about China? Hmm&hellip;.well let&rsquo;s see. How about more than a 100 children with kidney stones from contaminated milk powder in yet ANOTHER contaminated food scandal? This doesn&rsquo;t catch your attention, WJS? Let&rsquo;s face it, there&rsquo;s shady companies all over the world, but contaminating food for children seems to be something the Chinese particularly excel at. Assuming they&rsquo;re able to eat anything from underneath the rubble of buildings that government safety inspectors didn&rsquo;t bother checking, in an earthquake prone zone.</p>Surrounded by Negative News in UShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080916_surrounded_by_negative_news_in_us.htmTue, 16 Sep 2008 07:45:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080916_surrounded_by_negative_news_in_us.htm<p>Two days after I arrive at the bay area, I still didn&rsquo;t see anything wrong. I arrived in Saturday, and has a bunch of meetings in San Francisco. Everything seems great. Now, it is Monday.</p> <p>However, some chat with my friends today is all about negative news.</p> <p><strong>Lehman Bros&rsquo; Bankruptcy</strong></p> <p>I may be too late on news, but I just heard about the bankruptcy of <a href="http://lehman.com">Lehman Brothers</a>. I just heard it 10 minutes over coffee from my old friend in eBay.</p>Meetup in Googlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080915_meetup_in_google.htmMon, 15 Sep 2008 23:45:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080915_meetup_in_google.htm<p>I am joining a Silicon Valley Chinese engineers/entrepreneur meetup in Google, organized by Tina and hosted by Meng in Google this afternoon. It is a private personal meetup that I&rsquo;d like to join every time I am in town.</p> <p>Looking forward to it.</p>Travel is a Habit Changerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_travel_is_a_habit_changer.htmSun, 14 Sep 2008 22:44:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_travel_is_a_habit_changer.htm<p>Due to jetlag, I wake up at 3:00 AM, and 5:00 AM. At 6:00 AM, I cannot sleep and left the bed at 6:30 AM. For me, when I am feeling sleepy and don&rsquo;t want to wake up at 8:00 AM, I know my jetlag period is over, which I expect to be 3 days later.</p> <p>Travel is an very important habit changer. It changes the time you wake up, the way you think about things, the way you make appointments, the way you eat, and many aspects of your life, especially the bay area, which has a strong tradition of doing things.</p>Dinner in Downtown Mount Viewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_dinner_in_downtown_mount_view.htmSun, 14 Sep 2008 15:56:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_dinner_in_downtown_mount_view.htm<p>Dinner with RC in downtown Mount View, and the visited the Red Rock at the Villa and Castro there with Yi Jin, Henry and Teresa (is this the right spelling). Yi Jin seems to be the person I meet every time I am in bay area. He was heavily involved in the <a href="http://www.hysta.org/">HYSTA</a> (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association), which is a very nice Chinese technical community. Time flies and I have know Yi Jin for 2 years.</p>Call Back China from Abroad: **139*#https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_call_back_china_from_abroad_139.htmSun, 14 Sep 2008 15:30:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_call_back_china_from_abroad_139.htm<p>When I want to make an emergency call using my China mobile in US, the best way to call is to use the *<em>139</em> service.</p> <p><strong>How it Works</strong></p> <p>It works this way.</p> <p>When the China Mobile user is roaming in US, the charge for him/her to call back to China is relatively very high. However, if there is someone in China call his/her mobile, the charge will be at the rate of receiving phone call, and is much lower.</p>Get to Airport Early is Importanthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_get_to_airport_early_is_important.htmSun, 14 Sep 2008 03:30:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080914_get_to_airport_early_is_important.htm<p>I am in San Jose now - hello world! I am in San Jose!</p> <p>There are several very tiny mistakes I took during the trip.</p> <p><strong>United Airlines, or Others</strong></p> <ol> <li>I am still flying with United. Many friends told me to avoid the airline, and try something else, like the India airlines. Maybe because of the tendency people have, I never thought of change before. UA858 is my first flight I visited the States, and since then, 10 out of about 11 visits to US is via UA858&hellip;. I am thinking about a change the next time.</li> </ol> <p>With the excitement to visit a new country fade out gradually in the last 8 years, the requirements for the airlines get higher. The earphone does not work, the channel 9 is not available this time, and the water drops from the ceiling from time to time all contribute to a bad experience this time. The good thing is, however, I don&rsquo;t care that much as before.</p>Starting the Longest Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080913_starting_the_longest_day.htmSat, 13 Sep 2008 10:26:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080913_starting_the_longest_day.htm<p>Every time I fly over the pacific, the day become one of the longest day I have. I am going to be stuck in the day of Sept 13th, for 40 hours.</p> <p>I am flying to San Francisco at 12:25 via UA858 (I know many people recommend me to avoid this flight), and in the several days ahead, most of my blog entries can be out of order in terms of publishing time due to the time difference.</p>Dinner with Mayors in US Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080912_dinner_with_mayors_in_us_again.htmFri, 12 Sep 2008 23:40:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080912_dinner_with_mayors_in_us_again.htm<p>This is the second time I host the dinner of US Mayor Delegate (see the</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070622_wonderful_night_with_mayors_from_us.htm">last dinner</a>). As always, it is part of my highlights in normal daily life.</p> <p>The dinner was again at the Lugang at the opposite side of the Jin Jiang Hotel. (This is the traditional place for NCUSCR gatherings.)</p> <p>I am happy to meet with Sam Adams in person, the Mayor-elect of the city of Portland, Oregon. I am particular interested in Portland since I have a brother in Portland. He sits on the right side of me during the dinner. We also have David Everitt, the Chief of Staff of Office of the Mayor in Salt Lake City. The other mayor is Mayor from Northglenn, CO, Kathleen M. Novak, and Albuquerque, NM mayor Martin&hellip; (I hope I record everyone&rsquo;s name correctly, and feel free to correct me if I am wrong).</p>6 Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080911_6_years_of_blogging.htmThu, 11 Sep 2008 23:34:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080911_6_years_of_blogging.htm<p>Let&rsquo;s celebrate my 6 years of blogging.</p> <p>To be honest, this is the make up blog entry that I write on the second day. On the anniversary of my 6 years of blogging, I am still on the plane from Beijing to Shanghai, thinking about what happened in the last 6 years.</p> <p>At the stage of the 6 years of blogging, I am just in the middle of many travels. I am just back from Beijing and heading to San Francisco tomorrow morning. It is already very late and as always, I haven&rsquo;t have my things packed yet.</p>Yogurt in a Bottlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080911_yogurt_in_a_bottle.htmThu, 11 Sep 2008 02:13:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080911_yogurt_in_a_bottle.htm<p>In Beijing (and in other north cities in China, like Luoyang), yogurts are sold in the small bottle, like coke.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/DSC_0040.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I love this kind of Yogurt a lot. Didn&rsquo;t see any of this kind in Shanghai, but in Beijing, it seems most store selling ice cream or coke sell it. You have to stand at the store to eat it because you have to return the bottle to the store. I love this unique experience in Beijing a lot.</p>Face Recognition Finally Archivedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080911_p2226.htmThu, 11 Sep 2008 01:12:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080911_p2226.htm<p>Just checked the update of <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/">Picasa Web</a> from Google, and find out their low profile launched face recognition (they call it name tag) really worked. With a little bit manual work, here are all my face it find out for me - it appears to me that all of these faces are myself.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/B5V5QDSjs5Y.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/CtRdXRFVncg.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/Bxe1ZGzBUjA.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/A3zfBCAvCog.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/DgrGlc20Jp0.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/Dl0WxCk5wRw.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/A0iqHFVpTPo.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/BsqOaOZ9s88.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/09/11/DselRQB5PnU.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Nanluoguxiang Is Specialhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080909_nanluoguxiang_is_special.htmTue, 09 Sep 2008 23:16:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080909_nanluoguxiang_is_special.htm<p>I am in Beijing.</p> <p>After June this year, I started to switch to cost saving Hanting Hotel (a cheap hotel chain) when I travel in Beijing. To me, to be honest, I just feel better in Hanting Hotel than the previous hotels I stayed - say, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040811_shangrila_beijing.htm">Shangri-La</a>, or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030710_the_world_is_a_book_back_from_beijing.htm">Renaissance</a>. I am not saying it is better, but at a price that is 1/4 of 5 star hotel, and have all the things you need, it is just great.</p>3 Days to 6th Anniversary of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080909_3_days_to_6th_anniversary_of_blogging.htmTue, 09 Sep 2008 00:01:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080909_3_days_to_6th_anniversary_of_blogging.htm<p>Three days from today, Sept 11, is the 6 year anniversary of my blogging. I cannot believe that I have been blogging almost daily for 6 years. Wow. Isn&rsquo;t exciting to review all the 2118 entries in the last 2187 days?</p> <p>I am thinking about what I should do to celebrate the event (in courtesy of people who cares about the 9-11 events, I want to say, this is just an coincident, and that coincident was not intentional).</p>Yilin Blindman Massagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080907_yilin_blindman_massage.htmSun, 07 Sep 2008 22:44:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080907_yilin_blindman_massage.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/24/screen-wangjianshuos.pick-logo.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>What is the best of Shanghai? I asked my friends. Besides sightseeing, night life, food and many other things, it is for sure that massage is part of the Shanghai experience. I didn&rsquo;t talked about this topic before - how I can just mention Xiang Yang Market without talking about massage.</p> <p><strong>My Favorite: Yilin Blindman Massage</strong></p> <p>In the last few years, I tried some massage place, and I found Yilin is definitely the best. The gap between them and others are not a little - it is huge. I&rsquo;d like to recommend them to my readers.</p>Nokia N78https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080906_p2222.htmSat, 06 Sep 2008 21:51:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080906_p2222.htm<p>Latest available software for Nokia N78, product code 0564783</p> <p>Version: 12.046</p> <p>Compare numbers</p> <p>If this version is greater than your current software version, update now to get the latest features, applications and improvements. Go to Nokia Software Updater download</p> <p>Software version</p> <p>10.136</p> <p>Software version date</p> <p>08-05-208</p>The Meetup on ICS Tonighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080906_the_meetup_on_ics_tonight.htmSat, 06 Sep 2008 19:38:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080906_the_meetup_on_ics_tonight.htm<p>Thanks for my friends who attended the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080830_the_wonderful_2008_meetup.htm">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup</a> on August 30. As you obviously saw, Mr. Tang, and his team was recording the whole meetup, and interviewed some of participants.</p> <p>Tonight, it is possible that they show the program in <a href="http://www.icshanghai.com/tv/ics/2007-12/29/cms340616article.shtml">A Tale of 3 Cities</a>. Here is the more detailed information:</p> <p>Time: 9:30 PM, September 6, 2008.</p> <p>Channel: International Channel Shanghai</p> <p>The channel is now only available in Shanghai.</p> <p>If you want to watch it online, here is the online real time streaming:</p>China-US Economy Discussionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080905_china-us_economy_discussion.htmFri, 05 Sep 2008 23:52:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080905_china-us_economy_discussion.htm<p>I am not an economy expert (or even entry level learner), and actually I don&rsquo;t know too much about the discussion my reader Rimbaud initiated, with DB following the comment. But I think it worth some serious discussion. The decrease in value of US dollar and strong RMB trend IS an important issue to discuss, and so is the losing of wealth from China because of it. This is what I am going to do. Let me post Rimbaud and DB&rsquo;s comments here, and then open for discussion. I think it will be an very interesting thread, and it will be very educational for me.</p>Problem of Having a Good Email Addresshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080904_problem_of_having_a_good_email_address.htmThu, 04 Sep 2008 23:44:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080904_problem_of_having_a_good_email_address.htm<p>I have a friend in San Francisco who has a very good email address:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="mailto:tom@aol.com">tom@aol.com</a></p> </blockquote> <p>The last year, I sent an email to him to his email address, and not surprisingly, I got a reply like this</p> <blockquote> <p>From: &mdash;&ndash;</p> <p>Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:53:40 AM</p> <p>To: jianshuo@hotmail.com</p> <p>This is an automated response - please read carefully. &ldquo;<a href="mailto:Tom@aol.com">Tom@aol.com</a>&rdquo;</p> <p>receives several hundred eMails per day that are not intended for myself</p>Table Tennis is the National Sports of Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080903_table_tennis_is_the_national_sports_of_china.htmWed, 03 Sep 2008 21:43:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080903_table_tennis_is_the_national_sports_of_china.htm<p>In this Olympic Game, as in many previous Games, China dominates in the Table Tennis - with 4 gold medal:</p> <p>Women&rsquo;s Team GUO Yue, ZHANG Yining, WANG Nan</p> <p>Men&rsquo;s Team MA Lin, WANG Hao, WANG Liqin</p> <p>Women&rsquo;s Singles ZHANG Yining</p> <p>Men&rsquo;s Singles MA Lin</p> <p>It is not by accident since Ping Pong is really one of the most popular sports in China. I have been playing Ping Pong for many years, and tomorrow we will have a Ping Pong game within the company, after we have &ldquo;friendship game&rdquo; with other companies before.</p>Google AdSense for Feedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080903_google_adsense_for_feed.htmWed, 03 Sep 2008 16:12:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080903_google_adsense_for_feed.htm<p>Google started to provide AdSense for Feed, and I am doing some experiment to have the small image in my feed. Since feedproxy.google.com, and feeds.feedburner.com is blocked in China, it is not easy to directly use it, so I setup a little proxy for people to check out the Google feed. Give me some feedback about how it works. Things I am particular interested is:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Is the ad in the feed annoying</p>First ibis Hotel Opens in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080902_first_ibis_hotel_opens_in_shanghai.htmTue, 02 Sep 2008 22:22:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080902_first_ibis_hotel_opens_in_shanghai.htm<p>In our <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/australia.htm">Australia trip</a>, Wendy and I stayed in Ibis hotel - in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060929_jian_shuo_in_australia_day_ii_iii_and_iv.htm">Sydney</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060930_brisbane_and_gold_coast.htm">Brisbane</a>, and Melbourne. We found out ibis is a great hotel - it has everything a casual traveler needs.</p> <p>Now, with the competition in the budget hotel market heat up in China, not only local brands like Home Inn, Hanting, and Motel 168 is joining the competition, international brand like ibis also joined.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ibishotel.com/imagerie/commun/logo_ibis.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of ibis hotel</p>Experiment on Natural Searchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080902_experiment_on_natural_search.htmTue, 02 Sep 2008 07:36:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080902_experiment_on_natural_search.htm<p>Recently, at Baixing.com, we are testing Natural Search Optimization. We got some ideas, and I&rsquo;d like to test on the ideas on my blog first, and see how it works - it is easier to test on a small blog than a big site&hellip;</p> <p><strong>Nanyang</strong></p> <p><em>Previous</em>: (none)</p> <p><em>Now</em>: Nanyang is in south of Henan province, China, in the Nanyang plateau. Wendy, my wife is from Nanyang, and we often go back to Nanyang and visit family and friends there. Here, you can find my observation of Nanyang&rsquo;s social environment, street scenes, and trip reports from Nanyang, hotels, and tour like Baotianman. However, this is not the Nanyang Technological University (colleges), not about the Nanyang in Singapore, its MBA program. :-)</p>Photos of Wujiang Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080901_photos_of_wujiang_road.htmMon, 01 Sep 2008 23:45:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080901_photos_of_wujiang_road.htm<p>Let me just post some photos I took on the Wujiang Road 吴江路 when ICS was busy shooting me with a camera.</p> <p><strong>Where is Wujiang Road</strong></p> <p>Wujiang Road is just at the exit of Metro Line #2, Nanjing West Road Station (formerly Shimen Yi Road Station). It is famous for its cheap and nice eatery. Recently, it is renovated to another Xintiandi (which I don&rsquo;t like at all).</p>Salary for Foreign Engineershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080831_salary_for_foreign_engineers.htmSun, 31 Aug 2008 23:27:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080831_salary_for_foreign_engineers.htm<p>I received an email from an Italian Engineer who received an offer from a Shanghai company of 10,000 RMB (about 1,400 USD) per month salary in Shanghai. He asked whether it is high or low for a foreign engineer. I believe this is a very common question to ask for people considering a Shanghai job, so I want to spend today&rsquo;s blog talking about this issue again.</p> <p>Before you continue reading, I believe my previous articles on the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/jobs.htm">same topic</a> may help:</p>The Wonderful 2008 Meetuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080830_the_wonderful_2008_meetup.htmSat, 30 Aug 2008 21:17:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080830_the_wonderful_2008_meetup.htm<p>Today, we had a wonderful Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup. Thanks everyone for coming!</p> <p>The meetup was held in the Starbucks Jinyan Store. It is a Saturday afternoon. The helpful and kind staff told me that after Olympics, many people appeared out of their home, and came to the Starbucks. 100 table in the outside area was occupied. We were lucky to have a corner on the second floor, so about 20 of us can gather and had wonderful conversation here.</p>Blog Meetup on August 30, 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080829_blog_meetup_on_august_30_2008.htmFri, 29 Aug 2008 22:25:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080829_blog_meetup_on_august_30_2008.htm<p>Tomorrow, I will have a small meetup in Pudong Starbucks Jinyan Store. Now it seems 3-5 people are coming. It is good enough, so we have some time to chat about life in Shanghai. Since it is just tomorrow, let me irritate about the logistics, and a special news. The following is organized in a Q&amp;A format.</p> <p><strong>Q&amp;A</strong></p> <p>Q: What is the meetup?</p> <p>A: No particular goal, just free chat. Since I many got request for meetup, and my typical answer is, I will arrange meetup from time to time on this blog, so we have some opportunity to meet in person. It also provide a chance for the reader community to know each other.</p>Dos and Don'ts For Foriengers in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080829_dos_and_donts_for_foriengers_in_china.htmFri, 29 Aug 2008 21:49:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080829_dos_and_donts_for_foriengers_in_china.htm<p>My reader <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071031_foreign_job_seekers_move_to_shanghai.htm#1254">asked</a> what is the dos and don&rsquo;ts for foreigners (or America as he is) in China. Here is my answer:</p> <blockquote> <p>@Pedro Godoi, don&rsquo;t worry, just enjoy your trip and don&rsquo;t care too much about the dos and don&rsquo;ts. Just follow the common sense in America. Typically, people in China, and in Shanghai of cause, are very nice to foreigners, and they tolerate a lot if you cannot use chopstick, or don&rsquo;t understand many local things. It is OK to be nature as in every where in the world. Most dos and don&rsquo;ts here are the same as most places in the world.</p>Buy Train Ticket After On Boardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080829_buy_train_ticket_after_on_board.htmFri, 29 Aug 2008 21:26:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080829_buy_train_ticket_after_on_board.htm<p>My reader asked me whether it is possible to buy D train or CRH train ticket after getting on board.</p> <p>My answer is, generally, no.</p> <p><strong>Checkpoints before you get on board</strong></p> <p>In Shanghai Railway Stations, for example, you have to have a valid train ticket before you get even close to the door of the train. Here are the possible places you need to show your ticket.</p> <ol> <li>The Station.</li> </ol> <p>The rule is, you can enter the train station only 2 hours before the train departs. You need to line up and show your ticket to an officer outside the train station. it is the same for the South Railway Station. The reason is, with too much people, without the check, many people may use the train station as a temp home, and enjoy the free air conditioning system. It is fine to have just a few, but as any train station in China, there are many people sitting or sleeping outside the train station, just wait for the 2 hour time to come.</p>Prepared for Shanghai World Expohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080827_prepared_for_shanghai_world_expo.htmWed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080827_prepared_for_shanghai_world_expo.htm<p>After the curtain of the Beijing Olympic Games falls down, we can expect the other big event in China - the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. This time, the hosting city changes to Shanghai, the city I am living in. I am very excited about the Expo, and looking forward to a great time during World Expo in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>The World Expo Site</strong></p> <p>Unlike the Beijing Olympic, which is still 1400 km away from my home, the Shanghai World Expo site is pretty close to where I am living - it is just about 3 km away. Everyday when I drive to work and home, I will see the construction of the site on the west side of the Nanpu Bridge. In 2010, I am looking forward to walk to the Expo site to enjoy the exihition there. Here is the area of the Expo site on Google Earth:</p>Goodbye Olympichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080826_goodbye_olympic.htmTue, 26 Aug 2008 22:56:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080826_goodbye_olympic.htm<p>Olympic closes with not an not-as-fancy-as-opening closing ceremony, but it didn&rsquo;t affect my love to Olympic, or my enjoyment of the Games. Several changes to me:</p> <ul> <li> <p>It promotes sports. I started to pay attention to sports and get involved more than before.</p> </li> <li> <p>My favorate sports in the Games are: volleyball, table-tennis, bench volleyball, 3m springboard, and running.</p> </li> <li> <p>In the last week, I swimmed, I played table-tennis, and I played beach volleyball. I believe it must be because of the impact of the Olympic on me.</p>OOB for Vacationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080822_oob_for_vacation.htmFri, 22 Aug 2008 23:36:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080822_oob_for_vacation.htm<p>As I mentioned in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080816_day_like_this_another_day.htm">previous entry</a>, I was longing for a vacation for a long time (maybe two years). It is the time to get off the normal life (from Yifan for just few days) and take a vacation. Will be OOB (Out of Blogging) for the rest two days.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Excellent! Here&#x27;s to a well-deserved restful and relaxing time for both of you :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-08-23 01:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, take a restful vacation with your love ones, will make you health, wealth and wise!<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2008-08-23 03:38</div></div> </details>Wangjianshuo's Blog Meetuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080821_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup-2.htmThu, 21 Aug 2008 00:47:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080821_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup-2.htm<p>Emm&hellip; What was the last time of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/meetup.htm">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup</a>? That is maybe one year ago in Palo Alto (recorded <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070908_meetup_in_palo_alto_on_sept_9_2007.htm">here</a>) in Sept 2007.</p> <p>I am planning to host another Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup 10 days from today.</p> <p><strong>Arrangement</strong></p> <p>Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM</p> <p>Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008</p> <p>Location: Starbucks at Jinyan Road, Pudong, Shanghai, near the Science and Technology Museum. I have an article about the place <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080510_meeting_place_starbucks_at_jinyan_road_pudong.htm">here</a>.</p> <p>How to get there: Please also check the same <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080510_meeting_place_starbucks_at_jinyan_road_pudong.htm">article</a> for instructinos.</p>Update about Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080817_update_about_yifan.htmSun, 17 Aug 2008 23:50:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080817_update_about_yifan.htm<p>Haha. This is some update from my cute son - Yifan. Yifan is already 14 months old, and he brought enormous happiness to use, along with many pleasant troubles.</p> <p><strong>Yifan Starts to Walk Now</strong></p> <p>Yifan starts to be able to walk several steps by himself. If I grasp his hand, he can walk around for half an hour. The only problem for me is, his walk is very random - completely flows with what he feels interested.</p>Day Like This - Another Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080816_day_like_this_-_another_day.htmSat, 16 Aug 2008 22:50:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080816_day_like_this_-_another_day.htm<p><strong>The Day like This Category</strong></p> <p>From time to time, I write articles in this category: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/day_like_this.htm">day like this</a>. It is a very unique category in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">blog</a>, because for these entries, I don&rsquo;t have a determined topic in mind when I write it. I just want to record this particular day in my life, as detailed as possible, and as nature as possible. This way, many years later, I can browse with easy mind to see what my normal day is like many years ago.</p>Lang Ping's American Volleyball Team Beat Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080815_lang_pings_american_volleyball_team_beat_china.htmFri, 15 Aug 2008 23:33:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080815_lang_pings_american_volleyball_team_beat_china.htm<p>Several minutes ago, just watched the game between the US Volleyball team beat China&rsquo;s women volleyball team at 3:2. The scores are so close in the five sections:</p> <p>23-25 (US-China)</p> <p>25-22</p> <p>23-25</p> <p>25-20</p> <p>15-11</p> <p>It is another breath taking game - it seems most of the volleyball games in this Olympic involving both women and men are very close in score. We just saw one in the men&rsquo;s volleyball the other day (China-Japan).</p>Interview by ChinaOnTV and CNReviewshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080815_interview_by_chinaontv_and_cnreviews.htmFri, 15 Aug 2008 23:25:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080815_interview_by_chinaontv_and_cnreviews.htm<p>If you are interested, here is a short video interview by ChinaOnTV and CNReviews:</p> <p><a href="http://cnreviews.com/video/wang_jianshuo_interview_shanghais_veteran_blogger_part_ii_20080815.html">Wang Jianshuo Interview: Shanghai&rsquo;s Veteran Blogger (part II)</a></p> <p>CNReviews has been kind enough to provide the transcript.</p> <p>The first part of the interview is here, on CNReviews&rsquo; website:</p> <p><a href="http://cnreviews.com/video/wangjianshuo_interview_shanghai_blogger_20080801.html">Wang Jianshuo Interview: Shanghai&rsquo;s Veteran Blogger (part I)</a></p> <p>P.S. My friends in NBC told me that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080617_nbc_interview_at_my_home.htm">the shot in my home</a> was still pending and didn&rsquo;t broadcast in the NBC network in US yet. They have really hot ratings these days during the Olympic, and not-so-critical part may be postponed after the game.</p>Olympic is about Competition and Happinesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080814_olympic_is_about_competition_and_happiness.htmThu, 14 Aug 2008 23:28:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080814_olympic_is_about_competition_and_happiness.htm<p>These days are really Olympic days in China. This is the 6th day of the game. I am happy to be in the host country, and I have experienced Olympic completely differently from the previous several games.</p> <p><strong>Time Zone Plays an Important Role</strong></p> <p>I believe the key reason besides the happiness to host the game is the time zone. For most of the Olympic games, or World Cup, or similar international games, they games are often in Europe and America, and that brings huge challenge for people to watch in real time. World cup is a good example, since everyone needs to watch the game after midnight in China.</p>One Ceremony, Many Perceiptionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080812_one_ceremony_many_perceiptions.htmTue, 12 Aug 2008 22:42:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080812_one_ceremony_many_perceiptions.htm<p>I talked with my native American friend over the coffee today. I asked about his comments on the Opening Ceremony.</p> <p>As many people, he said the ceremony is great, and amazing&hellip; just like many people feel. He particularly mentioned that he was at bar in Shanghai with many foreigners. Many of them didn&rsquo;t believe there are people behind the MovableType part, until the last minute. He said this kind of show is very hard to create in western world. Later, he said, &ldquo;maybe Germany&rdquo; - I was very caustious when I heard about it, because I did have the same feeling to connect the &ldquo;everyone the same, country first, power centric&rdquo; show with the Berlin Olympic. I will talk about it later in another article. (Don&rsquo;t worry. Anything can be seen from different angle and reflect differnet result, just like the Elephant and Bindmen story, and this wonderful opening ceremony is not an exception)</p>The Chinese Elements - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080811_the_chinese_elements_-_part_ii.htmMon, 11 Aug 2008 23:31:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080811_the_chinese_elements_-_part_ii.htm<p><em>This is the second part of the series, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080810_the_chinese_elements_in_the_ceremony.htm">Chinese Elements in the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony</a>.</em></p> <p><strong>The Character He 和, or Peace</strong></p> <p>During the MovableType show (don&rsquo;t confuse it with the software I am using to write this blog), the Chinese character of &ldquo;He&rdquo; or 和 was shown three time.</p> <p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/b8/fullj.6f7e92d3fd7cb485a595b24caf2fbf8b/6f7e92d3fd7cb485a595b24caf2fbf8b-getty-81972990mw054_olympics_open.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image credit: Getty via Yahoo</p> <p>和 is written in Pinyin Chinese as He, but it is pronounced more similar with the English word: Her.</p>The Chinese Elements in the Ceremonyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080810_the_chinese_elements_in_the_ceremony.htmSun, 10 Aug 2008 23:07:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080810_the_chinese_elements_in_the_ceremony.htm<p>After the Opening Ceremony of XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing is over for 48 hours, I am thinking about the little difference people in China and foreign audience may react to the same event. I believe there must be some difference because of the different cultural background, and difference in other experiences. For example, the Chinese may react a little bit more modest to the event than the western viewers because people get used to the scene of many actors lining up as a matrix and doing exactly the same thing, while many people in the west didn&rsquo;t often seen such arrangement, especially in this large scale.</p>Foreign Media's Response to the Openinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080809_foreign_medias_response_to_the_opening.htmSat, 09 Aug 2008 19:05:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080809_foreign_medias_response_to_the_opening.htm<p>I collected some report from foreign medias.</p> <p><strong>Reuters</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSSP12531420080809">World media hails Beijing&rsquo;s perfect night</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Beijing&rsquo;s Olympic opening extravaganza drew rave reviews on Friday from media around the world awed by rich displays of Chinese culture that eclipsed controversy that has surrounded the city&rsquo;s hosting of the Games.</p> </blockquote> <p>For me, I wrote many article about the &ldquo;negative&rdquo; impact the Olympic brought to the people, including me. However, I found people are much more emotional than rational. Although the debate, and the concerns will get back, and it must for a really greater and better country, at least at the night of the opening ceremony, I feel very excited, and felt the same way as Reuters reporter.</p>Going to Shanghai Olympic Football Gamehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080809_going_to_shanghai_olympic_football_game.htmSat, 09 Aug 2008 16:11:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080809_going_to_shanghai_olympic_football_game.htm<p><strong>Ticketing Office</strong></p> <p>The ticketing office is not as crowded as I thought. Maybe it is because of the very long time of ticket selling. You can get there and take a ticket without lining up.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/09/DSC_0028.JPG?imgmax=576" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>When I get to the ticket office, half of the tickets have been sold up. Most of the men&rsquo;s football tickets have been sold out, and most of the women football tickets are still available.</p>Interesting Comments on the Ceremonyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080809_interesting_comments_on_the_ceremony.htmSat, 09 Aug 2008 12:34:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080809_interesting_comments_on_the_ceremony.htm<p>I saw two interesting comments about the game. The first is from <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=AkrXcWstGQVJGs8VAdpXkbw5nYcB?slug=cr-ceremony080808&amp;prov=yhoo&amp;type=lgns">Charles Robinson on Yahoo!</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Maybe the only way to understand how fulfilling the 2008 Opening Ceremony was is to think four years in advance to the 2012 games, and pity the city of London. The planning committee from those Games was in attendance last night. And you can bet whoever is in charge of the ceremony there was sitting on a floor with his head in his hands.</p>Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremonyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080808_beijing_olympic_games_opening_ceremony.htmFri, 08 Aug 2008 23:05:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080808_beijing_olympic_games_opening_ceremony.htm<p>I am still watching the opening ceremony of the Games. Now about 100 countries have entered the Bird&rsquo;s Nest.</p> <p><strong>I Love it</strong></p> <p>I love the opening ceremony. It is full of imagination, and has deep culture roots. I specially enjoy the part with Chinese characters. I am happy to say, the opening ceremony is at least beyond my expectation.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/08/beijing-ball-beijing.2008.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image Credit: AP via Yahoo!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/08/beijing-wushu-beijing.2008.jpg?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image Credit: AP via Yahoo!</p>The Day Before Olympic Gameshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080807_the_day_before_olympic_games.htmThu, 07 Aug 2008 23:30:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080807_the_day_before_olympic_games.htm<p>Tomorrow, the Olympic Games will open in Beijing. It is such a big event that people start to count down from 1000 days ago. When it comes, I just have many ideas in my minds. Just list some of them.</p> <p><strong>Impact of the Games</strong></p> <p>One reporter from Newsweek asked me can we call these 5 years as the &ldquo;Olympic Age&rdquo; in China. I said no.</p> <p>The impact of the Games has not show up too much yet. I would assume the 5 to 10 years after Olympic Games will reveal some of the impact (hopefully), and it is not too late to summarize the 10 years as &ldquo;Olympic Age&rdquo; after 10 years. Now? I didn&rsquo;t feel too much change yet.</p>Business is Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080805_business_is_business-3.htmTue, 05 Aug 2008 23:23:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080805_business_is_business-3.htm<p>Business is an interesting game.</p> <p>It is like online game, with strategies playing a role, with execution, with resources, with consistency, with strong minds, with sense of directions, with changes we have to make every day&hellip; It is just like a wonderful, interesting, powerful, but complicated game.</p> <p>Business is really a game.</p> <p>P.S. This is the fourth entry I wrote with exactly the same title: Business is Business.</p> <p>The first time was in 2002: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021211_business_is_business.htm">Business is Business</a>. That was just before I started to run the ESS business for Wicresoft.</p>Pudong Airport T2 Behind the Security Gatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080804_pudong_airport_t2_behind_the_security_gate.htmMon, 04 Aug 2008 21:54:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080804_pudong_airport_t2_behind_the_security_gate.htm<p>I took many photos of the Pudong Airport new Terminal 2 after it is completed and opened to public. However, the previous entries only described the area outside the Security Gate. It is just because my flight was in T1 at that time. Recently, I traveled to Beijing via Air China, which departs at T2, so I can complete my report about T2 of Pudong International Airport.</p> <p>In case you are interested, check out my previous entries on T2</p>New Embassy of United States in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080803_new_embassy_of_united_states_in_beijing.htmSun, 03 Aug 2008 22:04:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080803_new_embassy_of_united_states_in_beijing.htm<p>Very soon, the US Embassy will move to a new location in Beijing. It is said President Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the new Embassy.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/03/DSC_0200.JPG?imgmax=576" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/03/DSC_0199.JPG?imgmax=576" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/03/DSC_0201.JPG?imgmax=576" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/03/DSC_0202.JPG?imgmax=576" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/08/03/DSC_0198.JPG?imgmax=576" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Location</strong></p> <p>The new embassy will move from its current location to several miles to north east. It is near the Beijing Airport Express Sanyuanqiao Station, and the Liangmahe Station of the Subway Line #10.</p>What is 97sese?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080802_what_is_97sese.htmSat, 02 Aug 2008 13:58:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080802_what_is_97sese.htm<p>In the search log, I found many people searching for 97sese.com, 97sese, or similar website. However, the site itself cannot be opened. I am amazed by the huge amount of search queries it generated.</p> <p>My quick conclusion is, it must be an porn website which is recently banned by the GFW, or by the hosting company in other countries.</p> <p>Along with the search keyword, there are other keywords like 97bobo or 97ai, 331xx&hellip; I assume they must be some porn sites.</p>Beijing Airport Express Train in Depthhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080801_beijing_airport_express_train_in_depth.htmFri, 01 Aug 2008 23:34:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080801_beijing_airport_express_train_in_depth.htm<p>In this article, I am going to talk about the Beijng Airport Express in depth, just as I talked about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htm">Pudong Airport Maglev Train</a>.</p> <p><strong>Route</strong></p> <p>Beijing Airport Express is just opened one month before the Olympic. It has four stations along the line:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Airport T3 Station</p> </li> <li> <p>Airport T2 Station (T1 is almost at the same building of T2)</p> </li> <li> <p>Sanyuanqiao Station</p> </li> <li> <p>Dongzhimen Station</p> </li> </ul> <p>The routes are like this:</p> <p>Dongzhimen -&gt; Sanyuanqiao -&gt; T3 -&gt; T2 -&gt; Sanyuanqiao -&gt; Dongzhimen</p>In Beijing, Just Before Olympic Gameshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080731_in_beijing_just_before_olympic_games.htmThu, 31 Jul 2008 01:02:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080731_in_beijing_just_before_olympic_games.htm<p>I am in Beijing now. I am here to attend a meeting. Today is July 30, 2008, just 9 days before the Olympic Games. As we waited for this date for more than 7 years, and we are really going to see it with our own eyes. What does Beijing look like these days? How do I feel as a unprofessional reporter who happen to be in this city? Here is my report.</p>规则里面的那条线https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080728_eeecec.htmMon, 28 Jul 2008 23:18:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080728_eeecec.htm<p>定规则容易，定大家一听就听得明白，没有歧义的规则不容易。定规则的时候，怎么把那一条线清晰的画出来，是一个要不断的摸索的过程，反复尝试的过程。</p> <p><strong>电子设备</strong></p>Crossing Over with Hong Huanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080728_crossing_over_with_hong_huang.htmMon, 28 Jul 2008 22:19:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080728_crossing_over_with_hong_huang.htm<p>Today I joined Hong Huang on the talk show of Crossing Over on ICS, talking about Baixing.com for quite some time, and also talked about a topic I don&rsquo;t have too much idea - sexual harassment.</p> <p>Hong Huang is one of my favorite star - her movie <a href="http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/f/perpetualmotion/">Perpetual Motion</a> was completely different from any movie I saw, and was astonishingly unique. To be more exact, Wendy is a bigger fan of her.</p>Lost Passport and Found ithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080727_lost_passport_and_found_it.htmSun, 27 Jul 2008 15:26:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080727_lost_passport_and_found_it.htm<p>To prepare the trip to US in Sept, I was looking for my passport for more than one month. My bad - I just forget to put things and always spend pretty high percentage of my life looking for things. This time, I was completely feeling desperate. I don&rsquo;t want it to be the second time I lose my passport.</p> <p><strong>The Previous One</strong></p> <p>I lost passport once at the end of 2002. The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030813_lost_my_passport_of_p_r_china.htm">re-issue process was a nightmare for me</a>. I struggled for more than half year to get a new one, including visiting many police stations, forced to lie to the stations to get the &ldquo;lost claim&rdquo;, paid for classified on Wen Hui newspaper, and waited for 3 months after the lost claim appears on the newspaper, and spent another one month to get a new passport.</p>为好朋友的女儿征名https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080726_aec-4.htmSat, 26 Jul 2008 18:56:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080726_aec-4.htm<p>顾春华7月22日喜得千金。在此祝贺！祝贺！祝贺！第一时间就收到了他的短信：</p> <blockquote> <p>各位好友，今天早上十点十八分，我的女儿来到了这个世界，体重六斤，小卷发，双眼皮，她向你们问好，母女平安！谢谢关心！</p>Beijing Apartment for Olympichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080726_beijing_apartment_for_olympic.htmSat, 26 Jul 2008 17:57:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080726_beijing_apartment_for_olympic.htm<p>From time to time, I am posting small &ldquo;ads&rdquo; for my friends, and for things I feel of great value.</p> <p>Olympic Game is coming to Beijing in 14 days. Housing can be a very hard problem for visitors (visa is another one). Hotel has reached to ridiculous price, like 1000+ USD per night for hotels like Hilton in Beijing, and higher for more fancy hotels. The problem is, even with the high price, not many hotel still has rooms available&hellip;</p>Swim in River in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080726_swim_in_river_in_shanghai.htmSat, 26 Jul 2008 01:36:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080726_swim_in_river_in_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai has been highly polluted. When I came to Shanghai more than 10 years ago, I thought people can swim in the Huangpu river, then I just find out to swim in the Huangpu River is just impossible.</p> <p>Meanwhile, some serious effort has been put into some of the rivers (just very few that I can name). To my greatest surprise, I started to see people swimming in the natural river today.</p>Data Center 'Sealed' During Olympichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080724_data_center_sealed_during_olympic.htmThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:25:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080724_data_center_sealed_during_olympic.htm<p>Many days ago, I received an email from Hotsales, since I have a personal home page space with Hotsales, who hosted their servers in China Telecom data center.</p> <p>The official order came from the above about the &ldquo;sealing (or blocking) of all data centers&rdquo;. The order reads like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Customer,</p> <p>Greetings!</p> <p>According to regulations related to national Olympic logistics, the following &ldquo;Network Blockage&rdquo; will be implemented.</p> <p>China telecome: August 1, 2008 to August 25, 2008</p>Monday, Tuesday, ... Olympichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080721_monday_tuesday_olympic.htmMon, 21 Jul 2008 22:23:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080721_monday_tuesday_olympic.htm<p>A normal Monday.</p> <p>In the morning, when I wanted to turn right onto the Xianan Road at my residential area gate, it is already full of cars, and for the first time, a policeman stood there helping to guide the traffic.</p> <p>This is due to the recent accident on the Jinxiu Road, where the metro construction or the Shanghai Expo Electricity Power Tunnel (who knows which project) caused the road to collaps. All the traffic to Jinxiu Road and Chengshan Road was detoured to the other side of the road, making it so hard for everyone. Roads are roads - they require maintainance and sometimes, collaps&hellip; :-(</p>Brought Yifan to Gymboreehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080720_brought_yifan_to_gymboree.htmSun, 20 Jul 2008 21:22:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080720_brought_yifan_to_gymboree.htm<p>After talking about it for weeks, Wendy and I finally brought Yifan to Gymboree, the early-education center. Yifan and Wendy went there for once before, and this is the first time I am with them.</p> <p>Yifan didn&rsquo;t show particular interest in the group activity. He enjoys playing with the slopes, and stairs by himself.</p> <p><strong>English Education?</strong></p> <p>Something I observed is, they are mainly using English as the instruction language - the songs, the introduction and almost everything. I don&rsquo;t feel very comfortable in an environment where everyone is Chinese, and they use English to educate my kid at the very beginning. What is the point to do it when the kids don&rsquo;t know any language yet. It is OK, but I don&rsquo;t think it is an advantage for a training center to use English to teach than others.</p>How A Young Couple and a Kid Live in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080719_how_a_young_couple_and_a_kid_live_in_shanghai.htmSat, 19 Jul 2008 22:10:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080719_how_a_young_couple_and_a_kid_live_in_shanghai.htm<p>Living in Shanghai for most people is not easy - the continuous inflation, and increase of cost of almost everything (housing among the big part). For a family, it is also not easy. Let me share the real problems a couple with a kid (like Yifan) will face.</p> <p><strong>Both Wife and Husband Work</strong></p> <p>In Shanghai, very few family can be really independent. In Shanghai (and in China), for most families, both the husband and wife work. Maybe as a good sign of equity between women and men, Shanghai demands exactly the same thing for women and men. That means, it is really rare for wife to stay at home to take care of their kids. Me, for example, I only have one friend who arranged his wife in home - they came back from the States and get used to have one person stay in home. Except him, I don&rsquo;t know any of my friend who have the &ldquo;wife-at-home&rdquo; arrangement so far. Not to mention an arrangement to have husband at home while wife works.</p>Seek for Some Guidancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080718_seek_for_some_guidance.htmFri, 18 Jul 2008 23:08:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080718_seek_for_some_guidance.htm<p>Recently, I feel that I am too much far away from this city and far away from my reader community.</p> <p>The business was almost the whole part of my life, and Yifan is another important part. Even Wendy and I didn&rsquo;t get any time to get together to watch movie&hellip;</p> <p>I feel far from the city because, I just realized that I didn&rsquo;t take metro for a long time - I just drive, and I didn&rsquo;t take bus in the last few months. I am far away from restaurants, and from friends these days.</p>Killed 6 Policemen and Became Herohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080717_killed_6_policemen_and_became_hero.htmThu, 17 Jul 2008 23:03:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080717_killed_6_policemen_and_became_hero.htm<p>I am always not sensitive to breaking news, like the this one. The reason is, I don&rsquo;t position myself to be a news blogger. News is just news. It becomes relevant to me and my readers only when it is proven to be a piece of meaningful news. Only time can tell whether an event is just a random thing, like a car hit a bus, or it marks an important milestone in this city/country. Today, I want to talk about a piece of old news.</p>Continue to be OOBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080716_continue_to_be_oob.htmWed, 16 Jul 2008 00:58:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080716_continue_to_be_oob.htm<p>As many of my reader may have noticed, recently, I didn&rsquo;t blog as often as I always did - and people observed pause from time to time during the last two weeks.</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t worry. I am just OOB (out of blogging) a little bit due to the busy time during the business circle - the beginning of a quarter, and wrapping up the previous quarter. I spent most of my night time on it, so I don&rsquo;t have enough time on the blog. Don&rsquo;t worry. Business is doing fantastic! We are so excited to close the Q2 with great result.</p>Interview about Fenqinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080715_p2175.htmTue, 15 Jul 2008 19:22:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080715_p2175.htm<p>I am conducting an interview about Fenqing - the Angry Youth in China from Radio France International.</p> <p>I just want to record some of the questions and answers.</p> <p><strong>What is Fenqing</strong></p> <p>I think Fenqing is a very general term that is hard to define. It may be characterized as: Passionate, Action-Oriented, Relatively less of experience, Easy to be Angry</p>Shangri-La Hotel Pudong Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080713_shangri-la_hotel_pudong_shanghai.htmSun, 13 Jul 2008 23:54:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080713_shangri-la_hotel_pudong_shanghai.htm<p>Shangri-La hotel is the hotel I visit most often, just because many of my visitors stay in that hotel, and I love to drive there, since it is free parking for its customers, and residents.</p> <p>There are many five star hotels in Shanghai, but Shangri-la hotel is special to me. It reflects the characteristic of Asia very well.</p> <p>Due to the restriction of taking photos inside the hotel, I didn&rsquo;t take photos here, but here are some photos from their website:</p>Photos of the Blue Skyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080712_photos_of_the_blue_sky.htmSat, 12 Jul 2008 00:39:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080712_photos_of_the_blue_sky.htm<p>Three days ago (ops. This is may be the longest pause in my daily blog routine in the recent months. I was just too busy working on the business these days, due to the approach of the end of the quarter), I posted an entry about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080708_the_most_beautiful_sky_in_shanghai.htm">the blue sky in Shanghai</a>. I am not the only one with the feeling. Some of my readers, and other bloggers are recording the same &ldquo;unusual&rdquo; day. My friend RC sent me an email, telling the story that his friend talked about the blue sky independently from my blog and he didn&rsquo;t believe it, since he has traveled to Shanghai many times and never see blue skies. So he asked his friend to send a photo to him. He got two actually, and it IS blue sky. Then he read my post and forwarded the two photos his friend took during the day and got permission for me to repost the photos on my blog.</p>The Most Beautiful Sky in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080708_the_most_beautiful_sky_in_shanghai.htmTue, 08 Jul 2008 23:47:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080708_the_most_beautiful_sky_in_shanghai.htm<p>Today is the most beautiful weather in Shanghai I have experienced in the last three years. I told Wendy about it and she also agreed when we drove across the Huangpu River this morning.</p> <p>Do you agree?</p> <p>The sky is pure blue - just like the normal sky in bay area (what a pity and shame). I remember years ago when I posted my photos from San Jose, and people in China was so surprised and commented that &ldquo;Look at the blue sky&rdquo;, and my readers in bay area was also surprised: &ldquo;Look! Someone even get surprised of blue sky!&rdquo;&hellip;</p>鸵鸟政策https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080706_eec.htmSun, 06 Jul 2008 12:14:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080706_eec.htm<p>昨天晚上，范范很苦恼。</p> <p>范范说：怎样才可以不要去想这些烦心的事情呀？ 我说：睡觉。</p> <p>范范说：可是明天早上醒了，还是要想呀？ 我说：睡懒觉。</p> <p>结果被她好好的笑话了一顿。</p>Good Online Local Shanghai Map?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080706_good_online_local_shanghai_map.htmSun, 06 Jul 2008 01:02:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080706_good_online_local_shanghai_map.htm<p>This is another FAQ. However, I can only give you the common answers - there are no really good English map online yet, as far as I know, and let me share with you the services I use for Chinese map.</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.baidu.com/#word=%C9%CF%BA%A3&amp;ct=10">Baidu Map</a></p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.cn/">Google Map</a></p> <p><a href="http://ditu.live.com/">Live Map</a></p> <p>That&rsquo;s it. The three most powerful map provider in Shanghai.</p> <p>P.S. The reason I posted some kind of &ldquo;common sense&rdquo; is because of one post I wrote years ago when I really have no topic to write about - the emergency number in Shanghai is 119, instead of 911. The post was responded so well by my readers because many of them didn&rsquo;t know it.</p>民主的实践从小区开始https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080705_aeceae.htmSat, 05 Jul 2008 13:45:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080705_aeceae.htm<p>比较美国和中国，发现一个很有趣的现象，就是美国的“城市”，和中国的“小区”其实是很类似的概念。而美国的“郡”，反而和中国的“城市”很像。为什么我这么认为呢？</p>Shanghai Metro is Not 24 Hourshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080705_shanghai_metro_is_not_24_hours.htmSat, 05 Jul 2008 01:35:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080705_shanghai_metro_is_not_24_hours.htm<p>My readers, please be noted that Shanghai Metro is not 24 hour in service. I had a miserable night today.</p> <p>I took Metro Line #1 from Xujiahui to Metro Line #4 station at Shanghai Stadium, only to find out Metro Line #4 is already closed. The last train leaves the platform at 22:16 (inner circle) and 23:14 (outer circle).</p> <p>Do pay attention to it during your next visit.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> Their Notices <em>March 8, 2009</em></p>专注https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080705_ae-7.htmSat, 05 Jul 2008 00:35:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080705_ae-7.htm<p>做公司很长时间，越到后来，越发现专注的重要。最近一些CEO的朋友聊天，都提到了专注这个词。</p> <p>昨天晚上和小伟在杭州文华酒店的顶楼聊天，他提到一个我感同身受的观点：“策划是毒药”，或者用更公允的说法，应该是“不专注的策划是毒药”，因为主意出来很容易，但是会有牵涉进去非常多的设计，产品，开发，市场，客服，甚至是管理者的时间进去，而方向，一不小心就偏离公司应有的航道。</p>CRH Train from Shanghai to Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080703_crh_train_from_shanghai_to_hangzhou.htmThu, 03 Jul 2008 18:27:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080703_crh_train_from_shanghai_to_hangzhou.htm<p>I just took the CRH train (or the D train) from Shanghai to Hangzhou. The journey is only 1 hour and 23 minutes, from 1:12 PM to 2:35 PM.</p> <p>I have the chance to take some photos to share with my readers. I know many of then are wondering about how to get to Hangzhou. To take train to Hangzhou from Shanghai South Railway Station is definitely a good option.</p>Is Olympic Really Coming?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080702_is_olympic_really_coming.htmWed, 02 Jul 2008 22:18:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080702_is_olympic_really_coming.htm<p>Olympic Game is coming to Beijing in about one month. What does it mean to this country, to Beijing, and to Shanghai?</p> <p>As the Game is coming closer, I didn&rsquo;t personally feel too much difference so far. However, the key question is, what exactly do we expect for an Olympic?</p> <p>Everything is very normal in Shanghai, except the strengthened security in Metro and in Visa application. There are many &ldquo;new measures&rdquo; around us, but not many of them are so exciting yet.</p>Register with PSB During Olympics?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080702_register_with_psb_during_olympics.htmWed, 02 Jul 2008 00:45:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080702_register_with_psb_during_olympics.htm<p>My reader DC sent me a notice with the following information. Is it true? I didn&rsquo;t get the chance to verify it yet. Just FYI.</p> <blockquote> <p>**<strong>Important Public Security Bureau Information</strong> **</p> <p>Expatriate China Staff PSB Registrations will be enforced as of July 1st. The Chinese Public Security Bureau issued new guidelines today to hotels and apartment management companies concerning the registration of foreigners in China, set to take effect July 1.</p>评《笑梁山》之《斗争中的将领》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080701_p282.htmTue, 01 Jul 2008 23:50:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080701_p282.htm<ol> <li>读过陈实《笑梁山》的斗争中的将领一节，提到了公司内的人事斗争，提到了不可避免的人的去留问题。</li> <li>公司会进人，这个谁都想得明白。公司要有人走，就不是每一个人能够理解的了；尤其对于还没有请人走过的员工或者新手经理来说，不是一件好事情。</li> <li>公司不是培训中心，人的成长是公司目标的必须；而不是公司的目标就是人的成长。</li> <li>公司必须有一个目标，需要一种类型的人；人的面试是长期的，不仅仅是面试过程，很多的面试需要一个月的实战才可以完成。对于不合适的人，让他留下并不费事，也看起来并不费钱（“虽然不是最合适，但毕竟比没有好吧“），而让他走，反而是一件大事情</li> <li>陈实读到的水浒中的让人离开（或者是死），大体还是公正的。</li> <li>一个人是否合格并不是问题的关键，关键是他是否经过了公正，公开，公平的审判。公正表明一定要有规矩，有了尺子才能衡量；公开是整个的过程是否全部公开的让其他人可以看到：是因为这个人没有达到规定的标准而走人，而不是仅仅是因为没有向领导问好；公平是指审判的双方都是平等的（就是经理和员工），每个人也是平等的，没有其他的因素。现实的说，很少有公司能够有完整的规矩（完整的规矩代表着过期的规矩），但只要几个明确的原则不变，就好了。</li> <li>书中举的惠普的例子，不可怕，因为权力得更迭，是有规矩的，甚至是可以预测的，甚至可以说，是公开的。可能另外一个例子就是GE。杰克韦尔奇再选用接班人的时候，评判的标准也是很久以前就订立的，过程也是公开的，虽然有很多人竞争，过程虽然残酷，但是是建设性的，是阳光的。</li> <li>公司内部的晋升，只要有明确的指标支持，有明确的规矩的框架，大家的精力自然就从勾心斗角，揣测领导的心理，转变到所有人都看得到的业务指标上面，转移到对于公司最重要的事情上面来，竞争就是正面的，有益的，促进公司发展的。</li> </ol>Back from Chongming Islandhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080629_back_from_chongming_island.htmSun, 29 Jun 2008 23:02:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080629_back_from_chongming_island.htm<p>This is the third time I went to Chongming (the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030605_riding_a_bicyle_to_chong_ming_island.htm">first time</a>, and the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040613_visited_chong_ming_island_for_the_second_time.htm">second time</a>).</p> <p>This time is a little bit special than the first few visit. Yesterday (June 28, 2008), the Yangtze River Tunnel + Bridge is structurally completed, and it takes some time to pave the road and install equipments. In 2010, people can drive to Chongming Island via Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge + Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel.</p> <p>Currently, we have to put our cars onto the boat and get to the island via 1.5 hour trip. However, waiting in the line to get to the boat takes 1 hour to 2 hours.</p>王建硕的朋友圈https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080626_ccc-2.htmThu, 26 Jun 2008 23:24:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080626_ccc-2.htm<p>2002年，我开始写博客，原因是因为有一个陌生人在MSN上面问我一些关于中国的问题。我以为他是记者，而他告诉我他是一个blogger。我说，并blogger是什么，他把他自己的<a href="http://www.russianlegs.com">blog</a>地址给我看。从此，我知道什么是blog，并且知道了<a href="http://MovableType.com">MovableType</a>这个工具，并在几个月后在自己家里的机器上架起了MovableType，试着写了第一篇<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">blog</a>，关于如何在Windows机器上上面架设MovableType的经历，从此，我成了blogger。</p>Stock Market Big Drophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080626_stock_market_big_drop.htmThu, 26 Jun 2008 23:24:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080626_stock_market_big_drop.htm<p>I always react very slowly to what is happening in stock market in China.</p> <p>Recently, the big drop of Shanghai Stock is also crazy (like that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070118_chinese_stock_market_is_crazy.htm">crazy</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070520_chinese_stock_market_is_more_crazy.htm">more crazy</a> increase before).</p> <p>After I reported the increase from 998.23 in June 2005 to 4040 in May 2007, and more than 6000 in 2008, it gets back to something around 2800 these days.</p> <p>I am not involved in the stock market this time. People say, there is bubble in China, and there are always people believe: This is China, so economic rules do not apply.</p>Sunset and Clouds in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080625_sunset_and_clouds_in_shanghai.htmWed, 25 Jun 2008 21:34:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080625_sunset_and_clouds_in_shanghai.htm<p>I found out some clouds I took on my trip to Hangzhou on Aug 30, 2004. They look very interesting after we announced the name change in Kijiji. I relief a lot, after a major thing happen.</p> <p>Enjoy the rare nice clouds in Shanghai:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/25/DSC09138.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/25/DSC09141.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/25/DSC09146.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/25/DSC09157.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/25/DSC09153.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/25/DSC09166.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Would it be......... &quot;every cloud has a silver lining&quot;, which means better days are awaiting ahead of you!<br><br>A good sign for you future endeavour.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2008-06-25 22:50</div></div> <div class="comment">silvered sky show off its beauty to us.<div class="comment-meta">— lin · 2008-06-26 12:04</div></div> <div class="comment">awesome!<div class="comment-meta">— Nux · 2008-06-30 11:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Is the Ferris Wheel showed in your picture the biggest in Asia?<div class="comment-meta">— Travers · 2008-07-03 11:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Contents of this website are good and appreciative. Recommended to all. http://www.goagifts.com<div class="comment-meta">— Deepu Singla · 2008-07-10 17:39</div></div> </details>Kijiji.cn Changed to Baixing.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080625_kijijicn_changed_to_baixingcom.htmWed, 25 Jun 2008 20:34:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080625_kijijicn_changed_to_baixingcom.htm<p>This morning, we announced in our office that we are going to change our brand from Kijiji to Baixing, a more localized brand. The transition has been completed, and kijiji.cn is directed to Baixing.com from yesterday.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">wow. look forward to hearing more about this on your blog, if you can share.<br><br>congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-06-25 22:18</div></div> <div class="comment">hah, that&#x27;s great! how come you guys never thought about that?<div class="comment-meta">— mac · 2008-06-26 01:11</div></div> <div class="comment">good idea! This name will be easier for chinese to remember.<div class="comment-meta">— derek · 2008-06-26 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">i think, www.shenghuo.com 生活网 is also a good name.<div class="comment-meta">— derek · 2008-06-26 09:46</div></div> <div class="comment">The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From http://www.giftwithlove.com<div class="comment-meta">— Shallu Garg · 2008-06-26 13:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Hay, congratulations! Will you have a new slogan for Baixing.com?<div class="comment-meta">— eddie · 2008-06-26 18:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Kijiji sounds much more interesting.<br><br>Baixing... so blah.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-06-27 02:08</div></div> <div class="comment">well, I always had a hard time remembering how to spell Kijiji, so Baixing is a welcome change :)<div class="comment-meta">— ZL · 2008-06-27 11:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Mr wang, could you give me a explanation about the meaning of baixing? And, in addition, I just visited www.baixing.com one minute ago. I found some code can not work on the homepage. The logo on the left top of the page is not available, the logo of ebay on the bottom of the page can not display as well.<div class="comment-meta">— Zhong · 2008-06-27 14:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Just thought about using Baixing.com for posting info of exchanging Olympics tickets...<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2008-07-07 19:52</div></div> </details>Preparing the Press Conference Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080625_preparing_the_press_conference_tomorrow.htmWed, 25 Jun 2008 00:02:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080625_preparing_the_press_conference_tomorrow.htm<p>Tomorrow, we will have a press conference in our office.</p> <p>Busy and OOB (out of blogging) for one more day.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Good luck!<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2008-06-25 00:07</div></div> </details>Sunday without Sunhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080622_sunday_without_sun.htmSun, 22 Jun 2008 17:31:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080622_sunday_without_sun.htm<p>It rains all day today. Not today, it rains all the time in the last few weeks, and we expect it to rain every day in the next few weeks too.</p> <p>It is called the Meiyu Season (or Rainy Season). It is a two-month long period of time around the Yangtz River that it rains almost everyday without significant pause in between. This is maybe the toughest time for many new visitors to this region - it is even more terrible than hot summer or cold winter. I call it wet world.</p>智商与社会的标准https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080622_aecaec.htmSun, 22 Jun 2008 01:04:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080622_aecaec.htm<p>在从慈溪回到上海的路上，我和朋友谈到关于智商的问题。这其实是一个很好的开端，让我逐步想到了与智商以及社会的标准等诸多问题。</p> <p><strong>智商</strong></p> <p>谈起智商，我一直有些说不清道不明的感情。可能是因为我不知道自己的智商，也很少有人知道。甚至到底什么是智商，大家都有些隐约其词。作为一个概念提出来倒也罢了，居然还有人像模像样的推出了测试的题目，还给人打一个80-140分数。小的时候还挺相信有智商这种东西的存在，坚信智商越高就越聪明，不过现在，智商这东西对于我，并不显得比通过星座或者血型预测未来更为准确。</p>Lujiazui is a Construction Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080621_lujiazui_is_a_construction_site.htmSat, 21 Jun 2008 22:25:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080621_lujiazui_is_a_construction_site.htm<p>Lujiazui is the heart of Pudong - or in other official words, the &ldquo;show window of China&rsquo;s reform and opening up&rdquo;. I went to Lujiazui today, only to find out the whole area is turned into another big construction site.</p> <p>Heading out of the Super Brand Mall, the entrance (once was wonderful place with big garden in the middle of the circle road) was completely chaos. A new big overhead bridge is under construction. When completed, the big circle bridge will connect major buildings in that area, including the metro station, together. However, the problem is, currently, there are construction site everywhere. Besides this kind of small project, big underground tunnel is under way, and some roads are completely blocked and turned into construction site, not to mention the crazy <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080121_skyscrapers_in_lujiazui.htm">skyscrapers in that area</a>. The history of Lujiazui taught me, when there are many skyscrapers in one area, that only mean one thing, there are many more to come&hellip;</p>洛一高的菜票https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080621_aeecec.htmSat, 21 Jun 2008 14:27:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080621_aeecec.htm<p>注：这是我大学的时候写的一篇分析高中的菜票经济的文章。10年过去了，发现那时候我写的菜票，说的好像就是今天的美元。不过过了这么多年，就算我自己都能看出不少不成熟的想法，但在整理原来的文件的时候，发现了，就不甘心仅仅仍在那里，不如提出来给大家看看。</p>Gas Price and Plastic Bagshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080621_gas_price_and_plastic_bags.htmSat, 21 Jun 2008 00:17:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080621_gas_price_and_plastic_bags.htm<p>The recent ban of plastic bags, and raise of gas price today are, I think, both good for the environment.</p> <p><strong>My Recent Shopping Experience</strong></p> <p>Wendy and I went to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060904_decathlon_store_locations_in_shanghai.htm">Decathlon</a> near our home today. As most of the retail stores I went to, they didn&rsquo;t provide any bag after shopping. They do offer a big bag as a &ldquo;product&rdquo;, costing 5 RMB. Wendy and I checked what we have: several clothes, two box of Ping Pong ball, and a big volleyball, and decided that we don&rsquo;t need a bag. It was not as easy job as to bring it back to our car with a bag, but we finally made it.</p>又见好（老）友https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080620_eieeie.htmFri, 20 Jun 2008 23:21:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080620_eieeie.htm<p>下午4点半溜到DoNews的在香港国际中心45楼的聚会，去看看老朋友，忽然发现自己居然变成内向的人。在我的性格测试中，我是挺标准的ENFP（外向直觉情感感知型），在会议中常是说话比较多的，而最近在陌生人偏多的环境里，却有些不自在了。和keso，Jim，老华和钟伟聊了一阵，打了几个招呼，就回来了。衣不如新，人不如旧，看到老朋友有种心满意足的感觉。</p>Kong Fu Panda Hits Shanghai Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080620_kong_fu_panda_hits_shanghai_tomorrow.htmFri, 20 Jun 2008 01:07:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080620_kong_fu_panda_hits_shanghai_tomorrow.htm<p>Tomorrow, movie <em>Kong Fu Panda</em> will start to show in Shanghai. Hmm&hellip; I heard the movie is pretty good, and I am thinking about going to theatre to watch it sometime next week. The recent Kong Fu movie, like <em>Forbidden Kingdom</em> by Jet Li and Jackie Chen was really disappointing, and I think this one may contrasts with it and should be better.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo! It&#x27;s been several months since I&#x27;ve commented on your blog! But I still visit it about a few times a week. Hey, you&#x27;ve gotta watch Kungfu Panda. I watched it last Saturday night and it was HILARIOUS! I laughed almost non-stop from beginning to end. By the way, is the movie going to be shown in Mandarin? If so, do let me know the actors doing the voicing. The English script is really good. And the animation is very realistic, especially those with scenery, bowls etc. Do share your comments with us after watching the show. *:)<div class="comment-meta">— Lingc · 2008-06-20 02:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh, I forgot to add that, apart from the humour, the movie has a very good message for its audience. It&#x27;s a pretty uplifting story. *two thumbs up* *:D<div class="comment-meta">— Ling · 2008-06-20 02:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Yahoo ! another Spielberg movie I can get from my friendly DVD pirate.<br><br>Better to get another chinese fed than paying money to that turncoat.<br><br>He is not going to make any money from this Chinese.<br><br>He has his conscience, and I have mine.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-06-20 03:37</div></div> <div class="comment">@Ling<br><br>Hello !<br><br>Hav&#x27;nt seen you around for sometime. :D<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-06-20 03:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo!<br><br>The movie is wonderful! I&#x27;ve watched it yesterday and believe me, there is a lot of humor in it!<br><br>It is worthed seeing!<div class="comment-meta">— Tzveti · 2008-06-20 05:00</div></div> <div class="comment">http://www.gongfuxiongmao.com<div class="comment-meta">— GUKI · 2008-06-20 11:29</div></div> <div class="comment">yes, the movie is great, typical heroic American movie. and i like to learn &quot;WuJi finger pick&quot;, it&#x27;s pretty powerful. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— rangew · 2008-06-21 02:18</div></div> <div class="comment">@wonton, heehee, yup, long time no &quot;see&quot;. *:) Missed me? Hiaks.<br><br>@rangew, I didn&#x27;t think it was a typical heroic American movie. It&#x27;s more like Shrek, the case of an unlikely hero &quot;saving the world&quot;. I thought it was pretty uplifting. *:)<div class="comment-meta">— Ling · 2008-06-23 00:31</div></div> </details>一个人的生命https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080619_p277.htmThu, 19 Jun 2008 13:02:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080619_p277.htm<p>那天5G上面大家提起我们派几万人的营救队伍去寻找失事直升机，是不是做的有些过了。我倒是觉得，没有过。原因就是，虽然我们不能容忍为了一个人的生命去牺牲10个人的生命，但我们的确应该有足够的理性去理解，为了一个人的生命，我们可以牺牲一百万人的“方便”。</p>NBC Interview at my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080617_nbc_interview_at_my_home.htmTue, 17 Jun 2008 23:24:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080617_nbc_interview_at_my_home.htm<p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080617_shanghai_dazhong_taxi.htm">last post</a> was actually posted under camera. A team of 4 gentlemen from NBC news visited my home and did an interview in my family environment.</p> <p>Since NBC is the only official TV station to broadcast Beijing Olympic, they are preparing a series of programs to show the American audience about the real China, and in the several days before Olympic in Aug 8 this year, they will broadcast one piece per day, just like what CCTV did for Athens Olympic.</p>Shanghai Dazhong Taxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080617_shanghai_dazhong_taxi.htmTue, 17 Jun 2008 20:30:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080617_shanghai_dazhong_taxi.htm<p>I have been talking about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/taxi.htm">Shanghai taxi</a> for many years, but the most frequent questions I got from day to day email is still about the best taxi company, and is about asking me what is my recommendation regarding Shanghai&rsquo;s Taxi. The answer is pretty easy and straight forward: Dazhong Taxi 大众 is the best taxi company in Shanghai, and is definitely my recommendation.</p> <p>Here is a photo of the taxi.</p>马勒泽布的脑袋https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080616_ecee.htmMon, 16 Jun 2008 22:33:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080616_ecee.htm<p>最近有很多热点的讨论，比如：金晶反对抵制家乐福的事情，比如<a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47233d0f01009b8i.html">王石关于捐款的事情</a>，比如范美忠老师（大众称呼是<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%E8%8C%83%E8%B7%91%E8%B7%91&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:zh-CN:official&amp;client=firefox-a">范跑跑</a>）的事情，每次都有些什么要说，却在迷茫中理不出一个明确的思路来；虽随手记了些凌乱的思考，却没有想好是不是应该发出来。发出来的结果，三位同志已经试验过了。这个社会，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060907_aecaeec.htm">在0到100游戏中</a>，愿意用近乎自杀方式表明自己选择为10以下的人，需要勇气。</p> <p>不知为什么我竟然突然想起1789年巴黎革命成功后，唯一一个站出来为革命的目标路易十六辩护的马勒泽布。在路易十六统治下保护《百科全书》和那批思想家的是他，路易王朝被推翻后，为其辩护的也是他。他的行为的后果可想而知，&ldquo;人民“在断头台砍了路易十六的头的同时，也顺手把他的头给砍了。</p>Attended Shanghai 5G in Our Officehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080615_attended_shanghai_5g_in_our_office.htmSun, 15 Jun 2008 01:03:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080615_attended_shanghai_5g_in_our_office.htm<p>Participated in Shanghai 5G today - a group I was part of since 2006 (for example, I attended <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070103_last_day_of_holiday.htm">this time</a>).</p> <p>From this week, Shanghai 5G moved to Kijiji office, and it was a wonderful beginning - about 20 people showed up, and the topic of this week is about Chenshi&rsquo;s new book <em>Joking about Shuihu</em> 笑水浒&hellip; The book was just published and not available in most bookstores, but I do believe it is a very good book - at least to listen to what Chenshi described was very enjoyable. I think I will write a review when I read it.</p>I Got my Nikon 50mm 1.8Dhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080613_i_got_my_nikon_50mm_18d.htmFri, 13 Jun 2008 20:40:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080613_i_got_my_nikon_50mm_18d.htm<p>Yes! I got a new lens! Very excited. I can capture more photos for Yifan.</p> <p><img src="http://www.nikonusa.com/Assets/Camera-Lenses/2137-AF-NIKKOR-50mm-f-1.80/Views/353_2137_AF-NIKKOR-50mm-f-1.80_front.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I love it. I love it a lot.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How much is it<br><br>why don&#x27;t you get 50 1.4? i thought the price will be around 2,000 RMB.<div class="comment-meta">— Gene · 2008-06-14 00:23</div></div> <div class="comment">50 F/1.4MM is a must have prime Nikkor lens. later u will eye on 85mm :)<div class="comment-meta">— et · 2008-06-14 09:24</div></div> <div class="comment">It is 760 RMB. I just want to be conservative in selecting lens. I know there is no end for any lens.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-06-14 12:56</div></div> <div class="comment">hehe, good. But i think 85mm is more suitable for portraits, 50mm is a little too short. anyway it&#x27;s still a very good lens.<div class="comment-meta">— ZJ · 2008-06-15 16:53</div></div> <div class="comment">for 760 RMB is good deal. Wish you take more great pictures!<div class="comment-meta">— Gene · 2008-06-16 10:22</div></div> <div class="comment">it&#x27;s a good lens, i&#x27;d used it for 2 years.<div class="comment-meta">— gideon · 2008-06-20 12:27</div></div> </details>Foreign Banks in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080612_foreign_banks_in_shanghai.htmThu, 12 Jun 2008 22:00:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080612_foreign_banks_in_shanghai.htm<p>Another email sent to me asked me about if there is any foreign bank in Shanghai. Well. There are. To be more exact, there are more than 100 foreign bank branches in Shanghai by the end of 2007, and there are about another 100 representative office in Shanghai.</p> <p>Here is an incomplete list of the most popular foreign banks in Shanghai, with their location and phone number. Thanks for <a href="http://www.shme.com/shanghai_other/travel/bank/bank.htm">shme</a></p> <p>to provide a great summary of the information.</p>All Kinds of Trap - Another Onehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080611_all_kinds_of_trap_-_another_one.htmWed, 11 Jun 2008 23:05:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080611_all_kinds_of_trap_-_another_one.htm<p>Recently, besides the tactics I listed in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080610_all_kinds_of_trap.htm">previous article</a>, I encountered more. That is &ldquo;missed call&rdquo;.</p> <p>In your mobile phone, you often get missed call. The caller rings for less than one second and hang up. Even if the phone is at your hand, you cannot get the call. You may find a good time to call back, but&hellip; it is a tele-marketer&rsquo;s call.</p> <p>P.S. My blog quoted by Wall Street Journal&rsquo;s <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2008/06/05/best-of-the-china-blogs/?mod=googlenews_wsj">China Journal</a>. But again, as most of time, it is because of the similar type of blog entry. Emm&hellip; I am fine if I am quoted once or twice because of the same point of view, but when it is all the times, I am not sure what I should say&hellip;:-)</p>Exchange RMB for USD at Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080611_exchange_rmb_for_usd_at_pudong_airport.htmWed, 11 Jun 2008 19:43:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080611_exchange_rmb_for_usd_at_pudong_airport.htm<p>I got an email asking me about how he/she can exchange RMB to USD in Pudong Airport. Well. There is no easy answer. Let me explain it in details.</p> <p><strong>China Residence</strong></p> <p>For people with P.R. China residence status, exchange between RMB and USD is not free. The <em>Regulations on Individual Foreign Exchange</em> applies.</p> <p>According to the regulation, any Chinese citizen can exchange up to 50,000 USD from RMB, or 50,000 USD equivalence of RMB from USD per calendar year.</p>All Kinds of Traphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080610_all_kinds_of_trap.htmTue, 10 Jun 2008 22:49:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080610_all_kinds_of_trap.htm<p>Got an interview request from a magazine, not so famous, but not a bad name, so I accepted the interview request, and arranged time to do the phone interview about my business. They emphasized that it is a free interview. I felt strange when I see this point in the interview request, but didn&rsquo;t pay enough attention.</p> <p>Before the interview, they said the interview is free, but we need to pay subscription fee to their book. 580 RMB per book, and I have to buy 100 books at least.</p>It is Gaokao Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080609_it_is_gaokao_time.htmMon, 09 Jun 2008 00:23:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080609_it_is_gaokao_time.htm<p>These two days are the time for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040609_national_college_entrance_examination_gaokao.htm">GaoKao, or the National College Entrance Exam</a>.</p> <p>In Cixi, Ningbo, middle school students filled the hotel we stayed. In Zhejiang, students all check-in to hotels to have better rest during the noon, and night, since it is generally closer to where the test is held.</p> <p>Just now, Wendy gave me some sample questions of this year&rsquo;s Gaokao. Pretty frustrating that I know the answer of none of the questions. How embarrassing.</p>Hey! It is Yifan Again!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080608_hey_it_is_yifan_again.htmSun, 08 Jun 2008 22:33:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080608_hey_it_is_yifan_again.htm<p>Yifan has grown up. He is one year old. He is a little boy now. So we have decided to show him around the city every weekend. This time, we went to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040502_jinqiao_biyun_international_district.htm">Biyun International District</a>.</p> <p>I think he is happy when we brought him outside the room - do you think so?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/06/08/DSC_0059.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Wendy and Yifan. Hm&hellip; Both of them are wearing Microsoft T-Shirt. I wear my Kijiji one.</p>MovableType 4.2 is Disappointinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080608_movabletype_42_is_disappointing.htmSun, 08 Jun 2008 22:26:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080608_movabletype_42_is_disappointing.htm<p>I am trying to migrate <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">Wendy&rsquo;s blog</a> from MovableType 3.2 to 4.2 Beta, however, after about an hour, I still cannot import the files into the new system. So&hellip; I have to get back to MovableType 3.2.</p> <p>So far, I still believe MT 3.2 is the best blogging software on the earth - simple, fast, and reliable. I don&rsquo;t like MT 4.0, I don&rsquo;t like 4.1, and now I don&rsquo;t like MT 4.2 Beta</p>不友好的人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080607_aecae.htmSat, 07 Jun 2008 23:07:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080607_aecae.htm<p>每周六一定会带逸凡出门见世面。今天到了浦东巴黎春天5楼的儿童乐园。小宝依然比较文静和矜持，还不怎么与人交往。结果一个3岁的哥哥过来捏了他的鼻子，还有一个4岁的小姐姐躲在玩具屋子里，把门关上让他进不去，两件事情好像逸凡都非常烦恼，还哭了两声。掐指算来，这可能是小宝在世界上看到的众多笑脸中间比较不是非常友好的两个人。估计以后还多着呢，这才刚刚开始。</p>Hangzhou Bay Bridge - More Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080606_hangzhou_bay_bridge_-_more_photos.htmFri, 06 Jun 2008 22:14:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080606_hangzhou_bay_bridge_-_more_photos.htm<p>After the meeting, we get back from Cixi to Shanghai via the Hangzhou Bay Bridge again. This time, I took the front seat and was able to take more photos of the bridge. I know many of my readers will enjoy the latest update of the bridge.</p> <p>The weather of today is not very good, and as normal, there is no blue sky, and the visibility today is pretty low. Sorry for the low quality of the photos.</p>Hangzhou Bay Bridge - Just a Bridgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080606_hangzhou_bay_bridge_-_just_a_bridge.htmFri, 06 Jun 2008 00:08:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080606_hangzhou_bay_bridge_-_just_a_bridge.htm<p>I am in Cixi, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, to attend a media and advertisement conference of Pudong District. A conference organized by Administration of Industry and Commercial. To be fair, the government doing real business is wonderful, and I enjoy the conversation with them, and they did great job! I have to give my full acknowledgment to them.</p> <p>OK. Then I get back to my main topic. We used the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080323_hangzhou_bay_bridge_to_open.htm">Hangzhou Bay Bridge</a>, as I promised, I will post picture of the bridge on my site when I visit it personally.</p>Review at Yifan's 1st Birthdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080604_review_at_yifans_1st_birthday.htmWed, 04 Jun 2008 23:57:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080604_review_at_yifans_1st_birthday.htm<p>Yifan is 1 year old. What a significant milestone for him.</p> <p>I admit just as most parents, the first month was so exciting, and everything is new to us, and we noticed every single details of him, and our lives changed a lot because of the arrival of this little boy. In the next year, the life went on, and we started to get to normal family life, and didn&rsquo;t spend every single day as holiday as we did at the very beginning. I am shocked by the fact that before I really noticed, Yifan is already one year old, and the image of a little infant for him has gone for ever. He is now a handsome, more independent and one year boy!</p>I Hope We can Start to Talk about Historyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080604_i_hope_we_can_start_to_talk_about_history.htmWed, 04 Jun 2008 19:38:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080604_i_hope_we_can_start_to_talk_about_history.htm<p>Today is a special day in Chinese history.</p> <p>What happened on the early morning in the history remain a topic that is not allowed to discuss. However, I do hope that one day, China really opens up and allow people to discuss about what happened in the past. With enough wisdom, we can face it and find a better way to solve problems.</p> <p>19 years have past, and I think everyone involved, including those standing-by like myself, has been thinking about what happened. With the 19 years of reflection, I believe the whole generation have been more mature than they are, and the people is more mature. Taking me as an example, I have realized there are problems in the students side also, and it is the protesting group and the government that caused the tragedy. My current understanding is, at the beginning, everything went one well, but at the later stage, one side is a crazy government and the other side is a group of crazy students, both of which didn&rsquo;t give any room to another alternative. I do hope we can start to preserve more facts, and be able to start to talk about history, and think about the future of China.</p>Zhuazhou - Gift Picking at 1 Year Oldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080603_zhuazhou_-_gift_picking_at_1_year_old.htmTue, 03 Jun 2008 23:17:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080603_zhuazhou_-_gift_picking_at_1_year_old.htm<p>One of the Chinese tradition for kid is Zhuazhou, or gift picking at 1 year old.</p> <p>Zhua = Grasp Zhou = 1 Year Old</p> <p>According to the tradition, child at exactly 1 year old (typically at birthday) will be presented with many things, and each of them has a meaning and represents a profession. The child will pick up something he/she is interested, and thus people want to tell what the boy/girl will be when he/she grows up. There is no fixed list of things to present, and obviously things changes from accident China to today. The meanings are also not fixed, and parents can decide what everything means before give them to the kid.</p>Happy Birthday to Yifanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080603_happy_birthday_to_yifan.htmTue, 03 Jun 2008 00:25:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080603_happy_birthday_to_yifan.htm<p>Yes! Yifan is exactly one year old today. We had a wonderful night for him today, but it is too late. Let me post more photos and text on this entry tomorrow.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/HappyBirthdaytoYifan_14894/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/HappyBirthdaytoYifan_14894/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/HappyBirthdaytoYifan_14894/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/HappyBirthdaytoYifan_14894/image_5.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">WOW! How has it possibly been a year already??! He&#x27;s growing up so fast. I love that the birthday hat is in English. And his presents included a new mouse and a calculator?? Perfect!<br><br>Please give him a big squishy birthday hug for me, OK?<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-06-03 00:49</div></div> <div class="comment">hey, happy birthday to Him! wow, one years old...<br><br>i wonder what has he chosen? hehehh<div class="comment-meta">— mac · 2008-06-03 08:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy B&#x27;day. So what did he choose for his birthday present? Any sight what is his future going to be? hehehe...<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2008-06-03 10:18</div></div> <div class="comment">I can hardly see the 100 yuan if i don&#x27;t look at the presents carefully.. haha~ I&#x27;m very curious about Yifan&#x27;s choose.<div class="comment-meta">— derek · 2008-06-03 13:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Birthday to Yifan! thanks for sharing your heartfelt feelings about Yifan on the blog!<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-06-03 15:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Birthday!<div class="comment-meta">— OnePhone · 2008-06-04 11:35</div></div> <div class="comment">@derek, you are very true, and it was exactly what Wendy complained for. Finally, we moved the &quot;colorful paper&quot; to more obvious location, and Yifan did spent several seconds with it.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-06-04 13:47</div></div> </details>Plastic Bags and Gas Shortage - My Observationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080601_plastic_bags_and_gas_shortage_-_my_observation.htmSun, 01 Jun 2008 20:25:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080601_plastic_bags_and_gas_shortage_-_my_observation.htm<p>Today is not only an International Children&rsquo;s Day, it is also the first day China ban retailers to provide free plastic bags to shoppers.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t shop today, but yesterday, when I bought a toy for Yifan, I already saw the price list for plastic bags in Grant Gateway.</p> <p>The big yellow plastic bag cost 1.00 RMB, and the smallest bag cost 0.1 RMB. We will need to wait and see how this policy is enforced. It is said retailers will be fined for 10,000 RMB for providing free bags to consumers. Although as any policy, I don&rsquo;t see a democratic process to pass this regulation, it is a good one that I support.</p>Juilliard Orchestra Coming to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080601_juilliard_orchestra_coming_to_shanghai.htmSun, 01 Jun 2008 12:37:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080601_juilliard_orchestra_coming_to_shanghai.htm<p>Good news. Juilliard Orchestra is coming to Shanghai Grand Theater from June 4, and June 5.</p> <p>I would completely ignore the event since the embarrassingly lack of knowledge of dancing, drama, and music - the area Juilliard School enjoys international fame, but because of YLF, the situation changed a lot.</p> <p>During the 2007 Nanjing trip of YLF, I had the honor to meet with the president of Juilliard School, and he spent about 2 hours explain why art (especially, dancing, drama and music) can help the society. It was exactly at that time people debate so heatedly about whether to spend money on poverty, art or space technology. Just FYI, the most extreme quote from the discussion was &ldquo;every dollar spent on art is killing some one somewhere - people are referring lack of resources to fight against poverty. Anyway, that was a wonderful discussion.</p>The World is Not Created by Genius - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080531_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius_-_part_ii-2.htmSat, 31 May 2008 13:52:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080531_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius_-_part_ii-2.htm<p>I wrote an article named <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius.htm">The World is Not Created by Genius</a> long time ago, but didn&rsquo;t explain the game in much details. I also wrote a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060907_aecaeec.htm">Chinese blog</a> about it. Now with the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080529_i_felt_afraid_of_public_opinions_now.htm">recent thoughts about the role of public opinions</a> in China, I think it is the right time to re-write about the thoughts in English.</p> <p><strong>The Game</strong></p> <p>The game is still the same:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Gather a group of people (the more, the better)</p>Danger in Violance Public Opinionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080530_p2137.htmFri, 30 May 2008 15:56:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080530_p2137.htm<p>I wrote an article about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius.htm">The World is Not Created by Genius</a></p>Hard to Use Metro Instead of a Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080530_hard_to_use_metro_instead_of_a_car.htmFri, 30 May 2008 00:13:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080530_hard_to_use_metro_instead_of_a_car.htm<p>I wrote an article titled <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080526_leave_home_early_to_avoid_traffic_jam.htm">Leave Home Early to Avoid Traffic Jam</a>. I said I have to wake up one hour earlier to avoid traffic jam. Many readers suggested me to take metro. For example:</p> <blockquote> <p>How about Teleworking?</p> <p>Or Car sharing?</p> <p>Or taking subway?</p> <p>Posted by: ecodelta on May 27, 2008 12:50 A</p> </blockquote> <p>And this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Does it take more than one hour for you to use the subway to get from your Pudong home to Xujiahui? Why not only use the car for weekends and trips other than work, in a more European style? I&rsquo;ve now returned to Shanghai after just three years away, and the increase in private cars is amazing. An increasing number of car commuters during rush hour has so many bad points, and public transportation is so good in Shanghai now. How about trying the subway at 7, maybe before it too is so crowded?</p>I May Not Attend the CNBloggerCon 2008 in Guangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080529_i_may_not_attend_the_cnbloggercon_2008_in_guangzhou.htmThu, 29 May 2008 23:56:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080529_i_may_not_attend_the_cnbloggercon_2008_in_guangzhou.htm<p>Today when I talk with Christine and Elliot about the CNBloggerCon, I got to know that CNBloggerCon 2008 will be held in Guangzhou this year, but I am not as interested as before, and I don&rsquo;t want to be part of it this year.</p> <p>I am part of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051105_china_blogger_conference.htm">the first Chinese Blogger Conference 2005 in Shanghai</a>. I simply love it. I love it so much, as you can see from the post I created about 3 years ago. I met many great bloggers, and I have been reading them for a long time. It is so exciting to meet them in person.</p>I Felt Afraid of Public Opinions Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080529_i_felt_afraid_of_public_opinions_now.htmThu, 29 May 2008 20:36:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080529_i_felt_afraid_of_public_opinions_now.htm<p>Recently, I felt more and more helpless. Once, when I was younger (around 20 years old, I think), I always classify myself into the group who represent the public opinions - we think exactly like the massive public. However, in the recent years, especially after I started this, and at some special events, I just realize that my opinions are often on the opposite side of what most of people are thinking. I felt pretty worried and felt afraid.</p>YLF 2008 in Snoqualmie, WAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080528_ylf_2008_in_snoqualmie_wa.htmWed, 28 May 2008 20:59:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080528_ylf_2008_in_snoqualmie_wa.htm<p>This year&rsquo;s Young Leaders Forum (YLF) will be held in Snoqualmie, WA, USA, from September 18, to September 22, 2008, after it was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071205_back_from_wonderful_ylf_trip_in_nanjing.htm">held successfully in Nanjing</a> last year.</p> <p>The venue is <a href="http://www.salishlodge.com/">Salish Lodge</a>, 45 minutes outside of Seattle. From the picture on their website, it looks great - there is a big fall there (I hope it does not turn out to be smaller than the impression it gave me). I have been to Seattle many many times, but never went to the mountain area, and I was told it is great.</p>Leave Home Early to Avoid Traffic Jamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080526_leave_home_early_to_avoid_traffic_jam.htmMon, 26 May 2008 22:59:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080526_leave_home_early_to_avoid_traffic_jam.htm<p>The recent traffic in Shanghai is worse and worse. Wendy and I was deeply annoyed by the current situation. The trip from our home to my office was used to be 45-50 minutes, but now, it is always more than 1 hour. There are many metro stations along the Zhaojiabang Road (4 of them), and Xujiahui just detoured all the traffic on Hongqiao Road to allow space for Metro #9, and #11 station construction. This adds another minute delay.</p>带逸凡见世面https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080526_eeaee.htmMon, 26 May 2008 22:54:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080526_eeaee.htm<p>私下里和Wendy聊起才注意到逸凡至今为止去过的最繁华的地方，不过是南阳老家的一条叫梅溪路的自由市场，在上海反而一直呆在平静开阔的浦东郊区，在他的印象中，上海一定是一个小地方，而南阳才是见过的最大的城市。于是今天带逸凡到人民广场去见世面。</p>Yifan has His Haircut (11th Month)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080524_yifan_has_his_haircut_11th_month.htmSat, 24 May 2008 21:04:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080524_yifan_has_his_haircut_11th_month.htm<p>Yifan is almost one year old. His hair grows fast, and it is my third time to do the haircut for Yifan.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071021_yifan_has_his_hair_cut.htm">Yifan has His Hair Cut</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080302_yifan_has_his_second_haircut.htm">Yifan has his Second Haircut</a></li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhasHisHaircut11thMonth_1180A/image_12.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhasHisHaircut11thMonth_1180A/image_7.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhasHisHaircut11thMonth_1180A/image_8.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhasHisHaircut11thMonth_1180A/image_9.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhasHisHaircut11thMonth_1180A/image_10.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhasHisHaircut11thMonth_1180A/image_11.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">You did a good job!<div class="comment-meta">— jackie · 2008-05-25 01:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Good heavens! I completely missed his second one!!! He looks very content and wise in these pictures, Jian Shuo -- someday soon I think he will be ready to stand beside you in a business meeting :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-05-25 09:45</div></div> <div class="comment">haha, he&#x27;s fighting all your arms~ cute boy~<div class="comment-meta">— mac · 2008-05-26 00:27</div></div> <div class="comment">You have excellent sills in hair cutting.<div class="comment-meta">— Sam · 2008-05-26 10:59</div></div> <div class="comment">good pic<br><br>so warm family<div class="comment-meta">— James.P · 2008-05-26 11:44</div></div> <div class="comment">I love the T-SHIRT! Small MS T-SHIRT for Yi-Fan! So cute!<div class="comment-meta">— Henry · 2008-05-26 12:26</div></div> </details>商业化市场化的公益组织https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080524_aecccc.htmSat, 24 May 2008 20:44:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080524_aecccc.htm<p>最近的地震中，中国自己的公益组织和非政府组织发挥了巨大的作用，第一次集体亮相，让人意识到，公益组织开始在中国进入了一个较快的发展阶段。</p> <p>今天和晓洁聊起中国公益组织的未来。</p>Olympic Torch Arrives in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080523_olympic_torch_arrives_in_shanghai.htmFri, 23 May 2008 21:08:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080523_olympic_torch_arrives_in_shanghai.htm<p>Olympic Torch has arrived in Shanghai today, but it is extremely low key this time.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t go to the torch relay since it is working day, and when I turn on TV or radio at night, there is no any mention of the torch so far. All the news are still about Sichuan earthquake and relief effort. I think it is the right thing to do.</p> <p>The torch went on the same street as where I am living and it is about 3 km away from my home.</p>Requirements for Websites Related to Earthquakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080521_requirements_for_websites_related_to_earthquake.htmWed, 21 May 2008 20:49:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080521_requirements_for_websites_related_to_earthquake.htm<p>Since I have previously hosted my little blog at one of the data center in Shanghai, I got an email in my mailbox from the government (Internet branch, News department, Shanghai Municipal Government) about the requirements for websites related to the recent earthquake.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/RequirementsforWebsitesRelatedtoEarthqua_C1BA/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Brief translation (for time being, didn&rsquo;t fine tune words, and it just reflecting the basic ideas. Refer to the original letter for details).</p> <blockquote> <p>To every web site in this city:</p>Shanghai After Sichuan Earthquakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080521_shanghai_after_sichuan_earthquake.htmWed, 21 May 2008 13:51:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080521_shanghai_after_sichuan_earthquake.htm<ul> <li>Focus media stopped all the LCD commercial these three days. There are black screen everywhere in this city.</li> <li>Bund turns off lights at nights.</li> <li>All newspapers are black and white.</li> <li>All the national flags were lowered</li> <li>Many young people are vending national flags, or T-shirts with &ldquo;Love China&rdquo;</li> <li>Donation boxes are still seen in many places</li> <li>No film on these days</li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">&quot;5 Many young people are vending national flags, or T-shirts with &quot;Love China&quot;&quot;<br><br>do you think this is useful or beneficial to people? or do you think this leans more toward opportunism?<div class="comment-meta">— Jeremy · 2008-05-22 12:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Just get ready for everything before the urgence.<div class="comment-meta">— dreamtree · 2008-05-27 16:47</div></div> </details>Chinese Internet Turns Black and Whitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080520_chinese_internet_turns_black_and_white.htmTue, 20 May 2008 10:40:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080520_chinese_internet_turns_black_and_white.htm<p>From yesterday, all major Chinese Internet providers changed their home page to black and white to show respects to the victims in the Sichuan earthquake. Here are some screenshots (caution: big image, and may takes some time).</p> <p><strong>Yahoo China</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChineseInternetTurnsBlackandWhite_82F4/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sina News</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChineseInternetTurnsBlackandWhite_82F4/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Sohu</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChineseInternetTurnsBlackandWhite_82F4/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>  </p> <p><strong>Netease</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChineseInternetTurnsBlackandWhite_82F4/image_5.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>We also changed our homepage to black and white at <a href="http://kijiji.cn">Kijiji.cn</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChineseInternetTurnsBlackandWhite_82F4/image_6.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Including my small blog:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ChineseInternetTurnsBlackandWhite_82F4/image_7.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">25 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">go go China.<div class="comment-meta">— ericNo.1 · 2008-05-20 14:24</div></div> <div class="comment">go go China.<div class="comment-meta">— ericNo.1 · 2008-05-20 14:25</div></div> <div class="comment">It is not only to show respect. it is to follow AN ORDER form the Chinese government, and you HAVE TO obey.<br><br>All the details here:<br><br>http://shanghaiist.com/2008/05/19/online_implicat.php<br><br>I am also affected by this earthquake, but I do not think that forcing people to mourn is a good way. what is the value of mourning if you are force to ?<br><br>Regards<div class="comment-meta">— force to mourn · 2008-05-20 16:32</div></div> <div class="comment">It is not only to show respect. it is to follow AN ORDER form the Chinese government, and you HAVE TO obey.<br><br>All the details here:<br><br>http://shanghaiist.com/2008/05/19/online_implicat.php<br><br>I am also affected by this earthquake, but I do not think that forcing people to mourn is a good way. what is the value of mourning if you are force to ?<br><br>Regards<div class="comment-meta">— force to mourn · 2008-05-20 16:35</div></div> <div class="comment">To force to mourn<br><br>Shut up!!!<br><br>We mourn for the victims in Sichuan, it&#x27;s initiative, we are not forced into doing it. You must not be Chinese. Will you mourn for the victims if your country happen such serious disaster???<div class="comment-meta">— Roger · 2008-05-20 20:52</div></div> <div class="comment">To force to mourn<br><br>shut up!<br><br>I dont think you are a chinese and i dont think you are a man!<div class="comment-meta">— Brooks · 2008-05-20 21:32</div></div> <div class="comment">To force to mourn<br><br>No one is forcing anyone to mourn, even I am a foreigner.<br><br>On 19 May, when I told my staff that I was going to stand right infront of our building at 14:28 to pay my respect (3 mins slience mourning) to the earthquake&#x27;s victims, all my 40 staff including the cleaning laidies, gardeners, security guards and all the management staff told me that they wanted to join me. I was very moved and all of us lines up orderly at the square. At that moment, most of us cried when the siren, cars on the road started horning.. all the people along the street all stopped walking and stood still for 3 mins.<br><br>We did that because we are human..<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2008-05-20 22:20</div></div> <div class="comment">To force to mourn<br><br>No one is forcing anyone to mourn, even I am a foreigner.<br><br>On 19 May, when I told my staff that I was going to stand right infront of our building at 14:28 to pay my respect (3 mins slience mourning) to the earthquake&#x27;s victims, all my 40 staff including the cleaning laidies, gardeners, security guards and all the management staff told me that they wanted to join me. I was very moved and all of us lines up orderly at the square. At that moment, most of us cried when the siren, cars on the road started horning.. all the people along the street all stopped walking and stood still for 3 mins.<br><br>We did that because we are human..<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2008-05-20 22:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Don&#x27;t say nothing, just mourning. No forcing, just mourning from the heart. I think anyone at that time, including Chairmen Hu.<div class="comment-meta">— niuhuifei · 2008-05-20 22:40</div></div> <div class="comment">To force to mourn<br><br>No one is forcing anyone to mourn, even I am a foreigner.<br><br>On 19 May, when I told my staff that I was going to stand right infront of our building at 14:28 to pay my respect (3 mins slience mourning) to the earthquake&#x27;s victims, all my 40 staff including the cleaning laidies, gardeners, security guards and all the management staff told me that they wanted to join me. I was very moved and all of us lines up orderly at the square. At that moment, most of us cried when the siren, cars on the road started horning.. all the people along the street all stopped walking and stood still for 3 mins.<br><br>We did that because we are human..<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2008-05-20 22:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo<br><br>Sorry for the repeated posting, I thought the system was down.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2008-05-21 18:48</div></div> <div class="comment">if no one is forcing anyone, then how do we interpret the &quot;announcement&quot; from the govt?<br><br>I&#x27;m surprised to find the &quot;you are not chinese&quot; accusations here.<div class="comment-meta">— siegfried · 2008-05-22 01:25</div></div> <div class="comment">@ force to mourn:<br><br>Regardless of your nationality, thanks for reminding us that we share the world with people who are not so bright.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-05-23 02:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Siegfried,<br><br>There is nothing to interpret. I don&#x27;t know which planet you are from, but it is common for governments to declare periods of mourning. It gives a chance for the people to express it&#x27;s sorrow and unity with the victims. The closing of entertainment places is appropriate. It reflects the seriousness of the calamity. I suppose that daily visit to the bar is REALLY important to you. I am sorry your were inconvenienced by our conscience.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-05-23 12:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Wonton,<br><br>Before engaging in a discussion, perhaps you should exercise more restraint on your habit of inferring what people did not imply. See http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080424_mixing_muddling_and_confusing.htm for more explicit examples.<br><br>Certainly it is common for govt to declare periods of mourning. The essence of the question is whether it is appropriate to suspend all entertainment with mandatory orders. The keyword here is &quot;force&quot;, in case you still are not aware of its existence.<div class="comment-meta">— siegfried · 2008-05-23 21:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Siegfried,<br><br>The essence of your question indicates your preoccupation at picking on whatever our government does, and yes, your lack of interest in the events that led to this announcement leads me to infer that you are pretty mixed up, muddled and confused.<br><br>As to whether it is appropriate to suspend all entertainment with mandatory orders, I have no problems with that. I would venture that most chinese too don&#x27;t have a problem with it either. Inconvenienced ? perhaps, but not much if you take what the victims of this earthquake is going through. Like I said before, I am sorry you were inconvenienced by our conscience. Oh! Just for the record, I don&#x27;t really care if you are chinese.<br><br>Go tune your ukelele and play somewhere else.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-05-24 04:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Wonton,<br><br>Thank you for answering the relevant question, finally. Your answer certainly shed some light on why the people of PRC are manipulated so easily.<br><br>I&#x27;m sorry that you could not comprehend the issues spotted and well-presented by the owner of this blog in that link. Let me take this opportunity to illustrate an example for educational purposes. It seems you inferred a few things from my question, namely,<br><br>1. My preoccupation at picking on whatever your government does<br><br>(It seems you&#x27;ve known me for a long time to know my position on whatever your govt does)<br><br>2. I lack interest in the events that led to the announcement<br><br>(Are you the worm in my belly?! Wow, I didn&#x27;t know you can access the internet in it!!)<br><br>3. I&#x27;m pretty mixed up, muddled and confused.<br><br>(Yeah, I was drunk. Was that you last night?)<br><br>4. I&#x27;m inconvenienced by &quot;your conscience&quot;<br><br>(Fortunately, I live in a place where liberty is appreciated and the ban is not enforceable. &quot;Your conscience&quot; has very limited effect.)<br><br>Time is better spent on helping the victims in sichuan than messing around with people who can&#x27;t comprehend. Auf wiedersehen.<div class="comment-meta">— siegfried · 2008-05-25 02:11</div></div> <div class="comment">@Siegfried,<br><br>Total agreement with your last sentence.<br><br>Thank you for your useless distraction.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-05-25 04:18</div></div> <div class="comment">I got a &#x27;shiver&#x27; reading through these posts... memory went to past history... talk of oppressive govts, liberty of people, etc etc... then finish with &#x27;Auf wiedersehen&#x27;... the language of what could well be regarded as the most oppressive and cruel govts of the 20th century... always love it when outsiders post in ignorance.<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-05-26 02:54</div></div> <div class="comment">@ AussiePB<br><br>what does auf wiedersehen have to do with the comment being ignorant? If German is a taboo language in your view, what about English?<br><br>Last time, I was in Australia there were riots in Sydney by aboriginals -- If you recall the people who enslaved Africans in the United States also used English -- and let me see Great Britain, the motherland of English, has a long history of colonialism in Africa and India -- and don&#x27;t forget the genocide of native people in Canada and the United States -- the opium war in China, the atomic bomb in Japan etc...-- all done by English speakers...<br><br>Your logic makes no sense.<br><br>It&#x27;s one thing to criticize Siegfried because you believe his opinion is wrong or ignorant but to criticize someone based on their ethnicity or because they use a particular language is the height of ignorance.<br><br>Peter<div class="comment-meta">— PeDu · 2008-05-26 07:56</div></div> <div class="comment">hi peter. i don&#x27;t have time to write lengthy responses like u, but i wasn&#x27;t inferring ignorance due to language nor was i defending aust or any other countrty u brought up. many of this person&#x27;s comments were iignorant (point 1). point 2 to have german language and criticisng another country&#x27;s govts position or stance gave me shivers. i think i&#x27;m alowed my opinion here am i not? or are u the post police?<div class="comment-meta">— aussiepb · 2008-05-26 10:00</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB:<br><br>Don&#x27;t be too bothered by the comments of Mr Auf Wiedersehen.<br><br>They are just cheap shots of a silly B. from a distance.<br><br>Thanks for everything you and your gang have done for us.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-05-26 11:12</div></div> <div class="comment">@aussiepb<br><br>I don&#x27;t know how ignorant and &quot;outside&quot; I am to be qualified as an &quot;ignorant outsider&quot;. If your grandparents died and your parents harmed in that cute revolution caused by this lovely govt 30+ yrs ago, I bet you would be as critical as me of this govt, if not even more so.<br><br>@wonton<br><br>I believe the use of Chinese foul language is forbidden in this blog. Please beware of using &quot;silly b&quot; in front of our not-so-Chinese-savvy friends, it&#x27;s indicative of what you are.<div class="comment-meta">— siegfried · 2008-05-27 14:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello Siegfried.<br><br>How many times do you need to say good bye ?<br><br>Ha ha, I smell a snake !<br><br>What other excuse do you need to make up for your meaningless contribution ?<br><br>I know what the &quot;b&quot; stands for, and so does the person I directed the msg to.<br><br>As for you, I leave it to your imagination.<br><br>May it be as negative as possible.<br><br>:D<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-05-28 12:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Hehe - not-so-Chinese-savvy?? Nearly all aussies know what this term means in China... I&#x27;m with you on this one, Wonton!...<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-05-29 02:22</div></div> </details>Thoughts after One Week of Earthquakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080520_thoughts_after_one_week_of_earthquake.htmTue, 20 May 2008 00:53:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080520_thoughts_after_one_week_of_earthquake.htm<ul> <li>The whole country mourned at 2:28, and it is the first time I experienced - and maybe the only one in the recent history of China. That is very moving experience. When I lowered my head with all my team members in the lobby of the 18th floor of my office building, and standing under the sunshine, which pulled in from the glass roof 20 meters above my head, I saw the structure of the roof from the reflection of the tiled floor. I don&rsquo;t really remember what I thought, but I know the picture has ironed deeply into my memory. I am sure even after few years, I still can recall this exact moment. Compassion makes people better, and to feel the pain of others as ours is so important for us to create a better world. Mourning and remember those who lost lives during all kinds of disasters is so important for us to continuously improve the world. I am just afraid that people will forget them very soon as we did for the Luoyang fire (in which about 400 people were killed)</li> <li>The central government is doing great during this event. If during the SARS, the government is completely unprepared of such disaster, during the snow disaster this Spring Festival, it is a good rehearsal of all the contingency plans, during this earthquake, we saw a much more mature modern government. Kudos go to them, and especially Premier Wen Jiabao - he did great.</li> <li>Media plays an important role in this event, especially state-run media CCTV, and Central Radio Station. Their 24-hour real-time broadcast helped a lot. It is again, the first time, and there are much breakthrough. It is rare that people like me and Wendy really sit before TV set instead of computer to get the latest information about the earthquake. It shows the positive contribution of the free information flow to disaster relief.</li> <li>Compassion shows more commonality than difference in this event. I am moved that before natural disaster, many countries and media paused the dispute and started to donate and help. In Shanghai (I always avoid using big words like &ldquo;China&rdquo; since I only experienced the situation in one city, and don&rsquo;t want to take it for granted that I saw &ldquo;China&rdquo;. In this sense, even Shanghai is a big word, which I&rsquo;d better say &ldquo;I&rdquo;), after the 3 minutes mourn, I feel people are closer, since people realized there are more commonality between people than difference - the same will to help, and the same pain of compassion.</li> </ul> <p>P.S. At night, spent one hour with <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_warner.html">Margaret Warner</a> from <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/">NewsHour of PBS</a> for an interview Internet space in China. At the end, via the program, I said, I do appreciate the concerns, help, donation, and all relief effort from the people in the United States and other countries to Sichuan in China. I did mean it. Thank you.</p>Mourning for Victims in Sichuanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080519_mourning_for_victims_in_sichuan.htmMon, 19 May 2008 13:58:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080519_mourning_for_victims_in_sichuan.htm<p>I have changed the color of my blog to black and white, and will keep it in the next 3 days.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">give our the best wish to the Victims.<div class="comment-meta">— XiaoYu · 2008-05-19 22:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Our thoughts are with you and the people of China in mourning the victims, and helping the survivors rebuild their lives. Take good care.<div class="comment-meta">— Ali · 2008-05-20 00:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Sad for all kind of disasters in this world. Will these make people, whatever race you are, rich or poor, united for true love and care? I see some of light from Taiwan, across from the straight.<br><br>Take good care of yourself.<div class="comment-meta">— Canuck · 2008-05-20 03:08</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;ve changed my Windows to black and white too. Including the title bars :)<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2008-05-20 11:06</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;ve changed my Windows to black and white too. Including the title bars :)<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2008-05-20 11:07</div></div> <div class="comment">I feel really bad and sad for the families who lost their children. I cried with them. Hopely time can ease the pain they are having. They need to remember how beautiful memories their children gave to them and try not just think children&#x27;s death. May be this will help. I am in pain with them. I cry with them...<br><br>Jackie<div class="comment-meta">— Jackieliu · 2008-05-30 17:09</div></div> </details>Still Watching TV about Earthquakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080517_still_watching_tv_about_earthquake.htmSat, 17 May 2008 23:22:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080517_still_watching_tv_about_earthquake.htm<p>I am still watching TV about the earthquake, to get more information about the recent progress.</p> <p>Out of blogging for one day.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How about a donation banner?<br><br>For example<br><br>http://tinyurl.com/647a94<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2008-05-18 04:50</div></div> <div class="comment">best wish to them...<div class="comment-meta">— James.P · 2008-05-19 17:40</div></div> </details>How We Can Help?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080516_how_we_can_help.htmFri, 16 May 2008 13:34:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080516_how_we_can_help.htm<p>I admit, that I didn&rsquo;t wrote too much on the recent earthquake&hellip;</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t write, not because I am not concerned. To be honest, there are many reasons.</p> <ol> <li> <p>TV has been out of my life for a long time. But recently, TV is the center of Wendy and my time at night. We surround the TV set, and watch the latest news from TV all the time - switching between CCTV-1 and Oriental TV, to get the latest reports. At night, we watch TV till very late, which basically occupied my time. Although the scene of the TV is sometimes repeated, but I cannot help sticking with it, and to get latest update.</p>China Earthquake Donation Guidehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080516_china_earthquake_donation_guide.htmFri, 16 May 2008 13:20:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080516_china_earthquake_donation_guide.htm<p>My friend Elliot Ng has created a page of <a href="http://cnreviews.com/uncategorized/china_earthquake_relief_and_donation_guide_-_will_update_20080514.html">China Earthquake Donation Guide</a>, and will update the page to reflect the latest information. I believe this page is very useful for people who want to donate. Please send your help to people who need it.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Other than monetary, you can also donate your clothes to the unfortunate. Check out the drop-off centers in Shanghai<br><br>http://www.communitycenter.cn/bbs/ViewTopic?tid=627&amp;pid=301<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2008-05-16 13:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo,<br><br>Thanks for getting the word out. Disasters like this make one feel powerless to help. I have been maintaining this guide, giving to a few select organizations, and pr4y1ng for the poor victims of this earthquake. How else can help the world come together to support all efforts to help the 20 mm people affected by this earthquake?<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-05-19 04:32</div></div> </details>Earthquake is Much More Terrible than I Thoughthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080514_earthquake_is_much_more_terrible_than_i_thought.htmWed, 14 May 2008 22:28:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080514_earthquake_is_much_more_terrible_than_i_thought.htm<p>When I wrote my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080512_earthquake_and_flee_from_18th_floor.htm">blog on May 12</a>, I just focused on what happened around me. At that time, there is completely no detailed news about how bad the earthquake in Sichuan was. (I still remembered that when we flee out of the building, I thought the earthquake was happening some where in the Pacific). Even when I know it was in the mountain area in Sichuan, I said: &ldquo;It is lucky that it is in very rural area, and not many people are living there&rdquo;. I was wrong, deadly wrong.</p>How Many Mobiles do You Have?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080513_how_many_mobiles_do_you_have.htmTue, 13 May 2008 19:38:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080513_how_many_mobiles_do_you_have.htm<p>How many mobile phones do youyu use on daily basis? I have one. If you count the SIM card in my CDMA Internet access card in my laptop, I have two. But I have a friend, who has much more than that.</p> <p>Xuetao is my friend in Dopod.</p> <p>He always have new numbers for me to contact him. When I want to call him, I look up my address book in my Dopod mobile phone, and he occupied many entries in it:</p>Earthquake and Flee from 18th Floorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080512_earthquake_and_flee_from_18th_floor.htmMon, 12 May 2008 15:52:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080512_earthquake_and_flee_from_18th_floor.htm<p>At around 3:00 PM, it is clear that everyone feels dizzy on the 18th floor of the building. The feeling is similar with what I felt in 1996 on the same campus. I immediately ask the whole company to recuse from the building - I am happy that we are the first company in the building to flee to the outside. - The security looks puzzled when they saw us running down the fire stairs. I will talk more when I get back home from work. (We run so fast, and I didn&rsquo;t bring my camera and mobile phone with me).</p>Avoid Maglev for Hongqiao to Pudong Transitionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080510_avoid_maglev_for_hongqiao_to_pudong_transition.htmSat, 10 May 2008 20:20:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080510_avoid_maglev_for_hongqiao_to_pudong_transition.htm<p>This is a FAQ from my reader - &ldquo;Whether taking Maglev from Hongqiao Airport to Pudong Airport save me time?&rdquo;</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello there,</p> <p>i have visited your site a few times, thanks for the information, it helped us( newcomers) going from Vancouver to Shanghai. We are going back to Vancouver very soon, we will transfer the flight from Hongqiao to Pudong, because of the tight transfer time, we are planning to take a taxi to longyang road first, then take maglev train to pudong airport. I have a coupe of questions for you.</p>Stumble Upon Jack, Samson, and Terryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080510_stumble_upon_jack_samson_and_terry.htmSat, 10 May 2008 19:51:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080510_stumble_upon_jack_samson_and_terry.htm<p>Wendy and I went to the Starbucks near our home (the nearest one which is 3 km away from our home) this afternoon. Then saw someone on the street - they turned out to be our friends Jack Gu, Samson and Terry.</p> <p>Below: Jack Gu</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/StumbleUponJackSimonandTerry_1057D/image_3.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Below: Samson Jian</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/StumbleUponJackSimonandTerry_1057D/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Below: Terry</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/StumbleUponJackSimonandTerry_1057D/image_5.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Small world - didn&rsquo;t expect that we can meet on the street (in the middle of almost nowhere).</p>Meeting Place: Starbucks at Jinyan Road, Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080510_meeting_place_starbucks_at_jinyan_road_pudong.htmSat, 10 May 2008 11:31:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080510_meeting_place_starbucks_at_jinyan_road_pudong.htm<p><em>Meeting place is the introduction of the frequently visited places I have chosen to meet with my friends. I will describe the location and sometimes post photos of the area, so I can easily send out the link to my friends that they know how to find the place and what to expect. If it helps others for their meetup, that will be great.</em></p> <p>Name of the meeting place: Starbucks Jinyan Road Store</p>Introduce Yourselfhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080508_introduce_yourself.htmThu, 08 May 2008 21:28:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080508_introduce_yourself.htm<p>Inspired a post on <a href="http://www.jimboykin.com/introduce-yourself/">Jim Boykin&rsquo;s blog</a>, I think it is a great idea to provide a place for my readers to introduce yourself.</p> <p>For most bloggers, they don&rsquo;t know who their readers are. I am luck, because many readers turned into frequent commenters, and during the years of conversation, I learnt more about them, such as where they come from, and I even met many of them personally.</p> <p>So, here is the simple question:</p>Photos of Shanghai in May, 2008 - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080507_photos_of_shanghai_in_may_2008_-_part_ii.htmWed, 07 May 2008 22:16:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080507_photos_of_shanghai_in_may_2008_-_part_ii.htm<p>I am based in Xujiahui, and I took many &ldquo;landscape&rdquo; photos of the area in the last few years. Here are some of the entries:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080506_photos_of_shanghai_in_may_2008.htm">Photos of Shanghai in May, 2008</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040724_sunset_in_puxi.htm">Sunset in Puxi</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021129_xujiahui_night.htm">Xujiahui - Night</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070106_night_scene_of_xujiahui.htm">Night Scene of Xujiahui</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060923_xujiahui_at_night_part_ii.htm">Xujiahui At Night - Part II</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040207_twin_tower_rise_in_xujiahui.htm">Twin Tower Rise in Xujiahui</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030811_shanghai_scenery_around_xujiahui.htm">Shanghai Scenery Around Xujiahui</a></li> </ul> <p>In those pictures, you can see the surrounding areas of Xujiahui (other district, including Pudong) changed a lot, but the core area of Xujiahui didn&rsquo;t change too much in the last few years during my blogging.</p>Olympic Torch in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080507_olympic_torch_in_china.htmWed, 07 May 2008 21:57:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080507_olympic_torch_in_china.htm<iframe src="http://torch2008.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/maps/torch.html"></iframe> <p>On May 20-21, the Olympic Torch will arrive in Shanghai.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">What a complicated route!!! Hope everythings is ok!<div class="comment-meta">— Claudia Frias · 2008-05-07 23:51</div></div> <div class="comment">How much will be costed?<div class="comment-meta">— DingLi · 2008-05-08 10:34</div></div> <div class="comment">@ DingLi,<br><br>For the government money is not a problem<div class="comment-meta">— james · 2008-05-08 16:17</div></div> </details>Photos of Shanghai in May, 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080506_photos_of_shanghai_in_may_2008.htmTue, 06 May 2008 23:14:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080506_photos_of_shanghai_in_may_2008.htm<p>I always take a camera with me wherever I go. The benefit is, I can record my life with photos. Here are some photos I took in May this year, about what the real life is like in Shanghai. So you can get an idea about what the life in Shanghai really is.</p> <p>Below:</p> <p>View of Shanghai from where I work in Xujiahui. You may notice that the <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com">highest building</a> in Shanghai - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080115_world_financial_center.htm">the World Financial Center</a>.</p>More Accidents in 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080505_more_accidents_in_2008.htmMon, 05 May 2008 20:50:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080505_more_accidents_in_2008.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> <em>May 6, 2008</em> Changed the title from 2008, a Year of Terror to current title - just to be more objective.</p> <p>With the approach of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/olympics_2008.htm">Beijing Olympics</a>, I just feel that it is becoming a year of terror. Many bad things happened one after another, and news report says every single one is not related to terrorism, but&hellip;</p> <p><strong>Bus Explosion</strong></p> <p>Today, a bus in Shanghai exploded during rush hours this morning, killing 3 persons, and injured 12. The news used a term &ldquo;explosive fire&rdquo;, instead of &ldquo;explosion&rdquo;, but I never heard of the newly-created term before. Why not just say &ldquo;explosion&rdquo;? Again, <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/z/busonfire/index.shtml">Sina&rsquo;s report</a> (Chinese with pictures).</p>Look at Places I have Ever Beenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080504_look_at_places_i_have_ever_been.htmSun, 04 May 2008 19:40:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080504_look_at_places_i_have_ever_been.htm<p>Here is a list of places I have ever been - those places I stayed long enough so I have more than 3 blog posts to talk about. In this list, I didn&rsquo;t put it in a hierarchy so China may be listed in parallel with Chengdu&hellip; I just listed those places other than the places with a category under &ldquo;In China&rdquo;, and &ldquo;United States&rdquo;.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/australia.htm">Australia</a> (15)</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/beijing.htm">Beijing</a> (41)</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/boston.htm">Boston</a> (3)</p>Photos of Carrefour after Boycotthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080503_photos_of_carrefour_after_boycott.htmSat, 03 May 2008 21:25:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080503_photos_of_carrefour_after_boycott.htm<p>After <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htm">boycotting Carrefour</a>, this is the scene I took in Carrefour on May 3, 2008.</p> <p><strong>There are Less People, but Much Lesser than I Expected</strong></p> <p>This is the main &ldquo;street&rdquo; in the shopping mall.  It is rarely like this! It is almost empty in Shanghai standard. It is daily scene in many shopping malls in US, but in Shanghai, it is called <strong>empty</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/CarrefouronMay3_10D50/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This area is almost empty, with no customers. In the cooked food area, I counted, and found out the number of customers are less than the staff behind the food counter.</p>Slow Internet Connection in Early Mayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080502_slow_internet_connection_in_early_may.htmFri, 02 May 2008 17:57:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080502_slow_internet_connection_in_early_may.htm<p>I am experiencing very slow Internet connection these days - even Google home page takes about 20 seconds or longer to open.</p> <p>I guess many people are experiencing the same thing. Why?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/SlowInternetConnectioninApril_ED93/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I just realized that Windows Vista SP1 is releasing these days, and according to Microsoft, Windows Update on every Vista computer is busy downloading from Windows Update to get SP1.</p> <p>I checked my system tray and realized that in the last night, it only downloaded 49% of the update, and the number does not change in a long time (10 minutes?)</p>Generalization Plays the Trickhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080501_generalization_plays_the_trick.htmThu, 01 May 2008 19:51:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080501_generalization_plays_the_trick.htm<p>My reader <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/wishing%20star.htm">wishing star</a> quoted a poem about people&rsquo;s confusing about the reaction of western world in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080420_brief_chat_with_andrew.htm#0327">this comment</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>This morning, I received a poem entitled &quot; to the western world &quot; from a friend of mine. I have no idea where the poem was from and how many people have read this before. Anyway, I tried to translate it into English as the questions put forwarded in the poem reflect the real thinking of quite a lot of ordinary Chinese people.</p>Your Opinion about French Revolutionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080501_your_opinion_about_french_revolution.htmThu, 01 May 2008 19:51:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080501_your_opinion_about_french_revolution.htm<p>The recent events in France brought my interest to this country. Just as what I always believed, &ldquo;seek first to understand before seek to be understood&rdquo;, I started to read about the history of France, especially during the French Revolution around the year of 1793.</p> <p>The chaos in the 10 years in France is so interesting to me since it seems very similar to me as the Culture Revolution in China in 1970s. In history book (my history score in middle-school is not so good), I remember all kinds of praises to the French Revolution, and concluded that it is such an important event in the history of man-kind, and the &ldquo;revolution&rdquo; is a great success. But my recent reading didn&rsquo;t suggest that way.</p>Train Collision in Shandonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080430_train_collision_in_shandong.htmWed, 30 Apr 2008 23:53:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080430_train_collision_in_shandong.htm<p>The train collision near Jinan killed 71, and injured 416.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/20/screen-rose.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Little flower for the victim in the accident</p> <p>That is too bad. Not to mention those who were killed, I am horrified by the news story of a young man who broke his own arm to be able to escape from the train cart.</p> <p>When I talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080428_death_and_religion_in_tibet.htm">risk of altitude sickness</a> in Tibet, but to be fair, the risk of living anywhere in China is also high. I don&rsquo;t want to count the long list of big accident country wide in the past, just to name a few that seems close to me:</p>Wired Photos... Long Time Agohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080429_wired_photos_long_time_ago.htmTue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080429_wired_photos_long_time_ago.htm<p>On Jan 14, 2006, around 6:00 PM, Eric, Me, and Miss Tang gathered at Xujiahui, to take a series photos to be published on Trends Travel - the National Geographic partner in China. So here are the selected photo by photographer, Tang Wanli. The article I wrote for the magazine is called &ldquo;Fall in Love with Shanghai with 6 Years&rdquo; (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060224_caeaecae.htm">Chinese version of the article</a>).</p> <p>Just now, received an invitation for an afternoon tea break this Saturday with old friends from <a href="http://blog.run2me.com/fish">Linda</a>. Suddenly thought about these photos taken 2 years ago. Pretty weird photos, aren&rsquo;t they?</p>Death and Religion in Tibethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080428_death_and_religion_in_tibet.htmMon, 28 Apr 2008 23:50:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080428_death_and_religion_in_tibet.htm<p>Today, I want to share about the topic of Death and Religion in Tibet.</p> <p><strong>Caution before Deciding to Go to Tibet</strong></p> <p>Many people encourage others to visit Tibet by themselves to draw a conclusion. I also believe so, but before you go, I do want to put a very bold statement here:</p> <ul> <li>Be Aware of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021017_altitude_sickness_prevention_guide.htm">Altitude Sickness</a>.</li> <li>Prepare for the Worst.</li> <li>Never Catch Cold in Tibet</li> </ul> <p>Why? Because Tibet is  not distinct from other regions on culture, religions, the natural environment in Tibet is very unique - maybe the highest places with less oxygen than any place else.  Let me share my own story.</p>Minpu Bridge Under Constructionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080427_minpu_bridge_under_construction.htmSun, 27 Apr 2008 22:28:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080427_minpu_bridge_under_construction.htm<p>After many bridges and tunnels, a new bridge over Huangpu River is under construction, without my notice. Today, in order to find a better route from our home to Zizhu Hi-Tech Park, where Microsoft is moving to at the end of this year, Wendy and I drove to the area, and found the huge poles of the bridge is already almost completed.</p> <p><strong>The East Side of the Poles</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MinpuBridgeUnderConstruction_114B9/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Metro Line M8 in Shanghai Under Constructionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080427_metro_line_m8_in_shanghai_under_construction.htmSun, 27 Apr 2008 09:25:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080427_metro_line_m8_in_shanghai_under_construction.htm<p>The most impressive experience I had during my first visit to Singapore in 2000 was a night ride of Singapore Metro - I basically went around the border of the city via Metro, and saw some remote but well-connected residential areas in the far north of the city.</p> <p>I thought I saw the future of Shanghai - a city connected by Metro system. However, at that time, my imagination may well stop at what the Metro is currently like, and didn&rsquo;t go far enough to imagine the future Metro system.</p>Mixing, Muddling, and Confusinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080424_mixing_muddling_and_confusing.htmThu, 24 Apr 2008 22:41:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080424_mixing_muddling_and_confusing.htm<p>This post is related to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080423_grace_wang_called_a_traitor.htm">last post about Grace Wang&rsquo;s experience</a>. What I want to say in this blog article is, mixing and confusing issues is not a good strategy (George expressed the same thing in a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htm#0725">comment</a>)</p> <p><strong>Disagree with One Side in a Debate does not Mean Support the Other Side</strong></p> <p>It is quite common for people to make this mistake. I made this mistake all the time.</p> <p>Just like the media war between CCTV and CNN. When I say CCTV is not reporting the truth, I can guarantee that I will receive one comment or two claiming that &ldquo;don&rsquo;t you think CNN won&rsquo;t do this?&rdquo; The problem is, I do think CNN will also do this, but by stating CCTV is doing something wrong does not imply that I support CNN. The same thing happens when I said <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080409_error_in_western_media_report_about_tibet.htm">CNN is reporting something wrong</a>, I didn&rsquo;t <strong>imply</strong> that CCTV is always right. It is &ldquo;you&rdquo; who think I am implying something, not me.</p>Subscription Enabled on This Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080423_subscription_enabled_on_this_blog.htmWed, 23 Apr 2008 22:56:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080423_subscription_enabled_on_this_blog.htm<p>With the recent hot discussion, I think it makes sense to turn on the Subscription Function for this blog, so you can get notified when someone posted a reply to your comment on the same entry, or when I publish a new article in either the category you are interested in, or for all new articles. I hope you like this new function (provided by <a href="http://everitz.com">Everitz Consulting</a> for MovableType 4).</p> <p><strong>How it Works?</strong></p>Four Types of Consciousnesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080423_four_types_of_consciousness.htmWed, 23 Apr 2008 01:10:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080423_four_types_of_consciousness.htm<p>As we have discussed the top for many times, the world is not black and white. There are so many gray areas (different degree of gray) in almost everything. In foreign media, and people&rsquo;s mind, Chinese government is the extreme side of irrationality, and Chinese people are on the same side, while the media is in the middle. However, this is not always true. I tried to draw a GRAY level chart. The chart is according the the dimension of consciousness or rationality (unfortunately, the world has more than 1000 dimensions you can take). Please add if you saw more people that can be hardly put into any of the four buckets.</p>Grace Wang Called a Traitorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080423_grace_wang_called_a_traitor.htmWed, 23 Apr 2008 00:51:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080423_grace_wang_called_a_traitor.htm<p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/GN.htm">GN</a> posted an article on Washington Post about the recent indent of Grace Wang.</p> <blockquote> <p>Caught in the Middle, Called a Traitor (I think it is important to readers on this site to read this.)</p> <p>By Grace Wang Sunday, April 20, 2008;</p> <p>I study languages &ndash; Italian, French and German. And this summer &ndash; now that it looks as though I won&rsquo;t be able to go home to China &ndash; I&rsquo;ll take up Arabic. My goal is to master 10 languages, in addition to Chinese and English, by the time I&rsquo;m 30.</p>Social Environment in Central Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080421_social_environment_in_central_china.htmMon, 21 Apr 2008 16:45:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080421_social_environment_in_central_china.htm<p>I am in Nanyang for 3 days. Some observation of the social environment:</p> <ul> <li>People have plenty of time</li> <li>It is very family oriented</li> <li>Food is the center of people&rsquo;s life</li> </ul> <p>Let me explain them one by one.</p> <p><strong>People have Plenty of Time</strong></p> <p>I guess it is the impression only for people like Wendy and me who just came from Shanghai. We are not not tourist, and we live in part of the family. So we saw normal people&rsquo;s life. Some one only go to work for half days, and many of them don&rsquo;t have work. When it is sunny, people bring chairs to the public spaces, and talk, or just sit there. When it is cloudy, people get back to room, and sit on small chairs, chatting. One out of several days, people may be busy enough to get a table to play Mahjong.</p>Brief Chat with Andrewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080420_brief_chat_with_andrew.htmSun, 20 Apr 2008 23:39:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080420_brief_chat_with_andrew.htm<p>This afternoon, I talked with Andrew, correspondent for Wall Street Journal  about the misunderstanding between Chinese and foreigners in the last few weeks. I am pretty outspoken these days, and accepted more of interview request from US and France, because the recent events clearly show the importance of communication. I may be wrong, but I believe talk is better than fight, and protest is better than boycotting. I enjoyed the talk with Andrew, since he has wrote <a href="http://www.google.cn/search?complete=1&amp;&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rlz=1T4GGLS_zh-CNCN269CN270&amp;q=+site:online.wsj.com+andrew+wsj+batson">many articles on China</a> for Wall Street Journal. He is also one of the very few journalist who insisted to do the interview in Chinese. I appreciate it. Here are some of the note I talked about.</p>Street Scenes of Nayang - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080420_street_scenes_of_nayang_-_part_ii.htmSun, 20 Apr 2008 22:33:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080420_street_scenes_of_nayang_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the second part of the Street Sences of Nayang Series. This is the first part:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080420_street_scenes_of_nanyang.htm">Street Scenes of Nanyang</a></p> </blockquote> <p>At the corner of Qiyi Road (July 1 Road), and Gongye Road  (Industry Road), I saw a giant blue high-voltage electronic tower. This is pretty rare in China cities, since the high-voltage lines go just in the middle of road, along the road. The other thing I noticed is the traffic light. Nanyang completely abandoned pure traffic lights, and replace them with left, forward and right signs. However, the traffic is still a mess, even in Shanghai standard. I will talk about it later.</p>Street Scenes of Nanyanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080420_street_scenes_of_nanyang.htmSun, 20 Apr 2008 00:28:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080420_street_scenes_of_nanyang.htm<p>First two photos of my trip in Nanyang.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/39f9b07ced51_1284F/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>In any of the residential area, the walls look like this. The ads are for pluming works, and relocating. The lack of good management for public property is a key problem in Henan, and in China (overall).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/39f9b07ced51_1284F/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>**Update **<em>April 20, 2008</em></p> <p>Sometimes writing a blog means that you have to keep your promise and try to post a blog entry no matter how hard it is. I am in Nanyang now, and don&rsquo;t have Internet access. Fortunately, I still have a China Unicom CDMA card in my laptop, but I have to tolerate the slow speed. The two photos I posted last night took longer time than I expected, and I felt asleep before Windows Live Writer report complete of post.</p>Flight from Shanghai to Nanyang, Henanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080419_flight_from_shanghai_to_nanyang_henan.htmSat, 19 Apr 2008 01:18:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080419_flight_from_shanghai_to_nanyang_henan.htm<p>Thanks to China Southern Airlines, we have direct flight from Shanghai to Luoyang (my hometown) and Shanghai to Nanyang (Wendy&rsquo;s hometown). Today, I took the flight for the first time with Wendy and Yifan.</p> <p><strong>Small Aircraft</strong></p> <p>The airline is using CRJ airplane, a very small one. It only have about 50 seats, and there are three seats per row (numbered as A, D, and F). We do worried about turbulence and safety of the small plane, but it turned out to be pretty good. I took some photos.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog on BBC, Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080419_wangjianshuos_blog_on_bbc_again.htmSat, 19 Apr 2008 01:05:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080419_wangjianshuos_blog_on_bbc_again.htm<p>Thanks for my reader <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/fujianren.htm">fujianren</a> and others to let me know that the recent hot article of BBC quoted my blog entry, again. Here is the URL: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7347821.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7347821.stm</a>. For my reader who cannot access the link (due to the Great Firewall), fujianren has been kind enough to post the content <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htm#1032">here</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WangjianshuosBlogonBBCAgain_14CB5/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This time, they quoted what I mean pretty accurate.</p> <blockquote> <p>Blogger <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htm">Wang Jian Shuo</a> says several of his friends have started to boycott French products and describes the impact of recent events on his own thinking: &ldquo;If you need an example, I am the person in China who were turned from pro-France to anti-France within few days. .. I don&rsquo;t think France is a friendly country at all.&rdquo;</p>On My Way Back to Nanyanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080419_on_my_way_back_to_nanyang.htmSat, 19 Apr 2008 00:56:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080419_on_my_way_back_to_nanyang.htm<p>Today (Friday), I am on my way back to Nanyang, Henan Province. It is about 1000 km west of Shanghai and 4 hour&rsquo;s train ride from my hometown Luoyang. Nanyang is the hometown of Wendy. Due to some family issues, we have to get back together with Yifan. I will stay in Nanyang for 6 days starting from today, and get back to Shanghai on Wednesday. For me, it is the third time I am in Nanyang - a city in central China, and it is the third very good chance for me to understand China better myself.</p>Real Pictures of China with My Experiencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080416_real_pictures_of_china_with_my_experience.htmWed, 16 Apr 2008 22:02:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080416_real_pictures_of_china_with_my_experience.htm<p>I enjoy the 150 photos posted on <a href="http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20041223_1.htm">EastSouthWestNorth</a>. They are about real China. I don&rsquo;t know whether the original source of the photos. I assume it is the web site, and credit goes to <a href="http://www.zonaeuropa.com/">EastSouthWestNorth</a>. I am re-posting some of the photos from the site, with my comments. I only pick those I personal feel very familiar to me, and add my observation to it. I hope the effort will help people who don&rsquo;t know China to see the other side of the country, instead of just a country related to &ldquo;Human Rights&rdquo;, &ldquo;Tibet&rdquo;&hellip; (I admit my own ignorance that only after I really took time to study what happened in Darfur did I understand Darfur is actually in Africa. I guess China may be the same for many people, who cannot really point out where China is on a map).</p>'Love China' Blooms on MSN Messengerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080416_love_china_blooms_on_msn_messenger.htmWed, 16 Apr 2008 14:03:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080416_love_china_blooms_on_msn_messenger.htm<p>This morning, I opened my MSN Messenger, and saw a list like this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MyMSNMessengerList_B57C/image_3.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MyMSNMessengerList_B57C/image.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Due to limitation of screen copy, this is not a complete list yet. The heart and China was inputted this way:</p> <blockquote> <p>(L) China</p> </blockquote> <p>I just want to share with my friends on this blog about the reality, or to be more exact, about the reaction/perception of what happened in London and Paris. People may evaluate about the result of the protest. It is the time to find a way to communicate a message that is acceptable by the Chinese people. I heard a lot of criticism about the perception, but I only see &ldquo;different&rdquo;, not right or wrong.</p>IKEA Shenzhen Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080416_ikea_shenzhen_opens.htmWed, 16 Apr 2008 10:25:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080416_ikea_shenzhen_opens.htm<p>I was an IKEA fan (from graduation to about age of 28). I am not a fan, but am still a customer for them</p> <p>IKEA just opened a store in Shenzhen, at European City on April 6.</p> <p>Hours of Operation: 10:00am to 22:00pm Tel: (0755) 8602 2345 Address (English): No. 8188 Beihuan Dadao Nanshan District, Shenzhen (Off of Shahedong Rd. in the European City)</p> <p>It has already entered Beijing (with two stores), Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.</p>Standing Cross Different Lineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080415_standing_cross_different_lines.htmTue, 15 Apr 2008 00:39:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080415_standing_cross_different_lines.htm<p>One interesting thing I found from writing this blog and reading comments is, this world is far more complicated than black and white, and there are so many ways to look at the same thing (or we call it &ldquo;perspectives&rdquo;). Just I always referred (did I refer to the article everyday?) to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061202_the_blind_men_and_the_elephant.htm">Blind Men and Elephant</a> story, different perspectives tell completely different story. (I hope I don&rsquo;t emphasis this too many times, but I do mean it).</p>Google Docs is Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080415_google_docs_is_good.htmTue, 15 Apr 2008 00:14:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080415_google_docs_is_good.htm<p>This is my test of the new Google Docs - it is hard to define what &ldquo;new&rdquo; means in Google product. Maybe when I am writing this document, it is becoming &ldquo;old&rdquo; version. Amazing.</p> <p>The default font is changed to Verdana, 10pt, my favorite, and the same as my blog, and I can insert a picture (Google handles all the pluming work to upload the photo and assign a URL to it.</p>Yifan in His 9th Monthhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080414_yifan_in_his_9th_month.htmMon, 14 Apr 2008 22:17:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080414_yifan_in_his_9th_month.htm<p>This is my Yifan. He is 10 months old now, and I just found a photo of him at the end of the 9th month.</p> <p>He is crawling on the ground, with his toy box and chair in the background.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/d9d0ffa114c9_124E3/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is another one:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/d9d0ffa114c9_124E3/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>As a young father, I am more and more proud of the little boy. Seeing small progress of him everyday just made me happy. Although to be objective, every boy grow almost as fast as each other, but every father just feel his son is the smartest - I also think so. (Something I know it is not the truth.)</p>Not Just Identify Problems for China - Solve Them!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080413_not_just_identify_problems_for_china_-_solve_them.htmSun, 13 Apr 2008 01:35:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080413_not_just_identify_problems_for_china_-_solve_them.htm<p>I wrote the following in response to a reader, mac, just now. I want to share it with everyone (with little bit editorial change). The original comment is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080412_what_the_term_china_or_france_means.htm#0917">here</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>@mac, calm down. I like discussion, although I don&rsquo;t expect myself to answer every single comment, and even if I try to join some discussion, I will try to carefully state what I believe, with no expectation that the other end may agree with me or even understand (understanding is the hardest part, although people often claim to be).</p>What the Term China, or France Means?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080412_what_the_term_china_or_france_means.htmSat, 12 Apr 2008 15:36:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080412_what_the_term_china_or_france_means.htm<p>I admit, during my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htm">last post on boycott</a>, I made a mistake, just as many people in any country in this world may make: to be confused about the term of a country name, for example, China, France, US, or UK, to name a few.</p> <p>It is important that we understand the different meanings in difference context about what the names mean.</p> <p>Very often, it means the government. Many times, when people talk about China, it means the Chinese government - the rule maker. Protest for human rights are very likely to be against what the government is doing. Sometimes, it refer to the people. People in one country tend to stick a label of the country name on him/herself. Sometimes, it refer to the economic body, as in the exchange rate dispute. Sometimes, it simply refer to the media of the country, as seen in the recent Torch crisis. But in any case, people have the tendency to use a much bigger, generalized concept (China, or France) to refer to just a part of it.</p>Friends Started to Boycott French Productshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htmFri, 11 Apr 2008 23:49:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080411_friends_started_to_boycott_french_products.htm<p>After what happened to the Olympic Torch in Paris on April 7, 2008, the movement to boycott French products started to spread across China like wild fire on grassland.</p> <p><strong>Conversation with Wendy</strong></p> <p>Last morning, when Wendy and I were waiting in the long line at the SinoPec gas station to fill gas to our cars, Wendy said people in her company already started boycotting French products after what happened in Paris. She added: &ldquo;I will not go to Carrefour any more, and I won&rsquo;t consider French cars in the future.&rdquo;</p>My Experience of Culture and Religion in Tibethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080411_my_experience_of_culture_and_religion_in_tibet.htmFri, 11 Apr 2008 22:13:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080411_my_experience_of_culture_and_religion_in_tibet.htm<p>I believe many people who are discussing or even devote their life into pro-Tibet, or anti-Tibet course haven&rsquo;t been to Tibet themselves. Me included.</p> <p>Tibet is a mysterious place for many people in China. People are amazed by the beauty of the land, the mysterious religious there. Going to Tibet was a serious fashion that many people in Shanghai dream about. I am pretty confident that Tibet is one of the top travel destination for many young people in Shanghai.</p>1 USD = 6.9966 RMBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080411_1_usd_69966_rmb.htmFri, 11 Apr 2008 01:09:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080411_1_usd_69966_rmb.htm<p>Just checked Yahoo Finance, the current exchange rate between RMB and USD is:</p> <p>1 USD = 6.9966 RMB</p> <p>Look at the exchange rate between USD and RMB in the last 5 years:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ErrorinWesternMediaReportaboutTibet_30D/5y.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Graph credit: Yahoo Finance</p> <p>Please note: This is not a stock chart - it is the exchange rate between two of the most important economic bodies in the world.</p> <p>I remember Alexandra, author of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080307_china_price_alexandra_harneys_new_book.htm">China Price</a> told me that during her two year research in south China, many factory owners told them that if the exchange rate keep going on the same trend for one more year, they are going to close the factory.</p>Disturbed Lunchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080410_disturbed_lunch.htmThu, 10 Apr 2008 21:27:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080410_disturbed_lunch.htm<p>I have wonderful lunch with my friend, I intentionally keep him/her anonymous about our conversation. There are something interesting during the chat.</p> <p><strong>There is Another Way of Media Control</strong></p> <p>During the conversation, he mentioned these days, some people (maybe from &ldquo;Culture Auditing Organization&rdquo;) arrived at his company. There are many of them. Since my friend is running website related with video, the guys asked him to put Tibet related news to the top position. It is for sure that the related news needs to be the same as the official news in China.</p>More Discussion on Tibethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080409_more_discussion_on_tibet.htmWed, 09 Apr 2008 23:25:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080409_more_discussion_on_tibet.htm<p>I wrote two articles on Tibet these days:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080406_why_i_didnt_cover_about_tibet.htm">Why I Didn&rsquo;t Cover About Tibet</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080409_error_in_western_media_report_about_tibet.htm">Error in Western Media Report about Tibet</a>Just like any media can cut off some important background information, my last post on the screenshots didn&rsquo;t mention the background that my laptop lost battery power, and I was not able to really be able to analyze the issue. The other background is, I only have few minutes today from the busy daily work. This is the performance review stage, and everyone is pending on me to finally sign off the final results. I do hope I have more time to talk about it.</p>Error in Western Media Report about Tibethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080409_error_in_western_media_report_about_tibet.htmWed, 09 Apr 2008 01:14:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080409_error_in_western_media_report_about_tibet.htm<p>During the SARS period in 2003, I wrote an article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030425_protect_china_not_only_against_sars.htm">Protect China - Not Only From SARS</a>. Just as I am not a big fan of CCTV, I am not a fan of the CNN or BBC. I am not new to incorrect media report from western media, especially BBC (I was quoted by them many times, and the last time was like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051107_bbcs_interview.htm">this</a>).</p> <p>As far as I remember, the last time BBC quote what I said was on its Chinese homepage: &ldquo;<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_4460000/newsid_4461200/4461232.stm">Chinese Netizen: We can Say Whatever We Want to Say</a>&rdquo;, and in the article, they said:</p>My National ID Duplicated with Another Onehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080407_my_national_id_duplicated_with_another_one.htmMon, 07 Apr 2008 00:44:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080407_my_national_id_duplicated_with_another_one.htm<p>A policeman called me and asked me to go to the police station this morning. The reason is, someone in Guangxi Province sent a post mail to them and claiming that someone there has the same national ID number as mine.</p> <p><strong>National ID Number</strong></p> <p>People in China are numbered - there is a unique ID assigned to everybody. I got mine when I was 18 years old, just before I came to Shanghai, and Yifan got his several days after his birth. It is the number printed on the Naitonal ID card. Obviously, it is an important number.</p>Why I Didn't Cover About Tibethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080406_why_i_didnt_cover_about_tibet.htmSun, 06 Apr 2008 00:56:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080406_why_i_didnt_cover_about_tibet.htm<p>Three weeks from what happened in Lhasa, Tibet. I didn&rsquo;t post anything about it. Why?</p> <p>As one rule I setup from the day one of this blog five years ago, I only want to post something I personal experience and I never post something that I know it is not true. For what happened in Lhasa, it does not match either of the criteria.</p> <p><strong>Personal Experience Matters</strong></p> <p>I am often criticized for not mentioning something that all media is talking about, but this blog is not a media. I want to add value by telling people what I, this person, see, and experience, instead of repeating what I read. I want to give facts, instead of opinions - especially opinions based on no-so-solid facts.</p>Three Best Neighborhoods in Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080405_three_best_neighborhoods_in_pudong.htmSat, 05 Apr 2008 23:28:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080405_three_best_neighborhoods_in_pudong.htm<p>Don&rsquo;t be shocked by the firm tone of the title. Well. I would say, my three most favorite places in Pudong for coffee or dinning.</p> <p><strong>The Decision Making Process of Moving to Pudong</strong></p> <p>When Wendy and I bought our current apartment in 2003, many places in Pudong seem empty (except the Lujiazui area) while all of them seem promising. We choose somewhere that is, basically a suburb area,  AND is promising.</p>让人兴奋的中国高速公路https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080404_eaecaeeee.htmFri, 04 Apr 2008 22:06:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080404_eaecaeeee.htm<p>我上一辈子一定是个建筑工地的工头，从来对正在建设中的事情都非常感兴趣。</p> <p>最近上海周边的市政建设的规模超乎我的想象。跨杭州湾的跨海大桥前几年仅仅当作一个超级大的设想，没想到三周以后就会通车了。我决定一定要开车过去看看。同时，上海到崇明岛的遂桥工程也在掘进中，并且通过大桥和北边的启东相连。这两个超级大的工程，一下就把上海的南北打通了，中国的东部的“湾区”好像正在形成。</p>Meu Carro Novohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080403_meu_carro_novo.htmThu, 03 Apr 2008 23:23:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080403_meu_carro_novo.htm<p>Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. I didn&rsquo;t buy a new car, nor did I started to learn Portuguese.</p> <p>I found this term in my Google Webmaster report, the term &ldquo;meu carro novo&rdquo; is represents 30% of all search queries to my little blog. What&rsquo;s that? I am curious enough to find out.</p> <p><strong>Curiosity</strong></p> <p>When I see Yifan growing up, I would predict that curiosity is one of the most important characters he should have when he is very young. That is the key driving factor for people to learn. I am happy that I am still curious in many things, including the mysterious three word: Meu Carro Novo</p>I Become a Fan of Jack Welchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080403_i_become_a_fan_of_jack_welch.htmThu, 03 Apr 2008 00:49:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080403_i_become_a_fan_of_jack_welch.htm<p>Recently, I love to read Jack Welch&rsquo;s speech script and articles a lot, especially love <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/1998/23/b3581001.htm">this article</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m a big fan of Jack Welch as well. I&#x27;ve read his book &quot;Winning&quot; quite a few times, and is impressed with his insight and his candor. I like &quot;Jack: Straights From the Gut&quot; as well, but not as much as &quot;Winning&quot;, which outlined his leadership philosophy.<br><br>Keep up the good work.<div class="comment-meta">— NewDad · 2008-04-03 05:38</div></div> <div class="comment">I read &quot;Jack: Straights From the Gut&quot; too and it is really good. I once attended a leadership develop seminar and his story was like the text book and was highly recommended.<div class="comment-meta">— sjtu20 · 2008-04-04 04:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Please send me the simple circuit diagram for making an Aeroplain to fly with switch on/off circuit. plz plz plz<br><br>your&#x27;s<br><br>Mansoor Elahi<div class="comment-meta">— Mansoor Elahi · 2008-04-12 14:28</div></div> </details>人是盲目乐观的 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080402_p271.htmWed, 02 Apr 2008 00:03:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080402_p271.htm<p>前几天谈及为什么父母都觉得自己的孩子天底下最可爱，我猜测的一个原因是和“<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080330_aeccaeec.htm">盲目乐观</a>”沾边儿，今天又想了想，列出了另外两条原因。大家帮忙看看，是不是还有其他的原因。。。</p> <p><strong>生活的精彩片段还是随机的片段</strong></p> <p>自己家的孩子，朝夕相处，经历了孩子的每个时刻。孩子嘛，总有非常可爱的时刻让人一直</p>My Friend Alexandra's Book: The China Pricehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080401_my_friend_alexandras_book_the_china_price.htmTue, 01 Apr 2008 14:49:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080401_my_friend_alexandras_book_the_china_price.htm<blockquote> <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>Today marks the official debut of my first book, <strong>The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage</strong>. The book is an insider&rsquo;s account of the unintended consequences of the explosion in trade between China and America, an examination of the cost China has paid to produce goods for the world so cheaply. Two years in the making, <strong>The China Price</strong> touches on many of the issues in the headlines today: Chinese product safety, social unrest, and the future of Chinese competitive advantage.</p>Mega-Projects and Raising Power of Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080331_mega-projects_and_raising_power_of_china.htmMon, 31 Mar 2008 23:30:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080331_mega-projects_and_raising_power_of_china.htm<p>This year is a unique and special year in China. I can feel it, but still cannot find a way to understand it so well. The most obvious thing is the recent completion or construction of mega-projects in China.</p> <p>Let me name a few in this short article, to help my friends to understand the energy and passion of life here in China.</p> <p><strong>Airports</strong></p> <p>On March 26, 2008, two terminals of the two largest airports in China - Shanghai and Beijing - opened. On the same day, I happened to experience the two wonderful airport and bring back reports:</p>Bus from Beijing Airport to Tianjinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080330_bus_from_beijing_airport_to_tianjin.htmSun, 30 Mar 2008 21:29:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080330_bus_from_beijing_airport_to_tianjin.htm<p>A picture is worth of thousands of words. Look at this big sign at the Gate 5 of Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/BusfromBeijingInternationalAirporttoTian_12024/DSC04249.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>You can take bus directly from Arrival gate of Beijing airport to Tianjin.</p> <p>The bus starts from 9:00 AM to 22:00, and interval is 30 minutes. Ticket price is 70 RMB (or 10 USD) per person.</p> <p>You can also take the bus at Gate 11 of Terminal 2 of Beijing Airport</p>人是盲目乐观的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080330_aeccaeec.htmSun, 30 Mar 2008 18:51:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080330_aeccaeec.htm<p>每位父母都觉得自己的孩子可爱。真心的觉得可爱。为什么呢？我觉得可能跟人天生的乐观相关。</p> <p>对于一个人的相貌，《<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400042666">撞上快乐</a>》这本书里面引用了一个案例，就是用调查问卷询问很多人关于他们相貌的自我评价（1-10打分），测评结果表明，所有的人对自己相貌的评价的平均值，远远高于5，而实际上，只有5才是客观的值。就像另一份问卷中女人认为平均起来1/10的丈夫有婚外恋，认为自己的丈夫有婚外恋的远远低于采样总数的10%。</p> <p>人的乐观让人开心，是一件很好的事情。同样一本书《撞上快乐》里面提到，人群中有很少一群人能够准确的估计自己的能力，这些人被现代医学称为“抑郁症患者”。</p>Beijing Airport Express Trainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080329_beijing_airport_express_train.htmSat, 29 Mar 2008 14:34:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080329_beijing_airport_express_train.htm<p>An airport express train line will be opened in Beijing before Olympic Games this year. I traveled to Beijing on March 27, 2008, and saw the train station at T3 of Beijing Airport.</p> <p><strong>Location of the Train Station</strong></p> <p>The train will run from Dongzhimen Station (at the northeast corner of 2nd Ring Road and connect to Subway #2 Station), and via Sanyuanqiao (where it connects to future Subway #10), and directly get to Airport T3, and T2.</p>Bird view of Shanghai on Flighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080329_bird_view_of_shanghai_on_flight.htmSat, 29 Mar 2008 00:50:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080329_bird_view_of_shanghai_on_flight.htm<p>I am a big fan of scene outside aircraft, especially when it is taking off. No matter how many times I take flight, I always push my nose to the window to see what is going on outside.</p> <p>The city looks amazing from above. Let me share with you my favorite views.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/BirdviewofShanghaionFlight_14F03/DSC04109.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Below should be A30 - the ring road outside A20 (the outer ring)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/BirdviewofShanghaionFlight_14F03/DSC04110.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>There are golf outside the Pudong Airport - it is just completed, and I cannot find it on Google Map - waiting for the next update.</p>My Most Familiar Scene in Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080328_my_most_familiar_scene_in_airport.htmFri, 28 Mar 2008 22:40:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080328_my_most_familiar_scene_in_airport.htm<p>I am a frequent traveler. For me, the most familiar boarding gate is No. 47 of Beijing Airport T2.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MyMostFamiliarSceneinAirport_130AF/DSC04252.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MyMostFamiliarSceneinAirport_130AF/DSC04253.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MyMostFamiliarSceneinAirport_130AF/DSC04255.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MyMostFamiliarSceneinAirport_130AF/DSC04257.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Beijing Airport Terminal 3 (T3) Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080327_beijing_airport_terminal_3_t3_opens.htmThu, 27 Mar 2008 02:39:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080327_beijing_airport_terminal_3_t3_opens.htm<p>With the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080326_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_t2.htm">opening of T2 of Pudong Airport</a>, today, another terminal, T3 of Beijing Capital International Airport also opens.  I am also lucky to experience the new terminal today.</p> <p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p>The first impression of T3 is, it is HUGE! Look at the Google Satellite image below: T1 (opened in 1959) and T2 (opened in 1999) look so tiny compared to the big T3. The Google image is not updated yet. On the image, it is not completed, and now, it is open, and 60% of flights have already transited to T3.</p>浦东第二航站楼T2和北京第三航站楼https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080327_aecaeect2aecaeec.htmThu, 27 Mar 2008 02:35:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080327_aecaeect2aecaeec.htm<p>庆祝浦东机场第二航站楼和北京机场第三航站楼在头一天开通。我正好在今天乘飞机从浦东到北京，可以把两个漂亮的航站楼的照片贴上来。</p> <p>充满阳光的上海浦东第二航站楼**</p>Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal 2 (T2)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080326_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_t2.htmWed, 26 Mar 2008 16:26:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080326_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_t2.htm<p>How exciting! Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal 2 just opened today - exactly today, and I am lucky to happen to travel to day, on March 26, 2008. So I had the opportunity to experience the brand new terminal on its first day. Here is my report.</p> <p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p>There are two airports in Shanghai: <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/hongqiaoairport/">Hong Qiao Airport</a> (the older one), and the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">Pudong Airport</a> (the newer one). I am talking about the Pudong Airport.</p>Sunshine and Shadow of Pudong Airport Terminal 2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080326_sunshine_and_shadow_of_pudong_airport_terminal_2.htmWed, 26 Mar 2008 14:33:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080326_sunshine_and_shadow_of_pudong_airport_terminal_2.htm<p>As I said in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080326_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_t2.htm">other article</a>, the best part of Pudong Airport Terminal 2 is the design of ceilings, and the window, so it allows sunshine to pour in, and create shadows as well as lightening up the building.</p> <p>These are the ceilings, with curtains (which avoided direct sunshine)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/SunshineandShadowofPudongAirportTerminal_7F1/DSC04028.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>  (This picture is taken at the meeting point)</p> <p>and this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/SunshineandShadowofPudongAirportTerminal_7F1/DSC04022.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Shadows</strong></p> <p>This is my favorite: X in T2.</p>Avoid Taxi with BX in Plate Numberhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080326_avoid_taxi_with_bx_in_plate_number.htmWed, 26 Mar 2008 00:58:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080326_avoid_taxi_with_bx_in_plate_number.htm<p>One little tip to share about <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/taxi.htm">Shanghai taxi</a>: try not take any taxi with BX in the car plate.</p> <p>Any car in Shanghai has a car plate, like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>沪B-X1234</p> </blockquote> <p>The first Chinese character 沪 means Shanghai.</p> <p>There are special coding standard for taxi in Shanghai.</p> <p>For the third character - the one after the little dot - the following characters were assigned to taxi:</p>人性的悲剧性和对罪人的爱https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080325_aeccaecc.htmTue, 25 Mar 2008 22:32:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080325_aeccaecc.htm<p>这两天看到广州砍手党的新闻（其实早已经是旧闻了，仅仅因为自己基本不上新浪的原因，最近才关注此事）。 让我震惊的倒不是新闻的本身，而是看到80%的网友投票支持“对于砍手党应该就地击毙”。这个80%的结果让我意识到这个社会一个让人深感担忧的“对罪人的仇恨”已经到了何种地步。</p>Personal Guide to Astor House Hotel, Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080324_personal_guide_to_astor_house_hotel_shanghai.htmMon, 24 Mar 2008 22:02:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080324_personal_guide_to_astor_house_hotel_shanghai.htm<p>Many of my readers choose to stay in the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai, and asked me about that hotel. Here is my personal guidebook for guests to this hotel. Please note, this entry is special - all of the text content is from my personal experience, while the photos are from Internet - It is a regret for me that every time I visit the hotel, I forget to bring my camera. I hope  I have properly gave credit to the photo owners.</p>Expression to Appropriate Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080323_expression_to_appropriate_impression.htmSun, 23 Mar 2008 20:43:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080323_expression_to_appropriate_impression.htm<p>On one hand, I am a high-tech fan - I tried all kinds of new things. I have a collection of my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/hitech_toys.htm">Hi-Tech Toys</a>.</p> <p>Meanwhile, I also show strong resistance to some of the new tings. One of them is GPS.</p> <p><strong>Why I Don&rsquo;t Have a GPS?</strong></p> <p>No matter driving in the States or driving in Shanghai, I don&rsquo;t use a GPS. Sometimes I do need one, like my trip to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htm">30N119E</a>, but I don&rsquo;t want GPS to tell me where to go.</p>Expressways in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080323_expressways_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmSun, 23 Mar 2008 15:07:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080323_expressways_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>The illustration of this map below (I draw it today), and the description of the previous entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_expressways_of_shanghai.htm">Expressways of Shanghai</a></p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ExpresswaysinShanghaiPartII_C6A5/shanghai.highway.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Update on this map:</p> <p>A6, A7, and A5 is completed, as well as the A30 south section.</p> <p>Please continue this  article with <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_expressways_of_shanghai.htm">part I</a>, where I introduced all these expressways.</p> <p>Update: here is the &ldquo;official&rdquo; version of the same map as I draw - much more professional, and more useful.</p>Hangzhou Bay Bridge to Openhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080323_hangzhou_bay_bridge_to_open.htmSun, 23 Mar 2008 12:00:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080323_hangzhou_bay_bridge_to_open.htm<p>Time flies.</p> <p>When I heard of the idea to build a bridge crossing the Hangzhou Bay, I was pretty shocked - to build a long bridge and cross the sea seems to be a joke when I first heard about it. I remember it was just few years ago.</p> <p>Time flies.</p> <p>The Hangzhou Bay Bridge is going to open to public by the end of April.</p> <p><strong>About the Bridge</strong></p> <p>The bridge, starting from Jinshan in Shanghai and ending at Cixi in Ningbo, crosses the Hangzhou Bay, and connect the two important cities in China - a bigger one: Shanghai, and a smaller one: Ningbo. This bridge is 36 km in length (still not as long as the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050717_donghai_bridge.htm">Donghai Bridge</a>, which is 46 km), however, it is still the longest sea-cross bridge in the world. It cut the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km, by passing Zhejiang&rsquo;s capital city, Hangzhou.</p>Taiwan Election - Ma Winshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080322_taiwan_election_-_ma_wins.htmSat, 22 Mar 2008 23:00:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080322_taiwan_election_-_ma_wins.htm<p>Last night, we left home and went to watch Phoenix TV in Zhangjiang. The final result of the Taiwan Election came out, and Ma won.</p> <p>During the whole day, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, about it on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080218_tv_guide_in_shanghai.htm">all the channels</a> I can receive on my TV. It is as if there is nothing called &ldquo;Taiwan Election&rdquo; in the main stream media in China. There is some coverage on the Internet, of cause.</p>Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal 2 to Openhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080321_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_to_open.htmFri, 21 Mar 2008 12:40:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080321_shanghai_pudong_airport_terminal_2_to_open.htm<p>This is the second part of the article:  ********<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080308_pvg_second_terminal_to_open.htm">PVG: Second Terminal to Open</a>.</p> <p>This is an important notice to passengers to Pudong Airport. It may be even more important to frequent travelers to PVG than first time visitors, since habits will cause problem. I hope this information is provided in a timely manner to my readers, and please do read it if you are coming to Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Moving Time</strong></p> <p>The Terminal 2 building of Shanghai Pudong International Airport will start trial operations on March 26th. BTW, I will be on business travel to Beijing on that day, and I will surely report that with photos. Many airline companies are going to move to the new terminal. Here is the plan.</p>Shanghai Zoohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080320_shanghai_zoo.htmThu, 20 Mar 2008 23:45:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080320_shanghai_zoo.htm<p>I have lived in Shanghai for 13 years, but I never visited the Shanghai Zoo, and this blog is lack of a page to this important attraction site in Shanghai. Wendy and I finally went there on our 5th anniversary, so you have this page dedicated to <strong>Shanghai Zoo</strong>.</p> <p><strong>General Information</strong></p> <p>Address: 2831 Hong Qiao Road, Changning district Shanghai</p> <p>It is exactly at the Hong Qiao airport - within 1 mile or walking distance - it makes sense for an airport to be near a zoo, from the air safety point of view. However, for the animals, it is not a good idea. We hear and see aircraft landing and departing pretty frequently. With the construction of the Hong Qiao train station, the largest one in Shanghai, the  animals are actually living in a noisy downtown.</p>上海交通大学励志讲坛第二十期记录稿https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080320_aeaeeecaeec.htmThu, 20 Mar 2008 22:19:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080320_aeaeeecaeec.htm<p>刚才整理文件，忽然发现有一份交大励志讲坛组委会整理出来发给我的参与交大<a href="http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn/bbsdoc?board=Inspiration">励志讲坛</a>的记录稿。感谢王奕等同学的辛勤劳动。这已经是两年前的事情了，通读了一下，觉得或许对于现在的同学们还是有些帮助的，就不妨贴出来。因为是和同学的交流，难免有好为人师的倾向，现在看起来甚是汗颜。让大家见笑了。</p> <blockquote> <p>主题：<a href="http://www.sjtu.edu.cn/newsnet/newsdisplay.php?id=6263">上海交通大学励志讲坛第二十期</a> 时间：2006年4月27日下午 地点：交通大学闵行校区光标楼多功能厅</p>From Shanghai to Sydney Zoohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080320_from_shanghai_to_sydney_zoo.htmThu, 20 Mar 2008 13:07:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080320_from_shanghai_to_sydney_zoo.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney174.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney179.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney191.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney217.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney224.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney230.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney252.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney263.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney276.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney284.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney291.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney298.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney300.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney301.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney307.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney313.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney317.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney325.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney328.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney341.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney347.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney360.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/FromShanghaitoSydneyZoo_141B8/sydney370.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">nice photo jianshuo<div class="comment-meta">— lin · 2008-03-21 10:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Very nice pictures Jianshuo! It looks like a very nice zoo.<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-03-21 14:45</div></div> <div class="comment">You look just like the gorilla! ;-)<br><br>(Note to anyone reading this comment without having seen the pictures...I love Jian Shuo dearly and do not really think he looks like a gorilla!)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-03-23 01:18</div></div> </details>Being on TV is Nothinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080319_being_on_tv_is_nothing.htmWed, 19 Mar 2008 23:33:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080319_being_on_tv_is_nothing.htm<p>Being on TV for two days, and I suddenly lost interest in mass media.</p> <p>In my family, nothing happened.</p> <p>I went to an appointment, and completely forgot about the TV show, and of cause, missed it;</p> <p>Wendy went to her company activity, and didn&rsquo;t go back home for dinner - missed it;</p> <p>My in-laws don&rsquo;t understand the English program, and switched to another channel for TV drama on Monday;</p> <p>Yifan is only interested in toys, and never paid any attention to his father on TV, and will never remember that.</p>宏观的思考问题 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080319_eceee_caee.htmWed, 19 Mar 2008 23:12:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080319_eceee_caee.htm<p>前几天贴了<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080312_e_caee.htm">两个极限相关的问题</a>。我从这种奇怪的问题里面学到的，和以前的“<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061105_eceee.htm">把大象放进冰箱</a>”的问题一样，也是关于宏观和微观的区别。（我周围的人已经快被我的这些怪问题给逼疯了）</p> <p>第一个问题：</p> <blockquote> <p>0.9999….无限循环和1那个大？</p> </blockquote> <p>它们两个数学上严格相等。证明方法五花八门，可以开个小型博览会。我常常采用的简单方法是：</p> <blockquote> <p>1/3 = 0.3333…. 1/3 * 3 = 0.333… * 3 1 = 0.999…</p>A New Financial Street in Lujiazuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080319_a_new_financial_street_in_lujiazui.htmWed, 19 Mar 2008 00:26:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080319_a_new_financial_street_in_lujiazui.htm<p>The other day, I took a photo of the Lujiazui area - a new financial street - Yincheng Middle Road start to form, and as you can see, the headquarters of banks have already lined up.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ANewFinancialStreetinLujiazui_1496D/DSC03813.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ANewFinancialStreetinLujiazui_1496D/DSC03816.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Comparing with the photo I took in Hangzhou near West Lake last weekend, what a contrast!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ANewFinancialStreetinLujiazui_1496D/DSC03827.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ANewFinancialStreetinLujiazui_1496D/DSC03841.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Awesome, that is my China. While Shanghai has her magnificence, Hangzhou has her beauty as well. Hangzhou is a quite and an extremely friendly city. I love Hangzhou. There are just way too many high rises around the west lake area.<div class="comment-meta">— SanJose_CA · 2008-03-19 04:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Is it just me? In the last two pictures, there may be beauty, but the most I see is polluted hazy air. Am I being too picky?<div class="comment-meta">— xge · 2008-03-19 10:19</div></div> <div class="comment">If somebody let me choose one which I want to stay\ work \live from shanghai and hangzhou ,I will choose shanghai - the modern city ! The city gives us more surprise ......<div class="comment-meta">— Amy · 2008-03-19 12:06</div></div> <div class="comment">That is foggy. XQE. You do know how to spell FOGGY, don&#x27;t you.<div class="comment-meta">— JasonL · 2008-03-19 13:51</div></div> <div class="comment">This is foggy. XQE, you do know how to spell FOGGY, don&#x27;t you.<div class="comment-meta">— JasonJ · 2008-03-19 13:53</div></div> <div class="comment">When I first visited hangzhou this year, I really impressed by its picturesque sights. Every scenery has its beatiful legend. Maybe just because of this, the atmosphere of the whole city is quite different from what in shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— Jenny · 2008-03-20 20:49</div></div> </details>(草稿 265)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080318_p265.htmTue, 18 Mar 2008 12:11:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080318_p265.htm<p>对于第二个问题，其实我们是混淆了“永远”的概念。问题变成，1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + &hellip;. 无穷加下去，这个数是无穷大，还是一个固定的数？做一个简单的计算，就知道，这个数，就算是有无穷大的数量的加法因子，最终，还是严格的等于1，就像0.999&hellip;无限循环严格的等于一一样。</p>Welcome ICS Readershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080317_welcome_ics_readers.htmMon, 17 Mar 2008 20:41:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080317_welcome_ics_readers.htm<p>When I am writing my blog, the talk show I particiated in ICS is on air. If you watched the live TV show and log onto my blog, welcome! (Here is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080222_culture_matters_from_ics.htm">behind the scene photos</a> of the talk show.)</p> <p>If you read this entry before watching TV, and it is 7:30 - 8:00 PM on March 17, 2008, tune in Oriental TV ICS now.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WatchingTVinShanghai_82E2/DSC03657.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>If you have missed the live show, tune in from 12:30 to 13:00 every day this week for replay, or tune in tomorrow at 7:30 - 8:00 PM, and everyday. I missed one day during the show, since I went to Pudong and got back within 1 hour. Thanks for all the other hosts to wait for me for the last two parts.</p>Improving User Portal on Wangjianshuo.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080315_improving_user_portal_on_wangjianshuocom.htmSat, 15 Mar 2008 07:47:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080315_improving_user_portal_on_wangjianshuocom.htm<p>I have a sub-domain called <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com">http://user.wangjianshuo.com</a>. I used that domain to present user contributed content, which is the comment section of my blog. I didn&rsquo;t put too much effort into it yet, so it is pretty simple and may not be attractive as it should be. This is the current situation of User Portal.</p> <p><strong>Home Page</strong></p> <p>This is the current homepage - pretty embarrassing, isn&rsquo;t it? I believe my readers deserves much more introduction, and space than this. This is a point that needs improvement.</p>Thoughts about Being a Leaderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080314_thoughts_about_being_a_leader.htmFri, 14 Mar 2008 23:42:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080314_thoughts_about_being_a_leader.htm<p>Here are some random thoughts of recent inspirations, for my own tips about being a leader.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Never confusing people by acting as both consultant and manager. People get confused when they use a manager as a consultant, since they can hardly tell which instruction comes from the person with consultant hat (suggestions), or from the person with manager hat (an order). When combined with the two, people will ignore your &ldquo;must&rdquo; list, or take your suggestions too seriously. The best way to do is, do not try to be a consultant, although you can.</p>Analysis of Links and Ways to Improvehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080314_analysis_of_links_and_ways_to_improve.htmFri, 14 Mar 2008 13:46:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080314_analysis_of_links_and_ways_to_improve.htm<p><strong>Date-Based Archive Pages</strong></p> <p>Let me start with the 60 Date-Based Archive Pages, with URL like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003_04.htm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003_04.htm</a></p> <p>As you can see from the next chart, there are about 50 or so links. That is a clear sign of the change I made at the 40th month of my blogging.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/AnalysisofLinksandWaystoImprove_118AC/image_4.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Among the 50 links, around 40 links are given by other Date-Based Archive Pages (a design I used long time ago, and now it is removed). The other 10 are translated page, with some other pages.</p>Some Interesting Random Newshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080313_some_interesting_random_news.htmThu, 13 Mar 2008 00:04:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080313_some_interesting_random_news.htm<ul> <li> <p>AMD&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/0,,3715_15503,00.html">newest chip</a> is codenamed &ldquo;Shanghai&rdquo; - a 8-core processor. Why they choose Shanghai as its code name?&lt;</p> </li> <li> <p>I am going to install IPTV in my home at last - it is free anyway, with requirement to open the equipment at least 8 days every month</p> </li> <li> <p>Zendai MOMA (Museum of Morden Art) at Thumb Square in Pudong is a great place. They are now showing the exhibition of &ldquo;Europe Attribute&rdquo;</p> </li> <li> <p>Shanghai is going to install Wireless Service for the whole city before 2010. Hope then I can do a Jianshuo.tv broadcast. :-) since wireless is everywhere in my big 16million people city.</p>智力题 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080312_e_caee-2.htmWed, 12 Mar 2008 23:08:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080312_e_caee-2.htm<p>总喜欢<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080308_e.htm">智力题</a>，智力题其实都是一种思维方式，总可以举一反三，悟出一些道理。</p> <p>我还喜欢两个，是关于极限的。</p> <p>一个是小时候看到的。很简单：</p> <blockquote> <p>0.999999999&hellip;.(9无限循环）和 1 两个数，哪一个更大？</p> </blockquote> <p>第二道题也是我很喜欢的一道极限的题：</p>CZ3456 Black Box Audio Revealedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080310_cz3456_black_box_audio_revealed.htmMon, 10 Mar 2008 23:46:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080310_cz3456_black_box_audio_revealed.htm<p>It was a air disaster 11 years ago.</p> <p>Now, the audio of the last 12 minutes were released:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://video.sina.com.cn/news/c/bn/2008-03-07/102912968.shtml">The audio</a></p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://robertmao.com/archives/611">Robermao</a>)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">OMG - so scary (and sad)... as a very frequent flyer, things like this make my skin crawl... :(<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-03-11 03:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Could someone give a rough translation of what was said? Thanks in advance!<div class="comment-meta">— cw · 2008-03-11 12:18</div></div> <div class="comment">sad thing....will watch it later.<div class="comment-meta">— Nux · 2008-03-11 16:22</div></div> <div class="comment">You can see the chinese text at that web site.<br><br>Otherwise, thank you for sharing.<div class="comment-meta">— zou5020 · 2008-03-12 10:13</div></div> <div class="comment">cw, I don&#x27;t speak Mandarin either, but my wife and I went through this together--- The pilot apparently, screwed up his first approach in heavy rain, landed much too hard, which damaged the plane---interior fixtures, and seats---naturally I&#x27;m sure the passengers were going wild---- but the plane was still air worthy (an almost brand new 737) ---so then he realized he didn&#x27;t have good orientation with the ground, and pulled up back into the socked in weather----it rattled him, and he blamed the controls, rather than his skills, and made another approach that failed. On his third, and final approach he crashed short of the runway, I believe... It was an example of arrogance and fear in the captain&#x27;s seat----after the first event he should have diverted to an alternative airport that didn&#x27;t have weather problems.. According to other articles, this pilot had over 12,000 hours, wihich should show significant skill and experience. Will never know what was in his mind, since all on the flight deck died, although some passengers survived.<div class="comment-meta">— Kim Lathrop · 2008-03-12 11:45</div></div> <div class="comment">It was too hard to really recall what is going on. The final words of the captain was pretty scary.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-03-13 00:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow, sad story, thank you Kim for the translation. We never know what will happen in the next minute. Maybe there is a God who has set our lives on the line.<br><br>Michael.<br><br>Dollar Lifetime Backlink<div class="comment-meta">— Dollar Lifetime Backlink · 2008-03-16 07:43</div></div> </details>镜子为什么翻转左右却不可以翻转上下https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080309_eaeaeaeceaeaeceaeae.htmSun, 09 Mar 2008 11:12:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080309_eaeaeaeceaeaeceaeae.htm<p>昨天贴出来一个小智力题：</p> <blockquote> <p>为什么镜子可以颠倒左右却不可以颠倒上下？</p> </blockquote> <p>得到众多相应，就像我在饭桌上得到的相应一样。大家讲得都很有道理。我来尝试分析一下。声明：这不是标准答案，仅仅是我来凑热闹的看法。</p>Middle Ring of Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080308_middle_ring_of_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmSat, 08 Mar 2008 23:02:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080308_middle_ring_of_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the second part of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060805_middle_ring_of_shanghai.htm">Middle Ring of Shanghai</a>. (Refer to the first part for illustration of the road lanes)</p> <p>This is the middle ring on the map. The red line is the Middle Ring. It is not a ring yet, pending the the second half of the circle (mainly in Pudong) to complete this year.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/MiddleRingofShanghaiPartII_1434F/image_3.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Note: Thanks for Dash to point out the error in the first draft of the image.</p>PVG: Second Terminal to Openhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080308_pvg_second_terminal_to_open.htmSat, 08 Mar 2008 22:36:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080308_pvg_second_terminal_to_open.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/PVGSecondTerminaltoOpen_13DE3/xinsrc_40202051321472651486633.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Xinhua News Agency</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/PVGSecondTerminaltoOpen_13DE3/421469.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>  Credit: Xinhua News Agency</p> <p>By the end of this month, the second terminal of Pudong Airport will be opened. I will make sure I am the first one to cover this news, and take inside out pictures of this new terminal.</p> <p>Thanks to the architects that the second terminal has different shape of the first one. As illustrated below: the first terminal (the current one) looks like a seagull and the second terminal looks like a wave.</p>智力题https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080308_e-4.htmSat, 08 Mar 2008 21:55:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080308_e-4.htm<p>曾经看到一个简单的题：</p> <blockquote> <p>为什么镜子可以颠倒左右却不可以颠倒上下？</p> </blockquote> <p>最近对这个问题很上瘾，问了公司里的两拨人和一些朋友。你觉得答案是什么呢？</p> <p>P.S.晚上只有5分钟，要睡觉了，我还有其他好几道题 P.S. 2 爱生活真是一种美德</p>China Price - Alexandra Harney's New Bookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080307_china_price_-_alexandra_harneys_new_book.htmFri, 07 Mar 2008 12:40:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080307_china_price_-_alexandra_harneys_new_book.htm<p>In the next few weeks, Penguin will publish Alexandra&rsquo;s new book <strong>The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage</strong>. I know Alexandra from my last trip to Nanjing during the Young Leader&rsquo;s Forum - a very sweet, wise, and professional girl. I know she has been working on this book for two years, and it must be very worth reading.</p> <p>This book is about the hot topic of &ldquo;made in China&rdquo;, and what the real price of China&rsquo;s manufacture is, including pollution, and impact to migrant workers.</p>Jeff Immelt on Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080305_jeff_immelt_on_business.htmWed, 05 Mar 2008 21:48:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080305_jeff_immelt_on_business.htm<p>Found out some note on my notebook when I listened to Jeff Immelt&rsquo;s speech during a meeting. Just some random notes.</p> <p><strong>Big vs Small</strong></p> <ul> <li>Credibility</li> <li>Big + Fast always beat small + fast</li> <li>Love and inspire people, but GE is not for everyone</li> <li>Mistakes we still make</li> <li>Allow bureaucracy to win - too process based</li> <li>Too intenal/too American - lose love of customers</li> <li>Confuse current success with future position</li> <li>Metrics that reward the wrong behavior</li> <li>Play small <strong>Leadership</strong></li> <li>I have stayed at GE for 25 years so that I could be in the front seat of history</li> <li>Zoom in, zoom out&hellip;</li> <li>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe in professional management&rdquo;.</li> <li>4-5 things deep dive</li> <li>Good managers show interest&hellip;</li> <li>These is no substance of experience</li> <li>Build something that last is beautiful <strong>Innovation</strong></li> <li>10 years ago, everyone was trained by processes, like six-sigma. Now we are all about innovation</li> <li>People has to be the core DNA of the company</li> <li>You cannot just come to work and chop wood</li> <li>You have to drive change and develop other leaders <strong>Making deicisions and Communication</strong></li> <li>Make decision fast, faster and faster, for small companies, and large companies!</li> <li>Decision cycle time</li> <li>How the organization can be quicker</li> <li>Clarity of community</li> <li>Drive the speed</li> <li>Decisive = clearly Yes or No</li> <li>Clarify is key</li> <li>When we go, we go</li> <li>Make a very clear call <strong>On Exit</strong></li> <li>Someone can run the business better than us, it is time to exit</li> <li>A company that makes money from chaos.</li> <li>In a good company, you always has to prioritize very hard</li> <li>GE is all about system, that is tough to match</li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">i think any people who in lead have their philosophy on manage.<br><br>and the way they hold doesnot means will match others .<div class="comment-meta">— lin · 2008-03-06 09:49</div></div> <div class="comment">He listed &quot;too process based&quot; as the first thing as a mistake. That should trigger some thinking. Currently it seems all people in China think that &quot;process&quot; equals &quot;morden management&quot; equals &quot;management style that brings you success&quot;.<br><br>This can&#x27;t be true.<div class="comment-meta">— xge · 2008-03-06 13:49</div></div> </details>Jeff Immelt语录https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080305_jeff_immelte.htmWed, 05 Mar 2008 20:04:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080305_jeff_immelte.htm<p>今天冲到邹岭的新办公室做客。在出租车上，翻了翻随身带的红皮的笔记本，发现一些2年前的一个eBay内部会议的潦草的记录。eBay开高层会议的时候常请来一些重量级的嘉宾。那一年是GE的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061207_caeeecae.htm">Jeff Immelt</a>。记录的东西没有任何条理，也不想加我的评论，仅仅是听到的只言片语。或许对大家也是个启发。</p>Security Messures in Radio and TV Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080304_security_messures_in_radio_and_tv_station.htmTue, 04 Mar 2008 21:37:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080304_security_messures_in_radio_and_tv_station.htm<p>Besides the censorship in blogging media, it is not surprising that the security meessures in traditional medias are very stick in China. In this blog entry, I want to share some first hand information about radio stations, and TV stations.</p> <p><strong>Radio Stations</strong></p> <p>I recorded my experience of the last visit to Shanghai East Radio Station in this <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051123_inside_the_shanghai_radio_staiton.htm">blog entry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Security Check</p> <p>Shanghai Radio and East Radio are two major (if not the only two) radio stations in Shanghai. It was not easy to enter the building. Radio station is always a sensitive location in China. The security check was intensive. I waited in the line for quite some time before I arrived at the window of the gate outside the building. It was cold outside and three security guards were looking at me to fill a form with my name, gender, telephone number, home address, company name, the person I visit, the room number, and deposited my national ID card.</p>规定的作用https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080304_ecaec.htmTue, 04 Mar 2008 20:05:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080304_ecaec.htm<p>这个世界不缺乏有规定的公司，却缺乏严格执行规定的公司。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">有了规定而不严格执行，还不如没有规定。<div class="comment-meta">— DiNozzo · 2008-03-05 15:51</div></div> <div class="comment">支持楼上的说法。形式上的规定只会让人甚至连基本的规定都不在意。<div class="comment-meta">— 果果 · 2008-03-06 09:01</div></div> <div class="comment">规则不就是用来被违反的吗？<br><br>BTW: 为什么总是记不住我的信息？<div class="comment-meta">— Che Dong · 2008-03-09 10:57</div></div> <div class="comment">欧美公司在这方面做得好很多。me觉得主要是所处发展阶段不同造成的。<div class="comment-meta">— heart5 · 2008-03-12 00:40</div></div> </details>Yifan and Me are Exactly the Samehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080304_yifan_and_me_are_exactly_the_same.htmTue, 04 Mar 2008 00:11:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080304_yifan_and_me_are_exactly_the_same.htm<p>I pulled out my first photo, and compared it to Yifan. Oh. I found out that we are almost exactly the same!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanandMeareExactlytheSame_297/3.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanandMeareExactlytheSame_297/image.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I also found out Wendy&rsquo;s photo when she was very young.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanandMeareExactlytheSame_297/wangjianshuo.wangyifan.fanwenfeng.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Left: Me (at the age of 1), Middle: Yifan (at the age of 9 months), Right: Wendy (at the age of 1).</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">太好了，这样小家伙以后不会相信有人骗他是垃圾桶边上捡来的了。<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#32511;&amp;#35910; · 2008-03-04 08:54</div></div> <div class="comment">楼上正解！<div class="comment-meta">— Yiyi · 2008-03-04 08:58</div></div> <div class="comment">很像很像的，只是儿子比老爸更结实点XD<div class="comment-meta">— Gohan · 2008-03-04 09:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Very interesting comparison! Without your description, I even think there is the same person for that two photos of you and Wendy.<div class="comment-meta">— Bill Ng · 2008-03-04 10:21</div></div> <div class="comment">i think yifan has a round face as compared to yours. Yifan inherited your mouth and nose features, meanwhile his eyes looks similar like Wendy&#x27;s.<div class="comment-meta">— Nux · 2008-03-04 11:23</div></div> <div class="comment">:) so lovely, so sweet :)<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2008-03-06 02:41</div></div> <div class="comment">All of you are very cute! I think it&#x27;s interesting in the third picture your mouths are almost the same, maybe it&#x27;s a baby thing.<div class="comment-meta">— fiona · 2008-03-06 11:45</div></div> <div class="comment">gene works wonder!<div class="comment-meta">— odds · 2008-03-11 13:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Hehe - the resemblance is uncanny!!!<br><br>@Jian Shuo - FYI, I had trouble getting the IP assigned to me across the China GFW... so anyway in the short term, I&#x27;ve registered another (free) domain that IS accessible in China (Beijing and Shanghai)... checkout Jaime&#x27;s home page (flash site) at http://jaimezheng.co.nr/<br><br>The flash page takes a few moments to load, but once it&#x27;s up and running everything works at ok speed... let me know what you think!!<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-03-12 10:51</div></div> <div class="comment">yeah!:)<br><br>gene works well,what a sweet family<div class="comment-meta">— sendoh · 2008-08-02 15:11</div></div> </details>Yifan has his Second Haircuthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080302_yifan_has_his_second_haircut.htmSun, 02 Mar 2008 22:11:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080302_yifan_has_his_second_haircut.htm<p>Yesterday, Yifan has his second haircut. I am not a professional hairdresser, but I do enjoy cut the hair of Yifan - the whole process only took 2 minute this time, v.s. 15 minutes the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071021_yifan_has_his_hair_cut.htm">last time</a>.</p> <p><strong>Before the Haircut</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/YifanhashisSecondHaircut_137F1/DSC03338.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This picture was taken early Feb this year.</p> <p><strong>After Haircut</strong></p> <p>After the second haircut, he does not look that good as with the longer hair - not completely my fault. :-) Hope after his hair grow longer in the next 2 weeks, he should be fine.</p>Suggestions for Family Vacation Trip to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080301_suggestions_for_family_vacation_trip_to_shanghai.htmSat, 01 Mar 2008 14:03:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080301_suggestions_for_family_vacation_trip_to_shanghai.htm<p>Today, I am trying to help another reader. I will provide answers inline. (Although I think the knowledge base type of article is more helpful than the random Q&amp;A, I hope this type of Q&amp;A also helps)</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi,am planning a trip to Shanghai this March with my husband and 3 teenage kids. We will arrive in Shanghai Pudong Airport at 12:05am of March 20, 2008 (early morning) and will depart on March 23, 2008 at 12:55am (early morning too). Was trying to trying to check the web for bus and train schedule from Pudong Airport to downtown but it seems that their services do not run up to early morning. Can you help me and/or suggest/provide information on:</p>Advice Needed on Rental for Foreignershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080228_advice_needed_on_rental_for_foreigners.htmThu, 28 Feb 2008 22:49:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080228_advice_needed_on_rental_for_foreigners.htm<p>At Kijiji, we are thinking about opening up the domestic rental market in China to foreigners.</p> <p>Olympics is an opportunity. Hotels are already fully booked, and there are many visitors coming to China during August.</p> <p>We want to offer some English service and escrow to people coming to China, and the project will be a long term project even after Olympics.</p> <p>So, if you are an expat, or planning to visit China, I have many questions for you.</p>小宝受委屈了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080228_ae-6.htmThu, 28 Feb 2008 21:54:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080228_ae-6.htm<p>前天晚上，小宝夜里睡觉醒来，不知道是梦见了什么还是什么原因，忽然哭了起来。正好身边没有人。</p> <p>他哭第一声的时候，我们没有听见；第二声的时候，也没有。等小宝哭的声音很大的时候，我和范范才听到，两个人像长了弹簧一样的蹦起来，冲过去。结果小宝已经哭得像个泪人儿一样。我们赶紧把心肝儿宝贝抱在怀里，又哄又摇，结果小宝更加感觉到委屈，嚎啕大哭。两个人轮番抱着安慰，过了很久，小家伙还是伤心的鼻子一抽一抽的，可怜得不得了。直到今天，我们两个还是挺内疚的，是我们不好，让我的小宝受委屈了。</p>Are American Economically Family-Independenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080226_are_american_economically_family-independent.htmTue, 26 Feb 2008 22:29:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080226_are_american_economically_family-independent.htm<p>Maria and I discussed for a long time during and after the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080222_culture_matters_from_ics.htm">Culture Matters</a> talk show, about the relationship in families in America and China. Her point of view is very interesting, and I tend to agree, but before I do that, let me check with my readers first.</p> <p><strong>Maria&rsquo;s Theory of &ldquo;Economically Independent from Family&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>Maria talked about the change in U.S. in 1960s.</p> <p>During the period of time, with the country becoming richer and richer, there are more and more support from the society, and individuals are actually support by the society, instead of family.</p>blogger，blog还是BSP的商业模式https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080226_bloggerieblogebspcae.htmTue, 26 Feb 2008 20:58:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080226_bloggerieblogebspcae.htm<p>那天在《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080222_culture_matters_from_ics.htm">说东道西</a>》的节目里，主持人问我说：Google开始免费，后来就能赚钱；是不是blog也是开始免费，后来就有商业模式呢？</p> <p>这个问题就是我<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051101_blogeeeieceeeecie.htm">以前写过的</a>那样，要分出来说，到底是blogger，blog还是BSP的商业模式。</p> <p>Google是搜索的提供商，所以有可能（在开始时仅仅是有可能）挣钱；而对于搜索服务的使用者来说，不见得能够直接赚钱（或者干脆说不能挣钱）；至于说天天用搜索，搜到什么有用的信息，挣到钱，那另当别论。</p>Congratulations to Jia and Xiaojing!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080223_congratulations_to_jia_and_xiaojing.htmSat, 23 Feb 2008 21:17:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080223_congratulations_to_jia_and_xiaojing.htm<p>Congratulations to my best friends and partner Jia and his newly married wife - Xiaojing!</p> <p>They registered for marriage today!</p> <p>Here is his <a href="http://www.bumo.cn/blog/doc/367">announcement</a> (Chinese site).</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I forgot how I came to your blog, Jianshuo. I just come back and say hi. Congrats to your friends.<br><br>Heli<div class="comment-meta">— Lu Heli · 2008-02-23 22:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, Jianshuo. This is really sweet. All of the best wishes from you guys will be like lovely<br><br>sunshine for the blooming flower in our life. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Dolly · 2008-02-25 15:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks so much. Jianshuo, my old friends.<div class="comment-meta">— Jia · 2008-02-25 18:37</div></div> <div class="comment">A suggestion about your usage of the word &quot;partner&quot;. You might want to use &quot;buddy&quot; or &quot;business partner&quot; since &quot;partner&quot; might have a different meaning, sometimes. ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— LT · 2008-03-05 03:37</div></div> </details>Advise on visit to Beijing & Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080223_advise_on_visit_to_beijing_shanghai.htmSat, 23 Feb 2008 20:43:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080223_advise_on_visit_to_beijing_shanghai.htm<p>Today, I am trying to help Sally about his/her Beijing &amp; Shanghai trip. Here is the letter: (Again, for my readers who haven&rsquo;t read my privacy policy, I reserve the right to publish any email you send to my email address (hotmail one) unless you instruct me not to do it. Also, when I publish any email, I will NOT include email address, unless otherwise noted in your email).</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Mr. Wang,</p>本站隐私政策https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080223_cecc.htmSat, 23 Feb 2008 19:06:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080223_cecc.htm<p>很多人问我如何看待隐私的问题。甚至有媒体的朋友把最近的陈冠希的照片事件和以前中国流行的几个blogger的行为拿来让我评论。作为5年半的blogger，必定无法避免的就是对于隐私的界定和处理的准则。</p>Culture Matters from ICShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080222_culture_matters_from_ics.htmFri, 22 Feb 2008 22:33:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080222_culture_matters_from_ics.htm<p>Just got back from the studio in STV for program Culture Matters. It was a great talk show (I would say it even before I participated) by ICS, and hosted by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sammyyang">Sammy Yang</a>. What an experience! It is the first time I record a long TV program, and first time to get first hand information from inside a TV studio. I have been interviewed or joined radio talk show programs, but never on TV. Let me share my precious experience with you.</p>测试是不是应该太强https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080221_eaee.htmThu, 21 Feb 2008 22:20:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080221_eaee.htm<p>昨天下午到旁边一幢楼微软Live研发中心去，和以<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">mvm</a>聊测试（他的办公室里面放着从印度带回来的沉重的板球拍）。聊过以后，发现现在微软的测试做的那叫一个到位。大量的测试人员，每天跑上万个测试案例，而且都是代码自动完成，人一群一群的，测试机一排一排的。。。</p> <p>这倒是和上周三和<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080213_cceeae.htm">阳萌聊到的Google</a>的感觉截然相反。Google好像还是直接扔到服务器上去跑的居多，就像早期的微软一样。</p> <p>嘿嘿。这真有趣了。</p> <p>微软早期一直是以不重视测试出名的，比起70年代到80年代的DEC，IBM来说，微软几乎就是不做测试的。微软里面开发和测试的比例，也是和IBM合作了以后才从10比1提高到n比一，n&lt;5。</p>Lantern (Yuanxiao) Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080221_lantern_yuanxiao_festival.htmThu, 21 Feb 2008 22:04:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080221_lantern_yuanxiao_festival.htm<p>Today is the Lantern Festival. I bought fireworks and fire it tonight.</p> <p>For my readers who didn&rsquo;t see the fireworks box - where the splendid fireworks come from, here is the photo:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/LanternYuanxiaoFestival_135D8/DSC03748.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>There is a green thread at the side, and you can use match to light it.</p> <p>Here you go!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/LanternYuanxiaoFestival_135D8/DSC03751.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/LanternYuanxiaoFestival_135D8/DSC03750.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>From under it, it does not look very beautiful, but it IS very nice.</p>关于歧视https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080220__aee.htmWed, 20 Feb 2008 23:38:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080220__aee.htm<p>最近经常有些琐碎的想法，与其等想楚正襟危坐的写篇长的文章，不如随手记下来。不成体系，望海涵。今天想说歧视，这是我想了很久的一个问题。</p> <p><strong>到底什么是歧视？</strong></p>方向感和方向感https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080220_254.htmWed, 20 Feb 2008 12:04:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080220_254.htm<p>公司每个人都有自己的方向感，公司就没有方向感。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">公司每个人都没有自己的方向感，公司就有方向感？<div class="comment-meta">— wolfchild · 2008-02-20 15:06</div></div> <div class="comment">坚信自己的策略啊...我今年只做kijiji<div class="comment-meta">— junwll · 2008-02-20 18:15</div></div> <div class="comment">能不能解释得再清楚一些？这也是个挺有意思的话题。你也读过不少管理的书，那你认为成功人物对这类问题怎么看的，你也可以模仿它们吗？<br><br>听景777个人Blog: http://www.boynan.com/<div class="comment-meta">— 听景777 · 2008-02-20 18:53</div></div> <div class="comment">呵呵，和之前看到的一句话有点相同，战略性的思考和思考的战略性。<div class="comment-meta">— 小虫 · 2008-02-20 22:14</div></div> <div class="comment">当<br>“公司每个人自己的方向感 = 公司的方向感”<br>如何？<br><br>难道拿破仑不用想当将军的士兵吗？<div class="comment-meta">— Bill Ng · 2008-02-21 14:24</div></div> <div class="comment">真棒！第一次看到王建硕的观点被如此体完肤的点到。<br><br>听景777个人Blog: http://www.boynan.com/<div class="comment-meta">— 听景777 · 2008-02-21 18:07</div></div> <div class="comment">公司没有方向感，那么每个员工都会有自己的方向<div class="comment-meta">— yufeng0681 · 2008-02-26 10:07</div></div> <div class="comment">@小虫，“战略性的思考和思考的战略性”我也看过，出自刘润的博客。<div class="comment-meta">— 深漂 · 2008-03-04 00:35</div></div> <div class="comment">应该 和老子的 虚其心 实其腹, 弱其志 强其骨 一个道理, 但我的困惑是 如何做到.<div class="comment-meta">— qiuping · 2010-02-23 12:53</div></div> </details>Readers Wanted for TV Interviewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080219_readers_wanted_for_tv_interview.htmTue, 19 Feb 2008 22:21:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080219_readers_wanted_for_tv_interview.htm<p>I just had wonderful meetup with the producer, Zhu Xiaoqian, and Reporter &amp; Editor, Coco of talk show program - Culture Matters of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080209_international_channel_shanghai_ics.htm">ICS</a>. I am happy to join the program this Friday and talk about blogging. They are all wonderful people, and passionate about the expat and foreigner/vistor community in Shanghai. BTW, if you want to send feedback to ICS (International Channel Shanghai), you can leave comment under this blog entry, and they really read!</p>Electronic TV Guild in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080218_electronic_tv_guild_in_china.htmMon, 18 Feb 2008 21:09:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080218_electronic_tv_guild_in_china.htm<p>Below is the current TV program and their channels. Sorry that I only have Chinese version.</p> <p>google.load(&ldquo;feeds&rdquo;, &ldquo;1&rdquo;);</p> <p>function initialize() {</p> <p>var feed = new google.feeds.Feed(&ldquo;<a href="http://www.tvmao.com/tools/rss/%22);">http://www.tvmao.com/tools/rss/&quot;);</a></p> <p>feed.load(function(result) {</p> <p>if (!result.error) {</p> <p>var container = document.getElementById(&ldquo;feed&rdquo;);</p> <p>for (var i = 0; i &lt; result.feed.entries.length; i++) {</p> <p>var entry = result.feed.entries[i];</p> <p>var div = document.createElement(&ldquo;div&rdquo;);</p> <p>var h3 = document.createElement(&ldquo;h3&rdquo;);</p> <p>h3.appendChild(document.createTextNode(entry.title));</p> <p>div.appendChild(h3);</p> <p>var c = document.createElement(&ldquo;div&rdquo;);</p> <p>c.innerHTML = entry.content;</p> <p>div.appendChild(c);</p> <p>container.appendChild(div);</p> <p>}</p> <p>}</p> <p>});</p> <p>}</p> <p>google.setOnLoadCallback(initialize);</p> <p>Loading&hellip;.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Are there any English speaking television channels available in Shanghai. If so, what type of programing?<div class="comment-meta">— Joe · 2009-05-18 21:36</div></div> </details>TV Guide in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080218_tv_guide_in_shanghai.htmMon, 18 Feb 2008 21:07:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080218_tv_guide_in_shanghai.htm<blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been subscribing to your blog for years, and I really enjoy reading your posts about Shanghai. I think it is great that you write about topics and questions that your readers ask you.  I also have a question to ask you, regarding TV shows in Shanghai/China.  I&rsquo;ve been living in Shanghai for almost 7 years but never had a TV until recently. I was surprised to discover that there are more than 50+ channels on the local cable network.  However, I don&rsquo;t know what channels are good to watch and when the good/interesting programs are aired.</p>Photos in the Garden outside My Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080217_photos_in_the_garden_outside_my_home.htmSun, 17 Feb 2008 21:52:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080217_photos_in_the_garden_outside_my_home.htm<p>After reading the last chapter of Alan de Botton&rsquo;s The Art of Travel, I decided to go out to the small garden outside my home. It is so small, that I didn&rsquo;t think there is anything interested there, but I found a lot. Look at the pictures I took!</p> <p>Fu (Happiness) on my door. Red is the typical Chinese color, and he followers indicates prosperity</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/17/DSC_0001.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Buildings behind trees - typical feeling in the warm winter</p>情人节的玫瑰https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080217_aeeccc-2.htmSun, 17 Feb 2008 10:22:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080217_aeeccc-2.htm<p>从去年5月份起，开始在窗外的院子里种玫瑰。最近的一个月，终于开花，每天早上睁开眼睛就可以看到。</p> <p>我已经对Wendy唠叨了一个月，说情人节我会送给她我自己种玫瑰，虽然自知我种的这株“卖相”不怎么样，远比不上当天外面卖的“专业”玫瑰。同时，我坚持把这个同属蔷薇科蔷薇属的常绿灌木叫做玫瑰，而更多人一直称其为月季。老实说，我种的，的确是月季，只不过情人节送月季听起来不是那么一回事，所以一直嘴硬。</p>Prostitution in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080216_prostitution_in_china.htmSat, 16 Feb 2008 16:51:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080216_prostitution_in_china.htm<blockquote> <p>Dear Wang Jianshuo,</p> <p>I am a frequent reader of, and occasional poster in your wonderful blog.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m writing to ask if you could start a topic on prostitution in China in your blog. I know that prostitution in China is theoretically illegal, but in practice, KTVs, bath houses, massage parlours, disguised barbor shops etc. are everywhere and everybody knows it.</p> <p>Of I course I&rsquo;m not talking about writing a Shanghai red light tourist guide. Instead, I&rsquo;d be interested to learn more about the evolution and characteristics of this industry. Key questions might include:</p>What is Knock Knock?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080216_what_is_knock_knock.htmSat, 16 Feb 2008 11:29:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080216_what_is_knock_knock.htm<p>Давид left a comment with a Knock Knock under <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080213_yifan_eats_orange.htm">Yifan Eats Orange</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Knock Knock</p> <p>Who&rsquo;s there?</p> <p>Orange!</p> <p>Orange who?</p> <p>Orange you even going to open the door?</p> <p>Posted by: Давид on February 14, 2008 5:07 PM</p> </blockquote> <p>Thanks, but what is really Knock Knock? I searched and found out that it is something western children like to play. But what exactly it is? Wendy and I am very curious to know, and I believe one day Yifan will as well.</p>Map of Motel 168https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080215_map_of_motel_168.htmFri, 15 Feb 2008 21:51:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080215_map_of_motel_168.htm<p>This is the email I am trying to answer.</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Jian Shuo Wang,</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve just read ur blog in the net. I&rsquo;m so happy because next week I will be there (Shanghai) and I know nothing about your city. And thanks god, I&rsquo;ve found ur blog and it helps me a lot. And I would like to ask some other info from you. My accommodation is Motel 168, No.1280, Gong He xin Road. I did check in the list of branches in Motel 168 website but I couldn&rsquo;t find out this branch, do you know where is this road, in which district? And the place I have to go to everyday from Motel 168 is: Building No. 10, Lane 777, Guang Zhong Road West, Zhabei district, Shanghai 200072, P.R.China  and another address is Azia Center, No.1233, Lujiazui Ring Road, Pudong District, Shanghai 200120, P.R.China Could you help me to draw a simple map or just mark in the map the way to reach those places from my accommodation? Thank you very much Tram Nguyen</p>让我们陌生的第三种爱https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080215_p252.htmFri, 15 Feb 2008 21:36:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080215_p252.htm<p>一天中午，范范和我一起吃咖喱午饭的时候，一本正经的和我讨论起来了余虹教授的文章《<a href="http://blog.voc.com.cn/sp1/yuhong/234438375906.shtml">有一种爱我们还很陌生</a>》。讨论的焦点在于，为什么我们要爱善人也爱恶人。那时离余虹教授自杀不久。之后范范把他和我们信基督教的朋友的对话贴在《<a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20071223_caecccaec.htm">第三种爱和基督之爱</a>》这篇文章里。</p> <p>问题的起源在于，为什么在弗吉尼亚理工大学赵承熙开枪打死32名学生以后，美国全社会纪念的是33个失去的生命，而不是32个，为什么大家还会送花给凶手，为什么对于凶手，还会有那么多的爱。这种爱，就是余虹所说的，基于亲疏敌我的第一种爱，基于善恶正邪的第二种爱之外的让中国社会还比较陌生的第三种爱。首先，我得说，像余虹一样理性的思考中国的未来的人真的不多，我也非常理解他从这个社会受到的压力。。。</p>Happy Valentine's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080214_happy_valentines_day-4.htmThu, 14 Feb 2008 23:02:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080214_happy_valentines_day-4.htm<p>Happy Valentine&rsquo;s Day!</p> <p>Valentine&rsquo;s Day is not a native Chinese holiday at all, but in China, especially in Shanghai, people won&rsquo;t miss any chance to celebrate love, thanks, or just for fun, as long as there is a related holiday.</p> <p>Me? The same.</p> <p><strong>Happy Valentine&rsquo;s Day to Wendy</strong></p> <p>For this V Day, I planned really early. I started to grow rose last May in the garden. It is just outside our window, so we can see the rose grow everyday.</p>Yifan Eats Orangehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080213_yifan_eats_orange.htmWed, 13 Feb 2008 23:28:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080213_yifan_eats_orange.htm<p>Yifan likes orange. For the first few times he touchs an orange, he is very excited. Look at how happy this little boy is!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0051.JPG?imgmax=640" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0007.JPG?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0010.JPG?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0048.JPG?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0015.JPG?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0029.JPG?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/13/DSC_0034.JPG?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p>站在公司的肩膀上https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080213_cceeae.htmWed, 13 Feb 2008 21:33:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080213_cceeae.htm<p>今天是鼠年第一天上班，心轻气爽，上海的天气少有的好，天空少有的蓝。</p> <p>中午从MountView过来的Google做PageRank算法的朋友阳萌，和大家一起去吃水饺。传统行业的确比互联网行业传统，就算我们已经开始上班，餐馆还坚守者初八上班的传统，害得我们绕交大一周才找到一家开着的馆子。在吃饭期间，我们不可避免的聊起了Google，当然还有微软。</p>I Fixed My Sony P8 Batteryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_i_fixed_my_sony_p8_battery.htmTue, 12 Feb 2008 19:07:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_i_fixed_my_sony_p8_battery.htm<p>I used to take photos with <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030521_my_new_camera_sony_dscp8.htm">Sony P8</a> before my last trip to U.S. The battery of the camera was complete dead. That is the reason I bought another one T10 in Tokyo airport.</p> <p>However, I just few that T10 is not as good as P8, although it is smaller, with a bigger screen, and resolution is much higher.</p> <p>Finally, I found out the reason.</p> <p>P8&rsquo;s aperture range is F2.8 - F5.6 while T10 is only 3.5. That makes a big difference.</p>Beijing to Shanghai CRH Trainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_beijing_to_shanghai_crh_train.htmTue, 12 Feb 2008 14:20:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_beijing_to_shanghai_crh_train.htm<p>I wrote a blog about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040801_train_from_beijing_to_shanghai.htm">Train from Beijing to Shanghai</a>, and it became a very popular blog on the Internet. (Searching <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=beijing+shanghai">Beijing Shanghai</a> in Google will lead to this page). After 3 years later, many reader asks me about whether the information is still accurate, and continue to ask about the Z train.</p> <p>In this article, I would like to highlight the availability of a better train than the Z train, it is CHR train, or what the government calls it: the Train of Harmony. The train number is D31 from Beijing to Shanghai.</p>SHA to SFO Air Tickets are Cheap Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_sha_to_sfo_air_tickets_are_cheap_now.htmTue, 12 Feb 2008 13:42:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_sha_to_sfo_air_tickets_are_cheap_now.htm<p>I frequently receive promotion from Northwest Airlines. Their price is pretty cheap!</p> <p>Look at this one:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/SHAtoSFOAirTicketsareCheapNow_C0D4/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Basically, they are saying that</p> <p>Shanghai, Beijing or Guangzhou to Tokyo round trip: 1750 RMB or 245 USD Shanghai, Beijing or Guangzhou to LA, SFO, Seattle, Portland round trip: 2690 RMB or 377 USD Shanghai, Beijing or Guangzhou to New York, Chicago, and most of other cities in North America: 3650 RMB or 512 USD.</p>How Translate Tool on this Site Workshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_how_translate_tool_on_this_site_works.htmTue, 12 Feb 2008 03:54:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080212_how_translate_tool_on_this_site_works.htm<p><strong>The Files are Not Actually There</strong></p> <p>In .htaccess file in root folder, I have the following:</p> <blockquote> <p>RewriteRule ^(fr|ja|zh-CN|de|it|ko|pt|es|ar|ru)/.*$ scripts/analytics/translatedoc.php [L]</p> </blockquote> <p>This way, I have the most language supported:</p> <ul> <li>fr</li> <li>ja</li> <li>zh-CN</li> <li>de</li> <li>it</li> <li>ko</li> <li>pt</li> <li>es</li> <li>ar</li> <li>ru</li> </ul> <p>There are many more need to be added, which I will do later.</p> <p><strong>Links to the Pages</strong></p> <p>The entry page for the translated articles are at the main individual archive pages */archives/ *on this blog. It is located at the right most corner of each page currently. Here is the code to make it happen:</p>Yifan's New Year Photohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080210_yifans_new_year_photo.htmSun, 10 Feb 2008 13:51:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080210_yifans_new_year_photo.htm<p>Here comes Yifan&rsquo;s newest photo. He is no longer an infant - he is new a baby boy!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/10/DSC_0001.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/10/DSC_0006.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/10/DSC_0007.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/10/DSC_0018.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/02/10/DSC_0029-1.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hello There JianShou,<br><br>Mabuhay from the Philippines!<br><br>My family preparing for a summer visit in Beijing this May.<br><br>We have three teenagers age 16, 14 and our only daughter, 12.<br><br>We will be coming from Suzhou( their Dad works there)<br><br>Can you please help us to find a decent hotel, and some really interesting place to see other than the Forbidden City of course.<br><br>Our main concern for a hotel is Location. Maybe near to MRT/ train station.<br><br>For the five of us to move around, easily. Knowing that in Suzhou, taxi&#x27;s wont give the 5 of us a ride. Chinese driver said, you are too many.<br><br>Second, is rate, i would apprecate something around 50-70USD per night.<br><br>Anything you can suggest will be much appreciated.<br><br>Maraming Salamat!<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>mariz<div class="comment-meta">— Mariz · 2008-02-10 14:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Cute! He looks ... Korean. Haha.<div class="comment-meta">— DKwan · 2008-02-10 15:02</div></div> <div class="comment">God, thats one cute kid. congrats....<br><br>HAPPY NEW YEAR....<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew · 2008-02-10 20:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Very cute! I can see he is a blessing to you and Wendy!<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-02-10 21:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh my goodness! He is so completely huggable. And he already looks very wise :-)<br><br>Happy New Year to you and your family, Jian Shuo!!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-02-11 14:02</div></div> <div class="comment">He is cute, and as you say -- not an infant any more, but a very distinct personality! Happy New Year to all of you!<div class="comment-meta">— Nina · 2008-02-11 15:11</div></div> <div class="comment">A lovely baby boy !<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2008-02-14 10:08</div></div> <div class="comment">He is so cute!ow I love to go to his first years birthday hehehhe just kidding!!!I am very fond to look at him for he has a big resemblance with my son.I hope you can post his first birhtday here.More power!Always Take good care of the child...<div class="comment-meta">— adelina · 2008-05-25 20:30</div></div> </details>International Channel Shanghai - ICShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080209_international_channel_shanghai_-_ics.htmSat, 09 Feb 2008 22:00:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080209_international_channel_shanghai_-_ics.htm<p>Anyone noticed the newly launched <a href="http://www.icshanghai.com/">International Channel Shanghai</a> from Oriental TV? It is a new channel from Oriental TV, just like the News Channel, Drama Channel, Documentation Channel&hellip;</p> <p>Finally, Shanghai has its own English TV channel. That is a great news for expats in Shanghai. In 2000, it is hard to find a good web page for Pudong Airport, and in 2008, Shanghai has it own English TV Channel, that is really good progress&hellip;.</p>My Project Directoryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080207_my_project_directory.htmThu, 07 Feb 2008 21:39:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080207_my_project_directory.htm<p>I just found out a directory on my laptop - the Project direction, holding part of the project I have worked on when I was in Microsoft. Hmm&hellip;. That is long time ago. Although the time shows 2007 (the time I copied them to this laptop), the real created time is from 2000 to 2005.</p> <p>D:\my\D. Projects Direction</p> <p>02/07/2008  09:30 PM    <DIR>          . 02/07/2008  09:30 PM    <DIR>          .. 10/09/2007  06:19 PM    <DIR>          Air 02/09/2007  07:58 AM    <DIR>          Antares 10/09/2007  06:21 PM    <DIR>          AntBackup 02/09/2007  07:58 AM    <DIR>          AutoComplete 02/09/2007  07:58 AM    <DIR>          B2BTemplate 10/09/2007  06:25 PM    <DIR>          CampusRecruiting 10/09/2007  06:25 PM    <DIR>          China Mobile 02/09/2007  07:43 AM    <DIR>          CodePlace 10/09/2007  06:26 PM    <DIR>          CoffeeBean 10/09/2007  06:27 PM    <DIR>          Communities 10/09/2007  06:28 PM    <DIR>          Conference 02/09/2007  07:59 AM    <DIR>          ESS 02/09/2007  07:59 AM    <DIR>          Lab 08/16/2007  06:00 PM    <DIR>          Lenovo 02/09/2007  08:02 AM    <DIR>          Longmen 06/08/2007  11:39 AM    <DIR>          map3 10/09/2007  06:30 PM    <DIR>          MAT 02/09/2007  08:02 AM    <DIR>          MCS 10/29/2007  11:22 AM    <DIR>          movabletype-php-dao 02/09/2007  08:02 AM    <DIR>          MSF 10/09/2007  06:35 PM    <DIR>          MSFTI 02/09/2007  08:02 AM    <DIR>          MVP Platform 02/02/2008  03:41 PM    <DIR>          MVP Sumit 02/09/2007  08:06 AM    <DIR>          MyBusStop 10/09/2007  06:36 PM    <DIR>          New York 10/09/2007  06:36 PM    <DIR>          NewCo 02/09/2007  08:07 AM    <DIR>          OrientHome 02/09/2007  08:08 AM    <DIR>          PartnerListeningSystem 02/09/2007  08:08 AM    <DIR>          Passport 02/09/2007  08:09 AM    <DIR>          Personal Suite M1 02/09/2007  08:09 AM    <DIR>          Profile 07/25/2007  02:02 PM    <DIR>          PSSSummit 02/09/2007  08:10 AM    <DIR>          Robin 09/05/2007  10:53 PM    <DIR>          RoundTheUSTrip 02/09/2007  08:10 AM    <DIR>          RushGo 02/09/2007  08:10 AM    <DIR>          S&amp;M Training 02/13/2007  12:14 PM    <DIR>          ShanghaiMap 02/09/2007  08:11 AM    <DIR>          Smile 02/09/2007  08:12 AM    <DIR>          SocialSoftware 02/09/2007  08:13 AM    <DIR>          SoftwarePark 02/09/2007  08:14 AM    <DIR>          SolutionLab 02/09/2007  08:14 AM    <DIR>          TechEd 10/09/2007  06:37 PM    <DIR>          TechTalk 02/09/2007  08:14 AM    <DIR>          USClarify 02/09/2007  08:15 AM    <DIR>          WebRAID 10/23/2007  06:17 PM    <DIR>          Wedding</p>5 Billion SMS Sent Yesterdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080207_5_billion_sms_sent_yesterday.htmThu, 07 Feb 2008 20:34:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080207_5_billion_sms_sent_yesterday.htm<p>The number I got from CCTV today is, 5 billion SMS (Short Message) were sent yesterday. With the adoption of SMS, this is not surprising any more.</p> <p>The Spring Festival of last two years were already full of SMS:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060103_65_sms_in_one_day_on_jan_2.htm">65 SMS in One Day on Jan 2</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070217_happy_new_year_via_sms.htm.static">Happy New Year via SMS</a></li> </ul> <p>This year, I am not as passionate as before, since all kind of group send tool has made greeting as part of automatic process. When I receive a SMS, I am not sure about whether this person send it to me, or just to confirm that my mobile phone number is in his/her address book.</p>Watching Spring Festival TV Show Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080206_watching_spring_festival_tv_show_now.htmWed, 06 Feb 2008 20:09:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080206_watching_spring_festival_tv_show_now.htm<p>I am watching tihs year&rsquo;s Spring Festival TV Show on CCTV now. It is from 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM next day.</p> <p>This is the 20th year of the same TV show. According to the latest statistic, 500 million people in China are watching this program, and maybe the TV program with the largest audience.</p> <p>Fireworks are everywhere outside the window. However, with the Snow Storm across China, this Spring Festival is not as excited as the previous few.</p>The Last Day of Year of Pighttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080206_the_last_day_of_year_of_pig.htmWed, 06 Feb 2008 11:06:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080206_the_last_day_of_year_of_pig.htm<p>Today is the last day of the year of the Pig!</p> <p>Tomorrow is the first day of the Chinese New Year, the year of Rat&hellip;</p> <p>P.S. Why there are Disney Mickey everywhere these days?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I think Disney is calling this next year the &quot;Year of the Mouse&quot; and plans to promote Mickey Mouse very heavily.<br><br>http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/events/landing?name=YearoftheMousePage<br><br>Happy New Year!<div class="comment-meta">— Chris · 2008-02-06 14:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello!<br><br>I have one big question hehe..<br><br>I have a friend whose birthday is February 5th, 1978 at 10:00 am Mexico City time (The time difference is 14 hours)<br><br>Could you help me to deduce whether she is a horse or a snake?<br><br>Thanks hehe.<br><br>And Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kung He Fat Choi! Happy Rat New Year! All the best!<div class="comment-meta">— Claudia M. Frias · 2008-02-06 23:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Feb. 18 1977 - Feb. 6 1978 is snake.<br><br>so Feb 5, 1978 at Mexico city time should be about mid night of Feb 6 Beijing time but still it&#x27;s not Feb 7 yet. Your friend should be a snake.<br><br>Also, we should always use the local timezone to calculate the birth time.<div class="comment-meta">— LT · 2008-02-07 04:39</div></div> </details>Snow Scene in Shanghai Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080203_snow_scene_in_shanghai_again.htmSun, 03 Feb 2008 23:02:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080203_snow_scene_in_shanghai_again.htm<p>This is the snow scene of my garden again, taken in yesterday morning.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/SnowSceneinShanghaiAgain_143BD/DSC03294.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Compare the photo above to this one. The below one was taken on Feb 1, 2005, in my article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050101_heavy_snow_in_shanghai.htm">Heavy Snow in Shanghai</a>. I should not have called it heavy snow compared to this year&rsquo;s snow. Of cause, everything is relative. It is nothing for many places, like Canada, but it is really rare in Shanghai.</p>Why Snow Caused Power Failurehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080203_why_snow_caused_power_failure.htmSun, 03 Feb 2008 10:46:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080203_why_snow_caused_power_failure.htm<p>I was wondering why snow in south China caused large scale power failure - snow is snow, and electricity power is electricity power. What is the connection?</p> <p>Wendy sent me the photo, and I was shocked. This is what happened in South China in the last two weeks&hellip;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919925732_000.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919934155_000.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919926828_000.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919928053_000.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919929155_000.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919930237_000.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/WhySnowCausedPowerFailure_973C/1201919931552_000.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">11 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">南方和北方对比，南方空气湿润，所以不管是雪、雨都会在冷空气的作用下迅速结冰，所以电线上就会有很厚的冰层。电线在冰层的压迫下产生张力，导致电线杆、塔倒塌。北方由于气候干燥，一般都是积雪，而不会结冰。<div class="comment-meta">— Blues Mansion · 2008-02-03 10:53</div></div> <div class="comment">That&#x27;s not snow. That&#x27;s an ice storm.<br><br>In the United States, most storm induced power outages are caused by trees falling on power lines.<br><br>Actually, a big reason for the power outage in China is the lack of coal for power plants. Coal is transported on rail, and the rail has been knocked out for the most part.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2008-02-03 13:48</div></div> <div class="comment">中国的&quot;灾情&quot;太多了。<br><br>多了就不能叫&quot;灾情&quot;了。<div class="comment-meta">— kalala · 2008-02-03 14:23</div></div> <div class="comment">秦岭保护了四川，长江中下游就没有那么幸运了。妖邪当道天生异象。<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#23567;&amp;#38632; · 2008-02-03 14:39</div></div> <div class="comment">南方和北方对比，南方空气湿润，所以不管是雪、雨都会在冷空气的作用下迅速结冰，所以电线上就会有很厚的冰层。电线在冰层的压迫下产生张力，导致电线杆、塔倒塌。北方由于气候干燥，一般都是积雪，而不会结冰。<br><br>(Blues Mansion post translation, courtesy of bablefish)<br><br>South and north contrasts, south the air is moist, therefore no matter is the snow, the rain can rapidly ice up in under the cold air function, therefore in the electric wire can have the very thick ice layer. The electric wire has the tensity under the ice layer oppression, causes the telephone pole, the tower to collapse. North because the climate is dry, generally all is the snow, but cannot ice up.<div class="comment-meta">— ecodelta · 2008-02-03 16:00</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know what some of y&#x27;all said. They all look like ?? marks to me.<br><br>I&#x27;ve seen enough ice storms in real life to know what that is. It&#x27;s not snow, it&#x27;s is caused by freezing rain.<br><br>According to Wikipedia:<br><br>Ice storms happen when a warm cloud rains above a layer of colder air. This lowers the temperature of the droplets to below zero, however it remains in liquid form. The supercooled droplets freeze into ice on impact when they fall onto a surface the temperature of which is close to, or below, freezing.<br><br>This freezing rain covers everything with heavy, smooth glaze ice. Ice-covered roads become slippery and dangerous. Driving becomes extremely hazardous as the ice causes most vehicles to skid out of control, which can cause devastating car crashes as well as pile ups. Even pedestrians are severely affected as sidewalks become slippery, which can cause people to slip and fall and outside stairs can become an extreme injury hazard.<br><br>In addition to hazardous driving/walking conditions, branches or even whole trees may break from the weight of ice. Falling branches can block roads, tear down power and telephone lines and cause other damage. Even without overhead tree branches, the weight of the ice itself can snap power lines, and power poles as well (even the big steel frame electrical pylons have crumbled under the weight of ice before). This can leave people without power for as long as several days to even weeks. According to most meteorologists, just one quarter of an inch of ice accumulation can add about 500 pounds of weight per line span. Damage from ice storms is highly capable of shutting down entire metropolitan areas.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2008-02-03 17:38</div></div> <div class="comment">These are indeed shocking images.<div class="comment-meta">— Richard Hong · 2008-02-03 18:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Cool<div class="comment-meta">— Keith · 2008-02-04 00:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve been reading about the &quot;snow&quot; storms in China for over a week now, but thanks to the photos here it all becomes clear. As &quot;Mr. Cyrillic&quot; says, it was an ice storm.<div class="comment-meta">— Ronglimeng · 2008-02-07 08:27</div></div> <div class="comment">I have tried to find some information about the Maglev Train during the snnow chaos. Do you have any information?<div class="comment-meta">— Carl-Åke · 2008-02-07 17:41</div></div> <div class="comment">this looks totallly wiked that ice is so kool!! It looks smexxy.<div class="comment-meta">— Darian · 2008-02-27 10:04</div></div> </details>The Most Severe Disaster I Experiencedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080202_the_most_severe_disaster_i_experienced.htmSat, 02 Feb 2008 20:14:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080202_the_most_severe_disaster_i_experienced.htm<p>Recently, I experienced the most severe disaster I have ever experienced in China. The snow + the Spring Festival transportation peak made the country a mess. To be exact, this may not be the most severe disaster, but I didn&rsquo;t experience it personally in the previous few, but this one, I feel people around me are impacted, and can imagine how bad the situation is.</p> <p>On the way home, I listened to the radio and there is a story about a woman and her 22 day old infant was stack in the middle of the highway for 7 days, and were sent to hospital. This is just one of the almost one million of people on their way home.</p>Shanghai Snows Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080201_shanghai_snows_again.htmFri, 01 Feb 2008 23:05:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080201_shanghai_snows_again.htm<p>I cannot imagine Shanghai could ever have such heavy snow! I simply cannot believe this is Shanghai!</p> <p>The following photos were taken this afternoon - I am sure now it is completely covered by snow. Do you know why it looks blur and not so clear? Because of the heavy snow this afternoon.</p> <p>I do doubt whether airplane can take off.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ShanghaiSnowsAgain_1471C/DSC03288_thumb.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ShanghaiSnowsAgain_1471C/DSC03279_thumb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ShanghaiSnowsAgain_1471C/DSC03280_thumb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ShanghaiSnowsAgain_1471C/DSC03281_thumb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/ShanghaiSnowsAgain_1471C/DSC03282_thumb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>The Journey Startshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080131_the_journey_starts.htmThu, 31 Jan 2008 23:31:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080131_the_journey_starts.htm<p>The journey starts.</p> <p>Just press the button, and we are ready to go.</p> <p>The journey starts.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo,<br><br>I have been living and working in the US for over 12 years and my company is planning to relocate me back to China. I found your blog while looking for informations about living in Shanghai and would like to say thank you for providing so much useful information here. I am wondering if you have some knowledge or information related to international schools in Shanghai. I guess it will be a valuable addition to your blog.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>LT<div class="comment-meta">— LT · 2008-02-01 04:26</div></div> <div class="comment">@LT,<br><br>I&#x27;d be happy to help connect you to some knowledgeable friends who know a lot about Shanghai international schools. If you come to my blog (see external link with this comment), just leave a comment with your email address and we can discuss over email.<br><br>@jianshuo,<br><br>safe travels during CNY!<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2008-02-01 12:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi JianShuo,<br><br>I plan to go Shanghai on 9th Feb. I&#x27;ve already bought the air tickets. Do you think I should cancel my trip due to the bad weather?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Rgds,<br><br>Evelyn<div class="comment-meta">— Evelyn · 2008-02-01 16:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, Evelyn<br><br>You needn&#x27;t cancel your trip since from 8/2 the weather will be sunny in shanghai. :)<br><br>Wish u a nice trip.<div class="comment-meta">— guest · 2008-02-02 16:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi there,<br><br>Do you think the snow will havve stopped by the end of the month?<br><br>I am from South Africa and will be arriving in Shanghai on 24February 2008.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Gawie<br><br>South Africa<div class="comment-meta">— Gawie Liebenberg · 2008-02-04 23:21</div></div> <div class="comment">I plan to go Shanghai on China new Year. Do you think I should cancel my trip due to the bad weather?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Rgds,<br><br>Alex.<div class="comment-meta">— Alan mayn · 2008-12-03 23:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Well. The Journey refers to the Journey of Baixing, the new company (it was announced internally in Feb 1, 2008).<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-12-30 15:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh! I see.<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle · 2008-12-30 21:19</div></div> </details>DEVP203 - Old Documentshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080130_devp203_-_old_documents.htmWed, 30 Jan 2008 23:55:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080130_devp203_-_old_documents.htm<p>Just found out a lot of old documents in my computer. There is a folder called DEVP203 - Development Process No. 203, or Microsoft Development Management Training Serious - Microsoft Development Process Overview. We did put a lot of effort into that training course, and delivered many times of the training in many different software parks, in many different cities back in 2002.</p> <p>I also found a folder called WebRAID, another half year project. There are almost 100M of documents and code. I was so surprised how much effort we spent to create that project. They are in a height that I even cannot imagine that I have ever being there.</p>Snowing in SJTU (with Kijiji Logo)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080129_snowing_in_sjtu_with_kijiji_logo.htmTue, 29 Jan 2008 12:22:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080129_snowing_in_sjtu_with_kijiji_logo.htm<p>This is the scene from outside my office window. (FYI, SJTU = Shanghai Jiaotong University). Photos were taken by colleges in office.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/29/2227093065_9e7c855a10.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/29/2227092485_90c3a13968.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/29/2227096285_82bd49f392.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/29/2227887344_db2669491b.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">14 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">oh,wonderful.Very creative.<div class="comment-meta">— fedlord · 2008-01-29 14:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Shanghai is much warmer that many cities in China. But i see from the photo that it also experience a freezing winter.<div class="comment-meta">— Nancy · 2008-01-29 16:30</div></div> <div class="comment">I did not see the snow scene in ten years.<div class="comment-meta">— forrest · 2008-01-29 21:41</div></div> <div class="comment">When I left PVG it had just started to snow. Nothing was accumulating so we didn&#x27;t need to get deiced. It sure is strange having snow there. Also, from your photos I now know exactly where your office is. I walk by it all the time. George<div class="comment-meta">— George747 · 2008-01-29 22:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks for posting those Shanghai snow scene pics.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2008-01-29 23:24</div></div> <div class="comment">George747: Do you work for NWA?<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2008-01-30 00:02</div></div> <div class="comment">When I looked at the 1st pic, I thought that it was taken in Russia.... Maybe it is the Soviet-looking buildings.<div class="comment-meta">— fujianren · 2008-01-30 01:44</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m very sorry to hear on the international news, what devastating effects this weather has had throughout China. It was so helpful, when listening to news reports, to have already had your perspective about those people waiting at train stations, etc.<br><br>And how cool (a pun!) that you made the kijiji promo in the snow like that. What fun if it happened to become visible by something like Google Earth :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2008-01-30 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">I really hope that our SIA flight can land at Pudong on Saturday... the forecast is looking pretty bad for Friday (just the day before), and I believe they expect huge delays and cancellations again at Pudong on Friday... :(<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-01-30 10:20</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB: Please bring some green leafy vegetables along. They are very hard to get now. I am sure your in laws will appreciate them.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-01-30 11:54</div></div> <div class="comment">George747: Do you work for NWA?<br><br>Posted by: Давид on January 30, 2008 12:02 AM.<br><br>No, UAL. I did train some Russian Pilots in 1994 in Denver. I still keep in touch with one who flies for Aeroflot.<div class="comment-meta">— George747 · 2008-01-30 12:14</div></div> <div class="comment">cool!<div class="comment-meta">— Nux · 2008-01-30 15:32</div></div> <div class="comment">I could hardly believe it when I heard the news that it had snowed in Shanghai and Nanjing and points south. Thank you for the wonderful pics. The first is the route I would hurry down many mornings to my English class. Now I miss it more than ever; my students said it hadn&#x27;t really snowed in ten years. I missed that coming from a snowy region, and missed it again this year (by moving back--it snowed here too, and is about -10 C now)! Thanks and happy new year!<div class="comment-meta">— swany · 2008-01-31 05:39</div></div> <div class="comment">in the 1700s europe conquored china - that&#x27;s why all our stuff says &quot;made in china&quot; on them. No longer are there conquorers alive, but free trade means no-one is in charge. You will freeze to death as we buy the fuel.<br><br>E=mcc is Einsteins equation, energy (movement, light - a category) and mass (all things, everything) are in the same equation (description).<br><br>We have two ways of describing (two brainhalves), language and vision.<br><br>E=mcc means there is an unthinkable thought (reminds us there is realm of mind in realm of mind, realm of mind = thinker and thought, i exist i think = separation exists).<br><br>Give this to everybody.<br><br>Imagine layers on top of eachother, each layer is infinite 3-dimensional space at an observer size, observer size is represented from up to down (the stack of layers, observer (eye) size represented as an axis from the 3 dimensions. It means we have description, we cannot have reality (the whole universe in the primate mind) but we can describe it as a layered structure (layers of justification = atoms justify molecules.<br><br>The mind found in the middle of the known sizescale (between galaxies and atoms), it is the shape of a brain/body (sensors (cells) are in the body).<br><br>Vision is description.<br><br>Take a layer from the sizescale, the one in the middle and you would select an eye-size (microscope or telescope).<br><br>we are here because of brutal history. survival of most surviving in each generation, most means you can have many children etc etc.<br><br>from, beginning with, reproduction. a lump of molecules reproduced (DNA), combined surrounding molecules into a similar shape.<div class="comment-meta">— important · 2010-08-31 23:05</div></div> </details>Crazy New Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080128_crazy_new_year.htmMon, 28 Jan 2008 21:46:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080128_crazy_new_year.htm<p>This is the craziest new year I have ever experienced. Just to list a few.</p> <ul> <li> <p>It is snowing. Crazily heavy in Shanghai - the heaviest snow in recent years. Looking outside our office - I feel I am in Beijing.</p> </li> <li> <p>No railway station. From today to the Spring Festival, many stations have stopped all ticket selling. No ticket at all.</p> </li> <li> <p>Highways closed. In provinces like Anhui, all highways have been closed because of snow.</p>Traveler Tide in Spring Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080127_traveler_tide_in_spring_festival.htmSun, 27 Jan 2008 21:13:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080127_traveler_tide_in_spring_festival.htm<p>In the next half an month or so, we will experience the largest transportation tide. It is maybe the largest scale of people move in the planet. It is because of the Spring Festival.</p> <p><strong>Why So Many People Need to Go Home</strong></p> <p>Although people do not treat spring festival as serious as the previous generations (some may ignore the Chunlian, or couplet, some may ignore the traditional events during the festival), most of people still keep the tradition of going back home during the Spring Festival.</p>Finally, My Daocheng Video is Onlinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080125_finally_my_daocheng_video_is_online.htmFri, 25 Jan 2008 23:29:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080125_finally_my_daocheng_video_is_online.htm<p>Thanks to YouTube, I am finally able to post the Daocheng video XGE helped to create 6 years ago online.</p> <p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/daocheng.htm">Daocheng Trip</a> is the most amazing trip and memoriable trip I had. As you can see from the video, it is a great place.</p> <p>P.S. I also got another comment (the first comment I got on YouTube) about the other video I posted:</p> <blockquote> <p>worst video in history of videos in the world of videos</p>师北宸翻译：中国的户口制度https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080125_ceieaec.htmFri, 25 Jan 2008 22:24:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080125_ceieaec.htm<blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.yeeyan.com">译言</a>的<a href="http://hi.baidu.com/shibeichen">师北宸</a>先生帮忙把我一年半以前写的篇关于<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060610_hukou_system_in_china.htm">户口制度</a>的英文blog翻译成了中文，发表在<a href="http://yeeyan.com/articles/view/xiaogai/4261">译言</a>上面，还专门写信告知。非常感谢，也顺便把译文转载过来。</p> <p>值得说明的是，这篇blog的很多的细节在自己人看来就不是那么准确，因为本文原意是为了向对中国一窍不通的外国人介绍一下中国的情况，所以这个精度倒也应该够用了。还有，自己些点英文的破文章还让人翻译成中文，真是汗颜，非常不好意思。</p>Labor Day (May Holiday) Canceledhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080124_labor_day_may_holiday_canceled.htmThu, 24 Jan 2008 22:39:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080124_labor_day_may_holiday_canceled.htm<p>I know this is not news. That was announced last December. The interesting thing is the other day, I talked with my good friend from California in Xintiandi. He talked the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050411_tic_moments.htm">T.I.C (This Is China) moment</a>.</p> <p>He asked his friend what they are planning to do during the May Holiday this year. His friend told him very easily: &ldquo;It was canceled&rdquo;.</p> <p>&ldquo;What? Canceled&rdquo;, he was very surprised, &ldquo;It is just like U.S government suddenly announce Thanksgivings is canceled, which is unbelievable&rdquo;.</p>长了一颗牙https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080122_eaeaeec.htmTue, 22 Jan 2008 22:58:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080122_eaeaeec.htm<p>则两天觉得最里面很疼，牵连的右边的脸和眼睛也有些痛。才发现，自己居然又长了一颗牙，别人叫做智齿的那一颗。</p> <p>这几个礼拜，总是趴在床上，让逸凡不情愿的张开小嘴巴，探头进去张望，看看他有没有长牙，结果，小家伙的牙一颗没有，自己反而长出了牙。</p>Backed Up All My Documentshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080122_backed_up_all_my_documents.htmTue, 22 Jan 2008 22:44:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080122_backed_up_all_my_documents.htm<p>Before I install Windows Vista tomorrow, I want to back up all my files on my Drive D.</p> <p>My rule of file management is always:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Reinstall Windows system every two months.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070717_software_for_newly_installed_pc.htm">Reinstall all software</a> again.</p> </li> <li> <p>Backup my all my documents during this time</p> </li> </ul> <p>I bought a new 60G Mobile Disk with USB 2.0 Interface. It costs me 470 RMB (I know I over paid but I didn&rsquo;t have too much time). It has a HITACHI 60G Disk with a SSK disk case.</p>Skyscrapers in Lujiazuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080121_skyscrapers_in_lujiazui.htmMon, 21 Jan 2008 22:37:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080121_skyscrapers_in_lujiazui.htm<p>What a day!</p> <p>This is a not completely-normal normal day. It is not normal, since my typical working day is in office. It is also normal, since this is a typical day in Shanghai. Let me tell you what exactly the life here looks like - since many people didn&rsquo;t get the change to visit Shanghai yet. Today, I am visiting several places in the Lujiazui area.</p> <p><strong>Shangri-La</strong></p> <p>The hotel of Shangri-la is still having a good business. The UBS Greater China Conference 2008 was going on in many floors of the hotel. So many people with black suits and ties attended. Well. Business meeting of a wealth bank is much more luxurious than a meeting of Internet company.</p>Shanghai Car Plate is NOT Investmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080120_shanghai_car_plate_is_not_investment.htmSun, 20 Jan 2008 20:01:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080120_shanghai_car_plate_is_not_investment.htm<p>This is a follow up post for my entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070806_shanghai_car_plates_is_investment.htm">Shanghai Car Plates IS Investment</a> I wrote 4 months ago. Within just 4 months, the high valued car plate dropped dramatically.</p> <p><strong>My Record on Car Plate Price in Shanghai</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htm">A Car Plate = 38500 RMB in Shanghai</a> Aug 24, 2003</li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040322_shanghai_car_plate_43000_rmb.htm">Shanghai Car Plate = 43000 RMB</a> Mar 22, 2004</li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040523_34226_rmb_for_a_car_plate_in_may.htm">34226 RMB for a Car Plate in May</a> May 23, 2004</li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040620_a_car_plate_21001_rmb_now.htm">A Car Plate = 21001 RMB Now</a> Jun 20, 2004</li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070806_shanghai_car_plates_is_investment.htm">Shanghai Car Plates IS Investment</a> Aug 6, 2007</li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070819_congrats_victor_for_getting_car_plate_at_46500.htm">Congrats Victor for Getting Car Plate - at 46500</a> Aug 19, 2007</li> </ul> <p>From my blog post on Car Plates in Shanghai, you can get some idea about how the prices of a car plate in Shanghai changes over time.</p>Third Day in Nanyuan Hot Springhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080118_third_day_in_nanyuan_hot_spring.htmFri, 18 Jan 2008 16:10:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080118_third_day_in_nanyuan_hot_spring.htm<p>Still in the offsite in Nanyuan Hot Spring, Ninghai, <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/-Ningbo">Ningbo</a>, <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/-Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> Province.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03102.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>  Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03103.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03104.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03105.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03106.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>  Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03108.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03109.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/e550f9b95b60_E22C/DSC03111.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>  Photo by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>P.S. Just found out PayPal started its referral engine in China also:</p>I am in Ninghai in Ningbohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080118_i_am_in_ninghai_in_ningbo.htmFri, 18 Jan 2008 03:33:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080118_i_am_in_ninghai_in_ningbo.htm<p>I am in a company offsite meeting in Ninghai, Ningbo City. It is about 5 hour&rsquo;s bus ride from Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/IaminNinghaiinNingbo_30C0/DSC03053.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.nyhotspring.com/en/guestroom3.php">Nanyuan Hot-Spring Resort</a> is very nice - it reminds me of another similar resort: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061124_chaminade_in_santa_cruz.htm">Chaminade in Santa Cruz</a>. The feeling of nice hotel, good service, beautiful scene and all these hidden in the deep of mountains&hellip;</p> <p>I will get back on Saturday.</p> <p>Related Entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080118_third_day_in_nanyuan_hot_spring.htm">Third Day in Nanyuan Hot Spring</a></p>Photo Needed for Olympic Ceremonieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080115_photo_needed_for_olympic_ceremonies.htmTue, 15 Jan 2008 22:50:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080115_photo_needed_for_olympic_ceremonies.htm<p>According to the official web site of <a href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml">Beijing Olympics 2008</a>, <a href="http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/official/bulletin/official/n214232016.shtml">Photo ID and personal information needed for Olympic ceremonies ticket buyers</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/PhotoNeededforOlympicsCeremonies_14135/image_3.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Beijing 2008</p> <p> </p> <p>Below is the information ticket owners have to fill:</p> <p>It seems gender, birth date, mobile, telephone, email, mail address all all other personal information IS very important for the committee to host a successful Olympic.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/PhotoNeededforOlympicsCeremonies_14135/image.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>If the ticket buyer fail to go to the designated places to submit their forms in person or via a trustee, they may not be able to attend the ticket. Mail is not accepted. It takes too much time to get a ticket for Olympic.</p>World Financial Centerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080115_world_financial_center.htmTue, 15 Jan 2008 21:38:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080115_world_financial_center.htm<p><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/singaporeano/WFC">Kenneth</a> posted some nice picture from the top of World Financial Center (via <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2008/01/15/view_from_the_w.php">Shanghaiist.com</a>). These are the first bunch of photos from that high.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WorldFinancialCenter_12F75/2180307647_8618303522.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>  Photo Credit: <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/singaporeano/WFC">Singaporeano</a></p> <p>This is the top of Jinmao Tower - how many people are able to look at Jinmao from this direction?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WorldFinancialCenter_12F75/2180298289_39592b0b0f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo Credit: <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/singaporeano/WFC">Singaporeano</a></p> <p>Jinmao looks really tall from the top, even looks taller from this direction.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WorldFinancialCenter_12F75/2180294515_f6d80ec0bd.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photo Credit: <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/singaporeano/WFC">Singaporeano</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WorldFinancialCenter_12F75/2180292235_0c40709a3a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Snowing Huangshanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080114_snowing_huangshan.htmMon, 14 Jan 2008 21:54:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080114_snowing_huangshan.htm<p>Wendy got back from her trip to Huangshan. She went there with her team in a team building event. It snows heavily in Huangshan, and she was very cold there. The good thing is, she took back some great photos of Huangshan in snow.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/14/DSC02846.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/14/DSC02852.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/14/DSC02860.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/14/DSC02868.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/14/DSC02881.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Google Sightseeing: Weird Places in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080113_google_sightseeing_weird_places_in_shanghai.htmSun, 13 Jan 2008 19:08:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080113_google_sightseeing_weird_places_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/GoogleSightseeingWiredPlacesinShanghai_10D32/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">wired or weird? and what is it?<div class="comment-meta">— ana · 2008-01-13 20:10</div></div> <div class="comment">is tis a factory?<div class="comment-meta">— Nux · 2008-01-13 22:56</div></div> </details>Video about Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080112_video_about_shanghai.htmSat, 12 Jan 2008 23:28:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080112_video_about_shanghai.htm<p>Paul Merton posted nice video about Shanghai. Obviously he did much better job in editing and narration then me.</p> <p>The video is uploaded in July 2007, and I already see there are many changes in the landscape of Shanghai since he took the video half an year ago.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">hoho,sofa ....<br><br>jianshuo&#x27;s blog is very good! i like !<div class="comment-meta">— dongguangyao · 2008-01-13 18:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Through I haven&#x27;t there yet but I am REALLY sure I would do the same thing as Paul Merton did when he was in the hotel, it really feels like a drop of water that keeps falling falling falling...... ^0^<br><br>JC<div class="comment-meta">— JC · 2008-01-14 20:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Great link! Thanks for posting it! JS!<div class="comment-meta">— Claudia Frias · 2008-01-15 00:35</div></div> <div class="comment">I recommend getting the series from your favourite site for such things ... it is an excellent look at China. And Paul Merton is always an amusing chap.<div class="comment-meta">— Byron · 2008-01-20 12:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. It is obvious that Paul Merton paid serious effort to record his trip - he must have take extra steps (like film from both inside an outside, and from many directions to record the same trip).<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-01-20 19:26</div></div> </details>草根站上大会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080112_ecaeae.htmSat, 12 Jan 2008 23:13:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20080112_ecaeae.htm<p>下午应<a href="http://wangchenyun.com/">晨昀</a>邀请，参加<a href="http://wangchenyun.com/article.asp?id=264">草根站长大会</a>。晨昀是在97年做<a href="http://www.hotsales.net">火速</a>的时候就认识的朋友，掐指一算，我们已经认识11年了。衣不如新，友不如故，所以晨昀的活动，我一般一定捧场。印象比较 神的两句话：</p> <p>陈曦</p> <blockquote> <p>我告诉你，从这里出发，要先经过红海，才能到达蓝海</p> </blockquote> <p>王志东</p> <blockquote> <p>接入为王，到内容为王，再到应用为王</p> </blockquote> <p>呵呵。很久没有参加聚会，也很就没有更新中文的blog了。顺祝大家新年好。</p>Weird Places in Shanghai via Google Earthhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080110_weird_places_in_shanghai_via_google_earth.htmThu, 10 Jan 2008 23:27:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080110_weird_places_in_shanghai_via_google_earth.htm<p>If you look at the Google Earth, and fly to Shanghai, you will find some very weird places - you may wonder what they are. Anyone want to guess what it is, or try to find it on Google Earth.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/ShanghaiGoogleEarthSightseeing_A0EC/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/ShanghaiGoogleEarthSightseeing_A0EC/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/ShanghaiGoogleEarthSightseeing_A0EC/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/ShanghaiGoogleEarthSightseeing_A0EC/image_5.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/ShanghaiGoogleEarthSightseeing_A0EC/image_6.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WeirdPlacesinShanghaiviaGoogleMap_149E5/image.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WeirdPlacesinShanghaiviaGoogleEarth_134B8/image21.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WeirdPlacesinShanghaiviaGoogleMap_149E5/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/WeirdPlacesinShanghaiviaGoogleEarth_134B8/image24.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I think the second picture is Shanghai South Railway Station<div class="comment-meta">— Keith · 2008-01-11 11:45</div></div> <div class="comment">things do look weird when seen from above. Anyway, i never been to shanghai, but i guess some places shown above are either railway station, reservoir, some factories or technology parks.<div class="comment-meta">— Nux · 2008-01-11 13:52</div></div> <div class="comment">i still wondering about the 1st, 3rd and the 6th pic, Could you pls tell what the place is?<div class="comment-meta">— Karp · 2008-01-14 11:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian,<br><br>These are great! More fun than sudoku.<br><br>#1. At first glance picture one seems to be a runway layout but upon measuring the longest &quot;runway&quot; it is only about 2000 ft. Too short except for light aircraft. Also, runways are typically oriented north-south in the shangHai area. Zooming in, one can see cross members which look like all the metro construction going on in PVG. This is a metro station at the intersection of three lines.<br><br>#2 I agree with Keith. PVG South RR Station<br><br>#3 This is Shanghai Harbour City(Lingang City) or Luchao Harbour City 15 NM south of PVG airport. We fly over it on final approach when landing to the north. I have looked for it before on Google Earth but it was never there. It must be newly updated. It looks strange during low visibility approaches at night. All you see is a ring of lights glowing throught the darkness.<br><br>#4 Century Park<br><br>#5 Hmmm? Oil storage?<br><br>#6 Hmmm? Road around something?<br><br>#7 Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility<br><br>#8 Science &amp; Technology Museum &amp; Subway Market<br><br>#9 World Expo site<div class="comment-meta">— George747 · 2008-01-15 22:37</div></div> <div class="comment">George747, you are right for all the question you answered except #1. It is a metro station near the World Expo site. There are two lines intersecting there.<br><br>#6 is the oil storage near Waigaoqiao.<br><br>Yes. It is more interesting than sudoku. How about let&#x27;s play a game of &quot;Where is it?&quot; on Google Earth. That must be very interesting.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-01-15 23:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian,<br><br>You are correct. I was looking at the photo you posted on November 5, 2007 and interpreted the &quot;X&quot; station on the map as the one in the Google Earth photo. Obviously I was too far north. Actually, that station seems to have 4 lines.<br><br>http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:t5Rk0D7ax5cJ:home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071105_more_detailed_shanghai_future_metro_map.htm+shanghai+future+metro+map&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=2&amp;gl=us<br><br>George<div class="comment-meta">— George 747 · 2008-01-19 09:30</div></div> <div class="comment">i think No.7 looks like really big toilet<div class="comment-meta">— Fraser · 2009-03-03 17:33</div></div> <div class="comment">#1 is Area 51<div class="comment-meta">— Mike · 2012-01-10 11:48</div></div> </details>Near to Both Metro Stationshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080109_near_to_both_metro_stations.htmWed, 09 Jan 2008 18:53:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080109_near_to_both_metro_stations.htm<p>In the next few minute, I am going to go back home via Metro Line #4. There are two stations of the line, and both are &ldquo;near&rdquo; to where I work.</p> <p>In the map below: The one on the left top corner is the Metro Line #4 Hongqiao Rd. Station, and the one on the lower left is Metro Line #4 Yishan Rd. Station. The red point on the top right is where I work. (BTW, the other dot in the middle of the right is the Xujiahui Station of Metro Line #1).</p>Shanghai Metro People's Square Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080108_shanghai_metro_peoples_square_station.htmTue, 08 Jan 2008 22:46:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080108_shanghai_metro_peoples_square_station.htm<p>Shanghai Metro People&rsquo;s Square Station is the first transition station in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/metro.htm">Shanghai Metro System</a>. Once upon a time, there is only one metro line in Shanghai when I arrived in this city, and it took many years for the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_2.htm">Metro Line #2</a> to be constructed and opened. Then the Long Transition Tunnel of the Metro #1 and #2 became the memories of many people - it was really long.</p> <p>Now, with the opening of Metro <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_8.htm">Line #8</a> and the new transition hall, this is history. Look at the brand new Metro Station in People&rsquo;s Square. Again, I am reporting through photos:</p>Jian Shuo Wang is on Facebookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080107_jian_shuo_wang_is_on_facebook.htmMon, 07 Jan 2008 22:37:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080107_jian_shuo_wang_is_on_facebook.htm<p>I finally starts to use Facebook. It is a very nice service, and recently, more and more friends in China is joining the network.</p> <p>If you are my reader, and want to add me, here is my profile: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=505173495">http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=505173495</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2008/01/JianShuoWangisonFacebook_13E2A/image_4.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Since Facebook is designed to be useful only for people who know each other offline, I don&rsquo;t want to break the rule to expand my network aimlessly. However, I think it is a good idea to add my readers to my friend list, so there is a more effective way to get connected. Please make sure you add the following sentence:</p>Shanghai Metro Century Avenue Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080105_shanghai_metro_century_avenue_station.htmSat, 05 Jan 2008 21:45:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080105_shanghai_metro_century_avenue_station.htm<p>One and half year ago, I posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060922_centuary_ave_station_opens_on_oct_28.htm">Century Ave Station Opens on Oct 28</a>. In that post, I described how the future of the Century Avenue Station will look like when it is fully completed. Below is the diagram I used:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/22/screen-centuary.ave-metro.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080102_shanghai_metro_line_6.htm">Line #6</a> goes on the top at B1 level. Line #2, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_4.htm">Line #4</a> go in the B2 level, cross the Line #6. Line #9 (partly opened on December 29, 2007) will run deeper on level B3. After one and half years, the station is finally ready, and I went there to send the first hand report to my readers.</p>Shanghai Metro South Xizang Rd. Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080103_shanghai_metro_south_xizang_rd_station.htmThu, 03 Jan 2008 22:15:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080103_shanghai_metro_south_xizang_rd_station.htm<p>Among all the transition in the current <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/metro.htm">Shanghai Metro System</a>, I love the platform design of South Xizang Rd. Station of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_4.htm">Line #4</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_8.htm">Line #8</a> most. That is the easiest transition and shortest among all the current transition plans. I am a Metro Fans, and am always attracted by construction site. I got the change the take some photos of the design of the station.</p> <p><strong>Location of South Xizang Rd. Station</strong></p> <p>According to this map, it is at the intersection of line #4 and the line #8 (at the south side of the circle line #4). Sorry that the Automatic Vendor Machine don&rsquo;t have an English map.</p>Shanghai Metro Line #6https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080102_shanghai_metro_line_6.htmWed, 02 Jan 2008 23:06:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080102_shanghai_metro_line_6.htm<p>6</p> <p>Congratulations to the newly opened Shanghai Metro Line #6. I hope this series of post covers most of the Metro Line #6. I love this line!</p> <p><strong>Line Overview</strong></p> <p>Shanghai Metro Line #6 is the only line in the Metro system that completely runs in Pudong. It starts from the northmost Gangcheng Road Station, and arrives at Jiyang Road Station on the south. The whole line runs in Pudong.</p> <p>Total length: 33.09 km Among them, 12.04 km is above the ground - like light rail, 20.8 km is running below the ground - like a real metro, or subway There is a portion of 0.25 km that connects the underground lines and the ground lines. It is almost under-ground but don&rsquo;t have a cover.</p>Summary of My 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080101_summary_of_my_2007.htmTue, 01 Jan 2008 12:39:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20080101_summary_of_my_2007.htm<p>At the beginning of a new year, I want to take some time to summarize my 2007.</p> <ul> <li>Most memorable experience - Yifan was born on June 2, 2007. This is a big life changer.</li> <li>Relaxing trip: the only long distance relaxing trip was to Cambodia, at the beginning of March</li> <li>Trip I almost forgot: Only by checking my blog did I remember that I had made a Hong Kong trip. It was too short - just over night.</li> <li>Kijiji finally starts to make some money, and this was remarkable for the team. I am also happy with the high-speed increase of the market and the business.</li> <li>Wendy spent huge amount of time with Yifan and took care of the baby very well. I&rsquo;d like to thank her for taking so much responsibility for the family.</li> <li>The success heart surgery of my mother-in-law is a big blessing for the family.</li> <li>Being selected as one of the Fellow in the Young Leaders Forum was the most exciting honor I got in this year. Meeting the great people is also the most interesting thing in this year.</li> <li>The big organizational and cultural challenge in Kijiji in July was such a good thing for the team to build immune into the system and strengthen trust. We are much stronger.</li> <li>Met with many top guys in technical field in Silicon Valley during my only US trip in September.</li> <li>Yifan grows so happily and healthily. He is like the strawberry on the cake of our family. At the year end, he is coughing, and we spent last night/first morning of 2007/2008 taking care of Yifan. Although it is normal for kids of 6-7 months, we are really worried.</li> </ul> <p>I am looking forward to a great 2008.</p>Happy New Year 2008https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071231_happy_new_year_2008.htmMon, 31 Dec 2007 22:47:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071231_happy_new_year_2008.htm<p>Happy New Year to all my friends, family and readers!</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/HappyNewYear2008_14091/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It seems Microsoft Paint (my favorite photo creation tool) is still not perfect to create a Holiday Card.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy New Year Jian Shuo!!!<div class="comment-meta">— Randy · 2008-01-01 00:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year, Jian Shuo &amp; family (and all !)<div class="comment-meta">— swany · 2008-01-01 00:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year!!!<div class="comment-meta">— dihua · 2008-01-01 04:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello Jian Shuo<br><br>New Year, New Joys, New Challenges.<br><br>May 2008 be a great year for you and your family.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-01-01 12:56</div></div> <div class="comment">@wonton, Happy New Year! In the last year, you are sure to be the &quot;king of controversy&quot; (according to AussiePB), in a good way. Thanks for bringing new perspective to this blog. Looking forward to see more comments from you in 2008.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-01-01 13:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year Jian Shuo and blessings to your family... and @wonton - blessings to the 2007 &quot;king of controversy&quot; and your wife. I look forward to this year&#x27;s CNY celebrations when we are in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-01-01 18:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>I would like to use a photograph you took last year, I believe, during the fireworks of New Year&#x27;s Eve for my Jan 1st blog post today. I would give you credit for the photograph if you give me permission to use it. Thanks much. Please email me to let me know how you feel about this. Thanks much!<br><br>Happy 2008!<br><br>:) Sky<div class="comment-meta">— Sky · 2008-01-01 22:21</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB<br><br>Best wishes to you too. I like your positive energy.<br><br>It is not my intention to be controversial or anything.<br><br>I am just venting my frustrations when I get a big itch from what&#x27;s happening around me.<br><br>So don&#x27;t mind my bad breath. Sometimes even I don&#x27;t understand myself let alone others.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2008-01-02 14:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello,<br><br>i&#x27;de found this side in google. I&#x27;ts a very nice side.<br><br>O.k., prosperous and healthy 2008 to everybody!<br><br>regards<br><br>Peter, Wuppertal (Germany)<div class="comment-meta">— Peter · 2008-01-02 20:55</div></div> <div class="comment">What the hell is that?? He&#x27;s from the Cayman Islands? They must use some heavy drugs there....<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-01-07 00:46</div></div> </details>Best of Wangjianshuo's Blog in 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071231_best_of_wangjianshuos_blog_in_2007.htmMon, 31 Dec 2007 15:57:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071231_best_of_wangjianshuos_blog_in_2007.htm<p>I posted 374 blogs (before this entry) in the 365 days in 2007. Just now, I reviewed my monthly blog archive in 2007, and selected (just based on my personal standard) the best posts in 2007. Here is a full list.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071223_i_will_follow_all_the_rules.htm">&ldquo;I Will Follow All the Rules!&rdquo;</a> Dec 23, 2007</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071223_why_things_in_china_is_cheap.htm">Why Things in China is Cheap?</a> Dec 23, 2007</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071221_is_guanxi_important.htm">Is Guanxi Important?</a> Dec 21, 2007</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071218_current_university_students_are_different.htm">Current University Students are Different</a> Dec 18, 2007</p>Wake up, Wake uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071231_wake_up_wake_up.htmMon, 31 Dec 2007 12:15:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071231_wake_up_wake_up.htm<p>I am the sleepy type of person - I can sleep as much as the time you gave me.</p> <p>This is the second day of the three day New Year holiday. As yesterday, I wake up by myself, at 12:10 noon time.</p> <p>I always wonder why I like to sleep so much. Is it because of gene or just because of laziness?</p> <p>I pull over my laptop on bed and check out what is happening on my blog (comment) and inbox (email).</p>Shanghai Metro Line #4, #6, #8, #9 Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071230_shanghai_metro_line_4_6_8_9_opens.htmSun, 30 Dec 2007 23:38:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071230_shanghai_metro_line_4_6_8_9_opens.htm<p>Dec 29 is a big day for Shanghai Metro. 58 New Metro Stations were put into operation on the same day. Yes. It is not a typo. It IS 58 stations. This afternoon, I prepared my camera and coat and wanted to take photos of the new Metro Stations and metro trains, but it was really too cold and windy today. So I decided to turn to <a href="http://flickr.com">flickr</a> to find some photos, and then do a report with these photos.</p>Kijiji Expanding Officehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071229_kijiji_expanding_office.htmSat, 29 Dec 2007 20:41:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071229_kijiji_expanding_office.htm<p>Kijiji is expanding to the 19th floor of the same building. The same day last year, we moved into our current office, and the new life in the office started from Jan 4, 2007.</p> <p>One year later, we expanded from the 18th floor to the 19th, and we are looking forward to a completely new start.</p> <p>Happy New Year to my brothers and sisters in Kijiji.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/29/2145558105_3f88603628.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Having a firm in IT industry is also my dream...<br><br>You are my idol.<div class="comment-meta">— Wang Shouyi · 2007-12-29 22:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Cong~~! It looks just like the lab I am in.<div class="comment-meta">— Danny · 2007-12-29 22:19</div></div> <div class="comment">光线看上去不是很好，荧光灯很伤眼，而且显得冷淡<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#19988;&amp;#21548;&amp;#26539;&amp;#21535; · 2007-12-29 22:47</div></div> <div class="comment">新年新希望。<br><br>我的新年希望是：我拥有很多的&quot;才&quot;&amp;&quot;财&quot;...<div class="comment-meta">— Ben · 2007-12-30 11:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Great team with great teamwork.<div class="comment-meta">— Judy · 2008-03-20 17:22</div></div> <div class="comment">How would someone pitch an idea to do genealogy via Kijiji<div class="comment-meta">— Karen Buckley · 2010-07-30 00:47</div></div> </details>OOB Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071228_oob_today-4.htmFri, 28 Dec 2007 23:06:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071228_oob_today-4.htm<p>Pretty tired these days. OOB (Out of Blogging) today.</p>Foreigners Individual Income Tax in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071226_foreigners_individual_income_tax_in_china.htmWed, 26 Dec 2007 21:47:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071226_foreigners_individual_income_tax_in_china.htm<p>This is a FAQ, as you can see from the discussion under my entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070108_personal_income_tax_in_china.htm">Personal in Tax in China</a>. I am not a lawyer, and I don&rsquo;t want to pretend to know everything, or the accurate information (even a lawyer cannot be hold responsible for tax issues you have). But to help my expats readers, I did have the opportunity to talk with a lawyer, so I can try to answer the question.</p>Successful Kijiji Meetuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071226_successful_kijiji_meetup.htmWed, 26 Dec 2007 21:23:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071226_successful_kijiji_meetup.htm<p>Had a wonderful <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/kijiji.htm">Kijiji</a> meetup today with about 7 users. Every time I have a Kijiji meetup with users, I feel very happy and confident.</p> <p>As the head of a website, millions of page view or 20-30 thousands listing per day does not tell the whole story. Only by sitting down face to face with users can I really understand the values of the site, and the problems we need to solve.</p>Merry Christmas 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071225_merry_christmas_2007.htmTue, 25 Dec 2007 20:04:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071225_merry_christmas_2007.htm<p>Merry Christmas, my friends, my readers, and everyone who see this note.</p> <p>Although we do not celebrate Christmas in Shanghai, I&rsquo;d love to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and very soon, a Happy New Year!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/MerryChristmas2007_12C4E/DSC01882.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>  Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/MerryChristmas2007_12C4E/DSC01080.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Merry Christams and happy new year !<div class="comment-meta">— Michael Huang · 2007-12-25 21:12</div></div> <div class="comment">A Big Jolly and Merry Christmas to All!!!!! Ho! Ho! Ho!<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-12-25 21:17</div></div> <div class="comment">MERRY CHRISTMAS to all readers in this blog....<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2007-12-26 11:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Wish everyone a wonderful 2008!<div class="comment-meta">— Elaine · 2007-12-26 12:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas to all! I wish everyone a spirit of hope, friendship, and love during this holiday season.<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2007-12-26 13:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry X&#x27;mas ! Especially to expats at Shanghai!<div class="comment-meta">— Forrest · 2007-12-26 19:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone! Again, Merry X&#x27;mas.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-12-26 22:53</div></div> </details>Assembly - Great War Movie from Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071224_assembly_-_great_war_movie_from_china.htmMon, 24 Dec 2007 13:35:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071224_assembly_-_great_war_movie_from_china.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/AssemblyGreatWarMoviefromChina_12E4C/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Back from Feng Xiaogang&rsquo;s new movie - <em>Assembly</em>. It is a great movie. It is may be one of the first movie in China to pay attention to the individuals, to the lives in the war. This is very rare in the history of war movies in China.</p> <p>In this movie, the point director wants to make seems to be &ldquo;Every life is valuable, and deserve respect.&rdquo; That is very good point. Solider&rsquo;s life is not something as romantic as leaders &ldquo;heroism&rdquo;. Death is death - cold, crucial,  and full of pain.</p>'I Will Follow All the Rules!'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_i_will_follow_all_the_rules.htmSun, 23 Dec 2007 22:43:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_i_will_follow_all_the_rules.htm<p>Chatted with George the other day. George is my friend from New York who asked the wonderful question: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060508_it_is_not_impossible_but_difficult.htm">Why everyone in China says &ldquo;It is not impossible but difficult&rdquo;</a>.</p> <p>When we talked about his recent relocation to Shanghai, we talked about the rules and regulations. George said: &ldquo;I will try to follow all the rules anyway.&rdquo;</p> <p>This sounds so familiar. Li Hong talked about the same thing in the YLF dinner the other day. It was about the tax for foreigners. According to the regulation, any foreigners who stays in China for more than 183 days need to pay the local tax. Although it is not enforced, most foreigners tried very hard to follow, even the government official told them that it is OK to hold on and wait for some years. They just feel unsafe.</p>MovableType Dirify Change for UTF-8https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_movabletype_dirify_change_for_utf-8.htmSun, 23 Dec 2007 21:46:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_movabletype_dirify_change_for_utf-8.htm<p>This is for MovableType 3.2, but the same for 3.3, or 4.0, 4.01.</p> <p>In the file /mt/lib/MT/Util.pm, there are two lines. I have to change it from:</p> <blockquote> <p>LINE 553: sub dirify {</p> <p>LINE 554: ($MT::VERSION &amp;&amp; MT-&gt;instance-&gt;{cfg}-&gt;PublishCharset =~ m/utf-?8/i)</p> <p>LINE 555: ? utf8_dirify(@<em>) : iso_dirify(@</em>);</p> <p>LINE 556: }</p> </blockquote> <p>It has to be changed to</p> <blockquote> <p>LINE 553: sub dirify {</p> <p>LINE 554: # ($MT::VERSION &amp;&amp; MT-&gt;instance-&gt;{cfg}-&gt;PublishCharset =~ m/utf-?8/i)</p> <p>LINE 555: iso_dirify(@<em>); # ? utf8_dirify(@</em>) : iso_dirify(@_);</p>Conversation with IPowerWeb Supporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_conversation_with_ipowerweb_support.htmSun, 23 Dec 2007 16:36:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_conversation_with_ipowerweb_support.htm<p>This was my conversation with ipowerweb support today. There is no surprise. Their customer service level is very consistent in the last few years. The conversation was near 1 hour. There are always several minutes to 10 minutes wait between my last sentence and his answer.</p> <blockquote> <p>**</p> <p><img src="http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hcp/chatinfo/chatinfo.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>**Welcome to IPOWER! You are number 15 in the queue. Your wait time will be approximately 7 minute(s) and 30 seconds. We apologize for the wait time. Please hold for a site operator to respond. **</p>Why Things in China is Cheap?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_why_things_in_china_is_cheap.htmSun, 23 Dec 2007 11:34:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071223_why_things_in_china_is_cheap.htm<p>There is no doubt that China is one of the most important base for manufacturing. Christmas is coming, and this reminds people that the even higher majority of world Christmas decoration is coming from China. Even the Christmas tree - if it is artificial - may come from China.</p> <p>Goods in China are cheap. There are arguments of the quality (Well. I will talk about that part in the future). My question to answer today is, why China&rsquo;s good is cheap?</p>Went to Children's Hospital - Refugee Camphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071222_went_to_childrens_hospital_-_refugee_camp.htmSat, 22 Dec 2007 20:52:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071222_went_to_childrens_hospital_-_refugee_camp.htm<p>I went to Children&rsquo;s Hospital on the Fenglin Road. Yifan&rsquo;s ass looks red - should be very typical problem for children like his age, so we went to the Children&rsquo;s Hospital today. The last time, I lined there for 3 hours to get a small cup of medicine - that worked very well. The medicine itself was 2 RMB, or 30 US cents, but it cost me almost the whole after.</p>Is Guanxi Important?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071221_is_guanxi_important.htmFri, 21 Dec 2007 23:01:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071221_is_guanxi_important.htm<p>YLF</p> <p>Many books about China says: &ldquo;Guanxi is important in China&rdquo;. Many people do research based on the books. Many foreigners know Guanxi is important in China.</p> <p>The problem is, it is a little bit out of date today.</p> <p><strong>Guanxi is important, but no longer the ONLY key</strong></p> <p>Guanxi or relationship was very important, and is still very important in today&rsquo;s China society. However, the importance of this factor is degraded based on my observation. It is just like &ldquo;Hukou is important, and is still important, but not as important as before&rdquo;.</p>Victor's Car Plate was Stolenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071219_victors_car_plate_was_stolen.htmWed, 19 Dec 2007 20:58:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071219_victors_car_plate_was_stolen.htm<p>After Victor&rsquo;s dog was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061230_friends_dog_killed.htm">stolen and killed</a>, and after his bicycle was stolen months ago,and his wallet, he also lost his car plate today.</p> <p><strong>How the Plate was Stolen</strong></p> <p>You know car plate, right? Every car has a plate. It is attached to the car, and can be easily detached. So, there is a business here in Shanghai to steal people&rsquo;s car plate, and blackmail the owner. Victor is the victim of this car plate stealing case.</p>Dishui Lake Satellite Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071219_dishui_lake_satellite_pictures.htmWed, 19 Dec 2007 16:20:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071219_dishui_lake_satellite_pictures.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060913_dishuihu_dishui_lake_pictures.htm">Dishui Lake</a> is my favorite place to spend a weekend. Today, I found the satellite pictures of this artificial lake is updated on Google Earth.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/DishuiLakeSatellitePictures_4F6/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>The bigger scope of the lake.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/DishuiLakeSatellitePictures_4F6/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Zoom in and see the current building. I believe there will be many more buildings in this area.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/DishuiLakeSatellitePictures_4F6/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is the relative location of the Dishui Lake in Shanghai Map.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/DishuiLakeSatellitePictures_4F6/image_6.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>In term of its relationship with <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/yangshan_port.htm">Yangshan Deep Water Port</a>, here is the map:</p>Current University Students are Differenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071218_current_university_students_are_different.htmTue, 18 Dec 2007 21:54:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071218_current_university_students_are_different.htm<p>I am back from a speech in Shanghai Jiaotong University tonight.</p> <p>This is the second time I visit SJTU this month.</p> <p>I just observe something very different between the students of this year (especially the first year students) and the students of two years ago.</p> <p><strong>The Reform of Higher Education</strong></p> <p>The change was triggered by the recent reform of higher education. According to the students, when they enter SJTU, they don&rsquo;t know their majors yet. They know which school they will go to and will study for 2 years before they were assigned a major, depending on how good their first two years are. (Correct me if I am wrong. This is what I heard, but not necessarily the truth).</p>YLFer Gather in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071216_ylfer_gather_in_shanghai.htmSun, 16 Dec 2007 23:24:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071216_ylfer_gather_in_shanghai.htm<p><em>This entry is intended to notify YLFers (Young Leaders Forum) participants about the FYLer gather in Shanghai. Hopefully, many of you have subscribed to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071209_young_leaders_forum_fellow_blog_feed.htm">Young Leaders Forum Fellow Blog Feed</a>, so you should be able to get this news very soon.</em></p> <p>We had a wonderful gather for YLFers. Thanks for the business trip of Rose from Beijing, and organization of Haisong (and paying the bill), we finally had:</p> <ul> <li>Rose, 2007 Fellow</li> <li>Haisong, 2004 Fellow</li> <li>Li Hong, 2003 Fellow</li> <li>Zhang Yong, 2005 Fellow</li> <li>Nick, 2005 Fellow</li> <li>Jian Shuo, 2007 Fellow</li> </ul> <p>So nice to see each other again after the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071205_back_from_wonderful_ylf_trip_in_nanjing.htm">Nanjing trip</a>. It should be the first known gather after this year&rsquo;s forum.</p>建硕 - 失败 = ？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071216_c_e_ie.htmSun, 16 Dec 2007 23:05:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071216_c_e_ie.htm<p>昨天没有带手机。让中国移动把我的所有电话都转移了。</p> <p>今天拿到手机却忘了把转移取消，反而错过了电话。</p> <p>跟Wendy说这件事，然后问了她一个算式：</p> <blockquote> <p>建硕 - 失败 = ？</p>The Age of Change, in Reality, and in Mindhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071216_the_age_of_change_in_reality_and_in_mind.htmSun, 16 Dec 2007 16:32:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071216_the_age_of_change_in_reality_and_in_mind.htm<p>This is an age of change, of China and of the world.</p> <p>I feel it, but cannot name it. I see it all the time with all those small things in my life, but still cannot tell what it really means. My simple instinct tells me, 2007 is a very interesting and unique period for China. My friends, help me to understand it.</p> <p><strong>Job Market</strong></p> <p>My reader <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/SuperDave.htm">SuperDav</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071031_foreign_job_seekers_move_to_shanghai.htm#0121">asked me</a> the question:</p>Train Ticket Office at Maglev Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071216_train_ticket_office_at_maglev_station.htmSun, 16 Dec 2007 15:18:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071216_train_ticket_office_at_maglev_station.htm<p>Many people arrives in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/pudong_airport.htm">Shanghai Pudong airport</a> empty handed - I mean without the train ticket to the next city. Typically, they just arrives, and want to get train ticket, and then directly take a train to nearby cities, like Hangzhou, or Suzhou.</p> <p>There is a train ticket office at the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040424_maglev_at_long_yang_station.htm">Longyang Road Station of Maglev</a> (Maglev only have two stations, Pudong Airport and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040424_maglev_at_long_yang_station.htm">Longyang Road</a>). It can be very helpful if you know its location to plan your trip.</p>Yangshan Deep Water Port - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071215_yangshan_deep_water_port_-_part_ii.htmSat, 15 Dec 2007 18:34:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071215_yangshan_deep_water_port_-_part_ii.htm<p>I am attending a meeting at Yangshan Island. Here are some photos of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050717_donghai_bridge.htm">Donghai Bridge</a>, and the Yangshan <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060420_visited_yangshan_deep_water_port.htm">Deep Water Port</a>. This is a meeting with government. I just found out that Yangshan is a great place to host a meeting - it takes about 2.5 hours to get there, including 0.5-1 hour to reach the A2, and 30 minutes on the A2 to Donghai Bridge, and 30 minutes on the bridge (at 80 km/hour), and 30 minutes on the boat from Xiao Yangshan to Da Yangshan. Here are some photos I took on the way there.</p>Update of Metro Line #4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071213_update_of_metro_line_4.htmThu, 13 Dec 2007 23:56:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071213_update_of_metro_line_4.htm<p>My pilot friend George sent me a photo and asked me where it is. It is the map of Shanghai Metro Line #4 Puhuitang Base. I finally located the place on Google Earth, and I believe it is exactly what is on the map.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/8e1baad1fe56_86E5/shanghaimetro.4puhuitang.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This facility is the parking place for the trains. By design, it has the capacity to hold 67 trains (402 carts) - pretty big, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Mourning for Victims of Nanjing Massacrehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071213_mourning_for_victims_of_nanjing_massacre.htmThu, 13 Dec 2007 21:06:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071213_mourning_for_victims_of_nanjing_massacre.htm<p>70 years ago, 300,000 civil residents were killed by Japanese troops. It was the most miserable night in the recent history.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/MourningforVictimsofNanjingMassacre_1317E/shanghaicanle.for.nanjing.massacre.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">70 years ago, Horrors started raining down on Nanjing on an unimaginable scale.<br><br>Today, We pray for those lost souls resting in peace, we pray for the Japanese government and people have enough courage to face the history, and we pray that the history shall never repeat itself.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-12-13 22:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Do not forget to think about this other Chineses who got killed by Chineses the 9th of June 1938...<br><br>500,000 to 900,000 of them.... Just to slow the advance of the Japanese...<br><br>http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Huang_He_flood<br><br>Or do not forget another day in June 51 years after this dam.<br><br>All the massacre are unacceptable, whatever it come from Japanese, Chinese, or whatsoever nationality.<div class="comment-meta">— tyui · 2007-12-14 00:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Do not forget the 1979 invasion of Vietnam... or do not forget the invasion of Tibet in 1950... or do not forget the assistance to the genocide in Darfur in 2006... or the invasion of India in 1962... etc...<div class="comment-meta">— John · 2007-12-16 02:40</div></div> <div class="comment">The John guy is either retarded or completely brainwashed by whatever government that has governed his pinhead...<div class="comment-meta">— Another guy · 2007-12-17 13:29</div></div> <div class="comment">@ tyui&amp;John<br><br>(Make assumption only)<br><br>Let say, you have a favorite aunt who died few years ago. When you mourn her on the anniversary date of her death, do you mourn your boyhood friend&#x27;s brother in-law who died due to drunk driving? Do your mourn your neighbor&#x27;s grand-grandfather who died duo to old age? Or do you mourn so and so who died due to cancer? … … all at the same time?<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-12-18 04:45</div></div> <div class="comment">@ILH, I think tyui, and John means the victim of both other countries, and of China, during the miserable time. I agree with them, that hate, ware, massacre are the enemy of the whole human society, not just a country. We memorize the Nanjing Massacre, not to repeat hate, but give us a chance to look back and make right decisions in the future.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-12-18 09:45</div></div> <div class="comment">JS, I know what they said.<br><br>With a little logic/reasoning skill, they also know what I meant.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-12-18 11:43</div></div> <div class="comment">問い<br><br>問<br><br>question<br><br>　日本で何故南京事件の否定派が増えたのか？<br><br>　是在日本為何南京事件的否定派增加的？<br><br>　why has the number of negative sects of<br><br>　　the nanking massacre increased in japan?<br><br>　<br><br>答え<br><br>回答<br><br>answer<br><br>　多分、次の本が出版されたからであろう<br><br>　大概，下面的書被出版了吧<br><br>　it is perhaps because the following book is published.<br><br>　<br><br>　この本は國民党の機密文書に基づいている<br><br>　這個書按照國民黨的機密文件<br><br>　this book is based on the confidential document<br><br>　　of the guomindang（chinese nationalist party）.<br><br>===========================================================<br><br>『南京事件 &quot;証拠写真&quot; を検証する』<br><br>　　http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/reader/4794213816/ref=sib_dp_pt/503-7152288-3875968#reader-link<br><br>　<br><br>　の英語版の抜粋<br><br>　　英語版的摘錄<br><br>　<br><br>　　analyzing the &quot;photographic evidence&quot;<br><br>　　　　of the nanking massacre<br><br>　<br><br>　　　（ →　http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL02_1/26_S4.pdf　）<br><br>　　　（ →　http://www.soshisha.com/book_search/detail/1_1381.html　）<br><br>　　　　參考　　http://www.soshisha.com/book_search/detail/1_1488.html )<br><br>　<br><br>　<br><br>　続きは<br><br>　繼續<br><br>　next<br><br>　<br><br>　　http://ryancheung.ycool.com/post.1969951.html<br><br>　　　charles cheung&#x27;s blog<br><br>　　　　纪念南京大屠杀七十周年<div class="comment-meta">— Green tea · 2008-12-28 13:39</div></div> </details>Winter Arriveshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071213_winter_arrives.htmThu, 13 Dec 2007 09:45:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071213_winter_arrives.htm<p>Shanghai enters winter these days. It is very cold and chilly outside. Visitors to Shanghai, please bring enough cloths with you. I feel frozen this morning.</p> <p><strong>Hotmail Problems</strong></p> <p>I am experiencing Hotmail connectivity problems these days. Anyone encountered the same thing?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">hi!<br><br>what do you suggest we bring when we go to shanghai this january? we come from a tropical country and we have no idea what to wear. do you think it will snow this january? thanks so much. i hope you can answer as soon as possible. thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— blimpi · 2007-12-27 23:17</div></div> <div class="comment">@blimpi, it won&#x27;t snow in Jan, I think. Although no one can predict weather, Shanghai typically won&#x27;t snow in winter - there are some snow in the past, but generally it won&#x27;t, especially a warm winter like this year.<br><br>However, do take some cloths that keep you warm. Shanghai is not very cold - should still be near or above freezing point, but it is wet in the winter, so it is still pretty cold here.<br><br>Good luck!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-12-27 23:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Shuo Wang,<br><br>I would be going to Shanghai this Saturday... 19 Jan 08.<br><br>Since it&#x27;s my first trip to Shanghai and in winter. Appreciate your advise on what I should prepare for winter apparel.<br><br>I only have normal jackets and windbreakers and a light scarf. Would that be sufficient or I will definitely freeze? haha...<br><br>Do I need to include thermal wear/ long johns and heavy trench coats/ gloves?<br><br>Thank you in advance.<div class="comment-meta">— luckymandarins · 2008-01-15 23:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi luckymandarins, you may need to buy more stuff. These days, Shanghai is really cold - I have put on all the warm cloths I have. A normal jacket does not work.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-01-15 23:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Shuo Wang,<br><br>I&#x27;ill be going to Shanghai on 18 Dec 2008. It&#x27;ll be my first trip to Shangahi, wonder what would the weather be?<br><br>Thanks :)<div class="comment-meta">— ls · 2008-11-12 22:44</div></div> <div class="comment">thought of planning a family trip to shanghai jan 09 with 2 children?<br><br>any suggestion for the children? thermal,coats,gloves and sweaters, will that do?<br><br>as an adult, i wouldnt worry cause we know how to take care of ourself, but not for the children : (<div class="comment-meta">— agnes · 2008-11-15 16:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>Am going to Shanghai with my family (hubby &amp; 7 yr old girl) for 10 days. I prepared long sleeve t-shirt as base as can&#x27;t stand the wool long john, after a layer of wool long john, a sweater (cotton thick type) and a 100% polyester knee length coat. Do you think this is sufficient or we really need a down coat? Would appreciate your kind advice as we are travelling next week already. Kindly email to coyotefr00@yahoo.com.sg. Many thanks and blessed day.<div class="comment-meta">— joey · 2009-12-06 11:41</div></div> </details>SJTU Campus Starts to Charge for Parkinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071212_sjtu_campus_starts_to_charge_for_parking.htmWed, 12 Dec 2007 22:00:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071212_sjtu_campus_starts_to_charge_for_parking.htm<p>I work on Shanghai Jiao Tong University campus. The campus is located in the downtown of Xujiahui. It is very hard to find parking lot in that area. However, the campus was always a free parking space. I have friends who always park there - for free.</p> <p>There are safety guards at the gate. You have to tell them the reason you need to enter the campus. Typically, if you know any address or name of this university, you can easily get in.</p>Great Ocean Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071212_great_ocean_road.htmWed, 12 Dec 2007 15:44:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071212_great_ocean_road.htm<p>One year has past, and I just realize I have never posted my Great Ocean Road trip onto blog yet. OK. Here are the breath-taking pictures of the trip in Australia.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/image.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/australiagreat.ocean.road203.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/australiagreat.ocean.road202.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/australiagreat.ocean.road186.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/australiagreat.ocean.road313.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/image_3.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/image_4.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/image_5.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/GreatOceanRoad_14A23/image_6.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>When I look back and summarizes the most impressive trips I made, I get a list:</p> <ul> <li>2004 - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/united_states.htm">One month cross American trip</a></li> <li>2005 - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/san_jose.htm">First trip to Silicon Valley</a></li> <li>2006 - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/australia.htm">Australia Trip</a> (Great Ocean Road is part of it)</li> <li>2007 - In terms of distance, the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070308_angkor_wat_cambodia.htm">Cambodia trip</a> is the highlight. In terms of impact on me, maybe it should be the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070830_got_invitation_of_young_leaders_forum.htm">Young Leaders Forum</a> trip in Nanjing.</li> </ul> <p>What is in 2008?</p>Hope for Microsoft Web Efforthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071211_hope_for_microsoft_web_effort.htmTue, 11 Dec 2007 23:14:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071211_hope_for_microsoft_web_effort.htm<p>I start to use the Windows Live application by Microsoft - I mean the client application tools, not the <a href="http://live.com">LIVE.COM</a> services. It gave me much hope about the future of Windows Live.</p> <p>When I use the first and second version of Windows Live, my comment was: &ldquo;I see great hope in Microsoft Live product. It shares something in common with many great products from Microsoft - the first two versions are always garbage.&rdquo;</p>Aniseed Vietnamese French Cuisinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071211_aniseed_vietnamese_french_cuisine.htmTue, 11 Dec 2007 23:13:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071211_aniseed_vietnamese_french_cuisine.htm<p>For some reason, I postponed my dinner to 9:00 PM. Now, I am sitting in the Aniseed Vietnamese French Cuisine. While I am waiting for my Vietnamese noodle (delicious!), let me tell my friend about it.</p> <p>It is the best place serving Vietnamese noodle in Shanghai, based on my limited experience of restaurant. As the name suggested, it combines the delicious food of Vietnam and the grace presentation from French. The noodle shop (maybe this is a better term to describe this &ldquo;restaurant&rdquo;) is not big - only 10 tables. But the music and the service is very good - very rare in its kind. The Taiwanese host greets every customers and checks &ldquo;how is everything&rdquo; like in U.S. This is also very rare in local restaurants.</p>Comments on Robert's Social Aggregator Ideashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071211_comments_on_roberts_social_aggregator_ideas.htmTue, 11 Dec 2007 19:54:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071211_comments_on_roberts_social_aggregator_ideas.htm<p>(This post is posted via Microsoft Live Writer - it is pretty impressive)</p> <p>Robert wrote <a href="http://idea.robertmao.com/2007/12/09/more-idea-on-social-aggregator/">a great blog</a> about his thoughts on Social Aggregator. He pinged me on Skype about it. Let me do spend some time to write a kind-of review about the thoughts.</p> <blockquote> <p>A social aggregator can aggregator various information (not just RSS feed of a blog or Flickr account!) from many feed sources, store data in local cache(db) for performance and queries, user can apply different filters to get very interesting result.</p>YLF归来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071211_ylf.htmTue, 11 Dec 2007 18:12:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071211_ylf.htm<p>上个礼拜在南京几天，参加美中关系全国委员会办的杰出青年论坛。感谢海松，亦波的推荐，以及百丽娟小姐的支持，有幸成为2007年度中国的六个代表之一，参加难得的一次聚会。这个论坛每两年一届，奇数年在中国举行，偶数年在美国。2007年，我们在南京，这是这个论坛的第六届。</p>Saw June with Michael Bloomberghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071210_saw_june_with_michael_bloomberg.htmMon, 10 Dec 2007 22:55:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071210_saw_june_with_michael_bloomberg.htm<p>New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in Beijing today. Although I heard many great things about Mr. Bloomberg from my friends, I am not interested in him as much as I am interested in YLF participant June Mei. I saw her in one of the press photo:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/12/SawJunewithMichaelBloomberg_14264/beijingbloomberg.june_thumb.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>  Image in courtesy of Xinhua News Agency</p> <p>June was behind Bloomberg. Looking forward the Mayor&rsquo;s (and June&rsquo;s) visit to Shanghai in the following few days.</p>Pinyin is Not Chinesehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071210_pinyin_is_not_chinese.htmMon, 10 Dec 2007 17:17:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071210_pinyin_is_not_chinese.htm<p>During my Nanjing YLF trip, I just realize one simple fact that many people outside China may not be aware of: Pinyin is not Chinese.</p> <p>After I explained this to my friends, they were surprised. This is different from what they thought. I am even more surprised when people tell me that they think the Pinyin (the Romanization) is Chinese itself. In case you don&rsquo;t know, let me tell you more about it.</p>Young Leaders Forum Fellow Blog Feedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071209_young_leaders_forum_fellow_blog_feed.htmSun, 09 Dec 2007 23:29:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071209_young_leaders_forum_fellow_blog_feed.htm<p>We need to leverage new technology, don&rsquo;t we? I volunteered to create an aggregated Young Leaders Forum Fellow Blog</p> <p>Feed. The URL of this feed is</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2zc4vz">http://tinyurl.com/2zc4vz</a></p> </blockquote> <p>. There are some behind the scene works.</p> <ul> <li>I get a list of all</li> </ul> <p>YLF fellow (the listing is still growing) and put all the blog entries together.</p> <ul> <li> <p>I sort the blog entries according to published time so the latest one is always on the top</p>Atlantis Launch Delayedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071209_atlantis_launch_delayed.htmSun, 09 Dec 2007 23:03:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071209_atlantis_launch_delayed.htm<p>Just as many of my friends (and readers) in U.S and Europe started to pay attention to Shanghai news in their local TV station when we meet each other, I started to watch closely to launches of NASA after I meet with YLF fellow Chris.</p> <p>The launch was scheduled to launch several days ago, and it is scheduled to launch today (Sunday), but it turned out to be postponed again because of the false reading from the engine cutoff sensor system. I watched <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=public">NASA TV</a> for some time at the due time, and found out nothing happened when it is approaching the launching time. NASA TV even didn&rsquo;t provide any background sound, that I even thought I didn&rsquo;t get any video from NASA TV, before I saw a helicopter flying in the background.</p>Gave Chinese Names for my Friendshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071208_gave_chinese_names_for_my_friends.htmSat, 08 Dec 2007 18:57:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071208_gave_chinese_names_for_my_friends.htm<p>In Tongli, in the shop next to our hotel, they have 20 small baskets of badges of Chinese characters - each badge has a character on both side of it. People can pick two or three badge to form the Chinese name for themselves. For example, I can pick 王 and 建 and 硕, and have them on a ring - that is my name.</p> <p><strong>Chinese Name for Ashish</strong></p>Spend Money on Art or Porvertyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071207_spend_money_on_art_or_porverty.htmFri, 07 Dec 2007 21:36:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071207_spend_money_on_art_or_porverty.htm<p>This is a very interesting topic we covered in this Young Leaders Forum. When we talk about whether it is appropriate to spend more on art when world poverty or world hunger is not solved. This was among the hottest debate we had.</p> <p><strong>Two Sides of the Question</strong></p> <p>One opinion was, we should pay attention to world poverty first. There are still people starving, or there are still children dieing because of lack of medical assistance. What is the point to spend the money in art. The extreme statement can be: Spend a dollar on piano may kill the hope to save a child&rsquo;s life.</p>Not Be Afraid of Grace and Beautyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071206_not_be_afraid_of_grace_and_beauty.htmThu, 06 Dec 2007 23:51:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071206_not_be_afraid_of_grace_and_beauty.htm<p>When I wrap up my Young Leaders Forum 2007, and the extension trip in Suzhou, Tongli, and Shanghai, I could not help thinking about an important question about the future of China: <em>Are we, as a nation, afraid of grace and beauty</em>?</p> <p>Here is why I asked this question.</p> <p><strong>The Beauty of Ancient China</strong></p> <p>Yong Leaders Forum is a small group of young leaders from all the fields in U.S, and China. It is on two year term that we meet in China (odd years), and America (even years) to discuss U.S. and China relationships and other important things. I am among the 6 representatives from China this year.</p>Humble Adminstrator Garden in Suzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071206_humble_adminstrator_garden_in_suzhou.htmThu, 06 Dec 2007 11:07:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071206_humble_adminstrator_garden_in_suzhou.htm<p>This is maybe the third time I visit the Humble Administrator Garden. This time, I am with the fellows of Young Leaders Forum. We also have the wonderful (temporary) guide June Mei. She was well know by her interrupting work for American and Chinese top leaders. For example, Present Hu&rsquo;s Yale speech, or many times of Premier Zhu visited U.S. (We had another high-profile ex-interpreter Rose Zhu joined us in the YLF in Nanjing). June knows Chinese architect and history well, and helped me to understand much better of the garden.</p>Suzhou Museum by I.M. Peihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071206_suzhou_museum_by_im_pei.htmThu, 06 Dec 2007 10:24:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071206_suzhou_museum_by_im_pei.htm<p>I visited the Suzhou Museum on Dec 3. The museum is designed by I.M. Pei, and we had the honor to attend a behind the scene tour conducted by Bobbie Pei. Bobbie was so kind to talk about the design philosophy of his uncle. That tour was one of the highlight of the trip.</p> <p><strong>Symmetry is the key</strong></p> <p>Symmetry is one of the very key element of the Chinese architecture. It is also the symbolic sign of I.M. Pei&rsquo;s design. Look at these pictures:</p>Back from Wonderful YLF Trip in Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071205_back_from_wonderful_ylf_trip_in_nanjing.htmWed, 05 Dec 2007 22:42:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071205_back_from_wonderful_ylf_trip_in_nanjing.htm<p>I am back from the wonderful trip in Nanjing. Allow me sometime to catchup with the blog. The intensive 3 days in Nanjing and the following extension trip were full of fun and party (at night). I did spend two days after that to catch up with my family - Yifan and Wendy, and yesterday, I went to the SJTU to give a lecture. In short, this is maybe the longest period of time I paused my little blog, and I will catch up also, and I will tell you the wonderful stories of my trip in Nanjing, and the wonderful people I met.</p>Recovery of Fanfan's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071202_recovery_of_fanfans_blog.htmSun, 02 Dec 2007 05:19:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071202_recovery_of_fanfans_blog.htm<ul> <li>FTP to the server and check /cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi folder. It is a new installation with MovableType 3.2. That was created on Jan 14, 2007.</li> <li>Download mt-config.cgi file to analyze what is the current database.</li> <li>The current DB points to /home/wangjian/public_html/cgi-bin/mt/db</li> <li>This means, currently, it is using the BerkeleyDB, the plain text file.</li> <li>BerkeleyDB is the problem of Wendy&rsquo;s blog - when there are too many comments, most of them are spams, it does not support and caused many problem</li> <li>Determine to turn the BerkeleyDB into MySQL database</li> <li>The first thing to do is to backup the current Berkeley DB.</li> <li>Login into the /vdeck/</li> <li>Visit <a href="http://www.ipower.com/member/filemanager.bml?expand=/home/users/web/b2841/ipw.wangjian/public_html/cgi-bin">http://www.ipower.com/member/filemanager.bml?expand=/home/users/web/b2841/ipw.wangjian/public_html/cgi-bin</a></li> <li>Check /mt/ folder and click [Archive as Zip] button. Then wait for some time.</li> <li>The downloaded /mt/ folder archive is store at D:\my\8. Web\History and Backups\2007-12-23</li> <li>Test shows to delete a comment (even a single comment) on the old Berkeley DB base is not feasible. That takes too much time.</li> <li>The next step is to setup a new blog database, and try to import the exported entries into the new database.</li> <li>Export the old Fanfan&rsquo;s Blog. The exported file is stored at D:\my\8. Web\History and Backups\2007-12-23\fanfan_export_original.txt</li> <li>Create a new MySQL Database with the following spec:</li> <li>Database name: mtfanfan</li> <li>User name: public</li> <li>Password: *******</li> <li>Changed the mt-config.cgi to reflect the change in database.</li> <li>In mt-config.cgi, comment out the following line: # DataSource  /home/wangjian/public_html/cgi-bin/mt/db</li> <li>In mt-config.cgi, added the following line: ObjectDriver DBI::mysql Database mtfanfan DBUser public DBPassword ****** DBHost localhost</li> <li>(For some reason, I used the old system user called wangjian_mtsys, and database is still wangjian_blog_2007)</li> <li>Now the login works. Then I will try to see  if import works.</li> <li>Import the exported file.</li> <li>Upload D:\my\8. Web\History and Backups\2007-12-23\fanfan_export_original.txt to /cgi-bin/mt/import/ folder. This takes some time.</li> <li>Use the import tool to see if it works. I hope it works, but who knows.</li> <li>If it works, the next step is to delete those spams. This takes some time, but since it is MySQL database, it should be much quicker. Or even use the database tool itself helps. - it turned out it worked.</li> <li>There is something so unexpected - the new iPowerweb architect moves the database, their database and files are no longer on one server. Instead, they have the shared service servers. That creates a very interesting scenario: there are two database on two servers with exactly the same information, one is on *localhost, *the other is on the shared server. The problem is,  the MovableType scripts connects to the local server while the phpMyAdmin connects to the shared server. Well. Everytime I have to talk with ipower, I feel very very frustrated.</li> <li></li> </ul> <p>P.S. The note is on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071202_recovery_of_fanfans_blog.htm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071202_recovery_of_fanfans_blog.htm</a></p>Ashish Gadnishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071202_ashish_gadnis.htmSun, 02 Dec 2007 00:42:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071202_ashish_gadnis.htm<p>Chatted with Ashish, my new wonderful friend tonight, and we talked about my blog. I said, as a gift, I will devote a special page for him, and hopefully, when you search <strong>Ashish Gadnis</strong> in Google, this page should be the first result. Then, I can post more information about Mr. Ashishi Gadnis on this page - like the handsome photos or other great things about this great person.</p> <p>Ashish, if you saw this page by any chance, drop me an email.</p>Nanjing is an Amazing Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071201_nanjing_is_an_amazing_city.htmSat, 01 Dec 2007 04:05:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071201_nanjing_is_an_amazing_city.htm<p>I am in Nanjing.</p> <p>The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is wonderful, and the students, and faculty there are wonderful. I am very happy that China has such a great center with real international scope - they have Chinese students taught in English and American Students taught in Chinese - amazing idea implemented 20 years ago.</p> <p>The bar at No. 72, Beijing Xi Road is a great one, especially on Friday night. We had wonderful time there, and left around 1:00 PM. It is that kind of school style + international style (mixed of students from different countries) and had wonderful settings. If you ask me about the most similar place, I would say the University Cafe on University Ave. near Standford.</p>Whole Day in Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071130_whole_day_in_nanjing.htmFri, 30 Nov 2007 00:36:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071130_whole_day_in_nanjing.htm<p>There are some bulletin of ideas for today.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Whole day in Nanjing, half day in Nanjing Dongjiao State Guest House, and half day on Mouchou Lake.</p> </li> <li> <p>Full day off-the-record. So as a blogger, I still cannot blog too much about it. OK. Let me talk about my personal stuff.</p> </li> <li> <p>Nanjing is quite cold these days, especially in the mountains.</p> </li> <li> <p>People were surprised by the fact that I never lived in other countries but can speak English. :-)</p>Train from Shanghai to Nanjing - CRH (D)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071129_train_from_shanghai_to_nanjing_-_crh_d.htmThu, 29 Nov 2007 13:20:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071129_train_from_shanghai_to_nanjing_-_crh_d.htm<p>They have a nice handle that you can use your foot to press, and the foot holder will restore to the original position. That is very helpful if you want to lay down and relax your feet.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/11/29/DSC_0013.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is the other side of the foot holder. Use your foot to press this handle, and the foot holder will release and you can relax your feet.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/11/29/DSC_0014.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is exactly what is before you - a big bag at the back of the previous seat - there are some free magzine there - full of advertisement, just like airplane. At the bottom are the place to put your foot on.</p>Diesel Shortage Caused Traffic Jamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071126_diesel_shortage_caused_traffic_jam.htmMon, 26 Nov 2007 21:32:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071126_diesel_shortage_caused_traffic_jam.htm<p>Wendy and I was stuck in the middle of a traffic jam for about 10 minutes. It is due to the continued <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071028_0_gas_shortage_in_shanghai.htm">diesel shortage</a> in Shanghai. Large trucks are partying on the road - long lines of trucks lined up from the other gas station (the one on the opposite side of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071124_gas_station_explosion_near_my_home.htm">station which just exploded yesterday</a>) to the corner of the road and winding toward the road leading to my home direction. They occupied the right lane, so jammed the traffic for some time.</p>Yifan Starts to Sleep Alonehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071125_yifan_starts_to_sleep_alone.htmSun, 25 Nov 2007 21:03:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071125_yifan_starts_to_sleep_alone.htm<p>From tonight, Wendy and I arranged Yifan to sleep alone (with nanny). After Yifan fell asleep, Wendy said: &ldquo;Is the nice time Yifan sleep with us over?&rdquo; I know she feels lost, so do I.</p> <p>As <a href="http://www.netcrucible.com/blog/">Joshua Allen</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071113_toughest_time_for_me_and_wendy.htm#0145">told me</a> in a comment, &ldquo;We are worrying of the children&rsquo;s dependent on us and worrying even more of their **independent ** as well.&rdquo; He is just less than 6 months old, and he is now independent enough to sleep on his own. Big step for him.</p>Gas Station Explosion Near my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071124_gas_station_explosion_near_my_home.htmSat, 24 Nov 2007 23:32:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071124_gas_station_explosion_near_my_home.htm<p>Just before I want to close my laptop and go to bed, I saw a piece of astonishing news on Sina: <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2007-11-24/173514379537.shtml">Gas Station Explosion Killed 4 and Injured 40 in Shanghai</a>.</p> <p>OMG!</p> <p>They are the secondary gas station we went to. We typically go to the gas station just on the other side of the road, but sometimes, we also go to that station to buy gas.</p> <p>The explosion at 10:15 AM today killed 4 people immediately, including one passenger who is walking 1 km away from the station. 40+ people were injured and now they are still in hospital.</p>这年头，微软招人也很难https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071124_p245.htmSat, 24 Nov 2007 23:21:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071124_p245.htm<p>（标题里为什么用“也”呢）</p> <p>帮Wendy发一个帖子，招微软的技术支持工程师，主要职责是负责支持亚洲范围的Windows Vista的企业级客户。她已经为此愁眉苦脸一阵子了。</p>Shanghai Guide in a Pagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071124_shanghai_guide_in_a_page.htmSat, 24 Nov 2007 23:14:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071124_shanghai_guide_in_a_page.htm<p>This is what I sent to the YLF participants. I just realized that I need a short simple page of necessary information (not a list of all my 2000+ articles on Shanghai) for visitors who stay just one night. Here it is:</p> <p><strong>One Page Guide</strong></p> <p>Hi, welcome to Shanghai! I am sure will try my best to help! I am based in Shanghai, so feel free to let me know if you need any help in advance, or during the trip.</p>Panyu Lu or Fanyu Lu?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071122_panyu_lu_or_fanyu_lu.htmThu, 22 Nov 2007 19:49:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071122_panyu_lu_or_fanyu_lu.htm<p>George has a question regarding name of road:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jian,</p> <p>For the longest time I have seen people reference PauYu Lu as FanYu LU and vice versa. Some maps and business cards say FanYu Lu and some say PanYu Lu. Why the difference?</p> <p>George</p> </blockquote> <p>This is an interesting question, and I believe many foreigners may run into the same situation - people call the same road differently, and inconsistently.</p> <p><strong>Many Chinese Characters Has Two or more Pronunciations</strong></p>Wendy说过一句话https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071121_wendyeeaee.htmWed, 21 Nov 2007 22:36:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071121_wendyeeaee.htm<p>几个月以前，看完电影以后，Wendy说过一句话：</p> <p>&ldquo;生活和电影的一个很大的区别是：生活中没有背景音乐。”</p> <p>现在想想还是很有道理的。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">生活也可以有背景音乐的啊~<div class="comment-meta">— zhlmmc · 2007-11-22 00:02</div></div> <div class="comment">所以ipod才会热卖<div class="comment-meta">— 且听枫吟 · 2007-11-22 01:02</div></div> <div class="comment">生活比电影还有一大缺陷，就是没有特写，当然，还有字幕也很重要<div class="comment-meta">— herock · 2007-11-22 10:23</div></div> <div class="comment">所以很多人喜欢跟别人比较，其实就是拿别人当背景音乐<div class="comment-meta">— wear · 2007-11-22 10:24</div></div> <div class="comment">电影顶多拍个个把小时，所以总是把令人激动的，精彩的”片段“展现出来，即符合电影本身的要求，亦符合观众的需求。所以电影特别能够忽悠人，你可以在电影里面看到一个人在一个小时内（因为一部电影的时间就那么长嘛）就成功了。我想观众会为之欢呼雀跃。但生活中的成功呢？正好与电影相反，成功的那一下很短，很荣耀，但中间的过程却很长，甚至你连什么是成功都不知道。也时候觉得，这世界上有真实的电影吗？可能，你之所以觉得真实，大概是因为人生如戏，戏如人生。当然，我觉得，这只是大众所能领会的东西。<br><br>听景777-属于个人的Blog<br>访问地址1 http://www.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn<br>访问地址2 tingjing777.wordpress.com.cn/<br>访问地址3 sport.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn/<br>联系邮件：tingjing777@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— tj · 2007-11-22 11:24</div></div> <div class="comment">个人觉得生活永远比电影残酷得多，因为电影是别人的，生活是自己的；电影里的无聊的时候时间过得很快，自己无聊的时候时间却过得很慢；<div class="comment-meta">— 程程 · 2007-11-22 13:52</div></div> <div class="comment">超出现实是电影最重要的任务，而不是音乐，和真实一样的电影就是失败的电影。不过音乐确实是最有强制性的表现元素。<div class="comment-meta">— kalala · 2007-11-22 15:22</div></div> <div class="comment">生活更多的是杂音，因为太多不同的背景音乐了。<div class="comment-meta">— Bill Ng · 2007-11-22 20:42</div></div> <div class="comment">哇！回复都很ＧＯＯＤ！很有质量啊！<br><br>听景777-属于个人的Blog<br>访问地址1 http://www.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn<br>访问地址2 tingjing777.wordpress.com.cn/<br>访问地址3 sport.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn/<br>联系邮件：tingjing777@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— 哇 · 2007-11-23 09:43</div></div> <div class="comment">？<br><br>听景777-属于个人的Blog<br>访问地址1 http://www.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn<br>访问地址2 tingjing777.wordpress.com.cn/<br>访问地址3 sport.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn/<br>联系邮件：tingjing777@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— ？ · 2007-11-23 09:43</div></div> <div class="comment">?<br>我被关键字屏弊了？你在向我表明一种态度？<br>很失望。<br>我知道了。<br><br>听景777-属于个人的Blog<br>访问地址1 http://www.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn<br>访问地址2 tingjing777.wordpress.com.cn/<br>访问地址3 sport.tingjing777-bolaoge.cn/<br>联系邮件：tingjing777@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— tj · 2007-11-23 09:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello<div class="comment-meta">— Randy · 2007-11-30 15:19</div></div> <div class="comment">生活中有特写啊。电影的剪切手法不少都是从生活中来的。比如你跟几个人聊天，有时会看所有人（全景）；但有时会把目光聚焦在某个你特别感兴趣的人身上（特写）；有时你可能特别注意他/她的手势或者眼神（大特写）。<div class="comment-meta">— Coco Y · 2008-02-22 22:18</div></div> <div class="comment">在电影中，背景音乐是来为主题服务的，渲染，衬托着主题，甚至有些电影中，背景音乐就是这部电影的灵魂，它是主角了。如果说背景音乐是一种形式，主题是内容，那么这个时候，形式也是内容了。<br>在生活中，为什么没有背景音乐呢？有时候你的爱人就是你的背景音乐吧。<div class="comment-meta">— swordman · 2008-04-04 16:13</div></div> <div class="comment">生活该是有背景音乐的吧，只是没有刚好契合我们当时的状态，没有我们想要的那么美，并且是不连贯的，所以易被遗忘。<div class="comment-meta">— 存在 · 2009-05-17 22:36</div></div> </details>Chinese Middle Name for Erik's Babyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071121_chinese_middle_name_for_eriks_baby.htmWed, 21 Nov 2007 22:01:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071121_chinese_middle_name_for_eriks_baby.htm<p>Erik is a very good <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/friends.htm">friend</a> of mine in eBay. He is a typical American young man in my eyes - handsome, passionate, smart, professional, interested in many things, and open-minded. Most importantly, his heart is full of love. I enjoy working with him very much, and really love to have hosted him in Shanghai at the end of 2005. Erik was also curious enough to visit <a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!D7CFB8290E47E741!1429.entry?wa=wsignin1.0">Victor&rsquo;s home</a> in rural areas in Jiading, and was happily surprised when he was greeted by tens of <a href="http://photo11.yupoo.com/20071119/212607_1429408583_m.jpg">pigs in the pigsty</a>.</p>Trans-Bank System Finally Availablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071119_trans-bank_system_finally_available.htmMon, 19 Nov 2007 20:04:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071119_trans-bank_system_finally_available.htm<p>China&rsquo;s <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/banks.htm">bank</a> is always far behind its peers in other countries, while businesses in many other industries are quickly catching up the international standard. I am so bored of waiting in line in Banks in China, no matter it is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_icbc_a_customers_experience.htm">my least favorite bank, ICBC</a>, or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060421_ctrip_cmb_best_ecommerce_experience.htm">my most favorite bank, China Merchant Bank</a>.</p> <p>In 2004, I was happy to see <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040204_cross_bank_money_transfer_now_possible.htm">Cross Bank Money Transfer Now Possible</a>. However, at that time, it was via a middle-man called [ChinaPay.com](<a href='http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040204_cross_bank_money_transfer_now_possible.htm'>Cross Bank Money Transfer Now Possible</a>). That was not easy, but anyway, it became possible.</p>Movie Lust, Caution. Good!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071118_movie_lust_caution_good.htmSun, 18 Nov 2007 22:44:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071118_movie_lust_caution_good.htm<p>Went to see the movie <em>Lust, Caution</em>. Very good movie. Highly recommended. However, it may be very hard for people who don&rsquo;t know the recent Chinese history to understand it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/11/18/screen-lust.caution.movie-poster.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">You mean you went to the Cinema?<br><br>Better avoid going to see this movie on the Cinema in China....<br><br>As the &quot;recent chinese history&quot; made the gov cutting lot of minutes of the movie.<br><br>The pirate DVD version should at least not be censored.<br><br>886<div class="comment-meta">— 886 · 2007-11-19 08:57</div></div> <div class="comment">@885, Yes. I went to cinema to see the movie. There are many cut - I didn&#x27;t see the original version yet, but I know there must be some cut since sometimes it seems confusing and something obviously get lost in between. Anyway, it is a great movie.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-11-19 13:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Yeah, wode pengyou saw the, uh, unaltered version in Hawaii, and apparently there are some &quot;strategic&quot; scenes that remain in there. ;)<br><br>It&#x27;s just an outstanding film anyhow, no matter what the version. Ang Lee really is one of the great directors of our generation, easily on the level of some of the best American directors and possibly at the level of some historical greats as the French directors like Truffaut and Godard, even Fritz Lang in Germany. He has an Academy Award and I still think he&#x27;s underappreciated.<br><br>He and Zhang Yimou are both among my favorites and I hope they keep up their excellent work. They&#x27;re just naturals at creating brilliant scenes.<br><br>BTW, I posted on this topic of software (free or commercial) to interconvert between pinyin and Chinese characters, for both reading and writing in a professional, technical context (since we are increasingly having to read and even write in Mandarin for our engineering research articles):<br><br>http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071117_yifan_fell_asleep_in_ikea.htm<br><br>Was wondering if anyone had suggestions for this, thanks in advance.<div class="comment-meta">— Lego Charlie · 2007-11-20 07:22</div></div> <div class="comment">You should see the original version of the movie, in China not only the part involved the war time puppet state is removed, but also about 7 mins sex scene is missing. The China version is about 20 mins lighter than the oversea version.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-11-21 04:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Do we know how to ship online at AMAZON.com?<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#24605;&amp;#21448; · 2007-11-21 06:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Regrettably, Ang Lee, IMHO, made a masterful movie but not a masterpiece. Too much hype over the naughty &quot;bits&quot; of Tang &amp; Leung to highlight their seductive tension &amp; dance. I saw the entire &quot;unadultered&quot; version in HK but felt nothing but an amusing 7 minutes of sexual acrobatics. He should have focused more on the reasons why the mysterious character of Mr. Yee from an idealistic Whampoa Military cadet into the unscruplous puppet-government turncoat.<div class="comment-meta">— Jet So · 2007-12-27 16:36</div></div> </details>《色，戒》真不错https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071118_aeieacaee.htmSun, 18 Nov 2007 20:57:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071118_aeieacaee.htm<p>和范范一起看完《色，戒》，我说“很久没有看到的好电影”。她也同意。我喜欢的最主要的原因，它是比较少的站在人性的角度上来看这个世界的电影，而不是为了说明一个道理，或者表达一种愿望的电影。</p>Yifan Fell Asleep in IKEAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071117_yifan_fell_asleep_in_ikea.htmSat, 17 Nov 2007 23:26:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071117_yifan_fell_asleep_in_ikea.htm<p>Went to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/ikea.htm">IKEA</a> with <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/wendy.htm">Wendy</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/yifan.htm">Yifan</a>, again. This time, we just get there to buy a mat.</p> <p>This one:</p> <p><img src="http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/37594_PE129554_S4.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I was an IKEA fan, at least the first time I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040729_i_saw_my_name_on_businessweek.htm">found my name on BusinessWeek</a>, I was presented as an IKEA fan. Going to IKEA was the best time for Wendy and I in 1997 and 1998. However, even a hardcore fan like me may no longer enjoy the shopping experience as we grow older.</p>MovableType 4.01 and Bluehost CPU Exceeded Errorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071116_movabletype_401_and_bluehost_cpu_exceeded_error.htmFri, 16 Nov 2007 23:12:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071116_movabletype_401_and_bluehost_cpu_exceeded_error.htm<p>To run MovableType with a lot of entries (2000+) on Bluehost is painful, since Bluehost has CPU limitation. It checked the CPU a user account is using in 5 minutes. If it was more than certain amount (40 seconds or so), it pops up the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070714_how_often_do_you_see_cpu_exceeded_error.htm">CPU Exceeded Error</a>. Recently, they even moved the interval to 60 seconds! That makes a rebuild in possible. It will throw away this error before rebuild complete - in my case, just after I rebuild several pages.</p>Why Classified is NOT Popular in China, Yethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071115_why_classified_is_not_popular_in_china_yet.htmThu, 15 Nov 2007 21:35:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071115_why_classified_is_not_popular_in_china_yet.htm<p>Today, when I talked with <a href="http://enjoychina.com">EnjoyChina</a>&rsquo;s founder Daniel, I mentioned about my observation about why classified is not popular in China yet. It may also provide some hints to people who don&rsquo;t know too much about China&rsquo;s recent history.</p> <p><strong>Current Status of Classified Market</strong></p> <p>I am in the classified business in my professional life. Today, classified is still an unfamiliar word for most people. I bet 99 out of 100 people never posted classified ads of any kinds in their entire world - even in Shnaghai. Why?</p>Paying Bills with SHFFT.COMhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071114_paying_bills_with_shfftcom.htmWed, 14 Nov 2007 20:49:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071114_paying_bills_with_shfftcom.htm<p>This month, I started to handle the bills - Wendy shifted her duty about this apart to me - after doing it for 8 years for us.</p> <p>Paying bills is easy in Shanghai. Thanks for Shanghai FFT.</p> <p><strong>shfft.com</strong></p> <p>It was established in 2003 as a government project. Now they have several banks and public service companies connected with the system.</p> <p>You can pay</p> <ul> <li> <p>Mobile Phone Bill</p> </li> <li> <p>Electricity Bill</p> </li> <li> <p>Gas Bill</p>Toughest Time for Me and Wendyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071113_toughest_time_for_me_and_wendy.htmTue, 13 Nov 2007 21:19:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071113_toughest_time_for_me_and_wendy.htm<p>Recently, from the family perspective, it is among the toughest time for me and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/wendy.htm">Wendy</a>.</p> <p>After entering the 30s, and especially with the newly <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070602_my_baby_arrives.htm">arrival</a> of a baby (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/yifan.htm">Yifan</a>), many things changed. Combined with the recent <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071110_hospital_in_shanghai.htm">heart surgery</a> of Wendy&rsquo;s mother, there are many things happening concurrently. The baby needs to be fed and taken care of, the parents need intensive care. Everyday, Wendy and I am running between home, work place, hospital, and sometimes back to work places - even <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040327_puxi_is_not_car_friendly.htm">car parking</a> itself is a big problem, not to mention all the meal stuff. Wendy can fall asleep on my shoulder during even a short taxi drive.</p>The Topic of This Year's YLFhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071112_the_topic_of_this_years_ylf.htmMon, 12 Nov 2007 22:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071112_the_topic_of_this_years_ylf.htm<p>The topic of this year&rsquo;s Young Leader Forum is: <strong>Challenge</strong>.</p> <p>After I got the exciting <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070830_got_invitation_of_young_leaders_forum.htm">invitation</a> for <a href="http://www.ncuscr.org/Young_Leaders_Forum/Young_Leaders_Forum.htm">Young Leaders Forum</a> of <a href="http://ncuscr.org">National Committee on United States-China Relationship</a>. <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2000/nf00411a.htm">Haisong</a> was a member; <a href="http://shaoblog.com">Bo Shao</a> is a member; so was <a href="http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&amp;p=irol-govBio&amp;ID=138201">Robin Li</a>. I am looking forward to the great meeting in Nanjing at the end of November this year.</p> <p>So far, to prepare to the little presentation with the theme Challenge, I am thinking of this topic:</p> <blockquote> <p>Choices in a World of Different Rules</p>Hospital in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071110_hospital_in_shanghai.htmSat, 10 Nov 2007 20:56:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071110_hospital_in_shanghai.htm<p>I just want to update my readers why I paused blog in the last three days. I was in hospital to take care of my mother-in-law. She had a heart surgery last Thursday. Thank God (and whomever I can think of), the operation was a huge success. Now she is recovering very well in the Zhongshan Hospital. Wendy and I am very happy. :-)</p> <p>In the hospital, I just realize how serious the medical insurance problem this country is facing. There are people who gave up the surgery just because they cannot afford the bed fee in the hospital. There are also people who are completely in debt for the surgery in the same patient room. Have a big disease means bankrupt for many people in China.</p>My Readers are Primarily Older, more Asian, and Male...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071107_my_readers_are_primarily_older_more_asian_and_male.htmWed, 07 Nov 2007 22:13:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071107_my_readers_are_primarily_older_more_asian_and_male.htm<p>This is Quantcast&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.quantcast.com/wangjianshuo.com">description</a> of my site:</p> <blockquote> <p>This site reaches approximately 18,009 U.S. monthly uniques. The site appeals to a primarily older, more Asian, slightly male slanted audience.The typical visitor consults US Government Travel Info and frequents Google Groups.</p> </blockquote> <p>Pretty likely, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">LOL. I guess I am &quot;older&quot; now that I&#x27;m 38. And I&#x27;m Asian and male (not slightly male :) So I guess I fit the stereotype. How unoriginal. Sometimes this psychographic segmenting goes a little too far! Thanks for sharing.<div class="comment-meta">— elliottng · 2007-11-16 03:18</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m young asian male.<br><br>Hey!<br><br>^_^<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#19988;&amp;#21548;&amp;#26539;&amp;#21535; · 2007-11-18 05:46</div></div> <div class="comment">old (over 30) asian male<br><br>with greader as the agent and noscript extension, i wonder how those guys find out me...<div class="comment-meta">— cookie · 2007-11-18 12:28</div></div> <div class="comment">I am a Asian female at 25. Not so old, is it?<br><br>Visit this web site 2 or 3 times a week. Through it, I know many people&#x27;s interesting lives and feel the world is wonderful.<div class="comment-meta">— Gracie · 2007-11-18 21:12</div></div> </details>Bobo's Playing Two-Section Stickhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071107_bobos_playing_two-section_stick.htmWed, 07 Nov 2007 20:37:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071107_bobos_playing_two-section_stick.htm<p>YouTube Video uploaded by <a href="http://bulaoge.com/?york">York</a></p> <p>After practicing for more than one month, <a href="http://zishu.cn">Bobo</a> finally made this video. Now, more and more Kijiji guys join to practice this interesting sticks. :-) Not bad, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Coooooooooooooooooool~~~<div class="comment-meta">— digua · 2007-11-08 06:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Cool<br><br>I used to play with the two-section stick and I got my head hit by it three times.<br><br>so I just give up. It really need practice to do cool action.<div class="comment-meta">— Jimmy · 2007-11-08 08:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow! he makes that look so easy, but I have a feeling it&#x27;s not easy at all!!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-11-08 10:07</div></div> <div class="comment">to manage an all-English website at this level...how you have done it is beyond me...<br><br>I&#x27;ve always wanna to set-up my own all-English website, but was never able to resist the urge to switch back and force between languages..:)<br><br>Your website is very interesting and well maintained. Keep up the good work!!<div class="comment-meta">— xiaoxiao · 2007-11-08 15:09</div></div> <div class="comment">http://www.metacafe.com/watch/43240/bruce_lee_nunchuckus/<div class="comment-meta">— solopolo · 2007-11-08 22:34</div></div> <div class="comment">bruce skywalker<br><br>http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=h63T9RANnhc<div class="comment-meta">— solopolo · 2007-11-08 22:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey WJS! Perhaps you can fill me in on something that&#x27;s been bothering me. Is it true that the government changed the holidays for next year? When I was riding the bus home I thought I saw a news segment about the new changes. No more one week May Holiday? And instead some scattered one day public holidays like what they do in the US? There&#x27;s been nothing about it yet at Danwei.org or Shanghaiist who I sort of rely on to translate major news.<div class="comment-meta">— Chinkerfly · 2007-11-10 15:08</div></div> <div class="comment">@Chinkerfly, it is under discussion, but not determined yet.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-11-10 18:26</div></div> </details>More Detailed Shanghai Future Metro Maphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071105_more_detailed_shanghai_future_metro_map.htmMon, 05 Nov 2007 22:25:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071105_more_detailed_shanghai_future_metro_map.htm<p>This Saturday, someone called me by my name when Wendy and I was walking near the Shanghai Jiaotong University. It turned out the lovely young man is one of my readers, and he is a student in the management school in SJTU. His name is Tianhong Shen. He was very happy to see me, so did I.</p> <p>Later, he was so kind to send me many maps of Metro and Expressway system. It is among the best quality I got. Here is the future Shanghai Metro Map.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog Template Archives 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071105_wangjianshuos_blog_template_archives_2007.htmMon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071105_wangjianshuos_blog_template_archives_2007.htm<p>These are the templates I am using for 2007. In case you are also using MovableType and want to create a blog like this, this may be of help.</p> <p><strong>Master Archive Index</strong></p> <p>See it in action: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives.htm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives.htm</a></p> <blockquote> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title><$MTBlogName$> Archive</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="jianshuowangstyle.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="<$MTBlogURL$>index.rdf" /> </head> <body> <p>&lt;$MTInclude module=&ldquo;Header&rdquo;$&gt;</p> <p><i>Daily journal by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040218_about_jian_shuo_wang.htm">Jian Shuo Wang</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/">Shanghai</a>, <p>China</i></p></p> <h3>Current Column</h3> <ul> <MTEntries lastn="1"> <li class="0"><a href="<$MTEntryLink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a> <span class="small-note"><$MTEntryDate format="%B %d, %Y" $></span></a> </MTEntries> </ul> <h3>Previous entries</h3> <p>Here is a long list of all articles I wrote for Wangjianshuo's Blog. It helps you to quickly locate a blog in the past. <ol><li class=0>Press Ctrl+F in Internet Explorer to search for title if you happen to remember <li class=0>Press Ctrl+D to add this page to your favorite. <li class=0>Click <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/searchbar.htm" target="_search">here</a> to load the list into the search pane, making it easier to navigate through articles</ol> <p>Alternatives to locate an old entry are: <ol><li class="0">Enter keyword at the Search box on the right-top corner and click Search. It searches the site using Google. <li class="0">Browse my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/">directory</a> to see categorized articles.</ol> <p>Wish you enjoy your stay at Wangjianshuo's Blog. </p>Microsoft GTEC's 10 Year Anniversaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071104_microsoft_gtecs_10_year_anniversary.htmSun, 04 Nov 2007 21:48:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071104_microsoft_gtecs_10_year_anniversary.htm<p>Happy Birthday to GTEC (Microsoft Global Technical Engineering Center)! It is the 10th anniversary today. It is the first organization I have worked with, and feel strongest connection with this organization, with friends there, and the culture there.</p> <p>10 years ago, Jun started a technical support center (a small team to be more exactly) in Shanghai. After that, it got many different names.</p> <p>At the very beginning, it was called &ldquo;Microsoft Great China Technical Support Center&rdquo;, or GCRSC.</p>Photos of CNBloggerConhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071103_photos_of_cnbloggercon.htmSat, 03 Nov 2007 20:27:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071103_photos_of_cnbloggercon.htm<p>Sitting at home (actually not in home today), and cannot attend the cnbloggercon (Chinese Blogger Conference), I have to rely on friends&rsquo; Flickr photos to get some idea about how the conference is going. The good thing is, currently, with more social applications, and more discovery methods (tagging, or RSS), and more rich media (video and photo), I feel I am almost there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/11/03/1838972925_1bd1320afc.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Yining</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/11/03/1838973045_c8bfb03655.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Cannot Attend the 3rd Blogger Conferencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071103_cannot_attend_the_3rd_blogger_conference.htmSat, 03 Nov 2007 01:41:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071103_cannot_attend_the_3rd_blogger_conference.htm<p>I attended the first Chinese Blogger Conference in Shanghai in 2005, the second in Hangzhou in 2006, and planned to attend all the rest, but this time, I have to miss the conference in Beijing.</p> <p>I will track the conference with flickr - I believe all the attendants should post very nice pictures in real time to the site.</p> <p>For all those who are in Beijing already, have great time there!</p>明天去不了第三届网志大会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071102_aeaecaecae.htmFri, 02 Nov 2007 23:41:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071102_aeaecaecae.htm<p>明天，<a href="http://cnbloggercon.org/2007">中文网志年会</a>在北京开第三届了。</p> <p>要说，这是对于我来说（请注意，这仅仅是从一个小小的我的角度来看）全年最不该错过一个聚会。但正好这两天家人需要我来照顾，所以只好小心翼翼的收起了blog右面挂了好久的<a href="http://cnbloggercon.org/2007/Logos">“我要去”的牌子</a>。毕竟家庭是我最重要的部分。在这里向大量一年前就约好下届网志大会再见的朋友说一声抱歉，“对不起，我去不了了”。</p>Foreign Job Seekers Move to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071031_foreign_job_seekers_move_to_shanghai.htmWed, 31 Oct 2007 18:50:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071031_foreign_job_seekers_move_to_shanghai.htm<p>I live in Shanghai for 12 years. In the 12 years, many things changes. I am happy to witness one of the most dynamic city in the world in the last 10 years. Among all the changes, the biggest one is there are more and more people from other countries trying to seek jobs in Shanghai. If you ask me, I never thought about it 10 years ago.</p> <p><strong>20 Years Ago</strong></p>Seat-Belt? Oh. No. Thanks!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071029_seat-belt_oh_no_thanks.htmMon, 29 Oct 2007 22:15:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071029_seat-belt_oh_no_thanks.htm<p>There are many common practices that does not make common sense. People&rsquo;s resistance of seat-belt is a typical one.</p> <p>Many people HATE seat-belts, especially taxi drivers.</p> <p>This morning, I get on board a Jinjiang taxi. The driver drove like crazy, and set the record time to get to Xujiahui from where I live in Pudong.</p> <p>He don&rsquo;t like seat-belt.</p> <p>In Shanghai, if someone is caught driving without seat-belt, he will be fined 200 RMB. So, this is what happened.</p>0# Gas Shortage in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071028_0_gas_shortage_in_shanghai.htmSun, 28 Oct 2007 22:13:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071028_0_gas_shortage_in_shanghai.htm<p>Yesterday, when we got back from Donghai Bridge, I found I didn&rsquo;t have enough gas to get back to the city, I decided to find the nearest gas station. I remember there is one from SINOPEC at the toll station. So I went there.</p> <p>The bad news for me is, before the station, many big trucks lined up there. It seems it may take some time for me to get to the gas station.</p>收入和价值成正比https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071028_ae-5.htmSun, 28 Oct 2007 20:01:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20071028_ae-5.htm<p>昨天和一些朋友一起吃完饭。<a href="http://cmfu.com">起点</a>的文辉提出很有趣的见解，就是web 2.0网站虽然有大量的用户生成的内容，网站也应该提供更多的编辑和加工工作。这部分工作，才是真正网站的价值。而网站从用户赚到的钱，和网站提供的价值成正比。当网站除了接受用户的提交，不提供更多的价值，也是收不到更多的钱。比如起点从根本上来说，可以划归一个原创小说这个细分行业的blog提供商。但是他们不仅仅提供一个平台，而是和传统的图书出版商一样挖掘有潜力的作者，并且在上万的作者中为读者选出好的内容，这一点就是价值。</p>Yifan at Donghai Bridgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071028_yifan_at_donghai_bridge.htmSun, 28 Oct 2007 09:13:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071028_yifan_at_donghai_bridge.htm<p>Yifan has new photos.</p> <p>He is already a big boy!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0200.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0339.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0278.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0247.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0209.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">So cute,really a big boy!<div class="comment-meta">— Rebecca · 2007-10-28 22:06</div></div> <div class="comment">The last one really looks like jianshuo ,especially the expression.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#19988;&amp;#21548;&amp;#26539;&amp;#21535; · 2007-10-29 07:39</div></div> <div class="comment">JS; check this out, near where I live, there is even a Club named after &quot;Yifan&quot;.<br><br>www.yifansclub.com<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-10-30 06:34</div></div> <div class="comment">wow, really a big and strong boy!<div class="comment-meta">— elaine · 2007-10-30 16:08</div></div> </details>Jinjiang Inn Opens near Dishui Lakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071028_jinjiang_inn_opens_near_dishui_lake.htmSun, 28 Oct 2007 08:09:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071028_jinjiang_inn_opens_near_dishui_lake.htm<p>Jinjiang Inn is always brave enough to open the first hotel in a newly developed area, as it did in the Pudong Airport when it just opened.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0358.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/28/DSC_0359.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p>Photos of Donghai Bridgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071027_photos_of_donghai_bridge.htmSat, 27 Oct 2007 23:22:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071027_photos_of_donghai_bridge.htm<p>Wendy, her parents, Yifan and I went to the Donghai bridge today. It is the second time for me to get onto the bridge, and the first time for others. Maybe is the second bridge Yifan has ever been to (with the first one as Nanpu Bridge).</p> <p>You can check my previous entry on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050717_donghai_bridge.htm">Donghai Bridge</a> to know the background of this bridge.</p> <p>To be short, it is the longest sea bridge in the world with 32.5 km on the sea, and another about 10 km on the land or the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060420_visited_yangshan_deep_water_port.htm">Yangshan Deep Water Port</a>.</p>Fingerprint for U.S. Visahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071026_fingerprint_for_us_visa.htmFri, 26 Oct 2007 23:25:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071026_fingerprint_for_us_visa.htm<p>Visa time again. I am sure that every year, I have to visit the US consulate to renew my visa. The first time I went there, I was excited, very excited to finally go abroad, which is kind of hard for many people in China. After going there for many times, I just don&rsquo;t appreciate the experience so much. It is almost the same experience like going to a hospital. Let me try to narrate my experience so hopefully you experience the same thing through my eyes.</p>Technical Details of Wangjianshuo.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071025_technical_details_of_wangjianshuocom.htmThu, 25 Oct 2007 17:44:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071025_technical_details_of_wangjianshuocom.htm<p>Let me preserve this data.</p> <p>It does not mean anything today, but who knows after another 5 years, it may be very interesting data. &ldquo;Look at this! We still uses PHP at that time!&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>Basic Data from Bluehost</strong></p> <p>Main Domain wangjianshuo.com</p> <p>Home Directory /home/wangjian</p> <p>Disk Space Usage 4434.65/204800.00 MB</p> <p>Monthly Bandwidth Transfer 79308.20/2048000.00 MB</p> <p>Email Accounts 0/2500</p> <p>Subdomains 4/20</p> <p>Parked Domains 0/20</p> <p>Addon Domains 0/5</p> <p>Ftp Accounts 0/1000</p> <p>SQL Databases 6/50</p>China's Moon Probe Chang'e I Launchedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071024_chinas_moon_probe_change_i_launched.htmWed, 24 Oct 2007 19:16:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071024_chinas_moon_probe_change_i_launched.htm<p>Just watched the real time broadcast in our office.</p> <p>China&rsquo;s first Moon Probe was launched. It should arrive Moon very soon.</p> <p>The time was 18:05.</p> <p>Now it is on the way - good luck and have a good trip to the Moon!</p> <p><strong>About Chang&rsquo;e</strong></p> <p>Chang&rsquo;e is not word &ldquo;change&rdquo;. Let me explain how you should pronounce it.</p> <p>Chang should be pronounced like ch-ong, with Ch pronounced as &ldquo;ch&rdquo; in &ldquo;children&rdquo;. &ldquo;ang&rdquo; should be pronounced as &ldquo;ong&rdquo; in &ldquo;long&rdquo;.</p>World Financial Center - Part IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071023_world_financial_center_-_part_iii.htmTue, 23 Oct 2007 22:43:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071023_world_financial_center_-_part_iii.htm<p>From where I live, the new <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/-World%20Financial%20Center%20shanghai">World Financial Center</a> is already obviously higher than the Jinmao Tower</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/23/DSC_0234.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>It is completely different view from this photo, which was taken at the foot of the tower.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/23/DSC_0195.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Tall buildings only gives you accurate sense of which is taller when they are observed from far away.</p> <p>Read more:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060409_world_financial_center_part_ii.htm">World Financial Center - Part II</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050916_shanghai_world_financial_center.htm">Shanghai World Financial Center</a></p>Shangri-La Likes Twin Towershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071023_shangri-la_likes_twin_towers.htmTue, 23 Oct 2007 22:34:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071023_shangri-la_likes_twin_towers.htm<p>Shangri-La is a great luxurious hotel. There are something in common in its hotel in Beijing and Shanghai: they both has two towers.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Shangri-la</strong></p> <p>Check this photo (not taken by me).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/23/P4264549.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/?@DwainesPhotos">Dwaine</a>. Album: <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/China7EnRouteAndShanghai@DwainesPhotos">China 7 - en route and Shanghai</a></p> <p>The new tower is at the background, and it is taller than the old tower.</p> <p><strong>Beijing Shangri-la</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/23/DSCF1067.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/?@henryw88">henryw88</a>. Album: <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/HenryChinaTripMay2007@henryw88">henryChinaTripMay2007</a></p> <p>Look at this Beijing tower. It is side by side.</p>China's Role in Movie Transformerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071023_chinas_role_in_movie_transformer.htmTue, 23 Oct 2007 22:20:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071023_chinas_role_in_movie_transformer.htm<p>Watched the movie Transformer.</p> <p>It seems China, North Korea, and Cuba are the enemy by imagination in the movie.</p> <p>When the attack is not identified, they just guess it comes from one of these three countries.</p> <p>If it is a longer version of a TOEFL listen comprehension, I&rsquo;d like to ask the typical question at the end of each dialog:</p> <p>What did the director imply?</p> <p>A&hellip;</p> <p>B&hellip;</p> <p>C&hellip;</p> <p>D&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">fuck the sb director<div class="comment-meta">— Tydad · 2007-10-23 23:56</div></div> <div class="comment">It implies that we don&#x27;t like communists. You don&#x27;t like them either.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-10-24 01:04</div></div> <div class="comment">It has nothing to do with capitalism or communism. It is all about competition. Remember 20 years ago, Japan faced the same criticism as the one China is facing today. The ludiculous thing is, China spends more than 400 billion to fund the US T bond and the US does not appreciate a single bit for it. What a shame.<div class="comment-meta">— SanJose · 2007-10-24 15:41</div></div> <div class="comment">It implies that the United states regards China as its big rival if not biggest.<div class="comment-meta">— Yanqing Chen · 2007-10-25 03:54</div></div> <div class="comment">just a movie , i don&#x27;t think it is related with the conuntries. we can see many likely scenas in movies. But i like watching the movies like the transformer.<div class="comment-meta">— jason · 2007-10-25 17:40</div></div> </details>Why Maps in Shanghai are Upside Down?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071022_why_maps_in_shanghai_are_upside_down.htmMon, 22 Oct 2007 19:51:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071022_why_maps_in_shanghai_are_upside_down.htm<p>Received an interesting email. I could not help laughing. This is another typical daily stuff that I didn&rsquo;t pay attention but my readers did.</p> <p>The question for Shanghai today is, why maps in Shanghai are upside down?</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jianshuo,</p> <p>Always read your blog, keep it up.</p> <p>Here&rsquo;s an interesting thing you might like to comment on. It concerns</p> <p>Chinese map reading.</p> <p>When in Shanghai recently (third time!) I went to the Century Park to check</p>Hey, What's This on Shangzilla?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071021_hey_whats_this_on_shangzilla.htmSun, 21 Oct 2007 11:41:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071021_hey_whats_this_on_shangzilla.htm<p>My kind reader notified me about this strange post on <a href="http://shangzilla.com">Shangzilla</a>:</p> <p><a href="http://www.shangzilla.com/article/city-to-build-enormous-statue-of-wang-jian-shuo">City to build enormous statue of Wang Jian Shuo</a></p> <p>And there is a strange photo:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/21/wjs.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image from Shangzilla.com</p> <p>This is strange, isn&rsquo;t it? My friends in Shangzilla (or Shanghaiist) are so creative to bring out fake news like this. Haha. I am amazed, although feel strange to see my &ldquo;head&rdquo;, not the whole body hanging on the top of a pole. Hmm&hellip; Not so good.</p>Yifan has His Hair Cuthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071021_yifan_has_his_hair_cut.htmSun, 21 Oct 2007 11:33:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071021_yifan_has_his_hair_cut.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t wonderful job (maybe you don&rsquo;t think so) to do a hair-cut for Yifan.</p> <p>Yifan is 4 months and a half old, and he did his first hair cut when he was one month older by professional infant hair-dressers, and this time, it is my show time.</p> <p>Before:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/21/DSC_0024.JPG?imgmax=288" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I am doing my first hair-cut for Yifan.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/21/DSC_0043.JPG?imgmax=288" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is the result:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/21/DSC_0050.JPG?imgmax=288" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Not very bad, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Buying a Car for Foreignershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071020_p1898.htmSat, 20 Oct 2007 19:16:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071020_p1898.htm<p>Buying a car for China local resident involves a lot of paper work, and it is hard to do it. Not to mention buying a car for foreigners. L (just short his name to protect privacy) asked me a lot of questions about it. You may agree after reading the questions, L asked very good questions. The questions reached my email box 3 weeks ago. It took me three weeks to get all the answers to the questions. Here you are.</p>Special Birthday Gift from MovableType Teamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071020_special_birthday_gift_from_movabletype_team.htmSat, 20 Oct 2007 19:11:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071020_special_birthday_gift_from_movabletype_team.htm<p>Anil from MovableType team wrote <a href="http://www.movabletype.com/blog/2007/10/jian-shuo-wang-friends-around.html">an entry</a> about my 5 years of blogging and put my blog as featured bloged on <a href="http://MovableType.com">MovableType.com</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/20/Movable%20Type-%20Jian%20Shuo%20Wang-%20Friends%20Around%20The%20World_1192897157411.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Screenshot in courtesy of MovableType</p> <p>What a surprise, and they have been so considerate to hold the post until my birthday!</p> <p>Ginger also put her entry <a href="http://ginger.vox.com/library/post/our-customer-and-friend.html">here</a>.</p> <p>How nice it is to have some friends in this great team. Thank you for the anniversary cake, the wonderflu party, and the blog post!</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071018_happy_birthday_to_me-6.htmThu, 18 Oct 2007 21:28:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071018_happy_birthday_to_me-6.htm<p>Today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me. Here are some of my photos in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/18/xiamen-jianshuo-in.light.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang in 2003, Xiamen</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/18/20040315%20020.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang in 2004, Shanghai</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/18/shanghai-jianshuo-2005.kijiji.forum.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang in 2005, Shanghai</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/18/australia-great.ocean.road-43.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang in 2006, Australia</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/18/DSC_0199.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang in 2007, Cambodia</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/18/beijing.yiheyuan-jianshuo-with.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang in 1998, Beijing</p>Beijing Metro Ticket is As Low As 2 RMBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071017_beijing_metro_ticket_is_as_low_as_2_rmb.htmWed, 17 Oct 2007 21:46:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071017_beijing_metro_ticket_is_as_low_as_2_rmb.htm<p>Beijing&rsquo;s Metro network expands these days. The Metro Line #5 just opened. Along with Metro Line #1, Line #2, and Line #13, there are four lines in Beijing.</p> <p>The difference between Beijing and Shanghai is, Beijing Metro charges 2 RMB per ride in the whole system. 2 RMB = 0.27 USD.</p> <p>This way, the government is trying to get people to ride Metro, and other public transportation. This seems to be a wise decision. Although it cost tax payer&rsquo;s another several billion RMB every year to fund the Metro, the benefit from it should be much more than that number.</p>Why You Like to Write Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071017_why_you_like_to_write_blog.htmWed, 17 Oct 2007 16:23:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071017_why_you_like_to_write_blog.htm<p>In an email interview from Publico in Spain, a Spain newspaper, I found this FAQ for me in the questions.</p> <blockquote> <p>Why do You Like to Write Blog?</p> </blockquote> <p>Frequently asked enough, right? My simple answer</p> <blockquote> <p>Writing daily forced me to think daily</p> </blockquote> <p>This is really what I thought.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Good answer!!! For me it&#x27;s the same-- and it&#x27;s enlightening to see where my thought were over the years that I&#x27;ve been blogging too-- a good record of my thoughts at that particular moment in time.<br><br>Congratulations, by the way, for being MT&#x27;s Featured Blog!! I was so excited when I saw your name over in my MT newsfeed-- I&#x27;ve been reading you ever since my February trip to China, and have enjoyed your writing immensely!<div class="comment-meta">— Sassy · 2007-10-19 13:55</div></div> </details>Beijing Impression - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071017_beijing_impression_-_part_ii.htmWed, 17 Oct 2007 00:22:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071017_beijing_impression_-_part_ii.htm<p>Link: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040216_beijing_impression.htm">Beijing Impression</a></p> <p>I happen to pass by the Main Stadium of Beijing Olympics.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/17/IMAGE_014.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>You may see the top and main part is hiding behind the billboard:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/17/IMAGE_015.jpg?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>There are many better photos than mine. Like these:</p> <p><img src="http://lh6.google.com/john.wildgrube/RsCBRIGxWlI/AAAAAAAAAAA/BbkP1Bw6ZSM/Beijing%20295.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photography by <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/?@john.wildgrube">John</a></p> <p><strong>New Impressions</strong></p> <p>Beijing changed a lot, I would say.</p> <p>One year ago, I asked: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061213_is_beijing_ready.htm">Is Beijing Ready?</a></p> <p>Today, with less than one year to the Game, my answer is, maybe.</p>In Beijing - Love Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071016_in_beijing_-_love_beijing.htmTue, 16 Oct 2007 02:07:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071016_in_beijing_-_love_beijing.htm<p>If at the time of Olympics, Beijing&rsquo;s weather is the same as today (I assume it will), and traffic is like today&rsquo;s noon time (I assume it will), it will be fantastic place for the game. You got what I am saying? Beijing is very beautiful today with high visibility in air, and there is almost no traffic - my car didn&rsquo;t stop fast running from airport to Tsinghua area for just one minute.</p>AdSense Color Schema Changehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071014_adsense_color_schema_change.htmSun, 14 Oct 2007 22:42:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071014_adsense_color_schema_change.htm<p>You may notice some very small change to the color of the AdSense on the right side of this blog. (I believe most people even didn&rsquo;t notice that).</p> <p><strong>History of AdSense on this Blog</strong></p> <p>Within one week, I will see AdSense on my blog for 4 years. On Oct 22, 2003, I put up AdSense, inspired by <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/">Anders</a>. That was only half year later than Google acquired Applied Semantics, the company created Google AdSense. Then it was launched to the public, and I am among the first bloggers putting up this code.</p>Yifan's Recent Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071014_yifans_recent_photos.htmSun, 14 Oct 2007 15:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071014_yifans_recent_photos.htm<p>Yifan is 4 month and 12 days old today.</p> <p>Here are his photos - a little, lovelym fatm healthy, and lazy boy.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/14/DSC_0216.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/14/DSC_0219.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/14/DSC_0248.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/14/DSC_0245.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang. Yifan and Wendy - what a sweet month-and-son</p> <p>Babies grow so fast. I even can notice his daily progress. It is so nice to have a child.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">看起来很沉稳啊:)<div class="comment-meta">— Jimsang · 2007-10-14 21:13</div></div> <div class="comment">@jimsang, 沉 is the keyword.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-10-14 21:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Ohhhhh, so sweet and happy looking :-) It seems I have missed some of the previous pictures, Jian Shuo. I am going to have to go back and enjoy a &quot;feast&quot; of all of Yifan&#x27;s pictures now. He really is growing fast!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-10-15 01:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Hehe - so very cute - no wonder you are proud!!... we&#x27;ve just hit 7-weeks, and Jaime looks so different now!! Every day is a blessing. :p -<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-10-16 23:43</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB, yes. I share the happiness, again. Hope to see your updated photo of Jaime - must be very different from months ago.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-10-17 00:07</div></div> <div class="comment">So sweet, so lovely a little boy :)<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2007-10-19 19:38</div></div> </details>Shanghai Photo Viewerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071012_shanghai_photo_viewer.htmFri, 12 Oct 2007 20:16:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071012_shanghai_photo_viewer.htm<p>I added a link to all my individual pages tonight. You may notice that at the end of every entry, there are some photos showing related photos of the topic.</p> <p>Using the <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/-Shanghai">Shanghai Photo Viewer</a>, I can easily find latest Shanghai photos, and then find out a good topic to write about. Any keyword search gets a lot of great images from the online community.</p> <p>If you want to know more about Shanghai and want to see it with your own eyes, you can try using the tool.</p>Zhangjiang and Downtownhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071012_zhangjiang_and_downtown.htmFri, 12 Oct 2007 19:33:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071012_zhangjiang_and_downtown.htm<p>This morning, I am in Zhangjiang (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060524_zhang_jiang_hitech_park.htm">Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park</a>).</p> <p>Zhangjiang is a hi-tech area. Although it is still far from any other hi-tech park, it really have the potential. Many hi-tech companies are moving in, especially software, IC, and medical companies.</p> <p>The tower of Zhangjiang Maison is a great building. In terms of hardware, it is even better than most office buildings in Puxi. For example, the Zhangjiang Maison is equipped with double layer glasses. Besides that, they even have double outer walls - there is air layer of 10 cm so air con is more effective in this building.</p>Business is Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071012_business_is_business-2.htmFri, 12 Oct 2007 11:38:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071012_business_is_business-2.htm<p>The first time I talked about Business was in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021211_business_is_business.htm">2002</a>.</p> <p>Recently, when I looked back and did some summary of the last few years, I found out business means completely another thing for me.</p> <p>Business is beautiful - it is not only strategy, not only financial, not only management, there are many other elements in it, that mixed and become a whole part. It is very interesting world.</p> <p>It became even more interesting when we have a global world, where money and people can easily move from one place to another (like from Korea to another country), or using the resources in one country (like labor in China, tech in U.S, or business expertise in Europe) to create something new. All these are completely another world, with much longer history than technology world. Interesting.</p>Plan to Go to Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071011_plan_to_go_to_beijing.htmThu, 11 Oct 2007 21:41:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071011_plan_to_go_to_beijing.htm<p>Try some bulletin style writing (invented by Ren Liu) - a style to use only bulletin instead of paragraphs in article.</p> <ul> <li>I will be in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday of next week. All my old friends, drop me an email so we can meet.</li> <li>Special Olympics closes today in Shanghai. Big event, but didn&rsquo;t have any impact on me - I also watch it on TV.</li> <li>Metro Line #8 is almost ready and will open soon. Good news.</li> <li>Attending very late conference call these days, and very tired (even failed to wake up at 6:30 AM). That is the reason of pause in this blog.</li> <li>Autumn comes, and T-Shirt, for the first time, does not work for me..</li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">what&#x27;s special about metro line #8? will it ease the traffic a lot? Cheers!<div class="comment-meta">— MOGLi · 2007-10-12 04:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Has the rest of Line 4 opened yet?<div class="comment-meta">— Westfield · 2007-10-12 07:20</div></div> <div class="comment">@Westfield, the rest part of the Metro Line #4 will open by the end of this year.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-10-12 11:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi JS, welcome to Beijing.<br><br>The Beijing Metro Line# 5 just opened several days ago, a line through the city from the north to the south. you can have a try.<br><br>Beijing&#x27;s temperature is lower than Shanghai. the highest is 18ºC, the lowest is about 10ºC. maybe there is temperature drop recently. Keep yourself warm.<br><br>Wish you have a good trip. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Elaine · 2007-10-12 15:13</div></div> </details>Wendy's Wallet was Stolenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071008_wendys_wallet_was_stolen.htmMon, 08 Oct 2007 21:23:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071008_wendys_wallet_was_stolen.htm<p>Wendy called me this morning, and told me her wallet was stolen at Xujiahui.</p> <p>This is bad news.</p> <p>It is just 100 meter from where I dropped her off, and her office, and the pocket picker steal her wallet easily and quietly. Typhoon hit Shanghai, and everywhere is wet and everyone is watching their steps, and this is the best time for those bad guys.</p> <p>Wendy lost all his bank cards (credit cards and debit cards), <a href="http://www.sodexhopass.com.cn/">Sodex</a> card (for use in restaurants), public transportation card, and card to enter our residential area. She also has her National ID in it, plus small amount of cash.</p>Hangzhou to Shanghai D Train Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071007_hangzhou_to_shanghai_d_train_schedule.htmSun, 07 Oct 2007 22:22:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071007_hangzhou_to_shanghai_d_train_schedule.htm<p>Today, Wendy and I went to the Shanghai South Railway Station to pickup my parents-in-law. They took train D680 from Hangzhou to Shanghai South Station. I still haven&rsquo;t try any of D train so far, but from their description, it is a wonderful train.</p> <p><strong>D Trains</strong></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070821_d_train_in_china.htm">D Trains</a> are the best trains in China, and are of the first level in almost all aspects:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Hardware is cutting-edge, and most advanced</p>Shanghai Attraction Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071007_shanghai_attraction_photos.htmSun, 07 Oct 2007 00:13:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071007_shanghai_attraction_photos.htm<p>I have &ldquo;borrowed&rdquo; some great photos from Picasaweb&rsquo;s user community. Using great Google Picasa Web API, I built some sample pages for me, so it is handy for myself to look for certain pictures. Here is a list of Shanghai Attractions (not in particular order, even without a particular criteria to include them) that I have many photos to show you. Hope you enjoy the photos (taken by other photographers)</p>Visited Jinmao with Parents Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071006_visited_jinmao_with_parents_today.htmSat, 06 Oct 2007 23:17:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071006_visited_jinmao_with_parents_today.htm<p>It is nice holiday, and I visited Jinmao with my parents. Unlike most tourists who pay 70 RMB to get to the crowded top (at 88th floor), we visited my favorite cafe at the 56th floor of the tower, which is also called &ldquo;bottom of the Great Well&rdquo; by myself.</p> <p>If you want to see the Great Well, you can check out my blog entry here: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070101_the_great_well_in_jinmao_tower.htm">The Great Well in Jinmao Tower</a>. (For visitors in China, you need to find out a working proxy to workaround the Great Firewall to see the photos on flickr)</p>Burma and my Ignorancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071005_burma_and_my_ignorance.htmFri, 05 Oct 2007 12:40:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071005_burma_and_my_ignorance.htm<p>I understand that I seemed to be living in vacuum, and until now I didn&rsquo;t really understand what is going on in Burma. I am on holiday from Oct 1 to today - the national holiday, so I am pretty relaxed and didn&rsquo;t use the Internet the same way as I did. Pardon me about my ignorance, but I didn&rsquo;t know what happened in Burma until a BBC reporter sent me an email to ask me whether I am happy about China&rsquo;s reaction to the events in Burma. At that time, I even don&rsquo;t know the meaning of Burma, and I looked it up in my online dictionary, and know it is the name of the country. I know the Chinese name very well - Miandian, and Burma is just too different from its Chinese pronounciation. Then I started to see threads on this blog discussing it.</p>Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hallhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071005_shanghai_urban_planning_exhibition_hall.htmFri, 05 Oct 2007 10:58:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071005_shanghai_urban_planning_exhibition_hall.htm<p>Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall is at People&rsquo;s Square, and it is a must visit place for many travelers. Typically, you should spend a day at Shanghai Museum and Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. Here are the pictures I took before.</p> <p>Below: The Exhibition Hall:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/05/DSC03178.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Below: This is inside the building, looking up.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/05/DSC03167.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><strong>Models of the Future</strong></p> <p>Here are the introduction about the renovation of the Bund - they are going to turn it into boat hub.</p>Photography Technical Details of Night Sceneshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071003_photography_technical_details_of_night_scenes.htmWed, 03 Oct 2007 13:42:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071003_photography_technical_details_of_night_scenes.htm<p>I posted some pictures on the Bund (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071001_national_holiday_2007_in_shanghai.htm">National Holiday 2007 in Shanghai</a>)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/03/DSC_0219.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Liping asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jianshou, those pictures are fantastic. I had some difficulty to take sharp images of night scene. How do you take those pictures? Did you use any special settings? Did you use tripod? I have Nikon D50, too.</p> <p>Posted by: Liping on October 2, 2007 10:42 PM</p> </blockquote> <p>Let me share my tips of taking the photos. Please note that I am by no means a professional photography, and even didn&rsquo;t have enough time to think about the technical details. Let me just share what I did, and hopefully it helps.</p>Car Towing at Owner's Expense?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071002_car_towing_at_owners_expense.htmTue, 02 Oct 2007 08:35:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071002_car_towing_at_owners_expense.htm<p>Every time I travel to different country, I tried hard to understand how the society works. This time, I want to seek for some help to understand &ldquo;car towing at owner&rsquo;s expense&rdquo; terms displayed in many private properties.</p> <p>Look at these plates (which I took when I visited Cisco).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/02/DSC02904.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/02/DSC02905.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>And here (in Creative Labs).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/02/DSC02877.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>All these notice states that &ldquo;Unauthorized Vehicles will be towed away at vehicle owner&rsquo;s expense. This kind of plates are everywhere. So I am curious about it and did some research.</p>National Holiday 2007 in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071001_national_holiday_2007_in_shanghai.htmMon, 01 Oct 2007 23:29:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071001_national_holiday_2007_in_shanghai.htm<p>Below. The World Financial Center is with Jin Mao Tower side by side. It is significantly higher than Jin Mao, but from this angle, they looks of the same heights. The two towers raise just into the cloud, so the tops are not so clear.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/01/DSC_0195.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Below: The first picture of the Bund.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/01/DSC_0197.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Below: the Bund was well lit up at night.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/01/DSC_0206.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Below: Laser lights shot into sky.</p>Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Prohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071001_logitech_quickcam_for_notebooks_pro.htmMon, 01 Oct 2007 22:56:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20071001_logitech_quickcam_for_notebooks_pro.htm<p>To prepare for a video conference call tomorrow morning (early in the morning), I started to use another WebCam. I don&rsquo;t remember how many webcam I started to use and abondoned (lose them, broke them, or simply lost drivers so they didn&rsquo;t work).</p> <p>They have a nice 12&quot; Desktop Stand for use when not on the go!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/10/01/DSC_0243.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>They have a carrying case too. I don&rsquo;t know where should I put it yet. I am pretty sure that the fate for this case is getting lost soon.</p>Many Events in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070930_many_events_in_shanghai.htmSun, 30 Sep 2007 23:22:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070930_many_events_in_shanghai.htm<p>Today, the Torch for Special Olympics arrives in Shanghai. I saw the real time broadcast on TV.</p> <p>The Women&rsquo;s World Cup is final today in Shanghai. German wins.</p> <p>The National Holiday celebration started from tonight, and traffic control was put in place. Cars are not allowed in many major locations.</p> <p>There are fireworks in Century Park. &ldquo;People Mountain People Sea&rdquo; there.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">An exciting time to be in Shanghai!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-10-01 04:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Exactly. It should be an exciting time to be here. The lights of the the whole city was turned on, and it looks very nice. The problem is, there are just too many people here.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-10-01 08:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy holiday!<div class="comment-meta">— Elaine · 2007-10-01 19:02</div></div> <div class="comment">@Jian Shuo - are you watching the opening ceremony of the special Olympics from Shanghai stadium? It&#x27;s on live now here in Singapore, and I&#x27;m very impressed so far... must say, they picked two of my favourite celebrities as spokespeople - Karen Mok and Colin Farrell...!!! Very nice production!!! Congratulations Shanghai -congratulations China!!!<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-10-02 22:13</div></div> <div class="comment">I even didn&#x27;t watch it. Let me try to watch the replay.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-10-03 12:39</div></div> <div class="comment">I even didn&#x27;t watch it. I am watching the replay.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-10-03 12:48</div></div> </details>Rain Memories of New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070928_rain_memories_of_new_york.htmFri, 28 Sep 2007 21:56:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070928_rain_memories_of_new_york.htm<p>Today, I saw some random photos in my hard disk. These photos instantly brought those memories of three years ago. That was Dec 23, 2004, just before Christmas.</p> <p>Look at the rain, the lights, the traffic, the streets, the buildings, the taxis&hellip; all these things are very typical to the city of New York.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01722.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01726.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01735.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/newyork-traffice.jam-at.night.jpg?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01740.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01744.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01751.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/28/DSC01753.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Some Thoughts about War and Historyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070927_some_thoughts_about_war_and_history.htmThu, 27 Sep 2007 21:22:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070927_some_thoughts_about_war_and_history.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t mention too much about this topic, but the recent discussion on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070920_fight_between_foreigners_and_local.htm">Fight Between Foreigners and Local</a> led to heated discussion, and I was touched by the depth of the thinking. Then in response to some of the comments, I talked a little bit about my thoughts about war (especially the WWII), and the recent anti-Japanese movement (which I think is a little bit out of track).</p> <p>Again, I am open to your continuous input. As I always believe, the more facts and perspective we collect, the more likely we are closer to completeness (although I don&rsquo;t think we can reach it.)</p>Happy Moon Cake Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070925_happy_moon_cake_festival.htmTue, 25 Sep 2007 18:47:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070925_happy_moon_cake_festival.htm<p>I am naughty. I do mean the Mid-August Festival. It is funny to hear more and more people refer it as Moon Cake Festival since we eat Moon Cake, and I found good taste food is always an enjoyable thing for people no matter young or old. (Heard about the introduction of Wii? &ldquo;It is designed for children from 3 to 90 in age&rdquo;).</p> <p>Let me post a picture of moon cake. Sorry for the error in light schema, so it does not look very delicious.</p>Apartment Sharing in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070923_apartment_sharing_in_shanghai.htmSun, 23 Sep 2007 21:11:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070923_apartment_sharing_in_shanghai.htm<p>Disclaimer: This post is about a commercial service provided by my close friend Fay. My point-of-view may be biased because we know each other very well.</p> <p>Last Friday, in Starbucks, after I chatted with another group from Taiwan, Fay joined, and we had a nice conversation about what Fay is doing. Fay is from Taiwan, and then graduated from UC Berkeley. We worked with each other when she was in eBay. Then few months ago, she left eBay to start something completely new. I didn&rsquo;t see for a while, and I was happy to catch up and understand what she is doing.</p>Don't Leave, AussiePBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070923_dont_leave_aussiepb.htmSun, 23 Sep 2007 20:32:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070923_dont_leave_aussiepb.htm<p>One of my reader AussiePB was very offended on this blog today. <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/AussiePB.htm">AssiePB</a> has been here for a almost two months, if I count from his <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/36409">first comment on August 9, 2007</a>. He left a comment and said good bye to this community.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo - it is with great regret that after a very long time following your blogs and enjoying open and friendly discussion, I will no longer be visiting your site&hellip; unfortunately, it has attracted a person with very low intellect and even lesser moral fibre. Good luck to you and your family, I will keep in touch via email. Keep up the good work and positive attitude going - I hope that the racism desists here in the future!! Kindest regards, AussiePB&hellip;</p>Different Views of the Same Thinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070922_different_views_of_the_same_thing.htmSat, 22 Sep 2007 18:32:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070922_different_views_of_the_same_thing.htm<p>When I write every entry of my blog, especially on controversial topics, I am perfectly aware of angle really matters, and different people see exactly the same thing can tell completely different story, as in the story of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061202_the_blind_men_and_the_elephant.htm">Blind Men and the Elephant</a>.</p> <p>I just saw a small piece of video at the beginning of <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/75">Sasa&rsquo;s talk</a> at Ted Conference. That 29 seconds black and white movie tells a very good story about why angle matters. So let me share with you.</p>Thoughts about Traffic Jamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070922_thoughts_about_traffic_jam.htmSat, 22 Sep 2007 07:56:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070922_thoughts_about_traffic_jam.htm<p>Today is a No Car Day in Shanghai, and other 107 cities in China. On the No Car Day, let me write about some thoughts around huge traffic jam last week.</p> <p>Last Monday, I decided to use public transportation - Metro - to go to work. My plan was drive to Century Park metro station which is 4 km away, then park-and-go. It turned out to the biggest mistake I made last week.</p>有钱的人总没有时间，有时间的人总没有钱https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070921_ecaeeieecaee.htmFri, 21 Sep 2007 10:47:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070921_ecaeeieecaee.htm<p>我的哥哥在观察生活很久以后得出一个非常有趣的结论：</p> <p><strong>有钱的人总没有时间，有时间的人总没有钱</strong></p> <p>如果想省钱，有上百种办法。我家门口的乐购一大早总有无数的老头老太太排半个小时以上的队买便宜的鸡蛋；一养的东西在不同地方总有相当大的价差。只要花时间去淘，总能找到便宜货。而社会同时还有很多为有钱人设计的服务，为了可以省一点点时间，总有人不在乎雇专职司机，在市中心买房子等等。</p>Shanghai Looks Like a Modern Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070921_shanghai_looks_like_a_modern_city.htmFri, 21 Sep 2007 10:22:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070921_shanghai_looks_like_a_modern_city.htm<p>I haven&rsquo;t take Shanghai Metro for a long, long time.</p> <p>The other day, I took Metro home. Wow. I found some really good improvement in Metro. Let me share what I saw with you.</p> <p><strong>People Start to Line Up!</strong></p> <p>I would say people lining up to get onto to off Metro is very rare for me. Normally, taking Metro is a physically fighting game that you have to either join handful of people to rush into the door or you wait until the second train and get pushed by people behind you.</p>What's Wrong with China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070921_whats_wrong_with_china.htmFri, 21 Sep 2007 10:12:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070921_whats_wrong_with_china.htm<p>Every time I travel, I keep talking with a lot of people in the States to find out an answer of a simple question: What is the future of China? And that leads to another question, which is &ldquo;what is wrong with current China?&rdquo;.</p> <p>I am reading the book<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/0670033375">Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a>. The angle from environment and population, education, etc does not answer the question. Why there is so bad environment problem? The book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/China-Road-Journey-Future-Rising/dp/1400064678">China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power</a>&rsquo;s point of view about power, about society partly answers the question, but there is still a lot of puzzles for me.</p>Fight Between Foreigners and Localhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070920_fight_between_foreigners_and_local.htmThu, 20 Sep 2007 22:00:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070920_fight_between_foreigners_and_local.htm<p>Last Sunday, I went to buy some Sushi in the Biyun International District. Near Carrefour, I witnessed the fight between a foreigner (actually his Chinese driver) and a local safeguard. When police (110) came to bring everyone involved away, I am still in deep thinking about what is going on in this society.</p> <p><strong>The Story</strong></p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t see the first part of the story. When I see it, I just found the safeguard used the plastic sign board to hit the rear of a black Passat, and the driver and a tall foreigner (should be American from what he said later) immediately rushed out and the driver start to beat the safeguard, and very quickly they formed a position that no one could move. Many people came and wanted to break them apart.</p>Blogging and Early Wake-uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070920_blogging_and_early_wake-up.htmThu, 20 Sep 2007 21:43:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070920_blogging_and_early_wake-up.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t realize my practice of early wake-up has a significant impact to my blog.</p> <p>About four weeks ago, I decided to wake up earlier. I used to stay awake late at night (around 12:00) and wake up late in the morning (about 8:00 AM). I managed to fine-tune the wake-up time little by little and finally reached a point to wake up at around 5:30 AM everyday. Yesterday should be the first week I wake up really early in the morning.</p>Typhoon Not Hits Shanghai (Yet)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070919_typhoon_not_hits_shanghai_yet.htmWed, 19 Sep 2007 07:27:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070919_typhoon_not_hits_shanghai_yet.htm<p>According to forecast, the worst Typhoon in recent history will hit Shanghai last night to this morning. I did prepared well in advance - closing all windows, check every object that is movable in garden, and plan for alternative of transportation.</p> <p>This morning, I wake up early (as everyday in the recent weeks) at 5:45 AM. To my great surprise, nothing happened. There is even no rain. Looking east, I can even manage to see the location of the Sun. It is not windy - everything is exactly as normal days.</p>Baseball Game (San Francisco Giant v.s. Arizona Diamondbacks)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070916_baseball_game_san_francisco_giant_vs_arizona_diamondbacks.htmSun, 16 Sep 2007 07:28:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070916_baseball_game_san_francisco_giant_vs_arizona_diamondbacks.htm<p>Andrew shared two baseball tickets with me and <a href="http://ginger.vox.com">Ginger</a> (The whole VOX network is not accessible from China, so you need to find a good proxy, or <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a>), so we went to the AT&amp;T Park to watch my first real sports game in America. Here are some pictures. With the help of Ginger, I finally understood the rules a little bit. It IS a slow game, but interesting to me.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0221.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Six Apart Office in San Franciscohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070916_six_apart_office_in_san_francisco.htmSun, 16 Sep 2007 07:19:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070916_six_apart_office_in_san_francisco.htm<p>This is the Six Apart office. I regret a lot that I didn&rsquo;t brought a camera with me during my first trip in 2003. This time, with kind permission, I took some pictures of public areas.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0202.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0203.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0204.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0205.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0206.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0207.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0208.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0209.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0210.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0211.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0215.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/16/DSC_0216.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Visit in Six Aparthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070915_visit_in_six_apart.htmSat, 15 Sep 2007 10:28:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070915_visit_in_six_apart.htm<p>Last Tuesday, I visited Six Apart, the maker of MovableType, my favorite blogging software. I have a lot of friends there. Let me show you pictures first.</p> <p>Thanks Ginger for taking the great photos for us.</p> <p><strong>Chris and Me</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/15/sfo-chirs.jianshuo.jpg?imgmax=400" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by <a href="http://ginger.vox.com">Ginger</a></p> <p>Story behind the picture.</p> <p>I know Chris with introduction of Andreas, who worked for BV Capital at that time. Chris was the CEO of Rojo at that time. I admired him a lot because his early company Red Herring (Red Herring started from his parents&rsquo; home in Woodside, CA, according to Wikipedia). We talked a lot last time and when we almost finished, he introduced companies nearby, and he mentioned Six Apart. Then he gave Ginger a call and shortly we appeared before the entrance of Six Apart. That is how I turned out knowing my friends there. With the later acquisition of Rojo by Six Apart, Chris came along and joined Six Apart.</p>美国的几个片断https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070914_ccaec-2.htmFri, 14 Sep 2007 21:28:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070914_ccaec-2.htm<p>每次的美国之行，我都执意要和更多的本地人聊天，来听一听他们对这个国家的看法。在我整理上周六天的行程的时候，有几个片段让我印象深刻。</p> <p><strong>“我们要告他们！”</strong></p>Wrapping up My Trip in San Josehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070914_wrapping_up_my_trip_in_san_jose.htmFri, 14 Sep 2007 13:13:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070914_wrapping_up_my_trip_in_san_jose.htm<p>Hi, I am back! I am back to Shanghai on the delayed flight (3 hours) UA857. Jet lag is much better this time, although I still feel it a little bit. This is the email I sent to my friends I met the first day.</p> <blockquote> <p>It is wonderful to know you, a group of nice, interesting and smart guys, in the bay area. Let me share briefly about what I did for the rest of my trip after meeting you guys - you were the first group of people I meet during my short stay.</p>Five Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070911_five_years_of_blogging.htmTue, 11 Sep 2007 23:29:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070911_five_years_of_blogging.htm<p>Today, I have completed the 5 years of blogging. In the last 5 years, I kept doing a very simple thing - writing one article everyday. I was amazed by how long a way I came along.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/2007/09/11/screen-wangjianshuo-5.years.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Impact of 5 Year Blogging on Me</strong></p> <p>It has been exactly 1825 days since I started blog in Sept 2002. The blog is an honest reflection about myself, and hopefully, about the environment I am in. The blog is the tool to help me think, and to urge me observe more deeply, and express it in a logic way. That is basically the most important impact on me. In the 5 years, I grew up a lot, as I can feel when I check the old entries. There are some times more confusion for me over the time, but clearly some ideas get clearer and clearer. I saw the growth, and I know many of my readers feel it.</p>看看这个机柜https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070909_cceae.htmSun, 09 Sep 2007 16:04:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070909_cceae.htm<p>这东西是8年前的一个机柜。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2007/09/09/DSC_0245.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2007/09/09/DSC_0279.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2007/09/09/DSC_0278.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2007/09/09/DSC_0277.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2007/09/09/DSC_0274.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2007/09/09/DSC_0271.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>下面的照片里面，绿色和白色相间的一条是reset的线，连着一个按钮，一条是普通PC的硬盘灯。四个这样按钮和灯用四个螺丝钉直接固定在一个硬纸板上面。</p>That is Easy - Easy Solution to Complicated Problemshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070909_that_is_easy_-_easy_solution_to_complicated_problems.htmSun, 09 Sep 2007 14:30:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070909_that_is_easy_-_easy_solution_to_complicated_problems.htm<p>I know this is a new addition of the series of articles comments on the recent government policy in China, which is treated a sensitive topics in China. Anyway, I do have something to say, although it may worth only 2 cents.</p> <p>In an environment without check and balance, it is very common that people will choose the easiest way to solve complicated problems. Since there is no objection anyway, why bother looking for a better solution. Here are some examples.</p>Meetup in Palo Alto on Sept 9, 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070908_meetup_in_palo_alto_on_sept_9_2007.htmSat, 08 Sep 2007 16:18:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070908_meetup_in_palo_alto_on_sept_9_2007.htm<p>Hi my readers in bay area, sorry for being late in posting this information about the meetup. Again, let me irritate that I am the typical Perception type of person in the MBTI test, and I enjoy doing things in the last minute. This is not good, but this is just my preference that I need to use counter-preference to balance the way I organize my life. Anyway, finally, one day before the meetup day, I am excited to post the Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup in Palo Alto. This is the second time I organize a small meetup in U.S. Some of you may remember or joined <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050424_meetup_in_san_francisco_ca.htm">the first Meetup in San Francisco</a>, two years ago on April 24, 2005.</p>Pass-by the Cornfield in Sunnyvalehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_pass-by_the_cornfield_in_sunnyvale.htmFri, 07 Sep 2007 23:35:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_pass-by_the_cornfield_in_sunnyvale.htm<p>There is always something interesting outside our homes.</p> <p>Jin showed me the famous cornfield along the Lawrence expressway in Sunnyvale last night when we drove back to my hotel. At night, I didn&rsquo;t see it so clearly, but I managed to find it out on Google Earth.</p> <p>if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(&ldquo;map&rdquo;));map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl()); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.36281547634056,-121.99787378311157), 17, G_SATELLITE_MAP); }</p> <p>Here is a report about the <a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/09.30.99/cover/best-notions-edit-9939.html">cornfield</a>.</p> <p>Joe Francia, the owner, just keep the land and won&rsquo;t sell it. He loves to grow food on his own land. If he stays happy with it, why sell the land for millions of dollars? Interesting guy and gave me a lot inspirations. Thanks Jin to show it to me. BTW, we talked about the land when I asked a silly question yesterday: where are the farm land in Bay Area?</p>Trip Progress: Wake up Early in the Morninghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_trip_progress_wake_up_early_in_the_morning.htmFri, 07 Sep 2007 22:32:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_trip_progress_wake_up_early_in_the_morning.htm<p>Alan de Botton is right. When people are traveling, they sense the world in a much more sensitive way. Like me, during travel, I always have more to blog.</p> <p>This time is about jet lag. Everyone has its own jet lag pattern. I have my own. As I slept well last afternoon, and fall asleep immediately after I got to bed yesterday at 12:30 at mid-night, I wake up for the first time at around 4:00 AM. The second time I wake up, it is just several minutes to 6:00 AM.</p>Geek Dinner in Sunnyvalehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_geek_dinner_in_sunnyvale.htmFri, 07 Sep 2007 16:27:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_geek_dinner_in_sunnyvale.htm<p>Thanks Tina for arranging the dinner in Sunnyvale. It was described as &ldquo;consumer Internet&rdquo; meetup but finally turned out to be the geek dinner. Most people comes from technical background. This is not surprising - this is Silicon Valley anyway.</p> <p>We have Tina, Richard, Stewart, Hongfei, Lei, Sophie , and Jin (Last name was intentionally removed so everyone knows who is who without leaking too much personal information). And then Yong joined the beer afterwards.</p>Trip Progress: Arrived in San Josehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_trip_progress_arrived_in_san_jose.htmFri, 07 Sep 2007 03:51:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070907_trip_progress_arrived_in_san_jose.htm<p>I am at Larkspur Landing Hotel in San Jose.</p> <p>Long trip, but this time, I am a mature traveler, and everything is perfect so far. This time, I even have a little schedule. I didn&rsquo;t have that before. According to MBTI test, I am a very typical Perceptive (vs Judging) person. I got full score for all the questions indicating perception. The key character of P person is &ldquo;like flexibility&rdquo;, and don&rsquo;t like plan&hellip;</p>Trip Progress: Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070906_trip_progress_pudong_airport.htmThu, 06 Sep 2007 12:47:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070906_trip_progress_pudong_airport.htm<p>This may seem funny, but let me update my trip progress shortly.</p> <p>I am at the gate 19 of Pudong Airport. Just checked email and will set OOF (I forgot to do so yesterday) and is going to get on-board soon.</p> <p>Now it is 11:50 AM (The clock on this blog is offset by day light saving sometime ago, it is one hour offset from the real time.)</p> <p>Happy flying, Jian Shuo!</p>Heading to San Jose Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070905_heading_to_san_jose_tomorrow.htmWed, 05 Sep 2007 23:02:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070905_heading_to_san_jose_tomorrow.htm<p>I am heading to San Jose tomorrow. Just checked the weather and found out it is only 14 degree to 23 degree there. Pretty cold compared to Shanghai. I have already packed some shirts into my package.</p> <p>Tomorrow will be a long day - I am going to stick to the same day of Sept 6, 2007 for 24 + 16 = 40 hours. From the perspective of a human being, there is no difference - I just wait for the time to pass by, but from the calendar and time zone perspective, it is not wrong to say the day was extended. We see how different using different views of the same thing. Isn&rsquo;t it interesting?</p>Yes. I am Very Frustratedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070904_yes_i_am_very_frustrated.htmTue, 04 Sep 2007 22:14:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070904_yes_i_am_very_frustrated.htm<p>The &ldquo;very important meeting&rdquo; is going to be held soon. To prepare a &ldquo;good environment&rdquo; for the meeting, massive websites in China were shutdown. This time, much different from the previous actions, it is the <strong>whole data center</strong> instead of websites or servers that were shutdown.</p> <p>Let me take few famous IDCs (Internet Data Center) as examples**. Zitian**, an IDC in Luoyang was shutdown completely, and all the 500 servers were unplugged from Internet, and tens of thousands of websites hosted there were inaccessible on Aug 24. Among them is the largest traffic tracking site 51.la, and this infected a very big portion of Internet websites in China.</p>New Regulations to Kill Group Renting in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070904_new_regulations_to_kill_group_renting_in_shanghai.htmTue, 04 Sep 2007 08:48:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070904_new_regulations_to_kill_group_renting_in_shanghai.htm<p>Finally, the new regulation on house rental in Shanghai come out at the end of th last month.</p> <p>This regulation is aiming to get rid of the group cohabitant.</p> <p><strong>What is Group Cohabitant</strong></p> <p>I may use the wrong translation, but it is a popular way for people to share rental cost. In Shanghai, there are people who buy or rent the whole apartment, and separated into different rooms, and then rent it separately to different people. This is very common nowadays.</p>Going to San Jose on Sept 6https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070903_going_to_san_jose_on_sept_6.htmMon, 03 Sep 2007 23:01:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070903_going_to_san_jose_on_sept_6.htm<p>I am going to San Jose this week.</p> <p>Here is my schedule:</p> <p><strong>Sept 6, 2007</strong> Shanghai to San Francisco via UA858</p> <p>**Sept 12, 2007 **San Francisco to Shanghai via UA857</p> <p>I know I have a lot of friends in the Bay Area. Do you want to have a small meetup? Maybe on this Saturday near Stanford area. If you want to come, let me know. If there are some people (say, more than 2), I will think about a meetup there. Just comment or drop a mail to jianshuo at hotmali dot com.</p>Metro is Much Better than Bushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070903_metro_is_much_better_than_bus.htmMon, 03 Sep 2007 22:10:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070903_metro_is_much_better_than_bus.htm<p><strong>Morning</strong></p> <p>This morning, I just want to try new way to commute to work.</p> <p>Do you know what I did? I tried BUS!</p> <p>I got onto bus 607 and transited to Bus Bridge-6 to where I work.</p> <p>Then guess how much time it cost me to arrive?</p> <p>1 hour and 40 minutes!</p> <p>Then I know it is not a good idea to take long distance bus at rush hours and when it is raining.</p>Improved Commenter Pagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070902_improved_commenter_page.htmSun, 02 Sep 2007 23:02:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070902_improved_commenter_page.htm<p>I have a subdomain <a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com">http://user.wangjianshuo.com</a> just to hold profiles of users (or commenters). I admit it didn&rsquo;t work so well. Ling mentioned it yesterday.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo! Thank you for the medal! Wow! I actually topped the list for this month! Hahaha. I was so happy when I saw this post last night that I told my husband, &ldquo;Yay! 我是第一名，我是第一名！&rdquo; (English: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m number one!&rdquo;) I didn&rsquo;t know that being the #1 commenter of a blog for a month could make me feel so good. Guess everybody loves recognition and attention. Hahaha. *;)</p>Yifan is 3 Months Oldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_yifan_is_3_months_old.htmSat, 01 Sep 2007 23:46:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_yifan_is_3_months_old.htm<p>Tomorrow Yifan will be three months old. Here are his recent photos - I took it today.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/01/DSC_0217.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/01/DSC_0201.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Wendy today created <a href="http://www.babytree.com/user/showuser.php?tab=mv&amp;view=sh_mv&amp;uid=13262688&amp;mid=13272">a flash movie for Yifan</a>.</p> <p>Yifan now is so sweet, and his has lots of &ldquo;favorite moment&rdquo;.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>He loves morning</strong>. I like to sit by his bed and wait for him to wake up from the long sleep in the morning. When he wakes up, and see me, he immediately give me wonderful smile - I always smile longer and happier than he does.</p>Thank You for Your Commenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_thank_you_for_your_comment.htmSat, 01 Sep 2007 23:21:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_thank_you_for_your_comment.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/09/01/screen-wangjianshuo-thankyou.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Thank you for your comment.</p> <p>Your comment has been received and recorded.</p> <p>It will appear after <strong>one minute</strong>. Please be patient and allow the system to update your comment to the entry you commented on and onto the homepage of my blog.</p> <p>.comment-header {display:none} .comment-body {display:none}</p> <p>document.close()</p>Top Commenter of August 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_top_commenter_of_august_2007.htmSat, 01 Sep 2007 20:06:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_top_commenter_of_august_2007.htm<p>This is the top commentor of August 2007. Thanks everyone for your comments&hellip;</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/Ling.htm">Ling</a> 9</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/stephen.htm">stephen</a> 8</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/AussiePB.htm">AussiePB</a> 8</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/15/screen-top.commenter.of.the.month.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Top 10 List</strong></p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/Ling.htm">Ling</a> 9</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/stephen.htm">stephen</a> 8</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/AussiePB.htm">AussiePB</a> 8</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/naruto.htm">naruto</a> 7</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/xge.htm">xge</a> 5</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/DC.htm">DC</a> 5</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/sunzj.htm">sunzj</a> 5</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/shirley.htm">shirley</a> 5</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/mike.htm">mike</a> 4</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/Pablo">Pablo Garcia</a> 4</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/Silkroad.htm">Silkroad</a> 4</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/Simon.htm">Simon</a> 4</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/Herbert.htm">Herbert</a> 4</p> <p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/ILH.htm">ILH</a> 4</p> <p>Looking forward to seeing you (or your names) in September.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo! Thank you for the medal! Wow! I actually topped the list for this month! Hahaha. I was so happy when I saw this post last night that I told my husband, &quot;Yay! 我是第一名，我是第一名！&quot; (English: &quot;I&#x27;m number one!&quot;) I didn&#x27;t know that being the #1 commenter of a blog for a month could make me feel so good. Guess everybody loves recognition and attention. Hahaha. *;)<br><br>You know, actually I was just aiming for the last position with 4 comments. But the topics in this blog are just so interesting that I wanted to join in and share my views as well. *:)<br><br>By the way, when I click my name above, I see that &quot;Ling&quot; has posted a total of 19 comments. The previous 10 comments were actually posted by someone else whose nick was also Ling. In order to not confuse myself with other commenters with that name, does it mean I need to register an account?<br><br>Once again, thank you for the recognition! Commenting on your blog sure is fun! *:D<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Ling *:)<div class="comment-meta">— Ling · 2007-09-02 16:46</div></div> <div class="comment">@Ling, pleasure is mine. I am happy to have you join the big reader community and share your thoughts with everyone. I am happy about your 9 comments made in the last month, and inspired by them. I do look forward to seeing you more often in Sept.<br><br>For the problem you mentioned, I have fixed it. Please check my recent article on it. To simply put it, I created a way to distinguish different commenter using different color.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-09-02 22:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow, incredible blog format! How lengthy have you been running a blog for? you made blogging look easy. The total glance of your website is great, as smartly as the content material!<div class="comment-meta">— cholesterol and plantsterols · 2012-06-06 02:16</div></div> </details>How to Add Navigation Menu to MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_how_to_add_navigation_menu_to_movabletype.htmSat, 01 Sep 2007 12:07:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070901_how_to_add_navigation_menu_to_movabletype.htm<p>Have you noticed the change in the header of my blog? Look at this screen shot at the end of this article.</p> <p>Yesterday, I added a global navigational menu to my blog. I love this change very much, and it gives people a way to dive deep into a specific category more quickly - just from any page. If you like the design, and you may wonder how you can create the same thing in your MovableType backed site? Here is a quick guideline.</p>Dongjiao State Guest Hotel - The Most Under Valuedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070831_dongjiao_state_guest_hotel_-_the_most_under_valued.htmFri, 31 Aug 2007 20:27:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070831_dongjiao_state_guest_hotel_-_the_most_under_valued.htm<p>Wendy and I found a great hotel, and we firmly believe it is the most under valued hotel in Shanghai - the Dongjiao State Guest Hotel. Let me tell you why we think the Most Under Valued Hotel in Shanghai is the Dongjiao State Guest Hotel.</p> <p><strong>It is Rarely Known</strong></p> <p>The construction of the Dongjiao State Guest Hotel started in 1995, and it took more than 10 years to grow the trees - just the trees. From unconfirmed sources, there are 3 trees in the garden that is more than 1000 years in age, and 1000 trees with more than 100 years. They are all moved from other provinces one by one. Everything was done mysteriously. Until it opened in one year ago, not many people really are aware about the existence of such a huge &ldquo;garden&rdquo;. Even after the open of the hotel one year ago, it is still under the radar screen. I thought it is a restricted area as many other state guest hotel. It turned out to be not so.</p>Got Invitation of Young Leaders Forumhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070830_got_invitation_of_young_leaders_forum.htmThu, 30 Aug 2007 07:35:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070830_got_invitation_of_young_leaders_forum.htm<p>On Aug 24, 2007, I got invitation for the <a href="http://www.ncuscr.org/Young_Leaders_Forum/index.htm">Yong Leaders Forum</a> of <a href="http://www.ncuscr.org/">National Committee of US-China Relations</a>. I will become 2007 Fellow of the Forum and participant in the YLF activities in 2007 in China and 2008 in U.S. I am very excited about it.</p> <p>I have been longing to be able to join this forum for a long time. I heard about the Young Leaders Forum from Haisong, during my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060629_ncucr_visit.htm">first lunch with NCUCR delegation</a>. I wrote immediately after I know the program:</p>Thanks Wendy for Finding my Passporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_thanks_wendy_for_finding_my_passport.htmWed, 29 Aug 2007 22:42:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_thanks_wendy_for_finding_my_passport.htm<p>Wendy, thank you so much for finding my passport, finally! I was not able to find my passport anywhere at home - not in my document case, not in the drawers I used to put passport into, not everywhere. I don&rsquo;t want to lose it <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030813_lost_my_passport_of_p_r_china.htm">again</a>.</p> <p>Finally, Wendy found it in the side pocket of my camera case!</p> <p>You know how smart Wendy is? When I was emptying every drawer, she just sit there and thought hard. Her reasoning was:</p>My Most Important Cardshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_p1838.htmWed, 29 Aug 2007 22:23:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_p1838.htm<p>When I look into my wallet, I found many cards. It is a world of cards, isn&rsquo;t it? I found I have to invent a good classification system to manage my cards. So here is how I classify my cards. I have several most important cards, some important cards, and some &ldquo;garbage cards&rdquo;. Garbage cards are all kind of membership cards given by the companies for free&hellip; Important cards are those door cards (for company and for home security system), and some membership cards will money deposit. I have four most important cards.</p>You Know You Have Been in China for Too Longhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_you_know_you_have_been_in_china_for_too_long.htmWed, 29 Aug 2007 22:12:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_you_know_you_have_been_in_china_for_too_long.htm<p>This is a popular article circulated in the expats community for some time. Share with everyone.</p> <blockquote> <p>You know you have been in China for too long when&hellip;</p> <ul> <li> <p>You no longer wait in line, but go immediately to the head of the queue.</p> </li> <li> <p>You stop at the top or bottom of an escalator to plan your day.</p> </li> <li> <p>It becomes exciting to see if you can get on the lift before anyone can get off.</p>I am an ENFP - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_p1836.htmWed, 29 Aug 2007 12:34:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070829_p1836.htm<blockquote> <p>ENFPs are typically enthusiastic innovators, always seeing new possibilities and new ways of doing things.</p> </blockquote> <p>Ha Ha. It is me. I like mashup and I like new things. That is true.</p> <blockquote> <p>They have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects.</p> </blockquote> <p>This may be problematic for people working with me because the speed of starting new projects may be too quick and new projects are endless until the team is fully burned out.</p>Can you Understand Dish Names in China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070828_can_you_understand_dish_names_in_china.htmTue, 28 Aug 2007 23:36:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070828_can_you_understand_dish_names_in_china.htm<p>Or let me try to use a better title: As a foreigner, are you able to understand the English translation of Chinese dishes in China?</p> <p><strong>To Read English Menu in U.S. is Hard, but Chinese Menus are Harder</strong></p> <p>The biggest headache for me is to order dishes in U.S. I think I understand English, and can speak some English, until I am presented an English menu. I believe the most effective way to determine whether someone has lived in a foreign country or not is a menu test. The names of vegetables or sauces are the most basic terms in daily life, but can be very hard terms for a language learner (when they learn it out of the daily life context). That is how I feel in U.S. and Australia.</p>FeedBurner is a Useful Servicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070828_feedburner_is_a_useful_service.htmTue, 28 Aug 2007 22:41:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070828_feedburner_is_a_useful_service.htm<p>After Feedburner coming out for many years, now I switched my feed from my standard feed - my own XML feed file at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/index.xml">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/index.xml</a> to FeedBurner. The original feed file is still there so my previous subscribers won&rsquo;t lose update from my blog, but new visitors will start to receive RSS feed from FeedBurner. Now you can subscribe to my blog via FeedBurner&rsquo;s address: <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/jianshuo">http://feeds.feedburner.com/jianshuo</a>.</p> <p>P.S. One day after I enabled FeedBurner, it was banned by the Great Firewall&hellip;</p>Is Community Blog a Good Idea?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070827_is_community_blog_a_good_idea.htmMon, 27 Aug 2007 19:26:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070827_is_community_blog_a_good_idea.htm<p>Some readers suggested me to open a community blog section on my blog. That is, a blog hosting service that enables active community members on this blog to post their own experience in Shanghai on this blog and share with other Shanghai expats, visitors or travelers.</p> <p>With this the MovableType 4, I have the ability to offer every blog reader the same blog hosting service and everyone can post to this blog using the same interface as I am using and manage the comments as I do. I believe it will be under different URL though, like <a href="http://wangijanshuo.com/">http://wangijanshuo.com/</a><username>, where username is a name chosen by the poster. That means, everyone&rsquo;s blog is still separate but can be presented on the home page after aggregation.</p>计算机的老古董https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070826_eccee.htmSun, 26 Aug 2007 22:42:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070826_eccee.htm<p>前几天随便写写关于<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070822_aeceedvdieecdcie.htm">你的软驱是DVD，还是CD的？</a>，发现软驱这个东东已经<strong>几乎</strong>退出历史舞台了（之所以用了几乎这个词，是希望我的Dell笔记本的软驱还有人要）。看到大家的评论，就勾起我晒一晒我用过的更古老的存储设备的欲望。</p> <p>最初接触计算机应该在80年代中，就是刚上小学的时候。那个时候的计算站还是纸带的存储设备，黑黑的，很厚实的那种，上面打着一个一个孔。看起来存储设备和现在一个纺织厂的设备类似。而那个时代的计算机主机还和冰箱似的，进计算站不需要沐浴，但一定要更衣，穿白大褂进去。那个时候我什么都不懂，就知道打些警察抓小偷的游戏 - 好似那种红白机上的2维的，警察追，自己控制做些小偷上梯子，下梯子，拿金子，挖洞陷害警察这样的勾当。（凭着记忆，大三的时候总算写了一个一样的，非常满足）。</p>Is RMB and Yuan the Same? Yeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070826_is_rmb_and_yuan_the_same_yes.htmSun, 26 Aug 2007 19:05:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070826_is_rmb_and_yuan_the_same_yes.htm<p>This may seems a very easy question, but it is frequent one - trust me, I receive several emails everyday from visitors to Shanghai, and many people got confused of the difference between RMB and Yuan. For example, yesterday, when I answer a question with 2500 RMB, my reader asked: Is RMB and Yuan the same thing?</p> <p>Yes. It is the same. RMB is the abbr. of <em>Ren Min Bi</em>, or the <em>People&rsquo;s Money</em>. It is the official currency (maybe the only one) in China.</p>Why So Many and So Long Documenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070825_p1821.htmSat, 25 Aug 2007 23:17:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070825_p1821.htm<p>One of the key difference I feel to work with people in U.S. (especially with professional Project Managers in U.S&gt;) is their documents. I am always overwhelmed by their documents.</p> <p>There are two parts involved in the &ldquo;overwhelming&rdquo; feeling.</p> <p><strong>It is too Long</strong></p> <p>Sometimes there are too long and too many and, of cause, too detailed documents. I chatted with my friends, and they said to write reports is the basic skill for each America. Is it true?</p>Censorship in China - A Complete Guidebookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070825_p1828.htmSat, 25 Aug 2007 20:24:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070825_p1828.htm<p>&ldquo;Tell me more about censorship in China? How on earth does it work?&rdquo; Asked Louise, when we had dinner together during his first trip to China.</p> <p>Louise is not alone to ask the question about censorship. It is almost always the first question people outside China ask me, either when they arrive in China, or we meet in U.S. Censorship seems to be on the top of the concerns people have about China. I answered the question hundreds of times, so let me write an article on censorship in China to answer all (well, most) censorship questions in details. There are all kinds of censorship, and I will devote this article mainly on Internet censorship in China.</p>Top Commenter of the Month (2007H1)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070824_top_commenter_of_the_month_2007h1.htmFri, 24 Aug 2007 23:58:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070824_top_commenter_of_the_month_2007h1.htm<p>When was the last time I published my Top Commenter of the Month? I guess it is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061011_top_commenters_for_sept_2006.htm">Sept, 2006</a>. Old readers of this blog knows, that I publish Top Commenter of the month from time to time in 2005 to 2006 and to recognize to the top contributors of this blog.</p> <p>Why I have this award? Simply because I owe my readers a big THANK YOU for your comments, your thoughts, your contribution to this blog that make it so unique today. I feel bad that I paused this very important award for sometime - almost one year. Today is the opportunity for me to pick it up.</p>Chat with Helen Wang on Chinese Dreamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070823_chat_with_helen_wang_on_chinese_dream.htmThu, 23 Aug 2007 22:57:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070823_chat_with_helen_wang_on_chinese_dream.htm<p>10:03</p> <p>Helen is a great person. She writes blog at <a href="http://www.helenwang.rdvp.org/">http://www.helenwang.rdvp.org/</a>. Actually, she has two blogs. .One is <a href="http://www.helenwang.rdvp.org/pacific/">Across the Pacific</a> and the other is <a href="http://helenwang.rdvp.org/goodlife/">A Taste for Good Life</a>. She seems doing similar thing as I am doing - to setup a bridge between China and the rest of the world. In her case, with America.</p> <p>Helen is preparing her book about China - The Chinese Dream. Helen aims to profile the middle class of China. Our conversation started with the size of the middle class. We agreed that the middle class of China is not big, but it is almost 100% of who foreigners have access to. More importantly, this segment will grow to the majority of China (to 700 million according McKensy estimate). That is the significance of this group of people, and why it is a good idea to write a book about it.</p>Starbucks' Bean Stockhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070823_p1822.htmThu, 23 Aug 2007 22:04:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070823_p1822.htm<p>From this page: <a href="http://www.mhhe.com/business/management/thompson/11e/case/starbucks-1.html">http://www.mhhe.com/business/management/thompson/11e/case/starbucks-1.html</a>, I read about the Bean Stock of Starbucks. (Actually I read the Pour Your Heart into It : <a href="www.amazon.com/Pour-Your-Heart-into-Starbucks/dp/0786883561">How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time</a>, and then searched for Bean Stock and found this page).</p> <blockquote> <p>By 1991 the company’s profitability had improved to the point where Schultz could pursue another employee program he believed would have a positive long-term effect on the success of Starbucks—a stock option plan for all employees.12 Schultz wanted to turn all Starbucks employees into partners, give them a chance to share in the success of the company, and make clear the connection between their contributions and the company’s market value. Even though Starbucks was still a private company, the plan that emerged called for granting every employee company wide stock options in proportion to base pay. In May 1991, the plan, dubbed Bean Stock, was presented to the board. Though board members were concerned that increasing the number of shares might unduly dilute the value of the shares of investors who had put up hard cash, the plan received unanimous approval. The first grant was made in October 1991, just after the end of the company’s fiscal year in September; each partner was granted stock options worth 12 percent of base pay; the value of these first shares was pegged at $6 per share. Each October since then, Starbucks has granted employees options equal to 14 percent of base pay, awarded at the stock price at the start of the fiscal year (October 1). Employees, if they wish, can cash in one-fifth of the shares granted each succeeding year, paying the initial year’s price and receiving the current year’s price. It took five years for the shares to fully vest. Each of the shares granted in 1991 was worth $132 in October 1996; thus, an employee making $20,000 in 1991 could have cashed in the options granted in 1991 for more than $50,000 in October 1996. In 1991 when the Bean Stock program was presented to employees, Starbucks dropped the term employee and began referring to all its people as partners because everyone, including part-timers working at least 20 hours per week, was eligible for stock options after six months. At the end of fiscal year 1997, there were 8.7 million shares in outstanding options at an average exercisable price of $19.72 (which compared very favorably to the current stock price of $43.50).</p>Google Reader (81)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070823_p1826.htmThu, 23 Aug 2007 12:33:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070823_p1826.htm<p><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/">http://www.google.com/reader/view/</a></p> <p>This fantastic quote summarizes something that I&rsquo;ve been trying to focus on recently in my daily life:</p> <p>&ldquo;Whatever the tasks, do them slowly</p> <p>with ease,</p> <p>in mindfulness,</p> <p>so not do any tasks with the goal</p> <p>of getting them over with.</p> <p>Resolve to each job in a relaxed way,</p> <p>with all your attention.&rdquo;</p> <ul> <li>Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master</li> </ul>Zhouzhuang, Tongli or Zhujiajiaohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070822_zhouzhuang_tongli_or_zhujiajiao.htmWed, 22 Aug 2007 22:39:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070822_zhouzhuang_tongli_or_zhujiajiao.htm<p>Ling asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jianshuo,</p> <p>It&rsquo;s me again. Wow, your replies are pretty prompt! Thanks! I did some research on the various nearby attractions, and got myself even more confused now. I just found out that there are also 乌镇 (Wuzhen) and 同里(Tongli)。</p> <p>Have you been to all four places - 周庄(Zhouzhuang), 朱家角(Zhujiajiao), 乌镇(Wuzhen) and 同里(Tongli)? Between these four places, does Zhou Zhuang still rank #1?</p>你的软驱是DVD，还是CD的？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070822_aeceedvdieecdcie.htmWed, 22 Aug 2007 19:42:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070822_aeceedvdieecdcie.htm<p>在客齐集上面卖一个笔记本的软驱，当破烂卖，要的话白送都没问题。结果，收到一短信，问：</p> <blockquote> <p>你的软驱是DVD, 还是CD的？ 多少钱？</p> </blockquote> <p>这。。。。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">16 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">所以，你的软驱，是DVD的还是CD的呢？<div class="comment-meta">— Fermi · 2007-08-22 19:56</div></div> <div class="comment">呵。大家没软驱的概念了。瞄一眼就以为是卖光驱了<div class="comment-meta">— QQ · 2007-08-22 20:04</div></div> <div class="comment">那么，到底是CD的还是DVD的啊？不懂。<br><br>哇哈哈...<div class="comment-meta">— gaoshier · 2007-08-22 20:19</div></div> <div class="comment">只能说那个人太有才了<br>hoho<div class="comment-meta">— google · 2007-08-23 09:15</div></div> <div class="comment">这年头软驱基本没人用了！大家不熟悉了！<div class="comment-meta">— Trevor · 2007-08-23 12:30</div></div> <div class="comment">我接受，“沙 发”，“收 藏”，“受 益”，“瞎 扯”等等简单的不表达任何思想的留言<br>（just a joke)<div class="comment-meta">— gerald · 2007-08-23 17:31</div></div> <div class="comment">呵呵，看来应该是个 八十年代末到九十年代初的 小朋友。 哈哈。没见过，听过软驱这个词，也应该还没有学习过计算机课程所以说是个小朋友。。我的推理。 嘻嘻。<div class="comment-meta">— 寒夜思 · 2007-08-25 11:03</div></div> <div class="comment">现在谁还会有软驱，笔记本就更别提了，为了一个免费的软驱把整个笔记本搞坏了才可怕呢。<br>是我我也会问到底是DVD还是CD的，现在的笔记本大都这样。<div class="comment-meta">— say · 2007-08-25 22:13</div></div> <div class="comment">王建硕的BLOG不用审核了，来发一个<br><br>听景777-属于个人的Blog<br>访问地址1 http://www.takepul.com.cn/2.htm<br>访问地址2 www.takepul.com.cn/<br>联系邮件：tingjing777@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— ? · 2007-08-25 22:15</div></div> <div class="comment">你的软驱是3.5寸的还是2.5寸的？<div class="comment-meta">— zola · 2007-08-26 05:19</div></div> <div class="comment">哈哈哈，这玩意儿是骨董啦。<br><br>建硕可千万别卖，传给你儿子。<div class="comment-meta">— Victor · 2007-08-26 14:13</div></div> <div class="comment">用户群主体意识随时间迁移，正常现象。不过现在国内很少有人研究90后的孩子们是什么习惯罢了。<div class="comment-meta">— 王翌 · 2007-08-26 15:18</div></div> <div class="comment">2007年精典语句之一。呵呵~~<div class="comment-meta">— hiswing · 2007-09-03 13:30</div></div> <div class="comment">如果不介意的话，请问软驱是什么东西？<br><br>*-* 开个玩笑 :-) 说实话在我的记忆中我只用过一次软驱，在高中计算机课的时候。<div class="comment-meta">— 萨哈达 · 2007-10-16 21:31</div></div> <div class="comment">现在谁拿软盘能晃到软驱的就感觉捡到宝一样,呵呵<div class="comment-meta">— margaret_123 · 2007-11-30 23:42</div></div> <div class="comment">我现在还在用。搞个阵列什么的要用到软驱。<div class="comment-meta">— cct2004 · 2007-12-05 10:55</div></div> </details>客齐集招聘软件开发人员https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070822_eeeeaeae.htmWed, 22 Aug 2007 14:36:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070822_eeeeaeae.htm<p>详细情况请查阅<a href="http://shanghai.kijiji.cn">客齐集</a>上编号为14295071的发布于<a href="./c2104">招聘求职</a>类目的<a href="./c2104001">计算机/网络</a>子类目的</p> <p><img src="http://static.kijiji.cn/images/ding.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.kijiji.cn/vip/zhiding.html">置顶</a></p> <p><img src="http://static.kijiji.cn/images/jing.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://yy.kijiji.cn/topic/view/4264.html">精华</a>帖：<a href="http://shanghai.kijiji.cn/a14295071-v5.html">客齐集招聘软件开发人员</a>．</p> <p>欢迎大家加入到客齐集的团队来。到现在为止，我们保持着２０人的小团队，每个人在这个小团队里面都是有最大的价值发挥的。我相信在最后的面试里面，对于Developer这个职位，我是一定会要求现场编程的，并且做code review的。。。呵呵。</p>D Train in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070821_d_train_in_china.htmTue, 21 Aug 2007 22:17:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070821_d_train_in_china.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t have the chance to take D Train yet. Well. Although I wrote a lot about Shanghai, I am still not a full time report so I can try every new thing and report the first hand experience on my blog. So let me quote <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070505_faster_bullet_trains_in_china.htm#1137">China Mike&rsquo;s experience</a>. This is the first detailed note about D Training on my blog.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>First of all, I love your site! I remember the first time I discovered it when I was trying to find out information about the Maglev train to the Shanghai airport. Your site was very helpful.</p>Fred's Birthday - a Measurementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070821_freds_birthday_-_a_measurement.htmTue, 21 Aug 2007 06:40:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070821_freds_birthday_-_a_measurement.htm<p>Fred <a href="http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/08/forty-six-today.html">celebrates his birthday</a> today. He said:</p> <blockquote> <p>But seriously,I always use these milestones we call birthdays to take measure of my life. And so far so good.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve got a lot to be thankful for to be honest. My wife, my kids, my family, the greatest job I could ever have, wonderful colleagues, terrific companies to work with, a vibrant community that I get to be the moderator of.</p> </blockquote> <p>Happy Birthday Fred, since Fred&rsquo;s blog is always in my RSS reader (now I am using <a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a>). Birthday is like milestone, and I am going to celebrate my birthday this Oct - I will accomplish the first 30 years in my life&hellip;</p>What you Miss in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070820_what_you_miss_in_shanghai.htmMon, 20 Aug 2007 23:56:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070820_what_you_miss_in_shanghai.htm<p>Cartera did an interesting survey on ShanghaiExpat&rsquo;s forum: <a href="http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/index.php?name=MDForum&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=64324">What things do you miss in Shanghai?</a>. Here are some of the answers:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fresh Air, Food Hygiene, Cleaniliness, Politeness, Patience and Walkers Prawn cocktail crisps, British Sunday Roast Dinner and Sky Sports!!</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Fresh air, beaches, clean water, common sense, civilized behaviour, decent food, a decent marina.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>-Everything that is not fake.</p> <p>American Grown stuff,</p> <p>-Food, size and taste is dramatically different, tomatoes, scallions, meats especially</p>Congrats Victor for Getting Car Plate - at 46500https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070819_congrats_victor_for_getting_car_plate_-_at_46500.htmSun, 19 Aug 2007 22:54:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070819_congrats_victor_for_getting_car_plate_-_at_46500.htm<p>Victor got his Shanghai Car Plate at 46,500 RMB today. He won the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070806_shanghai_car_plates_is_investment.htm">monthly bidding for licenses of cars in Shanghai</a>.</p> <p>The interesting thing is, the lowest winning bidding is 46,500 RMB, and he just gave it the same try. He wrote a <a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!D7CFB8290E47E741!1295.entry">blog</a> about it.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s like one bought stock at day&#x27;s lowest price.<br><br>I haven&#x27;t done that but once I sold a stock at a day&#x27;s lowest price :-(<div class="comment-meta">— Major · 2007-08-21 12:05</div></div> <div class="comment">The latest car plate price [Nov. 2007] is RMB 51,000 now, can&#x27;t belive that. The time we purchased our car from Shangcar.com, it was about RMB 33,000.<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2007-11-11 16:19</div></div> </details>Upgraded to Movable Type 4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070818_upgraded_to_movable_type_4.htmSat, 18 Aug 2007 20:56:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070818_upgraded_to_movable_type_4.htm<p>This is my first comment to the new MovableType 4. Let me just write a short sentence, and then test if everything is OK.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>It turned out the upgrade is very smooth - without any problem, and everything simply works.</p> <p>The only problem I encountered with is, I didn&rsquo;t find out the Rebuild button anywhere in the Admin page.</p> <p>Also, since the template was still the old one, and most of the new features are not immediately available now. Please wait for sometime, and I will be able to add it along the time.</p>Learnt More about How Government Workshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070817_learnt_more_about_how_government_works.htmFri, 17 Aug 2007 23:46:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070817_learnt_more_about_how_government_works.htm<p>Today, attended a training by the government officials, and learnt many interesting ideas. Share with everyone.</p> <p><strong>The Government has Huge Support for SME (Small and Middle Sized Enterprise)</strong></p> <p>Maybe you didn�t know it. For SME in Shanghai (with revenue less than 30 million RMB), if they go abroad (like U.S.) for marketing or attending events, their travel cost will be compensated by the Shanghai Foreign Trade organization by 50%. If they attend foreign trade affairs, their ticket fee will also be reimbursed by the government by 50%. This is huge benefit for SME to explore opportunities outside China. There are many policies like this, but not so many enterprises are aware of it.</p>Shanghai Also has Blue Sky - for One Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070816_shanghai_also_has_blue_sky_-_for_one_day.htmThu, 16 Aug 2007 18:53:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070816_shanghai_also_has_blue_sky_-_for_one_day.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t have official statistics, but I believe the pollution in Shanghai is worse this year than the last year. Why? From my observation, there are almost no blue sky in Shanghai in the last few months. It is partly due to the rainy season, but I just feel I was too excited to see the blue sky of today.</p> <p>Today is an exception.</p> <p>The sky was blue and there are white clouds in the sky - very beautiful, and the visibility of the air is much better than average. I can see the Jinmao tower clearly from Xujiahui.</p>MovableType 4 Finally Outhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070815_movabletype_4_finally_out.htmWed, 15 Aug 2007 23:20:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070815_movabletype_4_finally_out.htm<p>I know for most of my readers who only care about information on Shanghai will find this news boring or irrelevant to the topic of this blog. Maybe it is, but for me, it is completely not.</p> <p>There are several reasons.</p> <p><strong>1. Thank you, MovableType.</strong></p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to thank MovableType for providing such a good tool for me to use in the last 5 years. I am, maybe, one of the most loyal usres of MovableType, from the day one (or the second in terms of MovableType&rsquo;s history) to today.</p>MovableType 4 is Almost Outhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070814_movabletype_4_is_almost_out.htmTue, 14 Aug 2007 21:55:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070814_movabletype_4_is_almost_out.htm<p>MovableType is almost out - it is RC4 (Release Candidate 4) now. I am sure that when the final version comes out, I will upgrade my MovableType to that version.</p> <p>The key feature I think is helpful is the user management and registration. It allows my readers to register with the system and create some pages for him/herself. With the new system, you can be a user and even a contributor to this system. Want to you think?</p>Writing for a Magzine? Oh! No! Thanks!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070813_writing_for_a_magzine_oh_no_thanks.htmMon, 13 Aug 2007 22:01:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070813_writing_for_a_magzine_oh_no_thanks.htm<p>This title was adopted from a short poem. I believe this is the shortest English poem I read so far</p> <blockquote> <p>Bronx?</p> <p>Oh!</p> <p>No!</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </blockquote> <p>Very interesting, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p>I accepted friend&rsquo;s friend&rsquo;s invitation to write an article for a magazine. The topic is about my hometown <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/luoyang.htm">Luoyang</a>. I accepted the request and today is the due date. I have to think hard to write the article, and deliver it as I promised.</p>Highly Recommend Book - China Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070812_highly_recommend_book_-_china_road.htmSun, 12 Aug 2007 23:13:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070812_highly_recommend_book_-_china_road.htm<p>I am reading some books recently (to name a few, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/China-Road-Journey-Future-Rising/dp/1400064678">China Road</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/0670033375">Collapse</a>)&hellip;</p> <p>I like Rob Gifford&rsquo;s book China Road very much. It is very interesting to read, and offers a great angle to analyze the real problems and hopes of China.</p> <p>Let me tell you why I love this book.</p> <p><strong>The Idea</strong></p> <p>The idea behind the book is to take a journey along the China State Road No. 312 from Shanghai to north-west border of China. This idea itself is attractive.</p>Pictures of Xujiahui Area in 2007 - Difficultieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070810_pictures_of_xujiahui_area_in_2007_-_difficulties.htmFri, 10 Aug 2007 22:40:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070810_pictures_of_xujiahui_area_in_2007_-_difficulties.htm<p>Wondering about what the world I, as a normal person in Shanghai, see everyday? I am trying to capture the short period of time I experienced, and show you my world with a series of pictures. Thanks to my good habit of bringing a camera with me all the time.</p> <p>Hmm&hellip;. Stop here.</p> <p>I was planning to upload a lot of photos, but I do encounter some technical difficulties. So the bad news is, I cannot upload it today. However, to explain the difficulty itself can be an interesting topic.</p>Beijing Olympics 2008 Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070809_beijing_olympics_2008_schedule.htmThu, 09 Aug 2007 19:02:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070809_beijing_olympics_2008_schedule.htm<p>Since Beijing Olympics is coming, let me post the schedule for the Olympics in Beijing. Hope you like it. Credit goes to Wikipedia.</p> <p> ● </p> <p>Opening ceremony</p> <p> ● </p> <p>Event competitions</p> <p> ● </p> <p>Event finals</p> <p> ● </p> <p>Closing ceremony</p> <p>August</p> <p>6</p> <p>7</p> <p>8</p> <p>9</p> <p>10</p> <p>11</p> <p>12</p> <p>13</p> <p>14</p> <p>15</p> <p>16</p> <p>17</p> <p>18</p> <p>19</p> <p>20</p> <p>21</p> <p>22</p> <p>23rd</p> <p>24</p> <p>T</p> <p>Ceremonies</p> <p>●</p> <p>●</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Archery</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>4</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Athletics</a></p> <p>2</p> <p>4</p> <p>6</p> <p>6</p> <p>5</p> <p>3</p> <p>6</p> <p>7</p> <p>7</p> <p>1</p> <p>47</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Badminton</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>2</p> <p>2</p> <p>5</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Baseball</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Basketball</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>2</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Boxing</a></p> <p>5</p> <p>6</p> <p>11</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoeing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Canoeing</a></p> <p>2</p> <p>2</p> <p>6</p> <p>6</p> <p>16</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Cycling</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>2</p> <p>1</p> <p>3</p> <p>1</p> <p>2</p> <p>3</p> <p>2</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>18</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Diving</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>8</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Equestrian</a></p> <p>2</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>6</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Fencing</a></p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>2</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>1</p> <p>10</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics">Field hockey</a></p>One Year to Beijing Olympicshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070808_one_year_to_beijing_olympics.htmWed, 08 Aug 2007 23:52:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070808_one_year_to_beijing_olympics.htm<p>Today is 366 days to August 8, 2008, the date of Beijing Olympics. (The reason it is 366 days instead of 365 is, 2008 has extra day of February 29, 2008).</p> <p>The celebration party at Tiananmen Square in Beijing was casted in real time last night.</p> <p>This is good thing. If you plan to participant in the Olympics, it is the right time to start preparing.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">32 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t think it a good thing. I would boycott it.<div class="comment-meta">— fggfz · 2007-08-09 14:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Tell us more about the boycotting stuff, fggfz. I believe it is a topic closely related to the Olympics.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-09 22:29</div></div> <div class="comment">I have met many people in China who are eager to show off their wealth. They try very hard to impress me with their cars, apartments, job titles, the stocks they own, places they went. I felt the same way towards the Beijing 2008 Olympic. The importance of the Game is overly (disproportional) emphasized by China. Would do you think?<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-08-09 23:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Olympic Games are suppose to be purely about sports, but almost every Country ever hosted the eventhas turned it into a showcase fair for varies purposes. China politicized the 2008 Olympic Game by casting it as a show of rising of power in the first place, but are now seeing it back firing. The are hosts of foreign organizations are now trying to exploit the 2008 Games over political issues like, human rights, environment protection, media freedom, Tibet and even food safty. It might be too late and a little awkward now to pitch the game for pure sportsmanship instead of politics.<div class="comment-meta">— xge · 2007-08-10 10:29</div></div> <div class="comment">If history repeats, would you boycott the olympic games held in Nazi Germany (1936) or hardline Soviet Union (1980)?<br><br>Maybe you think political affairs should not be related to the olympics--I can perfectly understand that and I did think like that. But for me now, I love sports, while I love freedom much more.<div class="comment-meta">— fggfz · 2007-08-10 12:40</div></div> <div class="comment">fggfz, yes, the summer game at Berlin in 1936 was a stage for Hitler to promote Nazi ideology, if country like USA boycott the game, how does people like Jesse Owens, the African-American sprinter can receive his gold medals from the hands of Hitler?<br><br>The boycott of Moscow game in 1980 was the sanction imposed by USA for the downing of KAL 007, it was purely a political move and has nothing to do with freedom. The LA game was also under boycott for the same reason.<br><br>Politic and sport does not mix.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-08-10 23:24</div></div> <div class="comment">First, I think it is wise to separate boycotting against the government (or the party) from boycotting China. This is my suggestion to my readers who are in China, as I do. It takes some time to really understand what the world is, and it took me time to separate the two objects. So I think I can listen with patience about what people are saying and their reasons of boycotting. I don&#x27;t think it is a bad thing.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-10 23:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry, mistake in my comment.<br><br>The boycott of Moscow game in 1980 was the sanction imposed by USA for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-08-11 04:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Boycott? No need to go that far. I&#x27;m planning on visiting Beijing during the Game. It&#x27;s going to be fan. However, I will have to make sure not to stay there longer than a week. Otherwise, My throat will have inflammation cause by the air. I do understand why people are spitting more often over there. Because they have to. They do have controls as where they spit on though.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-08-11 04:16</div></div> <div class="comment">I meant it&#x27;s going to be fun.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-08-11 05:20</div></div> <div class="comment">The Olympics will elevate China to a different level. At the same time, it&#x27;ll divert international attention from many of China&#x27;s issues, e.g. Tibet, human rights, etc. I believe that overall it&#x27;s a good thing for Chinese people<br><br>Want to volunteer for the Olympics? See<br><br>http://www.bordercrossed.com/2007/05/21/volunteering-for-beijing-olympics/<div class="comment-meta">— Silkroad · 2007-08-12 22:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Olympics 2008 is going to be one premature ejaculatory mess for China.<br><br>This is not the right time and we are not ready.<br><br>There are more important and better things for us to do than to spend money on vanity projects.<br><br>The architecture is alien to our culture and urban landscape.<br><br>The foreign designers are laughing all the way to the bank.<br><br>Just what the heck were we supposed to show the world ??<br><br>Our rich and poor divide ? our pollution ? our corruption ?<br><br>our greed ? or our need to show off ???<br><br>Why wear a suit when you can&#x27;t even afford a decent pair of underwear ??<br><br>Boy, it&#x27;s going to be some hangover the next day.<div class="comment-meta">— Wonton · 2007-09-22 02:02</div></div> <div class="comment">@Wonton... you are really that ashamed of your beautiful country?<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-22 03:34</div></div> <div class="comment">I am merely stating the facts. There is much to do and in my opinion we are wasting a lot of money on things that looked good but contributes little to the well being of our people. The pursuit of vanity in our country is reaching levels of vulgarity. Local governments are building copycat western edifices while the population suffer in poverty. Our people are building ridiculous looking copies of british towns for the nouveau riche. As mush as I would like to be proud, I have to admit that we are also in a whole lot of crap. I cry when historical neighbourhood are bulldozed for generic blocks of glass and steel that says absolutely nothing about our culture.<br><br>Too much is sacrificed for too little.<br><br>I have enough of people making excuses for our problems. It is condesending and insulting.<br><br>The chinese can and will be great. But lets celebrate only after we truely arrived ok ?<br><br>I am not ashamed of China and never will. But I AM ashamed at some of the things done in it&#x27;s name.<br><br>Australians might be ashamed of it&#x27;s support of the Iraq war, but they would NEVER be ashamed of Australia would they ?<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2007-09-22 13:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Just my opinion here, but if we are going to take the olympics as an opportunity to boo and jeer countries we dislike, Japan, Taiwan,..(fill in the blank). Then we might as well not bother hosting it.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2007-09-22 13:34</div></div> <div class="comment">The Chinese are already great! It depends on your reference point. When my wife and in-laws talk about the upcoming games in Beijing, I see and hear so much national pride...<br><br>Being Australian (born), I&#x27;m not ashamed of the assistance given to the victims and families of the past violent and oppressive regime in Iraq. In fact, it is one of the (many) reasons that I&#x27;m proud of my home country.<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-22 18:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Nobody questioned your national pride. You&#x27;ve missed my point completely.<br><br>You are right in regards to my reference point though, I have higher expectations.<br><br>But if you rather trade your Aussie passport for one issued by China because of it&#x27;s greatness, then be my guest.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2007-09-23 04:00</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve not missed your point. You have listed so many things that are negative to your country - and you missed the point and intent of the Olympic Games. The Games are designed to bring about National Pride and unite all countries in the world. I am questioning your negativity - there are much better ways for you to bring about change and help those in need by being positive and not belittling your country.<br><br>You then in your subsequesnt post, suggested that Australians are ashamed of the part they have played in Iraq... which is frankly, quite insulting and incorrect to make such a wild generalization - and yes, it is a question of my national pride.<br><br>We live in a world of globalization, and I am proud my wife is Chinese and my son is a product of the two of us - why be so cynical as to also now question my citizenship just because I wish to support my wife and extended family&#x27;s pride and their desire to make China a better place for all? China is great and will get greater with the right attitudes of the people - what does this have to do with my passport or nationality?<br><br>To my original post on this topic - I asked a very legitimate question without any malice - with very good reason - your post was very negative to your country and misrepresents the intention of such a global unification event as the Olympic Games - it is not about &#x27;showing off&#x27;... I&#x27;m sorry you seem to have taken offence and opted for &#x27;low blows&#x27; in return, this was not my intent.<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-23 05:10</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB<br><br>Man, you are so lost !<br><br>I repeat :&quot;Australians might be ashamed of it&#x27;s support of the Iraq war, but they would NEVER be ashamed of Australia would they ?&quot;<br><br>If you are offended, thats your problem because nowhere did I say that YOU are ,or should be, ashamed of your country.<br><br>HOWEVER ...(warning: cheap shots ahead)<br><br>Pauline Hanson is nothing to be proud of.<br><br>I&#x27;m sure you guys loved your orange martini laced prime minister.<br><br>If anything, I am rather impressed with your people&#x27;s freedom to openly express their opinions wheather it&#x27;s in line with the government or not. The street protesters are not considered unpatriotic are they ?<br><br>Just because I failed to think happy thoughts, express my opinion about my country&#x27;s problems which happens to be true I&#x27;m now somekind of jackass with &quot;wrong attitude&quot;???<br><br>I repeat again.<br><br>&quot;There are more important and better things for us to do than to spend money on vanity projects.&quot;<br><br>It&#x27;s just a matter of setting the right priorities.<br><br>I also did not question your citizenship. Please read last post again.<br><br>I wanted to make the point that our countries are not at par. You can&#x27;t be dumb enough to think so otherwise you would have traded them. I see our people migrating to all corners of the world. I don&#x27;t see aussies becoming citizensof China. Why ?<br><br>Actually I have not taken any offense. I am just tired of putting silly smiley pictures after evey sentence.<br><br>Unlike you, I&#x27;d perfer to have my house in order before inviting the guest.<br><br>No offense but any criticism about China as to come from self introspection of it&#x27;s own people. I doubt China needs another outsider (or white man if you so chose to be offended) to teach it how to f*** up the country. I guess I am going to be accused of being nationalistic but I am just stating the current mentality of our people.<br><br>You should know what I mean. With regards to Australia, any improvement for the aboriginies must comes from themselves and not what everyone else wants. Your people have been trying to get them off the bottle for years.<br><br>I am really not such a sourpuss even though my writing may seem that way.<br><br>I am actually quite a nice guy.<br><br>:) if it helps to convince you.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2007-09-23 16:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Little more for me to say here, as the more I try to be positive, the more insults and racial connotations spew forth from you. The latest around aborigines and alcohol just does it for me - being part aboriginal... now it is I who really am offended - and for you to even mention Pauline Hanson espouses your ignorance. Now there is nothing for me more to say, but I would really like to meet you in person and discuss your insults.<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-23 18:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo - it is with great regret that after a very long time following your blogs and enjoying open and friendly discussion, I will no longer be visiting your site... unfortunately, it has attracted a person with very low intellect and even lesser moral fibre. Good luck to you and your family, I will keep in touch via email. Keep up the good work and positive attitude going - I hope that the racism desists here in the future!! Kindest regards, AussiePB...<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-23 19:21</div></div> <div class="comment">AssiePB, please check my recent entry:<br><br>http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070923_dont_leave_assiepb.htm<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-09-23 21:03</div></div> <div class="comment">To AussiePB,<br><br>I am quite interested in your view of Pauline Hanson. I was rather young at that time (15 year ago!) when I heard about her. My impression at that time was that she was unfriendly towards migrants who are non-white and non-English speaking. The media in my country did portray her in a less positive light.<br><br>I thought she made headlines in her campaign with her opposition to Asian immigration and aboriginal rights?<br><br>Cheers!<div class="comment-meta">— Fujianren · 2007-09-24 04:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi there Fujianren,<br><br>Yes she did make headlines all around the world. Although her very racist and elitest one-eyed views on immigration and aboriginal rights were supported by a minority in Australia (unfortunately, there are these sort of people everywhere in all countries), because she started up her own political party (illegally - later she spent some time in jail for this), it was portrayed across the global media as a very large issue, and the perception was that she was leading a &#x27;very large&#x27; anti-immigration movement in Australia.<br><br>This could not be farther from the truth - Australians generally are embarrassed by the global attention this got, and PH was regarded as somewhat of a joke here locally - local TV stations were vying to get an interview with her to further embarrass her publically - her education is nil, and her previous job before trying her hand at politics was cooking fried fish and chips at a local shop.<br><br>The concern by mainstream Australia was that she would be afforded and enjoy global attention, and this did occur. I cannot say how many times people overseas have asked me about her - we have so many more important things that we can show to our overseas friends. We are proud of our immigration policy and multicultural society. PH was nothing and her One Nation party had next to no following, yet everyone around the world knows who she is and associates this with Australians as being racist... so embarrassiing!!<br><br>Hope this answers your question - take care... :D<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-24 12:11</div></div> <div class="comment">To AussiePB,<br><br>Thanks a lot! I have been to Australia (Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne...) several times and the people there are really very friendly. The natural scenery is also spectacular.<br><br>Had a superb time there!<div class="comment-meta">— Fujianren · 2007-09-24 20:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks Fujianren - oh - and for everyone&#x27;s info, it seems that PH wants to make a comeback in the next Australian federal election... (unbelievable - even though I&#x27;m not physically there, I still legally need to vote)... below is a blog article from an Australian online newspaper that everyone might find interesting - it invites people to comment, and you will see that although &#x27;mainstream&#x27; aussies are against her and her policies, there are some people (unbelievable) that still support her wierd racist ways...<br><br>I think in light of the posts I&#x27;ve made here, one important quote from this article is:<br><br>&quot;I suspect she&#x27;ll splutter into deeper irrelevance, although Hanson&#x27;s uglier remarks often get wide airplay in Asia where, wrongly, she tends to be portrayed as something close to mainstream&quot;...<br><br>http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mattprice/index.php/theaustralian/comments/who_needs_pauline_hanson/<br><br>:)<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-24 22:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t think a person should be tar and feathered because of her ignorance.<br><br>Pauline Hanson is afterall expressing her honest opinion about the world as seen through her eyes. As I understand it, her views struck a chord with many when she first appeared. It was something many agreed but afraid to support. However she still managed to receive one quarter of the votes in Queensland. From what I know, there is a difference in income, attitude and education between the city dwellers and the farm folks.<br><br>I once had a very interesting conversation with a guy in Canada. He was not a racist but he was very much against immigrants at that time. He was very angry that the government kept allowing people from 3rd world countries to come in and take over their jobs. This is very much the case for blue collared workers. Many communication problems ensued while the wages dipped. Crimes also increased because some of the refugees could not find work. He felt that only when there is enough jobs for all should the government open it&#x27;s doors. He was frustrated because everytime he speaks up people would immediately label him a racist. His family was adversly affected. I truely felt sorry for him. He became a good friend of mine.<br><br>Like I said, sometimes, the easiest thing for us is to just open the doors, but have we ever wondered if it&#x27;s the right time for it ?<br><br>Perhaps Hanson was simply concerned for the people closest to her. Unless controlled, immigration tends to affect the less educated negatively.<br><br>For a person selling Fish &amp; Chips, I admire her conviction and willingness to stand up for her beliefs. A true democracy should have a place for people like her. It would be so easy to simply call her names. But is it necessary ? Right now even those who agree with some of her views are afraid to admit it as they are afraid to be labeled a racist. What is the message here ? to show the stupidity of fish and chips sellers ?? Bad ideas tends to die a naturally while good ones will be taken up.<br><br>A good government listens to all, a bad one selects what it wants to hear.<br><br>Perhaps I sound idealistic but hey, aren&#x27;t we all striving for a perfect world ?<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2007-09-25 06:58</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB, do you want to educate us about how to start a party legally in Australia? Why people say the One Nation Party is illegal?<br><br>You said &quot;I cannot say how many times people overseas have asked me about her - we have so many more important things that we can show to our overseas friends.&quot;. I think it is exactly the same situation in China.... Although everything people asked is true event, but it is not as a big deal in normal people&#x27;s life here.<br><br>@Wonton, I am with you here. The beauty of democratic system is, it give everyone a place to talk and express. Democratic society also make stupid mistakes, like one of my friend in Berkeley comments. She said it is really bad that collectively, American made the decision to put many Japanese into jail during WWII because of fair, or the previous black and white separate policy, but the good thing is, there is a mechanism to correct mistakes, and don&#x27;t make too big mistakes.<br><br>It is the same as Pauline Hanson&#x27;s case. If it is right, history will prove, and if she is wrong, history will do the same. Democratic society makes the choice is a peaceful way.<br><br>Another point is, democratic is not efficient, or convenient, and it costs a lot to implement (that is the major attack about this system). However, efficient, convenient or easy approach like traditional hierarchy power structure is proven not working.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-09-25 10:39</div></div> <div class="comment">@Wonton - I totally agree with your comments, and it is &#x27;free thinking&#x27; that has made Australia the place it is today. I think the issue with PH was not so much her concerns for the welfare of Australia as a country (I am sure her &#x27;heart&#x27; was in the right place), but the way in which she went (and still goes) about it. I believe that her ignorance and lack of education/understanding of the current immigration laws were the biggest reason behind this.<br><br>At the time of her maiden speech in parliament, she did attract the support of quite a large number of people in Qld, because they understood what she was trying to achieve, but did not really understand what her policies were, and the implications of them. This is why the support dropped dramatically over the next couple of years. Her viewpoints were unanimously (except for one person) abhorred by the Australian govt - state and federal.<br><br>The main issue with her policies (and this is what was not shown on international TV), was the activities in the street... racial name-calling, telling people who look different to &#x27;go home&#x27; - even when they were born in Australia, physical violence based on people&#x27;s race/beliefs, and many other negative activities. Australia has come a long way to becoming &#x27;One Nation&#x27; through multiculturalism, and PH&#x27;s policies were a direct reversal of the then, and current mainstream Australian views. Racism is frowned upon and not tolerated in Australia, and the hatred (on the streets) inspired by PH&#x27;s policies at the time, were quickly seen to be hurtful to the people - regardless of race.<br><br>One of her latest policies for the upcoming election is to deny immigration to all muslims and all &#x27;black&#x27; Africans, so as to (try and) remove the threat of terrorism and aids in Australia... once again, we all want to remove these terrible problems from our society (and I&#x27;m sure her heart is in the right place), but by singling out a race of people or a religion, she is inviting more hatred and divide, and potentially more violence and hurtful activities.<br><br>I hope this helps clarifies my thoughts on this... :)<br><br>@Jain Shou, I will write another entry when I have time around the legalities of starting a party in Australia - I might add that PH&#x27;s legal conviction was overturned and the courts decided after many years that the party was in fact legally formed, rather the activities to form it were not within legal boundaries - it has to do with number of members required and funding offered as a result of the party membership... from memory, it was regarded as fraudulent activity involving about A$500K... I will research and refresh my memory and offer another post on this subject...<br><br>DISCLAIMER - I&#x27;m sure there are some members of Australian society - PH supporters - who may disagree in one way or another with some or all of my comments above...<br><br>Take care all.... :)<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2007-09-25 15:27</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB, applause for your wonderful explanation. I visited Australia last year (exactly these days in end of Sept), and was impressed by its beauty and the well-deserved nature. But I didn&#x27;t know the political matters too much, and didn&#x27;t pay as much attention to it as I did for U.S. (just because I travel there more often). You helped me to understand Australia better. To show you my ignorance about Australia, I haven&#x27;t heard of Pauline Hanson before. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-09-25 23:40</div></div> <div class="comment">@AussiePB, thanks for sharing more about Pauline Hanson and the related information. I now have a clearer perspective of the matter. Honestly when news about her came out, I thought it was a big deal. My mom, who always thinks Australia is a nice place to live in (it is), told me she wanted to emigrate there. And i was like, &quot;But there are racists there!&quot; Hahaha. My brother, when he was doing his National Service, was in Australia for some training. And he experienced racism first hand there. Some African Australians (is that how they&#x27;re called?) made some racist remarks to my brother and his army buddy in a public place. I always find it strange that Africans would be racist. Didn&#x27;t they themselves suffer from racism?<br><br>Anyway, I&#x27;m glad things are not as bad as it seems. Yes, Australia is a beautiful place. I&#x27;ve been to Gold Coast before, in 2000. *:)<div class="comment-meta">— Ling · 2007-09-26 00:30</div></div> <div class="comment">The easiest way for evil to triumph is when the good do nothing.<br><br>When good moslems do nothing and allows the bad to hijack the religion, can anyone blame Aussies for becoming more discriminating ? Remember the innocent people killed in Bali. How many moslems rose up to protest against this babaric action ? And how many felt that the aussies deserved it ??<br><br>I don&#x27;t blame Australia if she stops more islamic immigrants.<br><br>Hey, It takes a while to recover from the wounds.<br><br>People who support Hambali deserves people like Pauline Hanson.<div class="comment-meta">— wonton · 2007-10-17 18:35</div></div> </details>Shanghai Car Plates IS Investmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070806_shanghai_car_plates_is_investment.htmMon, 06 Aug 2007 22:37:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070806_shanghai_car_plates_is_investment.htm<p>I have a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/car.htm">car</a> with name of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/goudaner.htm">Goudaner</a>.</p> <p>However, I don&rsquo;t have a car plate from Shanghai, simply because it is too expensive. Instead, I drove 200 km away to Hangzhou (the capital of Zhejiang Province, south of Shanghai) to register my car there.</p> <p>Now I am a Shanghai driver, bought a car in Shanghai, driving in Shanghai… with a Hangzhou car plate. Sounds wired, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p>I thought I made a right decision three years ago. Now? I don&rsquo;t think so.</p>Exchange (Lot of) Coins to Paper Moneyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070805_exchange_lot_of_coins_to_paper_money.htmSun, 05 Aug 2007 16:16:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070805_exchange_lot_of_coins_to_paper_money.htm<p>This is Mike&rsquo;s question, my first answer, and his follow-up question:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Wang Jian Shuo,</p> <p>Do you know where in Shanghai I could change coin money to paper money?</p> <p>I have a lot of coin monies, like 1 yuan coin, about thousands. I went to ICBC bank but they don&rsquo;t accept it, they don&rsquo;t have machine to count coin money either? Do you know where I can find machine to count coin money too?</p>Shanghai is Hot, Hot and Hot!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070805_shanghai_is_hot_hot_and_hot.htmSun, 05 Aug 2007 00:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070805_shanghai_is_hot_hot_and_hot.htm<p>I completely have no idea when the hot summer of Shanghai will be over. Recently, everyday when I step out of my room, the hot (extremely hot air) reminds me of what was shown in the film <a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/">An Inconvenient Truth</a>. Shanghai broke track record of extreme hot weather in the last century, many times!</p> <p>Poor visitors! If you are in Shanghai, I promise you Shanghai isn&rsquo;t always so terrible to live, and there are some days better than today. Do come again at other time. These days, Shanghai is just like a hot spot, and the air is burning my nose.</p>Google Beijing Office Picutrehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070804_google_beijing_office_picutre.htmSat, 04 Aug 2007 23:56:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070804_google_beijing_office_picutre.htm<p>These photos were taken back in March 5, 2007, and I didn&rsquo;t had a chance to post them. Recently I setup a <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo">photo album</a>, and published some photos I took before. These are some photos I took near the Google Beijing office.</p> <p>Google Beijing office near Tsinghua. The good thing about Google Beijing office:</p> <ul> <li>It has mountain in the background - just like the name of its headquarter: MountView.</li> <li>It has its own standalone building.</li> <li>It is very near Tsinghua University.</li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/08/04/beijing-google.office-2.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Avoid Blog Blocked in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070803_avoid_blog_blocked_in_china.htmFri, 03 Aug 2007 20:13:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070803_avoid_blog_blocked_in_china.htm<p>How to setup a blog and not blocked by GFW in China? This is really a FAQ.</p> <p>To setup a blog is relatively easy. Not to be blocked is not that easy. I hope this is a complete guide to bloggers inside or outside China.</p> <p><strong>How Block Works?</strong></p> <p>Regarding the issue of &ldquo;block&rdquo;, there are two camps of websites in the world - websites that is hosted outside China and inside China.</p>Interviewed by That's Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070803_interviewed_by_thats_shanghai.htmFri, 03 Aug 2007 19:40:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070803_interviewed_by_thats_shanghai.htm<p>Rebbecca sent me the written interview question about my blog, and here are my answers.</p> <p>** 1． When did you start to open this blog?**</p> <p>Sept 11, 2002.</p> <p><strong>2． What have initially triggered you to be a blogger?</strong></p> <p>I setup my personal website (wangjianshuo.com) in 2000, and I wrote articles about Shanghai, like Shanghai Airport or Shanghai Taxi in English at that time, and attracted many visitors. Later, I started to organize the articles according to the created date. This is very like a blog. In July 2002, someone &ldquo;interviewed&rdquo; me on MSN, and it turned out he is a blogger. Then I am aware of the existence of the concept &ldquo;blog&rdquo; and thought it is the perfect way (or tool) for me. So I started my blog at a subdomain: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a>. The &ldquo;home&rdquo; part indicates that the server - a normal personal computer connected to Internet - is physically located in my home.</p>Yifan is Exactly 2 Month Old Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070802_yifan_is_exactly_2_month_old_today.htmThu, 02 Aug 2007 23:17:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070802_yifan_is_exactly_2_month_old_today.htm<p>2 months ago, Yifan joined the family and today is exactly 2 months for him.</p> <p>I remember when he was just born 2 months ago, when we were still in hospital, my favorite question to ask him is: &ldquo;Little boy, how old are you?&rdquo;. I guess if he would have been able to answer this question, he would have said: &ldquo;I am 7 hours old now.&rdquo;. :-)</p> <p>60 days past so quickly that I even barely have time to record the time I am with him. Yesterday night, for example, he wake up and Wendy and I spent a lot of time to make him sleep again (to be exactly, Wendy did the work, and I watched). At 6:00 AM, I wake up (or was waken up) and mixed some milk for him. He only need to add one cup of milk now.</p>Shanghai South Railway Statoin - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070801_shanghai_south_railway_statoin_-_part_ii.htmWed, 01 Aug 2007 23:55:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070801_shanghai_south_railway_statoin_-_part_ii.htm<blockquote> <p>To read the first part of this article, check <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060623_shanghai_south_railway_station.htm">Shanghai South Railway Station</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This time, let me post some real photos of the station.</p> <p><em>The photos are being uploaded, and it takes some time. When finished, you can view it at <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/shanghaisouthrailwaystation">Shanghai Railway Station Album</a>.</em></p> <p>The entrance to the garage of the Shanghai South Railway Station - at the north west side of the &ldquo;big circle&rdquo;.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/08/01/DSC01676.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The grass wave outside the station.</p>On the Top of 8 Meters...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070731_on_the_top_of_8_meters.htmTue, 31 Jul 2007 23:45:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070731_on_the_top_of_8_meters.htm<p>Last weekend, I organized the team to attend the outdoor training in Shajiabang, Changshu, Jiangsu Province.</p> <p>On of the interesting practice to challenge one&rsquo;s courage is to jump over a 1.5 meter gap 8 meters above the ground. I jumped.</p> <p>Pictures below are taken by <a href="http://www.bulaoge.com/?york">York</a> and <a href="http://adolfpan.spaces.live.com/">Victor</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://lh4.google.com/jianshuo/Rq7L6KgpndI/AAAAAAAADzw/85RERK7Uank/P1220218.JPG?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="http://lh3.google.com/jianshuo/Rq7L76gpneI/AAAAAAAAEC8/GFSzR8e-pRg/P1220219.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://lh6.google.com/jianshuo/Rq7MGqgpnjI/AAAAAAAAD0g/Ql3IPfHQKx0/P1220224.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://lh3.google.com/jianshuo/Rq7MH6gpnkI/AAAAAAAAD0o/GQPVjL-06DA/P1220225.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/IMG_1383.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/IMG_1392.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/IMG_1427.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/IMG_1455.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/IMG_1478.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/IMG_1480.JPG?imgmax=512" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>For more pictures of the outdoor training, please see the photo album:</p>Yifan in His Two Monthshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070731_yifan_in_his_two_months.htmTue, 31 Jul 2007 19:59:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070731_yifan_in_his_two_months.htm<p>Yifan is in his second months now. Let me post two recent photos of him. I am always so happy</p> <ul> <li> <p>to hold him in my arm and look at his naughty face</p> </li> <li> <p>to watch him fall asleep</p> </li> <li> <p>to hear his voice (just some fragment of sounds)</p> </li> <li> <p>to take photos of him</p> </li> <li> <p>to whatever he wanted me to do</p> </li> <li> <p>to see his expression (of whatever kind)</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/shanghai-yifan.bnw-2.jpg?imgmax=512" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/shanghai-yifan.bnw-1.jpg?imgmax=640" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How lovely baby YiFan is! He looks more like his mother, isn&#x27;t it?<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-07-31 22:43</div></div> <div class="comment">ILH, many people say so. I my opinion, his eyes and nose are more like Wendy and the mouth is more like me. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-07-31 22:57</div></div> <div class="comment">he is cute!<div class="comment-meta">— wudi · 2007-08-01 00:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, wudi!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-01 00:17</div></div> <div class="comment">A perfectly beautiful combination of your both. Such happy days for your family :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-08-01 01:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Carroll, thanks. Yes. Yifan will be 2 month old on August 2, and we plan to have a family celebrating for Yifan. Time flies so fast, just as you said.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-01 01:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulating Yifan two month！Above two photos was his one month pictures,he does not have a haircut yet.<div class="comment-meta">— Liangcai · 2007-08-01 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">What a sweet picture (1st one especially). Hmm, I think you&#x27;ll see an actual naughty face in 2 years!<br><br>Congratulations again!<div class="comment-meta">— swany · 2007-08-01 10:33</div></div> </details>MTSubCategory of MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070731_mtsubcategory_of_movabletype.htmTue, 31 Jul 2007 19:12:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070731_mtsubcategory_of_movabletype.htm<p>I have so many articles, so I finally spent some time to create a category page for top level categories, middle categories, and subcategories. You may have noticed the change of the my homepage (look at this screenshot).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/31/screen-category.wangjianshuo.com.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Screen shot of the category function of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog</p> <p>For those bloggers using MovableType, here are code I used to create a page like that:</p> <blockquote> <p><br><div class="so"><b>Categories</b></div></p> <div class="ct"> <div class="category"> <style> .category div{float:left;width:32%;padding-bottom:20px;} .category b {background-color:lightyellow;padding:3px;margin:3px} </style> <p>&lt;$MTTopLevelCategories$&gt;</p>Strengthen the Control of Speechhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070729_strengthen_the_control_of_speech.htmSun, 29 Jul 2007 14:41:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070729_strengthen_the_control_of_speech.htm<p>Recently, there are several evidence to prove the government is strengthen the control of speech in China. Here are some of them.</p> <p><strong>New Round of Satellite TV Ban</strong></p> <p>Satellite TV is always forbidden (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040108_satellite_dishes_still_forbidden_in_china.htm">Satellite Dishes Still Forbidden in China</a>) for most of the people. Only some specially assigned places, some approved star hotels, and places where foreigners live are allowed to install satellite TV. Normal people (some translate it as Old Hundreds Names) are not allowed to be exposed to what the international world says about China.</p>Write Articles, Not Blog Postingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070725_write_articles_not_blog_postings.htmWed, 25 Jul 2007 22:35:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070725_write_articles_not_blog_postings.htm<p><a href="http://www.useit.com/jakob/">Jacob Nielson</a> (the usability Guru) wrote a recent article named <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/articles-not-blogs.html">Write Articles, Not Blog Postings</a>. The article is very well written.</p> <p>To treat every entry on the blog as an standalone article that is valuable even after years is a very good way to think of blog.</p> <p><strong>What is a Blog?</strong></p> <p>The word blog refer to too many things, in just one word.</p> <p>It can mean <strong>blog tools</strong>, like <a href="http://MovableType.org">MovableType</a>, or <a href="http://TypePad.com">TypePad</a>, or <a href="http://spaces.msn.com">MSN Space</a>. However, you can create not only blog with blog tools. For example, MovableType can be a useful Content Management System for creating help center for a website.</p>Long Detour by Road Constructionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070724_long_detour_by_road_construction.htmTue, 24 Jul 2007 21:50:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070724_long_detour_by_road_construction.htm<p>Let me show you a map.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/24/map-blocked.way.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Google Maps</p> <p>On the map, the red line and the blue line together is the daily route I drive from Xujiahui to the elevated highway (then my home is just 10 kms or 20 minutes away).</p> <p>Today, since there is a small detour at the starting of the blue line - the road was completely blocked and no cars are allowed to enter. Then to to go to the entrance of the elevated highway, I used the red line plus the green line.</p>Controversy Car Plateshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070724_controversy_car_plates.htmTue, 24 Jul 2007 00:07:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070724_controversy_car_plates.htm<p>When I wrote about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070719_chinese_car_plate.htm">Chinese Car Plate</a> the other day, I suddenly recalled from my memory that China has once opened the restriction on the car plate numbers and allow car owners to choose the car plate numbers by themselves.</p> <p>That was back to Aug 12, 2002 (one month before I started my blog). In Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen, car owners started to have the freedom to choose the 6 digits of their car plate. They can use whatever numbers or alphabetic combination (with restriction of using I, O, T which may be confusing with numbers).</p>I Created a Photo Galleryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070722_i_created_a_photo_gallery.htmSun, 22 Jul 2007 22:31:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070722_i_created_a_photo_gallery.htm<p>I have many photos - more than 10 thousands at least. When I look at these photos on my hard disk, I am thinking: maybe I should share the photos. Since I don&rsquo;t like to take pictures of myself, and most of the pictures are on a business or personal trip, majority of the pictures are about the place I had been to. So it may be a good idea to share the pictures in case someone is also interested in going to that place.</p>Organizing my Foldershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070720_p1790.htmFri, 20 Jul 2007 23:04:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070720_p1790.htm<p>I am trying to organize my folders - after being a &ldquo;digital worker&rdquo; (a phrase I borrowed from Microsoft to describe people like me whose output is just some digitalized work) for 8 years, I definitely have huge amount of digital asserts. It is not just something like several gigabytes of MP3, or game, or video - acturally I have none of them (my focus has shifted to something else 4 years ago). Most of my asserts are created by myself - PPTs, codes, blogs, pictures I took in difference cities or countries, Word documents, Excel documents, contacts, mails. To be short, there are many of them.</p>VPN in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070720_p1789.htmFri, 20 Jul 2007 20:02:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070720_p1789.htm<p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve enjoyed keeping up with your blog lately and congrats on the new addition to your family.</p> <p>I had a question I thought I might ask you, as I have been looking all over and can&rsquo;t seem to find a definitive answer.</p> <p>Thought maybe you may know as you have worked in the field in China and with many US companies.</p> <p>I am trying to find out what sorts of speeds are typical for a VPN connection between China (most likely Nanjing, but if other areas provide significantly faster infrastructure those are possible too) and a high speed datacenter in the US.</p>Met with Stanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070720_met_with_stan.htmFri, 20 Jul 2007 19:56:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070720_met_with_stan.htm<p>Met with Stan in Chatea.</p> <p>Good chat.</p> <p>He helped me to ask the question to myself again: Doe sit make sense to see everything too clearly and enjoy Taoist thinking. Is it so important to clearly predict what is on the other side of the mountain before you start climbing? What&rsquo;s the other side? It must be a decline - continuous decline.</p> <p>Good point.</p> <p><strong>Weather Stuff</strong></p> <p>Shanghai is hot, and rainy (in the next few days). Get prepared, friends.</p>Chinese Car Platehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_chinese_car_plate.htmThu, 19 Jul 2007 23:54:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_chinese_car_plate.htm<p>My reader in Wuxi suggested me to talk about the car plate in China - this is an interesting topic. There is a Chinese character on the plate as the first character, and there are difference colors - blue, yellow, and black. What do all these mean?</p> <p>Here is a picture of a car plate:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/02/shanghai.jinqiao-car.church.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>The Chinese Character</strong></p> <p>There must be a Chinese character on each car plate. It represent the province of the car. Although the full name of China province is at least two or three Chinese characters, they all have abridged version, just like WA for Washington, CA for California in U.S.</p>Business is Really Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_business_is_really_business.htmThu, 19 Jul 2007 23:35:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_business_is_really_business.htm<p>One month ago, I talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070519_back_to_technical_world.htm">Back to Technical World</a>. It is very interesting that 5 years ago, when I just about to join Wicresoft to run the ESS business, I wrote an article named: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021211_business_is_business.htm">Business is Business</a>. In that cold December, I wrote:</p> <blockquote> <p>It is a completely new world when you are counting about the P/L. In the next few weeks, I will spend some time on the finance and business part. This is a major focus shift for me. I am no longer a technical person.</p>How Far is Shanghai to Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_p1785.htmThu, 19 Jul 2007 16:40:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_p1785.htm<p>To be short, 1463 km (or 909.066054 miles).</p> <p>This is according to the railway distance. If you take <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040801_train_from_beijing_to_shanghai.htm">train from Shanghai to Beijing</a>, you can arrive there within 13 hour.</p> <p>For flight, it is 1033 km.</p>FAQ of This Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_faq_of_this_site.htmThu, 19 Jul 2007 15:00:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070719_faq_of_this_site.htm<p>I added a function to automatically locate the most promising articles for the FAQ or frequently searched terms on this site.</p>Software for Newly Installed PChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070717_software_for_newly_installed_pc.htmTue, 17 Jul 2007 23:42:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070717_software_for_newly_installed_pc.htm<p>My best practice to maintain a healthy PC is to re-install the operating system and the applications every few month. These are the steps I follow. In case it is helpful for others.</p> <p>Rule 1: Reinstall Operating System every 2-3 months.</p> <p>Rule 2: Have Drive C: and Drive D: on computer. Name Drive D: as Data and never format it. Then re-format drive C: every time I install operating system.</p>Accident in Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070716_accident_in_shanghai_metro.htmMon, 16 Jul 2007 23:25:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070716_accident_in_shanghai_metro.htm<p>In the afternoon, just before I left the office, we talked about the accident happened in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/tag/shanghai-metro">Shanghai Metro</a> yesterday. I didn&rsquo;t know that until people told me.</p> <p>A young man was stuck in the middle of the Metro door and the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060429_glass_doors_installed_in_metro.htm">glass door</a> on the platform. Since th door didn&rsquo;t havoc sensor installed (Caution!!! Terrible to know that), the train started, and the man was squeezed to death immediately.</p> <p>It is horrible. After many accidents that people was stuck in the middle, this is the first time metro caused death.</p>Real Estate Price Keeps Crazyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070715_real_estate_price_keeps_crazy.htmSun, 15 Jul 2007 23:17:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070715_real_estate_price_keeps_crazy.htm<p>It is not news that someone predict the drop (serious drop) in real estate price. This oppinion was strong three years ago, and is still strong today. The reality, however, is just on the opposite part.</p> <p>Today, when Wendy and I walked around the neiboughood, and past the Sales Office. Out of curious, we stepped in and was astonished by the current price of real estates.</p> <p>Wendy and I bought the current apartment in 2003. At that time, the price as 5900 RMB per sq. meter.</p>How Often Do you See 'CPU Exceeded' Error?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070714_how_often_do_you_see_cpu_exceeded_error.htmSat, 14 Jul 2007 23:49:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070714_how_often_do_you_see_cpu_exceeded_error.htm<p>Recently, it seems to me that there are more chances for my visitors to see this &ldquo;Exceeded CPU Quota&rdquo; error:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/07/14/screen-cpu.exceeded.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is because there are too much traffic on this site, and the bluehost are constraining the CPU usage. I am not sure how many of you have ever seen this error? Let me know if you also see it so I have a brief idea about how bad the situation is, and decide whether I should do something for it, or not.</p>Starbucks Finally Closed in the Forbidden Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070714_starbucks_finally_closed_in_the_forbidden_city.htmSat, 14 Jul 2007 23:43:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070714_starbucks_finally_closed_in_the_forbidden_city.htm<p>According to this <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/14/content_5435097.htm">China Daily article</a>, the controversial Starbucks store in the forbidden city was finally closed.</p> <p>This echos the recent &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070712_foreign_language_only_signs.htm">Chinese sign</a> enforcement&rdquo; event in Shanghai.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I visited the Starbucks in The Forbidden City during April this year. At the time I was unaware of this issue, although I thought it curious when someone tried to take a photo inside, and the staff stopped them.<br><br>On the whole I tend to agree that a Starbucks, or any retail outlet is inappropriate within the Forbidden City. The store was located in a small corner of the &#x27;official&#x27; gift shop. I don&#x27;t really feel that even this gift shop should be there.<br><br>Regarding the &#x27;Chinese&#x27; signs debate, there are a huge number of english branded stores in Shanghai. This is a symptom of China&#x27;s economical development. However, as a (UK)westerner I feel that it is important not to dilute China&#x27;s identity, and the &#x27;english&#x27; branding should be secondary (as a concession to the desire for Chinese to learn English).<br><br>My wife is Shanghainese, (and for the record she moved to the UK in 1999 and we met in 2003. see &#x27;Shanghainese girls marrying foreigners&#x27;03/20/2007) and she also takes the view that the national identity of China is being eroded, particularly in Shanghai, but throughout the country as a whole.<div class="comment-meta">— Rob · 2007-07-16 17:35</div></div> <div class="comment">The administration and the management of the formal Imperial Palace is deporable.<br><br>I was there last summer and saw thick dust inside the palace and shrub grew from the roof tiles, it is clearly a neglect for a long time.<br><br>If you visit the eateries and the gift shops, it is very nicely decorated and with air-conditioning.<br><br>It is necessary for the management to change the &#x27;profit centre&#x27; attitude otherwise the main palace can be converted into a seafood restaurant and the inner courts can become a hotel.<br><br>Starbuck in the forbidden City obviously is a misfit and nuisance, but it also shown the capitalization of this historic monument.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-07-17 00:17</div></div> <div class="comment">It really doesnt matter who serves the coffee. It would be nice to have no stores inside, but it is so large that there needs to be refreshments in the Forbidden City.<br><br>I have a sneaking notion that the hotel idea will come to pass ...<div class="comment-meta">— Geoff in Beijing · 2008-03-14 12:06</div></div> </details>理论正确不代表实践正确https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070714_cecaeaeeec.htmSat, 14 Jul 2007 23:08:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070714_cecaeaeeec.htm<p>在IT圈里面，尤其在blog盛行的IT圈里面，对风云变幻的市场，每个人都尝试做些解释，从而产生很多理论正确的表述。这种指点江山，看起来无比聪明的“理论正确”，或者说是“战略层面正确”的观点，却远不能保证“实践正确”。举个例子，我的blog，还有keso的blog，以及很多的创业者，或评论者的blog，就经常看到理论正确的表述。</p>Please Don't Add me on MSN Messengerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070714_please_dont_add_me_on_msn_messenger.htmSat, 14 Jul 2007 21:14:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070714_please_dont_add_me_on_msn_messenger.htm<p>I have my email published on my home page - on the right columns, so readers, or friends who lost my email address can contact me. I am open to emails, and welcome your feedbacks. Many people just send me a thank you note, or a compliment letter, which made me very happy. I receive several emails everyday about Shanghai questions, and I answer most of them - I do have to ignore some when the question is too technical (like help me to fix this webcam driver problem), or hard to answer.</p>Foreign Language Only Signs?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070712_foreign_language_only_signs.htmThu, 12 Jul 2007 23:57:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070712_foreign_language_only_signs.htm<p>Found an <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2007/07/12/no_foreign_language_only_signs_please_this_is_china.php#comments">interesting article</a> on Shanghaiist about the recent regulation to add Chinese signs to all stores, shops and restaurants in Xintiandi.</p> <p>Xintiandi is a very unique place, where most of the shops and bars remains the same style as they were in their original country (many from U.S.) and it is a cultural showcase in the heart of Shanghai about the foreign cultures. One reflection about this is the names and signs of the stores. Many of them only have English names and only show English on their signs, like my favorite <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050118_kabb_in_xintiandi.htm">KABB</a>. I don&rsquo;t know whether they have a Chinese name.</p>Olympics Impact to TV Commericalshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070711_olympics_impact_to_tv_commericals.htmWed, 11 Jul 2007 22:54:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070711_olympics_impact_to_tv_commericals.htm<p>Olympics is closer. I didn&rsquo;t feel too much difference yet, but the business men - or to be more exact, the marketing managers - has smelled the opportunity and started to move faster than average people.</p> <p>When I watch TV today (very seldom recently), and I found many TV commericals are directly connected with Olympics or sports. For example, Coca-Cola is featuring the swimming team, and P&amp;G is featuring the other team (I don&rsquo;t know how to describe it - it is the movement or dance on the surface - 体操？)&hellip;</p>How to Setup Websites Outside Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070709_how_to_setup_websites_outside_china.htmMon, 09 Jul 2007 23:03:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070709_how_to_setup_websites_outside_china.htm<p>This seems to be a silly question - &ldquo;how to setup a website OUTSIDE China?&rdquo; What to do with China when the website is outside China.</p> <p>This is exactly the right answer. However, many (upt o 10) emails asked me about the procedure of setting up a website - in Chinese - outside China. The most recent inquiry comes from Santiago, Chile.</p> <p>The major concern is the widely know (or infamous) Great Firewall, and the registration process in China. The short answer is, no. The registeration is only required for sites in China - nobody really explained what it means to be &ldquo;in China&rdquo;. Whether it is server in China or the owner in China? I don&rsquo;t know and don&rsquo;t have a law about it.</p>What is the Most Sticky Topic?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070707_what_is_the_most_sticky_topic.htmSat, 07 Jul 2007 23:11:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070707_what_is_the_most_sticky_topic.htm<p>What is the most sticky topic on this site? Or to put the question the other way, what is the keyword that brings a visitor and the visitor stayed on this site for longest time?</p> <p>Using the data from Google Analytics, I created a table <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/">here</a>. Let me show you some of the top visiting keyword:</p> <ul> <li>[pudong pvg](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=pudong">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=pudong</a> pvg) 161</li> <li>[make me a cartoon](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=make">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=make</a> me a cartoon) 115</li> <li>[dao cheng](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=dao">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=dao</a> cheng) 110</li> <li>[super hot girl](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=super">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=super</a> hot girl) 102</li> <li>[reliable taxis in shanghai](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=reliable">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=reliable</a> taxis in shanghai) 80</li> <li>[sattellite images](<a 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href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai</a> picture) 70</li> <li>[direct flight from nyc to shanghai](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=direct">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=direct</a> flight from nyc to shanghai) 70</li> <li>[how many shanghai metro station](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=how">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=how</a> many shanghai metro station) 69</li> <li>[messenger pictures](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=messenger">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=messenger</a> pictures) 68</li> <li>[distance from beijing to shanghai](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=distance">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=distance</a> from beijing to shanghai) 68</li> <li>[shanghai that affect my life](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai</a> that affect my life) 66</li> <li>[pudong airport bus hangzhou](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=pudong">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=pudong</a> airport bus hangzhou) 66</li> <li>[shanghai airport maglev](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai</a> airport maglev) 66</li> <li>[confirm flight china eastern airlines](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=confirm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=confirm</a> flight china eastern airlines) 65</li> <li>[msn emotionen](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=msn">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=msn</a> emotionen) 65</li> <li>[sattelite pics](<a 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href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/analytics/?kw=shanghai</a> budget hotels) 61</li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">hahaha, &quot;super hot girl&quot;<div class="comment-meta">— Steve · 2007-07-08 04:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Most of the popular topics are about travel. So I have a question<br><br>about travel too. You flew to Hainan Dao a few years ago. We would like to go in November, fly from Shanghai to Sanya, then from Sanya to Beijing.<br><br>Will the flights be very expensive? How far in advance should we book the tickets? We are planning to arrive in China on November 2, but not go to Sanya until November 22. Isn&#x27;t it much cheaper to get the tickets in China than to book the trip from the U.S.? Which airline did you use? Are tickets still one way so that we will have to get to Sanya to get tickets from there to Beijing?<br><br>I&#x27;m looking forward to taking the new fast trains from Beijing to Nanjing and then Nanjing to Shanghai. How much in advance should we book train tickets?<br><br>Thank you for your blog. Although I do check the travel entries, I enjoy the blogs about your own life the most--naming your baby, going to IKEA, having a garden, etc.<div class="comment-meta">— zjemi · 2007-07-09 11:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Nanjing to Shanghai,new fast train price: 87 RMB<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2007-07-13 13:56</div></div> <div class="comment">how far is the hangzhou airport from the train station in town (assuming one comes from Shanghai by bullet train) -how much time should be allowed to get to catch a flight, as example? what would the taxi fare cost?<div class="comment-meta">— gary · 2008-01-19 14:07</div></div> </details>晚归https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070707_233.htmSat, 07 Jul 2007 00:58:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070707_233.htm<p>晚上8点，美中关系全国委员组织的美国国会代表团的来访。大约14个人在锦江饭店附近一直聊到11点，刚刚回来，有些累。</p> <p>之后，老朋友白莉娟女士（<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rlz=1B2GGGL_zh-CNCN209CN209&amp;q=jan+berris&amp;btnG=Search">Jan Berris</a>）送了我本书，名叫：<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/0670033375">Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</a>。扉页上用花体英文写着：</p>Congratulations to York!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070706_congratulations_to_york.htmFri, 06 Jul 2007 23:04:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070706_congratulations_to_york.htm<p>This morning, York has his new baby!</p> <p>The whole team is very happy about him, and I, in particular, understand how exciting and sweet it is.</p> <p>Congratulations, York.</p> <p>People call the newly born baby York 2.0, or some calls him</p> <p>NEW YORK</p> <p>P.S. I had wonderful night with the third delegation Jan and I hosted: the U.S China Working Group of U.S. Congress Delegation - arranged by NCUCR&hellip; I also met Sean, founder of <a href="http://neocha.com">neocha.com</a>.</p>Getting Wangyifan.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070705_getting_wangyifancom.htmThu, 05 Jul 2007 23:52:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070705_getting_wangyifancom.htm<p>Yesterday, I registered <a href="http://wangyifan.com">Wangyifan.com</a>, as a gift for my newly born baby. The domain expired on June 30, 2007, and within seconds, it was registered by SnapNames.com, and finally, I spent 79 USD to get it back. Then I noticed that SnapNames.com did a good (well, only from business perspective) to have 10 million domain transaction per year. Pretty amazing.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I had a domain name expire and some outfit bought it. They want $1688. for me to buy it back.<br><br>They still have it.<br><br>Off to PVG in 2 hours.<br><br>Bye,<br><br>George<div class="comment-meta">— george747 · 2007-07-06 03:49</div></div> </details>什么是CEO该做的事情https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070705_aeaeceoecae.htmThu, 05 Jul 2007 14:59:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070705_aeaeceoecae.htm<p>中午和Alex聊天。这是昨天</p>The Name of Chinese Peoplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070704_the_name_of_chinese_people.htmWed, 04 Jul 2007 22:45:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070704_the_name_of_chinese_people.htm<p>After I wrote about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070624_chinese_characters.htm">Chinese Characters</a> (which is an interesting topic), let me talk about the name of people in China. Just as the last article, I &ldquo;intentionally&rdquo; over-simplify it since 1) how can it be possible to tell the &ldquo;complete&rdquo; story with such a short answer 2) why people need to understand that details when they are first exposed to such topics.</p> <p><strong>What&rsquo;s in the Name?</strong></p> <p>I chatted with Chris the other day about giving naming to my son - it was not an easy task. I asked: Do you have explicit meaning in English names? I assume there is no for most names, and the choice is just about pronunciation and because people who are named with this name. (Is this true?)</p>时间是怎么花出去的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070704_p231.htmWed, 04 Jul 2007 19:00:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070704_p231.htm<p>回顾一下今天的时间使用。</p> <ol> <li>中午和Roy吃饭。</li> </ol> <p>吃饭是一定要吃的，但和谁吃大有讲究。吃什么并不重要（如果从健康的角度来看，又重要），而和谁吃很重要。更重要的，是吃饭的时候谈些什么。</p>Backup of Deleted Templateshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070704_backup_of_deleted_templates.htmWed, 04 Jul 2007 12:36:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070704_backup_of_deleted_templates.htm<p><strong>VBScript Comment IP</strong></p> <p>Filed as archives/commentip.vbs</p> <p>On Error Resume Next</p> <p>Set vis = CreateObject(&ldquo;Scripting.Dictionary&rdquo;)</p> <p><strong><MTComments lastn="600" sort_order="descend"></strong> vis(&quot;<strong>&lt;$MTCommentIP$&gt;</strong>&quot;) = &ldquo;<strong>&lt;$MTCommentAuthor$&gt;</strong>::<strong>&lt;$MTCommentID$&gt;</strong>&rdquo; <strong></MTComments></strong></p> <p>For Each e in Document.all If UCase(e.TagName) = &ldquo;A&rdquo; Then If vis(e.innerText) <strong>&lt;&gt;</strong> &quot;&quot; Then e.insertAdjacentHTML &ldquo;AfterEnd&rdquo;, &quot;  <strong><a href='http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/comments.htm#" & vis(e.innerText) & "'>****<font color=red></strong>&quot; &amp; vis(e.innerText) &amp; &ldquo;<strong></font></strong>&rdquo; End If End If Next</p> <p><strong>Category News Feeding VBScript</strong></p> <p>Filed as</p> <p>On Error Resume Next Sub PrintCategoryNews(strCategory) s = &quot;&quot;</p> <p><strong><MTCategories></strong></p> <p>If LCase(strCategory) = LCase(&quot;<strong>&lt;$MTCategoryLabel$&gt;</strong>&quot;) Then <strong><MTEntries lastn="1000"></strong> s= s + &ldquo;<strong>&lt;a href=&lt;$MTEntryLink$&gt;</strong>&gt;<strong>&lt;$MTEntryTitle$&gt;****</a></strong> <strong><span class=posted><strong><strong>&lt;$MTEntryDate format=&quot;%B %d&rdquo;$&gt;</strong></strong></span>****<br /></strong>&quot; <strong></MTEntries></strong> End If <strong></MTCategories></strong></p>我们家宝宝叫王逸凡https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070703_aece.htmTue, 03 Jul 2007 23:08:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070703_aece.htm<p>上周给宝宝报了户口，名字就叫王逸凡。从众多的名字里面选出来，感谢大家的关心。</p> <p>现在来解释一下这个名字和原来想的的几个名字。</p> <p>其一：王乐凡</p> <p>这是宝宝出生以前和他妈妈一起起的名字。孩子的名字多数反映了父母的期望。我们老实说不想给他太大的压力。我门对他的人生没有我们自己的规划，而希望由他自己的兴趣和好奇心引领，去自己发现。我们唯一的希望，就是希望他能够智慧和快乐。（其实快乐需要极高的智慧才可以获得。）只要他能快快乐乐，我们就非常开心。</p>创业者的重新创业https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070703_p229.htmTue, 03 Jul 2007 13:14:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070703_p229.htm<p>看了Keso的<a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso/archive/2007/07/02/1181959.aspx">东拉西扯：Twitter杀手？</a></p>社会责任和慈善是两个概念https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070703_caeeaeaeae.htmTue, 03 Jul 2007 00:29:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070703_caeeaeaeae.htm<p>Jack经过一番沉寂，再次推出惊人之作：<a href="http://ppdai.com">ppdai.com</a>，一个基于P2P的小额贷款社区。</p> <p>今天在信里，Jack提到：</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>这种情况下，该不该借钱? [真实]</strong> 我昨天接到一个电话：</p> <p>母亲住院，需要一笔钱（不多，几k），贫困，还款能力差（月收入800）; 我让他带尽可能多的信息过来公司：身份证，户口本，工作合同等; 在网上找到我们的；</p>China's Social Resourceshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070702_chinas_social_resources.htmMon, 02 Jul 2007 23:30:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070702_chinas_social_resources.htm<p>This morning, I took one morning leave to go to hospital to inject the immune for my son. He is one month old now - exactly one month. Due to Chinese tradition, people often celebrate the date with a ceremony similar to the wedding ceremony - after one month, the month, and the children (and the father, of cause) should already recovered from the initial &ldquo;disorder&rdquo; to the normal life. This seems to be good timing. We didn&rsquo;t do it. We went to hospital this morning. The second round of immune injection started from today.</p>Contact Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070701_contact_me.htmSun, 01 Jul 2007 22:13:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070701_contact_me.htm<p>Thank you for spending time on my &ldquo;little blog&rdquo;. I hope you enjoy reading the articles.</p> <p>If you want to contact me, just send me an email at</p> <p>jianshuo at hotmail dot com</p> <p>I check my email daily, and your email will be read (if it does not mistakenly put into the Junk Mail folder of my Hotmail).</p> <p>The best way to contact me is via email, but if it is important or urgent, you can also reach me via:</p>Writing Some Codes Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070630_writing_some_codes_tomorrow.htmSat, 30 Jun 2007 00:25:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070630_writing_some_codes_tomorrow.htm<p>During our code review today at office, I suddenly realize there are many technical dreams I have once had but didn&rsquo;t fulfill it.</p> <p>When I demonstrate the data-aware controls, and the architect, I recalled the time I started to learn C#, and all kinds of other language. I always wanted to</p> <ol> <li>Write a language - I mean, some really productive language like PHP, or C#.</li> </ol> <p>I thought I am not interested it any longer after my shift from technical field to business field in 2003, but today, I am re-assured that I want to do it. It brings me a lot of happiness.</p>Technical Ability is the Execution Abilityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070629_p227.htmFri, 29 Jun 2007 11:53:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070629_p227.htm<p>Mao, your advice about dive into details of technology as a CEO of technical background helped me a lot – remember our chat on Skype during May holiday?</p> <p>In the last two months, this is what I did:</p> <ol> <li> <pre><code> I started two week full-time train program to cover http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070623_ece.htm </code></pre> </li> <li> <pre><code> I organized rewrite of the Kijiji Code. The end result of the training program is, everyone rewrite Kijiji from nothing to completion within 1 hour. Every passes, with the top record at 41 minutes (including all the major features of Kijiji) </code></pre> </li> <li> <pre><code> I also asked people to use OO to re-architect the whole site so the current lines of code of Kijiji shifted from 10,000 to less than 1,000. </code></pre> </li> <li> <pre><code> We also created a framework very similar like ASP.NET (with Control, Text, Input, DataGrid…), control/field lever permission, Event, Queue… </code></pre> </li> <li> <pre><code> We deployed memcached – a distributed memory cache of virtual 3G on 6 machines, and now the database is always “write-only”. 95% of read was done directly from memory – much faster web site. </code></pre> </li> <li> <pre><code> The current product team is capable to deliver every feature within 2 days, and has a weekly release. Look at these versions: Look at these: http://shanghai.staging.kijiji.cn/index.txt http://shanghai.staging.kijiji.cn/c2101005-d21?&amp;view=picture </code></pre> </li> </ol> <p>I was not able to response your Skype message yesterday, and want to let you know what happened here. How about your recently? Where are you? I mean physically?</p>Nanpu Bridge was Closed Shortlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070628_nanpu_bridge_was_closed_shortly.htmThu, 28 Jun 2007 11:41:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070628_nanpu_bridge_was_closed_shortly.htm<p>This morning, when I drove from Pudong to Puxi on the Nanpu Bridge, I saw there is no car on the opposite of the Nanpu Bridge. This is very strange, since in rush hours, it is unbelievable there is no single car there, for that long.</p> <p>When when I approach the Puxi side, I found policeman were there, and there are policemen to block the cars from all directions. In short, the Nanpu Bridge was closed for a short period of time this morning.</p>互联网应用平台的关口https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070627_aeeccc.htmWed, 27 Jun 2007 01:08:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070627_aeeccc.htm<p>我们现在的编程工具就处在一个<strong>关口</strong>。</p> <p>在这关口之前的二十年里，竖立着一个成功的编程工具：<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx">Microsoft Visual Studio</a>（以及它的最初原型 - Visual Basic）。这个可视的集成化的编程工具把一代的程序员吸引到这个平台上面并且帮助微软确立了PC机世界的霸主地位。</p>Keep Walkinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070625_keep_walking.htmMon, 25 Jun 2007 23:40:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070625_keep_walking.htm<p>Recently, I started to learn management and marketing. It seems to be another interesting field besides coding and technology. :-)</p> <p>I am reading the book named Marketing Management and Drucker&rsquo;s The Management Practices. Interesting books. It takes some time to get familiar with this field, but I am keep walking&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Great, jianshuo. A good manager should know more field other than coding and technology :)<br><br>Waiting for more messages about management and marketing.<div class="comment-meta">— 502forever · 2007-06-26 20:52</div></div> <div class="comment">I am a univesity student in management college the book your read i also stu now .hope you can offer more message about it,and i can share you sence of after reading<div class="comment-meta">— peidongyu · 2007-06-28 13:21</div></div> <div class="comment">jianshuo ，可以介绍一个USA的摩天大楼论坛给我吗 ？或关于前卫建筑的论坛 。 我在网上搜了半天都没找到 。。 谢谢 。<div class="comment-meta">— jw023 · 2007-06-28 18:28</div></div> <div class="comment">The man who has made up his mind to win will never say &quot;Impossible&quot;. I am majoring in human resources management ,finding that management needs theoretics and practice,however, practice is more important. I am always considering that management exists in everywhere .Everyting in our lives seems to comes along wiht the idea of management.We should know how to combine management with handling everyting!:)<div class="comment-meta">— kalinler · 2007-07-02 23:59</div></div> </details>Chinese Charactershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070624_chinese_characters.htmSun, 24 Jun 2007 22:55:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070624_chinese_characters.htm<p>I blogged about China for 5 years but still didn&rsquo;t mention the Chinese character. How can it be possible. Let me talk about the Chinese characters today.</p> <p><strong>It is Completely Different from English</strong></p> <p>I am not talking about the language itself, I am talking about the characters. Is there a difference?</p> <p>The written language of many language, like English and German, are record of the pronunciation. You see the written language, and chances are, you can pronounce it.</p>读《胡适留学日记》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070624_eaeecea.htmSun, 24 Jun 2007 20:21:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070624_eaeecea.htm<p>门口有一家沐风书店，办了卡可以一次借两本书来读。</p> <p>今天又去还书，把育儿的和金融的换掉（Wendy坐月子，出不得门，总托我帮她带写书回去，我就像信使一样，在书店和家之间跑）。</p>The Dinner - Part IV - Elected Officialshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_the_dinner_-_part_iv_-_elected_officials.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 23:54:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_the_dinner_-_part_iv_-_elected_officials.htm<p><em>Let me break down the article into several parts to avoid being too long in one entry.</em></p> <p><strong>Elected Officials</strong></p> <p>If you ask me about a new word or new concept I learnt from the dinner, it will be a very normal and not-noticeable phrase - elected officials. I know this seems strange for people in U.S. Let me tell you why.</p> <p>The dinner was of a lot of fun. We chatted many topics, and I didn&rsquo;t notice significant difference from my chat with people from business world. People in the business world (I mean from U.S) talked a lot about politics, and people in the politics world talked a lot about business. :-)</p>Yifan has Hukou Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_yifan_has_hukou_today.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 16:25:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_yifan_has_hukou_today.htm<p>First, the name of my baby is finally determined. We decided to call him Wang Yifan 王逸凡. Out of all the name, we like this name best and there is no bad similiar meaning related to it. We are happy to announce his name. The english name is Yifan Wang&hellip;</p> <p>Second, he got his Hukou today.</p> <p>In China, everyone must have a Hukou (refer to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060610_hukou_system_in_china.htm">Hukou System in China</a>). It is a residential permit that bind someone to a piece of land and restrict free move from one location to another. As I decribed in my previous article, this stupid system is not as powerful as 20 years ago, but it is still in effect, so my darling has to register with the police to get his Hukou. I did it today.</p>技术培训纲要https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070623_ece-2.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 14:08:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070623_ece-2.htm<p>粗略的记录一下上一个月的技术培训纲要，以免过几年自己忘了。</p> <p>本文档面向的读者：仅仅我自己。</p> <p>技术的世界：</p> <ul> <li> <p>代码基础层，就是PHP基础，面向对象基础</p> </li> <li> <p>数据层，就是封装数据访问对象，数据访问对象层等</p>坐月子的规矩https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070623_cec-3.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 10:58:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070623_cec-3.htm<p>Wendy在做月子。中国的规矩中，坐月子的规矩算是比较多的。传统的不可见风，不可出门，不可下地，到南方的不可洗澡甚至不可喝水（只能喝粥），随便谁都可以列出一大堆。在这些即便本身都相互冲突的规矩中，何去何从是个棘手的问题。思前想后，对比研究，得出以下结论。</p>The Dinner - Part III - Government or Party?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_the_dinner_-_part_iii_-_government_or_party.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 10:27:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_the_dinner_-_part_iii_-_government_or_party.htm<p>*This is the part III of my dinner last night with mayors, city councils, and executives from city league and NCUCR&hellip;</p> <ul> <li></li> </ul> <p>During our talk, we realized when people tried to understand the politics in China, the major problem or source of confusion is about the structure of government, party, and legalization system.</p> <p>People use the &ldquo;government&rdquo; to refer to anything that seems from the &ldquo;government&rdquo; - such as the government setup the great firewall, or the government issued this rule. The reality is, there is a distinct difference between the &ldquo;government&rdquo; and the &ldquo;party&rdquo;. Typically, the people holding government positions also holds party positions, and the two organization share similar people but they are still different.</p>The Dinner - Part II - NCUSR Delegationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_the_dinner_-_part_ii_-_ncusr_delegation.htmSat, 23 Jun 2007 09:38:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070623_the_dinner_-_part_ii_-_ncusr_delegation.htm<p>Well. I wake up in the morning (at 8:30 AM). I believe the delegate has already assembled at the lobby of hotel and heading to Suzhou. And me? The baby was like a alarm clock - he cried exactly at 1:00 AM, 2:00 AM, 3:00 AM, and I wake up to take care of him. Pretty tired today.</p> <p><strong>The NCUSR Delegation</strong></p> <p>This is the second time I met with Jan Berris from National Committee of US-China Relationships. I recorded our <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060629_ncucr_visit.htm">last gather</a> on June 9, 2006 one year and two weeks ago (see? the benefit of having a blog).</p>Wonderful Night with Mayors from U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070622_wonderful_night_with_mayors_from_us.htmFri, 22 Jun 2007 23:05:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070622_wonderful_night_with_mayors_from_us.htm<p>Please note that I archived this entry under &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/westmeetseast.htm">West Meets East</a>&rdquo; category.</p> <p>I am just back from a wonderful night with some great persons from the delegation of National League of Cities/League of California Cities, and National Committee on United States-China Relations. I just used one not-so-accurate word to keep the title short.</p> <p>To be more exact, I should not be so short about saying Mayors. There are mayors from Sacramento (Heather), Bluffton (Ted), Riverside (Ron) and Council members from San Diego (Jim), Madison (Cynthia), and executives or attorney from the National League of Cities, and League of California&hellip; Of cause I met with the great <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060613_we_need_a_bridge_seriously.htm">bridge</a> between the two counties - Jan Berris, from National Committee on US-China Relationships&hellip; Oh. and we have Haisong who introduced me to the group.</p>南浦大桥早上不是堵车https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070621_aeaee-2.htmThu, 21 Jun 2007 23:07:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070621_aeaee-2.htm<p>每天早上开车通过南浦大桥，要从杨高南路的转盘的引桥开始，到汇入龙阳路，直到进入南浦大桥得主桥面。这一路大约2公里，在过去的三年里面的每一个早上，几乎都是以10公里每小时的速度挪动。我和Wendy三年做了上千次梦，就是希望“南浦大桥今天不要堵车”，结果都是失望告终。</p>Arranging Hong Kong - Xian - Beijing Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_arranging_hong_kong_-_xian_-_beijing_trip.htmThu, 21 Jun 2007 22:56:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_arranging_hong_kong_-_xian_-_beijing_trip.htm<p>Readers asked me about how to arrange a trip in China. I understand that many tourist will do an around-China tour, so most of the tour is connected between multiple points, like Hong Kong to Xi&rsquo;an, to Beijing, to Shanghai, and then back to San Francisco - something like this.</p> <p>Let me rest assure you something.</p> <ol> <li>You can buy tickets like this.</li> </ol> <p>Some worries that the multi-stop tickets are more expensive. Well. I don&rsquo;t think it is the case. Since most of the tickets are single trips, and round trip is typically the same price as double the single-trip. So don&rsquo;t worry.</p>Pre-Paid GPRS Sim Card in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_pre-paid_gprs_sim_card_in_china.htmThu, 21 Jun 2007 22:50:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_pre-paid_gprs_sim_card_in_china.htm<p><strong>Problem to solve:</strong></p> <p>Visiting China for a short period of time, and GPRS is critically important.</p> <p><strong>Solution</strong></p> <p>After you arrive in China (don&rsquo;t need to worry about it. There are soooo many sellers about the SIM card at airport or at hotel), get a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030319_difference_between_quanqiutong_and_shenzhouxing.htm">Shenzhouxing</a> pre-paid SIM card from China Mobile. With the card, you have immediate access of GPRS (nothing is needed). However, be very cautious that the default plan is very expensive.</p>Power Plugs on Train?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_power_plugs_on_train.htmThu, 21 Jun 2007 22:38:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_power_plugs_on_train.htm<p>Traveling in China via train is a good idea to experience the scenary of China and to form an idea about the relative locations and difference between the cities. But the problem is the Power Plugs. The common questions are: do they have power plugs on trains.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know about all trains, because it varies from train to train and the facilities changes quickly. I don&rsquo;t want to mislead you with wrong information. Here is what I know.</p>Setup a Blog like This?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_setup_a_blog_like_this.htmThu, 21 Jun 2007 22:22:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070621_setup_a_blog_like_this.htm<p>Many people asked me how to setup the similiar blog like this under their own domain and asked for price to setup a blog, and asked how much effort it needs.</p> <p>My most frequent answer was, go to <a href="http://blogger.com">blogger.com</a> and setup a blog there. Then setup the blog to publish your own domain via FTP. Just share your FTP user name and password with blogger, and then it is under your own domain.</p>Journal of Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070620_journal_of_today.htmWed, 20 Jun 2007 22:15:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070620_journal_of_today.htm<p>From time to time, I just want to record one day of my life - recording every single day seems boring, but to record once every several month makes sense since the life and pace may change dramatically over time. I am recording this for myself, so after many years, I can look back at see what kind of life I am leading today.</p> <p><strong>Wake Up</strong></p> <p>At 6:00, or earlier, I wake up. The baby was making noises - not crying, but just that kind of sounds that convinced me that he was not comfortable. This is his 18th day in this world. When Wendy feeds him, I follow asleep again, and wake up the second time around 8:00 AM. Early morning, and I still have time.</p>生孩子这件事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070618_ceaeae.htmMon, 18 Jun 2007 22:05:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070618_ceaeae.htm<p>当了爸爸，自然有很多细腻的感情上的变化，感触颇多，晚些再分享了。在这里和我的那些还没有当爸爸的老友们分享一下“后勤”上面的事情。一次经历下来，经验不算多，至少还是澄清了我以前的一些错误想法。</p>Where to Buy Genuine Software in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070618_where_to_buy_genuine_software_in_shanghai.htmMon, 18 Jun 2007 17:11:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070618_where_to_buy_genuine_software_in_shanghai.htm<p>People asked me about where to buy Software in Shanghai?</p> <p>I assume they are asking about buying Genuine Software.</p> <p>Why? Because there are fake software selling on so many streets and video-audio stores, but there are really very small amount of stores that sells Real Genuine Software. I assume radio of the place to sell pivated software to genuine is at least 100:1.</p> <p>OK. This is the first time we complained about the lack of IP protection in China, but this is not the topic. Let me promote genuine software by starting talking about where to buy it.</p>Difficulties as a Foreign Visitorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070618_difficulties_as_a_foreign_visitor.htmMon, 18 Jun 2007 16:57:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070618_difficulties_as_a_foreign_visitor.htm<p>I am back from the chaos (happy chaos) brought by the baby boy, and getting back to the normal life. Well, you can never say its &ldquo;normal&rdquo; life again, since it is so different.</p> <p>I am back to the top of &ldquo;Events in Shanghai that affect my life&rdquo;.</p> <p>Here is this kind of topic.</p> <p><strong>What is the Biggest Headache to be a Foreign Visitor in Shanghai?</strong></p> <p>Zhao Ning from <a href="http://www.962020.com/cms/cn/shibao.jsp">Shanghai Travel Times</a> called and sent me an email about a topic: <a href="http://www.sh.xinhuanet.com/2007-06/14/content_10299472.htm">Foreign Visitors Facing Problems in Shanghai</a>. In that article, the author listed many common problems foreign visitors face in Shanghai:</p>Happy (New) Father's Diaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070615_happy_new_fathers_diary.htmFri, 15 Jun 2007 23:11:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070615_happy_new_fathers_diary.htm<p>Didn&rsquo;t update the blog as often as before - very normal for a new father - my night time was occupied (while, maybe attracted is the more exact word) by the little boy. It happens that these weeks are the busiest week at work, so I didn&rsquo;t have time to write an entry for many days - even failed to check some comments.</p> <p>OK. My thoughts about these days.</p> <p><strong>Sweet!</strong></p>起名字 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070613_e_caee.htmWed, 13 Jun 2007 23:39:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070613_e_caee.htm<p>呵呵。谢谢大家的关心，一个名字有这么多人参与。我大概的统计了一下，这是<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070613_e.htm">上一篇</a>还有<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070612_name_of_the_baby_part_ii.htm">英文的blog</a>的对这几个名字的统计。</p> <p>王乐凡 ++++++++++++++++ 16 王逸凡 ++++++++++++++ 14 王子欣 +++++++++++ 11 王天哲 +++++++ 7 王纳言 0</p> <p>还有一些建议的名字。。。</p> <p>王健君 王安若 王子凡 王诚博 王范天哲 王逸鑫 王亦鑫 王茁壮 王怀思 王建铭 王思远 王硕豪 王帷哲 王逸帷</p>起名字https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070613_e-3.htmWed, 13 Jun 2007 13:10:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070613_e-3.htm<p>小宝宝叫个什么名字？什么事情，越是觉得重要，越是做的慢，难以有一个最终选择。这两天想名字，有了以下几个候选，还在斟酌。大家给出出主意？</p> <p>王乐凡 王子欣 王纳言 王天哲 王逸凡</p>Name of the Baby - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070612_name_of_the_baby_-_part_ii.htmTue, 12 Jun 2007 22:35:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070612_name_of_the_baby_-_part_ii.htm<p>The dilemma (as Carroll put it) I am facing for the name continues. The good thing is, I still have time, but the more we think about it, the harder it seems to make a decision. The more you care about something, the slower the progress is, and the harder it is.</p> <p>Wendy and I came out several candidate names. Let us share them here, and if you can read Chinese, let us know what do you feel about the name - let me do it just as a usability test.</p>Name of the Babyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070611_name_of_the_baby.htmMon, 11 Jun 2007 23:33:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070611_name_of_the_baby.htm<p>We are still thinking back and forth about the name of the baby. We are not going to give him an English yet (this is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040807_why_i_dont_have_an_english_name.htm">why</a>), and there are at least 6 candidate names that we are still not able to decide yet. To name a baby is maybe the hardest thing in the world, just because it is such a big responsibility. Maybe, compared to raising him up, this is still a very small piece. :-)</p>宝宝照片https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070611_cc-4.htmMon, 11 Jun 2007 22:39:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070611_cc-4.htm<p>看看我们家宝宝的照片。</p> <p>你看，他笑了。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/06/10/538340513_b4ec8450e2.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>有的时候他就这么小心翼翼的看看周围的世界，不知道他在想些什么。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/06/10/538210770_0671da8c3f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>他最喜欢呆在自己的小世界里面，就是他的那张小床（对他来说，已经是一个大世界了）。</p>Pictures of my Newly-Born Babyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070610_pictures_of_my_newly-born_baby.htmSun, 10 Jun 2007 15:09:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070610_pictures_of_my_newly-born_baby.htm<p>It has been exactly one week (7 days!) since I posted my last entry about the arrival of our baby. I believe everyone (especially experienced parents) understands what I did - the first week of the boy is too precious that I don&rsquo;t want to leave him for a second. Today is the 8th day (one hour ago at 1:15 PM) for him, and I believe I should at least post some photos - a lot of people are asking for it - and share what I feel. How can it be possible for a blogger to skip this chapter?</p>宝宝已经回到家中https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070606_cae.htmWed, 06 Jun 2007 20:26:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070606_cae.htm<p>昨天（六月3号）母子已经出院，现在在家里开始新生活了。</p> <p>在这里代表Wendy和小宝宝感谢大家的关心和祝福。</p> <p>小家伙的前几天就像一个黑洞一样把我们的注意力吸引过去，几乎没有一点点的遗漏。大量的祝福，还没有来得及回复；还有大量需要通知的朋友，都还没有发通知，望大家原谅。不知不觉，我已经把这个降临在自己家中的小生命看的比什么都重要了，只想一家三口多呆在一起一些时间。</p>My Baby Arriveshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070602_my_baby_arrives.htmSat, 02 Jun 2007 23:47:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070602_my_baby_arrives.htm<p>At 1:30 pm today (June 2, 2007), my baby boy was born at International Heping Women and Children Hospital. He is 3526g in weight (or 7 <em>Jin</em>), healthy and lovely.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">77 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">congrats!<br><br>haha...ramdomly surfing around and happy to see this great news!<div class="comment-meta">— Artemis · 2007-06-03 11:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo<br><br>Wow, that&#x27;s fantastic news. Congratulations on the arrival of your baby boy. :&gt;))<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-06-03 11:16</div></div> <div class="comment">congrats to you!<div class="comment-meta">— Confach · 2007-06-03 11:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— rink · 2007-06-03 11:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— rink · 2007-06-03 11:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— lang · 2007-06-03 11:59</div></div> <div class="comment">A big congrat to you and Wendy!! I didn&#x27;t hear you mention about expecting a baby!! Do fathers get pathernity leaves in China so they can spend some time learning how to care for the newly born and their wives?<br><br>TW<div class="comment-meta">— tw · 2007-06-03 12:22</div></div> <div class="comment">CONG~!<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#22320;&amp;#29916; · 2007-06-03 12:29</div></div> <div class="comment">Congrats to having a baby boy!!<div class="comment-meta">— Quinn Hu · 2007-06-03 12:34</div></div> <div class="comment">HEY, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! for both proud parents of your &quot;PUYI&quot; (am I correct remembering Chinese terms referring to a boy??) Anyways, I&#x27;m pretty sure you&#x27;ll both enjoy the new bundle of joy you have now....<br><br>For, JSW &gt; &#x27;am not scaring you, but surely fatherhood is a big responsibility, not only for the baby but to your wife as well... GOOD LUCK &amp; my wishes to your family.///<br><br>an avid reader of your blog (since I became a frequent visitor of Shanghai...)<div class="comment-meta">— momsypie · 2007-06-03 12:57</div></div> <div class="comment">CONGRATULATIONS...!<br><br>Have you decide the name for your new born baby?<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2007-06-03 13:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! Pictures!!<div class="comment-meta">— DKwan · 2007-06-03 13:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— Miikka · 2007-06-03 13:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Long time no visiting of your page, but right TODAY I see your happy news !<br><br>Tons of congratulations from me and Xiuying !!!!!<br><br>Hope to see photos of the wonder boy soon :-)<br><br>Remember to spend a lot of time with Wendy and the boy.<br><br>Time passes SO quickly.<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2007-06-03 14:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow, your baby!<br><br>Congratulations!<br><br>Don&#x27;t take photos with flash on, may be harm to your baby&#x27;s eyes.<div class="comment-meta">— iWorm · 2007-06-03 14:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<br><br>I was born the same hospital many many years ago. Now I am father of two little ones. Casten is abolutely right, do spend more time with him, you won&#x27;t regret it.<div class="comment-meta">— BLUEKITE · 2007-06-03 16:26</div></div> <div class="comment">great! good news.<div class="comment-meta">— dimitry · 2007-06-03 17:11</div></div> <div class="comment">congratulations! To be good father is not a piece of cake,so stay with ur baby and wendy as long as u can ,meawhile, dont forget to let us know the interesting things of your baby!<div class="comment-meta">— lena · 2007-06-03 18:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Boy! boy! O...<div class="comment-meta">— John · 2007-06-03 20:19</div></div> <div class="comment">contragulations:)<div class="comment-meta">— femto · 2007-06-03 20:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— jackie · 2007-06-03 22:03</div></div> <div class="comment">so happy for you and your wife! from now on your life belongs to someone else so act accordingly! congratulations and where are the cigars?<div class="comment-meta">— solopolo · 2007-06-03 22:11</div></div> <div class="comment">gongxigongxi，建硕也当爹了....<div class="comment-meta">— zheng · 2007-06-03 23:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations to Wendy and you!<div class="comment-meta">— RC · 2007-06-03 23:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Congradulations!<br><br>Dear Jianshuo:<br><br>It is so surprised to know the good news.<br><br>Congratulations! :)<div class="comment-meta">— Air(&amp;#20029;&amp;#23071;&amp;#65289; · 2007-06-04 00:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such exciting news, Jian Shuo. I am wildly excited for you. No one could possibly prepare you for what will happen to your heart in the next few months. It&#x27;s simply impossible to understand until it actually happens. You and Wendy will be wonderful parents, and that little baby is blessed to have found you for his family. Please give Wendy a hug from me, OK? And gently rub the top of his head on behalf of his Honorary Extra Grandmother in California. Much love to you all!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-06-04 00:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Yeah, too! I thought you&#x27;d written about Wendy expecting, but I didn&#x27;t know it was so soon! Congratulations to you two!!! Yeah<br><br>:-)<div class="comment-meta">— swany · 2007-06-04 07:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations on the arrival of the new life, maybe we&#x27;ll see more interesting posts afterwards :)<div class="comment-meta">— cube316 · 2007-06-04 10:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!!!!<div class="comment-meta">— ZJ · 2007-06-04 11:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! Jianshuo<div class="comment-meta">— Victor · 2007-06-04 11:44</div></div> <div class="comment">恭喜恭喜！<br><br>咋没照片？<div class="comment-meta">— bingfeng · 2007-06-04 12:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulate you and Wendy!<div class="comment-meta">— Luke · 2007-06-04 12:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— Surrey · 2007-06-04 13:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations, and looking forward to see little Wangjianshuo&#x27;s pic:)<br><br>PS, this is Elaine from IKEA!<div class="comment-meta">— Elaine Liu · 2007-06-04 13:42</div></div> <div class="comment">congrats!!!<div class="comment-meta">— little wang · 2007-06-04 14:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!! Happy toddler years.<div class="comment-meta">— Venkat · 2007-06-04 15:10</div></div> <div class="comment">congrats!!!<div class="comment-meta">— oncerest · 2007-06-04 15:54</div></div> <div class="comment">yeah, big congratulations to you and wendy!<div class="comment-meta">— haxi · 2007-06-04 17:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Really happy to know the news.<br><br>Wish all the best to the baby.<div class="comment-meta">— Yanni · 2007-06-04 17:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Auguri a te e alla mamma !!!!!<br><br>this are the italian words for congratulations to you and to the mamy.<br><br>A new journey starts...<br><br>ciao<br><br>Simonetta<div class="comment-meta">— Simonetta · 2007-06-04 18:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!!!恭喜！！！<br><br>我是华东五市导游! i am a tour guide in nanjing ,suzhou,hangzhou and shanghai. anybody who&#x27;d like to vist these cities ,just call me 13770922258 .will make your visit comfortable and enjoyable!!!<div class="comment-meta">— david lee · 2007-06-04 18:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Well done happy parents!<div class="comment-meta">— vikykim · 2007-06-04 18:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! I&#x27;m sure there will be more of your baby boy topics in your blog, so looking forward to that!<div class="comment-meta">— caroline · 2007-06-04 21:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulation on your new born, do take a leave to stay with the new arrival and your love once.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-06-04 23:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, Jianshuo. Just got your fantastic news. Congratulations.<br><br>Happy for you :)<div class="comment-meta">— 502forever · 2007-06-04 23:19</div></div> <div class="comment">BTW, can you disclose the name of the new born?<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-06-04 23:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Huan Ying Jia Ru Fu-Qin Hang Lie. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Mingliang · 2007-06-05 00:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— Jon · 2007-06-05 00:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Cong!<div class="comment-meta">— Jerry · 2007-06-05 08:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations on the new addition to the family and very best wishes to you and Wendy for a lifetime of joy and happiness with your son!<div class="comment-meta">— Ali · 2007-06-05 08:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations on the new addition to the family and very best wishes to you and Wendy for a lifetime of joy and happiness with your son!<div class="comment-meta">— Ali · 2007-06-05 08:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations JianShuo! You have a lot to be proud of! We are right behind with a new one arriving at the end of the year.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2007-06-05 11:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! I am very happy for you. Take good care of Wendy and the little boy.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2007-06-05 11:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<div class="comment-meta">— zzk · 2007-06-05 15:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Ccongratulations to you!<div class="comment-meta">— JERRY · 2007-06-05 17:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Ccongratulations to you!<div class="comment-meta">— JERRY · 2007-06-05 17:16</div></div> <div class="comment">wish your baby happy and healthy!<div class="comment-meta">— li wonderful · 2007-06-05 18:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow another pig baby. ZHU BAO BAO...<br><br>Congrats on A wonderful KID...<br><br>ps: I wont ask about the hospital bills :(<div class="comment-meta">— andrew · 2007-06-05 18:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Congrats<div class="comment-meta">— Caiwangqin · 2007-06-05 18:29</div></div> <div class="comment">I am surprised you have not mentioned the condition of your love once Wendy who gave birth of your lovely baby boy.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-06-05 23:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!! It must be a great feeling!!<br><br>Enjoy and take care.<div class="comment-meta">— Noor · 2007-06-05 23:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations, Jianshuo!<br><br>Best wishes to the whole family. Your life will be changed, for the better!<div class="comment-meta">— Ji Village News · 2007-06-06 00:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations Jianshuo!! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny Zhai · 2007-06-06 01:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! Do ask for help when you feel you are running out of breath. Taking care of both new baby and Mom are lots of work.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2007-06-06 03:05</div></div> <div class="comment">contragulations:)<br><br>you became father.<div class="comment-meta">— dek · 2007-06-06 10:02</div></div> <div class="comment">contragulations:)<br><br>you became father.<div class="comment-meta">— dek · 2007-06-06 10:02</div></div> <div class="comment">What is his name? : )<div class="comment-meta">— Jennifer · 2007-06-06 11:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations to you and Wendy! It is a new milestone in your life :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Wang · 2007-06-06 13:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations to you and your wife. Welcome to the club.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2007-06-06 23:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo,<br><br>A baby boy!!!Congratulation to you &amp; Wendy.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2007-06-07 00:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo,<br><br>Great to find that you have left the blog without any new postings for 5 days now !!!<br><br>This means that there ARE something more important in life than the blog.<br><br>Continue like this, until Wendy releases you from her side.<br><br>We can wait, don&#x27;t worry !<br><br>Anyhow, &#x27;worried a little, I hope that nothing is wrong with your baby.<br><br>Please confirm !<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2007-06-07 23:01</div></div> <div class="comment">congratulations on becoming a father<div class="comment-meta">— gangwanwan · 2007-06-09 12:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Gongxi gongxi.<br><br>I&#x27;m a new father too so I know the thrill.<div class="comment-meta">— dallascao · 2007-06-09 14:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations on the birth of your son! My first child, a son, was born on June 2, 29 years ago.<div class="comment-meta">— Carolyn · 2007-06-11 06:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Cong Xi Nimen de Xin Baobao&#x27;r! Many happy returns in the days ahead ...<div class="comment-meta">— Jet So · 2007-06-11 23:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations...<div class="comment-meta">— Jing Yuan · 2007-06-18 09:22</div></div> <div class="comment">da<div class="comment-meta">— coach outlet · 2011-02-24 12:52</div></div> </details>我的小宝宝诞生https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070602_cec-2.htmSat, 02 Jun 2007 19:37:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070602_cec-2.htm<p>6月2日下午1点15分，我和范范的小宝宝在中国福利院国际妇幼保健院诞生．七斤男孩，顺产．母子健康平安．</p> <p>宝宝真好爱．宝宝，爸爸和妈妈爱你．</p> <p>范范辛苦了，你真了不起．</p>Trip Plan Case Study - Shanghai - Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070531_trip_plan_case_study_-_shanghai_-_hangzhou.htmThu, 31 May 2007 23:41:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070531_trip_plan_case_study_-_shanghai_-_hangzhou.htm<p>This is a case study of a typical trip, along with my suggestions. (The questions were edited a little bit - just some editorial changes).</p> <blockquote> <p>I read your blog. It&rsquo;s very interesting, especially because I&rsquo;ll visit Shanghai in next 10 days. Well, I&rsquo;m Indonesian Chinese overseas, not fluetly Pu Tong Hua speaking, so will be though back to mainland :)</p> <p>I have free time before my course, I&rsquo;ll come to Shanghai at 2nd Jun morning. I plan to go Hangzhou, to visit Xi Hu and Long Jing, then the next day go to Suzhou, do you have any recommened place to visit in here?</p>Jinjiang Inn at Pudong Airport - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070529_jinjiang_inn_at_pudong_airport_-_part_ii.htmTue, 29 May 2007 23:43:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070529_jinjiang_inn_at_pudong_airport_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the second part of my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050203_jinjiang_jin_jiang_inn_at_shanghai_pudong_airport.htm">first part</a> on Jinjiang Inn at Pudong Airport.</p> <p>There are basically only two hotels near the Pudong Airport - within walking distance - one is a little bit more expensive - the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030829_pvg_ramada_hotel_opens_at_pudong_airport.htm">Ramada Pudong Airport Hotel</a>, and the other is cheaper, the Jinjiang Inn.</p> <p>Here are the questions about the hotel:</p> <blockquote> <p>We have some questions about the Jin Jiang Inn and we hope you will be so kind to give some information.</p>目标经常不是目标https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070527_ccaec.htmSun, 27 May 2007 23:18:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070527_ccaec.htm<p>开车上下班，常看到要速度不要安全的。为了三秒钟闯红灯的，为了多走几米就在后面狂闪灯的，更有一路狂飙，在高架上蛇行的。</p> <p>如果你说他们是赶时间，我看未必。这只是个习惯。其实真实的原因，绝非别人以为甚至是自己以为的那个目标。很多人就是为了这种竞争或者动脑子的乐趣。</p>Beijing to Shanghai, Z9 or T31https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070527_p1746.htmSun, 27 May 2007 22:45:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070527_p1746.htm<p>Hi,</p> <p>Read you&rsquo;re blog and hoped i can ask you a question.</p> <p>We are going to China and are going to travel from Beijing to Hangzhou. I</p> <p>understand there are 2 fast traine, the Z9 and T31. The ticket salesguy from</p> <p>the internet tells me there are no 2 person soft sleepers available on the Z9.</p> <p>They are available on the T31. Is the Z9 as new and nic as the Z13 ? Is the T31</p>Pudong Airport to Ramada Plaza Hotelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070527_pudong_airport_to_ramada_plaza_hotel.htmSun, 27 May 2007 11:03:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070527_pudong_airport_to_ramada_plaza_hotel.htm<p>Today, I want to help a visit to Shanghai to find out his/her hotel - Ramada Plaza at 700 Jiujiang Road.</p> <p>It is obviously impossible for me to answer all the questions related to a hotel, and it is boring for my reader, but the motivation behind every entry like this (I mean post answers for a very specific question) is, I believe details in trip planning helps more than just overall introduction. MAYBE in the details, you can find some good information about this city. Let me try this one:</p>为什么HTML里的Comment是<!--开头？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070526_aeaeaehtmleccommentie.htmSat, 26 May 2007 13:01:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070526_aeaeaehtmleccommentie.htm<p>最近做了两周的产品组培训，让自己对于技术的兴趣又重新燃起。我觉得一个好的技术人员要至少做到两点：开放（或者说有好奇心）和深入（或者是打破沙锅问到底）。在准备下周的UI训练营之前，我简单的看了一些HTML代码，发现还有很多以前忽略的东西。比如我问的这个很白痴的问题：</p>Visited Bund Again Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070525_visited_bund_again_today.htmFri, 25 May 2007 23:50:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070525_visited_bund_again_today.htm<p>People may guess people in Paris will visit the Eiffel Tower everyday, right? I guess the truth is not, just as people in New York don&rsquo;t visit the Time Square or the Empire State Tower everyday.</p> <p>It is the same for me - a normal resident in Shanghai. If there is only one place you should visit during your trip to Shanghai, it is the Bund. It is the standard portrait photo for Shanghai, as appears in all postcard, or travel guides.</p>Shanghai World Expo 2010 Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070525_shanghai_world_expo_2010_time.htmFri, 25 May 2007 00:04:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070525_shanghai_world_expo_2010_time.htm<p>In case you don&rsquo;t know yet, the exact time of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is</p> <blockquote> <p>May 1 2010 to Oct 31, 2010</p> </blockquote> <p>I didn&rsquo;t know this before (the previous news I got was just in the year of 2010).</p> <p>Are you planning to come?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Will the prices of everything be gigantic? What if we came<br><br>right after the Expo, say in November of 2010? Won&#x27;t there be<br><br>great signts and exhibitions still around? What do you advise?<div class="comment-meta">— zjemi · 2007-05-25 04:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Greetings Wang... Nice website.... Shanghai looks nice!<div class="comment-meta">— Thomas · 2007-05-25 09:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey Jian Shou,<br><br>I just want to drop you a note. Thanks for creating this informative website. I live in the US but go to Shanghai quite often for a EMBA program at Shanghai Jiaotong University. I would love to move to China permanently. Do you have any suggestions for expat jobs? By the way, does it get really hot in the summer in Shanghai? Thanks.<br><br>jax<div class="comment-meta">— Jax · 2007-05-25 10:33</div></div> <div class="comment">i am currently living in shanghai, and i hope to be around for expo 2010. i was in lisbon for expo 1998 (the theme was the oceans) and it was amazing! great things happen when countries get together to show their culture and history. :)<br><br>by the way, nice blog. it was really helpful to get to know shanghai prior to moving here. keep up the good work!<div class="comment-meta">— ana · 2007-05-25 11:00</div></div> <div class="comment">And I was living in Spain during the Seville Expo in 1992, and it was OK.<br><br>If you are going to the Shanghai Expo, please sign up at Upcoming.org:<br><br>http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/154578/<br><br>Hehe.<div class="comment-meta">— Micah · 2007-05-25 11:53</div></div> <div class="comment">This website gives the most updated information about the 2010 Expo in Shanghai. Design of the pavilions and architectural discussion is our main focus. We daily update the participants list and developments regarding the pavilions. Any additional information about the Shanghai World exhibition 2010 is welcomed by our team to make www.shanghai-expo.com the most informing platform on the web.<div class="comment-meta">— Shanghai Expo · 2007-09-08 14:03</div></div> <div class="comment">www.expo2010china.hu website gives the most updated information about design of the pavilions the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— vilagkiallitas.hu · 2008-06-17 07:18</div></div> </details>Find out Bigger Images on this Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070522_find_out_bigger_images_on_this_site.htmTue, 22 May 2007 20:51:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070522_find_out_bigger_images_on_this_site.htm<p>I often get request to republish my article. Normally, I will give the permission for reprint. However, to send out the original image is a big headache to me.</p> <p>Since most of my images are hosted on flickr, and I stored my original image on the server. You can get it on the server.</p> <p>This is the method to find out the original location.</p> <ul> <li> <p>View the page containing the image you are interested.</p>Take Taxi or Buy a Car?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070521_take_taxi_or_buy_a_car.htmMon, 21 May 2007 23:00:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070521_take_taxi_or_buy_a_car.htm<p>There are still many people debating about which is more cost-effective, taking taxi or buying a car.</p> <p>There are many people claim that taking taxi is cheaper, since you don&rsquo;t have to buy the car, and don&rsquo;t need to pay all the related fees, including but not limited to: road construction fee, annual checking fee, gas, fine (if you drive violately), parking fee, and repair/maintance fee.</p> <p>There are other people claiming that buying a car is cheaper in Shanghai, since taxi fair is way too expensive compared to the gas cost - 2.1 rmb/km, and no one will take a taxi to go camping or outting.</p>MIT's Open Coursewarehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070521_mits_open_courseware.htmMon, 21 May 2007 14:15:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070521_mits_open_courseware.htm<p>It has been there for a long time and I am trying to get some idea from these courses.</p> <p>This one seems good:</p> <p><a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/index.htm">http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Sloan-School-of-Management/index.htm</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">good one!<div class="comment-meta">— QiHui · 2007-05-21 22:37</div></div> </details>Chinese Stock Market is More Crazyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070520_chinese_stock_market_is_more_crazy.htmSun, 20 May 2007 23:09:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070520_chinese_stock_market_is_more_crazy.htm<p>Just 4 months after I posted my last comments (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070118_chinese_stock_market_is_crazy.htm">Chinese Stock Market is Crazy</a>), the Shanghai Stock Index raised from 3000 points to 4000 points, and keep increasing.</p> <p>That means, the stock index increased from 998.23 in June 2005 to 4040 in May 2007 - 4 times increase!</p> <p>What a crazy market.</p> <p>Shanghai is an economic center for China, and everyone is involved. I am back from a wedding dinner tonight, and on the table, the major topic was &ldquo;stock&rdquo;!</p>Back to Technical Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070519_back_to_technical_world.htmSat, 19 May 2007 23:52:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070519_back_to_technical_world.htm<p>I am trying to get back to the technical world a little bit.</p> <p>With a technical background, I left the technical world for many years (maybe 4 years?). Recently, during the code review, I found I should be more involved in architecture and developing the team. So I am back.</p> <p>In the last week, I wrote many PHP sample code myself, and finally, I tried to write a basic classified application from scratch up, in 1 hour - I repeated several times, and continously find new ways to do old things. I am happy about that.</p>Shanghai Maglev Timetablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070517_shanghai_maglev_timetable.htmThu, 17 May 2007 23:45:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070517_shanghai_maglev_timetable.htm<p>According to the Maglev Corp <a href="http://www.smtdc.com/zw/jszl1_2.asp">offical website</a>, here is the schedule of Maglev:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040424_maglev_at_long_yang_station.htm">Pudong Long Yang Road Station</a> &lt;&mdash;-&gt; <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/pudong_airport.htm">Pudong International Airport</a></p> <p>Time:</p> <p>Long Yang Road -&gt; Pudong Airport 7:00 - 21:00</p> <p>Pudong Airport -&gt; Long Yang Road 7:02 - 21:02</p> <p>It runs at interval of 20 minutes sharp.</p> <p>It means the train from Long Yang Road to Pudong Airport starts at</p> <p>7:00, 7:20, 7:40, 8:00 &hellip;.. 20:40, 21:00</p> <p>Please note that the top speed of Maglev is 430 km/h, which you will experience at day time. In early morning and late night, the speed will be reduced to 300 km/h for safty reasons.</p>Shanghai not as Safe as Beforehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070516_shanghai_not_as_safe_as_before.htmWed, 16 May 2007 23:57:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070516_shanghai_not_as_safe_as_before.htm<p>The other day, when Wendy and I was talking about the safty in Shanghai, we both agree that Shanghai is not as safe as before.</p> <p>There are several reasons for us to have that kind of feeling.</p> <ol> <li> <p>There are more and more (bad) beggar and other misbehaved people on the street. Please note I mean bad beggars (they almost do robbery instead of just begging).</p> </li> <li> <p>There are more murder cases on newspaper than before.</p>编译后的JavaScript好比汇编语言https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070516_p212.htmWed, 16 May 2007 00:13:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070516_p212.htm<p>blockquote{color: #007000; font-family: &ldquo;bogus font here&rdquo;, monospace;font-size: 100%; border: 1px solid silver; background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 0.5em; overflow: auto; margin: 2em;} <em>本文是《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070514_googleloader_aece.htm">google.loader 代码欣赏</a>》系列的一部分。</em></p>Symbol表的启发https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070516_symbolec.htmWed, 16 May 2007 00:12:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070516_symbolec.htm<p>blockquote{color: #007000; font-family: &ldquo;bogus font here&rdquo;, monospace;font-size: 100%; border: 1px solid silver; background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 0.5em; overflow: auto; margin: 2em;} <em>本文是《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070514_googleloader_aece.htm">google.loader 代码欣赏</a>》系列的一部分。</em></p> <p>这段代码原本是非常好读懂的，但是当所有的函数名和变量名都用小写的a到z之间的一个字母代替以后，就变得不好读起来，尤其是这段令人抓狂的代码，</p>How to Get to Dishui Lake (Dishuihu)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070515_how_to_get_to_dishui_lake_dishuihu.htmTue, 15 May 2007 23:01:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070515_how_to_get_to_dishui_lake_dishuihu.htm<p>Dennis about where Dishui Lake (Dishuihu) is. That is the most beautiful lake in Shanghai - because 1) it is big, 2) There are very few people there - both are very hard to find in Shanghai.</p> <p>Here is how to get there.</p> <p><strong>By Driving</strong></p> <p>By driving, it is very straight forward.</p> <ol> <li> <p>No matter where you are (I mean within outer ring), get to the nearest A20 first - the outer ring road.</p>用匿名函数避免命名冲突https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070515_cec.htmTue, 15 May 2007 00:04:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070515_cec.htm<p>blockquote{color: #007000; font-family: &ldquo;bogus font here&rdquo;, monospace;font-size: 100%; border: 1px solid silver; background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 0.5em; overflow: auto; margin: 2em;} <em>本文是<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070514_googleloader_aece.htm">google.loader 代码欣赏</a>系列的第二部分。</em></p> <p>第一个匪夷所思的地方，可能就是这一段了</p> <blockquote> <p>if (!google.loader) { google.loader = {}; google.loader.ServiceBase = &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/uds%22;">http://www.google.com/uds&quot;;</a> google.loader.ApiKey = &ldquo;internal&rdquo;; google.loader.KeyVerified = true; google.loader.LoadFailure = false; google.loader.AdditionalParams = &ldquo;&rdquo;; ** (function() { ** //大量的函数定义，变量声明以及函数的执行（整整100多行） ** })()** }</p>google.loader 代码欣赏https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070514_googleloader_aece.htmMon, 14 May 2007 23:19:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070514_googleloader_aece.htm<p>blockquote{color: #007000; font-family: &ldquo;bogus font here&rdquo;, monospace;font-size: 100%; border: 1px solid silver; background-color: #f5f5f5;padding: 0.5em; overflow: auto; margin: 2em;}</p> <p><strong>缘起</strong></p> <p>五一期间和老冒聊天，其中就提起来保持技术的敏感性是聊起技术型CEO的优势，也是一直需要不断努力充电的。很受启发，所以就顺手拿起一段Google的Javascript，欣赏一番。</p>Big Circle Roads South of PVG?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070513_big_circle_roads_south_of_pvg.htmSun, 13 May 2007 23:18:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070513_big_circle_roads_south_of_pvg.htm<p>I have all kinds of interesting people reading this blog. Among them is a pilot GC (I am not sure if he is comfortable to expose his name, so let me use initials before I asked). He said he flies big planes to PVG frequently (a real frequent flyer). He noticed my trip to U.S. via United Airlines, and checked his logbook to see if he was my pilot - what a pity that we missed each other (or I missed his flight) several days both way.</p>Congrats to George!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070512_congrats_to_george.htmSat, 12 May 2007 23:14:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070512_congrats_to_george.htm<p>Congrats to George and Iris for their wedding today. I share their happiness and best wishes!</p> <p>I was happy to attend their wedding at beautiful Gaoyou Road in Xujiahui, and took the chance to reunion with fellow Microsoft guys.</p> <p>When I meet Annie, and exchanged name, she asked: &ldquo;Are you THAT Wang Jian Shuo?&rdquo; I said, &ldquo;Yes. I am the Wang Jian Shuo of Wangjianshuo.com&rdquo;. :-)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wow. Name recognition! You&#x27;re a bonafide celebrity now, Jian Shuo :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-05-13 01:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Ohh you&#x27;s been there as well? miss to see you that day. :-D<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny Zhai · 2007-05-13 20:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Johnny, I was there. It is a pity that we missed each other. Let&#x27;s try to find other time to gather, maybe at Hellen&#x27;s wedding?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-05-13 22:37</div></div> <div class="comment">not receive Helen&#x27;s wedding invite..;-)<br><br>Maybe we could do the *team reunite* again in the beginninig of June if you have time?<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny Zhai · 2007-05-14 22:16</div></div> </details>Flowers in Spring, in my Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070511_flowers_in_spring_in_my_garden.htmFri, 11 May 2007 23:49:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070511_flowers_in_spring_in_my_garden.htm<p>This is late spring, or arguably early summer. Look at these flowers in my garden. All the pictures were taken in the 24 Hours of Flickr event on May 5, 2007.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/11/485048323_b7ffcd6f2f.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/11/485048745_b82ba70257.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/11/485014198_935347ab38.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/11/485049481_e966816534.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/11/485015176_178b892ba5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/11/485050293_a4eee129d7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Shall I create some post cards with these photos, and nice flowers?</p>Flickr Meetup This Saturdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070511_flickr_meetup_this_saturday.htmFri, 11 May 2007 23:20:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070511_flickr_meetup_this_saturday.htm<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyshanghai/">Shanghai Sky</a> sent me a note in Flickr about the Flickr Meetup This Saturday (tomorrow). I&rsquo;d like to spread out the word.</p> <p>Time: Saturday, May 12, 7:00 PM</p> <p>Location: La Bella Cafe, 127 Yongfu Road, Shanghai</p> <p>If you are interested, you are suggested to go. Here is more about the photo competition/auction/charity/event/group&hellip;</p> <p>BTW, I love the phrase of &ldquo;China Next&rdquo;. There are a lot for us to expect for the next stage of China.</p>Living with Bad Environment?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070510_living_with_bad_environment.htmThu, 10 May 2007 23:54:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070510_living_with_bad_environment.htm<p>Google is facing big challenges in China. Google was talking about the &ldquo;don&rsquo;t be evil&rdquo; philosophy, which I respect a lot. However, how to make it happen in China is not an easy answer.</p> <p>The question I asked Kai Fu twice was: &ldquo;You always talk about Google&rsquo;s principle. When in certain geography (China) and certain period of time (these 10 years) that the principle conflict with user experience, what is your choice?&rdquo;</p>技术人员写KB的好处https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070510_aekbc.htmThu, 10 May 2007 12:04:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070510_aekbc.htm<p>早上和Wendy在车上谈起对于微软里面技术人员写知识库文章(Knowledge Base)的好处。总结起来有三条：</p> <ul> <li> <p>积累公司的技术财富(Accumulate knowledge legacy of the company)</p>Airport Construction Fee for Connection Flight?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070508_airport_construction_fee_for_connection_flight.htmTue, 08 May 2007 21:00:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070508_airport_construction_fee_for_connection_flight.htm<blockquote> <p>Hello! First, thank you for your informative site, it has been very useful.</p> <p>I travelling to China this week. My flight arrives to Shanghai Pudong on May 13. The same evening I&rsquo;ll be flying from Shanghai (Pudong also) to Wuhan. I was wondering about the construction fee you mentioned at your site. Do I have to pay it before entering a certain area?</p> <p>I suppose there are some waiting areas (before the check-in)? I&rsquo;m travelling alone and have to wait the whole day for my flight to Wuhan. I think it&rsquo;s wise not to leave the airport so that I don&rsquo;t miss the flight.</p>Street Markets in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070507_street_markets_in_shanghai.htmMon, 07 May 2007 23:09:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070507_street_markets_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485000792_a8442b12f8.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485036087_ed3b6c745d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485036425_ada3de2574.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485036713_a0ff94bdb6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485002092_2fb250896f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485037683_9693d355d2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485042031_dc68d167f9.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485042263_2b88df82b0.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485007886_ff4feaf02f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485042825_b9ef19969d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/07/485041167_823f7ef2c5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">May I know where is this place? It is interesting, I would like to visit the street market in Shanghai. Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2007-05-08 00:51</div></div> <div class="comment">have you informed the pedlars that you was to show their photos on the net?did they agree?<br><br>I&#x27;m sorry to ask this question,but i do scare that one day I happen to be in your photos when I&#x27;m working on the street ;)<div class="comment-meta">— Yee · 2007-05-08 11:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Joyce, it is a normal street - the Jin Xiu Road. You can find many such streets in Shanghai...<br><br>Yee, I didn&#x27;t ask, since I thought this is the typical &quot;street scene&quot; instead of portrait picture. Anyone has different oppinions?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-05-08 20:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Yee, did you ask the same to those parparazzi?<br><br>According to freedom of press, people have the liberty to take any photo in the public areas and post it anywhere they like it unless the subjects in the photo for are used for commercial or defamation purpose.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-05-08 23:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey, I live close to Jinxiu Rd! We have a similar street market on Yinghua Rd, but no youtiao :(<div class="comment-meta">— Micah · 2007-05-09 00:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, JS. I have discovered a similar street market near Fuzhou Rd today. I will go there during weekend.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2007-05-09 01:36</div></div> <div class="comment">The photos looks great. It&#x27;s full of Chinese feature~<div class="comment-meta">— 502forever · 2007-05-09 13:16</div></div> <div class="comment">JS, the same feeling with Yee. I do not want to be in any one&#x27;s picture without my permission, no matter which purpose he took picture.<br><br>It&#x27;s very common question that everybody will face to. More and more cameras are on the stree now....<br><br>Maybe you can rise up a topic about privacy, it will be a good topic.<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2007-05-09 14:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir!<br><br>My name is ELena Lybarskaya and I am an editor of a Russian magazine that is totally devoted to the east. I find your entries very interesting and would like to ask for your permission to publish some of them (specifically - the entr about the supermarket prices) in our magazine. I would really aprecciate your consent.<br><br>]<br><br>Elena<div class="comment-meta">— Elena · 2007-05-10 01:28</div></div> <div class="comment">The general rule in the United States is that you can freely record anything you can reasonably see from a public space. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in public space. So, I can take a picture of you from the street, but I cannot go into your yard to get a picture. Of course, that&#x27;s also trespassing.<br><br>Илина, does your magazine have a website?<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-05-10 01:43</div></div> <div class="comment">today is Thursday, it is fine. i would like to visit this place, can you tell me where is the place, thanks!<br><br>PS: by the way, where are you live in?<div class="comment-meta">— anonymous · 2007-05-10 10:05</div></div> <div class="comment">So nice to see Russian letters<br><br>concerning the website of my magazine: no, we do not have one yet as we are preparing the first issue and everything is &quot;work in progress&quot;. The magazine is an intellectual glossy, covering all aspects of lifestyles in the east as well a history and spirituality. It has appeared due to the fact that East, Orient or whatever you call it attract passion and interest now in Russia from a spiritual as well as contemporary (markets, fashion, gadgets, etc.) points of view.<div class="comment-meta">— elena · 2007-05-10 20:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Very nice pictures. Maybe you could&#x27;ve used some b&amp;w shots to capture only the &quot;happenings&quot; at the market (like in the picture of the woman pouring milk).<br><br>greetings from brazil!<div class="comment-meta">— Phill · 2007-05-10 22:37</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;m coming to Shanghai the next september, business as usually :(<br><br>I know that Xiang Yang market is closed now, have you suggestions about new places where to find garments or make good bargains... ?<br><br>Many people talk about the Tecnology museum in Pudong....is correct?<br><br>Thanks mates<div class="comment-meta">— gianni · 2007-05-28 18:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi there,<br><br>I do not know if you have ever heard of AVO:MARKET, a site dedicated to street markets around the world. But after reviewing your images, I highly recommend you check them out and submit your photos.<br><br>www.avoavo.com<div class="comment-meta">— AVO · 2008-08-13 00:48</div></div> </details>24 Hours in Flickr - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070506_24_hours_in_flickr_-_part_ii.htmSun, 06 May 2007 15:55:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070506_24_hours_in_flickr_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the 24 Hours in Flickr for my May 5, 2007.</p> <p><strong>9:34 Waking Up</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/06/485026545_6936a3fc47.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/485026545/">9:34 Waking Up</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jianshuo/">jianshuo</a>.</p> <p>In the morning, 9:34 AM Bejiing Time (GMT +8), I wake up.</p> <p>This is the typical time I wake up on weekend. I agree with some kind of imagination that there should be 25 hours a day - because everyday, I want to go to bed one hour later than yesterday, and wake up 1 hour later.</p>Books I Likehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070506_books_i_like.htmSun, 06 May 2007 15:44:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070506_books_i_like.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/06/484984010_a69ee109cb.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/484984010/">DSC_0015</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jianshuo/">jianshuo</a>.</p> <p>In the early morning (well, not so early, it was 9:30 AM already), I took the first photo of my 24 hour in Flickr. These are the books I like most - most of the books (the 7 on the right) was written by Alan de Botton. The rest was by Lin Yutang, and others.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">&quot;the result...&quot; =&gt; &quot;the rest...&quot;<div class="comment-meta">— foobar · 2007-05-07 07:23</div></div> <div class="comment">I like these books ,too. Especially i like you write some feeling about these books after you read.Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— leo.lee · 2009-01-08 01:12</div></div> </details>I Just Paid for my Second Year of Flickrhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070506_i_just_paid_for_my_second_year_of_flickr.htmSun, 06 May 2007 15:30:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070506_i_just_paid_for_my_second_year_of_flickr.htm<p>I just paid 24.95 USD for the second year of my Flickr Pro Account.</p> <p>Flickr is a nice service. I am a loyal user. I love Flickr, and willing to sponsor them for their wonderful service.</p> <p>Flickr is a good &ldquo;free+premium&rdquo; or premium service, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p>P.S. This is the typical way we navigate (at lease my navigation on) the web.</p> <p>I want to check my 24 Hours on Flickr photos, saw the notice - 6 days to renew my account notice. Then reviewed the limitation of the free account, decided to renew, and then paid via PayPal. After that, I even wrote a blog (this entry) about the change. When I finish everything, I almost (just almost) forgot what I originally wanted to do - to check my flickr photos&hellip;</p>Faster Bullet Trains in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070505_faster_bullet_trains_in_china.htmSat, 05 May 2007 23:25:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070505_faster_bullet_trains_in_china.htm<p>I am too slow to react to this news. The 6th national wide train speed increase has been completed. Since I didn&rsquo;t try the new train, it still didn&rsquo;t impact my life yet. (The basic rule in this blog is to write about &rsquo;events in Shanghai that affects my life and others. I tend to write only on something that makes an impact to me).</p> <p>I know there must be some very good side about this speed-up. I will talk about it after I take the train. I just want to start the discussion about how it may change the landscape of city distribution in China.</p>Checking-in Luggage for the Train?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070505_checking-in_luggage_for_the_train.htmSat, 05 May 2007 12:48:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070505_checking-in_luggage_for_the_train.htm<p>After my previous post about train, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070505_faster_bullet_trains_in_china.htm#0816">JC</a> asked the following question:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I love train travel, specially after reading your blog about Z train report from Beijing to Shanghai. I did train travel in Europe for my honeymoon back in 1999: Leaving from flight SFO to Paris, then took train for the rest of the trip. Paris-&gt;Milan-&gt;Lausanne-&gt;Rome-&gt;Barcelona-&gt;Paris, then flew back to SFO. We will do again in 2009 to celebrate our 10 years anniversary.</p>Buying Furniture in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070504_buying_furniture_in_shanghai.htmFri, 04 May 2007 19:34:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070504_buying_furniture_in_shanghai.htm<p>Dan shot me a SMS and asked me where did I buy the patio furniture. I believe it is because of this picture I posted yesterday</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/04/482638236_b1436ebcc5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I replied with the brief location. Since this may be an interesting question for people relocating to Shanghai, let me share the answers about where I typically buy furniture in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Halo</strong></p> <p>For the patio furniture - the four chairs, the table, and the sun umbrella, I got it at Hola. Here is their website: <a href="http://www.hola.com.cn/">http://www.hola.com.cn/</a>. It is at the Hong Qiao Area. This is their <a href="http://www.hola.com.cn/storeinfo.do?page=1">location</a>:</p>Hosted a Big Partyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070503_hosted_a_big_party.htmThu, 03 May 2007 21:51:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070503_hosted_a_big_party.htm<p>May 3, I hosted my friends in my company at home - 14 persons including me and Wendy. The house was under stress test, and so does the small IKEA seat. Pretty tired, but happy.</p> <p>Let me get to the kitchen to handle all the rest of the fruits, and drinks&hellip;</p> <p>It is nice to have party and we should host it more often&hellip;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/05/03/482380033_f4ef4c4f66_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>When you see the picture of the bananas, they are all gone.</p>More AdSense Code on Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_more_adsense_code_on_site.htmWed, 02 May 2007 23:03:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_more_adsense_code_on_site.htm<p>4 years ago (<a href="http://http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031022_why_i_added_google_adsense_to_my_blog.htm">Oct 22, 2003</a>), I turned on Google AdSense on my blog. Oh! Time passes fast! I didn&rsquo;t realize I have been using Google AdSense for almost 4 years, and that this product has been around for 4 years.</p> <p>When I put my first AdSense unit to the page, I was worrying whether it hurt my users too much. I asked the question and answers (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031022_why_i_added_google_adsense_to_my_blog.htm#1248">I</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031022_why_i_added_google_adsense_to_my_blog.htm#0211">II</a>) were pretty supportive. So I kept the Ad Unit on the right for the next four years.</p>24 Hours of Flickrhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_24_hours_of_flickr.htmWed, 02 May 2007 21:39:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_24_hours_of_flickr.htm<p>I decided to join the <a href="http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2007/04/its_coming_24_h.html">24 Hours of Flickr</a> on May 5, 2007. It is an intersting program - to record a typical day (Saturday) in my life, and join thousands of others around the globe to understand how life differs in each city and each country.</p> <p>There are several reasons I find it interseting.</p> <ol> <li> <p>To record the daily life, maybe the details of a single day is better than many days without details.</p>关于生活https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070502_aec-3.htmWed, 02 May 2007 15:50:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070502_aec-3.htm<blockquote> <p>我不喜欢绅士这个词。要不是<a href="http://hengge.blogbus.com">横戈</a>用一个别克君越的车模在MSN上面晃来晃去的诱惑我，让我一定围绕这个词写点东西，我真的不想提起<a href="http://gentleman.blogbus.com/">绅士</a>这个词。绅士这个词描绘的是大众对于一群人的看法，而鲜有自己在独处的时候用这个词来称呼自己。对于个体，快乐，安逸，智慧等等是不错的形容词，却都和绅士无关。那就不妨偷梁换柱，来谈一谈自己对于生活的看法。</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>关于尊重</strong></p> <p>社会对钱和名的追逐，归根到底就是对于社会的尊重的追逐。如果这种尊重不是建立在钱或者名望之上，而是建立在某种特殊的塑料片上面，我相信也会有人每天忙于收集他们，并且互相比较。网络游戏就是这样的一个例子，可是又有谁能看到现实社会其实也是练级和积累各种各样“经验值”的地方呢？</p>身份认知？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070502_eaeecie.htmWed, 02 May 2007 15:43:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070502_eaeecie.htm<p>明天请大家到家里来做客，不知不觉的，准备收拾一下，或者去添几盆花。再平常不过的想法，每个人都有的类似于只要在镜头前就要扒拉一下自己的头发的小动作，是不是在提醒自己，自己的身份总要由别人的认可才得以确认呢？为什么三个礼拜没有扫的院子，一定要在来人的时候才要清理一下呢？</p>Counting Coins with Weighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_counting_coins_with_weight.htmWed, 02 May 2007 15:16:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_counting_coins_with_weight.htm<p>Read from Mvm&rsquo;s <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000652.htm#comments">blog</a> about a totally new way to count the number of coins:</p> <p>Put the 0.50 RMB coins onto the electronic scale, and weigh them. Enther the price as <strong>132 RMB/kg</strong> and it will display the price of the coins.</p> <p>For 1 RMB coins, the price is <strong>165 RMB/kg</strong>.</p> <p>This is pretty interesting. That means coins also have a price - it is much more expensive than banana, orange, or walter melon.</p>SJTU - No 565 in the World Rankinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_sjtu_-_no_565_in_the_world_ranking.htmWed, 02 May 2007 12:59:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070502_sjtu_-_no_565_in_the_world_ranking.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070430_view_before_may_holiday.htm#0350">Stephen</a> provided an interesting link of <a href="http://www.webometrics.info/">world university ranking</a>. SJTU = Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked 565 in the world or 28 in Asia.</p> <p>Majority of top universities are in U.S. with few in UK, and most Asia universities ranked lower.</p> <p>It takes sometime for these universities to catch up. What worries me is, there is no sign of progressing in ranking, or more importantly, in the change in the universities so far.</p>客齐集桌面包https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070501_eee.htmTue, 01 May 2007 23:19:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070501_eee.htm<p>庆祝五一劳动节！劳动人民出身的我在家里闲着，就自己动手写了一个客齐集桌面包，只要把这个HTML文件存在自己的桌面上，就可以访问客齐集最新的上海的帖子了。</p>做平台还是做应用https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070501_ec-3.htmTue, 01 May 2007 16:29:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070501_ec-3.htm<p>PC史和互联网历史一次一次的向大家证明，做平台比做应用赢的可能性更大。微软是做平台的，Netscape不是；Google现在开始做平台，而很多网站不是。</p>View before May Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070430_view_before_may_holiday.htmMon, 30 Apr 2007 19:13:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070430_view_before_may_holiday.htm<p>This is the view outside my window - the view before the May holiday. The cloud came and rain is not far away.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/30/478195204_f8065638de.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Vince Zhen</p> <p>In the middle is the Shentong Plaza. Before it are the buildings in Shanghai Jiaotong University. You can see the playing ground on the left and the libary (the white tall building). On the right is the People&rsquo;s Square area&hellip;.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice view, but would even better if the picture is larger.<div class="comment-meta">— Kenneth · 2007-04-30 22:39</div></div> <div class="comment">The bigger picture is here:<br><br>/archives/2007/04/30/478195204_0a201f8805_o.jpg<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-05-01 00:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you Jian Shuo! Wishing you have a great holiday!<div class="comment-meta">— Kenneth · 2007-05-01 02:48</div></div> <div class="comment">You too, Kenneth!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-05-01 16:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Shanghai Jiaotong University is renowned in compiling the Academic Ranking of World Universities.<br><br>http://www.webometrics.info/<br><br>Many students use this guide as the yardstick in selection of the university.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-05-02 03:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Really a very good view~~~<br><br>I love it...<div class="comment-meta">— Simon · 2007-08-01 14:45</div></div> <div class="comment">NICE BLOG~<div class="comment-meta">— Mealler · 2008-03-20 19:23</div></div> </details>Very Tired Recentlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070429_very_tired_recently.htmSun, 29 Apr 2007 23:52:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070429_very_tired_recently.htm<p>Recently, I am very tired. There are many things to think about, and got cold a little bit. Let me take a short break tonight.</p> <p>May holiday is approaching. May 1 to May 7 is the official holiday in China. All business closes. Don&rsquo;t worry. It is the best season for hotels, shopping malls, airlines, and consumer businesses. They are still open.</p> <p>BTW, I hope I have the equipment like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070406_justintv.htm">Justin</a>: It must be fun.</p>中国的互联网像个旅游区https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070429_aecaeecae.htmSun, 29 Apr 2007 19:59:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070429_aecaeecae.htm<p>上周末在厦门参加站长大会，和个人站长们在会场外面开小会，在小会中间还抽空去大会上主持了一场名为《<a href="http://tech.163.com/07/0421/15/3CK614400009296I.html">我们靠什么赚钱——个人网站的核心竞争力</a>》的讨论。所见所想，基本上都是围绕广告，联盟，流量，赚钱，然后又是广告，联盟，流量。。。这些关键字转来转去。</p> <p>最后一天，总算可以暂时脱离对小站长和联盟的关注，有时间和劳苦功高的兄弟们一起去厦门著名的旅游区鼓浪屿看一眼，结果才发现自己落入了一个比互联网更大的现实版的加入联盟，倒流量，赚佣金的网络里面去。</p>Areas to Visit in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070428_areas_to_visit_in_shanghai.htmSat, 28 Apr 2007 23:39:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070428_areas_to_visit_in_shanghai.htm<p>This is the typical day-to-day questions I got in my hotmail email box. You know what, I am going to pick this one and answer it publicly.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I have come across your bog and I&rsquo;ve been reading it for hours. Thanks for sharing all that wonderful information about your country.</p> <p>I apologise for taking the liberty to bother you with questions. But next week I will have the opportunity to visit china for the first time in my life. I will be spending 10 days in shanghai mainly for work, but before my work sessions start I have 3 free days, and I was wondering, since I will be spending the rest of the week in shanghai and surely visiting most of the city sites, what would be your recommendation for a 2/3 day trip.</p>B2C和C2C不同角度的不同分法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070428_b2cc2caeecae.htmSat, 28 Apr 2007 20:56:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070428_b2cc2caeecae.htm<p>电子商务最基本的分法，就是B2B和B2C。不同的人，不同的角度，划分的方法都不一样。我建议我们每个人讨论之前都先阐述自己的定义。</p> <p>（吃饭去了，回来再接着写） 。。。。。。 （两小时以后，吃饭回来了，接着写）</p>How I drive in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070427_how_i_drive_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmFri, 27 Apr 2007 23:22:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070427_how_i_drive_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>After I drive back to home at 12:23 AM and check my blog, I saw many comments - comments from really concerned people. Calm down, please.</p> <p>This is not the first time I saw this kind of situation. So take a break and let me try to explain it better. Shockr, thanks for your point. That helps a lot.</p> <p><strong>I Do Follow Rules</strong></p> <p>I did an evaluation, and believe I am absolutely the top 5% drivers who follow the rules most. Seriously. There is no question about it.</p>电子商务的六种模式https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070427_ccc.htmFri, 27 Apr 2007 21:01:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070427_ccc.htm<p>分析电子商务，首先就要对各种模式进行归类，谁让归类是人们认识世界的基本看法呢？（植物学就是从分类开始的）。</p> <p>以下的各种模式，我认为都是很成功，有前途的模式，只不过跨多种模式，就有不专注之嫌。</p>How I Drive in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070426_how_i_drive_in_shanghai.htmThu, 26 Apr 2007 23:24:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070426_how_i_drive_in_shanghai.htm<p>When I talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070424_reasons_of_bad_traffic_in_shanghai.htm">Reasons of Bad Traffic in Shanghai</a>, people asked me about how <strong>I</strong> drive in Shanghai. This is a good question. Very good one. As a daily driver, and as someone who is highly concerned about traffic rules, and the chaos traffic, let me explain how I drive. I don&rsquo;t want to be political correct at all - don&rsquo;t expect me to tell you that I follow all traffic rules - I just want to share exactly how I drive and why. This helps better than telling everyone how I SHOULD drive.</p>正在读《身份的焦虑》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070426_eaeaeccea.htmThu, 26 Apr 2007 20:55:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070426_eaeaeccea.htm<p>我读的书很少。估计读过的最多作品的一位作者，就是阿兰德伯顿。为什么每一本我都会很喜欢呢？我喜欢他对于快乐，对于哲学，对于艺术，对于建筑，对于心理的看法，心有戚戚。</p>Online Survey Need Participantshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070425_online_survey_need_participants.htmWed, 25 Apr 2007 23:21:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070425_online_survey_need_participants.htm<p>I am happy to help one reader to conduct his online survey about cross-cultural values. It seems interesting topic to me. Here is the letter.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I am a doctoral student doing cross-cultural values research and am in urgent need of help to complete my dissertation research. I have encountered a serious problem obtaining enough participants in China and am hoping that you may be able to help me. I found out a short time ago that copies of my survey were not distributed weeks ago in China as planned. Only a small amount of the data I had expected to receive by now has arrived.</p>Reasons of Bad Traffic in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070424_reasons_of_bad_traffic_in_shanghai.htmTue, 24 Apr 2007 23:49:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070424_reasons_of_bad_traffic_in_shanghai.htm<p>What are the reasons of bad traffic in Shanghai?</p> <p>I believe among all the hundreds of reasons people can think of, &ldquo;many people don&rsquo;t know how to drive&rdquo; is one - may be not the major one.</p> <p>Personally, I follow the traffic rule much more after I learnt to drive. Why?</p> <ol> <li> <p>I started to understand how dangerous jaywalking is.</p> </li> <li> <p>I started to learn traffic rules</p> </li> <li> <p>I understand much better how annoying it is to stand in the middle of the road and slow down cars.</p>Back from Xiamenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070422_back_from_xiamen.htmSun, 22 Apr 2007 23:35:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070422_back_from_xiamen.htm<p>I am back from the 3rd China Webmaster Forum. It was intensive two days, and we have a wonderful, wonderful Kijiji night at the event. There are too many friends and interesting people to talk with, so we always sleep at 2:00 PM (with many people still hang around and talking), and wake up early in the morning. Let me make up some sleep and then post some pictures of the trip. (I didn&rsquo;t bring my camera, and will post others&rsquo; photos)</p>赚钱容易，持续赚钱难https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070420_eeieceee.htmFri, 20 Apr 2007 01:07:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070420_eeieceee.htm<p>最近听到很多同行在做渠道，还跑过来告诉我渠道好做。一家加盟商过来，收几万块钱，收起来很容易的。类似于这样“快速致富”的主意，我一笑了之。</p> <p>这个以前的互联网公司做过的，跑马圈地状态，两年一个周期。牌子做砸了，不能接着骗人了，换个牌子再来就好了。</p>How to Get to Xiamenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070419_how_to_get_to_xiamen.htmThu, 19 Apr 2007 23:42:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070419_how_to_get_to_xiamen.htm<blockquote> <p>I need you help to provide me some info because we are planning to do back packing there. We will depart from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok and then to Xiamen. My question is how much is the airlines/train/bus cost from Xiamen to Beijing or Shanghai? Which one is nearer from Xiamen; Beijing or Shanghai?</p> <p>If we want to go to Great Wall, is it advisable if we go by ourselves or better we take tour package. Hope you can help because we are girls and this is our first time traveling to China by ourselves.</p>Where to Buy Tea in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070418_where_to_buy_tea_in_shanghai.htmWed, 18 Apr 2007 23:36:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070418_where_to_buy_tea_in_shanghai.htm<p>Sometimes friends ask me about where to buy something in Shanghai, like tea, food, silk, computer, mobile, or anything, you name it.</p> <p>The challenge is, there are so many places to buy something, but when you ask me to figure out a single place, it is often hard to do that.</p> <p>Just like this afternoon, when I am asked about &ldquo;Where to buy tea?&rdquo; near Xintiandi, my brain is completely empty. You know what, the only place I have immediately in my mind is either the shops in Carrefour, or in Hymall. Both are very far away.</p>就是那一点点差别 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070418_eaecc_caee.htmWed, 18 Apr 2007 00:40:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070418_eaecc_caee.htm<p>前面提到，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050830_eaecc.htm">就是那一点点差别</a>，把blog和BBS区分开啦，把blog和个人主页区分开来，更进一步说，在最简单的地方有些小的改变区分了不同的行业。</p> <p>就像以前举的例子，blog省略了个人主页时期输入文件名的部分，只剩下一个输入框，一个保存按钮（早期的blogger.com是不需要标题的，标题要自己用正文的<b>标记来自己设置的），这是1/3的工作量的减少或说是33%的改变，就把blog和个人主页两个领域区分开来。</p>Happy Birthday to Jiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070418_happy_birthday_to_jia.htmWed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070418_happy_birthday_to_jia.htm<p>Happy Birthday to <a href="http://bumo.cn/blog">Jia</a>!</p> <p>Had wonderful birthday party tonight.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy birthday Jia!<div class="comment-meta">— Randy · 2007-04-18 19:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks so much. Jianshuo&amp; Randy. This birthday is the most special birthday in my life so far. It is so happy to know you- good boss and good friends.<div class="comment-meta">— Jia · 2007-04-18 21:46</div></div> </details>修补破窗和分类网站https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070416_aeeccccc.htmMon, 16 Apr 2007 23:20:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070416_aeeccccc.htm<p>我一直相信，<a href="http://cnewmark.com/">Craig</a>做的众多的正确的事情中间，十年如一日的删除垃圾广告是<a href="http://Craigslist.org">Craigslist</a>成功的重要最重要的因素。</p> <p>这就牵涉到一个叫做<strong>破窗理论</strong>的概念。它讲的就是仓库如果有一扇窗子破了，不及时修补，很快所有的窗户都会被打破。甚至这种混乱会殃及它正对的街道，使之成为犯罪的滋生地。因为即使一扇破损的窗户，也会形成一种“秩序缺失”的暗示，告诉大家这里没有人管，邀请大家进行更严重的破坏。</p>信息真的过载吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070415_aecceeie.htmSun, 15 Apr 2007 21:22:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070415_aecceeie.htm<p>最近<a href="http://Twitter.com">Twitter</a>出现，信息过载的呼声越来越多。我看，信息从来没有过载过，只不过一个人<strong>可能获取的信息</strong>不断增加而已。</p> <p>信息从远古到现在一直都有，只不过以前都没有变成公众信息。设想一下，每一分钟里，中国移动的网络上传递着多少的对话！想象一下，每天的电子邮件系统里周转着多少只有两个人才看得到的内容。再推广到离线的，在我写下这不过百字的blog的时候，这个世界上有多少字的面对面的交流？比起这些信息来说，互联网上的，尤其其中一小部分的blog上的信息总和，估计还没有这个社会一秒钟产生的信息总和多。</p>Cheap Way to Visit Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070415_cheap_way_to_visit_hangzhou.htmSun, 15 Apr 2007 12:21:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070415_cheap_way_to_visit_hangzhou.htm<blockquote> <p>Hello, Jian Shuo</p> <p>I read quite interesting information in your blog</p> <p>I&rsquo;m a grandmother presently staying at my children&rsquo;s place in Shanghai for a few weeks</p> <p>I would like to go to Hanzhou as everybody says it&rsquo;s quite beautiful</p> <p>Problem is I have a very little income; could you please advise me as to the cheapest way to go there and tell me whether I can see enough in one day, or to I have to stay in a hotel for one night ?</p>用户贡献内容还是竞争对手贡献内容https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070414_cececaeec.htmSat, 14 Apr 2007 23:21:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070414_cececaeec.htm<p>在美国，用户贡献内容的网站在经历短暂的多家共存的时期后，会迅速形成一家独大的态势，而其它的各家随之偃旗息鼓，退出战斗。这个过程，一般在六个月之内就可以完成。而中国，从视频分享到社会书签，从协同推荐到图片共享，从BSP到分类广告，都是三到五个网站僵持不下，一团混战，不分高下。一两年了，还是胶着状态。要说每个领域最好的，让一般用户来说，还真搞不清楚。</p>Beijing Develops Faster than Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070414_beijing_develops_faster_than_shanghai.htmSat, 14 Apr 2007 21:38:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070414_beijing_develops_faster_than_shanghai.htm<p>My recent trips to Beijing gave me the impression that Beijing develops and changes much faster than Shanghai in the recent 2 years. Here are some evidence.</p> <ol> <li> <p>The third terminal is almost completed, with the third air-control tower, preparing huge traffic for 2008 Olympics.</p> </li> <li> <p>Beijing airport to Downtown train under construction all so many metro lines</p> </li> <li> <p>Not to mention the Olympics village area.</p> </li> <li> <p>There are many HUGE complex completed. Like the one I visited - Huamao - near the China Trade Center - they have about 20 high-raised buildings for office and residential, and connected with underground garage.</p>Avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070413_avoid_hong_qiao_airport_on_friday_night.htmFri, 13 Apr 2007 23:13:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070413_avoid_hong_qiao_airport_on_friday_night.htm<p>Everyone, if you travel to Shanghai, definitely avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday night. Never ever think of landing in Hong Qiao on Friday night. There is a simple reason for that - there is just no taxi that can help you get out of the airport.</p> <p>Last time I used Hong Qiao Airport, it took me <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061218_40_minutes_for_a_taxi_at_hongqiao.htm">40 minutes to get a taxi</a>. That is not that bad. Today, it is much worse than last time.</p>分析互联网的起点在电子商务https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070413_aeeccecc.htmFri, 13 Apr 2007 17:53:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070413_aeeccecc.htm<p>分析中国和美国的互联网的起点应该是电子商务。因为电子商务的繁荣，导致在线广告的繁荣，从而滋养了各种内容服务的小网站雨后春笋一样诞生。美国的一系列Web 2.0模式的出现和成活的根源有二：一为截流，就是用户贡献内容降低成本，二为开源，就是Google AdSense等网络的网络广告带来的收入。第一点在中国到是成功的复制（尤其当用户贡献内容变成拷贝别人的用户贡献的内容的时候），而第二个要素还不存在。</p>Perfect Beijing Trip with CA933https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070412_perfect_beijing_trip_with_ca933.htmThu, 12 Apr 2007 23:50:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070412_perfect_beijing_trip_with_ca933.htm<p>This is how my typical Beijing trip starts:</p> <p>There is a great flight called CA933 (Air China).</p> <p>It left Shanghai Pudong Airport at 8:50 AM to Beijing and arrives at 11:20 AM. The good thing for Air China is, based on my own experience, the on time rate is much higher than China Eastern.</p> <p>I should call a taxi to arrive at 7:30 AM the previous night. Do call early since last night I tried many taxi company and all their taxi were booked. The only one still have taxi is Bashi (Tel: +021-96084).</p>Nice Hotel in Tonglihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070412_nice_hotel_in_tongli.htmThu, 12 Apr 2007 01:03:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070412_nice_hotel_in_tongli.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t write about it. Wendy and I went to Tongli for a night during Saturday - arrive at late night, and stayed in a very nice small hotel there, and left early in the morning (at 8:30 AM, we are already on the high way to Shanghai).</p> <p>This is my second time (and Wendy&rsquo;s first time) to Tongli. As I said in my last post, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030702_tongli_beauty_at_night.htm">Tongli is a beauty at night</a>. I highly recommend people to stay in Tongli for the night only, and it is so beautiful when there is nobody walking in the town and all shops close.</p>Added Comments RSS Feedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070411_added_comments_rss_feed.htmWed, 11 Apr 2007 23:48:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070411_added_comments_rss_feed.htm<p>Inspired by <a href="http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2003/10/000157.html">this post</a>, I added the comment feeds in RSS 2.0 format to this blog.</p> <p>If you want to subscribe the latest comments, use this feed: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/comments.xml">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/comments.xml</a></p> <p>I created a new index file with &ldquo;Comments RSS&rdquo; as name, and <strong>comments.xml</strong> as filename. This is the content of this template.</p> <blockquote> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="<$MTPublishCharset$>"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><$MTBlogName remove_html="1" encode_html="1"$>: Comments</title> <link><$MTBlogURL$></link> <p><description>Latest comments for &lt;$MTBlogName remove_html=&ldquo;1&rdquo; encode_html=&ldquo;1&rdquo;$&gt;</description></p> <p><language>en-us</language></p> <p><lastBuildDate><MTComments lastn="1">&lt;$MTCommentDate language=&ldquo;en&rdquo; format=&quot;%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S&quot;$&gt; &lt;$MTBlogTimezone no_colon=&ldquo;1&rdquo;$&gt;</MTComments></lastBuildDate></p>Welcome Jack to Visit my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070411_welcome_jack_to_visit_my_home.htmWed, 11 Apr 2007 01:24:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070411_welcome_jack_to_visit_my_home.htm<p>Jack don&rsquo;t need privacy protection. I know it, and that is the reason I used his name in title - correct me if I am wrong, Jack. :-)</p> <p>Just kidding. But I had wonderful conversation and dinner with Jack Gu in my house, and we talked a lot. Let me record just a few so it reminds me to write something about it (maybe on my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">Chinese blog</a>)</p> <ul> <li> <p>Internet industry analysis starts from eCommerce - according to Richard</p>Why I didn't Use Twitter.com Yethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070410_why_i_didnt_use_twittercom_yet.htmTue, 10 Apr 2007 15:32:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070410_why_i_didnt_use_twittercom_yet.htm<p>I know <a href="http://twitter.com">twitter.com</a> came. I know it is getting traction. I know it is a hot topic. And I have tried it months before. But I don&rsquo;t plan to use it.</p> <p>We have to agree that not every tool is right for every person, right? We have to agree that if I don&rsquo;t use some service, it does not mean that this service is not useful, right?</p> <p>There are many new things on the Internet, from RSS, SNS, Podcast, etc. You name it. But, I do believe in blog. In my &ldquo;Internet History Book&rdquo;, there are several big steps in Internet.</p>111 Anniversary of Jiao Tong Universityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070407_111_anniversary_of_jiao_tong_university.htmSat, 07 Apr 2007 13:16:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070407_111_anniversary_of_jiao_tong_university.htm<p>Today is the 111th anniversary of Jiao Tong University. Congratulations!</p> <p><strong>Design Change (Error) of the 100 Anniversary Monument</strong></p> <p>Talking about the anniversary, it reminds me of the 100th Anniversary Monument. Look at the monument in the middle of this picture:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/07/445741777_8ba5600a7c.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photo by Jian Shuo Wang. First published under <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070404_view_of_sjtu.htm">View of SJTU</a></p> <p>If you look closely enough (well, not on this picture), on the surface of the monument, there are a lot of small stairs around it. On the back, the introduction on the stone said: &ldquo;The 100 stairs reflects the 100 year history of the university&rdquo;.</p>Justin.TVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070406_justintv.htmFri, 06 Apr 2007 10:50:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070406_justintv.htm<p>Interesting. Look at this <a href="http://www.justin.tv/">http://www.justin.tv/</a>。 Richard sent me the link.</p> <p>This is exactly what I am looking for. This is what exactly what I think the future blogging will be.</p> <p>There is a Microsoft Research project to record everything (including sound and picture) of your life. I like this idea. I know it is not possible to process the 2G of data (daily!) with the current technology, but there must be some time it is possible.</p>Kijiji SJTU Officehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070405_kijiji_sjtu_office.htmThu, 05 Apr 2007 23:20:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070405_kijiji_sjtu_office.htm<p>Yesterday, I posted some picture of the view from my window in my Kijiji. It seems many people from SJTU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) are interested in the view of the old campus. So today, let me post some pictures about our lovely office of Kijiji. I enjoy working in this office very much. These pictures were taken in Jan before we moved into the Kijiji office.</p> <p>Today during a conversation with someone in the industry, we agreed there is not too much secret for a startup (like Kijiji), because it is rarely about a secret, it is all about the execution. So this is the secret place we work at. So I proudly presents the Kijiji SJTU office!</p>对BBC的采访不感兴趣https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070404_p193.htmWed, 04 Apr 2007 22:34:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070404_p193.htm<p>又接到BBC的采访邮件，最近半年的第三封了。我相信自己一定已经化身在了他们的某一个数据库里的一行记录。我曾经说过，以后不接受BBC参访，所以就回绝了。第二次接受BBC采访关于中国分类市场的，认真的谈了半个小时，结束的时候记者忽然问关于censorship的事情。我想和主题也差的太远啦，况且是以公司发言人的身份，又不是个人的采访，就说“不希望评论”。结果播出来，只字不提半个小时的任何内容，而语境变为“众多的blogger迫于压力，甚至不敢谈论此事”，然后是我的原本的录音“I have no comment”。这让我很不爽。虽然他说的不能说不是事实，但这绝对不是我当时说这个话的语境。如果要采访这个，就直接问好了，我自然可以和你讨论这个问题，干吗浪费我半个小时的时间，然后不经意的问一句，然后放在一个和采访主题无关的地方用我的原话。所以后来BBC另外一个记者希望我谈一下中文网志年会的看法，并且要求我参与一个对全球现场直播的谈话节目，我就知道他们要做什么，没有参加。结果可怜的一宁参加了节目，节目的开场白并不是他们所问的“中文网志年会”，而是这样：“现在的中国，万里长城被G F W代替。在互联网上，中国政府用电子防火墙控制来自其他国家的信息。言论管制的确存在。有成千的网络警察监控你在互联网上的所说所读。如果他们发现一些他们不喜欢的东西，你就会被关进监狱。让我们来听一下来自中国的blog 一宁的说法。。。” 说的不能说错，但是我不觉得毫无准备的被拉过来仅仅作为一个可怜的受难者是一件好事。一宁之后在blog上面大骂了一顿BBC。我也写了篇<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051107_bbcs_interview.htm">文章</a>。我的观点是，把一个人的话从语境里面拿出来，去支持一个预先写好的观点（无论是否正确），不见得是很好的采访方式。并且说，为什么BBC的每次正常的采访，都要以一个主题结束。Censorship的确存在，但并不是中国互联网的全部。那期的网志年会有多少的思想的火花。第二天BBC就从我的这篇blog里面引用了一句话，以《<a href="news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_4460000/newsid_4461200/4461232.stm">中国网民：我们可以畅所欲言</a>》（本篇文章被屏蔽）为题，在BBC网站的首页上面发了一篇文章，里面提到：“中国知名的网志（博客）作家王建硕最近参加完&quot;中国网志大会&quot;后，接受了BBC记者的英文采访，他认为这名记者曲解了他的讲话。他又批评BBC断章取义，把他讲的话编辑来用，然后得出一个误导人的结论。他指出，即使你说&quot;没意见&quot;，BBC也会说成&quot;你受到政治压力（不愿发表意见）&quot;。王建硕还在他的网志上说：&ldquo;很显然，这个网志并没有太多的审查，我可以畅所欲言。” 把只要有勇气，我在我自己的blog上面也能够写我要写的所有的东西（包括这篇“敏感”的blog），给翻译成“我们可以（在中国）畅所欲言”，这也倒是和前面两次的情形有些类似。到此，我也就没有接着写些什么，觉得一个人在自己的blog上写，一个人在BBC的首页上面“引用”，这个对话看起来有那么一点点不平衡。毕竟，看到BBC上面第二次断章取义的描述的人（并且对这个名叫xxx的人产生极强的憎恶感的）比看到我的原文的还是多一些的。如果下一次一定要采访，我要求书面回答，并且全文刊登。不过话又说回来，我还是应该敬佩一下BBC的专业素质，第一次的录音和第二次的摘录，倒都是我亲口所说，亲手所写，虽然表达的观点已经彻底变了。</p>下周在北京https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070404_aeae-2.htmWed, 04 Apr 2007 22:29:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070404_aeae-2.htm<p>下周四到周日（四月12日到15日）在北京。好久没有高调出现在北京了，前面几次都是匆匆的去，匆匆的回来。</p> <p>春暖花开，天气一天比一天好，花也一天比一天多，最为迟钝的紫薇树都已经开始露出红色的小芽了。春天最是聊天时。</p>View of SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070404_view_of_sjtu.htmWed, 04 Apr 2007 13:52:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070404_view_of_sjtu.htm<p>SJTU = Shanghai Jiao Tong University</p> <p>This is the view outside my office - the window is immediately at my left.</p> <p>Sping comes, and the great grassland was full of people - in twos or threes. I believe they will be very happy about the sunshine.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/04/445741777_8ba5600a7c.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/04/445741887_2cd27a7c8d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/04/445739480_75c7afb5cb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">13 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s so beautiful! Especially the skyline in the 3rd picture...<div class="comment-meta">— liujie · 2007-04-04 14:06</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s Awesome~~. I miss SJTU<div class="comment-meta">— Yanqing Chen · 2007-04-04 14:10</div></div> <div class="comment">This is my first time to know SJTU via photographs<div class="comment-meta">— shinwa · 2007-04-04 16:11</div></div> <div class="comment">*sniff* I miss SJTU...I miss Shanghai...&gt;_&lt;;<div class="comment-meta">— Stephanie · 2007-04-04 19:37</div></div> <div class="comment">the angle of you is so good that i survey the SJTU as a unique sight.<div class="comment-meta">— misiter · 2007-04-04 23:19</div></div> <div class="comment">this good university have a great atmosphere about studying.<br><br>by comparison,i feel my colledge is so lazy.<br><br>the lawn is dirty so nobody can sit on.<br><br>and the key element is the circumustance of learning knowledge.<br><br>my university have been in leisure and dull life.<br><br>unfortunately.....<div class="comment-meta">— misiter · 2007-04-04 23:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice pictures! It looks serene. I wonder how big jiao tong physically is.<div class="comment-meta">— Steve · 2007-04-05 03:00</div></div> <div class="comment">I didn&#x27;t know there were places in China where they allowed people to step on the grass. I&#x27;ve lived in Shanghai for quite a few years and the only patch of grass that I knew of where people could step on was in the Jinjiang Hotel (the old side). Actually even at that location, you can only step on it at night when people weren&#x27;t looking.<div class="comment-meta">— Shockr · 2007-04-05 05:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Might want to lower the exposure on the above pictures -- a wee bit too bright on the eyes. Other than that, nice campus :-)<br><br>Sidenote: Yes, you can step on grass in China. Just pay the green fee &amp; you can step on grass over half a day if you like ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jet So · 2007-04-05 11:12</div></div> <div class="comment">wow, so nice! I miss SJTU so much!<div class="comment-meta">— ZJ · 2007-04-05 13:53</div></div> <div class="comment">I think your office at hao ran hi-tech building.because i have been take photo like these.<div class="comment-meta">— dek · 2007-04-05 23:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. It is Hao Ran High Tech Building. The campus is good and we have great view from the window. I am so lucky to find this place<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-04-06 00:48</div></div> <div class="comment">I have an HTC Desire, and use cmcc sim. I can make calls and send texts BUT cannot browse online ( can with wifi) . Phone uses Android, which I have set into English. Anyone had some problem and found way to solve???<div class="comment-meta">— MARTIN · 2010-05-02 11:42</div></div> </details>1:22https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070404_122.htmWed, 04 Apr 2007 01:22:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070404_122.htm<p>Just sent out a PPT, and it is 1:22 AM. I usually do not stay so late - this is the rare occasion. To keep life and work balance is still my key philosophy. Going back to sleep now. There is no (actual) blog today.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">goodnite<div class="comment-meta">— Halle · 2007-04-04 03:55</div></div> <div class="comment">sweet &#x27;No Boggin&#x27; dreams.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-04-04 06:01</div></div> <div class="comment">i wish i can go too:(, i feel bored and life seems like meaningless to me:(, so...moody these days:(, wish u will have a wonderful trip to India<div class="comment-meta">— wen · 2008-03-29 13:52</div></div> </details>Peach Flower in Nanhui Districthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070402_peach_flower_in_nanhui_district.htmMon, 02 Apr 2007 23:28:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070402_peach_flower_in_nanhui_district.htm<p>Share some pictures I took during the weekend in Nanhui 南汇.</p> <p>Direction:</p> <p>Drive along A20 toward Pudong Airport, and turn to A2. Exit at Hunan Highway and turn left.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443673435_9c463d70f3.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443669760_0705514aed.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443671886_91c2c72e7b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443672128_a0e9dcd6ef.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443676427_257ddf3192.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443672664_d5a711c355.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443673158_272b5b7323.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443676853_25c40a0ae7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443677737_dfadb6a27a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443677273_8fa54f6e0c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443678697_c0cfdf4a1d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/04/02/443674992_93afc38f34.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Spring coming<div class="comment-meta">— y0ungs · 2007-04-03 01:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Can anyone give me a good idea as which department store is a high end department stores in Shanghai?<div class="comment-meta">— Dancingdots · 2007-04-03 02:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow nice pictures! are those 桃花?<div class="comment-meta">— Steve · 2007-04-03 03:58</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s cherry blossom! We have those in Washington, D.C.<br><br>First link:<br><br>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=cherry+blossom&amp;btnG=Google+Search<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-04-03 06:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Very pretty flowers. Spring has arrived in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-04-03 10:27</div></div> <div class="comment">The text heading misled readers who not familiar with flowers think that all Peach flowers. Various flowers are blooming in Nanhui.The first picture seems winter jasmine迎春花，second is rape flower油菜花, third is peach flower, fourth and sixth are Cherry Blossom (Japanese sakura)<div class="comment-meta">— Liangcai · 2007-04-03 11:50</div></div> <div class="comment">The text heading misled readers who not familiar with flowers think that all Peach flowers. Various flowers are blooming in Nanhui.The first picture seems winter jasmine迎春花，second is rape flower油菜花, third is peach flower, fourth and sixth are Cherry Blossom (Japanese sakura)<div class="comment-meta">— Liangcai · 2007-04-03 12:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, I don&#x27;t know you are also this good at shooting pictures. They are really lovely pictures!<div class="comment-meta">— Jianfeng · 2007-04-03 22:26</div></div> <div class="comment">????<br><br>1: ???????, ???<br><br>A: ? B:?<br><br>2: ???????????<br><br>A: ?? B: ???<br><br>3: ??????????<br><br>A: ?? B: ???<br><br>4: ??????????<br><br>A: ?? B: ???<br><br>5: ???????????,??????<br><br>A: ???? B: ????? C: ????<br><br>6: ???????????<br><br>A: ??? B: ??? C: ??? D: ??<br><br>7. ??????????<br><br>A: ???? B: ??? C: ?? D: ?????<div class="comment-meta">— Dancingdots · 2007-04-04 03:34</div></div> <div class="comment">wow, I guess my chinese typing doesn&#x27;t work in this site.<div class="comment-meta">— Dancingdots · 2007-04-04 03:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi...could you tell me how to go to Peach blossoms in Nanhui by Bus...coz i heard there is a bus every few mins from Longyang lu...would you know the no.? Also, does anyone know hows the festival...we would like to go there this weekend coz the festival ends 8th April.<div class="comment-meta">— hetal · 2007-04-05 17:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Wang Jianshuo, which part of Nanhui did you go to? My wife and I are going tomorrow and we are still deciding...<div class="comment-meta">— Micah · 2007-04-06 12:21</div></div> <div class="comment">so beautiful~<div class="comment-meta">— panfan · 2007-04-07 15:34</div></div> <div class="comment">beautiful so much :)<div class="comment-meta">— cheery · 2007-04-14 16:23</div></div> <div class="comment">I know there was one on Kang Qiao Road that ended at the Nanhui bus terminal, but am not sure if it went up to Longyang Rd. I went there a few years ago witha former student<div class="comment-meta">— Swany · 2007-04-14 21:31</div></div> </details>GPRS Package from China Mobilehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070401_gprs_package_from_china_mobile.htmSun, 01 Apr 2007 23:38:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070401_gprs_package_from_china_mobile.htm<p>When Internet is shifting from computer, laptop to mobile, it is critical to find out exactly how China Mobile charges you for GPRS. Here is the guide (sorry for posting it late, since I know many people have asked for this information)</p> <p><strong>Level 1: No Package</strong></p> <p>If you have a mobile and you haven&rsquo;t call China Mobile to subscribe to any GPRS package, you are customer of this package. It is the unified fee:</p>Mac Cannot Access Internet in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070331_mac_cannot_access_internet_in_china.htmSat, 31 Mar 2007 20:51:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070331_mac_cannot_access_internet_in_china.htm<p>RC has a problem related to Mac. He just got a new Mac and bring it to China. He could not connect the Mac to Internet no matter using LAN, Wireless&hellip; It is weird that he can use Skype, but cannot browse any websites.</p> <p>Livid has a quick response: try to set the DNS to</p> <p>208.67.222.222</p> <p>or</p> <p>208.67.220.220</p> <p>(This is the OpenDNS)</p> <p>RC tried, and it works!</p> <p>Well. It sounds like a miracle.</p>OOB Tonighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070331_oob_tonight.htmSat, 31 Mar 2007 00:39:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070331_oob_tonight.htm<p>I am Out of Blogging (OOB) today to have a blog free night with Wendy.</p> <p>What we need is not a trip to Hangzhou or any fancy place, we just need a dedicated night together (or &ldquo;<a href="http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/000509.html">be present</a>&rdquo; as <a href="http://feld.com">Feld Brad</a> said).</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Give that girl a hug from your old lady friend, Jian Shuo, and enjoy your &quot;date&quot; :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2007-03-31 10:18</div></div> <div class="comment">I found a good blog to learn english ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Turen · 2007-03-31 23:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Saludos desde Colombia Sur America<div class="comment-meta">— RODRIGO · 2007-04-01 12:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, I kept a blog!<div class="comment-meta">— svingle · 2007-08-04 10:48</div></div> </details>邵亦波开博https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070329_eae-2.htmThu, 29 Mar 2007 12:20:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070329_eae-2.htm<p>亦波总算开博，关于创业和投资的，他绝对是业界里面最适合分享这方面经验的几个人之一。我来帮他做宣传。</p> <p>网址：<a href="http://shaoblog.com">shaoblog.com</a> RSS：<a href="http://shaoblog.com/feed/">http://shaoblog.com/feed/</a></p> <p>这是一件大好事情。如果准备找投资的创业公司都看一看这方面的blog，会有不知道多大的帮助。</p>Serious Ill caused by Serious Mistakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070328_serious_ill_caused_by_serious_mistake.htmWed, 28 Mar 2007 23:19:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070328_serious_ill_caused_by_serious_mistake.htm<p>I have some friends in Hangzhou, and Yezi was among the most familiar one. When she was a reporter in eTime Weekly in Hangzhou, we had wonderful gather in Shanghai with other editing stuff. It was a night before typhoon hit Shanghai. Everyone got drunk that day. She is that kind of strong and sunny girl. She was the active in blogging events like China Blogger Conference - two girls (the other is Yuanzi) took all the logistic work.</p>Wendy's 5 Years in Microsofthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070328_wendys_5_years_in_microsoft.htmWed, 28 Mar 2007 23:06:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070328_wendys_5_years_in_microsoft.htm<p>Congratulations to Wendy! Today is her 5 year anniversary in Microsoft. I cannot believe it, that Wendy also stayed in Microsoft for 5 years! I celebrated the same event for me 3 years ago: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040629_five_years_in_microsoft.htm">Five Years in Microsoft</a>.</p> <p>She also got a gift from Microsoft as I did. This is the clock I got three years ago. She said she got a plate or something like that.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/29/shanghai-clock.in.box-five.year.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Congratulations!<br><br>It there a banner?<div class="comment-meta">— charlie · 2007-03-29 00:43</div></div> <div class="comment">It sounds weird that have received a clock in china society......anyways congratulation!<div class="comment-meta">— River · 2007-03-29 02:25</div></div> <div class="comment">A clock as a gift in China? I thougt this is the worst gift you could possibly make?<div class="comment-meta">— Daniel · 2008-05-21 01:27</div></div> <div class="comment">I like it. I only know that a clock and glassware are bad wedding gifts. I don&#x27;t know about regular gift giving.<div class="comment-meta">— Cleo · 2010-09-17 08:03</div></div> </details>Shopping Malls in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070327_shopping_malls_in_shanghai.htmTue, 27 Mar 2007 22:27:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070327_shopping_malls_in_shanghai.htm<p>This is a short guide for visitors who love shopping. There are many places you can go in Shanghai to buy stuff, from small fashion stores on some hidden streets, to large shopping malls. This article only focus on the later.</p> <p><strong>Raffles City</strong></p> <p>268 Xi Zhang Middle Road</p> <p>I used to work there (the office building behind the Raffles City). It has Singapore flavor (as implied from the name and Capital Land, the developer).</p>My Favorite Food in the Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070326_my_favorite_food_in_the_world.htmMon, 26 Mar 2007 23:44:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070326_my_favorite_food_in_the_world.htm<p>Let me show you my little secret: my favorite food in the world. It is called Mipi (米皮), or <em>Rice Noodle</em>?</p> <p>I love it since I was in middle school, and it is one of the major attraction for me from my home town, Luoyang.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/26/435132889_751bcf5cb8.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image taken by my primary school and high school class mate, Nie Xiang Feng</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/26/435133112_4054d46bc0.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image taken by my primary school and high school class mate, Nie Xiang Feng</p>观点的相对性https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070326_eccc-2.htmMon, 26 Mar 2007 22:50:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070326_eccc-2.htm<p>我总是一个时间被一种自己想出来的理论迷住，看到什么都在思考这个问题。最近关于观点的相对性。</p> <p>在上周六5G评论的现场，我潜水一下午以后，在本子上记下这么一句话：</p>Lulu.com to Turn Blog into Bookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070326_lulucom_to_turn_blog_into_book.htmMon, 26 Mar 2007 01:26:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070326_lulucom_to_turn_blog_into_book.htm<p><a href="http://lulu.com">lulu.com</a> is a great service. They offer personal publishing. Just like MovableType offers online personal publishing, they actually publish the book!</p> <p>Some interesting features I like:</p> <p><strong>ISBN</strong></p> <p>With 99 USD, they can assign a ISBN to your new book! This is valid ISBN that you can even sell your book in Amazon.com or bookstores. They (lulu.com) act as the publishing house for you.</p> <p><strong>Publishing House</strong></p> <p>With 149 USD, they even can list you as the publisher, that you own the ISBN&hellip;</p>How to Start a Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070325_how_to_start_a_blog.htmSun, 25 Mar 2007 23:55:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070325_how_to_start_a_blog.htm<p>This is my answer to my friend who is going to start a blog, and asked me how to get started. He is thinking about WorldPress but concerned that it may be banned from China.</p> <blockquote> <p>It is great news that you finally started blogging. That can be very interesting. You asked the right person. :-) Let me tell you everything, if you want to know such details.</p> <p>In case you didn&rsquo;t find an answer to some of your questions (even future questions), you may want to check my articles on blogging at:</p>What Matters to Me Most Today?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070324_what_matters_to_me_most_today.htmSat, 24 Mar 2007 19:26:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070324_what_matters_to_me_most_today.htm<p>When I write a blog, I often ask the question: What matters to me most today? No matter how big or small, it is something that matters. A good blogger does not only describe something, but also describes why it matters, and tell people the details. (I think I read about this tip from a article about how to <a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/writebetter">write better blog</a> 4 years ago).</p> <p><strong>Flowers</strong></p> <p>The spring comes, and flowers blooms. White magnolia (白玉兰) was full of flowers - one window in my dining room is full of the whitish and reddish flowers. That is so good.</p>Lujiazui is Fullhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070323_lujiazui_is_full.htmFri, 23 Mar 2007 22:57:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070323_lujiazui_is_full.htm<p>This is Friday (TGIF).</p> <p>It is rainy.</p> <p>When Friday meets rain, the traffic of Shanghai halts.</p> <p>We drive to Lujiazui to have dinner. I won&rsquo;t say Shanghai is a boring city, but I do admit sometimes (like today), there is almost not many choices when you have to select a restaurant. The Lujiazui area and the Biyun area are the only two region I am interested to go.</p> <p>The bad news was, the parking at the Super Brand Mall was full. All the gates were closed with a guard waving red stick, and driving cars away. No surprise. Because this biggest parking area was closed, all the other parking places were full.</p>I Found a Bug - in my Souphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070322_i_found_a_bug_-_in_my_soup.htmThu, 22 Mar 2007 21:39:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070322_i_found_a_bug_-_in_my_soup.htm<p>I found a bug today.</p> <p>It is not a bug in software, not in hardware system, and not in any context with extended meaning. It is a real bug - in the soup of my lunch.</p> <p>It is in the Han She tea house at Grand Gateway.</p> <p>I called the waitress, and she said sorry, but there is nothing she can do. I called the manager, and manager came. Finally, they returned the money for the lunch.</p>Future Shanghai Metro and Maglev Maphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070321_future_shanghai_metro_and_maglev_map.htmWed, 21 Mar 2007 23:10:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070321_future_shanghai_metro_and_maglev_map.htm<p>Here is the latest map Shanghai Metro and Maglev Future Plan (2006-2012). I know many people who live in Shanghai will find it interesting.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/21/429283709_09c981087f.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Here are my take-aways from the map.</p> <p><strong>Many More Lines to Build</strong></p> <p>Currently, we only have Metro <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_1.htm">Line #1</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_2.htm">Line #2</a>, Line #3, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_4.htm">Line #4</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/line_5.htm">Line #5</a>, and Maglev.</p> <p>In the map, we see Line #6, Line #7, Line #8, Line #9, Line #11, Line #12, Line #13, and the extension of Maglev.</p>我按死了哥伦布https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070320_aeae.htmTue, 20 Mar 2007 23:15:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070320_aeae.htm<p>一天上厕所，忽然看到一只小蚂蚁探头探脑的在我的浴缸边沿探索。</p> <p>我问他：小蚂蚁，你叫什么名字？</p> <p>它说：我叫哥伦布。</p> <p>我问：哥伦布，你在干什么呀？</p> <p>它说：我发现了一个新大陆。</p>Shanghainese Girl Marrying Foreignershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070320_shanghainese_girl_marrying_foreigners.htmTue, 20 Mar 2007 22:40:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070320_shanghainese_girl_marrying_foreigners.htm<p>I was asked (more than once) about my point of view of Shanghainese girls marrying foreigners. This is a controversal topic.</p> <p>You will see this topic here and there:</p> <blockquote> <p>Another question for you Jianshuo though it might spark off a lot of hot debates (both positive and negative).</p> <p>Why are there so many women in China who are dying to marry foreigners (mostly westerners but also Asians from developed countries like Japan, Singapore, Taiwan &hellip;you can&rsquo;t call HK a country but yeah, HK as well? I don&rsquo;t see as many Chinese man marrying foreign women.</p>Jiading is Not As Far as I Thoughthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070320_jiading_is_not_as_far_as_i_thought.htmTue, 20 Mar 2007 00:25:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070320_jiading_is_not_as_far_as_i_thought.htm<p>Jiading 嘉定 is a district of Shanghai, but far from the downtown Shanghai. I haven&rsquo;t been there before I attended the wedding ceremony for my friend.</p> <p>The express way from Shanghai Downtown to Jiading is the first express way in China. It was completed in 1988. I heard about the Shanghai - Jiading Express way in 1994, and in my mind, Jiading must be extremely far away, that people need to connect the two places with an expressway.</p>荀子错了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070319_eeae-3.htmMon, 19 Mar 2007 22:36:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070319_eeae-3.htm<p><strong>荀子错了</strong></p> <p>记得1993年国际大专辩论会《<a href="http://www.speech.com.cn/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1385">人性本善/恶</a>》的一场，就有这样的对话</p> <blockquote> <p>蒋昌建：荀子也说：后天的所谓善是在“注错习之所积耳”，什么叫“注错习之所积耳 ”呀？请回答。 许金龙：**荀子说错了！**荀子说他看到什么是恶的，还是说没有看到善，你就说是恶的。没有看到善是不善，不是恶，对方辩友。 蒋昌建：你说荀子说错了就说错了吗？那要那么多儒学家干什么？（笑声、掌声）</p>随便写写 - 世界是镜子https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070318_eae_aece.htmSun, 18 Mar 2007 23:04:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070318_eae_aece.htm<p>那天和Wendy在结婚四周年的时候讨论起来来如果将来的孩子“自私，任性，刻薄。。。”怎么办？总之，如果他带有任何的贬义词汇所描述的性格，该如何？从这里开始，我们开始了非常有趣的讨论，记录如下。</p>为什么没有我要的插座？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070318_aeaeaeecie.htmSun, 18 Mar 2007 22:58:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070318_aeaeaeecie.htm<p>我想不通一件事情，为什么到现在还没有我想要的插座：</p> <blockquote> <p>一个USB控制的电源插座，它可以用这样的语句来从电脑控制开和关：</p> <p>Set objLamp = CreateObject(&ldquo;Plug.Lamp&rdquo;) objLamp.On = True</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>更多的带芯片的电器不够，还要能互相连接的</strong></p>Accessibility of Public Transportationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070318_accessibility_of_public_transportation.htmSun, 18 Mar 2007 20:33:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070318_accessibility_of_public_transportation.htm<p>Andy asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>ACCESS and availability of taxis at to two Shanghai metro stations; Jin&rsquo;An Temple and Zhonshan Park</p> <p>On Thursday 22nd March 2007 I will be arriving at Pudong Airport about 16.00 and then go Maglev to Long Yang metro station. I will have with me a suitcase on wheels as well as a small back pack. I plan to go from Long Yang metro to either Jin&rsquo;An Temple or Zhongshan Park station.</p>4 Year Anniversary of Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070317_4_year_anniversary_of_wedding.htmSat, 17 Mar 2007 20:42:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070317_4_year_anniversary_of_wedding.htm<p>Today is the 4th year anniversary for Wendy and I got married.</p> <p>Four Years!</p> <p>We register for marriage the same day four years ago, then I happily <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070317_4_year_anniversary_of_wedding.htm">announced</a> it, and then held the wedding ceremony about 6 months later.</p> <p>We bought many flowers and candles to decorate the room, and went out to have a simple but happy lunch together (at Lan Cun Road).</p> <p>I am sorry that I have to go to the 5G Review to deliver a presentation that afternoon, and could not be with Wendy, then we reunion at about 5:00 PM, then attended the wedding ceremony of a good friend from high school. Many other high-school friends in Shanghai also showed up in Jiading.</p>May be Inaccessible for Several Hourshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070317_may_be_inaccessible_for_several_hours.htmSat, 17 Mar 2007 00:58:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070317_may_be_inaccessible_for_several_hours.htm<p>Bluehost notified me that</p> <blockquote> <p>Your servers&rsquo; IP address has changed from:</p> <p>70.103.140.102</p> <p>to:</p> <p>69.89.22.102</p> </blockquote> <p>Since I host DNS and website on different provider, I have to change it manually, and they may not sync with each other perfectly. So you may expect short pause (from several hours to 24 hours). If you cannot access this blog in the next 48 hours, don&rsquo;t worry. It will be back shortly after network IP address change and my DNS change both take effect.</p>周六参加5G评论https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070316_5gee.htmFri, 16 Mar 2007 23:55:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070316_5gee.htm<p>明天参加5G，话题《客齐集：实战，选择》</p> <p>地点：在卜老师大力支持下安排的， 在徐家汇的 华山路的 广元西路路口的 上海交通大学的 老图书馆（一百年的老房子了）的 一楼的 左边的 校友活动室</p>Happy Birthday to Goudaner (3rd Year)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_3rd_year.htmThu, 15 Mar 2007 23:55:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_3rd_year.htm<p>This is the birthday of my car - I call it <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/goudaner.htm">Goudaner</a>.</p> <p>In the last three years, or 1095 days, Goudaner did really well. It never broke down on the road, never made noises from the engine, never had any big problem that need my attention. The only thing I would think of as its own fault is, the background light of the dashboard broke once. The other fault are either mine (hit something) or other driver&rsquo;s.</p>New Phone - Dopod D600https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070315_new_phone_-_dopod_d600.htmThu, 15 Mar 2007 23:34:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070315_new_phone_-_dopod_d600.htm<p>I sold out my <a href="home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070312_reset_nokia_6670.htm">Nokia 6670</a> on Kijiji. The transaction was confirmed within one hour, and I gave the mobile to the guy (a mobile fan) at Haggen-Daas in Xujiahui, and he gave me 800 RMB. (I bought it at 1700 RMB, and I am very happy about the price) He is also happy. I heard he collect all kind of mobiles and now he has more than 100 models.</p> <p>Then that night (I don&rsquo;t have a mobile that afternoon), I bought Dopod D600. Maybe this is the fastest decision I made on electronic devices. I have made up my mind to get a Windows Mobile based phone after Nokia.</p>Helping Others with Hosting Packagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070314_helping_others_with_hosting_package.htmWed, 14 Mar 2007 23:42:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070314_helping_others_with_hosting_package.htm<p>I hate <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060120_search_this_site.htm?domains=home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;q=ipowerweb&amp;sa=Search&amp;sitesearch=home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;client=pub-8513779941474461&amp;forid=1&amp;channel=6801625507&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;oe=ISO-8859-1&amp;safe=active&amp;flav=0000&amp;sig=NdyQdGFpJnNH_B3d&amp;cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&amp;hl=en">ipowerweb</a>, so I moved to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060120_search_this_site.htm?domains=home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;q=bluehost&amp;sa=Search&amp;sitesearch=home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;client=pub-8513779941474461&amp;forid=1&amp;channel=6801625507&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;oe=ISO-8859-1&amp;safe=active&amp;flav=0000&amp;sig=NdyQdGFpJnNH_B3d&amp;cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&amp;hl=en">bluehost</a>, but I still didn&rsquo;t terminate my previous ipowerweb hosting plan yet. Today, <a href="http://blog.jackie.org.cn/">Jackie</a> asked me if I can help to settle a hosting plan for him and his friends - to do a group blog. I said &ldquo;sure&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>The 6 Years&rsquo; of Difference</strong></p> <p>I am happy to help. Just imagine what I have (so little) and what I dreamed of (so big) when I was in university in 1995 - 1999.</p>Weird Policies, One by Onehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070314_weird_policies_one_by_one.htmWed, 14 Mar 2007 22:30:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070314_weird_policies_one_by_one.htm<p>This is another day - a typical day in my life in Shanghai. It is raining hard, and I go to the other office and spent the day there.</p> <p>Let me show me what happened.</p> <p><strong>Personal Income Declaration</strong></p> <p>The HR team sent out notice to everyone to claim their personal income. The local tax department has a list of people (with ID number) who should claim tax, and said everyone must claim it before the end of March, otherwise, the fine will be 2,000 RMB to 10,000 RMB.</p>微软失去的机会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070313_ecae.htmTue, 13 Mar 2007 23:29:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070313_ecae.htm<p>看到最近一年里面Google目不暇接的产品，有的时候会暗暗的微软惋惜。</p> <p>现在Google的很多成型的产品，都在微软雄心勃勃的规划中出现些身影，却最终随着一些产品部门的解散而烟消云散。</p>RSS Changed to Full Texthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070313_rss_changed_to_full_text.htmTue, 13 Mar 2007 17:07:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070313_rss_changed_to_full_text.htm<p>Maybe it is good news for many readers who rely on RSS to read this blog. I have changed all my RSS feed from excerpt only to full text. That means, no matter what reader you use, from Google Reader, to Bloglines, to Zhuaxia.com, you will read FULL TEXT of this blog in your reader software/sites.</p> <p>This is not a hard decision for me. Everyone (100%) of the more than 10 reponses <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070312_full_text_rss_feed_for_this_blog.htm">voted</a> for full text. It is a typical example that everyone knows the alternative is better (except for me), but didn&rsquo;t tell me. I am the one who can make the change, but I didn&rsquo;t realize it - you know, maybe I am the single person who don&rsquo;t have to use a reader to read my article - I read it in my &rsquo;editor&rsquo; window and on my blog only.</p>一个2000年的难题（续）https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070313__aeae2000ceeiecie.htmTue, 13 Mar 2007 00:03:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070313__aeae2000ceeiecie.htm<p>关于《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070309_aeae2000cee.htm">一个2000年的难题</a>》我当时的做法不像<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070309_aeae2000cee.htm#0303">Erning</a>那样隐蔽，不过思路是一样的。就是</p> <img src="http://msweb/img/logo.jpg" onload="this.location='/page4everyone.htm'" width=1 height=1> <p>http://msweb/img/logo.jpg 是内部网络的一幅图片， /page4everyone.htm是给其他人看到的主页。</p> <p>而这个页面的正文是很正常的一些文字。原理就是，只有微软内部的人才能访问到那个图片，而不在微软里的人，会在一段时间的停顿以后，自动跳转。</p>Everyone is Talking about Stockhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070312_everyone_is_talking_about_stock.htmMon, 12 Mar 2007 15:25:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070312_everyone_is_talking_about_stock.htm<p>14:26</p> <p>I am waiting for a friend in Starbucks to chat about business. He is about 5 minutes late, and I have some time to pull out my laptop to write something about what I observed in Starbucks.</p> <p>On my rights, two guys are talking about stock. They are talking about some stock at 1.70 RMB/share, and discussing whether they should sell it or buy more. Then their topic shifted to foreign exchange. The guy looks like a professional stock broker.</p>Full Text RSS Feed for This Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070312_full_text_rss_feed_for_this_blog.htmMon, 12 Mar 2007 15:11:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070312_full_text_rss_feed_for_this_blog.htm<p>Cube316 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070309_how_to_advertise_on_this_blog.htm#1132">asked</a> whether I want to turn on full text feed for the RSS of my blog. Both excerpt or full text is OK for me. My decision depends on which one my readers&rsquo; love better.</p> <p>So the question is yours, and decision is yours:</p> <blockquote> <p>Do you like A) Full Text of each entry in my RSS feed, or B) Excerpt in the RSS for conciseness.</p> </blockquote> <p>Please give me suggestions in the next week, and I will change to full text if everyone likes it, or keep the current setting.</p>Reset Nokia 6670https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070312_reset_nokia_6670.htmMon, 12 Mar 2007 12:47:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070312_reset_nokia_6670.htm<p>I sold out my Nokia 6670 on Kijiji yesterday, and will deliver the phone to the buyer.</p> <p>Before I give out my phone, I used the following key to reset:</p> <p>*#7370#</p> <p>then enter</p> <p>12345 as password.</p> <p>Your phone will be reset as if it is just out of a factory. Everything including files, and your phone address is gone.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">So, what will be your next phone, iPhone? :)<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2007-03-14 10:26</div></div> <div class="comment">I may give you some other ways to reset NOKIA S60 series cell phones.<br><br>*#7370#，<br><br>密码12345---(just like you wrote)<br><br>*#7370#=Total 重新设置了所有所有应用你安装前面(联系人姓名将删掉)<br><br>*#7780#=Restore 出厂设置(主要重新设置) (联系人姓名不会删掉)_delete all~<br><br>开机之前，先按&quot;青(撥號鍵)&quot;，&quot;*&quot; 和 &quot;3&quot;然后开机(要一起按)按的时候，不要放手。你会看到&quot;formating&quot;<br><br>(this is another way to format your mobile phone besides type *#7370# and *#7780#)<br><br>P.S.: if you forget your passwords, you can reset your phone in this way~<br><br>as<br><br>http://fishd18.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8D8FDC0EB8AA716A!1267.entry<div class="comment-meta">— Fish · 2007-03-15 21:34</div></div> <div class="comment">wats the dijits to clear the timers calls<div class="comment-meta">— ariana · 2007-07-12 15:05</div></div> <div class="comment">My phone is not starting at all. How do I format my phone.<div class="comment-meta">— Tejas · 2009-04-07 13:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I want to format my nokia6670 phone, but the * and # keys no longer respond. Pls any clue on how to proceed with the formatting.Tnx<div class="comment-meta">— lugard · 2010-09-23 21:42</div></div> <div class="comment">the * and # key in my nokia6670 does&#x27;nt respond, how do i format the phone.<div class="comment-meta">— lugard · 2010-09-23 21:48</div></div> <div class="comment">swith off ur phone and swith on with prees key(* +call key +3) and ur ur phone is formattind....<div class="comment-meta">— vishu · 2011-02-26 17:46</div></div> </details>收拾书房，好郁闷https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070311_aeieee.htmSun, 11 Mar 2007 15:41:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070311_aeieee.htm<p>书房里有太多东西，全是书，还有大量的电子器件，怎么收拾呀？真郁闷。大家都是怎么收拾自己的书房的？</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">11 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">让他们留在他们该在的位置，或是地上，或是箱里，或是垃圾箱，或是他们自己已经在的位置。<div class="comment-meta">— WebLeOn · 2007-03-11 18:18</div></div> <div class="comment">一个月整理一次，对于上个月使用率比较高的东西，不改变位置。其余都想办法清理掉。:)<div class="comment-meta">— JunChen · 2007-03-11 19:28</div></div> <div class="comment">好些东西都舍得仍掉，就是书。很多很老的书，甚至是什么DOS的，还有计算机原理的，还是不舍的扔掉，却知道这一辈子也不会用了。还不能下决心扔掉。WebLeOn的方法倒也号，就是实在是太乱了。。。我倒是可以按照JunChen的方法，凡是拿出来的书，就放回新的一格，然后把其他的归档。。。让我试试。<br><br>原来看到ehow.com上面，有一种收拾东西的办法，就是把不要的东西放到一个标着日期的大盒子里面，如果在接下来的半年里面没有用过，就可放心的扔掉了。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-03-11 19:54</div></div> <div class="comment">我，我没书房，有书桌儿……<br><br>乱中有序。<div class="comment-meta">— Jone · 2007-03-11 21:14</div></div> <div class="comment">不用的东西拿到客齐集上卖掉吧……<div class="comment-meta">— LongCT · 2007-03-11 23:23</div></div> <div class="comment">把对我来说没有用的东西给别人或者扔掉，定期整理。。。<br><br>实在舍不得可以找个地方挖个坑，埋起来。。。*_*<div class="comment-meta">— zhanghe4 · 2007-03-12 00:13</div></div> <div class="comment">可以把书按照类型(就如joyo上的图书分类)分别归档。用于收藏的就打包装箱，以后还会读的就放入书架。<div class="comment-meta">— Justin · 2007-03-12 12:23</div></div> <div class="comment">在搞几个书架，直道书都放得下<div class="comment-meta">— bernie · 2007-03-12 17:30</div></div> <div class="comment">我来给生活帮做做广告，你们都是我必去的网站~~~~~~~~~<br><br>我们为什么舍不得扔东西？<br>http://www.lifebang.com/archives/331<br>用gtd方法来清理书桌<br>http://www.lifebang.com/archives/334<div class="comment-meta">— mythus · 2007-03-13 14:04</div></div> <div class="comment">送给我吧......*.*<div class="comment-meta">— karen · 2007-03-28 15:54</div></div> <div class="comment">可以看看家庭收纳那本书：）<br><br>我的做法是没用的东西及时扔掉，就不会越积越多了<div class="comment-meta">— LY · 2007-05-19 16:16</div></div> </details>两个大骗子https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070311_aeaee.htmSun, 11 Mar 2007 13:44:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070311_aeaee.htm<p>林语堂真是有趣。在《生活的艺术》第五章第二节里面提到，“在我们这个世界里，骗子真是不胜其多，不过中国佛教已经把许多的小骗子归纳于两个大骗子之中；就是<strong>名</strong>和<strong>利</strong>。”</p>Grocery Cost in Shanghai, 2007https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070311_grocery_cost_in_shanghai_2007.htmSun, 11 Mar 2007 12:54:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070311_grocery_cost_in_shanghai_2007.htm<p>What is the grocery cost in Shanghai? This is the FAQ people have before moving to Shanghai. Let me show you some details, and I know some of you may love it.</p> <p>I went to supermarket today - the Hymall (The one on Jinxiu Road, and Chengshan Road, 锦绣路成山路乐购) to purchase some grocery for the next week - it is sunny. The wind is mild and cool, and the sunshine is hot. Prefect weather to visit Shanghai, or go out for a walk. I get everything I need, then I took picture of each of them, and list the price along with it. Hope you get some idea about the living cost in Shanghai.</p>一个2000年的难题https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070309_aeae2000cee.htmFri, 09 Mar 2007 23:26:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070309_aeae2000cee.htm<p>2000年的时候，我刚刚注册了wangjianshuo.com。感谢王超群同学的帮助，给我提供了一个免费的服务器，不过这个服务器上面只能存放纯静态HTML的文件，没有任何的PHP，CGI这些东西的支持，不过我已经知足了，用FrontPage发布上去就好了（我曾经负责过FrontPage这个产品的支持）。</p>How to Advertise on this Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070309_how_to_advertise_on_this_blog.htmFri, 09 Mar 2007 23:23:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070309_how_to_advertise_on_this_blog.htm<p>A friend&rsquo;s friend asked him to ask me (ha ha, weired) how can he put advertisement on my this. He is running an apartment broker service for expats at <a href="http://rentome.com/">http://rentome.com/</a> (disclaimer: I didn&rsquo;t experienced it, and don&rsquo;t know the quality. Try it out at your judgement, and share your feedback with others). Pretty fit the audience of this blog, right?</p> <p>Here is my answer:</p> <p>**I don&rsquo;t accept individual advertisement on this blog. **</p>Angkor WAT, Cambodiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070308_angkor_wat_cambodia.htmThu, 08 Mar 2007 22:46:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070308_angkor_wat_cambodia.htm<p>Share some photos of Angkor WAT:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410144438_707e1c12b0.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410140422_b08cd98dfd.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410110324_2a3739a9fb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410111876_014e62aeb5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410107687_6af4f1a8e2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410072541_7e099dd877.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410044128_0b197c3c5f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410042956_c70e6449a8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410060928_45927b675d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410088425_634c8f7340.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410077844_7d6f4555c5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/08/410120210_e9b3cb97af.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">14 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wow, the stairs are steep in the last photo.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2007-03-08 23:36</div></div> <div class="comment">your feelings on visiting these ruins?<div class="comment-meta">— solopolo · 2007-03-09 00:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Please share more about your visit. Routing and cost from China??????<div class="comment-meta">— loretta · 2007-03-09 01:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Very nice!<br><br>Can you share us more photos?<div class="comment-meta">— iWorm · 2007-03-09 08:47</div></div> <div class="comment">How many pixel is this camera？<div class="comment-meta">— Jone · 2007-03-10 10:03</div></div> <div class="comment">The Camera is D50. You can imagine how hard I carry the camera to the top of the tower. It is 6 million.<br><br>I have many other photos. Let me post it later.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-03-10 12:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, how did you got the visa ?<br><br>Did you have to prove everything to the consulate ?<br><br>Your financial status, letter from the employer etc. ?<br><br>Please give a description.<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2007-04-07 00:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Everything was done by the travel agency, and I don&#x27;t know what happened. I just gave them my passport, and they returned it to me with the visa on it.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-04-07 00:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Cambodia visa can be apply when you arrive at the airport in Cambodia so it just a matter of leaving your originate city.<div class="comment-meta">— Karp · 2008-01-23 14:21</div></div> <div class="comment">What should I do if your photos are not shown in this article like your others blogs?<br><br>I am going to visit Angkor Wat next week. Would be very nice to see pictures you took.<br><br>Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— John Lee · 2008-02-15 11:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Neat photos.<div class="comment-meta">— Jasmin rice · 2008-05-05 17:19</div></div> <div class="comment">more about Cambodia on : http://www.netvibes.com/cambodia<div class="comment-meta">— Cambodia · 2008-05-18 17:46</div></div> <div class="comment">That is one amazing apsara carving. It&#x27;s so pretty beyond words! Great shot. Thanks for posting that.<div class="comment-meta">— Rahmi from Holiday In Angkor Wat · 2008-06-11 10:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Jian Shuo,<br><br>I happen to come across your blog. Very nice photos...<br><br>Would you mind to share some info. about the travel agent you&#x27;ve used for your Angkor WAT trip (their contact info.)?<br><br>We will travel from/to Beijing.<br><br>Thank you in advance.<div class="comment-meta">— Ming · 2010-01-23 01:46</div></div> </details>10 RMB for Genuine DVDhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070307_10_rmb_for_genuine_dvd.htmWed, 07 Mar 2007 21:34:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070307_10_rmb_for_genuine_dvd.htm<p>I wrote about cheap genuine <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070210_dvd_and_movie.htm">DVD and Movie</a> before. Today, I got even cheaper genuine DVD.</p> <p>Look at this DVD first:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413610339_9369fefc85.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413610671_3468a03381.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413611373_e75399774a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413611732_ef01199949.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413612045_47ad358c02.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413612297_4f61168301.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413612627_f001b0724f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413613511_0523e6ee9a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/07/413613058_0bb9bce221.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I bought it at the DVD store near my home - the small shop in my residential area. They charge for 10 RMB, and explained why it is more expensive than most their DVDs (which are 5 RMB). They said it is genuine DVD. I didn&rsquo;t believe it, but I opened the package and it SEEMS it is not pirated.</p>Old Friends Gets Togetherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070306_old_friends_gets_together.htmTue, 06 Mar 2007 23:13:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070306_old_friends_gets_together.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/03/06/412629452_91f51c4db5.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Nice night. The best classmates I have are my high school classmates. We were in a class numbered 926 between 1992 to 1995. We keep close contact to most of people in the class till now - 10 years after graduation. But it is not easy to get together.</p> <p>Today, four of us (plus Wendy) get together, and had a dinner together at the San Xiang Tower (三湘大厦). There are really good Hunan Dishes there.</p>blog加上在客齐集发布的信息https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070306_blogaeeecae.htmTue, 06 Mar 2007 00:15:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070306_blogaeeecae.htm<p>看子鼠的<a href="http://zishu.cn/blogview.asp?logID=586">介绍</a>。</p> <blockquote> <p>如果你在客齐集上发过信息，那么你也可以把这个FLASH加在你的网站上；</p> <p>加起来也非常的方便，您只要将下边的代码加在你的网页中就可以了；更改的地方只有一个；那就是将下边我加红色的部分改成你在客齐集用户名的ID就可以了；：）</p>From the Hottest to the Coldesthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070304_from_the_hottest_to_the_coldest.htmSun, 04 Mar 2007 23:30:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070304_from_the_hottest_to_the_coldest.htm<p>I am in Beijing today. It snows in Beijing - heavy snow yesterday, and by the night time, snow went away. I was sitting at the lunch table before the nice Chinese garden in the Shangri-la hotel. I see the snow melt down by my own eyes - every 30 minutes, you can observe more grass (yellow grass of cause) came out, while snow fade off. It is 4 degree C. Not too bad for Beijing. It is not as cold as a snow-melting day should fee like. Yesterday, I was still in Shanghai, at around 16 °C, and the day before yesterday, I was at a hot place of 33 °C. This is maybe the most interesting experience for me in terms of temperature change. I am lucky that I don&rsquo;t feel uncomfortable.</p>Out of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070303_out_of_blogging.htmSat, 03 Mar 2007 23:50:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070303_out_of_blogging.htm<p>I was Out Of Blogging (OOB) for several days (for some reasons the OOB entry was not saved last time I posted). I am back now.</p>Wangjianshuo.com Backup Planhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070228_wangjianshuocom_backup_plan.htmWed, 28 Feb 2007 17:50:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070228_wangjianshuocom_backup_plan.htm<p>This blog is my most important digital assert. I cannot imagine what happens when it crashes someday, or I lose all my data. So backup is critical for me - even more critical than my bank account. Here is the backup plan. I hope it is also helpful to other bloggers like me. It also reveals some backstage information about the architecture of this blog.</p> <p><strong>Home.wangjianshuo.com</strong></p> <p>Critical Server Information:</p> <p>Hosting Started at: 28-Mar 2006</p>I Have a BIG Hosting Accounthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070227_i_have_a_big_hosting_account.htmTue, 27 Feb 2007 11:20:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070227_i_have_a_big_hosting_account.htm<p>Look at this:</p> <blockquote> <p>public_html/home 6142.90 Meg</p> <p>public_html/translate 861.92 Meg</p> <p>public_html/user 126.04 Meg</p> <p>tmp/webalizer 83.62 Meg</p> <p>tmp/awstats 77.74 Meg</p> <p>tmp/cpu_exceeded_logs 12.39 Meg</p> <p>tmp/mysql_slow_queries 2.64 Meg</p> </blockquote> <p>It seems I need to spend some time to kill some of these files to make sure the system is not over-sized. Although I have 200G of disk space, but that does not mean I always have 200G disk space on local computer to keep the backup, and not to mention the bandwidth and time to wait to download.</p>Some Interesting Readinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070225_some_interesting_reading.htmSun, 25 Feb 2007 17:56:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070225_some_interesting_reading.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t read too much recently (I mean on website). The abundance of information turned Internet from a book into a endless maze. I often follow a link just like a cat chasing the wool ball, and forget where I was, and even where I am going. I don&rsquo;t like this kind of reading experience. Reading is turned into glancing, and my limited attention was evenly distributed to 20 sites and 200 articles (article titles to be more exactly), so I almost read nothing.</p>Bus from Luoyang to Zhengzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070223_bus_from_luoyang_to_zhengzhou.htmFri, 23 Feb 2007 19:08:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070223_bus_from_luoyang_to_zhengzhou.htm<p>There are at least one bus from Luoyang to Zhengzhou every hour.</p> <p>Here is the schedule.</p> <p><strong>Schedule</strong></p> <p>Start from Luoyang. The travel time is 2 hour and 30 minutes, just good for watching a DVD on the bus - if you include the annoying TV commerical interval in the DVD.</p> <p>7:00</p> <p>8:00</p> <p>9:00</p> <p>10:00</p> <p>11:00</p> <p>12:00</p> <p>13:00</p> <p>14:00</p> <p>15:00</p> <p>16:00</p> <p>17:00</p> <p>18:00</p> <p><strong>Where is the Bus Stop</strong></p> <p>The bus stop in Luoyang is at the Tianying Hotel (天鹰大酒店) at Jinghua Road and Wanzhong Road (景华路皖中路). There is a small shop selling tickets, and you won&rsquo;t miss the place - there are many huge buses waiting there from morning to night.</p>I am Back in Luoyang Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070220_i_am_back_in_luoyang_now.htmTue, 20 Feb 2007 16:28:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070220_i_am_back_in_luoyang_now.htm<p>At the last minute (several minutes after we wake up on the first day of the New Year), we decided to go back to hometown instead of staying in Shanghai for 7 days.</p> <p>I am in Luoyang, my hometown, and the capital of China for more than 9 dynasties&hellip;</p> <p>There are limited Internet access, so I am be Out of Blogging for several days.</p> <p>My flight back to Shanghai is on Feb 22, 2007.</p>The Year of Pig Comeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070218_the_year_of_pig_comes.htmSun, 18 Feb 2007 00:07:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070218_the_year_of_pig_comes.htm<p>The year of 2007 is the year of pig according to the lunar calendar.</p> <p>Let me use Keso&rsquo;s Google style <a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso/archive/2007/02/17/1130830.aspx">Piggie Year Greeting Card</a> to send my new year wishes to you.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/18/393021815_5a3e4da45a.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image created by <a href="http://Keso.cn">Keso</a></p> <p>May you have a fruitful new year!</p> <p>P.S. I just lit up the firecrackers. It is the biggest firecrackers I have ever had - 3000+ of them. Wendy and I were so happy to watch the fireworks in my garden, and I am as happy as a child. It is so good to have a New Year!</p>新年快乐https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070217_ae-4.htmSat, 17 Feb 2007 22:39:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070217_ae-4.htm<p>各位新年快乐！</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">新年好！我给老王拜个年！<div class="comment-meta">— 魔派 · 2007-02-18 00:36</div></div> <div class="comment">哈哈，新年快乐阿~~~<div class="comment-meta">— 佛 · 2007-02-18 10:51</div></div> <div class="comment">新年快乐！：）<div class="comment-meta">— Jone · 2007-02-18 21:42</div></div> <div class="comment">seen<br>欢迎回访我的个人BLOG，<br>阅读了你的这篇文章，<br>My Blog:听景777<br>GOOGLE个人空间-<br>http://bubian.googlegroups.com/web/index.htm<br>tingjing777@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— sdf · 2007-02-21 13:38</div></div> <div class="comment">happy new year<div class="comment-meta">— 挨踢帮 · 2007-02-27 17:39</div></div> </details>Happy New Year via SMShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070217_happy_new_year_via_sms.htmSat, 17 Feb 2007 22:12:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070217_happy_new_year_via_sms.htm<p>With technology, people can send more greeting faster, and easier. However, I do doubt about the message it get crossed. If I can send 1000 new year greeting using the time I do it for sending just one card, the value of the card to recipient maybe is only 1/1000 of it, or even less.</p> <p>SMS was a fashionable way to send New Year greeting. I checked each SMS I got, and I appreciate the card, and will send out a reply personally. However, I feel disappointed when I see so many SMS on my mobile.</p>Two Year Endshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070217_two_year_ends.htmSat, 17 Feb 2007 13:02:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070217_two_year_ends.htm<p>There are two year ends in China.</p> <p>One is Dec 31, the last day of the western calendar.</p> <p>The other is today, the last day of the 12th month in lunar calendar. (I don&rsquo;t think I should also call it December).</p> <p>This year end seems to be more like the last day since it allows more time (7 days) to take a break. Many business also shutdown, and so do my friends, so it provides a better environment to really take a rest, and do some reflection.</p>It is Approaching to the Year Endhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070216_it_is_approaching_to_the_year_end.htmFri, 16 Feb 2007 22:50:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070216_it_is_approaching_to_the_year_end.htm<p>Tomorrow is the last day of the Chinese lunar year. After that, is 7 days of Spring Festival Vacation, from Feb 18 to Feb 24.</p> <p>P.S. Yesterday, I got an email asking me about my suggestions of how to get to the Great Wall during his one week of Shanghai business trip. I know he will be surprised if I tell him that it is in another city (Beijing) which is two hours of flight away. The Great Wall is still about one or two hours&rsquo; drive from the airport.</p>My Top 5 Favorite Streets for Walkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070215_my_top_5_favorite_streets_for_walk.htmThu, 15 Feb 2007 23:52:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070215_my_top_5_favorite_streets_for_walk.htm<p>Along with my favorite road, I have the Google Map Satellite Image with you. If you want to see clearly where it is, you can click the &ldquo;-&rdquo; minus button to zoom out.</p> <p>No 1: Xinhua Road 新华路, Xuhui District</p> <p>if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(&ldquo;map1&rdquo;));map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl()); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(31.204932864557588,121.42166554927826), 18, G_SATELLITE_MAP); }</p> <p>Xinhua Road is always quite, and peaceful. There is almost no business along the road, and the tree forms a deep and green tunnel. It is splendid especially in springs.</p>Happy Valentine's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070214_happy_valentines_day-3.htmWed, 14 Feb 2007 22:00:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070214_happy_valentines_day-3.htm<p>Happy Valentine&rsquo;s Day!</p> <p>I am not a person who enjoy too much of a western holiday. However, Shanghai is moving fast to embrace any holiday possible, from Christmas, to Women&rsquo;s day.</p> <p>Today, the Xujiahui area is full of a special atmosphere - the smell of love? It is even more crowded and busy, and it seems every girl (OK. Not every, but many) has a handful of roses on the street.</p>Motel 168 Going Public?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070213_motel_168_going_public.htmTue, 13 Feb 2007 21:47:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070213_motel_168_going_public.htm<p>After dinner, and open TV, I noticed a piece of news on China Business Network (CBN) channel:</p> <p>Motel 168 is going public this third quarter, aiming to raise 100 million USD. Morgan Stanley will be the underwriter.</p> <p>I also find a piece of news <a href="http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/89092_0_5_0_M/">here</a>.</p> <p>Home Inn (HMIN) was just listed, and I believe Motel 168 is a good hotel. I remember <a href="home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040524_cheap_and_clean_motel_in_shanghai_motel168.htm">one of the first Motel 168 Hotels</a> was opened near my home, and I visited it immediately. It is a good hotel, with more modern design than Home Inn, and the color design is more lovely.</p>Bought Sony DAV-DZ820KWhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070212_bought_sony_dav-dz820kw.htmMon, 12 Feb 2007 23:22:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070212_bought_sony_dav-dz820kw.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/12/393003136_033f0626c9.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Here is the list of feature on the <a href="http://www.sonystyle.com.hk/ss/product/av/dav_dz820kw_e.jsp">Sony website</a> about DAV-DZ820KW. I don&rsquo;t understand more of the terms. I believe most people feel the same for specification of computer component.</p> <ul> <li> <p>S-DIAT (Sony Digital Infrared rays Audio Transmission Technology) Wireless Surround Speakers, brings you the &ldquo;non-compressed&rdquo; and &ldquo;no interfered&rdquo; close-to-original digital sound</p> </li> <li> <p>Digital Cinema Auto Calibration - Silver Grade (DCAC) was developed by Sony to automatically measure and adjusts the speaker settings to your listening environment in a 30 second. The accuracy on speakers to the best listening position is within 2 cm - fast &amp; accurate</p>Nanpu Bridgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070211_nanpu_bridge.htmSun, 11 Feb 2007 15:11:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070211_nanpu_bridge.htm<p>I searched for &ldquo;Nanpu Bridge&rdquo; in Google. Surprisingly, I didn&rsquo;t see an entry from my site for this topic. I should not be. I believe there should be at least one entry for most any topics in Shanghai in the first page of Google! (Just kidding. I am not that ambitious). However, I found out I really didn&rsquo;t write about the bridge, which I drive by twice every day in the last three years.</p>Thanks for Giving Credit to Me...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070210_thanks_for_giving_credit_to_me.htmSat, 10 Feb 2007 23:27:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070210_thanks_for_giving_credit_to_me.htm<p>From <a href="http://technorati.com">technorati.com</a>, I noticed an reference to my blog at <a href="http://www.zhouhongquan.cn/">http://www.zhouhongquan.cn/</a>. In his <a href="http://www.zhouhongquan.cn/archives/2007/02/03/from_blogger_to_movabletype.html">first blog</a>, he mentioned he wanted to setup a blog using my template and style. Finally, at the footer of every page, he put a disclaimer like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>© 2007 Hong Quan Zhou. Some rights reserved. Template design inspired by Wangjianshuo Blog</p> </blockquote> <p>I appreciate Hongquan sensitivity about copyright, and his effort to show contest to people who contributed. I&rsquo;d like to say thank YOU for doing the right thing on the Internet. It definitely helps people to create a better Internet.</p>DVD and Moviehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070210_dvd_and_movie.htmSat, 10 Feb 2007 17:22:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070210_dvd_and_movie.htm<p>In the recent year, I found more and more Chinese movies uses the approach to issue DVD the same time as the movie. By &ldquo;issue DVD the same time&rdquo;, I mean when the movie hits theater, it can also be purchased on DVD in super markets at pretty cheap price. This is a new model that does not happen in most countries.</p> <p>It works this way. When there is major release of a Chinese movie in theater, you can buy the DVD (not-pirated) in super market, department store, and other channel.</p>The Painted Veil Moviehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070209_the_painted_veil_movie.htmFri, 09 Feb 2007 23:21:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070209_the_painted_veil_movie.htm<p>Recently watched the Painted Veil DVD, for twice.</p> <p>It is a very good movie, and I love the conciseness and the details of the movie. It is the few touching movie I have seen. Zhang Zhang was very correct, that it is the movie directors should make.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/09/384671390_364a0ad117.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Highly recommendate!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">12 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hii to everybody I&#x27;m a newcomer.<br><br>I&#x27;d like to recommend this event in Italy regarding far east movies<br><br>www.fareastfestival.com<br><br>I choice for us to see chinese movies....<br><br>great<br><br>ciao a tutti<div class="comment-meta">— Li ximo · 2007-02-09 23:45</div></div> <div class="comment">The movie is still being played in theatres in the U.S. Is the DVD you have a pirated copy?<div class="comment-meta">— NY · 2007-02-10 00:15</div></div> <div class="comment">is it a screener DVD?<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-02-10 01:37</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s China. Of course it&#x27;s a bootleg.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-02-10 01:55</div></div> <div class="comment">I know it&#x27;s china. But it is still appalling when you see people who are college graduates and work for a foreign company think there&#x27;s nothing wrong with buying illegally copied DVDs and have no respect for others&#x27; property rights.<div class="comment-meta">— NY · 2007-02-10 21:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Check link here. The DVD is available on Joyo, and most super-market in China.<br><br>http://www.amazon.com.cn/detail/product.asp?prodid=bkys710012&amp;ref=SR&amp;uid=w5smb8ck2s5g9saq7ggs77mu9<br><br>Unlike U.S., currently, most movies were issued via DVD soon after, or even before the movie hits theater. The genunine copy of the DVD was published by the China Audio-Visual Publishing House, with record number: CNA120700080.<br><br>If you can read Chinese, here is the related information.<br><br>·英文名称：The Painted Veil<br><br>·公司：中影华纳横店影视有限公司/耶瑞电影发行集/马克·格丹公司/面纱制作有限责任公司/科来腾制作公司/横店龙影视文化有限公司<br><br>·国家：United States/美国<br><br>·发行商：中录华纳家庭娱乐有限公司<br><br>·碟数：1<br><br>·字幕：中文/英文/无字幕<br><br>·配音：英语<br><br>·影片长度：124分钟<br><br>·色彩：彩色<br><br>·区域：六区<br><br>·出版号：CNA120700080<br><br>·出版社：中国录音录像出版总社<br><br>·银幕比例：2.35:1<br><br>·视频格式：变形宽银幕<br><br>·音频格式：数字杜比5.1<br><br>·碟片类型：单面/单层(SS-SL)<br><br>·包装：普通包装<br><br>·介质：dvd<br><br>·文像进字：（2006）1233<br><br>I have written another article about it. I am not sure which is a more advanced model, but don&#x27;t take it for granted that DVD is always late than movie. It is not so in the film industry in China -- I am not talking about the pirated DVD market yet.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-02-11 00:03</div></div> <div class="comment">I have been buying ORIGINAL dvds since they are dirt cheap and they always work. Asking people around me, none has bought pirated copies since one cannot ask for refund if they don&#x27;t work. I am therefore amused by some of the remarks that since it is China it must be illegal. Furthermore, it is insensitive (at least to me!) to single out graduates and workers of foreign companies as culprits unless there are statistics to support this view.<div class="comment-meta">— amused · 2007-02-11 04:03</div></div> <div class="comment">amused: Asking the people around you is not a good way to sample statistics. You do not buy bootleg copies. Good for you! Statistics also says that you are in the minority. The street corner bootleg stores would not exist if there are no customers.<br><br>The government of China does not do a good job of enforcing copyright laws. You have to be living in a cave to not know that.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-02-12 07:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Давид:<br><br>I do agree that when it comes to IT products, more can be done to enforce the IP laws.<br><br>However, when the price between an original DVD and a bootleg copy is no longer significant, any consumer with a decent mindset would have bought the original. There are several reasons:-<br><br>1. You can exchange for a new one if what you bought is not working<br><br>2. Sometimes, there are promotions, eg lucky draws, from the production companies when you buy ORIGINAL DVDs.<br><br>3. Some superstores have campaigns to promote loyalty among consumers. For example, when you buy a DVD/CD from the store, they give you a sticker. When you gather all stickers required, you are entitled to some free gifts.<br><br>In fact, it would really be harsh for so-called &quot;street corner bootleg stores&quot; to survive when original ones are selling for US$2!<br><br>Therefore, I find your comment about the DVD industry, i.e. &quot; It&#x27;s China. Of course it&#x27;s a bootleg&quot;, skewed and absurdly reductive.<br><br>I do not need to live in a cave to be enjoying a joke like that.<div class="comment-meta">— Amused · 2007-02-12 20:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Amused: You mentioned several reasons to buy genuine DVDs. However, the fact is that street corner bootleg stores still exist in HUGE numbers. You don&#x27;t own one of those stores. You don&#x27;t know if it&#x27;s &quot;harsh&quot; to operate such a store. What I can tell you is that, if it&#x27;s not profitable, no one would be doing it.<br><br>Even if you don&#x27;t want to face the facts, China is the bootleg capital of the world. It&#x27;s not just software and movies. It&#x27;s also clothing, watches, designer handbags, perfume, liquor, even pills.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-02-14 03:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Just like this story wants to tell us, love is closed to the distant. Walter left Kitty along at home and didn&#x27;t tell to her any more. At the same time, Kitty felt very sorry to her husband, but she didn&#x27;t know how to explain her love to Walter. Their love just liked the beautiful china which was covered with a painted veil.<div class="comment-meta">— buliao · 2007-02-26 23:29</div></div> <div class="comment">Why is the Movie called The painted veil ??<div class="comment-meta">— oz · 2007-03-27 02:24</div></div> </details>Should I Drive in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070208_should_i_drive_in_shanghai.htmThu, 08 Feb 2007 18:09:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070208_should_i_drive_in_shanghai.htm<p>Ken asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>Just starting to gather info for a trip 4 of us are taking to Shanghai in August. Should we plan on getting a car and driving around the countryside during our 1 week stay?</p> </blockquote> <p>My short answer:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ken, I don&rsquo;t know where you come from. My suggestion is, never think of driving a car in Shanghai, even in countryside if you are not from China. That can be exciting, and challenge, also dangerous. 1 week is too short for you to get used to the road system in Shanghai. You know what, even people from nearby cities like Hangzhou or Suzhou need to help a guide to sit in their car to find the destination.</p>Best Shanghai Eatery Streets?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070207_best_shanghai_eatery_streets.htmWed, 07 Feb 2007 22:08:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070207_best_shanghai_eatery_streets.htm<p>10:09</p> <p>stephen posted some streets named and asked me to translate them into Chinese. It is said they have the best eateries in Shanghai.</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E6%B0%B8%E5%98%89%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.208709,121.456347&amp;spn=0.008057,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Dong Jia Du Lu</a> 董家渡路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E9%BB%84%E6%B5%A6+%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=17&amp;ll=31.229087,121.492492&amp;spn=0.004027,0.007296&amp;om=1">Renmin Lu</a> 人民路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E6%B0%B8%E5%98%89%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.208709,121.456347&amp;spn=0.008057,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Yong Jia Lu</a> 永嘉路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E8%A5%84%E9%98%B3%E5%8D%97%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.212673,121.457441&amp;spn=0.008056,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Xiangyang Nan Lu</a> 襄阳南路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%A2%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA%E5%90%88%E8%82%A5%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.215389,121.476109&amp;spn=0.008056,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Hefei Lu</a> 合肥路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%A2%E6%B9%BE%E5%8C%BA%E6%B5%8E%E5%8D%97%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.220417,121.47877&amp;spn=0.008056,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Jinan Lu</a> 济南路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E8%82%87%E5%91%A8%E8%B7%AF+%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.211664,121.482782&amp;spn=0.008056,0.014591&amp;om=1">Zhaozhou Lu</a> 肇周路d to the list</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E6%80%9D%E5%8D%97%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.21605,121.467462&amp;spn=0.008056,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Si Nan Lu</a> 思南路</p> <p><a href="http://ditu.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E6%B7%AE%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%AD%E8%B7%AF&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=16&amp;ll=31.213884,121.450939&amp;spn=0.008056,0.021629&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Huai Hai Zhong Lu</a> 淮海中路</p>真实的爱情故事。。。https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070206_cccaeaaa.htmTue, 06 Feb 2007 21:47:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070206_cccaeaaa.htm<p>这篇比较八卦。我好像还没有八卦过。</p> <p>晚上照例看一下blog订阅，发现<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">mvm</a>已经<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000595.htm">到纽约了</a>。预感到，这个家伙也要开始<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070206_eric_is_in_new_york.htm">飘泊</a>了？（为什么说“<strong>也</strong>“呢？）</p> <p>这一期的《申江服务导报》，看到一熟人，Swing。标题是：<a href="http://fashion.people.com.cn/GB/5378123.html">高级白领下班化身服务员</a>（够俗的题目）。三个整版。昨天下午还无意间进了Boonna，在墙上看到Swing在柬埔寨的照片，却还不知道Swing真地在那里工作。Swing还依然是Kijiji的女主播，如果记者知道Swing除了白领，服务员，在网络广播上有多少粉丝，估计这个故事就更有趣了。</p> <p>这让我重新温习了一遍mvm的名作：《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000139.htm">突然来临的爱情</a>》。还有一系列的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060120_search_this_site.htm?domains=home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;q=minji++inurl%3Amvm&amp;sa=Search&amp;sitesearch=home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;client=pub-8513779941474461&amp;forid=1&amp;channel=6801625507&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;oe=ISO-8859-1&amp;safe=active&amp;flav=0000&amp;sig=NdyQdGFpJnNH_B3d&amp;cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&amp;hl=en">故事</a>。。。</p>Eric is in New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070206_eric_is_in_new_york.htmTue, 06 Feb 2007 20:01:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070206_eric_is_in_new_york.htm<p>From <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000595.htm">Eric&rsquo;s blog</a>, he is flying to New York. He posted two pictures, which does not seem to be true - it is more like a 3D model.</p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/381195625_d68df91dda_o.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric Zheng</p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/381195603_994d9e10cb_o.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric Zheng</p> <p>Few days ago, when Eric chatted with me on MSN, he said he was going to New York. I asked why. He simply said the cheap flight ticket is good. He cares more about the cheap flight ticket, and the trip is even like a side-result of the flight. :-) So he is there!</p>Near Blogbus's Officehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070205_near_blogbuss_office.htmMon, 05 Feb 2007 21:59:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070205_near_blogbuss_office.htm<p>Blue sky - although it is not that blue, but the sunny and clear Sunday is rare.</p> <p>The new buliding near Blogbus&rsquo; office seems to be a big one.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/05/379069184_f34c59e856.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/05/379069423_d5722da7e1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/05/379069893_ddb35b08cd.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/05/379069631_87d9212620.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The area at Long Hua Road seems to be a place with good potential - maybe like 798 in Beijing. The difference is, it is a morden art and design district, instead of just a place of art.</p>Weired Image of Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070205_weired_image_of_me.htmMon, 05 Feb 2007 21:36:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070205_weired_image_of_me.htm<p>Look at this weired image of mine.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/05/379070135_5e3960aadc.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I was looking into a big light bulb, and took a picture.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">very special image,your dc is sony T 10?<div class="comment-meta">— ericsson · 2007-02-06 11:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, jianshuo, it&#x27;s a little hot in Shanghai these days, why don&#x27;t you write an article about this incredible temperature!<div class="comment-meta">— jimmy · 2007-02-06 12:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. it is hot. However, I was not that sensitive to weather, and still wear the same thing as the last week, until someone pointed out - Jian Shuo, don&#x27;t you feel hot?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-02-06 22:37</div></div> <div class="comment">hi, i just browse online and enter ur blog, then i read some of ur posters, very interesting, i mean the NY ones. And i guess it may not be that polite to have sneakered other ppl&#x27;s privacy and then just left, so i wanna post something here, hope u dont mind:)<div class="comment-meta">— Jessica · 2007-12-21 13:58</div></div> <div class="comment">@Jessica, thanks and welcome!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-12-21 14:16</div></div> <div class="comment">good this is the best to operate unknown person who do not know the way of copulation.this way guide us how can do pergnant.<div class="comment-meta">— shakeel · 2011-09-05 02:08</div></div> </details>Dukou Bookstore on Julu Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070204_dukou_bookstore_on_julu_road.htmSun, 04 Feb 2007 19:36:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070204_dukou_bookstore_on_julu_road.htm<p>I was in <em>Dukou Bookstore</em> today with <a href="http://Hengge.blogbus.com">Hengge</a> and two other friends. After lunch at Hengge&rsquo;s home, and wandered near Blogbus&rsquo;s office, we finally decided to visit the newly opened bookstore. It is at the Julu Road, and the Fumin Road, in Jinan District.</p> <p><strong>Pictures of the Dukou Bookstore</strong></p> <p>The door of the store:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/04/379065878_c07c7922f1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>The major bookshelves.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/04/379070565_a9b5382cde.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang. Bookstores</p>5G 随录https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070204_5g_e.htmSun, 04 Feb 2007 18:35:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070204_5g_e.htm<p><strong>互联网是不是只能当一个媒体？</strong></p> <p>互联网原来想当工具，瀛海威和AOL都想把它当工具收钱，像电信收电信费用一样。后来，在工具能收费前，却现成了一个媒体。2000年准备当媒体收费的新浪，直到2004年才看出点媒体的样子，幸亏中间有不期而遇的短信这个大馅儿饼，才不至于在等的时候饿到。现在总算互联网是个像样子的媒体了，不过，问题是，互联网除了代替了印刷机，难道就么有代替点别的什么“机”吗？它代替还游戏机，代替了电话机，代替了电报机。。。</p>Back from 5G Reviewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070203_back_from_5g_review.htmSat, 03 Feb 2007 22:24:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070203_back_from_5g_review.htm<p>I was hesitating whether to attend the 5G Review today when the clock shows 2:00 PM. Finally, I decided not to be too lazy. It seems I should go out of home in this sunny Saturday.</p> <p>5G Review is a meetup about Internet, media and other emerging industry.</p> <p>Location: UBB Coffee, 4th Floor, Lansheng Massion, 8 Middle Huaihai Road.</p> <p>Time: 2:00 - 5:00 PM every Saturday</p> <p>Participatoin: free of entrance, but need to notify organizer at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/5gshanghai">http://groups.google.com/group/5gshanghai</a>, or ask an exsisting member to bring you there.</p>From Keyboard to Screenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070202_from_keyboard_to_screen.htmFri, 02 Feb 2007 23:06:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070202_from_keyboard_to_screen.htm<p>Everyday, I type on this keyboard, like this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/02/378343116_06aed4be68.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>And it appears on screen like this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/02/02/378343262_68561407e2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Maybe you type &quot;N&quot; more often than other keys.<div class="comment-meta">— iWorm · 2007-02-04 12:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. Maybe so..<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-02-04 17:39</div></div> <div class="comment">classic ibm<div class="comment-meta">— ericsson · 2007-02-04 17:46</div></div> <div class="comment">why not show us the pic of your whole Thinkpad, not just the keyboard.<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2007-02-04 23:36</div></div> <div class="comment">IBM? It&#x27;s Lenovo!<div class="comment-meta">— Herbert · 2007-02-07 09:54</div></div> </details>Long Metro Trains on Line #1https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070201_long_metro_trains_on_line_1.htmThu, 01 Feb 2007 22:20:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070201_long_metro_trains_on_line_1.htm<p>The traditional Metro Train is 6 cart train (from 1995 to 2007).</p> <p>From this year, there are longer trains, so they put the sticker on the glasses of the door to indicate the location for the first 6 cart, and the following two - cart #7 and cart 8.</p> <p>When train is approaching, there are broadcast to notify people about the number of train carts in the coming train, so people don&rsquo;t need to wait before the rest of the gates, where there will be no train carts.</p>Best Buy Opens Store in Xujiahuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070131_best_buy_opens_store_in_xujiahui.htmWed, 31 Jan 2007 21:44:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070131_best_buy_opens_store_in_xujiahui.htm<p>Best Buy opens a store in Xujiahui, many weeks ago. After had three long meetings in three different locations for the whole day, I finally get back to Xujiahui, and visited the store - since there is no taxi in rush hour, why not take a look. I am very curious about how much market share Best Buy can take in the $100 billion market (according to <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/_tscfoc/smallbusinesstech/smallbusinesstech/10306028.html">Best Buy</a>)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/31/375491437_7a0d9f7615.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>View of Shanghai under Clear Skyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070130_view_of_shanghai_under_clear_sky.htmTue, 30 Jan 2007 23:11:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070130_view_of_shanghai_under_clear_sky.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/30/374481275_17f0ab0f3c.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/30/374481816_0c4745d2de.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>These photos were taken from the 34th floor of Four Seasons Hotel, looking to the East.</p> <p>I hope one day after 5 years, I can take another picture from the same location, and see the difference.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Did it just rain in Shanghai? The sky is usually not hazy for about half an hour after the rain. Otherwise, the sky is in perpetual haze. I don&#x27;t know how any one can breath the air with out getting sick.<br><br>Seriously, take some medicine with you the next time you visit Shanghai. You will feel sick in 24 hours or less. And you will have a hard time finding medicine, especially if you don&#x27;t speak Chinese.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-01-30 23:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Recently, the sky is pretty clear, and it is like this. I can see many stars in the sky.<br><br>For first time visitors, the polution may cause some problem, but human body is strong, and it seems if you get used to it, it is OK (although harm may have already been done)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-01-31 00:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Well I don&#x27;t know how different that view will be in 5 years- there is no room left to building anything else! :-)<br><br>I do have to say, that already this view is very different from 5 years ago in 2002- there aren&#x27;t any cranes.<div class="comment-meta">— Patrick · 2007-01-31 00:40</div></div> <div class="comment">One of my surprises in Shanghai was blue tinted windows. You look out the window, see the blue sky, thinking the weather is great.<br><br>Then, you open the window, and realize that it&#x27;s another cloudy, hazy autumn day.<br><br>On a related note, Mr. Wang, it is true. Most people do get sick for a few days when they first get to China, then they get better.<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#1044;&amp;#1072;&amp;#1074;&amp;#1080;&amp;#1076; · 2007-01-31 02:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Wang Jianshuo - We will be having the Shanghai flickr meet up this Saturday at 6 PM at Labella Cafe at 127 Yongfu Road. I know I&#x27;ve seen you on flickr before. If you want to come I&#x27;m sure many of your fans will also be there! You can sign up here (and put up photos for the group slide show):<br><br>http://www.flickr.com/groups/70233878@N00/<div class="comment-meta">— Shanghai Sky · 2007-01-31 17:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Shanghai Sky, thanks for your invitation but I may not be in Shanghai this weekend.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-01-31 23:12</div></div> <div class="comment">mmm I spend the whole day taking pictres around the french concssion area!<br><br>I know this is not related to this post but as you are working in IT maybe you can help.<br><br>I have just set up my internet connection at home.<br><br>I wanted to set my personal outlook mailbox so that I can receive mail and send directly without connecting to my mail indirectly.<br><br>To do this i need a thing called SMTP server to be changed from my previous italian one into Shanghai one. I have no idea of what is it, nor the people who set the internet connection had<br><br>CAn someone help me please ?<br><br>thanks nico<div class="comment-meta">— nico · 2007-01-31 23:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you for posting the photos. I have never been in Shanghai when the sky is so clear.<div class="comment-meta">— Alex · 2007-02-01 06:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Mmmm, it still looks kinga hazy to me. The only true clear sky I saw in China was when I visited Hwang Shan, and at the summit. Taking a troll under the night sky, I saw the milky way for the first time in my life.<br><br>In the UK, the sky can be clear sometimes, but most major city generates a huge amount of light (as in, road lamps etc) pollusion.<div class="comment-meta">— Ying Zhang · 2007-02-01 22:47</div></div> <div class="comment">You get used to the haze. Being from Shanghai, I&#x27;m used to it, along with the disreputable food quality. I&#x27;ve never contracted food poisoning from eating in Chinese street stalls - can you believe it?<br><br>I haven&#x27;t seen an entire clear day there, or at least I don&#x27;t remember. Give the environmental authority twenty years, it&#x27;ll be cleaner in the future. China already has higher petrol efficiency standards than the United States.<div class="comment-meta">— Ben · 2007-02-02 09:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo<br><br>Wow amazing! The first picture you took shows the building where I lived before. It&#x27;s on the lower left-hand corner.<br><br>My memory of Shanghai&#x27;s is it has overcast sky for many of the winter days. It&#x27;s gloomy and cold and can be quite depressing!<div class="comment-meta">— twang · 2007-02-02 10:40</div></div> <div class="comment">i went to shanghai when i was 6 months old,i havn&#x27;t been there for 20 years.<div class="comment-meta">— ericsson · 2007-02-04 18:03</div></div> <div class="comment">why I cannot view any pictures in this page?<div class="comment-meta">— metapost · 2007-06-22 12:35</div></div> <div class="comment">oh,no.<br><br>i can&#x27;t see these pictures now.<div class="comment-meta">— dongguangyao · 2008-01-13 18:06</div></div> <div class="comment">no pics now~~<div class="comment-meta">— ki_jiang · 2008-04-01 17:55</div></div> </details>Four Seasons Hotelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070130_four_seasons_hotel.htmTue, 30 Jan 2007 21:06:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070130_four_seasons_hotel.htm<p>I visited Four Seasons Hotels to meet someone I have known by name for long time. It is the second time I actually visit the hotel. As a local residence, who can I complain for not saying in any of the good hotels in Shanghai?</p> <p>Till now, I still connect relate the Four Season Hotel with the luxury hotel chain I read in newspaper and investment newsletter. To be more direct, I don&rsquo;t think it looks to be a good hotel. (BTW, the other hotel that gave me the same feeling is the Le Meridien in People&rsquo;s Square)</p>So Many Red Lights!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070129_so_many_red_lights.htmMon, 29 Jan 2007 23:14:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070129_so_many_red_lights.htm<p>I took this picture today at the intersection of Yan-An Road, and the Huashan Road.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/29/374478710_6ad5b504d7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photography by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/29/374480044_8253b0ed0f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photography by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>If you count carefully enough, you will see 14 red lights in the picture. There are 7 lanes for single direction. Isn&rsquo;t look funny?</p> <p>Here are the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=shanghai&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;z=17&amp;ll=31.222894,121.440436&amp;spn=0.003936,0.010407&amp;t=k&amp;iwloc=addr">Google Map</a> of the area.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">When I read your article title, I was sure you was speaking about the special &quot;massage&quot; place and the special &quot;hair cutter&quot; shop... in other word prostitution.<br><br>Which are numerous in China.<br><br>(I read somewhere it may represent up to 6% of China GDP)<br><br>Am I a colorful wolf ?<div class="comment-meta">— redflag · 2007-01-31 10:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Redflag, you&#x27;re a creative :) JS, is a photographer. He includes visual information in his dairy/blog too.<br><br>Take a closer look at the picture.<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2007-02-01 00:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Ao this is shanghai. What a lovely city! 7 lanes in both direction doesn&#x27;t seem to have any postive effect on this life-costing bumper-to-bumper nightmare.<div class="comment-meta">— dresslessness · 2007-02-01 02:23</div></div> <div class="comment">My previous message has been deleted.<br><br>Is censorship the new policy of this blog ?<div class="comment-meta">— red · 2007-02-02 15:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry, my previous message as not been deleted.<br><br>My computer did not load all the pages, I did not saw my previous message.<br><br>Sorry!<br><br>Happy to see that this blog stay clean of censorship :D<div class="comment-meta">— red · 2007-02-02 15:57</div></div> <div class="comment">I am looking for a online map that shows the Shanghai expressways, especially southern A30, A4 and A5 in the direction of Zhenjiang province.<br><br>Can anybody help me?<div class="comment-meta">— Anzhuo · 2007-06-14 10:59</div></div> </details>Zezego's Living Cost in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070128_zezegos_living_cost_in_beijing.htmSun, 28 Jan 2007 19:50:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070128_zezegos_living_cost_in_beijing.htm<p>In case you are interested in Beijing&rsquo;s living cost, look at Zezego&rsquo;s <a href="http://zezego.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!846277AD1524DD39!427.entry">Living Cost in Beijing (2007 Edition)</a>.</p> <p>How about living cost in other city? If you are interested, plesae write about it and let me know.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">For most of average people, house is the main problem living in big city like Beijing and Shanghai ~<div class="comment-meta">— 502forever · 2007-01-28 20:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo, sorry to brother you.<br><br>Normally i will browse this website daily, just like you update it. I like this blog and have learnt a lot. Thankd indeed.<br><br>BTW, Is there any chance that i can reach you directly? I mean by Email, MSN or other way. it seems i have experienced some problems about my job and need your help.<br><br>I know you are busy, BUT can you kind to give me some minutes?<br><br>Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2007-01-30 18:28</div></div> <div class="comment">I am wondering shen zhen might be the highest living cost city in China, what do you think?<div class="comment-meta">— zoe · 2007-01-31 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">it is really about &quot;living cost&quot;!<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#24320;&amp;#24320; · 2007-01-31 17:59</div></div> </details>A Stolen Bicyclehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070127_a_stolen_bicycle.htmSat, 27 Jan 2007 21:56:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070127_a_stolen_bicycle.htm<p>Look at this stolen bicycle!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/27/370743563_f7184e5165.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I took this picture at Xiang Yang North Road (襄阳北路) this afternoon. When I was parking there, I noticed this bicycle wheel.</p> <p>It is seems the person have locked his bicycle on the pole, hoping that no one can take his bike, but some one may have taken away the rest of the bike. It is so funny.</p>PVG: From PVG to Ningbohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070127_pvg_from_pvg_to_ningbo.htmSat, 27 Jan 2007 21:04:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070127_pvg_from_pvg_to_ningbo.htm<blockquote> <p>We get in to PVG at 3:25 pm and need to get to Ningbo. Can we take the bus directly from Pudong Airport to Ningbo? I have seen answers on the blog that say yes and others that say go to town and get bus or train. The train schedule does not look good if I am reading it right. (No train until 19:15) If there is a direct bus, does one leave around 4:30 or 5:00pm?</p>Some Photo of Hong Kong in Jan Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_some_photo_of_hong_kong_in_jan_trip.htmFri, 26 Jan 2007 23:27:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_some_photo_of_hong_kong_in_jan_trip.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369898668_ed445340c7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>&ldquo;Look right&hellip;&rdquo;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369893525_0bd6a70972.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Entrance to United Center, and MRT from Pacific Plaza.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369891685_2c21610742.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The famous second-deck bus in Hong Kong.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369891096_7e1161a9f3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369884118_35d3f8c90e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369883328_9f3fec8d91.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369890186_a7795c6b95.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369892307_70c8241730.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Inside Airport Express Train.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369907001_1b6c1f5805.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369906490_c5287c34d3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369904644_a421a23f1c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice shots of HK, Jianshuo ! Feels like beeing there again :-)<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2007-01-27 00:50</div></div> <div class="comment">There are doubledecker buses just visible at the left and top of your picture of the Hong Kong doubledecker TRAMS :-). Note the rail tracks they run on.<div class="comment-meta">— kiwiuncle · 2007-01-27 08:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks for your info. I got good good tips from this .<br><br>Any tops on hotels in Shangai and Hong kong -- nOt to exp and not too cheap<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Vince<div class="comment-meta">— Vince · 2010-10-27 15:38</div></div> </details>My Drawings in Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_my_drawings_in_hong_kong.htmFri, 26 Jan 2007 22:26:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_my_drawings_in_hong_kong.htm<p>Alan de Botton suggested people to draw picture when they travel. Drawing picture helps people to focus on beauty and learn why it is so, and discover the unique beauty in the scene, then, try to explain it with drawing.</p> <p>In the character named &ldquo;Procession of Beauty&rdquo;, he quoted Ruskin&rsquo;s saying:</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing ; and I would rather teach drawing that my pupils may learn to love nature, than teach the looking at nature that they may learn to draw.&rdquo;</p>PCCW Free Wifi in Hong Kong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_pccw_free_wifi_in_hong_kong_airport.htmFri, 26 Jan 2007 21:57:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_pccw_free_wifi_in_hong_kong_airport.htm<p>Hong Kong Airport now has free wifi access, provided by Pccw.</p> <p>I used PCCW and it works great. The speed is fast.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369854346_cca01c3a42_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Enjoy!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">so many accesses,great!<div class="comment-meta">— jackie · 2007-01-26 22:23</div></div> <div class="comment">pocketpcfree<div class="comment-meta">— johnbaba · 2007-02-05 00:17</div></div> </details>JW Marriott Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_jw_marriott_hong_kong.htmFri, 26 Jan 2007 21:37:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070126_jw_marriott_hong_kong.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369884975_10a6338eff.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369886233_e082c86d64.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369886792_142d758c28.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369888108_07faeeb24a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369905901_fb57c3d3cf.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/26/369899639_6c8247633a_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>View are from Room 1106.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice shoot.<div class="comment-meta">— zoe · 2007-01-27 11:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo, next time you go to Hong Kong for business, try to stay at Mandarin Oriental which is about I Km west of Marriott. Mandarin offers the best in the hospitality Industry and set the standard of 5 stars hotel.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2007-01-29 23:37</div></div> </details>My Experience with Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070125_my_experience_with_hong_kong.htmThu, 25 Jan 2007 23:42:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070125_my_experience_with_hong_kong.htm<p>How many times I have been to Hong Kong?</p> <p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040830_hong_kong_the_amazing_city.htm">first time</a>, I get here with Wendy, and Eric, and stayed at Minji&rsquo;s place (the Sea Ranch on an island).</p> <p>The second time was a pretty short one, on March 10, 2005. I couldn&rsquo;t find an entry about the trip in my blog. Anyway, it was a really short one. I fly in in the morning, get to Upstream Asia&rsquo;s office at noon, started the conversation in the afternoon, and get back at 6:00 PM. One day trip to Hong Kong. It was during that trip I learnt Cantonese: 百花街 (Crookedest Street). In Mandarin, it is Bai Hua Jie, but in Cantonese, it is pronounced as Bai Fa Gai&hellip;</p>Living Cost in Shanghai - Service Feehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070124_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_service_fee.htmWed, 24 Jan 2007 23:24:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070124_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_service_fee.htm<p>The third article to answer SSC&rsquo;s question:</p> <p><strong>What about service fees, like cleaning, electricity installation, etc.?</strong></p> <p>If you want to live in a low cost life, and a local life, chances are, you don&rsquo;t need any service. You clean the house by yourself, and install electric applicants by yourself, and change bubble by yourself.</p> <p>If you do need service, check it here.</p> <p><strong>Service</strong></p> <p>I once wrote an article named <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htm">Life in a low cost labor world</a>.</p>Added Today in Historyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070124_added_today_in_history.htmWed, 24 Jan 2007 21:42:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070124_added_today_in_history.htm<p>Today, I added a new plugin - <a href="http://www.bradchoate.com/weblog/2002/07/03/mtonthisday">OnThisDay</a></p> <p>The difference is, you will see the &ldquo;Today in History&rdquo; section.</p> <p>This is the MT code in my Individual Archive Template. In case you are also a MovableType blog owner, you may find it interesting.</p> <blockquote> <div class="comments-head">Today in History</div> <ul> <MTOnThisDay> <MTEntries> <li><$MTEntryDate format="%b %e, %Y"$>: <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a><br> <p><small style="text-decoration:none">&lt;$MTEntryExcerpt$&gt;</p> <p></small></li></p> </MTEntries> </MTOnThisDay> </ul> </blockquote> <p>This is useful to me to remind me what I did in the last year, the year before last year, and even the two years ago.</p>Living Cost in Shanghai - Drivinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070123_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_driving.htmTue, 23 Jan 2007 23:35:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070123_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_driving.htm<p>Continue to answer SSC&rsquo;s list of question:</p> <p><strong>- What about driving costs, like registration, oil, parking, tolls, fines, etc.?</strong></p> <p>I have a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/car.htm">car</a> category in my blog. You can see many article related to having a car.</p> <p>There are several part of cost related to a car.</p> <p><strong>Buying a Car Itself</strong></p> <p>Not surprisingly, buying a car costs a lot. Cars in China is more expensive than in U.S.</p> <p>Cars under 100,000 RMB are classified as cheap cars, like FIAT, Buick SAIL, VW Polo, VW Gol, Golf&hellip;</p>Living Cost in Shanghai - Medicinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070123_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_medicine.htmTue, 23 Jan 2007 22:56:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070123_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_medicine.htm<p><a href="http://user.wangjianshuo.com/SSC.htm">SSC</a> asked more about the living cost. Let me try to answer these &ldquo;new&rdquo; questions.</p> <p><strong>- What about medical expenses, like insurance, hospital visit, drug prices, and even &ldquo;red packets&rdquo;?</strong></p> <p>For medical expenses, it is really hard to give a guideline. It depends on what kind of illness you got. Also, for the insurance, it depends on how much you want to cover&hellip; Let me just give some examples, so people have a sense.</p>每个企业只能为做特定的事情优化https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070122_aeaeaeeaeccaeae.htmMon, 22 Jan 2007 22:29:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070122_aeaeaeeaeccaeae.htm<p>上一次和Mayfield的<a href="http://www.gsrventures.com/team/richard.html">Richard</a>聊天，最大的收获，就是他对于每个企业都为特定的事情优化的理论。我觉得很有道理，分享给大家。</p> <p>每个企业，如果成功了，尤其在一个高度竞争的市场上面取得惊人的成功，必然是这个企业的全部都为做这一件事情优化到了最好。换句话说，也就是如果它开始做除此之外的事情，就注定了它的一切行为，就有可能都是对另外一件事情样样都不是最优的，就容易失败。</p>Living Cost in Shanghai (2007 Edition)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070122_living_cost_in_shanghai_2007_edition.htmMon, 22 Jan 2007 21:39:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070122_living_cost_in_shanghai_2007_edition.htm<p>This is the third report on living cost in Shanghai, following the previous two (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm">I</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030718_living_cost_in_shanghai_part_ii.htm">II</a>). The data is updated according my personal experience in Jan 2007. The data is pretty like the city in my eyes. Please be aware, different people may have different impression of the same good (depending on when to buy it and where to buy it). It is intended to give overall guideline to living cost in Shanghai.</p>The Scar in People's Hearthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070121_the_scar_in_peoples_heart.htmSun, 21 Jan 2007 10:35:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070121_the_scar_in_peoples_heart.htm<p>Yesterday, before Wendy&rsquo;s parents went back home, we finally had some time to sit down together as a family and chat. It was a wonderful hour. We had the chance to know more about their experience in the old days, when they were young.</p> <p><strong>I don&rsquo;t Know China Well</strong></p> <p>I admit (as I always do) that I don&rsquo;t know China well. No matter how people claim, the history of this country is a mystery for many people, including me.</p>Removed 'Chedong' Copyrighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070120_removed_chedong_copyright.htmSat, 20 Jan 2007 22:59:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070120_removed_chedong_copyright.htm<p>Finally removed Chedong Copyright under the title to keep it more clean. In case I need it in the future, let me do a backup here.</p> <blockquote> <!--<p><small>Author: <a href="<$MTEntryAuthorURL$>"><$MTEntryAuthorDisplayName$></a>. Published: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/<$MTEntryDate format="%Y_%m.htm"$>"><$MTEntryDate format="%B %e"$></a>, <$MTEntryDate format="%Y"$>. 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The question is, even if you WANT to stand on the train, you don&rsquo;t have the chance, since there are so many people standing there already. Standing tickets were sold out.</p> <p>Wendy asked: &ldquo;How about tickets after 11 days?&rdquo;</p> <p>She asked because all tickets are sold 11 days in advance.</p> <p>The person said: &ldquo;No. Don&rsquo;t try that.&rdquo;</p> <p>Wendy was upset: &ldquo;Then where are the tickets?&rdquo;</p>Shanghai Map Finderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070119_shanghai_map_finder.htmFri, 19 Jan 2007 17:22:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070119_shanghai_map_finder.htm<p>This is a helper page to get the HTML code of a place in Google Map, so I can copy and paste it into my blog.</p> <p>Lat, Lng</p> <p><strong>HTML:</strong></p> <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAAc6w3r_W-HieOehKlSsUEHRQPsA8lXb864JtcPYsku9QMH0vMhxS7ShslSX0dH64g2vn11uJa-IaUOQ" type="text/javascript"></script><div id="map" style="width: 640px; height: 480px"></div><script type="text/javascript">if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl()); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(lat,lng), zoom, G_SATELLITE_MAP); }</script> <p>if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {</p> <p>var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(&ldquo;map&rdquo;));</p> <p>map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());</p> <p>map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());</p> <p>map.setCenter(new GLatLng(31.210117,121.497175), 13, G_SATELLITE_MAP);</p> <p>GEvent.addListener(map, &ldquo;moveend&rdquo;, function() {</p> <p>var center = map.getCenter();</p> <p>document.getElementById(&ldquo;message&rdquo;).innerHTML = center.toString();</p>Chinese Stock Market is Crazyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070118_chinese_stock_market_is_crazy.htmThu, 18 Jan 2007 22:45:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070118_chinese_stock_market_is_crazy.htm<p>Maybe I am among the minority who didn&rsquo;t notice the recent bull market trends in Chinese stock market. I heard some news, but never really look at what is happening in the market. Maybe people outside Chinese also didn&rsquo;t pay attention to the performance. Here is what happened.</p> <p><strong>3 Times Increase</strong></p> <p>The Shanghai Stock Exchange Index was 998.23 in June 2005. Yesterday, it reached 2870.42, which is the highest in the history of the stock market, and almost three times than one and half year ago.</p>价值PK价值https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070117_aepkae.htmWed, 17 Jan 2007 22:43:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070117_aepkae.htm<p>一个市场能够提供的价值可以有很多种，可以是便宜的价值，也可以是“用户体验”的价值，就看用户在乎的是什么。</p> <p>每次走逛襄阳市场（没拆之前的时候），看着人挤人，人推人，黄牛满地，假货横行，垃圾乱飞的场面，就觉得奇怪了，难道中国的市场非得搞得这样乱七八糟的样子，才能火吗？为什么没有人在乎“购物体验”呢？做了一番研究以后发现，不这样还真不行。</p>Some Blogs about V2EXhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070115_some_blogs_about_v2ex.htmMon, 15 Jan 2007 23:27:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070115_some_blogs_about_v2ex.htm<p>Just spent some time to use Google Blog Search to get some comments about V2EX, after it is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070113_v2exs_network_cable_was_unplugged.htm">unplugged</a> by the &ldquo;big guy&rdquo;.</p> <p>Look at the angry people here. When a pure technical forum full of geeks and technical guys are monitored and finally shut down, who can claim to be safe? Who is the next? From the first day, bloggers should be prepared to be shut down at any time. I am prepared, at least.</p>Subscribe This Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070114_subscribe_this_blog.htmSun, 14 Jan 2007 22:14:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070114_subscribe_this_blog.htm<p>In case you still didn&rsquo;t put this blog into any of your RSS reader, you can do so now. Here is some shortcuts. Choose one that works for you.</p> <p><img src="http://www.ifeedreaders.com/buttons/RSS-images//feed-icon.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="http://www.google.com/webmasters/add-to-google-plus.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/14/addtomyyahoo4.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://www.bloglines.com/images/sub_modern9.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://www.newsgator.com/images/ngsub1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://sc.msn.com/44/G,UCH%7BZBSS3%7BOS%7BSE469LG.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://myfeeds.aolcdn.com/vis/myaol_cta1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://www.rojo.com/skins/static/images/add-to-rojo.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://static.feedlounge.com/buttons/subscribe_0.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://www.pluck.com/images/rss-pluck.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-5.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://www.netvibes.com/img/add2netvibes.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Pageflakes is a new player in the market, and they&#x27;re catching up!<br><br>http://www.pageflakes.com/<div class="comment-meta">— Livid · 2007-01-15 01:25</div></div> <div class="comment">i think is a really good machine i would like to know the price<div class="comment-meta">— jesus rojas · 2007-08-31 02:09</div></div> <div class="comment">I live in Japan (I am Canadian) and I will be coming to Shanghai this November. I have never been to China before so I am excited. I need to do a lot of web searching because I don&#x27;t know anything about Shanghai. I will be there with a friend for about 3 days only - so shopping is important for me. I collect pirate DVDs!!!<div class="comment-meta">— Cameron · 2007-10-04 22:40</div></div> <div class="comment">hi,<br><br>i am laiba from islamabad (pakistan).Any guy want to become my friend.plz contact at my cell no.<br><br>0092 306 6775502 , 0092 333 4103907.<br><br>only smart and beautiful guys can call me.<br><br>Laiba Khan.<div class="comment-meta">— Laiba Khan · 2007-11-21 00:31</div></div> </details>Standing in a Train? No...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070114_standing_in_a_train_no.htmSun, 14 Jan 2007 17:53:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070114_standing_in_a_train_no.htm<p>Today, Wendy and I went to buy train tickets. It is spring festival, and train tickets are not easy to get.</p> <p>We asked for train #282, from Shanghai to Chendong.</p> <p>The person inside the counter said: &ldquo;There is nothing for this train in the next 11 days now. No sleeper ticket, no soft seats, no hard seats, and even standing tickets were sold out&rdquo;.</p> <p>In rush time like the Spring Festival, people buy &ldquo;Standing Tickets&rdquo;. Every square meter of free space on the train will be full of people with &ldquo;standing tickets&rdquo;. It is the same price as the ticket with seat. The different is, you have to stand there all they way, 30 hours or longer. I used to buy that kind of tickets when I was a student. I stood for 18 hours from Shanghai to Luoyang. That itself is OK, but the hard part is, if your standing place is far from the WC, you will have trouble.</p>Life in a Crowded Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070114_life_in_a_crowded_world.htmSun, 14 Jan 2007 17:41:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070114_life_in_a_crowded_world.htm<p>Life in Shanghai is tough. Who should we complain when there are so many people asking for the same service?</p> <p><strong>Long Lines in Banks</strong></p> <p>&ldquo;Never, ever try to use any bank in Xujiahui area&rdquo;, warned Wendy.</p> <p>This is true. Last time Wendy went to Bank of China and got a service ticket. It stated that there are 180 people waiting before her.</p> <p>One and half hour later, when she is back, there are still 150 people before her. At 4:00, when she is back again, her number just passed, and she has to get back to the bank the second day again.</p>对于假想的快乐的终生追寻https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070114_aecaeccce.htmSun, 14 Jan 2007 16:47:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070114_aecaeccce.htm<p>昨天，在车上。</p> <p>Wendy说，“我们是不是一生都在追寻<strong>快乐</strong>呢？” 我说，“或许我们一生在追求的只是<strong>假想的快乐</strong>。”</p> <p>说到假想的快乐，是因为有一天夜里睡不着，拿出来刚刚得到的iPod Shuffle听<a href="http://TED.com">TED</a>的录音，正好听到哈佛心理学家，《<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400042666/?tag2=wwwtedcom-20">撞到快乐</a>》的作者Dan Gilbert的关于快乐的描述。他把快乐分为两种，一种叫做自然快乐，一种叫做假想快乐。</p>The Changing Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070113_the_changing_shanghai.htmSat, 13 Jan 2007 21:55:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070113_the_changing_shanghai.htm<p>This is a normal Saturday. It is cloudy.</p> <p>Ihad a short walk with Wendy near my home in Pudong.</p> <p>This is a normal place in Pudong. Here are some random photos I took today. This is the beginning of 2007. I am very sure that after 1 year, the view will completely change. Who can predict what is going to happen in China these days? Take a look at these pictures.</p>New Xiangyang Market Location?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070113_new_xiangyang_market_location.htmSat, 13 Jan 2007 18:28:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070113_new_xiangyang_market_location.htm<p>Many people ask me about the new location of Xiangyang Market.</p> <p>There are many versions to this answer since every emerging market is trying hard to claim themselves as the NEW Xiangyang Market. Non of the claim can be verified since as a market famous for fake goods, there is no official answer.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Science and Technology Museum</strong></p> <p>It seems to ME that the one under the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is the most similar one I saw so far.</p>V2EX's Network Cable was Unpluggedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070113_v2exs_network_cable_was_unplugged.htmSat, 13 Jan 2007 14:59:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070113_v2exs_network_cable_was_unplugged.htm<p>Livid&rsquo;s V2EX is a great Internet application. 3000+ genius Internet developers gathered there to discuss topics related to programming, Internet, and other geek topics.</p> <p>At 4:00 PM, Jan 11, 2007, the network cable of the server was unplugged by the Internet hosting company. It is according to &ldquo;supervisor&rsquo;s order&rdquo;.</p> <p>This is not the first case. It is too common in the current Internet world that no one even got surprised. This is how the censorship works. &ldquo;Unplug&rdquo; seems not so technical, but it is very effective. Great Firewall works for the servers outside China, and &ldquo;unplug&rdquo; is the first (and most basic) step to do with servers in China.</p>把公益的信息传递出去https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070113_ccaeaee.htmSat, 13 Jan 2007 14:57:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070113_ccaeaee.htm<p>在你的网站上面也放一个<a href="http://pindao.kijiji.cn/gy/">公益联播的小方块</a>，把公益的讯息传递出去吧。</p> <blockquote> <p>关于这次活动 　　公益活动联播是一个新的公益活动推广活动。对于公益活动来说，信息不对称是阻碍公益活动发展的突出矛盾。参与公益联播项目，使您不仅可以参与公益事业，更能够为公益事业出一份自己的力量，使公益活动传播速度更快，让更多的有公益情节的朋友，更加及时的了解到最新公益活动的情况。充分体现“我身参与公益，公益在我心中”！！！快来为加入“客齐集公益联播”吧，帮助别人，真的很快乐。</p>客齐集搬新家了 - 第二部分https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070111_eeae_caee.htmThu, 11 Jan 2007 02:09:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070111_eeae_caee.htm<p>一些照片，还是觉得<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com/posts/16.html">Ryun</a>拍的比较有感觉，几乎这些照片都是从一个奇怪的，常人不用的视角拍出来的。</p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/340893838_be22596461.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/340887135_fc118ba498.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/340879950_f59ab5970b.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/340876414_e30ac0463d.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/340867495_16249b582d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/340841935_93806c4988.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/340796337_c04bdb066f.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/340800523_96d83c6ab3.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/340849680_b0cbf3bb1b.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/340854076_3be0334b91.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>摄影：<a href="http://fotos.hejiachen.com">Ryun He</a></p> <p>以下这张是<a href="http://bulaoge.com/topic.blg?dmn=york&amp;tid=209632#Content">York</a>的手机拍出来的环景照片。</p>120K Self-Claim Tax in Detailshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070110_120k_self-claim_tax_in_details.htmWed, 10 Jan 2007 23:31:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070110_120k_self-claim_tax_in_details.htm<p>Disclaimer: Just like previous post, this is just want I <em>THINK</em> it works. It is NOT an official explain of the tax issue.</p> <p>The source of this explanation came from the tax summary paper I received in mail and <a href="http://www.csj.sh.gov.cn/gb/csj/csxx/csdt/userobject7ai24481.html">this link</a>.</p> <p><strong>Who Should Follow the Self-Claim Routine</strong></p> <p>Anyone who have annual income above 120K RMB should self-claim his/her tax to the tax bureau from Jan 1 to March 31 from this year.</p>Personal Income Tax in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070108_personal_income_tax_in_china.htmMon, 08 Jan 2007 23:27:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070108_personal_income_tax_in_china.htm<p>Disclaimer: Tax in China is like many other things. It is a blur concept, and confusing most of time. I am not a professional on this. To be honest, if I were not to prepare this article, I never really understand or try to understand how tax works. So there may be error or misunderstanding in this document. Refer to official document instead of this person.</p> <p><strong>Personal Income Tax</strong></p> <p>The current income tax was deducted before you get your salary. The company is responsible to charge you tax on your behalf.</p>I Got a Tax Summary!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070107_i_got_a_tax_summary.htmSun, 07 Jan 2007 23:17:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070107_i_got_a_tax_summary.htm<p>I received a mail - paper based mail.</p> <p>It is from the Tax Bureau of the Shanghai Municipal Government.</p> <p>In the mail is a list of the total tax I paid in 2006 from Feb to Dec.</p> <p>I was surprised to see how much tax I paid for the government. I never receive this tax report for a year before.</p> <p>Something interesting is, on the left bottom, there is a sentence in big font, and in both Chinese and English.</p>Night Chat at Hanyuan Bookstorehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070107_night_chat_at_hanyuan_bookstore.htmSun, 07 Jan 2007 22:39:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070107_night_chat_at_hanyuan_bookstore.htm<p><a href="http://www.han-yuan.com/">Hanyuan Bookstore</a> is a great bookstore, and a nice cafe. It is almost the equal place as the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060107_highly_recommend_bookworm_beijing.htm">Bookworm</a> in Beijing.</p> <p>Tonight, four persons chat in the great place, as Professor Chan put it, it is a &ldquo;space of humanity&rdquo;.</p> <p>Xiaobo, journalist from <em>21st Century Business Herald</em>, Professor Yuen Ying Chan, director of Journalism and Media Studies Center of The University of Hong Kong, and Tony Lee of Cheung Kong School of Journalist and Communication Shantou University. The forth person is me.</p>对于损失一个胳膊或者1000块钱的看法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070107_aeaeaeeee1000ecc.htmSun, 07 Jan 2007 17:31:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070107_aeaeaeeee1000ecc.htm<p>人们对很多事情的看法都不同，而最近发现，这也是要看话题的。比如，对待砍掉一条胳膊的痛苦就惊人的相似，而对于损失1000块钱的看法，就千差万别。</p>IKEA, Xuhui Store in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070106_ikea_xuhui_store_in_shanghai.htmSat, 06 Jan 2007 22:18:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070106_ikea_xuhui_store_in_shanghai.htm<p>Is IKEA still the IKEA of old days? No. Definitely not. It is already a super market, a crazy, crowded market. I didn&rsquo;t realize IKEA has been such a great success in Shanghai. I went there, and took some picture.</p> <p><strong>Parking Lot</strong></p> <p>IKEA has one of the biggest garage in Shanghai. Look at these pictures. They have 10+ rows of parking lots like this. At the entrance, there is a person who dedicated to stop cars at the gate and allow equal number of cars enter the garage as the cars going out. The once empty garage is now completely full. Long lines appear before IKEA store and jammed the streat. It was free for several years, and now it charges 10 RMB per car. I believe the intention is not to increase revenue. It is to restrict cars from entering the garage.</p>Night Scene of Xujiahuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070106_night_scene_of_xujiahui.htmSat, 06 Jan 2007 21:06:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070106_night_scene_of_xujiahui.htm<p>I took some picture of Xujiahui at night. This is the north part of Xujiahui.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/06/347740092_05bbdfa1fc.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/06/347739362_654325a9d3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/06/347738168_83d25fa9e3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/06/347736157_efcfa3e204.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">These are beautiful. That first one especially. How are you getting such clear shots at night?<div class="comment-meta">— DKwan · 2007-01-06 23:27</div></div> <div class="comment">A suggest: Next time you show your photos, maybe you can place a mark on google map.<div class="comment-meta">— iWorm · 2007-01-08 23:27</div></div> <div class="comment">DKWan, thanks. It takes time to practice. Basically, I never rely on my hands to take pictures at night. I typically press my camera against a fixed place, like the frame of the window, and take several. One of them must be clear.<br><br>iWorm, good suggestion. If I have time, I will do that.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-01-11 00:48</div></div> </details>盲人摸象的故事https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070106_caeecae.htmSat, 06 Jan 2007 13:02:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070106_caeecae.htm<p>我最喜欢的寓言故事是《盲人摸象》。这个故事不但有趣，给人启迪，还不断给我帮助。故事里，6位盲人分别摸到了大象的一部分，分别宣称大象是一堵墙，一支矛，一条蛇，一棵树，一个扇子和一根绳子。他们争论不休，却永远无法达成一致的意见。</p>Pudong Airport to Portman Ritz Carlton Hotelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070105_pudong_airport_to_portman_ritz_carlton_hotel.htmFri, 05 Jan 2007 22:44:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070105_pudong_airport_to_portman_ritz_carlton_hotel.htm<p>My previous experience in Australia taught me that the most important question people arrive at an airport in a completely new country is: &ldquo;How can I get to my hotel, as fast as I can?&rdquo; (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061009_hotel_hotel_hotel.htm">src</a>). This serie of articles serves a simple propose - to help you to get to your hotel as quick as possible, and as easy as possible. To find out how to go from Pudong Airport to another hotel, scroll to the end of this page.</p>连锁美发业难不成是新经济？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070105_eecaeeaecie.htmFri, 05 Jan 2007 21:53:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070105_eecaeeaecie.htm<p>我觉得互联网经济的基本特征就是看随着收入的上升，成本是不是随着显著上升。如果成本不随着收入增加显著增加，就是互联网经济；如果两个条曲线是一上一下比翼双飞的话，就是传统经济。</p>Shanghai Jiaotong Universityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070104_shanghai_jiaotong_university.htmThu, 04 Jan 2007 23:20:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070104_shanghai_jiaotong_university.htm<p>Look at this Google Map:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/04/345479336_6759829b29_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It is the satelite image of Shanghai Jiaotong University Xujiahui Campus.</p> <p>I stayed on this campus for two years.</p> <p>I also have the following pictures of the campus these days.</p> <p>Photography by Henry Gu</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/04/77981286_78d91449ba.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/215174168_b34ccee17f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by RemoDing</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/04/128817781_e309580416.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Henry Gu</p> <p><strong>A Good Place to Visit</strong></p> <p>Typically, unviersities are far from city. SJTU Xuhui Campus is an exception. It is in the downtown, and very close to the Xujiahui District Center. It can be easily accessed by Metro Line #1 Xujiahui Station (use Exit 13, the Pacific Department Store exit), and follow the Huashan Road for 5 minutes, then you are at the gate of the university.</p>客齐集搬新家了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070104_eeae-2.htmThu, 04 Jan 2007 00:29:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070104_eeae-2.htm<p>2007年1月1日客齐集搬新家了，多谢各位过去的大力支持，祝各位新年快乐！</p> <p><img src="http://www.bumo.cn/temp/kjj_new_office.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">恭喜kijiji！<div class="comment-meta">— LongCT · 2007-01-04 09:13</div></div> <div class="comment">好地方，我对门口卖报的老头印象很深（一直怀疑他是情报人员），如果还在的话，代我向他问声好。<div class="comment-meta">— keepbal · 2007-01-04 10:48</div></div> <div class="comment">怎么不用小伟的E都市来展示一下呢？<br>其实效果还很不错的<br>http://sh.edushi.com/?158735<br>其实个人觉得客齐集和E都市有很大的合作空间的说<div class="comment-meta">— 刘衡 · 2007-01-04 19:19</div></div> <div class="comment">新年发大财<div class="comment-meta">— qq · 2007-01-05 14:09</div></div> <div class="comment">恭喜一下. 我想要个kijiji的小礼品.有kijiji logo的哪顶帽子我挺喜欢的.<div class="comment-meta">— hejin2007 · 2007-01-06 13:46</div></div> <div class="comment">不行了嘛<div class="comment-meta">— jason · 2007-01-08 00:07</div></div> <div class="comment">晚到的恭喜~<div class="comment-meta">— bobrow · 2007-01-10 16:30</div></div> </details>连锁美发业怎么看起来也像互联网生意？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070103_p166.htmWed, 03 Jan 2007 21:50:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070103_p166.htm<p>我判断一种模式是不是互联网经济，主要看当营业额上升的时候，成本是不是显著的上升。</p>Last Day of Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070103_last_day_of_holiday.htmWed, 03 Jan 2007 20:49:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070103_last_day_of_holiday.htm<p>This is the last day of the three day holiday. When life is wired with Internet (or wirelessly wired with Internet), there is not a big different between working and non-working days. I am still with the yy.kijiji.cn site, and the site is still running as normal days.</p> <p><strong>5G Shanghai</strong></p> <p>This afternoon, I went to 5G Shanghai, a forum to discuss about Internet, new technology, and new economy. It is more from a journalist&rsquo;s&rsquo; view to comment on the current events. Typically, there are around 10 people there.</p>New Year Photo by ERIChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070102_new_year_photo_by_eric.htmTue, 02 Jan 2007 18:17:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070102_new_year_photo_by_eric.htm<p>Good camera is good camera. The Canon 30D got great photo.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/02/342286305_f6ada384c8.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric Zheng. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=342286305&amp;size=l">Full sized</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/02/342285914_a32d87572f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photography by Eric Zheng. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=342285914&amp;context=photostream&amp;size=l">Full sized</a>.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>It is confirmed that the photo is taken by famous photographer in Shanghai: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">Eric Zheng</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">16 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo<br><br>You&#x27;re looking good at the start of 2007. is the internet situation in China improving or are millions still unable to access sites outside of China?<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-02 20:46</div></div> <div class="comment">what is the status on Hotmail and Yahoo mail in China..still inaccessible for the most part?<br><br>please provide an update.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-02 20:49</div></div> <div class="comment">It depends on which ISP you are using. At least for me, hotmail is not accessible at all. Yahoo.com is very slow - all images are not loaded. Wangjianshuo.com is still very slow.<br><br>It may take another 2 weeks for the fiber cable to recover.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-01-02 21:18</div></div> <div class="comment">well, let&#x27;s hope and pray for a speedy cable recovery.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-02 21:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello, I knew of your blog by Google serching &quot;what&#x27;s wrong with hotmail&quot; in May, 2006. The information you posted at that time was very helpful. From then on, I keep reading your blog, but it is first time for me to write some words here. I just want to say that your blog is really awesome! And you look great in those photos!<div class="comment-meta">— Emily · 2007-01-03 06:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I feel like I have almost all of China because of a lousy earthquake. :&gt;(( maybe this is what the Rapture will be like when Christ returns to take up all of His Christians to heaven. they will suddenly disappear and no longer be on this earth.<br><br>hey China, are you out there still? anyone at home?<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek&amp;amp; · 2007-01-03 10:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I have indeed lost almost all of China no one replies, no one sends or receives email. they are all silent...they are GONE. the electronic net world has crashed.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-03 10:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I thought that Gangfeng is Shanghai&#x27;s most famous photographer--&#x27;world class&#x27;.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-04 05:56</div></div> <div class="comment">great 2007, great camera, great photo, great photographer and great Jianshuo:)<div class="comment-meta">— swf · 2007-01-04 07:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Wang Gangfeng is No. 1. I read an article about him published this month in a magazine.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-04 09:20</div></div> <div class="comment">article about Gangfeng in The Walrus magazine December 2006:<br><br>A Resonant Boom<br><br>How Shanghai&#x27;s citizens view their city&#x27;s seemingly unending growth<br><br>by Charles Foran<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Wang Gangfeng is a happy man. He tells me as much one afternoon in Shanghai. The photographer sits in his studio in the city&#x27;s west end. The studio occupies an upperfloor corner that in its day may have housed a dozen families in the forced intimacy for which China, and especially Shanghai, remains notorious. Now Wang, a boyish fifty-year-old attired in all black, including leather pants and boots, has the space to himself. Appropriately, he is equally the self-styled &quot;first freelance photographer in China&quot; and proprietor of the &quot;Gang of One,&quot; a business name drawn from a pun on the infamous Gang of Four clique that terrorized China in the 1970s.<br><br>His walls are as crowded as any city block. Though Wang earns his living doing commercial work, his art lies in portrait photography that shirks neither Shanghai grit nor rural backwardness. Images include elderly ladies in alleyways and bicyclists pushing impossible loads. His lens is intimate, and with even the most impersonal shots, including a well-known photo of a solitary biker parting a sea of fellow travellers heading in the opposite direction, the eye is drawn to the often serene expressions worn by those going about their arduous business.<br><br>http://www.walrusmagazine.com/u/register/?ref=urban-affairs-a-resonant-boom<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2007-01-04 09:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice photo. still young man!<div class="comment-meta">— qian yao · 2007-01-04 10:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear JS ，You look great ,but i think you should lose weight now ,HEhe,you look like a bitter more fat than before.<div class="comment-meta">— Lisa · 2007-01-15 16:34</div></div> <div class="comment">You don&#x27;t look like getting old, and what a familiar smile, Haha! I just sent out an email to you but I am not sure if you are still using that old email address. I just had a visit in China, including Beijing and Luoyang, etc. I will visit your blog very often. Hope I can find you.<br><br>By the way, your email Ad sounds interesting. Am I too late to request a @wangjianshuo.com ? First Name: Ruifeng; Last Name: Guo. In my campus everyone calls me Ray and I may use it as my second First name in the future. So either Ruifeng or Ray is good for my address. You can send me the one that is easier to be assigned.<div class="comment-meta">— Ray · 2007-01-16 11:58</div></div> <div class="comment">One more word, I kind of agree with Lisa on your weight control. I am on the same boat for diet.<div class="comment-meta">— Ray · 2007-01-16 12:00</div></div> <div class="comment">We are looking for Gang Feng. He did a shoot with my whole family in Toronto, Canada over 12 years ago.. My father would like to visit China and would like to stop and say hello to him.<br><br>Please let us know where he is.<br><br>Thank you<div class="comment-meta">— Mrs. Issa · 2007-01-23 11:54</div></div> </details>“一年不变的MSN显示名”项目结束https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070102_aaeaecmsncaecc.htmTue, 02 Jan 2007 17:41:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20070102_aaeaecmsncaecc.htm<p>2006年从一月一日到刚刚过去的最后一天，我终于保持在过去的一年里面，没有更换过我的MSN显示名。从一开始的“新年快乐”，到后来的”不是新年快乐了“，这新年快乐四个字堂而皇之的挂了一年。我原本准备新年快乐保持到年底，后来实在受不了大家的围攻，变成：“不是新年快乐了”。毫不夸张地说，超过60个人对我说：“可以改名字了！” “新年已经过去了！”，“最近这么忙吗？连名字都不改？”，直到上个月，开始对我说：“又可以改成新年快乐了！”问的人太多了，我也就无所谓了。其实，我已经几下了大家的问题，还有时间，我就要看一看，大家究竟有什么反应。</p>The Great Well in Jinmao Towerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070101_the_great_well_in_jinmao_tower.htmMon, 01 Jan 2007 20:12:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070101_the_great_well_in_jinmao_tower.htm<p>I would recommend people who are interested in architecture, or who enjoy staying in a modern (even post-modern) building, to visit the 56th floor of the Jinmao Tower. It is a bar on the 56th floor of Grand Haytt (inside Jinmao Tower). Above the bar, is a GREAT WELL (I gave the name) that is 40+ floors in height.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/01/340646300_879f88dada.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/01/340647541_5e223a4513.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/01/340648558_e19eb7d928.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/01/340648263_5bc7e7982a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/01/340644064_8423c2555f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2007/01/01/340642556_07f8c45bbb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Happy New Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070101_happy_new_year-5.htmMon, 01 Jan 2007 19:55:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20070101_happy_new_year-5.htm<p>This is the first day of 2007. Best wishes to my family, friends, and my blog readers.</p> <p>I am looking forward to having a great 2007! (Thanks jqian for correcting the grammer errors)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy New Year - Jian shuo! I am still in the new year day while you are in the second day of 2007. Just by chance saw your page and interested in your store. May read it more later. Send me an email if you like.<div class="comment-meta">— Anthony Cui · 2007-01-02 03:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy new year too!<br><br>A correction of grammar: You can&#x27;t have a verb after &quot;look forward to&quot;, it must be followed by a noun.<br><br>So the correct way to say it is: I am looking forward to having a great 2007. I used to make the same mistake many many years ago.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2007-01-02 04:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Corrected, jqian. Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-01-02 17:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year 2007<div class="comment-meta">— Masud · 2007-12-30 16:59</div></div> <div class="comment">DEAR BROTHER,<br><br>WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU AND YOURS FAMILY AND YOURS ALL STAFF MEMBERS<div class="comment-meta">— LEE JEONG PIL · 2008-12-31 18:55</div></div> </details>Friend's Dog Killedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061230_friends_dog_killed.htmSat, 30 Dec 2006 22:59:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061230_friends_dog_killed.htm<p>Look at this cute dog:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/12/30/338467200_307591d77f.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Its name is Ahuang, or Little Yellow. It is my friend&rsquo;s dog. Early this week, it was robbed from his home and was killed. What a sad little thing. According to him, someone jumped into his house in suburb areas at 4:00 in early morning, and was killed and brought away. The guess is, they are going to sell the dog to meat market.</p>断了的网，没有断的生活https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061230_aecciecc.htmSat, 30 Dec 2006 22:03:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061230_aecciecc.htm<p>最近断网了。每个人都有些感触，论坛里面，新闻里面，blog里面，都是关于这件”事关大事”的感触。没想到吧，我也有。</p> <p><strong>慢的乐趣</strong></p> <p>那天在上海5G还在和亚涛说呢，真不知道没有手机的日子是怎么过的。比如说，上大学的时候，有同学来，要到火车站去接人，真不知道那个时候两个人都没有手机，怎么会那么有信息互相碰到。</p>协同推荐在控制信息质量上的应用https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061230_eaeeeaecc.htmSat, 30 Dec 2006 21:54:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061230_eaeeeaecc.htm<p>抓贴一下在Ideafactorychina里面的一些关于协同推荐的讨论。</p> <p>王建硕：</p> <blockquote> <p>最近在社区里面尝试了协同推荐的应用，通过&quot;群众的智慧&quot;来促进信息质量，初步成效不错，和大家分享。</p>看这个世界https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061230_ceaeaec.htmSat, 30 Dec 2006 15:46:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061230_ceaeaec.htm<p>上大学的时候，一天晚上，都已经熄灯了，忽然听到隔壁有人哭天抢地的，整个楼都听得到。仔细听一下，好像那边喊的是这样：</p> <p>“别拦着我，我一定要去找她！” “你别拉我！我要去！” “放手！＠＠！！　放手！” “今天不去我明天也要去，你们别拦着我，你们都给我松手！！！”</p>Wangjianshuo.com Inaccessiblehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061229_wangjianshuocom_inaccessible.htmFri, 29 Dec 2006 23:22:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061229_wangjianshuocom_inaccessible.htm<p>Wangjianshuo.com was not accessible since the last time I posted. The cable was completely cut off, and I am using a proxy to get very slow access to the site. Just want to post a note to let people know I am still OK, but I am not able to update the blog since I cannot access the site from China now.</p> <p>Hope the Internet cable between China and the rest of the world is repaired soon. Optimistic opinion is, it will be OK within 2 or three weeks.</p>24 Hours Internet without U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061227_24_hours_internet_without_us.htmWed, 27 Dec 2006 20:33:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061227_24_hours_internet_without_us.htm<p>It is exactly 24 hours after the earthquake in Taiwan. The earthquake caused 6 major fiber cable between China and U.S., between Korea and Hong Kong, and between Hong Kong and Shanghai were broken.</p> <p>This is according to local news:</p> <blockquote> <p>20:25 China-U.S. Cable broke</p> <p>20:25 Asia-Europe #3 Cable broke</p> <p>00:06 Asia-Pacific #2 S7 broke</p> <p>02:00 Asia-Pacfic $2 S3 broke</p> <p>20:43 Flag from Korea to Hong Kong broke</p> <p>04:56 Flag from Hongkong to Shanghai broke</p>@Wangjianshuo.com Email as Gifthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061226_wangjianshuocom_email_as_gift.htmTue, 26 Dec 2006 22:02:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061226_wangjianshuocom_email_as_gift.htm<p>Happy New Year!</p> <p>Every year, I am thinking of a special gift to send out to my friends. I have ever tried gift like a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050627_googlecc.htm">Google AdWords advertisement</a> (to VeryCD), and tried to use <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htm">Link</a> as a gift. How about this year?</p> <p><strong>@wangjianshuo.com</strong></p> <p>As time passes by, we have new applications every year. This year, I am sending out email address like <a href="mailto:yourname@wangjianshuo.com">yourname@wangjianshuo.com</a> as new year gift to my friends.</p> <p>Examples are:</p> <p>chedong @ wangjianshuo.com (and Chedong was so kind to promise me to give me a <a href="mailto:jianshuo@chedong.com">jianshuo@chedong.com</a> email address)</p>Backup of Individual Entry Archive Templatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061226_backup_of_individual_entry_archive_template.htmTue, 26 Dec 2006 00:25:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061226_backup_of_individual_entry_archive_template.htm<blockquote> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title><$MTEntryTitle$></title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/jianshuowangstyle.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="keywords" content="<MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTEntryKeywords"><$MTEntryKeywords encode_html="1"$><MTElse><$MTEntryTitle encode_html=1$></MTElse></MTIfNonEmpty>" /> <meta name="description" content="<$MTEntryExcerpt encode_html="1"$>" /> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" /> <p>&lt;$MTEntryTrackbackData$&gt;</p> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="<$MTBlogURL$>index.xml" /> <p><MTEntryPrevious>&lt;link rel=&ldquo;prev&rdquo; href=&quot;&lt;$MTEntryPermalink$&gt;&quot; title=&quot;&lt;$MTEntryTitle encode_html=&ldquo;1&rdquo;$&gt;&quot; /&gt;</MTEntryPrevious></p> <p><MTEntryNext>&lt;link rel=&ldquo;next&rdquo; href=&quot;&lt;$MTEntryPermalink$&gt;&quot; title=&quot;&lt;$MTEntryTitle encode_html=&ldquo;1&rdquo;$&gt;&quot; /&gt;</MTEntryNext></p> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/13/prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/13/rico.js"></script> </head> <body> <p>&lt;$MTInclude module=&ldquo;Header&rdquo;$&gt;</p> <span class=Adsense style="padding-top:35px; background-color:transparent;"> <p><a href=http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060422_welcome_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htm><img border=0 src=http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/05/08/sanjose-jianshuo-standard.JPG></a></p> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8513779941474461"; google_alternate_ad_url = "http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/13/google_alternative_ad.htm"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 600; google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; //2006-11-25: 120x600 Open Air google_ad_channel = "9775971810"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "008000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </span> <h1><$MTEntryTitle$></h1> <p><small>Author: <a href="<$MTEntryAuthorURL$>"><$MTEntryAuthorDisplayName$></a>. <p>Published: &lt;a href=&ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/</a>&lt;$MTEntryDate format=&quot;%Y_%m.htm&rdquo;$&gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;$MTEntryDate format=&quot;%B %e&quot;$&gt;</a>, &lt;$MTEntryDate format=&quot;%Y&quot;$&gt;.</p>Merry Christmas, 2006!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061224_merry_christmas_2006.htmSun, 24 Dec 2006 17:34:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061224_merry_christmas_2006.htm<p>Merry Christmas!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">happy holiday!<div class="comment-meta">— wanglu · 2006-12-24 19:08</div></div> <div class="comment">哇，还有雪花的……<br><br>圣诞快乐！<div class="comment-meta">— Jone · 2006-12-24 19:53</div></div> <div class="comment">圣诞快乐,建硕<br><br>哈哈,漂亮的雪花<br><br>不知道今年下不下雪<br><br>咋弄的?分享一下<div class="comment-meta">— victor · 2006-12-24 20:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas!<br><br>Happy New year!<div class="comment-meta">— Liangcai · 2006-12-24 20:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Right back at ya, Jian :-)<br><br>Keep up the great blogging about Shanghai... I came for my first visit last summer thanks to your site!<br><br>http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewcurrie/sets/72157594262707653/<div class="comment-meta">— AC · 2006-12-24 21:20</div></div> <div class="comment">thanks for your happiness in last 2006 in your blog.<br><br>Merry Christmas!<div class="comment-meta">— kevin · 2006-12-24 22:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi everyone<br><br>I have been too busy and long not time coming here.<br><br>Just to thanks Jianshuo for his blog.<br><br>*****************************************<br><br>Wishing all of you Merry X&#x27;mas and a Happy New Year!<br><br>*****************************************<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2006-12-25 04:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Oooohhh, snow!!<br><br>:-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-12-25 06:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas, Wangjianshuo! I had Christmas in Beijing before, very interesting it was.<div class="comment-meta">— Ben Pinkerton · 2006-12-25 10:44</div></div> <div class="comment">merry christmas and happy new year. do you celebrate christmas in china?????it&#x27;s a wonderful time of year.<br><br>chinese new year will be here before you know it......<br><br>another great holiday. ho....ho...ho...<br><br>buddy (my nickname)<div class="comment-meta">— wm frazier · 2006-12-25 12:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Very nice snowflakes ,bring us into winter day ,thanks ,Merry Christmas.Jian Shuo<div class="comment-meta">— XL · 2006-12-25 15:46</div></div> <div class="comment">很喜欢你的页面风格，喜欢有雪花的感觉。北京到圣诞节都还没有下雪呢<div class="comment-meta">— youshuishini · 2006-12-25 21:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas Jian Shuo!<div class="comment-meta">— RC · 2006-12-25 22:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo, may you have a very Merry Christmas with family and close ones. PS: please contact me when you have some free time. I&#x27;m currently in Shanghai SJTU Xuhui and would like the opportunity to meet up. Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— Jemmy · 2006-12-26 09:06</div></div> <div class="comment">i don&#x27;t know that ,there can have chinese!!!!!!<br><br>good day<div class="comment-meta">— bill · 2006-12-30 08:38</div></div> </details>对于未来信息科技的四个假设https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061224_aeaeccaee.htmSun, 24 Dec 2006 17:00:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061224_aeaeccaee.htm<p><a href="http://pengwu.blog.sohu.com/">彭梧</a>问我关于科技的未来有哪些假设。科技这个范畴太大了，不仅仅包括信息科技，还包括医药，化学，机械等等很多。我只能尝试一下信息科技这个方向。</p> <p>既然这是一个天马行空，不加任何限制的假设，那就让我也放开思绪，想一想未来的50年。</p> <p><strong>对于未来的四个假设</strong></p> <p>2000年到2001年的时候，曾经到处<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040102_my_speech_and_training_record.htm">演讲</a>，“布道”微软的.NET。其中微软对于未来有有四条判断。我是直到现在还是相信的，虽然这四条直到现在为止，还没有丝毫成为主流的可能性。</p> <p>这四条就是：</p>OOB for Saturdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061222_oob_for_saturday.htmFri, 22 Dec 2006 23:10:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061222_oob_for_saturday.htm<p>Finally finished the recent PR stuff, and started to plan for the year end, so life is almost upside down. When it is combined with the business trip last week, I have to be OOB (out of blogging) today and maybe tomorrow.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Ho Ho Ho!<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2006-12-24 00:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas to you and Wendy, Jian Shuo. I have a feeling that the year ahead is going bring good things to you both!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-12-24 02:19</div></div> <div class="comment">HO.. HO.. HO.. Merry Christmas and have a nice holiday! Shanghai has a lot of sale going on. Maybe can bring Wendy shopping and release your stress :)<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2006-12-24 11:16</div></div> </details>Books I Read These Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061221_books_i_read_these_days.htmThu, 21 Dec 2006 23:10:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061221_books_i_read_these_days.htm<p>These are some (English) books I read these days:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/12/21/329125680_0ce68c231f_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>These are some random pictures from (winter) Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/12/21/329125861_b91ff57fab_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/12/21/329125468_d766835158_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Thomas Friedman is the fad of the day. His record in the Middle East is terrible but his sound bite is good and therefore he sells books. A few Chinese saw through what Friedman really is - a glib promoter rather than a writer with substance. See http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20061125_2.htm<div class="comment-meta">— PC · 2006-12-21 23:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, today is the first day of winter!<br><br>I wish you and every blogger a happy holiday season and New Year of health, happiness and prosperity.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-12-21 23:57</div></div> <div class="comment">You take the dustjacket off of your books?<div class="comment-meta">— Micah · 2006-12-22 08:44</div></div> <div class="comment">I wish you and every blogger a happy holiday season and Prosperous New Year Wishes.<div class="comment-meta">— Jacob · 2006-12-27 03:42</div></div> </details>怎么就么有人听我聊“电话”呢？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061221_aeaeaeeaceaie.htmThu, 21 Dec 2006 21:34:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061221_aeaeaeeaceaie.htm<p>晚上吃饭的时候，不知怎么，忽然想起来问Wendy，“你记不记得小时候打一个长途电话要等半个小时到一个小时才能接通？“我是记得小时候，很小的时候，有到单位的电话室排长队，让接线员一个城市一个城市的接力到目的地，这个过程要半个多小时到一个小时，才能最终说上一句话。Wendy不记得。我就奇怪，说我们是在一个年代的人吗？</p>Busy Recentlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061219_busy_recently.htmTue, 19 Dec 2006 23:39:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061219_busy_recently.htm<p>I am busy recently, and may be slow (or no) response to your comments, or write more &ldquo;qualified&rdquo; blog posts. I hope I can get back to it in several days.</p> <p>If I could change my MSN display name, I may change it to &ldquo;rumors and rumors&rdquo;. More and more rumor appears around Kijiji and around me. :-) The price to be a public person is, there is always rumors, and personal attack everywhere. One of the essential skill to survive is, always separate the name in media from yourself, as if they are talking about another person - actually they ARE talking about another person who happen to be with the same name. :-) This kind of seperation is key</p>40 Minutes for a Taxi at Hongqiaohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061218_40_minutes_for_a_taxi_at_hongqiao.htmMon, 18 Dec 2006 22:49:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061218_40_minutes_for_a_taxi_at_hongqiao.htm<p>It took me 90 minutes to fly from Shanghai to Beijing, but it cost more than 40 minutes to walk from the end of the line to the door of a taxi. That is the increasing problem for Hongqiao Airport.</p> <p><strong>Long Long Lines!</strong></p> <p>I hesitate to choose Hong Qiao Airport now, especially for the night flights. The public transportation does not really work - there is no metro to Hong Qiao, and there are not many bus route. Taxis seem to be the major transportation for the island of the airport (the airport seems to be an island for me).</p>互联网的夫妻老婆店模式https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061218_aeecce-2.htmMon, 18 Dec 2006 22:13:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061218_aeecce-2.htm<p>互联网是有趣的行业，在这个行业里面，或许诞生了和街边的零售业一样多的夫妻老婆店。一对夫妻，做一样适合互联网模式的产品，并且把它发展成为一个伟大的公司，在互联网的世界里，一次又一次的出现，好像并不完全是巧合。</p>A Picture in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061217_a_picture_in_shanghai.htmSun, 17 Dec 2006 21:17:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061217_a_picture_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/12/17/324804010_f81ff912e6.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Night in Shanghai Pudong. Taken near the Yang Pu bridge in Pudong (Heisong Road, and MingYue Road).</p> <p>P.S. Back from Beijing. When I travel, the regular updates the blog may be interrupted. Hope to be back to normal pace soon.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">When you get time would you tell me the 3 best places to visit in mainland china ? James Mills MD<div class="comment-meta">— james mills · 2006-12-18 08:14</div></div> <div class="comment">James, can you name 3 best places to visit in continental US. What answer will I get from 10 people from 10 different state/city? More specific question in your field, how would you rank US cities based on their health care systems (list top 3).<div class="comment-meta">— Dallas cowboy · 2006-12-18 14:29</div></div> <div class="comment">James: I just returned from a 3-week tour of the mainland and I would rank the top 3 things I saw as:<br><br>1) Terra Cotta Warriors/Emporor Qing&#x27;s Tomb in Xi&#x27;an...very impressive in person!<br><br>2) Beijing (Great Wall, Forbidden City + more)<br><br>3) Shanghai city area and Suzhou city area and gardens (1.5 hour drive from Shanghai)<br><br>#1 and #2 are almost equal, slight edge to the Warriors though. Wish I had more time in Shanghai, I only had 1.5 days. I will be going back to visit Shanghai in a couple years for a week or so.<div class="comment-meta">— Jeff · 2006-12-19 03:28</div></div> <div class="comment">i am thinking why there are so many people from different countrys??<br><br>and may be i should say at first that i am a chinese!<br><br>why they came here ?<br><br>may you think that&#x27;s a simple question so you don&#x27;t want to answer/is&#x27;t JS!<br><br>but i think if you answer me i will feel good !<div class="comment-meta">— bill · 2006-12-19 12:05</div></div> </details>Did I Change in the Last Four Years?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061214_did_i_change_in_the_last_four_years.htmThu, 14 Dec 2006 21:15:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061214_did_i_change_in_the_last_four_years.htm<p>In the last four years of blogging, did I change a lot? I believe so, but I just cannot tell what are the changes, and how much the change is. Reading my blog entries written 4 years ago, I still feel I am the same person, but I am very sure I am NOT from the readers&rsquo; perspective. What do you think?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I bet you haven&#x27;t changed all that much, Jian Shuo (except for your professional circumstances, of course) It&#x27;s just that over time you have revealed so much more of yourself. We know you better now -- and maybe you know yourself better now too :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-12-15 00:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Off the topic but... There&#x27;s a good series on National Public Radio (NPR) in the U.S. this week on the future of Shanghai. It can also be heard online:<br><br>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6610882<div class="comment-meta">— Mark · 2006-12-15 07:00</div></div> <div class="comment">You used to blog about more tech-related topics. Inevitably what you blog about is going to change over time, though.<div class="comment-meta">— Ollie · 2006-12-15 07:28</div></div> <div class="comment">it is unconsciously influenced..<div class="comment-meta">— Gillian · 2006-12-15 16:28</div></div> <div class="comment">the readers who update wjs RSS every week, should not aware too much change. because they are growing with you and getting familar with you even in virtural world.<br><br>they can feel the words you write is full of sincereity and reflect wangjianshuo&#x27;s style:D<div class="comment-meta">— think2 · 2006-12-16 18:03</div></div> <div class="comment">everyone will change !because time is a powerthing that can make all of us different from right now!!<br><br>as iam a newer (i have came here just for 3 weeks),i know little about you and your blog , may i can say like this!<br><br>but i think you a great just to make a blog like this!<br><br>i think you must be the person i should to go with!<div class="comment-meta">— bill · 2006-12-17 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi jianshuo, it is a long time since we last met. You are not changed, just move on to another period of your life.<br><br>Just follow the course!<div class="comment-meta">— air kelijuan · 2006-12-17 22:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Except maybe for your professional changes....I have&#x27;nt noticed any.On the better side, you&#x27;ve improved your english, wrote as usual with verve.<div class="comment-meta">— Sekhar · 2006-12-18 12:42</div></div> <div class="comment">THIS IS STUPIT SHIT....<div class="comment-meta">— Ziryan · 2006-12-22 21:06</div></div> <div class="comment">At least you are busier &amp; blog is becoming shorter :-)<div class="comment-meta">— jack · 2006-12-25 11:01</div></div> </details>Is Beijing Ready?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061213_is_beijing_ready.htmWed, 13 Dec 2006 23:56:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061213_is_beijing_ready.htm<p>Every time I am back from a U.S. Trip, I have to pause my blog for some days, even without an OOB (Out of Blogging) notice. Time difference is one reason (that I may miss one or two days during the flight), jet lag is another but most importantly, there is always too much stuff for me to catch up. This typically takes two days or three. So 3 days after arriving in Shanghai, I am almost back to normal life (except another travel to Beijing), and is ready to keep the blog running. (It is always a good idea to explain a little bit why I skipped some days in blogging when I am back, isn&rsquo;t it?)</p>Going Back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061210_going_back_to_shanghai.htmSun, 10 Dec 2006 17:26:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061210_going_back_to_shanghai.htm<p>I am flying back to Shanghai. If I can choose, the next time I travel, I will never try to transit in Tokyo. The travel time is 50% more than direct flight from San Francisco to Shanghai:</p> <p>10DEC 10:50 SFO -&gt; 15:05 NRT (11 hours 15 minutes), NH007</p> <p>11DEC 18:40 NRT -&gt; 21:05 PVG (3 hours 25 minutes), NH921</p> <p>Flying time: 14 hours 40 minutes</p> <p>Transition time: 3 hours 35 minutes</p>Public Holidays in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061208_public_holidays_in_china.htmFri, 08 Dec 2006 13:01:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061208_public_holidays_in_china.htm<p>This is to answer <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030326_sars_symptons.htm#1217">Lee&rsquo;s question</a> about how many public holidays there is in China.</p> <p><strong>Three Major Holidays</strong></p> <p>In China, there are three most important holidays: May Holiday (May 1 to May 7), National Holiday (October 1 to October 7), and Spring Festival (Date varies, but normally be late Jan or early Feb, and lasting for 7 days).</p> <p>The public holiday is actually only 3 days for each of the three holidays, but people switched and put the previous weekend and the next weekend together to make it up to 7 continous holidays, and fixed the date to be May 1 to May 7, Oct 1 to Oct 7. For the Spring Festival, since it is the 1st day of the first month to the 7th day of the first month, and there is no fixed date.</p>Shanghai Looks Similar to US, But...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061207_shanghai_looks_similar_to_us_but.htmThu, 07 Dec 2006 15:12:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061207_shanghai_looks_similar_to_us_but.htm<p>Every time I am in San Jose, I meet with people who are genuinely interested in China. China is becoming hot topic here, and I was asked many questions. On one hand, I was amazed by how much people know about China (like some people visited very small cities in China, or some speaks really good Chinese), and also by how little people know about the history (especially the recent century) of China. Yesterday, over our dining table, we chatted about the change in China. 30 years ago, China was in such a chaos, that the culture revolution, and great leap forward ruined the dream, life, and sense of trust for the whole generation of people. When people see the prosperity of Shanghai, people didn&rsquo;t see it, and didn&rsquo;t realize how long it takes for the country to cure the pain of the last 30-40 years.</p>我相信面对面的交流https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061207_caeeecae.htmThu, 07 Dec 2006 13:46:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061207_caeeecae.htm<p>今天开会Meg请来的嘉宾是GE的<a href="http://www.ge.com/en/company/companyinfo/executivebios/eb_immelt.htm">Jeff Immelt</a>。这位老兄真逗，虽然掌管着1600亿美金的生意，却是个直截了当的人，他讲自己在GE的想法，居然让我笑得肚子疼，但句句都是很有道理的，我做了5页的笔记。印象最深的两句话，第一句是大公司也可以很快(Big Company can also be fast. Big company and fast always beat small company and fast.)，这是他的“规模也是优势&quot;的理论的一部分。第二句话是，增长就是增长(Growth is growth, and it is all sexy)，对于已经有的业务，如果持续增长，和创造新业务是一样的。</p>Listen = Discover?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061205_listen_discover.htmTue, 05 Dec 2006 12:41:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061205_listen_discover.htm<p>In the last leadership development program, for the first time, I heard people call &ldquo;Listen&rdquo; as &ldquo;Discover&rdquo;. It makes perfect sense to me. The steps of active listening was:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Suspend Agenda</p> </li> <li> <p>Pay attention</p> </li> <li> <p>Asking open ended question like &ldquo;what&rdquo;, &ldquo;why&rdquo;, &ldquo;what else&rdquo;.</p> </li> <li> <p>Paraphrase to confirm understanding</p> </li> </ul> <p>This small tip worked for me fantastically in the last few weeks.</p> <p><strong>Everyone has a World, Inside</strong></p> <p>Everyone&rsquo;s spiritual world is inside his/her mind. It is not easy to explain how the world looks like. People rely on language to communicate it. There are ways to convey feelings, like using art, music, or dance, but not everyone has the technique to express using these ways, or understand it. So language seems to be the major way.</p>Hello from San Jose, Dec 4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061204_hello_from_san_jose_dec_4.htmMon, 04 Dec 2006 02:20:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061204_hello_from_san_jose_dec_4.htm<p>Hello from San Jose. I arrived at 10:00 sharp at hotel. This time, I drove without a map. I am happy that I finally setup some sense of location, and for most places, like University Ave, Downtown Mountview, San Jose, Stanford, I don&rsquo;t need a map now.</p> <p>Getting to bed to have sleep now to kill the jet lag - my way.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Any bets on how long it will take him to get lost *this* time, folks? ;-)<br><br>Just teasing you, Jian Shuo. I&#x27;m sure it feels good to be able to find your way around our crazy freeway system.<br><br>Here&#x27;s to a good day&#x27;s sleep!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-12-04 04:00</div></div> <div class="comment">The thing about getting lost in San Jose is that every other road starts with San or Santa :)<div class="comment-meta">— Herbert · 2006-12-04 04:45</div></div> <div class="comment">:-) This time, I didn&#x27;t bring a map, and drove alone the 101. I don&#x27;t remember the exit, but when I saw Brokaw Rd, I know it is the time to exit. Double Tree is just on the right hand of the Airport Pkwy...<br><br>It is easy.<br><br>For 2154 Hamilton Ave, it is also easy. At least I formed a sense of how US 101, I-280, CA-17, CA-85 connecting with each other. With these four highway in mind, driving is not that bad.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-12-04 05:16</div></div> <div class="comment">:-)<div class="comment-meta">— tezhongbing · 2006-12-04 12:18</div></div> <div class="comment">i am now in a small city .<br><br>and i have been there for about 1 year,<br><br>at first, i want to buy a map but others ,who havebeen there for long ,tell me that that&#x27;s nor necessay .<br><br>and now i found that i can go most of the city if i want.<div class="comment-meta">— bill · 2006-12-05 13:14</div></div> <div class="comment">I live in San Jose (Almaden, near HWY 87/85). I know it like the back of my own hand.<br><br>I am moving to Wuxi in January (got to your page from a Google search, trying to research the best SIM to buy for calls to/from Wuxi/US).<br><br>You have my email address (posted here, hidden to others). If you need anything - anything at all - send me an email, and I&#x27;ll give you my phone number. I know you said not to ask you to do either, but this time it&#x27;s for you, if you need it. If you need help with anything, do not hesitate to contact me.<div class="comment-meta">— SD Lawrence · 2006-12-06 14:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, seems you guy travel a lot, uh? Well, this is my very first time dropping by your blog. you did good job anyway! lol.. I will keep tracing on this, yeah,i guess so. haha~~ Stay cool then! Cheers!<div class="comment-meta">— Peerless · 2006-12-20 17:21</div></div> </details>Hello from Narita Airport, Tokyohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061203_hello_from_narita_airport_tokyo.htmSun, 03 Dec 2006 14:38:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061203_hello_from_narita_airport_tokyo.htm<p>Hello! I am traveling, and I am still connected.</p> <p>Hello from the ANA Lounge in Narita Airport, Tokyo.</p> <p>I am a silly boy. I don&rsquo;t know that I could use the ANA lounge.</p> <p>There is 3 hours in between (arriving at 2:00 PM and departing at 5:00 PM).</p> <p>I wanted to explorer the airport, but there is not too much. The currency exchange (16.58 Yen = 1 RMB) made shopping very confusing to me. There are not so many shops to visit.</p>谁是规则的制定者https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061203_eece.htmSun, 03 Dec 2006 00:23:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061203_eece.htm<blockquote> <p>前言：对于中国和美国的差异，是我一直思考的一个问题。关于中国社会的未来，哪一种方式最适应中国，我一直在思索，却没有什么结果。有的时候就写点东西，记录下零星的想法，只存在自己的笔记本里，偶尔翻出来看看。现在觉得不如把其中的一些贴出来。毕竟我没有任何的社会学或者政治学的常识，，请大家指正一些可能是幼稚的想法；我也没有在美国居住过，道听途说的一些事实估计也会和事实有些出入。如果大家有更有趣的事实，或者纠正其中的一些说法，还请不吝赐教，不胜感激。</p>The Blind Men and The Elephanthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061202_the_blind_men_and_the_elephant.htmSat, 02 Dec 2006 22:07:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061202_the_blind_men_and_the_elephant.htm<p>I love the story of <em>the Blind Men and the Elephant</em> most. It is interesting, inspirational, and helpful for me.</p> <p>In the story, six blind men approached the elephant and each one of them only grasped part of the elephant. They argued with each other about what the elephant really looked like. They claim the elephant is like a wall, like spear, like a snake, like a tree, like a fan, or like a rope. Obviously they could not reach an agreement.</p>Jian Shuo Visits San Jose (Again)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061201_jian_shuo_visits_san_jose_again.htmFri, 01 Dec 2006 19:58:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061201_jian_shuo_visits_san_jose_again.htm<p>Hope this is not too surprising. I am visiting San Jose again from Dec 3 to Dec 10. This time, I transit in Tokyo.</p> <p>In the last few weeks, I went to U.S., stayed for 10 days, went back, and stayed for 2 weeks, and then will visit U.S. again, and will stay for one week, and then fly back to Shanghai. I am just like a clock&hellip; Ding dong, Ding dong ~~~</p>看似主宰https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061130_caeae.htmThu, 30 Nov 2006 22:32:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061130_caeae.htm<p>不知道为什么，忽然想起以前在美罗的电梯里面，一位老兄的轶事。</p> <p>当时电梯里面挤满了人，我们两个躲在一个不起眼的角落。</p> <p>电梯到一层楼停下，这位老兄小声嘟囔了一句</p>OOB to Take a Pausehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061130_oob_to_take_a_pause.htmThu, 30 Nov 2006 22:15:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061130_oob_to_take_a_pause.htm<p>OOB (Out of Blogging) today, and maybe (maybe not) tomorrow. I am not feeling well these days, after caught in the rain last night, and my stomach does not feel good. I am going bed now, and hope to take a short (no longer than two days) in blogging.</p> <p>P.S. Shanghai is really cold now, seriously.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo<br><br>sorry to hear that you&#x27;re not feeling well and wish you a speedy recovery.<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2006-11-30 22:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Take good care of yourself!<br><br>health is more imoprtant than anything else.<div class="comment-meta">— jackie · 2006-11-30 23:35</div></div> <div class="comment">With all the traveling you do, it&#x27;s a miracle you don&#x27;t get ill more often. Feel better soon!!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-12-01 03:33</div></div> <div class="comment">No problem, JS, take a good rest!<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2006-12-01 05:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, JianShuo,<br><br>my best regards, take rest and qickly recovery.<br><br>: XiongShui<div class="comment-meta">— XiongShui · 2006-12-01 06:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, Jianshuo,<br><br>Take a good rest, fastly recover and return to fit status!<br><br>Good wish!!!<div class="comment-meta">— zou5020 · 2006-12-01 08:20</div></div> <div class="comment">i can sure that i will fell bad if cannot see your blog<br><br>and the same time , i wish you will be better tomorrow!<div class="comment-meta">— bill · 2006-12-01 10:00</div></div> <div class="comment">i hope u can recovery soon<div class="comment-meta">— kate · 2006-12-01 10:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone. It is not something serious. I am feeling much better today, and I will resume my blog today.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-12-01 12:20</div></div> </details>Shanghai is Cooooldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061129_shanghai_is_coooold.htmWed, 29 Nov 2006 21:53:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061129_shanghai_is_coooold.htm<p>If you are coming to Shanghai these days, be aware that Shanghai is really cold. It rains (for many days), and the temperature drops to 8°C. Today, we turned on warm air-con for the first time this winter.</p> <p>So bring rain coat, and bring warm cloths with you if you plan to visit Shanghai.</p> <p>At 6:30 PM, it rained, and there were no taxi at all on street. I tried to call taxi reservation hotline, for example, 62580000 for Jinjiang, and 968222 for Dazhong. It simply does not work. It is always busy line. After about 10 minutes, I got through and not surprisingly, they don&rsquo;t have any taxi available. The whole city seems to stop working for me. Wendy waited for a taxi for about one hour before she got one.</p>Meeting Place: Coffee Bean and Tea Leafhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061129_meeting_place_coffee_bean_and_tea_leaf.htmWed, 29 Nov 2006 13:51:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061129_meeting_place_coffee_bean_and_tea_leaf.htm<p>This is the meeting place: Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.</p> <p>The only propose for this entry is to write down something to describe a venue - a cafe shop, that I can send the URL of this page to others so I don&rsquo;t need to describe the location every time I make an appointment.</p> <p>Location:</p> <p>Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf,</p> <p>1F, 666 Fuzhou Road</p> <p>福州路666号一楼香啡缤咖啡馆</p>Lining Up for Metro?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061128_lining_up_for_metro.htmTue, 28 Nov 2006 22:38:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061128_lining_up_for_metro.htm<p>Yesterday, at rush hours (6:30 PM), I waited at the Shanghai Metro #1 People&rsquo;s Square Station. On the rear doors of the Metro, I noticed that people started to line up - there are two lines of people for the gate, and each line has more than 15 people, that makes the lines cross the platform and even near the other side of the platform.</p> <p>No one was there to help maintain the order. The lines just formed by themselves. When the metro train came, people get off board from the middle - also formed a line, and the two lines of people entered one by one.</p>Zhaoxiang Outletshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061126_zhaoxiang_outlets.htmSun, 26 Nov 2006 23:23:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061126_zhaoxiang_outlets.htm<p>Shanghai has its own outlets. To be exact, there are many of them.</p> <p>Last Sunday, we visited one of them in Zhaoxiang 赵巷.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/26/308349565_dd7013a783.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/26/308349487_32c5243e97.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/26/308349407_0a67170f82.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/26/308349320_26fccc73c8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>If you ask me, I would say, it is very much the same as <a href="http://www.premiumoutlets.com/gilroy/">Gilroy Premium Outlets</a> I visited in California. It has many stores, with the presence of major brands. Personally, I am more interested in Nike, Adidas, Levi&rsquo;s&hellip;</p>Short Note of 5 Days in Chaminadehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061125_short_note_of_5_days_in_chaminade.htmSat, 25 Nov 2006 23:30:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061125_short_note_of_5_days_in_chaminade.htm<p>This is a short note about my 5 days in Chaminade</p> <p>First morning, I felt challenge/fear as never experienced before. I learnt to focus on something else, and do the right thing, instead of focusing on the environment. Afternoon session, it was all about listening. I never heard people put listening and discover together. I realize if we our thinking is 100%, face to face communication only can convey 5% of it. By listening well, people can discover more than the 5% (with suspending agenda, focus, ask open questions, reflection…)</p>Chaminade in Santa Cruzhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061124_chaminade_in_santa_cruz.htmFri, 24 Nov 2006 23:06:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061124_chaminade_in_santa_cruz.htm<p>In the last week, the whole week, I didn&rsquo;t take any pictures in Chaminade Hotel in Santa Cruz. The week was so intense that all my time, including nights were used up. I did manage to take severl photos (when it is not too dark outside). Here they are:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965941_7021a314d3.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965832_397a489b65.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965797_a8a534322e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965754_5e9f8843d8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965604_7ee888e3ef.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965505_bfe587d661.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965524_cf86253674.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304965212_d2b9dd4ca8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304964664_d76cce0502.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304964128_a2c12c047f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/24/304964812_5b48319efa.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Happy Thanksgivingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061123_happy_thanksgivings.htmThu, 23 Nov 2006 21:28:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061123_happy_thanksgivings.htm<p>Today is Thanksgivings Day. This is not a popular holiday in China, but I love the concept to take a pause and start to think about people you should thank for.</p> <p><strong>Chasing Daylight</strong></p> <p>I am reading the book written by Eugene O&rsquo;Kelly: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Daylight-Gene-OKelly/dp/0071471723">Chasing Daylight</a>.</p> <p>It is a great book, and O&rsquo;Kelly has a great story - a cruel but warm story. As CEO of KPMG, O&rsquo;Kelly knew he only had 3 months of life, and wrote the great book. Maybe O&rsquo;Kelly will be known not for his role as head of KPMG and his 30 years service to the company, instead, he will be known about this great book which inspired many people, including me.</p>Rumors after Rumors - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061123_rumors_after_rumors_-_part_ii.htmThu, 23 Nov 2006 19:46:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061123_rumors_after_rumors_-_part_ii.htm<p>From the first day of this blog, I tried to seperate my blogging world from my business world. This is the intention, although sometimes the two worlds run into each other. This does happen, since there is natural connection betwen the two worlds - it is all about me.</p> <p><strong>Rumors</strong></p> <p>I am happy that in the last two days, the rumors finally stopped, or a better way to describe it, &ldquo;faded out from the homepage of major portal sites&rdquo;. This let me rest for a while and describe to my readers (in the blogging world) about what happened (without concerning too much to my friends in the business world).</p>Rumors after Rumorshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061121_rumors_after_rumors.htmTue, 21 Nov 2006 22:16:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061121_rumors_after_rumors.htm<p>The Internet industry in China is exactly like entertainment industry. There are rumors after rumor. I have to decline the rumors around for the day, and was really surprised to see my name involved in news articles&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">18 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, after 4½ years, now I will give you some advice.<br><br>This is an EMPTY posting !<br><br>Truly !<br><br>Do not just talk into empty space.<br><br>We dont achieve any information from you, you do not show us any of the articles you are thinking of, or even some links to them, Jianshuo.<br><br>If no information is provided, this posting is just a &quot;dead end (street)&quot;,<br><br>and you know what that sign means.<br><br>You have just left &quot;driving&quot; California !<br><br>Put in a simple way, I expects more quality from you than this posting.<br><br>I know you&#x27;re having a serious jetlag now, so the advice is,<br><br>to simply wait to post anything until it has passed....<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2006-11-22 01:31</div></div> <div class="comment">New post:<br><br>Jiang Shuo is waking up to shit and piss. He will open a window and write it in his blog. Then he will come back to sleep until the sunrise.<br><br>It seems like you are paid to write nothing. Isn&#x27;t it ?<br><br>Please, try to find your mojo like the good old days and write interesting posts, otherwise your blog will be quicly kicked out the blogosphere...<div class="comment-meta">— Frank · 2006-11-22 02:07</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t think Jian Shuo is paid to write.<br><br>That being said, I too don&#x27;t know what he&#x27;s talking about in this post.<br><br>On a different note: Jian Shuo, you seem to travel to Silicon Valley frequently. Have you had the chance to come to Southern California? We have some of the best xiao long bao outside of China. http://www.dintaifungusa.com/ Makes my stomach growl just thinking about it!<div class="comment-meta">— Mark · 2006-11-22 03:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, keeping up a blog can be a big job, especially after years of activities. I am sure that JSW is feeling like it&#x27;s his responsibility to keep it running. He might feel quilty not to write anything for a day or two. I don&#x27;t know the solution. I just want to ask questions. Can a blog writer stop writing for a few days, or a few weeks? There are tons of blogs out there where the owners took a few rests and each may last an indefinite amount of time. I think it&#x27;s perfectly okay to leave it alone for a while, only update it when something exciting or brilliant come to mind. As a frequent visitor, I have no issue with that.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2006-11-22 08:20</div></div> <div class="comment">On the flip side, I don&#x27;t agree with the above sentiment that &quot;...your blog will be quicly kicked out the blogosphere...&quot;. I can assure everybody that is not going to happen even if JSW says something out of nothing. Let me explain it this way, I come to a site like this knowing JSW as a human being, like a brother figure. I have no tall order for him. I don&#x27;t need education from him either. I view his blog and himself just a plain person like myself. And most importantly, I feel perfectly fine that a plain person has nothing to say, and say whatever came to mind..., it&#x27;s human, isn&#x27;t it. Feeling human is an important aspect why I love this site. I can reflect a lot of the feelings that he has. I can see how he is developing his perspective after traveling... Why does anyone want to place such an unrealistically tall order to a personal blog that ultimately belongs to JSW himself to express his own feelings, whatever it is. If you don&#x27;t the the so called &quot;quality&quot; that he wrote today, why can&#x27;t you write something of high quality so that we can all enjoy? Besides, I personally feel that JSW&#x27;s sensitivity to rumors is a powerful feeling that he feels compelled to express. By expressing these very humanly feelings, I came to enjoy JSW and his sites ever more... enough said.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2006-11-22 08:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Unfortunately, South Ca is low tech and North Ca is high tech, I am just kidding!<br><br>Yes, Chinese food in SC is probably the number one or two (not sure about how it compares to NYC) in the US and A.<br><br>I am always amazed at the quality difference for Chinese food between bay area and Monterey park. Well, the only logic I can draw from this is that Bay area has too many engineers and LA regions has too many businessmen.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2006-11-22 08:38</div></div> <div class="comment">why do&#x27;t u guy think that it is great way to learn more about WJS and CHINESE?!!<div class="comment-meta">— wyx · 2006-11-22 10:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi guys, I hear you, and I completely hear you. Thanks for the quick headup - I understand your feeling Carsten and Frank, and thanks jqian for your understanding - a smile got onto my face when I read your note. On the post, there is context around it, and due to the fact of the issue, I cannot write more or write nothing. To be honest, this note is more for me (to remind what happened today), and to some journalist. Due to the sensitivity of the issue, this is all I can disclose today. Wait for one day or two, I will let the story unfold and tell you more when I can. Also, if you read Chinese, search my name in news search, and you can get some context (which I cannot link to now)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-11-22 11:16</div></div> <div class="comment">JS,<br><br>I am not surprice that not before too much longer you will not have time to continue writing, good for you, better and bigger things to deal with. Enjoy reading your writing very much.<div class="comment-meta">— loretta · 2006-11-22 14:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Many of us saw the &quot;rumors&quot; from local online media and asked each other whether it is true. Now we got the clarification. Best wishes to you and kijiji!<div class="comment-meta">— xuebin · 2006-11-22 15:20</div></div> <div class="comment">I checked the source of the rumor. That piece of news itself actually didn&#x27;t talk about any of the rumor. But some headlines pointing to that news made the rumor :( The news headlines have been abused so much in China these days that they can be totally unrelated to their news contents....<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2006-11-22 17:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Take it easy. As you said, the Internet industry in China is exactly like entertainment industry. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— jack · 2006-11-22 21:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Is Google buying your company?<div class="comment-meta">— Dave G. · 2006-11-23 00:32</div></div> <div class="comment">IMHO, this post of Jian Shuo&#x27;s is well wriiten.<br><br>By definition a blog is like a diary, some entries are notes of actual events, some are sparks of thoughts, some are venting, some can just be markings or even cryptive markings. Entries on a popularly read blog can be meant for every reader but there&#x27;s nothing wrong with putting notes there for himself --- after all it&#x27;s HIS blog.<br><br>Furthermore, this is really a smart way to deal with things like rumors, attacks, etc. For in such a case, it is best to point out the nature of the offense WITHOUT repeating/advertising the feeding frenzy.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2006-11-23 11:49</div></div> <div class="comment">rumor is WJS will go to Google :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2006-11-23 12:09</div></div> <div class="comment">ok, searched and got it, rumor is WJS meetup with Google asian sale director and eachnet founder to run new business.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2006-11-23 12:13</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;Is Google buying your company?&quot;<br><br>Funny, I actually guessed the right company without knowing anything about the rumor.<div class="comment-meta">— Dave G. · 2006-11-23 15:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi again ! Keep up the good work ! My joke was meant to make you react ! You are one of the only &quot;read-able&quot; blog in English about China !<br><br>Whatever I said, you&#x27;re still (and will always be) one of my favourite RSS feed ;-)<br><br>Good night !<div class="comment-meta">— Frank · 2006-11-24 00:09</div></div> </details>Back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061120_back_to_shanghai.htmMon, 20 Nov 2006 05:59:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061120_back_to_shanghai.htm<p>I am back to Shanghai. Nice flight. I am not sure whether the trip was too intense for me or something else, I slept so well on the plane and was not aware of what happened during the trip. I wake up a little bit, wrote about 18 emails, and fell a sleep again. I managed to wake up about 14 minutes before departure, when the land of Shanghai is clearly in my sight again.</p>Heading Back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061118_heading_back_to_shanghai.htmSat, 18 Nov 2006 12:19:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061118_heading_back_to_shanghai.htm<p>I completed the amazing five days in Chaminade in Santa Cruz. What a journey it is! It takes some time for me to reflect and recap what I have experienced with the team, but there is no doubt that it was such a unique experience for me personally, and it placed big impact on me. Due to confidentiality requirement, I cannot explain more in details about what I did, but I will sumarize the learnings in the next few weeks on the blog. Now I am just too tired to keep my eyes open. When I feel really sleepy after 22:00, I know my jet lag completed go away. What a exciting news for! But the bad news is, I am flying back to Shanghai tomorrow. I will drive from Santa Cruz (nice place, but I didn&rsquo;t have the time to visit downtown and the beach yet) to SFO. I will need to adjust the time zone again. These weeks will be tough since I am flying between Shanghai and San Francisco back and forth at interval of 10 days - the date for me to completely get rid of jet lag. :-) It is part of life, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Sound Bytes of These Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061116_sound_bytes_of_these_days.htmThu, 16 Nov 2006 16:59:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061116_sound_bytes_of_these_days.htm<ul> <li> <p>There must be reason behind an unreasonable person.</p> </li> <li> <p>Maybe people just have different common sense.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Common sense is not always common, and sometimes it does not makes sense.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Or to put it in a clearer way, Common sense is not always common among different people, and sometimes some one&rsquo;s common sense does not makes sense to another person.</p> </li> <li> <p>It is hard to be intimacy without being vulnerable.</p> </li> <li> <p>Tell the gap</p>Mena's Presentation on Tedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061115_menas_presentation_on_ted.htmWed, 15 Nov 2006 13:53:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061115_menas_presentation_on_ted.htm<p>Look and listen to <a href="http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=m_trott">Mena&rsquo;s presentation on blogging on Ted</a>.</p> <p>Nice talk. It was so lovely presentation that I watched it three times.</p> <p>I have been a reader of Mena since 2002. She is such a great writer, and a presenter (which I just discovered). She restated the meaning of a blog and how it impact people&rsquo;s life. I found it is very helpful for me at least, to remind me that a blog is all about keep some record about your life to help you to understand your life, even your children, or grandchildren about your life. This is very inspiring thinking, isn&rsquo;t? I encourage everyone to watch the video.</p>Three Services I don't Use in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061113_three_services_i_dont_use_in_china.htmMon, 13 Nov 2006 12:45:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061113_three_services_i_dont_use_in_china.htm<p>There are several services that I very seldom use in China, but I use it frequently in the bay area.</p> <p><strong>1. Google Map and Driving Direction</strong></p> <p>I don&rsquo;t use map as frequently as here. I need to check Google Map once or twice every single day to get driving directions. In Shanghai or even in other cities in China, to check an online map is just for fun - to checkout something I am so familiar and see what the map says.</p>A Private Message...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061113_a_private_message.htmMon, 13 Nov 2006 08:45:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061113_a_private_message.htm<p>This is a short notice to some of my friends in Bay area.</p> <p>For some reason, I lost some contacts in my address book (maybe due to synchronization problems), and I am able to recall the email address or other contact information for some of my friends in bay area. I&rsquo;d like to drop a small note to you, but I didn&rsquo;t. For example, Carroll and Jim, I&rsquo;d like to pay a visit, but it turned out not possible on this trip. Please drop me a mail for your email address again? I just feel so bad that I lost it.</p>被围墙保护还是被法律保护https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061113_eaeeeae.htmMon, 13 Nov 2006 08:25:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061113_eaeeeae.htm<p>这是我第四次长时间的呆在湾区。这是一个很好的机会去近距离观察和思考美国的社会结构。比如最近，我就在研究的一个在美国到处可见，而我却在以前根本不认识的单词 &ndash; Trespassing（侵入）。</p>阿兰德波顿的《快乐的建筑》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061113_eecaaecca.htmMon, 13 Nov 2006 07:41:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061113_eecaaecca.htm<p>周六晚上，开车从Mountain View往上到旧金山，在Ferry Building Marketplace和我在<a href="http://KQED.org">KQED</a>广播电台的老朋友<a href="http://www.kqed.org/radio/about/staff/thorsen.jsp">Nina Thorsen</a>，2004年底的在美国全国广播电台的为期三周的广播节目《<a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R502171830/c">一个中国blogger的美国之旅</a>》就是她出的主意，并且帮我策划的。</p>University Ave Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061112_university_ave_day.htmSun, 12 Nov 2006 14:15:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061112_university_ave_day.htm<p><strong>Buck&rsquo;s Restaurant</strong></p> <p>Buck&rsquo;s Restaurant seems really popular. We went there for lunch, saw many people waited in line and it would take 40 more minutes to get a seat. Finally gave up.</p> <p>I saw the Google Plate Tina talked about, with a tag line: &ldquo;We are too dumb to buy Google stock, but we bought the plate&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>University Cafe at University Ave</strong></p> <p>Stayed for the whole afternoon in the university cafe. It is not bad. The next time, I can directly arrange some meetup there. Good place - I love the orange juice. :-)</p>硅谷的中文地名https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061111_cecae.htmSat, 11 Nov 2006 23:33:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061111_cecae.htm<p>Mountain View可能是因为Google才变得出名，但是作为硅谷核心地带的一个小城，一直就有很多公司入住。在城市里面的中心街道Castro St上面，看到很多Mountain View的中文名字：<strong>山景城</strong>。这翻译倒也称得上信，达，雅，比英文直译的<strong>芒廷维尤</strong>好很多。</p>Chat with Tina and Jinhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061111_chat_with_tina_and_jin.htmSat, 11 Nov 2006 17:54:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061111_chat_with_tina_and_jin.htm<p>Although I missed the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061111_missed_the_lecture_on_stanford.htm">lecture about International Space Station</a>, I didn&rsquo;t miss a great meetup with Tina and <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/learningbyaction">Jin</a>.</p> <p>Silicon Valley is a great place to meet people - smart people, entrepreneurs, VCs, and techies, geeks&hellip; I didn&rsquo;t really get it for the first few trips to the Bay Area. Although I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060611_hightech_companies_in_a_day.htm">visited most high tech companies</a>, the most fun part of being in the Bay Area is to spend time with People! Tina and Jin are obviously among the interesting and inspiring people in the valley.</p>Missed the Lecture on Stanfordhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061111_missed_the_lecture_on_stanford.htmSat, 11 Nov 2006 17:28:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061111_missed_the_lecture_on_stanford.htm<p><strong>On eBay Park</strong></p> <p>The eBay Park on Hamilton Ave is a great place. I had full day meeting with buddies here, and it was nice. I found out some good food in the cafeteria - chicken with steamed rice. It is so nice to finally find some food I enjoy.</p> <p><strong>Meeting with Friend at Night</strong></p> <p>I managed to drive from <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2154+Hamilton+Ave,+San+Jose,+CA&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=15&amp;ll=37.296383,-121.930389&amp;spn=0.014339,0.043259&amp;t=h&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=addr">Hamilton Ave</a> up to <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=Sushitomi+Restaurant,+635+W+Dana+St,+Mountain+View,+CA+94041&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12&amp;ll=37.421708,-122.078362&amp;spn=0.114518,0.234146&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=A">Sushitomi Restaurant</a> in Mountain View. Silicon Valley has so many small cities like Mountain View, which is basically one central avenue (Castro St). I have been to this area for three times, so is pretty familiar. The only problem with my drive is, I spent more than 10 minutes to get to CA-17 at Hamilton just because I missed the entrance from east to west, and have to get a U-turn in the Friday traffic on Hamilton. So the finally trip was more than 30 minutes.</p>Jet Lag? Finally Found Out the Curehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061111_jet_lag_finally_found_out_the_cure.htmSat, 11 Nov 2006 17:18:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061111_jet_lag_finally_found_out_the_cure.htm<p>This is the second day of my trip. Just some random note about this long day, in several different entries.</p> <p><strong>Jet Lag? Finally Found Out the Cure</strong></p> <p>I am a typical jet lag person. Every time I fly west bound from Shanghai, I experienced serious jet lag.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051208_jet_lag_patterns.htm">Jet Lag Patterns</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021113_my_most_serious_jet_lag_ever.htm">My Most Serious Jet Lag Ever</a></p> <p>I followed the advice from my friends and books not to sleep at day time no matter how sleepy I am, and wait until night to go to bed. According to the advice, this is the only way to get rid of jet lag. This theory is widely accepted, and practices. I followed the instruction every time - to stay awake for the first day, but still just suffer so much from it</p>My Lifeline on the Little Plastic Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061110_my_lifeline_on_the_little_plastic_card.htmFri, 10 Nov 2006 16:34:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061110_my_lifeline_on_the_little_plastic_card.htm<p>My first visit to U.S. was around the year of2000. I prepared for the trip for almost 1 month - from visa, to map, to research, to exchange money, and to create plan&hellip; The excitement and curiosity made going aboard very different from going to other city to me.</p> <p>However, after visiting U.S. for more than 10 times, to visit a U.S. city is not a big deal any more. It is just like a Beijing trip (and a Beijing trip is like visiting another area in the city).</p>In San Jose from Nov 9 to Nov 18https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061109_in_san_jose_from_nov_9_to_nov_18.htmThu, 09 Nov 2006 08:28:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061109_in_san_jose_from_nov_9_to_nov_18.htm<p>Jian Shuo Wang is flying from Shanghai to San Francisco on Nov 9, 2006, via UA858. For Saturday, there is still some time block. If any of my friends what a meetup, please feel free to drop me email at jianshuo at hotmail dot com.</p> <p>For the whole week of Nov 13 to Nov 18, I will be in Santa Cruz (day and night) with limited communication with outside.</p> <p>I am flying back on Nov 19, via UA857.</p>I am an ENFPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htmWed, 08 Nov 2006 18:56:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061108_i_am_an_enfp.htm<p>According to my MBTI test result, I am an ENFP - Extraverted Intuition with Feeling (ENFP)</p> <p>The test is very true. I feel the description exactly matches what I think I am. For example, <strong>ENFP s</strong></p> <p>See the need for and initiate change</p> <p>Focus on possibilities, especially for people</p> <p>Prefer to take charge of the start-up phase</p> <p>Active, experimental and imaginative</p> <p>May overlook relevant details and facts</p> <p>May overextend and try to do too much</p>不同的分工的贡献https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061107_aeccec.htmTue, 07 Nov 2006 21:38:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061107_aeccec.htm<p>我是个技术背景出身的人。在微软的六年不到的时间里面，我总相信技术改变世界。现在依然相信，但是也开始相信，不仅仅技术，很多的行业都在改变着这个世界。关于一家公司到底技术重要还是市场重要，是资本重要，还是管理团队重要，这样的问题已经没有研究的兴趣了，因为我的观点是，可以有很多的因素都很重要，而争论的时候，有很多人不能接受多样性的答案，认为一定有一种最重要的观点。</p>Metro Lines are the Bones of the Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061107_metro_lines_are_the_bones_of_the_city.htmTue, 07 Nov 2006 20:56:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061107_metro_lines_are_the_bones_of_the_city.htm<p>Winter arrives in Shanghai.</p> <p>In the last week, a T-shirt is still OK; today, I wear a sweater, but still feel cold. The air started to show the character of air of winter of Shanghai - as cold as water. I don&rsquo;t know whether it is the right word - the air in Shanghai always remind me of the word - crystal. People say something is crystal clear, and I want to say the winter of Shanghai is crystal cold.</p>I am not a Big Fan of Hate - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061107_i_am_not_a_big_fan_of_hate_-_part_ii.htmTue, 07 Nov 2006 20:38:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061107_i_am_not_a_big_fan_of_hate_-_part_ii.htm<p>I posted the first part of this article - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061028_i_am_not_a_big_fan_of_hate.htm">I am not a Big Fan of Hate&hellip;</a>. I didn&rsquo;t plan to write the second part, but the hot discussion (52 comments in a week) urged me not to let it go. It is a controversal topic, but also an opportunity for people around the world to express, to listen and to understand about history, war and peace.</p> <p>Before I start the discussion, I have to put some disclaimers here. Please read before continue and especially before you post a comment.</p>Launching Kijiji Forumhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061106_launching_kijiji_forum.htmMon, 06 Nov 2006 22:53:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061106_launching_kijiji_forum.htm<p>There are some pause (irregular posting) in the last few days. There are several reasons. The major one is, I spent a lot of effort to launch Kijiji&rsquo;s new forum <a href="http://yy.kijiji.cn">http://yy.kijiji.cn</a>. At the starting of a new community, people need to put more effort to make sure the community is healthy.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, Jian Shuo,<br><br>When I visited your new Kijiji&#x27;s new forum, this question came up to me.<br><br>Is there any Chinese web sites have same function as &quot;Yahoo group&quot;? I checked the Chinese version of Yahoo, I didn&#x27;t find the &quot;Yahoo group&quot; function there. Did I missed it or they just don&#x27;t have it?<div class="comment-meta">— liping · 2006-11-06 23:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Google has Google Group and I believe they have a Chinese interface. http://groups.google.com/<br><br>Use Preference to set the interface to be Chinese if it is not.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-11-07 22:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks a lot. Jian Shuo.<div class="comment-meta">— liping · 2006-11-10 02:20</div></div> <div class="comment">ads are welcome<br><br>post your HTML code to my email address<div class="comment-meta">— Sivachandran.k · 2006-12-07 20:20</div></div> <div class="comment">hi:<br><br>Are u the first time to come shanghai? not yet get an appartment ? no worry!<br><br>i have a lot of appartment resource in xuhui district, luwan district, jinan district, putou district and pudong district. and i &#x27;ve already found many appartment for my foreigner friends. weather they stay in shanghai for a short time or long time, i alway try my best to get one for them. no matter how long do you want to stay.<br><br>100% offer you best service.<br><br>if you are still living in hotel, or you are plan to come to shanghai to get a job, or you are coming to jiaotong or fudan university to study . then, i do can find an cheap and good appartment for you.<br><br>the rent fee are from 2500 to 6000RMB per month. ofcourse, i also can find very luxry appartment up to more than 2000USD per month.<br><br>any way, just call me when you want:<br><br>via: 86-13671897173<br><br>or e-mail: chriszgy@hotmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— chris · 2006-12-15 21:59</div></div> <div class="comment">From Franklyn Taylor.<br><br>Bujumbura Refugees Camp<br><br>Room 032 Liberia Camp 3.<br><br>Accra Ghana.<br><br>Hi ,<br><br>Greetings &amp; Compliments,<br><br>PLEASE READ ALL THE CONTENT CAREFULLY.<br><br>My name is Franklyn Taylor, 24, Single Gen., I am contacting you in my good faith because I need your assistance seriously and urgent my Good one.. Late Sir. Beuford M. Taylor, a well known Gold merchant in Monrovia, Liberia is my Daddy. My Daddy was killed on the 7th May 2004 by the Liberian Rebels on gunshots been Ordered by the former President of Liberia and a Human Terrorist Charles Taylor my worst Enemy,<br><br>who is now undergoing trials at the United Nations Court for War Crimes against humanity After been Arrested at Nigeria . Daddy was killed because he refused to support those Rebels Financially for the purchasing of arms for the Rebel movements against S. Doe.<br><br>A year earlier before Daddy was killed, we Lost Mummy on December 2002, on a Car Accident in Liberia. It was terrible . I don&#x27;t wanna remember those stories please. But let me tell you what i need ok.<br><br>After Daddy&#x27;s Death some Family Friend and Daddy&#x27;s friends only focus on Daddy&#x27;s Money. trying to direct me in Different ways , but Our Family Lawyer Barrister Jude Kadama,Don&#x27;t allow much happen, Then he Took us to the City Capital Hotel in Monrovia, where we stayed, But he was later Killed during the war as the News Flows the Town. It seems like the World End until we meet M/S Bridget Akwansa, A Ghanaian Lady, She is Business woman,She also stay at the City Capital Hotel where we met Her. She love my Sister and she knew our Condition for that time. She always Advise me to move to Ghana with Her during our stay with her in the Hotel.<br><br>For our safety as the Crisis continues we move to Ghana by the help of M/S Bridget Akwansa , We arrived Ghana with her stayed with Her at Her Rented Apartment down town Madina Accra , Later She started treating us like Slave, very Badly that you can&#x27;t think she will do to me and my sister, so Bad.<br><br>But I later met with some Liberians in Ghana who show me the Bujumbura Camp where Many Other Liberians Stay, We moved there &amp; rented a room apartment and stay there up till now at the Camp.<br><br>THAT IS JUST BRIEF OF OUR LIFE TALE SINCE WE LOST MUMMY &amp; DADDY.<br><br>Meanwhile Before my Daddy&#x27;s Death, he ve&#x27; informed me about His fortunes which he Deposited in Ghana With a Security company for a Security reasons during the the Crisis in Liberia. Items Includes:<br><br>A Trunk Box Containing Kilos of pure Gold &amp; Jewell .<br><br>Valuable Case which contains Euro2.9m [Tow Million, nine Hundred Thousand Euros].<br><br>These Treasury are still in the Vault of this security company, I have been there to meet with the Management Board for some verifications &amp; confirmations of the Documents which i have with me covering the Deposit . Meanwhile as foreigner,I want You to stand as my foreign Business Partner to my Late Daddy or beneficiary to those Treasury ,so that the security Company will Release those Belongings to You &amp; move it to your Country.<br><br>I will be the happiest Man if you can help us on this Claim, so that we can returns back to live , and move back to School in your country. You will then stand as our sponsor. that is what i m asking you for.<br><br>I know the Security company will Believe Foreigners,Because Blacks so much believe the white Foreigners here.<br><br>You will contact the Security company as i will give you there contact Address and Telephone numbers. Requesting then to release Those Items, You will stand as my Daddy&#x27;s Partner &amp; that is the major reason i contacted you.<br><br>I will release all the Legal documents Backing your claims which I have here with me upon the receipt of your Reply if you Agreed to help us out . You must get some percentage as your rewards from this Treasure, After the Release.<br><br>Also give me your name and telephone numbers so I can call and explain better how you can help me better.<br><br>Thank you so much &amp; God Bless you.<br><br>Yours Faithfully,<br><br>Franklyn Taylor.<br><br>Franktaylor7777@myway.com<div class="comment-meta">— FRANKLYN. · 2008-02-25 23:48</div></div> <div class="comment">HI FRANK,<br><br>I AM FROM NEPAL. WANTED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PERSONNEL LIFE AND THE INVESTMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE .<div class="comment-meta">— manik nepal · 2008-08-06 04:11</div></div> </details>宏观的思考问题https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061105_eceee.htmSun, 05 Nov 2006 16:39:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061105_eceee.htm<p>在从上海到杭州的火车上，<a href="http://blog.podlook.com">小杰</a>提出了一个问题，就是在6 12个小时里面，分针多少次超过时针。</p> <p>这个问题跟我在１９９８年底加入<a href="http://microsoft.com">微软</a>前的一道面试是一个风格的．这道题出现在我第４轮面试的时候：</p> <blockquote> <p>１９９８位乒乓球运动员打比淘汰赛，问组织者需要组织多少场比赛。</p>客齐集新社区上线https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061105_eecaec-2.htmSun, 05 Nov 2006 00:07:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061105_eecaec-2.htm<p>其实不是新社区了，是去年10月份就开始的项目，Livid的构架加York的定制，在周五的时候正式上线：<a href="http://yy.kijiji.cn">http://yy.kijiji.cn</a></p> <p>yy是什么意思呢?在社区里的解释是这样的：</p>Photo: Dog under Sunshinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061104_photo_dog_under_sunshine.htmSat, 04 Nov 2006 14:31:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061104_photo_dog_under_sunshine.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/04/288258436_c468cb1eaa.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/04/288258524_5fc92d218e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/11/04/288258333_5504f1640a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Update</strong></p> <p>This note is for carsten, and for everyone to give you some clue about these pictures.</p> <p>Today, I put my quilt to the garden to have Sun warm it. And I put my little dog - a dull dog - on to it. Then I found it really looks relaxing and hope to have more time like it.</p> <p>It is not a real dog though.</p>Shanghai to Hangzhou by Taxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061103_shanghai_to_hangzhou_by_taxi.htmFri, 03 Nov 2006 00:06:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061103_shanghai_to_hangzhou_by_taxi.htm<p>I talked with Alex in Hangzhou. He took a taxi Shanghai South Railway Station to Hangzhou. The fair is 280 RMB for four persons, or 70 RMB for one.</p> <p>How did he make it?</p> <p><strong>From Shanghai to Hangzhou</strong></p> <p>It is about 2 hours ride from Shanghai to Hangzhou. The distance is 192 km.</p> <p>If you take a taxi, and the taxi charges by meter, it should be at least 560 RMB (since it is 3.15 RMB per km after the first 10 km). Many taxi drivers ask for the same amount of fee for the return trip, since they have to go back with an empty car.</p>Coincidence? Maybe Nothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061102_coincidence_maybe_not.htmThu, 02 Nov 2006 23:48:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061102_coincidence_maybe_not.htm<p>There are some &ldquo;coincidence&rdquo; in the Chinese Blogger Conference in Hangzhou. The conference was originally planned to be at a place called Zijingang. One and half day before the conference, the venue owner cancelled the venue claiming that government is using the venue so they have to cancel all other events. Ops. What a coincidence! Then the venue was changed to another place in the Hangzhou University (what a rush). When the word of changing venue spread out, the university called and said electronic power will be shutdown for maintenance for the next two days. So the conference cannot be held there. Ops. What a coincidence! Then finally, people moved to the third venue at the night before the conference. This time, no meeting there, and there is electronic supply, which is good, but the Internet provide reported that they are conducting system maintenance and there is limited Internet access - I have to use my CDMA in my room. Ops. What a coincidence, for the third time!</p>Infected by Spam Virus?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061101_infected_by_spam_virus.htmWed, 01 Nov 2006 23:27:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061101_infected_by_spam_virus.htm<p>This is a technical article. (This is a friendly warning to people who don&rsquo;t like to see technical articles on this blog. :-))</p> <p><strong>Spam</strong></p> <p>I was notified by my friend in Google that I have some spamware installed on my server <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com">http://wangjianshuo.com</a>. This is very astonishing. I checked the directory and found the following files.</p> <p>filename: /public_html/.htaccess</p> <blockquote> <p>RewriteEngine On</p> <p>Options +FollowSymlinks</p> <p>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f</p> <p>RewriteRule ^[/]*([^/]+).phtml$ ./search.php?q=$1 [L]</p> <p>AddType application/x-httpd-php .php</p>Metron #2 Station Name Changehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061101_metron_2_station_name_change.htmWed, 01 Nov 2006 11:16:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061101_metron_2_station_name_change.htm<p>There are some changes to the Metro Line #2.</p> <ol> <li> <p>The Dongfang Road Station 东方路站 was renamed as Centuary Park Ave. Station 世纪大道站, and was reopened this Monday. Today when I pass by the station, I found it already very crowded - looks like another People&rsquo;s Square station. It IS bigger than People&rsquo;s Square station in the plan.</p> </li> <li> <p>Middle Henan Road Station 河南中路站 will be renamed as East Nanjing Road Station 南京东路站. This morning, the broadcast in Metro train has been changed but all the signs and logos on the platform were not changed yet.</p>技术应用的七年之痒https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061031_ccaeaec.htmTue, 31 Oct 2006 23:53:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061031_ccaeaec.htm<p><em>从新技术的诞生，到对大众的普及，是不是都有一个六年到七年的延迟呢？</em></p> <p>又是坐在颠簸的飞机上面，我喜欢的6A座位，开始写些东西。这次到北京出差，我第一次从公司票务代理那里拿到了电子客票。这两张电子客票是和三天前，也就是2006年10月16日中国民航总局的一条新闻分不开的，就是从那一天起，纸质机票将开始退出历史舞台，而逐渐由电子客票代替。这虽然距离我第一次使用电子客票已经过去四年了，不过还是让我感觉到了极大的兴奋。从2000年中国南方航空公司推出中国的第一张电子客票，到电子客票在2006年真正普及，一晃六年就过去了。</p>Chinese Blogger Conferencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061030_chinese_blogger_conference-2.htmMon, 30 Oct 2006 23:52:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061030_chinese_blogger_conference-2.htm<p>Backed from the <a href="http://www.cnbloggercon.org/2006/">Chinese Blogger Conference</a> via a late bus from Hangzhou to Shanghai on Sunday.</p> <p>Although I enjoy meeting many friends again in Hangzhou, I feel the blogger conference this year is not as &ldquo;pure&rdquo; as last year. I remember the last year, most people attended under the identity of a blogger, while this time, most people represent the company. Thus turned the conference to something like China Web 2.0 Conference&hellip;</p>一传十，十传百https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061028_aeaeieaec.htmSat, 28 Oct 2006 18:12:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061028_aeaeieaec.htm<p>上周一，和桑勇同志商量，在中文网志年会的前一天晚上，约我们的诗人创业者小伟喝茶。周四的时候敲定时间，就在西湖边北山路33号的欧陆风情。</p> <p>火车晚点，到了就已经是晚上9点钟了。我们一路过去的晓娣，Allan, Kevin, York, Ryun, Jack到达的时候，，发现桑勇和小伟以及几位以前就认识的朋友已经在山上的露台上了。时间在9点半的时候，人数大约15人。小伟盛情提出他来买单。</p>I am not a Big Fan of Hate...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061028_i_am_not_a_big_fan_of_hate.htmSat, 28 Oct 2006 15:04:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061028_i_am_not_a_big_fan_of_hate.htm<p>I got an email. It encourages me to act as &ldquo;a patriot&rdquo;, and writing something to boycott Japanese goods. I don&rsquo;t like to mention this topic. Since people asked, this is my personal opinion of why I don&rsquo;t like to do that.</p> <p><strong>The Topic of Patriotism, or Love to my Country</strong></p> <p>It is trendy to spread one&rsquo;s love to the country by showing how much they hate a foreign country or a foreigner. It is very common, especially in the younger generation in China. I don&rsquo;t think some government are doing the right thing, but I am not a big fan of hating something.</p>At the Blogger Conference in Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061028_at_the_blogger_conference_in_hangzhou.htmSat, 28 Oct 2006 12:19:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061028_at_the_blogger_conference_in_hangzhou.htm<p>I at sitting on the carpet of the China Blogger Conference - just on the right side, near the podium.</p> <p>Just like the last year, I enjoy this conference very much, even better than yesterday.</p> <p>Several points I like:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Diversity</p> </li> <li> <p>No center of the meeting</p> </li> <li> <p>Non-commercial atmosphere</p> </li> <li> <p>Meet with old friends</p> </li> <li> <p>Easy and relaxed</p> </li> <li> <p>Cool</p> </li> </ol> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">7 empty points out of 8, with Diversity as the only none-empty one...interesting...<br><br>I&#x27;m too busy to go to Hangzhou today, I&#x27;ll be there tomorrow to have a look...<div class="comment-meta">— Forest@MangBar · 2006-10-28 22:30</div></div> <div class="comment">i started to write blog last semester,i think blog is a good thing that keep you in memory.I hope one day i can attend the China Blogger Conference.My blog is www.hinn.cn ,welcome to.<div class="comment-meta">— jackie · 2006-11-18 19:42</div></div> </details>Where are You - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061025_where_are_you_-_part_ii.htmWed, 25 Oct 2006 23:59:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061025_where_are_you_-_part_ii.htm<p>It is amazing! I got so many high quality and genuine introduction about people from around the world in this blog entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061021_where_are_you.htm">Where are You?</a>. Thanks for the great comments.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hey,</p> <p>I am from <strong>Finland</strong>. A small, population a little bit above 5 million people, country in the Northern Europe. The neighbours in the map are Sweden, Russia, Norway and Estonia (Estonia doesn&rsquo;t share any land with us in the borders).</p>Suggest a Topichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061024_suggest_a_topic.htmTue, 24 Oct 2006 23:05:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061024_suggest_a_topic.htm<p>I write blog to help visitors and expats in Shanghai. I write daily, but sometimes I am lack of topic (not surprisingly). If you think there is any topic that I should write about, please post it here. Whenever I am out of topic, I will look at this page. This is also a central page to capture all topic suggestions. Otherwise, they will be randomly posted under unrelated posts.</p>10月28号中文网志年会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061023_1028aecae.htmMon, 23 Oct 2006 21:23:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20061023_1028aecae.htm<p>这个周六，10月28号会参加在杭州的第二届中文网志年会，还有谁参加吗？我们杭州见。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/10/23/screen-blogcon-hangzhou.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>这是去年的照片：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051105_aecaeae.htm">在中国网志大会上</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">11 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">不知道您的bolg多久更新一次，好久没有看见中文的blog了，期待！<div class="comment-meta">— dell笔记本 · 2006-10-23 22:55</div></div> <div class="comment">我会来的，到时候杭州见！<div class="comment-meta">— 嘉佑 · 2006-10-23 23:06</div></div> <div class="comment">去<div class="comment-meta">— 固若GinTonic · 2006-10-23 23:22</div></div> <div class="comment">的确好久没写了。中文的blog没有固定的频度，因为精力所限，没法承诺做不到的事情。:-) 在这篇2003年的文章里面解释过: http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeeae.htm<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-10-24 00:53</div></div> <div class="comment">see you in Huangzhou.<div class="comment-meta">— Caiwangqin · 2006-10-24 10:06</div></div> <div class="comment">之前feedsky做活动的时候就比较期待这次会议。<br>当然，好多的原因，不能去了。<br>关注网志的我，通过大家的网志关注一下本次年会。<br>想请教来此的各位，在高校做网志年会之类的交流，有没有土壤？<div class="comment-meta">— qienkuen · 2006-10-24 17:07</div></div> <div class="comment">想来想去因为种种原因还是放弃这次难得的机会了，如果下次还有机会的话。一定要去<div class="comment-meta">— 盗盗 · 2006-10-24 17:45</div></div> <div class="comment">go! go! go!<div class="comment-meta">— jessie · 2006-10-25 21:02</div></div> <div class="comment">to qienkuen:<br>在高校做网志年会之类的交流，有没有土壤？<br><br>我不是很理解这句话的意思？：）高校是自身所在的学校，还是外校？交流。。。是指举办这样的活动，还是说对这个现象发表看法进行探讨什么的呢？：）<div class="comment-meta">— sweet · 2006-10-28 23:29</div></div> <div class="comment">郁闷. 英文那里死活无法留言. 难道我被当成spammer了?<div class="comment-meta">— coolnalu · 2006-11-01 06:45</div></div> <div class="comment">不错<div class="comment-meta">— 烟儿圈 · 2007-01-27 12:17</div></div> </details>China Eastern Airlineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061023_china_eastern_airlines.htmMon, 23 Oct 2006 21:17:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061023_china_eastern_airlines.htm<p>To ask the right question is more important than answering it, isn&rsquo;t it. Here is the question of today:</p> <blockquote> <p>What is flying with China Eastern like? I&rsquo;ve booked to fly from Shanghai to Beijing. Are there weight limits with baggage with domestic flights? 20kgs? Long queues for checking in? Any seat allocations? I tried <a href="https://www.ce-air.com">www.ce-air.com</a> but couldn&rsquo;t get the English web page to show up.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>My Knowledge about China Eastern Airlines</strong></p>Cash on Delivery Still Preferredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061022_cash_on_delivery_still_preferred.htmSun, 22 Oct 2006 23:20:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061022_cash_on_delivery_still_preferred.htm<p>Got an email today asking me whether he has successfully booked air ticket via <a href="http://elong.net">elong.net</a>. The question was, he was not asked for details of credit card information (such as credit card number, holders name) while the system just reported the hotel and flights were booked successfully. He thought it was strange and want to confirm whether he booked it or not.</p> <p>I checked elong.net and found out it may be a common question for people using websites in China.</p>Where are You?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061021_where_are_you.htmSat, 21 Oct 2006 23:07:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061021_where_are_you.htm<p>I found I have readers from all around the world. Every new commentor on the blog bring my interest to his/her own country if they mentioned about the name of the country. The world is so big. People tend to think of several highlighted countries, like U.S. and Canada in American, China, and India in east Asia, and UK, Germany in Europe. Recent, I met more people from Denmark, so I start to read the history of Denmark, and meet with good people from Holland, so I started to know that in the year of 1630, a tulip cost more than 50 Holland dollars. There are so many examples. So if you don&rsquo;t mind, where do you live? Do you want to share more about your country with me and the rest of the community members?</p>In Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061019_in_beijing.htmThu, 19 Oct 2006 12:20:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061019_in_beijing.htm<p>In Beijing. I used electronic tickets for this trip.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s the same in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— fish828 · 2006-10-20 20:01</div></div> <div class="comment">sh ,too~i saw u in china daily.hehe ~~<div class="comment-meta">— equator · 2006-10-20 21:34</div></div> <div class="comment">hi I would like to know if the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) is part of Beida? Or is it just another university which has nothing to do with beida.<div class="comment-meta">— crochet · 2006-10-22 20:05</div></div> <div class="comment">It is another university. Nothing to do with Beida.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-10-22 20:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Wang JianShou,<br><br>who did you fly with, China Eastern? When I fly to Shanghai, I use KLM from Manchester (UK) via Amsterdam. The e-ticket, and on line check in work very well. Interested to hear your experience.<div class="comment-meta">— Rob · 2006-10-23 08:43</div></div> </details>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061018_happy_birthday_to_me-5.htmWed, 18 Oct 2006 23:34:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061018_happy_birthday_to_me-5.htm<p>Happy birthday to me. It is my 29th birthday.</p> <p>Thanks for Henry, Grace, Xiaofeng, Hengge, Robert, Xiaoxiong, Edward and Wendy to be at dinner with me. Wonderful friends, and wonderful gathering.</p> <p>P.S. I found every birthday, I started the entry with &ldquo;Happy brithday to me. It is my ??th brithday&rdquo;, and the number just changed from 25, to 26, 27, 28 and 29&hellip;</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">Happy Birthday to Me in 2002</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">Happy Birthday to Me in 2003</a></p>Blue Check (Check-in) for Virgin Bluehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061017_blue_check_check-in_for_virgin_blue.htmTue, 17 Oct 2006 23:42:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061017_blue_check_check-in_for_virgin_blue.htm<p>When I talked about the abandon of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061017_say_goodbye_to_paper_ticket.htm">paper ticket in China</a>, I thought of my experience with Virgin Blue in Australia. Virgin Blue is a low cost airline, and they highly depend on Internet, and automatic processes to do their business.</p> <p>Here are some pictures I took about the wonderful self-serve check in system.</p> <p>Below: all you need to know is the six-number confirmation ID: ENTDAC (I guess I have completed the travel and this code is not confidential any more). Enter the code using the onscreen keyboard.</p>Say Goodbye to Paper Tickethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061017_say_goodbye_to_paper_ticket.htmTue, 17 Oct 2006 23:29:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061017_say_goodbye_to_paper_ticket.htm<p>From yesterday, CATA (China Air Transportation Association) stopped providing paper ticket to ticket agents. This is an event that will eventually affect my life, and many others.</p> <p>This is a great achievement. When the Southern China Airlines started e-ticket testing in 2000, 6 years past. The user behavior changes slowly, and till now, paper ticket is still 70% of all tickets.</p> <p>My guess is, from today, travel agents cannot purchase <strong>blank</strong> paper ticket from CATA. They must have a lot of tickets in stock that they can continue to print out. However, by the end of this year, when most of the paper tickets in stock are used up, the travel agencies have to transit to using electronic tickets.</p>Featured on China Dailyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061017_featured_on_china_daily.htmTue, 17 Oct 2006 12:23:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061017_featured_on_china_daily.htm<p>There is a half-page article about this blog on China Daily. Carsten was the first one to notify me this morning, and Ida, the journalist is the second. :-) Thans Ida for the wonderfuo article.</p> <p>The original article is <a href="http://www.shanghai-star.com.cn/Shanghai_Delta/Shanghai_Delta_news.asp?lv1=1&amp;lv2=4&amp;newsid=2044&amp;viewsid=2044&amp;views=21">here</a>.</p> <p>This is a copy of the artilce. Full credit goes to Ida Relsted, and China Daily.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Shanghai blogger just wants to help</strong></p> <p><em>Citizens bloggers website provides millions with useful information about the city he loves to share</em></p>Beggars in China and People's Attitudehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061016_beggars_in_china_and_peoples_attitude.htmMon, 16 Oct 2006 21:23:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061016_beggars_in_china_and_peoples_attitude.htm<p>Ying Zhang <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061015_must_see_coffee_facing_the_bund.htm#0830">commented</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I have been reading your blog for a few years now, I found your blog while planning a trip to China in 2004, and your post on the Shanghai Beijing train time table really helped me. Keep up the good work.</p> <p>I have always wanted to seek your opinion on an issue that troubles me - about the attitude people have, towards beggars and the homeless in big cities like Shanghai.</p>Must See - Coffee Facing the Bundhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061015_must_see_-_coffee_facing_the_bund.htmSun, 15 Oct 2006 23:53:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061015_must_see_-_coffee_facing_the_bund.htm<p>If you are a visitor to Shanghai and there is nothing to do for one night, I suggest you to spend the night in a bar or restaurant on the riverside, along the Huangpu River. It is opposite to the Bund.</p> <p><strong>Location</strong></p> <p>The Bund is symbolic scene for Shanghai. Most visitors view the Bund on the Bund side. To see the Bund from the other side is as excite, if more, than to see it in Puxi.</p>2006 Asian Gaelic Games in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061014_2006_asian_gaelic_games_in_shanghai.htmSat, 14 Oct 2006 21:37:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061014_2006_asian_gaelic_games_in_shanghai.htm<p>Autumn arrives in Shanghai. When Wendy and I passed the garden before my apartment in Pudong, yellow leafs were falling to grassland with wind. There is an old Chinese saying: You see autumn just from a leaf. It is very true.</p> <p>It is the nice weather for us to go to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040502_jinqiao_biyun_international_district.htm">Biyun International District</a>. I love that area very much, especially on sunny weekend. That is an international district, and there are many good restaurants, coffee shop, and nice greenlands. I bought a copy of Lonelyplanet <em>Travel Writing</em> from the foreign language store there.</p>My Personality Testhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061013_my_personality_test.htmFri, 13 Oct 2006 23:03:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061013_my_personality_test.htm<p>I received an interesting test on personality, and here is my answer to some of the questions. It seems I am not an organized person.</p> <p>When you go somewhere for the day, would you rather</p> <p>[ ] plan what you will do and when, or</p> <p>[X] just go?</p> <p>If you were a teacher, would you rather teach</p> <p>[ ] fact courses, or</p> <p>[X] courses involving theory?</p> <p>Do you prefer to</p>The Bund Sightseeing Tunnelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061012_the_bund_sightseeing_tunnel.htmThu, 12 Oct 2006 22:43:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061012_the_bund_sightseeing_tunnel.htm<p>There is a tunnel connecting the two banks of the Huang Pu River - the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel. It is a great way to get across the Huangpu River if you are on any side of the river and want to go to the other. BTW, beside this, you may take ferry or take the metro to get cross - to take a taxi is not so wise since the taxi has to get back toward west from the Bund, enter the tunnel to the east, and get back to west after going out of the Yan&rsquo;An Road Tunnel&hellip;</p>Z Series Train in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061011_z_series_train_in_china.htmWed, 11 Oct 2006 23:47:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061011_z_series_train_in_china.htm<p>Z-Series of trains are fastest and among the best trains in China. Z means &ldquo;Zhida&rdquo; in Chinese, or &ldquo;Direct Express&rdquo;. Typically they don&rsquo;t stop in the middle, and is very effecient to travel for long distance, like from Shanghai to Beijing, without stopping in the middle.</p> <p>These are all Z Trains in China (data is updated on July 2006)</p> <p>Train #SeqStation NameArriveDepartDistance <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z1">Z1</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1935 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z1">Z1</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Wuxi">Wuxi</a> 0638 0649 1337 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z1">Z1</a> 3 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> 0747 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z10">Z10</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a> - 1803 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z10">Z10</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0733 - 1664 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z11">Z11</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> - 2049 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z11">Z11</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Wuchang">Wuchang</a> 0714 - 1225 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z12">Z12</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Wuchang">Wuchang</a> - 2049 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z12">Z12</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> 0714 - 1225 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z13">Z13</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1907 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z13">Z13</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> 0705 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z14">Z14</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> - 1900 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z14">Z14</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0658 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z15">Z15</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 2030 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z15">Z15</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Harbin">Harbin</a> 0710 - 1248 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z16">Z16</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Harbin">Harbin</a> - 2032 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z16">Z16</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0707 - 1248 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z17">Z17</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> - 1800 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z17">Z17</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Changsha">Changsha</a> 0740 - 1587 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z18">Z18</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Changsha">Changsha</a> - 1748 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z18">Z18</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> 0728 - 1587 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z19">Z19</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> - 2028 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z19">Z19</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Xian">Xian</a> 0758 - 1200 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z2">Z2</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> - 1847 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z2">Z2</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Wuxi">Wuxi</a> 1946 1949 126 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z2">Z2</a> 3 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0651 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z20">Z20</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Xian">Xian</a> - 1923 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z20">Z20</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> 0653 - 1200 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z21">Z21</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1900 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z21">Z21</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> 0658 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z22">Z22</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> - 1907 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z22">Z22</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0705 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z29">Z29</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 2137 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z29">Z29</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Yangzhou">Yangzhou</a> 0804 - 1227 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z3">Z3</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> - 2042 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z3">Z3</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hankou">Hankou</a> 0652 - 1205 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z30">Z30</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Yangzhou">Yangzhou</a> - 2010 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z30">Z30</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0620 - 1227 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z37">Z37</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> - 2035 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z37">Z37</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Wuchang">Wuchang</a> 0700 - 1225 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z38">Z38</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Wuchang">Wuchang</a> - 2035 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z38">Z38</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> 0700 - 1225 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z4">Z4</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hankou">Hankou</a> - 2111 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z4">Z4</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> 0721 - 1205 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z41">Z41</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Tianjin">Tianjin</a> - 2040 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z41">Z41</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> 0740 - 1326 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z42">Z42</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> - 1942 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z42">Z42</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Tianjin">Tianjin</a> 0641 - 1326 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z49">Z49</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 2144 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z49">Z49</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Nanjing">Nanjing</a> 0722 - 1160 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z5">Z5</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1914 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z5">Z5</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> 0712 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z50">Z50</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Nanjing">Nanjing</a> - 2106 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z50">Z50</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0644 - 1160 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z6">Z6</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> - 1914 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z6">Z6</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0712 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z61">Z61</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 2240 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z61">Z61</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Changchun">Changchun</a> 0702 - 1006 Z62 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Changchun">Changchun</a> - 2235 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z62">Z62</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0700 - 1006 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z7">Z7</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1921 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z7">Z7</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> 0719 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z73">Z73</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 2130 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z73">Z73</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hefei">Hefei</a> 0725 - 1110 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z74">Z74</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hefei">Hefei</a> - 2035 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z74">Z74</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0630 - 1110 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z77">Z77</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> - 2056 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z77">Z77</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Luohe">Luohe</a> 0342 0344 829 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z77">Z77</a> 3 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Xingyang">Xingyang</a> 0501 0503 991 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z77">Z77</a> 4 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Xiaogan">Xiaogan</a> 0640 0642 1135 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z77">Z77</a> 5 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hankou">Hankou</a> 0721 - 1205 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z78">Z78</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hankou">Hankou</a> - 2029 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z78">Z78</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Xiaogan">Xiaogan</a> 2110 2112 70 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z78">Z78</a> 3 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Xingyang">Xingyang</a> 2251 2253 214 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z78">Z78</a> 4 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Luohe">Luohe</a> 0010 0020 376 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z78">Z78</a> 5 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing%20West">Beijing West</a> 0707 - 1205 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z8">Z8</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Shanghai">Shanghai</a> - 1928 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z8">Z8</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0726 - 1463 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z85">Z85</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1928 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z85">Z85</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Suzhou">Suzhou</a> 0648 - 1379 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z86">Z86</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Suzhou">Suzhou</a> - 2000 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z86">Z86</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> 0719 - 1379 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z9">Z9</a> 1 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Beijing">Beijing</a> - 1853 0 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?trainno=Z9">Z9</a> 2 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/train/?stationname=Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a> 0823 - 1664</p>Top Commenters for Sept, 2006https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061011_top_commenters_for_sept_2006.htmWed, 11 Oct 2006 21:28:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061011_top_commenters_for_sept_2006.htm<p>Thanks to the top commenters in September 2006:</p> <p>carsten 15</p> <p>Stephen 12</p> <p>Shaun 12</p> <p>Thanks for your comments, which is always an important part of this blog.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hello .I am a member form a human resource company.<br><br>this is our website ,if you are interested in it ,please have a look at it<br><br>www.job128.com<div class="comment-meta">— flavian · 2006-10-12 11:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Well...I got the pressure:)<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-10-13 02:55</div></div> <div class="comment">jscjsr@gmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— Jim Schmidgall · 2006-10-15 07:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss.Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss...Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..Thanks you very ver ymuch love real admin and boss..<div class="comment-meta">— film izle · 2010-02-01 07:26</div></div> <div class="comment">thanks you very very much love real admin and boss..thanks you very very much love real admin and boss..thanks you very very much love real admin and boss..thanks you very very much love real admin and boss..<div class="comment-meta">— film izle · 2010-02-02 19:29</div></div> <div class="comment">izle3.com izle seyret video izle seyret online video izle film izle seyret komik videolar erotik video izle indir yükle<div class="comment-meta">— izle · 2011-06-14 06:19</div></div> </details>Hotel! Hotel! Hotel!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061009_hotel_hotel_hotel.htmMon, 09 Oct 2006 22:21:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061009_hotel_hotel_hotel.htm<p>To travel in a different country is different than traveling in the same country, especially different from travelling to very familiar cities. This trip made me understand what is the most important stuff for people just arrived to a new city - &ldquo;How can I get to my hotel, as fast as I can?&rdquo;</p> <p>I started to understand why many travellers asked me the question: &ldquo;I will go to Shanghai on xxxx, and I will stay in xxxxxx hotel. Would you please tell me how I can get to xxxxxxx hotel from Pudong Airport?&rdquo;</p>Train from Shanghai to Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061008_train_from_shanghai_to_nanjing.htmSun, 08 Oct 2006 22:09:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061008_train_from_shanghai_to_nanjing.htm<p>Many people asked me for suggestion to visit other places by train. It is a FAQ, and I finally found out the train schedule (in English). Please check out this sample. You will see how frequent the train from Shanghai to Nanjing is. If you check out this table, there are 53 trains leave Shanghai and go to Nanjing every single day! That is one train every half an hour. Click the train no to find out more about the specific train.</p>Drive on the Right in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061007_drive_on_the_right_in_china.htmSat, 07 Oct 2006 01:05:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061007_drive_on_the_right_in_china.htm<p>After visiting Australia and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061005_drive_on_the_left_in_australia.htm">drove on the left</a> for one day, the question attracted my attention that why in Australia, Japan, and England people drive on the left while many countries drive on the right.</p> <p><strong>China Used Drive on the Left</strong></p> <p>The first record of traffic rules was found in China in the book &ldquo;The Book of Rites&rdquo;　礼记, that requires &ldquo;&ldquo;The right side of the road is for men, the left side for women and the center for carriages.&rdquo; That was in 1100 B.C. [<a href="http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/right.htm">1</a>]</p>I Love Koala!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_i_love_koala.htmFri, 06 Oct 2006 12:34:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_i_love_koala.htm<p>Koala is so cute, so lovely, and so funny!</p> <p>Koala embraces the tree branch tightly, like the branch is the great thing in the world for it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261540983_ff9d30f510.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Koala in the Dream World, Gold Coast, Queensland</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261541192_471f31ecc1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261541742_619bff4f02.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Koala is shy and slow. Look at this one. It is moving from one branch of tree to the other, slowly, and gracefully.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261537717_3e8b71be42.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The other one.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261546442_a97ed447a7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Facade of Nice Buildingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_facade_of_nice_buildings.htmFri, 06 Oct 2006 11:47:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_facade_of_nice_buildings.htm<p>During this trip, the facade of many nice buildings caught my attention. They are shining in the sky and is just as the graphs I draw in university.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261544574_20b93e832b.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Service apartment in Surfers Paradise</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261302644_fa44de3bc9.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Building along the George Street in Sydney</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261294891_9e74e9621d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The tall building along the Martin Place in Sydney</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261289742_0058c7490b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The building on the east side of the Circular Quay,Sydney</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">its cool.<div class="comment-meta">— jack · 2006-10-06 12:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Mr.Wang, what is your major in university?<div class="comment-meta">— linna · 2006-10-07 10:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Automation (Automatic Control), not architect.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-10-07 16:57</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t like these rigid buildings,seem lifeless. But, the regular lines,ankles and shadows look beautiful.<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-10-08 18:33</div></div> <div class="comment">MMM, the problem with the skyscapers at Surfers Paradise is that thry are in the wrong place - they leave the entire beach in shade in the afternoon. Not good planning!<div class="comment-meta">— Chris Boswell · 2007-12-03 15:44</div></div> </details>Beach of the Gold Coasthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_beach_of_the_gold_coast.htmFri, 06 Oct 2006 11:43:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_beach_of_the_gold_coast.htm<p>These days, I am working hard to post some pictures of the trip and share it with my family and friends. Here is another such post.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261544986_b43030044b.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261545566_1a2d945f8f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261546283_292c83b38d.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261555046_c1e48e8803.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261539133_6df446913c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261544794_d37636dc7a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The tide of the Surfers Paradise, as the name implies, is very suitable for surfer, and not so good for swimmers.</p> <p>I like the tide (only the tide, not water) in Qingdao better, since it was soft and gentle. In the Surfers Paradise, when the tide goes away, the water is just as high as your knees, but when the tide comes, it is higher than your head. The strong force of the tide sometimes create that kind of &ldquo;water hole&rdquo;, which the surfers love so much. For me, without a surfer board, it is just a water wall that I need to break into. The force strongly pushes me directly onto the beach. I have to get back to the original position.</p>Fire in the Surfers Paradisehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_fire_in_the_surfers_paradise.htmFri, 06 Oct 2006 11:36:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_fire_in_the_surfers_paradise.htm<p>When we stepped into the Watermark Hotel in Surfers Paradise, I happen to witness a fire on the bridge over the river.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261542211_34bdf8e6a4.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261542546_9f654a40e3.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Fire fighter arrived and within 5 minute, the fire was put off.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261543254_1fc354a18b.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>There was no news on TV or on Internet about the fire.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know why these pics remind me of &quot;911&quot;. you coulb be a photograph jounalist:)<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-10-08 18:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow these pictures are amazing! Wondering how it feel to live in a big city like that. Anyway I will be in Shanghai in 4 days...<div class="comment-meta">— Kyara · 2006-10-16 10:56</div></div> </details>Seagull at Seahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_seagull_at_sea.htmFri, 06 Oct 2006 00:46:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_seagull_at_sea.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261460130_f584e6aa01.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261460095_0d8c8a674e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261459980_17435e457f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261459747_e71c0e2ab5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261459646_7d3289e649.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261459610_10da87fe79.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261551708_fbbcf837f5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261546920_255361d306.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/06/261554455_025e073707.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>These pictures were taken at the Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD.</p>Comment from Sarah Khiderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_comment_from_sarah_khider.htmFri, 06 Oct 2006 00:09:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061006_comment_from_sarah_khider.htm<p>What a surprise! The singer of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060910_chivas_mermaid_by_sarah_khider.htm">Chivas&rsquo; commerical Mermaid</a>, Sarah Khider, left a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060910_chivas_mermaid_by_sarah_khider.htm#0952">comment</a> on my blog during my absence (OOB).</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian</p> <p>I introduce myself, I´m Sarah Khider and I just read comments about me and the song. Thanks to everyone and to you for creating this blog. I have also mine <a href="https://www.sarahkhider.com/blog/">www.sarahkhider.com/blog/</a> and soon my website will available for all. You can also go to myspace and listen to other pieces of songs of mine.</p>Drive on the Left in Australiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_drive_on_the_left_in_australia.htmThu, 05 Oct 2006 19:46:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_drive_on_the_left_in_australia.htm<p>During travel, people expect to experience different things. The more different, the better. Driving on the left is obviously one major difference between Australia and China.</p> <p><strong>Look Right!</strong></p> <p>On the major roads visitors first arrive in the city, there are sign on the road to remind people to look right first.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/05/261303001_14f486153f.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I saw many signs like this in Hong Kong also. The sign above is shot in the Metro Museum Station (Cnr Liverpool &amp; Elizabeth)</p>Travel by Train in China - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_p1503.htmThu, 05 Oct 2006 17:04:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_p1503.htm<blockquote> <p>This is the second part of a series of article named Travel by Train in China. This is the previous articles: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040927_travel_by_train_in_china_part_i.htm">Travel by Train in China - Part I</a></p> </blockquote>Wang Yang Lee (ICBC) May be Fraundhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_wang_yang_lee_icbc_may_be_fraund.htmThu, 05 Oct 2006 16:49:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_wang_yang_lee_icbc_may_be_fraund.htm<p>Warning: If you happen to be ready to contact the person, or give them any of your personal information, please STOP now! It seems to be a serious fraud</p> <p>Look at these report of losing money on my website:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_icbc_a_customers_experience.htm#0726">Fardous</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_icbc_a_customers_experience.htm#0242">Mudduraj</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_icbc_a_customers_experience.htm#1254">Melad Youssef</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_icbc_a_customers_experience.htm#0533">Mr. Muhammad Tirta Chariti</a></p> <p>They reported that someone called Wang Yang Lee announced to be a manager from ICBC and collected ID and bank account information from victims. People searched in Google and arrived my website. What a mistake to trust someone in this common fraud case! (Another mistake is to take my personal website as ICBC official website).</p>Shanghai's Weather is Like Sydney in Octhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_shanghais_weather_is_like_sydney_in_oct.htmThu, 05 Oct 2006 00:05:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061005_shanghais_weather_is_like_sydney_in_oct.htm<p>These days, I found Shanghai&rsquo;s Weather in early Oct is very like Sydney.</p> <p>When I stepped out of the China Eastern Airlines flight MU562 from Sydney to Shanghai, I didn&rsquo;t feel any difference in the temperature. I sweat a shirt in Sydney and in the noon time, a T-Shirt is OK. It is the same in Shanghai.</p> <p>Later, I found out that it is exactly the date that Shanghai and Sydney are the same in weather.</p>Remove Comments? Maybe Nothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061004_remove_comments_maybe_not.htmWed, 04 Oct 2006 23:49:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061004_remove_comments_maybe_not.htm<p>I saw requests to me to remove some comments people made on this blog. I suggest everyone to check out my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030508_emails_and_privacy_policies.htm">Emails and Privacy Policies</a>, especially the section on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030508_emails_and_privacy_policies.htm#censorship">censorship</a>.</p> <p>To put it simple, my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030403_thanks_for_your_comments.htm#principle">principle on comments</a> is not do delete any comment as long as it is legal, not spam and is readable, and (this one is important) it is NOT personal attack.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t like flaming comments that judges someone else&rsquo;s personality, generalize them to people from a country, with certain religions belief, or simply the language they use. I do remove these comments.</p>Learnings from the Australia Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061004_learnings_from_the_australia_trip.htmWed, 04 Oct 2006 22:49:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061004_learnings_from_the_australia_trip.htm<p>Several learnings from the Australia trip - something I don&rsquo;t know or not so clearly before the trip. Share with everyone.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai, the Gateway to Eastern China</strong></p> <p>I finally realized Shanghai is more important to international travellers than I thought. When I really planned my trip to Australia, we found out that Sydney is the gate way to Australia. There is Shanghai to Sydney direct flight, but no such flight between Shanghai and Brisbane, Gold Coast, not to mention the other attractions along the east coast. The Shanghai to Melbourne flight is not as frequent.</p>Last Day in Sydneyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061003_last_day_in_sydney.htmTue, 03 Oct 2006 22:02:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061003_last_day_in_sydney.htm<p>After nice 9 day trip to Australia, this is the last night in Sydney. The last night. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane - all these nice cities is stored in my memory. We also visited many small villages, and towns, along the Great Ocean Road, in the Blue Mountains, near the Suffers Paradise&hellip; I even tried to drive the left-going car for one day to the Hunter Valley on National Highway No. 1.</p>The First Photo from Australiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061001_the_first_photo_from_australia.htmSun, 01 Oct 2006 19:36:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20061001_the_first_photo_from_australia.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/10/01/256219765_e1c213f077.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Keep watching your trip.<br><br>And I also welcome friends alll over the world to come and take a look at my English site www.HereisChina.com .<div class="comment-meta">— Robert · 2006-10-01 22:34</div></div> <div class="comment">hello from SJTU.ah ha, have fun in Australia. Happy National Day!<div class="comment-meta">— firefox · 2006-10-02 05:04</div></div> <div class="comment">hello from BJTU. ah ha, have fun in Australia. Happy National Day!<div class="comment-meta">— tungwen · 2006-10-02 10:54</div></div> <div class="comment">nice photo! The night there is very like what is in shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— shuse · 2006-10-03 00:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Australia is one of the places that i want to travel. i like the seas and sky there.<div class="comment-meta">— Cherry Li · 2006-10-03 00:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Quote: &quot;... is very like what is in shanghai.&quot;<br><br>No, the sky is blue in this picture.<br><br>Давид<div class="comment-meta">— Dave G. · 2006-10-03 07:45</div></div> <div class="comment">A beautiful city and like hong kong.<div class="comment-meta">— tonyli · 2006-10-03 17:26</div></div> <div class="comment">A beautiful city and like hong kong. I like it very much and hope I can visit it.<div class="comment-meta">— tonyliling · 2006-10-03 17:30</div></div> </details>Brisbane, and Gold Coasthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060930_brisbane_and_gold_coast.htmSat, 30 Sep 2006 18:48:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060930_brisbane_and_gold_coast.htm<p>I am now in Gold Coast near Brisbane.</p> <p>I saw many comments but don&rsquo;t have time to check out and answer yet. Everytime I grasp an Internet kiosk, it ticks in seconds and quickly, it shows &ldquo;time-up&rdquo;. I also don&rsquo;t want to spend too much time on Internet when the nice pacific sea shore is just on the right hand side. I will clear the back-log later.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">JS, don&#x27;t worry. It&#x27;s the best beach you can ever find in the world. Take your time and enjoy!<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2006-09-30 21:01</div></div> <div class="comment">enjoy your trip!<div class="comment-meta">— eric · 2006-10-02 00:47</div></div> <div class="comment">have a nice trip!<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-10-02 23:36</div></div> <div class="comment">have a good time and bring more to us.<div class="comment-meta">— tonyli · 2006-10-03 17:12</div></div> <div class="comment">It is one of the best blogs i hv seen,very good. Have a good time<div class="comment-meta">— Hill · 2006-10-05 00:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, Hill.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-10-05 02:04</div></div> </details>Jian Shuo in Australia - Day II, III and IVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060929_jian_shuo_in_australia_-_day_ii_iii_and_iv.htmFri, 29 Sep 2006 19:10:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060929_jian_shuo_in_australia_-_day_ii_iii_and_iv.htm<p>It is the forth day in Australia - Sydney for the first two days (blue mountains, Kangaroos, River Cruise, Darling Habor&hellip;), and now I am at Melbourne Airport, leaving the great city.</p> <p>It was not easy to find Internet access in the city - for first time visitors. Internet cafe is not that popular as Sydney, and thank to the Netkiosk in the Melbourne International Airport. I can finally</p> <p>update my blog after three days of OOB (Out of Blogging)</p>Life in Remote Placeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060925_life_in_remote_places.htmMon, 25 Sep 2006 22:21:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060925_life_in_remote_places.htm<p>Anyone has any idea about where this place is?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/25/252354881_42a54d3a36.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/25/252354847_ab792555e5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/25/252354809_612b7fc5d4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/25/252354739_28dde27483.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/25/252354714_93095a6277.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/25/252354689_5771dc3e0e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Pretty late-minute decision, for a long trip like this. But National Holiday Golden Week seems to approaches much faster than I expected, I mean flight tickets&hellip;</p>PVG: Shanghai Pudong Airport Maphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060924_pvg_shanghai_pudong_airport_map.htmSun, 24 Sep 2006 18:43:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060924_pvg_shanghai_pudong_airport_map.htm<p>Here is the satellite image of Pudong Airport:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/24/251153525_d3618a5af3.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Google Earth</p> <p>This is the airport in bigger scope of the map, so you can see the relative location in Shanghai and how far it is to get to downtown.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/24/251156299_995557bb0f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Google Earth</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">21 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">very good<div class="comment-meta">— woocs · 2006-09-24 22:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Doesn&#x27;t look that bad. So, what&#x27;s the point? Shanghai 101?<div class="comment-meta">— Coolnalu · 2006-09-25 07:29</div></div> <div class="comment">The picture must was taken long time ago, maybe some time before the second runway (i.e. runway 34-16) was put into use in March 2005.<br><br>I am a bit confused by the number of the second runway of PVG. From the picture you can see that two runways are not exactly parallel to each other. The new runway is aligned a bit more with the north-south direction. But its marking is 34-16 while the one for the old runway is 35-17. Something is not quite right here. I think the second runway should have either the same marking number as the old one (i.e. 35R-17L) or the number of 36-18.<br><br>Here is some info on airport layout design:<br><br>http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/design/tutorial/tutorial5.html<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2006-09-25 07:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>Yesterday, I came across Shanghai Airport Authority website. The site provide the departing/ arrival flight information and others information too. Just type in the flight number you will be able to find out the status of the flight.<br><br>Check it out.<br><br>http://www.shanghaiairport.com/en/index.jsp<div class="comment-meta">— DC · 2006-09-25 13:30</div></div> <div class="comment">JH, there can only be one reason.<br><br>This is CHINA.<br><br>So far I know, no other airport in China has runways with xxR and xxL, like in other big airports in other countries.<br><br>The reason can only be, that in most of Asia it is quite difficult for people to find the right tonation of L and R, because the hard spoken &quot;R&quot; does not exist in their language.<br><br>Imagine the possible disaster if the air traffic controller say to the pilot :<br><br>&quot;You are cleared for landing on runway 35R&quot; and pronounces it as an L !!!<br><br>So - they must have decided to avoid this problem by giving it a &quot;fake&quot; number.<br><br>But afer all - the actual direction of the new runway is slightly more towards north, so it is nonsense to give it a lower number, you are absolutely right.<br><br>Remember this if you come here one day :<br><br>In China everything is allowed if it is decided by the government.<br><br>Logical or not - doesn&#x27;t matter :-)<br><br>Some day they might change the law of gravity as well...<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2006-09-25 16:02</div></div> <div class="comment">The reason L/R is not used yet is that PVG has 2+ runways under construction (the 3rd is u/c and should be ready next year, the 4th is supposed to be ready around 2010, and the 5th is in blueprint). When the 3rd id done, it will be labeled 35-17L and the 1st runway will be renamed to 35-17R. And so on ...<div class="comment-meta">— chichi · 2006-09-25 16:57</div></div> <div class="comment">check out this.<br><br>http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=369195&amp;page=2&amp;pp=20<div class="comment-meta">— chichi · 2006-09-25 18:32</div></div> <div class="comment">I remember few years ago, the pilots of Singapore Airline was attempting to take off at Taipei airport and misunderstood the runway 05L and 05R and eventually slammed into the closed runway. The rating of SQ was dropped from the top all the way to the bottom.<br><br>The air-controllers have their way to speak clearly to the pilot, e.g. 05R will call as 05Romeo.<br><br>The long term plan for PVG is to have four parallel runways and four terminals, anyone knows which direction will the airport to be expanded?<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-09-26 00:18</div></div> <div class="comment">the 3rd runway is parallel to the current 1st one to the west while the 4th is parallel to the 2nd one to the east.<br><br>check out this page.<br><br>http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=369195&amp;page=2&amp;pp=20<br><br>http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/SWFC/SH-PDairport.jpe<br><br>http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/SWFC/20068813222594631.jpe<div class="comment-meta">— chichi · 2006-09-26 02:37</div></div> <div class="comment">carsten,if you don&#x27;t like China.please go back to your country!<div class="comment-meta">— Juliet · 2006-09-26 20:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Juliet<br><br>At first I ignored to answer your foolish comment, but then :<br><br>My company have sent me here to help chinese government owned companies.<br><br>And I have done so in the last 5 years. And they are happy.<br><br>I think it is better to stay and do something here, Juliet.<br><br>I have my chinese wife and my life here, but for me it doesn&#x27;t mean<br><br>that I can&#x27;t say anything or do anything to improve life for me and my family here.<br><br>So mind your own business and keep quiet, if you cannot take any hard words of<br><br>your beloved government.<br><br>When you write like this, you certainly don&#x27;t understand what is really going on in China.<br><br>I&#x27;m sure many other readers will see the point.<br><br>The words above are quite ironical and have a &quot;bite&quot;,<br><br>but as a chinese (party member perhaps ?) you won&#x27;t understand irony anyway.<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2006-09-27 01:58</div></div> <div class="comment">carsten, please, i just can&#x27;t help wondering why you are assuming people don&#x27;t know how to speak R while they are talking about _r_unways? and as a foreigner, you are so sure they don&#x27;t understand what is really going on in China?<br><br>As a Chinese, I bet most Chinese understand China very well. We just need solutions and we are working and proceeding.<br><br>come on, &quot;party members&quot;, &quot;gravity changing&quot;, is that your understanding? is that you call irony?<div class="comment-meta">— chichi · 2006-09-29 17:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>I have a question: is the maglev train running again after the accident?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Rene<div class="comment-meta">— Rene · 2006-09-30 00:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear carsten<br><br>I agree with chichi. You don&#x27;t understand China and will not understand China forever. I don&#x27;t want to argue with you, from your words, I know, you may have a prejudice against Chinese, but the fact is: China has the rapidest economic increasement rate in the world and Chinese become richer and richer year by year ,does it occur in your country? So, please pay more attention on China&#x27;s good aspect and your country&#x27;s unsatisfied aspect in order to get a balance. The golden week is coming, I will have a tour in Beijing , where will you go?<br><br>Dear Rene<br><br>Yeah, it resumed running again! A friend of mine took it to PVG this Monday.<div class="comment-meta">— Juliet · 2006-09-30 14:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello everyone,<br><br>I am traveling to Shanghai for the first time in December, 2006. We are traveling from the U.S. to the PVG airport and will then later travel to Beijing. My question concerns long-term luggage storage at PVG. Does anyone know what the hours of operation are for long-term luggage storage on Saturdays and during the week?<br><br>Thank you for your help.<br><br>-Adam<div class="comment-meta">— Adam Matye · 2006-11-11 00:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Attending Formula 1 race early October 2007. taying at Hotel close-by Subway line #2 station Shimen Rd. Any thoughts how to get to the track which is Northwest of the city.Would appreciate help.<div class="comment-meta">— Jim Jardine · 2007-06-26 01:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Where are the airplanes on Google Earth?<br><br>Thanks for hel[ing me identify the airport.<div class="comment-meta">— Gerard M Foley · 2007-12-10 08:40</div></div> <div class="comment">@Gerard, type in Pudong Airport, or PVG in Google Earth, and you will find it out.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-12-10 21:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Regarding the runway headings. The first runway, 35, was built several years ago. Runway headings are based on the magnetic heading from a compass. However, because the magnetic pole moves slightly each year, runways are re-numbered from time to time. Most likely, Runway 34 was designated based on the anticipated mag heading for the estimated date of completion. Runway 35 will, most likely, be re-numbered in the near future to reflect the change in the magnetic heading. Hope that helps.<div class="comment-meta">— David B. · 2008-02-26 03:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Carsten, The Chinese language actually does have a the hard r sound. It&#x27;s Japanese that doesn&#x27;t.<br><br>Jeff<div class="comment-meta">— jeff · 2008-09-06 18:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I am new here.<br><br>Can i know what is the disctance from Shanghai Central Star hotel to Pudong Airport.<br><br>Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Eric · 2009-03-25 16:28</div></div> </details>You'v Got (Registered) Mail!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060924_youv_got_registered_mail.htmSun, 24 Sep 2006 16:40:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060924_youv_got_registered_mail.htm<p>How important is mail (traditional mail) in our daily life? No so important. In the last few years, I didn&rsquo;t receive any written mails, and all the mail in my mailbox are either &ldquo;Direct Mail&rdquo;, or the fly-er of commercial advertisement, or bills (telephone bills, gas bills, cable TV bills).</p> <p>I totally have no incentive to open the mailbox.</p> <p>Among them, there are some special mail notification. It is a small piece of paper to ask me to go to the post office in person to fetch package or registered mail.</p>Jinjiang Hotelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060923_jinjiang_hotel.htmSat, 23 Sep 2006 23:23:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060923_jinjiang_hotel.htm<p>Wendy and I went to Jinjiang Hotel to attend her friends&rsquo; wedding. Jinjiang Hotel is a nice and old hotel in Shanghai. The area of the Jin jiang Hotel has one of the best architectures of Shanghai. What a co-incident. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htm">Our wedding</a> was held three years ago on the same Saturday in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030914_old_houses_in_shanghai.htm">hotel</a> nearby.</p> <p>I would recommend people to stay in this hotel - it is not fancy, but comfortable. It is of the best locations in Shanghai ,and is along the charming Huaihai Road.</p>Maglev Accident in Germanyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060923_maglev_accident_in_germany.htmSat, 23 Sep 2006 23:16:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060923_maglev_accident_in_germany.htm<p>What happened in the Maglev in Germany? Why two trains can possibility hit each other? On the advertisement of Maglev in Shanghai, they use the tag line &ldquo;Experience almost 900 km/hour speed when two Maglev passes each other&hellip;&rdquo;.</p> <p>I can imagine it is definitely not funny if they do not pass each other, but hit head to head.</p> <p>I am so sorry for people who lose their lives. As the Germany president put it &ldquo;It is completely unacceptable for their family or friends to say by to them in the morning but found out they never go back home again&hellip;.&rdquo; I share the pain of the families.</p>Xujiahui At Night - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060923_xujiahui_at_night_-_part_ii.htmSat, 23 Sep 2006 17:06:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060923_xujiahui_at_night_-_part_ii.htm<p>These are pictures mentioned in this post: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060919_swensens_in_xujiahui.htm">Swensen&rsquo;s in Xujiahui</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/23/250299613_d9deb9fdcb.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/23/250299599_e06476c6ee.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/23/250299579_e381db11f6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/09/23/250299561_376401dc79.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Xujiahui is amazing with the newly completed Grand Gateway Twin Towers.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">What the hell place is Xujiahui! My office is there, it is just too noisy and crowed place.<div class="comment-meta">— Chern · 2006-09-24 16:24</div></div> <div class="comment">yeah,it&#x27;s too crowed.<div class="comment-meta">— victor · 2006-09-25 09:49</div></div> <div class="comment">And the house property in Xu is almost the most expensive,right?<br><br>Almost all the crowd street or city seems beautiful in night, especially in pic.<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-09-30 19:13</div></div> <div class="comment">i live in L.A now, i miss shanghai so much. that is one of the greatest place in the world. i am so pride of being a shanghainese.<div class="comment-meta">— Cherry Li · 2006-10-03 00:50</div></div> </details>Centuary Ave Station Opens on Oct 28https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060922_centuary_ave_station_opens_on_oct_28.htmFri, 22 Sep 2006 23:20:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060922_centuary_ave_station_opens_on_oct_28.htm<p>Shanghai Metro Centuary Ave Station will reopen on October 28, 2006. It was named Dong Fang Road Station before, and is the transition station for Metro Line #2 (already in operation), #4 (already in operation), #6 (will be completed soon) and #9.</p> <p>The 4 lines will be arranged on three layers.</p> <p>This is the first 4 line hub for Shanghai Metro. In 2010, there are other 15 3-line hubs in Shanghai Metro. I am an engering kind of person, and I will do some research to find out how the lines get connected together.</p>Guide for Bike Riders in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060921_guide_for_bike_riders_in_shanghai.htmThu, 21 Sep 2006 21:59:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060921_guide_for_bike_riders_in_shanghai.htm<p>Shuan&rsquo;s question on riding bike in Shanghai:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello again,</p> <p>First I would like to acknowledge your warm welcome,</p> <p>second.. how do I ask a question.. is there any special place where I ask, or do I send you an email or what?</p> <p>Any way, I&rsquo;ll post my question here considering you can edit posts and what not (the above is a question in it self :P ^_^)</p> <p>I just got a bycicle, a standard $500 rmb one.. today I rid to work and back! The thing is I don&rsquo;t know the laws with the bycicle or in shanghai.. Every body just seems to do what ever.. ie., some people (well alot..) go through red lights, some people go through any light.. most people ride on what looks to be the wrong side of the road (with cars comming towards them, etc.) as a foreigner.. what do I do?</p>Swensen's in Xujiahuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060919_swensens_in_xujiahui.htmTue, 19 Sep 2006 23:41:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060919_swensens_in_xujiahui.htm<p>Swensen&rsquo;s on the third floor of Metro Tower (1111 Zhao Jia Bang Road) is a great ice cream shop. They offer good Italian Noodles as well. We had great dinner at the outside garden tonight. The scene is amazing! The twin tower of the Grand Gateway is on the left - beautiful building with a big shopping mall in the middle (with bit TV screen on it) in the middle and 48-story high-raising tower on the both side. It is a great place to have dinner or ice cream.</p>Sept is Maybe the Best Time to Visit Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060918_sept_is_maybe_the_best_time_to_visit_shanghai.htmMon, 18 Sep 2006 23:09:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060918_sept_is_maybe_the_best_time_to_visit_shanghai.htm<p>Many people asked me the question: When is the best time to visit Shanghai? I would say, most time is good, but there are only some bad time - like winter - it is really code or summer, when it is really hot. Also avoid national holidays, like Oct 1 to 7, May 1 to 7 and Spring Festival. That is the short version of the answer.</p> <p>However, these days, when I walked on the Nanjing Road, or visited the Bund at night, I regret that I didn&rsquo;t tell my friends who is planning his/her visit to Shanghai that &ldquo;September maybe is the best time to visit Shanghai&rdquo;. Why? Because the Shanghai Travel Festival started on Sept 16.</p>I Love to Invite Friends to my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060917_i_love_to_invite_friends_to_my_home.htmSun, 17 Sep 2006 23:03:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060917_i_love_to_invite_friends_to_my_home.htm<p>Sunday, I was happy to invite friends to my home in Pudnog for dinner. It was great experience to have my friends around the shining dining room. It is also a good incentive for me to clean up the rooms and garden, to prepare for the home visit.</p> <p>Shanghai is too large, and my home is just too far. It is not very convenient for people to be there - especially for my friends in Puxi and my friends who don&rsquo;t have a car.</p>The Banquet (Ye Yan) by Zhang Ziyihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060916_the_banquet_ye_yan_by_zhang_ziyi.htmSat, 16 Sep 2006 23:15:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060916_the_banquet_ye_yan_by_zhang_ziyi.htm<p>Went to see The Banquet by Zhang Ziyi. The movie was directed by Feng Xiaogang&hellip;</p> <p>It was 35 RMB at 10:20 PM at the Cinema of Grand Brand Mall.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t have too many comments for this movie. It is not as interesting as other Feng Xiaogao movies, but it is not as bad as <em>Wuji</em>&hellip;</p> <p>From the logical analysis perspective, I feel although the director changed, the style is not too much different from the previous several movies, like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040724_house_of_flying_daggers_or_shi_mian_mai_fu.htm">House of Flying Daggers</a>, or Wuji. The team (the photographer, creative designers, music, and act designer) are the same as other Chinese movies. Now, the scene is good, but the story is not as strong. It takes time for the staging and story to catch up, and it will be really a great movie.</p>Went to IKEA Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060915_went_to_ikea_again.htmFri, 15 Sep 2006 23:38:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060915_went_to_ikea_again.htm<p>I was an IKEA, especially when I just graduated and went to work. A major part of my first few months salary went to IKEA&hellip; For example, this was the picture in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021021_more_ikea_furnitures_in_my_home.htm">2002</a>. As recent as in 2004, I still did <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040721_bulk_purchase_from_ikea.htm">Bulk Purchase from IKEA</a>.</p> <p>Wendy and I went to IKEA again. Maybe, I didn&rsquo;t visit IKEA in the last one year or so. I am no longer an IKEA fan. Now, most furniture in my home is NOT from IKEA, and my favorite color changed from white, to light yellow, and to brown.</p>'Not Happy New Year'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060914_not_happy_new_year.htmThu, 14 Sep 2006 23:08:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060914_not_happy_new_year.htm<p>I can never over-state the importance of the display name of an Instant Messenger (IM) in the current age. People change their MSN Messenger or QQ display name on daily basis, if not on hourly basis. By looking at the display name of my friends on MSN Messenger, I have some brief knowledge about</p> <ul> <li> <p>Whether they are happy?</p> </li> <li> <p>What they are focusing on?</p> </li> <li> <p>How they need help - it is a personal ad platform that people ask for referrer for a job, or ask for a job, or business</p>Dishuihu (Dishui Lake) Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060913_dishuihu_dishui_lake_pictures.htmWed, 13 Sep 2006 23:30:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060913_dishuihu_dishui_lake_pictures.htm<p>Shanghai is a city without high mountains. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030614_cycling_to_sheshan.htm">Sheshan</a> is maybe the only hill Shanghai has. Shanghai has a river - Huangpu River, but Huangpu is not that interesting - you cannot sail or swim in it. Shanghai is near sea, but there is no beach. People like hiking may have to climb stairs of buildings. People like sailing may only be able to watch cargo boats in the river. People like sea cannot even touch the river of the sea due to the muddy shores.</p>Volunteer for Beijing Olympicshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060912_volunteer_for_beijing_olympics.htmTue, 12 Sep 2006 23:30:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060912_volunteer_for_beijing_olympics.htm<p>Want to be a volunteer for Beijing Olympics in 2008? Recently, the recruiting started.</p> <p>The recruiting of Beijing Olympics Volunteer starts from Aug 28, 2006 to end of March, 2008.</p> <p><strong>Stage 1: Beijing Volunteers</strong></p> <p>From August 28, 2006, the program opens to applicants in Beijing (and Beijing only).</p> <p><strong>Stage 2: China Volunteers</strong></p> <p>From Dec, 2006, people from outside Beijing can submit their application.</p> <p><strong>Stage 3: Overseas Volunteers</strong></p> <p>By March 2007, people from outside China (including in other countries) can apply for volunteering in Olympics 2008.</p>写Blog的四年https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060911_blogc.htmMon, 11 Sep 2006 22:54:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060911_blogc.htm<p>2002年9月11号，写<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">第一篇blog</a>的时候，真没有想到4年后，还能够继续。今天数了一下，过去的1460天里面，英文 blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives.htm">1396篇</a>，中文<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/archives.htm">134篇</a>，应了吴昊兄的一句话：积累的力量是惊人的。特此纪念一下。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">23 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">不管做什么事情，坚持都是最重要的。我也要坚持！<div class="comment-meta">— 3water · 2006-09-12 00:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulation for the achievement made. That is quite an achievement.<br><br>Look forward to your coming thought-provoking posts. Thanks a ton.<br><br>Best,<br>Jin<div class="comment-meta">— Jin · 2006-09-12 08:30</div></div> <div class="comment">congrats! this is a great milestone.<div class="comment-meta">— CrazyCoder · 2006-09-12 11:17</div></div> <div class="comment">学习了！<div class="comment-meta">— interjc · 2006-09-12 12:15</div></div> <div class="comment">学习~~呵呵<div class="comment-meta">— 法案 · 2006-09-12 12:34</div></div> <div class="comment">恭喜，坚持，加油<div class="comment-meta">— 圈圈 · 2006-09-12 15:53</div></div> <div class="comment">我刚写博客，希望能够一直下去，向你学习啊<div class="comment-meta">— ppgg · 2006-09-13 11:46</div></div> <div class="comment">当人人都在BLOG的时候,我想最应该思考的是BLOG的价值在哪,世界上真的需要这么多&quot;流水帐&quot;?<br>BLOG 的价值应该是去相互的启迪<br>我想我在你的BLOG里得到了,谢谢<br><br>这也是我自己写BLOG的START POINT 和 Focus<br>http://lgwang.blogspot.com/<div class="comment-meta">— Wang · 2006-09-13 15:37</div></div> <div class="comment">今天上课给学生讲路要一步一步的走，重要是坚持。然后举了你写blog的例子，学生都很佩服你。<div class="comment-meta">— 悠然 · 2006-09-14 23:58</div></div> <div class="comment">04自己生日的时候开始写,2年过去了.<br>自己的思考方式一直都没有变.<br>已经订阅了你的blog,偶尔会来看看.<div class="comment-meta">— goodhawk · 2006-09-15 21:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow,英文blog占了绝大多数。虽然两者我都喜欢，但能否平衡一下呢，汉语是最细腻的语言，不是吗？四年来你的blog已经成了老外了解上海的窗口了，在google上有关上海的资讯你的blog总是很靠前。有做SEO吗？有机会向你请教=）<div class="comment-meta">— victor · 2006-09-16 14:50</div></div> <div class="comment">JS大哥，<br>2年来一直在看你Blog，受益颇多。<br>谢谢你的坚持。<div class="comment-meta">— Bigfoot · 2006-09-17 17:17</div></div> <div class="comment">建硕，点了你的名，今天是9.18，我也玩玩点名，用这个方式来爱国。http://daqiwangyi.blog.sohu.com/13775211.html<div class="comment-meta">— 王翌 · 2006-09-18 11:26</div></div> <div class="comment">英文vs中文比，10：1，说明了什么呢？<br><br>我的理解是，在中西方规则的碰撞中，你选择了主动接轨！认同，古人云知己知彼，先知悉对方，才能更好地展示自己，用对方理解的方式！<div class="comment-meta">— MING · 2006-09-21 15:31</div></div> <div class="comment">简直象办了个拉皮条的网站，也是骚扰者的乐园，很垃圾的网站！<div class="comment-meta">— 痛恨客齐集 · 2006-09-24 08:03</div></div> <div class="comment">小王好像更偏好写英文blog,写中文blog好像只是为了兴趣以外的目的,这是我个人的感觉.<div class="comment-meta">— 同意楼上 · 2006-09-28 13:15</div></div> <div class="comment">4年说短不短,说长不长.贵在坚持.<div class="comment-meta">— 米东京 · 2006-10-03 14:54</div></div> <div class="comment">居然这么久的博客史了,真不简单!<br>贵在坚持.<div class="comment-meta">— kereal · 2006-10-08 13:24</div></div> <div class="comment">恭喜您的BLOG孩子满四周岁^_^<div class="comment-meta">— 心灵舞蹈 · 2006-10-12 19:00</div></div> <div class="comment">你提到吴昊。我有一个好朋友也叫这个名字，失散多年了。请你问问他是不是“警备区”的吴昊。谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— Q · 2006-10-18 20:49</div></div> <div class="comment">积累的力量是巨大的。<div class="comment-meta">— hehe · 2006-10-21 19:04</div></div> <div class="comment">一直在看你Blog，受益颇多!<br>谢谢你。<div class="comment-meta">— 卡卡 · 2006-10-21 21:26</div></div> <div class="comment">我才刚写啊!很希望能够坚持!象你学习!<div class="comment-meta">— 虞琴 · 2006-12-02 16:25</div></div> </details>Four Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060911_four_years_of_blogging.htmMon, 11 Sep 2006 22:12:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060911_four_years_of_blogging.htm<p>Today marks the end of the forth year of blogging at Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog. 4 years ago, in Sept 11, 2002, I setup MovableType and wrote my first entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP</a> on the old desktop computer in my home. No one expected that it is the start of a four-year-long blogging journey. Of cause, every year when I look back and wrote a note about the anniversary of this blog, I am not unaware of the fact that Sept 11 is a special day. The 911 event 5 years ago took away many people&rsquo;s lives, and inevitably changed the world. I write with my respect to everyone involved in the trategy.</p>Chivas' Mermaid by Sarah Khiderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060910_chivas_mermaid_by_sarah_khider.htmSun, 10 Sep 2006 23:41:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060910_chivas_mermaid_by_sarah_khider.htm<p>Like many others, I am a big fan of Sarah Khider&rsquo;s song - <em>Mermaid</em> for commercial from Chivas.</p> <p>****<a href="http://odeo.com/audio/1869186/view">powered by ODEO</a></p> <p>Because of the song, the Chivas&rsquo; commercial became my best TV commercial. Every time when the commercial shows, I just stop switching channels until I complete listening to the 30 seconds commercial.</p> <p>The Chivas Regal&rsquo;s commercial is shown frequently. There is big ad in the People&rsquo;s Square Station of Metro Line #1 and #2. I don&rsquo;t drink wine, or whisky. I just love the song and the lifestyle Chivas painted.</p>Brick Road in the Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060909_brick_road_in_the_garden.htmSat, 09 Sep 2006 23:32:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060909_brick_road_in_the_garden.htm<p>To spend few hours to do labor work brought my great happiness. Today, I made a brick road in my garden by myself.</p> <p><strong>The Area</strong></p> <p>The 1.1m x 3.0m corner at the inner most of the garden was full of wild grass. I didn&rsquo;t have the right time to cut the grass, so they grew wildly. I felt embarrassing at the very beginning - I know to left grass like that is very bad thing for neighbors, but recently, I found the grass of my neighbor is even worse. :-)</p>Vanke is a Good Real Estate Companyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060908_vanke_is_a_good_real_estate_company.htmFri, 08 Sep 2006 23:58:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060908_vanke_is_a_good_real_estate_company.htm<p>Just get back from my good friends new apartment at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.php?rx=1186&amp;ry=4468&amp;text=Vanke+Holiday">Vanke Holiday</a>. It is another good residential area by Vanke.</p> <p>I am a big Vanke fan. Our <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/vanke/newhome/">first apartment</a> was in Vanke, and I spent great time there, before I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040405_life_in_pudong_started.htm">moved to Pudong</a>.</p> <p>Vanke is the No. 1 brand in the real estate industry. It has the largest revenue number, and good at build vast area of residential buildings and turn suburb into new towns.</p>The World is Not Created by Genius - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060907_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius_-_part_ii.htmThu, 07 Sep 2006 22:08:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060907_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius_-_part_ii.htm<p>Continuing the discussion of &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060806_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius.htm">The World is Not Created by Genius</a>&rdquo;, I wrote a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060907_aecaeec.htm">Chinese blog</a> and created a simple AJAX application to facilitate this game on the Internet. If you haven&rsquo;t read about the previous article, it is also good. You can play the game first.</p> <p><strong>The Game</strong></p> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p>Gather a group of people (I have done it for you. Currently, at least 200 persons have entered their numbers already)</p> </li> <li> <p>Each person write down a number between 0 - 100</p>世界不是天才创造的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060907_aecaeec-2.htmThu, 07 Sep 2006 09:31:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060907_aecaeec-2.htm<p><strong>有趣的游戏</strong></p> <p>前几天晚饭间，<a href="http://blog.donews.com/henryhwa/">老华</a>组织在座的12个人玩一个猜数字的游戏。。游戏规则是这样的。</p> <blockquote> <p>每人给出一个从0到100之间的数字。把所有人的数字求算术平均值。谁选的数字最接近这个算术平均值的2/3，谁就赢得整场游戏。</p>Need to Go to Beijing Some Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060906_need_to_go_to_beijing_some_time.htmWed, 06 Sep 2006 23:06:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060906_need_to_go_to_beijing_some_time.htm<p>I haven&rsquo;t been to Beijing for quite some time. I need to get to Beijing sometime soon. The IT, especially Internet, center is in Beijing. The media center is in Beijing. To run Internet business, it is wired that we don&rsquo;t visit Beijing often. I also have a lot of friends (web 2.0 friends) in Beijing that we haven&rsquo;t chatted for a long time. I feels the winter of Internet is not far. The momentum changes slightly since May and now it is obviously that people are not so excited about new ideas. No evidence, just some feeling about the industry.</p>Decathlon Store Locations in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060904_decathlon_store_locations_in_shanghai.htmMon, 04 Sep 2006 22:05:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060904_decathlon_store_locations_in_shanghai.htm<p>There are 5 Decathlon Stores in Shanghai. I got their store card in the Jinqiao Store the other day. They have locations for all their <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.php?action=tag&amp;tag=decathlon">5 stores</a>. Here are the locations:</p> <p>.tagowner a {text-decoration:none;color:#999933;}</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=4170&amp;ry=2931&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Huamu+Store">Decathlon, Huamu Store</a> by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=owner&amp;owner=Jian+Shuo+Wang">Jian Shuo Wang</a> to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=tag&amp;tag=decathlon">decathlon</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=545&amp;ry=2829&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Changning+Store">Decathlon, Changning Store</a> by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=owner&amp;owner=Jian+Shuo+Wang">Jian Shuo Wang</a> to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=tag&amp;tag=decathlon">decathlon</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=4521&amp;ry=2225&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Jinqiao+Store">Decathlon, Jinqiao Store</a> by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=owner&amp;owner=Jian+Shuo+Wang">Jian Shuo Wang</a> to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=tag&amp;tag=decathlon">decathlon</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=890&amp;ry=4521&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Xinzhuang+Store+%28Approximate%29">Decathlon, Xinzhuang Store (Approximate)</a> by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=owner&amp;owner=Jian+Shuo+Wang">Jian Shuo Wang</a> to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=tag&amp;tag=decathlon">decathlon</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=739&amp;ry=2189&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Putuo+Store">Decathlon, Putuo Store</a> by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=owner&amp;owner=Jian+Shuo+Wang">Jian Shuo Wang</a> to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?action=tag&amp;tag=decathlon">decathlon</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=4170&amp;ry=2931&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Huamu+Store">Decathlon, Huamu Store</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?rx=545&amp;ry=2829&amp;text=Decathlon%2C+Changning+Store">Decathlon, Changning Store</a></p>24K Hotel Offers Booking for 2010https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060902_24k_hotel_offers_booking_for_2010.htmSat, 02 Sep 2006 18:35:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060902_24k_hotel_offers_booking_for_2010.htm<p>24K Chain Hotel offers booking for 2010 rooms today. They promised the price for their rooms remain the same if guests book the room today.</p> <p>During the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, it is expected that 70 million people (4 times more than Shanghai&rsquo;s current population) will visit he city, and hotel price must go up quickly.</p> <p>The 24K Chain Hotel&rsquo;s policy for booking is 30% payment upon reversation, and full payment three month before the check-in date.</p>Weekend! Weekend!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060902_weekend_weekend.htmSat, 02 Sep 2006 12:08:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060902_weekend_weekend.htm<p>It is weekend, again.</p> <p>Gave me one day, to relax&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">sofa, wish you have a good weekend!<br><br>so does it for myself!<div class="comment-meta">— passer-by · 2006-09-02 15:29</div></div> <div class="comment">我建议Jian Shuo学一套太极～<br><br>比如24式 做完整个拳法花20分钟左右 会让你彻底的放松！！！<div class="comment-meta">— fish828 · 2006-09-02 19:19</div></div> <div class="comment">The first weeked in the new semester! Great!<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-09-03 01:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes,you are tired.you can go to the suburb to relax yourself.<div class="comment-meta">— qingtingwei · 2006-09-07 18:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi!<br><br>Yes, weekend is great if you know where to go! :(((<br><br>I am new in Shanghai and will be happy to meet some english speaking friends... unfortunately around me is only chinese speaking people!<br><br>Will be happy to contact you wia martins.knipshis@gmail.com<br><br>or<br><br>my China number: 15901620541<div class="comment-meta">— Martin · 2006-12-12 22:21</div></div> </details>Who is Chinabounderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060831_who_is_chinabounder.htmThu, 31 Aug 2006 23:35:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060831_who_is_chinabounder.htm<p>From today, a new name appeared in my search engine referrer log: ChinaBounder. This seems to be a hot term on the Internet today. I didn&rsquo;t take close look at what the blog is about. Very briefly, I know this is a misbehaved British person in Shanghai, and made people angry by showing off his sex experience with Shanghai girls. A professor in China called for a &ldquo;Hunt for ChinaBounder&rdquo; and the goal of the mission is to find out this guy and get him out of China.</p>7 Tips to Travel to China This Quarterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060830_7_tips_to_travel_to_china_this_quarter.htmWed, 30 Aug 2006 23:32:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060830_7_tips_to_travel_to_china_this_quarter.htm<p>My friend MT is visiting Shanghai by the end of Sept. He is very excited about it. It is his first trip to China! He asked what is my suggestion for him to prepare the trip. I do have some tips.</p> <p>**Tip #1: Avoid Travel from Oct 1 to Oct 7. **</p> <p>October 1 to October 7 is the national holiday in China. It is also called Golden Week, because the continous 7 day holiday and good weather bring millions of people to scenaric places, hotels, also trains, airlines, and buses. In short, it is crowded everywhere. People visiting China typically don&rsquo;t have the constraint of travel only in the 7 days, so avoid it. Also, if possible, avoid the two days before and after the holiday.</p>和小杰Skype聊天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060829_skypee.htmTue, 29 Aug 2006 23:02:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060829_skypee.htm<p>上周和<a href="http://blog.podlook.com">Jack Gu</a>在Skype上面聊天，算是小杰的第一次采访，觉得很酷，坚决支持新技术的应用。这里是链接：</p> <p><a href="http://www.podlook.com/mp3/jack_jianshuo_060820.mp3">http://www.podlook.com/mp3/jack_jianshuo_060820.mp3</a> (<a href="http://www.podlook.com/channel/15534">Podlook</a>)</p> <p>朋友间的随便聊天，不见得逻辑上正确。:-)</p>Why I Keep Losing Stuffhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060829_why_i_keep_losing_stuff.htmTue, 29 Aug 2006 22:45:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060829_why_i_keep_losing_stuff.htm<p>I kept losing stuff. It is wired.</p> <p>One week ago, I even lost a shoe. I got onto the back seat of my car. Wendy drove the car to Xujiahui. When I left the car, I just couldn&rsquo;t find one of my shoe. Till now, I have no idea about where my shoe went.</p> <p>In Qingdao, I lost my glasses. I didn&rsquo;t wear contact lens this time, and wore my normal glasses. The tide was strong. After one strong tide, I felt strange, and realized I didn&rsquo;t have my glasses any more. It is not easy to find a glass in the sea. I gave up in 10 seconds.</p>More Pictures from Qingdaohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060828_more_pictures_from_qingdao.htmMon, 28 Aug 2006 23:14:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060828_more_pictures_from_qingdao.htm<p>A picture is better than a thousand words. Here are more pictures from Qingdao.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227276071_e7cf7cf114.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227275949_0fe3fb8201.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227275853_77230b7985.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227275743_9e1f3c9724.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227275650_3313398be1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227275599_287d3471d1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227275555_812aa797ca.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227279193_27fe760dcd.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227279090_d754152fdb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227279017_d7319bde8c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278951_4895ef1ec6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278893_dbf54182a9.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278813_26648285c0.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278721_c4cdd46211.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278609_32ef571935.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278462_a3f8d1d47b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/28/227278375_d2549b1044.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">13 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">jian shuo, you shown us a picture of classic street light fall in disrepair, I hope this is not the general attitude of people in Tsingdao towards the structures and buildings left by German and Japan before the war.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-08-29 01:42</div></div> <div class="comment">What are the &quot;shining things&quot; on the picture #7? Roads? Buildings? Canals?<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2006-08-29 04:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Great pictures! I didn&#x27;t know there were churches in China. Shows what I know.<br><br>I also had to look up Qingdao as you have very big country (almost half as big as mine ;-) ) :<br><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingdao<div class="comment-meta">— Sam · 2006-08-29 15:11</div></div> <div class="comment">A historical city? A modern city? A complex city? A simple city? Stephen&#x27;s comment gave me these questions.<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-08-29 22:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Qingdao is a historical city. It has many buildings left from 100 years ago.<br><br>It is a modern city. It is a city for sailing, and it has famous brands in China. The new district is very modern.<br><br>It is a simple city, since the life there is easy and the pace is slow. The Tsingtao beer is as cheap as bottled water.<br><br>It is a very nice city.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-08-29 23:45</div></div> <div class="comment">ILH, it is the river system near the A30 and Huangpu River intersection area.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-08-29 23:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, JS! How interesting that is!<br><br>I wonder what are those &quot;river system&quot; or &quot;waterways&quot; for? Irrigation? Fish farming? After all, I did not expect to see this in the northern part of China.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2006-08-30 04:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Very sharp pictures.<div class="comment-meta">— Alex Langos · 2006-08-30 05:33</div></div> <div class="comment">They seem like some beautiful posters or advertisment backgrounds, really nice! You can choose one for the background<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-08-30 18:32</div></div> <div class="comment">The pictures are terrific!<br><br>You must have a good day in the coast city.<div class="comment-meta">— grAce · 2006-08-30 23:46</div></div> <div class="comment">It is so nice a city! I do expect to visit there after my graduation.<div class="comment-meta">— lina · 2006-09-28 17:11</div></div> <div class="comment">I lived in Qingdao in the mid 90&#x27;s... A wonderful city for an expat new to China. Loved your photos... were some of the city taken from the Dongfeng Hotel? I stayed there for my first three weeks in China and the views look so familiar. Looks like the Number 1 Beach is as busy as ever. Thanks for rekindling some very fond memories of a wonderful time in my life....<div class="comment-meta">— Bary · 2006-10-18 08:37</div></div> <div class="comment">The Huangpu and A30 are in Shanghai not Qingdao.<div class="comment-meta">— BC · 2007-12-05 21:17</div></div> </details>Rujia Qingdao, Fuzhou Roadhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060825_rujia_qingdao_fuzhou_road.htmFri, 25 Aug 2006 21:40:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060825_rujia_qingdao_fuzhou_road.htm<p>These are pictures of Rujia (Home Inn), the cheap business hotel chain in Qingao. The pictures are the Fuzhou Road hotel in Qingdao.</p> <p>Rujia is one of the best cheap hotel inns in China. It provide free wireless network and cheap by clean rooms to stay. Their locations are not the best in every city, but reasonablely good. It is a hotel I turst. So recommend it to everyone - the price for a standard room is between 200 RMB to 300 RMB.</p>Qingdao (Tsingtao) Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060823_qingdao_tsingtao_pictures.htmWed, 23 Aug 2006 00:38:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060823_qingdao_tsingtao_pictures.htm<p>Want to take a look at what Qingdao looks like? Here are plenty of pictures.</p> <p>I love Qingdao and have been there twice. I didn&rsquo;t really remember what we did in Qingdao for the first time, but Qingdao gave me very good first impression.</p> <p>Qingtao is at the south tip of the Shandong Peninsula. It is a famous costal tourism city. It is near Shanghai - less than a hour&rsquo;s flight there (or 750 RMB&rsquo;s expense)</p>世界是由不同的规则构成的https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060822_aeccaecec.htmTue, 22 Aug 2006 23:11:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060822_aeccaecec.htm<p>这个世界是由不同的规则构成的。当两个相信不同规则的人碰在了一起，事情就变得有趣起来。比方说，跨国公司天天面临的就是国际的规则和中国的规则的冲突，何去何从，这是一个问题。</p>Reading/Writing Chinese in Windows XPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060821_readingwriting_chinese_in_windows_xp.htmMon, 21 Aug 2006 23:15:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060821_readingwriting_chinese_in_windows_xp.htm<p>This an FAQ: How to read and write Chinese (Simplified or Traditional Chinese) in English Windows XP. Many people thought people can do it only in Chinese Windows XP/2000. It is wrong. Since I reinstalled my English Windows XP, let me show you how to enable Chinese on English Windows.</p> <p>Please note: This article assumes readers have only basic knowledge about the language of Chinese</p> <p><strong>By Default, You Cannot Read Chinese</strong></p>Put Google Search into Inside My Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060820_put_google_search_into_inside_my_site.htmSun, 20 Aug 2006 14:53:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060820_put_google_search_into_inside_my_site.htm<p>Google is innovaite. They allow my to put Google result inside my own page. This feature was released early August, so I can take advantage of this offer.</p> <p>Let me write down the parameters of this configuration. Please note: This entry is archived under &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/bacstage.htm">backstage</a> &quot; and is intended to be read only by me and people who are interested in how this site works.</p> <p><strong>Search Type:</strong> Google WebSearch + SiteSearch</p>Roof of the Grand Gateway and Morehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060820_roof_of_the_grand_gateway_and_more.htmSun, 20 Aug 2006 02:07:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060820_roof_of_the_grand_gateway_and_more.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/20/219240123_fbc69c2a28.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Look at this roof - it is taken inside the Grand Gate Way.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/20/219249435_0cf2ad1643.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Above is the view from outside - from Satellite.</p> <p><strong>Xiang Yang Market</strong></p> <p>Drove by Xiang Yang Market. This is how it looks like - the building was full of restaurant before.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/20/219240468_9b0861b158.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Shanghai Grand Theater</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/20/219240651_65799a1372.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Outside of Tomorrow Square.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/20/219240837_74be6f731d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Scene in my mirror:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/20/219241137_67223496f7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wherer did the vendor from the Xiang market move to?<div class="comment-meta">— Lee Rosenberg · 2006-08-20 03:52</div></div> <div class="comment">In fact, there are still many vendors staying around the mkt. Last weekend when I walked near the cross of South Shanxi Rd. and Mid Huaihai Rd. many vendors stand at the roadside showing piz of their products to me. If you are interest in their product, they will show you to their place of storage.<div class="comment-meta">— Chern · 2006-08-20 12:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Lee, this is a FAQ. The official answer is, if you are looking for fake good, they are gone. Shanghai does not allow fake goods anywhere in the city. The non-official answer is, some move to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Station, and some move to all kinds of small markets. Since it is still during the moving process, it is not clear which place turns out to take on the reputation and customers of Xiang Yang Market Yet.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-08-20 14:32</div></div> <div class="comment">looks good<div class="comment-meta">— Chinabounderess · 2006-08-21 07:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian,<br><br>Love the site...I am actually working at one of the towers located at the Grand gateway until September 1st. Went to the Bund last night and took some great pictures. Visiting Xian this weekend to go to the Terra Cotta warriors and visit the city. Keep up the great information!<br><br>Jake<div class="comment-meta">— Jake · 2006-08-25 16:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Wang, I think you typed a worng word &quot;grant&quot; in the title,is it &quot;grand&quot;?<div class="comment-meta">— xiaoguo · 2006-08-28 13:25</div></div> <div class="comment">An article in CNN.Com/World indicated that there were plans under way to build a full size replica of the RMS TITANIC as a centerpiece to a 60,000 sq. meter shopping center. It is supposed to one of five city themed areas of the complex. Did this ever happen? The article appears to have been posted Feb. 5th, 2002?<br><br>Any info please!<div class="comment-meta">— Patrick Gorman · 2008-04-19 06:11</div></div> </details>Three Meetups in a Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060820_three_meetups_in_a_day.htmSun, 20 Aug 2006 01:56:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060820_three_meetups_in_a_day.htm<p><strong>Chen Yun</strong></p> <p>In the morning, went to Xujiahui and met <a href="http://itunion.com/">Chenyun</a>. His IT Union has been running for a long time. We met each other in early 1998, when I was still in SJTU, and was involved in the start up <a href="http://Hotsales.net">Hotsales.net</a>. Time flies, and when we meet again, 8 years past. (BTW, when we are used to time in years, does it mean we are getting older?) I offered my help if I can. Old friends are always best friends.</p>Free MagiNet Hotspot in Marriotthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060819_free_maginet_hotspot_in_marriott.htmSat, 19 Aug 2006 13:43:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060819_free_maginet_hotspot_in_marriott.htm<p>Location: Starbucks inside JW Marriott (Tomorrow Square), Shanghai</p> <p>Network name: MagiNet@JWMarriottSH</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/19/screen-maginet-shanghai.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It is very fast - much faster than my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060305_network_speed_of_my_fttblan.htm">slow</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060304_slow_internet_connection_at_home.htm">FTTB+LAN</a>at home.</p> <p><strong>How to Get There</strong></p> <p>JW Marriott is the tallest building (the taller one besides it has not completed yet) in Pudxi area. You won&rsquo;t miss it at the People&rsquo;s Square.</p> <p>Inside the lobby of JW Marriott, there is a Starbucks. Not many people know it, and I believe its major customers are people in the JW Marriott Service Apartment. They don&rsquo;t have Wireless access there, sitting there, I can detect the signal from somewhere. The speed is really fast.</p>I Want to Go to Indiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060818_i_want_to_go_to_india.htmFri, 18 Aug 2006 23:53:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060818_i_want_to_go_to_india.htm<p>I am seriously interested in India now. I have never been there, and I hope I have a chance to visit the wonderful country of India.</p> <p>India and China share a lot of things in common, like rich history, huge population, buddhism, diversified people, different local dialect, and good food. They also face many similar problems.</p> <p>When I had conference call with my friends in India, the beep and horn of buses and cars seldom stopped. I can imagine how busy the streets are, and what the big cities like New Deli and Mumbai are. Of cause my imagination will be far from the real India.</p>Real Ice in Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060817_real_ice_in_shanghai_metro.htmThu, 17 Aug 2006 23:17:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060817_real_ice_in_shanghai_metro.htm<p>Shanghai is hot recently (good news is, it will cool down very soon). Thanks to the good air-con in both metro stations and metro carts, it is very good experience as long as you stay inside the Metro System, but not several carts.</p> <p>The air-con systems on several train carts don&rsquo;t work very well. They just produce very weak cold air, so the cart is very hot. I got onto such a train today.</p>Dong Fang Ji Bai from KFChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060816_dong_fang_ji_bai_from_kfc.htmWed, 16 Aug 2006 20:08:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060816_dong_fang_ji_bai_from_kfc.htm<p>KFC is more successful in China than McDonald&rsquo;s. In my oppinion, it is because KFC is doing a much better job in localization.</p> <p><strong>KFC&rsquo;s Local Brand: Dong Fang Ji Bai 东方既白</strong></p> <p>KFC&rsquo;s parent company - Yum Group&rsquo;s Asia headquarter is located in the Metro City. So many KFC&rsquo;s experiment happens in the Metro Tower area.</p> <p>Two years ago (April 27, 2005), they have ever tried &ldquo;K-Cafe&rdquo;, the KFC Cafe, and it didn&rsquo;t work out, and they closed it the first and the only K-Cafe in Asia.</p>Going to Movie (Cinema) in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060815_going_to_movie_cinema_in_shanghai.htmTue, 15 Aug 2006 21:13:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060815_going_to_movie_cinema_in_shanghai.htm<p>Where do I go to movie in Shanghai? I have two favorite places.</p> <p><strong>#1: Stellar Cinema City</strong></p> <p>Location: 8F,168 LuJiaZui Xi Rd.</p> <p>Tel: +86-21-50478022</p> <p>It is located at level 8 of the Super Brand Mall (near the Oriental Pearl TV Tower).</p> <p>Every night after 9:00 PM, they offer 50% off. Very good deal. When we have time for a movie, it is often after 9:00 PM already.</p> <p>They have many big halls in it, and most movies can be found there. I enjoy the theater a lot. It has almost the best equipments in Shanghai.</p>MSN Search Unavailablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060815_msn_search_unavailable.htmTue, 15 Aug 2006 19:44:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060815_msn_search_unavailable.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/15/screen-msn.search-unavailable.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>MSN Search Unavailable</p> <p>From a technical person&rsquo;s point of view, for serve farms like MSN Search, even to put one this temporarily unavailable page is a big challenge - how many servers need to be configured to serve this page alone?</p> <p>P.S. It is a technical article again, some kind of. I do enjoy to slip away from the Shanghai focus topic, when I found something really interesting for ME (maybe only me). Hope people don&rsquo;t get annoyed. Anyway, it is still my PERSONAL blog. :-D</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog on Travel Timeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060814_wangjianshuos_blog_on_travel_times.htmMon, 14 Aug 2006 23:01:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060814_wangjianshuos_blog_on_travel_times.htm<p>After chatting with Chen Zhen from Travel Times, a two-full page report appeared on Shanghai Travel Times (上海旅游时报).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/14/216022223_4880f4e11f.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>On the right hand of the cover.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/14/216021634_af7fb1cf3c.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Header of the first page.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/14/216021988_b02d31ff34.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>First page of the report.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/14/216021788_82d4fe9d5d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Second Page of the report.</p> <p>:-)</p> <p>P.S. I am trying to be low profile - so post it in a date that already past, so it is not the headline of the blog. But to keep a list of which media reported the blog is meaningful (at least meaningful for me), isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Coins are Popular in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060814_coins_are_popular_in_shanghai.htmMon, 14 Aug 2006 22:28:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060814_coins_are_popular_in_shanghai.htm<p>When people outside Shanghai visit Shanghai for the first time (including me 10 years ago), they often found RMB coins are more popular in Shanghai than any other cities in China. Going out empty handed for one day and when you return, you probably have some coins in pocket.</p> <p><strong>Where the Coins Comes From</strong></p> <p>The answer is simple. It comes from everywhere.</p> <p>The biggest source may be the Shanghai Metro. If you buy ticket of 4 RMB with 10 RMB paper cash, often you get your charge in 6 one-RMB coins.</p>Shanghai Airport City Terminalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060813_shanghai_airport_city_terminal.htmSun, 13 Aug 2006 23:48:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060813_shanghai_airport_city_terminal.htm<p>pass-by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060813_suzhou_airport.htm#0221">asked</a> about the Shanghai Airport City Terminal. Your guess about what the terminal is &ldquo;supposed&rdquo; to use is right, but it does not works that way.</p> <p><strong>The Terminal</strong></p> <p>Besides Hongqiao and Pudong airport, the Shanghai Airport Authority built an Airport City Terminal near Jing An Temple. The tall building was designed to allow passengers to check-in baggage in the downtown, and go to airport without large luggage.</p> <p><strong>It was not Fully Used</strong></p>Suzhou Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060813_suzhou_airport.htmSun, 13 Aug 2006 09:15:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060813_suzhou_airport.htm<p>Suzhou Airport? When people ask me about Suzhou airport, my first impression was, does Suzhou has an airport?</p> <p><strong>Yangtze-Delta area has too Many Airports</strong></p> <p>This is a fact that you may not know. The Yangtze-Delta has one of the highest airport density in the world. There are 0.8 airport per 10,000 sq. km in the area. The average of U.S. is 0.6.</p> <p>The airports I know are:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/hongqiaoairport/">Shanghai Hong Qiao Airport</a></p>Online Map in Shanghai (and China)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060812_online_map_in_shanghai_and_china.htmSat, 12 Aug 2006 23:44:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060812_online_map_in_shanghai_and_china.htm<p>Here is a list of Shanghai Online Maps.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=shanghai&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;ll=31.236876,121.469994&amp;spn=0.138556,0.343323">Google Maps (Global Sattelite Image)</a></strong></p> <p>There is only image, with no road and map information. It is very useful if you know an area well, and want to see the details (buildings, streets), but not useful for a stranger to find the right road to take.</p> <p>**</p> <p><a href="http://bendi.google.com/local?f=q&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;q=%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7&amp;ie=UTF8">Google Bendi (Local)</a>**</p> <p>Move the needle on the left side to zoom in. It only has Chinese version. The data is powered by <a href="http://mapabc.com">mapabc.com</a></p>Maglev Catches Firehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060811_maglev_catches_fire.htmFri, 11 Aug 2006 22:56:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060811_maglev_catches_fire.htm<p>The headline picture of Sina.com.cn caught my attention at 21:50, when I reviewed today&rsquo;s news in my living room. (This is maybe one of the 3 times I checked Sina this month, instead of daily one year ago). The news is about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/maglev.htm">Maglev</a>, my favorite topic.</p> <p>This time, it is bad news. Maglev caught fire! According to the news:</p> <blockquote> <p>At 2:40 PM, when the train left Long Yang Road Station to Pudong Airport, the fire alarm of one cart of the train was triggered. The fire was quickly put off, and all passengers was rescued.</p>Museums in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060810_museums_in_shanghai.htmThu, 10 Aug 2006 23:32:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060810_museums_in_shanghai.htm<p>Let me introduce my favorite museums in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>The Shanghai Art Museum</strong></p> <p>My favorite museum in Shanghai is the Shanghai Art Museum.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/22/shanghai.starbucks-art.museum-people.park.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The photo was originally published under <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">Starbucks in A Day</a>.</p> <p><strong>Location</strong>: North Huangpi Road, and West Nanjing Road (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=2200&amp;y=2400&amp;cx=&amp;cy=&amp;text=Shanghai+Art+Museum">map</a>).</p> <p><strong>Metro</strong>: Shanghai Metro Line #1, #2 People Square Station.</p> <p><strong>Land marker</strong>: It is just beside the Tomorrow Square (the JW Marriott Hotel). You won&rsquo;t miss the hotel by checking the highest building with arrow to the sky in the People&rsquo;s Square area.</p>I Don't Know about China Visahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060809_i_dont_know_about_china_visa.htmWed, 09 Aug 2006 23:23:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060809_i_dont_know_about_china_visa.htm<p>I received many questions about &ldquo;How can I get China Visa from India&rdquo;, or &ldquo;My visa in China expires next month&hellip;&rdquo;.</p> <p>I am sorry but I have no idea about Chinese Visa. Obviously, I don&rsquo;t need to have one, and there is no way for me to try out the procedures.</p> <p>If you do have Chinese visa questions, you may TRY to post under this thread, and I believe many readers of this blog have the experience and can help. I am also curious about the steps to apply for a Chinese Visa. Please share and help. Thanks.</p>Shanghai Public Transportation Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060808_shanghai_public_transportation_card.htmTue, 08 Aug 2006 23:58:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060808_shanghai_public_transportation_card.htm<p>Public Transportation Card has become an essential part of people&rsquo;s life in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>The Card</strong></p> <p>The Public Transportation Card is a credit-card-size plastic card with IC embedded in it. The card has mat surface, and is a little bit thicker than credit card. The surface is smooth, and don&rsquo;t have big numbers printed on it.</p> <p>This is my card:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/08/210113014_883ca19c4a.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/08/210112959_c4944562e9.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Where to Use It?</strong></p> <p>The card basically satisfies one&rsquo;s all transportation needs. It can be used on all metro, almost all buses, major taxi, and ferry. The usage is now extended to highway fees, car services fees, and can be used to pay electricity, gas, and water. It can also be used by limited operators in other cities. Look at <a href="http://www.sptcc.com/page3.htm">this table</a>.</p>Shanghai Buseshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060807_shanghai_buses.htmMon, 07 Aug 2006 23:51:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060807_shanghai_buses.htm<p>The best way to get around in Shanghai is taxi and Metro. Taxi works best if you are not that cost senstive, since taxi is cheap compared to U.S. and Europe. 11 RMB (1.3 USD) - 20 RMB can get to most places, especially those attractions. Metro works better if you want to experience the Metro, or you don&rsquo;t want to challenge yourself to speak English or mandarine with a taxi driver.</p>The World is Not Created by Geniushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060806_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius.htmSun, 06 Aug 2006 22:39:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060806_the_world_is_not_created_by_genius.htm<p><a href="http://blog.donews.com/henryhwa/archive/2006/02/06/716129.aspx">Lao Hua</a> has an interesting blog about a <a href="http://blog.donews.com/henryhwa/archive/2006/02/06/716129.aspx">game</a> he facilitates. The game is like this:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Gather a group of people (the more, the better)</p> </li> <li> <p>Ask each person to write down a number between 0 - 100</p> </li> <li> <p>Calculate the average of all these numbers</p> </li> <li> <p>The one who guessed closest to 2/3 of the average number wins</p> </li> </ul> <p>Which number would you guess if you were in the game?</p> <p><strong>My Guess</strong></p> <p>I played the game for the first time yesterday. My guess was 8.2</p>Expressways of Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060806_expressways_of_shanghai.htmSun, 06 Aug 2006 00:20:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060806_expressways_of_shanghai.htm<p>Following the Middle Ring article I wrote today, let me talk a little bit about the expressways in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/06/207263723_8bc0b67e4e.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Expressways in Shangha, hand drawn by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Shanghai has a network of expressways. They are still building it, but it is many more than I came to Shanghai 10 years ago. They used the alphanumeric system to name the roads. It is A+number.</p> <p>On numbering system, please refer to my article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041119_top_three_innovation_that_failed_in_shanghai.htm">Top Three Innovation that Failed in Shanghai</a>. In 2004, many people cannot get used to it. Now, I believe it works much better than 2004. People complained that A11 is worse than &ldquo;Huning&rdquo; which means &ldquo;Shanghai-Nanjing&rdquo; Expressway. Now, after having more than 10 expressways, maybe numbering system starts to show more advantages than Chinese character naming system.</p>Middle Ring of Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060805_middle_ring_of_shanghai.htmSat, 05 Aug 2006 23:19:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060805_middle_ring_of_shanghai.htm<p>Went to Jeff&rsquo;s birthday party today. The air-con of my car (goudaner) stopped functioning, so we went to the FIAT 4S store, and had it fixed. After that, we went to the middle ring of Shanghai. It is the first time I use that elevated highway.</p> <p><strong>The Middle Ring</strong></p> <p>The elevated highway system in Shanghai consists of 4 rings, and 2 cross highway inside the city, and more than 10 radical highway to outside.</p>心得一点点https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060804_aecc-2.htmFri, 04 Aug 2006 23:43:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060804_aecc-2.htm<p>晚餐和Jack, Run一起讨论这半年的心得，匆忙间写下以下三条：</p> <p><strong>关于钱</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>不用VC</p> </li> <li> <p>从第一天开始做财务</p> </li> <li> <p>盈亏平衡在任何时候都是重要的</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>关于商业</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>只做上升期的行业</p> </li> <li> <p>关注中线增长率</p>Sony GPS-CS1https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060804_sony_gps-cs1.htmFri, 04 Aug 2006 23:08:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060804_sony_gps-cs1.htm<p>Sony just announced the release of Sony GPS-CS1.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/08/04/206524532_be20298378.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Sony.com</p> <p>I want to be the first in Shanghai to get it. :-) Hope in the future, I have GPS information with all my pictures.</p> <p>ch_client = &ldquo;jianshuo&rdquo;;ch_width = 468;ch_height = 180;ch_non_contextual = 1;ch_default_category = &ldquo;1398&rdquo;;var ch_queries = new Array( );var ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));if ( ch_selected &lt; ch_queries.length ) {ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];}</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Get any GPS and sync the tracklog to your photos with software like PhotoStudio (free) or RoboGeo.<div class="comment-meta">— Uli · 2006-08-05 01:07</div></div> <div class="comment">That looks like quite a cool gadget.. can&#x27;t wait to get one for my own cybershot :D<div class="comment-meta">— Jie Lun · 2006-08-05 03:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Where can it be used? Is it necessary for most of people? But, it seems like a cup or a bomb:)<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-08-05 21:36</div></div> <div class="comment">The problem is that Google Map does not have China&#x27;s map info.<div class="comment-meta">— Eddie Wong · 2006-08-06 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">good<div class="comment-meta">— BT&amp;#29492; · 2006-08-06 01:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi there! I&#x27;ve been watching your blog for a while and truly enjoy it. Do you know if common mobile phones in China are location aware? My social network service, Socialight (http://socialight.com), let&#x27;s people capture, share, and discover notes (including notes with phonecam pictures attached) tagged with location information and we&#x27;re exploring bringing it to China.<div class="comment-meta">— Dan · 2006-08-08 06:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, I never know you want it for so long time...anyway finally you got it<div class="comment-meta">— Edward · 2007-12-24 14:29</div></div> <div class="comment">@Edward, yes. I thought for it for a long time, but still not sure about whether I should get one. Recently, I turned it on all the time, and tracked some route, but still don&#x27;t have the chance to really use it - I am always in the room.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-12-24 14:49</div></div> </details>Top 3 Issues of Shanghai Tourismhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060803_top_3_issues_of_shanghai_tourism.htmThu, 03 Aug 2006 23:08:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060803_top_3_issues_of_shanghai_tourism.htm<p>Reporter and Editor of <a href="http://www.gotoread.com/2002/magazine/?magid=11655">Travel Times</a> Miss Chen Zhen chatted with me about the tourism service of Shanghai. The newspaper is part of the <a href="http://lyw.sh.gov.cn/en/">Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission</a>, the government organization in charge of tourism of Shanghai.</p> <p>She asked: What do you think Shanghai should improve in tourism, especially for international visitors?</p> <p>I thought there are many that Shanghai needs to improve to make travel and sightseeing more enjoyable for foreigners, but I wasn&rsquo;t able to name top 3 issues of Shanghai Tourism as a whole. Should it be more English information about Shanghai? or be better service in tourism industry, like travel agencies?</p>East Hotel Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060802_east_hotel_shanghai.htmWed, 02 Aug 2006 23:57:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060802_east_hotel_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/24/screen-wangjianshuos.pick-logo.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>East Hotel (东方宾馆) is one of the many splendid hotels in the history of Shanghai but fade out to be a small potato in the hotel industry. It is just at the People&rsquo;s Square - Xizang Road, and Guanxi Road. I see the roof of the hotel everyday from my window in the office. The history changed very thing.</p> <p><strong>The Old East Hotel</strong></p>Top Commentor of July 2006https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060801_top_commentor_of_july_2006.htmTue, 01 Aug 2006 23:37:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060801_top_commentor_of_july_2006.htm<p>Congratulations for the following readers to get the Top Commenter Award for July 2006!</p> <p><strong>Shrek7</strong> 33</p> <p><strong>Jie Lun</strong> 27</p> <p><strong>carsten</strong> 17</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/15/screen-top.commenter.of.the.month.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Top 10</strong></p> <p>Jerry 13</p> <p>Bellevue 12</p> <p>stephen 11</p> <p>andreas 10</p> <p>solopolo 8</p> <p>Dave G. 8</p> <p>SSC 7</p> <p>jqian 7</p> <p>Alex Langos 7</p> <p>In July 2006, 341 commentors contributed 633 comments. The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030601_top_commentor_of_may.htm">history data</a> shows, that in May 2003, <strong>175</strong> visitors contributed <strong>453</strong> comments to this website. In April 2003, <strong>157</strong> persons (distinguished by display name) posted <strong>437</strong></p>Place Holder #2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060801_p1436.htmTue, 01 Aug 2006 00:22:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060801_p1436.htm<p>This is the place holder. Publishing this entry will not trigger email notification to readers.</p>Shanghai Metro Line #4https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060731_shanghai_metro_line_4.htmMon, 31 Jul 2006 23:05:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060731_shanghai_metro_line_4.htm<p>Shanghai Metro #4 has started operation for quite some time, but I still didn&rsquo;t get a chance to use this line yet. Here is the information about this new Metro Line.</p> <p><strong>Overview of Metro Line #4</strong></p> <p>Metro Line #4 is the first circle line. It goes around the city outside the Elevated Highway Inner Ring, and is the only circle Metro Line in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/31/map-shanghai-metro.4.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Illustration of Metro Line #4</p>Top Commenter of the Month (2006H1)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060730_top_commenter_of_the_month_2006h1.htmSun, 30 Jul 2006 23:57:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060730_top_commenter_of_the_month_2006h1.htm<p>I have &ldquo;Top Commenter of the Month&rdquo; award on this blog in early days of this blog. At that time, the blog is small, with not many people coming in. I was so happy that there are always some good friends around me (most of them I didn&rsquo;t meet them in person), and join discussion, share thoughts by posting comments. I love that award program a lot, since I always believe this blog is built together with my reader community. If you read the number of content distribution, you will also agree with me:</p>Too Many Entries in a Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060730_too_many_entries_in_a_blog.htmSun, 30 Jul 2006 23:20:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060730_too_many_entries_in_a_blog.htm<p>Wendy complained to me. She has a friend relating to Shanghai. She wanted to share some information about Shanghai with him. She thought my blog is a good place to get started, but later, she found out there are just too many contents in the blog, covering too many topics, that she was not able to send a single link (besides the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">homepage</a>) to her friend.</p> <p>This is true. <a href="http://livid.cn/">Livid</a> once wrote <a href="http://livid.cn/doc_view.php?doc_id=4493">a blog article</a> about this issue:</p>Mission Impossible IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060729_mission_impossible_iii.htmSat, 29 Jul 2006 23:29:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060729_mission_impossible_iii.htm<p>Just be back from Super Brand Mall. We went to see the movie <a href="http://www.missionimpossible.com/">Mission Impossible III</a>. Long movie - 9:45 PM to 11:45 PM.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/29/screen_teaser_poster.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Mission Impossible III <a href="http://www.missionimpossible.com">Official website</a></p> <p>The jump from the Bank of China tower to the Insurance Building is the expected scene. We are just in the theater in the Pudong area that we can saw from the movie. Interesting. The scene in Shanghai are very strange for me. People don&rsquo;t really dress like that showed on the moive. They called the area of Lujiazui &ldquo;Hengshan Lu&rdquo;. People burst into laughter when they said it.</p>Unsubscribe if You Don't Like Newslettershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060729_unsubscribe_if_you_dont_like_newsletters.htmSat, 29 Jul 2006 10:43:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060729_unsubscribe_if_you_dont_like_newsletters.htm<p>I posted a mail to <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wangjianshuo/">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Update</a> subscribers (see the newsletter section at the bottom of this page, that is the mail list), to ask people who are not interested in continuing receiving update to unsubscribe from the list. As I said, I hate spams, and I hate to be treated as a spammer even more.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I am happy that you joined the Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Update mail-list. It is daily update of my personal blog on Shanghai.</p>International Branded Hotels in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060729_p1430.htmSat, 29 Jul 2006 09:54:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060729_p1430.htm<p>These are not cheap hotels. They are among the most expensive hotels in Shanghai. However, I&rsquo;d like to start the journey of telling the story of &ldquo;where to stay in Shanghai&rdquo; with the most recognized names and then to middle level hotels.</p> <p><strong>International Branded Hotels</strong></p> <p>As <a href="http://cometoshanghai.com">International Branded Hotels in Shanghai (IBHS)</a> reported, there are 42 international branded hotels in Shanghai (thank <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060726_how_many_hotels_in_shanghai.htm#0147">jerry</a> for letting me know the existance of IBHS). This number is obviously not accurate (like they didn&rsquo;t have Hilton on board), but it is good guess. What is &ldquo;International Branded&rdquo;? The definition is not clear also.</p>Fake Market in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060728_fake_market_in_shanghai.htmFri, 28 Jul 2006 23:50:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060728_fake_market_in_shanghai.htm<p>On my way back from my friend&rsquo;s new apartment, I heard interesting conversation between a foreign women and her friends. They talked about the &ldquo;fake market&rdquo; in Shanghai. They were very excited, that obviously, they found the new fake market after Xiangyang market was closed. They happily bought some fake goods there.</p> <p>Well. Xiangyang Market is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040131_xiangyang_market_the_shopping_paradise.htm">shutdown</a>, but the fake good store owners are always able to find places to continue their business, and more interestingly, customers (including foreign customers) seem to be good at finding them out, quickly.</p>How Many Hotels in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060726_how_many_hotels_in_shanghai.htmWed, 26 Jul 2006 22:10:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060726_how_many_hotels_in_shanghai.htm<p>How many hotels in Shanghai? It is a question without accurate answer. I just searched on <a href="http://expedia.com">expedia</a> (<a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=EXPE">EXPE</a>), and it has 350 hotels in record. (25 per page, and 14 pages)</p> <p>(BTW, in my recent study in the B2C business model, Expedia is in B2C segment, and to be complete in hotel information is key to its business.)</p> <p><strong>People Don&rsquo;t Care Cheap Hotels in the Same City</strong></p> <p>I admit that I only know &ldquo;splendid&rdquo;, &ldquo;wonderful&rdquo;, &ldquo;maganificant&rdquo; and &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; hotels in Shanghai, since they are the landmarks of the city. As a local residence, I never have to worry about which hotel should I stay tonight.</p>Flight From Shanghai to Qingdaohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060725_p1427.htmTue, 25 Jul 2006 23:53:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060725_p1427.htm<p>Flight From To Depart Arrival Aircraft Schedule</p> <p>CA4670 SHA TAO 7:40 8:55 733 1234567</p> <p>SC4670 SHA TAO 7:40 8:55 733 1234567</p> <p>FM9231 SHA TAO 8:10 9:20 738 1234567</p> <p>MU5549 SHA TAO 8:30 10:00 320 1234567</p> <p>CA4662 SHA TAO 10:05 11:20 733 1234567</p> <p>SC4662 SHA TAO 10:05 11:20 733 1234567</p> <p>MU5541 SHA TAO 11:20 12:50 320 .2..5.7</p> <p>MU5533 SHA TAO 12:10 13:40 320 12.45.7</p> <p>FM9197 SHA TAO 12:55 14:10 CRJ .234.67</p>OOB for Two Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060722_oob_for_two_days-2.htmSat, 22 Jul 2006 15:57:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060722_oob_for_two_days-2.htm<p>RC said, it is important to take break from time to time to do some reflection on what we did in the last long period of time. It is true. Let me do that, and OOB for a short period of time. I hope I am back to blogging on Tuesday.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">HELLO,could u tell me what is the meaning of OOB?THANKS!<div class="comment-meta">— yanjiade · 2006-07-24 09:43</div></div> <div class="comment">That is &quot;out of blogging&quot;.<div class="comment-meta">— Joyce · 2006-07-24 13:13</div></div> <div class="comment">I think it would be more fun for Jian Shuo if it meant &quot;On Office Break&quot; hehe ;)<div class="comment-meta">— Jie Lun · 2006-07-25 16:23</div></div> <div class="comment">www.pathtochina.com<div class="comment-meta">— Simon · 2006-07-25 18:31</div></div> <div class="comment">JS, OOB is the term you used to seek a break in your regular blogging, but sometime it confuse new readers who are not familiar with the &quot;out-of-blogging&quot;.<br><br>Would suggest you use &quot;TOB&quot; i.e. temporary off blogging........just a suggestion!<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-07-25 23:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I was using this term for several years (to be exactly, only 3 years). When I am OOB, typically, I am not taking a break. It is often because I am either in meetings, or away from computer/Internet.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-07-29 00:41</div></div> </details>Stanford Dreamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060721_stanford_dream.htmFri, 21 Jul 2006 23:49:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060721_stanford_dream.htm<p>From the March of 2005, many Stanford people entered my life and became my good friends. Many people in eBay graduated from Stanford, either from Computer Science, or from MBA program. The list is just too long to name one by one. Among them, Xiaofeng Jin is an important person. She introduced me to the great network of Stanford. We met for the first time in Starbucks and scheduled to talk for 1 hours, but it turned out to be 4 hours. Xiaofeng highly recommended me to go to Stanford for either Salon or EMBA program and described her wonderful 6 weeks in Stanford - it was very attractive for me.</p>Pan Thinks about Wireless SOHO?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060720_pan_thinks_about_wireless_soho.htmThu, 20 Jul 2006 23:54:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060720_pan_thinks_about_wireless_soho.htm<p>I like Pan Shiyi&rsquo;s blog. Full of thoughts. He is successful in real estate industry, and he is also advanced in IT.</p> <p>In <a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/4679dbbf0100050o">this blog entry: Notting Hill Famous for Film, and SOHU Famous for Intenet?</a>, he was inspired by the raise of Notting Hill as a modern area in London. He thought about implementing Wireless network covering SOHO area in Beijing. SOHO (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/16/beijing-sohu-jianwai.jpg">picture</a>) is one of his master piece property.</p>Sensitivity to Numbershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060720_sensitivity_to_numbers.htmThu, 20 Jul 2006 23:18:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060720_sensitivity_to_numbers.htm<p>Be sensitive to numbers is what I learnt most from running a business. Numbers have magic power to tell a story more complete, and more vivid than an article, if you know how to read numbers. Without the skill to read numbers (do we call it analytical skills), people just see numbers, instead of the story it tells.</p> <p><strong>Yahoo! Stock</strong></p> <p>When we watched the CBN (China Business Network, or in Chinese, called No. 1 Finance) channel for business news, there is a piece about Yahoo! lost 10.5 billion USD in market cap in one day.</p>China's Low-Cost Spring Airlineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060719_chinas_low-cost_spring_airlines.htmWed, 19 Jul 2006 23:50:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060719_chinas_low-cost_spring_airlines.htm<p>Spring Airlines is amazing. They started its first flight from Shanghai to Yantai on July 18, 2005, exactly one year ago. Within one year, they successfully broke even in Feb this year, and turned to be very profitable now. It is not easy for a new business, especially in the highly competitive airline industry.</p> <p>It is one of the very few low-cost airlines in China.</p> <p>It offers surprising price like 99 RMB, 199 RMB, to 399 RMB. It is not always that cheap. For example, I just queried price from Shanghai to Qingdao. It is 450 RMB - their lowest price was 199 RMB.</p>Lion King Comes to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060718_lion_king_comes_to_shanghai.htmTue, 18 Jul 2006 23:21:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060718_lion_king_comes_to_shanghai.htm<p>Passed the Grand Theatre tonight. All lights went on. The Disney broadway musical <em><a href="http://disney.go.com/disneytheatrical/thelionking/">the Lion King</a></em> went on show tonight. July 18 is the first day of the continuous 100 shows in Shanghai.</p> <p>The Lion King is the best Broadway show I saw. I am not saying it is better than the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050108_phantom_of_opera_shanghai_schedule.htm">Phantom of Opera</a>, it is just easier to understand for me (the story is well-know), and more colorful. I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041209_art_story_2_lion_king_in_paramount_theater.htm">enjoyed the show</a> in my last trip to Seattle. Highly recommend!</p>上海浦东的路名规律https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060716_aeaecee.htmSun, 16 Jul 2006 23:17:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060716_aeaecee.htm<p>今天中午买了一份新版的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/">上海地图</a>，好好研究了一下，发现上海的地名，就像每个城市的地名一样，很能代表一个地方的特点。尤其是浦东新区的地名，很明显的看出是有规律可循的，每个地方的命名规律，也就代表了这个地方的特点。</p> <p><strong>碧云国际社区</strong></p> <p>我最喜欢<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040502_jinqiao_biyun_international_district.htm">碧云社区</a>在杨高路罗山路西的西南角，路的名字好象一幅油画：</p> <p>东西方向三条小路：</p> <p>蓝——天——路 碧——云——路 明——月——路</p> <p>南北方向，是四种树：</p> <p>黑　白　蓝　红 ｜　｜　｜　｜ 松　桦　桉　枫 ｜　｜　｜　｜ 路　路　路　路</p>Common Sensehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060715_common_sense.htmSat, 15 Jul 2006 23:59:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060715_common_sense.htm<p>We had wonderful night with Mr. and Mrs. Huang. During the dinner, we talked a lot about &ldquo;common senses&rdquo; and &ldquo;behaviors&rdquo;.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Everyone has different common senses.</p> </li> <li> <p>Common senses determines why you are who you are, and why I am who I am.</p> </li> <li> <p>If you don&rsquo;t change the behavior, chances are, the results are the same.</p> </li> <li> <p>We often do something that does not make sense according to common sense. So common sense is not common.</p>Second-Generation Identity Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060715_second-generation_identity_card.htmSat, 15 Jul 2006 23:56:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060715_second-generation_identity_card.htm<p>Second-generationl Identity Card - the National ID card.</p> <p>I finally took pictures at the Security Office, to get my second generation ID card. I having used the plastic ID card for 10 years, since 1995, now I am forced to use the second-generation. I don&rsquo;t like change, so I didn&rsquo;t volunteer to get one, until recently. When we go to update my Kukou booklet, they printed out the booklet, but asked me to upgrade my ID card, otherwise, they will hold the Hukou book. Today, after paying 20 RMB for taking pictures, and I got my Hukou book.</p>Dinner with Middle School Friendshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060714_dinner_with_middle_school_friends.htmFri, 14 Jul 2006 23:25:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060714_dinner_with_middle_school_friends.htm<p>11 years since we graduated from high-school. Or to be more accurate, 11 years from the &ldquo;Black July&rdquo; - I mean the Entrance Exam for Colleges.</p> <p>Shen Jie, Xiaogong, Ziheng, Dingding, Zhiming and I, 6 of the 10 classmates in Shanghai got together. Our last year&rsquo;s 10 year anniversary party in Qingdao didn&rsquo;t happen last year, since I suddenly became very busy, so we have to plan our 15 year anniversary of graduation in the year of 2010.</p>Interesting Photos of Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060713_interesting_photos_of_pudong.htmThu, 13 Jul 2006 23:15:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060713_interesting_photos_of_pudong.htm<p>I randomly browsed the Pudong Area using Google Earth, and found interesting image of the area.</p> <p>Pudong is more interesting in Puxi in Google Earth than Puxi - the combination of morden and traditional.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/13/188766045_1961059a5f.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Yuan Shen Stadium</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/13/188765947_d4388b04ab.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Nice villa in Biyun district</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/13/188765900_6a215f8eed.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Gaoqiao Port at Yangtze river</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/13/188765859_4e6a6213a5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>What&rsquo;s this? No idea what this is used for.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/13/188765809_61bca13ecb.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Shanghai Science and Technology Museum</p>Kijiji New Platform Went Onlinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060712_kijiji_new_platform_went_online.htmWed, 12 Jul 2006 23:18:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060712_kijiji_new_platform_went_online.htm<p>Kijiji China platform <a href="http://www.kijiji.cn">http://www.kijiji.cn</a> went online today. We had the wonderful celebration party for the months of hard work of everyone. Very excited about that. We went to hot spot today, for the important date, and drank a lot. Great team and great deliverable!</p> <p>P.S. In my previous article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060711_the_world_of_different_rules.htm">The World of Different Rules</a>, I saw comments like &ldquo;I am a strong beliver of&rdquo; (my rules), or others. Unfortunately, you didn&rsquo;t catch what I was saying. Anyway, no one can change anyone else. I won&rsquo;t try.</p>The World of Different Ruleshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060711_the_world_of_different_rules.htmTue, 11 Jul 2006 19:22:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060711_the_world_of_different_rules.htm<p><strong>The Story of the Mason</strong></p> <p>Three years ago, I re-modeled my apartment. I hired a mason, who helped me to install floor tiles and wall tiles in the kitchen.</p> <p>The guy was a 40-year-old skillful mason. We couldn&rsquo;t get along very well. He didn&rsquo;t show any respect to me, was rude when talking with me. He did crazy things like laughing at me when I asked about the schedule, or using my room as it was his.</p>World Cup is Overhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060710_world_cup_is_over.htmMon, 10 Jul 2006 23:07:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060710_world_cup_is_over.htm<p><strong>World Cup is Over</strong></p> <p>World Cup is over. I didn&rsquo;t watch many games during the World Cup, so I decided to stay late last night (or to be more accurate, this morning) for the World Cup Final. It was 8:00 PM Germany time, and 2:00 AM Shanghai time. What a tough job to stay awake in early morning. The 120+ minutes game lasted until 4:00 AM. When Italy beat France and won the championship, light pours inside the room through window. The Sun came out soon after that. I slept for 3 hours, and went to work. The ability to stay late at night has dramatically decreased these years. </p>Welcome Zaobao Readershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060710_p1413.htmMon, 10 Jul 2006 12:06:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060710_p1413.htm<p>This blog was featured in an article English blog is Gaining <a href="http://www.zaobao.com/gj/zg060709_509.html">Momentum</a> in Lianhe Zaobao, the No. 1 newspaper in Singapore. I received 7 comments yesterday from Zaobao, the most comments from one single news source. From statstics, it was a unsual Sunday. The traffic is much higher than before - Sunday is the lowest time for my blog.</p>Lunch at Papa John'shttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060709_lunch_at_papa_johns.htmSun, 09 Jul 2006 15:10:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060709_lunch_at_papa_johns.htm<p>Papa John&rsquo;s kept opening store in Shanghai in a speed higher than many people&rsquo;s expectation. After I saw the first Papa John&rsquo;s store in Biyun International District of North-East Shanghai, more and more stores appeared - in Xujiahui, and another in Biyun District. It has more than 20 outlets in Shanghai. The two I saw today are only within 7 minutes&rsquo; walking distanct. It either means bad planning or a sign of high demand. My observation is the latter.</p>Badminton Made Me Feel Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060708_badminton_made_me_feel_good.htmSat, 08 Jul 2006 20:42:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060708_badminton_made_me_feel_good.htm<p>I am just back from badminton with Wendy at the Youyou Badminton.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/07/08/184680211_76f3ba962c.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Google</p> <p>I haven&rsquo;t had sports for quite some time. So did Wendy. It made us feel very happy. The good thing is, the venue is within walking distance from the place I stay.</p> <p>Here is the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=shanghai&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=31.192392,121.526819&amp;spn=0.017438,0.043259&amp;t=k&amp;om=1">Google Map of the Area</a>.</p> <p>There are also middle school, and primary school - good city planning, I have to say. The place has 7 fields for badminton. Very nice place - except it is hot - there is no A/C inside. The price is 30 RMB (a little bit less than 4 USD) per hour.</p>Back to Blog of My Ownhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060707_back_to_blog_of_my_own.htmFri, 07 Jul 2006 23:02:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060707_back_to_blog_of_my_own.htm<p><strong>Get Back to My Own Life.</strong></p> <p>I get a little bit tired of the recent &ldquo;discussion&rdquo; on my blog. I just found the effort to setup a communication bridge is not that easy. I am not comfortable some of the comments. If people involved in discussion are not willing to pay even little effort to learn, it does not make too much sense to comment.</p> <p>It is not easy to open one&rsquo;s heart to pay little effort to understand another country, for people both inside or outside China. It sometimes requires more than effort. It requires skills. To be honest, I feel complain and finger-pointing with only the limited information from mess media leads the discussion to nowhere. I did ignore some comments. Sorry for that. I have to.</p>Bobo's DIV+CSS Effecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060706_p1409.htmThu, 06 Jul 2006 23:51:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060706_p1409.htm<p>Bobo created interesting <a href="http://www.zishu.cn/blogview.asp?logID=458">CSS+DIV effect</a> on his blog as an experiment. I found it very funny. The key is, he didn&rsquo;t use a single line of Javascript - Just the CSS and DIV. Check the result below. Cautious, this CSS+DIV messed up the whole UI of this blog. Don&rsquo;t worry about it.</p> <p>Now, most members of Kijiji has his/her own blog. Here is a not-complete list: <a href="http://bumo.cn%20">Jia</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.livid.cn/d">Livid</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.sundengjia.com/">Dengjia</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.kijiji.com.cn">Kijiji blog</a></p> <p><a href="http://titi1017.spaces.msn.com/">Joanna</a></p>To Save a Young Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060706_to_save_a_young_life.htmThu, 06 Jul 2006 21:32:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060706_to_save_a_young_life.htm<p>I received an email from Haisong. He is very warmhearted and responsible. The message is about the life of a young man in Fudan University. I am going to donate and help him and want to spread the word to as many people as possible. Please help to spread the word!</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear friends-</p> <p>Sorry for the spam email. The student association from Fudan University (from where I obtained my undergraduate degree) contacted me to seek help raising rmb400,000 for Ma Dong&rsquo;s bone marrow transplantation by the end of August 2006.</p>On Visionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060706_on_vision.htmThu, 06 Jul 2006 11:54:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060706_on_vision.htm<blockquote> <p>Nearly everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. A few do not. (Join them.)</p> <p>Arthur Schopenhauer, Source: <em>The other 90%. How to unlock your vast untapped potential for leadership and life</em>, Crown Business, 2001. quoted on page 154 of <em>The Seven Secrets of Inspired Leaders. How to archive the extraordinary by the leaders who have been there and done it.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Update</p> <p>Correction: Thanks to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060706_on_vision.htm#0347">SSC</a>, who pointed out that the quote is not the original statement. Here seems to be the more genuine saying:</p>OOB Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060704_oob_today-3.htmTue, 04 Jul 2006 23:27:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060704_oob_today-3.htm<p>I am in Shanghai, but I don&rsquo;t want to blog today. Let me OOB (Out of Blogging) for one day.</p> <p>P.S. May 2006: 350K, June 2006: 400K</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>you no need to write every day, I think most of friends prefering to quality post.<br><br>Please keep on update once you have time.<br><br>Kind regards<br><br>SPMTI<div class="comment-meta">— SPMTI · 2006-07-04 23:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Voila! La blogger morte!<div class="comment-meta">— Shrek7 · 2006-07-04 23:55</div></div> <div class="comment">I think you do an excellent job with your blogs - they are interesting, informative and very welcome. Even if you did them once a week that would be welcome. We all do need to have a life ourselves.<div class="comment-meta">— Ramnik · 2006-07-05 03:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Great observations and comments on Lugu Lake. Can you pls tell me what are Dongba characters and what is the Mosuo culture? Ganxie.<div class="comment-meta">— Haozi · 2006-07-05 06:37</div></div> <div class="comment">et voila... :-)<br><br>today on SH daily Page 2 was an article again confiming the bad enviroment in CH, title is :China pays dearly for its food miracle&quot;<br><br>it mention the heavy use of pesticide and fertilizers on agricolture crops has helped to have incresd the pollution to sayign that 75% percent of Lakes and 50% of gprund water are polluted.. a different study says that 70% of tap water is polluted...<br><br>China is facing a terrible enviroment and pollution challange.. beleive its a good topic to be blogged... since what we poollute today is what we drink and brief tomorrow..<div class="comment-meta">— Jerry · 2006-07-05 12:42</div></div> <div class="comment">why not write your blogs for yourself? if you want to write blogs for others, I think you need a group of bloggers !<br><br>do you think so?<div class="comment-meta">— hzp · 2006-07-05 17:15</div></div> <div class="comment">@hzp, I do write blog for myself (which I didn&#x27;t show here), and I keep the public service as a Shanghai guide, which is this site.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-11 01:31</div></div> </details>New Jersey Government Shutdown?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060703_new_jersey_government_shutdown.htmMon, 03 Jul 2006 23:52:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060703_new_jersey_government_shutdown.htm<p>What is the best joke I saw today? It is the shutdown of the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&amp;sid=a.Yx6zBwqcs0&amp;refer=us">New Jersey government</a>. I sent the <a href="http://news.sohu.com/20060703/n244063191.shtml">Chinese version</a> of the news to <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a> immediately I saw it and shared the news with my friends when we had hot spot at dinner. &ldquo;How can this happen?&rdquo; I asked.</p> <p>I know it is not a joke for people in the U.S., especially in New Jersey. I mean no offense at all. It is just something I could never imagine to happen in China. This shows a very different function of the government, and the way the government is organized.</p>The Rules are Differenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060702_p1404.htmSun, 02 Jul 2006 21:54:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060702_p1404.htm<p>*Black and white silent film: many foreigners had beer at a bar</p> <p>Subtitle: &ldquo;China only has Chinese medicines and doesn&rsquo;t have art&rdquo;*</p> <p>*Black and white silent film: Chinese artists gathered at a square</p> <p>Subtitle: &ldquo;China doesn&rsquo;t have art that foreigners understand&rdquo;*</p> <p>This is a piece of art work at the Shanghai Art Museum.</p> <p><strong>China Doesn&rsquo;t have Rules, that American Understand</strong></p> <p>The film piece well illustrated the situation of doing business in China. Many people complained to me, that China don&rsquo;t have rules. It is not true. On contary, China has more rules than people imagine. However, people from outside China just don&rsquo;t understand the rules.</p>Slight Changes in 'China'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060702_slight_changes_in_china.htmSun, 02 Jul 2006 19:20:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060702_slight_changes_in_china.htm<p>Recently, I feel slight positive trends in China.</p> <p><strong>Resume from U.S.</strong></p> <p>3 years ago, if you&rsquo;d asked me, &ldquo;do you think it possible for foreign university graduates to apply jobs in Shanghai?&rdquo; I would say &ldquo;you are crazy&rdquo;. But recently, I received many good resumes from top universities in U.S, like Stanford, or Chicago University, for jobs in Shanghai. On my blog, we also see the trends of more and more people coming to the country.</p>Xiang Yang Market Shutdownhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060701_xiang_yang_market_shutdown.htmSat, 01 Jul 2006 17:41:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060701_xiang_yang_market_shutdown.htm<p>This is confirmed news: at 9:30 PM, June 30, 2006, all the gates of Xiangyang Market was closed, and no customers are allowed to enter the market from then. Soon, the buildings will be cleared and the site will be turned into a retail and office complex.</p> <p>No more Xiangyang Market in Shanghai. So don&rsquo;t need to waste time to go to the site to try your luck - it is closed, and it is gone.</p>Look at These Advertisementshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060630_look_at_these_advertisements.htmFri, 30 Jun 2006 23:55:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060630_look_at_these_advertisements.htm<p><strong>Handsome Man in the Store Window</strong></p> <p>When I tried to enter the Metro tunnel today, I found many people blocked the entrance. It was not easy to get through the crowd. What happened?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/30/178435708_151b9e7d1a_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/30/178435554_14bf37c2c9_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Then I found a handsome guy dancing inside the store window - the guy in green. Recently, there are some still models there. Sometimes, a girl will quietly stand there, pretend to be a fake woman. Sometimes she just made phone calls.</p>NCUCR Visithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060629_ncucr_visit.htmThu, 29 Jun 2006 21:36:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060629_ncucr_visit.htm<p>Thanks to my good friend Haisong. He was so kind to invite me to the lunch with the distinguished guest from the <a href="http://ncuscr.org/PIP/PublicIntellectualsProgram.htm">Public Intellectuals Program</a> of the <a href="http://www.ncuscr.org">The National Committee on United States-China Relations</a>. It is wonderful time for me: interesting and inspirational.</p> <p>I just said &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060613_we_need_a_bridge_seriously.htm">we need a bridge</a>&rdquo; one week ago. Today, I saw one of the bridges. It is an important one, if not the most important one.</p> <p><strong>About NCUCR</strong></p>Pictures of the Bundhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060627_pictures_of_the_bund.htmTue, 27 Jun 2006 23:31:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060627_pictures_of_the_bund.htm<p>Just be back from the birthday party of Jun.</p> <p>I took some pictures of the Bund (both the Puxi side and Pudong side) with my new Nikon D50.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t have a tripod. I was on the boat, so the image is not as sharp as it should be.</p> <p>The Bund is the must see in Shanghai. If you can take the boat for half an hour or two hours in summer, that will be the best experience in Shanghai. So try it. The best palce to see both side of the Huangpu river is, in the middle of the river.</p>South Railway Station Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060626_south_railway_station_pictures.htmMon, 26 Jun 2006 23:30:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060626_south_railway_station_pictures.htm<p>These are the pictures of Shanghai South Railway Station. I took it during the weekend, and as I promised, I posted here. I feel I am a journalist when I brought my camera to the South Railway Station - those staff must think I am a journalist - because no one went to a station that is not put in use yet.</p> <p>Hope these pictures helps&hellip;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/26/175485152_3f69422da2.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/26/175485393_90046c8904.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>My Cute Friendshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060625_my_cute_friends.htmSun, 25 Jun 2006 23:46:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060625_my_cute_friends.htm<p>Had a gather of my old friends in Microsoft this Saturday. We have been working together as a team, and I am so fortunate to have worked with them, and I believe they are also fortunate to entered Microsoft as intern.</p> <p>Meanwhile, it is the show case of my new digital camera: Nikon D50. I finally bought D50 instead of D70 or Canon 350D.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/25/173833130_ea60939864.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/25/173823545_93025b1d12.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/25/173833302_6318e018a4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Different People Using Same Namehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060624_different_people_using_same_name.htmSat, 24 Jun 2006 23:26:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060624_different_people_using_same_name.htm<p>Due to the simplicity of blog comment, people are not required to enter user name or password to post on blog. This create a problem, that someone can easily use the other people&rsquo;s name to post a comment, pretending to be the person he/she is actually not. More often, people just share the same name. It is more common when people just use their first time.</p> <p>This is a trick to tell whether the two comments under the same name really belong to the same person.</p>Shanghai South Railway Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060623_shanghai_south_railway_station.htmFri, 23 Jun 2006 22:06:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060623_shanghai_south_railway_station.htm<p>This is the latest update about the second most important station in Shanghai - the opening of the Shanghai South Railway Station.</p> <p>The Shanghai South Railway Station will open officially from June 25, 2006. The first train from the station to Hangzhou will leave that morning.</p> <p>I hope this short introduction can help you plan your trip to Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>How Many Railway Stations in Shanghai?</strong></p> <p>Just like the confusing &ldquo;two-airport in one city&rdquo; arrangement, there are many railway stations in Shanghai. The major one is the Shanghai Railway Station, or &ldquo;The New Railway Station&rdquo; by local people. Most trains depart and arrive in this station. Especially trains westward, or northward.</p>Funny Icons, and Morehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060622_funny_icons_and_more.htmThu, 22 Jun 2006 22:49:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060622_funny_icons_and_more.htm<p><strong>Update</strong>: August 12, 2006</p> <p>You may be interested in these icons, instead of those I listed before:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/5mao/mao%20%281%29.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/apple0-9/0.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/a-zcolor/A.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/bbs/lO.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/bigeyes/001.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/bluebaby/b001.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/blue/e6.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/browntown/angry_shocked.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/crippoa-9/1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/diandian/11.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/dmsn/cat.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/dog/dog%20%281%29.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/frierce/Ball.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/greenbaby/g001.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/gtafont/1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/hong/msnbl1.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/huang/g6.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/imu/expression01.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/kusos/face1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/kusos2/kusoscom03a.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/kusos33/kusos.com.07.01.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/lemoticons2/03.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/kusos6/kusos.com.206.01.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/leon/f1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/lian1/ch1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/ljks/xm0001.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/msn_emotion/maomi/mimi%20%281%29.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>One Child Policy - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060620_one_child_policy_-_part_ii.htmTue, 20 Jun 2006 23:51:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060620_one_child_policy_-_part_ii.htm<blockquote> <p>Continued from this entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060620_one_child_policy_in_china.htm">One Child Policy in China</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Well. I am back home. It is 23:44 Tuesday night, and I think it is the good time to get started to answer this big question.</p> <p><strong>The Disclaimer (I hate it but I have to)</strong></p> <p>Before I started, just put the disclaimer here, as I usually did.</p> <p>This is just a personal blog, and what I am talking here only represents my CURRENT point of view. Not anybody else, not to mention the whole country. I emphasis that it is the current point of view, because any one&rsquo;s POV may change after he/she is exposed to more data, and has more experience, including me. Also, I am not a consultant, and I don&rsquo;t want to pretend to know China well. I was born in small city in China, and lived there for 18 years before I moved to Shanghai about 10 years ago. I didn&rsquo;t see the whole China, even didn&rsquo;t see enough about Shanghai. I promise I don&rsquo;t put anything I know is not true on this blog, but I am not saying whatever I believe is true is the truth.</p>One Child Policy in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060620_one_child_policy_in_china.htmTue, 20 Jun 2006 14:18:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060620_one_child_policy_in_china.htm<p>Pete raised a very good topic about the One Child Policy and the decision of investing in China or not. Here is Pete&rsquo;s first post.</p> <blockquote> <p>Also&ndash; Jian Shuo Wang, this is a little off-topic but I had a question myself. I was at a business conference recently where an international consultant was speaking&ndash; he&rsquo;s one of these people that gives advice to American businesses, on where to invest abroad.</p> <p>Anyway, he said something that shocked me quite a bit. Many of us have been planning investment in China for a while, but this consultant&ndash; who used to be a Chinese investor himself&ndash; is now advising all of us to avoid investing in China and to focus instead on Latin America, India and Vietnam. The reason for his advice, he stated, is China&rsquo;s One Child Policy&ndash; he said China should get rid of it immediately, within maybe two years, or the investment consultants in the USA are going to recommend that US companies pull all their money out of China.</p>Weather Forecast: Wet and Hothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060619_weather_forecast_wet_and_hot.htmMon, 19 Jun 2006 20:01:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060619_weather_forecast_wet_and_hot.htm<p>This is Wang Jian Shuo&rsquo;s weather station, broadcasting from Shanghai. :-)</p> <p>Just kidding. I know many people will come to Shanghai recently. You can imagine how frequently I receive emails to tell me they are coming to Shanghai and with exact date. I wish I have a public calendar to mark my reader&rsquo;s trip to Shanghai, so people can share information, and best of all, ask those who just returned about timely information, like weather or the status of Xiangyang Market. You may not always get the latest information on my site. Some information is 2 years or three years old. How I wish I could help to add updates to those entries. I simply cannot do it.</p>I did Ignore World Cuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060617_i_did_ignore_world_cup.htmSat, 17 Jun 2006 23:20:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060617_i_did_ignore_world_cup.htm<p>I believe someone may feel that this blog is lack of something. I also feel so. It is unusual for a blog not to mention the World Cup in Germany, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p>I did ignore the existence of world cup. I love to play football. I am still excited about the scene of one hundred students running and kicking on the same playground when I was in middle school. We went to play football at 4:00 PM and got back to dorm at around 6:00 PM, when it was completely dark.</p>'The Right to Refuse Service to Anyone'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060616_the_right_to_refuse_service_to_anyone.htmFri, 16 Jun 2006 23:07:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060616_the_right_to_refuse_service_to_anyone.htm<p>Anyone could help me to understand this? I visited a restaurant in San Jose. At the counter, they have a poster at dominate location that says:</p> <p>&ldquo;We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Anyone&rdquo;.</p> <p>Here is the picture:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/16/164689931_05e6f2ade6.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>My question is, although it is the private property of the restaurant owner, does this violate the anti-discrimination law? Is it offensive to anyone? What are the cases that the owner refuse service to some one?</p>硅谷高科技公司一日游https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060616_ceecae.htmFri, 16 Jun 2006 07:31:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060616_ceecae.htm<p>在美国旧金山南边广阔的峡谷里面，沿着US-101公路，散落着数不清的高科技公司。这就是传说中的硅谷。</p> <p>这里像交大的闵行校区一样，远离市区，平静而无聊；这里汇集了自然能够给与的最好的风景，有山，有海，有湾，有湖，有森林，甚至也有沙漠。这一切都在开车一两个小时可以到达的区域里面呈现。</p>Escaping from Raffles Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060615_escaping_from_raffles_city.htmThu, 15 Jun 2006 13:08:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060615_escaping_from_raffles_city.htm<p>Just several minutes past 12:00 PM (noon time), the office became very quite. Everyone disappeared - to be more exact, escaped from the office. Only one lady doing the cleaning work are here, and me&hellip; I haven&rsquo;t had my lunch yet. It is an unusaul day. I never see office like this - no one in, in the middle of a normal Thursday.</p> <p>It is not a normal Thursday. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is meeting in Shanghai. To ensure security of the meeting, the Raffles tower, along with many other office buildings in the area are closed. People are required to leave the building after 12:00 PM, and security people will come to check floor by floor, room by room.</p>Companies in Silicon Valleyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060614_companies_in_silicon_valley.htmWed, 14 Jun 2006 19:24:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060614_companies_in_silicon_valley.htm<p>Company List:</p> <p>eBay</p> <p>Cisco</p> <p>Sun</p> <p>Intel</p> <p>Yahoo!</p> <p>AMD</p> <p>Palm</p> <p>Apple</p> <p>eBay</p> <p>2054 Hamilton Ave,</p> <p>San Jose, CA</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/14/167413697_52987bf4e1_o.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/14/164689808_cffd65b418.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Cisco,</p> <p>170 W Tasman Dr,</p> <p>San Jose, CA 95134</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/14/166994121_a6a33a7eef_o.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/06/14/164690105_32a5959604.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Cisco is huge. There are so many buildings along the Tasman Dr. There are large Chinese shopping center and many Chinese restaurant near them.</p> <p>The naming of the company is the cisco part of San Fran<strong>cisco</strong>, and the sign is the Golden Gate bridge.</p>We Need a Bridge, Seriouslyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060613_we_need_a_bridge_seriously.htmTue, 13 Jun 2006 23:32:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060613_we_need_a_bridge_seriously.htm<p>I ended my 6-day (150 hours) trip in United States of America.</p> <p>During the trip, I had the opportunity to drive to many places in the Silicon Valley on Saturday, and had the honor to be invited to two typical American homes, and chatted with guys from different companies, include MBA class of Stanford University&hellip; We have the opportunity to talk on the difference between the two great countries: United States of America, and the People&rsquo;s Republic of China.</p>46A is the Best Seat on Boeing 747https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060613_46a_is_the_best_seat_on_boeing_747.htmTue, 13 Jun 2006 23:27:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060613_46a_is_the_best_seat_on_boeing_747.htm<p>This is not a secret, but very few people know it, and most people either don&rsquo;t care or don&rsquo;t know.</p> <p>The best seats in the economy class of Boeing 747 or UA858/UA857 are 46A or 46K. Why?</p> <p><strong>Economy Plus</strong></p> <p>United Mileage program has a special grade called &ldquo;United Mileage Plus Premier&rdquo; membership. Holders of this card can enjoy seats with bigger space than other Y class seats. Fortunately, I am a Premier member of United.</p>Flying back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060612_flying_back_to_shanghai.htmMon, 12 Jun 2006 00:23:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060612_flying_back_to_shanghai.htm<p>I am heading to San Francisco airport now, and my flight will leave SFO within 4 hours. I will be in Shanghai around 7:00 Monday, 12, 2006. During the 10 hours, there is no way to access emails (obviously), and phone calls (even more obvious). :-)</p> <p>The trip is very rewarding for me, both on business and on personal side. No only I had the opportunity to join the four full day of session, I was able to experience Silicon Valley in a much deeper way, and more importantly, invited to home of my friends here, having dinner with them, and had wonderful discussion. Wonderful trip! It is.</p>High-Tech Companies in a Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060611_high-tech_companies_in_a_day.htmSun, 11 Jun 2006 16:04:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060611_high-tech_companies_in_a_day.htm<p>It is already late after I am back from good friends home. I hope I can post more about the trip when I am back to Shanghai. Tomorrow I am flying back to Shanghai via UA857 at 14:18. Obviously, I don&rsquo;t have time to put more information on blog tomorrow.</p> <p>To be short, I visited about 10 high-tech companies in silicon valley one by one in half day, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. San Jose, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and Mountview, all these places offered many great things, but nothing is comparable to the high density of famous high-tech companies, espeically the microchip and Internet companies. So this morning, I wrote down a list of about 31 companies in Silicon Valley, and finally, I made a route to visit 10 of them. Here are the company name list and pictures.</p>Hukou System in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060610_hukou_system_in_china.htmSat, 10 Jun 2006 15:59:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060610_hukou_system_in_china.htm<p>It is not easy to realize how strange it is when you live in an existing system, but when you have the chance to talk with people from other countries, you realize the huge difference.</p> <p>I enjoyed my talk with my great friends tonight, and we talked about the Resident Permit (Hokou) system in China. To be honest, I didn&rsquo;t feel it too strange before I explained it with my own mouth. After that, even I think it is not reasonable at all, and astonished to hear what came out of my own mouth. Let me explain it to you.</p>City in China = County in U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060608_city_in_china_county_in_us.htmThu, 08 Jun 2006 14:09:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060608_city_in_china_county_in_us.htm<p>What? San Jose is bigger than San Francisco in terms of population? It may be a well known fact, but I just find it out. I keep reading &ldquo;San Jose is the third largest city in California after Los Angles and San Diego&rdquo;. I was wondering whether San Francisco is not included in California, or have some kind of San Francisco, D.C. arrangement&hellip; It turned out San Francisco is really smaller in population than San Jose.</p>San Jose Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060607_san_jose_impression.htmWed, 07 Jun 2006 15:05:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060607_san_jose_impression.htm<p>It is the third time in San Jose in the last 12 months. My impression are not the first-impression, just some more deeper understanding.</p> <p><strong>1. Mountains are Great.</strong></p> <p>There are mountains whenever you drive. The mountains are just there, far at the horizon. No wonder at all, because the Silicon Valley is a valley anyway. There are mountains on both side. This time, I am closers to the mountain on the east side, because I move around places along the US-101 expressway. Mountains on the left reminds me of the saying &ldquo;Old Wide West&rdquo;, since there are not many trees on the mountains - just yellow surfaces.</p>Arrived at San Josehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060606_arrived_at_san_jose.htmTue, 06 Jun 2006 14:39:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060606_arrived_at_san_jose.htm<p>Arrived at San Jose. California is always sunny - the three trips to CA were 100% sunny. I doubt whether CA rains or not.</p> <p>With the United Mileage Plus membership, I got 44A seat - the United Economy Plus seat with larger space. :-)</p> <p>Had lunch at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&amp;hl=en&amp;q=wing&amp;near=131+Jackson+St,+San+Jose,+CA+95112&amp;ll=37.423617,-121.896057&amp;spn=0.231756,0.4422&amp;t=h&amp;om=1">Wing&rsquo;s Chinese Restaurant</a>. You have to be in the States to really understand why applications like Google Maps are so important. Of cause, it is the same. When you are in China, and you may find online shopping (B2C) and local services not that important. At least as important as in the States because: 1) People don&rsquo;t move as frequently. 2) Most restaurants are at working distance. Business model in China and U.S. should be very different depending on the environments.</p>Flying...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060605_flying.htmMon, 05 Jun 2006 10:40:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060605_flying.htm<p>Pause the blog for a short period of time. I am flying&hellip; to San Francisco via UA858.</p> <p>It will be another <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041208_dec_6_the_longest_day_in_2004.htm">long day</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Bon Voyage ! You might find something interesting at your trip.<div class="comment-meta">— Maria loves pictures · 2006-06-06 05:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I flew PVG to SFO on UA 858 June 2, slept 11 hours that night, and 1 hour the next. I don&#x27;t have jet lag flying to China but get messed up flying the other way.<div class="comment-meta">— A Singman · 2006-06-06 05:36</div></div> </details>Water Mellon for Summerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060604_water_mellon_for_summer.htmSun, 04 Jun 2006 23:39:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060604_water_mellon_for_summer.htm<p>There are trunks outside the residential area to sell Water Mellons.</p> <p>I bought one yesterday and one today. They are so sweet. I like it a lot.</p> <p>Although it is obviously illegal to sell by directly parking a car at the entrance of a residential area, I like this kind of &ldquo;direct sell&rdquo;. Although they don&rsquo;t have a business license to operate, they have really nice goods.</p> <p>This may be the forth time I buy water mellon this year. The previous few times, I bought it at super market. Really expensive and more importantly, tasted bad.</p>Suzhou Taihu Mercury Club & Marinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060603_suzhou_taihu_mercury_club_marina.htmSat, 03 Jun 2006 23:33:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060603_suzhou_taihu_mercury_club_marina.htm<p>I am happy to be invited my my friends at <a href="http://www.mercurymarinechina.com/index.htm">Suzhou Taihu Mercury Club</a> to join them for one day of boating and BBQ. After sailing with BV guys in San Francisco, I deeply fall in love with boat, although currently, I can only afford &ldquo;model boat&rdquo;. I sank in the Dishui Lake one month ago.</p> <p>The Suzhou Mercury Boat Club is the most professional boat club in China - the only one in its grade in the entire country. It is based at the West Hill area of Taihu, with very nice facilities. Let me show you the pictures of my day.</p>Jian Shuo Wang Flying to San Josehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060602_jian_shuo_wang_flying_to_san_jose.htmFri, 02 Jun 2006 19:15:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060602_jian_shuo_wang_flying_to_san_jose.htm<p>Jian Shuo Wang is heading to San Jose on June 5, and will return on June 11, 20006.</p> <p><strong>Ticket information:</strong></p> <p>I am a big fan of technical details, abbr. and the secret codes used on the airline ticket. Here are all printed information on my ticket. I enjoy dig into details to find out meaning behind these characters.</p> <p>NON REF/CHANGE FEE APPLIES VA</p> <p>LID ON UA ONLY PENALTY/CHANGES31MAY06</p> <p>WANG/JIANSHUO</p> <p>SHASHA</p>United Airlines Telephone in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060602_united_airlines_telephone_in_shanghai.htmFri, 02 Jun 2006 19:03:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060602_united_airlines_telephone_in_shanghai.htm<p>Telephone:</p> <p>+86-21-33114567</p> <p>Researvation</p> <p>Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM</p> <p>Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM</p> <p>Ticket:</p> <p>Mondy - Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM</p> <p>Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM</p> <p>Note: The old number, as published in the United.com and almost all the publications of United +86-21-62798009 does not work in Nov 2004.</p> <p>The telephone system suggest travellers to arrive at the airport 3 hours before departure.</p> <p>P.S. My mileage number: 01531062422</p>Happy Children's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060601_happy_childrens_day.htmThu, 01 Jun 2006 19:22:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060601_happy_childrens_day.htm<p>Happy Children&rsquo;s Day!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">21 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wish all guys with children&#x27;s heart happiness in the adulthood.<div class="comment-meta">— grAce · 2006-06-01 19:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, and JS, You too.<div class="comment-meta">— Kane · 2006-06-01 21:57</div></div> <div class="comment">In the morning, Wendy dropped a SMS and congratulated me about the June 1 Children&#x27;s Day. :-D<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-06-01 22:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Children&#x27;s Day. For those who are young in heart<div class="comment-meta">— jack · 2006-06-01 23:06</div></div> <div class="comment">js, your love ones must treat you as &#x27;kidult&#x27; (kid adult).<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-06-01 23:10</div></div> <div class="comment">js, at the last 100 comments column, why each blogger receives a designated colour bar, my colour is navy blue and yours is rose, is there a meaning behind it?<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-06-01 23:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,jianshuo, play the game please! It&#x27;s inspired by you!<br><br>http://elfe.cn/?p=182<div class="comment-meta">— Elfe · 2006-06-02 01:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Stephen, the color means the email address of the person. Different email addresses will be converted to different colors.<br><br>There are many people post with the same nick name, and there is no way to tell who is who. So I used a one way calculation method to produce a color for the email address the user uses. There is no way to guss people&#x27;s email address from the color, and it is exteremely hard to guess the right email address to produce similiar color.<br><br>So, to be simple, people with different colors means they used different email addresses when they post, and typically means different persons.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-06-02 01:19</div></div> <div class="comment">js, good, no more impostor! but are you running out of colours.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-06-02 01:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey Wang are you from changsha? Am looking for anyone from Hunan to chat with, i miss that place! I lived there for 3 years while studying!!<div class="comment-meta">— Stella · 2006-06-02 06:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, visit my blog and play the game! It&#x27;s inspired by you!<div class="comment-meta">— Elfe · 2006-06-02 08:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy children&#x27;s Day!<br><br>everyone are young in heart.<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2006-06-02 12:38</div></div> <div class="comment">This day is celebrated in China. When we are young, everything we got to know is that it is &quot;International Children&#x27;s Day&quot;, which is quite wrong. Because at least in UK, Nobody at all knew this day actually.<br><br>Same situation applies to Labour&#x27;s Day. etc.<div class="comment-meta">— jerry · 2006-06-03 03:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Yah, I agree with Jerry, 1st of Jun is only the Children&#x27;s Day in China, but, it is not known as an international Children&#x27;s Day, here, I mean in Singapore, we celebrate the Children&#x27;s day is on every 1st of Oct which is happened to be the National day of China, funny?<br><br>Alice<div class="comment-meta">— Alice Feng · 2006-06-03 11:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy childrens day..<br><br>simon<div class="comment-meta">— simon · 2007-11-14 05:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy childrens day..<br><br>simon<div class="comment-meta">— simon · 2007-11-14 05:08</div></div> <div class="comment">So Ugly you simon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1<div class="comment-meta">— bernice · 2008-06-01 15:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo... Happy Intl Children&#x27;s Day to Yifan (hehe - and you and Wendy) - ahhh... and cannot forget wonton (we&#x27;re all kids at heart). :D<br><br>Lucky baby Jaime Zheng Jiayang gets to celebrate 3 children&#x27;s days now - China (1st June), Singapore (1st Oct) and Australia (4th Wed of October - this year, the 22nd).<br><br>Many countries place more emphasis on Intl Childrens Day than others, but most countried &#x27;officially&#x27; celebrate to some degree... for example it is only just beginning to take on some meaning in Australia. Here&#x27;s an extract (by country) from the blog entry I wrote on this today:<br><br>Australia<br><br>Australia celebrates &quot;Children&#x27;s Day&quot; on the fourth Wednesday of October. In 2008, it falls on the 22nd of October. It is part of a week long celebration of &quot;Children&#x27;s Week&quot;. It is a time when children of all ages receive gifts and celebrate their special week.<br><br>Argentina<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of August.<br><br>Brazil<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on October 12, which is also the day of Our Lady of Aparecida, a public holiday in Brazil.<br><br>Bangladesh<br><br>In Bangladesh, Children&#x27;s Day hasn&#x27;t been celebrated in a manner that may let know the community know about the importance of Child Rights. However on November 20 YCM(Youth Change Makers) plans to inform people of Children Day by holding huge children competitions and fashion show. Though it wont be considered as a holiday.<br><br>Canada<br><br>Canada&#x27;s &quot;National Child Day&quot; is held November 20th each year as enacted in Bill C-371, otherwise known as the Child Day Act, by the Parliament of Canada in 1993 to fulfill Canada&#x27;s commitment to the United Nations General Assembly&#x27;s recommendation to observe a Universal Children&#x27;s Day.Canadian Children&#x27;s Rights Council It is not a holiday in Canada.<br><br>Central Africa<br><br>On Congo, Congo DR, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Chad, Central African Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated in this country on the December 25 to honour all the children.<br><br>Chile<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated the first Sunday of August.<br><br>Colombia<br><br>In Colombia Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated in the last weekend of April.<br><br>Costa Rica<br><br>Children&#x27;s day is celebrated on September 9 in Costa Rica.<br><br>Cuba<br><br>Children&#x27;s day is celebrated in Cuba on the third Sunday of July.<br><br>El Salvador<br><br>In El Salvador, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on October 1.<br><br>Former and current Communist and Socialist countries<br><br>In Russia, as well as other former Soviet Union states, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, other former or current communist states, Albania, Angola, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Germany, Laos, Republic of Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Tanzania, Yemen, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on June 1. This list includes 25 countries which regained independence from USSR, seceded from Yugoslavia Federation, as well as Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia after their respective splits.<br><br>Germany<br><br>During the Cold War, the Children&#x27;s Day (Kindertag) was handled quite differently in the two states. The date was different (GDR: June 1, FRG: September 20), the name was slightly different (GDR: &quot;International Children&#x27;s Day&quot; (&quot;Internationaler Kindertag&quot;), FRG: &quot;World Children&#x27;s Day&quot; (&quot;Weltkindertag&quot;)), and most notably: the customs.<br><br>In the GDR, the holiday was introduced in 1950, and was from then on a yearly highlight for the children. On this day of the year, one typically received congratulations and presents from one&#x27;s parents and did special activities in school, such as field trips and the like. In the FRG, Children&#x27;s Day did not have such meaning to the children, and was even mostly unknown to many people.<br><br>Since the affiliation in 1990, the date and name used in the FRG have become the official ones for the former GDR as well. This however was not accepted by large parts of the former GDR population, so that still many parents celebrate with their kids on the former date, June 1, and even Children&#x27;s Day public events take place on the old date.<br><br>Guatemala<br><br>In Guatemala Children&#x27;s day is celebrated on the first day of October.<br><br>Honduras<br><br>In Honduras Children&#x27;s Day (Día del Niño) is celebrated on September 10.<br><br>Hong Kong<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on April 4 each year (the same day as the Republic of China (Taiwan) since ROC established the Children&#x27;s Day on April 4 in 1931. The ROC government combined Women&#x27;s Day with Children&#x27;s Day on April 4 in 1993, officially calling it Women&#x27;s and Children&#x27;s Day, making it a day for women, mothers, and children. The practice is still observed by both the Hong Kong SAR Government and the public after the handover in 1997, though this festival has not been a public holiday before the handover.<br><br>Hungary<br><br>In 1931 Children&#x27;s day started although then it was called Children&#x27;s Week, but since 1950 it has only been a day technically the last Sunday in May.<br><br>India<br><br>In India Children&#x27;s Day day is celebrated on November 14 every year. This date the marks the anniversary of independent India&#x27;s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Children&#x27;s day is celebrated on this day in recognition of his lifelong passion and work for children.<br><br>Israel<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated.<br><br>Italy<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is not celebrated.<br><br>Japan<br><br>Japanese families fly carp kites on Children&#x27;s Day.May 05 is Children&#x27;s Day, called こどもの日 (&quot;Kodomo no hi&quot;, こどもの日?) in Japanese; the festivities used to be called Boy&#x27;s Day , called 端午の節句 (Tango no Sekku, 端午の節句?) in Japanese , to distinguish it from Girls&#x27; Day, called 桃の節句 (Momo no Sekku, 桃の節句?), ひな祭り (Hinamatsuri, ひな祭り?) in Japanese , March 3). Both of these days are marked with a lot of activities for children. On this day, children display samurai swords, armor, and Kintarō dolls. Two important symbols of Children&#x27;s day are carps and irises. Traditionally, families fly carp kites with a carp .representing each son.<br><br>Mexico<br><br>In Mexico Children&#x27;s day is celebrated on the 30th of April.<br><br>New Zealand<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of March each year. Children&#x27;s Day provides New Zealanders with a special opportunity to spend time with their children, create positive memories, and take part in fun activities that start new traditions as well as continue old ones. The vision of Children&#x27;s Day is to see children celebrated, nurtured and treasured by all.<br><br>Nigeria<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on the 27th of May.<br><br>North Korea<br><br>North Korean Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on June 1 (국제 아동절). Before 1945 it was celebrated on May 1, But in 1945, it was changed to its current date.<br><br>South Korea<br><br>In South Korea, 5th of May is officially the Children&#x27;s Day.<br><br>Pakistan<br><br>In Pakistan, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on November 20. There is no holiday on this day but it is observed by NGO working on Child Rights.<br><br>Peru<br><br>In Peru, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on October 14.<br><br>Paraguay<br><br>In Paraguay, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on August 16, day of the infamous Battle of Acosta Ñu, where 20,000 thousand men of the Brazilian Army crushed a Paraguayan battle made up of 3,500 children ages six to fifteen - even though Paraguay had been already completely defeated (see more in War of the Triple Alliance). It&#x27;s a national holiday, used to remember the atrocities the Brazilians committed during the five-year war.<br><br>People&#x27;s Republic of China<br><br>In the People&#x27;s Republic of China, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on June 1 and is formally known as &quot;The June 1st International Children&#x27;s Day&quot; - 六一国际儿童节). When the People&#x27;s Republic of China was first established in 1949, the State Council (Cabinet) designated a half-a-day holiday for all primary schools on June 1st. This was later made into a full day&#x27;s break in 1956 with The Announcement by the State Council to make June 1st Children&#x27;s Day a One Day Public Holiday (国务院关于&quot;六一儿童节&quot;改为放假一天的通知). Schools usually organizes activities such as camping trips or free movies on Children&#x27;s day to allow students to have fun, and Children of civil servants might also receive small gifts from the government. Entrance Ceremonies of the Young Pioneers of China (similar to boy scouts in the West) are frequently held on June 1st as well.<br><br>Poland<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated in Poland on June 1. The International Children&#x27;s Day was introduced in Poland in the early 1950s. It coincides with the beginning of summer and it is usually treated as a holiday, as it takes place near the end of the school year. Schools usually organize special activities for the day of the celebration, and the first week of June is a time of the festivities organized in parks and entertainment centers for children. Parents usually buy some small gifts for their children.<br><br>Portugal and former colonies<br><br>In Portugal, and also at some of its former colonies - Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Cape Verde, East Timor - the Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on June 1.<br><br>Romania<br><br>In Romania the Day is celebrated on June 1.<br><br>Singapore<br><br>October 1 is the day which Singapore officially celebrates Children&#x27;s Day, a similar event celebrated every year is Youth Day which is celebrated on the first Sunday of July each year.<br><br>Slovakia<br><br>In Slovakia, the day is called International Children&#x27;s Day and is celebrated on June 1.<br><br>Sri Lanka<br><br>The Universal Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on the October 01.<br><br>Sweden<br><br>The International Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on October 2, though there are very few actual celebrations.<br><br>Taiwan<br><br>The Taiwan designates April 4 as Children&#x27;s Day (兒童節), pursuant to Article 5 of the Order to Implement Commemoration Days and Holidays (紀念日及節日實施辦法). Despite not being a legal holiday, schools often hold special activities in order to celebrate the occasion. Due to pressure from parents that demanded to accompany their children in the celebration, the ROC government recognized Women&#x27;s Day with Children&#x27;s Day on April 4, 1993. Thus, the celebration is technically called Women&#x27;s and Children&#x27;s Day.<br><br>Thailand<br><br>The second Saturday of January is Children&#x27;s Day in Thailand.<br><br>Turkey<br><br>In Turkey, Children&#x27;s Day has been celebrated on April 23rd since 1935. It originated from the first gathering of Grand National Assembly on April 23rd, 1920, during the Turkish Independence War.<br><br>After the Ottomans were defeated during World War I, Turkish land had been occupied by other European countries such as England, Italy and France. Ataturk, an Ottoman commander, broke his ties with the dying Empire and started the war for independence against Allied forces and the old Ottoman regime. After years of fighting Turkey won full independence.<br><br>Turks consider Ataturk to be &quot;The Father of Modern Turkey&quot;. After the war, Ataturk refused the role of Sultan or King and established a modern Republic instead. He gifted April 23rd to the children for the country, so that they would cherish the independence that cost so much, but at the same time walk the path of &quot;Peace at Home, Peace in the World&quot;<br><br>On April 23rd children from around the world come to Turkey. They&#x27;re hosted by families who have children of a similar age. Festivities last over a week and the visiting and Turkish children spend a lot of time together. Many children, often not even speaking the same language, create lifelong friendships. Several of the events are broadcast on television, showing the children in their traditional national outfits, dancing singing and exchanging gifts. The United Nations participates the events.<br><br>Every year on April 23rd, the seats of Parliament are held by children, and a child becomes President for a day. The child President delivers a speech on national television.<br><br>United States of America<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day observations in the United States predate both Mother&#x27;s and Father&#x27;s Day.<br><br>The celebration of a special Children&#x27;s Day in America dates from the 1860s and earlier.<br><br>In 1856, Rev. Charles H. Leonard, D.D., then pastor of the First Universalist Church of Chelsea, Mass., set apart a Sunday for the dedication of children to the Christian life, and for the re-dedication of parents and guardians to bringing-up their children in Christian nurture. This service was first observed the second Sunday in June.<br><br>The Universalist Convention at Baltimore in September, 1867, passed a resolution commending churches to set apart one Sunday in each year as Children&#x27;s Day.<br><br>The Methodist Episcopal Church at the Methodist Conference of 1868 recommended that second Sunday in June be annually observed as Children&#x27;s Day.<br><br>The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1883 designated the &quot;the second Sabbath in June as Children&#x27;s Day.&quot;<br><br>Also in 1883, the National Council of Congregational Churches and nearly all the state bodies of that denomination in the United States passed resolutions commending the observance of the day. About this time many other denominations adopted similar recommendations.<br><br>Chase&#x27;s Calendar of Events cites Children&#x27;s Sunday and notes that The Commonwealth of Massachusetts issues an annual proclamation for the second Sunday in June.<br><br>Numerous churches and denominations currently observe the second Sunday in June including the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Church of the Nazarene.<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day, was proclaimed by President Bill Clinton in October 2000. He declared that it be held on November 16th.<br><br>&quot;National Child&#x27;s Day&quot; was proclaimed by the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, as June 3, 2001 and in subsequent years on dates in early June. In 2003, he proclaimed June 1st. In 2004, he proclaimed June 6th. In 2005, he proclaimed June 5th. In 2006, he proclaimed June 4th. In 2007, he proclaimed June 3rd. The White House Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, 2001<br><br>Nowhere in any of the proclamations did the President refer to the United Nations or the UN Resolution about Universal Child Day. It is important to note that The United States of America is one of only two countries in the world that have not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. As of November 2007, 193 countries have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, (UNCRC). The only other country that has not ratified the UNCRC is Somalia. United States position on the UNCRC<br><br>In 2007, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich issued a proclamation proclaiming the second Sunday in June as Children&#x27;s Day. The mayors of Aurora and Batavia, Illinois, also issued proclamations.<br><br>Uruguay<br><br>In Uruguay, Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on January 6th.<br><br>Venezuela<br><br>In Venezuela Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated the 30th of April.<br><br>Vietnam<br><br>Children&#x27;s Day is celebrated on June 1 as ICD and on the full moon of the 8th lunar month during the Mid-Autumn Festival.<br><br>Visit the full story (if you can get across the GFW):<br><br>http://www.aussiepete.com/2008/06/advantages-of-mixed-cultures-children.html<div class="comment-meta">— AussiePB · 2008-06-02 04:20</div></div> <div class="comment">As children&#x27;s parents we&#x27;re, we must think deeper and not let what happen before against kids, happen again. Because, there are some of parts around the world, this happens. Childrens without parents living in the rods or streets we need to protect them. And teach them the way and be aware of their future. So, they could have a knowledgement of their future. What we&#x27;re facing in the streets, shouldn&#x27;t be like that. The abandoned Childrens living as animals and troubling people.Steling,killing,sleeping in the rods.<br><br>Let&#x27;s teach the nature.<br><br>Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Francisco Lourenco Tati · 2009-06-23 22:24</div></div> <div class="comment">wish u all .......................................<br><br>HAPPY CHILDREN&#x27;S DAY<div class="comment-meta">— Tanisha Sarkar · 2009-11-08 16:47</div></div> <div class="comment">it was nice meeting you.<div class="comment-meta">— Editorial director · 2011-04-04 00:24</div></div> </details>New Rules to Push Down House Pricehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060531_new_rules_to_push_down_house_price.htmWed, 31 May 2006 23:32:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060531_new_rules_to_push_down_house_price.htm<p>New rules was announced to push down the country-wide (so-called overheated) real estate price. There are many rules. Here are some I remember:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Down payment must be 30% or higher for apartment bigger than 90 square meters. 20% for 90 sqr. meters or smaller.</p> </li> <li> <p>Selling apartment within 5 years of purchase are subject to about 5% operating tax of the total apartment price.</p> </li> </ul> <p>It seems the government start to be serious about the high price of apartments. Result? I cannot predict yet.</p>962288 Hotline for Foreignershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060530_962288_hotline_for_foreigners.htmTue, 30 May 2006 23:06:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060530_962288_hotline_for_foreigners.htm<p>Good news for foreigners living in Shanghai. The government opened a 24 hour hotline dedicated to help foreigners to survive in Shanghai.</p> <p>The telephone number is:</p> <p><strong>962288</strong></p> <p>If you are not in Shanghai, but in China, you need to dial</p> <p><strong>021-962288</strong></p> <p>If you are outside China, call</p> <p><strong>+86-21-962288</strong></p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/27/content_601732.htm">this piece of news</a>,</p> <blockquote> <p>The Shanghai Call Centre, which was officially launched on Friday, provides both English and Chinese information about tourist destinations, culture, sports, trade, medical care and other issues of daily life in Shanghai.</p>Hello, I am OK nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060529_hello_i_am_ok_now.htmMon, 29 May 2006 19:51:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060529_hello_i_am_ok_now.htm<p>Hello! Hello! I am OK now.</p> <p>I recovered from the most serious illness in my life, and now am perfectly OK now. The illness is nothing. To be short, the wisdom tooth grew up and caused problem on tonsil, and then caused hot fever.</p> <p><strong>Listen to the Body</strong></p> <p>Jack Z dropped me a SMS: &ldquo;Take care and listen to your body&rdquo;. It is good tip: Listen to the body.</p> <p>The body is actually talking to you all the time, but most of the time, we don&rsquo;t listen at all. This time, I spent 2 days, completely to listen to the body, and play game with the body. It was nightmare, but interesting (I mean only when I recovered, I would say so&hellip;)</p>I am a Patient Patienthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060527_i_am_a_patient_patient.htmSat, 27 May 2006 22:45:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060527_i_am_a_patient_patient.htm<p>Let me explain what is the &ldquo;Last tooth in mouth&rdquo;. :-) It is the inner most tooth, that just grew out last week. In China, people call it &ldquo;The Tooth of Wisdom&rdquo;. However, it is troublesome, really troublesome.</p> <p>I went to hospital three times these days, and my body temperature was as hight as 39.8 C.</p> <p>If it were stock price of a company, I believe many shakeholders will be happy, but for me, stakeholders, including me and Wendy, were not happy.</p>Got Fever - 38.4 Chttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060525_got_fever_-_384_c.htmThu, 25 May 2006 22:59:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060525_got_fever_-_384_c.htm<p>I cannot imagine that. The last tooth in my mouth came out, and my mouth is painful. The worse is, I start to have fever. The current temperature is 38.4 Degrees C. Well. Let me think whether I should go to hospital to get a shot.</p> <p>With <a href="http://google.com/coop">Google Coop</a>, let me create a service that you can search in Google terms like &ldquo;Wangjianshuo Temperature&rdquo;, and it returns the current temperature of my body. Sounds cool? Let me get injection first.</p>推荐大家来看《赢在中国》（二）https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060524_ecaeaeaieaeie.htmWed, 24 May 2006 23:55:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060524_ecaeaeaieaeie.htm<p>昨天刚写了<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060524_ecaeaea.htm">一半</a>，太晚了，又困了，就睡觉去了。今天把其他的记录的东西补上来。</p> <p>忘了谁说的了：</p> <blockquote> <p>“想办法挣钱，不要想挣大钱”。</p> </blockquote> <p>这句话跟小丰转述的他的导师说的一句话神似：“盈亏平衡，在任何时候都是重要的”。对于小公司，对于大公司，都是这样。让我又想起来我在去南京的火车上，在玄武湖边，在将军山上念念不忘的小地主理论。</p>Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Parkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060524_zhang_jiang_hi-tech_park.htmWed, 24 May 2006 23:34:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060524_zhang_jiang_hi-tech_park.htm<p>I was in Zhangjiang yesterday. Here are some pictures of the Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/24/152527542_a2d191367f.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/24/152527472_b01fe22f4a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/24/152527258_7c00889d70.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/24/152527148_12adcd7fd3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/24/152526762_9f2f95951b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Location: It is east of Maglev Longyang Road Station. It means it is closer to the Pudong airport (a little bit) than the Maglev terminal station.</p> <p>Why it is different?</p> <p>It is the Shanghai&rsquo;s high-tech zone, with a lot of chip design, manufacturing, bio-tech, and software companies. It is the terminal station of Metro No.2.</p>推荐大家来看《赢在中国》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060524_ecaeaea.htmWed, 24 May 2006 00:15:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060524_ecaeaea.htm<p>周二晚上10:05分，《赢在中国》节目。非常优秀的一档节目，关于创业的，建议大家都去看一下。刚刚看到23号的一期，比以前更能理解大家在谈些什么。有道理的话总在那里，只有当自己想明白了，从别人的嘴里以比自己更精炼传神的表达出来的时候，才会引起自己的注意。记录嘉宾语录如下（记了个意思，可能不是原话）。</p>PVG: From Pudong Airport to Changshuhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060523_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_changshu.htmTue, 23 May 2006 19:47:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060523_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_changshu.htm<p>Here is the letter:</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Mr Wang,</p> <p>Hi, I am <em>name removed</em> from Singapore. I am deeply impressed how resourceful and helpful your blog/website are.</p> <p>Kindly allow me to consult you regarding one matter. I will be visiting Changshu next month &amp; will carry with me a big luggage bag. I understand there are 3 ways to travel from PVG to Changshu:</p> <p>(1) From PVG, take direct bus to Suzhou. From Suzhou, take a taxi to hotel in Changshu. Total travel time: ab. 160 min. Total cost: ab. RMB 175.</p>人的精神的力量https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060523_p134.htmTue, 23 May 2006 12:43:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060523_p134.htm<p>Craigslist的成功中间，最核心的是Craig Newark这个人。直到10年后的2006年，Craig的头衔还是首席客户服务员。直到出名和有了财富以后，Craig还是每天看着他的网站，并且直接拿起电话，打给发布虚假信息的人。在一次采访中，Craig得意地说：“我每天都要打电话，去制止一些广告。你知道吗？这招停灵的。在纽约的假广告发布者听说是Craig打过来的电话，基本上都停止了。”</p>OOBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060522_oob-2.htmMon, 22 May 2006 23:19:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060522_oob-2.htm<p>OOB today. Too much thinking recently. Thinking is better than writing sometimes. Let me catch up soon. Now? Going to bed&hellip; Zzzz</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">i agree with u. Thinking is better than writing.<div class="comment-meta">— Aaron · 2006-05-23 10:00</div></div> <div class="comment">acturally, thinking needs more time than writing.<div class="comment-meta">— ninjaboy · 2006-05-23 12:11</div></div> <div class="comment">I can&#x27;t agree with you more. We need mental expedition.<div class="comment-meta">— 00dz · 2006-05-23 16:37</div></div> <div class="comment">想得多,写得少.<br><br>其实我也这样.<div class="comment-meta">— 1ms · 2006-05-24 00:20</div></div> </details>City Life v.s. Village Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060521_city_life_vs_village_life.htmSun, 21 May 2006 21:07:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060521_city_life_vs_village_life.htm<p>I should put a disclaimer at the top of every entry I post:</p> <blockquote> <p>Although I made all effort to make sure I honestly record what I see, I hear, and I think, this blog does not represent Shanghai. People with different history and status have competely different view about the city. It of cause does not represent China.</p> </blockquote> <p>I read a <a href="http://bbs14.xilu.com/CGI/viewbbs/xinshiji99/44197.html">peom</a> about life in city v.s. life in village. I think it is very true. It reveals how different the two lives are. Let me translate some sentences of the peom and explain why it is true.</p>结构化还是自由化https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060521_p133.htmSun, 21 May 2006 00:51:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060521_p133.htm<p>去年１１月５号，在上海办了一次<a href="blog.cnblog.org/bloggercon/">中文网志年会</a>。那次年会是我参加过得最成功的会议之一，而在开始筹备之出，我却满腹疑虑。我时常想起这个会议的筹备，觉得研究一下当下少有的这种会议的组织形式，很有意义。那是一种“当海浪冲上沙滩，自然会展现出美丽的图案的”组织方式。说实话，那一次和毛向辉对会议的举办有过争论的。</p> <p><strong>开端</strong></p> <p>这个故事挺有趣。刚开始的时候，大概在开年会之前４个月的时候，开始有这个想法，并且在cnblog.org上面公布了。现在能够找到的最早的公布应该是<a href="http://blog.cnblog.org/bloggercon/archives/2005/07/aeeceae.html">这一条七月八号的帖子</a>：</p>杭州Mashup Camp 捣浆糊 2 归来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060520_mashup_camp_c_2_.htmSat, 20 May 2006 23:50:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060520_mashup_camp_c_2_.htm<p>杭州回来。７点半出发，１１点到达杭州；７点出发，９点半回到上海。杭州当天往返，就这么简单。谢谢Jim辛苦驾车，还有晓娣，薛盈，Johny来回陪伴。</p>关于战略https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060520_aec-2.htmSat, 20 May 2006 23:30:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060520_aec-2.htm<p>2006年2月12号，就是大概三个月以前，写了一篇关于战略的思考。现在看来，有些想法已经有更深入的思考。刚从杭州回来，路上和Jim聊起这篇文章。当时邮件发给几个朋友，得到很多深刻的想法的回馈。现在看看，还是对我有帮助。于是把老文章贴出来，供大家探讨，并不吝指正其中思考不够成熟的地方。</p>Hangzhou Round-Trip in One Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060520_hangzhou_round-trip_in_one_day.htmSat, 20 May 2006 22:49:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060520_hangzhou_round-trip_in_one_day.htm<p>Went to Hangzhou for Masup Camp China 2 on Saturday.</p> <p>Left Shanghai on 7 AM and arrived at 11 AM - traffic jam in Shanghai for half an hour, jam in Hangzhou for 40 minutes, and stuck on the highway for about one hour.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It hears wonderful~have a nice trip,jianshuo!<div class="comment-meta">— David.S · 2006-05-22 02:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Jian Shuo,<br><br>I&#x27;m trying to find out the bus scehdules from Pudong Airport to Hangzhou. Can you look at http://emacademy.cn/piers2005/arrivalguide.html and confirm whether there are buses going to Wulinmen Airline Ticketing Office and Huanglong Sports centre? Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— B Tan · 2006-10-02 22:46</div></div> <div class="comment">The two stations are not very far from each other (they can be covered by taxi), so don&#x27;t worry about that. At the ticket office, you can check the sales to confirm the destination. It seems they have buses to the both stations.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-10-05 23:53</div></div> </details>Getting U.S. Visa in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060519_getting_us_visa_in_china.htmFri, 19 May 2006 22:01:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060519_getting_us_visa_in_china.htm<blockquote> <p>This is part of a series article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060430_from_shanghai_to_us_a_handbook.htm">From Shanghai to US - A Handbook</a>. These articles are to help my friends (obviously in Shanghai) to plan their first time visit to U.S. To be concise, I only outline information that I think helpful for this group of people. So don&rsquo;t be surprised if it left some important information outside the scope.</p> </blockquote> <p>The most critical, and troublesome step to go to the States is the Visa application and interview process. Let me break it into short sentences.</p>It is Pouring! Pouring!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060519_it_is_pouring_pouring.htmFri, 19 May 2006 00:25:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060519_it_is_pouring_pouring.htm<p>May 18, 2006 - it is pouring outside. There is no way to call a taxi on road, to be exact, there are almost no cars on the street. Typhoon will hit Shanghai tonight. Whenever typhoon comes, I keep my finger across and hope my trees in garden will be fine&hellip;</p> <p><strong>Low Tech World</strong></p> <p>Tonight, I chatted with Yatao. He said: &ldquo;Before 1995, I don&rsquo;t have telephone, don&rsquo;t have email, and don&rsquo;t have mobile. How hard it was to visit a friend in another city! I even cannot imagine how we meet at train station.&rdquo;</p>On Humanityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060517_on_humanity.htmWed, 17 May 2006 23:53:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060517_on_humanity.htm<p>Chat with Fay today. I found Humanity is an inspirational word. When I am thinking about the business we are doing, we dig very hard into the details about what value we provide to users. At the end of every thread, I found out humanity is the final answer.</p> <p>Fay put it very well. She reminds me in the year of 1900, when motor and cars were invented, it brought mobility and freedom to life. No matter how hard and detailed the manufactures&rsquo; work are, at the end of day, it satisfied the humanity need - people can get from location A to location B at any time they choose.</p>Wayback to Wangjianshuo's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060517_wayback_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htmWed, 17 May 2006 19:09:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060517_wayback_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htm<p>Vince&rsquo;s email mentioning <a href="http://web.archive.org">Way Back Machine</a> reminds me to check out what Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog looks like three years ago. Here are some snapshots.</p> <p>2002</p> <p>2003</p> <p>2004</p> <p>2005</p> <p>4 pages</p> <p>15 pages</p> <p>35 pages</p> <p>23 pages</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020922054415/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Sep 22, 2002</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021016075435/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Oct 16, 2002</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021125155427/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Nov 25, 2002</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021201024024/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Dec 01, 2002</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030126095318/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Jan 26, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030209022749/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Feb 09, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030327185412/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Mar 27, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030405105512/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Apr 05, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030424120717/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Apr 24, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030522222213/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">May 22, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030622140414/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Jun 22, 2003</a> *</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030728051101/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Jul 28, 2003</a> *</p>The Tree in Waterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060517_the_tree_in_water.htmWed, 17 May 2006 00:42:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060517_the_tree_in_water.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/17/147612493_b725ca34eb.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Inspired by a this photo taken by <a href="http://www.xiaohuiwang.com.cn">Wang Xiaohui</a>:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/17/147626661_b95e81c3e3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image credit: <a href="http://www.xiaohuiwang.com.cn/sj/dialogue/dialogue-7.htm">Xiaohui Wang</a> in her book <em>Xiaohui Wang in Dialogue</em></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Interesting image~<div class="comment-meta">— David .S · 2006-05-17 02:06</div></div> <div class="comment">好意境！<div class="comment-meta">— seesunshine · 2006-05-17 02:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow! That&#x27;s a really spectacular perspective on something that many people probably passed right by without even noticing. Very lovely, Jian Shuo!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-05-17 10:42</div></div> <div class="comment">I appreciated Wang Xiao Hui very much. She organized a photo exhibition about love of flower the year before last year in Shanghai. She is a wise woman with determination, innovation and experience. Inspired by her and her photos.<div class="comment-meta">— grAce · 2006-05-17 23:20</div></div> </details>My HP Deskjet 3500 Series Printerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060515_my_hp_deskjet_3500_series_printer.htmMon, 15 May 2006 23:11:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060515_my_hp_deskjet_3500_series_printer.htm<p>Just got my HP Deskjet 3500 Series Printer out of my storage room.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/15/shanghai-hp.deskjet.3500.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>HP Deskjet 3500 Series Printer</p> <p>It still works - after staying in the room for about two years.</p> <p>It printed out a testing page - with a nice butterfly on the top. What a surprise when you get some colorful picture out of a two year old printer that I almost forgot.</p> <p>The printer came with my home PC <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040719_hp_pavilion_a610cl_my_new_home_pc.htm">HP Pavilion a610cl</a> that I bought almost two years ago. I never used it after I set it up and installed print cartridge. I have a lot of cool toys and never use them. After the new Kijiji product goes online with personal management feature, I will add all these toys to share them with my friends nearby&hellip; I don&rsquo;t expect to get money out of the m, just want to share some of my cool stuff to hose who work in the same building, live in the same area or my friends&hellip;</p>To be a Good Manhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060515_to_be_a_good_man.htmMon, 15 May 2006 22:42:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060515_to_be_a_good_man.htm<p>Once upon a time, we asked ourselves - are you going to be a good man or a bad man? All movies, and all novels are telling the story again and again about how important it is to be basically good, and how to be good. It seems to be a question that have absolute right answer. However, it is not that easy to answer sometimes.</p> <p>I met with a Singaporean today, who is really bad. He didn&rsquo;t follow the contract and didn&rsquo;t show sorry about that. To be honest, I feel very good about people in Singapore, and still respect. So I felt so shamed that the guy with name Chen comes from Singapore&hellip; I didn&rsquo;t get angry for years, but today, I am really angry. (What about the last time? When my car was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040915_goudaner_scratched_by_drunk_driver.htm">scratched by a drunk driver</a>)</p>How Xintiandi was Builthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060514_how_xintiandi_was_built.htmSun, 14 May 2006 23:08:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060514_how_xintiandi_was_built.htm<p>Xintiandi is a wonderful place to go at night. But before the nice-look buildings, bars, and restaurants were built, it looked like this. It is not that fancy, but it is the history of the city, where many people lived there for generations.</p> <p>I found out these pictures I took at the end of 2004. Let me show you the pictures of locations near Xintiandi. I believe another area of Xintiandi will raise from this land.</p>Google Picasahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060514_p1354.htmSun, 14 May 2006 17:36:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060514_p1354.htm<p>I have a lot of pictures on my hard disk, and more on my CDs. I admire Wang Xiaohui a lot - she used camera to create photography diary in the last 15 years. I am not the artist-type. So my photos are not that inspiring and artish. But I have do have a lot. Let me tell you how much I have after Picasa indexes all my pictures.</p>对贡献有激情，对回报有信心https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060513_ecieae.htmSat, 13 May 2006 18:14:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060513_ecieae.htm<p>一般的生意人，都在反复评估，自己的<strong>贡献</strong>和<strong>回报</strong>的关系。如果贡献大于回报，就说是吃亏了。贡献小于回报，就说占了便宜。</p> <p>而我看到的伟大的公司，或者成功的生意人，发现他们有一种惊人的相似之处，总结出来，就是：</p>What? I Wake up at 2 PM?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060513_what_i_wake_up_at_2_pm.htmSat, 13 May 2006 15:02:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060513_what_i_wake_up_at_2_pm.htm<p>What? I wake up at 2 PM today?</p> <p>It is a normal Saturday (the only difference is, Wendy is out to some place in Zhejiang for team building). I opened my eyes for the first time, and thought I should wake up and have my breakfast - &ldquo;It should be as late as 10 AM already.&rdquo; I thought.</p> <p>However, the big yellowish round clock on the left side of my bed shows 2:00 PM. The clock must be wrong. I checked the battery. It seems to be working.</p>Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060512_beijing_shanghai_and_guangzhou.htmFri, 12 May 2006 23:39:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060512_beijing_shanghai_and_guangzhou.htm<p>Look at this newly released Google Trends picture:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/12/screen-bj.sh.gz-trends.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Google Trends</p> <p>shanghai</p> <p>beijing</p> <p>guangzhou</p> <p>Shanghai is more searched in Beijing. I didn&rsquo;t expect result like this, but it is understandable.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo, I&#x27;m from Singapore, and will be visiting Shanghai end of May. I&#x27;m hoping to visit some other part of China from Shanghai, preferably by train. May I know where the train station is located? Also, I&#x27;ve read that recently there&#x27;ve been droughts in China; are there any places in China that should be avoided currently? Thanks a lot!<div class="comment-meta">— star · 2006-05-13 00:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Star, welcome to China. The train station is at the center of the city - connected by Metro, so it is very easy to access. I don&#x27;t know any place you should not go now. The droughts do not impact travel.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-05-13 00:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Maybe it has been not a news. I believe that Shanghai as a center of Economy and Business, It may attract more focus over the world. Beijing is not so popular as Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— David .S · 2006-05-13 02:32</div></div> <div class="comment">I look forward to reading your blog most days but over the past week I have received a V deck &quot;site unavailable&quot; screen &quot;.&quot; This website is currently unavailable. If you are the administrator of this website, please contact us at 1-888-511-4678 Option #4 as soon as possible.&quot;<br><br>I am in New Zealand but judging from the blog which I can once again access this morning there has been normal activity. What&#x27;s been going on do you think?<div class="comment-meta">— John · 2006-05-13 06:56</div></div> <div class="comment">The site always going wrong - I still didn&#x27;t find a perfect hosting company yet. The wangjianshuo.com domain is still hosted at ipowerweb.com, and http://home.wangjianshuo.com is hosted at Bluehost.com. They have identical content. If you cannot access one location, try another.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-05-13 14:29</div></div> <div class="comment">Guangzhou is really not popular, maybe due of the bad reputation, and also too closed to Shenzhen and HK. Many people still call the city &quot;Canton&quot;, and it only becomes popular during the famous &quot;canton fair&quot;.<br><br>And the worst, many people still don&#x27;t know that Canton is...Guangzhou.<br><br>Mike (living in GZ ;) )<div class="comment-meta">— mike · 2006-05-15 18:20</div></div> <div class="comment">This is Delia zhang, an experienced native Mandarin Chinese teacher to foreigners. like to be your Mandarin teacher and your friend in Shanghai.<br><br>Class 1: &gt; Pinyin and basic conversation for begainers<br><br>18:30pm-20:30pm (Tuesday/Thursday)<br><br>0ne teacher to two or three students 48yuan/hour/person<br><br>Class 5： &gt; The course includes over 3,000 commonly uesd sentences, which will enable him to survive in his daily business communications<br><br>18:30am-20:30am (Wednesday) 18:30pm-20:30pm (Sunday)<br><br>0ne teacher to two or three students 68yuan/hour/person<br><br>Class 6: One to one class 88yuan/hour<br><br>Delia zhang<br><br>Mobile: 0086-13661649396 (shanghai)<br><br>Email: vastchina@126.com<br><br>MSN: zhynet7777@sina.com.cn<br><br>web: www.vastitude-china.com<br><br>Address: Room 2105, 22floor, No.973 Yan&#x27;an Road West, Shanghai Zip: 200050<div class="comment-meta">— Delia · 2006-06-23 17:15</div></div> <div class="comment">I am planing to visit shanghai for few days, I seek information- How to go to guangzhou by train? the time &amp; fare, roughly.<br><br>I living in Srilanka.<br><br>upul_gunaratne@hotmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— upul · 2006-11-11 15:11</div></div> </details>Stop, NO, Forbidden...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060512_p1351.htmFri, 12 May 2006 23:26:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060512_p1351.htm<p>U.S. is a country famous of freedom. I didn&rsquo;t really understand how freedom really works in the States. &ldquo;Does singing loud at my apartment at deep night means freedom?&rdquo; &ldquo;How to handle the conflict between someone&rsquo;s freedom, and other&rsquo;s freedom?&rdquo;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/12/sanjose-stop.sign.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Stop Signs in the States</p>Rainy Friday Night, 2006https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060512_rainy_friday_night_2006.htmFri, 12 May 2006 20:02:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060512_rainy_friday_night_2006.htm<p>Friday night, it rains in Shanghai again. Wendy went to off-site in a remote place in Zhejiang. Their bus should left Xujiahui soon. I bet she will be back on Sunday night.</p> <p>Just left my office and go to the Raffles City to look for some food - whenever I look for food, I think I am not too much difference with a dog. Hungry? So start wandering on street and hope to get something interesting to eat. Well. Delicious is not the term I use as my object. Nothing is delicious after you have eaten it twenty times.</p>杭州5月20日 Mashup Camp 捣浆糊 2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060512_520_mashup_camp_c_2.htmFri, 12 May 2006 10:15:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060512_520_mashup_camp_c_2.htm<p>庞小伟发出的杭州Mashup Camp 2通告：</p> <blockquote> <p>一、名称 Mashup2 in Hangzhou 上届介绍： Mashup1 文字：<a href="http://www.uuzone.com/blog/mao/86848.htm">http://www.uuzone.com/blog/mao/86848.htm</a> Mashup1 图片：<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mashupcampchina/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mashupcampchina/</a></p> <p>二、日期 2006年5月20日 周六 上午10点至下午3点 3点以后你可以继续进行</p>Keep Doing, and Its Meaninghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060511_keep_doing_and_its_meaning.htmThu, 11 May 2006 22:56:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060511_keep_doing_and_its_meaning.htm<p>I believe <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050129_keep_doing_and_doing_and_doing.htm">keep doing, doing and doing</a> for some meaningful thing is important. I don&rsquo;t think anyone would argue about this. However, what is meaningful will bring a lot of argument.</p> <p><strong>Why You Blog?</strong></p> <p>In a Kijiji event in Shanghai University tonight, students asked why I kept blogging for more than three years. &ldquo;What makes you keep doing that?&rdquo;</p> <p>I think it is a great question to ask me, or ask anyone who kept doing.</p>Hotmail Blocked in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060510_hotmail_blocked_in_china.htmWed, 10 May 2006 22:05:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060510_hotmail_blocked_in_china.htm<p>It is brought to my attention that Hotmail is presently blocked in China. I can access it everyday (I don&rsquo;t know why, but it just works for me.), but I saw a lot of complains on my old post: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040205_does_hotmail_work_in_china.htm">Does Hotmail Work in China?</a>. There are 52 comments so far. Why? Because it is the first result for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-17,GGLR:en&amp;q=hotmail+china">Hotmail China</a> in both MSN Search and Google search.</p> <p>Well. It seems I need to do a little bit homework to find ways to help people out. Here is my analysis.</p>It is not Impossible, But Difficulthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060508_it_is_not_impossible_but_difficult.htmMon, 08 May 2006 23:30:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060508_it_is_not_impossible_but_difficult.htm<p>I enjoyed chatting with George from New York the other day in my garden. We discussed about doing business in China.</p> <p>George said, when he consulted his friends about anything in China, he often got the answer: &ldquo;It is not impossible, but difficult&rdquo;.</p> <p>&ldquo;It is really frustrating to me&rdquo;, George said, &ldquo;basically they didn&rsquo;t answer my question at all.&rdquo; George added, &ldquo;What on earth does it mean by <em>Not impossible</em> but <em>Difficult</em>?&rdquo;</p>Traffic in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060507_traffic_in_shanghai.htmSun, 07 May 2006 18:03:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060507_traffic_in_shanghai.htm<p>Today, the last day of my May holiday, I received an email from a friend asking me about my opinion on traffic in Shanghai. He is very smart and sensitive to small details. He shared a lot of great observation he had in Shanghai. To answer the emails, let me post my thinking in a blog.</p> <p><strong>Traffic Rules</strong></p> <p>Many foreigners observed the traffic rules do not work as it would in Shanghai. It is true.</p>Exhibition in a Boxhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060506_exhibition_in_a_box.htmSat, 06 May 2006 23:18:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060506_exhibition_in_a_box.htm<p>In May holiday, I gave myself enough time to clean my home. The photos and frames from the exhibition of last year occupied much spaces. Finally, I put them all into two big DELL boxes, like this:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/06/141400358_f74f198583.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/05/06/141400080_38b426b34d.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Broadband is really narrow band</strong></p> <p>In my home, the FTTB+LAN broad band continue to be worse. 50% or more package got lost when I ping many sites, including my blog and Yahoo!. It is slower than my CDMA now.</p>怕得鱼惊不应人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060505_eaeae-2.htmFri, 05 May 2006 23:01:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060505_eaeae-2.htm<p>从<a href="http://yanfeng.org/blog/795/">桑林志</a>看到一首改编过唐诗。很喜欢。这里是胡令能的原诗：</p> <blockquote> <p>蓬头稚子学垂纶， 侧坐莓苔草映身。 路人借问遥招手， 怕得鱼惊不应人。</p> </blockquote> <p>尤其喜欢最后两句．</p> <p>当自己的心静得像垂纶的稚子一样，把借问的路人都置之度外，一心一意的关心起自己的鱼不被打扰，真是难得境界。</p>n x 资源 ＋ 时间 = 快乐https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060505_n_x_e_ie_e_ae.htmFri, 05 May 2006 15:52:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060505_n_x_e_ie_e_ae.htm<p>五月三日在家里干了一天活儿。</p> <p>除了院子里半人高的杂草，把阳台上三个巨大的戴尔箱子变魔术一样的腾空，又把所有的玻璃擦干净。觉得特快乐。以前买的东西也就这样神奇得跑了出来。</p>Renting a Car in U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060505_renting_a_car_in_us.htmFri, 05 May 2006 15:11:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060505_renting_a_car_in_us.htm<blockquote> <p>This is part of a series article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060430_from_shanghai_to_us_a_handbook.htm">From Shanghai to US - A Handbook</a>. These articles are to help my friends (obviously in Shanghai) to plan their first time visit to U.S. To be concise, I only outline information that I think helpful for this group of people. So don&rsquo;t be surprised if it left some important information outside the scope.</p> </blockquote> <p>I will cover about grand transportation about people from China arrives in U.S. later, but this time, I will talk about renting a car in U.S. with Chinese Driver&rsquo;s License.</p>Flight From Shanghai to U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060504_flight_from_shanghai_to_us.htmThu, 04 May 2006 13:56:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060504_flight_from_shanghai_to_us.htm<blockquote> <p>This is part of a series article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060430_from_shanghai_to_us_a_handbook.htm">From Shanghai to US - A Handbook</a>. These articles are to help my friends (obviously in Shanghai) to plan their first time visit to U.S. To be concise, I only outline information that I think helpful for this group of people. So don&rsquo;t be surprised if it left some important information outside the scope.</p> </blockquote> <p>To go to U.S. from Shanghai, there are not too much choices of flight. If you visit San Francisco, there is actually only one flight: <strong>UA858</strong> (<a href="http://dps1.travelocity.com/dparflifo.ctl?aln_name=UA&amp;flt_num=858">status</a>) you may take. Most U.S. company including Microsoft and eBay choose this flight. Here is the schedule:</p>My Boat Sunk in Dishui Lakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060503_my_boat_sunk_in_dishui_lake.htmWed, 03 May 2006 12:54:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060503_my_boat_sunk_in_dishui_lake.htm<p>I bought a boat two months ago. I sailed the remote control boat in all the lakes in my residential areas - the big one in the south, the smaller on in the east and the long one in the west. I even sailed the boat in the Century Park. So I happily brought my boat and batteries to the Dishu Lake 滴水湖 near the Dong Hai Bridge. Unfortunately, it sunk into the middle of the lake. Thanks Linda to take the whole process.</p>公园长凳上的梅纳德https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060502_eaecc-2.htmTue, 02 May 2006 23:48:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060502_eaecc-2.htm<p>和有智慧的人一起工作，比拥有很多的钱而在家呆着更有意思。他们可以教会你东西的，能够给你启发，尤其是能够改变你在工作之外，对于生活的态度。我很庆幸在30岁以前就认识很多这样的人。</p>Exciting Donghai Bridge and New Habor Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060502_exciting_donghai_bridge_and_new_habor_city.htmTue, 02 May 2006 23:12:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060502_exciting_donghai_bridge_and_new_habor_city.htm<p>What is my favorite suburb place to go in Shanghai (with the context that I have a car)? It changes along with time. Here are some places on my previous favorite list:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Sheshan 佘山, the only mountains in Shanghai. Don&rsquo;t laugh if you know it is only 99 meters high - 1/2 of the building I work everyday, and 1/4 of the tallest building in this city. They just built a wonderful lake nearby.</p>Cheap Budget Hotel in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060501_cheap_budget_hotel_in_shanghai.htmMon, 01 May 2006 23:33:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060501_cheap_budget_hotel_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/24/screen-wangjianshuos.pick-logo.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I know many people will like this post. It is about cheap hotels in Shanghai. I talked about fancy <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030815_shanghai_hotel_guide.htm">5-star hotels</a> before, but of cause, people who stay there may not bother to check out articles on this website.</p> <p>As I said, I haven&rsquo;t stay in any hotel in Shanghai, so I don&rsquo;t have hand-on experience. Today, I found a good page B14 of April 26, 2006 on Shanghai Times 申江服务导报 on cheap hotels in Shanghai. Let me quote some data there.</p>From Shanghai to US - A Handbookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060430_from_shanghai_to_us_-_a_handbook.htmSun, 30 Apr 2006 23:36:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060430_from_shanghai_to_us_-_a_handbook.htm<p>I am writing this short guide to friends who are going to U.S. for the first time. What I did in the last few years is a little bit different. I used to introduce Shanghai to first time visitors from foreign countries. To be honest, most of the articles answer questions I received from email, from my foriegn friends. For other topics, I just imagine what people may encounter, since I don&rsquo;t have first hand experience about how the life of a foreigner looks like. What a pitty. For example, I totally have no idea about hotel information since I never stayed in any hotel in Shanghai.</p>Glass Doors Installed in Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060429_glass_doors_installed_in_metro.htmSat, 29 Apr 2006 23:21:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060429_glass_doors_installed_in_metro.htm<p>Shanghai metro keeps improving itself. Recently, automatically glass doors are installed at Xujiahui Metro Station. Here is the latest report by Jian Shuo, from Shanghai. (The typical tone of a journalist, right?)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/29/136938043_556e486b75.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/29/136937732_86aad04261.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/29/136938376_a32170e033.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The door in Xujiahui is completely put into production. It opens a little bit before the train doors open, and closes, when the doors of train carts are completely closed. This may cause the train to stop a little bit longer than before.</p>Train Tickets in Shanghai Railway Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060428_train_tickets_in_shanghai_railway_station.htmFri, 28 Apr 2006 23:31:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060428_train_tickets_in_shanghai_railway_station.htm<p>I received email, asking me how to buy train tickets in Shanghai. It is not too complicated. I mean at normal time. During three long vacations, it will be tough to get a ticket. Three holidays are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>May Holiday, from May 1 to May 7</p> </li> <li> <p>October Holiday, Oct 1 to Oct 7</p> </li> <li> <p>Spring Festival, from the first day to the 7th day of the lunar new year.</p> </li> </ul> <p>To get a ticket during those periods is another story.</p>Campus Tour of Shanghai Jiao Tong Universityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060427_campus_tour_of_shanghai_jiao_tong_university.htmThu, 27 Apr 2006 23:31:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060427_campus_tour_of_shanghai_jiao_tong_university.htm<p>I visited SJTU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) today for the Inspiration Forum. I often ignore it, but whenever I am back, I found the deep attachment between me and the 110-year old university. I know many visitors to Shanghai like to have a campus tour of the top local university. So let me be your guide.</p> <p><strong>Xuhui Campus</strong></p> <p>There are many campuses in SJTU. Xuhui 徐汇 Campus and Minhang 闵行 Campus are the two more important.</p>《励志讲坛》回来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060427_aea.htmThu, 27 Apr 2006 23:20:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060427_aea.htm<p>刚刚从交大的第二十期《<a href="http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn/bbsdoc?board=Inspiration">励志讲坛</a>》回来，经过灯火璀璨的徐浦大桥，到家里，已经10点多了。我很喜欢这次讲坛的气氛。一个周四的晚上，在咖啡桌边，和同学聊一聊少许感悟，很幸福。姑且自称为“好为人师”吧。</p> <p>深深感谢为这次讲坛工作的同学和老师。比如一次一次联络和确认的主持人王弈。他主持的很棒，稳重而老练。还有<a href="http://fengzhebin.blogerhome.com/">彬彬</a>。老实说，在讲坛上第一次看到彬彬做的纪录片里的31幢402寝室门口，还有从阳台上看下去篮球场的时候，恍然就觉得自己又回到了过去，竟一时不知道说什么好。这份礼物很珍贵。彬彬的钢琴弹得不错，配乐时间恰到好处。还有敬业的苏老师，以及那个装扮成咖啡厅服务员的同学等等。。。看得出来，大家是费了心思的。这就是交大的实干精神。</p> <p>咖啡很好喝，后悔还剩了小半杯，没有喝完。:-)</p>Xiamen - Tiny Beautiful Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060426_xiamen_-_tiny_beautiful_city.htmWed, 26 Apr 2006 23:46:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060426_xiamen_-_tiny_beautiful_city.htm<p>If you visit Shanghai, you may want to visit nearby city like Hangzhou 杭州. If you have more budget, you won&rsquo;t want to miss Beijing 北京. Shanghai does not present China. Beijing does. If you want to relax, and really enjoy sea, Sanya 三亚 is the city to go. If you want combined experience of both seashore, and city life, Dalian 大连, Qingdao 青岛 and Xiamen 厦门 are good choices.</p>Welcome to Wangjianshuo's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060422_welcome_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htmSat, 22 Apr 2006 22:31:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060422_welcome_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/05/08/sanjose-jianshuo-standard.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Hi all, welcome to Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog. I am Wang Jian Shuo. I live in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/shanghai.htm">Shanghai</a>. I want to be visitor&rsquo;s personal guide to this amazing city.</p> <p>I try to help people to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/livinginshanghai.htm">live better in Shanghai</a>. You can get information about finding a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/jobopening.htm">job</a>, making <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/phonecall.htm">phone calls</a>, getting <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/internetaccess.htm">Internet Access</a>, using <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/creditcard.htm">credit card</a> , taking <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/taxi.htm">taxis</a>. I will show you places to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/placestoeat.htm">eat</a>, to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/placestosee.htm">see</a>, to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/placestoshop.htm">shop</a>, or to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/realestate.htm">buy</a> :-).</p> <p>For visitors, I write about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/pudongairport.htm">Pudong Airport</a>, how to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/pvgto.htm">transit to other places</a>, via <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/maglev.htm">Maglev</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/shanghaimetro.htm">metro</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/bus.htm">buses</a>, or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/travelbytrain.htm">train</a>.</p>CTRIP + CMB = Best eCommerce Experiencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060421_ctrip_cmb_best_ecommerce_experience.htmFri, 21 Apr 2006 23:43:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060421_ctrip_cmb_best_ecommerce_experience.htm<p>It has been at least 4 years since I first used online payment in Shanghai. There were always dissatisfactions and &ldquo;exceptions&rdquo; either in the system, or credit card payment, or delivery.</p> <p>Today, my experience to book a ticket on CTRIP, Pay with China Merchant Bank credit card, and claim e-ticket from China Eastern Airlines were perfect. I vote it as the best ecommerce experience I have ever had so far.</p>Visited Yangshan Deep Water Porthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060420_visited_yangshan_deep_water_port.htmThu, 20 Apr 2006 23:48:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060420_visited_yangshan_deep_water_port.htm<p>Yangshan = 洋山</p> <p>This is the satellite image of the island Shengsi 嵊泗 we went to.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/20/131916981_b67d68e176.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image credit: Google Map</p> <p>Before I talk more about my trip in Shengsi, the island in the East Sea, let me talk more about the Yangshan Deep Water Port.</p> <p><strong>The Yangshan Island</strong></p> <p>In the East Sea, about 30 KM away from land of Shanghai, there are two big islands. One is called Little Yangshan Island, and the other is called Big Yangshan Island. You can see the islands in this <a href="http://local.google.com/local?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=shanghai&amp;ll=30.631413,122.037163&amp;spn=0.122893,0.346069&amp;t=k&amp;om=1">satellite picture</a>.</p>为什么喜欢启迪这个词https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060420_aeaeaeeeaee.htmThu, 20 Apr 2006 00:27:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060420_aeaeaeeeaee.htm<p>我写过，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060405_caeaee_e.htm">我最喜欢的一个词 - 启迪</a>，却没时间讲一讲为什么喜欢。我喜欢它，当然不仅仅因为它的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060405_caeaee_e.htm#1101">发音</a>。这里有几个关于启迪的例子。</p> <p><strong>个人摄影展</strong></p> <p>我是个土人，典型的理工科思维。偶尔拍些照片，却从不觉得“艺术”和自己有丝毫联系。</p>Shengsi Island Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060419_shengsi_island_pictures.htmWed, 19 Apr 2006 23:25:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060419_shengsi_island_pictures.htm<p>Here are Shengsi Island Pictures on flickr.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/tags/shengsi/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/tags/shengsi/</a></p> <p>Here are some hightlights:</p> <p>Volleyball on the Beach</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/19/136425387_c392fdd9c4.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Lunch in village.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/19/136422095_2d33db6cef.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Kijiji logo on sand</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/19/136419025_39eb4c7e54.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Sea</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/19/136416659_7cf8180d3f.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Near the sea:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/19/136415917_407985d3cc.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Road on island:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/19/136415544_0004300bea.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>P.S. This post was posted on April 28. Changed date to make up the absence of entry after the trip.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Is there a car ferry to Shengsi Islands?<div class="comment-meta">— Alvin · 2011-09-16 15:25</div></div> </details>洋算命https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060419_c-2.htmWed, 19 Apr 2006 12:59:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060419_c-2.htm<p>昨天<a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a>培训回来，就高兴得告诉我，我是只海豚。搞得我一头雾水。</p> <p>今天Henry在MSN上送过话来，“据说你是ENFP”。眼疾手快，Google一把，就知道<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGGL,GGGL:2005-09,GGGL:en&amp;q=enfp">ENFP</a>跟昨天他们一起参加的培训有关。</p> <p>我问：“这是什么东东？”</p> <p>Henry答道：“洋算命”。</p>Back from Shengsihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060418_back_from_shengsi.htmTue, 18 Apr 2006 23:17:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060418_back_from_shengsi.htm<p>Back from Shengsi Island. The island is about 1 hour fast boat to the Little Yangshan Harbor. For the first time, I go through the East Sea Birdget - a bridge of 30 KM long. It is not common to get onto a bridget extending deep into the sea, and cost about 30 minutes to get to the other end. The project is even more amazing than the beautiful scene at Shengsi.</p>OOB in the Next Two Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060416_oob_in_the_next_two_days.htmSun, 16 Apr 2006 11:32:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060416_oob_in_the_next_two_days.htm<p>I will be OOB (Out Of Blogging) in the next two days. We will be at an island near Shanghai for meeting.</p> <p>The sunlight today is so beautiful!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Yes, the sun was great !!!<br><br>After brushing and washing away the coal-and-concrete airborne dust on the terrace floor, I was reading a good book, wearing shorts and bare feet, until the sun hit the pollution layer at 4:25PM. Then it stopped to send out any more heat, and the temperature dropped 4 degrees in 10 minutes.<br><br>The sun is supposed to set at official time 6:23PM.<br><br>?? Who have ever seen the sun set in the real HORIZON of Shanghai ??<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2006-04-16 22:12</div></div> <div class="comment">It is always great to feel the sun on your face wherever you are in the world.<br><br>Especially when riding your bike or relaxing after a ride.<br><br>I have friends involved in the Chongming Cycling Tour 15th -19th April.<br><br>I have been searching in vain for results via the internet. Web sites for newspapers such as Shanghai Daily have only International sporting results.<br><br>Maybe you have been to Chongming Island the last 2 days to see the race.<br><br>Can you send me daily race results or a local sports online results service?<div class="comment-meta">— Tom · 2006-04-17 23:10</div></div> <div class="comment">G&#x27;Day Jianshuo,<br><br>I should have introduced myself yesterday.<br><br>I live in Melbourne, Australia, the home town of the Drapac Porsche Cycling Team which is currently competing in Chongming Cycling Tour.<br><br>In my efforts to get some news / results regarding the cycling race I came across your fabulous blog. I find we have a number of common interests &amp; I&#x27;ll continue, I hope, to visit your site.<br><br>Your photos of your cycling trip to Chongming Island have given me a great tour &amp; appreciation of where the team is racing, the types of roads etc. Prior to that the best view I had was via Earth Google &amp; an article regarding the development at Dongtan. It was interesting to read your comments in your Chongming Hotel posting a few years back when you said that nobody ever goes there. Now with the tunnel to be constructed, Dongtan, re-settlement of people from Three Gorges Dam area &amp; World Fair in 2010 I guess there will be many more visitors than you imagined back in 2003.<br><br>I have received some information via email regarding the race (team is doing very well) but it has been good to make contact with your blog.<br><br>Hoo Roo,<br><br>Tom<div class="comment-meta">— Tom · 2006-04-18 22:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Tom, nice to hear from you, and welcome the cycling team to Chongming from your home city. I didn&#x27;t hear any news about the race so far. I even didn&#x27;t know there is a race there before you posted. The road on the island is perfect for road racing - not many cars on the island. Hope you can get back to this site frequently.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-04-18 23:15</div></div> </details>Run, Linda, Jack Visited My Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060415_run_linda_jack_visited_my_home.htmSat, 15 Apr 2006 23:18:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060415_run_linda_jack_visited_my_home.htm<p><a href="http://http://blog.run2me.com/runliu">Run</a>, <a href="http://blog.run2me.com/fish">Linda</a> and Jack visited my home (to be more exact, my garden) this afternoon. Happy about that. The Sun of spring shines perfectly and we were happy to eat banana (my favorite), and apple (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">Wendy</a>&rsquo;s favorite) under my big umbrella.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/15/128918300_c9b2bdfb58.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I took every minute in the middle to complete my reading of Yuhua&rsquo;s new book: Brothers.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/15/128918254_b4a1a5d9e2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Then we went to the Centuary Park. It starts to become crowded in Spring. There are people everywhere. So we jumped onto a boat.</p>Democracy in Residential Areahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060414_democracy_in_residential_area.htmFri, 14 Apr 2006 00:59:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060414_democracy_in_residential_area.htm<p>Democracy is a sensitive word. You can not search it in Google, and you can not include it in your blog in MSN Space. However, recently, the residential area is experiencing the democratic election of the member of the Residential Area Property Owners&rsquo; Committee.</p> <p><strong>Banner: Appreciate the Democracy Right!</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/14/128915393_796e73016d.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The whole banner reads:</p> <p>Appreciate the Democracy Right! Actively participate in the selection of Residential Area Property Owners&rsquo; Committee Member!</p>客齐集播客节目https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060413_eeec.htmThu, 13 Apr 2006 15:22:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060413_eeec.htm<p>刘尧策划，由我们两个主播：<a href="http://www.blogcn.com/user18/swinging/index.html">Swing</a>和上海都市792的建平。 精心制作的客齐集播客节目正在火热进行中。让我也来帮忙做一做广告。这个是客齐集播客节目本周预报。</p> <blockquote> <p>本周客齐集播客节目内容：</p>Rain Breaks Planhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060412_rain_breaks_plan.htmWed, 12 Apr 2006 21:44:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060412_rain_breaks_plan.htm<p>Originally, I wanted to go to Shengsi, the island near Shanghai for a meeting, but the recent storm broke my plan completely. I miss the sunshine yesterday, and today, it is another world - rainy, and windy. Everyone has an umbrella in hand. People told me, recently, Shanghai looks like London.</p> <p>At the elevator of Raffles City, I met two interesting people. I was told they are the top power sellers on eBay in the world. That means, they sell more than anyone on eBay. I was surprised they were LA based Chinese, and they speak very good mandarin (I don&rsquo;t want to reveal the name before getting permission though).</p>交大小胖蛋饼网https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060411_aeeeec.htmTue, 11 Apr 2006 21:30:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060411_aeeeec.htm<p>在<a href="http://spaces.msn.com/dingyi">韩定一</a>的<a href="http://spaces.msn.com/dingyi/Blog/cns!CAD312C4612FB58F!788.entry">一篇文章</a>看到这个叫做<a href="http://danbing.hiahia.net/">小胖蛋饼网</a>的网站。看得我乐了一阵又一阵。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/04/11/126928601_2884e65e94.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>屏幕拷贝来自<a href="http://danbing.hiahia.net/">小胖蛋饼网</a></p> <p>你看：</p> <ul> <li> <p>慎重点击,一旦购买,概不反悔</p> </li> <li> <p>【请网友自觉尊重我们的劳动,鄙视欺骗性订购!】</p> </li> <li> <p>4.5,南区正式开始营业夜宵档!4.7东1区开始中午盖浇饭!</p>DMOZ Revisited After 3 Yearshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060411_dmoz_revisited_after_3_years.htmTue, 11 Apr 2006 01:46:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060411_dmoz_revisited_after_3_years.htm<p>I was not happy: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020914_odp_not_as_good_as_zealcom.htm">ODP - Not As Good as Zeal.com</a>. (ODP ~= DMOZ). I was happy: <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031107_wendy_became_pmp_and_this_site_listed_in_dmoz.htm">This Site Listed in DMOZ</a>.</p> <p>Today, I saw a frequent commentor on my Chinese blog, Xiaoma, is a DMOZ editor for <a href="http://www.google.com/Top/World/Chinese_Simplified/%E8%AE%A1%E7%AE%97%E6%9C%BA/%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C/%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E8%B5%84%E6%BA%90/%E5%8D%9A%E5%AE%A2/%E4%B8%AA%E4%BA%BA/?il=1">blog category</a> (Chinese). It is nice. He is the first DMOZ editor I know.</p> <p>In the last month, rumor said &ldquo;ZEAL.com is to be closed&rdquo;. Today, rumor <a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/33761.htm">Google Is Banning Sites That Use Open Directory (DMOZ) Data</a>.</p>Coffee, Chat and Metro Transitionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060410_coffee_chat_and_metro_transition.htmMon, 10 Apr 2006 22:44:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060410_coffee_chat_and_metro_transition.htm<p>It is nice to meet Haichao again, after we briefly met half year ago. The Starbucks at Xujiahui is more crowded, and noisy. My reading before he arrives was frequently interrupted by some words or sentences from far away seats.</p> <p>After many times, I still cannot distinguish <a href="http://drink.allrecipes.com/az/MchCff.asp">Mocha</a> and <a href="http://www.healthdiscovery.net/recipes/beverages/coffee_latte.htm">Coffee Latte</a>. I know they are different, but cannot match the name and their tastes. So every time I order, I just randomly pick one name from the two. It is the same today. Anyone has ideas about what is the difference?</p>Empiror.com Questionaireshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060410_p1323.htmMon, 10 Apr 2006 15:36:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060410_p1323.htm<ol> <li>Tell us about you and your profession. Where do you live? What do you do?</li> </ol> <p>This is Jian Shuo Wang. I am currently the head of Kijiji, an eBay fully-owned company on classified in China. I was with Microsoft for 6 years before. I am more willing to be addressed as a blogger. I have a blog at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a>. It receives 2 million page views every single month. I kept writting one article every day (no more, and no less than one article) in the last 3 and half years. So I have more than 1200 entries in my blog already. Ｉstarted blog in Sept, 2002, when not many people blog. I live in my apartment (with a nice garden) in Pudong.</p>World Financial Center - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060409_world_financial_center_-_part_ii.htmSun, 09 Apr 2006 23:27:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060409_world_financial_center_-_part_ii.htm<p>Last Friday, I had important meeting at the Grant Hyatt in the Jin Mao Tower. I was told of the meeting in the morning, and directly rushed to the tower. (I was actually sent an email 22:00 PM or later the previous day, while I was at 5G Review).</p> <p>I found it is long before my last time taking random pictures while I move in the city. Maybe <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060406_what_to_write_today.htm#0415">Dan Li</a> is right. I suffer from burnout a little bit, so I don&rsquo;t have time to pay attention to the details of life. The May holiday is not far. So&hellip; I believe I can have a good rest in that 7 days.</p>交大110年校庆https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060409_ae110.htmSun, 09 Apr 2006 00:25:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060409_ae110.htm<p>今天参加<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060408_110_anniversary_for_sjtu.htm">交大校庆</a>。记忆中四年的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050609_aececc.htm">细节都丢失</a>了以后，剩下的是那种亲情一样的淡淡的却温暖的感情。</p> <p>就像我们无法感知身边的伟人一样，我们无法感觉身在其中的名校。只有回过头，才发现，原来，当时无趣的生活就是“传说中”的大学时光，校友自传中的非同寻常的回忆，其实就在那时平淡和安静的生活中。</p>110 Anniversary for SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060408_110_anniversary_for_sjtu.htmSat, 08 Apr 2006 23:51:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060408_110_anniversary_for_sjtu.htm<p>SJTU = Shanghai Jiao Tong University.</p> <p>Today, April 8, 2006, is the 110th anniversary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), where I spent my 4 years between 1995 to 1999. It is the first modern university in China, and is the oldest one.</p> <p>Here are some pictures I took during the event.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136631_cdc63bc425_s.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136671_737fa14e0b_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136745_09749a90a6_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136799_89a4a34476_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136839_677b0d243c_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136876_61add179c1_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136907_c90a418c3e_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125136957_4ecfa51c69_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/08/125137005_2011c1984f_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>看画https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060408_cc-3.htmSat, 08 Apr 2006 00:05:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060408_cc-3.htm<p>自从读了几页书以后，竟然装模做样的开始喜欢起看画，看那种美术馆里面的画。</p> <p>最近，做了个试验。就是试着盯着一幅画看很久很久，脑子里为它起一个名字，然后去看标牌上的名字和我想得是不是一样。结果，居然发现，猜测的和实际几乎经常一模一样。让我好不得意。</p>Tulip Blooms in my Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060407_tulip_blooms_in_my_garden.htmFri, 07 Apr 2006 23:47:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060407_tulip_blooms_in_my_garden.htm<p>Hey. Look at my tulip!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/07/124691718_5d4d9a824c.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Picture taken by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">Wendy</a></p> <p>It <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051109_tulip_sleeps_in_my_garden.htm">sleeps</a> for several months;</p> <p>It <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060212_tulip_wakes_up_in_my_garden.htm">wakes</a> for several weeks;</p> <p>and now it blooms in my garden!</p> <p>Along with my tulips, other flowers and trees also welcome the arrival of Spring.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/07/124692398_f31a7f7fc8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Picture taken by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">Wendy</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/07/124692271_6a5640c9ca.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Picture taken by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">Wendy</a></p> <p>P.S. My cats? They are still doing well in my garden, but since I often forget to feed them, especially after long business trip, they left the garden to find food some where else. So currently, our relation is just like visitors and a bar. They visit the garden for fun, and sometimes sit outside the window of my reading room, staring curiously at me. They seem don&rsquo;t understand how computer and Internet work yet.</p>Look at my Drawinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060407_look_at_my_drawing.htmFri, 07 Apr 2006 21:23:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060407_look_at_my_drawing.htm<p>In the <a href="http://home.donews.com/donews/article/9/94098.html">5G Review Shanghai meeting</a> yesterday night, I spent 1 hour drawing two pictures. I didn&rsquo;t learn drawing before, so they are the first few &ldquo;real&rdquo; drawing I created. Check if it is good.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/07/124650998_0ded61f1e6.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Original object</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/07/124651040_0c6030fea7.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Hand drawn by Jian Shuo Wang. April 06, 2006</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/07/124651071_7abb28f2f3.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Hand drawn by Jian Shuo Wang. April 06, 2006</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t take me wrong. I found drawing can help me concentrate to the topic - just like staring at scene outside the train window helps deep thinking; listening music can inspire one&rsquo;s mind, drawing in meeting can help fill in the consciousness with something, so to cultivate deeper think.</p>What to Write Today?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060406_what_to_write_today.htmThu, 06 Apr 2006 00:15:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060406_what_to_write_today.htm<p>What to write today?</p> <p>Suddenly found there is no topic to write today. It happens frequently before, but this is the first time I write about it. :-D</p> <p>So, what should I write today?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">12 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Did you figure out how to use your PS2?<div class="comment-meta">— Kelly · 2006-04-06 00:27</div></div> <div class="comment">jianshuo, out of wit? how about show us the pictures of tulip in your garden! it is time for blooming.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2006-04-06 01:19</div></div> <div class="comment">:)<br><br>I visited your blog frequently, i don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s make sense to write 4 writing,<br><br>i rather to see more interesting and valuable post!<div class="comment-meta">— Jan.P.H stan · 2006-04-06 02:47</div></div> <div class="comment">I agree with Jan.P.H stan. Some of your posts are really meaningless and I guess just post some words there in order to pursue &#x27;update daily&#x27;.<br><br>Really, I rather prefer some more meaningful posts.<div class="comment-meta">— Richard Hong · 2006-04-06 03:28</div></div> <div class="comment">and how are the cats?<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2006-04-06 04:08</div></div> <div class="comment">JS, Did you saw your neighbors this morning on your way to work?<br><br>Do you guys&#x27; greet each another when you run into them?<br><br>... ...<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2006-04-06 05:33</div></div> <div class="comment">How about &quot;Is air pollution improving in Shanghai?&quot; Hong Kong&#x27;s air pollution is getting worse every year. I now think it&#x27;s actually worse than Shanghai&#x27;s.<br><br>So I am just wondering how you find the air quality in Shanghai, getting better or worse?<div class="comment-meta">— PC · 2006-04-06 15:29</div></div> <div class="comment">Suffer burnout? Why not give yourself a break?<div class="comment-meta">— Dan Li · 2006-04-06 16:15</div></div> <div class="comment">If you have no topic, leave it to let day go.<div class="comment-meta">— grAce · 2006-04-06 22:44</div></div> <div class="comment">You need a &#x27;backup&#x27; topic that you can always resort to when you don&#x27;t know wha t to write abot, for example:<br><br>+ ear cleaning<br><br>+ dreams<br><br>+ strange food stuff<br><br>+ literature<br><br>You do a great job, keep on truckin&#x27;<br><br>Uli<div class="comment-meta">— Uli Kaiser · 2006-04-07 00:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Funny how certain topics get picked up by all the bloggers while others get virtually ignored. Many have talked about the taxi driver who talked about the economics of the taxi driving business, or about the rolling stones, or about political struggles of the rural peoples. So what about the transition of people&#x27;s attitudes and behaviors when the sun comes out like it is now? Or more about the transportation system and how it will impact housing costs? I dunno , I am just babbline...sounds like my typical blog...sigh.<div class="comment-meta">— yu888 · 2006-04-07 17:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone. Thanks for your inspiration and encourage. Maybe I suffer from burnout a little bit recently, that I can not easily concentrate. Maybe sometime of rest do good for me.<br><br>I will pick up some topics you suggested later.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-04-07 23:47</div></div> </details>我最喜欢的一个词 - 启迪https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060405_caeaee_e.htmWed, 05 Apr 2006 20:02:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060405_caeaee_e.htm<p>最近很迷一个词，Inspiration(启迪)。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.<br><br>一个发于我生日的回复~<div class="comment-meta">— Ariel · 2006-04-06 01:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Inspiration 不是灵感吗？ DELL的笔记本有个系列……<div class="comment-meta">— Che Dong · 2006-04-06 19:09</div></div> <div class="comment">发现最近你用了FAVICON了？ 和englishblog一样 ;-) 有空看看这个网站 kooxoo.com<div class="comment-meta">— Che Dong · 2006-04-06 19:15</div></div> <div class="comment">车东，Inspiration也可以叫做灵感。Favicon是bluehost.com缺省的，还没有空改过来。kooxoo.com是个很有想法的网站，很好，我很喜欢。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-04-08 00:44</div></div> <div class="comment">可以讲讲为什么喜欢这个词吗？为什么不是Mind或Thinking或Difference，而是Inspiration?期待！<div class="comment-meta">— 钱尧 · 2006-04-08 23:03</div></div> <div class="comment">inspiration 发音很酷，我也很喜欢。。。。。。<br><br>努力工作，好好生活。<div class="comment-meta">— Givenchy · 2006-04-10 23:01</div></div> <div class="comment">我能理解你为什么喜欢这个词.<br>我在我的博客中收录了一些充满inspiration的句子,http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1218924955<br>以及我的所思所.想<div class="comment-meta">— 享受表达 · 2006-04-14 04:42</div></div> </details>PSP is Hard to Usehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060404_psp_is_hard_to_use.htmTue, 04 Apr 2006 23:57:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060404_psp_is_hard_to_use.htm<p>I got a PlayStation Portal (PSP). It is hard to use - you have to buy more stuff other than the stone-like black box.</p> <p>The usability is not that good. May need some time to get used to. There is almost nothing I can do with it, if I don&rsquo;t have a Memory Stick Pro Duo card. Information on the Internet for PSP is not good enough. Seems all complicated. I start to wonder, did I change from a geek type of guy to an idol, or the hardware changes?</p>MoMA 十件之多的藏品https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060404_moma_aeaece.htmTue, 04 Apr 2006 22:59:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060404_moma_aeaece.htm<p>地铁上看《新闻晚报》，A25班右面有一长条《纽约现代艺术博物馆72件大师作品来沪》的消息，可能是记者的笔误，其中有一句话倒是颇为幽默：</p> <blockquote> <p>纽约现代艺术博物馆位列当今世界三大当代艺术馆之一，藏品有10件之多， 。。。</p>《旅行的艺术》一定要从后往前读https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060404_aeceaaeeaee.htmTue, 04 Apr 2006 00:38:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060404_aeceaaeeaee.htm<p>我时常向朋友推荐《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050218_aecea.htm">旅行的艺术</a>》这本书。年初一个狂风大作的冬晚，在北京饭店的大堂咖啡厅，<a href="http://chedong.com/blog/">车东</a>夫<a href="http://www.adayang.com/">妇</a>曾经抱怨这本书节奏太慢，读起来吃力。我笑着说，“《旅行的艺术》一定要从后往前读的”。之后，每次送出这本书给朋友，都要叮嘱一下，“要从后往前读”。</p> <p>原因是，这本书的九个章节里面，我最喜欢的部分，偏偏都在后面，而前面的章节却要在看过后面的部分，才品得出滋味。</p> <p>个人认为，本书最精彩的部分是第九章，《习惯》。德波顿引用帕斯卡尔的话说，“人类不快乐的唯一原因是他不知道如何安静地呆在他的房间里。”（233页），并且通过穿着粉红色荷兰色相间的睡衣，心满意足的呆在自己房间里的塞维尔-德-梅伊斯特的《卧室之旅》来提醒我们，“让我们在前往远方之前，先关注一下我们已经看到的东西。”（244页）</p>China International Boat Show in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060403_china_international_boat_show_in_shanghai.htmMon, 03 Apr 2006 23:55:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060403_china_international_boat_show_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/04/03/122616954_34ae76497d.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image credit: <a href="http://www.cmpsinoexpo.com/index.asp?lang=en&amp;site_id=4&amp;sess_id=35&amp;sub_id=86">CMP SinoExpo</a></p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t know this event before. Anyway, it is the 11th time this event is held in China. Boat is just too far from me. The market of marina hasn&rsquo;t really started yet. I met with Mr. Yuan, the CEO of a boat importing and reseller company at Taihu. He introduced the boat show to me and generously sponsored two tickets for me. Well. I start to get interested in boat. I guess I will be there next Sunday. Here are the <a href="http://www.cmpsinoexpo.com/index.asp?lang=en&amp;site_id=4&amp;sess_id=35&amp;sub_id=1523">pictures of the last year&rsquo;s event</a>.</p>How Car Annual Checking Workshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060402_how_car_annual_checking_works.htmSun, 02 Apr 2006 19:40:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060402_how_car_annual_checking_works.htm<p>It is a hot day - 27 degrees, and Hangzhou seems to enter Summer already. I am back - very tired. The 170+ km express way is not easy to cover. Next time I go to Hangzhou, I won&rsquo;t drive - bus or train is a better choice - so I can enjoy the nice scene of Hangzhou without the frustration on the crowded road.</p> <p>My car is registered in Hangzhou. From <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021123_a_car_in_shanghai.htm">considering to get a car</a>, to I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040415_one_month_for_my_goudaner_car.htm">finally get one</a>, the car plate in Shanghai raise from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htm">38500 RMB</a> to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040322_shanghai_car_plate_43000_rmb_in_march_2004.htm">43000 RMB</a>. So I chose the much cheaper solution - to register in Hangzhou. (Later, the Shanghai car plate price once dropped to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040620_a_car_plate_21001_rmb_now.htm">21001 RMB</a>). The pro side is, it is much cheaper. The con is, I need to go to Hangzhou for the annual checking. Although there are many agents who are willing to do it for me, I hate to give my car to someone I don&rsquo;t know. So I used the weekend to drive there.</p>Hangzhou for Car Yearly Checkinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060401_hangzhou_for_car_yearly_checking.htmSat, 01 Apr 2006 23:20:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060401_hangzhou_for_car_yearly_checking.htm<p>I am in Hangzhou.</p> <p>Two years for Goudaner, and I have to do the car yearly checking. So, I drove to Hangzhou.</p> <p>The first weekend, I was in Hangzhou for meeting.</p> <p>The second weekend, I went to Nanjing.</p> <p>The same Sunday, in Suzhou, Taihu.</p> <p>The forth weekend, which is today, I am in Hangzhou.</p> <p>I will post picture tomorrow.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Why do you do the car check in Hangzhou, can you not do it in Shanghai?<div class="comment-meta">— Marc · 2006-04-02 14:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Because I have my car registered in Hangzhou.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-04-02 22:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Did you live in Jade Emperor Hotel?<div class="comment-meta">— Turing · 2006-04-03 22:48</div></div> <div class="comment">No. I was at the Yuhang Hotel.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-04-04 00:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes,Jade Emperor Hotel means Yu Huang Hotel.<br><br>I saw you, when you were checking in :)<div class="comment-meta">— Turing · 2006-04-04 09:33</div></div> <div class="comment">why did you registered your car in hangzhou? for cheaper?<div class="comment-meta">— islet8 · 2007-05-22 23:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. It is 0.5% of the price in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-05-23 00:01</div></div> </details>Notes to the Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060331_notes_to_the_day.htmFri, 31 Mar 2006 23:05:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060331_notes_to_the_day.htm<ol> <li> <p>Server changed to bluehost.com. They seem good. The transition is smooth (pretty smooth), but I still lost some comments (5?). Feel bad about it.</p> </li> <li> <p>Back from Donews gathering this year. Had wonderful dinner with Friends.</p> </li> <li> <p>Went to Internet cafe again.</p> </li> <li> <p>Focus Group is really helpful.</p> </li> <li> <p>It is better to go to bed now.</p> </li> </ol> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, The Shanghai map in your blog site is buggy. Will you want to fix it.?<div class="comment-meta">— zl · 2006-04-01 03:02</div></div> <div class="comment">It is down during the server change. I don&#x27;t have time to fix it now - I guess I only have one hour or two per week to do the tech stuff for this site. So let me postpone it. My guess is, it will be back within the next two weeks.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-04-02 22:26</div></div> <div class="comment">You can use www.mapbar.com/ www.mapabc.com. It seems better than jianshuo&#x27;s old one. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Jia · 2006-04-02 23:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Your map on this site is great! I use it often for customizing maps to send to friends for directions, etc. But yeah, seems like it&#x27;s down. Hope it&#x27;s up and running soon!<div class="comment-meta">— Jonathan · 2006-04-05 17:28</div></div> </details>Photo of People's Square Areahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060329_photo_of_peoples_square_area.htmWed, 29 Mar 2006 23:53:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060329_photo_of_peoples_square_area.htm<p>The People&rsquo;s Square area represents big portion of Shanghai&rsquo;s image. So are its details. Here are two pictures I took the other day.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/03/29/119370623_69a7b2421c.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang. Poles on Pedestrains</p> <p>The flower is the city flower of Shanghai. The city flower is a smart choice. March is the month when white city flowers (Yulan? No idea about English name) boom everywhere.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/03/29/119370652_121c45f81a.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang. Window of Moore&rsquo;s Church</p>Car Insurance in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060328_car_insurance_in_shanghai.htmTue, 28 Mar 2006 23:30:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060328_car_insurance_in_shanghai.htm<p>It is time to figure out how to buy another year of car insurance. The new car comes with 2 years of car insurances. It ends this month. I even didn&rsquo;t notice that.</p> <p>Car insurance is enforced. It is several thousand RMB per year - not cheap.</p> <p>People like to ask about living cost in Shanghai. My simple answer is, to live the local live cost less than US, while to live U.S. live in Shanghai causes even higher than U.S.</p>简单的，独立却互联的东西https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060327_ccieccaeecaee.htmMon, 27 Mar 2006 23:51:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060327_ccieccaeecaee.htm<p>多谢<a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso">Keso</a>在《<a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso/archive/2006/03/21/778217.aspx">东拉西扯：依赖自己还是依赖合作</a>》中两次提到“王建硕说”，给出的链接是我们一个<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ideasfactorychina/">邀请制的讨论组</a>，很多人想知道我说了些什么。这里是其中提到的两段话，稍加修改后放在这里。原本的意思是抛砖引玉，供大家随便看看之用的。</p> <p><strong>第一封：</strong></p> <p>我的想法是，当一件事情有赖于多于一个人的努力才能成功的话，他成功的可能性就小很多。</p> <p>写blog,就算全世界都不写，我也可以写，并且感染别人，所以blog能火爆。</p>Finally Back from Suspensionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060327_finally_back_from_suspension.htmMon, 27 Mar 2006 23:06:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060327_finally_back_from_suspension.htm<p>You may noticed two days of server outage. Don&rsquo;t worry. It is another technical support case with lunarpages.com. They like to suspend a site first, and drop you an email that &ldquo;please contact me&rdquo;. After that, it seems the guy who suspend it never appeared. So, in the next 48 hours, (or even 56 hours), there were no one response to the ticket. They have educated me that the only thing I can do is to wait, since my future request will cause my ticket to be put into the back of the queue again, causing the delay&hellip; So I waited. Finally, I found myself smart (will you call it smart), that I submitted another case, and it was solved quickly (in 30 hours).</p>SES大会中Google印象总结https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060325_sesaeaegoogleec.htmSat, 25 Mar 2006 20:24:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060325_sesaeaegoogleec.htm<p>Google这次算是正式大亮相，来了25名员工。还办了一场声势浩大的Google大派对(Google Dance)。几点感觉，和大家分享。</p> <p>1． Google的员工总体上非常优秀（对交谈过的40%的人印象深刻，也有我觉得不是很优秀的）。</p>If I Lost it, Then Let it Be...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060325_if_i_lost_it_then_let_it_be.htmSat, 25 Mar 2006 08:53:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060325_if_i_lost_it_then_let_it_be.htm<p>I found myself never work well with a host company. I moved from ipowerweb.com to lunarpages.com for hosting, but again, I was driven mad. Every time I have to write or talk with a technical support guy, I am completely mad. Every single word I read or hear lead to the thought in my head: &ldquo;I have to kill someone.&rdquo;. Just kidding, but it is exactly what I feel.</p> <p>From March 15, to March 25, it is another 10 days, and the server problem is not solved. I paused for several days for the data to get back. Finally, I gave up. I always cannot work well with technical support from hosting companies, no matter where&hellip;</p>Xiang Yang Market is Closed on June 30https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060324_xiang_yang_market_is_closed_on_june_30.htmFri, 24 Mar 2006 09:15:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060324_xiang_yang_market_is_closed_on_june_30.htm<p>I guess this may be the last entry for the Xiangyangmarket category in this blog. Xiang Yang Market will be offically closed on Jun 30, 2006. The market started with a small market at Huating Road (Metro Changshu Road station), and moved to the current location, and became really big and famous. Since there are too many fake goods there, under the pressure of foreign companies, the government finally closed it (This is my guess of the reasons, not official reasons).</p>Still pending.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060323_still_pending.htmThu, 23 Mar 2006 23:31:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060323_still_pending.htm<p>So no update these days. Waiting for the restore, so the new entries won&rsquo;t be overwritten&hellip; Sorry for the inconvenience.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">a little disappointment<div class="comment-meta">— Iamleon · 2006-03-24 11:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Cold comfort to you, hope these American guys accelerate the restore details.<div class="comment-meta">— Reno · 2006-03-24 21:11</div></div> </details>Pending for Rolling Back.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060321_pending_for_rolling_back.htmTue, 21 Mar 2006 16:54:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060321_pending_for_rolling_back.htm<p>This site was rolled back to March 15 by my ISP - Lunarpages. I have sent email to ask for the latest version (March 20). This change is expected to happen in the next 24 hours. All comments (including this post) coming after this post will be erased. So do not comment, or keep a copy of your comment if you do.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">In the afternoon, I think this website was attacked by hacker.<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— gong · 2006-03-21 17:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Jesus... the font of the home page looks tooooo small :) does it have anything with this rollback?<div class="comment-meta">— Reno · 2006-03-21 17:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, May I ask to delete my previous comment above?<br><br>One of my Canadian friends just told me about the offensive meaning of that starting word, which I don&#x27;t know at all before, very sorry now:(<br><br>Hope your site coming back soon:)<div class="comment-meta">— Reno · 2006-03-22 22:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Reno, I didn&#x27;t see anything wrong with &quot;Jesus&quot;. Take it easy.<div class="comment-meta">— Brandon · 2006-03-24 06:24</div></div> </details>Yangtze Hotel is Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060320_yangtze_hotel_is_good.htmMon, 20 Mar 2006 22:41:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060320_yangtze_hotel_is_good.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/24/screen-wangjianshuos.pick-logo.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>To be honest, I am not familiar with hotel in Shanghai at all - I never, ever stayed in any of the hotels, because I live here. Unfortunately, hotel recommendation is the most frequently asked question.</p> <p>I helped to arrange my friend and his family in Yangtze Hotel yesterday. Today, his feedback to the hotel is really good. So I feel safe to recommend it to my readers.</p>Taihu! Taihu! Taihu!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060319_taihu_taihu_taihu.htmSun, 19 Mar 2006 08:47:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060319_taihu_taihu_taihu.htm<p>You have to visit a place many times to really learn its beauty. It is exactly</p> <p>true. I fall in love in Hangzhou, in Nanjing, and today, in Taihu. The</p> <p>Expressway network in the Yangtze Delta extends at the speed I cannot imagine.</p> <p>The newly built Suzhou - Shanghai Expressway directly connect the Suzhou City</p> <p>Ring Express and Shanghai A30 Express. Now the riding distance from my home at</p> <p>Pudong and the Xukou at Taihu is only 120 KM, costing&hellip;</p>Mashup Camp China Reporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060318_mashup_camp_china_report.htmSat, 18 Mar 2006 23:46:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060318_mashup_camp_china_report.htm<p>Back from Mashup Camp China event. It is a wonderful event. Here are some</p> <p>pictures. Around I am back from Nanjing via T731, and updated this blog in my</p> <p>reading room at Shanghai&hellip;.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Your translation software (enhlsih to chinese) is the best I&#x27;ve ever see, can you tell me the name of the translation software you used? I&#x27;m a translator<div class="comment-meta">— Lee · 2007-11-13 11:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Your translation software (english to chinese) is the best I&#x27;ve ever see, can you tell me the name of the translation software you used? I&#x27;m a translator<div class="comment-meta">— Lee · 2007-11-13 11:57</div></div> <div class="comment">I am using Google Translator.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-11-13 14:18</div></div> </details>Mashup Camp China 现场https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060318_mashup_camp_china_c.htmSat, 18 Mar 2006 10:41:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060318_mashup_camp_china_c.htm<p><strong>冒志鸿</strong></p> <p><strong>Isaac Mao</strong></p> <p>产生创意 “蒙古人的Wifi” anothr.com 域名 mashup = 捣浆糊</p> <p>Zheng 2.0</p> <p>Semapedia.org</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-cnblog.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-hostelling.international.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-isaacmao.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-robertmao.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-zheng.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-jinxiaofeng.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-gushaofeng.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-linhui.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-chenjun.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>全景</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-mashup.camp.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-mashup-trees.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/03/18/nanjing-laptop-isaacmao.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>更多的照片</strong></p> <p>老冒的<a href="http://www.uuzone.com/blog/mao/88505.htm">Mashup Camp China 顺利举办！</a></p>Report from Search Engine Strategieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060317_report_from_search_engine_strategies.htmFri, 17 Mar 2006 23:44:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060317_report_from_search_engine_strategies.htm<p>The one day conference at SES (Search Engine Conference) went on well. Many</p> <p>friends gathered there. As far as I know, 25 employees from Google, 6 from</p> <p>Microsoft, 6 from eBay attended. There are tremendous other Internet companies</p> <p>attended. There was no appearance of Baidu. I am impressed by the Google local</p> <p>team. Clearly, they face the same challenge every international company faces in</p> <p>China. The localization process is as painful as others, but the spirit is good.</p>Hello from Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060316_hello_from_nanjing.htmThu, 16 Mar 2006 23:37:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060316_hello_from_nanjing.htm<p>I am in Nanjing now. I am still at the excitement of the Maglev&rsquo;s extension to</p> <p>Hangzhou, and imagine how lives in both city will change if the 30 minute</p> <p>connection line is built. Now I am in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province.</p> <p>The Trip The trip from Shanghai to Nanjing is shorter than I expected. The first</p> <p>time I came to Nanjing on Oct 1, 1996, the train was schedule to arrive in 6</p>Arroganthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060315_p1300.htmWed, 15 Mar 2006 22:59:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060315_p1300.htm<p>To label oneself as &ldquo;smart&rdquo; guy seems to be arrogant. It is true. Before 2001, Microsoft always proudly announce that we only hire the top 5% smartest guys. I remember this saying is promoted everywhere, even on the campus recruiting. Later, it was changed under pressure, that &ldquo;we only hire those fit the job most&rdquo;. I believe this change benefit the public image of the company, but hurt the innovation, and the &ldquo;good feeling&rdquo; of employees a lot. That is the reason on one hand, people like Google for its super confidence, while still hate it for its arrogant attitude. When Microsoft is not arrogant, it transfers itself into a huge (successful) enterprise. When company stay arrogant, and stay passionate about what they really believe in, and don&rsquo;t listen to what the mass audience says, it go to the peak and sink into the bottom of the ocean. Netscape, and SGI (both are Jim Clark company) tell us the story.</p>Happy Birthday to Goudaner (2nd Year)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_2nd_year.htmWed, 15 Mar 2006 21:49:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner_2nd_year.htm<p>March 15 again. Two years ago, at around 7:00 PM, I drove my car back home. I still remember the excitement to have the first car - I didn&rsquo;t though to buy a car is as simple as buying any article at stores - just swipe the credit card and got the key to the new car.</p> <p>There is a small story that I didn&rsquo;t tell. When I first show the car, I found it perfect - the smell, the color, the inside decoration - everything. But there is a very small defect at the front of the car - a 1 cm long scratch. It barely noticed, but it is a scratch on a new car. I felt bad and told the dealer that I don&rsquo;t want it. I want a completely new car, instead one with some scar on it.</p>MagLev May Extend to Hangzhou - Confirmedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060314_maglev_may_extend_to_hangzhou_-_confirmed.htmTue, 14 Mar 2006 13:28:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060314_maglev_may_extend_to_hangzhou_-_confirmed.htm<p>In the morning, I saw the headline of today&rsquo;s Oriental Morning Post on my desk is: Shanghai - Hangzhou Maglev will be Completed in 2008. The subtitle is:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Total cost: 35 billion RMB</p> </li> <li> <p>Proposed East Hangzhou Station and Jiaxing Station</p> </li> <li> <p>Half an hour between Hangzhou and Shanghai.</p> </li> </ul> <p>It is good news. I hate to way until 2008, though.</p> <p><strong>Impact on Me</strong></p> <p>I am happy that where I live now is 3 km away from the Maglev station at Longyang Road. It is amazing to be able to get to Hangzhou within 30 minutes. If so, to get to West lake will be within one hour - 10 minutes to Maglev, 30 minutes to Hangzhou (if I arrange the time well), and 20 minutes to West Lake. This is almost the same time from my apartment to Xujiahui (45 minute)! I believe my life will be different if it does happen.</p>Mashup Camp Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060313_mashup_camp_china.htmMon, 13 Mar 2006 23:53:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060313_mashup_camp_china.htm<p>We didn&rsquo;t expect the <a href="http://www.isas.cn/en/">Search Engine Strategies</a> Conference in Nanjing is such a big event. It started as a small event (my perception) months ago, when I agreed to participate in the meeting as a speaker. Later, Jack Mao (head of Alibaba, and Yahoo! China), and Johnny Zhou (Head of Google, China) joined as speakers. I didn&rsquo;t expect it to be a big one. The event is coming this Friday.</p> <p>As every industry meeting, the fun part is always outside the meeting. So we organized the Mashup Camp China. The original plan is a 7 people BBQ in Mao&rsquo;s place, but when more and more people rushing to Nanjing, we finally extended to be a &ldquo;very big&rdquo; event - 20. :-) It is already big compared to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060211_meetup_future_idea_foundry.htm">7 people event</a>.</p>Back from Snowing Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060312_back_from_snowing_hangzhou.htmSun, 12 Mar 2006 19:36:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060312_back_from_snowing_hangzhou.htm<p><strong>Back from Hangzhou</strong></p> <p>The express way from Hangzhou to Shanghai was quite empty today. There was not much traffic - I believe it is not the rush hours yet. 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm is not the typical time Shanghai cars get back from Hangzhou. The big bus was confortable. My personal preference is always to take bus over train. I feel to have more personal space on the trip instead of a large cart on train. Most of my friends like to take train, since it is safer, and more on time.</p>Talk about CICDatahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060312_p1295.htmSun, 12 Mar 2006 19:30:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060312_p1295.htm<p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>Just wanted to follow up our chat from last week.</p> <p>We have put up our Chinese version of our website now (<a href="https://www.cicdata.cn">www.cicdata.cn</a>).</p> <p>On there, you will see job postings: <a href="http://www.cicdata.com/jobscn.htm">http://www.cicdata.com/jobscn.htm</a>. It would be great if you could pass this information to anyone you know who might be interested, especially anyone with text mining background.</p> <p>We also had a couple of articles in the press this past week:</p> <p>Shanghai Dialy (English): <a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/03/06/246187/Bloggers__lure_blog_watchers.htm">http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/03/06/246187/Bloggers__lure_blog_watchers.htm</a></p>Hello From Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060310_hello_from_hangzhou.htmFri, 10 Mar 2006 23:24:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060310_hello_from_hangzhou.htm<p>I am in Hangzhou.</p> <p>As always, whenever I put my foot onto the soil of Hangzhou, I feel the pace of life slows down. I always appreciate the beautiful scene and the cultural stuff in Hangzhou.</p> <p>Went to a over-street eating-place tonight, with nice food and beer. As the old sayings put it: &ldquo;Happy Lives are those simple and cheap lives.&rdquo; I totally agree.</p> <p>People in Shanghai should come to Hangzhou more frequently. Hangzhou has a lot that Shanghai does not come. It helps to balance the lives and soul in Shanghai.</p>Hot Articles in 2002 to 2005https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060309_hot_articles_in_2002_to_2005.htmThu, 09 Mar 2006 20:22:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060309_hot_articles_in_2002_to_2005.htm<p>This is a list of my previous entries in the year 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 that receives more than 10 comments. It is tiring to read the list one by one - I was not able to read through the year of 2002 myself. It is only the hottest entry with many participation (11 or more comments), just part of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives.htm">archive</a>. What an effort to create then one by one. :-D It is the demonstration of how much we can achieve with daily accumulation - 15 minutes a day means a lot after three years.</p>Happy Women's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060308_happy_womens_day.htmWed, 08 Mar 2006 20:50:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060308_happy_womens_day.htm<p>Here from Shanghai, greetings to all the girls/women.</p> <p>In many companies in China, female employees enjoy half day off on March 8. So does the girls in my office. It was quiet in the afternoon, and the conference rooms are free. I thought: maybe part of the design to have half day off only for women is to remind the rest in the office of the importance of women. Just kidding.</p>Adding Tag Support to MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060308_adding_tag_support_to_movabletype.htmWed, 08 Mar 2006 19:47:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060308_adding_tag_support_to_movabletype.htm<p>Joey <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060307_business_of_zhending_chicken_part_ii.htm#0314">asked</a> how I implemented tag in my MovableType. I didn&rsquo;t used plugin. Here is the cookbook to add tag as this blog.</p> <p><strong>Use Categories in the Tagging Way</strong></p> <p>First thing is, use the built-in category feature in the tagging way. When you want to assign some tags to an entry, just assign multiple categories. Thanks to the features of MovableType, you can easily add a new category (a new tag). It is not free form, but good enough.</p>Xu Jinglei v.s. Sina?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060307_p1290.htmTue, 07 Mar 2006 19:44:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060307_p1290.htm<p>Recently the debate between who has the right to place advertisement on Xu Jinglei&rsquo;s blog (hosted by Sina) is a hot one. I helped the reporter in CCTV on the report a little bit by connecting the people they want to interview, but I didn&rsquo;t realize the story is on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/technology/06blog.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;adxnnlx=1141676712-0ilFZPMTX843bjYyZGI4wQ&amp;oref=slogin">New York Time</a>.</p> <p><strong>The Fact</strong></p> <p>Xu Jinlei is a nice actress. Her blog received 11 million total pageview in the first 5 months. Her BSP (Blog Service Provider) was Sina. Sina spent a lot of resources (homepage real estate) to promote the blog, so it is claimed to be the hottest blog in China so far. (a small foot note: in terms of page view, Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog receives about 2 million page view every single month).</p>Business of Zhending Chicken - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060307_business_of_zhending_chicken_-_part_ii.htmTue, 07 Mar 2006 18:44:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060307_business_of_zhending_chicken_-_part_ii.htm<p>I talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060216_business_of_zhending_chicken.htm">Zhending Chicken</a> and their strange policies days before. After that, there is another <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060306_booking_china_domestic_flight_outside_china.htm">similiar discussion on airlines</a>. These discussion reveals the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060226_cultural_differences_between_china_and_america.htm">difference</a> in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060226_culture_differences_part_ii.htm">culture</a>and business conduct in China and U.S (representative of western or international world). There are other articles on this topics:　<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060222_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency.htm">Diversity, Consistency, and Efficiency</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060224_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency_part_ii.htm">Diversity, Consistency, and Efficiency - Part II</a>. I am afraid this will be the sixth article along the row on this topic.</p> <p><strong>Zhending Chicken Continued</strong></p> <p>On the previous article, I outlined many strange conduct of Zhending Chicken. I don&rsquo;t think it is 100% wrong, or right.</p>Booking China Domestic Flight Outside Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060306_booking_china_domestic_flight_outside_china.htmMon, 06 Mar 2006 21:33:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060306_booking_china_domestic_flight_outside_china.htm<p>My friend asked me whether it is cheaper to book China domestic flights within China than outside China. It is for sure - almost always so.</p> <p>When I check popular ticket booking website in U.S, like <a href="http://Expedia.com">Expedia</a>, <a href="http://Travelocity.com">Travelocity</a>, I am amazed on how big the price difference is, for the same China domestic flight between US agent price and China local price. Here are some examples for China domestic flight booking.</p> <p><strong>Example 1: Shanghai to Beijing Round Trip</strong></p>Network Speed of my FTTB+LANhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060305_network_speed_of_my_fttblan.htmSun, 05 Mar 2006 17:37:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060305_network_speed_of_my_fttblan.htm<p>Look at the PING result from the HP Pavilion desktop computer in my reading room, to the web server of this blog.</p> <blockquote> <p>C:\Documents and Settings\Jian Shuo Wang&gt;ping home.wangjianshuo.com -t</p> <p>Pinging home.wangjianshuo.com [216.227.219.43] with 32 bytes of data:</p> <p>Reply from 216.227.219.43: bytes=32 time=402ms TTL=50</p> <p>Reply from 216.227.219.43: bytes=32 time=398ms TTL=50</p> <p>Reply from 216.227.219.43: bytes=32 time=414ms TTL=50</p> <p>Reply from 216.227.219.43: bytes=32 time=400ms TTL=50</p> <p>Request timed out.</p> <p>Reply from 216.227.219.43: bytes=32 time=401ms TTL=50</p>Car Numbers Explode in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060305_car_numbers_explode_in_shanghai.htmSun, 05 Mar 2006 15:06:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060305_car_numbers_explode_in_shanghai.htm<p>I went to Decathlon at <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=zh-CN&amp;q=Long+Yang+Road+shanghai+map&amp;btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2&amp;lr=">Long Yang Road Station</a> in Shanghai with friends yesterday. It was 3:00 PM. To my surprise, the parking lot at B&amp;Q and Decathlon area was completely packed. Not only big area (with about 10 rows of 10 cars) was full, the back yard - which typically not used are also fully parked. There are many volunteers guiding cars into the underground parking area under Decathlon.</p> <p>With the continuous &ldquo;immigration&rdquo; from Puxi to Pudong, and the popularity of cars, the once empty parking lot at B&amp;Q area becomes so crowded. I remember when I just moved to Pudong less than 2 years ago, something I didn&rsquo;t understand was, why B&amp;Q built so large parking lot. At that time, only 1/3 of the parking was used. I LOL when I saw there were entrance to the underground garage. Whenever I drive there, I can easily find a place very near to the entrance.</p>Slow Internet Connection at Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060304_slow_internet_connection_at_home.htmSat, 04 Mar 2006 23:13:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060304_slow_internet_connection_at_home.htm<p>The internet connection at my home (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060104_dsl_in_shanghai.htm">China Telecom FTTB+LAN</a>) is unbearably slow. In the recent month, I found it was so hard even to load the homepage of this blog.</p> <p>I doubt whether it was due to the high usage of BT on the community network. The short-come for FTTB+LAN is, the network speed is not guaranteed. When there is less traffic, it can be super fast. But when the traffic is crowded, it can be slow.</p>My Favorite: Jifeng Book Storehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060303_my_favorite_jifeng_book_store.htmFri, 03 Mar 2006 23:17:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060303_my_favorite_jifeng_book_store.htm<p>I recommended this book store to a friend visiting Shanghai. I&rsquo;d like to share again.</p> <p>The best book store for me in Shanghai is the Jifeng Book Store. Here is the location:</p> <p>5th Floor, Raffles City, 268, Xizang Middle Road, Shanghai</p> <p>There is another one at the Shaan Xi Road Metro Station:</p> <p>They are good because they spent good effort on book selection. So the books in the store are nice for me. However, there is not many English books or other language books there.</p>New Year for Everyone in the teamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060301_new_year_for_everyone_in_the_team.htmWed, 01 Mar 2006 23:54:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060301_new_year_for_everyone_in_the_team.htm<p>What a nice idea to start the new year for Kijiji with two days of briefing and training session. I just get back home from the full day event. It is already 0:50 AM the next day (I will adjust the posting time a little bit to make this entry fall into March 1), but I feel so excited to be the part of the team and see the growth of a young and passionate team. Hope I can get up in time tomorrow morning.</p>Last Day of Febhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060228_last_day_of_feb.htmTue, 28 Feb 2006 21:12:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060228_last_day_of_feb.htm<p>The last day of Feb. Here is the status of my life.</p> <ul> <li> <p>I am reading &ldquo;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591840880/103-9497742-3018235?v=glance&amp;n=283155">The Search</a>&rdquo; by <a href="http://battellemedia.com/">John Battelle</a>. Thanks Xiaofeng for sharing the book with me. I have already covered the classic history of Goto.com/Overture.</p> </li> <li> <p>I have another small book written by Robin Lee (Li Yan Hong), CEO of Baidu.com, back in 1999. At that time, Robin didn&rsquo;t start Baidu yet. The preface of the book was Charles Zhang (Zhang Chao Yang), currently the CEO of Sohu.com. There was very limited copy for that book. Hengge (boss of blogbus.com) borrowed the book from me. This Monday, Larry Zou (CEO of wealink.com) got the book from Hengge and start to read it - the journey of a small booklet.</p>Culture Differences - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060226_culture_differences_-_part_ii.htmSun, 26 Feb 2006 11:33:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060226_culture_differences_-_part_ii.htm<p>I went to a church in Pudong with in-laws this Sunday morning. I am not a Christian, but I found the religion service beneficial for me. It helped me to understand the life better, and also on cultural difference.</p> <p>The pastor talked about difference between Chinese and Israel cultural. As put it by the minister of Israel, culture in Israel is all around the relationship between people and the God; in China, it is all about the relationship among people.</p>Cultural Differences Between China and Americahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060226_cultural_differences_between_china_and_america.htmSun, 26 Feb 2006 00:12:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060226_cultural_differences_between_china_and_america.htm<p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060222_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency.htm#1140">comment of mcgjcn</a> mentioned a name <em><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGGL,GGGL:2005-09,GGGL:en&amp;q=R.+R.+Gesteland">R. R. Gesteland</a></em>. I research the name in Google and found some interesting resources on cultural differences (like <a href="http://road.uww.edu/road/naidug/260-361/Ch3.ppt">this</a>, and <a href="http://staff.bus.brighton.ac.uk/ps8/develop/mkm26/sessions/culture.pdf">this</a>). In all the works, Norihiko Shimizu&rsquo;s paper &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Today%E2%80%99s%20Taboos%20may%20be%20gone%20tomorrow">Today&rsquo;s Taboos may be gone tomorrow</a>&rdquo;, Tokyo Business, February 1995, p.51. is a very frequently quoted materials in all MBA courses on International Marketing, and Cross-culture business. It was comparasion between Japan and American. I found many of the points also applies to China.</p>Diversity, Consistency, and Efficiency - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060224_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency_-_part_ii.htmFri, 24 Feb 2006 18:23:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060224_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency_-_part_ii.htm<p>After the entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060222_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency.htm">Diversity, Consistency, and Efficiency</a>, many readers posted so great comments that I cannot help quoting it. (Quoting in full text is rare on this blog.)</p> <p>Roger Chan <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060222_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency.htm#1228">commented</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Good points in your article above. Some other important factors I&rsquo;d mention, to nurture the growth of companies like Google in Chinese cities:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Transparency, transparency, transparency. You <em>absolutely must</em> have transparency for a company to be successful and to attract wide-scale investment, that is, transparency in the management, transparency in the financial records, transparency in both successes and errors. Without transparency, investors will not trust your company and it will fail. This is why there must be intolerance for corruption in the Chinese companies and the government&ndash; this damages transparency and leads to mistrust by investors.</p>六年爱上不正常的上海https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060224_caeaecae.htmFri, 24 Feb 2006 18:07:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060224_caeaecae.htm<p>注：本文应杨栗小姐邀约，为《时尚旅游》写的一篇关于上海的文章。写于2006年1月5日。当时要到北京出差，看起来有些伤感和酸秀才味道，可见当时不想去出差。今天《时尚旅游》3月期上架，我也就可以放心转载过来了。</p>Google Pages?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060223_google_pages.htmThu, 23 Feb 2006 16:28:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060223_google_pages.htm<p>Hey! What Google is doing! Check this:</p> <p><a href="http://jianshuo.googlepages.com/home">jianshuo - jianshuo&rsquo;s Home Page</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/02/23/screen-google.pages.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Google</p> <p>This page was created with <a href="http://pages.google.com/">http://pages.google.com/</a></p> <p>It is something like&hellip;.. like &hellip;. like Microsoft <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/">FrontPage</a>.</p> <p>Credit: Zhang first shared it with IdeaFactoryChina.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wonderful!<br><br>Waiting for its full version.<div class="comment-meta">— Feigo · 2006-02-23 18:01</div></div> <div class="comment">a powerful tool. thanks lao wang.<div class="comment-meta">— bingfeng · 2006-02-23 19:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Will Microsoft put Frontpage online? I believe they will put it on their Office Live site.<div class="comment-meta">— Danny · 2006-02-24 10:46</div></div> <div class="comment">What&#x27;s this tool for? Why to create a single page on the net? Is that meaningful to someone?<div class="comment-meta">— Chern · 2006-02-24 15:39</div></div> <div class="comment">haha, interesting! Didn&#x27;t see this before.<br><br>But it pop up the following message when I tried it:<br><br>&#x27;Google Page Creator is having a little trouble right now.<br><br>This is not because of anything you did; it&#x27;s just a little hiccup in our system that will hopefully go away soon. We apologize for the inconvenience, and recommend you try reloading this page.&#x27;<br><br>Opps....<div class="comment-meta">— Richard Hong · 2006-02-25 18:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Tried to sign-in to the google page creator but i just get the message that they are experiencing heavy traffic and that i should give them my email so that they can contact me in the future. While we&#x27;re on the topic of Google in China, i saw this news post on China Online re Google operating with no license. http://www.chinaonline.cn.com/2006/articles/CHINA/?a=14427&amp;z=37<br><br>looks like they are just piggybacking on another license.<div class="comment-meta">— Google China · 2006-02-26 10:51</div></div> <div class="comment">That is interesting. But i think the things are changed now.<div class="comment-meta">— imran ali · 2008-03-24 20:24</div></div> <div class="comment">salam<div class="comment-meta">— mostafa · 2008-12-04 03:40</div></div> </details>Diversity, Consistency, and Efficiencyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060222_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency.htmWed, 22 Feb 2006 22:18:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060222_diversity_consistency_and_efficiency.htm<p>I have some point-of-views for diversity, consistency, efficiency, and the difference between China and U.S. It is just some random thought, without any systematic thinking&hellip;</p> <ul> <li> <p>When a company just went IPO (like Google), internationalization is the only way to keep up with the fast pace of Wall Street.</p> </li> <li> <p>Internationalization is hard. It is harder than one can imagine.</p> </li> <li> <p>In U.S., consistency across all the states, and across all the business, and people have been established. Consistency is the key to efficiency. Only when people can handle all the request in the same or very similar way, they can be efficient.</p>ifuleuiycfi - I Really Admire You, Spammershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060221_ifuleuiycfi_-_i_really_admire_you_spammers.htmTue, 21 Feb 2006 18:03:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060221_ifuleuiycfi_-_i_really_admire_you_spammers.htm<p>Recently, the admin tool of this site is very slow. I didn&rsquo;t pay enough attention until it takes about several minutes to load a page in MovableType admin. I found out it was because of the comment spams.</p> <p>The log shows I am almost 1000 junk comments every day. In the peak time (6:00 - 8:00 AM), there are more than 10 comment requests in every single minute.</p> <p>MovableType have great anti-spam features. It blocked all of them, but it requires a lot of resources to handle that. The result is, the server is slower and slower. Lunarpages, the hosting company ever emailed me complaining my MT installation sometimes consumes about 40% of one CPU, out of 4 CPU they have for the server.</p>Review of Selected Demo by TechCrunchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060218_review_of_selected_demo_by_techcrunch.htmSat, 18 Feb 2006 22:15:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060218_review_of_selected_demo_by_techcrunch.htm<p>Isaac shared a link to ideasfactorychina mail-list: <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/02/07/a-taste-of-demo-2006/">TechCrunch » A Taste of DEMO 2006</a>. I posted back my review of several demos. According to Michale, &ldquo;70 companies gather at a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona to compete head on for our attention. $15,000 buys you 5 minutes in front of 700 people, and a chance to make history.&rdquo; The fact of how expensive the 5 minutes is sounds interesting already.</p> <p><strong>Review of Selected Demo by TechCrunch</strong></p>Funny Houseshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060217_funny_houses.htmFri, 17 Feb 2006 23:02:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060217_funny_houses.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/02/17/screen-houses.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Hand-drawn by Jian Shuo Wang. Created by Microsoft Paint</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">很想我外甥（5岁）的家庭作业。^_^<div class="comment-meta">— Feigo · 2006-02-18 01:54</div></div> </details>A Blog is All About a Personhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060217_a_blog_is_all_about_a_person.htmFri, 17 Feb 2006 19:10:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060217_a_blog_is_all_about_a_person.htm<p>What happened to this blog? Why it is shifting away from its propose - a blog about &ldquo;Events (in Shanghai) that affect my life (and others&rsquo;)&rdquo;? Why there is an entry as short as this one: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060217_productivity_tips_small_things_in_strategic_way.htm">Productivity Tips - Small Things in Strategic Way</a>? It has nothing to do with Shanghai.</p> <p>I believe this may be the question in many people&rsquo;s mind. Let me explain why.</p> <p><strong>A Blog is All About a Person</strong></p>Productivity Tips - Small Things in Strategic Wayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060217_productivity_tips_-_small_things_in_strategic_way.htmFri, 17 Feb 2006 14:26:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060217_productivity_tips_-_small_things_in_strategic_way.htm<p><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011456171033.aspx">Microsoft Office Online: Create an effective reference system</a></p> <p>Small things done consistently in strategic places have major impact.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Microsoft&#x27;s version of GTD?<div class="comment-meta">— number5 · 2006-02-17 15:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Not really, GTD is doable with any tool, here it&#x27;s more &quot;tips for using your 500 bucks software&quot;.<div class="comment-meta">— Damien B · 2006-02-17 16:27</div></div> <div class="comment">I will write an entry to explain why I posted links like this.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-02-17 19:09</div></div> <div class="comment">My method of handling e-mail is:<br><br>-- use the Outlook Express e-mail client with POP<br><br>-- leave it all in the in-box. Don&#x27;t file or delete anything (Occasionally I copy something to a special folder) (If the Inbox becomes larger than 2Gbytes, NTFS cannot handle it, so occasionally I archive my in-box)<br><br>-- turn off the feature that makes the e-mail &quot;read&quot; (not in bold type) automatically.<br><br>-- when I have looked at e-mails, change them manually to &quot;read&quot; state.<br><br>-- if I need to reply, reply immediately, or &quot;flag&quot; the e-mail.<br><br>-- flag e-mails that need attention in the near future or that I might want to refer to again in the near future.<br><br>-- forward all e-mails automatically to a gmail account, because it has very rapid search features. This allows me to find any e-mail quickly without filing it.<div class="comment-meta">— Martin Kellerman · 2006-02-23 23:46</div></div> </details>Business of Zhending Chickenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060216_business_of_zhending_chicken.htmThu, 16 Feb 2006 21:41:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060216_business_of_zhending_chicken.htm<p>This noon, we went to our favorite restaurant Zhengding Chicken (振鼎鸡) for lunch. It is famous for its chicken. It is a successful business, just like KFC for fried chicken.</p> <p>Zhending Chicken meets the need of local market precisely, because people are very sensitive about cost and the value. They have some rules in their restaurant I feel strange.</p> <p><strong>Close The Business at Rush Hours</strong></p> <p>I remember the store at Tianlin closes at 6:00 PM. Many times we rushed to the store only to find out the store is closed. A server stands at the door and politely tell us: All chicken sold out.</p>20 Years of Professional Managers in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060215_20_years_of_professional_managers_in_china.htmWed, 15 Feb 2006 21:25:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060215_20_years_of_professional_managers_in_china.htm<p>The latest issue of <a href="http://www.shmanager.com/">Shanghai Managers</a> featured &ldquo;20 Years of Professional Managers&rdquo; in Shanghai. The topic is good since the phenomenon of &ldquo;20 year professional managers&rdquo; is unique in China, and it involves many people just around us. The people and their stories told in the report are just like &ldquo;manager sitting in the next cubicle&rdquo; (just created this phase after &ldquo;girl living next door&rdquo;).</p> <p><strong>Professional Manager is Still Rare in China</strong></p>Productivity Tips - 5 Wrong Beliefshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060215_productivity_tips_-_5_wrong_beliefs.htmWed, 15 Feb 2006 20:38:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060215_productivity_tips_-_5_wrong_beliefs.htm<p>I found this tip from Microsoft website very useful for me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getworkdone/productivity.mspx">5 Beliefs that Limit Productivity - And How to Overcome Them</a></p> <ol> <li> <p>There&rsquo;s Too Much Information Coming at Me Too Fast</p> </li> <li> <p>I Have to Keep Everything</p> </li> <li> <p>Organization Cramps My Freedom and Creativity</p> </li> <li> <p>There&rsquo;s Not Enough Time in the Day!</p> </li> <li> <p>It Takes Too Much Time to Get Productive</p> </li> </ol> <p>The answers are:</p> <ol> <li> <p>The volume of information is not an issue. The way we process it is.</p>Holidays to Comehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060215_p1268.htmWed, 15 Feb 2006 18:59:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060215_p1268.htm<p>This afternoon, when I am writing my weekly meeting slide, I gave it a title like &ldquo;Valentine&rsquo;s Day Weekly Meeting&rdquo;. I feel I have more personal connection with the week. It will help me to recall what this week is about. It is better than a slide with 20060215.ppt in the name.</p> <p>I decided to give a name to every week I have in 2006, so help me understand my connection with our tradition. So here is the calendar.</p>Happy Valentine's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060214_happy_valentines_day-2.htmTue, 14 Feb 2006 22:13:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060214_happy_valentines_day-2.htm<details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Special hugs to you and Wendy on this special Day, Jian Shuo!!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-02-15 09:12</div></div> <div class="comment">No text, just a greeting. I think Jian Shuo and Wendy had a romantic day. Why not have a plan to make a boby? :)<div class="comment-meta">— cyhloi · 2006-02-15 11:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Hope you and Wendy had a great day together.<div class="comment-meta">— Sekhar Sirigiri · 2006-02-15 15:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone. We did enjoyed our Vday very much with nice gift. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-02-15 21:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Hai viwers iam selva wish u a great valentine day<br><br>Regards<br><br>Selva<div class="comment-meta">— selvakumar(TSK) · 2007-02-03 19:02</div></div> <div class="comment">this day is very happy<div class="comment-meta">— JANARDHANA · 2010-10-27 18:26</div></div> </details>PmWiki Reloaded (for the Third Time)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060214_p1266.htmTue, 14 Feb 2006 21:53:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060214_p1266.htm<p>21:02 2006-2-14 Downloaded and extracted to d:/download/pmwiki.2.0.13 folder</p> <p>21:03 2006-2-14 Checked [[http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Requirements|Requirements]]</p> <p>21:04 2006-2-14 After reading the [[http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Installation|installation instruction]], decided to install the latest version instead of the stable version. Now the version is pmwiki-2.1.beta25</p> <p>21:06 2006-2-14 Opened my FTP client LeechFTP, and connect to wangjianshuo.com</p> <p>21:08 2006-2-14 Created /scripts folder and created a subfolder /pmwiki under it. Then start to upload the files to the server.</p> <p>21:12 2006-2-14 Read the section 3. Create directories. Then wait for the upload complete. It seems the upload takes quite some time already.</p>Found a Piece of Old Videohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060213_found_a_piece_of_old_video.htmMon, 13 Feb 2006 22:19:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060213_found_a_piece_of_old_video.htm<p>At night, chatted about my previous years, and I was amazed by how far I have gone through during the last few years. There are many moving moment when I lost my way, when I got excited, and when I fall into the lowest side of my life. It is an interesting story.</p> <p>Getting back to office, I found a piece of video I recorded before - 5 years ago. I believe at that time, I was working for eCommerce team in Microsoft.</p>Tulip Wakes Up in my Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060212_tulip_wakes_up_in_my_garden.htmSun, 12 Feb 2006 22:27:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060212_tulip_wakes_up_in_my_garden.htm<p>When I put the 17 tulip roots into the soil of my garden, and let &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051109_tulip_sleeps_in_my_garden.htm">Tulip Sleeps in my Garden</a>&rdquo; on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005_11.htm">Nov</a> 9, 2005, to be honest, I never really believed that they will come out. I have never plant Tulip before, and the soil in my garden is not good - I didn&rsquo;t change the soil, so it is still not different from that on the construction site. Here is what I wrote on Nov 9, 2005.</p>Privacy of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060212_privacy_of_blogging.htmSun, 12 Feb 2006 21:44:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060212_privacy_of_blogging.htm<p>Yesterday night, we discussed about what to blog and what not to.</p> <p>I found many bloggers treat blog as a private diary and wrote something that they will never tell anybody into the blog. I don&rsquo;t think it is a good approach.</p> <p><strong>Blogging is NOT a private diary</strong>. Here are some suggestions on blogging:</p> <ol> <li> <p><strong>Treat blog as a TOOL</strong>. Don&rsquo;t do something you won&rsquo;t do because of the tool, and don&rsquo;t stop doing something you have already be doing because of blog.</p>Future Idea Foundryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060211_future_idea_foundry.htmSat, 11 Feb 2006 17:39:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060211_future_idea_foundry.htm<p>七人一天会结束（Isaac称为Future Idea Foundry)。记录笔记<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060211_meetup_future_idea_foundry.htm">如下</a></p> <p><strong>更新</strong> <em>2005年2月13日</em></p> <p>聚会的照片：</p> <p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/36/98714349_20e0182662.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Isaac Mao</p> <p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/98714772_4c609f97ed.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Isaac Mao</p> <p><img src="http://static.flickr.com/13/98714501_082a9c2a4b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Isaac Mao</p>Meetup: MBA or Not, that is a Questionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060211_meetup_mba_or_not_that_is_a_question.htmSat, 11 Feb 2006 14:24:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060211_meetup_mba_or_not_that_is_a_question.htm<p>Afternoon, attended another group discussion: Shanghai IT Club.</p> <p><strong>Arrangement</strong></p> <p>Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM</p> <p>Venue: Old Library, Shanghai Jiao Tong University</p> <p>Topic: MBA 1.0 v.s. MBA 2.0</p> <p><strong>Participants:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Flex</p> </li> <li> <p>Kejin</p> </li> <li> <p>Charles</p> </li> <li> <p>Austin</p> </li> <li> <p>Liangming</p> </li> <li> <p>Huijian</p> </li> <li> <p>Lijun</p> </li> <li> <p>Laohua (host)</p> </li> <li> <p>Yale</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu">Run Liu</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Li Jian</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Jian Shuo Wang</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>It is a biweekly gather that many ex-microsoft collegues gathers and exchange ideas.</p> <p>Below are some random note for the discussion.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.ckgsb.com/">Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business</a></strong></p>Meetup: Future Idea Foundryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060211_meetup_future_idea_foundry.htmSat, 11 Feb 2006 10:33:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060211_meetup_future_idea_foundry.htm<p>I am at the Future Idea Foundry at the Starbucks of Zhong Shan Park Station of Metro Line #2.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Sunny Sunday.</p> </li> <li> <p>Starting from 10:00 AM.</p> </li> <li> <p>Futurists gather to share ideas in Shanghai on regular bases.</p> </li> <li> <p>Participants are limited under 7.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Participants:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Isaac Mao</p> </li> <li> <p>Michael Li</p> </li> <li> <p>Zheng Xiaoyun</p> </li> <li> <p>Jack Gu</p> </li> <li> <p>Jian Shuo</p> </li> <li> <p>Sun Yizhong</p> </li> <li> <p>Bruce Wang</p> </li> <li> <p>Sayonly</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Ideas</strong></p> <p>3D Engine from Demo.com - based on Firefox engine.</p> <h1 id="it-is-can-be-a-very-interesting-idea-to-install-an-extension-to-firefox-to-revert-the-homepage-of-sinacomcn-and-display-it-in-a-completely-new-way">it is can be a very interesting idea to install an extension to Firefox to revert the homepage of <a href="http://sina.com.cn">sina.com.cn</a> and display it in a completely new way.</h1> <p>On watching TV on Mobile phone - Early Adopting Geeks</p>Movable Type via CDMAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060210_movable_type_via_cdma.htmFri, 10 Feb 2006 23:47:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060210_movable_type_via_cdma.htm<p>Nice talk with Jia and Victor at night. It is late already. I&rsquo;m now on a Dazhong taxi back home, passing by the Nanpu Bridge. The whole lighting system for the city was turned off already, so it is a little bit dark now.</p> <p>I brought my laptop and connected to the Internet via China Unicom CDMA. (To get it, you have to purchase the card and subscribe their service.)</p>Waited Long for Yuxin Sichuan Dishhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060209_waited_long_for_yuxin_sichuan_dish.htmThu, 09 Feb 2006 22:48:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060209_waited_long_for_yuxin_sichuan_dish.htm<p><a href="http://www.yuxin1997.com/1travel/3ads-tel/ad-tel.htm#">Yu Xin Sichuan Dish</a></p> <p>3rd Floor, #333, Zhao Shang Ju Square,</p> <p>North Chengdu Road 成都北路 (at the northwest corner of Weihai 威海路)</p> <p>Reservation: 021-52980438</p> <p>Many people in my team recommend it as the No. 1 Sichuan restaurant in Shanghai. I agree that it is a good one, although not sure if it is the best.</p> <p><strong>Really Long Queue&hellip;</strong></p> <p>When I called at 7:00 PM for reservation, the gentleman said they can give me a ticket with number, since there are many people waiting in line for seats already.</p>北斗投诉（投资）客齐集https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060209_eieeieee.htmThu, 09 Feb 2006 01:35:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060209_eieeieee.htm<p>晚上回到家，大约11点左右，照例看了一下中文blog的留言，发现热心的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060207_eeeeecieieae.htm#0345">SiliCon</a>在<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060207_eeeeecieieae.htm">招聘帖</a>后面转贴了一封<a href="http://www.kisssunshine.com/blogs/dipper/">北斗公园</a>的一篇文章《<a href="http://www.kisssunshine.com/blogs/dipper/archive/2006/02/07/4643.aspx">客齐集&hellip;我对你有点失望&hellip;.</a>》。读后，觉得<a href="http://www.kisssunshine.com/blogs/dipper">北斗公园</a>的抱怨完全属实，在这件事情上，<a href="http://www.kijiji.com.cn">客齐集</a>的客户服务的确错了。刘老师的文章《<a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu/archive/2006/01/26/13493.aspx">投诉你是投资你</a>》我是非常认同的。我自己也是一个<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040613_i_am_a_tough_customer.htm">Tough Customer</a>，投诉起来没完的。</p> <p>多数的投诉是不求结果的，认真的投诉的确是一种投资。这篇文章会对客齐集有很大的改变，对于这个投资，我非常感谢。</p>Why Fudan University Only Accept Cashhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060208_why_fudan_university_only_accept_cash.htmWed, 08 Feb 2006 23:42:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060208_why_fudan_university_only_accept_cash.htm<p>Edwin spent 5 days reading this blog to prepare for his/her jouney to Shanghai for short term language program at Fudan University, but still have some questions to ask. Among them, this one is particularly interesting:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fudan says I have to pay the tuition (4000rmb) in cash (why cash?) &ndash; my question is since i have to change such a large sum of money and walk around with it in my pocket, is it safe? Is it better to exchange money at the airport or would I get a better exchange rate within the city? Do banks take traveller&rsquo;s checks or should I use cash? &ndash; I find this uncomfortable as I never carry that much cash here in my daily life so it&rsquo;s weird for me&hellip;</p>2006Q1 Planhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060208_p1257.htmWed, 08 Feb 2006 12:34:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060208_p1257.htm<ul> <li>Install PMWiki and well maintain the site. (12 hours)</li> </ul> <p>** Learn about PMWiki before March 1, 2006 (5 hours)</p> <p>** Plan How it is Used by March 7, 2006 (5 hours)</p> <p>** Between March 1 to March 15, 2006 (2 hours)</p> <p>** Share Pages to Related People (2 hours)</p> <ul> <li>Create plan for the search engine catcher on Shanghaixp.com</li> </ul>客齐集团队需要新的兄弟（姐妹）们加入https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060207_eeeeecieieae.htmTue, 07 Feb 2006 09:47:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060207_eeeeecieieae.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2006/02/07/96543446_5f170afc75_o.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">大家都在招PHP的高手嘛……<br><br>老高在招<br>大C在招<br>阿飞在招<br>老横在招<br>裴大鹏在招<br>现在客齐集也来了<br><br>都要跟我们抢:&#x27;(<div class="comment-meta">— Dash · 2006-02-07 09:56</div></div> <div class="comment">人为本啊<div class="comment-meta">— icebin · 2006-02-08 00:08</div></div> <div class="comment">你的http://feeds.feedburner.com/wangjianshuo根本不更新，我看你的文章很辛苦啊。<div class="comment-meta">— 吴志勇 · 2006-02-08 11:18</div></div> <div class="comment">刚好看到一篇kijiji的文章.帖过来<br>http://www.kisssunshine.com/blogs/dipper/archive/2006/02/07/4643.aspx<div class="comment-meta">— SiliCon · 2006-02-08 15:45</div></div> <div class="comment">livid写了最后一篇blog～～有些关系吧～～～<br>希望建硕能招到合适的人才<div class="comment-meta">— iceshow · 2006-02-09 08:48</div></div> <div class="comment">livid都走了<div class="comment-meta">— nene · 2006-02-09 11:20</div></div> <div class="comment">哈哈，只有阿北在召PyER，不会跟你抢<br>我就喜欢Python，我就喜欢！Mc...<div class="comment-meta">— kernel · 2006-03-10 11:47</div></div> <div class="comment">大家好<br>我是新来的，无意中看到这个网页，觉得有意思，但我想知道关于你们的事。可以说说你们工作的内容吗？<br><br>小郑<div class="comment-meta">— ZHENGMEIXIAN · 2007-02-07 10:55</div></div> </details>Google's Removed BMW.dehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060207_googles_removed_bmwde.htmTue, 07 Feb 2006 09:11:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060207_googles_removed_bmwde.htm<p>Max dropped an email to us: <a href="http://news.com.com/Google+blacklists+BMW.de/2100-1024_3-6035412.html?tag=sas.email">Google blacklists BMW.de</a> this morning.</p> <p>Two points I saw in this post and <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/">Cutts&rsquo; blog</a>:</p> <ol> <li> <p>They (<a href="http://Google.com">Google</a>) have webspam team who do the removal MANNUALLY.</p> </li> <li> <p>They think JavaScript redirect and presenting &ldquo;too&rdquo; different view for robot and to users are not good, as specified in their <a href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html#quality">webmaster quality guidelines</a>.</p> </li> </ol> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hey jianshuo, I have read about the news this morning on my way to work.<br><br>I guess I am rather interested in what your thoughts are reading this piece of news?<br><br>I don&#x27;t know why the first thing it jumped out of my head was: Google was not on good terms with BMW... but hey what do we know?<div class="comment-meta">— dongdong · 2006-02-07 18:57</div></div> <div class="comment">BMW.de is back on google search, they dropped BM coz BM were spamming the search engine. however, the other thing I wanna say is ebay -- really suck.. or may be ebay china suck... and support is useless!!!!<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2006-02-10 15:32</div></div> <div class="comment">yes i agree James, about your comments on ebay china :-)<div class="comment-meta">— imran ali · 2008-03-24 20:39</div></div> </details>Credit Cards Offer Discount at Preferred Storeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060206_credit_cards_offer_discount_at_preferred_stores.htmMon, 06 Feb 2006 21:27:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060206_credit_cards_offer_discount_at_preferred_stores.htm<p>I hold credit card from the year of 1999. At that time, Credit Cards are not as popular as today. Most of the cards at that time are debut cards. But I never experienced discount offering as often as today.</p> <p>When I went to the <a href="http://www.coffeebean.com/">Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf</a> at the Raffles City, I was offered again for 10% off for my <a href="http://www.cmbchina.com">China Merchant Bank</a> (CMB) Credit Card. All sales above 50 RMB and paid via CMB card are eligible for the offer.</p>The Last Day of Vacationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060204_the_last_day_of_vacation.htmSat, 04 Feb 2006 23:07:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060204_the_last_day_of_vacation.htm<p>Feb 4 is the last day of the 7-day long Spring Festival vacation. Tomorrow, all the business will resume. It is nice to have a pause and a lot of thoughts become clearer than before. As a book put it, the natural is full of working - and rest. The Sun, the moon, the four seasons and the tide of sea - there are almost no single object that keeps running but never pause. So to take a vacation meets the rule of the nature.</p>Beijing Winter 2006https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060203_beijing_winter_2006.htmFri, 03 Feb 2006 20:39:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060203_beijing_winter_2006.htm<p>Ice field of the Summer Palace.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/02/03/beijing-ice.face-summer.palace.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Winter at the Summer Palace.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/02/03/beijing-lines.on.ice-summer.palace.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Winter at the Summer Palace.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/02/03/beijing-trees-summer.palace.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Trees at the Summer Palace</p> <p>Thanks <a href="http://www.chedong.com">Che Dong</a> for bringing the USB cable to me. That helped me a lot. Otherwise, I couldn&rsquo;t take pictures at the Beijing Airport today.</p> <p>P.S. I am happy to have dinner with my friends in Beijing again. Che Dong, Ada, An Ti, Lu Liang, Ming Zhu&hellip; (Finally, I found we represented many High-Tech companies: <a href="http://Baidu.com">Baidu</a>, <a href="http://Yahoo.com.cn">Yahoo!</a>, <a href="http://eBay.com.cn">eBay</a>, <a href="http://Microsoft.com/china">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://nytimes.com">New York Times</a>, and <a href="http://Bokee.com">Bokee</a>&hellip;)</p>I Need a USB Cablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060202_i_need_a_usb_cable.htmThu, 02 Feb 2006 12:44:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060202_i_need_a_usb_cable.htm<p>I remembered to bring my camera (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030521_my_new_camera_sony_dscp8.htm">SONY P8</a>) with me during my travel but left the cable connection at home. It is a gray USB cable with a standard USB outlet on the one side and a mini USB on the other side. Without the cable, all my 128M pictures still sit in my memory stick in my camera, and I cannot transfer them to my laptop. There are many photos of Beijing that I cannot share now.</p>Added Commenter Profile Page to MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060201_added_commenter_profile_page_to_movabletype.htmWed, 01 Feb 2006 22:21:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060201_added_commenter_profile_page_to_movabletype.htm<p>If you check the site careful enough, you will see a small icon besides the name of the commenter. It is newly added feature - Commenter Profile:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/02/01/screen-comment.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The link on the icon will lead you to the profile page of the commenter, so you understand what comments he/she has posted before.</p> <p>Since it is based on display name only, don&rsquo;t always take it for granted that people with same display name are the same person. If you found your name are too common, choose a more unique name.</p>Beijing is Cold. Life is Warmhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060131_beijing_is_cold_life_is_warm.htmTue, 31 Jan 2006 22:50:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060131_beijing_is_cold_life_is_warm.htm<p>I love Beijing so much. Although it is freezing outside, it is very warm inside any room. Thanks to the centralized heating system.</p> <p>The food of Beijing is wonderful for me. I enjoy my life in Beijing as much as I did in Shanghai.</p> <p>Beijing is my top travel destination. I have many articles in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/beijing.htm">Beijing category</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">In US, there was old saying &quot; In your life, you have to try two cities. One is San Francisco, but you have to leave before your heart becomes too soft, the other one is New York, but you have to leave before it is too hard&quot;. I had the same feelings about Shanghai and Beijing. The people and life style are very different, I missed both of them.<div class="comment-meta">— BLUEKITE · 2006-02-02 09:39</div></div> <div class="comment">I like the saying about SFO and New York. It is very different. Shanghai is similiar with New York in business sense, but like SFO in weather. Beijing and New York are both cold (exteremely cold) in winter, but the lifestyle is more like SFO...<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-02-02 17:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Actually, Beijing is like neither NYC nor SFO. Beijing is more like Washington DC. SFO is unique, with its open spirit, romanticism and balmy weather.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2006-02-03 10:25</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;be been in Beijing in the beginning of February. There are very cold wind in city.<div class="comment-meta">— Life · 2006-02-05 10:00</div></div> <div class="comment">jqian;<br><br>You are right. I don&#x27;t think Beijing is like neither NYC nor SFO. What I mean is that you should leave Beijin before you become completely Beijing Ren and you should leave Shanghai before you become completetly Shanghia Ren. By the way, SFO is my favorite city.<div class="comment-meta">— BLUEKITECN · 2006-02-05 11:26</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m from SF. I was in Beijing last week. I&#x27;m in Shanghai right now. :)<div class="comment-meta">— DKwan · 2007-02-02 01:36</div></div> <div class="comment">:)<div class="comment-meta">— vanni · 2007-03-08 17:57</div></div> </details>Met with Sarah Schaferhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060130_met_with_sarah_schafer.htmMon, 30 Jan 2006 21:27:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060130_met_with_sarah_schafer.htm<p>In the cold Beijing morning, I waked up - ealier than avarage, and went to the Yansha (Lufthansa Center) to meet Sarah. Sarah is a nice journalist. She created a lot of reports on China for Newsweek. Among them, my favorite one is the Microsoft Culture Revolution - the cover story with a portrait of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040708_bill_mao.htm">Bill Mao</a>. After check Starbucks at the nearby hotel, the one at the Pacific Center (they were all closed), we finally settled down at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20060107_highly_recommend_bookworm_beijing.htm">Bookworm Library</a>.</p>New Year's Eve - the Year of Doghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060128_new_years_eve_-_the_year_of_dog.htmSat, 28 Jan 2006 23:55:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060128_new_years_eve_-_the_year_of_dog.htm<p>The year of Dog comes. It was said &ldquo;every dog has its day&rdquo;. Every 12 years, the dogs have their own year - the year of dog.</p> <p>I will spend the Spring Festival in Beijing with Wendy this year. It is a special year for us. In my blood, I believe there is still lot of Northern China. I am more aligned with the culture in Beijing. To live in Beijing for sometime was part of our dream - finally, we can make it true.</p>Long Vacation of Spring Festival Comeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060127_long_vacation_of_spring_festival_comes.htmFri, 27 Jan 2006 22:47:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060127_long_vacation_of_spring_festival_comes.htm<p>The Chinese New Year is coming.</p> <p>There will be 7 day holiday in China, from <strong>Jan 29</strong> to <strong>Feb 4</strong>. Offices will be closed and reopened on Feb 5.</p> <p><strong>Strange Calendar</strong></p> <p>Just now, when I want to check my calenar, I double click on the time display on the right of Windows taskbar, I saw this interface for the first time:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/27/screen-lunar.calendar.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know what happened. I didn&rsquo;t install anything, but why it changes to this view?</p>关于《创业公司的欲望》的评论https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060127_aeaaecacee.htmFri, 27 Jan 2006 16:21:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060127_aeaaecacee.htm<p>在《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060126_aec.htm">创业公司的欲望</a>]》写完，还没有发上来的时候，在<a href="http://spaces.msn.com/hwhua/">老华</a>的号召下，六个朋友在藏珑坊聚会，喝下午茶。大家聊了很多，都收获颇丰。我把我写的草稿发给大家，结果得到精彩百倍的回复，经允许，转贴在这里。</p> <p><strong><a href="http://blog.podlook.com">Jack Gu</a></strong></p> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <p>我觉得是创业前最需要考虑的是风险，10个公司能存活下1个这是客观规律，startup所能做的只是尽可能减低这种风险。</p> </li> <li> <p>其次才是预测或战略，我很喜欢你关于ebay对战略重视的描述，大方向对了，风险就会减低。顺势而为总是容易许多。</p>Overseas Chinese Get Back to Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060126_overseas_chinese_get_back_to_home.htmThu, 26 Jan 2006 21:15:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060126_overseas_chinese_get_back_to_home.htm<p>I never travel before the Chinese New Year on International (Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau) flight.</p> <p>:-) <strong>International (Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau)</strong> is the standard term to discribe the type of flights in China. Although flight from Hong Kong is not international flight, passengers follow the same procedures as International flight. That is the reason it is quoted that way.</p> <p>Every Spring Festival, transportation within China is a big problem, but I never imagine that international (T/H/M) flights are the same.</p>创业公司的欲望https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060126_aec.htmThu, 26 Jan 2006 16:14:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060126_aec.htm<p>在《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050218_aecea.htm">旅行的艺术</a>》之后，最近又读了一本书，名字叫《植物的欲望》。作者迈克尔·波伦讲述了一个从奇怪的视角来看到的世界，正如这本书的副标题所说的，“植物眼中的世界”。</p> <p>“作者在五月份的一天，在院子里播种马铃薯的时候，蜜蜂正在开花的苹果树中间嗡嗡飞行。‘这些蜜蜂或许正在以院子里的主体自居，鲜花视为客体，自己在开垦这客体吧’。他突然想到。然而，如果蜜蜂真的这样想的话，那就是它的幻觉了：花朵在聪明的利用采集花蜜的蜜蜂来搬运花粉。那么，对于人与正在被人种植的马铃薯来说，到底人选择了种植马铃薯，还是马铃薯诱使人这样做呢？谁在利用谁？谁在支配谁？”</p>Hongkong Restaurants Close in New Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060125_hongkong_restaurants_close_in_new_year.htmWed, 25 Jan 2006 20:54:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060125_hongkong_restaurants_close_in_new_year.htm<p>At LAN KWAI FANG, I found a good restaurant, called YUNG KEE (镛记) Restaurant. It is at 32-40 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong. Tel: +85225221624. (D2 Exit at Central Station of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.mtr/">MTR</a>). It is amount the best of these days&rsquo; meals. There is a big KFC near it - the fact is, the KFC seems to be the most obvious sign there.</p> <p>It closes from Jan 28 to Feb 1 during the Chinese Spring Festival to celebrate the holiday.</p>Second Day in Hong Kong in Janhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060124_second_day_in_hong_kong_in_jan.htmTue, 24 Jan 2006 21:24:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060124_second_day_in_hong_kong_in_jan.htm<p>It was full day intensive meeting. Tired, and don&rsquo;t want to type too much. It was exciting to talk with people with intensive experience in Asia. That was so good.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hong Kong is a decent city, from the garden design to the dress of waiters in restaurant.</p> </li> <li> <p>Sun came out today after 8 days (I heard) of cloudy and rainy weather. Hong Kong is such a charming city when it has blue sky and blue water (the reflection). When it is raining, it remians me of Shanghai in winter. Zhang Zhang said this winter, Shanghai is completely another London already.</p>Report from Hong Kong in Janhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060123_report_from_hong_kong_in_jan.htmMon, 23 Jan 2006 23:53:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060123_report_from_hong_kong_in_jan.htm<p>This is the third time I am in Hong Kong. It is cloudy. The city does not look as charming as it was. After dinner, I walked back to hotel and took the following pictures as my memory of the short trip in Jan, 2006.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/23/hongkong-bank.of.china.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>On the left is the Bank of China building, the master piece of I.M. Pei</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/23/hongkong-buildings-view.from.shangrila.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>View from hotel</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/23/hongkong-circles-light.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Colorful lights</p>Lovely English-Speaking Jinjiang Taxi Driverhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060122_lovely_english-speaking_jinjiang_taxi_driver.htmSun, 22 Jan 2006 23:43:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060122_lovely_english-speaking_jinjiang_taxi_driver.htm<p>After the nice meetup at the Canglong Fang, <a href="http://blog.podlook.com/">Jack</a>, Xiaofeng and I happily got on board a yellow Jinjiang Taxi. Xiaofeng immediately noticed the driver is a four-star driver. They have a plate at the front of the passenger seat displaying their status of the stars. Four-star means at least he should be able to speak some English. Of cause, I didn&rsquo;t realize this until about 20 minutes later.</p> <p>When we were talking about the driving experience in Silicon Valley, since Xiaofeng still lives there, the driver suddenly asked us one question: &ldquo;What is the difference between Freeway and Expressway in U.S?&rdquo;</p>My Only Experience to Japanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060121_my_only_experience_to_japan.htmSat, 21 Jan 2006 21:44:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060121_my_only_experience_to_japan.htm<p>I have only been to Japan once.</p> <p>If I hadn&rsquo;t tried to organize my old pictures, I even forget that I have been there for 5 hours at the end of 2004.</p> <p>I enjoy travel, especially to places I have learnt about. For example, Japan.</p> <p>Citizen in China can enter Japan without a visa for up to 72 hours. I have tried that. The only thing you need is a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041209_getting_shore_pass_temp_visa_for_japan.htm">shorepass</a>, although I was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041204_rejected_by_ana_and_postponed_travel.htm">Rejected by ANA and Postponed Travel</a> once in Shanghai.</p>Jobs in eBay Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060120_jobs_in_ebay_shanghai.htmFri, 20 Jan 2006 23:38:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060120_jobs_in_ebay_shanghai.htm<p>It is the age of Internet. It is the age of booming. It is&hellip;.</p> <p>&hellip; the age of hiring.</p> <p><strong>Job Openings at eBay</strong></p> <p>There many technical and non-technical job openings in eBay Shanghai. Just in case you are interested, go to this <a href="http://pages.ebay.com.cn/aboutebay/contents/job3.html">page</a> and <a href="http://pages.ebay.com.cn/aboutebay/contents/job2.html">here</a>. Most JDs are in English.</p> <p>Some positions:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Senior Software Engineer&ndash;Web Application</p> </li> <li> <p>Senior Software Engineer&ndash;Search</p> </li> <li> <p>Senior Software Engineer&ndash;Java</p> </li> <li> <p>Testing Engineer/senior QA Engineer</p> </li> <li> <p>HR manager</p> </li> <li> <p>Senior QA Engineer</p> </li> <li> <p>Senior Data Warehouse Engineer (China)</p>Search This Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060120_search_this_site.htmFri, 20 Jan 2006 14:45:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060120_search_this_site.htm<p>var ref = document.location.href;</p> <p>if (ref.indexOf(&rsquo;?&rsquo;) != -1) {</p> <p>qs = ref.substr(ref.indexOf(&rsquo;?&rsquo;)+1);</p> <p>qsa = qs.split(&rsquo;&amp;&rsquo;);</p> <p>for (i=0;i&lt;qsa.length;i++) {</p> <p>qsip = qsa[i].split(&rsquo;=&rsquo;);</p> <p>if (qsip.length == 1) continue;</p> <p>if (qsip[0] == &lsquo;q&rsquo; || qsip[0] == &lsquo;p&rsquo;) {</p> <p>words = unescape(qsip[1].replace(/+/g,&rsquo; &lsquo;));</p> <p>try {</p> <p>document.g.q.value = words;</p> <p>}</p> <p>catch(e) {}</p> <p>}</p> <p>}</p> <p>}</p> <p>Tip: Directly type and hit &ldquo;Enter&rdquo; on any page to start search</p> <p>var googleSearchIframeName = &lsquo;googleSearchUnitIframe&rsquo;;</p> <p>var googleSearchFrameWidth = 650;</p> <p>var googleSearchFrameHeight = 1300;</p> <p>var googleSearchFrameborder = 0 ;</p>Meetups are Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060119_meetups_are_good.htmThu, 19 Jan 2006 23:34:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060119_meetups_are_good.htm<p><strong>Meetups</strong></p> <p>Hwhua called for a small Shanghai IT circle meeting this Saturday in SJTU (Shanghai Jiaotong University) (see? I am learning from the CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) case. The meeting are mainly some friends who worked together and now is Sanda, 9 City, eBay, Wicresoft, SAP, and Microsoft&hellip;</p> <p>I heard there is another one by Keso, Liuren and Hwhua on Sunday? I didn&rsquo;t get confirmation yet.</p> <p>6e&rsquo;s MSN changed to &ldquo;Topic of this Search Salon: Anti-spam&rdquo;. It seems they have a salon on search technology in Beijing tonight.</p>Best Blog Award?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060118_best_blog_award.htmWed, 18 Jan 2006 23:38:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060118_best_blog_award.htm<p>Yesterday morning, got a big package from Beijing. It is a heavy one. Inside the box, there is a glass plate to inform me I am chosen as the top 10 blogger by <a href="http://Bokee.com">Bokee.com</a>. Here is the <a href="http://tech.bokee.com/53/2005-12-21/393054.html">news</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/18/88223960_5be3efef29_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The plate</p> <p>Well. Let it be. Everyone organization is creating some noise as the top 10 blah-blah award in the blogging world. Since I get it, I accept it. That&rsquo;s it.</p> <p>I appreciate the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040212_voted_as_top_10_blogs_in_china.htm">award in 2003</a>, because of several reasons. 1. The selection is the joint effort of almost all players (BSP, insitute, media). 2. At that time, there are not so many commerical considerations from the organizer. Here are the top ten list. Of cause they are all very nice blog, but are they (or are we) the top 10? I seriously doubt it.</p>Nokia Support Phone Numbers in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060117_nokia_support_phone_numbers_in_china.htmTue, 17 Jan 2006 22:03:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060117_nokia_support_phone_numbers_in_china.htm<p>4008-800123</p> <p>Fax: <strong>4008 800321</strong></p> <p>Web: <a href="http://www.nokia.com.cn/careline">www.nokia.com.cn/careline</a></p> <p>International customers: +86-10-58692662</p> <p>It is 24 hour phone call.</p> <p>BTW, 400 phone numbers are like 800, but it only waive the long distance fee, and the customer still need to pay local fee.</p> <p>I called today. Their service is good. I immediately forwarded to Tailin about their website to see how Kijiji can improve the customer service. :-) They also dropped a SMS to me to give me the reference ID. Nokia is fully localized in China. Well done.</p>Edwards' New LCD Dell 2405https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060116_edwards_new_lcd_dell_2405.htmMon, 16 Jan 2006 18:31:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060116_edwards_new_lcd_dell_2405.htm<p>Take a look at <a href="http://www.nikonfans.org/archives/destination/shanghai/a_little_desire.html">Edward&rsquo;s New LCD Dell 2405</a>:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/16/82088381_a636f8f119.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photography by <a href="http://www.nikonfans.org">Edward</a>. Used with permission</p> <p>This is called hobby. It gives a geek the highest satisfaction to add some cool hardware (computer related or camera related) into the collection. I had a lot of geek happiness before, (like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040123_pure_geek_happiness.htm">this</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040120_webcamwindows_mediagprssmartphone.htm">that</a>). I hope I can rest for several days to pickup something.</p> <p>I like the light, the arrangement of the screens. The Dell computer at the corner attracted my attention. I used that model of computer for more than 3 years. It is the standard configuration in Microsoft.</p>PVG: Shanghai to Yangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060115_pvg_shanghai_to_yangzhou.htmSun, 15 Jan 2006 18:17:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060115_pvg_shanghai_to_yangzhou.htm<p>The question:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi-</p> <p>I found your site from a google search. I want to find out how to get to Yang-Zhou from PVG airport. I have a meditation retreat at Yang-Zhou Gao-Min monastery. I know there is a bus between Yang-Zhou and Shanghai but don&rsquo;t know where the bus stops are. Can you give me some suggestion on how to search the bus route? Thank you.</p> <p>DY</p> </blockquote> <p>This is a question that rarely has answers on the Internet. I searched the question in Google and didn&rsquo;t find any practical reesult.</p>Smiling Saturdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060114_smiling_saturday.htmSat, 14 Jan 2006 20:00:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060114_smiling_saturday.htm<p>Fresh Saturday - Jan 14, 2006.</p> <p>The day started from the Qixiu Middle School of Si&rsquo;nan Road. I love Si&rsquo;nan Road greatly. It is almost the quietest street I can find in downtown Shanghai. You feel so especially at the moment when you turn into the road from crowded Huaihai Road.</p> <p>This morning is the annual meeting of <a href="http://www.smilinglibrary.org/">Smiling Library</a>. It is the third year of their meeting. There are just too many meeting requests coming in every day, I believe it is my commitment to join their annual internal review meeting, as their consultant. I have been doing the job for almost three years with 2 hour commitment every 6 months.</p>Suggestions to Choose Hosting Companyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060113_suggestions_to_choose_hosting_company.htmFri, 13 Jan 2006 18:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060113_suggestions_to_choose_hosting_company.htm<p>The question:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi, Jianshuo</p> <p>I know you are an experienced website owner and your blog are very popular.</p> <p>I am in trouble in choosing the proper website host service, and what&rsquo;s your website provider service?</p> <p>Could you recommend some web site host service offered by foreign countries with the high ratio of quality to price?</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Jason</p> </blockquote> <p>It is a good question. It is hard to make recommendation, especially when no service is really good from the unreachable high expection from a hosting customer&rsquo;s point of view. I just share my experience.</p>Old Shanghai vs Current Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060112_old_shanghai_vs_current_shanghai.htmThu, 12 Jan 2006 21:08:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060112_old_shanghai_vs_current_shanghai.htm<p>Jia sent me some pictures of Shanghai in old days. You will see the huge difference. I guess those pictures should be taken not too long ago. My best guess is at the end of 1980&rsquo;s.</p> <p><strong>Xujiahui</strong></p> <p>Hey. Take a look at Xujiahui. When I first visited the place, it is not too different from the picture (it was in 1995), but some construction already started.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/12/shanghai-xujiahui-old.days.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Annoymous photographer</p>Both Bejiing and Shanghai Airports are Smarterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060111_both_bejiing_and_shanghai_airports_are_smarter.htmWed, 11 Jan 2006 23:20:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060111_both_bejiing_and_shanghai_airports_are_smarter.htm<p>Beijing and Shanghai airports are among the two most important airports in mainland China. Lot of people complain about their service and management, but the good thing is, both airports get smarter day by day. It is good!</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Airport Learnt from Beijing to Rearrange the Lanes</strong></p> <p>At the very beginning, all the taxis in Hongqiao Airport line up in two lanes. When the one in the front stops and picks up passengers, the taxi behind it cannot move. If there is a delay at the front, 5 or more taxi need to wait (sometimes horns).</p>Xujiahui Metro Installed Auto-Doorhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060110_xujiahui_metro_installed_auto-door.htmTue, 10 Jan 2006 23:51:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060110_xujiahui_metro_installed_auto-door.htm<p>Auto doors were installed in Xujiahui Metro Station. See pictures blow:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/10/84860902_cfaad28068.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2006/01/10/84860868_630cf5e943.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>The installation was not finished yet - only the frames. It was said the main reason to install the doors is not to ensure security (it IS one of the reasons), but the biggest advantage is to save energy for the air condition.</p> <p><strong>P.S. One of my Site Shutdown by ISP</strong></p>The City and Its Moral Boundaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060109_the_city_and_its_moral_boundary.htmMon, 09 Jan 2006 23:51:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060109_the_city_and_its_moral_boundary.htm<p>I start to wonder where the moral boundary is, or the ethics deadline people have in today&rsquo;s Shanghai, the bigger and bigger city.</p> <p><strong>Farmer Selling?</strong></p> <p>There is a way called farmer selling. It is basically to hire enough very low educated people (many of them are only children under 18) and pay them to distribute those name-card-size advertisement cards on the street. It is annoying. In People&rsquo;s Square or Xujiahui, there are many and you have to hide from them, escape from them, and sometimes fight with them to go to your direction. I hate those guys.</p>On Bokee (BlogChina) Staff Layoffhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060108_on_bokee_blogchina_staff_layoff.htmSun, 08 Jan 2006 22:48:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060108_on_bokee_blogchina_staff_layoff.htm<p>Yesterday, I got confirmed information that <a href="http://Bokee.com">Bokee</a> (former <a href="http://blogchina.com">blogchina.com</a>) really cut about 1/3 of its headcount. Although the news came out in late Dec 2005, and there are a lot of reports, I still didn&rsquo;t believe it was true until I personally verified the news.</p> <p><strong>History of Blogchina</strong></p> <p><a href="http://Blogchina.com">Blogchina.com</a> grow from one person - Fang Xingdong to about 400+ employees by the end of 2005. It was amazing speed of growth.</p> <p>I was a member of <a href="http://cnblog.org">cnblog.org</a>, a more academic group blog that started almost the same time as blogchina in 2002. The two groups (blogchina and cnblog) held very opposite oppions - blogchina goes to the completely commerical way (people in <a href="http://www.cnblog.org">cnblog</a> critized that it is no longer blog. It was going to the wrong way from the blogging spirit), and cnblog focused more on academic/reseach/future side of blogging, and till now, it is still a group of less than 20 people. That was the difference.</p>Highly Recommend Bookworm, Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060107_highly_recommend_bookworm_beijing.htmSat, 07 Jan 2006 23:22:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060107_highly_recommend_bookworm_beijing.htm<p>At night, I went to a bar (what they call themself as a library, but I expected to go to a bar or tea house), called Bookworm in Sanlitun area in Beijing.</p> <p>It is a nice place to spend an free afternoon or night there. There are many books (16,000 as described in the store card) inside the library. Most of them are English books and magazines that you can borrow or read inside the library. It is much better beyond my expectation. The foods and drinks are not expensive. Typical coffee and tea are 15 RMB per cup, which is not bad.</p>Xiangyang Marketing will be Shutdown?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060106_xiangyang_marketing_will_be_shutdown.htmFri, 06 Jan 2006 21:42:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060106_xiangyang_marketing_will_be_shutdown.htm<p>On the Shanghai Airlines flight from Shanghai to Beijing, I read the news on Shanghai Morning Post that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041128_xiang_yang_market_again.htm">Xiangyang Marketing</a> will be shutdown soon.</p> <p>I have a mixed feeling of the news.</p> <p><strong>Due to Fake Goods</strong></p> <p>According to the news, the reason to shutdown the market is because of too many fake goods in the market. 8 of 10 complain received on counterfeit goods are reported to be happen in Xiangyang Marketing, the commercial department said.</p>Met with An Ti, Chedong and Adahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060105_met_with_an_ti_chedong_and_ada.htmThu, 05 Jan 2006 23:20:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060105_met_with_an_ti_chedong_and_ada.htm<p>Chatting with friends are nice. I have some wise and inspiring friends around me. I feel so lucky about that. Some ideas captured during the chat.</p> <ol> <li> <p>The trends are pretty linear and it is important to keep close eyes on what is about half steps ahead you.</p> </li> <li> <p>Accumulate something that is can be accumulated, instead of some temperary stuff that can be easily crashed or taken away. What is more important does not really mean what is commonly accepted.</p>中文blog修复完成https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060105_aeblogae.htmThu, 05 Jan 2006 23:10:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20060105_aeblogae.htm<p>不是不想写。是blog坏了，没有时间去修它。一停就停了一个月，跨了一个年。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">19 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">留言应该好了。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-01-06 12:55</div></div> <div class="comment">怪不得，期待了一个月，每次刷新都没有新的文章:(<br><br>httP//blog.vingel.com<div class="comment-meta">— Vingel · 2006-01-06 13:02</div></div> <div class="comment">咦　可以记住我Email？　不错<div class="comment-meta">— 考拉之 · 2006-01-06 20:42</div></div> <div class="comment">留言也有问题，我可发过留言。<br>后来看见没人说话，我也不敢再吱声了 :-)<br><br>小马 http://www.xiaoma.org<div class="comment-meta">— 小马 · 2006-01-06 20:47</div></div> <div class="comment">王建硕<br>你好，我周六给你发了一封email，等呀等呀，今天也没见回信。<br>是把你的email地址记错了，还是我的信太没有技术含量？<br>你就是回封信只写两个字“已阅”，俺也就安心了。<br>希望你能看到留言。<div class="comment-meta">— mz · 2006-01-09 19:24</div></div> <div class="comment">原来是你的blog坏了，我还以为是你还在美国还没回来呢！<div class="comment-meta">— 滋味 · 2006-01-10 19:03</div></div> <div class="comment">终于又开张了。期盼中……<div class="comment-meta">— mingblog · 2006-01-12 09:59</div></div> <div class="comment">建硕，你好，我是交大1996级的洛阳老乡，还记得那个新安人，<br>在能源系读书的吗？<br><br>我毕业都六年了，没怎么联系。希望你的事业越来越成功<div class="comment-meta">— saintv · 2006-01-13 13:22</div></div> <div class="comment">我是工具镶<br><br>换主页和RSS了。<br><br>希望WEB2.0早日实现~<br><br>签名：My Blog<br>--------------------------<br>http://xiangtool.nease.net/jiangyou/<div class="comment-meta">— jiangyou · 2006-01-19 17:22</div></div> <div class="comment">工作忙也应该是主要的原因吧，，<div class="comment-meta">— gallonwang · 2006-01-26 18:27</div></div> <div class="comment">终于开张了 ！！！！<div class="comment-meta">— tianliang · 2006-02-21 00:05</div></div> <div class="comment">功能比以前强大多了<div class="comment-meta">— 温度控制仪表商城 · 2006-03-31 12:38</div></div> <div class="comment">把自己给列入公司的黑名单？<div class="comment-meta">— 小鱼儿 · 2007-03-10 14:30</div></div> <div class="comment">工作忙也应该是主要的原因吧，，<div class="comment-meta">— psp · 2010-09-29 09:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Looks impressive but not enough to make me switch from my iPhone. jmho<div class="comment-meta">— psp · 2010-09-29 09:49</div></div> <div class="comment">编码的标准<br><br>为什么说到编码（coding）的问题，看看我的blog就清楚了。 编码（Coding）是计算机系统必须遵循的基础性标准之一。各种不同的协议遵循不同的标码标准，比如我们接触最频繁的Email，只能传<div class="comment-meta">— 双 生 | iSdq.com · 2006-01-07 18:39</div></div> <div class="comment">一字千金互联网大佬语录之一：周鸿祎语录<br><br>事实成功者的文章是最值得看的，真正一字千金！！没有自己做过，很多东西根本无法体会到，空谈是没有用，idea是不值钱的。我一般都会非常仔细地看这些文章，然后做下笔记，同时会写<div class="comment-meta">— 庞升东 · 2006-01-11 01:09</div></div> <div class="comment">东拉西扯：在blog上做广告<br><br>尽管门户网站现在仍占据着网络广告的大头，但这种以信息为中心的传播方式，终将受到以人为中心的传播方式的冲击。Google AdSense推出了“在本网站刊登广告”这种“网站定位”广告方式，<div class="comment-meta">— keso · 2006-01-20 10:28</div></div> <div class="comment">在blog上做广告<br><br>这几天很多人问我有关和讯在我的blog上做广告的事，恰好周天舒也说起了此事，我就在这儿一块儿回答一下，并说说我对blog广告的一些想法。<div class="comment-meta">— 南宫紫翎 · 2006-01-20 17:08</div></div> </details>DSL in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060104_dsl_in_shanghai.htmWed, 04 Jan 2006 22:07:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060104_dsl_in_shanghai.htm<p>DSL (a.k.a ADSL) in Shanghai is the best quality broadband solution I have seen so far.</p> <p>Iti s better than FTTB+LAN solution (which I am using at home) in terms of quality. ADSL is more reliable and more available. Sometimes FTTB+LAN fails because of lack of maintainance for the network equipment in your area, and it is only available for specific residential areas.</p> <p>In contrast, ADSL seems always fast and reliable, and most places can just upgrade from a telephone line. I am of very pure luck that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040604_adsl_is_also_unavailable_in_my_home.htm">ADSL is not available in my area</a>, which is very rarely heard among my friends.</p>My Contact Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060104_p1222.htmWed, 04 Jan 2006 14:18:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060104_p1222.htm<p><strong>California</strong></p> <p>Lyn Jeffery <a href="http://www.iftf.org">iftf.org</a> Lyn Jeffery <a href="mailto:ljeffery@iftf.org">ljeffery@iftf.org</a><a href="callto:+1-650-233-9577">650-233-9577</a></p> <p>Carroll McNeill <a href="mailto:carrollmcneill@yahoo.com">carrollmcneill@yahoo.com</a></p> <p>Tom <a href="mailto:tom@aol.com">tom@aol.com</a></p> <p><strong>Idea Generators</strong></p> <p>Jin Xiaofeng <a href="mailto:xfjin@acornsoft.com">xfjin@acornsoft.com</a> <a href="callto:+86-13916423447">+86-13916423447</a></p> <p><strong>Long Yang Road</strong></p> <p>Try to call <a href="#jinxiaofeng">Jin Xiaofeng</a> out for dinner.</p>65 SMS in One Day on Jan 2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060103_65_sms_in_one_day_on_jan_2.htmTue, 03 Jan 2006 21:05:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060103_65_sms_in_one_day_on_jan_2.htm<p>Yesterday, Jan 2, 2006, I left my mobile phone at home.</p> <p>This morning, I was on the road. I brought out my Nokia 6670. I wanted to know how many phone call or SMS I missed in the second day of the holiday. I expect there must be many holiday greetings.</p> <p>The text on the homepage (or should I call it desktop, depending on whether I am in Internet age or PC age?) was: <strong>65 New SMS Messages</strong>.</p>I Don't Drive Well After Back from San Josehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060102_i_dont_drive_well_after_back_from_san_jose.htmMon, 02 Jan 2006 22:38:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060102_i_dont_drive_well_after_back_from_san_jose.htm<p>After continuous 10 days of driving in San Jose area, I feel I do not drive as well as before in Shanghai. Recently, Wendy clearly feels unsafe when she is on board on the car. I feel the same. I start to become either too dangerous or too troublesome for other drivers in Shanghai. Here are some examples.</p> <p><strong>Stop at the STOP Sign</strong></p> <p>I tried to stop at the STOP sign. There is a STOP sign at the exit of my residential area. I need to make the left turn. I stop at the STOP sign, which is about 2 meters away from the main road - it is the road for bicycles. If a car follows me, 2 out of 3 times, the car will horn at me and almost hit me. They didn&rsquo;t expect a car to stop for no reasons - there was no car running on the main road, and there is no bicycles on the bicycle lane.</p>Metro Line #4 Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060101_metro_line_4_opens.htmSun, 01 Jan 2006 21:01:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060101_metro_line_4_opens.htm<p>Metro Line #4 in Shanghai (partly) opened to public on Dec 31 - the last day in 2005.</p> <p>The new #4 is a circle line. Due to the huge accident of the tunnel near the Nanpu Bridge (water flooded into the construction site of the tunnel), the part from Lancun Road (in Pudong) and the Damuqiao Road (in Puxi near Xujiahui) didn&rsquo;t open. I have no idea about when the tunnel will be repaired.</p>Happy New Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060101_happy_new_year-4.htmSun, 01 Jan 2006 00:53:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20060101_happy_new_year-4.htm<p>This is the first post in the first several minutes of the year 2006.</p> <p><strong>Happy New Year</strong></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">14 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">A very prosperous and happy New Year to You!<div class="comment-meta">— Dobel · 2006-01-01 02:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, Jian Shuo,<br><br>We are so glad to see your blog is up and running! Wish your new year will have no further interuption to your blog.<br><br>Have a great 2006! Hope to see you soon!<br><br>April<div class="comment-meta">— April · 2006-01-01 04:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Xin nian kuai le, Jianshuo! But should you not be partying into the new year instead of sitting behind your computer :-) Hope to see you at the Toodou party this Friday!<div class="comment-meta">— Marc · 2006-01-01 11:47</div></div> <div class="comment">A very happy, healthy, and joy-filled New Year to you and Wendy and your families, Jian Shuo!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2006-01-01 14:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year !<div class="comment-meta">— Rat · 2006-01-01 16:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Jian Shuo<br><br>Happy new year to you. Thank you for your information on Shanghai as I am planning a trip in mid February 2006.<br><br>Vikram<br><br>Mauritius<div class="comment-meta">— Vikram Jeetah · 2006-01-01 17:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo and Wendy, Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best in 2006.<div class="comment-meta">— RC · 2006-01-01 23:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year!<br><br>Wishing you all the best in coming year. :)<br><br>I&#x27;m a Thai girl who will go to study mandarin at Shanghai Jiaotong University in February.<br><br>I&#x27;ve got many useful informations about Shanghai from your blog. I&#x27;ve read your blog for 6 months but never posted any comment on your site. Just wanna greet you on this season. ;)<div class="comment-meta">— Apple · 2006-01-01 23:49</div></div> <div class="comment">happy new year and every day!<div class="comment-meta">— cyhloi · 2006-01-02 00:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo,<br><br>Wishing you, Wendy and your families a very happy new year full of health happiness and prosperity. May all your dreams come true.<br><br>hava great year ahead<br><br>Sekhar<div class="comment-meta">— Sekhar Sirigiri · 2006-01-02 13:20</div></div> <div class="comment">happy new years from the other side of the world, canada<div class="comment-meta">— Jordan Scheltgen · 2006-01-02 16:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year! This is a special new year, that I received greetings from all over the world - much more than last year. Happy New Year to everyone!<br><br>2006 means a lot to me. I believe it is the same for you. Jia you, everyone!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-01-02 21:52</div></div> <div class="comment">新年好！ -- From CT, USA<div class="comment-meta">— chalupa168 · 2006-01-02 22:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear ALL<br><br>HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR;<br><br>Peter SUN.<div class="comment-meta">— peter sun · 2006-02-14 14:26</div></div> </details>(草稿 1217)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051231_p1217.htmSat, 31 Dec 2005 17:34:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051231_p1217.htm<blockquote> <p>Do you have a favourite Blog? One that you read on almost a daily basis? If so, why not send them a Christmas Card by way of Thanks.</p> </blockquote> <p>It is a great idea. Greeting cards! (<a href="http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2003/12/send_a_blogger_a_christmas_card/">src</a>)</p>Mop Acquires Donewshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051230_mop_acquires_donews.htmFri, 30 Dec 2005 20:56:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051230_mop_acquires_donews.htm<p>The news of <a href="http://www.mop.com">MOP</a> acquiring 100% share of <a href="http://Donews.com">Donews</a> arrived to me first from Yubo on SMS the day before yesterday. After that, many friends dropped me the news on MSN Messenger. I was not that surprised.</p> <p><a href="http://blog.donews.com/liuren">Liuren</a> and <a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso">Keso</a> are my very good friend in Beijing. They helped me a lot when I just started to work for Kijiji, both on professional or personal aspect. I feel very happy about them after I heard the news. Although there are a lot of controversial discussion on the pro side or the con side, but I firmly support whatever decision <a href="http://blog.donews.com/liuren">Liuren</a> and <a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso">keso</a> made.</p>Getting Back Home Latehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051229_getting_back_home_late.htmThu, 29 Dec 2005 23:10:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051229_getting_back_home_late.htm<p>Getting back home late from a small gather of old friends. 2005 almost past, and it was nice for us to review the year and talk about the interesting year. Everyone is looking forward to a great 2006. I am the same. It is late so I I will skip blogging tonight. (actually<a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/tag">,</a> it is not skipped - just a short one)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">An advanced Happy New Year greating to you and Wendy.<br><br>Why is the time stamp for your post &quot;Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at December 30, 2005 11:10 PM&quot; when Beijing time now is only Dec. 30, 2005 08:10 AM?<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2005-12-30 08:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year! For archiving proposes, sometimes, I will change the posting time a little bit - about one hour before the actual time if I post something after the mid-night, so the entry will fall into the &quot;technically&quot; previous day. There is no better way to categorize the entry to the &quot;real&quot; day in MovableType. I try to keep one entry per day and if two entries appear at the same day, one is at the early morning and the other is at night, it does not really reflect the &quot;feeling&quot;. However, I made a mistake when changing December 30, 2005 01:10 AM to the current version - forgot to change the date. I hope this change is not &quot;dishonest&quot;. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-12-30 09:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year To U!<div class="comment-meta">— xsqz · 2005-12-30 17:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year to you, Jian Shuo.<br><br>I&#x27;m looking forward to reading lots more interesting stuff on your blog in 2006!<div class="comment-meta">— roz · 2005-12-31 12:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year! I hope your heart is filled with lot of little reasons to celebrate in the New Year.<div class="comment-meta">— Daniel Prem · 2006-01-01 04:26</div></div> </details>Meeting Place: Starbucks, Raffles Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051228_meeting_place_starbucks_raffles_city.htmWed, 28 Dec 2005 23:47:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051228_meeting_place_starbucks_raffles_city.htm<p><strong>Meeting Place:</strong></p> <p>Starbucks, Raffles City, 268 Xizhang Middle Road, Shanghai</p> <p><strong>About the Location</strong></p> <p>The Starbucks at the Raffles City is not a good store in the Starbucks family. It is small and crowded. However, it is very convinient with the location near the exit of Metro Line #1. It is the nearest meeting place for me (Jian Shuo), and easier to find. I have other locations that I choose to meet people, like Coffee Bean and Tea Leafs, but it is a little bit harder to find and only works for people familiar with the area.</p>Pressure at Year Endhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051227_pressure_at_year_end.htmTue, 27 Dec 2005 23:12:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051227_pressure_at_year_end.htm<p>End of 2005 marks the enforcement of the ICP license and recordal requirements. This time, it seems they really mean it.</p> <p>In my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020926_my_site_remains_illegal_in_china.htm">previous story</a>, I outlined the requirements for the registration for website. The first requirement came out in the year of 2000, and asks all website with a domain name to file registration with detailed information with the government. Nothing happened after the deadline.</p> <p>In 2002, it was said to be enforced again. Nothing happened.</p>High-Tech Company Logo Platehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051226_high-tech_company_logo_plate.htmMon, 26 Dec 2005 23:07:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051226_high-tech_company_logo_plate.htm<p>Hengge and his Blogbus.com is going to move to a new warehouse in Longhua. He is obviously excited about the move and asked me for some photos of logo plate for high tech companies. He think it may inspires him about the design of new blogbus logo outside their small building. I am sorry that I didn&rsquo;t response in a timely manner. Here are some I grabbed in my photo folders.</p>20 RMB per Month Unlimited WAPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051225_20_rmb_per_month_unlimited_wap.htmSun, 25 Dec 2005 22:58:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051225_20_rmb_per_month_unlimited_wap.htm<p>It is old news already, but I think it is valuable information to visitors to Shanghai. China Mobile has decreased the price of GPRS. They are offering a package to give unlimited WAP access for 20 RMB per month. Here are the configuration details:</p> <p>Access Point: CMWAP</p> <p>Gateway: 10.0.0.172</p> <p><strong>CMWAP v.s. CMNET</strong></p> <p>I have been using GPRS from China Mobile for some time but I never really understand the difference between the two AP - cmwap and wmnet. The only thing I know was, to be able to access Internet, for example, from my laptop, or Dopod Smartphone to access Internet website like ebay.com, I have to use cmnet. If I only need to access WAP site, like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/wap/index.wml">WAP comment feed for this site</a>, cmwap is enough. CMWap is cheaper - 20 RMB for all-you-can-eat while CMNET is charged by bytes.</p>Lilina Installedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051225_p1210.htmSun, 25 Dec 2005 18:44:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051225_p1210.htm<p>Every time I install some application onto the server, it creates some maintainance task for me in the future. For example, here are the list of files accumulated in the last one and half years under /scripts/ folder, and it turned out that most of them does not have any value for me.</p> <p>[.] [..] [ads] [air]</p> <p>[air2] [bbs] [bill] [bin]</p> <p>[bug] [commentsubscribe] [google] [Hello]</p> <p>[homepage] image.php [L10] [links]</p> <p>[links_fourth] [links_old] [links_third] [mailer]</p>Merry Christmas for My Friends and Familyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051225_merry_christmas_for_my_friends_and_family.htmSun, 25 Dec 2005 00:01:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051225_merry_christmas_for_my_friends_and_family.htm<p>Merry Christmas! The Christmas Eve arrives.</p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to send my Christmas gifts to a lot of people. As the saying: &ldquo;Friends are the flowers in the garden of lives.&rdquo; I love all my &ldquo;flowers&rdquo;. Merry X&rsquo;mas to them.</p> <p>Merry Christmas to Carroll</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/25/screen-flower.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>and Jim</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/25/screen-flower.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>. You gave me most of the &ldquo;Christmas feeling&rdquo; for sending me may X&rsquo;mas greetings and inviting me to the trimming tree party. Hope you have a wonderful new year.</p>Age of Crazy Ideashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051223_age_of_crazy_ideas.htmFri, 23 Dec 2005 18:47:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051223_age_of_crazy_ideas.htm<p>It is moving season. Joi Ito is also <a href="http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/12/21/moving.html">moving his blog</a> to a new machine - according to Jio, he was changing IP address. DNS always take long time to replicate. I hosted my DNS with <a href="http://www.net.cn">www.net.cn</a>. I hope it will be working in the years to come.</p> <p>Yesterday, talked with Yale in the decent place called Peace Masion (Wendy <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050907_we_filled_our_lives_but_lost_our_souls.htm">mentioned</a> this place in her blog). We talked about lots of &ldquo;crazy business&rdquo; models, like the <a href="http://milliondollarhomepage.com/">million dollar homepage</a>. (In China, it was translated as Bai Wan Ge Zi - million boxes. I believe it is a great translation to reflect the pixel nature of the &ldquo;business).</p>The 8-Day of Nightmarehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051222_the_8-day_of_nightmare.htmThu, 22 Dec 2005 23:41:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051222_the_8-day_of_nightmare.htm<p>Oh. I almost forget how to blog after 8 days - almost the longest pause in the history of three years. Let me explain what happened in the last 8 days.</p> <p><strong>Ipowerweb, the hosting company</strong></p> <p>First of all, I&rsquo;d like to thank ipowerweb for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040403_service_pause_site_migrating.htm">hosting my site</a> since April 03, 2004. The migration to ipowerweb was very painful, so did everytime I talk with them, but I have to say, the hosting experience was not bad - they only experienced very few server down, and for the rest, it is fast and smooth. But whenever customer service is needed, it will be exteremely bad experience for me.</p>Seems the site is partly back...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051222_seems_the_site_is_partly_back.htmThu, 22 Dec 2005 11:23:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051222_seems_the_site_is_partly_back.htm<p>It seems so&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">The comment also works<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-12-22 11:26</div></div> <div class="comment">testing.... Welcome back.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2005-12-22 12:43</div></div> <div class="comment">merry christmas<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— gong · 2005-12-22 13:06</div></div> <div class="comment">good luck!<br><br>merry chiristmas and happy new year!<div class="comment-meta">— qiusir · 2005-12-22 14:29</div></div> <div class="comment">greetings!<div class="comment-meta">— seajuan · 2005-12-22 15:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Best wishes!<br><br>i cannot see your mail. Bad luck.<div class="comment-meta">— reg · 2005-12-22 17:41</div></div> <div class="comment">good to see you back Jianshuo.<div class="comment-meta">— Gemme · 2005-12-22 20:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone! Merry Christmas. I am also happy to be back.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-12-23 15:42</div></div> </details>Wangjianshuo's Blog is Experiencing Difficultieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051220_wangjianshuos_blog_is_experiencing_difficulties.htmTue, 20 Dec 2005 14:18:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051220_wangjianshuos_blog_is_experiencing_difficulties.htm<p>Hi all,</p> <p>Sorry that the blog was down for more than 7 days, since Dec 13, 2005. This is the most difficult time for this blog since it was created. I am working very hard to solve this problem and hopefully, the blog will be online before Christmas.</p> <p>**What happened? **</p> <p>As I explained for the 8 hour down time for this blog, the ISP I chose, ipowerweb.com found there is some phishing content on my site (as they said), and it was their legal responsibility to shutdown the site (also as they said). The result is, they deleted the content I built in the last 3 years within one minute. I am working with them to get the data from the backup server. Meanwhile, I have switched to another hosting company. I should have done this earlier. When you see this small note, it means the DNS change has been replicated to most DNS servers (at least yours), and the website is served from this new server. It is already a big progress.</p>Sorry for Outage 8 Hourshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051214_sorry_for_outage_8_hours.htmWed, 14 Dec 2005 04:10:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051214_sorry_for_outage_8_hours.htm<p>Saw this? Congratulations! You are a frequent visitor to this blog.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/13/screen-account.suspended-ipowerweb.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of ipowerweb</p> <p>There are about 8 hour outage of the service today. All pages under home.wangjianshuo.com are not accessible, including hosting services for my friends <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">mvm</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">wendy</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire">claire</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/elfe">elfe</a>.</p> <p>I got an email from ipowerweb.com:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello,</p> <p>Unfortunately, we have been forced to suspend your domain account for</p> <p>the following reason:</p> <p>For more information about this suspension, please contact</p>Happy Birthday to Chentahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051214_p1203.htmWed, 14 Dec 2005 01:13:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051214_p1203.htm<p>Happy Birthday to <a href="http://blog.donews.com/chenta/">chenta</a>, as she <a href="http://blog.donews.com/chenta/archive/2005/12/13/656950.aspx">wished</a>.</p>Googleplex照片https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051213_googleplexcc.htmTue, 13 Dec 2005 14:28:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051213_googleplexcc.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029201_2f8b4bdc0b.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029195_519cdca7e1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029188_1e35112baa.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029185_6194de164b.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029182_cb1bc31261.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029179_e684f45fd1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029175_9702e8c0f0.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029169_7337021003.jpg" loading="lazy" 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decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029083_7b0cfd56ce.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029076_d409f67ad4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029074_b5e2d94739.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029070_f5976a04f4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029068_10bcf1cf8a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029067_1058efb379.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029064_2f945f752a.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029058_60fa3d17d6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>　</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029055_dbb6ab3852.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029054_fb7e266f48.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>　</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/12/13/73029043_4659aaa1ce.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Shall I Mention People's Name in Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051213_p1202.htmTue, 13 Dec 2005 07:16:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051213_p1202.htm<p>There are always choices when writing a blog, especially a blog that have many readers from different part of the world. The key, I believe, is to keep consistent for the chioces all the time. Frequency is a choice. My choice is (try) to keep it up everyday. Topic is another. I (try to) write only those things related to life, instead of too much technology or business, so it is not that boring for non-tech people and don&rsquo;t reveal too much things people consider to be a secreate for business.</p>Happy Birthday to Robert Maohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051213_happy_birthday_to_robert_mao.htmTue, 13 Dec 2005 05:04:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051213_happy_birthday_to_robert_mao.htm<p>The other day, on the street of Los Gatos, I saw a plate before a garden shop (I don&rsquo;t know how to put it better. It is a shop selling flowers, garden tools and decorations). It says: <strong>Friends are flowers in the garden of life</strong>.</p> <p>I have a lot of flowers in my garden of life. Robert Mao is one. Today is his birthday, and I&rsquo;d love to send a happy birthday card. My card is special, a page on my blog (this page). He runs UUZone and inspired me a lot about the new ideas, philosophy of life and how to think out of box and get actively involved in the technical discussion around the world - he, as the CEO of a Nanjing based company, actively participate in many international events, that really helped a lot on the business.</p>Weekend at San Josehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051212_weekend_at_san_jose.htmMon, 12 Dec 2005 14:54:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051212_weekend_at_san_jose.htm<p>Stayed in San Jose for the weekend. Thanks RC for taking care of me and showed me around the region and Carroll/Jim to host me for their trimming tree party at their beautiful house. I learnt a lot recently about how the U.S. society works. Some very interesting details I found:</p> <p><strong>Head in or Rear in?</strong></p> <p>At all the parking lot, most cars will put their head into the slot and rear pointing to the road. It seems the nature way. In Shanghai, most drivers will reverse to the parking lot, let the head of the car facing the main path. This seems to be abnormal behavior. This unified behavior may be because of &ldquo;reverse to parking lot&rdquo; is one of the test in the driving test in China. What an interesting result of the unified education! It is the same case to see majority of people in China only use right hand, dress similar with each other, and keep silent at class&hellip;.</p>转了一圈https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051211_eaeae.htmSun, 11 Dec 2005 11:32:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051211_eaeae.htm<p>今天出门转了一圈，离开<a href="http://eBay.com">eBay</a>所在的Hamilton Ave, 经过17号公路，沿着US101公路，北上，一会儿到了Sunnyvale。顺便看了一眼<a href="http://Yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a>的总部，好大的一幢楼。这个10多年的小公司看起来像个大公司的样子了。昨天打开电视就看到Yahoo!的广告，一声很怪异的Yahoooooo!让人印象深刻。</p> <p>前几天在和朋友聊天，他说得很有道理：Yahoo!的领导风格是好莱坞的，这和他们的CEO华纳兄弟的经历有关，看重内容和广告。Google是技术风格的，这和他们的两个创始人（为什么技术公司的创始人都是两个两个的呢？）斯坦福大学计算机博士背景有关，eBay是战略和财务风格的，这跟公司里面近百人的哈佛和斯坦福MBA有关吧。10 年过去了，过去的疯狂的硅谷的创始公司，现在都长成青年，有着5层以上的大楼了，比如旁边的EMC和SUN。这些楼在一片平房的硅谷，着实是少见。</p>Hotmail Does Not Workhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051210_hotmail_does_not_work.htmSat, 10 Dec 2005 10:17:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051210_hotmail_does_not_work.htm<p>My password for my hotmail does not work now. There must be delay for replying your email. I also have some emails inviting me to dinners, sorry that I cannot make it or reply the email from hotmail due to the password problem, and I don&rsquo;t remember the email address. :-( How bad. But thank you very much for your kindness.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">28 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Perhaps you can&#x27;t even remember if there is cencorship in China?<br><br>LOL<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2005-12-10 12:59</div></div> <div class="comment">there&#x27;s always the possibility some nasty person has found out your password and changed it...<div class="comment-meta">— bob · 2005-12-10 17:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey Bellevue, your comments are extremely boring and repetitive.<br><br>Yes, we know there is censorship in China. What else do you want to say?<br><br>By the way, if you choose a topic to rant about, spell it the right way. Its censorship, not cencorship.<div class="comment-meta">— Brad · 2005-12-10 17:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I want to say Wangjianshuo is a cheap liar, even if he spelled it right. You have a problem with that?<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2005-12-10 21:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Plus, Wangjianshuo is banning US embassy as a source in this blog. When I tried to quote a story from American embassy web page, I got &#x27;this is a questionable source&#x27; warning.<br><br>A clear sign that what Wangjianshuo really believes in is anti-Americanism. He maybe talks nicely to Americans, but he can hardly conceal his diehard communist ideology.<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2005-12-10 21:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Confession:<br><br>Name:Constant Loser<br><br>Race:Male<br><br>Age:30 to 40<br><br>Race:White<br><br>Education:Master Degree in something and minor in Chinese<br><br>Relationship Status: Single (I used to date a girl, she though I am kind of intelligent guy, however, after three hours, she discovered that I am a single minded ass and might have some mental problem.)<br><br>Hobbies:Surfing internet and check out all of the Chinese blog to practice my Chinese and leave some comments and constantly reply them. I am always hoping someone can reply to me so I can fight back, since I don&#x27;t have any friends, this is the only &quot;human contact&quot; I can get. Sometimes, I was so tired and bored by constantly hitting refresh button, then I will go to bath room to take a bio-break,<br><br>Eating habits: Breakfast: 7 up with Bacon<br><br>Lunch: Burger with French fries<br><br>Dinner: French fries with burger<br><br>Principles: Do not buying anything made in China. The only exception is my computer, since I really don&#x27;t have time to check each of the parts.<br><br>Family: I grow up as a loveless child which might explain some my behavior, which is really not my fault.<br><br>Wishes: Please continue ignoring me, that is the only way I can die.<br><br>Happy holidays to everyone, since I really don&#x27;t have anyone to say this to.<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue Alter Ego · 2005-12-11 01:32</div></div> <div class="comment">LMAO that was hilarious, but it is right on. Maybe you should also mention that he got &quot;yellow fever&quot; and got dumped by some asian girl, probably a chinese. Thats how he got this serious hate.<div class="comment-meta">— Peter · 2005-12-11 02:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow how did you know all that stuff about me?<br><br>I am sorry for my behavior. Sorry for calling you a liar Jianshuo.<br><br>I realize that I have a problem :(<br><br>Please help me!<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2005-12-12 15:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey Bellevue, please post your pic along with the pic of the Chinese girl who dumped you. Then I can analyze them to see and understand why.<div class="comment-meta">— Boveman · 2005-12-14 23:05</div></div> <div class="comment">hotmail inbox is not opening<div class="comment-meta">— sushila · 2005-12-30 18:31</div></div> <div class="comment">ooooooooooooooooooooooooo ahhaha make me wanna<div class="comment-meta">— trim · 2006-05-17 05:36</div></div> <div class="comment">hotmail is again not working, that really sucks! why all this censorship in china? why!!!???<div class="comment-meta">— victor · 2006-05-18 14:53</div></div> <div class="comment">whay the hotmail company give this problam.and i don&#x27;t know maybe this is my mistake.so any way please can help me.Opne my e-mail . Thank you!<div class="comment-meta">— muhammad tanveer · 2006-05-19 00:15</div></div> <div class="comment">just want to say just saw this site couple of minutes ago i was reading these comments and some of them seem really pointless. By the way this site is really good. But, some of the comments are a waste of space e.g: bellevue and brad. Just saying again this site is pretty cool.<div class="comment-meta">— ... · 2006-07-01 09:34</div></div> <div class="comment">cannot sign in msn messneger error 8004883<div class="comment-meta">— tina · 2006-08-04 08:05</div></div> <div class="comment">cannot sign into my msn messenger<div class="comment-meta">— Tina · 2006-08-04 13:27</div></div> <div class="comment">jow du a mek a msn adi ????? tell me plzzzzzzzzzzzz xxxxx<div class="comment-meta">— georgi · 2006-09-10 04:06</div></div> <div class="comment">hay guys i dont know how to make msn id please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thanks<div class="comment-meta">— khatira · 2006-12-02 01:53</div></div> <div class="comment">mi computadora no funciona no me acepta el pasbor<div class="comment-meta">— jairo · 2007-05-04 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">I have not been able to open my hot mail fof a week do not no what to do as have overseas mail how can i open and look at<div class="comment-meta">— pete · 2008-01-19 07:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Have a German Hotmail account, and have experienced no problems so far to log in - neither on the website nor on MSN Messenger.<br><br>If the problems persist, try to circumvent the standard traffic route...the web should offer a lot of hints on how to accomplish this. For example, if you&#x27;re still registered with an institution (such as a university) in your home country, a VPN connection via that institution would an option.<div class="comment-meta">— DB · 2008-01-19 09:58</div></div> <div class="comment">I can&#x27;t get into Hotmail, every time I try to go to the site it says that the Internet cannot connect to the site, saying that maybe my connection is down, but of course it isn&#x27;t because I can get on every other site! MSN doesn&#x27;t work either, it says &quot;We were unable to sign you in to the .NET messenger service, possibly because of a problem with the service or with the service. Please make sure you are connected to the internet.&quot; But I AM connected, I&#x27;m on it right now!! Suggestions for help please?<div class="comment-meta">— confused · 2008-04-20 02:12</div></div> <div class="comment">hahahahahah that bellveu guy really got canned hahahahah probably a computer nerd sitting at home and jerking off...i think u hurt his feelings man...dont wanna b watching the news and find out a ceratin bellvue smith has commited suicide.<div class="comment-meta">— shaun · 2008-08-13 21:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Hotmail does not connect i push hone button abd when i select hotmail nothing happens and it says done on bottom left<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle DesJardins · 2008-12-09 07:47</div></div> <div class="comment">i have no problem with my passord althogth in won&#x27;t get the messages cause hotmail doensn&#x27;t work<br><br>alternative email exiledinohio@roadrunner.com<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle DesJardins · 2008-12-09 07:55</div></div> <div class="comment">now i can&#x27;t sign either<div class="comment-meta">— Michelle DesJardins · 2008-12-09 07:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Reset my password for my hotmail account and I must have keyed it in wrong. Requested an email to the account to reset unable to access my hotmail now so, I cannot get into the hotmail account.<br><br>Also, how do I copy my categories over to my live id.<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Shari<div class="comment-meta">— Shari Olson · 2009-01-12 08:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Now, I&#x27;ve forgotten my Live ID password. I haven&#x27;t even started to drink that is YET.<br><br>Also, I want to use Outlook for this ID how do I go about setting this up.<br><br>Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Shari · 2009-01-12 08:58</div></div> </details>SFO Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051209_sfo_pictures.htmFri, 09 Dec 2005 14:00:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051209_sfo_pictures.htm<p>Post some pictures in SFO on US 101. Victor was with me and took the pictures.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695632_a23ac18d94.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695626_67a67b12f1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695615_20570750b4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695594_be0cf15c61.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695590_75f2ecac80.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695581_26482084f5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/12/09/71695577_b458311900.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Victor</p> <p>Night, had dinner at Los Gatos - I love the small town - the town were lit up for X&rsquo;mas - really nice place.</p>Jet Lag Patternshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051208_jet_lag_patterns.htmThu, 08 Dec 2005 13:54:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051208_jet_lag_patterns.htm<p>Jet lag!I hate jet lag.</p> <p>The pattern for my jet lag is clear and repeartable. Let me keep a record of my experience these days to make sure the next time I travel, I understand which part of the time is the most inefficient and try to avoid important meeting during these time slots.</p> <p><strong>The First Day</strong></p> <p>I don&rsquo;t feel the jet lag the firts day. After UA858 arrives in the morning, the excitement of travel (and obviously combined with the excitement to be able to move after sitting there for 12 hours) makes the first half day wonderful. The lunch will be as exciting as normal, and I will be happy to eat something after being hungry the whole morning. In the after (SFO time), I am still feeling great until around 4:00 PM. I started to feel tired and 5:00 PM is the peak that I would quit from anything to fall asleep. I will wake up 5-8 times at night.</p>In San Jose Alreadyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051206_in_san_jose_already.htmTue, 06 Dec 2005 07:07:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051206_in_san_jose_already.htm<p>Don&rsquo;t worry about me. Jia dropped us an SMS as early as 6:30 AM Shanghai time about whether we arrived safely. Thanks. I am OK. I am in San Jose already. The weather in California is great - as everytime I visit - sunny, cool wind, and nice color of the trees. California always seems so clean - there is a long way for Shanghai to go to get rid of pollution. I believe it is something meaningful that I want to spent more time on it.</p>Flying to SFOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051204_flying_to_sfo.htmSun, 04 Dec 2005 22:30:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051204_flying_to_sfo.htm<p>Flying to San Francisco again tomorrow. I will be back to Shanghai on Dec 15, Shanghai time. During these 10 days, I will keep blogging but keep in mind that the time of the entries will be offset by 8 hours.</p> <p>**Itinerary **</p> <p>PVGUA 858 05DEC 1345 0810</p> <p>SFOUA 857 14DEC 1355 1930+1</p> <p>I hate jet lag, and I know I have to experience it again.</p> <p><strong>Life is the Accumulation of Mileage</strong></p>My Connection to the Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051204_p1192.htmSun, 04 Dec 2005 21:59:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051204_p1192.htm<p>To live in a city does not always mean you have a lot of connections with the city. Let me pause, look back and create a repository of the connections I have to this city.</p> <p>Connection - by my definition, is the time/moment that I feel that I am in this city, not that city&hellip;</p> <ul> <li> <p>Weather.</p> </li> <li> <p>Radio. I listen to radio on my way home in the car. Recently, I pay more attention to two programs, one is <a href="http://liveitupshanghai.com">Liveitupshanghai</a> from 10:15 to 11:00 PM at 93.4 FM, and Pian Pian Qing, from 9:00 to 10:00 PM at 89.9 FM. At home, when I cannot find out my radio set, I logon to <a href="http://www.smg.sh.cn">web</a> listen online.</p>Perhaps Love Moviehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051203_perhaps_love_movie.htmSat, 03 Dec 2005 22:16:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051203_perhaps_love_movie.htm<p>A cold Saturday. At night, since there is only one person at home, I drove (I even didn&rsquo;t know why I drove there) to the Super Brand Mall to see movies. There are many movies on show recently, such as &ldquo;The Legend of Zorro&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Wu Ji&rdquo;, it seems the most attractive one is &ldquo;Perhaps Love&rdquo;. eBay is the sponsor for this film. I was involved in it. I feel deep connection with the film before it comes out already.</p>Shanghai is Still Highly Pollutedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051202_shanghai_is_still_highly_polluted.htmFri, 02 Dec 2005 22:01:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051202_shanghai_is_still_highly_polluted.htm<p>Today, the weather is the same (except colder) and the dark gray, almost yellow sky is still like several days ago. According to local newspaper, it had been the 8th continuous day of grade II (which means <em>slightly polluted</em>). Based on my observation, I guess today should be the 10th continuous polluted day. So called &ldquo;slightly polluted&rdquo; is already &ldquo;very polluted&rdquo; in normal people&rsquo;s view, because it starts to do harm to people already.</p>World AIDS Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051201_world_aids_day-3.htmThu, 01 Dec 2005 22:10:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051201_world_aids_day-3.htm<p>Today is world aids day.</p> <p>Today is the day to think, but this year, as the previous year, we don&rsquo;t have a site to link.</p> <p>I am not sure why the <a href="http://Linkandthink.org">Linkandthink.org</a> project was paused since 2003.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/01/screen-world.aids.day-link.and.think.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I liked to the site on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021201_world_aids_day.htm">2002</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031201_world_aids_day.htm">2003</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I think it is necessary for us to start a page to introduce knowledge of AIDS, or furtherly, a site on AIDS with a BBS. There we can learn general knowledge of AIDS, and can exchange views on people that have been affected by the AIDS virus.<div class="comment-meta">— cunning · 2005-12-03 09:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Everyone knows that Wangjianshuo is not a native Shanghai folk. Instead Wang was born in Henan province, the very part of China plagued by the epidemic HIV/AIDS.<br><br>Yet you&#x27;ll never read anything from this &#x27;famous China blogger&#x27; on the fact of his home province. Like it never happend: the corruption of the local offical, the cover-ups, the persecution of the advocates and those unfortunate ones. At the mamont, the atrocity goes on.<br><br>So there is no censorship, huh? So China is &#x27;peacfully erecting&#x27;, right, Mr. Wang Jianshuo?<br><br>The real hero of Henan is Dr. Gao Yaojie, who braved the oppressive regime to fight the pandemic:<br><br>Grandmother Courage<br><br>She&#x27;s just a retired country doctor, but GAO YAOJIE refuses to keep quiet about the plague ravaging China<br><br>By TIME staff HANNAH BEECH<br><br>Grandmas aren&#x27;t supposed to raise hell. In general, they potter around their crammed apartments, grumble about their senile husbands and make endless mugs of tea for visitors. Gao Yaojie, a tiny 75-year-old from China&#x27;s central Henan province, does all that-and a great deal more.<br><br>In 1996, the retired doctor examined a patient complaining of what he called &quot;the strange disease.&quot; Then came another with &quot;no-name fever.&quot; And another with &quot;weird sickness.&quot; Alarmed, Gao notified provincial medical officials that thousands of peasants who had sold plasma to illegal blood banks during the mid-1990s were all being struck by the same deadly affliction: AIDS. Dirty needles and recycled blood, she discovered, had led to HIV infection rates of more than 50% in some Henan villages. In the village of Wenlou, for instance, three generations of one family died within a two-month period. Gao estimates that up to 100,000 people in Henan might be infected with HIV.<br><br>Instead of being lauded for her handy detective work, Gao herself was put under investigation. Local cadres told her to keep quiet, lest she bring bad p.r. to the province. Gao&#x27;s phone was tapped and her mail seized. &quot;They thought they could scare me into not saying anything,&quot; says Gao.&quot;But what can they do to an old woman like me?&quot;<br><br>Undeterred, the diminutive doctor donned her frayed Mao jacket and, defying official orders, printed up hundreds of thousands of flyers and pamphlets to educate rural residents about AIDS. Gao has also spent thousands of dollars of her own pension to buy medicine for the sick of Henan. For her energetic endeavors, she was awarded the Jonathan Mann Award, a $20,000 prize from the Global Health Council. But the government, afraid that she would expose China&#x27;s dirty secret, barred Gao from traveling to the U.S. to accept the honor. Instead, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan attended the ceremony in her place.<br><br>After years of playing dumb and losing valuable time to educate its citizens, Beijing has admitted that China has a burgeoning AIDS problem. But Gao is not convinced by the government&#x27;s plodding &quot;Five Year Plan&quot; to stem the disease. Despite their big talk, Beijing cadres have only admitted to the existence of one AIDS village in Henan, ignoring the dozens of other hamlets where HIV is flourishing. Nor is the much-publicized money the government has sent anywhere near enough to treat the thousands of farmers who die before ever knowing the name of the disease that killed them.<br><br>Meanwhile, the nation is projected to have 10 million HIV-positive citizens by 2010. &quot;The government says their plan will prevent an AIDS epidemic,&quot; Gao says. &quot;But even an old woman like me knows the problem has already reached epidemic proportions.&quot; While the authorities continue to downplay China&#x27;s AIDS problem, Henan&#x27;s peasants know they can count on a wrinkled woman named Grandma Gao.<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2005-12-05 20:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Fighting against HIV/AIDS need people all over the world. We should take safeguard for ourselves but we should not be afraid of HIV/AIDS, The Scientists like He Dayi, is working hard on HIV/AIDS curing. But for us, common people, we should take more care of people who is infected by HIV/AIDS.<div class="comment-meta">— R DU · 2005-12-06 11:10</div></div> <div class="comment">News about Henan, Wangjianshuo&#x27;s native province notorious for its &#x27;AIDS village&#x27;:<br><br>http://www.usembassy<br><br>-china.org.cn/sandt/henan-jiangnan-ribao.html<br><br>Title: Henan &quot;AIDS Villages&quot; Up to 62 Percent HIV Infection Rate<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2005-12-10 21:39</div></div> <div class="comment">help me in toeic<div class="comment-meta">— ara · 2006-01-03 23:17</div></div> <div class="comment">help me in toeic<div class="comment-meta">— cv · 2006-01-03 23:19</div></div> </details>Maglev Extended Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051130_maglev_extended_time.htmWed, 30 Nov 2005 23:03:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051130_maglev_extended_time.htm<p>Good news. Maglev extended the operation time from today, according to <a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2005/11/29/219848/Maglev_trains_trial_longer_hours.htm">Shanghai Daily</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>The trains will run from 7am until 9pm instead of the normal 8.30am to 5.30pm</p> </blockquote> <p>I complained that although Maglev is my first-choice if I can take Maglev, I only took Maglev for once. I believe I am a frequent flyer, but I seldom take flight later than 9:00 or get back to Shanghai early than 6:00. So I missed Maglev. Maglev connects the airport to my home (somewhere 4 km away from my home) and it takes only 8 minutes, but I wasn&rsquo;t able to enjoy te benifit.</p>Polution in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051129_polution_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmTue, 29 Nov 2005 22:42:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051129_polution_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is the seconf part of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040525_polution_in_shanghai.htm">Polution in Shanghai</a>.</p> <p>It is the second time my warm hearted reader Carsten send photos on Shanghai to me. Last time, carsten <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040525_polution_in_shanghai.htm">wrote</a></p> <blockquote> <p>I would like to help people here to be more aware of, and understand, that if all do a little every day, it will have a tremendous impact.</p> </blockquote> <p>This time, Carsten sent me another picture taken from CA164:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/29/shanghai-polution-from.air.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Carsten, who kindly gave me some <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040918_carsten_gave_me_earplugs.htm">earplugs</a> for F1 race</p>Shanghai Metro Newshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051128_shanghai_metro_news.htmMon, 28 Nov 2005 21:59:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051128_shanghai_metro_news.htm<p>Here are some piece of Shanghai Metro news.</p> <p><strong>Folded Bicycles</strong></p> <p>According to the regulations, folded bicycles (not sure how I can put it. It is a bicycle that you can fold to make it smaller) are allowed on Metro. Some people ride bicycles to Metro Station, fold it, carry it onto the metro cart and unfold it at the destination station and ride to work.</p> <p>Practically speaking, it is not so easy to carry it in rush hours, but many people do. The problem is, on some very crowded stations, say, from Cao Bao Road to Xujiahui, or Shanxi South Road to People&rsquo;s Square on Metro Line #1, or from Dong Chang Road station to People&rsquo;s Square on Metro Line #2, if someone carries a folded bicycle, it may reduce the capacity of the cart and someone may not able to get to that train. I believe I will feel bad or at least a little bit embarrased at that time, although it is accepted by the regulation.</p>Wheat Powder Fuwa (Olympic Mascots)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051127_wheat_powder_fuwa_olympic_mascots.htmSun, 27 Nov 2005 22:37:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051127_wheat_powder_fuwa_olympic_mascots.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/27/67464177_da80dd9254.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Shot in the Changfeng Park of Shanghai</p> <p>See this picture. I took it in Changfeng Park - the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051111_beijing_2008_olympic_mascots.htm">Beijing 2008 Olympic Mascots</a> created by the woman. She used wheat powder and color to create the toys.</p> <p><strong>P.S. Previous Issue of BusinessWeek on Microsoft</strong></p> <p>The Sept 26, 2005 issue of <a href="http://www.BusinessWeek.com">BusinessWeek</a> is wonderful. I read almost every single article on this issue. The article &ldquo;<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_39/b3952001.htm">Troubling Exits At Microsoft</a>&rdquo; is a good one, as other articles in the magazine. I was surprised to two things: 1) BusinessWeek is sensitive to new stuff like AJAX, Tag, or Cyworld. 2) One statement in comment on this site is true: &ldquo;No readers are interested in the questions interviewees are willing to answer&rdquo;. There are many tough questions for Steve Baller. One example was &ldquo;[some employees] question whether you should be CEO. What&rsquo;s your response?&rdquo;. OMG&hellip;</p>Syncam: Multi-Angle Video Recording Made Easyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20241127_syncam-multi-angle-video-recording-made-easy.htmSun, 27 Nov 2005 14:02:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20241127_syncam-multi-angle-video-recording-made-easy.htm<p><em>(Originally published: November 27, 2024)</em></p> <p>Capture Every Perspective, Every Time</p> <p>Have you ever wished to relive a moment from every angle, just like in the movies? With Syncam, you can! Syncam uses multiple iPhones to record the same event from different perspectives seamlessly. Whether it’s a concert, a sports event, or a precious family gathering, Syncam turns your moments into a cinematic experience.</p>Busy as Keywordhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051126_busy_as_keyword.htmSat, 26 Nov 2005 21:25:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051126_busy_as_keyword.htm<p>How fun. Some one searched:</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;q=I+am+extremely+busy+recently">I am extremely busy recently</a> in Google and got to my site. Haha.</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;q=my+life+is+busy">my life is busy</a></p> <p>P.S. I found a strange trend that when I ask my friends around me, &ldquo;How are you doing these days&rdquo;, the more common answer is &ldquo;Busy&rdquo; or &ldquo;exteremely busy&rdquo;. I have two or three friends who are always happy to describe how many lunched they have skipped or how many nights they didn&rsquo;t sleep. The question is, is &ldquo;being busy&rdquo; something to show off? Is he taking &ldquo;being busy&rdquo; as an accomplishment or archivement?</p>Craigslist's Successhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051125_craigslists_success.htmFri, 25 Nov 2005 17:54:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051125_craigslists_success.htm<p>Hi my readers, I need some help for you. I am thinking hard about the success of craigslist in San Francisco and other cities in U.S. I just read <a href="http://www.donews.com/Content/200511/f029ab9ae32346e2966bdca99b26c9d7.shtm">an article on Craigslist</a> written by a reporter from <em><a href="http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/jj/">21st Century Econoics Report</a></em>. He visited SFO and interviewed Craigslist and created the nice report. (It is one of my favorite newspaper that I will buy at the news stand twice everyweek).</p> <p>For those who has used Craigslist or highly rely on it, would you please help me to list top 5 most attractive things in Craigslist or the top 5 reasons why Craigslist is so successful? Thanks.</p>How to Read Shanghai Bus Stop Platehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051124_how_to_read_shanghai_bus_stop_plate.htmThu, 24 Nov 2005 22:53:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051124_how_to_read_shanghai_bus_stop_plate.htm<p>Edward told me he is still confused when he read Chinese Bus Stop Plate in Shanhgai after living in the city for 3 years. He came from UK and travelled a lot in China. The most confusing part is about the difference between &ldquo;Upward&rdquo; and &ldquo;Downward&rdquo; route. Let me try to help explain it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/24/49907858_6aeccff858.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>A typical bus stop plate in Shanghai</p> <p>Here is the informaiton on the plate. People who do not understand Chinese may also recognize the information.</p>Inside the Shanghai Radio Staitonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051123_inside_the_shanghai_radio_staiton.htmWed, 23 Nov 2005 23:42:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051123_inside_the_shanghai_radio_staiton.htm<p>I visited the Shanghai Radio Station this afternoon (for the first time) for a radio program.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/23/66182305_2e190c8fac_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/23/66181995_93b1de2630_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>The Security Check</strong></p> <p>Shanghai Radio and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030420_east_radio_station_goes_online.htm">East Radio</a> are two major (if not the only two) radio stations in Shanghai. It was easy to enter the building. Radio station is always a sensitive location in China. The security check was intensive. I waited in the line for quite some time before I arrived at the window of the gate outside the building. It was cold outside and three security guards were looking at me to fill a form with my name, gender, telephone number, home address, company name, the person I visit, the room number, and deposited my national ID card.</p>Some Recent Magazines about Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051122_some_recent_magazines_about_me.htmTue, 22 Nov 2005 23:32:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051122_some_recent_magazines_about_me.htm<p>Some pictures from the recent magazines.</p> <p>I found the following pictures from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keso">keso&rsquo;s flickr share</a> - with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keso/tags/wangjianshuo">wangjianshuo</a> as tag. Thanks <a href="http://blog.donews.com/keso">Keso</a>. His camera seems great - with a nice long lens so the background is nicely blured.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/64524199_8cad934d57.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/64523827_1f12b813df.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/64523979_ea304107a4.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/64524106_b7776719f5.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The following was taken from the recent article of San Lian Life Weekly. Thanks <a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/shangjin">Shangjin</a> for organizing the great series on blog.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/65044073_74b6859d76.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/65044083_5a9031d50e.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/22/65044047_5eb4df2f99.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Fun Toys on the Web These Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051121_fun_toys_on_the_web_these_days.htmMon, 21 Nov 2005 17:17:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051121_fun_toys_on_the_web_these_days.htm<p><strong>How Much does This Blog Worth?</strong></p> <p>This is the question people like to know. So when <a href="http://www.business-opportunities.biz/">http://www.business-opportunities.biz/</a> tried to answer this question, many people got so interested, although everyone know it is just a game. The rule is simple. The price is calculated by the incoming link on Technorati using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal. I don&rsquo;t think I will put a link like this to my home page, but I&rsquo;d like to play with some of the interesting tools.</p>Cycling in Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051120_cycling_in_pudong.htmSun, 20 Nov 2005 19:27:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051120_cycling_in_pudong.htm<p>What a nice Sunday afternoon. It has been quite some time before I can enjoy the peaceful weekend. I am so satisfied to stay at home and feel the good mood of &ldquo;having nothing to do&rdquo;, and start to think of doing something new, something crazy, and something unusual.</p> <p>So, what is the unusual thing in my life? Yes. The bicycle. Since I bought the Giant bicycle and completed the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm">Taihu</a> tour in 2003, I seldom used the bicycle especially after I got my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htm">car</a> in March, 2004.</p>Jian Shuo Wang in San Jose in Dechttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051119_jian_shuo_wang_in_san_jose_in_dec.htmSat, 19 Nov 2005 16:48:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051119_jian_shuo_wang_in_san_jose_in_dec.htm<p>I will have a trip to San Jose in early Dec. The weekend, Dec 12 and Dec 13, are open. I&rsquo;d like to meet more friends there and take the opporunity to continue to improve my understanding about the U.S. sociaty and especially on technical side. Web 2.0 is a buzz word in China. I want to learn more new application and innovation. :-) If you happen to be in that area, feel free to post a comment or drop me an email.</p>IPEVO Skype Headset Hardwarehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051118_ipevo_skype_headset_hardware.htmFri, 18 Nov 2005 23:26:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051118_ipevo_skype_headset_hardware.htm<p>Today, I tried the new Skype phone from PCHome-Skype from Taiwan. It is a wonderful application - very cute iPod-like design, cute buttons, and much improved voice quality above already very nice quality of Skype.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/18/64483433_e3a357934f.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The Skype Phone</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/18/64483451_f58c8b6739.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/18/64483515_992306cd2f.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/18/64483522_971484212c.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/18/64483257_82a209db28.jpg?v=0" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Although it is basically not a big change from using mouse+screen+software to a headset, when I experienced it, it still brings big difference into the experience.</p>Added Tag to Category Archive Templatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051117_added_tag_to_category_archive_template.htmThu, 17 Nov 2005 15:40:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051117_added_tag_to_category_archive_template.htm<p>Tagging is important. MovableType does not support tagging. There is a plugin for it, but it only applies to MovableType 3.16 or higher, not my MovableType 2.66.</p> <p>So I leveraged category as tag in MovableType 2.66. To add enough categories that covers all the &ldquo;tag&rdquo; I want to create. Maybe in the future, I need someways to automate the creating, mapping and final &ldquo;save&rdquo; action of the tagging system on MovableType.</p>Cold Winter Comeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051116_cold_winter_comes.htmWed, 16 Nov 2005 23:50:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051116_cold_winter_comes.htm<p>Cold winter comes to Shanghai. The sky was clear, but really cold. It has been two or three weeks that Shanghai was cloudy. Today is the first day recently to see blue sky.</p> <p>Branches of trees were cut, so they can preserve some energy for the winter. The green color disappeared leaf by leaf in my garden. The good thing I know is, I don&rsquo;t have to worry about the grass for at least three months.</p>International Events in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051115_international_events_in_shanghai.htmTue, 15 Nov 2005 23:02:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051115_international_events_in_shanghai.htm<p>Today, I visited Ad:Tech briefly in the morning and attended the keynote panel. It was obvious Ad:Tech this year is an international event. Many people from outside China arrived in the Shanghai International Convention Center. There were not many people attending the conference. The conference hall was about 30% full.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/15/63583296_34e4ddbd8e_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/15/63583284_57ccb243d4_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/15/63583281_be98fe81f8_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The session was conducted in English at the beginning. COO of Sina and Director of MSN attended the panel. The language barrier was obvious. In which language a conference is presented now is an important decision. English seems to be the usual choice, but it really breaks down the communication this morning. It presents the same problem if the session is completely in Chinese. It is especially hard if English is not the native language for the panelists. I don&rsquo;t know what about native English speakers; at least I tried very hard to understand.</p>Going to Ad-Tech Tomorrowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051114_going_to_ad-tech_tomorrow.htmMon, 14 Nov 2005 18:22:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051114_going_to_ad-tech_tomorrow.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t think <a href="http://www.ad-techshanghai.com/keynote_e.htm#ding">ad-tech</a> is a big deal. I even didn&rsquo;t notice that the conference is not far from my home. Recently, I got some emails asking about hotel or transportation informaiton. They started the mail like &ldquo;I am going to the ad-tech&hellip;&rdquo;</p> <p>I realize it may not be a small event. To me, only <a href="http://www.comdex.com">COMDEX</a>, or recent <a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etech/">etech</a> is big thing.</p> <p>I happen to get the ticket for the ad-tech. So I decided to visit there with enough name card to see opportunities there. Starting from IT, now I can proudly announce that I am also in the advertisement industry - the classified advertisement. :-)</p>Fudan v.s. Tongji Universityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051113_fudan_vs_tongji_university.htmSun, 13 Nov 2005 21:48:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051113_fudan_vs_tongji_university.htm<p>See the difference of really living in a city or away from a city? Some very obvious and easy to get information seems not so for people far away. I got inquery about comparision between Fudan and Tong Ji University today.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I came across your blog when I was trying to find out more about Tongji and Fudan University. Since you&rsquo;ve visited (and apparently lectured!) at both, can you give me an insider&rsquo;s perspective into what each school is like regarding education/teaching, location, student body/diversity, facilities, etc. Also, do you know how far apart the two schools are from each other? I couldn&rsquo;t find the university&rsquo;s addresses online. Any input from you would be greatly appreciated.</p>Boing Boing's Five Year in Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051112_boing_boings_five_year_in_blogging.htmSat, 12 Nov 2005 23:22:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051112_boing_boings_five_year_in_blogging.htm<p>Just found out Boing Boing&rsquo;s recent post named &ldquo;<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/21/five_years_worth_of_.html">Five Years Worth of Boing Boing Post in one File</a> on Jan 21, 2005.</p> <blockquote> <p>years since Mark posted the very first post on the Boing Boing blog. In that time, we&rsquo;ve posted a little more than 17,000 stories and entries here. To celebrate our first half-decade as a blog, we&rsquo;ve put together a single html file containing 17,000+ posts (every post as of yesterday mid-day) in Movable Type export format. The whole file is released under a Creative Commons license that allows you to noncommerically remix and distribute it in whole or in part &ndash; go crazy</p>Beijing 2008 Olympic Mascotshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051111_beijing_2008_olympic_mascots.htmFri, 11 Nov 2005 23:57:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051111_beijing_2008_olympic_mascots.htm<p>The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was unvieled today:</p> <p><img src="http://images.beijing-2008.org/40/07/Img211990740.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://Beijing-2008.org">Beijing-2008.org</a></p> <p>How do you like it?</p> <p>Related entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030804_beijing_2008_olympic_emblem_unvieled.htm">Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem Unvieled</a></p> <p><strong>Update</strong> <em>November 14, 2005</em></p> <p>Huge traffic to this site again. Seems it has been indexed by Google 3 days after it was posted as the first page result for terms like <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=olympic%20mascots">olympic mascots</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;newwindow=1&amp;q=beijing+mascots">beijing mascots</a>, even <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rls=RNWE%2CRNWE%3A2005-05%2CRNWE%3Azh-CN&amp;q=beijing+2008&amp;btnG=Search">Beijing 2008</a>. Amazing&hellip;</p> <p>Since everyone is here, let me share some Beijing 2008 resources with you.</p>How to Tell if Someone Block You on MSN Messengerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051110_how_to_tell_if_someone_block_you_on_msn_messenger.htmThu, 10 Nov 2005 23:32:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051110_how_to_tell_if_someone_block_you_on_msn_messenger.htm<p>Due to the privacy improvement of Microsoft on MSN Messenger, it seems definitely impossible to have a tool to check whether someone blocked you, or he/she is always offline. Many people claim they have MSN block checker. Unfortunately, they are useless, if the privacy setting is turned on (the default). It is very unlikely the person you want to check has changed the setting.</p> <p>The only way I can think of is to call some friends (who also on that person&rsquo;s contact list) and see if the status of the person is the same. If he/she appears offline on your MSN Contact List, but online on the other, you must be blocked by that person.</p>Tulip Sleeps in my Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051109_tulip_sleeps_in_my_garden.htmWed, 09 Nov 2005 23:55:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051109_tulip_sleeps_in_my_garden.htm<p>After the Art of Travel, another book I am seriously reading these weeks are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375501290/103-2072554-9456658?v=glance">The Botany of Desire, a plant&rsquo;s-eye view of the world</a></p> <p>It is a book about plant&rsquo;s world. Very interesting and help us to be more clear about the human being&rsquo;s role in the world.</p> <p>In the book, the author Pollan talked about four plants in four chapters</p> <p>Apple, Tulip, Potato and Marijuana</p> <p>They were taken as example of how the Botany of Desire of plants guided human&rsquo;s behavior.</p>Running Around Century Parkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051108_running_around_century_park.htmTue, 08 Nov 2005 23:26:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051108_running_around_century_park.htm<p>On my list, there is one more item I would list under &ldquo;the reason to love Shanghai&rdquo;, because there is a great park called Century Park that we can run arround it at night, and there is a small gathering at 7:30 PM every Tuesdcay that many friends will run around the Century Park together. I am just back from tonight&rsquo;s event. It was nice.</p> <p><strong>About the Activity</strong></p> <p>Geoffrey started the actitive about one year before, in Oct 2005. Every Tuesday, some young people will gather at the Gate 7 of the Century Park at 7:30 PM to start the 5km around park running. They have a website called <a href="http://yiqipao.com">yiqipao.com</a>, which means &ldquo;Run Together&rdquo; in Chinese.</p>客齐集最近的大学公益讲座https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051108_eeecce.htmTue, 08 Nov 2005 18:24:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051108_eeecce.htm<p>最近的客齐集大学公益讲座，大家可以来听听。这些讲座，我个人隆重推荐。</p> <p><strong>从入学准备毕业</strong></p> <p>客齐集就业论坛，上海交通大学站</p> <p>主题：从入学准备毕业 主要内容：如何规划自己的大学生活，定位自己的目标 主讲人：<a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu">刘润</a> 时间：2005年11月10日7：00PM 地点：上海交通大学闵行校区电信群楼3号楼100号 人数：150人 <a href="http://bbs.kijiji.com.cn/topic/view/940.html">讨论</a></p>HoldSpeak: Revolutionizing Typing with AIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20241108_holdspeak-revolutionizing-typing-with-ai.htmTue, 08 Nov 2005 11:17:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20241108_holdspeak-revolutionizing-typing-with-ai.htm<p><em>(Originally published: November 8, 2024)</em></p> <p>Yifan recently developed an incredible app called <strong><a href="https://holdspeak.com">HoldSpeak</a></strong>, and I&rsquo;m excited to share it with all of you today.</p> <p>HoldSpeak is a game-changer for anyone who spends a lot of time typing on their Mac. It&rsquo;s an AI-powered voice-to-text application that allows you to <strong>type three times faster</strong> than you normally would. Imagine being able to write emails, chat messages, and even code without ever having to touch your keyboard!</p>BBC's Interviewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051107_bbcs_interview.htmMon, 07 Nov 2005 22:05:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051107_bbcs_interview.htm<p>9:00 PM, my mobile rings. It was from +1915xxxxx, an American number. I picked up the phone and a girl with British tone asked if I am &ldquo;Wang Jian Shuo&rdquo;. Actually she called from London, a reporter for BBC. She asked about the China Blogger Conference which was just held this weekend. Questions were: &ldquo;What is the aim of the conference and what is the key take-aways from the conference…&quot; I answered with what I think is right.</p>有书自远方来，不亦乐乎https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051107_aeeeieaeaeaeae.htmMon, 07 Nov 2005 11:32:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051107_aeeeieaeaeaeae.htm<p>周一早上刚到办公室，就收到一一给我的一个包裹，寄自杭州。好朋友<a href="http://blog.linkshop.com.cn/pangxiaowei/">庞小伟</a>送了我一本书，《<a href="http://www.baidu.com/s?cl=3&amp;wd=%C2%E5%BF%CB%B7%C6%C0%D5%D0%C5%D4%FD">洛克菲勒信札</a>》。小伟说：“这是本年度我读过的最出色的商业书籍”。一定要好好读一下。谢谢小伟。</p> <p>书是非常好的礼物。就像《旅行的艺术》是我今年最喜欢的一本书，我把它送给了很多我觉得会喜欢这本书的朋友。现在的书不是太少，而是太多了，让大家把读一本书的时间分成读10本书，却不见得比读一本好书更有收获。所以朋友的推荐就格外重要。最近<a href="http://hompy.etang.com/haisong">海松</a>送了一本《<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316172324/qid=1131340645/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-3588795-4996962?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;n=507846">Blink - the Power of Thinking Without Thinking</a>》，也是不错的一本书，读了有1/4，希望能找到更多的时间来读。很多人送的礼物现在记不太清楚了，或者忘记了，或者还记得礼物，却忘了是谁送的。只有书，让我清楚地记得，谁送的，并且对自己产生过什么样的影响。有书自远方来，不亦乐乎。</p>China Mobile Bill Structurehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051106_china_mobile_bill_structure.htmSun, 06 Nov 2005 22:39:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051106_china_mobile_bill_structure.htm<p>Just got the Oct bill of China Mobile. Actually, I didn&rsquo;t pay much attention to the details of a China Mobile bill. I believe the first thing (at least first 20 things) a new comer to Shanghai will do is to get a local mobile. Chances are, you get a China Mobile wireless service and will get the same bill as I get after 30 days.</p> <p>If you have other plans from China Mobile service, like Shen Zhou Xing (the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030319_difference_between_quanqiutong_and_shenzhouxing.htm">difference</a>), or different subscriber (China Unicom), it will be much different.</p>China Blogger Conferencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051105_china_blogger_conference.htmSat, 05 Nov 2005 18:04:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051105_china_blogger_conference.htm<p>Attended the China Blogger Conference this morning. I met many interesting famous bloggers. I am fortunate to witness the three years of blogging history in China. Now, many people came from Beijing, Guangzhou and Wuhan to the place - in China, it is not common for people to pay by themselves to attend a conference.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/05/59874570_b1896d9256_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Wang Pei</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/05/59874486_5b80f18b51_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www2.uuzone.com/uu/yezi/blog/">Yezi</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/05/59888637_e134bd5cb1_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://christina.tecinese.com/">Christina</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/05/59874381_741350b466_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www2.uuzone.com/blog/vivian0725/">Mei</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/05/59874431_982265b848_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>在中国网志大会上https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051105_aecaeae.htmSat, 05 Nov 2005 09:49:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051105_aecaeae.htm<p>坐在中国网志大会的最后一排，发现以前的很多<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050910_chinese_blogger_conference.htm">担心</a>都是多余，一个活动，参与者最重要，组织并不见得是决定因素。</p> <p>我见到很多人，留了照片，列如下。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59874570_b1896d9256_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>王佩</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59874486_5b80f18b51_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www2.uuzone.com/uu/yezi/blog/">叶子</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59888637_e134bd5cb1_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://christina.tecinese.com/">Christina</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59874381_741350b466_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www2.uuzone.com/blog/vivian0725/">小没</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59874431_982265b848_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>忍痒</p> <p><strong>11:18 AM</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59888535_cc7032894e_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://topku.com">Topku</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59889220_4a7aed3f86_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>李宇</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59889114_8deff4c498_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://chedong.com">车东</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59889043_f3d429f0e0_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.igooi.com">Jack Gu</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59888964_954b8c69a6_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://pangshengdong.com">庞升东</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/11/05/59888868_1c8f0d41d4_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Topics Selection Guidelineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051104_topics_selection_guidelines.htmFri, 04 Nov 2005 18:25:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051104_topics_selection_guidelines.htm<p>The entry of previous day <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051101_picture_in_shanghai.htm">Picture in Shanghai</a> got a lot of comments. Let me explain more.</p> <p><strong>One&rsquo;s Imagination v.s. Fact</strong></p> <p>I wrote about &ldquo;depressed&rdquo; because there are a lot of tough decisions to make on the business side, and I don&rsquo;t think I will reveal it. &ldquo;Depressed&rdquo; is a good feeling that encourages people. I am grateful to what I am given so far at the age of 28. It helps for me to grow more mature. Not everyone has the opportunity to face the business size as I do. Well. Enough about me.</p>Picture in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051101_picture_in_shanghai.htmTue, 01 Nov 2005 23:37:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051101_picture_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/11/01/shanghai-building-nanjing.road.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Building along the Nanjing Road</p> <p>Very depressed these days. Just want to share a picture I randomly took on the street Monday morning.</p> <p>BTW, late Happy Hollyween to people who celebrate this holiday!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">48 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy Halloween to you as well, Jianshuo:)<div class="comment-meta">— Richard Hong · 2005-11-02 08:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Just wondering what&#x27;s on your mind when you said the &quot;Old Shanghai&quot; is &quot;very depressed&quot;!? I guess they (i.e. the Shanghainese) must have long assimilated you into one of them - which are famous for 排外 (Chinese exclusion, if you will) but happily embrace all byproducts of the Western culture.<br><br>Your recent postings (actually the lack of) prove this point. It&#x27;s quite depressing not having a dedicated post to show your patriotism and significance about the National Day (October 1), especially when you had a full week off because of this . Worse yet, it&#x27;s beyond imagination that there&#x27;s no mention of the great success of Shenzhou 6.<br><br>There are 365 days in a year and you can talk about KFC, Starbucks, and what have you on any day but where were you during the Shenzhou &quot;events&quot;, which most Chinese (may I say in particular the Beijinger and 华侨) would be extremely proud of this achievement. Don&#x27;t you think these events at least worth a passing mention?<div class="comment-meta">— farawaypanda · 2005-11-02 16:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Above comments, I am not sure.<br><br>Let say ,do you expect an American who is writing the similar blog to mention something on July 4?<br><br>it is just a personal blog, he can write what he is interested, not a website running by some agency.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-02 17:21</div></div> <div class="comment">A HAPPY DAY！<br><br>GOOD LOCK！<div class="comment-meta">— jenny · 2005-11-02 18:23</div></div> <div class="comment">南京路，新世界不到！地铁出口的地方吗？<div class="comment-meta">— vivian.chen · 2005-11-02 22:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Oncerest,<br><br>Of course you would expect the &quot;average&quot; American to write something about July 4 and they only get a 3-day long weekend vs one full week for the China National Day!!!<br><br>Sure, this project begun as a personal blog but with an intention to show the West what the East is. Granted, he is Chinese (can&#x27;t change this FACT no matter how &quot;Americanized&quot; he has become!), living in one of the most lively cities in China, don&#x27;t you think the National Day and ESPECIALLY the Shenzhou success deserve some attention?<br><br>If not, this just validates the &quot;rumor&quot; that the Shanghainese are famous for 排外 and numb to events that give China their rising national pride!!!<div class="comment-meta">— farawaypanda · 2005-11-03 01:35</div></div> <div class="comment">I strongly agree with farawaypanda<div class="comment-meta">— balloon · 2005-11-03 01:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Don&#x27;t you mean Halloween?<div class="comment-meta">— Dave · 2005-11-03 04:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi<br><br>Can you contact me by e-mail ?<br><br>Thank you<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2005-11-03 05:03</div></div> <div class="comment">farawaypanda,<br><br>I think it&#x27;s really inappropriate of you to make such irresponsible comments about Jianshuo and his blog. This is not a newspaper and Jianshuo doesn&#x27;t have any responsibility to update any common events that mass media have poured so much attention already. And I don&#x27;t expect to read anything that I can easily read from other media sources. From this site, many readers and I are expecting to read Jianshuo&#x27;s unique comments. I am perfectly happy not to read another word about some major events that have been commented to the extreme on regular medias. This is a blog that many readers can find everyday life topics about China and especially Shanghai. If you expect to see any ultra-nationalism or patriotism sentiment that you may want to fill your void, I suggest that you find somewhere else.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-03 11:03</div></div> <div class="comment">You wrote: &quot;Of course you would expect the &quot;average&quot; American to write something about July 4 and they only get a 3-day long weekend vs one full week for the China National Day!!!&quot;<br><br>The above comments are complete nonsense. I live in the US for more than 20 years. I seldom see American bloggers or average people write a lot to comment on July 4th. I did see the movie &quot;Independance Day&quot; which deliberately portrayed a destroyed state of union aired to movie theatres everywhere couple of years ago on 4th of July. This is truly the outcome of American democracy, how assimilated are you into American culture to see that?<br><br>You wrote: &quot;I guess they (i.e. the Shanghainese) must have long assimilated you into one of them - which are famous for 排外 (Chinese exclusion, if you will)...&quot;<br><br>I think you were trying to stir up narrow regionalist sentiment between Shanghainese and Jianshuo Wang by making such inappropriate comments.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-03 11:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Farawaypanda, I don&#x27;t think that you live in China. Am I right ?<br><br>I live in Shanghai.<br><br>The &quot;China Man in Space&quot; project is only a question of how many money the government pulls out of the pocket - practically all technology involved are of russian origin, just purchased for a negotiated price. Not much invented by the chinese themselves.<br><br>So, no reason to be THAT proud, huh ?<br><br>By the way, I think the money in China would be better spend to help poor people first instead of sending them into space.<br><br>Stop putting so many money in military and rockets. Rise the taxes paid by rich people and improve social security for the poor. That will give more national peace in the future.<br><br>Well, some of my relatives here actually DIED because they couldn&#x27;t afford to go to hospital.<br><br>I helped of course, but it was too late... :-( 46 years old, and dead because &quot;no money, no treatment&quot;.<br><br>About National Holiday - many people (who are able to do so) goes OUT of China to avoid the rush.<br><br>Personally I plan my vacations in these holidays, and order airplane tickets in advance.<br><br>And even the chinese have 7 days including a weekend, they have to work in a full weekend before or after, so in fact they have only 3 days off.<br><br>(This is of course for people working monday to friday.)<br><br>The National Day was declared by a tiny guy in Beijing 56 years ago.<br><br>But today apparently not all in China are happy about his &quot;friends&quot;<br><br>and the way they are doing things.<br><br>So actually, not all celebrates the National Day.<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2005-11-03 11:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, why depressed ?<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2005-11-03 11:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Maybe Jianshuo had some bad China days... Living in Shanghai is very unpredictable - you have good days and you have bad days.<br><br>Just like the air quality - some days the sky is blue and clear, some days the smog is really heavy.<br><br>I like Jianshuo&#x27;s blog - he is a very true and passionate person.<div class="comment-meta">— Sabrina · 2005-11-03 13:11</div></div> <div class="comment">carsten,<br><br>Yes, money, Money, and MORE MONEY (sounds very much like a &quot;classical&quot; Shanghainese!). Do you really think the distribuion of money or the nation&#x27;s wealth alone would solve the poor men&#x27;s problems in China (or in any other places for that matter)? If so, taking an Economics class or two would hopefully improve your naive thinking... If it were really that easy, Bush would have gotten a Nobel Prize in Economics by now!<br><br>And do you really believe that only China has problems with rich people getting richer and poor men getting poorer? Many of the developed and more &quot;sophisticated worlds&quot; like Canada and US probably have worse social problems than China&#x27;s now... That&#x27;s why they are worried about job outsourcing and China&#x27;s rise up as a Superpower...<div class="comment-meta">— farawaypanda · 2005-11-03 15:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Just relax, peace is expected here, do not always argue about things which you think to be right, each one has his own angle of watching this world.<div class="comment-meta">— xiaoli · 2005-11-03 16:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Farawaypanda,<br><br>At least in the US and Canada none of their people I think are dying of hunger and as Carsten mentioned above, lack or worst absence of funds for hospitalization purposes. I think if you want to discuss something of your desires then why not create your own blog and keep your ass out of here, stupid! You discuss there on your blog what your ass damn cares, period! Don&#x27;t impose your selfish desires on others, coz I think that&#x27;s just manifest you&#x27;re sourgraping. And although you think money is not the solution to a problem, but may I remind you not to forget the saying, 錢不是萬能但沒有錢萬萬不能!<div class="comment-meta">— Newbie · 2005-11-03 18:28</div></div> <div class="comment">farawaypanda<br><br>Jianshuo has done a wonderful job - for no pay - in the past few years keeping many, many readers, in and outside China, informed and enlightened in a light-hearted manner about Shanghai-related (and other) matters.<br><br>He seems to be under stress from work these days. At the very least, any decent and civilized individual should pick another time to whip up antagonism... Fair comment, farawaypanda? :)<div class="comment-meta">— WilliamW · 2005-11-03 18:35</div></div> <div class="comment">I think farawaypanda has prejudice against Shanghainese. He repeatedly ridiculed Shanghainese as &quot;money, money&quot; and &quot;discriminating other people&quot;. How many times did he visit Shanghai and how much he really understand Shanghai&#x27;s culture? He wrote these silly pieces to vent his personal frustration, one sort or another, against Shanghai. He sounded like a long march veteran who never visited Shanghai for the last 30 years. I guess he has more problems to fix himself.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-03 23:03</div></div> <div class="comment">From what sounded like, Farawaypanda currently lives in US or Canada, but he has a very pigeon holed view toward Shanghai, China that is making him frustrated. I met this kinds of guys a lot in the US. They don&#x27;t socialize with Americans, they locked up in their small circle of friends day-dreaming the kind of China they wish to be. Talking about assimilation into US mainstream life? they have achieved nothing. And I find these kinds of guy are not very successful in their careers either. Probably they missed many opportunities in the US, getting very frustrated and wish for a Chinese miracle to save their butts. Obviously, he will not be able to find such miracle to cure his personal issue in this board. Jian Shuo Wang, keep on the good jobs, don&#x27;t let these social parasites to let you down. And most importantly, be proud to be a Shanghainese with true open heartedness and spirit of pragmatism.<br><br>jqian<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-03 23:13</div></div> <div class="comment">farawaypanda,<br><br>I do admire your patriotism and sentimental feeling towards your motherland even when you are abroad.<br><br>Last week I stumbled into Wendy&#x27;s blog and discovered very interesting subject titled &#x27;sharing the truth on picture&#x27; and the content is very sad.<br><br>http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20051028_906.htm<br><br>The whole question can be narrowed down to one word - POVERTY. The communist define the term as it is created by the exploitation of the capitalism and the ruling classes, while the capitalism define the same as uneven distribution of resource among people, which version do you pick to reflect the truth stand of China to-day?<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2005-11-04 02:00</div></div> <div class="comment">farawaypanda having patriotism? Yeah, you give him too much. The reality is more like this, due to his out-of-date and ideological way of thinking, he is having a hard time assimilating himself into the society (American or Canadian) he has to seek a livelihood from. From the isolation resulted from this failure, he is living in a make-believe patriotic sentiment despite the fact that he is probably not officially a Chinese citizen from his passport. He is creating this new sense of patriotism into himself to hopefully shield him from his real predicament, imagine this as an escape. This psychological phenomenon describes why so many overseas ex-Chinese seem to be more &quot;patriotic&quot; and judgemental. Another way to say it: Reverse cultural shock.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-04 02:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Overseas Chinese are looked as &#x27;loser&#x27; or &#x27;international MINGONG in eye of &#x27;Successful&#x27; local Chinese, and they are reciprocal &#x27;sour-grape&#x27; in each other&#x27;s eye. I&#x27;ve seen &#x27;successful&#x27; local Chinese, how they are humiliating overseas Chinese regardless whether they are interfering with each other. And here is just another example, no surprise!<div class="comment-meta">— annick · 2005-11-04 04:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Look like you guys got it all wrong and each of you just derived whatever conculsions or stereotypes you think it&#x27;s right or want from the various comments! AND I was not attacking Jian Shuo or Shanghainese in particular. Even though it&#x27;s a personal blog, don&#x27;t you think it was disappointing to not see some notes about the National Day and the Shenzhou events? Don&#x27;t you think those events are important to the growth of the Chinese society? That&#x27;s was all in my original post! You guys are reading and DREAMING way TOO MUCH!<br><br>And what makes you think the overseas Chinese would be &quot;losers&quot; when just about anyone from the Mainland would want to exit the country and many would try EVERYTHING they can including risking their lives? How many times have you heard of ships full of Mainland Chinese captured in the US, Europe, and even more obscure places in Latin America this year?<br><br>If you are such a good psychologist, can you explain why the &quot;Old Shanghai&quot; would make one &quot;depressing&quot;?<div class="comment-meta">— farawaypanda · 2005-11-04 06:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I think that Shanghaise are materialistic. This is definitely true. They discriminate more based on ECONOMIC CLASS than anything else.<br><br>But, the phenomenon isn&#x27;t just in Shanghai, it&#x27;s spreading everywhere in China, where money is more important than morality, where women throw themselves at foreigners and hating their own kind. That was the impression i got when I visited China in May of this year.<br><br>Me and my wife (both ethnic Chinese) dress as what we would do in the US, casually, went shoppin gin Shanghai one day. You should see the type of uppitiness from some of the SERVICE people. We&#x27;re basically upper-middle class, own our own home, etc. in the US. I guess we just don&#x27;t wear some stupid business suit when we go on vacation, unlike most mainlanders. Anyway, she heard of some shop that makes good traditional chinese dress on Nanjing road and went into the Peace Hotel for directions. The lady in there was soooo rude -- it&#x27;s funny, because she&#x27;s really nice to the white guys and gals there, just not us. She even tried to talk to us in her BROKEN-ASS English in order to impress us, and my wife just reply back in English back to her face.<br><br>The store isn&#x27;t much better, until we spend $100 USD on a single dress. Then you see them FLOCKING toward servicing us - i.e. materialistic.<br><br>It&#x27;s pretty pathetic that Shanghai will assume that just because you&#x27;re a white guy, you&#x27;re rich, but when an ethnic overseas Chinese come back, they&#x27;re automatically assumed to be poor. Here&#x27;s a hint -- most of teh white guys who teach English in China are POOR ASSES when they get back to the US -- they&#x27;re only advantange is the cost of living adjustments. And, most of them are extremely conservative and would love to see China fall onto its ass and engage in civil war (they&#x27;re also proud supporters of Japan).<br><br>Patriotism in China? I see none, i just see a bunch of whores thinking foreigners are better than their own. It&#x27;s the sad truth.<br><br>However, unlike the previou poster, i&#x27;ll say that the Chinese space program is something to be proud of. To be sure, the design of the original space craft was based on an older Soviet design -- however, every space expert agreed that the design was heavily modified and changed and you really cna&#x27;t say it&#x27;s just another Russian copy. And most if not all of the major components are manufactured in China. Sure, it&#x27;s late, but only 3 countries in the world have sent people to the space on their own - and let&#x27;s not forget that the entire US shuttle fleet is GROUNDED right now. Unlike the US, i don&#x27;t think China will stop its man-space flight program.<br><br>As far as the poor goes -- there have always been a wide gap between rich and poor in China -- the solution isn&#x27;t economic re-distribution, but to enforce a fair and equitable treatment of the poor in terms of LEGAL and LAW and ORDER, something for which China lacks. And if this isn&#x27;t addressed soon, all the Shanghaise are gonna suffer big time when the next revolution occurs. If CHina doesn&#x27;t address it&#x27;s lack of law and order (it&#x27;s legal system is about who has politcal power or money, not about justice), there will be another revolution and civil war.<div class="comment-meta">— Tony · 2005-11-04 07:52</div></div> <div class="comment">@annick, truth is that most senior management positions in MNCs are still filled by &#x27;losers&#x27;, whereas &#x27;successful&#x27; locals have a hard time moving into this group.<div class="comment-meta">— Xiangjiao · 2005-11-04 08:32</div></div> <div class="comment">&#x27;successful&#x27; locals are those who have no idea what changes mean;<br><br>&#x27;successful&#x27; locals are those who only know how to work hard but not work smart;<br><br>&#x27;successful&#x27; locals are those who like to show off their broken English whenever possible;<br><br>&#x27;successful&#x27; locals are those who have no sense of humor and are extremely defensive.<br><br>&#x27;successful&#x27; locals are boring people, period.<div class="comment-meta">— jj · 2005-11-04 08:44</div></div> <div class="comment">See, from all the comments, it proves Wangjianshuo doesn&#x27;t post any well known news on his blog is correct choice. And also, I think it is a style of Shanghainese blog, a guy in Beijing may blog very differently.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-04 10:43</div></div> <div class="comment">stephen,<br><br>Don&#x27;t sad for poor Anhui province countryside.<br><br>I come from Anhui province,rich man is not happy man.<br><br>the poor countryside is problem in china.<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2005-11-04 10:54</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;If you are such a good psychologist, can you explain why the &quot;Old Shanghai&quot; would make one &quot;depressing&quot;?&quot;<br><br>When did Jian Shuo say that? You must have cooked it up yourself.<br><br>Not all overseas Chinese are losers. But guys like you trying to turn a private blog into front pages of People&#x27;s Daily do have &quot;loser mentality&quot;. If this blog is customarily filled up with boring People&#x27;s Daily style commentaries on National day, I guess it won&#x27;t be voted as one of the top ten bloggs in China. Besides, please go back to read your own posts again, it takes no rocket scientist to see your obvious attempt to instigate regionalistic sentiment among Shanghainese and non-Shanghainese. You are wrong, symbolic events like National days are not important to the growth of China. There was a National Day in 1966, did it help China grow better then? What&#x27;s important is pragmatism that the spirit of Shanghai culture is bringing about, not symbolic and castle in the sky patriotism.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-04 11:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Oncerest,<br><br>Exactly, Jian Shuo Wang&#x27;s blog being voted one of the best blogs by American media is no coincidence. It was voted the best because it is mostly aligning itself to the pragmatic spirit of true blogging which is considered a standard in the global society. We from the west comes to love it because of its simplicity, sincerity and out-of-box thinking. The worst night mare would be to come here one morning and find that it&#x27;s saying the same thing as published in People&#x27;s Daily. Unfortunately, some guys who&#x27;s been brain washed by 50 years extreme leftist rule didn&#x27;t understand that.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-04 11:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Tony, what you have experienced is very true in China, even some other asian countries. Generally, service people assume white are rich and generous, and it is a correct assumption based on their everyday experience. So they are willing to serve with good spirit. For Asian people, you have to dress up well, give service people the first impression that you are rich :) otherwise, they assume you are not rich, and not worthy to serve well. Not just in Shanghai, but Shanghai is more obivious on this aspect.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-04 11:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Tony,<br><br>Whatever happened to you, in my eyes, they are very common. And this should not be anything that you should find unexpected. If you dress poorly, no matter where you are in Asia, be it in Tokyo, in Singapore or in Hong Kong, you would expect some less than ideal services. What you are decribing is more a culture difference issue than a real Shanghai or China problem. In Asian culture, dressing up is utmost important. In Shanghai, dressing up has become a necessity. To many people there, dressing up is sometimes more important than anything else. I live in the States for 20 years. During my first visit back to Shanghai, I also ran into similar situations and made lots of complaints, just like you. Now, I feel I am supposed to dress better if I have to attend a public meeting or go shopping in Asian countries. The service personel in a typical Asian shop has no way to tell if you are American or a local Chinese. All they see is your Asian face. Matter of factly, they will treat you no different from the way they treat the rest of local Chinese. If you happen to not follow the rule, then you have to expect some sub par services being rendered upon you. You can blame nobody.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-04 11:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Oncerest,<br><br>I don&#x27;t think there exists significant difference no matter where the blogger lives in china.<br><br>I seldom saw my friend wrote national day&#x27;s news or shen6&#x27;s on their blog. these news have occupied the mass media. I guess blogger would like to share some personal and easy topic. By contrast, Fen Qing would rather argue with others on bbs or public forum.<div class="comment-meta">— roadmana · 2005-11-04 11:51</div></div> <div class="comment">BJ and SH are 2 biggest and most dynamic cities with strong culture background. The culture backgrounds are very different. So I am sure if the blogger write what they feel, there is a difference. I am not saying which is better, but they are unique<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-04 12:02</div></div> <div class="comment">one line of blog, with so many comments. I wish my blog can have so many readers :)<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-04 12:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Tony<br><br>I find it quite funny how judgemental you are of people living in your `old&#x27; country when you and your wife obviously couldn&#x27;t get out of the country fast enough. You have a very narrow view of the world and you paint with a very wide brush.<br><br>You also call the people of your `old&#x27; country whores who think foreigners are better. Well, you are the one who sold out and moved to a foreign country - for what purpose? Better opportunities? More money? Aren&#x27;t you the whore in this context?<br><br>You also suggest that every `white guy&#x27; who teaches English in China wants to see a civil war in China and they support Japan! What are you talking about?<br><br>Finally, you have the audacity to say that the Shanghainese are materialistic and discriminate about class - then in the next paragraph you talk about how you are `Upper Middle Class&#x27; own your own home in the US and went to spend $100 on a dress! Can you say `Hypocritical&#x27;?<br><br>Take a look at your own attitude before critisicing others. Maybe the lady was rude to you because she was sick of the attitude some expatriated American Chinese like you have.<br><br>I am an expat living in Shanghai, I love the people here. They have a vibrance and enthusiam about improving their life that many people don&#x27;t have. I can smile and laugh with the people, even when they are focusing on making money (like trying to sell me something). Making money is what people all around the world do. Money provides a lifestyle and better living standards, this is a relatively new experience here, and people in China are wanting to catch up on what they have missed out on over the previous 60 years. So please don&#x27;t be so judgemental on people that you don&#x27;t know whilst you sit in your nice Upper Middle Class house in the US where all the struggle of trying to establish good living standards by the people was done long before you got there.<br><br>Ps. I know I&#x27;m not Chinese, so I may get treated differently, however my girlfriend is Chinese, and I experience a lot through her. And no Tony she is not a `whore&#x27; that threw herself at me. We met in Sydney, and I in fact pursued her for some time. We decided to move to Shanghai for a few years so I could be exposed to the culture. I am not afraid of living here - why are you?<div class="comment-meta">— Guran · 2005-11-04 12:19</div></div> <div class="comment">I heard many people saying now Chinese are too focus on making money, and more and more. It is not bad, but government and society should pay attension, because this attitude can have very unstable effects too. Small effects can be unhappy, stressed, unsatisfied.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-04 12:39</div></div> <div class="comment">i know that you like to share and the community site, so why not post all your pictures at http://www.flickr.com/, here you can find the 37724 pictures of shanghai already shared by members (me include :p) :<br><br>http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/shanghai/interesting/<div class="comment-meta">— speedyop · 2005-11-05 02:00</div></div> <div class="comment">@Tony,<br><br>The prelude of revolution which is civil unrest is already happening at the door step of Shanghai.<br><br>Last july, I was encountered by a large group of vigilante taxi drivers outside Longyuan station who were unilaterally asking for higher than normal fare despite the police was looking on, the scale was so big and they controlled the entire outbound lane, this constitutes open defiance of the authority and the society.<br><br>May be these are the &#x27;loser&#x27; of the rat race, but I cannot discount the possibility such defiance can develop into full scale civil conflict like Frence is facing to-day.<div class="comment-meta">— stephen · 2005-11-05 05:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Is this &quot;one of the best blogs&quot;? Never say &quot;yes&quot;too fast! To my knowledge, there are many better Shanghai blogs (in English) . Here, I just want to mention one undated on a daily basis:<br><br>http://spaces.msn.com/members/sevencastles<br><br>Seven Castles (A Shanghai blog featuring news and views of great interest)<div class="comment-meta">— Yoyo · 2005-11-05 07:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Yoyo;<br><br>see what I get<br><br>Space not available<br><br>Sorry, we are unable to complete your task at this time. The MSN Spaces service is experiencing difficulties. Please try your task again later.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-11-05 17:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Ha, ha, everyone can claim they have a best blog, but ultimately the true measures to test is user traffic.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2005-11-06 01:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Anyhow, the chinese are not all THAT selfish and ignorant. The people will not accept the social difficulties for long in China. After the first few hundred millions gets more financially foundated, they will begin to think of helping other chinese too. Just wait 5-10 years.<br><br>However, the CCP (with only 5% of the people as members, and decreasing) should already now begin to think of a very radical change of the social system before it&#x27;s too late.<br><br>&quot;High flying - deep falling&quot;.<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2005-11-09 14:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Is the building in the photo with the large circular dome Radisson Shanghai New World Hotel?<div class="comment-meta">— Lucincia · 2006-01-28 22:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Your commentaries and those of others seem to be quite interesting. I hope to read all of your storeis and the notes on others when I have more time. If anyone has the time to take a picture of the house (if it is no longer exiistant, then the site) in which we last lived in in Shanghai it would please me immensely. I hope to return/visit Shanghai next year.<div class="comment-meta">— Toby · 2006-01-31 19:00</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;Ha, ha, everyone can claim they have a best blog, but ultimately the true measures to test is user traffic.&quot;<br><br>No, that shows what most people are looking at. It will not show &quot;best&quot; as that is opinion based - and the &quot;best&quot; things are not necessarily the most popular.<br><br>This site has articles entitled &quot;Pu Dong Starbucks is Nice&quot;. Seriously.<br><br>If that is the &quot;best&quot; then I am sure no one else can compete with it.<br><br>This site is written by a simpleton, for simpletons. There are many simpletons in the world, thus the traffic.<br><br>Again, a site with articles saying &quot;I saw a lovely cat today&quot;, and then having 34 comments saying &quot;yes what a lovely cat!&quot; really means it&#x27;s the &quot;best&quot;. right.<div class="comment-meta">— Kobayashi · 2006-01-31 21:11</div></div> <div class="comment">how do i design my own picture likle that<div class="comment-meta">— vfnhfhjfjfg · 2007-01-23 04:15</div></div> </details>Blog能赚钱吗？瞧这问题问的！https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051101_blogeeeieceeeecie.htmTue, 01 Nov 2005 22:44:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051101_blogeeeieceeeecie.htm<p>周六有幸被斯坦福的<a href="http://www.weigend.com/">Andreas Weigend</a>教授邀请到交大EMBA课堂，和CEO们分享什么是blog。大家问的第一个问题，“Blog能赚钱吗？”问的第五个问题：“Blog能赚钱吗？”问的最后一个问题还是：“Blog能赚钱吗？”瞧这问题问的！</p>Conflicting Ideas from SJTU EMBA Programhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051030_conflicting_ideas_from_sjtu_emba_program.htmSun, 30 Oct 2005 21:59:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051030_conflicting_ideas_from_sjtu_emba_program.htm<p>Immediately after I came out of the class of SJTU EMBA program, Wendy and I went to a villa in Zhujiajiao. There are too much stress in the previous week that I have to find a place to stay quiet for some while.</p> <p>During the class, surrounded by 60 executives in the <em>eCommerce</em> course of the SJTU EMBA program, I demoed how to blog with this entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20051029_i_am_at_an_emba_class_in_sjtu.htm">I am at an EMBA Class in SJTU</a>. I showed how easy it is to create a blog, and helped people to understand that you don&rsquo;t have to enter a file name for what you write&hellip;</p>I am at an EMBA Class in SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051029_i_am_at_an_emba_class_in_sjtu.htmSat, 29 Oct 2005 17:40:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051029_i_am_at_an_emba_class_in_sjtu.htm<p>Very honored to stand on the stage and demo how to blog to about 60 EMBA students in the class. The demo is to show executives how to blog and how easy blogging is.</p> <p>Just a demo. Hope it works.</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s go.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">11 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hopeless, I guess.<div class="comment-meta">— Rocky · 2005-10-29 20:18</div></div> <div class="comment">how many of them were interested in blog?<br><br>I was curious in it.<div class="comment-meta">— china · 2005-10-29 21:21</div></div> <div class="comment">it maybe useful,I think, everyone must think, so they will blog.<div class="comment-meta">— xiaoli · 2005-10-30 10:35</div></div> <div class="comment">It is good to have some idea what is Blog. But most of the people in the class did not see bussiness oppertunity.<div class="comment-meta">— EMBA 2005 Srping · 2005-10-30 10:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo did a great job. The EMBA students were amazed about it. Watch out for the new wave of bloggers. Their comments were, quoting Wen Xin of bokee : &quot;I think, therefore I blog!&quot;<div class="comment-meta">— aweigend · 2005-10-30 10:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Someone wrote &quot;But most of the people in the class did not see bussiness oppertunity.&quot;<br><br>How come?!<br><br>Probably most of the bloggers blog just for fun, but there certainly are lots of business possibilities: be a blog service provider, develop blog software, use blog as your tool (if you are e.g. a researcher, journalist, author, analyst...), advertize in blogs, earn by having ads in your blog, ask bloggers to try out and write about your products or services (must be honest, otherwise the effect may be negative regardless of what they write), follow up blogs to know what people are writing about your (or your competitor&#x27;s) products or services, run competitions (e.g. around the world tours) asking the participants to blog as they go, lift corporate image by asking the top management to blog (they do not have to write about the business all the time, can be personal too), etc. etc.<br><br>...just to mention few. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— John · 2005-10-30 15:21</div></div> <div class="comment">The reason is that who has the money to invest for the blog business will not go to write blogs,or even though have time to read the blog in China. Since these men come from traditional industry,they are not interested to share their thoughts with others. In China, if u want to have a successful career,go to a high level,pls keep silence.Do not give the competitors any opportunity to know what u are thinking.<br><br>Perhaps ten years later,the children grow up in the era of blog,it&#x27;s a suitable time to recommend economic of eyeball.<div class="comment-meta">— Jean · 2005-10-30 20:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, when all these CEOs understand what blog is about, and how blogs might bring them business bla, bla, bla ... I am sure by then there will be more other things that the CEOs or newer CEOs would not understand the WHYs ...<br><br>Generation gaps will always be there. No matter what.<br><br>Perhaps this class has gone too technical for these CEOs? I do agree that some participants questioned the curriculum. To me, perhaps the both screening of the candidates + curriculum. But, it is a new programme, lots of learning curves.<div class="comment-meta">— Cindy · 2005-10-31 11:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Interesting. That must be a Chinese program (taught in Chinese) so I guess you presented in Chinese.<br><br>I&#x27;m part of the GEMBA program at SJTU. Would have been interesting if you presented for us.<div class="comment-meta">— ls · 2005-11-02 04:47</div></div> <div class="comment">I am surprised there is a blog demo as part of an EMBA program. If I were one of the students, I would ask for refund....<div class="comment-meta">— Eddie · 2005-11-08 13:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Eddie, Why asking for refund? What is the reason?<br><br>ls, what does GEMBA mean?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-11-08 16:23</div></div> </details>According to Supervisor's Noticehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051029_according_to_supervisors_notice.htmSat, 29 Oct 2005 15:11:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051029_according_to_supervisors_notice.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/29/shanghai-paper-restroom.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Notice in metro city</p> <p>This is a typical notice in Shanghai, or in China. The note says:</p> <p><em>According to Supervisor&rsquo;s notice, this W.C. will be removed</em></p> <p>I recently notice almost all the posters in Shanghai metro starts from the same sentence: &ldquo;according to supervisor&rsquo;s notice&rdquo;. Following this starting sentence, there are many events, like: &ldquo;no baggers are allowed&rdquo;, &ldquo;the business time will be extended&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Dongfang Road station will be closed&rdquo;&hellip;</p>Biggest Kijiji Logo So Farhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051028_biggest_kijiji_logo_so_far.htmFri, 28 Oct 2005 23:59:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051028_biggest_kijiji_logo_so_far.htm<p>This is maybe the largest Kijiji logo we painted so far in Kijiji China.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> <em>November 16, 2005</em></p> <p>More information about the pictures.</p> <p>I took the picture in Anji in Zhejiang province. It was an outing with Kijiji team. We brought projector and projected the slide to the mountains or village houses. The last picture was the Chinese version of the Kijiji logo on the mountain. It is HUGE. Although on the picture, it is not as bright or big as it really seemed to be.</p>KFC Dropped Potato Wedge in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051027_kfc_dropped_potato_wedge_in_shanghai.htmThu, 27 Oct 2005 00:53:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051027_kfc_dropped_potato_wedge_in_shanghai.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a> reported that from today, KFC removed Potato Wedge and Pepsi Coke from all the suites. Instead, they provide vegetable salad and orange juice.</p> <p>It seems it is a national wide change in KFC.</p> <p>I remember this Monday when I had lunch there before the Beijing trip, Potato Wedge was still included.</p> <p>There is always big conflict between a product in U.S. and in China. I think KFC is making a wise change to adjust their product to China marketing. Kudos.</p>公益的情节https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051026_cce.htmWed, 26 Oct 2005 02:54:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051026_cce.htm<p>好久没有更新blog，是因为有很多想法，还没来得及坐到我的电脑前，更没有时间把思路整理清楚，却已经抓起行囊在路上了。<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a>从<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20051024_901.htm">侧面</a>描述了我最近的生活，蛮真实的。</p> <p><strong>秋夜的北京</strong></p> <p>现在晚上两点，总算在北京国贸附近的一个宾馆里面有机会打开电脑，用CDMA上网，写点东西。好在明天不用西服笔挺的赶早出发。北京的秋夜并不静。在我住的宾馆，三环路上飞驰的汽车在巨大的国贸桥上朝无数的方向飞奔。天呢，这可是凌晨两点呀。</p>Back from Ji'An Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051023_back_from_jian_trip.htmSun, 23 Oct 2005 23:22:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051023_back_from_jian_trip.htm<p>Just back from camping in the mountains of Ji&rsquo;An in Zhejiang Province with Kijiji team, media and community members. Here are some pictures I took during the trip. See what happened on the date of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/archives/date-taken/2005/10/23/">2005-10-23</a>. Obviously, we only have this day once in our entire life.</p> <p>Thanks for Flickr (of which I am a pro users). It seems I can use only very few percentage of the bandwidth limit they set for me - 2G.</p>Fudan, Tongji and SJTUhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051022_fudan_tongji_and_sjtu.htmSat, 22 Oct 2005 03:02:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051022_fudan_tongji_and_sjtu.htm<p>Recently visited the three universities in one month: Fudan, Tongji and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Received three small gifts from each university and I will post photos later.</p> <p>Now on the road to Anji in Zhejiang Province. Tomorrow will camp on the mountain. Must be interesting.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> Gifts from three universities <em>November 15, 2005</em></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/22/63520518_ab5e29ef23_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Gift from Fudan University</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/22/63520515_cba9a0d099_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>From SJTU</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/22/63520499_056297d7a1_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>From Tongji</p> <p>Thanks for giving me the honor.</p>Web 2.0 的课什么时候开呀?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051020_web_20_ceaeae.htmThu, 20 Oct 2005 23:02:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051020_web_20_ceaeae.htm<p>昨天在复旦，谈起Web 2.0。问我怎么看。我讲了个故事。</p> <p><strong>课</strong></p> <p>明天早上有节大课， 原本是<strong>8点钟</strong>开课。</p> <p><strong>同学甲</strong></p> <p>听说了有课， <strong>3点钟</strong>就去教室占座位， 并坚持认为<strong>5点钟</strong>就会开课。</p>Pictures in Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051019_pictures_in_shanghai_metro.htmWed, 19 Oct 2005 23:28:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051019_pictures_in_shanghai_metro.htm<p>Share with you some pictures I took with Nokia 6670 mobile phone. How exciting that in China, 45 million mobile phones with camera capacity will be shipped this year.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/19/shanghai-book-art.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/19/shanghai-metro-cart.inside.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/19/shanghai-metro-cart.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/19/shanghai-metro-pictures.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">17 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">well you always keep the passion for &#x27;art of traveling&#x27; :)<div class="comment-meta">— DX · 2005-10-20 10:58</div></div> <div class="comment">this is a good life attitude, just find beauty around us everyday!<div class="comment-meta">— xiaoli · 2005-10-20 12:20</div></div> <div class="comment">I cannot figure out what is exciting for?<div class="comment-meta">— kevin · 2005-10-20 12:31</div></div> <div class="comment">jianshuo showed that how more and more phones with built-in camera change our daily life. it is just a little bit part of mobile usage i think, but more interesting.<div class="comment-meta">— raenoll · 2005-10-20 14:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Not really relevant to this topic - but I hope that Jian Shuo doesn&#x27;t mind as he is in favour of education and the betterment of people&#x27;s lives.<br><br>I just want to let you know about a special Career Development seminar being held in Shanghai in November by one of Australia&#x27;s leading corporate coaches. He works with companies such as Coca Cola, GE, Sun Microsystems, AMP, QANTAS and Honeywell. So if you want to know how to get ahead and have a successful career with a companies like these - have a look at: http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://madaboutshanghai.blogs.com/mad_about_shanghai/2005/10/career_developm.html<br><br>Jian Shuo - if you were interested, we would love to have you attend as our guest!<div class="comment-meta">— Brad · 2005-10-20 23:16</div></div> <div class="comment">&quot;I cannot figure out what is exciting for?&quot;, this is cute, kevin, :-)<br><br>I have a Canadian friend told me about his accent pointed out by Londoners: &quot;Why are you always so exited everyday?&quot;, hehe...<br><br>What I really mean here is, JianShuo is apparently a positive thinking person, and there are lots of things that I, as a Chinese fellow living outside China, don&#x27;t feel so exiting too: there are better and far more advanced metro system in US and Europe, there are better cars and fancier digital gadgets (Palm Tero, BlakBerry, PSP, XBOX... other than just a Nokia 6670 with a buildin camera), but he manages to figure out his pettet daily amusement, in boring urban life, and my point is: upon the time that you are no longer exited by something around you, some tiny things that are truly cheerful but easily be neglected, then you&#x27;ve lost the Zen of life.<br><br>Smile, and find your happiness around you, don&#x27;t be afraid to be seen as naive or silly, as long as you are &quot;exited&quot;, whoelse would care?<div class="comment-meta">— zhang · 2005-10-21 05:58</div></div> <div class="comment">as a Chinese fellow living outside China, don&#x27;t feel so exiting too: there are better and far more advanced metro system in US and Europe, there are better cars and fancier digital gadgets (Palm Tero, BlakBerry, PSP, XBOX... other than just a Nokia 6670 with a buildin camera)<br><br>希望你还看得懂中文，因为我实在不喜欢英文这种比较低级的语言，我只是想说，你说的东西国内都有，而且用Treo(不是Tero)入网后还可以包月，不用算流量，PSP,XBOX等东西更是比国外来得便宜，醒醒吧<div class="comment-meta">— to zhang · 2005-10-21 10:06</div></div> <div class="comment">什么叫&quot;低级的语言&quot; :P<div class="comment-meta">— Micah · 2005-10-22 06:12</div></div> <div class="comment">低级的语言means sour grapes.<div class="comment-meta">— samdl · 2005-10-22 20:37</div></div> <div class="comment">我在海外生活，相信我用英文的时间比你长，所谓低级，以你的程度很难理解，英文是phonetics，天生比中文低等一级，你喜欢吃sour grape你自己吃。<div class="comment-meta">— to samdl · 2005-10-22 21:32</div></div> <div class="comment">你真的丢了生活禅了,没看懂我在说什么,还要给语言分等级。用流行的话来说,鄙视你一下。呵呵。<div class="comment-meta">— zhang · 2005-10-22 22:55</div></div> <div class="comment">To tosamdl: great, this is getting interesting man, you are living in overseas, oh, big deal! Nigeria or Combodia? you jump to the conclusion that ur comand of English is higher than mine, I guess you are right, because at least you know what sour grapes means.<br><br>I only have three words for you: &quot;SHAME ON YOU&quot;<br><br>btw, I am a kindergarden kid in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— samdl · 2005-10-23 00:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Would webmaster please delete those irrelevant / coarse comments? Or, create a junk folder?<div class="comment-meta">— Mainlander · 2005-10-23 13:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo,<br><br>Happy birthday to you. Its my first time into your blog site - and I must say, Im impressed. I wanted to know about the Aussie fellow who will be giving a Career development Seminar here in Shanghai in November. Are you able to provide any leads that will help me to contact him? Thank you.<br><br>Keep up the great work your doing! :o)<br><br>P.S. Dont worry about the distractors and their comments, they&#x27;re just jealous because they dont have a blog (or wouldnt know how to go about building one ha ha) of their own (or if they do, then it must SUCK, cos&#x27; they&#x27;re in your site dumping - LOSERS!))<div class="comment-meta">— Dahvida · 2005-10-26 11:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo, excellent blog!<br><br>I live in Belgium and will move to Shanghai soon.<br><br>Is it allowed to take a folding bike to the metro? and if it&#x27;s allowed, considering the crowds during rush hour, do you think it is physically possible to take one?<br><br>thks<div class="comment-meta">— panji · 2005-11-25 19:48</div></div> <div class="comment">2244.web.fc2.com<div class="comment-meta">— csikcsongor · 2008-02-27 07:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, i will be going to shanghai soon. will like to know what is nice there which we can visit and cant miss?<div class="comment-meta">— Eileen · 2008-03-17 17:43</div></div> </details>Happy Birthday To Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051018_happy_birthday_to_me-4.htmTue, 18 Oct 2005 23:53:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051018_happy_birthday_to_me-4.htm<p>Happy birthday to me. It is my 28th birthday. Mean time, happy birthday to my friends who enjoy the birthday these two days: Dengjia (tomorrow), Joanna (yesterday), and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm#0444">burcu</a> from Turkey&hellip;</p> <p>Night.</p> <p>At McDonald of Hongqiao Airport. Wendy is flying back from Beijing tonight, but the flight was delayed till 21:55. No surprise at all. The flights are always like this. It is the right time to sit down to look back to what happened in my life in the last year.</p>Call a Taxi on the Phone? In English?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051017_call_a_taxi_on_the_phone_in_english.htmMon, 17 Oct 2005 23:32:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051017_call_a_taxi_on_the_phone_in_english.htm<p>My friend dropped an email and complain about waiting for half an hour or even one hour for taxi everyday - seems he is living in a very &ldquo;decent&rdquo; place that even taxi won&rsquo;t go there to break the peace of the area. He asked if there is any telephone number he could call to book a taxi. He does not speak Chinese.</p> <p>Well. There are many numbers to call in Shanghai for taxi services, but not many offers English service, so far as I know.</p>Kijiji New Communityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051016_kijiji_new_community.htmSun, 16 Oct 2005 23:42:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051016_kijiji_new_community.htm<p>Livid created the <a href="http://www.kijijiji.cn">new community</a> for Kijiji and this is the beta:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/10/16/screen-kijijiji-homepage.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It is a very nice initiative. Livid enjoys the launch of the beta, so do I. According to the metrics, on average one user visits more than 14 pages. This is very high. Well done, <a href="http://www.livid.cn">Livid</a>!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Why there is no comment for this entry? Wired?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-11-21 00:26</div></div> <div class="comment">english bulldog puppies on adoption<div class="comment-meta">— victoria · 2007-07-15 09:53</div></div> <div class="comment">english bulldogs on adoption<div class="comment-meta">— victoria · 2007-07-15 09:55</div></div> <div class="comment">english bulldogs on adoption<div class="comment-meta">— victoria · 2007-07-15 09:57</div></div> </details>Mao and Hengge in my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051015_mao_and_hengge_in_my_home.htmSat, 15 Oct 2005 23:48:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051015_mao_and_hengge_in_my_home.htm<p>I welcomed <a href="http://uuzone.com/blog/mao">Robert Mao</a> (from <a href="http://www.uuzone.com">uuzone.com</a>)and <a href="http://hengge.blogbus.com/">Hengge</a> (from <a href="http://Blogbus.com">Blogbus.com</a>) (and his little ballet) to my home. Very nice gathering and we enjoyed the small garden under our &ldquo;sweet-scented osmanthus&rdquo;. It is the autumn time and the smell of the tree is wonderful.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I took some photos about osmanthus in Hangzhou botanical garden:)<br><br>http://blog.donews.com/rosemaryxie/archive/2005/10/13/587662.aspx<div class="comment-meta">— rosemary · 2005-10-18 10:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Osmanthus!!!!! Jian Shuo, I remember pinching a cluster of flowers off one of those trees years ago when I was travelling someplace in hopes of finding out what it was and if it could grow where we live. But, by the time I got home the flowers were dried and crumbled and I was not able to identify it. Now I know! And it looks like we *can* grow them here. I will plant a &quot;Chinese sweet tea tree&quot; or &quot;tea olive&quot; as soon as I can find one, and it will always make me think of my friend in your country :-) Thank you so much for helping me figure this out at long last!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2005-10-19 00:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Osmanthus! Years ago I pinched a cluster of flowers from one of those lovely fragrant trees while I was traveling, but by the time I got home the flowers had dried and crumbled and I was not able to identify the plant. Thanks to you, I know now that it will grow in our area! As soon as I can find one I will plant a &quot;Chinese Tea Tree&quot; or &quot;Chinese Sweet Olive&quot; in our yard and it will always make me think of my friend in your country :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2005-10-19 00:18</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m so sorry! It&#x27;s early in the morning here inside my head!! Feel welcome (my goodness! This comment failed due to &quot;questionable content&quot; when I originally used the word &quot;fre*&quot; instead of &quot;welcome&quot;) to delete that second post (and this one) But what a great excuse to send more birthday hugs!! ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2005-10-19 00:22</div></div> </details>Closed Trackbackhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051014_closed_trackback.htmFri, 14 Oct 2005 23:56:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051014_closed_trackback.htm<p>I removed the trackback script from the system which means there is no way to post track back to this site. I also removed the trackback information from the page.</p> <p><strong>The Death of Trackback on My Site</strong></p> <p>Three years, trackback brought a lot of fun to me, when not many people blog and not many people know about blog. That was really exciting expertiment.</p> <p>Recently, many people know blogging, especially many &ldquo;smart&rdquo; spammers. They turn to use Trackback in a more efficient way than normal bloggers. They send thousands of trackbacks to my site.</p>Four Must-See Roads in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051013_four_must-see_roads_in_shanghai.htmThu, 13 Oct 2005 23:38:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051013_four_must-see_roads_in_shanghai.htm<p>Johnny asked about four must-see roads in Shanghai. My answer is:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Nanjing Road - for the commercial scene of Shanghai.</p> </li> <li> <p>Shi Ji Road (Centuary Road) - for the development of the Pudong area.</p> </li> <li> <p>Henshan Road - to know the beauty of residential areas,</p> </li> <li> <p>Small roads in Yu Yuan - to discover the history of Shanghai</p> </li> </ul> <p>Enjoy your Shanghai trip on Shanghai street!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">11 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">HuaiHai road!!!<div class="comment-meta">— yes_no_maybe · 2005-10-15 08:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I would definitely second HuaiHai Rd...The &quot;buxing jie&quot; roads like Nanjing Rd have become so common, it seems every &quot;big&quot; city or wannabe big city has their own version, but HuaiHai Road is pretty unique.<div class="comment-meta">— boran · 2005-10-15 13:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Zhongshan East Road<div class="comment-meta">— Bill · 2005-10-16 22:43</div></div> <div class="comment">happy for you<div class="comment-meta">— zhoujierun · 2005-10-17 14:48</div></div> <div class="comment">I just returned from Shanghai, Oct 14th 2005 and am already homesick ..i was visiting my son and his family that have lived there for three years.My photos are lovely but do not capture the expansive views or beauty..do you have a good photo of the red and gold tree that is standing in yuan gardens now?..it appeared as if the chinese folk throw red ribbons with prayers or wishes up into the artificial tree covered in gold leaves..i would appreciate any email i miss the city. thank you, elizabeth<div class="comment-meta">— elizabeth sandoval · 2005-10-17 18:41</div></div> <div class="comment">I agree about HuaiHaiLu, but each of these roads are so long, that you can&#x27;t see the end of them for the Shanghai air pollution. Especially today. oct. 17.<br><br>The sun set before reaching the skyline.<br><br>So you would say - what have this foreigner done himself :<br><br>I have tried to contact the Shanghai Environmental Bureau at http://www.sepb.gov.cn/index-en.jsp<br><br>3 times to ask when they will open up an annual regular exhaust inspection of trucks and buses, like in other big cities.<br><br>This is SO easy, because it can be done in a snap in this country.<br><br>(I&#x27;m sure that Greenpeace will agree :-)<br><br>BUT - NO reply ever (but I&#x27;m NOT a chinese, so who cares about my english emails).<br><br>Fact is - We ALL breathe the filthy air in this lovely city !<br><br>All are barking and coughing here.<br><br>But what to do ?<br><br>All chinese I have spoken to said : &quot;Ohh, I can&#x27;t do anything - it&#x27;s a problem for the city government.&quot; However - I&#x27;m just a laowei and have nothing to say.<br><br>I think - if you&#x27;re a chinese, YOU can do something !<br><br>Send them 1000&#x27;s of emails what they really intend to do.<br><br>This is new times, I think they will listen to reasonable arguments.<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2005-10-17 21:40</div></div> <div class="comment">当然是衡山路,有一次秋天的下午,我路过衡山路,秋叶飘落,很美,有点象的小说.有时间我想写个上海的小说,好好的描述一下上海马路.<br><br>还有华山路,有一次,我从希尔顿附近,一直延华山路走,走了3-4站路,到华山路与淮海路.一路上房屋很有30年代风味.<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2005-10-18 17:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>I&#x27;m doing this report on the geography of shanghai, and I need to know some important stuff about the shanghai culture, such as what the cool music is, what kind of things magazines you read, and if you can, maybe even some pictures. So far, your information about shanghai has been such a great help to me. No website or book has given me information as well as your blogs. Thanks!<br><br>-Hannah (Los Angeles, California)<div class="comment-meta">— Hannah Benet · 2005-12-03 00:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, Benet.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-12-03 09:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Just starting to gather info for a trip 4 of us are taking<br><br>to Shanghai in August. Should we plan on getting a<br><br>car and driving around the countryside during our<br><br>1 week stay?<div class="comment-meta">— Ken · 2007-02-10 05:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Ken, I don&#x27;t know where you come from. My suggestion is, never thought of driving a car in Shanghai, even in country side if you are not from China. That can be exciting, and challenge, also dangerous. 1 week is too short for you to get used to the road system in Shanghai. You know what, even people from nearby cities like Hangzhou or Suzhou need to help a guide to sit in their car to find the destination.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-02-10 17:52</div></div> </details>Chongming Hotelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051011_chongming_hotel.htmTue, 11 Oct 2005 23:45:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051011_chongming_hotel.htm<p>This question is rare, since not many people go to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030612_chongming_trip.htm">Chongming</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Sir,</p> <p>I visit your personal web site and blog site, because I trying to find</p> <p>somes information about Chongming Island.</p> <p>In fact I need to find a hotel on Chongming, where I will stay during 2</p> <p>weeks for works, but I can not find any hotel information on the web.</p> <p>Could you please help me and tell me if it is more easy to stay in Shanghai</p>微软的过去和Google的宿命https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051010_ecegooglec.htmMon, 10 Oct 2005 23:36:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20051010_ecegooglec.htm<p>对于Google，大家总有话说。有Google的铁杆粉丝，也有面对最近Google的扩张而有些迷茫的粉丝，更多的人是今年才听说有Google这个名字，关注起来，并义无反顾的成为新的粉丝。。。</p>Two Side of the World - Where Should I Stay?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051010_two_side_of_the_world_-_where_should_i_stay.htmMon, 10 Oct 2005 14:35:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051010_two_side_of_the_world_-_where_should_i_stay.htm<p>How interesting that on one hand, so many people are looking for services and goods and on the other hand, many services and merchants are spending too much but still cannot find customers.</p> <p>I often receive emails to help on recommend good tour guide, hotel to stay, or places to buy stuff. Many times, I have to reply that I don&rsquo;t have much more information than the information already on the Internet, or on my blog. :-)</p>Hit by Caribe.sis Virus via Bluetoothhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051009_hit_by_caribesis_virus_via_bluetooth.htmSun, 09 Oct 2005 23:34:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051009_hit_by_caribesis_virus_via_bluetooth.htm<p>So exciting. One week after I switched to Symbian phone <a href="http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,63733,00.html">Nokia 6670</a>, I was hit by a virus distributed via bluetooth.</p> <p>Yesterady, when I had coffee at Starbucks, my phone ringed and displayed &ldquo;die*_*lucky is sending you a file via bluetooth&rdquo;. I accepted, and it promoted me to install an application. I realized something wrong happened. So I interrupted the installation and turn to Google for the name of the application:</p>Where to Buy Digital Cameras and Phoneshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051007_where_to_buy_digital_cameras_and_phones.htmFri, 07 Oct 2005 16:59:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051007_where_to_buy_digital_cameras_and_phones.htm<p>Aliza asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi, I am looking to buy a digital camera in Shanghai, can you please</p> <p>recommend a reputable store? I will be here for 2 more days.</p> </blockquote> <p>In Shanghai, there are two major places where you can buy low price 3C product - digital cameras, phones, computers, MP3&hellip;</p> <p><strong>Metro City</strong></p> <p>Metro city is the traditional gathering place to buy these products. Here is the location:</p> <p>The nearby Pacific Digital Plaza is also a good place to go.</p>Super Girl Concert in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051007_super_girl_concert_in_shanghai.htmFri, 07 Oct 2005 12:26:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051007_super_girl_concert_in_shanghai.htm<p>Yesterday is next to the last day of the long vacation. Around 4:00 clock, Wendy suddenly brought up the idea to go to the Super Girl Shanghai Concert. Well. It sounded not bad. Although I am not a big fan of super girl - the competition, the TV show and the crazy SMS voting campaign, but I don&rsquo;t think I am old enough to say: &ldquo;Let those kids go there and play&hellip;&rdquo;. The Super Girl Concert is a big event in Shanghai - at least in certain rage of age of people. How about just go there and experience the real-time effects of the end of this crazy show?</p>MU2043 from Luoyang to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051006_mu2043_from_luoyang_to_shanghai.htmThu, 06 Oct 2005 11:32:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051006_mu2043_from_luoyang_to_shanghai.htm<p>I took the Luoyang to Shanghai flight MU2043 and safely arrived in Shanghai.</p> <p>Luoyang is a small city. Around 12:30, I got on board a green CITROEN taxi - Citroen taxis are among the better class of taxis in Luoyang.</p> <p>Luoyang airport is near the central of the city - about 10 km away. 10KM is a long distance in Luoyang. The road to the airport is very good, and more importantly, no too much traffic.</p>Luoyang Trip Reporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051005_luoyang_trip_report.htmWed, 05 Oct 2005 23:08:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051005_luoyang_trip_report.htm<p>During the Oct, I am back to my hometown in Luoyang. Here is the photo report of the city. Let me spend some time to explain what the photos mean. Please keep in mind Luoyang is a second tier city in China - it is not Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or a privince capital. It is just one of very normal cities in China with 1 million urban population and 6 million total population.</p>OOB for Vacation in Luoyanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051003_oob_for_vacation_in_luoyang.htmMon, 03 Oct 2005 23:08:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051003_oob_for_vacation_in_luoyang.htm<p>I am having my National Holiday vacation in my hometown Luoyang. OOB for several days.</p> <p>P.S. You can see my pictures of the trip on my flickr homepage. I have setup my new phone Nokia 6610 with Flickr so I can upload pictures I take to the site. Here is the latest one: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/49032772/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/49032772/</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Have fun and take care! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Ollie · 2005-10-04 00:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Have a good time, Jianshuo.<div class="comment-meta">— admin · 2005-10-04 17:31</div></div> </details>Some Hot Keywords in Googlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051002_some_hot_keywords_in_google.htmSun, 02 Oct 2005 23:20:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20051002_some_hot_keywords_in_google.htm<p>I changed the design of individual page a little bit and found it helps a lot. The individual page on this site appeared on some very hot keywords. It brings me a little surprise. Here are some examples:</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=eBay+China">eBay China</a></p> <p>[China Job](<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=China">http://www.google.com/search?q=China</a> Job)</p> <p>[Blogger China](<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Blogger">http://www.google.com/search?q=Blogger</a> China)[flight ticket](<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=flight">http://www.google.com/search?q=flight</a> ticket)</p> <p>[shanghai metro](<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=shanghai">http://www.google.com/search?q=shanghai</a> metro)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi. Can you tell me how many people in China have access to the internet? I run a no cost website for writers and would like to have it translated into Chinese. How would I go about that? My website is: http://www.storyarrow.com<br><br>Please don&#x27;t delete. I am not selling anything.<div class="comment-meta">— john keats · 2005-10-11 06:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Write for Hollywood or be a Novelist.<br><br>We have a site to help aspiring writers or professionals succeed.<br><br>Check out our links and our feature content…all of which will help you succeed….<br><br>Please click on the help us on top of page to donate. We need your support to keep our site alive.<br><br>http://www.storyarrow.com<div class="comment-meta">— John Keats · 2005-10-24 07:54</div></div> <div class="comment">I am looking for hotkey words fot the blog<br><br>Every one is welcome to suggest about my blog at http://Diamondjewelryinformationcenter.blogspot.com<div class="comment-meta">— Zulry · 2007-01-11 21:12</div></div> <div class="comment">There are so many resources for writers. I will add this one to my blog list.<div class="comment-meta">— Cheryline · 2008-02-26 20:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Its great!<div class="comment-meta">— imran ali · 2008-03-24 20:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes that is great. Can anyone tell me the way to find the most searched keyword phrases on google in the last 6 months or so?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>imran<div class="comment-meta">— imran ali · 2008-03-24 20:21</div></div> <div class="comment">I have created new web only 1 year.I&#x27;d like to increase traffic,meanwhile my work is web designer and progrmmer. Hoping getting some business on web. My web is located in china.<br><br>who can tell me some useful method.<br><br>thanks,<br><br>richard<div class="comment-meta">— richard · 2008-09-11 00:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Do you have any keywords in Chinese?<div class="comment-meta">— hu · 2008-12-30 20:13</div></div> </details>Back from Donews Shanghai Meetinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050929_back_from_donews_shanghai_meeting.htmThu, 29 Sep 2005 03:34:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050929_back_from_donews_shanghai_meeting.htm<p>I am back from Donews Shanghai Meeting. It is a successful event. Recently, I have to give up some very good habbit, including &ldquo;camera-on-hand all-the-time&rdquo;. I don&rsquo;t have a photo of the event to share, because I spent the whole afternoon talk with all great people and got around 100 name cards.</p> <p><a href="http://donews.com">Donews</a> is an IT community with many active users in IT industry and IT related media. Around 600 people attended the event - a very big one.</p>Back to Tong Ji Univ. with Junhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050927_back_to_tong_ji_univ_with_jun.htmTue, 27 Sep 2005 23:02:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050927_back_to_tong_ji_univ_with_jun.htm<p>I am back to Tong Ji University again with Jun Tang, CEO of SANDA (NASDAQ:SNDA) and my old manager Hong-Wei Hua. This time, Jun presented his fantansitic experience in U.S. The students were so amazed by the presentation. The lecture ended about one hour later than expected because of students&rsquo; request to share more stories, and un-interruptable Q&amp;A session. MC&rsquo;s several attempt to stop Q&amp;A failed many times. Meanwhile, a book named &ldquo;Beyond&rdquo; written by Miss Xie was release today. It is a book about Jun and Microsoft. There are some short paragraps about me in it. The book will hit the market tomorrow.</p>Shanghai Weather in Octhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050926_shanghai_weather_in_oct.htmMon, 26 Sep 2005 23:57:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050926_shanghai_weather_in_oct.htm<p>We are going to enter October.</p> <p>October is among the best weather in Shanghai (if not contain spring in April). Typically, it is not hot and not cold - just the best time for people to live and visit.</p> <p>A T-shirt can do and a sweater is also OK. The autumn comes. As the old sayings put it, it is the time you can wear whatever you want - not so hot and not so cold.</p>Some Ideas on SEOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050926_p1134.htmMon, 26 Sep 2005 06:30:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050926_p1134.htm<p>Just note some ideas that may help to dramatically drive volumns to a site - while not neccessarily be the best way.</p> <p><strong>Basic Idea</strong></p> <p>Users may use a lot of different keywords to come to this site, but most keywords we don&rsquo;t know or don&rsquo;t have time to create a page around it.</p> <p>Meanwhile, it is the most frequently used words people search, instead of our words.</p> <p>We can see these words in the access log.</p>Comment System is OK Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050926_comment_system_is_ok_now.htmMon, 26 Sep 2005 04:50:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050926_comment_system_is_ok_now.htm<p>I felt strange that there were no new comment after I posted my last comment at 25, 2005 12:55 AM. I thought it may because of weekend. To my surprise, I found the site stopped accepting new comments after that.</p> <p>The reason is, I put &ldquo;&hellip;&rdquo; into the banned world list of my MT-Blacklist tool. Three dot means to match any three chracters. Some readers may lose some comments that they spent much time to write. Sorry for that. The good news is, the system is back to normal&hellip;</p>热烈祝贺黄雪斌，魏巍新婚大喜https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050925_ccceeeiee.htmSun, 25 Sep 2005 23:15:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050925_ccceeeiee.htm<p>晚上参加黄雪斌，魏巍的婚礼。真为他们高兴。从大一到现在也已经12年了，不易。说来他们两个真逗儿，一个是交大微软俱乐部的主席，另一个是复旦微软俱乐部的主席，他们两个的联姻，真有点传奇的味道，所以除了微软的老同事，金牌主持刘润作为婚礼的主持人，老华作为证婚人，连亚勤也发了贺词。婚礼上的新娘，新郎，是标准的金童玉女，幸福得好像在蜜罐里一样。</p>Do You Believe in Living Cost Index?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050925_do_you_believe_in_living_cost_index.htmSun, 25 Sep 2005 11:52:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050925_do_you_believe_in_living_cost_index.htm<p>The big difference between really living in a city and not is, you have better sense of the relative environment of a city.</p> <p>There are many reports on living cost. Shanghai sometimes ranked very high in the list - in the top 10 most expensive cities. The recent <a href="http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving3.htm">2005 report</a> says, Shanghai is the 30th most expensive city in the world. One of the key factor is the change of RMB price.</p>Mannual Way to Manage my Directoryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050924_p1131.htmSat, 24 Sep 2005 13:02:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050924_p1131.htm<ul> <li> <p>FTP to home.wangjianshuo.com with my user name and password (I won&rsquo;t tell you though)</p> </li> <li> <p>Go to /scripts/links folder/admin/data folder.</p> </li> <li> <p>GET links.db to local disk.</p> </li> <li> <p>PUT links.db links-2005-09-24.db (as a backup of the old file)</p> </li> <li> <p>Notepad links.db to get the content</p> </li> <li> <p>Click <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi?__mode=rebuild_confirm&amp;blog_id=1&amp;tmpl_id=34">here</a> (password protected) to rebuld the links source.</p> </li> <li> <p>Check out <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/linksfeed.htm">this page</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>Open links.db and check out the first number in the text.</p> </li> <li> <p>Search for the number in the new linksfeed.htm and copy all the content before the number.</p>100 Anniversary of Fudanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050924_100_anniversary_of_fudan.htmSat, 24 Sep 2005 10:48:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050924_100_anniversary_of_fudan.htm<p>Today is 100 Anniversary of Fudan University. Big congratulations to this famous university in Shanghai.</p> <p>Typically, the two best universities in Shanghai are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.fudan.edu.cn">Fudan University</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.sjtu.edu.cn">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a></p> <p>And people typically list the order with Fudan in the front.</p> <p><strong>100 Years of Fudan</strong></p> <p>Although China is an old country, there are not many old universities. SJTU past its 100 anniversary in 1996. Beijing University followed at 1998. Now, Fudan, and Tsinghua&rsquo;s 100 anniversary will be held in 2011.</p>Is this Water Safe to Drink?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050923_is_this_water_safe_to_drink.htmFri, 23 Sep 2005 23:38:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050923_is_this_water_safe_to_drink.htm<p>Wendy and I was in a decent restaurant the other day. A well-dressed couple from Florida were seated next to us. We chatted a little bit when they seek for help to order the Chinese dishes.</p> <p>After they completed the order, the lady pointed to the glass of water before her and asked: &ldquo;BTW, is it safe to drink the water here?&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;Well. I think so&rdquo;, I answered.</p> <p><strong>Safe or Not? What is the Standard</strong></p>Not Perfect English is Fine, So does Correctionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050920_not_perfect_english_is_fine_so_does_correction.htmTue, 20 Sep 2005 00:15:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050920_not_perfect_english_is_fine_so_does_correction.htm<p>After I arrived to home, ate a banana, took a hot bath, and logged onto my home computer at around 11:00 PM, I was surprised to see hot argument in my previous entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050919_removed_my_email_from_blog.htm">Removed my Email from Blog</a>. I wasn&rsquo;t able to checkout comments at day time yet.</p> <p>The thread started by bob&rsquo;s correction of a sentence in my English writing. Itself, to be honest, does NOT seem offensive to me.</p>Removed my Email from Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050919_removed_my_email_from_blog.htmMon, 19 Sep 2005 02:46:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050919_removed_my_email_from_blog.htm<p>Today, I removed my email address signiture from every page of my blog.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/09/19/screen-email.me.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Old footer of individual page in this blog</p> <p>I put on my email into my blog from day one of blogging. I enjoy being interactive with my readers. When there is not so much traffic, it was very rare to get any email from reader. Later, after my monthly page view reached about 1 million, I got two or three emails everyday. Most people seek for help about Shanghai. The questions helped me to find good topics to write about Shanghai.</p>Happy Autumn Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050918_happy_autumn_festival.htmSun, 18 Sep 2005 23:36:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050918_happy_autumn_festival.htm<p>Happy Autumn Festival (Mid-moon Festival) everyone! I just had wonderful moon cake with Wendy at home. There are clouds in the sky in Shanghai but the moon is clearly seen behind the cloud.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy Autumn Festival, Jian Shuo!<div class="comment-meta">— Ollie · 2005-09-19 00:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-09-19 01:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Jim and I watched the moon come up from behind the far hills last night. I will think of you and Wendy when we admire it again this evening :-)<br><br>Happy Autumn Festival to you and your friends and family!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2005-09-19 01:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Mid Autumn Festival to you all!<br><br>Ying and I enjoyed a walk through China Town (Sydney) where she had a moon cake.<br><br>I must admit, I don&#x27;t actually like moon cakes. I find them too sweet and too heavy - but I like the symbolism of sharing and showing your friends and family that you are thinking of them.<br><br>Our next Mid Autumn Festival (Moon Cake Festival I always remember it as) will be in Shanghai - so I look forward to sharing it with Ying and her family.<div class="comment-meta">— Brad · 2005-09-19 10:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Mid Autumn Festival !<br><br>The moon is bright last night.<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2005-09-19 15:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Mid Autumn Festival !<br><br>The moon was bright last night.<br><br>shirley<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2005-09-19 15:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I wish that an Autum fest was properly celebrated in New York.<br><br>Autumn is my favorite season, and it&#x27;s one of the few comfortable times to be in the city these days. The air is crisp and cool, pencils are sharpened, I pull on my corduroy jacket and head to work every morning with a smile on my face and wind in my hair.<div class="comment-meta">— Bella · 2005-09-26 22:39</div></div> </details>87 Entries Included in Google Blog Searchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050917_87_entries_included_in_google_blog_search.htmSat, 17 Sep 2005 23:48:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050917_87_entries_included_in_google_blog_search.htm<p>Google released <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com">Blog Search</a>. Chedong used <em>inurl</em> to see how many entries are included in Google search. I tried and found Google indexed 87 blog entries out of my 1000+ entries. It takes some time to index all - if Google really index those older entries.</p> <p>P.S. I created my sitemap file at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/sitemap.xml">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/sitemap.xml</a> to include all links.</p> <p>Although I was surprised that I still can find time to work on these technical details, I still insist to have certain level of involvement into the new things on the Internet by MYSELF, instead of reading articles about &ldquo;cool&rdquo; new things.</p>Tag如何翻译?如何解释?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050917_p95.htmSat, 17 Sep 2005 00:55:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050917_p95.htm<p>Tag的中文翻译是什么？标签？看来这是最合适的翻译。 用一句话来解释什么是Tag？要求在30字之内。</p> <p>这是</p>Tick的客齐集公益小聚总结https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050916_tickceecec.htmFri, 16 Sep 2005 13:22:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050916_tickceecec.htm<p><a href="http://www.tickwang.com/blogview.asp?logID=105">客齐集聚会之三==公益活动</a></p> <p>Tick说：</p> <blockquote> <p>从这点可以看出，各个公益组织之间本身就可以进行初步的合作，但这种合作也是有局限性的，可能只是在双方的志愿者进行了相当长时间的接触之后才能进行，并不能在短时间内进行。问题就在于信息的互通，缺乏一个沟通平台，把每个公益组织的信息进行公开。如果能够有一个平台，就可以：</p>Shanghai World Financial Centerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050916_shanghai_world_financial_center.htmFri, 16 Sep 2005 00:54:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050916_shanghai_world_financial_center.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/09/16/shanghai-world.f.c.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>World Financial Center under construction. Picture taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Yes. I can confirm it - the building, Shanghai World Financial Center, which was held during the Asia Economic Crisis, starts construnction again.</p> <p>As you can see, the building is just a little bit higher than a bus yet, but it has much more potential to grow than a bus.</p> <p>The picture above was taken at night from my taxi window. It may takes 3 years to complete. Then it will become the tallest building in the world. Below is a concepture picture of the building.</p>China Internet Conferencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050915_china_internet_conference.htmThu, 15 Sep 2005 01:13:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050915_china_internet_conference.htm<p>I found one picture of the China Internet Conference in my camera. This picture was taken on Sept 1, 2005, in Beijing.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/09/15/beijing-internet.conference.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s remember this hot season again - as many speaker repeated, the warmth felt in this conference is exactly like that in 2000 - the year before the big bubble bursted.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Do you know why the Internet franzy is appearing again in China, but not quite in other places such as US?<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2005-09-19 07:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Как-то в 2005 не очень солидно, сейчас уже наверное не так<div class="comment-meta">— Filter · 2009-12-06 23:34</div></div> </details>Tips to Get a Taxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050913_tips_to_get_a_taxi.htmTue, 13 Sep 2005 23:30:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050913_tips_to_get_a_taxi.htm<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-05,RNWE:zh-CN&amp;q=intitle%3Ataxi+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2F">Taxi</a> is becoming a headache in Shanghai. I remember about three years ago, taxi is was still abundant resource and I can could hire a taxi easily - empty taxis are were everywhere. (Update: Thanks <a href="http://other.mblogger.cn/fangzhiyuan/posts/151097.aspx">Fang Fang</a> to correct spelling of this paragraph)</p> <p>However, recently, it is very hard to find a taxi. It is not rare to wait for half an hour in People&rsquo;s Square area or Lujiazui area. There are no empty taxi at all and there are more than 20 passengers are waving their hands to call a taxi.</p>eBay China Job Opening - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050912_ebay_china_job_opening_-_part_ii.htmMon, 12 Sep 2005 23:19:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050912_ebay_china_job_opening_-_part_ii.htm<p>After I posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050825_ebay_china_job_opening.htm">job posting</a> for one friend in eBay, it seems it worked and another friend asked me to post more for their organization. Besides posting to Kijiji, let me also try here. If you are interested in working in eBay, why not have a try?</p> <p><strong>Technical Job Openings in eBay Shanghai office</strong></p> <p><em>Want to join a great team of professionals that built the largest e-commerce site in the world?</em></p>9月15日，计世网“创业投资”沙龙到上海https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050912_915ieeaecaaeeaeae.htmMon, 12 Sep 2005 13:31:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050912_915ieeaecaaeeaeae.htm<p>转<a href="http://blog.donews.com/wangyi/">王翌</a>的一个<a href="http://blog.donews.com/wangyi/archive/2005/09/08/545023.aspx">通知</a>：</p> <blockquote> <p>9月15日，晚7点，上海，绍兴路咖啡书房（电话021-64455467），由计世网主办的“创业与投资”沙龙，将召集沪上及苏杭各地的20多个优秀创业团队，与VC共同探讨新一轮互联网创业项目中出现的种种问题。</p>Three Years of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050911_three_years_of_blogging.htmSun, 11 Sep 2005 22:29:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050911_three_years_of_blogging.htm<p>This is the first day of the forth year of my blogging.</p> <p>After three years (or 1095 days) of blogging, I thought this may be a bigger event for my life, but I didn&rsquo;t feel it that way when this day come. This is a normal Sunday for me - Typhoon hits Shanghai again, and it starts to rain. The subtitle of Shanghai Oriental TV reminds people to stay in home and check windows and doors. Four year ago, on the same day, 9-11 event happened in New York (BTW, the most admirable exhibition I ever heard of is <a href="http://hereisnewyork.org/">Here is New York</a>). Maybe the rain brings more blue mood for me and an three year anniversary reminds me to look back to see what happened in the days before.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog Change Loghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050911_wangjianshuos_blog_change_log.htmSun, 11 Sep 2005 00:15:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050911_wangjianshuos_blog_change_log.htm<p><strong>23:29 2006-7-31</strong></p> <p>Project:</p> <ul> <li>Remove Google Adsense code from Individual Entry Archive</li> </ul> <p>Propose:</p> <ul> <li>Increase user experience by providing ad-free browsing on</li> </ul> <p>Individual Entry Archive page.</p> <ul> <li>Increase Google Adsense revenue to improving overall CTR rate.</li> </ul> <p>Success Metrics:</p> <ul> <li>Get earning back to 40 level, from 28 (after the change).</li> </ul> <p>Steps:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Template -&gt; Archives tab -&gt; Individual Entry Archive</p> </li> <li> <p>Remove the following code from under</p> </li> </ul> <span class=Adsense> <p>&lt;$MTInclude module=&ldquo;RelatedEntries&rdquo;$&gt;</p> <p>Below is removed.</p> <p align=right> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8513779941474461"; google_ad_width = 234; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "234x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel ="0738760540"; google_color_border = "D2E4FC"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "008000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p>Chinese Blogger Conferencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050910_chinese_blogger_conference.htmSat, 10 Sep 2005 23:15:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050910_chinese_blogger_conference.htm<p><a href="http://blog.cnblog.org/bloggercon/">Chinese Blogger Conference</a> will be held in Shanghai on Nov 5 - 6, 2005 in Shanghai. It is a weekend.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/09/10/screen-blogcon.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Blogger Conference Organizer</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know why, but I just have the mixed feeling of this event. I didn&rsquo;t got any notification/invitation of this event yet. I am worrying about this event. I met Isaac and discussed my concerns: it is more like a conference of only some people, instead of the blogging world. BSPs like <a href="http://blogbus.com">blogbus</a>, <a href="http://bokee.com">bokee</a>, <a href="http://blogcn.com">blogcn</a>, <a href="http://anyp.cn">anyp.cn</a> seem not involved yet, and many bloggers like me are not involved yet. The speakers are great persons but seem to be only in a small circle. Although many bloggers are encouraged to participate, but there is not good way to organize the participation. There are many pannel discussions, but I worry how to organize it if there are so many people - I don&rsquo;t know what the pannel discussion will look like if it is 100 people conference&hellip;</p>Short Time Flight Tickethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050909_short_time_flight_ticket.htmFri, 09 Sep 2005 22:04:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050909_short_time_flight_ticket.htm<p><strong>Question</strong></p> <p>When I get to Shanghai Oct 10, I need to get a one-way flight to Chengdu on 13th. Will I be able to do that on the 10th or 11th? No web site that I can access in US permits reserving a one-way ticket. If you think trying to get a flight on 2-3 days notice is not realistic, could you suggest a travel agent located in Shanghai that might assist me. I love Shanghai and wish I had more time to spend this trip. Thanks for your help.</p>My 17 'OR' Articleshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050908_my_17_or_articles.htmThu, 08 Sep 2005 13:08:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050908_my_17_or_articles.htm<p>Chedong is my good friend and a search engine expert. He wrote an article on his blog named: <a href="http://www.chedong.com/blog/archives/000976.html">15 OR of Wang Jian Shuo</a> (I found this is 976th article from him already)</p> <p>We discussed two topics I wrote: one is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050307_enjoy_doing_or_being_able_to_do.htm">Enjoy Doing or Being Able to Do</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050309_dislike_doing_or_starting_to_do.htm">Dislike Doing or Starting to Do</a>. Then Chedong get back and used Google to get a list of 15 articles. I just searched and got <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=intitle:%22or%22+site:home.wangjianshuo.com&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;start=10&amp;sa=N">17</a> results (Maybe I changed to English interface?) The question I asked include:</p>We Filled Our Lives But Lost Our Soulshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050907_we_filled_our_lives_but_lost_our_souls.htmWed, 07 Sep 2005 23:52:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050907_we_filled_our_lives_but_lost_our_souls.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a> wrote an article named <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20050906_850.htm">We Filled Our Lives, But Lost Our Souls</a> (Chinese) and posted it on her blog. It is very real comment from a normal person in Shanghai. The original version was very well written. Let me try to translate part of them.</p> <blockquote> <p>These are among our frequent topics: I went to English, and you visited Europe, and he went to America; your house is at Lian Hua Metro Station, and mine is at Pudong, and he has several villa; The Peace Masion on Fen Yang Road is not bad, and Ying Qi on Ju Lu Road has great taste, and the Rose Garden is Pudong is OK; We care about taste, and we care about sentiment; we care about thoughts; We will have afternoon teas, and we will enjoy German black beer&hellip;</p>Cheng Shan Road Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050906_cheng_shan_road_opens.htmTue, 06 Sep 2005 23:43:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050906_cheng_shan_road_opens.htm<p>After one year of construction, the Cheng Shan Road near my apartment finally opens these days. It provides a new way to directly go to the Lupu Bridge directly from my home.</p> <p>Along the road, there are still many villages. Although it is the site of the Shanghai Expo 2010, currently, there are still villages in the cities. The villigers are planning their new life since the villages will be moved to other places, and modern buildings will raise at the same place. The road is the first step to kick off this kind of construnction. I believe in the year 2010, this area will be completely another new look.</p>Price Increase of Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050905_price_increase_of_shanghai_metro.htmMon, 05 Sep 2005 00:20:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050905_price_increase_of_shanghai_metro.htm<p>It is HEARD that the price of Shanghai Metro will continue to increase due to the high pressure from the passenger volume at rush hours. The lowest price will be adjusted to 3 RMB from 2, and it takes 5 RMB from Long Yang Road in Pudong to Xujiahui in Puxi. Now, it is only 3 RMB.</p> <p>Meanwhile, since the Dong Fang Metro Station is the conjunction station of three metro lines, it will be closed for 1 years for construction. The transition square of the People&rsquo;s Square seems will be completed soon, and I guess at that time, the transition between Metro Line 1 and Line 2 will be shortened&hellip;</p>OOB These Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050904_oob_these_days.htmSun, 04 Sep 2005 03:29:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050904_oob_these_days.htm<p>I am in the China Internet Conference and sent out more than 100 name cards and get more&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">We miss you - but we understand you are very busy with your new ventures.<br><br>Best wishes for success!<div class="comment-meta">— Lady Macbeth · 2005-09-04 14:06</div></div> </details>When Nothing to Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050903_when_nothing_to_blog.htmSat, 03 Sep 2005 23:16:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050903_when_nothing_to_blog.htm<p>If there is no topic to blog today, how about try thinking about these ideas:</p> <p><strong>Event?</strong></p> <p>Will it be a conference, meetup, or events coming soon? If so, write about it. What is the propose? Who will come? Will you go there? If yes, why? If not, also why?</p> <p><strong>New product?</strong></p> <p>See if there is a new product, new release or new plugin. Try it, describe it and write some comments on it.</p>Baidu Posthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050831_baidu_post.htmWed, 31 Aug 2005 00:56:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050831_baidu_post.htm<p>Check out <a href="http://post.baidu.com/">Baidu Post</a> (something like BBS). It has generated great traffic.</p> <p>For example, under the winner of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050814_i_watched_super_girl_finally.htm">Super Girl</a> Li Yu Chun, up to now, 5.1 million message were posted under this single name.</p> <p>Check out the <a href="http://post.baidu.com/f?ct=&amp;tn=&amp;rn=&amp;pn=&amp;lm=&amp;sc=&amp;kw=%C0%EE%D3%EE%B4%BA&amp;rs2=0&amp;myselectvalue=1&amp;word=%C0%EE%D3%EE%B4%BA&amp;tb=on">page</a>. Every time I press F5 to refresh the page, new entries were added - at interval of less than 1 second. Just keep refreshing and we have some idea about how active people are posting on this board.</p>就是那一点点差别https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050830_eaecc.htmTue, 30 Aug 2005 21:17:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050830_eaecc.htm<p>有人说：blog有什么新的东西吗？不就是BBS吗？ 有人说：blog有什么新的东西吗？不就是个人主页吗？</p> <p>这。。。。</p> <p>成就一个东西常常有几十个的因素，但最重要的，常常就是那一点点的差别。</p>Dinner with Friends from Six Aparthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050829_dinner_with_friends_from_six_apart.htmMon, 29 Aug 2005 23:14:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050829_dinner_with_friends_from_six_apart.htm<p>Tonight, I met two nice guests from Six Apart in Shanghai - Ginger Tulley, Six Apart&rsquo;s director of worldwide strategy and analysis, and <a href="http://www.sixapart.com/about/management">Nob Seki</a>, Executive Vice President and CEO of Six Apart in Japan. Thanks Ginger and Seki to send me a Movable Type T-shirt. Ginger asked: &ldquo;We have T-Shirts with either Six Apart and MovableType. What would you like to have?&rdquo; Although the actual answer will be both, I chosed the MovableType version, since I will be using MovableType for 3 years in 2 weeks, and my first blog entry ever is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP</a> (on Sept 11, 2002).</p>生活的感悟https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050829_cc-2.htmMon, 29 Aug 2005 18:13:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050829_cc-2.htm<p>郑子颖在《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000840.htm">去互联网化</a>》中说：</p> <blockquote> <p>网络是一个吞噬时间的东西。以前家里有ADSL的时候，经常搞到晚上两点钟再睡觉，尽管早上八点又要起来上班。搞那么晚其实也不干什么，并不是在打网游或者搞网恋，只是在Hi-PDA看看帖子然后有一句没一句的和MSN上还没睡觉的人说两句。也不知道为什么，就是精神特别好，不困，不想睡觉。 。。。 去年南丹路新家刚刚装修好的时候，曾经过过几个礼拜家中无电视、无网络的日子。当家里没有电视和宽带的时候，会发现晚上的时间特别多，人也容易特别早就犯困想睡觉。没有电视和宽带，会发现其实晚上还是有很多事情可以做的：可以和家人多说说话，可以多看一些报纸杂志和书，可以听听广播，可以多收拾收拾屋子，可以把买了但不听的唱片都听几遍，可以把一直挂在晾衣架上的衣服收拾下来叠好。听广播、收拾房间、叠衣服的时候还可以神游天外，就可以多一些想点事情的时间，可以想想自己最近待人接物的得失，也可以整理整理对一些问题的思路。看电视太多只会让人习惯于不动脑子。</p>Watching Super Girl Finale in Donews Officehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050827_watching_super_girl_finale_in_donews_office.htmSat, 27 Aug 2005 00:05:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050827_watching_super_girl_finale_in_donews_office.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t expect to watch the Super Girl Finale in Beijing in <a href="http://donews.com">donews.com</a> office. Keso and Liuren don&rsquo;t have a TV set there, but they have projector and laptops. So we linked to <a href="http://mysee.com">mysee.com</a> to watch the online version. The video is provided by P2P media, and about 100,000 people watched the program concurrently in China.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">You seem to be travelling back forth between Shanghai and Beijing. Or you are not living in Shanghai anymore? Don&#x27;t want to pry into your private life. Just curious.<div class="comment-meta">— admin · 2005-08-29 00:57</div></div> <div class="comment">建硕,有看到我给你发的邮件吗?我的邮件地址是windyman@citiz.net 是前几天发的<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#24352;&amp;#21326; · 2005-08-29 15:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Many people want to have a gmail invitation (and I happen to have a lot of them- hundreds...Google Talk is cool....). So if you want to have one, leave your email address at http://www.donews.net/speaking (in the comment section) and I will send u an invitation. This is not spam or advertising my blog. Just want to share things.<div class="comment-meta">— admin · 2005-08-29 16:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Is it me or does Li Yu Chun very much looks like Yao Ming?<div class="comment-meta">— xiangjiao · 2005-08-29 21:24</div></div> <div class="comment">super girl ?not so good as it said!<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#21490;&amp;#21494;&amp;#20754;&amp;#27264; · 2005-08-29 22:19</div></div> <div class="comment">I know this Super Girl show is really famous all over the Middle Kingdom, so who won? Is it the short-haired girl who was rumored to be a lesbo?<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2005-09-09 03:50</div></div> <div class="comment">d<div class="comment-meta">— joy · 2006-09-27 20:44</div></div> </details>eBay China Job Openinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050825_ebay_china_job_opening.htmThu, 25 Aug 2005 00:23:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050825_ebay_china_job_opening.htm<p>I am posting this on behalf of my friend in eBay. They have several opening in the Product Management team. If you are interested in any of the positions, please send your resume to sha-hire at ebay.com.</p> <p><strong>Sr. Manager, UED</strong></p> <p>UED Manager, China</p> <p>eBay is seeking a manager to lead eBay&rsquo;s User Experience &amp; Design Team for China. This position requires a strategic thinker, an innovator, a visionary, and an effective advisor across various levels for the UED organization in China. He/she will lead the UED team to champion the user experience on the eBay platform; enable the team to become more effective in advocating ease of use through the sharing of UED goals and strategies.</p>Super Girl is Super Hothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050824_super_girl_is_super_hot.htmWed, 24 Aug 2005 00:16:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050824_super_girl_is_super_hot.htm<p>When I passed by the square of the Raffle&rsquo;s city, one of the most crowded area in Shanghai, I was surrounded by a group of girls. They are fans of <a href="http://liyuchun.bokee.com/">Li Yu Chun</a>, the leading singer of the Super Girl contest. They tried to persuade me to vote for Li Yu Chun with my mobile. It will cost me 1 RMB but will help Yu Chun to have more possibility to win the contest.</p>What Happened 365 Days Ago?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050823_what_happened_365_days_ago.htmTue, 23 Aug 2005 00:24:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050823_what_happened_365_days_ago.htm<p>I checked my blog one year ago on this day, Aug 22, 2004, and found this:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040822_last_night_in_shanghai.htm">Last Night in Shanghai</a></p> <p>The small detail I noticed is, it rained dogs and cats 365 days ago.</p> <p>Then I checked the day of Aug 22, 2003 - at that time, I was fighting against spam&hellip;</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030822_shutdown_defeatmessenger_and_fightpopups_spam.htm">Shutdown DefeatMessenger And FightPopups Spam</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">365 days ago, I was in Singapore, missing everything about Shanghai. Someone said it well, &quot;you have to leave to miss it&quot;. I was watching Candid Camera (maybe not) that night.<div class="comment-meta">— admin · 2005-08-23 11:46</div></div> <div class="comment">http://msittig.blogspot.com/2004/08/every-night-i-have-olympics-party.html<br><br>One year ago yesterday I was living in a single room at the Cosmic Guesthouse in Hong Kong, waiting for a phone interview with my current employer here in Shanghai; I spent my day touring Hong Kong and my night eating snacks from the convenience store and watching the summer Olympics.<div class="comment-meta">— Micah · 2005-08-23 12:30</div></div> <div class="comment">one year ago, everyday i was studying ielts. but now everyday i am studying aic. all the days are full of english.<div class="comment-meta">— grace · 2005-08-23 21:39</div></div> <div class="comment">I didn&#x27;t have any records for what I did one year ago. But I know today - one year after the day one year ago I am reading your blog, and I am so envy how active your readers are (include me)! --Even on this kind of entry:)<div class="comment-meta">— Richard Hong · 2005-08-23 21:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Exactly...One year ago...I arrived in Shanghai...on an overcast rainy night...much like today. Wow...time flies....and now that i have a year under my belt....with all the things that have happenned I am a much better person...and a stronger one too. I miss my friends and family back in the US. I chose to come here...and I never quit -- i&#x27;m determined to continue my life here, everything else is a temporary setback...the big picture and peace of mind are the most important ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— mathlete · 2005-08-24 15:42</div></div> </details>接过Keso“怪癖”游戏的火种https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050822_ekesoacaccc.htmMon, 22 Aug 2005 23:03:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050822_ekesoacaccc.htm<p>昨天早上看到Keso的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050814_eieae.htm#0608">留言</a>，正在迷惑是不是真的Keso贴过来的，顺着链接过去，确认了，只好硬着头皮接过Keso“怪癖”游戏的火种，并把它传递出去。游戏规则：</p> <blockquote> <p>开始游戏的人出一个题目，在自己的blog上写下答案，然后把题目丢给另外五个人，在文末附上这五个人的连结，并且到这些人的留言版上留下：“哈哈！你被贴了。”(哈哈是我自己加的)。这五个被tag到的人，在自己的blog注明(并附上连结)是从哪一个blogger那里传来的题目(这时候“引用”功能就很好用)，然后写下答案，再去贴另外五个人。如此继续下去。</p>eGuo One Hour?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050821_eguo_one_hour.htmSun, 21 Aug 2005 15:38:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050821_eguo_one_hour.htm<p>This morning, to my surprise, I got an email from the CEO of <a href="http://eguo.com">eguo.com</a>. It was a pleasant surprise to me, since the letter quickly bring me back to the old days of 2000&hellip;</p> <p>2000 is a crazy year in China. Just like U.S., ecommerce is the buzz word. Everyone is talking about it, investing in it and setting up companys around it. 8848.com is the leader in eCommerce in China (now the company has gone) and I, a small potato, just switched from technical team to eCommerce team and running between one meeting and the other, one project to another, to see how to use Microsoft technology to help build eCommerce.</p>Yu Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050819_yu_garden.htmFri, 19 Aug 2005 00:49:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050819_yu_garden.htm<p>Visit Shanghai? Want to see the most &ldquo;Chinese&rdquo; side of Shanghai? I suggest our dearest visitors to go to the Yu Garden.</p> <p>I have been a frequently host for many foreigners to Shanghai. Every time, I arrange a tour to Yu Garden to them, and up to now, everyone is so excited about this market with no exception. It is very &ldquo;Chinese&rdquo; style market with everything you think can be treated &ldquo;Chinese&rdquo;. From nice jade to chopstick, from &ldquo;duilian&rdquo; to red latterns. Here is the location:</p>This is the Top 356 Blog?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050818_this_is_the_top_356_blog.htmThu, 18 Aug 2005 01:14:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050818_this_is_the_top_356_blog.htm<p><a href="http://www.kenlee.cn/index.php?job=art&amp;articleid=a_20050817_121943">Kenlee</a>&rsquo;s blog reported that Feedster announced the TOP 500 Blogs. It is updated every month.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/8/17/top500-2005-08.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I couldn&rsquo;t not check it because the domain <a href="http://top500.feedster.com/">http://top500.feedster.com/</a> was blocked by the Great Firewall. I believe one or more URL in the list must triggered the filter, so when I try to access it, my Internet connection is completely closed. So I can only have the chance to try twice in the last 10 minutes (5 minute OUT OF Internet punishment for every try). Well. I may find ways tomorrow to see it.</p>More Lugu Lake Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050816_more_lugu_lake_pictures.htmTue, 16 Aug 2005 00:01:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050816_more_lugu_lake_pictures.htm<p>What a pleasant surprise for me that I received email from Dr. Glenwood Irons again. you may also remember Dr. Glenwood, the author of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030504_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year.htm">Flight to Shanghai: A Journey in the Plague Year</a> (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030505_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_ii.htm">II</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030510_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iii.htm">III</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030512_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iv.htm">IV</a>). It was the only time that I co-author this blog for the entire 3 years of blogging, because the topic is so interesting and Dr. Glenwood&rsquo;s entry was so well written. This time, he sent me some pictures he took near the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050501_lugu_lake.htm">Lugu Lake</a>. He obviously took the most moving moments - dancing and group photo with the women in that village - the villages where women enjoy much more rights than men.</p>I Watched Super Girl, Finallyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050814_i_watched_super_girl_finally.htmSun, 14 Aug 2005 12:43:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050814_i_watched_super_girl_finally.htm<p>I start to feel silly that I still didn&rsquo;t watch Super Girl from Hunan TV. Everyone is talking about it in China now - 20 million people are waiting for the TV show every Friday. Wendy just fly back from Boao in Hainan, and she told me that many people on the flight were so worry during the flight that they may miss some part of the show that night.</p>如履薄冰，如临深渊https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050814_eieae.htmSun, 14 Aug 2005 02:24:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050814_eieae.htm<p><em>这是接着<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050812_eeecpodcast.htm">客齐集测试版和Podcast</a>这篇文章的评论部分写的。</em></p> <p>前天扔出来两个东西来，一个鲜花掌声（Xena的Podcast），一个鸡蛋遍体（大杂烩Portal ）。。。。如果算成功率，是50%，失败率也是50%，还好，还好。</p>Different Views on Typhoonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050812_different_views_on_typhoon.htmFri, 12 Aug 2005 01:49:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050812_different_views_on_typhoon.htm<p>Just get back from a business trip. Sorry that I was not able to catch up the blog and didn&rsquo;t find a chance to post an OOB - it is among the longest break in blogging recently.</p> <p>When I am on the bus back from Hangzhou to Shanghai, I finally find several minutes to use my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030909_dopod_515_smartphone_in_china.htm">Dopod 515</a> to check out the comments on my site and noticed <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050807_typhoon_hit_shanghai.htm#1044">annick</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050807_typhoon_hit_shanghai.htm#1206">Angela</a> were pretty upset about my comment to Typhoon: &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s first time that I learnt that somebody quote Typhoon as pleasant experience.&rdquo; and &ldquo;It is really disappointed to know you enjoy the Typhoon so much&rdquo;. I also noticed a lot of my frequent reader made comments after it.</p>客齐集测试版和Podcasthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050812_eeecpodcast.htmFri, 12 Aug 2005 00:54:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050812_eeecpodcast.htm<p>欢迎大家看一下<a href="http://info.kijiji.com.cn/beta">测试版</a>，这个版本还没有完成，是毛培房，还没有“装修”，大家提提意见。</p> <p>还有，我们每两天会推出一期<a href="http://info.kijiji.com.cn/Podcast/050805.mp3">Podcast</a>，请我们的播音员Xena帮大家播报客齐集每两天最精彩的内容。大家耳朵闲着的时候可以来用来消磨时间。</p> <p>我想客齐集会一直很Cool。</p> <p>注：祝贺方刚<a href="http://blog.donews.com/fanggang/archive/2005/08/09/501359.aspx">喜得千金</a>。<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/23316828@N00/32541390/">小生命</a>的诞生总让人觉得温暖，尤其有方刚这样一个可爱的爸爸。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">34 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">不错。。一幕了然，页面个人觉得太长，能否是点击收缩式的。或者就是那种对于每个栏目进行个人关注不同的自定义拖动保存。就像定制新闻一样的。<div class="comment-meta">— 文钦 · 2005-08-12 02:47</div></div> <div class="comment">呵呵，主持MM挺可爱。测试版的信息还是稍显得太多，希望智能化一点。<br>听着听着，突然让我感觉像是在广播里经常播放信息，电话参与的那种节目<div class="comment-meta">— iceshow · 2005-08-12 04:19</div></div> <div class="comment">应该是“喜得千金”吧，呵呵。<div class="comment-meta">— 厌倦发呆 · 2005-08-12 10:28</div></div> <div class="comment">直说了：颜色配置不好，如上所言首页太长；不同的板块可以用不同的颜色，首页最好短些，渐进搜索不超过三步就可以找到需要的信息。<br><br>胡言乱语，呵呵。<div class="comment-meta">— Kaifry · 2005-08-12 10:36</div></div> <div class="comment">老家千万别全都用黑体字，看着头晕<div class="comment-meta">— madgoe · 2005-08-12 10:45</div></div> <div class="comment">以一个设计边缘人的身份来说，个人还是偏好之前的那个版。就是以前那分类的字大了些^^<br><br>这个测试版，表面内容罗列的太多，太细，容易引起反感，加上密密麻麻的黑色字，给人感觉很沉。<br>但是规划的很工整，“大家闺秀”气质出来了。<div class="comment-meta">— summer · 2005-08-12 11:00</div></div> <div class="comment">and<br>个人认为，同城分区的信息罗列在表面有些“多此一举”，只要保留那一各分区选择的横条就成了。<div class="comment-meta">— summer · 2005-08-12 11:10</div></div> <div class="comment">不好意思，我的看法很不一样。<br>kijiji的测试版让人觉得直到今天，kijiji China仍然缺乏思路。我曾经将kijiji和ganji的页面布局和用户操作流程称为是人性化的回归。但是这一次改版，kijiji又作了再一次的“回归”——信息爆炸，最终的结果就是噪声和垃圾。<br><br>所以，非常反对这次改版！！<div class="comment-meta">— Miles · 2005-08-12 12:01</div></div> <div class="comment">配色不好<div class="comment-meta">— chen · 2005-08-12 12:26</div></div> <div class="comment">有点像门户网站了，杂乱~<br><br>另外，每个分类是否可以提供RSS，比如女找男的交友，我可以订阅，然后就知道现在是不是又有人需要男朋友了:-&gt;<div class="comment-meta">— 94smart · 2005-08-12 14:49</div></div> <div class="comment">难道真的要改成这样吗? 不会吧~~<div class="comment-meta">— Victor · 2005-08-12 15:21</div></div> <div class="comment">这种设计体现了客齐集将区域化进行到底的思路，但是感觉有点不习惯``<div class="comment-meta">— rever · 2005-08-12 15:43</div></div> <div class="comment">这……欧以前是做音乐节目的，那么这也是第一次尝试在Kijiji做这种形式的广播节目，还有很多值得改进的地方。<br><br>期待大家的意见和建议，也感谢大家的支持和鼓励，谢谢哈，^_^<div class="comment-meta">— xena · 2005-08-12 16:00</div></div> <div class="comment">一定要全部都用黑体字么？这可是设计的忌讳<br><br>看来网站的首页设计者需要叫来批评下。<div class="comment-meta">— zheng · 2005-08-12 18:38</div></div> <div class="comment">这个测试版我觉得不是给大家这类人看的.这样的页面不适合我们这样的人,但还是很适合普通大众.一个页面什么都包括,只要往下一拉,很多信息都可以看得到.就像sina之类的门户.<div class="comment-meta">— flykite · 2005-08-12 20:10</div></div> <div class="comment">新版kejiji终于走生活化的小区路线思路了，<br>不错，一个很好的新起点。<div class="comment-meta">— 大智周 · 2005-08-12 21:08</div></div> <div class="comment">看起来很烦.我认为不好.<div class="comment-meta">— herock · 2005-08-13 00:22</div></div> <div class="comment">感觉不错。<div class="comment-meta">— icebin · 2005-08-13 00:47</div></div> <div class="comment">直说了！<br>一个字——乱！<br>两个字——真乱！<br>三个字——太乱了！<br>四个字——太乱了吧！<br>五个字——怎么这么乱！<br>不晓得建硕兄的易用性理论是不是丢了？<div class="comment-meta">— imbin · 2005-08-13 18:06</div></div> <div class="comment">个人感觉看起来还是站台的清晰。目录在首页太细分，有种很乱的感觉，首先视觉上不集中。虽然排列的很整齐，但很容易造成视觉疲劳。<div class="comment-meta">— 张翔 · 2005-08-13 20:45</div></div> <div class="comment">绝对反对这次改版！～～<br><br>千万不要改。。。原来的就好！JIANSHUO兄三思！！！！！<div class="comment-meta">— colorjd · 2005-08-13 23:21</div></div> <div class="comment">好多的entry，不好，第一印象不好。而且第一印象只有一次。<div class="comment-meta">— Wudi · 2005-08-13 23:46</div></div> <div class="comment">好多的entry，不好，第一印象不好。而且第一印象只有一次。<div class="comment-meta">— Wudi · 2005-08-13 23:47</div></div> <div class="comment">多按了一下，麻烦删掉！不好意思。<div class="comment-meta">— wudi · 2005-08-13 23:48</div></div> <div class="comment">好吧。先谢谢大家的鸡蛋或鲜花。Colorjd一个“。。。原来的就好！JIANSHUO兄三思！！！！！”，言辞之切李可扑面而来。真开心有这么多真实地反馈。<br><br>前天扔出来两个东西，一个鲜花掌声（Xena的Podc ast），一个鸡蛋遍体（大杂烩portal）。。。。成功率50%，失败率50%，还好，还好，如果算是风险投资的话，这个比例算是高的离谱了。<br><br>大家别担心，因为时间太匆忙，还没有来得及写清楚，就贴上来了。解释一下。<br><br>关于新的版本，第一，颜色还没有调，图片还没有加，美工还没有开始，所以叫做纯从技术的角度作出了一个版本，只能说是个毛培房。同时Firefox下面什么效果还没有试过，估计是一个小小的strong tag没有关上，就全是黑体字了。<br><br>得到的经验：在没有做好之前，丑没关系，但先不要扔到大街上，吓到人是不好的。大家不要冤枉我们的美工登甲，他的美工装修队还没有进场呢。类目调一下，图片加一些，再看看。<br><br>第二：这不会是以后的首页，它会放在http://info.kijiji.com.cn上面，作为一个迅速的看到所有新内容的地方，针对不同的用户群体。<br><br>关于易用性<br><br>易用性永远是针对特定的用户的。我印象很深刻的一件事情就是MSN.COM的一次改版，记得应该是4.0推出以前，把很多的东西都罗列到了首页上面，叶面变得臃肿了很多。微软内部做了一个调查，看多少人反对，高达70%，因为首页加了太多的内容，不符合易用性理论（就是在增加一个新的内容就是在用户看到另外的一部分内容的路上加了绊脚石；或者：用户的注意力是稀缺资源等等）。而外部测试的反应截然不同，支持率高达80%。所以，唯一的办法是找到合适的用户群体做一下易用性试验。<br><br>如果我们进入网吧的话，我想很有可能会用这样一种把信息尽量多地放在首页的方法，避免用户点击，一目了然，对于刚刚进入互联网的用户是一个很好的台阶。CNNIC的数据，前六个月中国网民新增900万，这是个很大的数据。当然，这里面又有很多的细节，不在这里分析了。对于能够找到我的blog的朋友，这个页面显然是不好的。至于新网民是不是喜欢，也只有到他们中间去，观察大家的使用习惯才知道了，这是以后等作好这个页面以后才知道的。<br><br>关于尝试<br><br>鸡蛋多砸一些没有关系，客齐集做的傻事挺多的，还要接着做。我们的一条原则是：在最初的一年，如果没有饭足够多的错误，说明我们尝试得不够努力。这是初创的本钱。当一年两年以后，常常就经不起大的改变了。比如说，一个5年的网站，一个小小的改动，即便是对于新用户是很好的改动，都会影响到已经用习惯了用户，所以改动越来越难，因为有历史包袱。客齐集既然小，就可以变，能变多变，早错比晚错好。其实，这只是很多尝试的一个大家知道的，那天忽然心血来潮露了出来，不知道的，试了，觉得错了，改了，大家不知道的，还多着呢。<br><br>关于用户群体<br><br>客齐集一直有两面。一面是前卫的一面，所谓Web 2.0的一面。这是最近的热点。这部分人群包括IT圈，学生，“小白领”等等，是关心IT，随时紧跟潮流，尝试新鲜事物的一群。一个新的网站，最先，也最容易触及的就是这一部分人群。客齐集的很多服务，就是从最容易的获取到的用户开始，MSN, QQ, Podc ast, 学校活动，小聚等等活动，都是围绕这个的。还有些Web 2.0相关的进行中的研究项目(Elfe在做)都是在这一部分的。同时，更广阔的群体，在大城市以外的，城市里在家属楼里面的，新上网的用户，这是非常重要的一部分，是由巨大的潜力，但是改变他们的习惯，急不得，需要耐心的去做。但又必须从现在开始有所准备，电话，短消息，包括这个“泄露”出来的页面，是在这条路上。只看前一部分用户，没有前途，做不大。只看后面一部分用户，事倍功半，活不到市场成熟的那一天。。。 至于两条腿走路是不是分散精力，它们的比例怎样，真的是如履薄冰，需要不断的调整。。。。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-08-14 01:17</div></div> <div class="comment">不错,比以前好!<br>内容更丰富,样式也比以前的好!<br>不过,感觉还是有些过于复杂!<div class="comment-meta">— lilan · 2005-08-14 01:29</div></div> <div class="comment">http://info.kijiji.com.cn/beta/ 该页的最下面的copyright后面有个问号<div class="comment-meta">— wumin · 2005-08-14 02:01</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生，你好。“客齐集之声”背景音乐声音太大了，分散了我的注意力，我需要很努力的、很集中精神的才可以听到主播内容。<br>很好的方式，支持！<div class="comment-meta">— 陈志超 · 2005-08-15 11:06</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生，这样的尝试很好。<br>关于反对的声音：<br>1，首先是要搞清楚这些反对的声音是不是来自主流使用群体；<br>2，他们为什么会这样认为；<br>3，主动做一下反对者和支持者的背景对比，而不是被动的接受反对者和支持者的主观陈述声音，要深层次挖掘一下原因。<br>比如：陈志超/年龄“２５岁”／态度“支持”/支持原因是“对初创企业这样的尝试都支持”/目前属于“非主流客齐集使用群体”／至今登陆客齐集次数“８次左右”／。。。<br><br>再次强调：对客齐集这样的尝试，很支持，毕竟这个时候犯错的代价还不大！鼓励尝试，鼓励犯错！<div class="comment-meta">— 陈志超 · 2005-08-15 11:33</div></div> <div class="comment">背景音乐问题我会尽量注意，我想接下去的节目里应该会有改进的，谢谢指正，:p<div class="comment-meta">— xena · 2005-08-15 15:51</div></div> <div class="comment">态度决定一切。。。很高兴看到客齐集团队的“整齐划一”，比如xena的快速回复！王先生，厉害！<br>具体讲：<br>1，声音有些大，就我个人的感受而言是需要集中精神的；<br>2，背景音乐能否做成纯音乐，歌曲的话对注意力稍微有些影响（这点感受或许是由于1的影响吧，或许声音小一些就无所谓是音乐还是歌曲了）；<br>3，音乐带有极强的受众性，这与客齐集目前的推广区域和受众人群有关，希望选材大一些，当然，英文歌曲或音乐很好，中文的话有可能会影响到注意力！<br><br>以上是我个人的感受，仅作参考，希望客齐集百尺竿头，更进一步！<div class="comment-meta">— 陈志超 · 2005-08-15 17:24</div></div> <div class="comment">原来的版本好一些！还是<div class="comment-meta">— 北京租房信息网 · 2005-08-25 15:26</div></div> <div class="comment">( 两条腿走路是不是分散精力，它们的比例怎样，真的是如履薄冰，需要不断的调整。。。。 )我喜欢以前的。<br>就我自己网站的经验，一个页面是否适合客户使用，关銉在内容以及网站上的帮助部份 ，至于页面长还短，不是关銉，不至于要如履薄冰吧。老客户如果习贯了，然后再改动过多，是不是会让他们无所适从。google内容更多了，他的界面还是一样啊，网站总是在不停的增加和删除一些东西，增加一些说明和傻瓜式的帮助(人性化啊，头痛)可能效果更好。<div class="comment-meta">— 杜渐 · 2006-01-30 11:24</div></div> <div class="comment">“近互联”离我们不近<br><br>王建硕在blog上发布了客齐集的测试版，这个未完成的测试版变化很大，主要是把信息更加的细分。但是也许是过于注重表面内容罗列的原因（同城分区的信息都细分罗列在首页），密密麻麻<div class="comment-meta">— 聊网斋 · 2005-08-13 20:22</div></div> </details>客齐集小聚 时间：2005年8月11日 20:00 - 21:30https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050811_p87.htmThu, 11 Aug 2005 18:29:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050811_p87.htm<p>客齐集小聚</p> <p>时间：2005年8月11日 20:00 - 21:30 地点：星巴克人民公园店（南京西路189号） 主题：web2.0技术在客齐集网站中的应用</p> <p>您对web2.0有什么了解？ 您对网络技术应用有什么心得？ 您觉得客齐集网站应该做一些什么改进？ 您有什么最新最酷的技术想和大家交流？</p>Typhoon Hit Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050807_typhoon_hit_shanghai.htmSun, 07 Aug 2005 23:13:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050807_typhoon_hit_shanghai.htm<p>From Friday night till tonight, Shanghai is experiencing Typhoon. For me, it is a pleasant experience - the wind goes up and it rains heavily these two days. I was not able to go out yesterday and today, when I checked out Goudaner, it is completely a new car - the rain washed the car completely - I have never seen a car washer that clean it so completely. Shanghai is lucky. Every time Typhoon comes, it majorly brings fresh air, cools down the hot weather. There are some smaller accidents caused by the Typhoon in the city, but it is still much better than cities in Zhejiang.</p>8月5日台风夜小龙虾聚会https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050806_85eeeeae.htmSat, 06 Aug 2005 19:57:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050806_85eeeeae.htm<p>周五下午，早早的收到了关于上海台风警报的消息，号称将是8年来最大的一次。六点多，天黑了，风已经刮了起来。查询<a href="http://www2.uuzone.com/blog/yezi">叶子</a>，说聚会照旧举行，于是和<a href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/seven37/">袁子</a>上路。路上风大，加上周末下班高峰，出租车是要抢得，一路过去，就像打一场战争。晚上的台风什么样子，天知道。</p> <p>这次聚会，<a href="http://blog.toodou.com/gary">王微</a>真选了个<a href="http://www2.uuzone.com/blog/yezi/34094.htm">好地方</a>，我不知到上海现在还有这样的大排档。自己在学生的时候常去的那种地方，现在就好像忽然一个都找不到了，厌倦了常去的饭馆，总觉得不够随意。原来这些餐馆一直在那里，不是上海变了，而是自己变了。刚刚看了<a href="http://www.etimeweekly.com">E时代周刊</a>关于王微和土豆的<a href="http://www.etimeweekly.com/h/4221.asp">文章</a>，才了解到土豆更多的故事。他们的公司就在万体馆旁边，我尤其喜欢他们办公室墙上的<a href="http://www.etimeweekly.com/article_photo/2005-8/20058316581491.jpg">那些画</a>。</p> <blockquote> <p>王微（Gary）的土豆播客（http://www.toodou.com）在外体馆附近的一幢居民楼里。几间大屋子，七口人，吃住睡、干活都在那儿了，不像一个公司，更像是家庭作坊。当然有些凌乱，几台电脑，到处都是数据线，墙上贴满了土豆的Logo，就连房东的冰箱也没放过。<a href="http://www.etimeweekly.com/h/4221.asp">原文</a></p>Taxi Driver Got Compensation?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050805_taxi_driver_got_compensation.htmFri, 05 Aug 2005 00:56:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050805_taxi_driver_got_compensation.htm<p>Dan from <a href="http://Shanghaiist.com">Shanghaiist.com</a> asked me the news says Shanghai taxi drivers get compensation for the increase of gas price. I know a little bit about this.</p> <p><strong>Formula of Shanghai Taxi</strong></p> <p>Almost for every Shanghai taxi, there will be two drivers for it. One runs for 24 hours and passes the taxi to the other one, and so on. Some taxis are run by couples, which means they can get a lot from the car but they don&rsquo;t&rsquo; have time to meet besides the time to handle over the car. That extreme case is terrible - I cannot imagine a family like this.</p>Ability to Make Impact is the Cause of Pressuehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050803_ability_to_make_impact_is_the_cause_of_pressue.htmWed, 03 Aug 2005 23:35:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050803_ability_to_make_impact_is_the_cause_of_pressue.htm<p>Talked with a nice taxi driver again today. Recently, it seems the only window I have interaction with this city is taxi driver. :-) Wendy drive me to Metro and I take ride of the Metro to People&rsquo;s Square - I saw a lot of people - really a LOT in rush hours, but there is no interaction. Everyone is busy with their own goal, and there is only a destination in their mind, all the advertisement, people around them are just moving object (maybe gray boxes) for them, and does not mean anything to them. It is the same for people around them. The Metro runs at 3 minutes interval. Within the 3 minutes, the platform will be full of people quickly.</p>From Shanghai to Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050801_from_shanghai_to_hangzhou.htmMon, 01 Aug 2005 23:52:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050801_from_shanghai_to_hangzhou.htm<p>Echoing people&rsquo;s question about how to get to Hangzhou from Shanghai, here are some suggestions I gave before:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040409_pvg_buses_to_hangzhou_suzhou.htm">PVG: Buses to Hangzhou, Suzhou&hellip;</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030830_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_hangzhou.htm">PVG: From Pudong Airport to Hangzhou</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040922_pvg_bus_to_suzhou_nanjing_hangzhou.htm">PVG: Bus to Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/Cities/Hangzhou/">My previous articles about Hangzhou</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Besides that, here is more general guidelines. Take it as strategy while others as tactics.</p> <ul> <li> <p>You should plan 2 days in Hangzhou - at least one night is Hangzhou if it is not a business trip.</p>管理上的时空错乱https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050801_ccaecceae.htmMon, 01 Aug 2005 01:28:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050801_ccaecceae.htm<p>在微软的时候，有一件事让我印象深刻，启发我在动手建立复杂的IT系统之前，先想一想“自己要完成的目标是什么”，而不是“自己要建立的系统是什么”。这件事就是“英文润色”服务的流程。</p>Driving in Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050731_driving_in_hangzhou.htmSun, 31 Jul 2005 23:52:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050731_driving_in_hangzhou.htm<p>Driving in Hangzhou is totally a different experience than walking in the city.</p> <ul> <li> <p>The mountains are near the city and the city is part of the mountain.</p> </li> <li> <p>The traffic in east part of the city is good - the winding road in the mountains are wonderful.</p> </li> <li> <p>Zhejiang University is nice - it is nice to see startups in ZJU are very active.</p> </li> <li> <p>The West Lake is much clearer than before.</p>Hangzhou's Entrepreneur Spirithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050730_hangzhous_entrepreneur_spirit.htmSat, 30 Jul 2005 12:58:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050730_hangzhous_entrepreneur_spirit.htm<p>I am visiting some partners in Hangzhou again. For the second time, I am quite impressed by the entrepreneur spirit in Hangzhou.</p> <p>Recent, the Internet center seems to be shifting a little bit out of Beijing and to cities in th south. Hangzhou starts to be a center. I visited some smaller companies and found the developers there are great, and they have great ideas for the new generation of Internet.</p>7月28日客齐集小聚归来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050729_728eee.htmFri, 29 Jul 2005 01:05:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050729_728eee.htm<p>刚刚从今晚的<a href="http://shanghai.kijiji.com.cn/classifieds/ViewAd?AdId=587075">客齐集小聚</a>回到家中。天公作美，下午稀稀落落的阵雨在晚上的时候就停了，可以让我们大约20多人在浦东星巴克外面靠江边的露天平台上尽享黄浦江对面外滩百年建筑的的夜景。</p> <p>这次小聚报名20多人，来得比这个数字更多，我们在5个桌子间轮换交谈，客齐集各个部分的成员都在，聊得畅快淋漓。多谢各位的参与。</p> <p>客齐集小聚的初衷就是要走向真实的互联网。我们希望建立新型的公司，一种团队成员可以和用户定期的聚会，面对面地了解用户需求，听社区的成员的建议，不断地被用户和业界的朋友教育，提高。同时这个小聚也是非常好的互联网行业的朋友聚会的方式。很多朋友是第二次来了。小聚我们会持续地搞下去，估计以后每两周到一个月一次。大家可以留意网站。</p>Wiki is Weak-yhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050728_wiki_is_weak-y.htmThu, 28 Jul 2005 10:56:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050728_wiki_is_weak-y.htm<p>Wiki spam is worse the email spam.</p> <p>Look at this picture: I receive about more than 10 Wiki author request within every minute and it never stopped since two days ago.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/07/28/screen-wiki-spam.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The page they created contains link to their porn website. That means, they are creating hundreds of garbage pages on my server, day and night, linking to their site - until the disk on my site are used up.</p>客齐集信息收集卡进入良友金伴超市https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050727_eeaeeeeeaee.htmWed, 27 Jul 2005 19:52:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050727_eeaeeeeeaee.htm<p>初期5家试点店地址：</p> <p>徐汇 田林十村店 田林十村37号 徐汇 实验店 中山南二路481号 徐汇 东兰店 东兰路115号乙 长宁 虹桥一店 虹桥路1027号 长宁 法华镇店 法华镇路507号</p>OOBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050727_oob.htmWed, 27 Jul 2005 00:36:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050727_oob.htm<p>These days, I am busy with some very key initiaves at Kijiji, so will Out of Blogging for some days. :-) Will be back soon.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I see,but what&#x27;s the meaning of OOB?<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny.Lu · 2005-07-27 18:10</div></div> <div class="comment">OOB ---&gt; Out Of Blog. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Angel · 2005-07-27 22:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi~ i just wanna let you know that i really like your blog. I can learn so much about the modern China, the details that the news wouldn&#x27;t even bother to write. I haven&#x27;t been in China for almost 10 yrs and your website really reminds me the feeling of being in China.<br><br>Btw, congrats for your wedding :P Your wife is so pretty~ I wish you the best!~<div class="comment-meta">— Christina · 2005-07-28 13:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Best wishes to you &amp; Good luck!<br><br>I tried your mobile MSN &quot;小齐&quot;. It&#x27;s nice, and unique!<div class="comment-meta">— Fish828 · 2005-07-28 21:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Best wishes to you &amp; Good luck!<br><br>I tried your mobile MSN &quot;xiao qi&quot;. It&#x27;s nice, and unique!<div class="comment-meta">— Fish828 · 2005-07-28 21:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Guys,<br><br>Welcome to have a chat at my blog (www.madaboutshanghai.blogs.com) while Jianshuo is busy.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Sabrina<div class="comment-meta">— Sabrina · 2005-07-29 08:52</div></div> <div class="comment">I have this blog for my students at (www.donews.net/speaking) but I write about interesting and cool things too. So drop by and have fun! I know it sounds like an ad or something but I got to let other people know my blog anyway. I want to thank Jianshuo for his blog too.<div class="comment-meta">— admin · 2005-07-30 19:49</div></div> <div class="comment">OOB Off Off Broadway<br><br>OOB Old Orchard Beach (Maine)<br><br>What is OOB<br><br>OOB Old Orchard Beach, Maine<br><br>OOB Operations Operating Budget<br><br>OOB Order Of Battle<br><br>OOB Out of Bed<br><br>OOB Out of Box (software implementation projects)<br><br>OOB Out Of Building<br><br>OOB Out-Of-Balance<br><br>OOB Out-Of-Band<br><br>OOB Out-Of-Bounds<br><br>OOB Out-Of-Business<br><br>From www.donews.net/speaking<div class="comment-meta">— admin · 2005-07-30 20:08</div></div> </details>又见微笑https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050726_ec-2.htmTue, 26 Jul 2005 21:42:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050726_ec-2.htm<p>午饭后，我在<a href="http://www.kijiji.com.cn">客齐集</a>的小格间旁边，终于又见到了晶晶 - <a href="http://www.smilinglibrary.org/">微笑图书室</a>的主要策划人之一白晶晶。我没忘自己作为微笑顾问的身份，努力每半年和微笑一起回顾一下做的事情，尽自己之力当一个狗头军师。这次见面，距<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050202_night_with_smiling_library.htm">上一次2月2号的见面</a>正好是六个月.</p> <p>上海的中心在人民广场区域，但从人民广场的一座普通的写字楼里面望出去的景致，并不见得比其他地方好。双层玻璃窗外，一个巨大的打桩机正在咣咣的敲个不停，清洁玻璃的工人乘坐的吊车从窗外挪过去，留下粗大油腻的绳子在窗外摇荡。比起以前几次见面，这里倒是环境最不好的一次了。</p>Real Name Requirement for QQhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050725_real_name_requirement_for_qq.htmMon, 25 Jul 2005 00:50:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050725_real_name_requirement_for_qq.htm<p>The most popular IM QQ in China has a great feature called QQ Group. It is real time chatting groups integrated in QQ client.</p> <p>Recently, Tecent was asked to enforce real name registration for all group owners. People much submit their national ID to keep their QQ group. Well. Another step after the web site registraiton.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">aha~<br><br>i see.<br><br>the great fire wall in China?<div class="comment-meta">— eric · 2005-07-25 01:14</div></div> <div class="comment">eric, don&#x27;t be such a cynic. :)<div class="comment-meta">— Who? Me? · 2005-07-25 02:19</div></div> <div class="comment">I wish our Internet would be free.<div class="comment-meta">— Mainlander · 2005-07-28 23:52</div></div> <div class="comment">take note :zang cui cui staying at hometown :Shan Dong Is A Bitch!working at wei hai tour group..age:22..with long hair n a fucking fat face n body..went around fucking sexing with singapore guys..her virgin was lose to a malaysia guy hu play her feeling n body..n nver love her before!+8613255670782..any one wan sex can call her..shui xiang gen zhe ren zhuo ai qing po da..<div class="comment-meta">— wen + de · 2006-08-27 17:36</div></div> </details>愿跨公司的技术交流成为流行https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050724_ecaeaee.htmSun, 24 Jul 2005 02:22:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050724_ecaeaee.htm<p>昨天和晓良，Gary（客齐集的Gary，而非土豆网的Gary）一起到<a href="http://www.etang.com">亿唐</a>举行一场小型技术交流。这场交流的想法是Dave一周前提出的，我非常高兴的答应了。公司间的交流是个很好的方式，让两个公司的人都开阔思路。道理容易，做起来很难。一定要两个公司的人都有开放的心态。</p> <p>在亿唐的办公室，就像自己的家一样舒服和随意。海松是很好的人，邻家大哥那种，睿智，博学。亿唐上海的办公室，在一个市区里的厂房中，面积大，中间没有间隔，尤其是他们的会议室，清清爽爽，有古色古香的柜子（我开心的把两个大包仍在上面），地上铺着四块草席，空气里弥漫着草的味道。海松穿着时尚，脖子里带着很酷的链子，光着脚坐在一群年轻的程序员和市场，策划人员中间，这图景真不错，我真想一边讲，一边拍张照片，那一定是个完美的团队照片。两个小时，我们从美国的互联网，聊到中国的互联网，又聊到韩国和日本；从Web 2.0聊到AJAX，还看了代码；从Hao123这样的网址站，聊到最新最酷的新一代互联网网站；又从互联网聊到网游，手机，；最后料到客齐集，不亦乐乎。</p>Taxi Driver's Life Tougher - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050723_taxi_drivers_life_tougher_-_part_ii.htmSat, 23 Jul 2005 14:37:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050723_taxi_drivers_life_tougher_-_part_ii.htm<p>Taxi drivers&rsquo; life is one of the major topic I continously observe the report. They are very typical hard-working people in this city, and come from a world I don&rsquo;t normal have access. Talking with taxi drivers is always my favorite. Their stories are vivid mirror reflecting the changes of the city.</p> <p>Recently, we clearly feel taxi become rare resource for this city. Not at only rush hours, but also at normal time it is hard to find a taxi. I thought the major reason was because of the hot summer - these days, Shanghai is just too hot which drives up the demand. However, the recent talk with a taxi driver revealed another part of the story.</p>RMB Finally Goes Stronghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050722_rmb_finally_goes_strong.htmFri, 22 Jul 2005 01:05:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050722_rmb_finally_goes_strong.htm<p>This afternoon, I got a SMS from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> that RMB finally changed its policy and become floating rate. The rumar is the exchange rate between RMB to USD may change to 8.1 or something (I cannot find sources and proof for this. So use this information with caution).</p> <p>I am not an econmist, and I don&rsquo;t know exactly what it means to the market and two countries. I did get some conflicting oppinions and news. It is out of my knowledge scope to judge. So I don&rsquo;t want to comment. The direct impact for me may be, the next time I shop at Amazon.com, I can buy one more book if I buy several books. :-)</p>Kai-Fu Joined Google Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050721_kai-fu_joined_google_china.htmThu, 21 Jul 2005 01:28:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050721_kai-fu_joined_google_china.htm<p>Lee Kai-Fu <a href="http://www.telecom.paper.nl/site/news_ta.asp?type=abstract&amp;id=89114">Joined</a> Google and will be the president of Google China.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">What an old news!<div class="comment-meta">— jacke · 2005-07-21 03:34</div></div> <div class="comment">predict that many MSRA guys will pursuit him to google..<div class="comment-meta">— oasis · 2005-07-21 04:25</div></div> <div class="comment">*We want to to apologise to Jinshuo GG for riding on the riding on the coattails of his fame*<br><br>上海不眠夜Sleepless in Shanghai<br><br>We are two intelligent young ladies in Shanghai. We have just started a forum called &quot;上海不眠夜Sleepless in Shanghai&quot; . Please join us to make this an exciting place.<br><br>Lily and Cherry<div class="comment-meta">— CLICK HERE TO VISIT · 2005-07-21 04:57</div></div> <div class="comment">You should have posted this news in your Chinese blog:)<div class="comment-meta">— Passerby · 2005-07-21 10:56</div></div> <div class="comment">some foreign people think chinese is not honesty.<br><br>李的跳巢，让华人在微软的处境难堪，有谁再提拔chinese.<div class="comment-meta">— shirley · 2005-07-25 14:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, sleepless in shanghai? I thought your site is sleepy in shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— Oncerest · 2005-08-10 15:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jian Shuo Wang,<br><br>I want to know what about the current working of Google in china. I think some people within china can best tell about the google. What common users think about the google? and how will you rank the google among other search engines?<br><br>Usually, you know well, that all over the world, google is no 1 search engine. But i think the conditions may be different in china. If you got some time, please let me know.<br><br>Thanks,<div class="comment-meta">— imran ali · 2008-03-25 19:34</div></div> </details>关于Google的两条消息https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050720_aegooglecae.htmWed, 20 Jul 2005 11:04:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050720_aegooglecae.htm<p>一大早，电梯里，Johnny说，<a href="http://www.donews.com/Content/200507/295d1bf826154978a49db468d17e28a2.shtm">开复去了Google</a>。这是一条让人惊讶的消息。</p> <p>开复在微软里面是影响我很大的一个人。<a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu/">刘润</a>，我，还有很多周围的人的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050521_aeaeaeie.htm">大学情节</a>和<a href="http://blog.run2me.com/runliu/category/82.aspx">公益</a>的想法，都受了他的影响。开复在的时候创办的微软俱乐部就是这样的大学项目，我非常开心能有机会兼任微软俱乐部在上海的工作两年左右，也高兴的看到三届的微软俱乐部主席都进入了微软。:-) 他教会我长远的眼光，很多事情，虽然谁都知道长期来说有利，但下得了狠心，把眼前紧巴巴的预算投入进去真的去做，又另外一回事。微软在高校的活动，现在过去快十年了，它对于人才的储备和对品牌的建设的功效显露无疑。祝福开复。</p>客齐集在北京的活动https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050720_eeaec.htmWed, 20 Jul 2005 00:19:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050720_eeaec.htm<p>上周，我们在北京做了一场<a href="http://tech.163.com/05/0712/16/1OFNM5KE000915BF.html">合法小广告疏引活动</a>，客齐集和师范大学，传媒大学，外语大学等学校的志愿者一起，骑自行车到北京的街头，清除随处可见的非法的“城市牛皮癣”，并疏导那些合法的广告到合法的渠道去。</p> <p>所谓“不以善小而不为”，虽然比起整个北京城的非法广告，一天的义务劳动可能只会触及不到万分之一，但总归是个开始。最让我们开心的是，“一些北京老百姓也自带工具自发加入到志愿者的队伍中一起清理非法小广告”，这是我们策划的时候始料未及的。</p>Donghai Bridgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050717_donghai_bridge.htmSun, 17 Jul 2005 23:10:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050717_donghai_bridge.htm<p>Donghai Bridge is under construction. It is one of the most interesting projects I know besides the World Expo and the Hangzhou Bay bridge. The 32 km long bridge will extend to the island at the heart of the Hangzhou bay and it is the first bridge that will enable us to drive onto an island in Shanghai. The A2 expressway connects A20 and the bridge.</p> <p>This is how the bridge will look like after completion.</p>On Time Managementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050716_on_time_management.htmSat, 16 Jul 2005 23:26:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050716_on_time_management.htm<p>Richard <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050715_the_heart_of_the_city_is_in_theatre.htm#0244">asked</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>As reading your blog, reading your life. I start wondering how can you manage your time so well? As a director of Kijiji, a person who keeps writing a blog every single day, and also occasionally gives speech in university, moreover quite often produce a thoughtful article in your Chinese blog&hellip; I would be very expecting to read an article about your way of managing time someday. :-)</p> </blockquote> <p>and Cai asked the same question:</p>The Heart of the City is in Theatrehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050715_the_heart_of_the_city_is_in_theatre.htmFri, 15 Jul 2005 23:36:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050715_the_heart_of_the_city_is_in_theatre.htm<p>It was quite some time before I saw another exciting drama in Shanghai. About 6:20 PM, when I was in a discussion with a very experienced person in the classified industry, Wendy sent a SMS to me: &ldquo;How abuot drama tonight?&rdquo; It is a good idea. Although it means I won&rsquo;t have any chance to grasp dinner, it well worth it. At rush hour, I never expect the traffic be good, especially when it is combined with a Friday.</p>Hotmail Backlogshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050714_hotmail_backlogs.htmThu, 14 Jul 2005 23:40:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050714_hotmail_backlogs.htm<p>Let me get rid of my hotmail backlog. Sometimes, I can check hotmail account several times to se if there is no emails for me, but some time (just like recently), I didn&rsquo;t check it in the last two days and found 50+ new emails. I know I missed more recently. I have to appologize for not responding to many emails about information on Shanghai, such as how to get from one location to the other, how to buy certain goods in Shanghai. I really love to answer these questions, but it is obvious that I don&rsquo;t have the bandwidth to handle that. Many one idea is to ask for some volunteers to help, but I believe I don&rsquo;t have time to manage this, the other idea, I guess is better, is to direct the questions to a volunteer groups, <a href="http://www.shanghaiist.com">Shanghaiist.com</a>. It is a small group of people living in Shanghai willing to help people. Dan Washburn, the famous journalist, my good friend and a frequently mentioned person on this blog, started the website and I am honorablely be part of the team. Although I told Dan that I may not be able to contribute a lot, Dan still kindly kept me in the membership list:</p>When the House Prices Goes Downhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050714_when_the_house_prices_goes_down.htmThu, 14 Jul 2005 00:36:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050714_when_the_house_prices_goes_down.htm<p>It seems the turning point of the Shanghai Real Estate has appeared. It seems to me that the price of real estate in Shanghai (one of the hottest topic) is turning down. Evidence: 1. The latest flyer I got from my mailbox about the price of the apartment was lower than the last quote - the first time in the last several years. 2. More and more real estate brokers closed their business because the limited transaction cannot support the rent. Interesting observation.</p>Back from Beijing Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050713_back_from_beijing_trip.htmWed, 13 Jul 2005 00:57:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050713_back_from_beijing_trip.htm<p>I am back from a short business trip in Beijing. I slept a little bit on the Boeing 777-300 aircraft - very nice seat + a little bit tired Jian Shuo = a good sleep.</p> <p>The two airports in Beijing and Shanghai are obviously busier than before. The Pudong airport expansion project is undergoing and very soon, after the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050413_second_run_way_for_pudong_airport.htm">second runway completed</a>, the second terminal will be put into use soon. It is the same in Beijing - the second runway is under construction after the second terminal put into use some time before.</p>Pudong Starbucks is Nicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050711_pudong_starbucks_is_nice.htmMon, 11 Jul 2005 00:58:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050711_pudong_starbucks_is_nice.htm<p>My favorite place to meet in the last two months in Shanghai shte the Starbucks at the Pudong side of the Bund, or typically refered to as Binjiang Store.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/22/shanghai.starbucks-binjang-good.view.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Origional posted at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">Starbucks in A Day</a></p> <p>It is a nice place for both people in Pudong and Puxi to meet. Typically, my meetings with IT related people are arranged around 8:00 PM in this Starbucks. Everytime friends from other cities comes, no matter he is VP of QQ, or journalists from Beijing, or CEO from websites, we simply drop a SMS to the friend circle of IT in Shanghai and say: come and visit. The same time, same place, and people have formed the idea that it will be this Binjing Starbucks, at 8:00 PM that night. :-) For example, I spent wonderful afternoon with Dave, President of eTang there this Sunday afternoon.</p>千万不要和用户习惯开战https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050709_aeaeecae.htmSat, 09 Jul 2005 23:04:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050709_aeaeecae.htm<p>做市场是件有趣的事情。一个月前，我们在大学准备一个讲座。当时的天气还不像现在这样热得让人发狂，学生也没有开始期末考试。活动全程是客齐集优秀的实习生自己策划和安排的。活动之后，他们告诉我一个非常有趣的经历。</p>eCommunity Center in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050708_ecommunity_center_in_shanghai.htmFri, 08 Jul 2005 23:28:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050708_ecommunity_center_in_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai is famous for the strong execution power of the government. I read about the eCommunity Center project on newspaper. It was reported that 400 eCommunity Center will be built in the recent 3 years to help people who do not use Internet to gain access to the Internet. 100 of such centers have been built and they offer FREE Internet access for all the community members. They are equipted with computers and staff to help people get online. This is a good idea.</p>Web 2.0, With Whose Name We Gatherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050707_web_20_with_whose_name_we_gather.htmThu, 07 Jul 2005 00:25:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050707_web_20_with_whose_name_we_gather.htm<p>I share the pain<a href="http://www3.uuzone.com/blog/mao/29132.htm">Mao</a> had for frequently being asked about comment on Web 2.0.</p> <p>Web 2.0 started from a conference in San Francisco about 1 year ago, and now Web 2.0 is the hottest buzz words in the IT world in China. Something I cannot understand is that so many magazine, whether IT related or not, put so many effort on the concept of Web 2.0. People say: Web 2.0 = RSS + Blog + SNS + (anything new, you name it)&hellip; Well. I just have strong feeling that when non-IT magazine care about some new stuff in IT world, it means the Internet penetration has arrived to a new level. This is interesting - just as non-IT magazines and newspapers start to focus on Internet several years ago.</p>Shanghai Under Stress Testhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050704_shanghai_under_stress_test.htmMon, 04 Jul 2005 23:10:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050704_shanghai_under_stress_test.htm<p>The weather is hot and all kinds of functions of Shanghai are therefore under a stress test - a test that seldom happened so strong before. The 37 - 39 exteremely hot weather not only generated red high temperature alarm, (later changed to black high temperature alarm), but also generated huge volume of phone calls and emergency on-site request.</p> <p><strong>Taxi? Never Think About it.</strong></p> <p>8:00 AM in the morning, the air starts to burn my skin. The Sun almost killed me. It is impossible to get a taxi at this time - there is almost no taxi, no to mention empty one. Calling the taxi service numbers, like 96961, 6258000 - whatever number you call - the line is always busy. I know they have a very large call center, but the volume should be bigger. Waiting for half an hour for a taxi in the burning air is not good experience, especially when you see people are waving their hands to call taxi along the road, you know the possibility for you to get one is almost zero.</p>客齐集的商业模式https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050702_eecae.htmSat, 02 Jul 2005 00:29:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050702_eecae.htm<p>这显然不是一篇严肃的探讨客齐集模式的文章。只是我今天例行的到客齐集论坛上去逛一逛，看到很多人在追问这个问题，就隐约其辞回复了。关于模式，我是胸有成竹的（或者至少能够说服自己了），但有自知之明，不想现在说大话。等做出来写东西，再慢慢解释不迟。下面是论坛里的转贴：</p>Registration? Claim of Buggage?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050701_registration_claim_of_buggage.htmFri, 01 Jul 2005 23:38:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050701_registration_claim_of_buggage.htm<p>Let me update something that seems important for me but I didn&rsquo;t take too serious about. :-)</p> <ol> <li>Registration of blogs.</li> </ol> <p>After I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050618_my_site_is_almost_legal_in_china.htm">registered</a> all my information with the official website, nothing happened so far. I checked every other day, but it seems there is no reply yet. It means, I am in the process of registration, and the process took about 2 weeks already. Don&rsquo;t worry. My expectation is to get it done in the next two months. I can image how hard it is to process all the registration requirements from all the bloggers, personal website owners, business, and all kinds of website with a single website, and manual process. Let&rsquo;s wait.</p>我关于blog商业化的三点看法https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050629_aeblogaecaecc.htmWed, 29 Jun 2005 23:58:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050629_aeblogaecaecc.htm<p>blog一千多天，经历了周围没有一个人知道blog，到blog火热的过程。对于blog的商业化这个热门话题，总想说几句，却又怕失之浅薄，一直没有动手。不过前一段在和《每日经济新闻》优秀的实习记者朱琳聊起来，无意间说出三点看法，觉得还是可以贴出来供大家指正的。</p>Shanghai is Hothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050629_shanghai_is_hot-2.htmWed, 29 Jun 2005 23:53:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050629_shanghai_is_hot-2.htm<p>OMG. Shanghai has never been so hot. My last memory of such weather is around 1995.</p> <p>Wendy posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20050630_770.htm">some pictures</a> in Seattle after her trip there. She was so happy that Marriott sent her camera that lost in one hotel to the other free of charge.</p> <p>(actually, this should be an OOB)&hellip;.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">24 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hmm., will get hotter because of global warming.., also more rain and floods too..<br><br>Replacement of Digital camera was a nice gesture from the hotel. Its beyond the call of duty and hospitality. But, I am not surprised, and definately not unheard of. Lots of establishments will try to take care of their guest the best way that they can. Makes the trip with happy ending, so next time you will come back and visit again. Other wise your wife will remember that she lost her camera there, and end her trip on a sour note. Both the guest and host don&#x27;t want that...<div class="comment-meta">— Tony · 2005-06-30 04:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Instead of this OOB, you could post a notice to all the friends regarding the new Written Declaration System introduced by China Customs. The new rule starts from July 1st 2005, i.e. tomorrow.<br><br>Basically I see a major change that all the biz travellers that carry a laptop with them will have to at least tick one &#x27;yes&#x27; on the declaration form and go to Red Channel (Goods to Declare).<br><br>I don&#x27;t like this new rule, because everytime I will be traveling with either a laptop (in case of biz) or a digital camera (for holiday), this means I have to go anyway to the Red Channel.<br><br>Jianshuo, in case you need more info, let me know.<div class="comment-meta">— mcgjcn · 2005-06-30 14:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Do you mean that visitors who bring along a digital camera have to declare to Customs?<div class="comment-meta">— Peter · 2005-06-30 16:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Peter, technically yes.....but I never have and it&#x27;s usually isn&#x27;t a problem even when they x-ray the bags.<div class="comment-meta">— Rogi · 2005-06-30 22:35</div></div> <div class="comment">I live in Xuhui Shanghai and it&#x27;s really hot.You just cannot walk on the street.I guess it&#x27;s at least 40c out side.And the nite is also hot.Now I am in my room,air-conditioned room,like paradise,truly.<div class="comment-meta">— ansellee · 2005-06-30 23:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Are July and August the hottest months in Shanghai? What is the average highest temperature? How frequent does it have heavy rain and thunder storms in these two months?<div class="comment-meta">— Peter · 2005-07-01 01:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Peter; your question &quot;What is the average highest temperature?&quot;<br><br>Can you tell us the average highest temperature of where you are from (living)? And show us how do you calculate the average highest temperature.<br><br>Thank you!<div class="comment-meta">— ufo · 2005-07-01 04:02</div></div> <div class="comment">ufo, what&#x27;s so wrong about the question? He is basically asking about the average temperature in July and August considering the hottest months around the year. On the contrary, your ironically asking looks really funny to me.<div class="comment-meta">— annick · 2005-07-01 04:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Peter; Detailed information about the Average, Maximum and Minimum Temperatures and the Rainfall in Shanghai of July and August can be found in here;<br><br>http://www.travelchinaguide.com/climate/shanghai.htm<br><br>annick, I really do not know what is the average highest temperature. Sorry!<div class="comment-meta">— ufo · 2005-07-01 04:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes it is so hot here....I remember the days when we did not have aircon.<br><br>I am going to Bali next week.... where the temperature is the coolest time of the year.... 19-25 degrees and also dry season- the best season !<br><br>Whereas in Sydney it is cold 4-16 degrees<br><br>Ken Oz<div class="comment-meta">— ken Oz · 2005-07-01 08:48</div></div> <div class="comment">?????----best way to keep cool in the hot Shanghai summer. Don&#x27;t forget to drink lots of sky-juice too. (H20)<div class="comment-meta">— A · 2005-07-01 11:51</div></div> <div class="comment">oops sorry..your English blog will not let me post chinese!<div class="comment-meta">— A · 2005-07-01 11:52</div></div> <div class="comment">I have brought with me laptop and digital camera with me without declaration through the customs before without any problem, but now the new rule says if we don&#x27;t have anything to declare, we have to declare in written that &quot;nothing to declare&quot;.<br><br>And of course there might be consequences that if we signed on the form saying nothing to declare and they find out later we have things that should be declared...<br><br>The new rule starts from today, things with a value higher than RMB5,000 should be declared.<br><br>For example if I have to take my laptop for a biz trip out of China and will bring it back after the trip. I shall fill in two forms, they&#x27;ll take one of it away, and I&#x27;ll keep the other one so that when I enter China again with the same laptop, with that same form, I can go without being taxed.<br><br>I don&#x27;t know how they deal with the laptop taken out before Jul 1st and will be brought back after... i.e. there was no form filled when the laptop went out of China... interesting<div class="comment-meta">— mcgjcn · 2005-07-01 12:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry, ufo, I did not phrase our question properly.<br><br>Thanks for your website on Shanghai climate; it answers my question adequately.<br><br>Now I have a better picture of the average high temperature in Shanghai in July and August.<div class="comment-meta">— Peter · 2005-07-01 16:26</div></div> <div class="comment">cold last winter， hot this summer，as the god angry，as we do something wrong？<div class="comment-meta">— Yao · 2005-07-03 17:11</div></div> <div class="comment">cold last winter， hot this summer，as the god angry，as we do something wrong？<div class="comment-meta">— Yao · 2005-07-03 17:12</div></div> <div class="comment">cold last winter， hot this summer，as the god angry，as we do something wrong？<div class="comment-meta">— Yao · 2005-07-03 17:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, hope you and your family &amp; friends are fine!<br><br>===========<br><br>Channelnewsasia, posted: 04 July 2005 1700 hrs<br><br>Hundreds hospitalised as Shanghai swelters amid heatwave<br><br>SHANGHAI : Hundreds of people have been hospitalised in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai as a record-shattering heatwave showed no signs of letting up, straining already stretched power resources.<br><br>The thermometer hit 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, making it a record ninth straight day above 35 degrees and the hottest July 3 in the city since 1873.<br><br>The sweltering heat has strained power supplies as air-conditioners were turned up to maximum, but hundreds, mostly elderly, were hospitalised with heat stroke and breathing difficulties.<br><br>Over 600 ambulances have been dispatched each day, the Shanghai Daily reported. No deaths, however, have been reported.<br><br>With air-conditioners accounting for much of the power usage, authorities have instructed government buildings, malls, offices, hotels and entertainment venues to set their air-conditioning dials no lower than 26 degrees Celsius.<br><br>Residents of the city of 17 million will have to endure the hot, humid temperatures at least until Wednesday when meterologists have forecast partial relief from expected rainstorms, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said. - AFP/de<div class="comment-meta">— fei · 2005-07-04 18:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, hope you and your family &amp; friends are fine!<br><br>===========<br><br>Channelnewsasia, posted: 04 July 2005 1700 hrs<br><br>Hundreds hospitalised as Shanghai swelters amid heatwave<br><br>SHANGHAI : Hundreds of people have been hospitalised in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai as a record-shattering heatwave showed no signs of letting up, straining already stretched power resources.<br><br>The thermometer hit 39 degrees Celsius (102.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, making it a record ninth straight day above 35 degrees and the hottest July 3 in the city since 1873.<br><br>The sweltering heat has strained power supplies as air-conditioners were turned up to maximum, but hundreds, mostly elderly, were hospitalised with heat stroke and breathing difficulties.<br><br>Over 600 ambulances have been dispatched each day, the Shanghai Daily reported. No deaths, however, have been reported.<br><br>With air-conditioners accounting for much of the power usage, authorities have instructed government buildings, malls, offices, hotels and entertainment venues to set their air-conditioning dials no lower than 26 degrees Celsius.<br><br>Residents of the city of 17 million will have to endure the hot, humid temperatures at least until Wednesday when meterologists have forecast partial relief from expected rainstorms, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said. - AFP/de<div class="comment-meta">— fei · 2005-07-04 18:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Considering the entire population in shanghai, how many percentage of population have air conditioner in room?<br><br>I surprise about the high temperature there. I am in Dubai. Here still the temperature is less compared to last year, normally this is the peak time for summer, still we have little cool wind this time.<br><br>I have my dear friend in Shanghai.<br><br>Everybody have to take more water and take more salt in food to reduce the heat shock.<div class="comment-meta">— Santhu · 2005-07-07 03:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes, Shanghai is hot and I do not mean the temperature. Shanghai is hot economically. I am a young entrepreneur. I invite other like-minded people to join my business networking group.<br><br>http://www.cyber-courier.com/cer/client/<div class="comment-meta">— shanghaimm · 2005-07-10 14:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>I am a real estate agent form Prague. I have some buyers for Shanghai apartments. Would you be so kind to explan me the facts about purchaese procedures in China, please. Zhank you in advance for your advice.<br><br>Best regards from Prague,<br><br>Vit Guy Klima<br><br>Czech Republic<div class="comment-meta">— Vit Klima · 2005-07-11 21:05</div></div> <div class="comment">On my last trip out of Pudong airport for Europe, I declared my laptop, and at check in was asked to go to the customs counter where I was basicly told &#x27;not to be so silly&#x27;, and the Customs official crossed out &#x27;yes&#x27; and ticked &#x27;no&#x27; for me. So in reality I dont think laptops and cameras are going to be much of a problem.<div class="comment-meta">— Matt · 2005-07-21 17:13</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m traveling to Shanghai and am concerned with the &quot;one electronic device&quot; rule to pass through customs. Can I bring a digital camera AND a laptop on my trip without having one of them confiscated or paying a tax??? I&#x27;m traveling in a group and do not want to be singled out or hold the group up with my personal customs problems, but I would also like to travel with my laptop!<div class="comment-meta">— zoe · 2006-02-18 22:48</div></div> </details>Pressure is About Expectationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050628_pressure_is_about_expectation.htmTue, 28 Jun 2005 00:24:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050628_pressure_is_about_expectation.htm<p>Wendy just arrived in Shanghai from her wonderful U.S. trip, but immediately after she set foot on the soil of Shanghai, there are many things waiting for her to do. Despite of the extremely hot weather (39°C), the to-do-list is hotter.</p> <p>50 hours after her arrival, we still didn&rsquo;t find time to check out the photo she took in Seattle. Wendy complained why there are so many stuff to do in Shanghai.</p>Google广告做礼物https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050627_googlecc.htmMon, 27 Jun 2005 00:53:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050627_googlecc.htm<p>最近有趣的事情一件接一件。看这么几个。</p> <p><strong>VeryCD的礼物</strong></p> <p>那天，<a href="http://blog.xdanger.com/">戴云杰</a>在<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/xdanger/21268693">MSN上面</a>让我去Google里查我的名字，结果就看到了下面的这个结果：</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/26/screen-google.ad-jianshuo.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>甚至拼错的名字：</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/26/screen-google.ad-wrong.jian.PNG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>哈哈。真笑死我了。我立刻致谢道：</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/26/screen-google-verycd.PNG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htm">链接是礼物</a>，广告也是礼物，生活多点乐趣，真好。（不出我所料，<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;q=keso">Keso</a>也上了他们的广告关键字列表）</p> <p>注：为了给<a href="http://www.verycd.com">VeryCD</a>省钱，千万不要真的去点那个广告，一个要两毛钱呢。如果好奇，点<a href="http://www.verycd.com">这个链接</a>吧，效果一样的：链到VeryCD<a href="http://www.verycd.com">首页</a>去。当然，也别点我的，结果也是链到<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050627_googlecc.htm">这篇文章</a>来，我放了每天1美元的上限，一天50个点击以后，应该就看不到了。</p> <p><strong>武汉咖啡豆</strong></p> <p>武汉的<a href="http://rever.blogdriver.com/rever/774834.html">咖啡豆项目的筹备会议</a>在今天开了。其实我尝试这个项目仅仅是想试验那两个新的理念（商业运作以及充分尊重捐赠者的理念）在公益事业里面是不是可以行得通，所以我个人在2005年只会控制在上海以及10名学生的范围。真的没想到在北京，天津和武汉会有人响应。只要坚持这两个原则，我是非常希望看到越来越多的人加入公益事业，叫或者不叫咖啡豆，其实我是无所谓的。</p>Spotlight from Top of Jin Maohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050627_spotlight_from_top_of_jin_mao.htmMon, 27 Jun 2005 00:11:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050627_spotlight_from_top_of_jin_mao.htm<p>Attended a private party on the boat of the Huan Pu river. The boat left the pier at the Bund and toured on the river. Shanghai also has great views (if not better) than San Francisco at night, but very few people in Shanghai have the chance to experience the amazing city - not so many people have the sensation of the beauty of the city and not so many people have spare time as visitors have for this city, or simply don&rsquo;t have enough money for it.</p>赐名给我，我就火了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050624_eciecae.htmFri, 24 Jun 2005 00:32:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050624_eciecae.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050616_ajax_eeaec.htm">AJAX</a>是我最近看到的最让人兴奋的思想。不过因为新名词的速度远远超过人的接受程度，估计大家对新名词的那种热度早已经烟消云散，时间长了，就麻木了，只有当一件东西被三个以上自己认同的人提及才会引起一些重视，AJAX看似要沦为这个命运了。</p> <p>AJAX是坛老酒，98年的技术，在7年以后，准确的是在2005年的2月18日这一天，被一名为<a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/team/jjg.php">Jesse James Garrett</a>的男人<a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php">提及</a>，随口说：“啊，这美妙的东西，我赐名AJAX给你。世人从此将以AJAX称呼你。。。。”（这当然是我杜撰的说法）</p> <p>从这一天开始，这个带有魔力的单词迅速席卷全球，我好似躲也躲不掉，想不看，随便收几封信，就有一封是关于这个的。刚刚一个<a href="http://www.kijiji.com.cn">客齐集</a>产品组的人，还发了封信，为tag举个例子，那个例子，用的就是AJAX这个单词。刚刚Google搜索了一把，接近<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;q=ajax">3百万个网页</a>和<a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=ajax&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;lr=&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wn">一千多</a>条热乎乎的新闻。当然其中也有些许结果是关于某种品牌的洗涤剂，或许是个地名；我翻看到第30页以后，看起来还是指Asynchronous JavaScript and XML的居多。</p>US Credit Card Fraud Infected China (and Me)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050623_us_credit_card_fraud_infected_china_and_me.htmThu, 23 Jun 2005 15:18:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050623_us_credit_card_fraud_infected_china_and_me.htm<p>Yesterday morning, when I stepped out of my office around 11:50 AM, a customer service representitive from the China Merchant Bank (my favorite bank in China) called my mobile and asked if I have a credit card ending with number xx. I confirmed. She told me the Visa organization informed them that this card is at risk of credit card fraud. I asked why, and the girl said they don&rsquo;t know th reason yet, but what they can do is to give me a replacement of the card. She asked me to destroy my current card and waiting for a new card.</p>OOB Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050622_oob_today-2.htmWed, 22 Jun 2005 23:16:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050622_oob_today-2.htm<p>No time to update blog today. I am happy to talk with 4 different people today, but the bad side is, when I am back, I don&rsquo;t have too much time left for updating. Just post an OOB (Out of Blogging) today.</p> <p>BTW, there is no response after I submitted my registration application. I checked today and the server is not working. I checked the Alexa ranking of the registration website:</p>Blink - The Power of Thinking Without Thinkinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050621_blink_-_the_power_of_thinking_without_thinking.htmTue, 21 Jun 2005 01:35:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050621_blink_-_the_power_of_thinking_without_thinking.htm<p><a href="http://hompy.etang.com/haisongtang">Haisong</a> gave me a book - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316172324/qid=1119284950/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-3778614-6698247">Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking</a>. It is from Malcolm Gladwell, the same author of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316346624/qid=1119284989/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3778614-6698247?v=glance&amp;s=books">Tipping Point</a>.</p> <p>It is a nice book of getting information in the first 2 seconds. I was so amazed that someone can record the video of a couple and decode the behaviors into a 1800 line of codes, and analyze it. That is the major difference between western culture (quatitive thinking) and the eastern culture (qualitive thinking).</p>看看网友帮客齐集设计的广告https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050620_ccceeeec.htmMon, 20 Jun 2005 21:08:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050620_ccceeeec.htm<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-24,GGLG:en&amp;q=%E5%AE%A2%E9%BD%90%E9%9B%86%E5%B9%BF%E5%91%8A%E8%AE%BE%E8%AE%A1%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%9B">客齐集广告设计大赛</a>的部分稿件。很多Flash做得更好，不过一个页面里面太多的Flash，速度慢很多，还是只放了图片的。这里有<a href="http://211.136.104.70/adc/vote.aspx">更多</a>的。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1133.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>作者：孙登甲</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1154.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：梁溢</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1171.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：孙登甲</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1236.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：甘靓</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1255.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：陈滨</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1234.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：甘靓</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1305.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：曹元</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/cn/2005/06/20/1055.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>作者：陈滨</p> <p>这里还有<a href="http://211.136.104.70/adc/vote.aspx">更多</a>的。不长的时间，大约有70幅作品，我都非常喜欢，还有新的不断填加中。大家可以到去投票。真感谢每个贡献作品的人，这社区一起来做一件事情的感觉真好。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">29 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">还是“精子追卵子”那张最棒。HOHO...<div class="comment-meta">— Alex · 2005-06-20 21:27</div></div> <div class="comment">昨天下午在我们楼的楼下的地上捡到了被踩上了很多脚的kijiji的flyer，好像是用的第一个广告的模样，我很激动地捡起来擦擦干净然后拿给老婆看，然后开始介绍你:P<br>我的问题是，为什么我只看见了一张，别的公司的宣传单虽然也被随意丢弃，但是信箱口上，每家门口的杂物堆上都能轻易看见，而且存留时间很长，难道kijiji的宣传单每个楼只有一张么？<br>btw:我住在鲁班路附近。<div class="comment-meta">— moneywood · 2005-06-20 21:40</div></div> <div class="comment">banner轰炸啊……<div class="comment-meta">— Che Dong · 2005-06-20 23:27</div></div> <div class="comment">:-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-06-20 23:35</div></div> <div class="comment">我是非常喜欢很多提交过来的作品的，因为不想掺进太多我的因素，我没有给出投票的链接，按规则投票了。moneywood，真高兴你看到我们的广告了:0-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-06-20 23:48</div></div> <div class="comment">多了卡通味道，多了那种很纯粹的那种一看就是网络广告的味道，像这种广告很多Designer都能设计出来，应该加重点商业气息，让人看了耳目一新，标新立异的设计会有让人想点击进去看看的作用，浓浓的现代派商业形象会让人一下子记住客齐集这个名字。<div class="comment-meta">— duduwolf · 2005-06-21 00:43</div></div> <div class="comment">duduwolf,这主意不错--在网上严肃的做生意,还是不多的.新浪首页的广告我估计已经是更想让人看,而不是让人点了:-)...可有兴趣做一个这种思想的banner,或者找个designer来实现你的想法?我觉得可以一试.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-06-21 01:25</div></div> <div class="comment">今天的MSN Messenger广告也有这个<div class="comment-meta">— Solomon · 2005-06-21 03:23</div></div> <div class="comment">终于知道icebin的实名了.......一直没有做一款kijiji的广告,最近有些忙,闲下来我也做一个<div class="comment-meta">— iceshow · 2005-06-21 04:15</div></div> <div class="comment">找啥有啥，没啥贴啥，还免费<br><br>我觉得这个“还”字挺别扭，改称“都”意思更顺：找啥有啥，没啥贴啥，都免费<div class="comment-meta">— vinsa · 2005-06-21 10:13</div></div> <div class="comment">建硕，这些表达都很好。<br>问题有一个：核心的语言表达是经营战略和经营思想的凝练，是你智慧的最终体现，kijiji的团队的思维是如何通过这一个个的Flash表现出来的呢？<br><br>在这些Flash中看到了表达的缺失和思维“没有创造者的完整考虑”的欠缺。<br>希望，kijiji能够体现出一种味道；希望，kijiji的LOGO能够体现出一种味道。<div class="comment-meta">— 难得糊涂 · 2005-06-21 15:50</div></div> <div class="comment">孙登甲,陈滨和曹元做的那个LOGO不错,最喜欢的是孙登甲做的那个.<br><br>BTW:好像你www那个页面我的norton测出有<br>Bloodhound.Exploit.6,请留意<div class="comment-meta">— 才迷心窍 · 2005-06-21 16:21</div></div> <div class="comment">多谢各位的评论。这次是一个网络广告大赛，我们想让更多的人参与到这个社区里面来，给大家更多的做大型广告的机会，所以我们准备所有参赛者将被邀请在作品上署名，然后和客齐集的名字一起出去。这件事让我很开心。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-06-21 17:17</div></div> <div class="comment">其实我很喜欢这种方式，参与让我很高兴。我的第二个BANNER还有个设计说明，引来不少激论，呵呵，很多朋友都觉得有意思。<br><br>商业是没错，但这种调动象朋友一样热情的活动我更是喜欢～KIJIJI，给了这么多人表达思想的机会。<br><br>PS:好像投票的服务器不够稳定。<div class="comment-meta">— icebin · 2005-06-22 00:56</div></div> <div class="comment">建硕的野心昭然若揭了。<br>不过这个野心也是好事情，各取所需了。<br>商业利益的平衡就是多赢；能够让社区人气旺起来，社区的宣传被带动起来，又让很多“制作者”有了成就感——和大人物沾边了；很好！<br><br>祝贺建硕！<div class="comment-meta">— 难得糊涂 · 2005-06-22 15:13</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生，你好，我是通过kijiji的网络广告比赛认识这个地方，认识您的。已经拜读了不少您的文章，很受启发，谢谢您！有几个问题：<br>您是怎么考虑推广kijiji的，我记得您说过不打算先烧钱的，这些前期的投资有多少，能透漏吗？<br>kijiji的盈利方式是什么？仅仅是广告吗（目前还没有发现广告）？还是等待人气飙升的时候实行收费呢？<br>我是一个刚刚开始策划网站的人，自恃创意非凡，很想知道推出一个网站前，您都在考虑什么，是否和我们一样呢？<br>问得有些不客气，见谅：）<br>还有个问题：为什么我总感觉我发的话都这么直白呢？郁闷，看来还是不够成熟~~~~<br><br>不成熟的毛头小子 愿您身体健康！：）<div class="comment-meta">— Silbo · 2005-06-23 10:39</div></div> <div class="comment">哈哈。关于客齐集，我们已经有很多的思考，很多的想法，多是从产业的角度，和从执行的细节同时考虑。客齐集有非常清晰的盈利模式，大家看到我很多时候都没有能够及时回复大家的留言（抱歉，抱歉），就是一直在做大量的背后的工作。盈利的方式很多，不幸的是，现在在网站上面看到的不多。因为很多的筹划中的活动涉及合作伙伴，不好现在公开，但是我相信，当我们的策略慢慢浮出水面的时候，大家会看得很清楚。正像我在前面很多文章中所讲到的那样，对中国现实状况的把握是我认为在中国成功的最根本因素。我在努力考虑这些问题。比如，客齐集的用户群里面，“未来的互联网”用户就是非常重要的一块，关于报纸和呼叫中心这两步棋就想接近这部分人群，盈利也会首先从这部分开始。多谢你的问题。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-06-23 12:35</div></div> <div class="comment">小王的Bloger聚集了那么多的人气，找人有人，没人拉人，还免费！<br><br>继续努力，把人气变成免费可利用的资源。<div class="comment-meta">— vazi · 2005-06-23 21:57</div></div> <div class="comment">做的不错的，感觉主题还可以再突出点。<div class="comment-meta">— shaun · 2005-06-28 00:18</div></div> <div class="comment">做得不错的，主题还可以再突出点，让那些不太敏感的人也能关注一下<div class="comment-meta">— shaun · 2005-06-28 00:19</div></div> <div class="comment">的确最后那张最好，... （个人观点，不带任何攻击色彩...）.<div class="comment-meta">— cooldog · 2005-07-03 15:29</div></div> <div class="comment">第一次来，第一次拜读王先生的美文，第一次发帖，不确定能否成，试下。。。<div class="comment-meta">— 陈志超 · 2005-07-04 17:22</div></div> <div class="comment">成了，不错，和第一次读王先生的美文感觉一样，那种感觉就像初恋。。。<div class="comment-meta">— 陈志超 · 2005-07-04 17:23</div></div> <div class="comment">其实我说阿，你应该重新考虑名字和域名，其实一个东西本土化的时候，不一定完全继承原来的名字，那个名字是有含意，也可能和国外的相同，翻译成这个名字已经算是很努力了，但是并不是最好的。<br><br>建议你考虑更名，一个合适的中文名和中文域名将给你这个项目带来很大的好处。最好域名可以是4位或跟短的 dot cn 域名。 虽然这不是唯一的问题，但是解决了这个问题，却可以少费很多力气的。<div class="comment-meta">— 笑容 · 2005-07-08 18:23</div></div> <div class="comment">KIJIJI,是不是kiss 小鸡鸡的意思?<div class="comment-meta">— hit · 2005-07-12 01:09</div></div> <div class="comment">找啥有啥，没啥贴啥，还免费<br>会不会让人觉得好空洞,好虚呢?好像念上去感觉啥都没有,就在那里瞎吹!而且又把&quot;免费&quot;这个字眼给生硬地贴在后头&quot;还免费&quot;!<div class="comment-meta">— hit · 2005-07-12 01:13</div></div> <div class="comment">KIJIJI跟传统的BBS有什么两样呢?<br>BBS也是<br>找啥有啥，没啥贴啥，还免费!<br>所有似乎这个口号并没反应出KIJIJI的不同点!<div class="comment-meta">— hit · 2005-07-12 01:16</div></div> <div class="comment">来这的人怎么大多都不提些反面意见呢??都是异口头声赞扬,奉承附和的为多!KIJIJI如果是一堆这样的人就惨咯...<br>如有冒失,请KIJIJI们见谅,我只是把自己的感觉平白地说出来而已.<div class="comment-meta">— hit · 2005-07-12 01:19</div></div> <div class="comment">广告活动已经结束了，不知道什么时候能收到kijiji的T恤衫啊？<div class="comment-meta">— york · 2005-07-14 11:20</div></div> </details>Kathleen's 5 Rooftop Restauranthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050620_kathleens_5_rooftop_restaurant.htmMon, 20 Jun 2005 00:50:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050620_kathleens_5_rooftop_restaurant.htm<p>Eric and Jessica always have the ability to find great places for afternoon tea. Kathleen&rsquo;s 5 Rooftop Restaurant is at the top of the Shanghai Musuem of Art - the</p> <p>It has one of the best natural view of the city - the People&rsquo;s Park is all below the restaurant and the landscape of both Pudong and Puxi are far behind the park. The tea is 30 RMB, which is very reasonable for the price - the coffee at the Starbucks nearby is 25 RMB (for tall mocha).</p>How to Win Free Cross China Travel?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050618_how_to_win_free_cross_china_travel.htmSat, 18 Jun 2005 23:18:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050618_how_to_win_free_cross_china_travel.htm<p>Many people have the Around the World dream. For young people in China, maybe the Around China Travel is more realic. Dan Washburn did wonderful to <a href="http://trip.shanghaidiaries.com/">travel around China</a> in 3 months. He was also very successful in the fund raising perspective. I hope he can realize his dream of publishing his story into a book soon.</p> <p>I talked with my friend, a girl with great thoughts recently. She is also dreaming a 3-month around China tour. She expects the cost to be something around 10,000 USD. It seems to be a mission-impossible to raise this big amount of money in China. Donation and sponsorship are not popular yet.</p>Wendy到了西雅图https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050618_wendyaeee.htmSat, 18 Jun 2005 02:13:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050618_wendyaeee.htm<p>原文：</p> <blockquote> <p>Wendy的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20050616_750.htm">西雅图游记（一）</a>，我喜欢。</p> </blockquote> <p>评论：</p> <p>昨天看到Wendy的西雅图游记，很是喜欢，立刻发了个链接，但转念一想，好像和这里一贯的风格不符，似乎没有给出什么所谓的“高论”出来，便又撤了下来。就在这个时候，我忽然意识到，这个blog已经不再是我的blog了，而更像一个杂志或媒体了。</p>My Site is Almost Legal in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050618_my_site_is_almost_legal_in_china.htmSat, 18 Jun 2005 00:16:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050618_my_site_is_almost_legal_in_china.htm<p>Tonight, a long Friday night, I don&rsquo;t have too many things to do at around 23:00 in the office. The office is completely empty. Only the small noisy laptop is with me. Well. Maybe it is the good time to register my blog with the government - 13 days before the deadline.</p> <p>The registration process itself is not complicated, at least not as complicated as registering at another free email provider. It seems so easy maybe because I expect it to be a long process. Here is what I did, in case you are interested.</p>AJAX - 老酒有了新瓶子https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050616_ajax_eeaec.htmThu, 16 Jun 2005 03:38:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050616_ajax_eeaec.htm<p>为了在客齐集上面改一个小东西，晚上忽然突发奇想，作了点尝试，花了大约1个小时的时间，写了点号称是AJAX的东东。简单的来说，就是让任何人可以在我的页面上帮我加批注。尝试一下拿鼠标选中一段文字（最好是一小段）看看。如果不出意外的话，应该有红色的下划线的标注，如果重新刷新一下页面的话，应该还在。为了让界面不是太乱，所以只保留了最新的几个批注。之前的先不显示了。</p>Tea House vs Coffee Shophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050615_tea_house_vs_coffee_shop.htmWed, 15 Jun 2005 00:40:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050615_tea_house_vs_coffee_shop.htm<p>I spent the night with my good friends in a tea house at Lujiazui in Shanghai. Tea house is becoming more and more popular in Shanghai, as in other areas in China. When more and more Starbucks appears, the business of traditional Chinese tea house is also booming.</p> <p>For Starbucks, the typical charge range from 15 RMB for Coffee of the Day to 35 RMB for some newer coffee. For the tea house, however, the charge is typically 68 RMB, as the one we went to.</p>Some Technical - AJAXhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050613_some_technical_-_ajax.htmMon, 13 Jun 2005 23:18:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050613_some_technical_-_ajax.htm<p>I haven&rsquo;t been touching code for quite some time. It was amazing that I even worked with my laptop for two months without knowing that I am not an administrator for the Windows system. At that time, I know, I cannot call myself a technical person any more.</p> <p>However, I am still passionate about technology. Recently, I noticed that there are great changes around the web. A new revolution is coming, led by the application of Flickr, Google Map, and Gmail. It is very inspiring. AdoptivePath gives it a name called AJAX.</p>易用性的三条原则https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050612_ccae.htmSun, 12 Jun 2005 19:20:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050612_ccae.htm<p>第一次走到新的办公室门口，习惯的去推那扇巨大玻璃门，同时脚步并没有放慢下来。</p> <p>结果。。。</p> <p>“哐”的一声巨响，我差点整个身子就撞了上去，鼻子已经贴到了玻璃上。原来，这扇门是只能拉，而不能推的。</p>Bought iPod Mini as Gift for Wendyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050611_bought_ipod_mini_as_gift_for_wendy.htmSat, 11 Jun 2005 22:58:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050611_bought_ipod_mini_as_gift_for_wendy.htm<p>Wendy is happy today, since I bought her a Apple iPod Mini.</p> <p>I am happy today too, since Wendy is happy. :-)</p> <p>I further realize money won&rsquo;t make people happy, but gift will. Gift will make two persons happy.</p> <p><strong>The iPod</strong></p> <p>I cannot believe how popular iPod is in China. We went to the iPod Reseller at the Metro City, and it was crowded there. About 6 customers are pushing each other at the desk to get a chance to experience iPod. The price for the iPod Mini is 1650 RMB (around 199 USD).</p>Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050610_star_wars_episode_iii_-_revenge_of_the_sith_2005.htmFri, 10 Jun 2005 23:07:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050610_star_wars_episode_iii_-_revenge_of_the_sith_2005.htm<p>Went to watch the movie at the Super Brand Mall in Pudong. The discount price is only 30 RMB per person, not bad.</p> <p>After the show, Wendy concluded the story in simple words:</p> <blockquote> <p>What a sad story!</p> <p>The husand boy became an ugly animal,</p> <p>The beauty died at last,</p> <p>Two babies lost their parents.</p> <p>Sigh!</p> </blockquote> <p>LOL!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Finally.... This is exactly what I felt when I watched this movie...Good thing I had a free ticket..but a waste of my time. The revenge was on us.<div class="comment-meta">— A · 2005-06-11 07:01</div></div> <div class="comment">I didn&#x27;t get a chance to see it before I left the U.S. I&#x27;m not sure I can even find it playing anywhere in Wenzhou. I guess I&#x27;ll have to wait for DVD.<div class="comment-meta">— Jesse · 2005-06-11 10:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Look at the bright side, this tragedy is the step stone for the return of the Jedi, and the final peace ( final defeat of the sith).<div class="comment-meta">— rangew · 2005-06-11 14:06</div></div> <div class="comment">This movie is not bad and I heard there will be a continuation. BTW, I think it was &quot;sigh&quot;, not &quot;sign&quot;, wasn&#x27;t it?<div class="comment-meta">— Rocky · 2005-06-11 18:43</div></div> <div class="comment">What a great movie! My wife and I saw it last night (in US) and love it! It actually tied everything together for us, finally! Ha!<div class="comment-meta">— IAmNotYao · 2005-06-12 02:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Yeah, that&#x27;s probably a good summary if you haven&#x27;t watched all the other Star Wars films and grown up on the cultural phenomenom. As a stand-alone movie, it&#x27;s decent - not great, not bad. As the last in a series of prequels, it closes the gap on many unanswered questions for the sequels.<br><br>Good film!<div class="comment-meta">— Todd · 2005-06-12 02:40</div></div> <div class="comment">One of my friends said that:<br><br>Revenge of the Sith is a westen story of WU Sangui and CHEN Yuanyuan.<br><br>Skywalker betraied Jedi because of a woman. After that, he is the king of the Galaxy Empire.<br><br>The whole story is just like WU&#x27;s, in which Sangui became PING XI WANG after he betraied MING Dynasty.<br><br>:D<div class="comment-meta">— fangfeich · 2005-06-12 19:32</div></div> <div class="comment">One of my friends said that:<br><br>Revenge of the Sith is a westen story of WU Sangui and CHEN Yuanyuan.<br><br>Skywalker betraied Jedi because of a woman. After that, he is the king of the Galaxy Empire.<br><br>The whole story is just like WU&#x27;s, in which Sangui became PING XI WANG after he betraied MING Dynasty.<br><br>:D<div class="comment-meta">— fangfeich · 2005-06-12 19:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry, Mr. WANG. I wrongly click twice on the &quot;POST&quot; button.<br><br>Please just delete one of the comments.<br><br>:(<div class="comment-meta">— fangfeich · 2005-06-12 19:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Anakin turn to dark.He changed too fast.He don&#x27;t like his children?<div class="comment-meta">— shirley.gong · 2005-06-13 13:54</div></div> <div class="comment">discount price?Until when?Was the movie in English?I watched an American movie in chinese here in Shanghai and I didn&#x27;t enjoy it much. I want to watch Star Wars but I&#x27;m just a student here.she bu de spend 80+ on a movie.<div class="comment-meta">— aline · 2005-06-13 22:04</div></div> <div class="comment">一部不再有 imagination, 只有铜臭味的 Hollywood 商业片竟被我的同胞们称为 Good and Great. What a sad story!<div class="comment-meta">— jinlin · 2005-06-15 06:42</div></div> <div class="comment">discount Price from 9:00 AM-12:30,the movie is in English in many theatre ,such as meilongzheng square..<div class="comment-meta">— shirley.gong · 2005-06-15 15:43</div></div> <div class="comment">J.S.:<br><br>Did your wife know that she is watching a prequel? If I am not mistaking, there is total of 6 parts. George Lucas make the latter 3 movies first (20 plus years ago), You have to tell your wife to watch the next part, that is when their children is grown up. ie, (Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia).<div class="comment-meta">— Tony · 2005-06-17 18:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Only watched it to complete the story. No surprises for me at all, everything as I imagined. Guess everyone knew about Lucas&#x27;s story well enough. The acting was better than 2, pity for the actors--it was the wrong film to be in, they get blamed whatever they do--it simply isn&#x27;t anywhere near the original.<div class="comment-meta">— CrunchyNut · 2006-11-07 20:59</div></div> </details>Blog Registration in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050610_blog_registration_in_china.htmFri, 10 Jun 2005 00:21:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050610_blog_registration_in_china.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t plan to post a comment on <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_policing_the_net">this news</a> until the forth person sent me the link and asked: &ldquo;Jian Shuo, is it true?&rdquo;</p> <p>What I can confirm is, 1) it is true. 2) It is required since 2000 but never been enforced like this time. It was reported that 74% have registered. Well. I am not so sure. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020926_my_site_remains_illegal_in_china.htm">My Site Remains Illegal in China</a>. 3) I am planning to register my blog.</p>回忆中细节的缺失https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050609_aececc.htmThu, 09 Jun 2005 21:23:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050609_aececc.htm<p>Helen是上海商学院的学生，我记得很清楚，上一次在商学院和<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050426_cec_aee.htm">同学聊天</a>的时候，她站起来，直接<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050426_cec_aee.htm#0749">质问</a>道：</p> <blockquote> <p>我们学生经常听讲座，看到那些所谓的成功人士侃侃而谈，依稀给人一种感觉，好象他们对未来将要发生的一切都成竹在胸，从来不知茫然，彷徨，那么，学生的心理落差怎样去平衡呢？</p>Second Day of College Entrace Examhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050609_second_day_of_college_entrace_exam.htmThu, 09 Jun 2005 00:30:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050609_second_day_of_college_entrace_exam.htm<p>This is the second day of the nation wide College Entrance Exam. This is the very important day for middle school students in China. The 48 hours will be big impact to their future: Whether they can get higher score in the exam? Can they attend a university? Can they enter the university they want?</p> <p>I talked with my friends who wanted to learn the university entrance processes in China. It works this way: Before the students know the score of their exam, they have to select three colleges as the proposed school to enter. Sometimes, and in some provinces, the selection happens before the exam, and other times, in other provinces, the selection happens after the exam (like in Henan in 1995). The trick is, since you don&rsquo;t know your score yet, you have to estimate which kind of school you want. Typically, students have to be very careful to select the schools.</p>Complicated Paying Processhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050607_complicated_paying_process.htmTue, 07 Jun 2005 02:01:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050607_complicated_paying_process.htm<p>I heard a very interesting story today. My friends (two foreigners to Shanghai) went to the DaShiDai (a mall of all kind of meal venders) for lunch. It may be the first time for them to visit thier and order lunch for themselves.</p> <p>They waited in the line and when it was their turn, they pointed to the sample dishes (not unknowing Chinese) and wanted to order. The waitress said &ldquo;No. No. No!&rdquo;. Not knowing English, the waitress didn&rsquo;t know how to explain to them the reason.</p>今天是我写blog的第999天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050607_aeblogcc999.htmTue, 07 Jun 2005 00:09:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050607_aeblogcc999.htm<p>在我写<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">第一篇blog</a>的时候，我不知道在999天以后，我还在写。这够疯狂的。</p> <p>我干的疯狂的事不少，但持续999天每天都干一件事情，倒是从来没有过的。</p> <p>回想2002年9月11日，自己高高兴兴的在自己卧室的破电脑上架起了MovableType，并且将<a href="http://wangjianshuo.com">wangjianshuo.com</a>的域名的子域名<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">home.wangjianshuo.com</a>指向这台电脑，我的blog就开张了。现在，我的那台劳苦功高的电脑已经卖掉，估计正在被人用来学习打字。同时<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">home.wangjianshuo.com</a>也<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020925_homewangjianshuocom_moved_out_of_my_home.htm">挪出</a>了我的卧室，放在专业一点的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040404_still_working_with_ipowerweb.htm">托管商</a>那里。</p>Celebrating 1000 Days of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050606_celebrating_1000_days_of_blogging.htmMon, 06 Jun 2005 13:02:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050606_celebrating_1000_days_of_blogging.htm<p>Let me celebrate 1000 days of blogging.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/06/06/screen-1000days-blogging.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>BTW, this is the 1000th blog entry since my first post in 2002. Thanks everyone&rsquo;s input. I&rsquo;d like to thank all the following people who are also part of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog. The numbers behind their names are the number of comments they made on this blog since day 1.</p> <p>carsten 238</p> <p>Stephen 205</p> <p>bigbro 122</p> <p>earthmilk 90</p> <p>WilliamW 85</p> <p>Carroll 85</p>Cheap Place to Stay in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050604_cheap_place_to_stay_in_shanghai.htmSat, 04 Jun 2005 23:02:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050604_cheap_place_to_stay_in_shanghai.htm<p>Living in a city does cause some disadvantage for a city guide like me. It is, I have almost no idea about which hotel is the best place to stay - I can tell you something about Bejiing and Guangzhou, but I never stayed in a hotel in Shanghai.</p> <p>Last time, when my friends came to Shanghai, I HAD to find a place for them. Since they are traveling on their own money (v.s. business trip), I arranged them to <a href="http://www.homeinns.com/english/index.htm">Home Inns</a> (如家) in Pudong. There are three major chain motel companies in Shanghai: <a href="http://www.motel168.com/english/index.htm">Motel168</a> (<a href="http://www.motel168.com/english/index.htm">my recommendation</a>), <a href="http://www.jj-inn.com/">Jin Jiang Inn</a> (Chinese website), and <a href="http://www.homeinns.com/english/index.htm">Home Inns</a>. All of them offer single room at price as low as 168 RMB (20 USD), 158 (less than 20 USD), and standard room around 268 RMB (30 USD). It is not bad for budget traveler. Although it is not as good as a star hotel, but they also offer convenient transportation, and clean room. I would highly recommend them.</p>I Love Shanghai!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050604_i_love_shanghai.htmSat, 04 Jun 2005 01:52:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050604_i_love_shanghai.htm<p>Wendy and I talked with three senior guys in the media industry in a cafe near the Shanghai Railway Station. They are in their 40&rsquo;s and experienced the change of Shanghai. Since I am new to the classified business, they provided guidance and shared their experiences with me in a very candid way. They acted as a tunnel for me to travel back into the history of Shanghai for the latest 20 years. My direct feeling is, it is so nice to be in Shanghai.</p>公众人物不好当https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050603_aeaecae.htmFri, 03 Jun 2005 00:28:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050603_aeaecae.htm<p>翻起以前的blog文章：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_cccccae.htm">美国牛的确疯了</a>，还有这个：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_eaecae.htm">这个可气的机器人</a>，觉得还是无忧无虑的写点小事比较开心，以后读起来，从心里感到幸福。人不会因为写点被人转载的文章而感到心底的平和与幸福，而只有关注些自己在乎的细节才会开心。</p> <p>加入客齐集以后写的十几篇文章，承蒙各位错爱，也承蒙其他读者不吝指正，让我感到我所谈论的话题，真的像盲人摸象中的大象，超出了我的观察范围。大家给我了太多的期望，也有太多的压力。blog的精华在于<strong>个人化</strong>，而不是一个太严肃的像报纸一样的发表官方思考的地方，更不是辩论最佳的场所。我觉得我前十几篇太严肃了，不如放轻松些，大家都轻松些。对此，<a href="http://www.donews.net/keso">keso</a>兄和<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/">scoble</a>应有更多的感触。2004年，我在英文版blog问blog<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040723_to_focus_or_not.htm">是否应该专注</a>，英文版blog的读者告诉我：<strong>做自己比专注于一个话题更重要</strong>。</p>996 Day of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050602_996_day_of_blogging.htmThu, 02 Jun 2005 23:48:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050602_996_day_of_blogging.htm<p>What a coincidence! This is the 996th entry of my blog. It is also my 996th day of blogging. Four days later, I will celebrate the 1000th day of blogging - especially for the continuous blogging. There are some OOBs during the 996 days, but for majority of the time, I kept writing one article per day. That was not easy. It is something that I kept doing consistently other than sleep and eat&hellip; I am looking forward to celebrate my 1000th article soon.</p>劳动力密集型的电子商务https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050602_ecc.htmThu, 02 Jun 2005 23:04:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050602_ecc.htm<p>在北京和<a href="http://www.donews.net/keso">Keso</a>开车进一家饭店，进门的时候，有一个横杆拦住，付了停车费以后，收费的人手工把那个杆子费力的搬起来，让车进入。以前我会说，真土。我们有高科技，搞个自动的，也要不了多少钱。其实，说不定这个设备一个月的维护成本就大于我们看到的那个人的工资，这自动的是适应美国和欧洲的高人力成本而不得已而为之。</p> <p>对于雇佣阿姨打扫卫生，我写过<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htm">一篇文章</a>，质疑声颇多，说我想帮她们为什么不捐款，而要“剥削”她们。我的回答是：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050301_helping_by_hiring.htm">Helping by Hiring</a>。就是说，只有更多的工作机会，才是真正的帮助。有那么多的下岗工人，有那么多收入极低的农民，不创造更多的就业机会，不从自己做起，给她们工作，从而使她们也获得更好的生活，还有更好的解决办法吗？我可以捐款一天，两天，资助一个，两个下岗工人，难道我们的就业问题就靠捐款来解决？有时候，采取人工方式，不但在经济上划算，在道德上，也是有公益效应的。</p>Moved to Zhang Jianghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050601_moved_to_zhang_jiang.htmWed, 01 Jun 2005 01:44:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050601_moved_to_zhang_jiang.htm<p>Recently, to get more space for my team, we moved to Zhang Jiang High Tech Park, which is in Pudong. In Shanghai, there are many places like the Silicon Valley in U.S, and Zhang Jiang is among the earliest and the biggest. It is at the east terminal station of Metro Line #2, and not too far from the Pudong Airport (about 25 km away?) The air is completely fresh. There are many trees, and parks with very few traffic. It is just like San Jose - without a car, actually there is not much to do there.</p>Visited Internet Cafe Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050601_visited_internet_cafe_again.htmWed, 01 Jun 2005 00:25:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050601_visited_internet_cafe_again.htm<p>I visited one Internet cafe about half an year ago and wrote a report (I could not find it on this site. Strange). I visited another one yesterday, as part of my goal to dive into the details of Internet in China. Here are <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/tags/internetbar/">some photos</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/06/01/16624845_2af833eeb0.jpg?v=0" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Internet bars, just as the Internet users in China, are highly diversed. There are very cheap bars with bad environment, there are also great bars like this. It is like a 5 star hotel facility. :-)</p>Sorry for OOBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050531_sorry_for_oob.htmTue, 31 May 2005 02:31:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050531_sorry_for_oob.htm<p>I am out of blogging for some time these days. Due to the busy schedule, I have left some blank these week. I had a trip to Beijing and returned. I hope I will get back very soon.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">We miss you a lot, maybe you can bring us some idea you got in BJ.<br><br>Best wishes to people with children&#x27;s heart happy Children&#x27;s Day.<div class="comment-meta">— grace · 2005-05-31 10:45</div></div> </details>中国的互联网现状究竟相当于美国的哪一年？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050530_aecaeeccccccaeccaeie.htmMon, 30 May 2005 01:27:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050530_aecaeeccccccaeccaeie.htm<p>我问自己这个问题很久了。朋友告诉我，我们“与世界同步”，或者顶多有半年的时差。而我却隐隐约约的感到，在中国，好似正上演着美国互联网的1995 – 1998年的历史，我所看到越来越多的现象指向这个结论。其实，这种对应一类话题提出的本身就很不严密的，如此复杂的一个问题，如此不均衡的分布，如此多不同的声音和状态，做出统一的结论不可能，所以没有必要和大家讨论出一个结论。但是一些细节还是可以注意到的。</p>Do You Have a Calendar?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050527_do_you_have_a_calendar.htmFri, 27 May 2005 02:25:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050527_do_you_have_a_calendar.htm<p>Last time when I chatted with my friends from U.S (I think it was on the top of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20070101_the_great_well_in_jinmao_tower.htm">Jin Mao tower</a>), he introduced a new tool that helps people to use calendar more effectively. He asked me whether it will be a good application for the Chinese market. My short answer was no. My longer answer was &ldquo;I am not sure how many people in China really use calendar.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>People in China don&rsquo;t use Calendars as Often</strong></p>琐事一二https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050525_caeaeae.htmWed, 25 May 2005 09:09:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050525_caeaeae.htm<p><strong>第一</strong></p> <p>《三联生活周刊》还是在23日出版的杂志上转载了我的《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050505_aeieecae.htm">喜欢有之，还是喜欢用之</a>》，题目选为《你用手机看电视? 》，挺酷的，多谢undersound等留言告诉我。美中不足的是，我的名字被印成了王健硕。谁让微软拼音缺省Jian Shuo Wang用的写法就是这样。我并不惊讶，但要努力看到一处，指出一处，以免以讹传讹，让写对的朋友也转了过去，从而不可收拾。感谢写对了的所有的朋友，你们是花了额外的注意力和精力来写对我的名字的！</p>Waiting for More Metro Lineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050523_waiting_for_more_metro_lines.htmMon, 23 May 2005 23:25:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050523_waiting_for_more_metro_lines.htm<p>The pace of the construction of Shanghai Metro seems to slow down after the recent opening of the Metro Line #1 North Extension. The construction site still occupies the most crowded street, and causing big problems for the surface traffic, but it seems there is no hope to use the stations soon.</p> <p>For example, the station of the Zhao Jia Bang Road (肇嘉浜路）and Xi Zhang Nan Lu （西藏南路）has been under construction since I moved to Pudong with a car. Now my car has celebrated its one year two month ago, and the station construction site still looks the same. I feel a little bit losing patient. According to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040119_future_plan_of_shanghai_metro.htm">Future Plan of Shanghai Metro</a>, there are enough lines to cover all the urban area of Shanghai, but now, the question for normal people in this big city is <strong>WHEN</strong>. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050303_jia_you_shanghai_metro.htm">Jia You, Shanghai Metro!</a></p>给咖啡豆计划的学生的信https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050522_ceecccae.htmSun, 22 May 2005 22:59:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050522_ceecccae.htm<p>冬天，在哈佛。看到一个图书馆，名叫Harry Elkins Widener纪念图书馆。哈佛大学的法律系二年级学生，一个帅哥，讲了这个图书馆的故事。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/10/boston-widener.library.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>王建硕摄于哈佛书店面向图书馆.更多<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/tags/harvard/">哈佛照片</a></p>Thinking in English or Chinesehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050522_thinking_in_english_or_chinese.htmSun, 22 May 2005 17:16:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050522_thinking_in_english_or_chinese.htm<p>After I graduated, and joined international company, I started to use English in my emails within the company. It has been a rule of thumb that all international companies uses English as internal communication tool. English skill has been an important factor during interview process.</p> <p>However, no matter how good one&rsquo;s English is, it is still hard to THINK in English. I believe I can think in English (with very hard practices, including writing this blog), but just as my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">friend</a> put it: &ldquo;There is at least 20% difference in myself between thinking in English or Chinese&rdquo;. When I am thinking in English, I do feel the different. The logic is following the western logic, and the terms like professional, systematic, reasoning occupies my head much more than the time I use Chinese.</p>为什么做大学活动？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050521_aeaeaeie.htmSat, 21 May 2005 20:26:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050521_aeaeaeie.htm<p>我喜欢搞大学活动。</p> <p>在中学大学时幸运的可以近距离接触到很多有成就的人，他们对我的影响持续到今天。还记得在1996年的时候，Netscape和IE的仗还没打的时候，就已经有人办讲座，讲<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen">Marc Andreessen</a>, <a href="http://soe.stanford.edu/AR95-96/jim.html">Jim Clark</a>这些硅谷的的传奇故事了。我虽然从来没有在硅谷工作过，但使血液里还是有着创业的激情，与此有关。一种思想，一门科学，不在年轻的时候就有所接触，长大了在这个领域发挥的难度很大。牛顿的定律，不是经过几代的人从小的接触，就很难生成冒出爱因斯坦相对论的土壤。<a href="http://www.ja.org">JA</a>的口号我非常喜欢：Let Their Success be Your Inspiration。刘润说过：“很多成功的人，站在学生面前，一句话不说，这本身已经对他有启发了”昨天在《金融时报》的慈善晚宴上见到了靳羽西，没说话，就已经对她所在的行业感兴趣了。这就是启发。</p>近期的活动https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050521_ec.htmSat, 21 May 2005 00:33:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050521_ec.htm<p>最近我参与的活动</p> <ul> <li> <p>2005年5月13日 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/sets/357624/">客齐集小聚</a>（北京）8人参加</p> </li> <li> <p>2005年5月14日 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/sets/357620/">客齐集小聚</a>（上海）30人参加</p> </li> <li> <p>2005年5月16日《<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/sets/357615/">突破自我设限</a>》客齐集职业发展论坛 上海理工大学 王建硕</p> </li> <li> <p>2005年5月17日《<a href="http://www.meimeiblog.com/blog/dinajj/17726.htm">从社团领袖到社会栋梁</a>》客齐集/优友地带职业发展论坛 上海财经大学 冒志鸿 UUZone CEO</p> </li> <li> <p>2005年5月20日 咖啡豆计划学生小聚 – 项目讨论（仅限邀请）</p>Attended FT Charity Dinnerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050520_attended_ft_charity_dinner.htmFri, 20 May 2005 23:42:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050520_attended_ft_charity_dinner.htm<p>I had the honor to be invited to the FT Charity Gala Dinner named the <a href="http://biz.163.com/special/b/00021FJN/business_luxury_summit.html">Art of Living</a>at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. It gives me the feeling that Shanghai is definitely under the spot light of the world these days. The CEOs of the top luxury brand like Broini, Gucci, Richmon,、Bulgari,Valentino, Prada gathered in Shanghai to hold the meeting. It was something like the Oscar in U.S, and issued some awards to the talented new comer.</p>咖啡豆计划https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050519_ee.htmThu, 19 May 2005 01:01:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050519_ee.htm<p>2005年初，我希望在2005年做几件<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050217_passion_for_life.htm">有意义的事情</a>。在办<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050501_aececaee.htm">摄影展</a>之前，咖啡豆计划其实已经筹划好了，这是一个简单的计划，希望大家指正。</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>解决的问题：</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>在大学的时候有时间，但是没有钱，有很多想法，但是没有途径可以得到小额捐助；毕业以后，进入大公司，有钱了，但是没有时间。</p>Language Exchange Partners Wantedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050517_language_exchange_partners_wanted.htmTue, 17 May 2005 11:52:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050517_language_exchange_partners_wanted.htm<p>I came to the Shanghai University of Science and Technology yesterday and talked to hundreds of students. I confirmed that English is very important, although the English examination is not. I encourage every students to find some foreign friends in Shanghai - to learn more about the world, to improve oral English and to help foreigners in this city feel at home. I am more than happy to do it. I asked the students to post their request on my classified site <a href="http://shanghai.kijiji.com.cn">Kijiji</a> and I will help them to post their information here. Here are two</p>让我们吹捧出中国自己的产业来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050516_eaeaeecaeae.htmMon, 16 May 2005 23:12:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050516_eaeaeecaeae.htm<p>看到一条留言，说：“让互相吹捧蔚然成风。这是时代最缺乏的精神”。我一般对留言不做辩解，因为，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050506_aeaeeeee.htm">我们何需抱怨被误解</a>。不过这让我生成一个新的想法。</p> <p>和<a href="http://www.donews.net/liuren">刘韧</a>，<a href="http://www.donews.net/keso">Keso</a>，<a href="http://blog.csdn.net/zdg">登高</a>聊起英雄和伟人的时候，我忽然想起我的好友<a href="http://edu.sina.com.cn/job/2000-10-08/13305.shtml">朱海军</a>。以他从来不会谦逊的张狂个性和多少人也遮蔽不了的光芒，如果不是英年早逝，在33岁的时候就离开了我们，他必定是当今的一颗巨星。他每天写作几万字（注意，是每天），累年不疲；如果他现在在世，必定把blog世界搞得天翻地覆。他曾经不止一次的对我说，“人们都不能接受身边的伟人”，此话本身已经张狂得可以，他指的伟人是他自己。《中国青年报》在他辞世时整版报道时说，“<a href="http://cul.sina.com.cn/l/a/2001-09-12/3745.html">你寂静了，整个网络便寂寞了了</a>”。</p> <p>他说的有道理：为什么人不能接受身边的伟人呢？如烟的历史中的伟人，在他们身边的人，或许，根本感觉不到他们任何的光芒，就像我们周围的朋友一样。<a href="http://www.donews.net/keso">Keso</a>说，当年在八一厂的时候，到处到电影明星，反而从没想过签名什么的。在中央台工作的朋友，看到的各位全国人民耳熟能详的主持人，不也是普通的同事吗？其实，名人不见的是伟人，伟人在朋友圈里，也未必混得上名人的份。</p>删，还是不删，这是个问题https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050516_ieeaeieeaeee.htmMon, 16 May 2005 00:36:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050516_ieeaeieeaeee.htm<p>今天删除昨天的blog上留言一条，其中看到“缺失道德的调梁小丑而已”等字句，并且用了假名，假邮件地址。在此，重复我的原则，“<strong>批评，没问题；批评别人，不可以</strong>”。</p>Work Life Balancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050516_work_life_balance.htmMon, 16 May 2005 00:30:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050516_work_life_balance.htm<p>Thanks for everyone&rsquo;s discussion on my work and life balance. ILH asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>Is it worth it if you are starting to neglect your personal heath and sacrifice your family life in order to have a full time job, maintain a couple of Weblog, and have a lots of social activities? Posted by: ILH on May 14, 2005 02:19 AM</p> </blockquote> <p>Well. It is NOT worth to have a full time job to sacrifice my family life and health. In Stephen R. Covey&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684802031?v=glance">First Things First</a> put this sentence as the headline of the first chapter:&ldquo;How many people on their deathbed wish they&rsquo;d spendt more time at the office.&rdquo;</p>互联网安全真正的守卫神https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050515_aeecccc.htmSun, 15 May 2005 18:04:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050515_aeecccc.htm<p>假<a href="http://www.donews.net/keso">keso</a>在真<a href="http://www.donews.net/wangyi">王翌</a>的blog上贴满了署名keso的留言，这事件把大家的注意力转到原本就不堪一击的匿名留言的问题上了。Blogger的成功，根基就是大胆的平衡了安全和成本：原本Trackback, 不注册的留言，乃至任何人都可以完整的拷贝整个站点内容的全文RSS，就是新一轮blog软件独特之处，实验证明，虽然spam问题日渐突出，整体上看，应用效果不错。关于Spam，我认为：</p>拜会北京大牛归来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050514_aeaec-2.htmSat, 14 May 2005 23:22:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050514_aeaec-2.htm<p>回到上海了，立刻想北京的朋友了。</p> <p>这是我往次在北京行程较紧的一次。其间49个小时50分钟，见到了许多慕名已久但一直未得见的大牛，还有很多常年未见好友。以我的原则，任何blogger的名字都可以放心的提及（并加<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htm">链接作为礼物</a>），想必被提及者更会当作礼物，而不是隐私的侵犯，而对于没有blog的诸君，在没有明确确认之前，暂且不提。（此处省去四次会面记录）。此次概括记述此次行程，关于其间谈及的内容，多给我醍醐灌顶的感觉，又有了写出几篇心得的冲动。等我赶紧补了我严重的食品，睡眠不足，返回生命线以上，再详细单独撰文描述。</p>Hire a Taxi? Avoid Rainy Fridayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050514_hire_a_taxi_avoid_rainy_friday.htmSat, 14 May 2005 01:26:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050514_hire_a_taxi_avoid_rainy_friday.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/14/13708987_932913567d_s.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/14/13708983_a54232224a_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/14/13708979_7bd42ccdfc_s.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I waited one hour to get a taxi after I arrived in Hong Qiao Airport around 6:00 PM today. Wendy was waiting for me at Metro tower and waited for me to &ldquo;help&rdquo; her out because it was almost impossible to hire a taxi there. Whenever the rain meets Friday in Shanghai, quit the idea of hiring a taxi at rush hour. It is almost impossible. Check the long line of people waiting for taxi at an airport. Some first time visitor coming to Shanghai to say: &ldquo;Hey, people in Shanghai are so patient. How can they bear waiting for taxi for hours eveyrday?&rdquo;</p>I Paid for Flickr Prohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050512_i_paid_for_flickr_pro.htmThu, 12 May 2005 23:31:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050512_i_paid_for_flickr_pro.htm<p>At the first try of Flickr, I know I will pay for this service. It is only a matter of time. Today, when I wanted to upload, the bandwidth I have used reached 99% and I cannot upload. I am not frustrated at all, since my credit card is ready within my reach. I paid 24.95 USD for the Flickr Pro immediately. It works great. Now I have 2G disk space (or bandwidth) and permement archive (for one year).</p>我写blog的三条原则https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050511_blogcae.htmWed, 11 May 2005 23:23:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050511_blogcae.htm<ul> <li> <p>关于隐私。隐私是不被别人知晓的权利。我可以决定选择写或不写任何关于我自己的信息（我的电话号码，我的邮件，我的行踪，我的想法），只要我愿意；但是我没有有权利在未经别人允许的情况下把别人的信息发布出来。</p>Traveling in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050511_traveling_in_beijing.htmWed, 11 May 2005 23:17:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050511_traveling_in_beijing.htm<p>I stay in Shangri-la Hotel in Beijing this time at the west of Beijing. To stay in a hotel is of cause not to comparable with staying near the real Shangri-la in Lijiang during the trip, but the worst thing is, I only had 2 hours in the hotel last night.</p> <p>Beijing is the heart of IT industry, and the media industry in China. People ask me about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041008_where_to_start_an_it_company.htm">Where to Start an IT Company?</a> in 2004, my suggestion is Beijing. If the confidential level is 6 out of 9 last time, my confidential level is almost 8 out of 9 after sometime. It is the easiest place to get noticed from media, get support. There is great circles here. I have decided to spend about once every month in Beijing recently.</p>需要每天都写blog吗？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050510_eeeblogie.htmTue, 10 May 2005 23:06:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050510_eeeblogie.htm<p>最近关于<a href="http://www.donews.net/keso">blog是不是任务</a>，<a href="http://www.donews.net/wangyi/archive/2005/05/09/371660.aspx">blog该不该放假</a>等等的高见很多，我在这里也凑个热闹，分享一下我<strong>个人</strong>的经历。</p> <p><strong>先入为主的印象</strong></p> <p>俗话说<strong>先入为主</strong>。当我接触blog（大约是2002年七月初的时候），我看到的对blog的定义就是“按时间顺序排序的<strong>每天更新</strong>的个人记录”。对于我来说，先入为主的印象就是，写blog，天经地义就是应该天天写的，不天天写，还叫blog吗？现在反过来想想，谁规定了一定要这样了？一个月写一篇，算不算blogger？看来是我的老思想旧观念在作祟。现在我开放多了。凡是使用blogger工具的，或者凡是上网写东西的，或者提供了RSS的，哪怕自始至终只写过一篇的，只要他说自己是blogger，我也就承认他是blogger了。倒也没有必要因为自己先入为主的想法来要求别人，不过对于我，还是挺坚持原来的想法。</p>Trusted Tourism Agencyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050510_trusted_tourism_agency.htmTue, 10 May 2005 02:46:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050510_trusted_tourism_agency.htm<p>Stephen asked me about a reliable package tour from Shanghai to Beijing:</p> <blockquote> <p>Can you please recommend any reliable package tour from Shanghai?</p> </blockquote> <p>He is the not the first one to ask me the same question. Actually, there should be 20 emails around this topic I received so far.</p> <p>Well. Since I don&rsquo;t use travel agency too much for my domestic or international travel, I don&rsquo;t have personal experience to guide me to give you an answer. But I believe there are some choices, based on what I heard.</p>Black Day for Shanghai Stock Markethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050509_black_day_for_shanghai_stock_market.htmMon, 09 May 2005 23:31:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050509_black_day_for_shanghai_stock_market.htm<p>May 9 is not a good day for Shanghai Stock Market. It reached the lowest point of the six years. It closed at 1,130.835 yesterday.</p> <p>I never invested in stock market in Shanghai, and I have no idea about the stock market. But I know, the stock market in China encountered big problem.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/09/13129910_0a685bc50c_o.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Yahoo! Finance</p> <p>From a normal non-financial major person, the fact I know/heard of (but didn&rsquo;t confirm) is:</p>Vacation Endshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050509_vacation_ends.htmMon, 09 May 2005 00:57:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050509_vacation_ends.htm<p>I feel embarrased for paused my English blog for three days. It was the longest pause in the recent year. Part of the reason is because of the May holiday, which was from May 1 to May 7, the other reason is the launch of my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">Chinese version</a> of my blog.</p> <p>When I just started my blog, English blogs get much more attention than Chinese one. Now, the situation seems to be different than two years ago. I wrote 4 articles, and all of them stayed in the portal of <a href="http://www.donews.com">Donews</a> (Alexa rank around 1400) and <a href="http://www.365key.com">365key</a> (a Chinese version of Del.icio.us) for one week. The traffic to my Chinese blog raised from almost zero to 2000 page view everyday. Although it is still a small portion of my total traffic, it is quite surprising to me.</p>和神话里的主角聊聊天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050508_ceecaeeee.htmSun, 08 May 2005 23:13:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050508_ceecaeeee.htm<p>四月二十二日下午，几乎永远阳光灿烂的旧金山天空有些乌云，我在旧金山最高的标志性建筑<a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=transamerica%20pyramid&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;lr=&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-15,GGLD:en&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi">Transamerica Pyramid</a>大楼的43楼，可以看到湾区360度的景致：金门大桥，海湾大桥，海湾，远处的山，近一点的老式的低矮的小楼，以及刀切出来似的整齐的街道。。。</p>我们何需抱怨被误解https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050506_aeaeeeee.htmFri, 06 May 2005 19:10:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050506_aeaeeeee.htm<blockquote> <p>“凡我们所为之事，从未被人理解；一直是这样：要么被赞美，要么被指责。”尼采《快乐的科学》第264节</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>关于争论</strong></p> <p>我们已经熟识的争论，大的门户上面匿名的“我也来说几句”就是典型的战场。每当阅读关于此种话题的争论（或者说吵架，谩骂），没有一次不让人烦躁和沮丧：</p>The Boat in San Franciscohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050505_the_boat_in_san_francisco.htmThu, 05 May 2005 23:12:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050505_the_boat_in_san_francisco.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/05/12478667_23bf67aaf0.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jianshuo/12478667/">DSC03122</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jianshuo/">jianshuo</a>.</p> <p>This is the boat we sailed in San Francisco Bay. What a nice boat!</p> <p>P.S. Actually, it is a test post from <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr.com</a>. I still have concerns to store my password in Flickr, so I didn&rsquo;t choose to save my password there. If there is some way to post more than one pictures from Flickr to my blog, that will be super cool!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">The original Talisman: http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/talisman.html<div class="comment-meta">— Mark · 2005-05-07 03:46</div></div> <div class="comment">maybe the help page of Flicker can do you some favor :)<div class="comment-meta">— bullfinch · 2005-05-07 14:20</div></div> <div class="comment">How about &quot;compress&quot; them into a categary of Flickr and display as Flash with the extension of SWF...<div class="comment-meta">— Fermi · 2005-05-08 12:42</div></div> </details>喜欢有之，还是喜欢用之https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050505_aeieecae.htmThu, 05 May 2005 20:15:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050505_aeieecae.htm<p>我常用这个问题作为新想法的试金石“喜欢有之，还是喜欢用之？”最先有这个想法的时候，我的说法是：“<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050307_enjoy_doing_or_being_able_to_do.htm">Enjoy doing something or enjoy being able to do something</a>”。</p> <p><strong>你喜欢在手机上看电视吗？</strong></p>My Lijiang Photoshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050505_my_lijiang_photos.htmThu, 05 May 2005 02:59:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050505_my_lijiang_photos.htm<p>I have uploaded some photos of my Lijiang trip onto <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr.com</a>. Refresh to get random pictures.</p> <p>img {border-width:1;border-color:black;margin:5px;}</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I love the picture of the white kitten....really cuuuuuute! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2005-05-06 08:23</div></div> </details>Ancident Music from Lijianghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050505_ancident_music_from_lijiang.htmThu, 05 May 2005 00:18:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050505_ancident_music_from_lijiang.htm<p>The best part of my trip to Lijiang is the <a href="http://www.xuanke.com/">Ancident Music in Lijiang</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/04/lijiang-music-all.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Taken with permission</p> <p>I would recommend everyone who visit Lijiang to be there. There is another show on the opposite side of the street of this show. It is also wonderful! I spent the two nights in the local theatre.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Interesting, I found the music really hard to listen to. My guess was that the jade instruments had gotten badly out of tune during the time when the musicians had to bury their instruments during the Cultural Revolution. It&#x27;s also interesting to look at your picture, because it looks a bit different than it did when I was there perhaps 5 years go. As now, the band was mostly made of very ancient men and young women. It appears that the mix is changing toward the latter, as this generation dies off.<div class="comment-meta">— Kevin Miller · 2005-05-05 01:25</div></div> <div class="comment">yes, the music is impressive, especially its survival through hundred years, thanks to the remote location of Lijiang. On the other hand, it is pitty that many ancient culture were destroyed by wars or revolution.<div class="comment-meta">— Carmen · 2005-05-05 10:44</div></div> <div class="comment">The music itself may NOT be as perfect as musici nowadays. But it is even more break-taken since it comes from ancident times, just like the goods from the tombs. It may not as good as things we use everyday, but it is more amazing to have a sense of connection to the old times.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-05-05 13:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh, that&#x27;s the famous &quot;Dayan Ancient Music Association&quot;. You are so lucky to have heard that famous Naxi music group!<br><br>I have two of their CDs and have heard them live in Shanghai. They are really outstanding. If you like traditional Chinese music, you should check them out. Lots of gongs, drums, &quot;didzi&quot; (bamboo flutes) and &quot;sheng&quot; (multi-bamboo pipe &amp; gourd instrument). Droning, haunting, ethereal sound. It&#x27;s even more exciting when you consider the anciency of the music you are hearing, stilll alive, little changed since the Tang Dynasty.<br><br>It&#x27;s good news that the group is still performing and maybe even adding newer, younger members. It&#x27;s so important to keep alive this kind of direct cultural thread to the past, a real treasure of human culture.<br><br>Great recommendation, WJS!<div class="comment-meta">— Shanghai Slim · 2005-05-08 12:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Lijiang is one of my favorite places to go in China. I&#x27;ve had the good fortune of attending one of their performances 8 years ago in Lijiang. I like it not just because of the music, but because of what it represents. I hope this type of culture and music never goes extinct, and will be there generation after generation. In today&#x27;s China, where everything&#x27;s moving so fast towards modernization, lots of the ancient traditions and customs are getting lost. That would be a real shame if it happens.<div class="comment-meta">— lisa · 2005-05-15 01:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Went there in 2004, Enjoy the show very much. I saw a show in an cultural exhange center. The front of the<br><br>building looks like a dome. Across the street, there is a statue of Mao. Quite of few people enjoy riding bike around that area.<br><br>Brings back fond memories...<div class="comment-meta">— Tony · 2005-06-17 18:17</div></div> <div class="comment">That is a beautiful photograph you&#x27;ve taken! Thank you very much for sharing your experience.<br><br>-Jon<div class="comment-meta">— Jon Silpayamanant · 2005-08-22 17:51</div></div> </details>blog是草，大众Wiki是鹰https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050504_blogeieaewikie.htmWed, 04 May 2005 12:31:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050504_blogeieaewikie.htm<p>blog就像生物链中的草，一点点养分就可以生活；Wiki像<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%E9%A3%9F%E7%89%A9%E9%93%BE+%E8%8D%89+%E8%9B%87++%E8%9D%97%E8%99%AB+%E9%B9%B0&amp;hl=zh-CN&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rls=RNWE%2CRNWE%3A2005-05%2CRNWE%3Azh-CN">食物链里的鹰</a>，处于食物链的上端。维护一个blog，一个作者，若干读者就足够了，成本低，牵涉面小，所以生命力强。虽然每天有无数的人放弃刚刚开始几周的blog，但是更多的人又开始了，于是像草原一样，浩浩荡荡，巍为壮观。只有一个人贡献，不叫大众Wiki。大众Wiki需要更多的人，跟多的精力，以及更多的读者，所以数量就少，所以在一个领域，有了一只成功的&quot;鹰&quot;以后，其他的&quot;鹰&quot;就很难存活。像Wikipedia这样的网站，仅全球的人力，才只出了几个而已。</p> <p>我所说的大众Wiki，只得就像Wikipedia这样的需要很多人贡献，集众人的力量才做得出来的浩大工程。当然，如果把Wiki作为个人或公司内部的信息发布工具（仅仅作为工具），应该还是很有前途的。<a href="http://www.rojo.com">Rojo</a>的<a href="http://blog.rojo.com/">Chris</a>，就把Rojo网站上的几乎所有静态页面，比如<a href="http://rojo.jot.com/RojoTour">Rojo Tour</a>，<a href="http://rojo.jot.com/AboutUs">About Us</a>等全用Wiki编辑了。</p>I Draw my Own t-Shirthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050503_i_draw_my_own_t-shirt.htmTue, 03 May 2005 23:40:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050503_i_draw_my_own_t-shirt.htm<p>In Lijiang, I spent one afternoon drawing my own T-Shirt with Wendy.</p> <p>In Lijiang, it is a huge business to draw the Dongba characters on T-Shirt and sell the T-Shirts to tourists. It seems every 1 out of 3 stores have those T-Shirts. I suggested we buy some white T-Shirts and borrow the color and brush to create our own t-shirts. So, this is the whole story.</p> <p>Jian Shuo with the pen.</p>网站成功的关键https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050502_ccce.htmMon, 02 May 2005 23:54:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050502_ccce.htm<p><strong>故事</strong></p> <p>去年的12月13日，我在Redmond参加了一个<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041210_back_from_geek_diner_in_bellevue.htm">几个人的小聚</a>(meetup)，题目是关于Windows Media的。其中有几个著名的人物，包括<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/">Robert Scoble</a>。结束了，剩下四个人，我，<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/">Robert</a>, 还有来自<a href="http://www.heypix.com">Heypix.com</a>的两个创始人，<a href="http://">Eric</a>和<a href="http://james.heypix.com/albums">James</a>。后来才知道，他们留下来的原因，是想向Robert展示一下他们刚刚做好的<a href="http://www.Heypix.com">Heypix.com</a>网站。Demo很酷，只是几分钟，他们希望听一下Robert的想法，并帮他们写些<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/12/15.html">review</a>。当时，离<a href="http://www.Heypix.com">Heypix.com</a>正式上线发布还有三天。晚上，他们顺便送我回西雅图的旅店，并且将他们早上借的一辆超大的车还到西雅图机场。</p>Lugu Lake - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050502_lugu_lake_-_part_ii.htmMon, 02 May 2005 22:50:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050502_lugu_lake_-_part_ii.htm<p><strong>Where is Lugu Lake</strong></p> <p>This is for everyone who are curious about the place but doesn&rsquo;t have too much <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041109_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china.htm">basic geography knowledge</a> about China. The most beautiful part of China I have experienced is the south-west. There are three provinces: Sichuan, Yunan and Tibet. In October, 2002, I started from Chengdu and visited <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm">Daocheng</a> - that was about three-day car&rsquo;s ride. This time, the trip is much easier. I took flight from Shanghai to Kunming, the capital of Yunan Province, and transit to Lijiang. Lijiang is the ancient small village with rich culture. What impressed me so much is, they have an airport! Even some big cities in China does not have one.</p>《旅行的邀约》摄影展闭展辞https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050501_aececaee.htmSun, 01 May 2005 23:31:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050501_aececaee.htm<p>经过两个月的空想，4天的筹备，两天的布展，３０天的展览，我，<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire">Claire</a>和<a href="http://http://www.nikonfans.org/">庆胜</a>的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire/000628.htm">《旅行的邀约》个人摄影展</a>于昨天闭幕了。比起开幕时的仓促，闭幕不见得好太多。因为，在4月1日到30日的一个月期间，大家在上海的日子少，离开得多。Claire已经有重新投入她喜欢的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire/000673.htm">香港和泰国</a>了，庆胜几乎一直在北京出差，而我在闭展的当日，已经在<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050501_lugu_lake.htm">泸沽湖畔</a>(EN)了。真有种发了邀约，自己却溜掉的感觉。</p> <p><strong>关于影展</strong></p> <p>这是我第一次办个人摄影展，能办成这样，已经是大大的出乎我的预料了。Claire在她的blog里面是这样的描述摄影展的开端的：</p>Lugu Lakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050501_lugu_lake.htmSun, 01 May 2005 09:39:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050501_lugu_lake.htm<p>Lugu lake may not be great place to relax. Many people came here for walking, either walk around the lake (in two days) or march toward <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/Daocheng/">Daocheng</a>. It takes 7 days&hellip; For me, an inn (typically combined with a Cafe) is good enough.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/01/lugu-lake-overview.jpg.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The lake, birdeyes from the top of the mountain.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/01/lugu-boat-in.water.jpg.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/01/lugu-hostel.jpg.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The Mosuo Wangshi Inn I stayed.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/05/01/lugu-jianshuo-by.computer.jpg.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The computer and Internet facility in the Inn.</p>May Holiday at Lijianghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050430_may_holiday_at_lijiang.htmSat, 30 Apr 2005 19:21:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050430_may_holiday_at_lijiang.htm<p>I will be at Lijiang and Lugu Lake area in the May holiday. :-) and will get back on May 3. I don&rsquo;t have the same expectation as I had for the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm">Daocheng</a> trip, but I believe it is some place for me to sit in the Sun and really enjoy the peace of life.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Lugu Lake is very nice. Lijiang is nice too, but must be very crowded. It was very difficult for me to find a place to stay when I visited there in summer a few years ago.<br><br>You can visit a small town Su4 He2 (束河），similar to Lijiang, just 20 minutes by bike from Lijiang. The layout of the town is the same, just in a smaller size. It is quiet there with fewer tourists.<div class="comment-meta">— Carmen · 2005-04-30 22:42</div></div> <div class="comment">I want to send you an email but can&#x27;t find your email addresss, though I read it before. I failed to open the ABOUT ME. I don&#x27;t know why.<div class="comment-meta">— Carmen · 2005-04-30 22:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I want to send you an email but can&#x27;t find your email addresss, though I read it before. I failed to open the ABOUT ME. I don&#x27;t know why.<div class="comment-meta">— Carmen · 2005-04-30 22:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, as a frequent reader of your blog I just found out that it was likely to meet in Lijiang these days ... even I am sure you experienced the mass of tourists during the may holidays.<br><br>I am on my way to Lhasa now and will enjoy the good air ... sorry, but living in Shanghai makes someone looking forward to this ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— harald · 2005-05-04 16:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Harald, yes, maybe we have met in Lijiang but we didn&#x27;t recognize each other. :-) Enjoy you trip to Lhasa. Me? I have returned to Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-05-04 21:31</div></div> <div class="comment">...your pictures are terrific, I am considering a summer holiday there... did you book a airticket+hotel package from some agent, or you arranged everything by yourself ?<div class="comment-meta">— mcgjcn · 2005-06-15 18:50</div></div> <div class="comment">Very-very thanks for your profile.<div class="comment-meta">— Rajeev Kumar Mishra · 2009-09-14 17:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Lijiang has a great natural environment and a peculiar sense of history. The so-called Naxi Ancient Music is really Han Chinese music left over from the Ming Dynasty. Real Naxi music is lilting and very beautiful, but sadly there are no performances of this. There are good performances of Tibetan (those traders who established the Tea and Horse Trade Caravans that created Lijiang in the first place) and Lugu Lake area music and dance at a restaurant and pub called Highland Gale. It is the only remaining ethnic performance in Lijiang, but it is very well done. Sadly, the Naxi &quot;culture&quot; in Lijiang has pretty much turned very commercial, commercial enough to turn the stomache, some would say. You can&#x27;t even take a photo of someone without having to put up with a demand for ten yuan compensation.<br><br>If you think the 6 hour drive to Lugu Lake is a bit much (it will be better in 2010 when the new road is finished), a two or three hour drive to Liming ( the northwest of Lijiang) may suit you better. Liming is an area of red cliffs and very friendly Lisu people. If even that is hard on your stomache, a half hour trip to Wenbifeng peak to hike around Wenfeng Temple will not disappoint. The walls are full of colorful murals, the lamas are friendly and will offer tea, and the hike up the hill behind the main temple is lovely. And the place has terrific views of the Lijiang valley.<br><br>.<div class="comment-meta">— Susan Pei · 2009-10-21 15:07</div></div> </details>Thanks Everyone!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050428_thanks_everyone.htmThu, 28 Apr 2005 22:05:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050428_thanks_everyone.htm<p>I am back from SFO trip to Shanghai (three days ago), and I joined another meeting and they don&rsquo;t have Internet access, so&hellip; sorry for the pause of blogging these days.</p> <p>I am still very excited about the trip, and feel so happy to have great friends in the bay area. I know I have a very long list to thank. Here is the abbridged version.</p> <p>First of all, thank RC, Yumi and all the great persons in eBay for hosting me and showing me around. I had great time to meet with all the people I wanted to meet, and learnt so much - much more than I expected.</p>互联网背后的真实的人的声音https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050427_aeececccaece.htmWed, 27 Apr 2005 12:27:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050427_aeececccaece.htm<p>早在1992年到95年，互联网刚刚开始的时候，对于互联网，流行的说法是“没有人知道你是一条狗”。哈哈。那时候，网络和真实的世界彻底的脱节了，而这正是网络让人为之兴奋的本质的东西。我记得，在96年，在学校图书馆的unix终端，第一次瞄了一眼欧洲某研究机构的网页，觉得兴奋得好像整个世界已经在手中了。之后的几年，好像和在大洋的那一边的人聊个天什么的，比和朋友面对面的喝茶更Cool&hellip;</p>硅谷的形成 - 上海商学院归来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050426_cec_aee.htmTue, 26 Apr 2005 21:19:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050426_cec_aee.htm<p>真不知道他们怎么可以抢到<strong>上海商学院</strong>这个很牛的校名的。作为客齐集职业发展论坛的第二站，今天下午去了位于黄浦江奉贤一边的上海商学院。在开始的的时候，我忽然突发奇想，说，“商学院和斯坦福很像”。我画了个图，</p>Sailing in the Bayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050424_sailing_in_the_bay.htmSun, 24 Apr 2005 16:53:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050424_sailing_in_the_bay.htm<p>Believe it or not, I sailed for the first time in the San Francisco bay. Yann, Alex and Niki are so nice to invite me to join them to sail in the Bay. We started from the marina of the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge around noon, and soon pull on the sail and sail close to the wind. It is a little bit easier to learn how to sail. When we turned off the motor, and pulled up the sail, the boat when to the Golden Gate Bridge at the speed of 2.4 - 3.1 knots. Sometimes, the wind goes up to 30 knots and rains heavily. When we reached the gate and started to move out of the bay a little bit into the Pacific, it is sunny, but the tide is huge. :-) Yann is a perfect captain and we quickly learnt to how sail a sail boat (although not complete). All the pictures are in my camera but I didn&rsquo;t bring the cable with me. I will post the nice pictures here when I am back.</p>Meetup in San Francisco, CAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050424_meetup_in_san_francisco_ca.htmSun, 24 Apr 2005 01:25:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050424_meetup_in_san_francisco_ca.htm<p>I am thinking of hosting Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Meetup in San Francisco at <strong>Cafe Flore</strong>. I have no idea about this place. I asked <a href="http://www.weigend.com/">Andreas</a> where should I put the meetup, SFO airport or downtown. He directly posted me to Cafe Flore. It must be good, I think, although it can be a little bit far from where I live. So here is the detailed information about the meetup.</p> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&amp;q=2298+Market+St,+San+Francisco,+CA">Cafe Flore</a></p> <p>2298 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114</p>The Silicon Valley Spirit is Backhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050423_the_silicon_valley_spirit_is_back.htmSat, 23 Apr 2005 16:41:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050423_the_silicon_valley_spirit_is_back.htm<p>I was sitting in the office of <a href="http://www.rojo.com">Rojo.com</a>, the newly launched website to manage RSS more effectively with the help of tagging and friends&rsquo; recommendation (some kind of SNS). It is located in a large warehouse-like space - actually it is the AT&amp;T building in downtown San Francisco. The reason it looks like a warehouse instead of an office is, it is a large space, in terms of areas and height. Evryone share the same open space by placing their tables in the middle. It is just like the architecture company in the Suzhou creek art district in Shanghai. There is no separation between - no cubicles, no offices, no meeting rooms - it is just a large open space.</p>I Meet Mena and Ben from Six Aparthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050423_i_meet_mena_and_ben_from_six_apart.htmSat, 23 Apr 2005 11:09:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050423_i_meet_mena_and_ben_from_six_apart.htm<p>When I started to use MovableType almost three years ago, I could imagine MovabeType can be very successful (although I didn&rsquo;t expect the name change to Six Apart). However, it is by no means for me to expect that I will finally meet Mena Trott and Ben, the founders of MovableType after two and half years. Yes. I visited <a href="http://www.sixapart.com/about/offices">Six Apart office</a> today and was hosted warmly. The best part is, I met <a href="http://www.sixapart.com/about/corner/">Mena</a> and Ben in their conference room, and Barak, CEO of Six Apart. It was wonderful experience for me. I am a strong advocator for MovableType. I didn&rsquo;t expect the star couple is so young (the same age as me) and they look very nice. Ben even looks a little shy. We chatted a little bit and checked if Mena and Ben mind if I put the conversation on my blog. They said &ldquo;No. Not at all.&rdquo; It is the reaction from a very experienced blogger and a blogging tool maker. :-)</p>I Feel Like a Rabbit when I Eat Saladhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050422_i_feel_like_a_rabbit_when_i_eat_salad.htmFri, 22 Apr 2005 23:59:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050422_i_feel_like_a_rabbit_when_i_eat_salad.htm<p>The stay in San Jose is great and food is generally good at large and beauniful cafetera at the <em>community building</em>. There are several different counters for food and they offer many options of daily special. For me, as for many Chinese visitors to the State, to order food is not easy. I like to order food with &ldquo;this&rdquo; or &ldquo;that&rdquo;. The name of Chinese food and western food is different. The name of the Chinese food tent to very short (3 or 4 characters at most) and not specific. For western food, it is a very long and descriptive, and typically has &ldquo;with&rdquo; in the name. I enjoyed my large plate <a href="http://tapestrybistro.com/largePlates.htm">Roasted Half Chicken w/ Flat Parsley-Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes</a> at <a href="http://tapestrybistro.com/largePlates.htm">Tapestry</a>, Los Gatos. It was great, among the best American food I had have. Actually, the America menu should be easier to understand because it states the food, how it is cooked and all the ingredient. Although I can write an English blog, I still cannot read the menu well. It seems to be another language. My best practice is to look for an item with one of the following words: <strong>Chicken</strong>, <strong>Noodle</strong>, or <strong>Rice</strong>. It works great for me, since the result is very predictable. Just like I didn&rsquo;t got surprised if I order orange juice.</p>When Jian Shuo Leaves his Car (in CA)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050422_when_jian_shuo_leaves_his_car_in_ca.htmFri, 22 Apr 2005 23:10:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050422_when_jian_shuo_leaves_his_car_in_ca.htm<p>It is not a big deal in Shanghai when I don&rsquo;t have a car. The life is the same, and sometimes, I have even more freedom than having a car if the destination is in downtown Shanghai. In San Jose, I missed Goudaner so much. The problem is, my driver&rsquo;s license is with it.</p> <p>The morning for my flight to SFO, I wake up, packed everything and walked to my car to get my driver&rsquo;s license (the secret is, I always keep it in my car). I went to the car only to find out Wendy has already driven it to work. Sadly, I left Shanghai without a driver&rsquo;s license.</p>Thanks Carroll and Jimhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050422_p1026.htmFri, 22 Apr 2005 09:07:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050422_p1026.htm<p>I am so happy that I finally met <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=carroll&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Carroll</a> and Jim in San Jose. It is nice to</p>Gift to Selim Freihahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050421_gift_to_selim_freiha.htmThu, 21 Apr 2005 04:33:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050421_gift_to_selim_freiha.htm<p>Selim helped me a lot for the business. I chatted with him today and we searched <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-14,GGLD:en&amp;q=Selim+Freiha">Selim Freiha</a>, his name, in Google, and found some. I said: &ldquo;My PageRank in Google makes it possible for me to mention your name and I am sure the page will be the first result in Google soon.&rdquo;</p> <p>So, here is the test page. I present it as a gift to Selim, the great guy who knows Excel extremely well. Let&rsquo;s see if it goes to the top of the search result in Google after three days - Google now index my site at max interval of 3 days now.</p>社区精神！https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050421_cccie.htmThu, 21 Apr 2005 04:07:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050421_cccie.htm<p>在客齐集已经一个多月了，在过去的一个月，每天都在兴奋中度过，有无数好想法，认识n多优秀的人，这的确是件幸福的事情。</p> <p>今天在和负责美国的社区的Rachel同学聊天（她在eBay的<em>珠宝楼</em>里），她说的一句话让我非常同意：有很多事情是可以用指标衡量的，而<strong>社区精神和热情</strong>，只能感觉，而不能用数字衡量。</p>Actual Speed of Maglev is 64 km/hhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050419_actual_speed_of_maglev_is_64_kmh.htmTue, 19 Apr 2005 13:30:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050419_actual_speed_of_maglev_is_64_kmh.htm<p>Sitting in the Larkspur Landing hotel in San Jose, I missed Shanghai a little bit, just like I missed Maglev. I mean I actually <em>missed</em> it when I left my home and went to Pudong Airport in Shanghai. I found out that the speed of Maglev is actually 64 km/h, instead of the 430 km/h from a traveler&rsquo;s perspective.</p> <p>The calculation is easy. When I pull my luggage (a bag and a laptop) on to the taxi, the driver asked where I were going. I said &ldquo;Maglev station&rdquo;. The driver asked me: &ldquo;Are you going to the Pudong Airport? How about I directly send you there?&rdquo; I know the driver definitely want me to get to PVG. Well. It is a question without easy answer.</p>Trip to SFOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050418_trip_to_sfo.htmMon, 18 Apr 2005 03:01:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050418_trip_to_sfo.htm<p>I am afraid there may be a short pause in the following days. I will be on my trip to SFO. I know I have lots of friends there in SFO, like Carroll. however, I am not sure if I have time during the trip to meet everyone. Maybe a Sunday meet-up (April 24) in Starbucks in SFO before I get on my flight is possible. The <em><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050214_happy_valentines_day.htm">Art of Travel</a></em> told people that when you assume that there is nothing new in something, you lose the passion for doing it. It applies to travel. I remember that when I was in middle school, I spent the whole month preparing my train travel to Beijing. But now, I didn&rsquo;t pack anything for my flight of tomorrow yet. The easy answer is, I had enough time to spare for the training travel and I am just too busy these years. However, the real answer, as de Botton suggested: I lost the excitement as a traveler when I assume the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041129_ua858_pvg_sfo.htm">UA858</a> is still the UA858 I experienced many times before, and the airport is still the familiar land I visited before. It is 11:00 AM PST, and I just finished some work. I hope I won&rsquo;t experience too bad jet lag since I have been working according to the San Jose time for quite some days. :-)</p>Blogging about the Exhibition - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050417_blogging_about_the_exhibition_-_part_ii.htmSun, 17 Apr 2005 00:31:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050417_blogging_about_the_exhibition_-_part_ii.htm<p>Continued from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050401_blogging_about_the_exhibition.htm">Blogging about the Exhibition</a>.</p> <p>**No 18. ** <a href="http://other.mblogger.cn/littleleaf">Joni</a> visited on April 11. She went to the exhibition by walking from Shanghai Railway station. If I had more time, I will definitely write an article about how to get to the place with map, direction, and pictures. But unfortunately, I wasn&rsquo;t able to do it. I hope our exhibition in August 2006 will be better. She wrote two articles (and said would write the third) on the exhibition: <a href="http://other.mblogger.cn/littleleaf/posts/89857.aspx">Article I</a>, and <a href="http://other.mblogger.cn/littleleaf/posts/91153.aspx">article II</a>. However, I was confused that except the only poster, the other pictures are all original oil painting by He Tian and his friends. I am looking forward to her third entry. Maybe there will be some picture about the exhibition. I didn&rsquo;t go there in the last week and don&rsquo;t know what happened there.</p>Spring Comes to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050414_spring_comes_to_shanghai-2.htmThu, 14 Apr 2005 23:11:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050414_spring_comes_to_shanghai-2.htm<p>Spring comes to Shanghai. The full spring has arrived.</p> <p>This two weeks, the tune of the <em>Blue Danube</em> of Johann Strauss is the background of my thoughts. I see the flowers blooming in my garden and new leafs come out of the trees. What a pleasant surprise to see some trees in my garden that I have claimed to death boom again and turned on a green look in the last two weeks. I was not able to tell the name of the trees (桂花，红枫，黄杨). But I love to see them in green dress again. The grass started to grow quickly too. The long winter completely passed.</p>Second Run Way for Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050413_second_run_way_for_pudong_airport.htmWed, 13 Apr 2005 00:36:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050413_second_run_way_for_pudong_airport.htm<p>The second runway for Pudong Airport has been put into usage recently, and the second terminal building is under construction. It means, very soon, the Pudong Airport will be twice as big as its current size.</p> <p>I went to the Pudong Airport twice in the last weekend, once on Saturday and once on Sunday. Every time, the airport is crowded and full of people. I remember when I visited the airport about four years ago, I didn&rsquo;t see many people and I wonder - will it be a project that aims to be big, huge, beautiful, but wasted too much money? It turned out my worry was not necessary. Now, the capacity of the first terminal building is not enough for sufficient transportation, especially the UA and CA flights in the afternoon - it is almost as crowded as a train station - the long line goes in Z-shape till to the entrance of the terminal, blocking other passengers&rsquo; way. According the plan, when the second terminal is completed, the third and forth will be constructed so the Pudong Airport will be four times as big as the current one.</p>T.I.C Momentshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050411_tic_moments.htmMon, 11 Apr 2005 23:45:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050411_tic_moments.htm<p>My foreign friends told me that when something goes wrong (sometimes because of culture shock and sometimes not), they will say: <strong>T.I.C.</strong></p> <p>Later, I found out T.I.C means: <em>This is China!</em> They even have the expression of the &ldquo;T.I.C moment&rdquo; to describe the time they want to say T.I.C.</p> <p>It is the most interesting term I heard today. T.I.C! Sometimes it gives me some negative feeling because it may be perceived as &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t complain. You should have your expectation here. This is China.&rdquo;. But generally, it is still a positive thinking if you say it with the meaning that &ldquo;When in Rome, Do as the Romans. Accept the difference and find some workaround&hellip;&rdquo;. The topic of T.I.C. can be interesting and helpful for both people in China and foreigners to understand the differences. It is the same for me because I also have many T.I.A. (This is America) moments in U.S. and T.I.X (X may be the city I am visiting). It is normal and it is the reason we travel. Maybe when we travel, we are intentionally seeking for T.I.X moments in the destination.</p>Nice Meetup at the Exhibitionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050411_nice_meetup_at_the_exhibition.htmMon, 11 Apr 2005 00:36:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050411_nice_meetup_at_the_exhibition.htm<p>It was a nice meetup this afternoon.</p> <p>Hao, Elfe, Yiyi, Wanty</p> <p>Joyelyn</p> <p>Faintz, Byebye</p> <p>Edward, Claire, Jian Shuo</p> <p>Jialin and his wife</p> <p>Eddie and his wife</p> <p>Xiaofeng, and Danzhu</p> <p>and about 10 more people I didn&rsquo;t capture the name. Who else came? Please sign your name down to the comment section.</p> <p>Edward put <a href="http://www.nikonfans.org/archives/photography/000167_meetup_event_linvitation_au_voyage.html">a lot of pictures</a> on this event.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">my french schoolmate Laurent<br><br>spanish couple Luis and Raquel<br><br>...<br><br>it was nice, indeed !<div class="comment-meta">— claire · 2005-04-11 01:29</div></div> <div class="comment">jianshuo, thanks for your time sharing your great experience regarding various aspects. and I enjoy the reading of &quot;The art of Travel&quot; a lot:)<br><br>look farward to the next event.<div class="comment-meta">— Sophie · 2005-04-11 15:58</div></div> <div class="comment">uadho erdfcv http://tyghbnitououzu.com/<div class="comment-meta">— Gervase · 2005-06-29 07:18</div></div> <div class="comment">uadho erdfcv http://tyghbnitououzu.com/<div class="comment-meta">— Gervase · 2005-06-29 07:18</div></div> </details>Inside Jin Mao Towerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050409_inside_jin_mao_tower.htmSat, 09 Apr 2005 23:09:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050409_inside_jin_mao_tower.htm<p>It is strange for me. Jin Mao tower has been the symbol of Shanghai, along with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, for many years. But I never really went into the tower.</p> <p>I went to the top deck of Oriental Pearl TV Tower for twice, was amazed of the nice view, but completely unsatisfied with the facility and service there. It is more like a tourism place (actually it is), instead of a restaurant. It is somewhere you only need to go for once in your entire life.</p>Meet the Photographer Eventhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050409_meet_the_photographer_event.htmSat, 09 Apr 2005 00:27:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050409_meet_the_photographer_event.htm<p>We will hold the <em>meet the photographer</em> between 2:00 - 4:00 PM on Sunday, April 10, 2005. We will share why we wanted to hold it, the stories for preparing, and answer any questions you may have. It is a great opportunity for people to meet each other.</p> <p>Here is the detailed guide of how to get there. Sorry that I didn&rsquo;t find some time to put it online until now (one week after the exhibition opens).</p>Is 10,000RMB/Month a Ridiculous Offer?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050406_is_10000rmbmonth_a_ridiculous_offer.htmWed, 06 Apr 2005 23:05:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050406_is_10000rmbmonth_a_ridiculous_offer.htm<p>Aims, who lives in London, was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040106_salary_in_shanghai.htm#0226">surprised</a> to get an offer of 10,000 RMB per month before tax in Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi!</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been offered a marketing position with a foreign company in shanghai, but was shocked to hear that the salary is only 10,000RMB before tax, plus a 1000RMB monthly accommodation allowance.</p> <p>To me this seems ridiculous, and something not worth even considering, as it&rsquo;s less than I earn working part-time, just 10hours per week, here in London.</p>Met with Dr. Weigendhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050405_met_with_dr_weigend.htmTue, 05 Apr 2005 22:24:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050405_met_with_dr_weigend.htm<p>I met with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aweigend/8505347/">Weigend</a>, the former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com in Shanghai tonight. It was a great experience to talk with them on the new ideas around blogging and social software. I totally agree his two principles on new generation of software: 1) Fast Feedback 2) Low threshold for participation. Dr. Weigend believes with tags and analysing of user&rsquo;s behavior, we can create something very new. I agree. He took <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aweigend/8505347/">a picture of us</a> with his Palm and send it to Flickr. :-)</p>Jian Shuo Wang at Kijiji Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050404_jian_shuo_wang_at_kijiji_china.htmMon, 04 Apr 2005 22:38:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050404_jian_shuo_wang_at_kijiji_china.htm<p>Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. I have something to announce. :-)</p> <p>One month ago, I made a serious decision.</p> <p>I decided to leave the company I have worked for 6 years. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040521_blogging_in_microsoft.htm">Microsoft</a> is a great company. I enjoyed the wonderful time I had in the last 6 years. I experienced roles from engineer to business development manager, from developer to tester, from project manager to consultant, from trainer to team manager, from community buildup to partner buildup. The six years mean more for me than others. To be honest, it was not as painful a decision as I thought. I wrote in my farewell email: &ldquo;The fruits don&rsquo;t feel the pain when picked up after completely mature in autumn&rdquo;.</p>First Day of the Exhibitionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050402_first_day_of_the_exhibition.htmSat, 02 Apr 2005 23:24:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050402_first_day_of_the_exhibition.htm<p>Pictures of the first day of the exhibition. Actually, although we announced April 1 as the first day, the final work was finished as late as night of April 2. We welcomed our first round of <a href="http://goodknight.blogbus.com/logs/2005/04/1094872.html">three visitors</a> from blogbus this afternoon. Many visitors started to dropping by as we prepared for it. There are only 4 pictures on April 1 and now all the 39 big pictures and 170 smaller one are placed in the right place, under the right lighting, and accompanied by posters.</p>Blogging about the Exhibitionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050401_blogging_about_the_exhibition.htmFri, 01 Apr 2005 02:26:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050401_blogging_about_the_exhibition.htm<p>Immediately after Claire announced the exhibition, 7 bloggers caught the news and blogged about it.</p> <p>No.1: Carmen: <a href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/jiawenspace/Blog/cns!1psc94_n8pfxBIDK1N-Y50Iw!150.entry">Wang&rsquo;s photography exhibition</a> Thanks Jiawen for mentioning the Coffee Bean Club also.</p> <p>No. 2: skylee: <a href="http://www.blogcn.com/user19/skyleeming/blog/7189465.html">L&rsquo;invitation au Voyage</a>. It is a nice posting to help us to get more visitors.</p> <p>No. 3: stefan zweig offered <a href="http://other.mblogger.cn/stefan_zweig/posts/85475.aspx">free advertisement</a> for the exhibition. The author mentioned it seems a LOMO exhibition. I learnt LOMO when I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050217_grassroot_art_in_shanghai.htm">talked</a> with the owner of the Room of a View. It is true. The difference is, LOMO pictures are typically taken with LOMO camera, while ours are taken with Nikon (Edward&rsquo;s), <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050217_grassroot_art_in_shanghai.htm">Canon 300D</a> (Claire&rsquo;s), and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030521_my_new_camera_sony_dscp8.htm">SONY P8</a> (mine). The idea is the same. We also have a wall of all the pictures. It is the same idea as LOMO wall.</p>Claire on the Exhibitionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050330_claire_on_the_exhibition.htmWed, 30 Mar 2005 23:04:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050330_claire_on_the_exhibition.htm<p>Claire <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire/000628.htm">wrote</a> about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050328_linvitation_au_voyage.htm">exhibition</a>. <a href="http://www.uuzone.com">UUZone</a> agreed to sponsor part of the expense. Thanks Robert and Xie.</p> <p><strong>Taxi Driver&rsquo;s Life</strong></p> <p>I glanced the newspaper and learnt the taxi companies in Shanghai agreed to give 200 RMB per taxi per month to help them to fight against the continous increase in gas price. There are 46,000 taxis in Shanghai, but it is not more more difficult to hire a taxi these days.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">It is a perfect time to promote hybrid cars (e.g. Toyota&#x27;s Prius), better diesel cars (e.g. VW&#x27;s Passat TDI) or pure ethanol cars, other than paying back 200RMB. Use that 200MB as a monthly discount for new tech cars!<div class="comment-meta">— Steve Zhang · 2005-03-31 23:03</div></div> <div class="comment">check out the Prius, www.prius.com. It&#x27;s the high oil price we should worry, it&#x27;s the pollution coming out of the cars, buses, and trucks in Shanghai.<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2005-04-01 09:40</div></div> <div class="comment">I drive a 2004 Prius. I get 45-50 MPG in average depending on conditions such as terrian, temperature, etc. With ever increasing gas price ($2.05 a gallon in Houston, TX, USA), the breakeven point has been approaching faster. You have to pay sticker price or higher to get a new one as Toyata is not ramping up production enough to meet the large demand.<div class="comment-meta">— sv · 2005-04-01 09:47</div></div> <div class="comment">:) My one is in the production.....<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2005-04-01 18:18</div></div> <div class="comment">If only considering the gas price, I would rather give up the prius or other hybrid Japanese cars. No Japanese vehicles...<br><br>If you are in north america, car-pool is not a bad idea, or if you live in big cities, you can even live without a car.<br><br>If you are in China, I think public transportation is enough...<br><br>OR, you can walk or bicycle, not only because of the high gas price, but also for our Earth<div class="comment-meta">— nikki · 2005-04-02 07:43</div></div> </details>L'Invitation au Voyagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050328_linvitation_au_voyage.htmMon, 28 Mar 2005 23:15:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050328_linvitation_au_voyage.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire">Claire</a>, <a href="http://www.nikonfans.org">Edward</a> and I put our pictures together and said: &ldquo;How about we open a personal photography exhibition in Shanghai?&rdquo; It was about two months ago. So, an exhibition named L&rsquo;Invitation au Voyage came out. It will be held on the Suzhou Creek from April 1 to April 31.</p> <p><strong>Invitation to our Exhibition</strong></p> <p>Name of the Exhibition: L&rsquo;Invitation au Voyage (Claire thought of the name)</p> <p>Venue: 1 Floor, Building 8, Suzhou Creek Art Area, 50 Moganshan Road, Shanghai</p>Peace in Discussionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050327_peace_in_discussion.htmSun, 27 Mar 2005 23:00:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050327_peace_in_discussion.htm<p>I am sorry to see some discussion in some particular threads ended up to be unpleasant arguments in the recent weeks. I&rsquo;d like to remind my commenter to value the rule we have set on comments. Here are some mentions on the rules:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030508_emails_and_privacy_policies.htm">Emails and Privacy Policies</a> May, 2003</p> <blockquote> <p>As you can see again, there is a comment system on this site. I value everyone&rsquo;s post and it is part of the blog - actually, it is very large portion of this website.</p>Internship is Best Way for Good Jobhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050326_internship_is_best_way_for_good_job.htmSat, 26 Mar 2005 23:50:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050326_internship_is_best_way_for_good_job.htm<p>I had wonderful meetup with my friends whom I had the opportunity to work with: Xiao Wen, Xiang, Zhen Hua, Ming Jie, and Liu Hua&hellip; The afternoon in Xian Zhi Xuan was among the most happy hours I had in the week.</p> <p>One of the biggest achievements I had in Microsoft was to be able to hire some talented interns and worked with them to make sure they learn something from the great company, and helped on their career.</p>SynCam Privacy Policyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20240326_syncam-privacy-policy.htmSat, 26 Mar 2005 17:13:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20240326_syncam-privacy-policy.htm<p><em>(Originally published: March 26, 2024)</em></p> <p><strong>Effective Date:</strong> Dec 1, 2024</p> <p><strong>Last Updated:</strong> Dec 1, 2024</p> <p>Jianshuo Wang (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy. This document explains how Syncam (the “App”) collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your information when you use our services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your data and how we handle it.</p>I Didn't Escape from Puxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050325_i_didnt_escape_from_puxi.htmFri, 25 Mar 2005 23:28:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050325_i_didnt_escape_from_puxi.htm<p>ddjiii commented on the section about me in the article <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/china.html">China&rsquo;s Next Cultural Revolution</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>You know, I can&rsquo;t help thinking that your life as described in the article doesn&rsquo;t really sound the same as you write about it in the blog. Do you really feel like you&rsquo;ve escaped shabby housing, nosy neighbors and haggling with the fishmonger? That&rsquo;s a very negative view of central Shanghai, I think, and one that I&rsquo;ve never gotten reading the blog (or visiting Shanghai.) It was fun to see your name, and the most of the article is really interesting, but I thought this was an unjustified slam. What do you think?</p>Sasa Enters Shangahihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050324_sasa_enters_shangahi.htmThu, 24 Mar 2005 22:43:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050324_sasa_enters_shangahi.htm<p>Wendy is obviously more excited when she heard Sasa is coming to Shanghai on March 26. I saw a Sara store near Istem on the Huai Hai Road. I didn&rsquo;t know this store before I went to Hong Kong with Wendy last August. Actually, the major part of shopping experience in Hong Kong was going from one SASA to another - Wendy had a long list of skin-care products to buy for her friends in Shanghai. For many of them, Hong Kong = SASA. :-)</p>Coffee Bean Clubhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050323_coffee_bean_club.htmWed, 23 Mar 2005 22:55:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050323_coffee_bean_club.htm<p>I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050217_passion_for_life.htm">talked</a> about the charity idea in Feb. Here is the result: <a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/CoffeeBean/ByLaw">Coffee Bean Club</a>. It has attracted some funding and three of my friends have agreed to donate for the foundation. I believe it is the time for me to disclose more information about it.</p> <p>I believe by connecting college students and the successful young professional/artist or enterprisers are great inspiring for both. So I have setup meetups between those who graduated from university for 5 - 10 years with the students. It is something similar with what JA (Junior Archivers) is doing with some very unique characteristics.</p>Jian Shuo on Wired Magazine?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050322_jian_shuo_on_wired_magazine.htmTue, 22 Mar 2005 23:33:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050322_jian_shuo_on_wired_magazine.htm<p>Joel told me that he saw my article on April issue of <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/">Wired Magazine</a>. I didn&rsquo;t see this issue yet. I checked on their website and there is only March 2005 issue. Search for Yahoo! News does not return anything. <a href="http://baidu.com">Baidu</a> does not search foreign media and Google News is not accessible. Anything saw it? The magazine may be on newsstands already. I assume it is the longest report on me so far on foreign media. :-) I believe my Goudaner was also mentioned.</p>Does Shanghai have Beachhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050321_does_shanghai_have_beach.htmMon, 21 Mar 2005 23:15:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050321_does_shanghai_have_beach.htm<p>&ldquo;Shanghai is at the sea! I have planned one afternoon on the beach and see the Sunset&hellip;&rdquo; my friend told me on the phone.</p> <p>Unfortunately, there is no beach in Shanghai. Although Shanghai is near the East Sea, the downtown is very far from the nearest bean (more than 50 km away). Also, there are only yellow mud. The sea looks yellow and dirty. There is no sand beach in Shanghai, and since Shanghai is facing east, it is impossible to see sun set down to the sea.</p>Luoyang Telephone Number Upgradedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050320_luoyang_telephone_number_upgraded.htmSun, 20 Mar 2005 21:47:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050320_luoyang_telephone_number_upgraded.htm<p>Dad SMSed me that the telephone number for Luoyang upgraded to 8 digits. All the original 7-digit telephone numbers will add a &ldquo;6&rdquo; to the front. The upgrade will happen on March 21.</p> <p>I remember the telephone was first installed to my home around 1995. That is about 10 years ago. Before that, it is very rare to have telephone at home in Luoyang. If I want to make a telephone call, I need to go to room at the entrance of my residential area. It is the only one for the whole area. Actually, I seldom need to make a phone call. The only reason is to call my dad. He has a telephone in his office. None of my classmates have telephone at that time. For long distance call, I need to go to post office. Actually I never made a long distance call before telephone comes to my home. At that time, Internet has already generated some usage in U.S; In China, telephone installment is still small. The Spring Festival Eve of 1996 is a great night for me. For the first time, I found out enough numbers that I can call to say &ldquo;Happy New Year&rdquo;.</p>My Blog Won't Go Commercialhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050320_my_blog_wont_go_commercial.htmSun, 20 Mar 2005 00:01:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050320_my_blog_wont_go_commercial.htm<p>I am not surprised if people ask me about the question: &ldquo;Why did you turn your blog into a commercial site? I am sure you can make a lot if you sell it&rdquo;. Well. I believe that. But the problem is, I won&rsquo;t sell it. :-) With 10,000 unique visitors everyday and 1 million page views, I am happy that this blog covers most of the expats to Shanghai (correct me if I am too confident here). Lots of my foreign friends tell me that they know my blog before they come to Shanghai. Typically, people get started with a search on Shanghai in Google. Andrea told me that all her girl friends know the site, which really flattered me. Of cause, I am very happy to know that.</p>No Baggars Premitted on Metro?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050319_no_baggars_premitted_on_metro.htmSat, 19 Mar 2005 00:15:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050319_no_baggars_premitted_on_metro.htm<p>If you take Shanghai Metro these days, besides the station announcement on the in-cart broadcasting system, you can also hear:</p> <blockquote> <p>No newspaper selling, performance for money, or beggar allowed in metro carts. All passengers should boycott together.</p> </blockquote> <p>It is repeated once every minute.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t realize if there is anything wrong with it, not before this afternoon.</p> <p><strong>Boy Boycotted</strong></p> <p>Today, when I was on the Metro, a little boy begged in the cart. He had all this face burned that I could hardly recognize a human face. it was really astonishing to see him. He moved from the previous carts toward me slowly, begging from the passengers one by one. He stayed before someone who sit there, tried to make some voice (but he can hardly say), and waited. What he got was expressionless face. I believe he saw more than 200 or more already before he moved to me.</p>Many People Got Coldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050316_many_people_got_cold.htmWed, 16 Mar 2005 23:18:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050316_many_people_got_cold.htm<p>Many people got cold there days and I also show some symptom. This time, the infected ratio is much higher than any time before - I have the impression about 20% of people around me are sick there days. Take care. I suggest people coming to Shanghai these days to take precautions since it is more easier to get sick during travel. Maybe the change of weather contributed to the problem. The highest temperature of last Sunday was 20 while the lowest temperature dropped to 0 sharply the next day.</p>Happy Birthday to Goudanerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner.htmTue, 15 Mar 2005 23:29:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050315_happy_birthday_to_goudaner.htm<p>March 15 is the day I **<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htm">brought my car Goudaner</a> home one year ago. The blog entry of that day reminded me that I put 40.2L of gas (not oil, as pointed by readers) into my car. How excited I was! didn&rsquo;t get used to the feeling that my own car is downstairs waiting for me that night. It was a strange feeling.</p> <p>In the past 365 days, Goudaner changed my life a lot. This sweet partner also experienced a lot. It was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040915_goudaner_scratched_by_drunk_driver.htm">scratched by drunk driver</a>. Fortunately, it is the most serious accident we had. The car price <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040322_big_drop_in_price_of_my_car.htm">dropped</a> by 5000 RMB the second day I bought, and continued to drop to around 80K RMB after that - a 20% decrease. Meanwhile the gas price <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040401_gasoline_price_goes_up.htm">went up</a>. The model <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htm">FIAT Siena 1.5 HL</a> is a nice one, and I enjoy the mannual shift very well, but Wendy obviously don&rsquo;t like to too much. She changed her display name to &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20050314_585.htm">I Hate Nanpu Bridge</a>&rdquo; recently, because during rush hours, she was packed on the 3 kms of continous upslope. That is not easy for new drivers.</p>Donation in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050314_donation_in_china.htmMon, 14 Mar 2005 23:34:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050314_donation_in_china.htm<p>During my trip of U.S., I discovered behind the prosperity of art, culture and science is the donation system. The schools are donated - Harvard is among the most well known donated schools. There are enough charity organizations to support the homeless, and the artists are well sponsored to contribute on music, painting, theatre, dancing&hellip; (Well. I don&rsquo;t think movie industry is donation based.) If someone has a great idea to do research, it is easy for him/her to find some foundation and get the money they need.</p>什么样的社区？https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050314_aeaeccie.htmMon, 14 Mar 2005 21:10:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050314_aeaeccie.htm<p><a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm/archive/2005/03/11/45655.aspx">3/14/2005 9:12 PM | Jian Shuo Wang</a></p> <p>多谢子颖兄的评论，我建议你写篇<a href="http://shanghai.kijiji.cn">Kijiji</a>评论，不过真的没想到你夸得挺厉害，真不好意思了。</p> <p>非常同意passby的看法，Hi-PDA成功的根源在于用户群太像了。想想手拿PDA而且喜欢来研究的人长什么样子？必然是：男性，20到28岁，有些钱，月入n千甚至一万但很少有月入2万的，IT背景。。。。。等等。不见的正确的猜测，但是八九不离十。所以有的产品的用户会形成社区，有些不会。各种车友会，话题不仅仅是车，就是因为用户阶层相近。奥拓会的常不愿与宝马奥迪会的为伍（年龄，收入，话题不似也）。所以Hi-PDA的讨论，是先看人，在看话题。人像，话题也像。不像PDA和车，很多的产品周围就没法形成社区，就像某牙膏品牌，就不可能聚齐一个用户的社区了。JACK说的没有目标，我猜也就是这个担心。</p>Beijing is Cultural Centerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050313_beijing_is_cultural_center.htmSun, 13 Mar 2005 23:30:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050313_beijing_is_cultural_center.htm<p>In Beijing, it is more often to meet some celebrity by chance. Last time, we had dinner and saw Cao Ying <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-07,GGLD:en&amp;q=%E6%9B%B9%E9%A2%96">曹颖</a>. At the Starbucks of Air China Building, the person sitting at the same table of me looks very familiar. After he left, I asked the waiter: &ldquo;Who is this guy?&rdquo; She answered: Wu Qi Long <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=zh-CN&amp;newwindow=1&amp;rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2005-07%2CGGLD%3Aen&amp;q=%E5%90%B4%E5%A5%87%E9%9A%86&amp;lr=">吴奇隆</a>. No surprise - I am not the age to scream when those celebrity appears, but the peaceful even expressionless face around me is a sign that it is more easier for many people to meet celebrities in that city.</p>Route - Highlights of Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050311_route_-_highlights_of_shanghai.htmFri, 11 Mar 2005 20:42:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050311_route_-_highlights_of_shanghai.htm<p>Zheng <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050310_suggestion_to_friends_shanghai_trip.htm#0223">posted</a> a very nice route about visiting Shanghai in one day. I&rsquo;d like to quote it here so more people can enjoy the tips. I agree this is a nice arrangement.</p> <blockquote> <p>I usually take my friends by a route I called &ldquo;highlights of Shanghai&rdquo;. The route is good according to their feedbacks. However, the route does need some stamina and local knowledge. Anyway, most of the places are not too far away.</p>Suggestion to Friends' Shanghai Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050310_suggestion_to_friends_shanghai_trip.htmThu, 10 Mar 2005 22:57:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050310_suggestion_to_friends_shanghai_trip.htm<p>This is my answers to my friends questions on Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Stay</strong></p> <p>Q: How much can a decent **hotel **cost for one night? We don&rsquo;t have a standard in mind now, but we would prefer a hotel with convenient transport connections.</p> <p>A: The most cost effective, clean and convinient hotels I would like to recommend is Rujia or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040524_cheap_and_clean_motel_in_shanghai_motel168.htm">Motel 168</a> (<a href="http://www.motel168.com/">official website</a>). This is the hotel I recommend my friends and family to stay in. It costs from 168 RMB to 298 RMB per night. Of cause there are enough famous 5 star hotels in Shanghai that you don&rsquo;t need my suggestions. (I do have <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030815_shanghai_hotel_guide.htm">some suggestions</a>)</p>Dislike Doing or Starting to Dohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050309_dislike_doing_or_starting_to_do.htmWed, 09 Mar 2005 23:48:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050309_dislike_doing_or_starting_to_do.htm<p>This is to continue the discussion about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050307_enjoy_doing_to_being_able_to_do.htm">Enjoy Doing or Being Able to Do</a>. It inspired me to think about the negative statement of the same sentence: when we don&rsquo;t want to do something, do we actually dislike doing something or dislike starting doing something?</p> <p>I hate to go to bed at night. I have hundreds of reasons to keep awake and doing a lot of things - most them are done online with a computer. But I hate getting up in the morning worse. Later, I understood it was the action of going to bed I dislike, instead of sleeping itself.</p>Enjoy Doing or Being Able to Dohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050307_enjoy_doing_or_being_able_to_do.htmMon, 07 Mar 2005 21:09:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050307_enjoy_doing_or_being_able_to_do.htm<p>I focus on philosophy for life more than real/practical information on Shanghai. Don&rsquo;t worry. I will be back to the topic people rely on to survive in this city soon.</p> <p>I found many circumstances that people, sometimes including me, cannot distinguish enjoying doing something or enjoying being able to do something. What is the difference?</p> <p>We spent a lot to buy an apartment in Xujiahui that is near Ever Bright Exhibition Center. There was very good sports facility there. In the two years, we never played badminton or swing there. We paid for &ldquo;being able to exercise at anytime&rdquo;. After that, we thought we have reached our goal.</p>MSN Virus omg.pifhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050307_msn_virus_omgpif.htmMon, 07 Mar 2005 20:46:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050307_msn_virus_omgpif.htm<p>Be cautious to open file at this location: http://home . earthlink . net / ~ gallery 10 / omg . pif. Do not even try it. Your friends may send it via MSN Messenger today or tomorrow. DO NOT OPEN it. It is virus. I have also found people pasting link to my site, which may cause people get infected. I have added the URL into my MT-blacklist banned word list.</p>Best Afternoon in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050306_best_afternoon_in_shanghai.htmSun, 06 Mar 2005 23:14:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050306_best_afternoon_in_shanghai.htm<p>The best experience in Shanghai I can imagine looks like this:</p> <p>A sunny warm afternoon (from March to April).</p> <p>Walking along any of the following roads:</p> <p>Fu Xing 复兴　Road (near Huai Hai Road area), or Xing Guo 兴国　Road, Wu Yuan 五原 Road, or Fen Yang 汾阳 Road.</p> <p>Watch the high Platanaceae along the street,</p> <p>and observe those old standalone villas.</p> <p>I marked the area with nice old villas and old platanaceae on my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040302_continue_to_seek_for_an_apartment.htm">map</a>.</p>What does Happiness Depend onhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050305_what_does_happiness_depend_on.htmSat, 05 Mar 2005 22:45:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050305_what_does_happiness_depend_on.htm<p>Thanks for everyone who posted comments to my entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050301_helping_by_hiring.htm">Helping by Hiring</a>. There are 38 very high quality comments in the discussion about the social welfare system in China. I am very happy that my article draws some attention to Ayi who badly needs help. I will continue to monitor and see if there is opportunity I can help. I am working on a website to help people to <a href="http://shanghai.kijiji.cn/classifieds/AdDetails?CatId=94">hire an Ayi</a> so to create more opportunities for them.</p>Jia You, Shanghai Metro!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050303_jia_you_shanghai_metro.htmThu, 03 Mar 2005 21:42:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050303_jia_you_shanghai_metro.htm<p>If someone claims that the Shanghai Metro Line #1 is approaching its limit, he/she is not telling 100% of the truth, but not far from it.</p> <p><strong>Seeing is Believing</strong></p> <p>See the pictures I took these two days at the peak time of Shanghai Metro. For visitors to Shanghai, no matter visitors from outside Shanghai or outside China, I suggest them to try transition from Metro Line #2 to Line #1 between 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM on weekdays. Sorry that I may encouraging people to add burden to the Metro at its peak time. :-) It does help to understand how the city works.</p>Comment RSS Feedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050302_comment_rss_feed.htmWed, 02 Mar 2005 20:26:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050302_comment_rss_feed.htm<p>From today, you can use the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/comments.xml">Comment RSS Feed</a> to get notified of new comments posted to this site</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/comments.xml">Comment Feed</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/28/xml.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Add it to your favorite RSS reader now. To reseve bandwidth resources, do not set the refresh interval too short. :-)</p> <p><strong>This Post is Sent at Internet Cafe</strong></p> <p>I visited the Hui Yuan Internet Cafe at the opposite side of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on Hua Shan Road to post this article. It is the first time in the recent two years to visit an Internet cafe. I am waiting for my friends Mao and Hengge to have tea soon, so I still have some time to kill in the middle. I paid 3 RMB for one hour&rsquo;s time.</p>Helping by Hiringhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050301_helping_by_hiring.htmTue, 01 Mar 2005 23:30:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050301_helping_by_hiring.htm<p>Note: This is the response to people&rsquo;s comment on my last article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htm">Life in a Low Cost Labor World</a> to clarify the reason I wrote it.</p> <p>Well. It seems I need to clarify the reason I posted the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htm">article</a> so <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htm#0853">Jimmy</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050227_my_favorites_in_shanghai.htm#0338">Kevin</a> won&rsquo;t have the impression that I am making fun of the Ayi or something.</p> <p>There are very serious problems in the way we treat people without a city Hukou here. As everyone here mentioned, they don&rsquo;t have medical insurance; they don&rsquo;t have much protection by the society; not many people care about their lives; and they are leading the miserable life. That is the dark side under the sunlight of the city.</p>Life in a Low Cost Labor Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htmMon, 28 Feb 2005 22:56:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050228_life_in_a_low_cost_labor_world.htm<p>Living in a world where labor cost is relatively low - especially those low end labor like Ayi cleaning or Express man, is very different from the developed country.</p> <p>Some people suffer from the absence of effective and secure way to transfer goods. The EMS by China Post Service does not work as I expected. A package from Shanghai to Changsha cost me 3 days. It is not even a guaranteed delivery time, while UPS or Fedex can deliver the same package to any large cities in the world in 24 hours. The surface mail with 0.60 RMB postage is worse. It is something like UDP package in the TCP/IP protocol - you send it but there is no guarantee that the package will be received. :-D</p>My Favorites in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050227_my_favorites_in_shanghai.htmSun, 27 Feb 2005 12:38:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050227_my_favorites_in_shanghai.htm<p>My favorite place for afternoon tea: Xian Zhi Xuan (Ambroise)</p> <p>My favorite book store: Ji Feng Book Store</p> <p>My favorite working lunch restaurant: Wei Qian La Ma</p> <p>My favorite bus line: 926</p> <p>My favorite place for wireless Internet access: Starbucks</p> <p>My favorite Starbucks store: People&rsquo;s Square store</p> <p>My favorite Hunan Cursion: San Xiang Masion</p> <p>My favorite tea house: Tian Qu at Dong Fang road</p> <p>My favorite restaurant in Pudong: Qin Feng Tang Yun</p>I can Recognize Orders Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050225_i_can_recognize_orders_now.htmFri, 25 Feb 2005 21:41:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050225_i_can_recognize_orders_now.htm<p>I&rsquo;m reading Shi Jian&rsquo;s <em>The Soul of the Land</em> (《大地之灵》) (Chinese book, ISBN 7-80603-252-5). I learnt the three orders or organizational systems of classical western architecture. I am very happy about the new knowledge. Whenever I look at a western style building now, I can quickly recognize the language they use - it&rsquo;s like a secret code between the architect and me, so I get more information about the building.</p>华山医院进步了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050225_eeae.htmFri, 25 Feb 2005 17:49:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050225_eeae.htm<p>例行体检。神经科。</p> <p>“舌头伸去来”。 我照做了。 “眨眨眼睛！” 我照做了。</p> <p>好大一个章，敲在体检证明上：神经正常。</p> <p>比起几年前，同样在华山医院，他们就没有如此系统而有效的检测办法。</p>Shanghai Weblogger Meetup - Febhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050224_shanghai_weblogger_meetup_-_feb.htmThu, 24 Feb 2005 18:50:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050224_shanghai_weblogger_meetup_-_feb.htm<p>I am happy to meet K W (blog://<a href="http://www.shiufamily.com/kw-blog/">K W in Shanghai</a>). We talked about his <a href="http://www.shiufamily.com/kw-blog/2005/02/shanghai-first-impressions.html">first impression</a> of Shanghai: &ldquo;Not so boomed city with crazy taxi drivers.&rdquo; :-)</p> <p><a href="http://msittig.wubi.org/">Michel</a> also blogged about the event. I am so happy that some one use eloquent to describe me (when I am talking in English). :-)</p> <p>I missed <a href="http://www.maria.trombly.com">Maria</a>&rsquo;s other four cats who were sent to others. But I enjoy the drinks and the place as such as the previous meetup.</p>Calling Card in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050223_calling_card_in_shanghai.htmWed, 23 Feb 2005 10:07:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050223_calling_card_in_shanghai.htm<p>Making phone calls using the fixed-line telephone for local calls is cheap (0.12 RMB per minute?) but it is expensive for international phone calls. Here is the standard price:</p> <p><strong>Normal time</strong></p> <p>International phone call: 0.48 RMB / 6 seconds</p> <p>Domestic long distance call: 0.07 RMB / 6 seconds</p> <p><strong>Between 0:00 - 7:00</strong></p> <p>International phone call: 0.48 RMB / 6 seconds (for 15 countries, including U.S, Japan, Australia, France&hellip;)</p> <p>Domestic long distance call: 0.04 RMB / 6 seconds</p>Yes. It Snowed in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050222_yes_it_snowed_in_shanghai.htmTue, 22 Feb 2005 23:44:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050222_yes_it_snowed_in_shanghai.htm<p>My friends outside Shanghai didn&rsquo;t believe it snowed in Shanghai. I can understand that, because the last time I clearly remember it snowed in Shanghai was in 1996. OK. Let me proof it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/02/22/shanghai-goudaner-snow.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Goudaner covered by snow.</p> <p>The picture was taken at 1:01 PM, Feb 19, 2005. It snowed at the night of Feb 18 and my car looked like this when I walked to my car in the afternoon. It took me quite some time to clear part of the window so I can drive the car to somewhere in the Sun. Very soon, it all melt so I can start my journey.</p>Professional Web Hostinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050222_professional_web_hosting.htmTue, 22 Feb 2005 22:09:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050222_professional_web_hosting.htm<p>It is prooven that professional web hosting like <a href="http://www.ipowerweb.com">iPowerWeb</a> is really better than the hosting environment at my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020925_homewangjianshuocom_moved_out_of_my_home.htm">home</a> :-D and better than my previous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040331_byebye_companycn.htm">hosting company</a>. I was suffering for server down [<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030625_server_down_again.htm">1</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030418_resumed_from_the_short_pause_of_service.htm">2</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040223_server_down_and_up.htm">3</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020924_server_outage_my_home_is_still_not_a_perfect_datacenter.htm">4</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040329_sorry_for_server_outage.htm">5</a>] at the begining of 2004. Then I migrated the server to professional web hosting service. The cost doubled but the result is better than tripled. I checked the availiablity report today and the result is not bad:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/02/22/screen-home.wangjianshuo.com-uptime.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Blogger Meetup this Wednesdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050221_blogger_meetup_this_wednesday.htmMon, 21 Feb 2005 23:37:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050221_blogger_meetup_this_wednesday.htm<p>I will attend the Shanghai Blogger Meetup this Wednesday. This is the second time I join the meetup and I definitely enjoy my previous one. A new friend Matt is among one of the best archivements that night. The topic for this Wednesday night, as Fons put it, is:</p> <blockquote> <p>What makes you blog? We already covered &ldquo;making money&rdquo; last time, now this seems a nice follow-up. How often do you write, and how do you pick your subjects every day? Do you have an audience in mind when you blog, and who is that? What is your philosophy for using links?</p>她丢了结婚戒指https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050221_aeaec.htmMon, 21 Feb 2005 14:25:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050221_aeaec.htm<p><a href="http://faintzy.blogbus.com/logs/2005/02/1026256.html">Faintzy</a> 丢了她的戒指（<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000558.htm">源</a>），&ldquo;兹&quot;表示安慰。如果我戴了快两年的戒指丢了，我估计至少也是这样的伤心吧。</p> <p><strong>关于对美的占有</strong></p> <p>这让我联想到对美景的占有，尤其是对那些彩霞一样转瞬即逝的美景，让人在看到它的的时候是如此的焦虑，怕失去它之后自己的脑子里只剩空白。为了对抗焦虑，有了三种人。比如在森林里，有人会带一块石头，一片树叶什么的，这好似“恋人的头发”，让人看到它，就有所回忆。结果呢？收藏的东西多是拿的时候看一眼，扔的时候再看一眼。有人把名字刻在树上，“某某到此一游”，以为这个地方从此次在某种意义上归他所有。更多的人拿起相机，咔嚓一声，就以为自己已经把美保存在了自己手里。而拍出的照片，除了向他人炫耀，对自己其实并无大用处。无论何种方式，却都有神奇的功效，让以前的焦虑顿时烟消云散，天真的以为美景已经在自己的手中，无论什么时候都可以重温了。于是乎，再也懒得去看眼前的景物一眼，大步向前，匆匆离开，奔向下一个景点去了。。。</p>More Cats in My Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050220_more_cats_in_my_garden.htmSun, 20 Feb 2005 23:34:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050220_more_cats_in_my_garden.htm<p>Recently, it keeps snowing or raining in Shanghai. Meanwhile, I found more cats in my garden. Besides the original two (I have named them), three more often drop by and eat what I feed. Since my parents are here and they can cook something other than the cat food I bought from super market, we can offord to help more cats.</p> <p>If you take my garden as a country, I will say, Huahua and Liangliang hold the passport of my garden, so they are the permenent citizen and enjoy the well fare I provide (including food, home, water and sometime my time with them). The other three are visitors holding visa I granted. They can enjoy the food, but there is no home for them. :-D</p>Tickets System for Parents and Kidshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20160220_tickets-system-for-parents-and-kids.htmSun, 20 Feb 2005 19:26:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20160220_tickets-system-for-parents-and-kids.htm<p><em>(Originally published: February 20, 2016)</em></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2017/02/32FCAAF5-388B-47D0-BB41-AFF5C6CCE9F8-1-480x480.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>This is the application that you and your kids can use to track &ldquo;Tickets&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>What is Ticket?</strong></p> <p>A ticket is an agreement between Kids and Parents.</p>Is This London Undergrand?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050219_is_this_london_undergrand.htmSat, 19 Feb 2005 23:35:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050219_is_this_london_undergrand.htm<p>Microsoft launched series of <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ads/print.asp">&ldquo;Realize Your Potential&rdquo; print advertisements</a> to communicate about its mission &ldquo;Enable people and business to realize their full potential&rdquo;. Among them, the ad named <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ads/print5.asp">HAT</a> got <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a>&rsquo;s attention when we talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050104_subways_in_new_york.htm">Subways in New York</a>. &ldquo;Which subway station was the picture taken?&rdquo; He asked.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/02/19/screen-ulas-reaize.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Microsoft Corporation. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ads/print5.asp">Src</a></p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t know the answer before a picture on the <em>Shanghai Weekly</em> came into my sight. It was a report on the city of London with some pictures and a subtitle - &ldquo;When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life&rdquo; - Samuel Johnson. The picture shows another underground station in London. It seems very similar with the one shown on the Ad.</p>A Chinese Blogger in Americahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050218_a_chinese_blogger_in_america.htmFri, 18 Feb 2005 18:55:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050218_a_chinese_blogger_in_america.htm<p>I was called a Chinese Blogger in America. :-D The third installment of my audio blog in America was on air at KQED and other radio stations in U.S. Click the <a href="http://www.kqed.org/pgmArchive/RD37/20050213/week">audio archive</a> and click the a Chinese blogger in America (Part 3) to listen.</p> <p>BTW, I have started to write on my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">Chinese blog</a>. I suggested <a href="http://www.tecinese.com/">Christina</a> not to write on two blogs, since I rarely see someone who successfully manage more than one blog. There will be a strong preference from the blogger about which one to post. Examples: Jian Shuo Wang (blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">I</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">II</a>), Eric (blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">I</a>, <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm">II</a>), Isaac (blog <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">I</a>, <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com/meta">II</a>). Recently, when I read books on philosophy , art and traditional Chinese culture, it is not easy for me to translate it into English. So..</p>B2 Tourist Visa to UShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050218_p973.htmFri, 18 Feb 2005 14:40:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050218_p973.htm<p>Many friends asked about how to get Visa to U.S. for my U.S. trip last December, because it is the biggest issue for people to visit U.S. When surveying many friends about going to U.S, they will say: &ldquo;It is impossible to get the visa&rdquo;. They are telling the truth.</p> <p><strong>Visa, the Pain</strong></p> <p>The high rejection rate of visa to U.S. is the reason behind the &ldquo;impossible impression&rdquo;. The easiest way visa to get seems to be B1 Business Visa, especially when the applicants are working for a company which is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Refer to my experience: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041115_i_got_my_us_visa.htm">I Got my U.S. Visa</a>. Other types of Visa, like F-1 Student visa, H1-B temporary working visa are harder.</p>《旅行的艺术》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050218_aecea.htmFri, 18 Feb 2005 11:45:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050218_aecea.htm<p>我无可救药的觉得我必须向我认识的朋友推荐阿兰－德波顿的《旅行的艺术》这本书。这本书已经填满了我这一到两个礼拜的所有空闲时间。有时间的话，我会把其中的某一章，重读一遍，直到找到下一小段时间，重读另外一部分。他回答了我关于旅游的很多问题，比如为什么人要去旅游？为什么上海的人一定要到不辞辛苦的到了柏林才觉得心兴奋，而柏林的人会厌倦自己的生活，一定要来上海？我们应该看到什么？为什么曾经被描绘得非常美丽的地方，实地到了以后总觉得不过如此，等等。。</p>Grassroot Art in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050217_grassroot_art_in_shanghai.htmThu, 17 Feb 2005 22:01:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050217_grassroot_art_in_shanghai.htm<p>Art in Shanghai is also prosperous and is becoming better and better. Not many people noticed it. I have a private list of galleries that really attract me.</p> <p><strong>The Room with a View</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.topart.cn/">The Room with a View</a> gallery is a very famous one in Shanghai. It is on the 12nd floor of the Xianshi Building, No. 479 Nanjing East Road. It is very like the small gallery I saw in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050106_grassroot_art_in_seattle.htm">Seattle</a> - a big empty room without any decoration in an old building. Although it is located in the Nanjing Road, there is only a misable elevator at the west side of the building to access it. Despite of the simply look, there are great exhibitions there. These days, there is an Lomo exhibition: **<a href="http://friends.chyangwa.com/iNikon/37.htm">Love . 37'2°C LOMO Show and Wedding Party.</a> I heard of Lomo this time, remembered LOMO, feel the passion to try it, but later persuaded myself to get focused and don&rsquo;t do too many things at the same time. :-) It was a perfect story that Zhang Qianli (the husband), and Tang Xiaomin (the wife) grew up together when they were very young in Shanghai and finally got married at their Lomo photography exhibition on the Valentine&rsquo;s Day. Thanks for Holly to host me there and introduced Lomo to me. She thought all bloggers are wasting time and posting non-sense articles. :-)</p>下定决心。。。https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050217_aeaaa.htmThu, 17 Feb 2005 21:28:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050217_aeaaa.htm<p>朋友说： 我今年打算学些东西，学车，考个PMP 朋友又说： 前两年都在拼命工作了 我说： 去吧 我又说： 不过我保证两年后你会说：这两年都在拼命学东西了，学车，PMP什么的．从来没有享受过生活</p>Passion for Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050217_passion_for_life.htmThu, 17 Feb 2005 01:01:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050217_passion_for_life.htm<p>When asked about what do you still remember for the previous year, many people cannot tell too many. So do I. The more memorable things in life are seldom work related. It can be something you really feel passionate about, such as travel, or competition.</p> <p>In the year 2005, I will work on three areas in my private life: Art, Charity and Relationship.</p> <p><strong>Art</strong></p> <p>My friends and I are planning to hold a photo exhibition in the first half. It was inspired by the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050106_grassroot_art_in_seattle.htm">Grassroot Art in Seattle</a>. I will also follow the practices from <em>the Art of Travel</em>. I am start to learn drawing and painting.</p>很灵的朋友https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050216_cc.htmWed, 16 Feb 2005 18:10:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050216_cc.htm<p>我现在的朋友都很灵的.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire/000202.htm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire/000202.htm</a> 去过很多地方叫灵</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000163.htm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000163.htm</a> 有传奇的经历叫灵</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao/000353.html">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao/000353.html</a> 技术强也叫灵</p> <p><a href="http://www.nikonfans.org/archives/photography/000149_secret_window_xin_tian_di.html">http://www.nikonfans.org</a> 摄影好也很灵.</p> <p>你知道什么叫灵了吧?</p>Wendy还写过这篇文章https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050216_wendyeeecc.htmWed, 16 Feb 2005 05:56:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050216_wendyeeecc.htm<p><a href="http://www.uml.org.cn/net/2004458.htm">UML软件工程组织</a></p> <p>刚刚在查一个名词时,忽然看到一篇很熟的文章.定睛一看,原来是老婆写的.天哪.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">那个时候我们几个人，为了建设微软中国社区，写了不少技术文章呢。<br>http://www.microsoft.com/china/community/program/OriginalArticles/articlelist.mspx<br><br>想起来好温馨！<div class="comment-meta">— 小鱼儿 · 2005-03-25 22:26</div></div> <div class="comment">呵呵，这篇文章以前我也搜索到过，当时看到就乐了<div class="comment-meta">— 无名氏 · 2010-02-17 21:54</div></div> </details>微软讲师郑子颖https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050216_eeee.htmWed, 16 Feb 2005 05:51:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050216_eeee.htm<p><a href="http://tech.zbinfo.net/72342371844489216/20021210/258194.shtml">现场图片：微软讲师郑子颖发表演讲- -淄博信息港-科技-业界动态</a></p>Talking with Friends is Greathttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050215_talking_with_friends_is_great.htmTue, 15 Feb 2005 23:18:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050215_talking_with_friends_is_great.htm<p>This is the last day of the Spring Festival. I caught the last chance to have tea or coffee with my friends. It is among the best things to do during holidays. I got to know more good places to meet and to have afternoon tea/evening tea. It is important part of knowledge for a city. I didn&rsquo;t touch this area too much before, and I guess I will start to recommend restaurants, café, tea houses and bars soon.</p>Happy Valentine's Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050214_happy_valentines_day.htmMon, 14 Feb 2005 23:40:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050214_happy_valentines_day.htm<p>I enjoy <em>the Art of Travel</em> more when I read more. I especially love the chapter IX <em>On Habit</em> and chapter VIII <em>On Pocessing of Beauty</em>. It suggested people to draw pictures of the world as a great way to help observe the beauty in the details and look at daily life as a stranger or visitor does. I read the chapters twice in Starbucks in the <em>Super Brand Mall</em> in Lujiazui. I also spent 3 hours to draw the Valentine&rsquo;s Card for Wendy - it is almost a project as big as <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050129_keep_doing_and_doing_and_doing.htm">the Balloons Reach the Roof</a>. Just kidding. :D</p>＂你的Blog这段时间好像很不稳定哦＂https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050214_ieaecblogeeaecie.htmMon, 14 Feb 2005 22:40:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20050214_ieaecblogeeaecie.htm<p>收到一封信，吓我一跳．</p> <blockquote> <p>From : 小劳 Reply-To : &ldquo;小劳&rdquo; Sent : Wednesday, March 2, 2005 11:01 AM To : &ldquo;jianshuo&rdquo; Subject : 你的Blog这段时间好像很不稳定哦……</p> <p>jianshuo：</p> <p>又是我呢！你的Blog这段时间好像很不稳定哦，经常访问不了，就算能访问的时候也非常地慢……哎……可能的话干脆换过一个Blog提供商吧！其实羊城网友周刊也有Blog的免费托管服务啊，稳定多了，而且很快，试试用吧，现在功能也正在不断完善呢。羊城网友周刊Blog的地址是http://www.gznf.net/blog/。</p>Nice Afternoon Tea at Ambrosiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050213_nice_afternoon_tea_at_ambrosia.htmSun, 13 Feb 2005 22:49:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050213_nice_afternoon_tea_at_ambrosia.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a> and I had great time with our close friends this afternoon. They happen to have blogs (some hosted on my site) and their blogs are famous. The name list is (in alphabetic order):</p> <p>Claire <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire</a></p> <p>Eric <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm</a> (Chinese blog) (with GF. Do you have a blog?)</p> <p>Gao <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao</a></p> <p>Grace <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/grace">http://blog.joycode.com/grace</a></p> <p>Jian Shuo <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a></p> <p>Wendy <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan</a></p> <p>They are all excellent people with independ ideas and observation of life. <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/grace">Grace</a> recommened the Ambrosia (Xian Zhi Xuan 仙炙轩) to us. It is the best place I can find out for afternoon tea so far. Located in a villa with large garden, it provides very good view, free parking (under a bridge of flowers) and large glass rooms on top of the flatform on the second floor. It is like a green house with sunlight (if there were sunlight) pouring into the room - warm and quite. The good view of the garden is clearly outside the huge glass from the top down to the floor.</p>Welcome to the God of Fortunehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050213_welcome_to_the_god_of_fortune.htmSun, 13 Feb 2005 00:08:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050213_welcome_to_the_god_of_fortune.htm<p>As the clock just gets near to 24:00 today, the fireworks start everywhere outside my window. It seems the fireworks at the begining of the 5th day of Chinese New Year is more important to people in Shanghai than the New Year&rsquo;s Eve. By tradition, it is the day to be the day to welcome the God of Fortune to arrive in everyone&rsquo;s home. I believe the story is: it is to welcome the God of Fortune to <em>return</em>, because he has went to the heaven to report about how the family was doing before the New Year&rsquo;s Eve, and on the 5th day, he return to the family to keep bringing more fortune into the family.</p>World Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050212_world_time.htmSat, 12 Feb 2005 14:05:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050212_world_time.htm<p><strong>World Time</strong></p> <p>It is fashinable to have a sense of world time. The time difference in different locations of the world is an amazing thing in the world. When I get up in the morning at 8:00 AM, the birds start to sing outside my window. At the same time, people in the west coast, like Seattle, California, are at the last two hours of yesterday&rsquo;s work. It is 4:00 PM in the afternoon. When I am thinking of my breakfast, they may be thinking about where to go for dinner with their friends. At exactly the same time, most people in London may have fallen asleep, while some may still away, hanging out in bars or working in offices. It all happens at the same time. It inspired me to create a world clock and put it onto my website. It is based on the work of <a href="http://www.shanghai-ed.com">Shanghai-ed.com</a>&rsquo;s Shanghai clock.</p>Zhuo Zheng Yuan of Suzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050211_zhuo_zheng_yuan_of_suzhou.htmFri, 11 Feb 2005 23:36:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050211_zhuo_zheng_yuan_of_suzhou.htm<p>Suzhou is famous for its gardens. This is the second time we visit a garden in Suzhou. We planned to visit some places none of us had visited, but finally, we chose the <em>Zhuo Zheng Yuan</em> or the <em>Hamble Administrator&rsquo;s Garden</em>, which all of us visited already. We picked it because we want to refresh our memories of Suzhou Gardens, and this garden is among the best.</p> <p><strong>Suzhou Garden in New York</strong></p>Drive to the City of Suzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050211_drive_to_the_city_of_suzhou.htmFri, 11 Feb 2005 22:52:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050211_drive_to_the_city_of_suzhou.htm<p>If you have two or three days in Shanghai, I&rsquo;d suggest you to pay a visit to Suzhou. Although a visit to Suzhou is not as rewarding as a visit to Hangzhou (personally, I love Hangzhou better), it is very worth the time. It is only 100 km away from Shanghai.</p> <p>As previous visit, I could get up late in the morning, had my breakfast at home, drove to Suzhou within 2 hours (including one hour or more in Shanghai) and had lunch in Guan Qian Street in Suzhou. After visiting some local stores or Chinese garderns, I drove back via the Suzhou High-Tech Zone. Very soon, we were at our favorite Hunan Restaurant in San Xiang Building (at the corner of Zhong Shan Elevated Highway and Hong Qiao Road) in Shanghai. After that, we still had time to visit the East bank of the Huang Pu river, or the Bund in Pudong. Wendy even spent half an hour shopping in the Grand Band Mall.</p>Visited Shanghai Circushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050209_visited_shanghai_circus.htmWed, 09 Feb 2005 21:38:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050209_visited_shanghai_circus.htm<p>We went to the <a href="http://www.circus-world.com/">Shanghai Circus World</a> today for the circus show. It is the first time I go there. It was wonderful experience for me. I&rsquo;d like to suggest everyone to go there to see the acrobats, the animals, and the motos&hellip;. The good thing is, they allow cameras and photographing during the show, so I captured some pictures during the 2-hour performance.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/02/09/shanghai-bowels-circus.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Image in courtesy of Shanghai Circus</p>Happy New Year!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050208_happy_new_year-3.htmTue, 08 Feb 2005 23:56:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050208_happy_new_year-3.htm<p>Happy New Year to everyone, my family, my friends and anyone I know or know me!</p> <p>Short post? You know how busy I am at the New Year&rsquo;s Eve. We just fired fireoworks and put on the Chuan Lian on my door. I hang big red lattern everywhere with burning candles in it and had dumpling with Wendy and Wendy&rsquo;s parents here. I also made phone call with my families and sent/replied many of SMS tonight. Let me update the fantastic night tomorrow.</p>New Year is Approachinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050208_new_year_is_approaching.htmTue, 08 Feb 2005 13:44:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050208_new_year_is_approaching.htm<p>We will start the 7-day Spring Festival holiday from the day after tomorrow. Firworks started to appear randomly at night and I am very sure there will be a great fireworks show tomorrow.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy Chinese New Year!<br><br>:-)<div class="comment-meta">— jacke · 2005-02-08 20:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Chinese New Year to you and Xiao Fan! 恭喜发财~~~~<div class="comment-meta">— Jing · 2005-02-08 22:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Wish all the readers of this blog will enjoy a healthy, profitable and productive year of the rooster. Happy Spring Festival.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2005-02-08 23:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy new year. It has been great pleasure to read your blog and all of the comments. It brings me back to China much closer than I would imagine.<div class="comment-meta">— BLUEKITE · 2005-02-09 00:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy new year. It has been great pleasure to read your blog and all of the comments. It brings me back to China much closer than I would imagine.<div class="comment-meta">— BLUEKITE · 2005-02-09 00:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy New Year!<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2005-02-09 00:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Chinese New Year and Best wishes to you ALL!<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2005-02-09 00:54</div></div> </details>Audio on Air and Photo to Printhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050206_audio_on_air_and_photo_to_print.htmSun, 06 Feb 2005 23:31:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050206_audio_on_air_and_photo_to_print.htm<p>Pacific Time finally broadcasted the second piece of my audio blog in America. Visit <a href="http://www.kqed.org/pgmArchive/RD37/20050130/week">this page</a>, check the <a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R502031830/e">last link</a> and click <em>Listen (segment)</em> to listen that piece of program. I guess it is the second part, but marked as the third part by some reason.</p> <p>The previous part was on air on Dec 20, 2004. I guess I need to continue to improve my oral English to pronounce the words more clearly. The next time, I will try to talk as slow as possible. I love the music I recorded on the street. Thanks again for Nina and Amy to make it happen.</p>How to Complain in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050205_how_to_complain_in_shanghai.htmSat, 05 Feb 2005 17:51:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050205_how_to_complain_in_shanghai.htm<p>Living in Shanghai is not easy. You often find out something does not work or you were treated badly, you need to know how to complain. My reader sent me the story that his wallet disappeared when he passed he security check of Shanghai Airport. He put the wallet into the X-Ray machine but it didn&rsquo;t come out. The staff their didn&rsquo;t do anything and they didn&rsquo;t want to explain. He had his last choice to write to me to ask about how to complain.</p>Don't Let Social Software Become Spam Warehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050204_dont_let_social_software_become_spam_ware.htmFri, 04 Feb 2005 23:34:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050204_dont_let_social_software_become_spam_ware.htm<p>It was claimed that 2004 was the <strong>Year of Social Software</strong>. <a href="http://flickr.com">Flickr</a>, <a href="http://Del.icio.us">Del.icio.us</a>and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a> are all wonderful applications that became hot in the last year, <a href="http://www.uuzone.com">UUZone</a> in China also got the lead. Everything went on well.</p> <p>Meanwhile, I am not sure if I am 100% comfortable about the emails sent out by some social software.</p> <p>Here is one example:</p> <p><strong>&ldquo;Can You Believe it?&rdquo;</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>From : <em>name of my friend</em> &lt;*Name of my <a href="mailto:friend*@invitation.sms.ac">friend*@invitation.sms.ac</a>&gt;</p> <p>Sent : Thursday, February 3, 2005 5:21 AM</p>Meningitis in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050204_meningitis_in_shanghai.htmFri, 04 Feb 2005 00:15:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050204_meningitis_in_shanghai.htm<p>Meningitis outbreak was reported in Anhui. Based on the information I got &ndash; the radio, the newspaper, the TV, the Xinhua and China Daily, everyone is saying Shanghai is safe, and the meningitis cases are even fewer than last year. This is what I heard. I don&rsquo;t feel anything in daily life that was infected. There are no rumors, no attention. Shall we claim it is safe this time? I don&rsquo;t have the enough information to make the judgement yet. What I do know is, I got emails asking me about the situation about meningitis in Shanghai. International travelers have concerns now.</p>Jinjiang (Jin Jiang) Inn at Shanghai Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050203_jinjiang_jin_jiang_inn_at_shanghai_pudong_airport.htmThu, 03 Feb 2005 13:37:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050203_jinjiang_jin_jiang_inn_at_shanghai_pudong_airport.htm<p>OMG. What was my last time to post a topic related to Pudong Airport (PVG)? <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040707_pvg_one_million_passengers_for_maglev.htm">July 2004</a>! I should spend more time to help travelers to this city.</p> <p>Today, Sabri from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia emailed me to correct the telephone number of Jin Jiang Inn of Pudong Airport of my previous post. Here is what he/she feel about the inn.</p> <blockquote> <p>I come across you useful site while searching for hotel near to Pudong airport. Finally I found it, Jin Jian Inn, but the tel. number. for the hotel as stated are incorrect. Anyway I managed to get the correct number as : Tel: 021-68353568, fax: 021-68853550. I hope you can update for the benefit of all.</p>Night with Smiling Libraryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050202_night_with_smiling_library.htmWed, 02 Feb 2005 23:44:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050202_night_with_smiling_library.htm<p>I had a nice chat with <a href="http://breezee.blogbus.com/">Breezee</a>, <a href="http://stonesee.com/">Stonesee</a>, Jing Jing and <a href="http://memo.51.net/onion/">Dan Zhu</a> today. They are <a href="http://www.smilinglibrary.org/sl_index.asp">Smiling Library</a> founders and key persons in this project. I am proud to be a consultant to help Smiling Library to grow and solve the problems they meet. Smiling Library is helping schools in the poorest areas in China to build libraries with the public donations. They have helped 21 schools to build libraries with 10,000 books. What an achievement! This is the beginning of the third year of its operation.</p>Do Chinese Move to Small Citieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050201_do_chinese_move_to_small_cities.htmTue, 01 Feb 2005 11:26:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050201_do_chinese_move_to_small_cities.htm<p><a href="http://investorsdiary.blogs.com/my_weblog/">PC</a> is an investor running <a href="http://investorsdiary.blogs.com/my_weblog/">Investor Diary</a> in Hong Kong. He is also a good friend of mine after we exchanged some emails. He dropped me an email today and discussed about the idea of moving to smaller cities.</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Jian Shuo,</p> <p>In the US an increasing number of people choose to live outside of the big cities because of lower costs of living and better quality of live. See <a href="http://www.forbes.com/bestplaces/2005/01/20/life2land05.html">http://www.forbes.com/bestplaces/2005/01/20/life2land05.html</a></p> <p>I wonder if the same can be applied to China. Apart from the big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, are there smaller cities in China that are cheaper and nicer (e.g. air quality, population density etc.) to live? For example, what about places like Tsing Dao?</p>Kung Fu Hustle is Greathttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050131_kung_fu_hustle_is_great.htmMon, 31 Jan 2005 21:33:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050131_kung_fu_hustle_is_great.htm<p>Stephen Chow&rsquo;s <strong>Kung Fu Hustle</strong> or <strong>Gong Fu</strong> is great. I like the movie. I even went to theatre twice - once in the Super Brand Mall with <em>Chen</em> and <em>Xia</em>, the other time in the theatre in Metro City by myself - since I happen to win one free ticket.</p> <p>I would recommend people to go to movie to see it. It is better than <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040724_house_of_flying_daggers_or_shi_mian_mai_fu.htm">Shi Mian Mai Fu</a>, better than Hero. It is just funny and I LOL many times in the theatre with others.</p>Picture News of Shanghai 2005https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050130_picture_news_of_shanghai_2005.htmSun, 30 Jan 2005 21:34:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050130_picture_news_of_shanghai_2005.htm<p>When Spring Festival is near, the city shows some interesting details to me.</p> <p><strong>Commercial Spring Festival Celebration</strong></p> <p>The Huang Pi South Road near Xintiandi section was decorated to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Xintiandi group made the celebration banners. It costs some money but it is nothing for so successful real estate company.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/30/shanghai-spring.festival.log-xintiandi.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>On New Buildings</strong></p> <p>The twin towers of the Grand Gateway are approaching the end of construction. Glasses were installed to this new tallest building in Xujiahui. It seems the construction will continue during the holiday and the workers won&rsquo;t have their holiday this year, as the previous years.</p>Keep Doing, and Doing, and Doinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050129_keep_doing_and_doing_and_doing.htmSat, 29 Jan 2005 22:40:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050129_keep_doing_and_doing_and_doing.htm<p>&ldquo;If something is meaningful, go ahead to do it. If time is not the key factor, just keep doing, and doing, and doing&hellip; The result is just there.&rdquo;</p> <p>This is the experience I got in my last two years and a quarter of blogging. The nights I wrote helped me to form a habit to keep doing something for really long time. :-D</p> <p>It doesn&rsquo;t matter how well you are doing today or tomorrow, it does matter if you keep doing something right, for a pretty long time.</p>Featured in That's Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050128_featured_in_thats_shanghai.htmFri, 28 Jan 2005 22:07:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050128_featured_in_thats_shanghai.htm<p>I finally got a copy of <a href="http://www.thatsmags.com/site/index_1.aspx?citysectionid=1">That&rsquo;s Shanghai</a>. As Christopher put it, the editor of That&rsquo;s Shanghai, their copies went away as quick as gold in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/28/screen-thatsshanghai-cover.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Cover of the Jan 2005 issue of That&rsquo;s Shanghai. The cover story is Siteswapping. Image in courtesy of That&rsquo;s Shanghai.</p> <p>The cover story of this issue is called <a href="http://www.thatsmags.com/site/index_1.aspx?citysectionid=1&amp;featurecategoryid=25">Siteswapping - the infinite links to Virtual Shanghai</a>. Written by Christopher Cottrell, it is an article on how blogs and other English websites are helping foreign people in Shanghai. My blog was featured in this article. I quote part of the article here. Follow the link to read the complete story.</p>Maglev Extends 2 Hours?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050128_maglev_extends_2_hours.htmFri, 28 Jan 2005 18:28:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050128_maglev_extends_2_hours.htm<p>When I drive back from my customer&rsquo;s site to Xujiahui, I turned to a radio station. I don&rsquo;t remember the name now. I guess it is the audio channel for Shanghai TV News Program. They mentioned that to handle the large transportation population, the Maglev has extended 2 hours of its operation time. But the news didn&rsquo;t tell the exact start and ending time.</p> <p>The only news I can get from Google is <a href="http://www.shzgh.org/htmlnew/ldb/tcck-ldb.php?id=67413">this</a>. It didn&rsquo;t specific the new time yet.</p>Got Cold Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050127_got_cold_again.htmThu, 27 Jan 2005 21:37:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050127_got_cold_again.htm<p>I am feeling terrible today. I got cold yesterday. Today, I felt weak. The temperature of Shanghai changed dramatically these days. It will get colder in the next few days with lowest temperature from 4°C, 0°C, -1°C, to -3°C of next Monday. So my buddies, if you are also in Shanghai, take care and keep warm! Cold or flu in China is not so serious as in U.S. In U.S., flu kills. In China, it is the less impacting illness.</p>In China, His Pay is Hers to Spend?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050126_in_china_his_pay_is_hers_to_spend.htmWed, 26 Jan 2005 23:28:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050126_in_china_his_pay_is_hers_to_spend.htm<p>Fei forwarded the message from <a href="http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg">Straits Times Interactive</a> and asked me if it is true.</p> <blockquote> <p>Jan 25, 2005</p> <p>In China, his pay is hers to spend</p> <p>BEIJING - CHINESE women, although not the main bread-winner in most households, have a big say over how the pay cheque is spent in the world&rsquo;s most dynamic economy, a survey has found.</p> <p>Nine out of 10 Chinese women who are married or living with a partner claimed in the survey that they have at least an equal say over big purchases such as property and cars.</p>PicNGo Privacy Policyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20240126_duducam-privacy-policy.htmWed, 26 Jan 2005 23:19:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20240126_duducam-privacy-policy.htm<p><em>(Originally published: January 26, 2024)</em></p> <p><em>Last Updated: Jan 20, 2025</em></p> <h2 id="1-introduction">1. Introduction</h2> <p>Welcome to PicNGo. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our multi-angle video recording application.</p> <h2 id="2-information-we-collect">2. Information We Collect</h2> <h3 id="21-information-you-provide">2.1 Information You Provide</h3> <p>Account information (email address, username, password)Profile information (optional profile picture, display name)Payment information (processed through secure third-party payment providers)User-generated content (videos, recordings)</p>DuduCam: Multi-Angle Magic Made Simplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20250126_duducam-multi-angle-magic-made-simple.htmWed, 26 Jan 2005 23:15:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20250126_duducam-multi-angle-magic-made-simple.htm<p><em>(Originally published: January 26, 2025)</em></p> <p>DuduCam revolutionizes the way you capture life&rsquo;s moments by transforming multiple smartphones into a synchronized multi-camera studio. With DuduCam, create professional-quality videos from every angle, automatically edited into stunning compilations.</p> <h2 id="keyfeatures">Key Features:</h2> <p>Seamless Synchronization: Connect up to 12 smartphones instantly through our peer-to-peer networkSmart Angle Detection: AI-powered positioning system automatically identifies camera angles and optimal shooting positionsAuto-Edit Magic: Advanced AI algorithms cut between angles for the perfect shot sequenceReal-Time Preview: See all camera feeds simultaneously while recordingOne-Tap Control: Start and stop all connected devices with a single tapIntelligent Scene Detection: Automatically switches to the best angle based on action and audio cuesPro-Grade Export: Export in up to 4K quality with professional color grading presets</p>The Real Top 3 Things to Do Business in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050126_p946.htmWed, 26 Jan 2005 12:56:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050126_p946.htm<p>When I chat with a very nice and knowledgable guy today, I was asked about the Top 3 Things to Do Business in China Successfully. Do you want to know the truth? Be prepared that the result may shock you. Take it as a joke or rumor or anything that you think is reasonable. Also, although I used the title, it is a typical title a book will use, I mean only some of the companies are doing this way. Anyway, I am not an economist and only some private, smaller company in IT industry appeared in my sight. You have read my warning, havn&rsquo;t you? Let&rsquo;s go.</p>Chengdu Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050125_chengdu_impression.htmTue, 25 Jan 2005 22:51:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050125_chengdu_impression.htm<p><a href="http://investorsdiary.blogs.com">PC</a> asked for my impression about Chengdu. I&rsquo;d be happy to share. Before I write about Chengdu, I want to talk about the other important cities in China.</p> <p><strong>Three Most Important Cities</strong></p> <p>If you ask people in China about the top three cities in China, you are very likely to get a list like this: <strong>Beijing</strong>, <strong>Shanghai</strong> and <strong>Guangzhou</strong> in the same order.</p> <p>Beijing = the capital (with huge economic power) of China</p>BlueZone's Xinjiang Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050125_bluezones_xinjiang_impression.htmTue, 25 Jan 2005 12:10:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050125_bluezones_xinjiang_impression.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> sent me a link early morning to ask me check a <a href="http://www.bluezone.cn/diary/xinjiang/">photo website on Xinjiang</a>. The pictures are very good - I especially love the photos in Shanghai which reveals exactly the feeling I have on Shanghai. The story is quite long, as Eric &ldquo;complained&rdquo;, and I didn&rsquo;t go into the Xinjiang scene part yet. If the author want to provide a thumbnail view, it would be very nice.</p> <p>In Xinjiang, there are scenes like <a href="http://www.bluezone.cn/diary/xinjiang/021.htm">this</a>. China has a diversed culture: The</p>Chun Lian Started to Appearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050124_chun_lian_started_to_appear.htmMon, 24 Jan 2005 22:30:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050124_chun_lian_started_to_appear.htm<p>The Spring Festival of 2005 is coming! I started to see Chun Lian in my client&rsquo;s office and in the restaurant I visited today. <em>Chun Lian</em> can be translated into New Year&rsquo;s Couplet. It is one of the most obvious parts of the Spring Festival celebration.</p> <p>I hope the Chinese tradition continue to come back to families in China. I like it. I am obviously more happen to see the Spring Festival decoration than those for Christmas. I don&rsquo;t mean to offense Christmas, but for people in China, Chun Lian has much tigher culture connection with people here In the previous years, people seem to celebrate Christmas more seriously than the New Year&rsquo;s Day (Jan 1).</p>Hotels for Events in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050124_p942.htmMon, 24 Jan 2005 20:57:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050124_p942.htm<p>A large portion of emails are from event organizers about hotel and meeting facilities in Shanghai. Shanghai is a hot place for holding international meetings. It is more exciting for many people coming from abroad - how cool it is to take the chance to tour the city? It is one of the most rewarding experience for meeting attendants. &ldquo;I never been to Asia before.&rdquo;; &ldquo;This is my first trip to China and I am both excited and anicious&hellip;&rdquo; are often found in the emails. Microsoft had host many internal global meetings in Shanghai and some global external meetings already. So does Intel and other multi-national companies.</p>On Ethichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050123_on_ethic.htmSun, 23 Jan 2005 22:15:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050123_on_ethic.htm<p>To be part of the current society is not easy, if you still bear ethic in mind. Because it is not easy, the easiest way to handle the conflicts is to forget about ethic. Astonishing, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p>Check about Bozzetoo&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.infonegocio.com/xeron/bruno/yesno.html">Yes &amp; No</a> and see how to obey the traffic rules in Italy. I don&rsquo;t mean to offense people in Italy. I like this flash because it is exactly how traffic works in Shanghai.</p>Seoul Changes Chinese Namehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050122_seoul_changes_chinese_name.htmSat, 22 Jan 2005 22:53:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050122_seoul_changes_chinese_name.htm<p>The city of Seuol changed its Chinese name from Hancheng 汉城 to Shouer 首尔. It is interesting to me. Personally, I don&rsquo;t think the new name looks nicer than the previous one. Maybe it is because I didn&rsquo;t get used to it yet. Meawhile, I think it is their own choice and everyone should respect their choices. People in China also has the right to call it either Hancheng or Shou&rsquo;er, depending on how it is more comfortable for them. Anyway, I don&rsquo;t understand the real reason behind the name change - why?</p>Rainy Crazy Friday Night in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050121_rainy_crazy_friday_night_in_shanghai.htmFri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050121_rainy_crazy_friday_night_in_shanghai.htm<p>Mao and I met today and we wanted to go to Starbucks and chat. The large Starbucks store at Metro City was full of people, and there were no seats. We went to another coffee shop inside Metro City and there are only two seats at the door. We didn&rsquo;t like it because many people passed by the table and it seemed we were drinking coffee at the platform of Metro Station. We went to Chatea in Metro City, a Taiwanese tea house. It was fully packed of people. Anyway, we finally settled down. People are competing with each other to get a seat in cafe shop. When we left, more than 10 persons were lining up to wait for those inside to finish their tea or dinner quicker so they can get in.</p>Spring Festival in 2005https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050120_spring_festival_in_2005.htmThu, 20 Jan 2005 23:30:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050120_spring_festival_in_2005.htm<p>The Chinese New Year, <em>Spring Festival</em>, starts from Feb 9 to Feb 15, 2005. There will be a long vacation for people in China. Here is how this works:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Feb 9, Feb 10, and Feb 11 are public holiday.</p> </li> <li> <p>Feb 12 and Feb 13 are Saturday and Sunday.</p> </li> <li> <p>Feb 14 (Mon) and Feb 15 (Tue) are not holiday, but exchange with the weekend of Feb 5 (Sat) and Feb 6 (Sun).</p>Spacehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050120_space.htmThu, 20 Jan 2005 22:48:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050120_space.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/20/screen-rose.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Daily Build Script Samplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050119_daily_build_script_sample.htmWed, 19 Jan 2005 15:04:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050119_daily_build_script_sample.htm<p>These days, I still get query about my article <a href="http://www.devmanclub.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=104">7 steps of daily build process</a> I posted at the end of 2002. I have not posted to <a href="http://www.devmanclub.com">devmanclub.com</a> for a long time. I feel guilty that lots of people are asking for the daily build script I mentioned. I&rsquo;d like to post the article I wrote two years ago here and share with my readers who are interested in development management processes.</p>Is the Real Estate Cooling Down? - Part IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050119_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down_-_part_iii.htmWed, 19 Jan 2005 08:12:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050119_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down_-_part_iii.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050116_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down_part_ii.htm">Is the Real Estate Cooling Down? - Part II</a> got responses. I posted the following comments to the thread that is already hot. Please forgive me to abuse the right of more control on this blog so I can post at the top of the page while others who holds different oppinion can only argue at the end of the page. :-)</p> <p>Disclaimer: Don&rsquo;t treat me as an expert on real estate. I am not. I just copy what I heard from the 91facai.com conference, which I think is reasonable analysis.</p>Nice Shanghai Blogger Meetuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050118_nice_shanghai_blogger_meetup.htmTue, 18 Jan 2005 23:14:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050118_nice_shanghai_blogger_meetup.htm<p>It is very nice to attend the <a href="http://blog.meetup.com/216/?a=shareimg">Shanghai Blogger Meetup</a> organized by <a href="http://www.chinaherald.net/">Fons</a>. This meetup is held monthly on every third Wednesday @ 7:00 PM. This time, Trombly kindly hosted us in thier home. I am not sure about whether I should disclose the full name of other participants yet. I had a great time. K and M came from the film industry. They make real films. I am very interested in joining their next film effort and see how a film is created. Matthew and others shared very interesting topics regarding blogging. I would like to recommend other bloggers to join the meetup. It is a very nice place to discuss about interesting stuff.</p>Kabb in Xintiandihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050118_kabb_in_xintiandi.htmTue, 18 Jan 2005 18:42:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050118_kabb_in_xintiandi.htm<p>KABB Bar and Grill is famous. I remember when I first join Michael Conolly&rsquo;s <a href="http://shanghaiexpat.com">Shanghaiexpat.com</a> meetup party, it was in KABB in Xintiandi. I called my new friend tonight, and we decide to meet at Xintiandi, he asked: &ldquo;Where to meet up in Xintiandi? How about KABB?&rdquo;. He pronounced it as <em>Cab</em> which misled me to imagine it as a meetup in a taxi.</p> <p>There are two or three places I&rsquo;d propose to meet besides Starbucks. Starbucks is always the first choice if it is a casual meetup. Beside that, one is the KABB in Xintiandi and the other is <em>the Height</em> at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040725_three_on_the_bund.htm">Three on the Bund</a>. Not surpisingly, KABB is full of foreign visitors or expats but seldom do I see local customers. The price on their menu is, of cause, not friendly to local customers. A can of Pepsi is 30 RMB and coffee starts from 45 RMB. But it is rated as a restaurant and bar with reasonable price and good by my foreign friends. You know the gap. Of cause, with the experience in New York, Kabb is the best restaurant with reasonable price - I agree that.</p>Converting RMB to USD?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050117_converting_rmb_to_usd.htmMon, 17 Jan 2005 16:17:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050117_converting_rmb_to_usd.htm<p>How to convert Renminbi to USD, Canada dollar or other currency is a FAQ. The simple answer is, it is not easy.</p> <p>Renminbi is not a free trading currency. That means, you cannot convert between Renminbi and free trading currency like USD freely.</p> <p><strong>Exchanging for RMB</strong></p> <p>Now, it is pretty easy to convert free-trading currency like USD into RMB. Just to go to a bank branch and ask for the exchange. Not all bank branches provide this service. At least those in Pudong Airport and Hong Qiao Airport can help you on the conversion. After you get Renminbi, be sure to keep the receipt with you. You will need the receipt to exchange RMB back to USD, or other currency.</p>Is the Real Estate Cooling Down? - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050116_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down_-_part_ii.htmSun, 16 Jan 2005 23:54:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050116_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down_-_part_ii.htm<p>This is part two following the last article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050103_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down.htm">Is the Real Estate Cooling Down?</a></p> <p>I attended a conference on Investment in 2005 today. To be honest, I have very few investment and financial knowledge and I never care too much on the financial numbers such as the government debt and raise in gold price. I was surprised to see so many people concern these numbers so much.</p> <p>One of the argument was about the trend of real estate price. I asked the question about the real estate bubble of Hong Kong and Hainai and asked about their compare between Shanghai&rsquo;s situation and other real estate crashes in the world. The host answered my question. I found it reasonable.</p>Donation Needed for Zhan Xiao Fenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050115_donation_needed_for_zhan_xiao_feng.htmSat, 15 Jan 2005 19:25:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050115_donation_needed_for_zhan_xiao_feng.htm<p><strong>The Bad News</strong></p> <p>Within 24 hours, I got the same message from three different channels, that a student in SJTU (<a href="http://www.sjtu.edu.cn">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a>) was seriously ill. His name is Zhan Xiao Feng 詹晓峰. He majors in computer science. Now the only possible cure for him is liver transplant. The three different channels are - 1) Shuguang Ye forwarded the message to SJTU Alums alias in Microsoft and I read the news on my smart phone when I was on my taxi back from Shanghai Airport home. 2) <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a> told me <a href="http://dingyi.3322.org">Danny</a>has forwarded the message to her. 3) <a href="http://claire.yculblog.com/">Claire Song</a> left <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050114_visa_card_on_atm_in_china.htm#1121">comment</a> on my blog about the message. I am very moved by the helping spirit and willing to help. The cost for the liver transplant is at least 300,000 RMB or around 36,000 USD.</p>Yes. I Expect the Flight Delayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050114_yes_i_expect_the_flight_delay.htmFri, 14 Jan 2005 20:20:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050114_yes_i_expect_the_flight_delay.htm<p>After posting two blog entries (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050114_visa_card_on_atm_in_china.htm">I</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050113_to_tip_or_not_to_tip.htm">II</a>), I am still at the Chengdu Airport. My flight CA4519 from Chengdu to Shanghai was expected to depart at 7:20 PM but the latest information I got is, it is delayed to 9:50 PM. At its departurer time, the aircraft was still in Shanghai airport - about 1500 miles away.</p> <p>Well. I expected the delay. It happens every day. Sometimes I even wonder what went wrong my flight departed on time. I hate to be stack in an airport - I even thought about going back to hotel and coming back tomorrow, but I guess Wendy will definitely feel happy if she see me home, no matter how late it is tonight. Some passengers have fallen asleep on the long benches. It is 18°C here - not suitable for sleep, at least for me.</p>Visa Card on ATM in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050114_visa_card_on_atm_in_china.htmFri, 14 Jan 2005 18:18:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050114_visa_card_on_atm_in_china.htm<p>I received my Bank of America Platinum Check Card before I came to Chengdu. There is a Visa logo on it. It means, I can access my money I deposited in U.S. at all ATM machines here. To check whether it works, I checked the balance with China Construction Bank ATM. It shows the money in currency of Renminbi (RMB). Also, I successfully withdraw 100 RMB from the ATM. I checked the balance again. Only 100 RMB was deducted from the account. It seemed to me that there are no service charge for withdraw cash here, even though I used it on ATM of another bank (and another country).</p>To Tip or Not to Tiphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050113_to_tip_or_not_to_tip.htmThu, 13 Jan 2005 17:29:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050113_to_tip_or_not_to_tip.htm<p>Yesterday&rsquo;s entry on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050112_top_two_differences_in_china.htm">tipping</a> received many responses. It was a very interesting discussion and reflects the difference of culture.</p> <p>I found the explanation of tip in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip">Wikipidia</a></p> <blockquote> <p>A tip (also known as gratuity) is a small amount of money received by some service sector professionals from persons they serve, in addition to or instead of a formally required payment.</p> </blockquote> <p>Tipping is neither regulation, nor required; it is social custom. In China, it is pretty safe to claim that it is a general practice that you do NOT need to pay the tip. Meanwhile, it is high appreciated by the receiption if you do pay tip. It is the unexpected gift.&quot;.</p>Top Two Differences in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050112_top_two_differences_in_china.htmWed, 12 Jan 2005 23:05:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050112_top_two_differences_in_china.htm<blockquote> <p>Tip and Tax are among the top differences between China and most western countries.</p> </blockquote> <p>Before someone steps out of the door of his/she own country, he/she cannot really understand how different people do the same thing. I try to list top differences for foreign visitors to China. Check if you have known this before you pack your package to China.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>No tip required.</strong> You don&rsquo;t need to pay tip for any service - in restaurants, hotels, taxi&hellip; The salary for hotel or restaurant servers is fixed and there is almost no relationship between their performance and their income. In most of the business, accepting tips are strictly forbidden to &ldquo;protect the right of consumers&rdquo;. Personally, I believe tip is a good way to encourage good service.</p>Taxi in New York Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050112_taxi_in_new_york_city.htmWed, 12 Jan 2005 22:48:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050112_taxi_in_new_york_city.htm<p>The yellow taxi in New York is clean and in good condition. The film <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/">Taxi Driver</a></em> seemed misleading to me, because before that, I though the taxis in New York City is as dirty as they described.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/12/newyork-yellow.taxi.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Yellow taxi in New York City</p> <p>It seems Ford is the mainstream of car model. In Shanghai, almost all taxis are Volkswagen Santana. We took taxi from the United Nations to the Empire State Building. If we had bought 7 day metro pass and understood how the bus M42 works, we may save some money.</p>Flying and Flying...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050111_flying_and_flying.htmTue, 11 Jan 2005 23:38:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050111_flying_and_flying.htm<p>From Dec 6 of the last year till now, the mileage numbers in many airlines increased a lot: ANA, United, China Eastern and Air China&hellip;. As I didn&rsquo;t disclose, on the first working day of 2005, I went to Beijing and stayed there till Jan 7. I am packing my package for my flight to Cheng Du tomorrow and hopefully I can get back this Friday or Saturday.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t like business travel. On the flight from Beijing to Shanghai, I stared outside the window - I always ask for window seat from my first airplane experience in 1995.</p>Sobre mihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20210111_sobre-mi.htmTue, 11 Jan 2005 16:01:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20210111_sobre-mi.htm<p><em>(Originally written: January 11, 2021)</em></p> <p>Me llamo Javier. Tengo 43 años. Vivo en Shanghai en la calle Wulumuqi y la calle Anfu.</p> <p>Me gustan perros y gatos. Tengo un gato negro y blanco que se llama Mira. A Mira le gusta pollo mucho, y le gusta dormir. Entonces, Mira está muy gordo ahoy.</p>Vote Me as Bloggies Best Asian Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050110_vote_me_as_bloggies_best_asian_blog.htmMon, 10 Jan 2005 20:50:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050110_vote_me_as_bloggies_best_asian_blog.htm<ul> <li> <p><strong>Like</strong> to read this blog?</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Followed</strong> this blog for some time?</p> </li> <li> <p>Happen to have** 1 minute **of free time now?</p> </li> </ul> <p>Why not help to vote *Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog *as Bloggies <a href="http://2005.bloggies.com">Best Asian Blogs</a>? Thanks Carroll for her <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050106_grassroot_art_in_seattle.htm#1100">first vote</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/10/screen-best.asian.blog.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://bloggies.com">bloggies.com</a></p> <p>The nomination closes by Jan 20, which is about one week away. Every vote is appreciated.</p> <p><strong>What&rsquo;s Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Started in September 2002, the only author, Jian Shuo Wang, with the contribution of thousands of commenters, kept writing one article everyday. In the previous 852 days, <strong>868 articles</strong> were published. **Seven thousands **of high quality comments formed interesting and in-depth discussions on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/">Shanghai</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=china&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">China</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/">the world</a>. Topics like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/Transportation/MagLev/">Maglev</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/Transportation/Pudong_Airport/">Pudong airport</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/Real_Estate/">raising of house price</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/Transportation/Cars/">cars in Shanghai</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Life/">normal Shanghainese&rsquo;s life</a> were addressed in this blog.</p>M.I.T and Harvardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050110_mit_and_harvard.htmMon, 10 Jan 2005 20:22:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050110_mit_and_harvard.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/10/boston-machines-mit.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Big electronic motors in M.I.T. Museum</p> <p>This is exactly the M.I.T spirit in my imagination. M.I.T is so different from Harvard and very similiar with SJTU (<a href="http://www.sjtu.edu.cn">Shanghai Jiaotong University</a>). I also like the magazine of MIT - <a href="http://www-tech.mit.edu">The Tech</a>. This campus magazine has 20 pages per issue and shares point-of-view from politics to campus happenings. Impressive!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/10/boston-widener.library.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. View from the Harvard Book Store.</p>MagLev May Extend to Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050109_maglev_may_extend_to_hangzhou.htmSun, 09 Jan 2005 23:14:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050109_maglev_may_extend_to_hangzhou.htm<p>According to the recent <a href="http://cn.realestate.yahoo.com/050107/347/26iaq.html">news report</a>, the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htm">Maglev</a> may extend to Hangzhou via Shanghai Expo 2010 site. The two cities with 2 hour train&rsquo;s ride now may be reduced to 27 minute&rsquo;s of Maglev&rsquo;s ride.</p> <p>The Maglev train is about 4 km away from my current home. If it extends, it will goes along the Long Yang road. There is no obvious direct compact to my life yet. Maybe the only one is, when I drive across the Long Yang Road to work everyday, I may frequently see the fast train flying on the track everyday. Although Maglev has been in operation for more than one year, I am still very excited when I see a Maglev train &ldquo;flys&rdquo; away when I drive on the A20 express way to Pudong Airport (or back). It is with proud to introduce the 430 KM/H peek speed to friends coming to my city.</p>Congratulations to Zong Rui's Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050109_congratulations_to_zong_ruis_wedding.htmSun, 09 Jan 2005 23:00:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050109_congratulations_to_zong_ruis_wedding.htm<p>Zong Rui is my university room mate. We lived in the same dorm for two years. After that, Rui went to Tokyo for his career there.</p> <p>I got his SMS when I was in New York (yes, I could still receive my SMS with my China Mobile cellphone). He told me he was going to hold his wedding ceremony in Marriot (Hong Qiao) Hotel. It was a big surprise for me. Wendy and I went to the ceremony and were very appy for him. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Zong! My best wishes to you two!</p>Phantom of Opera Shanghai Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050108_phantom_of_opera_shanghai_schedule.htmSat, 08 Jan 2005 21:28:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050108_phantom_of_opera_shanghai_schedule.htm<p>Phantom of Opera comes to Shanghai Grand Theatre. Here is the schedule.</p> <p><strong>January:</strong></p> <p>It will be on stage from 8th to 30th, everyday except Monday. There are two shows on Sat and Sun (13:30 and 19:15). There is only one show on weekdays (19:15).</p> <p><strong>February:</strong></p> <p>Everyday except 8, 15, 21, 24, 28.</p> <p>Information source: <a href="http://www.tickets.com.cn/Ticketing/productbydate.asp?productname=%B0%D9%C0%CF%BB%E3%BE%AD%B5%E4%D2%F4%C0%D6%BE%E7%A1%B6%BE%E7%D4%BA%F7%C8%D3%B0%A1%B7&amp;showdate=2005-1-9&amp;siteno=22&amp;c_year=2005&amp;c_month=1">tickets.com.cn</a>.</p> <p>Call 800-820-1585 for ticket. Ticket price ranges from 100 RMB to 2000 RMB.</p> <p>P.S. The reason I started to post theatre information on this blog is, after my U.S. trip, I was so attracted by theaters. Also, I found for visitors, it not as easy as local people to find ticket information, especially on the rating of the theatre. In Shanghai, we know Shanghai Grand Theatre is among the best venue for performance art and musical in Shanghai. New comers may not know it yet&hellip; I am planning to see Phantom of Opera in Shanghai again. The price (the lowest one) is still far cheaper than the one we bought at Broadway in New York City (the half price was still 54 USD while the full price is 100 USD)</p>New Press Report on my Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050107_new_press_report_on_my_blog.htmFri, 07 Jan 2005 16:18:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050107_new_press_report_on_my_blog.htm<p>Some kind readers and friends sent me email or commented to let me my blog was mentioned on some media these days. I am certainly happy to know that. I don&rsquo;t want to show off about the media exposure especially where I was just mentioned. I admit whenever someone posted me &ldquo;Hey, visit this news site, your site is there!&rdquo; I feel a little bit anxious. I don&rsquo;t want anything to sensive repeated to bigger audience. :D</p>Grassroot Art in Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050106_grassroot_art_in_seattle.htmThu, 06 Jan 2005 22:52:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050106_grassroot_art_in_seattle.htm<p><em>This is the part a series travelogue after my U.S. trip at the end of 2004.</em></p> <p>Neither <em>The Phantom of Opera</em> in Broadway, nor <em>The Lion King</em> in Paramount Theater, even <em>the Nutcracker</em> in the Lincoln Center surprised me as much as the grassroots art I saw in Seattle. Of cause they are wonderful shows, but my expectation are as high. What I didn&rsquo;t expect is, at the dirtiest and hard-to-find old abandoned building, there are some artists playing drama tirelessly, and the standard is as high.</p>Bandwidth Crisis - Part Twohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050106_bandwidth_crisis_-_part_two.htmThu, 06 Jan 2005 22:04:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050106_bandwidth_crisis_-_part_two.htm<p>This is the second time I claimed the bandwidth crisis (the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041014_band_width_crisis.htm">last one</a>). This time, it is more urgent and more severe.</p> <p><strong>The Data</strong></p> <p>The problem to be a successful blog related to high traffic is the bandwidth issue. Here is the data:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/06/screen-site.traffic-2004.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Data source: ipowerweb.com traffice report</p> <p>The data indicates this site is serving 16,1797 visitors in December 2004, and transfered 51.53 gigabyte of data the same month. There is a huge jump in the number in the first 6 days of 2005. 17G of data has been transmitted till now. I got the warning from ISP that the bandwith for this month will run out in the middle of this month.</p>Things to Prepare for Visiting U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050105_things_to_prepare_for_visiting_us.htmWed, 05 Jan 2005 19:47:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050105_things_to_prepare_for_visiting_us.htm<p>For people to visit U.S. from China, I guess the following items are necessary to survive. I am trying to keep this list as short as possible and only list the most important stuff. I will ignore obvious things like cloth and passport&hellip; This list applies to those who travel from U.S. or Europe to China as well since the difference is in two directions.</p> <p><strong>Travel Plug Converter</strong></p> <p>Not only the voltage differs between China (220 Volt) and U.S.(110 Volt). So do the shapes of the outlets. Most electronics we carry outside the country were designed to tolerate wide range of electric voltage, such as laptop (at least my Dell laptop) and mobile phone/digital camera recharge, but the shape of the plugs and the outlet may not be compatible. This is the model I brought with me to U.S.</p>Life in New York is Tough for Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050105_life_in_new_york_is_tough_for_me.htmWed, 05 Jan 2005 00:16:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050105_life_in_new_york_is_tough_for_me.htm<p>The life in New York is tough for me. For a visitor who earns money in China (with RMB) and spend USD in New York, it is not easy. Everything seems expensive - very expensive. To get a place to settle down and to have enough food is challenge. I experienced the tough life a new comer to that city. Although I have the option to enjoy luxious trip, but I want to experience the real life of New York so we decided to cut budget as much as possible to see how much we have to spend in that city.</p>Subways in New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050104_subways_in_new_york.htmTue, 04 Jan 2005 23:34:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050104_subways_in_new_york.htm<p>I admire the great achievements New Yorkers created in New York. After I studied New York History at <a href="http://www.nycsubway.org/">http://www.nycsubway.org/</a>, I learnt that the majority of the New York Subway system was completed between 1904 and 1918. With this background information, the current subway seems so advanced and clean. The lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, A, B, C, D, E, S, N, Q, R, W, V, L connects the suburbs and Manhattan and make it so convenient.</p>Shanghai es Hermosa Hoyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20210104_shanghai-es-hermosa-hoy.htmTue, 04 Jan 2005 15:04:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20210104_shanghai-es-hermosa-hoy.htm<p><em>(Originally written: January 4, 2021)</em></p> <p>Esta son dos fotografías de Shanghai. Dime en un edificio antiguo en la Bund.</p> <p>Los edificios no son aquí 40 años antes.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2021/01/WechatIMG336-640x321.jpeg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Pudong en Shanghai</p> <p>Este la Bund. Los edificios son aquí 100 años antes. Shanghai fui muy moderno en 1930s. Fui el más grande en la este del mundo. Hay un rio que se llama Huanpu. Rio Huangpu es un rio muy bien para transporte. Muchas barcos están en el rio.</p>Mi primero blog en españolhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20210103_mi-primero-blog-en-espanol.htmMon, 03 Jan 2005 23:44:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20210103_mi-primero-blog-en-espanol.htm<p><em>(Originally written: January 3, 2021)</em></p> <p>Hola a todos!</p> <p>Este es mi primero blog en español. Tengo un blog en Inglés por 18 años, y ahoy es el tiempo por español.</p> <p>Voy a escribir algún en el futuro.</p> <p>Buenas noches!</p>Passionate For Theatreshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050103_p912.htmMon, 03 Jan 2005 13:27:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050103_p912.htm<p>One of the biggest change in my behavior after the U.S. trip is the passion for theatres.</p> <p>Lion King, Paramount Theatre, Seattle</p> <p>The Nutcracker, Lincoln Center, New York</p> <p>The Thoroughly Modern Millie, J.F.K. Center, Washington</p> <p>Phantom of Opera, Majestic Theatre, New York</p> <p><a href="http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/">http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/</a></p>Skyscrapers in New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050103_skyscrapers_in_new_york.htmMon, 03 Jan 2005 08:32:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050103_skyscrapers_in_new_york.htm<p>Shanghai is still in the stage when people tend to relate the word &ldquo;modern&rdquo; to &ldquo;skyscrapers&rdquo;. I am the same. When I am in Shanghai, I dream of visiting mountains in West China; while when I set foot to America, the most exciting city for me is still New York - for the skyscrapers.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/03/newyork-manhattan-north.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Manhanton, facing north from the top of the Empire State Building</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/03/newyork-manhantan-south.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Is the Real Estate Cooling Down?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050103_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down.htmMon, 03 Jan 2005 00:03:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050103_is_the_real_estate_cooling_down.htm<p>I posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030831_hard_to_buy_a_house_in_shanghai.htm">Hard to Buy a House in Shanghai</a> in August, 2003. One year and a quarter past. When we enter the new year of 2005, does the situation change? Is the real estate price cooling Down? The answer is definitely <strong>no</strong>.</p> <p>My friends went to see a newly opened property near my apartment in Pudong (namely, Hai Shang International Garden). Their price is pretty good - 9000 RMB per sq. meter. They just opened and people rush there. There are so many people waiting to buy the houses that the development company made the following rules:</p>Heavy Snow in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050101_heavy_snow_in_shanghai.htmSat, 01 Jan 2005 23:30:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20050101_heavy_snow_in_shanghai.htm<p>It is very rare that Shanghai snowed so heavily this year - for the first time in the last 10 years. We entered the new year of 2005 in white.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/01/shanghai-snow-details.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Snow in details at the corner of my garden</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2005/01/01/shanghai-snow-outside.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Outside the garden, the ground are all white</p> <p>It was icy on the road inside the residential area while the public roads are completely clear of snow already. People obviously don&rsquo;t have any experience to deal with ice and snow. Traffic accidents happen everywhere. My Goudaner was completely covered by snow. The snow on the rear window, which is the deepest, reaches to 3 cm already. Both the rear and the front window were covered by snow and ice. It is not possible to remove it by hand since the ice has been very sticky to the glass. To avoid break the glass, I have to warm up the car very carefully and increase the temperature from inside. About 20 minutes later, the snow and ice began to melt so I can clear a small hole on the front. 10 minutes later, the whole front window is clear so I can start to drive. It is funny.</p>I am in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041230_i_am_in_shanghai.htmThu, 30 Dec 2004 19:46:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041230_i_am_in_shanghai.htm<p>Finally, I returned to my home in Shanghai. The excitement and expection for a long journey I have when I started in Dec 6 lasted for two weeks and gradually turned into homesick day by day afterward and became tireness mixed with excitement at last. I am happy to return to the starting point of the journey (which is also the ending point), companied with great stories, sweet memories and interesting pictures.</p>Cold New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041228_cold_new_york.htmTue, 28 Dec 2004 20:49:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041228_cold_new_york.htm<p>I am packing my luggage and will leave U.S. tomorrow at the LaGuadia Airport in New York. New York is super cold for me these days, but peopel say the winter of New York hasn&rsquo;t really arrived yet. New York is around 40 degree in latitude while Shanghai is around 31 degrees.</p> <p>It snowed the day before yesterday and the snow started to melt yesterday. It was around 29 °F (I started to use F after I came to U.S.). It is freezing everywhere.</p>New York Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041227_new_york_pictures.htmMon, 27 Dec 2004 13:16:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041227_new_york_pictures.htm<p>Some random picked photos in New York city.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01905.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01909.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01928.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01938.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01949.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01956.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01970.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01980.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01992.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/28/DSC01999.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">nice view:)<div class="comment-meta">— Stephanie · 2004-12-29 14:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Hope you are not scared by the subway. I know Shanghai has a new and stylish metro.<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2004-12-29 17:16</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t know if you realize that Shanghai&#x27;s Huang Pu district looked so much like NYC, especially before the construction boom. Some of the architectural ideas and street naming convention in old Shanghai were probably borrowed from NYC.<div class="comment-meta">— jqian · 2004-12-29 22:58</div></div> <div class="comment">hi... i got a good look at your picture.. that is really nice... so are u still in new york.. working or studying...<br><br>i will be going for a holiday in america on the 28th may..2005... i hope i will have a clearly picture whtere am i going..<br><br>have a nice day...<div class="comment-meta">— shan · 2005-05-26 23:35</div></div> <div class="comment">you must be too nervous to take a photo... hehe<div class="comment-meta">— lu · 2007-04-19 05:32</div></div> <div class="comment">well ive been to new york thats the main place i go for shoppping thats if u want gud clothes i only buy brand name clothes<div class="comment-meta">— bianca · 2008-03-13 10:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, after reading all those comments I&#x27;m a little sceptical, but is all to late for me.<br><br>I&#x27;m ready to have an experience in my life and I&#x27;m already sold most of my belonges ; so, I cannot back up now, leaving very shortly, start a new life for me, now that my kids are older now.<br><br>Let&#x27;s see what happen. If you have any ideas let me know.<br><br>I hope I can find a good job, so, I can efforda nice appartment. I hope to find a good job, I&#x27;m into Real Estate.<div class="comment-meta">— Mara · 2009-09-20 09:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Great collection, Can I have these images in 320 x 240 resolution.<div class="comment-meta">— Alex · 2010-07-03 05:39</div></div> <div class="comment">dear sir,<br><br>i find your site very helpful, will be staying at magnificent hotel on oct 28 to 31, 2010, how can i reach the hotel from pudong airport? do i need to buy entrance ticket for the expo in advance between those dates? is the hotel walking distance to the bund? thank you<div class="comment-meta">— shirley tan · 2010-07-03 18:49</div></div> </details>Christmas Eve in New York Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041225_christmas_eve_in_new_york_city.htmSat, 25 Dec 2004 12:18:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041225_christmas_eve_in_new_york_city.htm<p>What I did today:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Amtrak from <a href="http://www.newrochelleny.com/">New Rochelle</a> to Grand Central. The running time was exactly 35 minutes.</p> </li> <li> <p>From Grand Central to World Trade Center Site. The new <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/12/19/wtc.plan/">Freedom Tower</a> is under construction already.</p> </li> <li> <p>Visited Wall Street. I didn&rsquo;t expect the most important street in financial world is so short. Due to the Christmas day, I didn&rsquo;t see a single person on the street with suite and tie. Actually, I didn&rsquo;t see many people there at all.</p>Merry Christmas!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041224_merry_christmas-3.htmFri, 24 Dec 2004 13:40:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041224_merry_christmas-3.htm<p>Merry Christmas to all my family members, all my friends and all the readers of this blog.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/13/chicago-christmas-gift.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>©Jian Shuo Wang. The Christmas gifts in Chicago.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas, or, in a Corporate America&#x27;s politically correct form, Happy Holidays!<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2004-12-24 17:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas to you and Wendy! Hope you can find some decent Chinese food in NYC.<div class="comment-meta">— ILH · 2004-12-24 22:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas to everyone at JS&#x27; blog too!<br><br>Firstly, i need to sincerely apologise to i-forgot-your-name for not (yet?) translating Wendy&#x27;s birthday wishes for you. pls forgive me as I am currently having some serious problems at work so i hope you can understand my situation (of not being to spare much time and energy at this, for the time being). i really do hope i will be able to sit down one fine day and finish the task for you!<br><br>Secondly to Bellevue: it&#x27;s coincidental that you brought up the &quot;politically-correct&quot; topic as it is exactly what I had read in the Straits Times (Singapore newspapers) today (as attached)..<br><br>&quot;STRAITS TIMES&quot; Dec 24, 2004<br><br>Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?<br><br>Christians in the US, fed up with secularisation of festive season, are fighting back<br><br>WASHINGTON - MS JULIE West is tired of being wished &#x27;Happy Holidays&#x27; instead of &#x27;Merry Christmas&#x27;.<br><br>She is annoyed with department stores that use &#x27;Season&#x27;s Greetings&#x27; banners, and with public schools that will not touch the Nativity story. So last week, she sent a baked protest to a holiday party at her first-grade son&#x27;s school: A chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and red icing that spelt out &#x27;Happy Birthday Jesus&#x27;.<br><br>&#x27;Christmas keeps getting downgraded, to the point that you are almost made to feel weird if you even mention it,&#x27; Ms West, a resident of Edmonds, Washington, told USA Today, describing herself as a non-denominational Christian.<br><br>&#x27;What is the matter with recognising the reason behind the whole holiday?&#x27;<br><br>This Christmas, she has plenty of company. Christians and traditionalists, fed up with what they view as the de-emphasising of Christmas as a religious holiday, are filing lawsuits, promoting boycotts and launching campaigns aimed at restoring references to Christ in seasonal celebrations, USA Today reported.<br><br>Christians across the United States are moving to counter years of lawsuits that have made governments wary about putting Nativity scenes on public property.<br><br>In Bay Harbour Islands, Florida, a Christian sued in federal court after town officials refused to let her erect a Nativity scene next to a menorah, or Hanukkah candelabra, on a causeway. Last week, a judge ordered the town to comply.<br><br>In Maplewood, New Jersey, parents and students petitioned the school board after officials dropped even instrumental versions of Christmas music from class programmes.<br><br>In Denver, a Protestant church responded to the city&#x27;s decision to drop &#x27;Merry Christmas&#x27; from public signs by trying to enter a Christmas-themed float in the holiday parade. Supporters picketed the parade and sang Christmas carols after the float was rejected.<br><br>In California, a group called the Committee to Save Merry Christmas is boycotting Federated Department Stores. The group claims that Federated&#x27;s affiliates, including Macy&#x27;s, prohibit clerks from saying &#x27;Merry Christmas&#x27; and ban the word &#x27;Christmas&#x27; from ads and store displays. The retail giant says it has no such policy.<br><br>The new battles over religion&#x27;s role in holiday celebrations come more than two decades after the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups began going to court to try to get municipalities to remove Nativity scenes and other religious displays from public property.<br><br>The ACLU argued that such religious symbols violated the First Amendment&#x27;s ban on government-endorsed religion.<br><br>In two rulings in the 1980s, the US Supreme Court said that Nativity scenes are acceptable when they are combined with other symbols - such as a Santa Claus house - that indicate Christmas is a secular holiday in American culture as well as a religious one.<br><br>But cake-maker Ms West is claiming a small victory. Although her son&#x27;s teacher expressed misgivings, Ms West served slices of her &#x27;Happy Birthday Jesus&#x27; cake to 20 first-graders and about five other parents. No one complained. &quot;<div class="comment-meta">— fei · 2004-12-24 22:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy holidays to everybody here! I&#x27;ll visit my relatives in New Jercy tomorrow, and will go to China town and Japan town for shopping. It would be nice if I can meet you and your wife somewhere in New York.<div class="comment-meta">— Julia · 2004-12-25 01:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Merry Christmas to JSW and everyone else reading this!<div class="comment-meta">— Jens Leo Malmqvist · 2004-12-25 09:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you fei for the in-depth information. The &#x27;Happy Holiday&#x27; phenomenum is not new, but the trend is getting lots of steam this year. Now those well-trained store associates just smile and send their &#x27;Happy Holiday&#x27; greetings everywhere. At least in this deep blue state.<br><br>It&#x27;s interesting that you can still get &#x27;Merry Christmas&#x27; by calling up frontdesk of highend hotels in atheist China.<div class="comment-meta">— Bellevue · 2004-12-26 16:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Prayer for to attend to the Marry Christmas Day-2008 Celebration. Please help me please.<br><br>Dear Sir/Madam,<br><br>With respectfully pray to you that I am Zaman Uddin (Liton) from Bangladesh by nationality. I am willingly so much interested to join with the Christmas Day Celebration-2008. I so much love Jesus Christ. I am a big devotee of Jesus Christ. I so much like Christian religion &amp; Culture. I so much wish to be with the Christian religion. I so much wish to be present at the Christmas Day Celebration-2008. Please consider me and give me an opportunity to join with the Christmas Day Celebration-2008 please. At last I pray and hope that please help me and consider me to attend to the Christmas Day Celebration-2008. Thank you very much. God bless you. Have a nice day.<br><br>Yours faithfully &amp; Obedient<br><br>Zaman Uddin (Liton)<br><br>Bangladesh.<div class="comment-meta">— Md. Zaman Uddin · 2008-08-04 21:11</div></div> <div class="comment">happy mery christimass<div class="comment-meta">— maria · 2009-12-02 15:25</div></div> <div class="comment">no comment<div class="comment-meta">— sivuyisiwe · 2009-12-05 23:43</div></div> </details>Chinatowns in U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041224_chinatowns_in_us.htmFri, 24 Dec 2004 10:37:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041224_chinatowns_in_us.htm<p>The travel is perfect, except the food. I am sorry but I still cannot enjoy the food in America. I tried different types of foods according to the recommendation from local listing, but I cannot find a good one for me. After eating American food for two days, I am feeling like I eat the food on the airplane everyday. You may imagine the feeling - hungry but don&rsquo;t want to eat, eat but still feel hungry. I tried to stay at American restaurant at the beginning. Since I am here, I should do things like locals do. Food should be an important part of a journey, isn&rsquo;t it.</p>Chinatown Bus v.s. Greyhound/Peter Panhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041224_p902.htmFri, 24 Dec 2004 09:57:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041224_p902.htm<p>We took the Peter Pan back to New York from Boston. I&rsquo;d love to take Chinatown bus back but the experience from New York to Boston with Chinatown Buses was really not so nice. The bus delayed for 1 hour. Since there were no waiting room, we stood on the street for 1 hour while it was snowing. We analysized reason why China town buses can keep the price low. Here are some reasons.</p>At Harvardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041222_at_harvard.htmWed, 22 Dec 2004 00:14:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041222_at_harvard.htm<p>I am at th Harvard University now. There are Internet access at the Harvard University Visitor Center.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, JS! Welcome to Harvard! Any pics? :)<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-12-22 06:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Uploading very soon. In contesy of the 10-minute-limit rule in Harvard Computer Koisk, I didn&#x27;t write much.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-12-22 06:54</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, Welcome to MA. Cambridge is my favorite place. Look forward to seeing your pictures and opinions.<div class="comment-meta">— Julia · 2004-12-22 11:25</div></div> <div class="comment">More photos can be found at http://wangjianshuo.com/photo/<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2008-05-04 21:36</div></div> </details>It Snows in Washington D.C!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041220_it_snows_in_washington_dc.htmMon, 20 Dec 2004 13:11:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041220_it_snows_in_washington_dc.htm<p><strong>Snowing Washington</strong></p> <p>It is snowing in Washington D.C. When we got out of the Smithsonian Station of the Blue Line Metro and went to the National Art Gallery East Building (designed by I.M.Pei), it started to rain. When we finished our tour to the National Art Gallery, it was still raining but mixed with snow. Very soon, it was completely snowing. How exciting! This is the first snow I saw in America and it is also the first snow after I moved to Shanghai ten years ago.</p>I am in Washington, D.Chttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041218_i_am_in_washington_dc.htmSat, 18 Dec 2004 10:48:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041218_i_am_in_washington_dc.htm<p>To my surprise, the price of hotel in Boston drops significantly in the weekdays than weekends. So we modified the route a little bit and chose to come to Washington D.C. during the weekend. I am in <a href="http://hotelwashington.com">Hotel Washington</a>, in Washington D.C. now. As always, to find sometime to sit down and write is not easy.</p> <p>We took greyhound here. It took 4 and half hours. I am planning to leave for Boston on Dec 20 and go back to New York on Dec 23 to continue the Big Apply journey. The Hotel Washington is a very nice hotel. It is on the same street of White House, which is only one block away. The Washington Memorial is shining right outside my window and the huge Christmas tree Bush lit up is down there.</p>New York - Day 2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041216_new_york_-_day_2.htmThu, 16 Dec 2004 12:13:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041216_new_york_-_day_2.htm<p>In the morning, after glanced my email in five minutes, I put the camera into my pocket and went out with Wendy. (If you sent me emails these days, my response will be delayed since the Internet access condition is not good here.)</p> <p><strong>New York and Shanghai</strong></p> <p>New York has many similarity with Shanghai. The living condition of many people, if not the majority, seems not easy. Rich people can only get an apartment (not house) in Manhattan and the poor can only get a place to settle down in Queens or New Jersey and spend the one hour more two on the train. I agree it is all about choice. There must be reasons for people stay and choose small rooms instead of large house in the west.</p>I am in New Yorkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041215_i_am_in_new_york.htmWed, 15 Dec 2004 22:47:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041215_i_am_in_new_york.htm<p>I am in New York now. It is cold, crowded, busy and dirty (sorry).</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">JS,<br><br>When I first came to the States years ago as a little girl my first stop was NYC. I had the exact feeling that you have. I thought to myself, why did my parents make me leave shanghai to come here :-)<br><br>But I&#x27;m almost certain you will fall in love with it. I don&#x27;t live there now, but I go there often for business and I just love it.<br><br>have a great time with Wendy!!<br><br>your night pics of Chicago is awsome!<div class="comment-meta">— JL · 2004-12-15 23:30</div></div> <div class="comment">welcome to big apple! Yes, it is really cold today (it was really warm for the past months). If you have time during the trip, i can take you to lunch / or coffee. think about it as a treat from a Jiao Da alum!!!<br><br>Mark<div class="comment-meta">— mark · 2004-12-15 23:36</div></div> <div class="comment">You have been warned plenty of times that the weather s_ _ks this time of the year in the Northeast. The bright side is the 5-day forecast has no snow. Take advantage of that. The snow will come, soon or later. When it does, it will be cold, wet, and slippery. It&#x27;s simply miserable. The best thing to do at that time is to sit inside your hotel room, write your blog, and sip a cup of hot chocolate.<br><br>New York City just like any other places in U.S.A, it has the good, the bad and lots in between. Do not let the negative side dampening your exploring spirit.<br><br>Best Holiday wishes!<div class="comment-meta">— ILN · 2004-12-16 01:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh yeah, never let NYC&#x27;s first impression (maybe dirty in someplace, especially lower part of Manhattan) mislead you. NYC&#x27;s charm is far more than other cities and if you live there long enough you will fall in love with it. They said that NYC blends the best with the worst. It takes time to find out the best. First impression is never reliable.<div class="comment-meta">— Jing Qian · 2004-12-16 03:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Hehe, you might be wandering in Chinatown, which gives you the impression of &quot;dirty&quot;. NYC is like Shanghai very much.<div class="comment-meta">— mas · 2004-12-17 12:28</div></div> <div class="comment">It is about the first impression: when I entered the Lincon Tunnal.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-05-11 00:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello Wang, I came across this site and it has ben most beneficial. You see, I am about to move to Shanghai in June, I&#x27;ll be running a Micro Brewery there. So I thought I would introduce myself and perhaps we can sit down over a beer some time. Peace, G~<div class="comment-meta">— Gary Heyne · 2006-05-12 12:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Gary, welcome to Shanghai. Hope we can meet each other in Shanghai in some event - Shanghai&#x27;s circle is small.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-05-12 22:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Have you ever ben to Nepal? I am interested on taking a side trip to Nepal once I get everything up and running with this new venture in Shanghai. I really want to see the Himalayas and there are some beautiful golf resorts in Nepal. I&#x27;ll stay in touch, I will arrive in Shanghai on May 27th. Again, I&#x27;ll be in touch, G~<div class="comment-meta">— Gary Heyne · 2006-05-15 02:25</div></div> </details>Chicago is Amazinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041213_chicago_is_amazing.htmMon, 13 Dec 2004 12:31:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041213_chicago_is_amazing.htm<p>I toured in Chicago one day. My friend Irfan was very kind to drive to me to downtown Chicago with his nice Benz car (I really like the seat heater on his car) and show me along the Lake Michigan. There are large parks along the waterfront. Some people were jagging there along the lake. The city and the nature mix perfectly. I don&rsquo;t like the wind from the lake though.</p>Hello Chicagohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041212_hello_chicago.htmSun, 12 Dec 2004 14:36:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041212_hello_chicago.htm<p>I am in Chicago now, the greatest in the world. The temperature here is lower than in Seattle, but it is not raining. I missed the sunny Seattle (only the last day when I left it) immediately when I am in Chicago. I fell in love with Chicago equally soon. I will start with the Michegon Ave. and the Chicago River tomorrow.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Chicago is 300% sunnier than seattle... Though the windy cold winter lasts 5 months. The best season to visit Chicago is summer. You don&#x27;t wanna miss John Hancock,Navy Pier and Italian food :) There&#x27;re lots of museums, e.g. art institute, field museum, if you have time.<div class="comment-meta">— mas · 2004-12-15 02:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, my name is Kristoffer Villarreal and I live in Texas. I was recently offered an opportunity to join a company called Ambit Energy. This company has consultants that pay a $399.00 start up fee and open a business w/ all the tax breaks, and get paid through Ambit, for word of mouth marketing.<br><br>It is easy and you can make tons of money doing it.<br><br>There is a new market opening up in Northern Illinois but instead of sharing the saving of electricity we are now working on saving them money on their gas bill. I&#x27;m not sure you are still in Illinois, if you are this is a great opportunity for you. Being from Texas I don&#x27;t know anyone in Chicago and would like to see if you can put me in contact with someone if not yourself who are ambitious and eager to make a killing in this new market.<br><br>Please feel free to investigate this offer just type in www.goambit.com all my information can be found on this site as well as contact information for the company.<br><br>I hope you find this interesting and take a look at the business opportunity if not I hope that you can refer some one you know to the business and help them save on their gas bill.<br><br>I found you information on your blog dated Dec. 2004<br><br>Thanks for your time.<br><br>For more information email me at krisvillarral01@yahoo.com subject interested in Chicago market. So I can give you the start up dates I believe we will activate in Feb. around the 9th.<div class="comment-meta">— Kristoffer Villarreal · 2007-11-19 06:46</div></div> <div class="comment">The post from kristoffer villarreal is a scam, do not buy into it. It&#x27;s MLM at its best. He talked my grandma into it and it ended up costing her $500 in cancellation fees. It has been consulted amongst many people and yes it&#x27;s a scam, kris is a loser anyway, he goes around telling people that the government pays him for being an iraqi vet and that he&#x27;s on the verge of becoming a millionaire. Truthfully he lives of his smart wife and works odd jobs, whatever he can do to bring a buck in like painting houses. He&#x27;s a disgrace to our country and a sorry ex-soldier. Kris ya fired!!!<div class="comment-meta">— Patricia Davila · 2008-03-23 01:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Well Don&#x27;t let my Bi-Polar cousin Patricia Davila deter you in making money. she is just jealous because she has none and her Husband is tdy to Iraq with his fellow female counterparts. So she is not getting any right now. Yes I am a Vet and The Military Dose Pay Me Still Today And for the rest OF MY LIFE But those are the perks For fighting For your Country Her Husband Will get payed also he just has to wait till he retires Or gets injured like maybe get a paper cut or something. Any way we are not in the Gas Market in Chicago but there is still the possibility we may return.<div class="comment-meta">— Kristoffer Villarreal · 2008-03-25 05:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey believe me you our cousin is a pretty messed up. Im Kristoffers brother Jason, a Veteran of the Iraq war and still serving our wonderful country till this day. My Brothers a very smart man and the information he is putting out about his company is true. I am sorry that family had to get involved in this on the negative side but not every family is perfect. I beleive in my Brother and know that what he is doing is true and from the heart.<br><br>Thank You,<br><br>Jason C. Villarreal<div class="comment-meta">— Jason Villarreal · 2008-11-11 11:27</div></div> </details>Back from Geek Diner in Bellevuehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041210_back_from_geek_diner_in_bellevue.htmFri, 10 Dec 2004 14:34:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041210_back_from_geek_diner_in_bellevue.htm<p>This is the last day of the three-day training in Seattle. The jat lag seemed to disappear from me. Tonight, <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/">Robert Scoble</a> invited me to attend the Media Center team geek dinner in the crossroad mall. I was certainly happy to meet the most famous Microsoft blogger there.</p> <p>When the training finished at around 5:45 pm, it was raining heavily outside. Althought to rent a car at Avis or Hertz nearby was an option, I just didn&rsquo;t want to bet on my skills of driving in U.S. and the sense of locations. If I did rent a car, by the time I arrive there, everyone may had gone already. I used the <a href="http://www.metrokc.gov/">King County Metro/Bus</a> <a href="http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U">Trip Planner</a>, and it gave a good suggestion:</p>Art Story 2: Lion King in Paramount Theaterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_art_story_2_lion_king_in_paramount_theater.htmThu, 09 Dec 2004 16:17:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_art_story_2_lion_king_in_paramount_theater.htm<p>My friend and I went to see <a href="http://www.theparamount.com/artists/artist.asp?key=38">Lion King</a> in the historical <a href="http://www.theparamount.com/">Paramount Theatre</a> last night. I am so happy that I visited the theater. From a website, I learnt the show started at 8:00 pm so I arrived there near 7:30 pm. The <a href="http://www.theparamount.com/">Paramount Theatre</a> is located at 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101, just several blocks away. The tickets run from 25 USD to 100 USD. I remember someone posted on my blog to suggest me to try my luck to arrive the theatre at the last minute to get cheap tickets. It worked. A person in hotel uniform was selling his two tickets. The face value for the tickets was $49 and we got it at $20 each. Nice deal, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Art Story 1: Dale Chihuly and Sharetonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_art_story_1_dale_chihuly_and_shareton.htmThu, 09 Dec 2004 15:40:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_art_story_1_dale_chihuly_and_shareton.htm<p><strong>Story 1: Dale Chihuly in Shareton Hotel &amp; Tower</strong></p> <p>In the <a href="http://www.chihuly.com/installations/public/sheraton.html">lobby</a> of Sheraton Hotel, they display Dale&rsquo;s glass work and an instruction of the parntership between Sheraton and <a href="http://www.chihuly.com/">Dale Chihuly</a>. Sheraton installed Dale&rsquo;s work in every single room in that hotel! It is impressive. There are two 2-dimension work in the room I stay.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/12/10/seattle-dale-sheraton.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I saw Dale&rsquo;s work at <a href="http://www.chihuly.com/installations/public/citycentre.html">City Centre</a> this noon. I was happy that I can easily relate the work with the one at the lobby of Sheraton Hotel before I read the author plate.</p>Incredible Prosperity of Art in Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_incredible_prosperity_of_art_in_seattle.htmThu, 09 Dec 2004 15:40:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_incredible_prosperity_of_art_in_seattle.htm<p>I realized one very important thing Shanghai is lack of, while Seattle has is, art. To be more exactly, I should say I didn&rsquo;t experience so many art works in Shanghai as I do in Seattle. Shanghai is also a nice place for art, but I may be too busy and didn&rsquo;t spend too much time on it.</p> <p>I was impressed by the art works around me in Seattle very hour. There are paintings in hotels and at lobbies of business building. There are many musical and comedy in the many theaters around town. There are tonies statues at many corners. The black beggars played drum on the street. Often, I enter a gallary before I realized it. Everything mixed together with the strong atmosphere of Christmas is just incredible.</p>Getting Shore Pass (Temp Visa) for Japanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_getting_shore_pass_temp_visa_for_japan.htmThu, 09 Dec 2004 14:52:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041209_getting_shore_pass_temp_visa_for_japan.htm<p>Many people transit flight in Tokyo, as it is one of the three international flight hub in my mind. If ou are interested, the other two are Hong Kong and Singapore. Shanghai is still far away from them, even not at the same level of Beijing yet, in terms of access of International fights. People in Shanghai still need to find a hub airport to transit to Seattle. It can be Tokyo (It is the Northwest Airlines&rsquo; hub in Asia), or San Francisco (hub of United Airlines). From this trip, I learnt ANA is a really nice airline with much better service and maybe in the next trip, I will choose ANA. It provide personal entertainment equipments that allow you to select the movie you want and play it from the beginning on demand on the Shanghai - Tokyo flight. It is available only in the first class of Tokyo - Seattle flight in UA.</p>Dec 6 - The Longest Day in 2004https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041208_dec_6_-_the_longest_day_in_2004.htmWed, 08 Dec 2004 15:14:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041208_dec_6_-_the_longest_day_in_2004.htm<p><strong>Flying around the globe</strong> creates very interesting phenomenon regarding time. The time difference is one of them, and the International Date Line is another. The resulting jet lag is not-so-interesting one.</p> <p>I got up at <strong>6:00 AM</strong>, two hours earlier than average, to catch flight to Tokyo at 8:55 AM, Dec 6, 2004. When I arrived in Tokyo, I happily found it is already <strong>12:35</strong>. The 2 hour and 40 minutes flight ate one hour of my day. I love to lose one hour in my schedule. It meant I was closer to my bed so I can have a nice sleep earlier, right?</p>Arrived in Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041207_arrived_in_seattle.htmTue, 07 Dec 2004 03:10:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041207_arrived_in_seattle.htm<p>Just post a short notice onto this web before I go out for lunch. I have I arrived in Seattle safely and have checked in the Sheraton Hotel and Tower at 1400 6th Avenue, Seattle. It is among the best locations in Seattle - at the block between Union Street and the Pike Street. I rent a car from Avis and drove it here. It is so easy to drive in the States than in Shanghai. Stephen&rsquo;s comment of the last day is correct - it is raining. When I watched out of the window of the B777 aircraft during its landinig, I realized that I would have to drive in the rush hours of a rainy Monday morning. It seemed crazy for first time drivers. To be safe, I drove on the local roads around the airport area for about one hour - first half an hour to get used to the new car and the new driving style, and the second half looking for ways to I-5. It turned out to be a very easy trip. I took 250 pictures on the way already, including those on the short stay in Tokyo. I successfully get the shore pass (or the temp visa) and took train to the nearby town &ndash; Narita. ANA shouldn&rsquo;t have denied me two days before. According to the shore pass, I can stay in Tokyo and Chiba till Dec 9, 2004. I wandered in the town for one and half hour and get back to Terminal 1 of NRT to continue my journey to U.S. I am experiencing jet lag now. The clock on the right corner of the computer reminds me that the current Shanghai time is around 4:00 AM. So many interesting stories to share on the trip. I will take time to create some topics and write around them. I love travel since travel has the magic power to put more stuff into the same amount of time.</p>Starting the Journey, Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041205_starting_the_journey_again.htmSun, 05 Dec 2004 23:07:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041205_starting_the_journey_again.htm<p>I will go to Pudong Airport, again, tomorrow morning, heading to Seattle via Tokyo. Good luck to me. I hope I don&rsquo;t meet any problem at the Seattle when I enter U.S.</p> <p>P.S. I started my Skype journey and my id in Skype is <strong>jianshuo</strong>. My friends, you can add me to your contact list. I will also follow Isaac Mao&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com/2004/12/1/">practice</a>: I do not accept request with name I cannot recognize. The voice is super and I love the conference call function.</p>Rejected by ANA and Postponed Travelhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041204_rejected_by_ana_and_postponed_travel.htmSat, 04 Dec 2004 23:46:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041204_rejected_by_ana_and_postponed_travel.htm<p>It is a bad day. In the morning, I arrived at Pudong Airport early and waited in the line to check in for ANA flight NH960 from Shanghai to Tokyo. At the counter, the ANA staff checked the ticket and passport then informed me that they cannot let me get on board the flight because there is no Japanese visa. Although there is <a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/02.html#c">regulations</a> to allow transition visitors to stay for up to 72 hours, there is still risks to get rejected at the custom. Many passengers did so (visiting Japan without a visa in advance) but not the recent month. ANA needs to ship me back to Shanghai the same day if does happen. So they refused my request to get onboard. :-( So I gave up my plan to visit Tokyo on the way to U.S. and have changed the flight to Dec 6 so I transit to United Airlines flight the same day. The rest of the trip in U.S. is not changed. I slept the whole morning when I am back home.</p>Thinking about Sony F828https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041202_thinking_about_sony_f828.htmThu, 02 Dec 2004 20:06:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041202_thinking_about_sony_f828.htm<p>To make the U.S. trip more memorable, I am going to buy a more professional camera than my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030521_my_new_camera_sony_dscp8.htm">Sony P8</a>. Sony F-828 appeared on my landscope. I sells at 6800 RMB (or 829 USD), including tax. It is all the money I need to pay to get a full package of F828. Good deal, isn&rsquo;t it? It is cheaper than any of the online store I can find.</p> <p>The most attacting features of F828 are:</p>U.S. Trip Updatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041201_us_trip_update.htmWed, 01 Dec 2004 18:34:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041201_us_trip_update.htm<p>Wendy got her U.S. visa smoothly. Not many questions were asked at the visa office. The only exception is, the printer to print the U.S. visa broke down <em>again</em> so she needs to get her visa the next day.</p> <p>We also booked flight tickets. Both of us fly with United Airlines. It seems Northwest is better but there are no seats available on the date we fly. Although we fly to U.S. on different date and different flight, we go back together. That is great. There are only middle seats, while I always love window seats.</p>Cheat-Sheet of Shanghai Road Nameshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041130_cheat-sheet_of_shanghai_road_names.htmTue, 30 Nov 2004 22:54:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041130_cheat-sheet_of_shanghai_road_names.htm<p>Claire Li wrote an interesting article on the translation of roads in Shanghai in That&rsquo;s Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>If &ldquo;Central Tibet Road&rdquo; on the road sign is correct, why is &ldquo;Xizang Road middle&rdquo; also used for the same street?</p> <p>Source: ref: page 11, That&rsquo;s Shanghai Magazine, Nov 2004 Edition</p> </blockquote> <p>He/she also mentioned that a committee of 26 experts has been formed. It is great.</p> <p>If they have time, they should at least take a look at the typos in Metro Stations first. To get ready for an international city, more initiatives like this are needed.</p>Interviewed by my Favorite Magazinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041130_interviewed_by_my_favorite_magazine.htmTue, 30 Nov 2004 22:31:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041130_interviewed_by_my_favorite_magazine.htm<p>I was interviewed by my favorite magazine in Shanghai. We had a great conversation. I cannot disclose the name or the reporter of the magazine at this time, before the article is published, but it will be very interesting after it goes out.</p> <p><strong>Readers of this Blog are Invited for Interview</strong></p> <p>The magazine is looking for some readers of this blog to participate an interview conducted by reporters in Shanghai. They are very interested to know how readers use this website. Volunteers need to meet the following criteria to be qualified:</p>UA858 PVG - SFOhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041129_ua858_pvg_-_sfo.htmMon, 29 Nov 2004 17:12:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041129_ua858_pvg_-_sfo.htm<p><em><strong>UA858</strong></em></p> <p>United Airlines <em>UA858</em> is a symbol. It connects two important cities (Shanghai and San Fransisco) in China and the States. Millions of passengers visit U.S. via this flight. All of my previous trip to the States was via <em>UA858</em>. It is often the starting point of many stories. If I were an artist or novelist, I will definite create something around this flight. I didn&rsquo;t see arts or literature for this flight. At least I didn&rsquo;t see one in <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=ua858">Google search</a>.</p>United Airlines in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041129_united_airlines_in_shanghai.htmMon, 29 Nov 2004 16:22:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041129_united_airlines_in_shanghai.htm<p>Company name: United Airlines</p> <p>Toll Free Phone (inside China): 800-810-8282. This toll free number works very smart. It is a Beijing based toll free number. When dialed in Shanghai, it will transfer to its Shanghai office seamlessly.</p> <p>Direct phone: +86-21-33114567. (The old number, as published in the United.com and almost all the publications of United +86-21-62798009 does not work in Nov 2004).</p> <p>Website: <a href="http://www.cn.united.com/">http://www.cn.united.com/</a></p> <p>Location: Second floor of Shanghai Center, or the Ritz Carlton Portman Hotel.</p>Xiang Yang Market Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041128_xiang_yang_market_again.htmSun, 28 Nov 2004 23:53:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041128_xiang_yang_market_again.htm<p>I went to the Xiang Yang market again to buy shoes for the U.S. trip. It is said the temperature of Chicago may drops to -30°C when I arrive there. Oh. I have to be serious for this because I have never been to any place that is so cold. I went around the Xiang Yang market for several rounds before I found a parking lot. It was too crowded and I have to very careful about the cars rushing by and the bikes and passengers. I LOL when I saw a foreigner hide himself behind a large bus and extended his head out to see if it is safe to go, and they jumped out and rushed to the other side of the street. It seemed he was a solider fighting with his enemy in the WWII. He is so funny. Of cause he was scared about going crossing the street. I finally parked my car at 10 RMB for two hours.</p>Hong Qiao (SHA) v.s. Pu Dong (PVG) Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041127_hong_qiao_sha_vs_pu_dong_pvg_airport.htmSat, 27 Nov 2004 19:12:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041127_hong_qiao_sha_vs_pu_dong_pvg_airport.htm<p>I read two travel books these days: one on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764562614?v=glance">Boston</a> (by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&amp;field-author=Marie%20Morris/102-1339672-6280952">Marie Morris</a>) and the other on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/079227430X/qid=1101557400/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1339672-6280952?v=glance&amp;s=books">New York</a> (by [National Geographic Society](National Geographic Society,)). Both of them offer a section on transportation, like Entering Boston or Gates to New York. It is very helpful and let understand the locations of LGA or JFK.</p> <p>This experience reminded me that not many people really know the difference between PVG or SHA. Let me explain it.</p>Edward's New Satellite TVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041125_edwards_new_satellite_tv.htmThu, 25 Nov 2004 23:34:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041125_edwards_new_satellite_tv.htm<p>Edward sent me something new today, his new <a href="http://www.nikonfans.org/archives/life/000101_satellite_tv.html">Satellite TV</a>. He did it by himself. What impressed me a lot is:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The total cost is only 880 RMB or 106 USD.</p> </li> <li> <p>He mentioned interesting technical details about satellite.</p> </li> <li> <p>He also mentioned the legal risk he takes to install a satellite TV receiving in China. I covered it in this article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040108_satellite_dishes_still_forbidden_in_china.htm">Satellite Dishes Still Forbidden in China</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>He can receive 100 channels from 2 satellites now.</p>Area Around Xin Tian Di (Xintiandi)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041125_area_around_xin_tian_di_xintiandi.htmThu, 25 Nov 2004 20:52:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041125_area_around_xin_tian_di_xintiandi.htm<p>Bricks of Xintiandi:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/25/shanghai-bricks-xintiandi.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>On the Zi Zhong Road, there are three newly opened shops. Very interesting shops!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/25/shanghai-movie365.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/25/shanghai-high.note.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Highnote only sells DJ music. There is a nice audio room inside.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/25/shanghai-pointtolife.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><a href="http://pointtolife.com">Pointtolife</a> was opened by a Hong Kong architect. It sells design books only and serves coffee. Nice place to visit. I don&rsquo;t see many customers there and I believe the owner doesn&rsquo;t care about revenue. It seems the shop only opens for fun.</p>Sleeping Catshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041125_sleeping_cats.htmThu, 25 Nov 2004 17:17:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041125_sleeping_cats.htm<p>The happy (and lucky) cats sleep in the Sun. I cannot help posting it here. Sweet little thing!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/25/shanghai-two.cats-sleeping.under.sun.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/25/shanghai-mother.cat-in.garden.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I read a slogan at Ichiban Ra-Mei, &ldquo;Your happiness of eating our Ra-Mei makes us happy&rdquo;. I guess they are happy not only because customers enjoy their food, they enjoy getting paid for it better.</p> <p>The slogan works better for me. The happiness of the two cats for eating what I feed them makes me happy - no matter they pay or not.</p>Casual Talk on SJTU Min Hang Campushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041124_casual_talk_on_sjtu_min_hang_campus.htmWed, 24 Nov 2004 22:55:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041124_casual_talk_on_sjtu_min_hang_campus.htm<p>Just delivered an one hour short casual talk on the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Min Hang Campus. I left the home page URL to them and I guess some of the 20 participants will visit this page and I&rsquo;d like to provide some pointer to the fun stuff I mentioned.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.confluence.org/">Confluence Project</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Professional Skills</p> </li> <li> <p>Time Management</p> </li> <li> <p>Negociation Skills</p> </li> <li> <p>Coaching</p> </li> <li> <p>Leadership without Authority</p> </li> <li> <p>Project Management</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/photo/taihu/">Ride to Tai Hu</a>.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Facts</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Date: November 25, 2004</p>Wendy Passed Driver's License Examhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041124_wendy_passed_drivers_license_exam.htmWed, 24 Nov 2004 11:27:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041124_wendy_passed_drivers_license_exam.htm<p>Congratulations to Wendy&rsquo;s successful pass of the driver&rsquo;s license examination this morning! She is expected to receive the driver&rsquo;s license within two weeks. That is a great news and there will be two drivers for the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Life/Car/">car</a>. :-D</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Congratulations!I admire her so much:-)<div class="comment-meta">— Janine · 2004-11-24 12:41</div></div> <div class="comment">Yay! Go Wendy, go :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2004-11-24 13:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Did Wendy get a Dr. Lic. for cars? My wife didn&#x27;t know one can get a dr. Lic. for cars. The driving school she went to in Suzhou only offered classes for trucks. She end up with a lic. for light trucks. When she came to US, I had to borrow a LiteAce minivan (MPV) for her to take the lic. test. She likes the feeling of sitting high in a car that she won&#x27;t drive my Mercedes. We end up buying a Honda CR-V for her. I thought it&#x27;s kind of funny just want to share the story.<div class="comment-meta">— Gordon · 2004-11-24 13:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulation to Xiao Fan!!! :D<br><br>BTW, China&#x27;s type B driver&#x27;s license allows one to drive light truck as well as smaller cars such as sedan, while type C only for smaller-sized cars (sedan/suv/van,etc).<div class="comment-meta">— Jing · 2004-11-24 14:07</div></div> <div class="comment">In California, Class C is good for just about anything except Bus, 18 wheeler and Haz. material transport.<div class="comment-meta">— Gordon · 2004-11-24 15:08</div></div> <div class="comment">congratulations! i bet you guys must had some hard time in those driver&#x27;s training schools! any interesting stories to share with us? particularly those with Shi Fu<div class="comment-meta">— bingfeng · 2004-11-24 19:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations to her! :)<br><br>I&#x27;d never get the courage to drive in Shanghai. I don&#x27;t even like crossing the road here. My first time doing it was scary.<div class="comment-meta">— aline · 2004-11-24 20:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Well done, Wendy ! I wish you all the luck in the Shanghai traffic<br><br>Jianshuo, if she follows the new rules of traffic,<br><br>then put up several additional stop lights in the rear window of Goudaner !!<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2004-11-24 21:37</div></div> </details>Road Report between Home and Xujiahuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041122_road_report_between_home_and_xujiahui.htmMon, 22 Nov 2004 20:45:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041122_road_report_between_home_and_xujiahui.htm<p>I wake up in my Pudong home. The clock was 8:15 am. We had 45 minutes to drive 13 km to our office at Xujiahui</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know when others get up in other countires of this planet; 8:15 is obviously too early for me. My friend in U.S. commented: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe life in Shanghai is more busier than in U.S.&rdquo; Well. You bet. Shanghai&rsquo;s life is at least busier than Seattle. New York? I know it is much busier, but I have to see by my own eyes next month to judge.</p>Shanghai International Tennis Centerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041121_shanghai_international_tennis_center.htmSun, 21 Nov 2004 23:07:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041121_shanghai_international_tennis_center.htm<p>I went to Shanghai International Tennis Center on Hengshan Road for my tennis class today. I started to learn tennis and found it a very decent sports: Nice place, nice dress and nice people.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.shanghai-window.com/shanghai/real_est/shitc/e-shitc.html">Shanghai International Tennis Center</a> is among the best tennis facilities in Shanghai. The indoor courts were wonderful. It was built many years before (when I was in university) but still remains very new.</p> <p>I bought my whole set of tennis equipment weeks ago - the shoes, the socks, the pants, the shirt and the rack. I look very professional after I dress everything up, although I still cannot handle the balls yet.</p>Top 10 Places to See in New York Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041120_top_10_places_to_see_in_new_york_city.htmSat, 20 Nov 2004 22:04:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041120_top_10_places_to_see_in_new_york_city.htm<p>I wrote to my friend Mike in New York and asked him about his top 10 places to see in NYC.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Mike,</p> <p>I just found out that you are based in NYC. I didn&rsquo;t notice that before. Yes. I will visit New York soon. The schedule is not fixed, but it should be before the X&rsquo;mas. I know you must have many tips to share. If I ask you to list the top 10 places to see in NYC, what will you say? :-D</p>Top Three Innovation that Failed in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041119_top_three_innovation_that_failed_in_shanghai.htmFri, 19 Nov 2004 17:53:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041119_top_three_innovation_that_failed_in_shanghai.htm<p>The complete title of this entry should be:</p> <p>Top 3 Failed Innovation in Shanghai that I Supported</p> <p>Shanghai is a changing city and an international city. The change on transportation system is among the best. I should say I am very happy about the improvement the transportation administration made for Shanghai. Good examples are: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040306_dynamic_traffic_display_board.htm">Dynamic Traffic Display Board</a>. However, things are not always as good as planned. There are three innovations that follows the international best practices that I strongly supported turned out to be failure.</p>Boston for Dummies and More.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041118_boston_for_dummies_and_more.htmThu, 18 Nov 2004 23:24:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041118_boston_for_dummies_and_more.htm<p><a href="http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764554913.html">Boston for Dummies</a> is a nice book. I brought it with me these days and really enjoyed reading it. It helped me a lot to plan the Boston trip and also helped Boston to keep two visitors stay in their city one day longer. I only planned to visit Harvard and MIT before. Now, I know much more than that, such as the Freedom Trail and the <a href="http://www.bigdig.com">Big Dig</a>. It inspired me of being a <em>For Dummies</em> series writer. How about I write one book named <em>Shanghai for Dummies</em>? They didn&rsquo;t have it yet. Emmn. Good idea.</p>I Got Wallop Invitationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041117_i_got_wallop_invitation.htmWed, 17 Nov 2004 18:07:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041117_i_got_wallop_invitation.htm<p>George sent me the wallop invitation today. Thanks very much!</p> <p>Wallop is Microsoft&rsquo;s answer to blog, social software&hellip; It is distributed as GMail way - only those who have the invitation can login to Wallop.</p> <p>This is my way to distribute the invitation ticket I got (inspired by <a href="http://www.run2me.com">Run</a>).</p> <p>Below are quoted from <a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/ShanghaiWiki/Wallop">http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/ShanghaiWiki/Wallop</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Wallop is Microsoft&rsquo;s answer to hot topics like blog, SNS, personal network&hellip; To fully leverage the five invitations, we will create a pool. The rule, as Run suggested, looks like this:</p>Alexa Cheattinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041117_alexa_cheatting.htmWed, 17 Nov 2004 18:04:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041117_alexa_cheatting.htm<p><a href="http://www.donews.com">Donews</a> <a href="http://www.donews.com/donews/article/7/70037.html">posted</a> something uncool on its website titled [Dsdiy.com](<a href="http://www.donews.com/donews/article/7/70037.html%3EAlexa">http://www.donews.com/donews/article/7/70037.html&gt;Alexa</a> Expert</a>. This person use computer programs to control the Alexa ranking of a website and promise to send one site to top 100 rank list in Alexa. He gave an example of a site named: &lt;a href=), which is ranked 353 now. It is totally wrong to do this business. It is called C.H.E.A.T.T.I.N.G&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">JS, i can&#x27;t seem to locate the &quot;cheating&quot; article you are referring to..<div class="comment-meta">— fei · 2004-11-19 21:08</div></div> <div class="comment">http://www.donews.com/donews/article/7/70037.html<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-11-20 22:35</div></div> <div class="comment">How can I translate chinese to english? I would like to learn chinese but for now I can&#x27;t read anything on the web site. Please help me.<div class="comment-meta">— Gucci · 2005-05-30 00:50</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t think its quite as simple as it seems<div class="comment-meta">— story post · 2005-11-14 07:08</div></div> <div class="comment">hi girl<div class="comment-meta">— indresh · 2007-04-30 02:21</div></div> </details>The Cats Storyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041116_the_cats_story.htmTue, 16 Nov 2004 22:41:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041116_the_cats_story.htm<p>Now the two cats in my garden finally settled down. They have their own place to sleep at day time and play at night. Cats are cats. They always wandering around in the garden at night when I fall asleep and sleep most of the time in early morning. Besides the fresh meats, I went to the nearby Hymall and bought 1.5kg of <a href="http://www.whiskas.com/">Whiskas</a> cat food for them. It cost me 23 RMB. I hesitated a little bit when I put it into my shopping cart. Later, I convinced myself that the poor little things deserved something really nice after experiencing the miserable lives.</p>Metro Line 1 Extends Northwardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041116_metro_line_1_extends_northward.htmTue, 16 Nov 2004 22:15:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041116_metro_line_1_extends_northward.htm<p>I read from newspaper that Shanghai Metro #1 North Extension will open very soon. Good news! The new operation plan is interesting. It works like this:</p> <p>After every three trains from Xinzhuang to Shanghai Railway Station and return, the forth train will move on until it reach the new terminal station - Gongfu Xincun and return.</p> <p>It means, some passengers need to get off the train at Shanghai Railway Station and wait on the platform until the right train (one out of four) arrives and continue their journey. It also means in contrast of 2-3 minutes interval of Metro Line #1, the train intervals for the metro station between Shanghai Railway Station and Gongfu Xincun will be 8-12 minutes.</p>I Got my U.S. Visahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041115_i_got_my_us_visa.htmMon, 15 Nov 2004 22:34:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041115_i_got_my_us_visa.htm<p>I went to American Consulate for Visa interview and (I hate it) leave my fingerprint there. I waited four hours to get my visa, among which, one hour was spent outside the building, in the cold winter wind. I arrived at the gate of the Westgate Building, 1038 Nanjing West Road at around 1:00 PM, waited there in a long line (about 100 people) for one hour. The afternoon session mainly opens to <a href="http://www.amcham-china.org.cn/">American Chamber of Commerce</a> Corporate Member employees. The morning session is opened for general public. I guess their situation should be much worse. Behind me are employees from Dell, Coca-cola, IBM and Intel&hellip;..</p>Budget Travelers are the Majorityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041114_budget_travelers_are_the_majority.htmSun, 14 Nov 2004 09:58:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041114_budget_travelers_are_the_majority.htm<p>I realized my article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030815_shanghai_hotel_guide.htm">Shanghai Hotel Guide</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030906_shanghai_hotel_guide_part_ii.htm">Shanghai Hotel Guide - Part II</a> are not so helpful for the majority of travelers. When I am planning my trip to U.S., I found either Hilton, Ritz Carlton, nor Sheraton hotels are attractive to me. When budget is of higher priority, they are simply filtered out. I realized budget travelers are the much most than those business travelers. Business travelers may not try as hard as backpackers - they just ask their companies to book flights and hotels for them. No questions asked about price.</p>My Functional Spechttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041113_my_functional_spec.htmSat, 13 Nov 2004 23:04:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041113_my_functional_spec.htm<p>In Micrososft, I have been the training on software development processes for many years. I prompt the use of 3P4S (3 processes + 4 servers) software method - Daily Build process, Source Control process and Bug Tracking process + source server, build server, release server, and bug database&hellip;.. I also worked a lot on stuff like team model, functional spec, code review&hellip;</p> <p>When I talk with new developers and program managers the other day, I found the development process is not good and there is almost no document. I joked that &ldquo;Your functional spec for a large project is not as complete as spec for my personal website.&rdquo;</p>Jian Shuo Wang is Going to U.S.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041112_jian_shuo_wang_is_going_to_us.htmFri, 12 Nov 2004 18:25:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041112_jian_shuo_wang_is_going_to_us.htm<p>Breaking news! Jian Shuo Wang is going to U.S.</p> <p>I will attend a business meeting in Seattle from Dec 7 to Dec 9, 2004. After that, I will start my vacation, the longest vacation since I graduated. I will be in America for two more weeks and get back to Shanghai after X&rsquo;mas. My vacation will expire by the end of this year so I have to use it up quickly. My current project happens to end by the end of November, and it is good time to take a rest. The reason I choose U.S. (I thought of Tokyo before) is, I can combine it with the business trip - so I don&rsquo;t have to worry about the visa. It is not easy to get a visa for U.S.</p>Going Back to China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041111_going_back_to_china.htmThu, 11 Nov 2004 23:45:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041111_going_back_to_china.htm<p>I got this email today.</p> <blockquote> <p>I found your blog in Google. It is a very interesting and informative web site. My salute to you.</p> <p>My wife and I are both Chinese living in the U.S. We are planning to move to shanghai early next year. When I talked with my family about the move, they all said it&rsquo;s a very bad idea. They said to live comfortably in Shanghai you have to at least earn 500,000 RMB yearly. Also, unlike in the U.S. people in China usually work harder and with a lot of overtime. Is it</p>Basic Geographic Knowledge about China - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041110_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china_-_part_ii.htmWed, 10 Nov 2004 23:25:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041110_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china_-_part_ii.htm<p>Previous entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041109_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china.htm">Basic Geographic Knowledge about China</a></p> <p><strong>Directions and Provinces</strong></p> <p>东 Dong (Dong1) means east</p> <p>西 Xi (Xi1) means west</p> <p>南 Nan (Nan2) means south</p> <p>北 Bei (Bei3) means north</p> <p>As <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041109_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china.htm#1030">Jens Leo Malmqvist</a> already found out, knowing it will help a lot to understand the Chinese province names.</p> <p>There is Shan Dong and Shan Xi (Shan means the Mountain).</p> <p>There is He Nan and He Bei (He means the river - The Yellow River)</p>Basic Geographic Knowledge about Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041109_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china.htmTue, 09 Nov 2004 22:14:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041109_basic_geographic_knowledge_about_china.htm<p>I read a book about travel in U.S. I learnt some new ideas, like the Amtrak in America that connects all major cities. I was quite excited to find out another way besides air travel in U.S. If you ask me to list some cities I think are most important in U.S, I will give the following list</p> <ul> <li> <p>Washington D.C.</p> </li> <li> <p>New York</p> </li> <li> <p>Philadelphia</p> </li> <li> <p>Boston</p> </li> <li> <p>Chicago</p> </li> <li> <p>San Francisco</p> </li> <li> <p>L.A&hellip;.</p> </li> </ul> <p>They are just the names pop up in my brain when I listed them, in no particular order. I can draw a relative location map for these cities, but sometimes, I still make mistakes. I made bet with a friend on where Detroit is. I insisted that it is in South Texas. It turned out, without doubt, that I lost the bet. I was talking about Huston, TX&hellip;.</p>Auto Industry Enters Winter in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041108_auto_industry_enters_winter_in_shanghai.htmMon, 08 Nov 2004 21:44:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041108_auto_industry_enters_winter_in_shanghai.htm<p>I went to maintain the car the other day. When my dearest <strong>Goudaner</strong> were pulled into the maintenance area for its 8000 KM regular check, I chatted with my friends at the car dealership. The numbers of newly sold cars are increasing and every figure in the auto-industry are showing very positive trend, the message I got at the auto-dealer shop is just <strong>on the contrary</strong>. The message I got from my friend was, the automobile industry entered its winter.</p>Homepage Version 3https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041107_homepage_version_3.htmSun, 07 Nov 2004 22:19:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041107_homepage_version_3.htm<p>Anyone noticed the change of the homepage? It is 3rd major change in the design. I added some key elements that have been requested for a long time, including links, archives, recent comment preview&hellip; It is still in beta, which means I may still change it when I have time and some part may not work perfectly.</p> <p>What do you think of the new homepage?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">16 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I guess this is why I could not why your website with Mozilla Firefox today.<div class="comment-meta">— Jens Leo Malmqvist · 2004-11-07 23:10</div></div> <div class="comment">yes, your css doesn&#x27;t work well under firefox, or safari (mac browser)<div class="comment-meta">— speedyop · 2004-11-08 00:35</div></div> <div class="comment">ur new homepage sux, doesn&#x27;t work with firefox.<div class="comment-meta">— unnamed · 2004-11-08 05:17</div></div> <div class="comment">It should work now.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-11-08 09:11</div></div> <div class="comment">It does, indeed, work with Firefox. Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— Sui Juris · 2004-11-08 10:32</div></div> <div class="comment">I didn&#x27;t notice Firefox has so much different than IE. Something that works perfectly in IE does not work in Firefox. I have changed the DIV property a little bit and it works in both worlds. Then, what is the comment?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-11-08 11:19</div></div> <div class="comment">ie sux coz ie does not follow w3c standard. firefox rulez.<div class="comment-meta">— unnamed · 2004-11-08 12:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Ops. Didn&#x27;t know so many people are using FireFox now.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-11-08 13:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Works perfectly now and the website looks nice too.<div class="comment-meta">— Jens Leo Malmqvist · 2004-11-08 15:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Looks great in Firefox and Opera. :)<br><br>Maybe it would be better having the Previous Headlines before the recent comments on the main page instead of the other way around. Blog readers are more interested in knowing what you&#x27;ve blogged about instead of seeing the latest comments first. I don&#x27;t really enjoy scrolling down to see the latest blog entries&#x27; titles.<div class="comment-meta">— aline · 2004-11-08 19:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Some other blog readers are more interested in reading the latest comments. Maybe you can use a three-column design.<br><br>What is FireFox?<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-11-08 20:24</div></div> <div class="comment">As you wish, bigbro and aline<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-11-08 21:02</div></div> <div class="comment">firefox is the project of mozilla (open source team based on the old netscape engine, but i&#x27;m not quite sure).<br><br>and the official release 1.0 is for today !!!<br><br>the team declare firefow will get 10% of the browser market.<br><br>what i like in firefox<br><br>- much lighter than opera, and the webpages seems to load as fast as it (opera is said the fastest browser on the web)<br><br>-tab navigation (once you&#x27;ve tried, you can&#x27;t navigate with thousand windows of IE again)<br><br>- plug ins, especially mouse gesture like opera (so time saving!!!, just try it; right click+mouse gesture down = open in a new tab, right click/mouse gesture up= close the current tab...)<br><br>- the most compatible browser in os X platform (more than safari, the same as opera, i don&#x27;t even mention IE which is just crappy on mac.)<div class="comment-meta">— speedyop · 2004-11-09 22:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey..dude ..what&#x27;s up? new version is awesome~~ Haven&#x27;t stopped by for a long time..<br><br>your website is going great ~~Wendy&#x27;s blog is impressive<div class="comment-meta">— Halcyon · 2004-11-10 02:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, speedyop.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-11-10 12:35</div></div> <div class="comment">the team declare firefow will get 10% of the browser market.<br><br>what i like in firefox<br><br>- much lighter than opera, and the webpages seems to load as fast as it (opera is said the fastest browser on the web)<br><br>-tab navigation (once you&#x27;ve tried, you can&#x27;t navigate with thousand windows of IE again)<br><br>----<br><br>you can check my blog on:<br><br>http://medlem.jubii.dk/telemsn70/<div class="comment-meta">— Claude · 2005-08-02 06:14</div></div> </details>Youth Hostels in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041105_youth_hostels_in_shanghai.htmFri, 05 Nov 2004 23:59:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041105_youth_hostels_in_shanghai.htm<p>For budget travellers, Youth Hostel is a good choice. I stayed in the Youth Hotel in Hong Kong and the experience was wonderful. I just didn&rsquo;t find time to post the pictures and my experience with that Youth Hostel yet. I promise I will do it when I visit the next Youth Hostel.</p> <p>According to International Youth Hostel Federation&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.hihostels.com/performLocationSearchCountry.do?country=CN">website</a>, there are two hostels in Shanghai: The <a href="http://www.hostelbooking.com/ibnpub/english/static/hostel_hostel_template.asp?id=24513">Pu Jiang</a> and the <a href="http://www.hostelbooking.com/ibnpub/english/static/hostel_hostelwithrooms_template.asp?id=24539&amp;country=">Captain</a>.</p> <p>(They seems to redirect their hostel page to hostelbooking.com, which is out of their website)</p>Two Cats in my Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041104_two_cats_in_my_garden.htmThu, 04 Nov 2004 20:02:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041104_two_cats_in_my_garden.htm<p>I saw the two cats in my garden again. Poor little pets! The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041101_winter_in_shanghai.htm">winter</a> came and they don&rsquo;t have a place to stay. They were very cold in the morning wind. I guess they are abandoned since I frequently saw them in my garden. Wendy took <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20041012_319.htm">picture</a> (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/images/cat.jpg/cat.JPG">I</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/images/cat1.jpg/cat1.JPG">II</a>) of them last month, when it was pretty warm.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/11/03/shanghai-two.cats-staring.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Above: The baby cat hide under its month&rsquo;s body to keep warm.</p>Comment : Entry Ratio as Blog Metricshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041103_p852.htmWed, 03 Nov 2004 21:12:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041103_p852.htm<p>What is the success metrics of a blog? Page view? Entries? Length?</p> <p>I guess Comment /</p>Top Commenters of Jul, Aug, Sep, Octhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041103_top_commenters_of_jul_aug_sep_oct.htmWed, 03 Nov 2004 18:41:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041103_top_commenters_of_jul_aug_sep_oct.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/15/screen-top.commenter.of.the.month.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Jul 2004:</strong></p> <p>carsten 43</p> <p>bigbro 21</p> <p>earthmilk 13</p> <p>George 13</p> <p><strong>Aug 2004:</strong></p> <p>bigbro 26</p> <p>Stephen 16</p> <p>earthmilk 16</p> <p><strong>Sep 2004</strong></p> <p>carsten 33</p> <p>Stephen 26</p> <p>Lu Heli 11</p> <p>bigbro 11</p> <p><strong>Oct 2004</strong></p> <p>Stephen 38</p> <p>carsten 23</p> <p>bigbro 16</p> <p>Thanks for everyone&rsquo;s great contribution.</p> <p><strong>1 Million Page View in October 2004</strong></p> <p>With everyone&rsquo;s contribution, Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog reached the first 1 million page view in October 2004 for the first time. According to the report of iPowerWeb, the page view at home.wangjianshuo.com alone is <strong>0.977 million</strong> (page served). With hits on other Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog property, like <a href="https://www.wangjianshuo.com">www.wangjianshuo.com</a>, blog.wangjianshuo.com and bbs.wangjianshuo.com, the total page view exceeded <strong>1 million</strong>. **0.12 million **people visited the site in the last month. For the first time in the site history, it experienced <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041014_band_width_crisis.htm">bandwidth crisis</a> last month by serving more than 50G of data. I still wonder why iPowerWeb didn&rsquo;t paused my site after it exceeded the limit.</p>Planning to Travel to Tokyohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041102_planning_to_travel_to_tokyo.htmTue, 02 Nov 2004 18:02:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041102_planning_to_travel_to_tokyo.htm<p>I am planning to travel to Tokyo by the end of this year. I have never been to Japan before. I even didn&rsquo;t transfer flight in Tokyo. Many people will fly from Shanghai to Tokyo first and there are more international flights in Tokyo than in Shanghai. For example, Tokyo has direct flight to Seattle while Shanghai only has flights to SFO and I need to transit in SFO. The only impression of Tokyo is some pictures I took when my flight to SFO went over Japan.</p>Winter in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041101_winter_in_shanghai.htmMon, 01 Nov 2004 23:48:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041101_winter_in_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai continue to cool down these days. The steps of winter are closer and closer each day. The current temperature in Xujiahui is 15°C.</p> <p>Some readers will relocate to Shanghai within two months - at least there are 5 persons on my list to have the plan to migrate to Shanghai this November. I know it because most of the emails I got started with a sentence like &ldquo;I am planning to move to Shanghai this November with my husband/wife/dog/family&hellip;.&rdquo; Let me talk a little bit about the weather of Shanghai Winter.</p>3500 USD: The Summithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041101_3500_usd_the_summit.htmMon, 01 Nov 2004 13:27:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041101_3500_usd_the_summit.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>CINDY Lee</p> <p>Location of your apartment:</p> <p>No.99 Wulumuqi M. Rd, Xuhui District, Shanghai</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>Two apartments there.</p> <p>All brand new facilities.</p> <p>One is 162 sq. meter</p> <p>One is 149 sq. meter</p> <p>3 bedrooms and two bathrooms.</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>Brand new</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>Expected price per month:</p> <p>US$3500-4000.</p> <p>Other comments:</p> <p>Email address:</p> <p><a href="mailto:cindylee6276@hotmail.com">cindylee6276@hotmail.com</a></p> <p>Name of the apartment:</p> <p>The Summit</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Sincere greetings and best regards to everyone, We are a real estate agency in Shanghai and offer apartment renting service for foreigners.<br><br>We have apartments available in different areas in Shanghai. Most of our apartments and house are in Jing An district, Xu Hui district, Chang Ning distrct and Huang Pu district (People&#x27;s square). We also have apartments rent in Pu Dong or further away from Shanghai. We totally understand the reruirements of the foreigners when they look for apartments in Shanghai-----Nice area for the convinient life, good building not very old, nice apartments which are newly decorated and fully furnished with internet access, electrical appliances and good view. We also know that young foreigners normally like IKEA furniture or the same style furniture...That&#x27;s we try to make the nice apartments suit for you for your comfortable life in Shanghai. The price of apartments in Shanghai is here as follows:<br><br>1 bedroom-------area around Huai Hai Lu, Nan Jing Lu, Xu Jia Hui, Jing An temple, line 1, 2, 3000RMB to 5000RMB.<br><br>2 bedrooms----- area around Huai Hai Lu, Nan Jing Lu, Xu Jia Hui, Jing An temple, line 1, 2, 4000RMB to 7000RMB.<br><br>3 bedrooms-----area around Huai Hai Lu, Nan Jing Lu, Xu Jia Hui, Jing An temple, line 1, line 2, 5000RMB to 10000RMB.<br><br>4 bedrooms-----starts 6000RMB to 15000RMB.<br><br>Please notice: the price of the apartments is always influenced by the area, location and the complex. Please be aware of the situation.<br><br>We will try our best to find apartments you like. More details, please send your requirements to Jasonchina7@yahoo.com or call 13918591885 (Shanghai mobile number) for more information. Looking forward to working with you.<div class="comment-meta">— jason · 2007-06-02 13:52</div></div> </details>Bamboo at Mt. Tian Mu, Lin Anhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041031_bamboo_at_mt_tian_mu_lin_an.htmSun, 31 Oct 2004 20:29:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041031_bamboo_at_mt_tian_mu_lin_an.htm<p>Drove 550 km (round trip) from Shanghai to Lin An near Hangzhou (45km away) and visied the Mt. West Tian Mu. I took some pictures of the bamboo wood there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/31/linan-bamboo-leaf.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/31/linan-bamboo-many.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/31/linan-branches-old.tree.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/31/linan-grand-leafs.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/31/linan-tree-old.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wow, these pictures are just gorgeous.<div class="comment-meta">— Hailey · 2004-10-31 21:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Haha, I was confused where you were in weekend. I had a outing also - Yangchen Lake for hairness crab. see my blog :)<br><br>I think you can capture much more detail of the bamboo like leaf , because it isn&#x27;t easy to deliver locale ambience by pocket digital camara ... however detail would make the photos to be more interesting.<div class="comment-meta">— Edward · 2004-10-31 23:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Brilliant!<div class="comment-meta">— nirmalya · 2004-11-01 11:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Bamboo is not wood, it actually belongs to grass family.<div class="comment-meta">— rachel · 2004-11-02 01:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you for sharing your insights about life in China for a visitor.<br><br>Arch<div class="comment-meta">— Arch Woodside · 2004-11-09 02:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Your blog is very interesting and valuable.<br><br>Could you tell me other sites of Top 10 China Blogs in 2003 please?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Dehuang<div class="comment-meta">— Dehuang Ning · 2004-11-09 04:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Dehuang Ning,<br><br>Here you are: http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/WWW/Blog/Top10/<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-11-09 08:38</div></div> <div class="comment">I received your reply letter.Thanks for your help.<br><br>Best Wishes,<br><br>dehuang<div class="comment-meta">— Dehuang Ning · 2004-11-10 00:31</div></div> <div class="comment">I hardly appreciate your works especially pictures. CAn you post me some of the delicious bamboo trees, since I deal with this chinese green gold produced in the provinces of Jianxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Anhan, zhejiang and more....<div class="comment-meta">— ERMES · 2005-03-30 18:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Fantastic pictures! It must be amazing to visit a bamboo forest?<div class="comment-meta">— Alan · 2007-07-01 04:28</div></div> </details>M7 Started Construnction Near my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041029_m7_started_construnction_near_my_home.htmFri, 29 Oct 2004 23:16:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041029_m7_started_construnction_near_my_home.htm<p>Good news. The new Metro Line M7 Bowen Road (博文路) Station has started construction. The construction site has been cleared and the west lanes of the Jin Xiu Road has been switched to the other side of the road to give way to the construction site. The workers are migrating the electronic cables to allow futhure construction of the Metro Line #7. It is said the whole line will start to construct at the begining next year and will be completed by the year of 2008 or 2009.</p>A Car Towed Away for Temp Parkinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041028_a_car_towed_away_for_temp_parking.htmThu, 28 Oct 2004 22:46:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041028_a_car_towed_away_for_temp_parking.htm<p>I saw two workers were preparing to tow a red Santana because it was parked on a street (Xin An Road near the Huaihai Road). Temp parking is not allowed on te street. A policeman was nearby.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/29/shanghai-cars-pulled.away.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Taken by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Within 2 minutes, the two workers went back to the trailer. The trailer went away with the roof light flashing. The poor car was towed behind it. The whole things happened within 2 minutes.</p>So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro - Part IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041027_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro_-_part_iii.htmWed, 27 Oct 2004 23:41:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041027_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro_-_part_iii.htm<p>More typos found:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/27/shanghai-designed-metro.typo.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Picture taken by Jian Shuo Wang at Xujiahui Metro Station, Shanghai</p> <p>&ldquo;The Map of Shanghai Traffic - Design for Metro Line&rdquo;</p> <p>Did they really think that the map is about the traffic instead of the roads and areas? <em>Design</em> should be <em>Designed</em>. <em>Metro Line</em> should be <em>Metro</em> or <em>Shanghai Metro</em>. Actually, I don&rsquo;t think they should put <em>Designed for Metro Line</em> in so big font.</p>First Contributor of New MyBusStop Projecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041026_first_contributor_of_new_mybusstop_project.htmTue, 26 Oct 2004 23:14:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041026_first_contributor_of_new_mybusstop_project.htm<p>Joe became the first contributor to the newly opened My City, My Bus Stop project. Here is the stops/lines he just contributed:</p> <p><a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/Bus/JiaLiFang">JiaLiFang</a></p> <p><a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/Bus/QingFangShiChang">QingFangShiChang</a></p> <p><a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/Bus/GJ743">GJ743</a></p> <p>The editing history can be found from the Page History link (<a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/Bus/JiaLiFang?action=diff">example</a>).</p> <p>Thanks Joe for being the first and the nice description of <a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/Bus/JiaLiFang">JiaLiFang</a>.</p> <p>Following his link on <a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/Bus/JiaLiFang">JiaLiFang</a>, I found his interesting <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/joe_jiang">blog</a>. Joe seems to be in the same field as <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">Isaac</a> and <a href="http://blogs.51.net/">Zheng</a>. They are all of the style I like - the style of a very passionate learner and a sereious thinker. Joe brought a very good start to the new project. I am going to publish the source of the Wiki so the files can be backed up in many different locations and does not waste people&rsquo;s effort if the server crashes. I do keep my weekly backup. The old entries contributed by <a href="http://blog.hithat.com/">Billy Qiu</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao">Xiao Gao</a> and others&rsquo; have been restored to the current base. I believe the baseline of any public service that others can contribute is there is no data lose at any time.</p>MyBusStop Project Reloadedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041025_mybusstop_project_reloaded.htmMon, 25 Oct 2004 23:48:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041025_mybusstop_project_reloaded.htm<p>&ldquo;Winners never quit and quitters never win&rdquo;. This is what I learnt from two years of blogging. I started some interesting ideas, but it stopped for some reason. Many people have brilliant ideas but not many can stick to with them.</p> <p>I started the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040107_my_city_my_bus_stop_project.htm">My City, My Bus Stop project</a> in the first week of 2004, but the system failed because of migration to the new server. It involves much work to rebuild the whole thing and it did take some time to rebuild it. My friend Isaac has <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com/2004/7/28/">asked about</a> the status of the project and so have some <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040116_first_contributor_for_mybusstop.htm">contributors</a>. Although it took about half a year to fix it, I finally fixed the problem and now everything works. I bet we can start it again - the My City, My Bus Stop Project hasn&rsquo;t die yet. (These two paragraphs were rewritten according to mc_dean&rsquo;s <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041027_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro_part_iii.htm#0108">suggestion</a>)</p>Why We Use English Signs?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041024_why_we_use_english_signs.htmSun, 24 Oct 2004 11:44:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041024_why_we_use_english_signs.htm<p>When I am pushing on correction of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041019_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro.htm">misspellings in Shanghai Metro</a>, I hear about debate whether we should put on English signs in Shanghai. For me, there is no doubt that we have to do it. It is interesting to see why people want to pull English signs out of the direction boards.</p> <p><strong>The Arguments</strong></p> <p>The following comments are quoted from the thread under <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021114_is_english_skill_that_important.htm">Is English Skill That Important</a>, in courtesy of the commenter.</p>PmWiki Reloadedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041023_pmwiki_reloaded.htmSat, 23 Oct 2004 22:54:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041023_pmwiki_reloaded.htm<p>I reinstalled PmWiki <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040103_pmwiki_successfully_installed_on_windows_2000.htm">again</a>. This time, the system is not Windows and I followed the instruction on page <a href="http://www.pmichaud.com/ref/PmWiki/Setgid">http://www.pmichaud.com/ref/PmWiki/Setgid</a> to get rid of the Setgid error.</p> <p>Then I need to enable the Chinese support of this Wiki site. This page: <a href="http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/Cookbook/ChineseSupportGB2312">http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/Cookbook/ChineseSupportGB2312</a> helped. The newer version (1.0.11) added $StyleToken = &ldquo;\036&rdquo;; and I updated the code from those I got from the guide.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hello Jianshuo,<br><br>Have you been to the new Hooter&#x27;s in Shanghai? I just heard Hooter&#x27;s had a grand opening in Shanghai last week. Please go there and check it out. Don&#x27;t forget to take lots of pictures! :)<div class="comment-meta">— David S. · 2004-10-24 06:18</div></div> </details>Reserve Every Bytehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041022_reserve_every_byte.htmFri, 22 Oct 2004 23:57:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041022_reserve_every_byte.htm<p>This site is experiencing the worst bandwidth crisis after move to iPowerWeb. Today, as the 23rd day of Oct, I always used up 92% of the 40G bandwidth. With the current speed, the bandwidth will be used up around Oct 25, 2004. I don&rsquo;t know what will happen after that time. Maybe iPowerweb will give me some allowrance to transfer more or you will see &ldquo;Server Bandwidth Used up Sign&rdquo;. So be prepared to see the five days absent. page. If it is the case, the site will resume after November 1, 2004.</p>So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041021_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro_-_part_ii.htmThu, 21 Oct 2004 23:38:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041021_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro_-_part_ii.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t expect so many comments after I posted the article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041020_shanghaiwikimetrotypos_created.htm">ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Created</a>. There are 24 comments already when I created this page. This is rare on my recent entries (the last one with so many comments is about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">birthday</a>) I feel I have to do something to correct it as so many people are so concerned about it.</p> <p><strong>Find Out a Person to Talk to</strong></p> <p>Yesterday night, when I passed by the Xujiahui Metro Station again (as you may know, I rediculously pack my car at Xujiahui and ride the Metro to work), I visited the main control room of the Metro Station. It was a big room with huge glasses, through which I could see three persons operating the monitoring system and watching the dashboard. It was also the center of the in-station broadcasting system.</p>ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Createdhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041020_shanghaiwikimetrotypos_created.htmWed, 20 Oct 2004 23:53:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041020_shanghaiwikimetrotypos_created.htm<p><a href="http://www.zhuqingsi.com/">Qingsi Zhu</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20041019_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro.htm#0233">suggested</a> to create an Wiki site.</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;What about setting up a wiki-style website and let us supply and choose our translations&rdquo;</p> </blockquote> <p>It is a fantastic idea. I am a quick hand and I created a Wiki site tonight and it is online now.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/ShanghaiWiki/MetroTypos">ShanghaiWiki</a> site</strong></p> <p>If you are still not sure of what Wiki is, check <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com">Wikipedia</a>, or PmWiki&rsquo;s <a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com/PmWiki/FAQ">FAQ</a>.</p> <p>The idea behind is Wiki is what Qingsi suggested: to supply and choose a better translation to the misspelled words or grammer mistakes.</p>So Many Typos in Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041019_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro.htmTue, 19 Oct 2004 23:24:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041019_so_many_typos_in_shanghai_metro.htm<p>Remember the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040623_english_instructions_in_yantai.htm">English Instructions in Yantai</a>? I saw some worse case, in Shanghai. If the Yantai is not a very big city so the mistakes of the English translation is just funny, the same thing happens in the bigger city Shanghai is sad. It is even worse if it is in the Metro Station where more than 1 million passengers every day!</p> <p>I posted the exciting news of the new look of the guidance board at Xujiahui Station. It looks much brighter and the directions are clearer. See the pictures below:</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041018_happy_birthday_to_me-3.htmMon, 18 Oct 2004 09:43:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041018_happy_birthday_to_me-3.htm<p>Happy Birthday to myself. It is my 27th birthday.</p> <p>I searched my old entries and saw this is the third entry with title &ldquo;Happy Birthday to Me&rdquo; already. The previous two are:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">Happy Birthday to Me</a> <em>October 18, 2003</em></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">Happy Birthday to Me</a> <em>October 18, 2002</em></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Update</strong> Birthday Cake <em>October 18, 2004</em></p> <p>Wendy bought me a very nice cake. It looks so nice. We celebrated my birthday at home.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/18/shanghai-cake-happy.birtday.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>My Map Has Errors - I Knowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041017_my_map_has_errors_-_i_know.htmSun, 17 Oct 2004 22:30:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041017_my_map_has_errors_-_i_know.htm<p>I apologize to Mr. Peng who wrote to me to complain that there is an error on my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map">Shanghai Map</a>. He searched for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=%E4%B8%AD%E5%B1%B1%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%8C%E8%B7%AF">Zhong Shan South Road II</a> and come to my site since mine is the first in the result. According to my map, the place is somewhere near Xi Kang Road. He took bus No 113 there only to find the road he was looking for is at the other side of the city.</p>Google Desktophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041016_google_desktop.htmSat, 16 Oct 2004 22:52:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041016_google_desktop.htm<p>Wang Hao told me about the <a href="http://desktop.google.com">Google Desktop</a> and recommend it to me before our trip to Yang Cheng Lake (my previous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040710_group_drive_to_yang_cheng_lake.htm">trip</a>). I tried it today. After I installed it and played with it for five minutes, I said: Microsoft is in big trouble&hellip;&hellip;</p> <p><strong>Google</strong></p> <p>Google is by no doubt my most favorite company beside Microsoft. I like almost everything it gives away: The search, the Toolbar, the AdSense Program, and the <a href="http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html%22">Philosophy</a> that lies behind the company (I still remember the first is, &ldquo;Focus on the user and all else will follow.&rdquo;). It affects many of my designs of software.</p>Guangzhou Baiyun Airport is Beautifulhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041015_guangzhou_baiyun_airport_is_beautiful.htmFri, 15 Oct 2004 22:29:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041015_guangzhou_baiyun_airport_is_beautiful.htm<p>Picture report again - the new Guangzhou Baiyun Airport is beautiful. It moved to a new location and was just opened. The old Baiyun Airport was abondaned.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/15/guangzhou-arrival-airport.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/15/guangzhou-clock-airport.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/15/guangzhou-elevator.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>The new airport is much larger than the current Pudong Airport. The sign board of Baiyun is more clear and bright than those in Pudong. When I arrived at Pudong Airport at 5:30 PM, I saw the construction of the second run way and the second terminal is under construction. Within three years, the already large Pudong Airport will double in size and I hope the traffic will double too with its expansion.</p>Band Width Crisishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041014_band_width_crisis.htmThu, 14 Oct 2004 23:37:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041014_band_width_crisis.htm<p>I am experiencing bandwidth crisis. The 80G of bandwidth included in the IPowerWeb package is approaching to its limit. See the traffic increase in my previous months.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/14/screen-bandwidth-12month.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of IpowerWeb</p> <p>The bandwidth of this site for each month keeps increasing. I am not clear why my site was shut down even when my last month bandwidth 51G appears to be bigger than the limitation of 40G. According to the report, much more than 50% (23G) of bandwidth has been used.</p>Happiness, Wealth and Long-Livehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041013_happiness_wealth_and_long-live.htmWed, 13 Oct 2004 21:18:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041013_happiness_wealth_and_long-live.htm<p>I saw these three traditional Chinese statue at a lot of places in Guangzhou. They are called the Star of Happiness, Star of Wealth and Star of Long Life</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/13/guangzhou-happiness.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/13/guangzhou-money.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/13/guangzhou-life.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken at the lobby of the China Hotel by Marriot in Guangzhou.</p> <p>Wendy has been ill for some days. She caught cold and didn&rsquo;t show any sign of recover after the injection. I hope the statues bring some good luck to her. I have my finger crossed for her recovery soon.</p>Inside Pudong Airport Maglev Trainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041012_inside_pudong_airport_maglev_train.htmTue, 12 Oct 2004 22:31:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041012_inside_pudong_airport_maglev_train.htm<p>It is my first time to take a ride of the Maglev train. It is also the first time I was able to choose a flight that departs before the Maglev closes (17:30).</p> <p>The experience is quite impressive. When the train reaches speed higher of 300 km/h, the image out of the window, especially the cars on the nearby A1 Highway become a little bit blur and my eyes cannot catch them. It is absolutely impossible to recognize how many people on board on each car. It is quite interesting visual experience.</p>Look into My Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041011_look_into_my_life.htmMon, 11 Oct 2004 23:14:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041011_look_into_my_life.htm<p>I suddenly found I didn&rsquo;t take a look of my own life for quite some time when I read Wendy&rsquo;s new <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20041011_316.htm">blog entry</a>. It is a very nice summary. Just listened to the Shanghai Radio Station Traffic Channel at 105.7 and Yangyang was broadcasting, and I found she is quite interesting to share her personal travel plan to Tibet before she went there and get back to be the host of the program after the long vacation. She mentioned about her trip in her program and I feel very nice for this kind of personal feeling. It seems she is broadcasting her blog in addition to the traditional traffic condition broadcasting. It is interesting.</p>Rush Hours in Metro Line #2https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041010_rush_hours_in_metro_line_2.htmSun, 10 Oct 2004 23:09:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041010_rush_hours_in_metro_line_2.htm<p>Oh. Check out the rush hour of Metro Line #2:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/10/10/shanghai-people-metro.line.2.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://liuzhijian.net/blog/archive/2004/10/10/455.aspx">Liuzhijian</a>. I guess I have the permission to reproduce it here, isn&rsquo;t it Zhijian?</p> <p>More pictures of the Metro Line #2 can be found at Liuzhijian&rsquo;s blog - <a href="http://liuzhijian.net/blog/archive/2004/10/10/455.aspx">Do You Take Metro to Work - Rush Hours at Metro Line #2</a></p> <p>I also took photo of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040825_many_people_in_metro.htm">Many People in Metro</a>.</p> <p><strong>MSN Messenger Virus</strong></p> <p>It is said there is a new MSN Messenger Virus spreading quickly in China. It will send out this file to all contacts on MSN Messenger. Be warned of this kind of virus.</p>Bigger Font is a Failurehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041009_bigger_font_is_a_failure.htmSat, 09 Oct 2004 23:20:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041009_bigger_font_is_a_failure.htm<p>Too tired today due to long MSN conversation chat. Just a small piece of note today.</p> <p>It seems the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040910_upcoming_change_in_font_size.htm">larger font</a> I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040911_font_changed_to_bigger.htm">changed</a> is not a positive move. I saw people suggesting to change it back to <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">original view</a>. I think it reasonable. When professional look conflicts with readability and usability, I may need to choose the perfessional look. I am going to change back this week. Any comments?</p> <p><strong>Xujiahui Station Changed Face</strong></p>Where to Start an IT Company?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041008_where_to_start_an_it_company.htmFri, 08 Oct 2004 22:07:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041008_where_to_start_an_it_company.htm<p>A friend of mine asked me where to start an IT company, Beijing or Shanghai?</p> <blockquote> <p>I am thinking of going back to China to setup shop to develop business software. Between Beijing and Shanghai Which city is better city to do so in your mind? Some of factor I can think, such as cost of operation (cost of people, office, etc), IT infrastruture (connectity) and human resource (good programmers). Your opnion is greatly appreciated. Thanks again.</p>Long Vacation Endshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041007_long_vacation_ends.htmThu, 07 Oct 2004 23:57:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041007_long_vacation_ends.htm<p><strong>End of Vacation</strong></p> <p>October 7 is not as pleasant as October 1 for me. It is the last day of the long vacation. I finally spent all my seven days luxuriously and tomorrow (Friday) is the first working day after the national holiday. As the cost of withdrawing my vacation deposit in advance, I have to work on the following two-day weekend on Saturday and Sunday.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t go out of Shanghai this time. I remember in the year 2002, we went to Daocheng. I just started my blog and I recorded the trip in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/Daocheng/">Daocheng category</a>. It is one of the most interesting travel experiences I have. The next year, the year of 2003, Wendy and I got married we spent the seven days with my family who gathered in Shanghai. This year, I am happy that my family came to Shanghai so I can stay with them. I also worked a lot for many days. It is very exciting though.</p>Shanghai Metro Line #1 - Part IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041006_shanghai_metro_line_1_-_part_iii.htmWed, 06 Oct 2004 00:43:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041006_shanghai_metro_line_1_-_part_iii.htm<p>This is the third part of Shanghai Metro Line #1 (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040924_shanghai_metro_line_1_part_i.htm">part I</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040925_shanghai_metro_line_1_part_ii.htm">part II</a>) and is the last part.</p> <p>The People&rsquo;s Square 人民广场 [map](<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=2400&amp;y=2400&amp;cx=322&amp;cy=166&amp;text=Metro%20People">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=2400&amp;y=2400&amp;cx=322&amp;cy=166&amp;text=Metro%20People</a>)</p> <p>If you need to remember only one place in Shanghai, it is the People&rsquo;s Square. The Bund is more famous and attractive than the People&rsquo;s Square, but it is know as the center of the city. The city hall is there, so does the Shanghai government (this is very important).</p>Edward's Photo Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041005_edwards_photo_life.htmTue, 05 Oct 2004 23:29:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041005_edwards_photo_life.htm<p><a href="http://www.nikonfans.org/">Edward</a> is my colleague a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040706_transferred_to_microsoft_consulting_service.htm">MCS</a>. He is a serious photographer with powerful digital canon and extreme passion on equipments and taking pictures.</p> <p>I read his blog today and found some very interesting post. He is also in Shanghai and he sits near my cubicle. I guess the city from his eyes is also attractive to people who are moving to Shanghai.</p> <p>At mid-Sept, he used the camera on his SmartPhone to catch the <a href="http://www.nikonfans.org/archives/life/000072_chasing_thief.html">scene</a> of a chief caught by police man. It bring my camera with me most of the time but I always feel I should bring it more frequently when I see something suddenly happen.</p>Shanghai is Cooling Downhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041004_shanghai_is_cooling_down-2.htmMon, 04 Oct 2004 23:41:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041004_shanghai_is_cooling_down-2.htm<p>The temperature of Shanghai dropped by more than 10 °C these days and it becomes very cold at morning and night. The autumn comes to Shanghai. Wendy and I have caught cold these days due to the sudden change in temperature. I am still not used to wear jacket. The summer didn&rsquo;t go in my mind but the Autumn does arrive. Please take care and bring more clothes if you come to Shanghai.</p>Ideas on Chiba in Japan?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041004_ideas_on_chiba_in_japan.htmMon, 04 Oct 2004 12:59:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041004_ideas_on_chiba_in_japan.htm<p>My friend is going to relocate to Chiba, Japan for a while. It is said the small port is near Tokyo. Does any body in Japan can help to describe what the city looks like. My friend is very intereste in to know:</p> <ul> <li> <p>What about the meal cost of this city?</p> </li> <li> <p>Is there anything that need to put into consideration before accepting the offer?</p> </li> </ul> <p>Thanks!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">15 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Chiba is a prefecture(like province in China) in Japan - The New Tokyo International Airport (NARITA) is also located here. Living costs in Chiba are lower than in Tokyo. A typical meal (lunch) would cost JPY 600 - 750 yen and dinner around JPY 750 - 1000 yen. Rental costs are in the region of JPY 40K to 60K per month. If the company is providing accommodation (shataku in Japanese) then no problems - else accommodation is one thing which is a cause for concern.<div class="comment-meta">— S K · 2004-10-04 13:19</div></div> <div class="comment">I think you are talking about Chiba City in Chiba pref.<br><br>I&#x27;m now working in a factory in the center part of Japan, which belongs to the Sony group. I have not been to Chiba, but I&#x27;d like to introduce some information of Chiba from what I heard and some experience of life in Japan.<br><br>Chiba City is located in the center of Chiba pref which is adjacent to Tokyo and about 40 kilos far from Tokyo (less then 1 hour by 電車, which is like QingGui or subway in Shanghai). As you said, it is a small port.<br><br>Price of food in Japan is a little expensive, but not too high. A normal meal in the dining hall of my company is about 500 Japan-yen, and as I know the same meal in Tokyo is about 700-1000 Japan-yen. (100 Japan = 7.5 RMB) Eating outside is above 1000 Japan-yen(I mean normal, not the cheapest). Life in Japan is convenience, don&#x27;t worry about it.<div class="comment-meta">— viper · 2004-10-04 13:39</div></div> <div class="comment">wow, congrats to your friend. hope he likes Japan. :) Japan is nice, and clean.<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2004-10-04 15:13</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I&#x27;m from Tokyo.<br><br>I guess the most famous thing in Chiba pref. is Tokyo Disney Land!! Why is it located in Chiba? Oh, I don&#x27;t know, but you can find many nominal &quot;Tokyo&quot; staffs in Chiba.<br><br>Chiba is surrounded by the sea, Pacific Ocean on its left and Tokyo Bay on its right. So it&#x27;s good for marine sports, such as surfing, swimming.<br><br>In Chiba City, the prefectural captal, there is a Sogo department store, which you can find it also in Hong Kong and Taipei.<br><br>Tokyo Bay is located between Chiba and Kanagawa (and Tokyo). Yokohama (the center of Kanagawa pref.) is looks like Shanghai Bund and has China town. I&#x27;m sure that Kanagawa is more comfortable to live than Chiba is... sorry<div class="comment-meta">— saito hiroyuki · 2004-10-04 15:16</div></div> <div class="comment">I forgot to mention about food (I lived in Hong Kong before and visited Shanghai).<br><br>Overall, it&#x27;s quite hard to find a good Chinese restaurant in Japan. Chinese food in Japan is expensive, not so tasty.<br><br>With cheaper price, the variety of Japanese cuisine might be much narrower than Chinese cuisine, such as Ramen, sushi, Katsudon... Well, on the other hand, it might be good for foreigners who can&#x27;t really understand the language. It&#x27;s easier to order. And eating alone is common in Japan. So lonely guys don&#x27;t have to feel so lonely.<div class="comment-meta">— saito hiroyuki · 2004-10-04 15:35</div></div> <div class="comment">How is weather over there? How cold is it in the winter? thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Anna · 2004-10-04 23:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone for the information. It is very helpful! I am very happy that I have so many great readers almost everywhere in the world.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-10-05 19:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi I&#x27;m a french and japanese &quot;half&quot; who are just arrive in Shanghai,<br><br>The weather of Tokyo and Chiba is very good. It is not well-known but tokyo is one of the city around the world where there are the most days with sunshine. Even during winter almost everyday is sunny. The unique exception is during the rain season from the midle of june to the midle of july (sometimes longer).<br><br>Concerning Chiba I will add several comments:<br><br>- Chiba is considered as a surburb of tokyo : most of the time when you talk about chiba it means the huge surburb of tokyo which is located in chiba prefecture and which is closed to tokyo. It is in this area where &quot;Disneyland&quot; is located. As yokohama Chiba is &quot;scotched&quot; to tokyo (there are no countryside between the two cities, buildings and houses everywhere), that&#x27;s why chiba city is not considered as a town but as an extension of tokyo.<br><br>- If your friend wanted to work in tokyo he have to live in the surburb area of chiba and not in the rural part of chiba (too far from tokyo)<br><br>- Chiba surburb is convinient because it is quite close to tokyo and the appartmens is cheaper.<br><br>- but Chiba has some inconvenient : chiba surburb have a bad reputation for criminality (but japan is on of the safer country in the world so compare to france for example chiba is very secured), and it is also quite borring compare to tokyo : it is mainly a residential area, there are almost no history, the districts are not &quot;charming&quot; as tokyo&#x27;s districts.<div class="comment-meta">— guillaume · 2004-10-05 22:31</div></div> <div class="comment">My message appear two times sooooooryyy for this &gt;&lt; !!!<br><br>I just wanted to ad for the weather : in winter it is not very cold : around 5° in average. The best season is spring (with cherry flowers everywhere) and autumn : mild temperature with beautiful nature.<br><br>88 !<div class="comment-meta">— guillaume · 2004-10-05 22:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks guillaume. I have helped to delete one of our post. It always happens since the comment processing speed on this site is slower (about 3 seconds) and it is common that people click twice. Don&#x27;t worry.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-10-06 00:32</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve been there 2 years ago in summer and I think in general whether there is better than Shanghai, and I loved the food there. Depends on the location of his(her) office and house, the transportation in greater tokyo area is convienient but not anywhere. I guess he has to take train somehow, thus staying closer to the station is important.<div class="comment-meta">— Fransova · 2004-10-06 10:10</div></div> <div class="comment">weather, not whether, sorry for the typo<div class="comment-meta">— Fransova · 2004-10-06 10:18</div></div> <div class="comment">moving to Chiba on an assignmen with an international company. looking for information on housing shopping etc.<div class="comment-meta">— mike · 2006-10-01 03:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello, I, too am moving to Chiba soon. I&#x27;m going there basically to help my sister out who had just given birth. I&#x27;ve been researching about what to do and see in Chiba and I am very excited about going. My sister is planning on going back to work so I&#x27;ll probably end up sitting with the baby daily.<div class="comment-meta">— nimfa · 2007-06-06 13:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi everyone, I am planning to go to Chiba by the end of august 2008 to attend a conference of physical therapists. Can you suggest a place where I can stay near the Makuhari Kesse which is cheap preferably lower than 50 US dollars per night?<div class="comment-meta">— Don · 2008-05-06 18:18</div></div> </details>Wayback Wangjianshuo's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041002_wayback_wangjianshuos_blog.htmSat, 02 Oct 2004 10:29:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041002_wayback_wangjianshuos_blog.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t remember I have blog interface like this on<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021125155427/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Nov 25, 2002</a>, and I have no idea about the first version of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog like this: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020922054415/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Sep 22, 2002</a>. I even have page like this on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030327185412/http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Mar 27, 2003</a>. All these interface looks so nice to me. I wonder if they are even better than my current design. :-D</p> <p>Thanks to the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/home.wangjianshuo.com">WayBackMachine</a>, the Internet Archive to keep record of the history of the website for me, otherwise, I guess the design will got lost permenantly and I will never have a chance to review those old designs. The <a href="http://web.archive.org">Internet Archive</a> even keep almost all the link clickable and you can see the content of the whole website on that day!</p>National Holiday Beginshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041001_national_holiday_begins.htmFri, 01 Oct 2004 08:42:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20041001_national_holiday_begins.htm<blockquote> <p>This is the real time information broadcasting on National Holiday status in Shanghai, brought to you by Wangjianshuo.</p> </blockquote> <p>:-D I take the advantage to live in this city, which is the destination for millions of visitors and travelers in the next few days. The National Holiday is one of the most important (and among the longest holiday) in China, starting form Oct 1 to oct 7.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/04/24/screen-china.national.flag.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>If you can choose, do NOT come to Shanghai these days - since it is the most crowded season in this city. If you can choose, DO come to the city these days, since it shows the most exciting and beautiful side of the city.</p>Orange Harvest in my Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040930_orange_harvest_in_my_garden.htmThu, 30 Sep 2004 17:32:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040930_orange_harvest_in_my_garden.htm<p>I&rsquo;d like to share the Orange Harvest in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040606_mowing_lawn.htm">garden</a>. I didn&rsquo;t expect so many fruit for the first year of this orange tree. The orange is very sweet right now. It seems there is not much different from the orange in supermarket, expect it is a little bit smaller and are completely green.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/30/shanghai-orange-garden.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/30/shanghai-orange-many.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/30/shanghai-orange-one.big.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p>East Fuxing Road Tunnel Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040929_east_fuxing_road_tunnel_opens.htmWed, 29 Sep 2004 17:20:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040929_east_fuxing_road_tunnel_opens.htm<p>A new tunnel <strong>East Fuxing Road Tunnel</strong> opens today. It is another good news after the successful F1 circuit.</p> <p>The tunnel is just besides the Nanpu Bridge, which is on my daily routine to work and home. I expect the tunnel will off load some traffic on Nanpu Bridge. :-D</p> <p>Didn&rsquo;t have time to drive through the tunnel yet, but I guess I will have a try in the long Natinoal Holiday.</p>Happy Mid-Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040928_happy_mid-festival.htmTue, 28 Sep 2004 23:38:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040928_happy_mid-festival.htm<p>Happy Mid-Festival (Moon Festival) to all my friends and readers!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/28/screen-happy.mid.autunm-drawing.jianshuo.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Image created by Jian Shuo Wang with Microsoft Paint.</p> <p>I especally want to send the card to my family in Luoyang, Nanyang, Tongchuan, Fuzhou, Toronto, Portland&hellip; It is a season for every member of the family to gather and today, only Wendy and I am in Shanghai.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">that&#x27;s enough :)<br><br>better than alone<div class="comment-meta">— Tofu · 2004-09-29 13:19</div></div> <div class="comment">It will be better to connect the moon festival with the national holiday.<br><br>Then people would be able to celebrate it for real, and the way it was intended; now they can only call by phone, because they will not meet before beginning of october !<br><br>The moon festival was created way before anyone went away from their hometown to work as they do today.<br><br>This is a 55 year old mistake of the Party, please correct it on the next meeting, Beijing !<br><br>The moon festival has to be more flexible, and should follow the PEOPLE of China.<br><br>They have SO little holidays and gatherings, compared to others.<br><br>A solution could be to put the holidays from the lunar festival, and incorporate them into oct. 1.<br><br>Come on Mr. Hu !<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2004-09-29 19:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Carsten,<br><br>you are so hilarious, but I wont count on the communists to make this happened.<div class="comment-meta">— angelica · 2004-09-29 22:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Great picture.<br><br>BTW, you know adsense allows Chinese language now. Have you seen an adsense ads on a chinese site?<div class="comment-meta">— William · 2004-09-30 04:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Mooncake Festival! (though I&#x27;m a day delayed for my greeting since tomorrow&#x27;s gonna be the National Day celebration and I don&#x27;t have a break for the holidays, too bad!) Happy Holidays, JS and Wendy! Hope to meet you one of these days! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-09-30 06:12</div></div> <div class="comment">carsten,<br><br>I appreciate your view towards family orientation during the festival, but to merge the Moon Festival and National Holiday may drew reluctance from the law makers in Beijing as they clearly do not wish to see the exuberance being diluted by family value during the National Holiday which is the major festival to unify the country politically.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-09-30 22:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, angelica and Stephen, but it is after all only wishful thinking...<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2004-10-01 16:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Mid-Autumn Festival comes closer and closer.<div class="comment-meta">— MostImportantChineseFestivals · 2010-09-14 14:34</div></div> </details>Travel by Train in China - Part Ihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040927_travel_by_train_in_china_-_part_i.htmMon, 27 Sep 2004 23:58:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040927_travel_by_train_in_china_-_part_i.htm<p>Railway is the &ldquo;standard&rdquo; travel options for normal people in China. Richer (minority) people travel by air and short distance traveler go by bus; the rest typically take trains.</p> <p>For transition passengers in Shanghai, to take train maybe an option if the destination is near. I&rsquo;d like to devote some time on the train system in China. I hope this guide will be helpful to visitors who want to use railway.</p>F1 Grand Prix Shanghai Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040926_f1_grand_prix_shanghai_pictures.htmSun, 26 Sep 2004 21:31:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040926_f1_grand_prix_shanghai_pictures.htm<p>I am just <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040914_going_to_f1_grand_prix.htm">back</a> from F1 Grand Prix. I took some pictures there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-child.flag-waving.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-f1.bus-volenteers.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-flags-franch.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-grass.stand.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-grass.stand-many.people.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-grass.stand-watching.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-grass-stand.with.flag.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-official.shop.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-people-getting.back.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-people-waiting.for.bus.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-space-under.stage.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/26/shanghai-the.car-f1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040914_going_to_f1_grand_prix.htm#1016">Carsten</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040914_going_to_f1_grand_prix.htm#0304">Gweilo</a> are right. The cars were very noisy and the earplugs Carsten <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040918_carsten_gave_me_earplugs.htm">shared</a> with me are very useful so I can spare my hands from my ears.</p> <p>Well. I have to admit that the race is not as exciting as I expected. I am not a F1 fan. So I don&rsquo;t know the names of each team and each player. Since it was too noisy and I was wearing the earplugs, so I missed the broadcasting inside the circuit. I stood there and watched the 56 round of the race - it seems a little bit boring for me for the middle 30 circles. It seems I should have done more homework before I went there.</p>Setting up phpBBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040925_p812.htmSat, 25 Sep 2004 17:31:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040925_p812.htm<p>Here is a record of the steps I followed to setup phpBB at my new server at <a href="http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com">http://bbs.wangjianshuo.com</a>.</p> <p><strong>Choose the BBS Software</strong></p> <p>I tried <a href="http://www.yabbforum.com/&amp;e=7249">yabb</a> and some other BBS, and finally, I am convienced that phpBB is the right choice for me. I tested for sometime and believe it is the best I can find. <a href="http://shanghaiexpat.com">ShanghaiExpat.com</a> and <a href="http://www.chinese-forums.com/">chinese-forums.com</a> are all powered by phpBB.</p> <p><strong>Download phpBB</strong></p> <p>The phpBB download page is at <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php">http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php</a>. I choosed <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.10.zip?download">phpBB 2.0.10 Full Package Zip</a> version. It is pretty fast to get it to my local disk, costing me only 30 seconds over my Shanghai Telecom Broadband network from Ireland mirror. (The Windows XP SP2 download warning did pop up and I accepted it.</p>Shanghai Metro Line #1 - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040925_shanghai_metro_line_1_-_part_ii.htmSat, 25 Sep 2004 11:48:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040925_shanghai_metro_line_1_-_part_ii.htm<p>Well. Let me continue to follow the Metro Line #1 to visit the other great stations. In my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040924_shanghai_metro_line_1_part_i.htm">last article</a>, I have introduced the Xin Zhuang - Xujiahui Station. Now, we will go northward to the Heng Shan Road. Station.</p> <p><strong>Hengshan Road. Station 衡山路</strong> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=1800&amp;y=3000&amp;cx=242&amp;cy=244&amp;text=Metro%20Hengshan%20Road%20Station">map</a></p> <p>Hengshan Road is the bar street. It is the place where lots of consulates of many countries - such as U.S., Canada, Japan, Singapore. There are many bars along the street. Although the Xintiandi has taken the best bar area title from Hen Shan Road, it is still a nice place to visit at night, especially for me who works in Xujiahui. Hengshan Road is also one of the most beautiful street in Shanghai with the nice phoenix trees along both side.</p>Shanghai Metro Line #1 - Part Ihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040924_shanghai_metro_line_1_-_part_i.htmFri, 24 Sep 2004 23:11:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040924_shanghai_metro_line_1_-_part_i.htm<p>In this series of article, I want to give personal comments to the Metro Stations along Shanghai Metro Line #1.</p> <p><strong>Xin Zhuang Station 莘庄</strong> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=800&amp;y=4200&amp;cx=319&amp;cy=346&amp;text=Metro%20Xinzhuang%20Station">map</a></p> <p>Xin Zhuang is the south-most stop of Shanghai Metro Line #1. It is also the starting station of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031129_shanghai_metro_5_xin_min_light_rail.htm">Shanghai Metro Line #5 (or Xin Min Light Rail)</a>. There is no in-station transition between the two lines. You have to exit the Metro #1 and buy separate ticket for Metro Line #5.</p>XGAO's RJRI Retiredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040923_xgaos_rjri_retired.htmThu, 23 Sep 2004 18:50:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040923_xgaos_rjri_retired.htm<p>According to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao/000292.html">GAO&rsquo;s blog</a>, his test machine RJRI retired.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/23/screen-rjri-retired.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of Hui-Jie Gao. Quoted from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao/000292.html">his blog</a></p> <p>It is not a big piece of news of a retiring machine, especiall it is a common, Dell, personal computer, but we will miss that machine. RJRI started a new kind of naming convension for computers at work. My laptop was named \sha-jswang-01. My previous test machine was named \sha-jswang-02, some times when I have more than four computers under my command, I named it \sha-jswang-03, \sha-jswang-04&hellip; SHA means Shanghai and jswang is my alias in Microsoft. BTW, SHA sounds exactly as 傻, meaning silly or stupid in Chinese. So the names sounds &ldquo;Stupid jswang 01&rdquo;, &ldquo;Stupid jswang 02&rdquo;&hellip; Haha.</p>Google: IPO First, then Dancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040923_google_ipo_first_then_dance.htmThu, 23 Sep 2004 18:34:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040923_google_ipo_first_then_dance.htm<p>It seems Google guys are too busy with the IPO and AdSense, AdWords and new features, and have no time to <strong>dance</strong>.</p> <p>I noticed the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040722_last_google_dance.htm">last Google dance</a> as in June 07, 2004 for my site. I know it from the obvious PageRank difference between the two adjustant entries. The difference is still there. This means, <strong>Google didn&rsquo;t dance since June 07, 2004</strong>. 108 passed and there is no change in anything in PageRank.</p>PVG: Bus to Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040922_pvg_bus_to_suzhou_nanjing_hangzhou.htmWed, 22 Sep 2004 23:17:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040922_pvg_bus_to_suzhou_nanjing_hangzhou.htm<p>Here are the latest long distance bus information from Pudong Airport to nearby cities.</p> <p><strong>Direct bus</strong></p> <p>The following bus lines connects the Pudong Airport and the city directly with no stops in the middle.</p> <p>Hangzhou 杭州 100 RMB 1030 1200 1330 1530 1730 1930</p> <p>Qing Tian 青田 192 RMB 1310</p> <p><strong>Via Hong Qiao Airport</strong></p> <p>The following buses will go to Hong Qiao Airport to pick up passengers there and they leave for the destination.</p>Today in History - My Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040921_today_in_history_-_my_wedding.htmTue, 21 Sep 2004 23:07:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040921_today_in_history_-_my_wedding.htm<p>On Sept 21, 2003, Wendy and I held our <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htm">Big Fat Wedding</a> in Shanghai. Today is the one year anniversary. Although Wendy and I take <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030317_marriage_announcement.htm">March 17</a> as our wedding memorial day, I am still very excited to recall the sweet time of the same day last year.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.grass-wenfeng.jianshuo-pointing.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.ceremony-jianshuo.wenfeng-cut.cake.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">11 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Mr. and Mrs. Wang<br><br>Happy anniverary to you both!<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-09-22 02:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy anniversary to both of you! Best Wishes! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-09-22 21:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, Stephen and earthmilk!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-09-22 23:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Happiness forever!<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-09-22 23:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh, congratulations! Happy Anniversary Hugs to you both :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2004-09-23 02:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Are you two planning to take a photo together on every anniversary?<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-09-23 09:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, Bigbro, it is a very good idea. Let me try it from this year.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-09-23 09:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations! I remembered you were OOB for about one week. Hehe, I have kept reading your blog for over one year.<div class="comment-meta">— zaiming · 2004-09-23 12:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations ! Best wishes to you and wife.<div class="comment-meta">— iwww · 2004-10-01 18:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations on your wedding! : )<div class="comment-meta">— MN weddings · 2005-02-04 22:35</div></div> <div class="comment">cannot see your pictures<div class="comment-meta">— tomic · 2006-09-16 05:38</div></div> </details>Cars with Non-Shanghai Plateshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040920_cars_with_non-shanghai_plates.htmMon, 20 Sep 2004 22:02:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040920_cars_with_non-shanghai_plates.htm<p>From Sept 1, 2004, all cars in Shanghai without a Shanghai local car plate will be charged 150 RMB per month. It means, I need to pay 1800 RMB more for my car.</p> <p>According to the new regulation, I need to visit the police office to hand in the money; otherwise the fine will be 30,000 RMB.</p> <p>Actually, all cars without a Shanghai plate need to pay 30 RMB for the entrance fee when they enter Shanghai. This regulation just added the 7-day valid period for entrance fee. It means, the car driver can choose to go back to the entrance toll gate to hand it the fee every 7 days (so it is 120 RMB per month), or to go to the police to pay a little bit higher - 150 RMB per month. Of cause, the third choice is not to do anything until the fine ticket of 30,000 RMB arrives.</p>How China Mobile Fee are Chargedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040919_how_china_mobile_fee_are_charged.htmSun, 19 Sep 2004 11:49:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040919_how_china_mobile_fee_are_charged.htm<p>Notice: This article only applies to <a href="http://www.chinamobile.com">China Mobile</a> users. I didn&rsquo;t research about Unicom charging model, but it should be very similar.</p> <p><strong>Yes. I Agree it is Complicated</strong></p> <p>To be honest, I don&rsquo;t know how the mobile fee is charged till now. As one reader commented (I cannot find the post about three days ago), it is too difficult to calculate how much it costs since it is not a flat rate. You have to put where you are, where your base city are, whether you are calling or receiving call into consideration. If you put the different discount plan into the calculation, it is almost impossible for you to clearly know how much you are paying. Even people in China Mobile may not understand the whole thing. Maybe all those people who are clearly aware of how it works are not the target customer of either China Mobile or China Unicom: they are so called low-end customers. If someone spend more than 800 RMB on mobile every month, will he/she bother to spend time to understand it? :-D</p>Cheap and Clean Hostels in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040919_cheap_and_clean_hostels_in_shanghai.htmSun, 19 Sep 2004 10:52:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040919_cheap_and_clean_hostels_in_shanghai.htm<p>If my friends or family came to Shanghai, I would recommend one of the three brand of chain hotels to them: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040524_cheap_and_clean_motel_in_shanghai_motel168.htm">Motel 168</a>, <a href="http://www.homeinns.com/">Rujia Inns</a>, and <a href="http://www.jj-inn.com/">Jin Jiang Inn</a>. They are cheap, clean and convinient.</p> <p>Unlike those star hotels in Shanghai, their price is about 168 RMB - 298 RMB (20 USD - 36 USD) per night for the standard room. I took picture of one of the Motel168 room in this entry: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040524_cheap_and_clean_motel_in_shanghai_motel168.htm">Cheap and Clean Motel in Shanghai - Motel168</a>. The other two hostels are similiar. I cannot tell too much difference between these brands right now, since they are so similiar in price, room, and background.</p>Carsten Gave Me Earplugshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040918_carsten_gave_me_earplugs.htmSat, 18 Sep 2004 21:48:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040918_carsten_gave_me_earplugs.htm<p>If you keep reading this blog for enough time, you must know <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/search/search.php?q=carsten">Carsten</a>. He shared a lot of good comments on this blog. More than that, he contributed lots of his earplugs to my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040914_going_to_f1_grand_prix.htm">F1 trip</a>. We met the B&amp;Q in Pudong. It is nice to see my reader and good friend in person. :-D Thanks Carsten.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/09/18/shanghai-earplugs-by.carsten.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image sent me by Carsten</p> <p>If Carsten hadn&rsquo;t reminded me of the noise of F1 race cars, I will go there without any protection, and it may be a disaster for Wendy and I.</p>My Home Became in Good Orderhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040917_my_home_became_in_good_order.htmFri, 17 Sep 2004 23:55:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040917_my_home_became_in_good_order.htm<p>Almost half year after I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040405_life_in_pudong_started.htm">moved to Pudong</a>, I finally get my home in good order. Today, as Wendy and I celebrate the 1.5 year wedding anniversary, we welcame our first batch of guests: <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/grace">Grace</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/claire">Claire</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/gao">Xiao Gao</a>, and Ricky. They share something in common - all of them are best friends and all of them keep blogs. It is late after the party and I will write more about the new home soon. The reason why it takes so long to settle down is, we have more than 60 boxes and we have to clean them one by one and put the stuff in the boxes into their new place in the new home. So from today, I guess the life is completely back to normal. It seems to long a process, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Posting my Mobile Numberhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040916_posting_my_mobile_number.htmThu, 16 Sep 2004 22:01:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040916_posting_my_mobile_number.htm<p>I listed my mobile number on my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/me/contact.htm">contact page</a>. Some one commented that &ldquo;Jian Shuo Wang is really crazy that he put his mobile phone number onto his blog! The whole world can see it.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>I Never Received Any Spam Mobile Call or SMS</strong></p> <p>I am not crazy. To publish a mobile number on the web is not that astonishing as others think. I am comfortable with it. To put on an email address in its original form may bring many spam emails, but a mobile number is not as attractive for spammers, especially for international spammers. :-D If they want to spam, mobile number is much easier to guess than email. Let me tell you the rule if you are going to spam (take it as a joke). All mobile numbers in China are 13 digits. The first three can tell you the operator the mobile is using. 135, 136, 137, 138, and 139 belongs to China Mobile while 131, 132, 133 belongs to China Unicom. In Chinese version of Google (swtich the interface to China in Google Preference), type in any mobile number and they tell you the operator, the type of the subscription (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030319_difference_between_quanqiutong_and_shenzhouxing.htm">Shenzhouxing or Quanqiutong</a>) and base city. Here is the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=zh-CN&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=13916146826&amp;lr=">information for my mobile</a>. Since China Mobile is going to open the 134xxxxxxxxxx number range, it is pretty sure that the existing number range are almost full. Back to the spamming topic, a spammer can just start with my number and increase the number by one (I know it is one of my friend&rsquo;s number), and spam it. Then increase it by one and spam again. At last, the spammer will reach all mobile in China. (Don&rsquo;t tell others that I told you this :-D).</p>Search Function Improvedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040916_search_function_improved.htmThu, 16 Sep 2004 21:26:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040916_search_function_improved.htm<p>Anyone noticed the new <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/search/search.php">search</a> function on this site? I wrote the code (PHP code) and added the following features:</p> <p><strong>Standalone Search Page</strong></p> <p>I have removed the search box from the title area and put a search link on every page. Thanks to readers like PP to point out the search box won&rsquo;t work on certain browser. I know it is against Jakob&rsquo;s usability suggestion that <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010513.html">search should be a box</a>, so I added a search box at the middle of the home page.</p>Goudaner Scratched by Drunk Driverhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040915_goudaner_scratched_by_drunk_driver.htmWed, 15 Sep 2004 23:06:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040915_goudaner_scratched_by_drunk_driver.htm<p>Life is bitter, for my car. Around 7:00 PM, at the parking lot, a Hyundai Sonata backed to the parking lot. My car was stopped nearby and the Hyundai&rsquo;s head scratched the rear of my car. Bang! I checked my car. It was not very badly hurt but my heart was hurt.</p> <p>I went to the driver. I was surprised to see the driver seemed cannot understand what I said. Later, I found out that the driver, about 40 years old, was completely drunk. He even could not step out of the car. With his friends&rsquo; help, his friends have to support his hands so he could walk. The air suddenly was full of the smell of alcohol. I could not imagine how he managed to drive to the parking lot. The driver seems to be the big boss. There is a guy jump out and tell his boss that nothing happened. He will handle everything and sent his boss away. It is obvious that this guy don&rsquo;t want others to know the driver was drunk. I guess he is the big boss&rsquo;s executive assistant or some role like that.</p>Negative Comments for this Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040915_negative_comments_for_this_blog.htmWed, 15 Sep 2004 14:44:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040915_negative_comments_for_this_blog.htm<p>Some people don&rsquo;t like this blog. Some hate it. Here are their reasons.</p> <p><strong>Why a Chinese uses English to Blog?</strong></p> <p>It is common comment. Someone said something really bad about this blog, because it is in English. Many people take France as a model of anti-English countries. I have to accept this. It is bitter sometimes. Well. Let me get back to the question, why I choosed to use English in this blog?</p>Flowers Bloom on MSN Messengerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040914_flowers_bloom_on_msn_messenger.htmTue, 14 Sep 2004 23:44:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040914_flowers_bloom_on_msn_messenger.htm<p>Two days before, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> sent me the message via MSN: &ldquo;请放一朵玫瑰 ，在MSN名字之前( 名字前加&quot;括号f括号&rdquo;)，用来表现对于数百位俄罗斯死于恐怖行动的孩童哀悼，希望可以传这个讯息给你所有线上名单，看看会有少朵玫瑰盛开&quot; or in English: &ldquo;Please put a rose in front of your name to show your sympathy for the hundreds of children killed in Russia terrorism attack.&rdquo;</p>Going to F1 Grand Prixhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040914_going_to_f1_grand_prix.htmTue, 14 Sep 2004 23:06:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040914_going_to_f1_grand_prix.htm<p>I finally got the F1 Grand Prix. I was not interested in F1, as most of people in Shanghai, maybe in China. No suprise. This is the time time F1 comes to this country. I never saw real F1 before. However, when the big, nice, red ticket is on my hand, I became a little bit excited. I never saw F1 before. At the time I bought it, there are only GRASS STAND TICKET for Sunday, Sept 26, 2004.</p>AutoComplete in Web Pagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040913_autocomplete_in_web_page.htmMon, 13 Sep 2004 17:53:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040913_autocomplete_in_web_page.htm<p>This is an Auto Complete in Web Page demo. According to the file header (thanks to my good habbit to write long and detailed file header in all my source code), it is written on March 6, 2001. It shows how to implement the AutoComplete feature on a web page. Try to input something and see the input gets AutoCompleted. I have populate a long list of titles on this blog into the history.</p>Fahrenheit 911https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040912_fahrenheit_911.htmSun, 12 Sep 2004 23:02:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040912_fahrenheit_911.htm<p>Yesterday is the third year memorial day of 9-11. I cannot skip this day without posting something about it. My flowers go to all the people (from various nations) who were killed in that disaster.</p> <p>I bought Michael Moore&rsquo;s <em>Fahrenheit 911</em> DVD from a video store at Tian Lin around 9:00 PM, after swimming at Sports Hotel. I admit it is pirated, the only channel to access the film here in China. The film importing administration has decided not to import this film this year.</p>Font Changed to Biggerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040911_font_changed_to_bigger.htmSat, 11 Sep 2004 20:01:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040911_font_changed_to_bigger.htm<p>After the forecast of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040910_upcoming_change_in_font_size.htm">Upcoming Change in Font Size</a>, I uploaded the new <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/jianshuowangstyle.css">CSS</a> to my web server. I have formed a habbit to link to this CSS file whenever I create a new web page, so the most basic features of my style becomes handy. These features include:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Verdana font</p> </li> <li> <p>Font size of 12pt (the default size in IE and most browsers). It was 10pt before.</p> </li> <li> <p>Colorful Headings.</p> </li> <li> <p>Margin on the left and on the right</p>Wangjianshuo's BBS Launchedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040911_wangjianshuos_bbs_launched.htmSat, 11 Sep 2004 01:42:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040911_wangjianshuos_bbs_launched.htm<p>I am cautious to open a BBS on my site. One month ago, I posted: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040810_shall_i_open_a_shanghai_bbs.htm">Shall I Open a Shanghai BBS</a>. At that time, I still didn&rsquo;t decide to open one. The major barrier is, I don&rsquo;t think I have any spare time to operate a BBS. As everyone is aware of, to maintain a good BBS is not easy, even tougher than running a blog.</p> <p>However, with friends&rsquo; encouragement, I finally step out to open one. It is to forester more voices and more topics beside the &ldquo;Wangjianshuo monopoly&rdquo; on my blog. :-D</p>Last Post in Year IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040910_last_post_in_year_ii.htmFri, 10 Sep 2004 23:26:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040910_last_post_in_year_ii.htm<p>This is the last blog of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog in the Year II. Well. Relax, relax. This is not the last post - I know some of my frequent readers are alarmed to see the title, as Carroll <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040717_to_continue_or_not_confusing_in_china_blogsphere.htm#1219">did</a> when she read my article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040717_to_continue_or_not_confusing_in_china_blogsphere.htm">To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogsphere</a>. I am not abandon this blog. The news I am going to deliver is, I am stepping to the <strong>third year</strong> of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog from tomorrow.</p>Upcoming Change in Font Sizehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040910_upcoming_change_in_font_size.htmFri, 10 Sep 2004 22:05:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040910_upcoming_change_in_font_size.htm<p>I have planned this for a long time, from the first day of this blog till now. I am going to change the current fixed font size (10pt) of this blog to a blog with relative font (100%, 120%&hellip;) size.</p> <p>This is a change according to the suggestion of this article: <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020819.html">Let Users Control Font Size</a>.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t change since I used MovableType&rsquo;s original CSS and the change made the page almost unreadable. Now, with two years gradual change, I will launch the bigger font version tomorrow, exactly at the first day of the third year of my blog.</p>Shanghai's Growth is Slowing Downhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040909_shanghais_growth_is_slowing_down.htmThu, 09 Sep 2004 23:18:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040909_shanghais_growth_is_slowing_down.htm<p>No matter how the media reports, I am feeling the development speed of Shanghai is slowing down, from the tiniest things happening around me. Shanghai is still growing, but not at a speed like years before.</p> <p>When I was in university, especially in the years of 1998, 1999, Shanghai changed so much. New bridges, new shopping malls and office buildings (like those in Xujiahui) and the elevated roads became into being. When I return from a vacation longer than 2 weeks, sometimes only for several days, I will find significant change in the appearance of the city. That was the most exciting part of the city and is among the most exciting memories I had.</p>On Credibilityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040908_on_credibility.htmWed, 08 Sep 2004 19:09:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040908_on_credibility.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> is angry today. His blog article on <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm/archive/2004/05/24/22328.aspx">75 Rules of Thumb of Software Development</a> (Chinese site) was quoted by CSDN without prior notification on the homepage. The worst is, under another person&rsquo;s name. 27 comments quickly followed the original article including an editor from CSDN.</p> <p>When I just started this blog, I read this article: <a href="http://www.spartaneity.com/02/08/honesty_credibility_revisited.html">Honesty Honesty (Credibility Revisited)</a>. It is a very good starting point for me to keep my promise on credibility. I became very careful to quote, and to give credit to where it belongs to.</p>Cleaning the Househttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040907_cleaning_the_house.htmTue, 07 Sep 2004 21:07:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040907_cleaning_the_house.htm<p>I am cleaning the 20 boxes of stuff according to the <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_3159_clean-drawers.html">instructions</a> on <a href="http://www.ehow.com">eHow</a>. Besides the three boxes suggested by the article, I added another box labled <a href="http://www.eachnet.com">Eachnet</a>, meaning to be sold on Eachnet. Eachnet has been the eBay of China and has been the symbol of online auction. I borrowed the name although I may sell it on <a href="http://www.yipai.com">Yipai</a>.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">very nice site. please keep updating it. lose love play - that is all that table is capable of: http://home.kyodo.co.jp/ , Astonishing is feature of Superb Round anticipate stake is very good corner , to Steal Grass you should be very Full bad round is always bad player<div class="comment-meta">— john williams · 2005-12-06 13:53</div></div> </details>If I were a Visitor to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040906_if_i_were_a_visitor_to_shanghai.htmMon, 06 Sep 2004 23:12:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040906_if_i_were_a_visitor_to_shanghai.htm<p>If I were a visitor to Shanghai, who has never been to this land, I would choose to land at Pudong Airport. Actually, I don&rsquo;t have other choice since all international flights arrive at Pudong Airport (PVG) only.</p> <p>If I were a visitor, I will stay either in a nice five star hotel that is at the central of the city, like JW Marriot or JC Mandarin, because it is cheaper than the same standard of hotel in other countries, or stay at Youth Hotel for 40 RMB per night only but also enjoy the convenience of sleep at the heart o the city.</p>The Sea Ranch , Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040905_the_sea_ranch_hong_kong.htmSun, 05 Sep 2004 22:35:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040905_the_sea_ranch_hong_kong.htm<p>I would have never been to the private resort on the Lantau island named Sea Ranch if <a href="http://www.blogcn.com/user10/drygrape/index.html">Minji</a> (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a>&rsquo;s girl friend) hadn&rsquo;t lived there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.sea.ranch/slides/hongkong-flats-sea.ranch.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Private resort at Lantau island of Hong Kong, where Wendy and I were hosted</p> <p>I understand why <a href="http://www.shanghaidiaries.com">Dan Washburn</a> found a contact at each location before he started his journey to go around China. A contact there is so difference that you (have to) visit somewhere you would never visit as a normal visitor.</p>Hong Kong Pictures Postedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040905_hong_kong_pictures_posted.htmSun, 05 Sep 2004 00:00:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040905_hong_kong_pictures_posted.htm<p>I have posted part of my Hong Kong pictures to my Hong Kong picture repository.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.city/index.htm">Hong Kong - the Amazing City</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.sea.ranch/index.htm">The Sea Ranch of Hong Kong</a></p> <p>Enjoy!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I WANT TO TAKE THE PUBLIC BUS FROM HONGKONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO LUOHU OR HUANGGUANG PORT, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGESTIONS.<div class="comment-meta">— HUANG WEIHONG · 2005-06-15 18:25</div></div> <div class="comment">just walk there if you have enough time.<div class="comment-meta">— rock lei · 2008-12-05 15:09</div></div> </details>Airport Construction Fee Included in Ticketshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040903_airport_construction_fee_included_in_tickets.htmFri, 03 Sep 2004 18:55:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040903_airport_construction_fee_included_in_tickets.htm<p>From Sept 1, 2004, the Airport Construction Fee (50 RMB for domestic travel, 90 RMB for international and 10 RMB for branch airlines) is paid along with the ticket (<a href="http://www.cs-air.com/en/NEWS/2004/08/002.htm">news</a>) in China. Travelers no longer have to buy it at airports.</p> <p>I took Shanghai Airlines flight from Wen Zhou to Shanghai yesterday (Sept 2, 2004). The price is 50 RMB higher than the listed price. On the ticket, CN 50.00 was printed in the TAX field (at the left-bottom corner). I directly got on board the plane after the security check. There are less stops I need to go through:</p>Hong Kong MTRhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040902_hong_kong_mtr.htmThu, 02 Sep 2004 00:59:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040902_hong_kong_mtr.htm<p>I was very impressed by the <a href="http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/homepage/e_customer_index.php">Hong Kong MTR</a>. I have just uploaded some pictures of the MTR onto the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.mtr/index.htm">photo section</a> of this site:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.mtr/thumbs/hongkong-kcr.tickets.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The Hong Kong MTR ticket is very similar with the ticket in Shanghai. The difference is, it is much more expensive (9 HKD to go across the Victoria Strait v.s 2 RMB to cross Hong Pu River in Shanghai).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.mtr/thumbs/hongkong-kowloon.tong.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.mtr/thumbs/hongkong-central.sign-mtr.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/photo/hongkong.mtr/thumbs/hongkong-rocket.wall-mtr.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>How to Go to Hong Kong via Shen Zhenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040901_how_to_go_to_hong_kong_via_shen_zhen.htmWed, 01 Sep 2004 23:10:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040901_how_to_go_to_hong_kong_via_shen_zhen.htm<p>If you want to enjoy easy and relaxed trip, and you are not interested to save money at cost of time, just directly fly to Hong Kong from anywhere in the world. However, if you want to get there with a budget trip from mainland China, to visit Hong Kong via Shen Zhen is a cheaper choice. You can experience the KCR (Kowloon Canton Rail) and Hong Kong MTR (Massive Transit Rail).</p>Hong Kong - the Amazing Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040830_hong_kong_-_the_amazing_city.htmMon, 30 Aug 2004 23:24:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040830_hong_kong_-_the_amazing_city.htm<p>I am back from Hong Kong with the late flight at 9:45 pm via Shenzhen. The Monday that just past was a busy day for me, after my absence in office for five weeks. Everyone including the Ayi, seems to have something to say to me. Now, I have left Shanghai and now I am sitting at the desk of Shangri-La Hangzhou. I will start my journey in Zhejiang from tomorrow.</p>OOB on Travel for Three Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040826_oob_on_travel_for_three_days.htmThu, 26 Aug 2004 10:53:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040826_oob_on_travel_for_three_days.htm<p>I am traveling to Hongkong on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I bring my laptop with me but I am not sure if I can find time to update this blog. Will be back soon.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Have a nice trip! Bless～～<div class="comment-meta">— weaver · 2004-08-26 15:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Yo, I think you are getting too busy.... not spending enough time with your beloved wife lately....she might start to feel alittle be lonely...don&#x27;t u think???<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2004-08-26 16:58</div></div> <div class="comment">You have a safe travel, JS! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-08-26 18:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Mr. Wang<br><br>Since you are in Hong Kong, can you please brief us how you feel about the place and people of Hong Kong.<br><br>People over there has long treated Shanghai as their major competitor and try to beat her in every possible way, some of the articles released by the media can be construed as hostile, nevertheless, I let you to interpret the situation from Shanghai point of view.<br><br>At any rate, if you are visiting Hong Kong for the first time, don&#x27;t forget to visit the Peak, it is like the Bund in Shanghai, and there are good restaurants at the Peak.<br><br>Enjoy your trip!<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-08-26 22:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Have a nice trip!<br><br>Waiting for your new articles about HK.<br><br>====Orlando Bloom(a new friend here)<div class="comment-meta">— Orlando · 2004-08-28 13:23</div></div> </details>Digital Words in Real Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040825_digital_words_in_real_world.htmWed, 25 Aug 2004 23:46:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040825_digital_words_in_real_world.htm<p><strong>Zheng 2.0</strong></p> <p>Zheng was among the happiest blogger these days. He had a son on Aug 23. He called hsi son &ldquo;<strong><a href="http://blogs.51.net/archives/000799.html">Zheng 2.0</a></strong>&rdquo; in his blog. Many people came and sent congratulations to the happy <strong>Zheng 1.0</strong>. (via <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com//2004/8/23#1352">IsaacMao</a>). BTW, he said his son was &ldquo;released&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>404 Error</strong></p> <p>Here is another example to use computer words in real world. The day before yesterday, we were busy working in a small lab when someone came to look for a person.</p>Many People in Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040825_many_people_in_metro.htmWed, 25 Aug 2004 23:10:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040825_many_people_in_metro.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/26/shanghai-people-many.in.metro.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken in Shangai Metro #1</p> <p>Public transportation? Avoid rush hours - see so many people there.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/11/shanghai-crowded.people-people.square.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken in Shangai Metro #1</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Mr. Wang<br><br>Are these the recent photos of the metro?<br><br>I see people dressed in winter gear!<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-08-26 03:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. it is take in winter, firstly used in this article; http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031211_sleep_on_airplane.htm<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-26 09:41</div></div> <div class="comment">People&#x27;s Square? Of course in rush our U will see so many people here.Because it&#x27;s the point of Metro#1 &amp; Metro#2.<div class="comment-meta">— Orlando · 2004-08-28 13:18</div></div> </details>RMS in Depthhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040824_p775.htmTue, 24 Aug 2004 23:11:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040824_p775.htm<p>Caution: This is a technical article. I tried to summarize what I have learnt today in case I will need it someday later, or it may be useful for others. This is not an interesting post as the rest of the articles on this site. Just ignore this page if you just came here for Shanghai information or have fun. :-D</p> <p>Disclaimer: All information provided in this post is provided as it without any garentee.</p>Maglev Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040824_maglev_schedule.htmTue, 24 Aug 2004 22:29:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040824_maglev_schedule.htm<p><strong>Update: Shanghai Pudong Airport Maglev Schedule</strong></p> <p>First train: 8:30 AM</p> <p>Last Train: 5:30 PM</p> <p>Interval: 20 mins</p> <p>Ticket Price: 40 RMB</p> <p>Highest speed: 430 km/h</p> <p>Trip Distance: 30 km</p> <p>Single trip: 8 mins</p> <p>Effective since: March 29, 2004</p> <p>I created <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/24/screen-maglev-schedule.png">an image</a> of the information above and put the image into my maglev related page. I hope whenever there is a change in the schedule, I can change the image so all the information on this site about Maglev become current immediately. Here is the code:</p>See How Many Articles I Wrotehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040824_see_how_many_articles_i_wrote.htmTue, 24 Aug 2004 21:50:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040824_see_how_many_articles_i_wrote.htm<p>Do you have an idea of how many is 722 articles? I had no idea before I print out the screen shot of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives.htm">archives page</a> on this site. Every blue line in the picture below that is too small to read represents an article.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/24/screen-wangjianshuo-archive.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Screen shot of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives.htm">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Archive</a> page.</p> <p>That is a lot! That is the accumulation of small effort everyday (of two years).</p> <p>P.S. The screen shot was captured by HyperSnap. I tried the 15 day evaluation edition. It works great.</p>Dan Washburn Arrived in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040823_dan_washburn_arrived_in_beijing.htmMon, 23 Aug 2004 22:46:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040823_dan_washburn_arrived_in_beijing.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040427_dan_is_going_to_travel_across_china.htm">Dan Washburn</a> finally arrived in Beijing after his first stage of <a href="http://shanghaidiaries.com/">around China trip</a>. We met at a Hakka restaurant called Lao Hanzi.</p> <p><strong>He Lost Weight</strong></p> <p>When Dan show up at the door of the Fujian style restaurant, I hesitated to say hello to him. His face became slimmer after the long trip. He <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040614_dan_is_ready_to_go_cross_china.htm">left Shanghai on July 1, 2004</a> and this is about the fiftieth day of his trip. He told me he did lost some weight. Well. To travel with limited budget is an effective way to lose weight. Wanner have a try?</p>Last Night in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040822_last_night_in_shanghai.htmSun, 22 Aug 2004 22:31:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040822_last_night_in_shanghai.htm<p>The last night in Shanghai. Let me keep today&rsquo;s post short so I can allocate more time with my family.</p> <p><strong>China</strong> has got 20 golden medle so far in the Athens 2008. It is a great achivement. Congratulations!</p> <p><strong>Last Friday</strong>, when I was busy with my Project Server 2003 setup lab, my friend Lei called my mobile and asked &ldquo;Check out whose voice is it on the radio!&rdquo;. He was driving on the road and happened to tune to the China Radio International. On the radio was my the audio of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040818_i_can_swim_now.htm">my last interview</a>. I said: &ldquo;Yes. It appeared to be mine.&rdquo;. Ha. I am a little bit surprised that they did broadcast the interview. Thanks Shen.</p>OOB Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040821_oob_today.htmSat, 21 Aug 2004 10:43:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040821_oob_today.htm<p>I got back to Shanghai for weekend. I will go swim with Wendy and hold the update for this blog for one day.</p> <p>OOB = Out Of Blogging</p> <p>P.S. Shanghai is hot and my car (left there untouched for two weeks) seems a little bit strange to me and covered with dirt.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">HAppy OOB day, JS! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-08-22 00:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks, earthmilk. I am back. We went to the Shanghai Swimming Stadium. Oh my! There are too many people there and we can hardly extent our arms and legs. We kicked each others and pushed each other in the pool so we looked like being swimming. :-D<br><br>For the first time, I went to the deep water area (2.1m). There are much fewer people there. It is so nice to swim in deep water. I call it &quot;playing&quot; of what I did in the swimming pool before. Only after I am able to swim as far as 50 meters in deep water, I call what I was doing &quot;Swimming&quot; and what I was doing can be called sports then.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-22 01:01</div></div> <div class="comment">If you have interest, try some other place to swim. Like hotels, or some community service with swimming pool.<br><br>I&#x27;ve swimmed a lot in all seasons and all places. Sure, I use hotels a lot. Not only when I was traveling, even when I was in Shanghai, most of my time of swimming is in hotels &amp; some sport clubs. As I know, hotels sell the swimming card with not-so-nice price. Well, I joined several times to the public swimming place with my group of friends in last three years. Yes, can&#x27;t strech body easily, however, it&#x27;s so live, so great experience when all of my friends, old or yound, good or bad skills, get together and swim, so much fun!<br><br>BTW, I saw your comments on not response so often than before, don&#x27;t mind so much. Everybody enjoy sharing something with you. Sometime it is OK for just listenning.<div class="comment-meta">— Hua Meng · 2004-08-22 09:24</div></div> </details>My Friend's Apartment for Renthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040820_my_friends_apartment_for_rent.htmFri, 20 Aug 2004 23:31:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040820_my_friends_apartment_for_rent.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm">Eric</a> finally decided to move to his new role within Microsoft in Beijing. I believe it was not an easy decision but he finally has the courage to move on. He <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/mvm/000220.htm">talked</a> about it indirectly on his post on his birthday. I cannot agree with it more. After working for more than two to four years, many people are coming to the point to make some changes and it needs courage to step out. We are seeing people making choices everyday. Congrats to Eric.</p>I can Swim Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040818_i_can_swim_now.htmWed, 18 Aug 2004 22:54:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040818_i_can_swim_now.htm<p>Easy access to free (so called free) swimming pool is a big advantage to stay in a hotel. I have stayed in hotel for about one month. The biggest progress in the last month is that I can swim now.</p> <p>I started to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021026_learning_swimming.htm">learn swim</a> from Oct 26, 2002 (ops. That is almost two years ago). During the first year, I didn&rsquo;t learn much and the swimming pool was almost a big bathtub for me. :-D The first breakthrough happened in Sanya. The nice sea water (with more salt and more floating power) helped me a lot. I started to be able to keep my head above the water. Wendy and I spent a lot o time in water during the three-day stay in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040321_sanya_travelogue_the_holiday_inn_resort.htm">Holiday Inn</a>. I&rsquo;d like to show you the nice swimming pool there:</p>Shanghai Taxi Colorshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040816_shanghai_taxi_colors.htmMon, 16 Aug 2004 22:00:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040816_shanghai_taxi_colors.htm<p>Want to see real colors of the taxis, as I mentioned in this <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040814_why_shanghais_taxi_is_good.htm">article</a>? Here you are.</p> <p><strong>Dazhong</strong></p> <p>Turquoise</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/shanghai-dazhong.taxi-head.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Qiangsheng</strong></p> <p>Yellow</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/shanghai-qiangshen.taxi-head.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Taxi Queue</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/photo/shanghai.hongqiao/slides/shanghai.hongqiao-taxi-queue.2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The left most taxi with only a tail is the Indian Red I mentioned. The dark blue taxi between the Dazhong (Turquoise) and the Qiangsheng (yellow) taxi is from Blue Union.</p> <p><strong>More Pictures to Come</strong></p> <p>I am not in Shanghai so I cannot take more pictures of the other colors, especially the France Red taxis. But I will post them here.</p>Starbucks Tour in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040816_starbucks_tour_in_beijing.htmMon, 16 Aug 2004 20:32:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040816_starbucks_tour_in_beijing.htm<p>Yesterday, I spent 5 hours (from 3:15 pm to 8:15 pm) to visit 13 Starbucks alone the Chang An Street. I took about 3 pictures for each store. That is a long march - from the Fuxing street on the west side of the city to the Guomao street on the east.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/16/screen-stabucks-visited.i.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Yellow line is about the route I visited the stores</p> <p>Along the way, I visited the Jianguo Gate, the Parkson Store, the Financial Street and the headquarters of major banks in China, and then visited the west commercial area Xidan, and long the street to the National Theater, and Qian Men. I even visited the south most Starbucks at the New World center - that trip was not pleasant at all. Although it is very near the heart of the city (Tian An Men Square), the south part of the city is far behind the north part.</p>Windows 2002https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040815_windows_2002.htmSun, 15 Aug 2004 20:02:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040815_windows_2002.htm<p>Have you seen Windows 2002? I saw a copy at a department store.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/15/shanghai-windows.2002.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photographed by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>It is not from Microsoft though. :-D</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Really? There is such a thing as Windows 2002 but is not from Microsoft? Strange...d&#x27;you happen to know who made it?<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-08-17 22:27</div></div> <div class="comment">wow! it&#x27;s windows 2002 entertainment edition :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Roger · 2004-08-18 19:51</div></div> <div class="comment">As printed on the screen, it is SUBOR Windows 2002. It is just for fun. People tend to use famous names to name their products. I am not an expert in law and don&#x27;t know whether it is legal or not. Anyway, it is just for fun. The system powers the game console.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-18 23:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Oddly I see reference to windows 2002 in packet captures, weird isn&#x27;t it ?<div class="comment-meta">— E · 2009-01-01 08:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Windows 2002 can mean Windows XP Media Center as it was released in 2002<div class="comment-meta">— Zv45 · 2011-04-22 04:01</div></div> </details>Why Shanghai's Taxi is Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040814_why_shanghais_taxi_is_good.htmSat, 14 Aug 2004 23:40:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040814_why_shanghais_taxi_is_good.htm<p>There are 42000 taxis in Shanghai. Generally speaking, they are offering very nice service. Here are some of my old entries on Shanghai taxi.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/taxi.htm">Taking taxis in Shanghai</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030801_shanghai_taxi_tickets.htm">Shanghai Taxi Tickets</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031204_typical_taxi_fares_in_shanghai.htm">Typical Taxi Fares in Shanghai</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/Taxi.htm">Taxi Services at Shanghai Pudong Airport</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040220_benz_taxi_in_shanghai.htm">Benz Taxi in Shanghai</a></p> <p>More <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=shanghai+taxi&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Shanghai Taxi</a> information.</p> <p><strong>Why Shanghai&rsquo;s Taxi Service is Good?</strong></p> <p>A taxi driver told me about the secret of management when I was in Shanghai.</p>Athens 2004 Olympic Openinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040814_athens_2004_olympic_opening.htmSat, 14 Aug 2004 01:35:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040814_athens_2004_olympic_opening.htm<p><a href="http://www.athens2004.com/">http://www.athens2004.com/</a></p> <p>Now I am here in waiting for the opening of the Olympic game. China is 5 hours earlier than Athens. When the Opening Ceremony of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games starts at 20:30 on August 13, 2004, it is already 1:30 AM in the morning of August 14. I just called Wendy. Wendy will not watch it since she will continue to learn to drive tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM.</p>Doorplate not Used in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040813_doorplate_not_used_in_beijing.htmFri, 13 Aug 2004 23:26:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040813_doorplate_not_used_in_beijing.htm<p>Shanghai is unique in China, although it is more similar with western cities.</p> <p>In Beijing, it is rare to use doorplates to locate a place. Instead, they use landmarks.</p> <p>Even though some land marks have a door plate, but almost no taxi drivers can easily find the place when I only tell them the address like &ldquo;29 Zizhuyuan Road&rdquo;. Instead, people use &ldquo;near &hellip;. bridge&rdquo;, or &ldquo;opposite to &hellip; building&rdquo; to describe a place.</p>Pause for One Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040812_pause_for_one_night.htmThu, 12 Aug 2004 23:09:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040812_pause_for_one_night.htm<p>The left-most finger of my left hand started to feel pain. I suspect I am using keyboard too much these days and I have the bad habit to use the left SHIFT key only, for capital keys on both left hand and right hand. I pause the blog tonight to rest my left hand - or to be more accurate, the left-most finger.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Take care Jianshuo! btw, i just found out that i only use the left shift key as well, for all capital keys on the keyboard.<div class="comment-meta">— claire · 2004-08-13 08:40</div></div> <div class="comment">You must have some big hands. I can&#x27;t imagine typing capital &#x27;T&#x27; with my left pinky on the shift key. Or capital &#x27;B&#x27;...yikes!<br><br>David<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2004-08-13 08:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Please take care! I&#x27;ve the same habit as yours...<div class="comment-meta">— WilliamW · 2004-08-13 11:42</div></div> <div class="comment">I really admire your blog Jian Shuo, it seems that you’ve created your own little community here, congratulations! =)<br><br>I accidentally stumbled onto some of your older entries written whilst you were still in Shanghai, and it seems that you really know a lot about the culture there. I was born in Shanghai but migrated to Australia when I was a toddler and its been almost a decade since I last went back. I&#x27;ve heard a lot has changed- coincidentally there was a television program about tourism in China, and I suppose the images of &#x27;Shanghai at night&#x27; initiated my emotions of absence to the past. So basically I’ve completely lost my heritage and I’m now trying to retrace my roots. I’ve recently gained employment with KPMG Australia. The company’s really prominent in Australia, but how’s its reputation in Shanghai? I’m hoping for an international assignment in the future that will bring me back to work in the Shanghai office for a couple years. I had an option to choose between PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, but as you can obviously tell, I went for the latter. When I told my family in Shanghai- most of them had never even heard of it. I was really surprised that one of my aunties did, but she wasn’t as thrilled as I would have expected. How would you compare the two companies in terms of prominence in Shanghai? Obviously this is open for everyone who’s reading this - I would like to hear from you all! =)<br><br>Take care now!!!!<div class="comment-meta">— RyCe · 2004-08-13 20:54</div></div> <div class="comment">RyCe, check this<br><br>http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040718_exciting_shanghai_night_life.htm<br><br>PWC has better office building.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-13 22:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Do you mean your little finger of you left hand? Do you need me to bring you some pill?<br><br>jsw<div class="comment-meta">— jsw · 2004-08-14 10:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone. I am pretty good right now.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-19 00:24</div></div> </details>Shangri-La Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040811_shangri-la_beijing.htmWed, 11 Aug 2004 23:43:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040811_shangri-la_beijing.htm<p>I moved into Shangri-La Beijing. At the same time, I started to miss the small hotel named Renaissance. I miss the clean swimming pool at the top of the hotel and glass roof - you can swim under the blue sky.</p> <p>Shangri-La is featured with its nice service. The lady at the receiption who helped us check-in led us to the room on the 8th floor and shown us the facilities in the room. This is quite impressive. They also keep nice customer database of all my stay in the hotel.</p>About Starbucks Tour in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040811_about_starbucks_tour_in_beijing.htmWed, 11 Aug 2004 23:30:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040811_about_starbucks_tour_in_beijing.htm<p>I planned <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040805_starbucks_in_a_day_beijing_version.htm">Starbucks in a Day - Beijing Version</a>. People suggested not to go to Starbucks because I cannot see &ldquo;real&rdquo; local people there and suggested me to visit tea house instead.</p> <p>Well. I still think it a great plan. I didn&rsquo;t mean to visit Starbucks stores only. As I stated in my plan, the distribution of the store in this city forms a route. It is the route that is interesting. I won&rsquo;t enter each store and have a cup of coffee there. I will generally take pictures of the outside and take pictures along the road.</p>Shall I Open a Shanghai BBShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040810_shall_i_open_a_shanghai_bbs.htmTue, 10 Aug 2004 23:36:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040810_shall_i_open_a_shanghai_bbs.htm<p>Whenever I meet any tough decision related to this site, I turn to my readers to help me.</p> <p>I am thinking of open a BBS to offer visitors another place to raise question. Thus if anyone has any question about Shanghai, they can just create a new topic. Currently, they have to select a topic I have created and post it there, or it will be off topic comment.</p> <p>I have setup a forum at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/bbs">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/bbs</a>, however, I didn&rsquo;t kick off it yet. I know to start a forum is easy and to maintain is not. More efforts should be put into the forum to maintain it, to reply and to moderate it. So, I still not decided it yet. If I open it one day, it means I have committed it to keep it in the long run. The original PVGBBS (Pudong Airport BBS) was not a success story for me. The volume is not good. After my server migration, I didn&rsquo;t move the old data to this new site yet. This is a sample of the commitment I have to make to run a BBS. Once a post is posted onto a forum, the post owner and the site owner share the ownership of the post. The site owner is expected (although not required by law) to take care of the post and to keep the URL to the post unchanged - in case there are references on other site to this entry. At least, the site owner should keep the post for reasonable long time. This is the responsibility the owner should have.</p>Jain Suho Wnag @ Bieijnghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040809_jain_suho_wnag_bieijng.htmMon, 09 Aug 2004 23:50:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040809_jain_suho_wnag_bieijng.htm<p>I changed my display name from &ldquo;Jian Shuo Wang @ Beijing&rdquo; to &ldquo;<strong>Jain Suho Wnag @ Bieijng</strong>&rdquo; three days ago and kept the wrong spelling for every word till just now. I received more than 10 queries about why I changed it this way. My friends are nice and they reminded me that I spelled my name wrong or spelled Beijing wrong. Haha. It was an experiment and it was just for fun.</p>Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040809_beijing_capital_airport_pek_pictures.htmMon, 09 Aug 2004 23:23:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040809_beijing_capital_airport_pek_pictures.htm<p>Picture only. No comments. Just like a moblog entry. All pictures were taken at Beijing Capital Airport. Just guess what is in the pictures.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/09/beijing.airport-14-gate.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/09/beijing.airport-bus.stop-waiting.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/09/beijing.airport-chairs.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/09/beijing.airport-pole-big.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/09/beijing.airport-wall.picture-welcome.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/09/beijing.airport-workers.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">After much traveling through China, I can confidently say that Beijing airport is the worst design of an that i&#x27;ve seen throughout china and across North America<div class="comment-meta">— t · 2004-08-19 13:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, t, why? It is definitely not the worst design in China, although you can argue whether it is among the worst in all airports in LARGE cities in the world.<br><br>I like the design and it is sometimes more convinient than Pudong Airport. Some old airports in China, even in major cities like Chengdu and old Guangzhou airport, even look like a crowded rail station. Fortunately, some of them have been rebuilt.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-19 21:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello t<br><br>Airport is a venue for travellers to use as a transit point, convenience is paramount to the travellers.<br><br>When you compare PEK to O&#x27;Hare in Chicago which consists of 3 terminals, 9 concourses and the perimeter is over a mile wide. I perfer PEK over O&#x27;Hare in convenience.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-08-20 00:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Well Stephen,<br><br>Chicago O&#x27;Hare has flights taking off every 30 seconds compared to the 10 flights a day PEK deals with and STILL messes up. Now, what has design got to do with efficiency???<div class="comment-meta">— b · 2004-09-19 19:44</div></div> <div class="comment">t/b<br><br>can you tell me which part of the airport made you so insatisfactory?<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-09-21 01:06</div></div> <div class="comment">full view pictures of the airport of biejing and other airports.<div class="comment-meta">— viswa · 2005-01-16 00:58</div></div> <div class="comment">heyo!!<div class="comment-meta">— humare · 2005-11-11 21:29</div></div> </details>Lonely Planet, Lonely Journeyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040808_lonely_planet_lonely_journey.htmSun, 08 Aug 2004 23:43:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040808_lonely_planet_lonely_journey.htm<p>Kissing goodbye Wendy, leaving my home, seeing away my lovely car, I got on a red Falanhong taxi in the darkness of this summer night, heading to Pudong Airport. It was 8:50 PM. If I have choices the next time, I won&rsquo;t fly at 9:50 PM. It is a good time to go to bed, not the right time to start a new journey ALONE.</p> <p>Turning right on the Hunan Road, and turning left at the first viaduct, I am on the A20 outer ring road. The taxi ran at more than 100 km/h. The driver was obviously very happy to take me. The 100 RMB taxi fare may mean a nice toy for his kid, or a wonderful meal for his whole family. He became talkative and mentioned his family, the small taxi company he works for, the change of this city. It is nice to end a day with a good business and a polite passenger, isn&rsquo;t it? But how about ending it with a journey out of home? I became very homesick last week, despite of the exciting projects and the busy life I was longing for.</p>Why I Don't Have an English Namehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040807_why_i_dont_have_an_english_name.htmSat, 07 Aug 2004 23:18:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040807_why_i_dont_have_an_english_name.htm<p>Most friends of mine have English names, so do many young people in China. I am often asked about &ldquo;What is your English name?&rdquo;. My answer is, Jian Shuo Wang is my English name.</p> <p>I know this brings much trouble to my foreign friends It is not easy to pronounce it, especially the word &ldquo;Shuo&rdquo;. If I choose a name such as Jason Wang or Jackson Wang, it may be easier for others to address me.</p>Wendy Started to Learn to Drivehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040807_wendy_started_to_learn_to_drive.htmSat, 07 Aug 2004 22:23:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040807_wendy_started_to_learn_to_drive.htm<p>Wendy completed her first driving course this morning. Now she is able to put the gear to the first and second shift. During my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040728_longest_business_trip_in_beijing.htm">long business trip to Beijing</a>, Wendy has to go to work by Metro, while the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040415_one_month_for_my_goudaner_car.htm">car</a> was parked there for two weeks.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Life/Learn/Driving/">My Experience of Learning Drive</a></p> <p>Metro is, any way, the reliable, convinient and cheap transportation. There is news that Shanghai will pause the Metro plans in response to the country wide adjustment of enocnomy. One week later, the speakman of Shanghai government proactively communicated with the citizen that the news was not true and Shanghai will continue to build more Metros in the future and move 40% of the transportation volume to Metro. The other 30% is buses.</p>Asia Cup - China Losthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040807_asia_cup_-_china_lost.htmSat, 07 Aug 2004 22:04:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040807_asia_cup_-_china_lost.htm<p>China vs Japan: 3:1 1:3</p> <p>This is football. Japan team used hand to push the ball into the gate.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">and people were marching in the night.<div class="comment-meta">— Hailey · 2004-08-08 08:13</div></div> <div class="comment">China vs. Japan, 1:3?<div class="comment-meta">— Run Liu · 2004-08-08 13:22</div></div> <div class="comment">I think people should take it easy. After all, it&#x27;s just a football match...<br><br>If you really have trouble swallowing the Chinese lose, wait and see how many metals both countries get in Athens. ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Tommy · 2004-08-08 15:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Even China team was behind, they should not have let their morale down so bad. Otherwise, they should not have lost the game. It is not something only about the LUCK! Anyway, they will have more opportunities...<div class="comment-meta">— LC · 2004-08-08 21:24</div></div> <div class="comment">I thought you might find this NY Times story interesting, Jian Shou - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/international/asia/09china.html?hp.<br><br>&quot;BEIJING, Aug. 8 - The cheers thundered out of the grandstands of Workers Stadium on Saturday night, as the throng of fans with red-painted faces waved red Chinese flags and banged drums in one of the biggest games ever played in this soccer-addled nation.<br><br>&quot;Go! Go! Go!&quot; they bellowed. &quot;China&#x27;s team! China&#x27;s team! China&#x27;s team!&quot;<br><br>At different moments in the game, other chants arose from pockets of the crowd, directed at the small section of spectators dressed in blue for the opposing team, Japan.<br><br>&quot;Kill! Kill! Kill!&quot; the Chinese fans yelled. Or, echoing a patriotic song from another era, they shouted, roughly: &quot;May a big sword chop off the Japanese heads!&quot;<br><br>An international soccer match is never a place for the faint of heart. But the insults aimed at the Japanese team during the Asian Cup soccer tournament, held in China this year, are being called the latest example of a strain of rising anti-Japanese nationalism among many younger Chinese that seems increasingly volatile.&quot;<br><br>I go to a number of football matches in DC on a regular basis, often with teams from Mexico and Latin American countries that inspire a good bit of nationalism. It never seems to risk the violence that this story indicates, though. Do you think this was an accurate accounting?<div class="comment-meta">— Sui Juris · 2004-08-09 10:37</div></div> <div class="comment">dwdwdsdsd<div class="comment-meta">— tuy · 2005-11-05 15:31</div></div> </details>TGI Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040806_tgi_shanghai.htmFri, 06 Aug 2004 23:19:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040806_tgi_shanghai.htm<p>If you have visited <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021130_tgif.htm">TGI Friday</a>, you may know what the title of this entry means.</p> <p>Yes. I am back to Shanghai via MU5122 from Beijing (1800 - 2000 hours). I am so happy to be at home again, see my Wendy, listen to my radio, and lit up the caddles. I also have access to my own home wireless network with network sid &ldquo;wangjianshuo&rdquo;. This is my own small world again.</p>Starbucks in a Day - Beijing Versionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040805_starbucks_in_a_day_-_beijing_version.htmThu, 05 Aug 2004 23:50:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040805_starbucks_in_a_day_-_beijing_version.htm<p>I am planning to visit all Starbucks in Beijing in one day. I did in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">Shanghai</a> and will definitely plan it in Beijing. Due to the high pressure of my project, it seems not feasible to do it soon. Planning is sometimes more interesting in doing. Let me plan for it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/05/beijing-starbucks-all.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Hand drawing by Jian Shuo Wang, with the help of Starbucks Map which is available in many Starbucks shops in Beijing.</p>Nice Meetup with Hailey and Roddyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040804_nice_meetup_with_hailey_and_roddy.htmWed, 04 Aug 2004 23:20:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040804_nice_meetup_with_hailey_and_roddy.htm<p>I am sure <a href="http://www.haxi.org/">Hailey</a> (<a href="http://www.blurty.com/users/haileyxie/">old blog</a>), <a href="http://www.chinese-forums.com/">Roddy</a> and Hailey&rsquo;s friends in CRI (China Radio International) will not be unhappy because I mentioned their names and out meetup tonight. Hailey is a successful blogger and an editor in <a href="http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/">CRI</a>. <a href="http://www.soapboxjams.com/china/">Tennessee Ruck</a> has a good <a href="http://www.soapboxjams.com/china/archive/000125.html">review</a> of Hailey&rsquo;s blog. I just found it when I returned. Roddy runs Chinese Forums, a great place for ex-pats in China with more than 1400 registered users. I managed to get some time to walk out of the office at night for the first time in my 9 working days in Beijing and enjoy the night life in this amazing city.</p>250MB from MSN Hotmailhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040803_250mb_from_msn_hotmail.htmTue, 03 Aug 2004 22:18:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040803_250mb_from_msn_hotmail.htm<p>Received this message from Hotmail this morning:</p> <blockquote> <p>As a valued MSN Hotmail Member, you will receive your storage upgrade automatically in the coming days. Over the month of August we will upgrade the storage capacity of your e-mail account to 250 MB - that&rsquo;s 125 times your current storage limit! We will also increase your attachment size from 1MB to 10MB. This means you will be able to store and attach more than ever and it&rsquo;s free!</p>Busy Life Started Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040803_busy_life_started_again.htmTue, 03 Aug 2004 21:18:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040803_busy_life_started_again.htm<p>The life as a consultant is interesting. The point is, I need to tell customers how the products and solutions help their organization (this part is easy) and make sure it does happen as I described (this part is not easy at all).</p> <p>I still need some time to pick up the technical staff. So I stayed late these days and return to hotel later than 2300 at night. It was tough.</p>Red Wall at Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040802_red_wall_at_night.htmMon, 02 Aug 2004 22:12:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040802_red_wall_at_night.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/02/beijing-wall-night.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken at Fu You Street.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/02/beijing-wall-night.tree.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken at Fu You Street</p> <p>These pictures are the red wall of the Zhong Nan Hai (where the national government is located) and the pedestrian outside. They look nice at night.</p> <p>P.S. The National Theater designed by Paul Andrew made great progress. The glass cover is finished.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/02/beijing-national.thearter-ready.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Take on August 1, 2004 from the West Chang An Street.</p>People in Beijing is More Expressivehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040802_people_in_beijing_is_more_expressive.htmMon, 02 Aug 2004 22:08:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040802_people_in_beijing_is_more_expressive.htm<p>People in Beijing seem to take advantage of the built in language skills to express their feelings in characters. I see more signs on Beijing streets than any other city that directly communicate with people passing by.</p> <p>Remember this photo I posted before? I posted it in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040216_beijing_impression.htm">Beijing Impression</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/16/beijing-I.am.not.phone.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken on the opposite side of the China World Trade Center</p> <p>It reads: I am not a public telephone; I am not a ATM either.</p>Train from Beijing to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_train_from_beijing_to_shanghai.htmSun, 01 Aug 2004 23:37:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_train_from_beijing_to_shanghai.htm<p><strong>Schedule</strong></p> <p>Train From Shanghai to Beijing</p> <p>Z14 19:00 6:58 with Dinner</p> <p>Z22 19:07 7:05 without Dinner</p> <p>Z6 19:14 7:12 with Dinner</p> <p>Z2 19:21 7:19 without Dinner</p> <p>Z8 19:28 7:26 with dinner</p> <p>Train From Beijing to Shanghai</p> <p>Z13 19:07 7:05 with dinner</p> <p>Z21 19:00 6:58 without dinner</p> <p>Z5 19:14 7:12 with dinner</p> <p>Z1 19:21 7:19 without dinner</p> <p>Z7 19:28 7:26 without dinner</p> <p>Above information is in format of</p> <p><em>Train code</em>, <em>Departure time</em>, <em>Arrival time (of the next day)</em>, <em>Whether dinner is provided</em></p>Where is my Sense of Safty Today?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_where_is_my_sense_of_safty_today.htmSun, 01 Aug 2004 22:53:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_where_is_my_sense_of_safty_today.htm<p>Got an email like this in my email box. I hosted my server (not this blog) at this ISP before.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/08/01/screen-no.porn-hichina.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Name of ISP is removed</p> <p>They told me (in case you cannot read Chinese) that I have to shut down my BBS immediately because it is not licensed.</p> <p>If I do not do it, their policy is:</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;If found, ban the IP first, then locate the owner. Absolutely no exception&rdquo;.</p>Welcome Eric and Clairehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_welcome_eric_and_claire.htmSun, 01 Aug 2004 01:13:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_welcome_eric_and_claire.htm<p>blogcn.com resumed (down) and this gave bloggers using its service a good choice to escape and look for alternatives. I am happy to welcome Eric and Claire to move their blogs to my site. I am like a fine blog collactor to move the blogs I really like to my site. The best part of this move is, I am more confident to check their blogs in the future because they are not likely to go down as blogcn. (Well. This site did have problems and go down. The service level has been improved a lot after iPowerWeb).</p>My Favorite Chinese Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_p741.htmSun, 01 Aug 2004 01:00:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040801_p741.htm<p>I do have my own favorite Chinese blogs. I am most interested in blogs of my real-life friends. We go to bars together, go to Karaok together and have dinner from day to day together. I enjoy reading their stories than anyone else.</p> <p>I do have a list of my favorite blogs. I am afraid it is dangerous to comments (especially to rank) blogs. Most people don&rsquo;t do it</p> <p><strong>Wendy&rsquo;s Blog</strong></p>Sleepless in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040730_sleepless_in_beijing.htmFri, 30 Jul 2004 21:58:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040730_sleepless_in_beijing.htm<p>I am sitting at a big office in the capital of China.</p> <p>This is the forth day I am in this big city.</p> <p>In the last four days, the area I moved around is within 200 meters.</p> <p>I stay in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo/beijing.renaissance/">Renaissance Hotel</a> and the office is the building beside it. I didn&rsquo;t take taxi these days - remember, this is a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040211_business_trips.htm">business trip</a>, not a vocation.</p> <p><strong>Beijing is not as Hot as Shanghai</strong></p>I Saw my Name on BusinessWeekhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040729_i_saw_my_name_on_businessweek.htmThu, 29 Jul 2004 22:02:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040729_i_saw_my_name_on_businessweek.htm<p>Matt who grow up in New York City picked up the latest BusinessWeek at work and read the special report named <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_31/b3894094.htm">Cult Brands</a>. In the report, he found a IKEA fan named Wang Jian Shuo who has a blog talking about his IKEA experience. He was very interested in IKEA and &ldquo;wanted to read what you had to say about IKEA in China.&rdquo;. After surfing on this blog for some time, he finally dropped an email to Wang Jian Shuo. In the email, he said &ldquo;Just wanted you to know you were mentioned in BusinessWeek in case you didn&rsquo;t know about it.&rdquo;</p>Longest Business Trip in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040728_longest_business_trip_in_beijing.htmWed, 28 Jul 2004 23:17:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040728_longest_business_trip_in_beijing.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040211_business_trips.htm">Business trips</a> are boring, especially you have tough assignments and you have to work over time till late to night - return to the hotel and find yourself in a completely empty space without the feeling of reality.</p> <p>Beijing is not as interesting as it should be if the only time window for you to explore the city is from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM. It is especially so if there are still a lot stuff in your mind to worry about - the work.</p>Nice Toys at Xintiandihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040728_nice_toys_at_xintiandi.htmWed, 28 Jul 2004 21:40:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040728_nice_toys_at_xintiandi.htm<p>Xintiandi (or Xin Tian Di) is a nice place to go. It is the gather place of bars. What I found last time is the nice small shops with all types of small toys.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/28/shanghai-bags-xintiandi.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/28/shanghai-mao-xintiandi.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/28/shanghai-tolls-xintiandi.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/28/shanghai-toys-xintiandi.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>These small toys reminded me of the beautiful photo Wendy took in German. It is one of the best photos she took. Let me put it there again.</p>Three on the Bund - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040728_three_on_the_bund_-_part_ii.htmWed, 28 Jul 2004 21:32:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040728_three_on_the_bund_-_part_ii.htm<p>I decided to write an article about Three on the Bund the first time I visited and posted an <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040725_three_on_the_bund.htm">article</a> for it. However, due to the limited time I had last time, I didn&rsquo;t talked too much about the fabulous place. Now I&rsquo;d like to continue the article. So the <em>Three on the Bund - Part II</em> is here.</p> <p><strong>The Building</strong></p> <p>The fantastic character of the city of Shanghai is the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030914_old_houses_in_shanghai.htm">old houses</a>. The history from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of 20th centaury left the city big wealth. The old stone tower at #3 on the Bund, where Three on the Bund is located. is one of the excellent building.</p>Blogcn is Down for the Third Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040727_blogcn_is_down_for_the_third_time.htmTue, 27 Jul 2004 23:31:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040727_blogcn_is_down_for_the_third_time.htm<p>Blogcn, the largest blogging service provider, shut down their server again. This time, it seems because of technical difficulties.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/27/screen-blogcn-down.again.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://www.blogcn.com">blogcn.com</a></p> <p>As far as I know, there close friends of mine has been affected. Jackgu commented in his last post that he has lost passion for blogging since the 10-day downtime broke his pace of updating frequency and leaving unbearable blank on the blog history.</p> <p>Claire and Eric were also driven mad. I am proud to help them to host their blogs on wangjianshuo.com. Their new homes are:</p>MTBlackList is Better than IP Banninghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040727_mtblacklist_is_better_than_ip_banning.htmTue, 27 Jul 2004 23:07:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040727_mtblacklist_is_better_than_ip_banning.htm<p>As my old anti-spam method, I used IP Banning in MovableType to fight against <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031020_kecakcom_comment_spammer.htm">comment spam</a>. This <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040715_cannot_post_comment_on_this_site.htm">prevented</a> some nice reader to post since they are banned due to being in the same IP range as the spammers.</p> <p>I have tried <a href="http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/">MT-BlackList</a> before, but my last attempt failed. Today, after reviewing the 150 spammers (within 10 minutes) for ringtone and 160 ping spam for some sex sites, I decided to try it again.</p>Flying to Beijing Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040726_flying_to_beijing_again.htmMon, 26 Jul 2004 18:30:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040726_flying_to_beijing_again.htm<p>Just got my flight ticket from to Beijing.</p> <p>SHA MU5103 Y 27JUL 0900 PEK</p> <p>1130 RMB for single trip and 2260 RMB for double trip. It is much more expensive than from Shanghai to Hong Kong (1600 RMB round trip) or to Singapore (1999 RMB round trip). It is even more expensive than from Beijing to Sinapore (1999 RMB round trip).</p> <p>Packing my package and stepping onto my journey again.</p>Three on the Bundhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040725_three_on_the_bund.htmSun, 25 Jul 2004 12:13:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040725_three_on_the_bund.htm<p>Finally visited Three on the Bund last night. We scheduled a party there but I was quite worried that morning - if the outside lightening system of the Bund is turned off that night, the view of Three on the Bund will be quite disappointing. It turned out to be 38°C which means, according to the energy saving regulation to fight agaist <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040622_shanghai_is_experiencing_energy_crisis.htm">Energy Crisis</a>, there will be no light on the Bund.</p>House of Flying Daggers (or Shi Mian Mai Fu)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040724_house_of_flying_daggers_or_shi_mian_mai_fu.htmSat, 24 Jul 2004 13:18:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040724_house_of_flying_daggers_or_shi_mian_mai_fu.htm<p>Went to see Zhangyimou&rsquo;s film Shi Man Mai Fu (or House of Flying Daggers) in the theator of <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/sbm/superbrandmall.htm">Super Brand Mall</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/24/screen-house.of.flying.daggers-v.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://ent.sina.com.cn/download/photo/smmf.html">Sina.com.cn</a></p> <p>I don&rsquo;t have too much comments on this film. A perfect film on visual effects but so-so in the story.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/24/shanghai-theater-seats.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of the Theater at SBM</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/24/shanghai-theater-sbm.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of the Theater at SBM</p> <p>Most of Shanghai&rsquo;s theater has been equiped with cutting-edge audio, video and environment facilities. It is seldom see &ldquo;large theater halls&rdquo;. As shown on the pictures, the hall is not large - I was sitting at the left most seat of the last row.</p>Sunset in Puxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040724_sunset_in_puxi.htmSat, 24 Jul 2004 13:08:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040724_sunset_in_puxi.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/24/shanghai-sunset-puxi.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Picture by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>This picture is taken at Xujiahui. The sun sets down between the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040207_twin_tower_rise_in_xujiahui.htm">Twin Tower</a> above the Grant Gateway. No colorful clouds, no relaxing people. Only cementin buildings, like the feeling I described in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040311_our_lives_in_big_gray_city.htm">Our Lives in Big Gray City</a>.</p> <p>Check the sunset in Pudong. It is two different worlds in the same city.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040425_sunset_at_pudong.htm">Sunset at Pudong</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040607_sunset_at_pudong_part_ii.htm">Sunset at Pudong - Part II</a></p> </li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi, Jian Shuo<br><br>I think you took this picture from a different angle.<div class="comment-meta">— Lu Heli · 2004-07-27 18:35</div></div> </details>Odds and Ends of Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040724_odds_and_ends_of_today.htmSat, 24 Jul 2004 12:45:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040724_odds_and_ends_of_today.htm<p>The real life starts after 6:00 PM. (Yes. Do you want me to explain the domains, ADMT, and Exchange Server stuff at work?)</p> <p><strong>IKEA again</strong></p> <p>We went to IKEA for the third time this week - the third time to buy many goods. I thought I have moved out of the target customer scope (src: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040530_ikea_becomes_cheap_in_china.htm">this article</a>), but again find it is more easier to choose IKEA stuff than other brand. (A reporter from Business Week interviewed me in Emal about my oppion on IKEA, I said, I love it very much!)</p>To Focus or Not?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040723_to_focus_or_not.htmFri, 23 Jul 2004 18:42:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040723_to_focus_or_not.htm<p>This is the my thrid article on blogging this month. The previous one are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040721_blog_to_host_it_or_not.htm">Blog, to Host it or Not?</a></li> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040717_to_continue_or_not_confusing_in_china_blogsphere.htm">To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogsphere</a></li> </ul> <p>This post is triggered by the discussion on the topic of blogging by <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com/meta/2004/07/jianshuo-blogging-in-china-is-at-its.html">Isaac</a>, <a href="http://www.chinaherald.net/2004/07/internet.html">Fons</a> and <a href="http://blog.comego.net/2004/07/blog_19.html">WebLeOn</a> (Chinese site). I want to continue the discussion and share my thoughts.</p> <p><strong>Whether to Focus on a Subject</strong></p> <p>Regarding blogging, it is widely recongnized &ldquo;focus&rdquo; is the key to any success. So here is the question for every blogger: &ldquo;Whether my blog should focus on a specific topic or not?&rdquo; I was seeking for an anwser and here is what I got so far.</p>Last Google Dancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040722_last_google_dance.htmThu, 22 Jul 2004 19:00:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040722_last_google_dance.htm<p>Have you heard of Google Dance? It is the monthly re-index of all web pages and recaculate <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_pagerank_higher_position_in_google_result.htm">PageRank</a> for each individual web page. Since Google indexes more than 4 billion webpages with more than 10,000 computers, it takes so long to do the full re-index. This is interesting. You may learn more about Google Dance at the following links:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://dance.efactory.de/">Google Dance</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.google-dance-tool.com/">Google Dance Tool</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Enough about theory, I just find something interesting on my own website. I can declare that the last Google Dance (for this site) happens on June 6, 2004. Just take a look at this two page:</p>Hot Hot Hot Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040722_hot_hot_hot_shanghai.htmThu, 22 Jul 2004 18:28:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040722_hot_hot_hot_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai is hot. Today is, maybe, the tenth hot day without any rain. The temperature is consistently above 35°C. Yesterday and the day before yesterday are all 37°C. This morning, the weather station issued red alarm for high temperature again - the red alarm rings every day.</p> <p>According to the government&rsquo;s regulation, all lightening system outside buildings are required to turn off if temperature is higher than 35°C. This is part of the effort to fight against the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040622_shanghai_is_experiencing_energy_crisis.htm">energy crisis</a>. The Bund and the Oriental Pearl Tower are deeply affected.</p>MSN.COM Offers 2G Storage?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040721_msncom_offers_2g_storage.htmWed, 21 Jul 2004 23:21:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040721_msncom_offers_2g_storage.htm<p>My frien told me to register a new email using the MSN Explorer, which is included in Windows XP to apply a new @msn.com email address. I applied one and saw I have 2000M storage space.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/21/screen-hotmail-2G.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://hotmail.com">hotmail.com</a></p> <p>Is it true? I counted the zeros twice and was sure I didn&rsquo;t make a mistake here. It should be a feature of MSN Hotmail Plus, but why it is free now? Puzzled. Anyway, email storage is not a <em>big</em> problem (I didn&rsquo;t say it is NOT a problem) for me. Identity is. So I will stick on my exisiting hotmail address, no matter how small it is.</p>Blog, to Host it or Not?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040721_blog_to_host_it_or_not.htmWed, 21 Jul 2004 22:41:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040721_blog_to_host_it_or_not.htm<p><a href="http://blogcn.com">blogcn.com</a>, the largest blogging hosting provider (like blogger.com), has been down for about 8 days.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/21/screen-blogcn-down.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Captured from blogcn.com&rsquo;s homepage on July 21, 2004. Screenshot in courtesy of <a href="http://blogcn.com">blogcn.com</a></p> <p>Massive bloggers were affected and became homeless. It breaks the update pace of bloggers and caused big problems in the blogsphere. I am using my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040714_my_own_web_based_rss_reader.htm">RSS reader</a> to pull RSS from other bloggers. 1/3 of them are hosted on blogcn.com and now, the source became unavailable.</p>Bulk Purchase from IKEAhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040721_bulk_purchase_from_ikea.htmWed, 21 Jul 2004 00:21:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040721_bulk_purchase_from_ikea.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/20/shanghai.ikea-jianshuo-bulk.purchasae.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/20/shanghai.ikea-jianshuo-loading.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/20/shanghai.ikea-many.goods.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/20/shanghai.ikea-parts-many.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">52 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">You&#x27;re going to do a photo blog?<br><br>Wonderful.<div class="comment-meta">— Ginn · 2004-07-21 03:03</div></div> <div class="comment">With so much else to do in such little time that we have these days, photoblogs are definitely the way to go.<div class="comment-meta">— Nirmalya · 2004-07-21 10:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Do you assemble the furniture by yourself ?<br><br>Good luck !<br><br>In Denmark we do that because assembling by workers is very expensive due to the high salaries (Assembly of a wardrobe with 2 doors can be more than 600 RMB!).<br><br>But here in China I think it is possible to get it done rather cheap<br><br>by staff in IKEA ?<br><br>It can be a mess if you do it wrong !<br><br>A tricky thing is the thin backing plates that most of these furnitures have.<br><br>They must align with the top and side plates in perfectly square angle before fixing with the small nails, otherwise the whole furniture will never be straight.<br><br>A fixed 90-degree steel angle set square, 30 to 50 cm long, will be a good helping tool. |___<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-07-21 12:01</div></div> <div class="comment">How did you ever manage before you had a car??! ;-) Looks like the trunk got a good test with that purchase!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2004-07-21 12:05</div></div> <div class="comment">In China, IKEA assembling fee is 4% of the furniture price, reasonable.<br><br>And they can deliver unassembled furniture to your home for 50RMB (depends on the distance).<div class="comment-meta">— Ginn · 2004-07-21 20:58</div></div> <div class="comment">&gt;&gt;&gt;A tricky thing is the thin backing plates that most of these furnitures have.<br><br>That&#x27;s very true! It&#x27;s really unfair that this part of the assembly is so difficult to get perfect, yet so criticial to the finished product. You must also be careful with the tiny nails that attach the thin backing to the unseen &quot;wood&quot; below. If you are even slightly off, the particleboard will chip terribly.<br><br>WJS, be careful with this part (if you have to perform it)! Good luck with your DYI adventure!<div class="comment-meta">— Shanghai Slim · 2004-07-21 22:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Jianshuo<br><br>What did you buy in IKEA ?<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-07-22 09:32</div></div> <div class="comment">To Ginn and Nirmalya:<br><br>I am not going to photo log. I just spent the whole night to assembly the furniture - and only completed about 1/4 of the work. I spent the other night at home (2 hours) to assembly the other 1/4 an now, half of the work is done. So I didn&#x27;t have time to post descriptions for these pictures. Good thing is, the pictures are self-explainary.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-07-22 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Is it true that IKEA SH has delivery service vans in the parking lots? If so, is it billed like a taxi??<div class="comment-meta">— mathlete · 2004-07-23 07:47</div></div> <div class="comment">This are AN BS EN ISO 9001:2000(UK) Company For Design,Manf.,&amp; Export of Antique Reproduction,Traditional,Handcrafted &amp; Modern Furniture,Handicrafts in Worldwide.<br><br>Website:http://www.woodking24india.com/<br><br>To,<br><br>IKEA Trading(India) PVT LTD,<br><br>SUB:Outsourcing Work of Furniture of ACACIA NILOTICA Wood.<br><br>Respected Sirs,<br><br>*Thanks for Interested for in Ours Companies .<br><br>An Guidelines of ACACIA Nilotica wood Details are available in Below Publishers Books in India…<br><br>(1)The Wealth of India(Publications &amp; Information Directorate,CSIR,New Delhi)<br><br>(2)The Silviculture of Indian Tress-Vol:II,Mr.R.S Troup(International Publishers-Indian Council of Forest Research &amp; Education )<br><br>(3)Babul(ACACIA NILOTICA)-(Director General-Indian Council of Forest Research and Education-ICFRE-India)<br><br>(4)Babul(ACACIA NILOTICA)Mr.A.P.Dwivedi-Indian Council of Forest Research &amp; Education-ICFRE-India)<br><br>*For Knoweldge,Outsourcing Work for Furniture details of Ours Companies are Corosponding are Mail Form Mr.EVA Bordin Karlsson(IKEA of Swesen AB), Mr.Thomas Johnsson(IKEA-Swdish Switchboard).He talk to Contact Mr.Goran Westberberg(New Delhi)Tele:+91-011-26779381-9,But His not available in his office befor Few Dates,<br><br>In This time Mr,Nandgopal(Madras-IKEA) Conatce me..and Discussion in this Subject.<br><br>*Pls send , Company Representative or Authourished Persion for check deatils and Ours Companies as well as Sourcese of this Acacia Nilothica(Babul) wood in Ours Kheda District. In Ours Kheda District are More Than 1200 Nos of saw Mills are available in Raw sizes of Acacia Nilothica.(Babul).<br><br>*For Knoweldge,Also We Contact in Telephonic Discussion Mrs.Helle Bank Jorgensen,Director,PWC Denmark.(IKEA)<br><br>And Mrs.Annemette Nielsen,Senior Consultant,PWC Denmark(IKEA)<br><br>· Also We are sending Proposal of this work are in mail to new.proposal@memo.ikea.com through Mr.EVA Bordin Karlsson(IKEA of Swesen AB)<br><br>· More Details ,Pls Contact…<br><br>· Regards…<br><br>· Mr.Hiten Joshi<br><br>· I am CEO of the,<br><br>· Co/keshavlal Mangubhai &amp; Co(woodking24-India),<br><br>· Behind Globe Cinema,<br><br>· Nadiad-387001(GUJ)<br><br>· India<br><br>· Tel:+91-268-2521629,2550951<br><br>· Fax:+91-268-2550951<br><br>· (M)+9109824097357<br><br>· Website:http://www.woodking24india.com/<div class="comment-meta">— Keshavlal Mangubhai &amp;amp; Co(woodking24-India) · 2005-04-10 22:11</div></div> <div class="comment">woodking24(india) are very Hot......Very Cheap and easy available....<div class="comment-meta">— robert · 2005-07-26 19:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Please send me IKEA catalog ( pdf file ) in English. Thanx<div class="comment-meta">— Abdul Rehman Tai · 2005-09-03 04:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir;<br><br>I am an MBA student, very desirous to get in to IKEA as a brand manager. I just got to know about the IKEA purchasing office at Delhi. I am not able to source their email address; i wanted to send them my resume (or CV or biodata). If known please tell me their email address or give them mine.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Ankur Mehta<br><br>Ph: +91 98196 19896<div class="comment-meta">— Ankur Mehta · 2005-10-21 16:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sirs,<br><br>Currently I am working in reputed solidwood furniture manufacture factory .I am working here since year 2000,Basically I am Chemical engineer.<br><br>I come across IKEA through IKEA catalouges &amp; a months ago I come to know that it has outlet right here in INDIA.So I would like know weather you have any recruitment going on for your INDIAN office.If yes I would like to know your detailed address,email as well as name of contact peson.<br><br>Hope to get positive reply from your side,<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>SATISH<div class="comment-meta">— Satish Kaushik · 2006-06-14 14:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Satish and Ankur,<br><br>I understand that you want to work with IKEA India. I have similar interest with IKEA Toronto in Supply chain. Did you guys find a job with Ikea?<br><br>If not read further.<br><br>If you are going to make a resume, you first need to find out the skills required for the job, for eg they may ask, do you know abc of carpentry, have you assembled any furniture , what are the types of woods used in furniture and questions like that. For Satish- Also you need not mention &quot;Chemical Engineer&quot;. In internationally managed companies, if you are educated in a different profession, just mention engineer or science degree since people taking decision may not be Indians and they will wonder &quot;What help can a chemical engineer be to Ikea!.&quot; So friend avoid such words. Also try and not reveal you age if you are above 40 or nearing that. eg if you write the year you graduated, they can backcalculate and find age and the resume goes in bin. I learnt this the hard way.<br><br>Another way is to work with their solutions provider by doing some research on the company.<br><br>I hope that this will help you and good luck with your deliberations.<br><br>Anxious to know if u could get in IKEA<div class="comment-meta">— Ashi · 2006-09-04 20:46</div></div> <div class="comment">dear sir/mam<br><br>we r india based manufacturer and exporter of home furnishing products like,cushion covers,bed covers,quilts,kithcen linens,tabel covers,runnersetc. we r exporting in europe last 14 years we have huge infrastructurer pls. can u provide us the contact details of your purchase office in india with concerning person so we can contact them.<br><br>it will be a good co-operation from u.<br><br>regards<br><br>pankaj<div class="comment-meta">— pankaj · 2007-03-14 16:06</div></div> <div class="comment">dear sir/mam<br><br>we r india based manufacturer and exporter of home furnishing products like,cushion covers,bed covers,quilts,kithcen linens,tabel covers,runnersetc. we r exporting in europe last 14 years we have huge infrastructurer pls. can u provide us the contact details of your purchase office in india with concerning person so we can contact them.<br><br>it will be a good co-operation from u.<br><br>regards<br><br>pankaj<br><br>R.K.INTERNATIONAL<div class="comment-meta">— R.K.INTERNATIONAL · 2007-03-20 00:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir/Maam<br><br>I would like to introduce ourselves as ELEGANCE, a company dedictated in manufacturing home furnihsing products such as cushion covers, quilts , piloow case, duvet, table cloth, napkins etc. We are based here with our modern factory in Noida. Could you please send us the details of the purchase office in INDIA.<br><br>Looking forward to your reply,<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Riddham<br><br>ELEGANCE<div class="comment-meta">— Riddham Bahri · 2007-03-29 17:30</div></div> <div class="comment">sir,<br><br>i am a 3D Craft Product Designer. specialized in wood, metal, ceramics, stone, natural fibres, leather, handmade papers etc.!...postgraduated in design from Indian Institute of Craft and Design-IICD, Jaipur (government of rajasthan)...i am highly interested to join your organization for my forthcoming Diploma Project of 6 months, which is scheduled to start by May last week 2007. my previous areas of domestic and international experineces are as follows:<br><br>1]lighting systems designs<br><br>2]ladies jewellery, body out-fittings, undergarments<br><br>3]public exhibition design<br><br>4]automobile interiors<br><br>5]packaging design<br><br>6]furniture design(stone, wood, metal)<br><br>7]stationary design<br><br>8]men garments<br><br>9]home furnishing<br><br>10]table top utility products design<div class="comment-meta">— santosh kumar jha · 2007-04-24 23:35</div></div> <div class="comment">sir,<br><br>please reply as soon as it possible with your e-mail address.<br><br>regards,<br><br>santosh<br><br>Indian Institute of Crafts and Design<br><br>Jaipur, India<div class="comment-meta">— santosh kumar jha · 2007-04-24 23:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir/Maam<br><br>I would like to introduce ourselves as Indus Shanti Carpets Pvt.ltd,our family has been in carpet trade for more than 6 decades our company is dedictated in manufacturing Carpet products.Some of the product what we manufacture are as below:-<br><br>1.Handloom<br><br>2.Hand Tufted<br><br>3.Shaggy<br><br>4.wollen durries<br><br>5.knotted gabbesh,contempos<br><br>ect.We can make anyother product on your requrement. We are based here with our manufacturing unit in Gopiganj of district Bhadohi. Could you please send us the details of the purchase office in INDIA with concerning person so we can contact them.<br><br>Looking forward to your reply,<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Pramod K Misra<br><br>Indus Shanti Carpets Pvt.ltd<br><br>Gopiganj Dist:- Bhadohi<div class="comment-meta">— Mr.Pramdo K Misra · 2007-05-09 16:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>im vinay from pune INDIA, im workin from ther as designer, I want to working with in any kind of mode, if you have any kind of requirments in your company so plaese infom to on my personal e-mail vinaysingh_designer$yahoo.com.<br><br>Thanking you,<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Vinay Singh (Pune)<div class="comment-meta">— Vinay · 2007-06-01 13:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>im vinay from pune INDIA, im workin from ther as designer, I want to working with in any kind of mode, if you have any kind of requirments in your company so plaese infom to on my personal e-mail vinaysingh_designer$yahoo.com.<br><br>Thanking you,<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Vinay Singh (Pune)<div class="comment-meta">— Vinay · 2007-06-01 13:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir/Maam<br><br>I would like to introduce ourselves as Indus Shanti Carpets Pvt.ltd,our family has been in carpet trade for more than 6 decades our company is dedictated in manufacturing Carpet products.Some of the product what we manufacture are as below:-<br><br>1.Handloom<br><br>2.Hand Tufted<br><br>3.Shaggy<br><br>4.wollen durries<br><br>5.knotted gabbesh,contempos<br><br>ect.We can make anyother product on your requrement. We are based here with our manufacturing unit in Gopiganj of district Bhadohi. Could you please send us the details of the purchase office in INDIA with concerning person so we can contact them.<br><br>Looking forward to your reply,<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Pramod K Misra<br><br>Indus Shanti Carpets Pvt.ltd<br><br>Gopiganj Dist:- Bhadohi<div class="comment-meta">— Mr.Pramdo K Misra · 2007-06-25 22:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>Please provide us your correspondence details along with contact person and nos. in new Delhi &amp; NCR Area because we want to know more about IKEA.<br><br>Thanks &amp; Regards<br><br>Rajesh Gupta<div class="comment-meta">— Rajesh · 2007-07-03 14:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>Please provide us your correspondence details along with contact person and nos. in new Delhi &amp; NCR Area because we want to know more about IKEA.<br><br>Thanks &amp; Regards<br><br>Rajesh Gupta<div class="comment-meta">— Rajesh · 2007-07-03 14:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>Kindly note that I am presently working in buying agency Delhi and looking fter some Europeon Clients like Silea in France and Garden Gadget in U.K.<br><br>I am intersted to join Ikea (Gurgaon).Kindly confirm if their is any vacancy for merchandiser.<br><br>Many thanks in advance for your kind reply.<br><br>Thnaks &amp; Regards,<br><br>sachin<div class="comment-meta">— sachin Agarwal · 2007-07-03 17:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear sir,<br><br>Kindly give address of IKEA&#x27;s Delhi and Gurgaon Offices.<br><br>regards,<br><br>Ajay Desai<div class="comment-meta">— Ajay Desai · 2007-07-20 21:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Sorry, but I don&#x27;t know there is an IKEA in Inda. Anyone knows that?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-07-20 22:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Please provide us with contact information of Purchasing office in Delhi or if there is any office in Mumbai (Bombay).<br><br>Thanking you,<br><br>Anand Gor<div class="comment-meta">— Anand Go · 2007-08-08 21:44</div></div> <div class="comment">@Anand, I am not sure why the questions I received was all about IKEA in India. I live in Shanghai, China and only know some information about IKEA Shanghai. Maybe someone else can help to anwser this question or ask a Delhi blogger.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-08 21:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear sir/madam,<br><br>We may take liberty to introduce our self as a leading manufacturer and exporter in SILVER, COPPER &amp; WOODEN FINISHING FURNITURE, COPPER, WHITE METAL, BONE, M.O.P. AND WOODEN BASED HOME FURNISHING/GIFTWARE AND BRASS BONE FIXTURE HANDICRAFT ITEMS.<br><br>We have our own infrastructure facilities in house and packing structure as per your requirements and we made articles as per your designs also.<br><br>We are maintaining best quality and most competitive price in world market. If you feel any interest in our product please letter know at our email/postal address.<br><br>We hope that you will take initial interest in our product and contact us at our email by return.<br><br>Thanking you.<br><br>Yours faithfully<br><br>Jagdamba Arts<br><br>Umesh Kansara<br><br>Near Achalnath Temple Katla Bazar,<br><br>Jodhpur-,342001 (Rajasthan) INDIA<br><br>E-mail-:umesh_kansara@yahoo.co.in , umesh_kansara@hotmail.com,<br><br>Telfax: +91-291-2627462<br><br>Mobile : +91-09413960340, 09414145437, 09414145061<div class="comment-meta">— umesh · 2007-08-09 13:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Ikea,<br><br>Greetings!<br><br>Through this note, allow me to introduce ourselves as a preferred suppliers of Bed Sheets, Quilts, Towels to the leading vendors in India. We ar aware of your expansions plans in India and bekieve we can add value to your exiesting product range.<br><br>Besides bringing to the table extensive local relationships &amp; process expertise, we take pride in our abilities to fulfill the expectations of our clients in the required deliverables.<br><br>If you could give us a time slot for a conversation, we could demonstrate our capabilities &amp; how we can add value.<br><br>Looking forward to forging a relationship<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Deepak Gandhi<br><br>deepu.gandhi@gmail.com<br><br>+919322275744 or +919892656278<div class="comment-meta">— Deepak Gandhi · 2007-08-22 19:13</div></div> <div class="comment">@Deepak, please note this is NOT IKEA website, and I am not IKEA.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-08-22 23:33</div></div> <div class="comment">fifavodafone draw you have won two great britain pounds<div class="comment-meta">— fifavodafone · 2007-08-24 17:02</div></div> <div class="comment">hello sir<br><br>am mr nonny i will like to know what and what you are prodeusing<br><br>thanks<div class="comment-meta">— MR NONNY · 2007-10-30 22:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>We are a group of technocrat engaged in the manufacture of precision injection moulded parts. We have inhous facility of moulding and assy.<br><br>We are supported with a team of designers and mould makers where our technical inputs are given at ech stage.<br><br>WE wish to be a valued of IKEA supplier in terms of quality, delivery and price.<br><br>Thanking you<br><br>Girish<div class="comment-meta">— Girish Wagle · 2007-12-14 15:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow,<br><br>That&#x27;s how it works, everyone wants a piece of the action. I don&#x27;t think there is an IKEA in India. I got on the homepage IKEA.com and NO there was NO listing for Ikea in Delhi.<br><br>Would be nice though...<br><br>Sorry you got inundated by so many people....! Google Ikea India... yours comes up as the first hit today....<br><br>Regards<div class="comment-meta">— Yeshi Dolma · 2008-01-13 11:55</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m Wrong!<br><br>Ikea is Just closing a deal that would introduce Ikea to India!!!!!!<br><br>http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=8f077752-3df9-4199-a56c-d1ccda63d341&amp;MatchID1=4633&amp;TeamID1=5&amp;TeamID2=10&amp;MatchType1=1&amp;SeriesID1=1167&amp;MatchID2=4617&amp;TeamID3=3&amp;TeamID4=4&amp;MatchType2=1&amp;SeriesID2=1163&amp;PrimaryID=4633&amp;Headline=DLF+may+bring+Swedish+giant+Ikea+to+India<br><br>That&#x27;s the link....<br><br>Cool<div class="comment-meta">— Yeshi Dolma · 2008-01-13 11:58</div></div> <div class="comment">dear sir/madam,<br><br>we take liberty to introduce our self as one of the leading manufacturer and exporter in SILVER,COPPER,AND WOODEN FINSHING FURNITURE,COPPER,WHITE MATTLE,BONE,M.O.P.,AND WOODEN BASED HOME FURNISHING/GIFTWARE AND BRASS BONE FIXTURE HANDICRAFT ITEMS,AND HOME FURNISHING ITEMS LIKE CURTAIN,COUSION COVER,QUILT,BED SHEET,TABLE COVER,RUNNER ETC.<br><br>We have our own manufacturing facilities in house and packing structure as per your requairment and we made articalsas per your design also.We are maintaining best quality and most competative price in the world market if you feel any interest in our products please letter know at our email/postal address.<br><br>We hope that you will take initial interest in our products and contact us at our email by return.<br><br>thanking you<br><br>YOURS FAITHFULLY<br><br>NAFEES AHMED SAIFY<br><br>AL-MEHAR TRADING CORP.<br><br>PLOT NO. 384,<br><br>PATPERGANJ INDUSTRIAL AREA,<br><br>DELHI-110092.<br><br>CONTACT NO. 011-9811473893,011-9250708348,011-43021670<br><br>FAX NO. 011-43036747, 011-22143695<br><br>EMAIL - almehartc@yahoo.com<div class="comment-meta">— nafees ahmed saify · 2008-01-16 12:49</div></div> <div class="comment">We are manufacturers of HDPE/PP bags. We supply bags to companies like Cargill, Sunstar, K.R.B.L, Kohinoor, ICI Dulux, Sheela Foam.<br><br>We would like to offer you an alternative for carry baskets and carry bags. We would like to introduce new light weight mesh bags, which can expand to a great extent and are reusable. Mesh bags have captured more than 60 percent of the supermarket all over the world. Also, since mesh bags are reusable, they offer better brand visibility and the brand is retained in the customer&#x27;s memory over a longer period of time. These bags are used in stores like ICA (Sweden), Coles (Australia).<br><br>I would like to elaborate on this further once I get a positive response from you.<div class="comment-meta">— Nitin Sharma · 2008-03-21 01:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>We take pride in introducing ourselves as largest Manufacturers &amp; Professionally managed Suppliers of 100% cotton chandi Floor Mats &amp; Runners ,Please note some of the products. we are mainly dealing with in any sizes.<br><br>&gt;&gt;OverDyed Chandi<br><br>&gt;&gt; Multi<br><br>&gt;&gt; 5 Patta Multi<br><br>&gt;&gt; New Goa ................<br><br>PLR Exports Is A Private Group That Is Engaged In The Manufacture of Door &amp; Dinning Mats as required by the customer.<br><br>Beyond Its Present Expertise, PLR Exports Is Continuously Integrating And Expanding Its Expertise In Allied And Diverse Fields of Manufacturing &amp; supplying.<br><br>We would request to floot your enquiries of the above said products to the below said address to develop the required samples as specified requirements &amp; quote our best price<br><br>With Regards<br><br>Ramesh.PL<br><br>M/s. PLR Exports<br><br>#9/1, Behind Bank of Boroda (Old)<br><br>Vaikalmedu, Chittode<br><br>Erode - 638102<br><br>Tamil Nadu<br><br>India<br><br>TeleFax :- 0424 2536231<br><br>Mobile :- 098941 79251<br><br>Email :- ramesh@plrexports.com<br><br>Website :- www.plrexports.com<div class="comment-meta">— PL Ramesh · 2008-06-08 22:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir,<br><br>Kindly note that I am Iliyas Akhtar (Handloom &amp; Textiles Technologist), having nine years of experience in Home Textiles Export&amp; Buying Agencies.<br><br>presently working with European based buying agency in Noida as a Sr Quality Assurance Executive.<br><br>I am intersted to join Ikea (India/Delhi ).Kindly confirm if their is any vacancy for Quality Assurance Executive.<br><br>Many thanks in advance for your kind reply.<br><br>Thnaks &amp; Regards<br><br>iliyas (9818003015)<div class="comment-meta">— Iliyas Akhtar · 2008-07-10 14:06</div></div> <div class="comment">dear Ikea,<br><br>I m working as a designer cum sampling head from last 10 years in a reputated home furnishing . I would like to associate myself with IKEA. Please let me know if there is any job in IKEA matchin my profile.<br><br>thanks and regards<br><br>Pooja Jain<div class="comment-meta">— pooja jain · 2008-07-28 20:13</div></div> <div class="comment">That&#x27;s great, I never thought about Bulk Purchase from IKEA like that before.<div class="comment-meta">— Jane Church · 2009-04-23 20:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear sir<br><br>I would like to introduce myself. I am Rohit Ranjan did b.tech in carpet &amp;t extile technology from iict, bhadohi (session 2005-2009), currently working in export house of carpet as a quality inspector (aql norms).<br><br>it will be my pleasure to to work with you , if you give me opportunity<br><br>sincerely yours<br><br>Rohit Ranjan<div class="comment-meta">— rohit ranjan · 2009-08-01 13:08</div></div> <div class="comment">I am intersted joining Ikea (India/Tamilnadu ).<br><br>Kindly confirm if their is any vacancy for Quality Assurance Executive.(9yrs in Home Textile)<br><br>Many thanks in advance for your kind reply.<br><br>Thanks &amp; Regards.<br><br>Sp<div class="comment-meta">— Sp · 2010-02-01 10:49</div></div> <div class="comment">dear sachin<br><br>kindly do let me know your contact mail id...<br><br>maaz<div class="comment-meta">— maaz · 2010-04-04 06:31</div></div> <div class="comment">dear pooja kindly do let me know your mail id...<br><br>maaz<div class="comment-meta">— maaz · 2010-04-04 06:32</div></div> <div class="comment">thank you so much for putting all this info up on IKEA in china! It really helped my business presentation at Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii!<div class="comment-meta">— aline · 2010-04-27 15:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I am an architect and an Interior Designer i have an experience of 16 years i am currently working as an Asst Professor in an college ,I have spent some years in the United states thats where i was introduce to your store and the concept of Modular furniture .I would like to work for Ikea in in India if they are hiring .<br><br>Regards<br><br>Manujit Khurana<div class="comment-meta">— Manujit Khurana · 2011-02-06 17:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I am an architect and an Interior Designer i have an experience of 16 years i am currently working as an Asst Professor in an college ,I have spent some years in the United states thats where i was introduce to your store and the concept of Modular furniture .I would like to work for Ikea in in India if they are hiring .<br><br>Regards<br><br>Manujit Khurana<div class="comment-meta">— Manujit Khurana · 2011-02-06 17:05</div></div> </details>HP Pavilion a610cl - My New Home PChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040719_hp_pavilion_a610cl_-_my_new_home_pc.htmMon, 19 Jul 2004 23:13:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040719_hp_pavilion_a610cl_-_my_new_home_pc.htm<p>Let me show off my new home PC - HP Pavilion A610CL.</p> <p>The front of the box. Looks nice</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/19/hp.pavilion-body-front.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I opened the box to add additional 256M memory.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/19/hp.pavilion-mother.board-inside.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Clean motherboard.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/19/hp.pavilion-pc-uncovered.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I installed Windows XP on it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/19/hp.pavilion-winows.xp.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I went to buy a new PC because I am tired of typing on laptops. I have a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040709_my_new_laptop_dell_latitue_d600.htm">Dell Latitude D600</a> and Wendy has a Dell Latitude C200, but we have to bring it to the company and back home back and forth. As the keyboard instruction on the laptops indicates, the laptops are designed only for mobile computer and not for office use - long time typing on a laptop keyboard may hurt the hands and arms. I believe in it since my hands start to hurt when I type a long blog entry. So I need to get a home PC in my home.</p>Three on the Bund 外滩三号https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040719_three_on_the_bund_ae.htmMon, 19 Jul 2004 15:21:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040719_three_on_the_bund_ae.htm<p>我对坐落在外滩三号的Three on the Bund着迷了。我要再去看看。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Ive long heard of Three on the Bund. And I&#x27;m eager to being one of her.<div class="comment-meta">— jurong ding · 2004-09-23 09:22</div></div> <div class="comment">Good blog<div class="comment-meta">— Misho · 2005-09-02 03:07</div></div> </details>Exciting Shanghai Night Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040718_exciting_shanghai_night_life.htmSun, 18 Jul 2004 10:40:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040718_exciting_shanghai_night_life.htm<p>Saturday night is pleasant. Wendy and I hang out on the Bund. It was not easy to find parking lot there. I finally managed to pull my car over at the parking area at the intersection of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=2800&amp;y=2400&amp;cx=375&amp;cy=183&amp;text=Parking%20Lot%20on%20the%20Bund">Xin Kai He road and Zhuang Shan East 2 Road</a>. It charges 10 RMB for the whole night. It is reasonable price but we have to walk about 10 minutes to where we want to go.</p>Change in Global Navigationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040717_change_in_global_navigation.htmSat, 17 Jul 2004 11:55:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040717_change_in_global_navigation.htm<p>This page is just for my personal reference in case one day I want to roll back to the original version.</p> <p>The original version:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Home</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com//">Life</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/News/">News</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/">Shanghai</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Tech/">Tech</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/">Travel</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/WWW/">WWW</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com//scripts/links/jump.cgi?ID=random">Random</a> | <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">About me</a></p> <p>The new version:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Home</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/">Directory</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo/">Photo</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/">Map</a> | <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/links/jump.cgi?ID=random">Random</a> | <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">About me</a></p> <p>This change is to give higher visibility of photo and map section of this site. What is your feedback on this change?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I like the new look of your homepage, JS! I&#x27;m amazed at the desciption about your blog because it only means that you&#x27;re already very famous. Keep it up! :D<div class="comment-meta">— earthmilk · 2004-07-19 11:09</div></div> </details>To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogspherehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040717_to_continue_or_not_confusing_in_china_blogsphere.htmSat, 17 Jul 2004 11:42:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040717_to_continue_or_not_confusing_in_china_blogsphere.htm<p>Blogging in China is at its turning point. I just feel it.</p> <p><strong>Wendy</strong></p> <p>Wendy posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20040715_80.htm">this entry</a> yesterday. Here is rough translation: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t know what to write&hellip; Should I write it as diary or around a fixed topic? Am I writing to myself or to others?&rdquo;</p> <p>The feeling of confusion was quickly acknowledged by <a href="http://www.liuzhijian.net">Eddie</a> and <a href="http://www.clairehu.com/">Claire</a>.</p> <p><strong>Claire</strong></p> <p>Several days before, in July 13, Claire posted similar entry titled <a href="http://claire.blogone.net/?id=2690244">Continue or not&hellip;</a>. In that post, she shared her experience to start the blog, to publish her blog URL to all her friends (including Wendy and me), and the initial excitement to see the increase of page view and the warm comments. However, in the end, she started to question:</p>Memorable Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040716_memorable_pictures.htmFri, 16 Jul 2004 23:48:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040716_memorable_pictures.htm<p>Memorable Pictures</p> <p>I guess you will like my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo">photo album</a> I posted yesterday. So do I. I browsed the photos and feel the need to add some note to the individual album. As bigbro <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040715_wangjianshuos_photo_album.htm#1126">suggested</a>, I added a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/photo">Photo</a> button after <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">HOME</a>.</p> <p><strong>Daocheng</strong></p> <p>The most memorable trip I had so far is to Daocheng. I am a Daocheng fan and I am happy that <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/">my page on Daocheng</a> is the number 1 result returned in <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=daocheng">Google</a> and <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=daocheng&amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;fr=fp-tab-web-t&amp;cop=mss&amp;tab=">Yahoo</a>. Haha.</p>Wangjianshuo's Photo Albumhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040715_wangjianshuos_photo_album.htmThu, 15 Jul 2004 18:35:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040715_wangjianshuos_photo_album.htm<p>I have many photos. I have a &ldquo;My Pictures&rdquo; folder on my laptop containing all my pictures. I just checked the size. WOW! It is 7.76G already. The biggest folder in size is &ldquo;Pictures in Different Places&rdquo; which contains my pictures in different cities. It iis 3G along. Compared to this big repository, pictures on this site is just 1% of all my pictures. I have to find some way to share it on the web.</p>Cannot Post Comment on this Site?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040715_cannot_post_comment_on_this_site.htmThu, 15 Jul 2004 18:22:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040715_cannot_post_comment_on_this_site.htm<p>Some reader reported that he/she cannot post comment onto this site. They get error message:</p> <blockquote> <p>Comment Submission Error</p> <p>Your comment submission failed for the following reasons:</p> <p><strong>You are not allowed to post comments.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Chances are, I have banned your IP address so you cannot post.</p> <p>&ldquo;What? Why ban me? I am a good netizen!&rdquo;</p> <p>Sorry if it happens to you. I intended to ban spammers who are in the same IP range of you. When I get any <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031020_kecakcom_comment_spammer.htm">comment spam</a>, I will remove it proactively and I will use the MovableType&rsquo;s built-in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/static/mt/docs/mtmanual_weblog_config.html#ip%20banning">IP Banning</a> feature to ban future comment or trackbacks from the same IP range.</p>My Own Web Based RSS Readerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040714_my_own_web_based_rss_reader.htmWed, 14 Jul 2004 23:44:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040714_my_own_web_based_rss_reader.htm<p>Check <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/rss/2.htm">my own web based RSS reader</a>. It is based on <a href="http://minutillo.com/steve/feedonfeeds/">Feed on Feeds</a>. Let me add more explaination to this test tomorrow.</p> <p>Update:</p> <p><a href="http://minutillo.com/steve/feedonfeeds/">Feed on Feeds</a> is a very nice tool written in PHP. It did some hack on the code so it caches the content into HTML in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/rss">RSS</a> folder under archives folder in my website. I am adding more blogs I check everyday on to the list.</p> <p>I run a schedule to update the blog entires every day so it always contains the latest posts from the blogs.</p>Heavy Rain Yesterdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040713_heavy_rain_yesterday.htmTue, 13 Jul 2004 23:46:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040713_heavy_rain_yesterday.htm<p>Around 6:15 yesterday, I stood at the lobby of Metro Tower, waiting for Wendy to go home together. I waited for about 5 minutes, felt boring and started to browse the free travel magazines on the reception&rsquo;s counter. I even noticed the cheap tour package as low as 999 RMB, including round trip flight + 4 night of hotel - just incredible. I guess they must have great ways to make the money back from the rebate of all goods their customers buy in Hong Kong.</p>My Blog on Microsoft.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040712_my_blog_on_microsoftcom.htmMon, 12 Jul 2004 18:51:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040712_my_blog_on_microsoftcom.htm<p>As I said in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040706_transferred_to_microsoft_consulting_service.htm">this article</a>, &ldquo;blogging is become really, really hot in Microsoft&rdquo;. Here are more evidence to it.</p> <p>If you visit <a href="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft.com</a> today and click <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx">Communities</a> under <strong>Resources</strong> on the left navigation bar, you will reach the community page (I love communities. I have been working in this division before). There is a <strong>blogs</strong> entry on the left navigation bar.</p> <p>The link leads to the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/communities/blogs/PortalHome.mspx">Microsoft Community Blogs portal</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/12/screen-microsof.community.blogs-portal.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Screenshot in Courtesy of Microsoft.com</p>New Issue of City Weekendhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040711_new_issue_of_city_weekend.htmSun, 11 Jul 2004 23:48:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040711_new_issue_of_city_weekend.htm<p>Went to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm#binjiang">Starbucks at Riverside</a> in Pudong tonight with <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfaan">Wendy</a>. It was already 10:00 PM and the Starbucks was still full of people.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/22/shanghai.starbucks-binjang-good.view.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>City Weekend</strong></p> <p>On the bookshelf was the free copy of City Weekend.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/11/screen-city.weekend-july8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/">City Weekend</a>.</p> <p><strong>One of the Two Major English City Guides</strong></p> <p>There are two major city guides in Shanghai - <strong>City Weekend</strong> and <strong>That&rsquo;s Shanghai</strong>. Both are in English and targeted to ex-pats. I like<a href="http://www.thatsmagazines.com/home/index.asp?location=sh">That&rsquo;s Shanghai</a> better since it looks more fresh and fashionable with more useful information. However, it seems City Weekend are easily to get - I cannot find That&rsquo;s Shanghai in Starbucks. Let me write about this issue of City Weekend (July 8 - July 21 Issue)</p>Group Drive to Yang Cheng Lakehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040710_group_drive_to_yang_cheng_lake.htmSat, 10 Jul 2004 23:15:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040710_group_drive_to_yang_cheng_lake.htm<p>I drove my car to Yang Cheng lake today with my friends. We have four cars today.</p> <p>The Yang Chen Lake is the darker lake on the top to the characters <em>Suzhou</em> in the map below.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/22/map-shanghai.taihu-route.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>First Time on Highway</strong></p> <p>Thanks to the new transportaation regulation, I, as a intern driver, can drive onto the expressway now. In contrast, the old law requires driver to hold a driver&rsquo;s license for at least one year before he/she can use the expressway.</p>My New Laptop - Dell Latitue D600https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040709_my_new_laptop_-_dell_latitue_d600.htmFri, 09 Jul 2004 23:26:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040709_my_new_laptop_-_dell_latitue_d600.htm<p>I am happy to receive a new laptop <a href="http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=hied&amp;id=latit_d600">Dell Latitude D600</a>. It is larger than my previous one - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030525_i_still_know_software_cleartype_and_smarttags.htm">Dell Latitude C400</a>. This is the third Dell laptop I used:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/office/software.htm">Dell Latitude CPx H</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Dell Latitude C400</p> </li> <li> <p>Dell Laitude D600</p> </li> </ul> <p>The laptop become senior as I am growing to senior. :-D</p> <p><strong>Dell Latitude D600</strong></p> <p>This is a nice one. I don&rsquo;t have time to check the details of this laptop yet. Here are some facts about it I discovered immediately after I get it.</p>Bill Maohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040708_bill_mao.htmThu, 08 Jul 2004 18:37:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040708_bill_mao.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/08/screen-bill.mao-newsweek.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/">Newsweek</a></p> <p>Ha. Newsweek is so funny! This picture is the cover picture of Newsweek June 21, 2004 Issue.</p> <p>I LOL when I see the picture because the original picture are displayed in many restaurant till now. I happened to take one in our most favorite Hunan Restaurant - Yue Yang Lou.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/08/shanghai-chair.man-poster.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve seen another edition like this one http://www.blogcn.com/user3/grazilee/upload/20046301231344660.jpg<br><br>the description is as follows:<br><br>Is Bill Cool? Got this interesting picture from a graphic designer forum today. Of coz what we&#x27;re discussing is only about the photoshop technique to assemble Bill Gates into Chairman Mao , the People&#x27;s Republic of China. I doubt who really care what their new Great China marketing strategy is! They just want to boost their sales in China only. Is there any benifit to our developers!?<br><br>For the details of this article from the current issue of Newsweek.<br><br>&quot;June 21 issue - Microsoft&#x27;s largest beachhead outside the United States is in the state most hostile to it: the People&#x27;s Republic of China. Since arriving in Beijing in 1990, the Gates empire has assembled a network of business operations, from research and development to sales and marketing to customer support, second only to that in its Redmond, Washington, hub. Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer, whose minutes are managed as priceless commodities, regularly descend on the mainland for meetings with customers and government officials, trying to find a way to make it in the elusive China market.&quot;<br><br>and also I&#x27;ve seen this issue traslated into Chinese at blogchina.<div class="comment-meta">— Wen Lee · 2004-07-08 21:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks for the laugh Jian Shuo! I left you a &quot;gift&quot; link on my site:<br><br>http://alvinphillips.com/article/206/wang-jian-shuo-you-make-me-laugh<br><br>Alvin...<div class="comment-meta">— Alvin Phillips · 2004-07-09 05:20</div></div> <div class="comment">really funny... lol<div class="comment-meta">— Halcyon · 2004-07-10 11:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Have you seen how you can fold the 100 RMB bill with Mao&#x27;s face into a happy face or a sad face? If you&#x27;d like, I can email it to you.<div class="comment-meta">— Gene · 2004-07-12 16:20</div></div> <div class="comment">FUCK MAO<div class="comment-meta">— matelot · 2006-01-24 02:31</div></div> </details>PVG: One Million Passengers for MagLevhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040707_pvg_one_million_passengers_for_maglev.htmWed, 07 Jul 2004 19:24:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040707_pvg_one_million_passengers_for_maglev.htm<p>According to <a href="http://www.jt.sh.cn/news.asp?id=12973">Shanghai Jiaotong Network</a> (Chinese site), the 1,000,000th passenger of Maglev arrives the Longyang Rd. Station. I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030114_maglev_operates_in_shanghai.htm">started operation</a> in Jan 2003. 74 train/times are scheduled every day and sees 7000 passengers everyday.</p> <p>This proofs the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040419_maglev_a_failure.htm">privous figure</a> of Maglev is wrong.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">34 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Carrying 7,000 passengers per day is hardly impressive, since it averages to 95 passengers per trip on a train with 440 seats.<br><br>On the other hand, if it has moved 1,000,000 passengers in 188 days from Jan 1 to yesterday (was it really yesterday?), the daily everage over six months would figure to 5,319 a day. (This happens to translate to 72 passengers per trip, so damn near the old &quot;mistaken&quot; number of 73 it makes me wonder if the original 73 figure had any credibility at all.) Did the Maglev ever stop operation during the six months? If it did stop for 45 days, then a million people in 143 days would give an average of 7,000 a day.<br><br>The average of passenger heads is less interesting than how the passenger volume has curved up and what&#x27;s the daily volume nowadays. If the number per trip was low in the early month but has come close to 200 now, that would indicate quite a successful system, keeping in mind that a daily 200 passenger per trip average would mean some trips being close to full capacity . Another meaningful evaluation would be the percentage of PVG visitors taking the Maglev. It is so difficult to obtain statistics in China.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-07-07 23:42</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s quite surprising how the MagLev is so little advertised in the Airport. For those who arrive and are waiting in the baggage claim area, there&#x27;s nothing(?) indicating the existence of the MagLev. Is there?<br><br>For sure more passengers would take it if it would be clearly advertised in the baggage claim area - together with the shedule (how many minutes for the next train) and how much it costs.<div class="comment-meta">— Jayel · 2004-07-08 18:50</div></div> <div class="comment">If you &quot;travel light&quot; to PVG, it&#x27;s easy to go downstairs at Longyang Station and hop in the subway line #2 to downtown. AND MUCH SAFER than to go out and get a taxi !<br><br>I agree that the Maglev is very badly signed in PVG.<br><br>By the way, do anyone know when the Zhangyanglu tunnel opens ?<br><br>It&#x27;s simply a mess in the Yananlu tunnel...<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-07-08 19:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, Does anyone know if the maglev operates late at night? I will be arriving in Shanghai around 22:00 and want to know if the maglev is an option.<br><br>Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Maria · 2004-07-20 03:19</div></div> <div class="comment">It should end operation around 19:00. So you cannot take it as late as 22:00<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-07-20 08:45</div></div> <div class="comment">It is very sad that there is no signage/info at PVG and even worse nothing on the web! This is great technology being wasted!<br><br>Question: what time is the first run on a Thursday morning from Long Yang out to Pudong Airport?<br><br>Thanks<br><br>David<br><br>Vancouver, Canada.<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2004-07-21 02:51</div></div> <div class="comment">It&#x27;s absolutely ridiculous how much money the Chinese government spent on the construction of the MagLev but spend almost nothing on the marketing thereafter of the MagLev. It just makes no sense to me whatsoever why there isn&#x27;t a very detailed website marketing the MagLev in English.<br><br>Is there like a Shanghai Taxi Association Union which is blocking the success of MagLev? Is this Taxi Association afraid of some competition from the MagLev/Subway link to Puxi?<div class="comment-meta">— Lance · 2004-07-22 17:35</div></div> <div class="comment">There is no Shanghai Taxi Association Union. :-D It is illegal organization. After certain date, it is not easy to register any new organizations.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-07-22 17:39</div></div> <div class="comment">The train is an experimental train, you don&#x27;t advertise experimental stuff regulary.<div class="comment-meta">— E.A.C. · 2004-09-16 03:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Actually, this is not an experimental train, although it is the first commerical operating Maglev.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-09-16 09:53</div></div> <div class="comment">There will probably be another maglev line before the end of 2009 linking Shanghai and Hangzhou. Hangzhou seems pretty keen to get the line running. If the Shanghai Airport Maglev is indeed as what some people here call a big and expensive toy, both Shanghai and Hangzhou should think carefully as to how to make the proposed line commercial in the true sense of the word.<div class="comment-meta">— Charles Wang · 2004-09-22 18:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Jianshuo, I hope you allow me to post this information on your behalf :<br><br>In Germany there is a maglev TEST guideway (&quot;track&quot;).<br><br>In Shanghai there are a COMMERCIAL double guideway magnetic levitation line, connecting Longyang Lu Station to Pudong Airport PVG, or SIA - Shanghai International Airport, the new name.<br><br>The &quot;Shanghai Maglev Transrapid&quot; runs in schedule from 8:20 (Longyang end) and from 8:30 (PVG end). The trains stops scheduled trips at 17:30 at both ends.<br><br>The train leaves every 20 min&#x27;s at both ends.<br><br>The trip is WORTH it if you haven&#x27;t tried, and saves you money for a taxi ride (but not if you&#x27;re less than 2 persons).<br><br>Other opportunities outside shceduled hours of the SMT are the buses just left of the exit, when you go directly out from the arrival hall. Signs for each line are in english too, and a typical ride to People&#x27;s Square (Renmin Guangchang) is 16 RMB.<br><br>And of course - the taxis, if you prefer Shanghai taxis...<br><br>OK - for the SMT, fee is 50 RMB for single trip, 100RMB for VIP trip (but who will pay double for a trip less than 8 min&#x27;s duration ?!).<br><br>If you have a valid flight ticket for the actual day, you can have a one way trip for 40 RMB.<br><br>If you want just to ride the train both ways same day, you pay 80 RMB for double trip.<br><br>These informations are valid 2004-09-22.<br><br>I hope this clarifies some of the questions asked by so many.<br><br>I personally do not think that this type of maglev track will be build again.<br><br>Only superconducting materials can provide the low energy costs for this type of train.<br><br>As the speed concerned, the french TGV with wheels has been running faster than the maglev, but I&#x27;m sure that the maglev are able to do more !<br><br>See more in an article by Ron Gluckman : http://www.gluckman.com/Maglev.html<br><br>I hope he allows me to post the link :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-09-22 20:18</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Lance<br><br>There are NO unions in China, therefore all salaries are up to the employer and the market&#x27;s demands to determine !<br><br>The low salaries are the reason for all other countries to buy the chinese stuff.<br><br>Wonder how long that will go on...<br><br>At CNN they recently had weeklong talks of how many jobs goes outside of their own country, only because it should be a LITTLE cheaper to buy the next mobile phone made abroad.<br><br>This is exactly what makes Chinese economy going !<br><br>And the rich chinese gets even more rich, because they do not have to pay the high salaries and taxes as western employers do.<br><br>The top sports car brands Ferrari and Porsche have their biggest sales outside Europe in - China !<br><br>If the consumers in western countries didn&#x27;t want to buy the &quot;a little cheaper&quot; things from China (or any other low salary country for that matter), chinese factories could turn the key and all could go home.<br><br>In Europe we had the peasant revolution in Denmark in 1788, &quot;stavnsbåndets ophævelse&quot;.<br><br>That was, the peasants didn&#x27;t want the government to tie the people to their location forever. This is the way in China now ! Your ID-card is only valid for your birth town, and is damned hard to change. An example : when you need a passport or a new ID-card, you HAVE to go to the local police in your hometown, even it&#x27;s 3000 km away and you don&#x27;t have money and time for the trip.<br><br>The right for people to vote the government came in 1849 (with some restrictions).<br><br>And then came the industrial revolutions and the worker&#x27;s revolts in Germany and England (as the most known). The industrial revolution and the workers rights made Karl Marx up to be a quite popular guy - he is well known from chinese schools, where all students have to learn about his theories. This resulted in the formation of unions, even in the Sovjet Union.<br><br>But in China - still NO unions, and therefore NO rights for the workers, and NO rights for the taxi drivers to oppose against the maglev train (and frankly - what will it help to go up against a 10.000.000RMB project financed by the Party ?).<br><br>I hope this makes something clear. If not, please comment.<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-09-22 20:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Carsten,<br><br>The history of China is written in blood, and same will happen in the future.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-09-22 22:20</div></div> <div class="comment">True, Stephen, and I&#x27;ve even heard quite a few high educated friends in China speaking of a new &quot;age&quot; here... Tssss, tssss !<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-09-22 22:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks for your commet, Stephen. But would it be more correct to say that part of the history of most what we call civilized nations is also in blood. We don&#x27;t even to have a long memory to recall all the stories so recent and so bloody.... I tend to believe that the world is changing, and it is often changing in a way beyond our imagination, and any stereoyped perspective wouldn&#x27;t help us understand this world better.<div class="comment-meta">— charles wang · 2004-09-23 08:40</div></div> <div class="comment">charles wang<br><br>Chairman Mao once said, &quot;evolution through revolution&quot;.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-09-23 22:33</div></div> <div class="comment">charles<br><br>I concur with your view for the past, people in China tend to forget the misery caused by the past mishaps, e.g. the great leap forward and the culture revolution and try to turn a fresh page, how come they cannot use the same attitude to deal with the Sino-Japanese relation, would you consider this is the double standard?<br><br>N.B. I am not pro-Japanese.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-09-24 22:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Let me answer your question Stephen. We cannot forgive Japanese, only because they are trying to deny the history. Unlike Germany, Japan has never really admitted their mistake. What we cannot tolerate is that they are teaching their kids a twisted history instead of telling them the truth. Nobody wants to see the same history happens to us again, that&#x27;s why we can never be relieved and forgive the sin and debt the Japanese left on this land. If you are a Chinese, if you really studied our history, if you read the news, you will have the same feeling.<div class="comment-meta">— Spring Liu · 2004-10-16 15:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Spring Liu,<br><br>If Japan insists her present course on the recognition of history, do you think another war can resolve the difference?<br><br>Should China look into the future rather inherit the past?<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-10-29 22:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Stephen, war is the only solution to a problem. Don&#x27;t have a war does not mean we have to ignore the existance of a problem<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-10-29 22:51</div></div> <div class="comment">No wonder Japan and few western countries treated China as a potential threat to their safety.<br><br>Do you think the present situation in China towards Japan has similarity during the pre-war years of Nazi Germany when Polland annex the East Pussia from Germany in WW1?<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-10-29 23:11</div></div> <div class="comment">I talked about the anti-Japan movement in this post http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040804_nice_meetup_with_hailey_and_roddy.htm and I agree that without control, the hate will become a serious problem and may lead to a war. I am against this. However, China is NOT the only country to say &quot;no&quot; to Japan&#x27;s existing attitude toward the history. It is clearly wrong. Do you have comments on this? Do you agree that people in China should say nothing about it? My point is, discrimination and hate are dangerous. People need to calm down on this, but what Japan government is doing is also wrong, which is part of the root of the whole sitution.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-10-29 23:35</div></div> <div class="comment">If you see a war is inevitable to resolve the difference, so let it be war!<br><br>There is several wars you can choose, such as culture war, commercial war, athletic war. Germany was defeated in WW2, but today, she is the most powerful economic power in Europe, which is exactly what she wish to see should Germany won the war.<br><br>Japanese culture invasion has also made her mark in South East Asia, In Hong Kong, Japanese dining has become stylish way of living.<br><br>When will China introduce non lethal aggression against her foe?<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-10-30 00:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Can you please tell me which part of the Japanese invasion history has been distorted by the Japanese governemnt according to your knowledge.<br><br>I understand you read the history from your textbook and I have my own, just curious to see your version of the invasion.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-10-30 04:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo, I am reasonably sure you missed a word or a &quot;?&quot; as everyone can see from the context.<br><br>Stephen, don&#x27;t be an ass. Having fun with this? Japan just cannot be honest about the war history and you can&#x27;t seem to recognize that it cannot. Absent of this recognition, all of your arguments become weak, unless of course when you run on someone&#x27;s typo.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-10-30 04:49</div></div> <div class="comment">bigbro<br><br>can you read my last message? which I wish to see your version of allegation. May be I never realize the truth of the history you wish to put forward.<br><br>Please refrain yourself from using foul language which reflects the uncivil side of your wording.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-10-30 06:05</div></div> <div class="comment">Stephen,<br><br>I wanted to describe your act of taking others out of context to advance the war craze with a kinder word but I couldn’t find it.<br><br>Yes, I see your last message now. What a wonderful idea: compare the textbooks and argue over the numerical differences. If I quote my textbook you might say it’s subjective and brainwashing. If you quote from your textbook I could say it’s subjective and revisionized. The argument can go on forever. Maybe that is exactly the diversion that the Japanese want to create.<br><br>However, textbooks are not the only source of historical information on that war. We hear history in first person from our parents and grandparents. All we had to do is ask grandpa what happened to his siblings and his first wife and his first child with whom she was pregnant, and we get our lesson in history. We look at our genealogical tree and saw that family branches were chopped off suddenly in certain years, and we get an idea of when the war took place. We go back to look for grandpa’s original Shandong-province village that no longer exists barring a few broken walls and shell craters, and we get a sense of why our ancestors fled their home of centuries and migrated here half a China away, on foot. We found out from dozens of neighborhood playmates or classmates with thick Northeastern accent that their family all migrated from Liaoning, Jilin, or Heilongjiang a few years before our grandpa, and we get an unexpected dose of harsh confirmation of when and where it all started. In Northeastern China, they are still unearthing Japanese chemical ammunition dumps. This is on China&#x27;s land not on Japan’s soil. Many Japanese young men died too during that war but they died invaders, looters, rapists, murderers, and on China&#x27;s land not on Japan&#x27;s soil. The abandoned “war orphans,” their own children mind you, were left on China&#x27;s land by Japanese soldiers bidding a hasty retreat and they were brought up by Chinese peasants, with bitter love and swallowed tears. When those kids grew up they were returned to Japan. A bigger half of the land of China is a huge page on which history was written permanently in Chinese people’s blood, decorated by Japanese bullets. That, is the textbook from which I read my history. We are a peace-loving race and are willing to shake hands with Japan for the sake of future peace and progress. Has the civil Japan nodded and extended her hand?<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-11-01 10:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Stephen and bigbro, come on now.<br><br>Korea have a long dispute of the recent published japanese history book for the pupils in japanese schools. Just of the same subject.<br><br>Anyhow, how do chinese schoolbooks deal with the &quot;delicate topics&quot; of chinese history after 1949 ??!!<br><br>I have seen, and they treat Taiwan as a province (it was sold to Japan before, so how can they claim it as belonging to the mainland ? More than half the Taiwanese even don&#x27;t want to join under the present ruling in the mainland).<br><br>And Tibet (before a proud and independant nation) is just crushed down to be an &quot;autonomous region&quot;. 2.000.000 tibetans died under Mr. Mao&#x27;s invasion. Many, many don&#x27;t forget !<br><br>The german people has been watched VERY closely for the last 60 years, and many europeans still mistrust them very much. Many germans feel very bad about this.<br><br>China still supports Kim Jong Il, the cruel dictator in North Korea who killed more of his own people than even Saddam Hussein (but only had 1/3 population), just about same amount as Mr Mao.<br><br>Chinese people : Wake up and clean up your own house, please. Beijing won&#x27;t.<div class="comment-meta">— Truth · 2004-11-01 22:51</div></div> <div class="comment">bigbro,<br><br>Thank you for taking time to write the above for me.<br><br>The reason I brought up the subject of &quot;Japan bashing in China&quot; is because I have deep curiosity about this subject. It is my intention to probe into an average Chinese to see why the resentment can carry over sixty odd years and still growing strong in the third generation, or it is just a political measure by the government.<br><br>Now I can see plainly the hatred is generated by blood from the slaughter of your ancestor and it is still vivid in the mind of many Chinese and not according to others who described as &quot;brain washed&quot;.<br><br>Few months ago, we have discussed this subject to no avail, today I can see the situation with a better view from your side if your article represents the majority. I cannot help to suggest how China to resolve the Sino-Japanese conflict.<br><br>At any rate, I am resting my exploration on this subject and apologize to bring up the sour past of your memory. Again I thank you for shedding light on this subject.<br><br>For Mr. Wang, much regret our dialogue ended in near shouting match.<br><br>Stephen<div class="comment-meta">— Stephen · 2004-11-01 23:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Stephen,<br><br>I take the name calling back. I apologize. I see your academic motivation.<br><br>Indeed, this feeling among Chinese people is more in people&#x27;s heart than in the government&#x27;s propaganda. If anything people like myself feel that the government is too soft and quiet. I for one hope China takes a firmer stand against Japan&#x27;s efforts to be a permanent member of the United Nations&#x27; Security Council but that&#x27;s just me.<br><br>However, I do not see a significant &quot;Sino-Japanese conflict&quot; at the present day. We have unfortunate memories, true and deep, but not great animosity. I know Chinese people do not want war, not in the past, not in the present, and not in the future; not over a football game, or over textbooks.<br><br>I appreciate your frankness and your views. Let us be friends. Let&#x27;s continue discussing many and any great issues on this website.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-11-02 09:03</div></div> <div class="comment">IS this thread about MAGLEV trains or NOT ????<div class="comment-meta">— nailangthang · 2004-12-18 13:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Is a maglev harmfull to its rider<div class="comment-meta">— () · 2005-04-23 05:25</div></div> <div class="comment">The Maglev now runs from 07:00 to 21:00<br><br>Is the timetable publisdhed anywhere?<div class="comment-meta">— Martin Kellerman · 2006-01-17 01:14</div></div> </details>Public Transportation in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040707_public_transportation_in_shanghai.htmWed, 07 Jul 2004 19:10:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040707_public_transportation_in_shanghai.htm<p>There are the following options for a visitor to get around in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Public Transportation Card</strong></p> <p>If you stay in Shanghai for more than one week, I suggest you to buy a public transportation card immediately after you arrive in Shanghai. It is a nice light-blue IC card that stores money value. It can be used in most public transportation vehicles:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Taxi</p> </li> <li> <p>Buses</p> </li> <li> <p>Ferry</p> </li> <li> <p>Metro</p> </li> <li> <p>Light-Rail</p> </li> </ul> <p>You can buy one at any Metro Station ticket counter. You can deposit as much money as you want (upper limit is 999 RMB), and there will be a 30 RMB card cost, which is refundable after you return the card to the dealer.</p>I Started to Love Beijing, Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040707_p706.htmWed, 07 Jul 2004 01:28:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040707_p706.htm<p>I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040619_i_love_to_read_wendys_blog.htm">love to read Wendy&rsquo;s blog</a>. I have named Wendy as my favorite writer. It is true. Her articles influenced me a lot.</p> <p>Recently, Wendy became hopefully interested in life in Beijing. She wrote about her Beijing impression:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20040705_74.htm">Fresh Beijing II</a> (Chinese article)</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20040629_71.htm">Fresh Beijing</a> (Chinese article)</p> </li> </ul> <p>Wendy didn&rsquo;t like Beijing before. We visited their together in 1998, when we were in university. It was one of the most memorable trips I had so far.</p>Transferred to Microsoft Consulting Servicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040706_transferred_to_microsoft_consulting_service.htmTue, 06 Jul 2004 18:33:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040706_transferred_to_microsoft_consulting_service.htm<p>I have contemplated for some time and finally decided to put this into my blog. I have left Microsoft GTEC (Global Technical Engineering Center) and joined another Microsoft organization - Microsoft Consulting Service as a consultant from July.</p> <p>This is a smooth transition for me. After working in a pure technical center and tried 6 different roles in the same organization in the last 5 years, it is time for me to step out of the green house to take more challenges in real world.</p>Crystal Clear Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040705_crystal_clear_beijing.htmMon, 05 Jul 2004 23:36:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040705_crystal_clear_beijing.htm<p>Thanks to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040705_arrive_in_beijing_on_delayed_flight.htm">storm yesterday</a>. The air in Beijing is fresh and crystal clear today. I took some pictures from the Microsoft office in Millennium Tower (north-east corner of Third Ring Road).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/05/beijing-mil.view-south.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/05/beijing-mil.view-north.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/05/beijing-third.ring-road.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Two days before, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in clouds.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/07/05/shanghai-oriential.pearl-fog.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I like the last picture best.<br><br>Very impressive angle!<div class="comment-meta">— Tiana · 2004-07-06 08:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice pics! Seems that there is smog near the ground...<div class="comment-meta">— Ced · 2004-07-06 22:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Amazing pictures!!! They are trully beautiful. I wish you saw them with my own eyes!<br><br>Crystal<br><br>http://crystalgiftsworld.com<div class="comment-meta">— crystal · 2004-10-21 19:18</div></div> </details>Arrive in Beijing on Delayed Flighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040705_arrive_in_beijing_on_delayed_flight.htmMon, 05 Jul 2004 19:27:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040705_arrive_in_beijing_on_delayed_flight.htm<p>The flight <strong>MU5125</strong> I took delayed. It was planned to depart at <strong>8:00</strong> PM yesterday but we started as late as <strong>0:15 AM</strong> this morning. I waited in the airport for 5 hours, cold and boring. When I arrived in Beijing Airport, it was already 2:00 AM. It cost me 1 hour to get to hotel. I finally went to bed around 3:30 AM in Liang Ma He Hotel (Landmark Hotel).</p>Top Commenters of June 2004https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040704_top_commenters_of_june_2004.htmSun, 04 Jul 2004 00:08:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040704_top_commenters_of_june_2004.htm<p>The Top Commenters of the Month Award for June 2004 goes to:</p> <p><strong>Carsten</strong> 36</p> <p><strong>Lu Heli</strong> 17</p> <p><strong>bigbro</strong> 13</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/15/screen-top.commenter.of.the.month.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Here is the top 10 list:</p> <p>Carsten 36</p> <p>Lu Heli 17</p> <p>bigbro 13</p> <p>earthmilk 10</p> <p>Shen 9</p> <p>Shanghai Slim 9</p> <p>Zhu Qingsi 7</p> <p>James 7</p> <p>WilliamW 6</p> <p>Nirmalya Ghosh 6</p> <p>Thanks for your contribution!</p>Typhoon Mindulle Hits Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040703_typhoon_mindulle_hits_shanghai.htmSat, 03 Jul 2004 21:05:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040703_typhoon_mindulle_hits_shanghai.htm<p>Wow. Typhoon Mindulle hits Shanghai today!</p> <p>I happened to drive to Beijing Road from Pudong around 10:00 AM today. It started to rain. Soon, it became super heavy rain. I shifted my windscreen wiper to the fastest but still cannot see the car before me clearly. I felt my car was running at the bottom of sea, like a submarine. There is a long tail of splashed water after every car. The whole city looked so strange when I passed the Nanpu Bridge - like those in oil-painting.</p>Speed Improvement after Switching Serverhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040703_speed_improvement_after_switching_server.htmSat, 03 Jul 2004 20:32:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040703_speed_improvement_after_switching_server.htm<p>I am happy that ionic breeze <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040321_sanya_travelogue_on_the_beach.htm#1217">told</a> me the loading speed of this site had improved. This is the first comment I received so far regarding the speed of this site.</p> <blockquote> <p>I also want to let you know that I visited the sanya articles before and after you changed your webhost to ipowerweb. The loading speed had improved tremendously. This is especially true when the article has extensive pictures such as the sanya, and daocheng scenary. Before the ipowerweb, I used to hit the stop button on my browser because it took too long to load the pictures.</p>Overweighed Carry-on Not Allowedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040701_overweighed_carry-on_not_allowed.htmThu, 01 Jul 2004 23:14:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040701_overweighed_carry-on_not_allowed.htm<p>Please not the important change in Beijing Airport regarding carry-on baggages. The 5kg limitation will be enforced from July 1, 2004. I am going to Beijing next Monday and this change has already impacted the way I package my stuff.</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Respected Passengers:</p> <p>Please be noted:</p> <p>As reported, to ensure the flight safety and avoid impact on boarding procedure due to overweighed baggage, starting from <strong>July 1, 2004</strong>, all X-Ray machines in Beijing Capital Airport will be added a overweighed carry-on baggage control device, all overweighed and oversized carry-on baggage will not be allowed to pass through security check X-Ray machines.</p>I Started the Blog to Post Resumehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040701_i_started_the_blog_to_post_resume.htmThu, 01 Jul 2004 22:53:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040701_i_started_the_blog_to_post_resume.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a>, XGAO and I went to <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm">Eric</a>&rsquo;s home to enjoy the beefsteak Eric cooked by himself. It was one of the best steaks I had so far, better than the Dou Niu Shi&rsquo;s. :-D Nice cooker.</p> <p>After that, sitting on his nice wood-floor, we discussed about topics on career. We talked about why I started the blog. I said: &ldquo;Well. I just want to build a website, so I can post my resume one day.&rdquo;</p>Price Rules in China Markethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040630_price_rules_in_china_market.htmWed, 30 Jun 2004 23:21:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040630_price_rules_in_china_market.htm<p>Guess why so many people are queuing in Hymall (a big local shopping mall like Carefore Carrefour) in Pudong?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/30/shanghai-waiting-for.egg.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>They are waiting to buy eggs.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/30/shanghai-people-egg.price.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I am not kidding. They still need to wait for more than **40 minutes **to be able to buy eggs - cheap eggs.</p> <p>The secret behind the scene is, the egg is <strong>on sale</strong>. The eggs will be sold at <strong>2.50 RMB per/500g</strong>. According to the rule, only the first 200 customers were served. Everyone has allowance of 1kg of eggs only. The noon session starts at 13:30. (It was only 12:50 when I took the picture.) Many people have been waited there for a long time already.</p>Five Years in Microsofthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040629_five_years_in_microsoft.htmTue, 29 Jun 2004 23:43:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040629_five_years_in_microsoft.htm<p>Today, I celebrated my 5 year anniversay with Microsoft.</p> <p>June 29, 1999 is the day I formally got on board in Microsoft after half year of internship. The 5 year gave me so much. I am lucky enough to enter a company that I love from the bottom of my heart.</p> <p>The division I am working at hold a grant celebration party for me. Then I got my <em>Microsoft Five Year Award</em>. I&rsquo;d like to show off the beautiful gift I was longing for quite some time.</p>Traffic Rules in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040628_traffic_rules_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmMon, 28 Jun 2004 12:52:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040628_traffic_rules_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>This post is to continue the discussion on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030604_traffic_rules_in_shanghai.htm">Traffic Rules in Shanghai</a>.</p> <p>Check what my star reader Carsten <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040307_just_few_steps_away_from_my_new_car.htm#0256">shared</a> with us on safety in Shanghai. The original comment was posted under my article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040307_just_few_steps_away_from_my_new_car.htm">Just Few Steps Away from My New Car</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>About safety :</p> <p>All people in China should be happy for every little effort the authorities do for the safety. More than 100,000 people get KILLED in the traffic every year in China (and nobody knows how many gets injured).</p>Written Test for Driver's Licensehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040627_written_test_for_drivers_license.htmSun, 27 Jun 2004 23:42:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040627_written_test_for_drivers_license.htm<p>Wendy decided to learn to drive. I drove her to take the written test for driver&rsquo;s license and I waited outside. So I can take some pictures of the test venue and process (I couldn&rsquo;t last time). I wasn&rsquo;t able to capture the scene inside the testing room.</p> <p><strong>The Place</strong></p> <p>There are many venues to take written tests. They are typically far from downtown - the two I know are all out of the A20 (the outter ring). Here is the location of the testing venue Wendy went to:</p>Search 13123456789 in Googlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040626_search_13123456789_in_google.htmSat, 26 Jun 2004 11:05:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040626_search_13123456789_in_google.htm<p>Who are the people in Google who are working on Google Chinese Feature? They are great. Some <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/features.html">new features</a> (Chinese site) were introduced in Google.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> This page becomes the first result for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=13123456789&amp;btnG=Google+%CB%D1%CB%F7&amp;ie=gb2312&amp;hl=zh-CN">13123456789</a> in Google <em>June 29, 2004</em></p> <p>As I expected, this entry jumps to the first entry to Google&rsquo;s search on the phone number. With daily page view of about 10,000 and 50,000 visitors from 109 countries, this site has been very successful with Google Ranking. Just take some time to browse to the homepage of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog</a> - the Top 10 Blogs in China. <em>End of update</em></p>Daocheng Photos by Maphis Chen - Part IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen_-_part_iii.htmFri, 25 Jun 2004 18:43:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen_-_part_iii.htm<p>Continuted from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen_part_ii.htm">Daocheng Photos by Maphis Chen - Part II</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-hongcaohai-11.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-hongcaohai-3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-hongcaohai-8.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-selacun.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-caochang-2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-caochang-4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-caochang-6.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-zangzai-1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with Permission</p>Daocheng Photos by Maphis Chen - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen_-_part_ii.htmFri, 25 Jun 2004 18:43:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen_-_part_ii.htm<p>Continuted from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen.htm">Daocheng Photos by Maphis Chen</a></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-banghe-1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-banghe-2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-chonggusi.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-xianouduoji.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-yangmaiyong-1.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-yangmaiyong-2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-yangmaiyong-4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/25/daocheng-yangmaiyong-5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Maphis Chen. Used with permission</p>Daocheng Photos by Maphis Chenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen.htmFri, 25 Jun 2004 18:32:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040625_daocheng_photos_by_maphis_chen.htm<p>Maphis is a computer genius and a good photographer. Maphis shared his photos with me and granted me the permission to post them on my website.</p> <p>He travelled in the Tibet area for more than 2 months in Sept 2002 and took many pictures of the area. He inspired my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/Daocheng/">Daocheng trip</a>. Imagine what kind of life he was experiencing during the two months - he told me he learnt the 9-11 event of 2002 on Sept 27, because there is no any news in the vast grand area in West Tibet.</p>Shanghai Weather (TQ)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040624_shanghai_weather_tq.htmThu, 24 Jun 2004 20:56:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040624_shanghai_weather_tq.htm<p>Today is June 24, 2004. It is in the middle of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040615_shanghai_enters_rainy_season.htm">rainy season</a> in Shanghai. This afternoon, Shanghai experienced the heaviest raining in the recent years (from my observation and experience). It was rainning cats and dogs outside around 4:00 PM. The sky became completely dark. The rain even triggered some of the alarm system of cars. Some sensitive cars kept beeping loudly. I started to worry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040606_mowing_lawn.htm">my grass</a> in my garden.</p>Yisou, Google, Baidu and Yipaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040623_yisou_google_baidu_and_yipai.htmWed, 23 Jun 2004 20:33:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040623_yisou_google_baidu_and_yipai.htm<p>Yahoo! China launched <a href="http://www.yisou.com">Yisou.com</a>, the Yahoo! search engine in China. I am a keen fan of Google and I love everything from Google - the search engine, the GMail, the Adsense program, and funny things in their lab. I thought Google was the best in search engine world. However, I start to doubt that. Yisou.com seems to be doing a better job in the Chinese market. It is so similar with Google.</p>English Instructions in Yantaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040623_english_instructions_in_yantai.htmWed, 23 Jun 2004 20:13:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040623_english_instructions_in_yantai.htm<p><a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm">Eric</a> brought back an Internet Setup Guide from a hotel in Yantai, Shangdong Province. I bursted into laughter when I read the English section of this guide. Try to read it without referencing Chinese version of this guide in the next picture.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/23/yantai-network.guide.english-marked.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of the hotel in Yantai. Brought back by <a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm">Eric</a> and photographed by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I am sure only the smartest people who knows Chinese can understand what they are talking about. I tried but still cannot get the original meaning. There is no chance for native English speakers to understand because the smart people who know both English and Chinese can translate the sentences to Chinese <strong>word by word</strong> and get the meaning.</p>Shanghai is Experiencing Energy Crisishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040622_shanghai_is_experiencing_energy_crisis.htmTue, 22 Jun 2004 21:55:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040622_shanghai_is_experiencing_energy_crisis.htm<p>Not only Shanghai. The whole China is facing big challenge of electricity power shortage. Every morning, when I drive along the Zhao Jiang Bang road to work, the morning news from Beijing broadcasts about the shortage and measures the government has taken to overcome it. I have never seen such kind of storage before.</p> <p>Today, big posters start to appear in Metro City and surrounding areas, calling for electricity-saving. In the poster is a big thermometer inside the Jin Mao Tower, with two temperatures marked: 26°C and 35°C.</p>How about Starting an Online TV Station?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040621_how_about_starting_an_online_tv_station.htmMon, 21 Jun 2004 23:22:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040621_how_about_starting_an_online_tv_station.htm<p>I was impressed by [Seattle Wireless TV](Seattle Wireless TV) (via <a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/20/0416245.shtml?tid=126&amp;tid=137&amp;tid=193&amp;tid=95">Slashdot</a>). It looked like a formal media (or official media) if there is no &ldquo;Help Sponsor the Show!&rdquo; text or the PayPal denote icon.</p> <p>The host just carries a camera and go out to catch interesting things. In the <a href="http://tv.seattlewireless.net/stream/june2004.asx">June 2004</a> edition, they interviewed Drew from <a href="http://www.wifimaps.com">WiFiMaps.com</a> (with Doug Luce of <a href="http://www.telerama.com">Telarama</a>) and recorded a presentation of Jason Levitt of <a href="http://lessnetworks.com">Less Networks</a> - &ldquo;How Less Networks and Austin City Wireless Project beat T-Mobile&rdquo;.</p>A Car Plate = 21001 RMB Nowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040620_a_car_plate_21001_rmb_now.htmSun, 20 Jun 2004 22:07:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040620_a_car_plate_21001_rmb_now.htm<p>The average successful bidding price for a car plate drops to 21001 RMB this month, continued its first dropping last month.</p> <p>It is due to the rumor that car plate bidding will be cancelled this July. It seems the rumor is only rumor. The July bidding has been arranged to happen on July 24, 2004. Just see how big the influence of a policy is to the market in China.</p>I Love to Read Wendy's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040619_i_love_to_read_wendys_blog.htmSat, 19 Jun 2004 23:45:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040619_i_love_to_read_wendys_blog.htm<p>If you have me on your MSN contact list, you know that I seldom change my display name from the formal one: &ldquo;Jian Shuo Wang&rdquo;. Recently, after reading Wendy&rsquo;s articles, I cannot help putting her beautiful sentences into my MSN Messenger display name. The last display was:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/19/screen-msn.jianshuowang-happiness.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I cannot translate her sentences into English well, since they are just so beautiful in Chinese. A rough idea is: The hint of happiness gradually showed up. It is take from <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20040613_63.htm">this article</a>.</p>Frequently Used Phone Numbers in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040618_frequently_used_phone_numbers_in_shanghai.htmFri, 18 Jun 2004 23:14:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040618_frequently_used_phone_numbers_in_shanghai.htm<p>Here are important phone numbers you need to be aware of in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Police - 110</strong></p> <p>Although Shanghai is rated as the safest city in China (according to sina.com), you still need to be aware which number to call during emergency. I call this number once every two months. :-D When I see any emergency on the street, no matter whether I am involved, I just pickup the phone and call them. The last time, I got spam advertisement SMS to sell fake certificates to me (they claimed they can create all kinds of certificate and document, including marriage certificate, national ID, graduation cerficate&hellip; anything you can imagine). 110 was happy to get my report and I suppose they will call the number in the SMS.</p>Personal Social Network Managementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040617_personal_social_network_management.htmThu, 17 Jun 2004 23:00:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040617_personal_social_network_management.htm<p>I am thinking hard to find some good software/website, or even thinked of creating a tool myself, to management my personal social network. The problem I am facing is, I have too many contacts and I need a way to organize the relationship and keep in touch with them.</p> <ul> <li> <p>I have many family members. How about sending some pictures of the new apartment I just moved in or notify them when I change my job? Now I am maintaining a private maillist. But I always forget to send interesting things to them.</p>Volunteers Wantedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040616_volunteers_wanted.htmWed, 16 Jun 2004 12:13:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040616_volunteers_wanted.htm<p>With your support, Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog has become an important website about living in Shanghai. The readership increases everyday. I am overwhelmed by your compliment and encourage. The number questions I got on all aspects of Shanghai also increased dramatically. I have tried my best to answer as many questions as possible and answer them as quick as possible. However, my bandwidth is limited and I am not an expert on all areas (such as how to get a visa). So I turn to you, my readers, for help to make the site more helpful everyday.</p>Shanghai is the Second Unhappiest Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040616_shanghai_is_the_second_unhappiest_city.htmWed, 16 Jun 2004 00:54:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040616_shanghai_is_the_second_unhappiest_city.htm<p>A recent <a href="http://finance.icxo.com/htmlnews/2004/05/26/226210.htm">City Happiness Index</a> survey reveals that Shanghai ranked No. 5 of 6 surveyed cities: Hangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing, Xi&rsquo;an, Shanghai, and Wuhan (in the order of Happiness Index position).</p> <p>Shanghai enjoys the highest average salary of all these six major cities in China, but people in the city don&rsquo;t feel happy. I can understand that. The pressure in the city is higher and people are so close to the trends - tech trends, fashion trends and house decoration trends. People struggle to catch the trends which may not necessarily lead to their happiness. I listened to a talk show on happiness regarding this survey result this morning. The result of the survey attracted broad attention on the happiness of people instead of economic figures, like GDP.</p>Exchange RMB to/from Foreign Currencieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040616_exchange_rmb_tofrom_foreign_currencies.htmWed, 16 Jun 2004 00:39:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040616_exchange_rmb_tofrom_foreign_currencies.htm<p>RMB is not a free trade (do you call it free trade) currency. I mean it cannot be exchanged to or from foreign currencies freely, not as USD or Euro.</p> <p><strong>From RMB to foreign currencies</strong></p> <p>For local residents (China passport holder), they cannot directly go to a bank to exchange their RMB to USD or other foreign currency. People can exchange foreign currency only before an international trip. For example, before my business trip to Seattle, I can go to a bank with my passport (with valid U.S. visa) to exchange about 16400 RMB to 2000 USD (if the rate is 8.2). Sometimes, the bank may require you to show them your flight ticket. After then give you the USD cash, they will put a stamp to the next page of your U.S visa - Foreign Currency Exchanged. Then you can not get more USD for the trip.</p>Shanghai Enters Rainy Seasonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040615_shanghai_enters_rainy_season.htmTue, 15 Jun 2004 18:19:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040615_shanghai_enters_rainy_season.htm<p>Shanghai enters the rainy season these days. I can expect 2 month long of raining days. Now, it rains heavily outside, from yesterday night, to this morning, till now. I will expect it to rain the whole night again till tomorrow morning, and maybe continue to rain&hellip;.</p> <p>In short, I mean we have to say goodbye to sunny days in Shanghai temporally for about 2 months. It is like the weather of Seattle in winter. The cloths never dry in these days. It is called Mei Yu in Chinese, or <em>Berry Rain</em> because it is the season for harvest of berry. The cold air and the warm air counterstrike on the Yangtze River before the warm air moves northward. So it rains everyday. This is what I learnt on geography text book.</p>Dan is Ready to Go - Cross Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040614_dan_is_ready_to_go_-_cross_china.htmMon, 14 Jun 2004 23:22:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040614_dan_is_ready_to_go_-_cross_china.htm<p>Dan is ready to step out the first step of his <a href="http://www.shanghaidiaries.com/archives/2004/06/08/the_trip_the_details_so_far/index.php">cross-country trip</a> on July 1, 2004. There are only less than 20 days for him to prepare. Now he needs more contacts across China. He is going to explore &ldquo;places not many tourists go, see things not many tourists see, meet people not many tourists meet.&rdquo; Contacts are important to help him to find out these places along the way. I know there are many reads of this website in every corner of China. So if you are interested, read his plan and <a href="mailto:dan@danwashburn.com">contact him</a>. You can be a good guide for him.</p>Athans 2008 Olympic Game in Greekhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040614_athans_2008_olympic_game_in_greek.htmMon, 14 Jun 2004 02:36:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040614_athans_2008_olympic_game_in_greek.htm<p>Athans! Olympic!</p>ATMs as WiFi Hotspotshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_atms_as_wifi_hotspots.htmSun, 13 Jun 2004 22:08:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_atms_as_wifi_hotspots.htm<p>What an intersting and crazy idea: <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/">ATMs as WiFi hotspots</a>. It is a cool idea because</p> <ul> <li> <p>It has electricity power</p> </li> <li> <p>It must have a telephone line</p> </li> <li> <p>It is expensive (so people don&rsquo;t care too much to put a Wifi AP)</p> </li> <li> <p>It is placed in crowded business centers where people more likely need WIFI</p> </li> <li> <p>People can easily pay for WIFI (if they are not free).</p> </li> </ul> <p>The original idea comes from <a href="http://nyc.typepad.com/e/2004/06/atmwifi_hotspot.html">nyc at typepad</a> but I cannot access the site via my dial up to <strong>16300</strong> (User name 16300, password 16300). It seems <a href="http://typepad.com">typepad.com</a> has been blocked. Anyway, the idea is cool. I love it.</p>Larry Becomes a Bloggerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_larry_becomes_a_blogger.htmSun, 13 Jun 2004 21:41:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_larry_becomes_a_blogger.htm<p><a href="http://larryexchange.sts.winisp.net/Weblog/default.aspx">Larry</a> sits beside me at office before and we talked learning to drive and talked a lot about buying a car. Finally, I got my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htm">FIAT Siena 1.5HL</a> while he got a <a href="http://larryexchange.sts.winisp.net/Auto%20Gallery/Forms/AllItems.aspx">Bora</a>. Via <a href="http://www.run2me.com">run2me</a> (Chinese site), I learnt he also started his <a href="http://larryexchange.sts.winisp.net">blog</a> (Chinese site). It is a very interseting site especially for me, who share some thing in common, like having a new car, know someone in common, and working in the same company.</p>I am a Tough Customerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_i_am_a_tough_customer.htmSun, 13 Jun 2004 21:10:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_i_am_a_tough_customer.htm<p>&ldquo;<strong>Tough customers</strong> help to improve the service level in a country.&rdquo; Michelle said. I love this idea. If there is no complain from customers and no feedback, the service industry cannot improve. I have been in the customer service business for 5 years and my bar for service is high. I tend to comment on the service level of any service provider in Shanghai. I was a really tough customer for LG last Sunday.</p>Visited Chong Ming Island for the Second Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_visited_chong_ming_island_for_the_second_time.htmSun, 13 Jun 2004 21:02:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040613_visited_chong_ming_island_for_the_second_time.htm<p>I visited Chong Ming (Chongming) island for the second time. Last time, I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030612_chongming_trip.htm">cycled</a> to Chongming and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030610_returned_from_chong_ming.htm">got back</a>. This time, I drove my car and put the care on shuttle ship there. To drive in Chong Ming is great. I used J&rsquo;s Canon camera to take some pictures of my car on the ship. I will post it on the web tomorrow when I get the pictures.</p> <p>This is the first time I drive my car onto a ship. My car was the last to enter and there is no barrier behind it. When the ship started, I was worried because my car was parked just near the edge of the deck. It seems the car will fall into the Yangtze River at any time. I started to wonder whether I fastened the hand-brake. This idea almost killed me. I was nervous but the door to the parking deck was locked. Finally I asked a worker on the deck to help me check whether the hand brake was fastened.</p>Wangjianshuo.com => GMail邀请https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040612_wangjianshuocom_gmailee.htmSat, 12 Jun 2004 22:19:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040612_wangjianshuocom_gmailee.htm<p><a href="http://31gmail.klogs.org/read.php?1,80">http://31gmail.klogs.org/read.php?1,80</a></p> <blockquote> <p>CSS要求是这样的: <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/">http://wangjianshuo.com/</a> 或http://www.qinyu.net/ 如果你会设计,帮我一个忙,你就能从我这里得到一个邀请.Come on!</p> </blockquote> <p>Hehe. 我可以帮忙写一个，能不能得到邀请呀？</p>First Image Ad from Google Adsensehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040611_first_image_ad_from_google_adsense.htmFri, 11 Jun 2004 18:03:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040611_first_image_ad_from_google_adsense.htm<p>Wow. I checked my site randomly (as I didn&rsquo;t go back through every page as I did before) and found the first <a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/faq#imageads">Image Ad</a> from <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/adsense">Adsense</a>.</p> <p>Here is a screen copy.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/11/screen-google.adsense.color.ad-moblogging.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Image Ad in courtesy of Google.</p> <p>I was surprised because it is rare. A lot of webmesters are talking about Image Ad and couldn&rsquo;t see it after signup for many days.</p> <p>Hey! Don&rsquo;t click on the image just to test it, unless you are really interested. I don&rsquo;t want to waste the advertiser&rsquo;s money. :-D</p>Blog??? Wiki??? Social Software???https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040611_blog_wiki_social_software.htmFri, 11 Jun 2004 12:15:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040611_blog_wiki_social_software.htm<p>20 minutes to my presentation on <em>Blog??? Wiki??? Social Software???</em> in GTEC, Microsoft. Just take some time to record some URLs and meta thoughts I may be used of when I start.</p> <p><strong>Blog Tools</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.blogger.com">http://blogger.com</a></p> <p><a href="http://movabletype.org">MovableType</a></p> <p><strong>Big Names in Blogging World</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.Scripting.com">Scripting.com</a> from Dave Winer</p> <p><a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/">Scoblizer</a></p> <p><strong>GTEC bloggers:</strong></p> <p>So far as I know.</p> <p><a href="http://www.liuzhijian.net">http://liuzhijian.net</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.joycode.com/grace">Grace</a></p> <p><a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm">Eric</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.yinzirui.com">Eddy</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Jian Shuo Wang</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.run2me.com">Run Liu</a></p> <p><a href="http://hippy.blogbus.com/">Fang Xie</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.Clairehu.com">Claire</a></p> <p><strong>RSS reader</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/index.asp">FeedDemon</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.newzcrawler.com/">NewszCrawler</a></p>Top Commenters of May 2004https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040610_top_commenters_of_may_2004.htmThu, 10 Jun 2004 13:52:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040610_top_commenters_of_may_2004.htm<p>Oh. I paused the Top Commenter of the Month Award for many months. I am sorry for that. Let me announce the top commenter of May 2004 now. The Top Commenters of May 2004 Award goes to:</p> <p><strong>Zhu Qingsi</strong> 9</p> <p><strong>Chris</strong> 8</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/15/screen-top.commenter.of.the.month.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Top Ten List</strong></p> <p>Shen 6</p> <p>Run Liu 6</p> <p>earthmilk 6</p> <p>MW 5</p> <p>Jion 5</p> <p>Rogi 4</p> <p>Nick 4</p> <p><strong>Previous Top Commenters</strong></p> <p><strong>May 2003</strong></p> <p>luo 36</p> <p>Caroline 36</p> <p>annie 17</p> <p><strong>Jun 2003</strong></p> <p>Nick 6</p> <p>cuanyu 5</p> <p><strong>July 2003</strong></p>National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040609_national_college_entrance_examination_gaokao.htmWed, 09 Jun 2004 09:48:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040609_national_college_entrance_examination_gaokao.htm<p>The past two days are special for the 7.23 million examinees and their parents. It is the National College Entrance Examination (<em>Gaokao</em> in Chinese). Based on the current education system in China, the result of the two day exam greatly impacts the future of any students in China. The score will decide whether you can receive college education. For most places in China, only half of the students are eligible for college education (only 3.40 million will be admitted to colleges in 2003) and the rest has to start work after high-school. In cities like Beijing and Shanghai, students are lucky enough to have a much higher ratio (more than 70%) to enter colleges.</p>PVG: Transition to Hong Qiao (SHA)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040608_pvg_transition_to_hong_qiao_sha.htmTue, 08 Jun 2004 19:53:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040608_pvg_transition_to_hong_qiao_sha.htm<blockquote> <p>Only 3 hour&rsquo;s transition time from Pudong Airport to Hong Qiao airport? Is it enough? Let&rsquo;s calculate.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Custom Gate</strong></p> <p>It takes <strong>10 - 30 minutes</strong> to pass the custom. Depending on your position in the long line waiting at custom. So 40 minutes should be a safe bet.</p> <p><strong>Airport bus</strong></p> <p>The <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/Bus.htm">airport bus line #1</a> connecting Pudong and Hong Qiao airport operates at interval of **20 minutes **(15 minutes in rush hours). So plan for <strong>20 munites</strong> for waiting the bus.</p>Wendy is Back to Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040608_wendy_is_back_to_blogging.htmTue, 08 Jun 2004 11:34:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040608_wendy_is_back_to_blogging.htm<p>Wendy come back to blogging. Check her <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">new entries</a> (Chinese content with pictures).</p>PUtting Add my MSN to your Websitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_p663.htmMon, 07 Jun 2004 22:32:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_p663.htm<p><a href="http://www.nonsensicon.com/matt/htmltip.asp">Matthew Feinberg - Software:  HTML Tips</a></p> <!-- function MySendIM(person) { //Check if person has messenger installed try{MsgrObj.classid="clsid:B69003B3-C55E-4B48-836C-BC5946FC3B28";} catch(e){if(!(e.number && 2148139390) == 2148139390)return;} //Check if you are logged in if(MsgrObj.MyStatus == 1) { alert("You are not logged into Messenger."); return; } MsgrObj.InstantMessage(person); } function MyAddToContacts(person) { //Check if person has messenger installed try{MsgrObj.classid="clsid:B69003B3-C55E-4B48-836C-BC5946FC3B28";} catch(e){if(!(e.number && 2148139390) == 2148139390)return;} //Check if you are logged in if(MsgrObj.MyStatus == 1) { alert("You are not logged into Messenger."); return; } //Check if person is already in contact list try{var contact = MsgrObj.GetContact(person,"");} catch(e) { if((e.number && 2164261642) == 2164261642) //MSGR_E_USER_NOT_FOUND { MsgrObj.AddContact(0,person); return } } alert("That person is already in your contact list!"); } -->Outdoor Theater in Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_outdoor_theater_in_pudong.htmMon, 07 Jun 2004 20:00:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_outdoor_theater_in_pudong.htm<p>I found an <em>outdoor theater</em> event in Pudong. It is in the square of a large residential area. People came out from their home and gathers to enjoy the fresh and cool breeze of the summer night and the film</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/07/shanghai.pudong-film-outside.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/07/shanghai.pudong-film.player.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Very cool. It recalls my sweet memories in childhood. The place for the event is marked on the map. It is not for every night. Just occassionally.</p>Sunset at Pudong - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_sunset_at_pudong_-_part_ii.htmMon, 07 Jun 2004 19:48:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_sunset_at_pudong_-_part_ii.htm<p>Well. I said <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htm">I love sun set in Pudong</a>. I said it <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040425_sunset_at_pudong.htm">again</a>. I have to say, I love sunset at Pudong the third time today. Here are more pictures <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=wendy&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Wendy</a> took at around 7:00 PM when I drove my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htm">car</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/07/shanghai.pudong-sunset-clouds.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/07/shanghai.pudong-building-night.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/07/shanghai.pudong-on.road-building.on.right.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/06/07/shanghai.pudong-xinduhuicars.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Wendy Fan</p> <p><strong>Related Articles</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htm">First Week in Pudong</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040425_sunset_at_pudong.htm">Sunset at Pudong</a></p>Successful Presentation Skill Traininghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_successful_presentation_skill_training.htmMon, 07 Jun 2004 19:26:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040607_successful_presentation_skill_training.htm<p>I am an experienced speaker or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021022_me_as_a_trainer.htm">trainer</a> with long <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040102_my_speech_and_training_record.htm">Speech and Training List</a>. I am happy to share my tips and practices with other new trainers. Recently, I hold two-day training on Presentation Skills to 25 persons and got the following feedback (all are on 1 - 5 scale).</p> <p><strong>Training Result</strong></p> <p>Overall, I am satisfied with this training. <strong>5.00</strong></p> <p>The trainer did a good job on delivering the training <strong>5.00</strong></p> <p>The trainer provides enough time for questions and answers <strong>4.96</strong></p>Mowing Lawnhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040606_mowing_lawn.htmSun, 06 Jun 2004 22:55:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040606_mowing_lawn.htm<p>I bought a new handheld lawn mower yesterday and started to mow the loan by hand. I have a 40 sq. meter garden. I constructed an area of floor title of about 20 sq. meters and installed about 20 sq. of lawn. In Shanghai, such large lawn is uncommon. I see most of my neighbor with same size of garden tend to cover all soil with cementing. Oh. No. Watering and mowing a gardern is more interesting than sitting on the large area of cementing.</p>Got Two Links (Gifts) Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040605_got_two_links_gifts_today.htmSat, 05 Jun 2004 23:22:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040605_got_two_links_gifts_today.htm<p>Checking my referral log, I find two outstanding links-in (among the 1,472 linking sources today).</p> <p>One is from <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com//2004/6/5#1281">Isaac Mao</a>, he mentioned <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htm">sending link as a gift</a>. :-D Thanks. <a href="http://Isaacmao.com">Isaacmao.com</a> has big traffic since 23 people came in right after the post. The idea of link = gift actually came from <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/06/01.html">Scoble</a>.</p> <p>The other gift is <a href="http://Salon.com">Salon.com</a>&rsquo;s article: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/04/china_blogs/index.html">Little Red Blogs</a>. It is about the blogging status in China. In the article, the author mentioned both Isaac (&ldquo;like a Chinese Dave Winer or Jason Kottke in terms of the influence he has had on other bloggers&rdquo;, as in the article) and me. Although getting attention is always exciting (as Scoble <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/06/01.html">said</a>), I am not 100% sure if I am comfortable with what the author described me in <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/04/china_blogs/index3.html">last page</a> of the report. I am reported as a guy &ldquo;who shies away from overt criticism of the government but treads the line rather closely&rdquo;. I am not the guy who makes living by criticizing the government. The life here is comfortable and the city is good. I love everything here. Sometimes there are blocks and server down, but&hellip;. anyway, it is the reality.</p>What does Successful Blog Meanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040605_what_does_successful_blog_mean.htmSat, 05 Jun 2004 03:28:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040605_what_does_successful_blog_mean.htm<p><a href="http://dragoning.com/blog/index.php">Dragoning</a> (China site) posted a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htm#1037">comment</a> about his new blog. It is a starting blog with 94 entries already. It has solid content and fresh ideas. Meantime, from the frontpage of the blog, I can see the traffic is not hight. It has Google PageRank of 0 (better than &ldquo;not ranked&rdquo;) and there is no comments or trackbacks on any entry that is listed on homepage. Despite of the lower readership (I am guessing), Dragoning kept writing with great care. I believe one day, the site will enjoy higher PageRank (so get more attention) and will be successful soon.</p>Broadband Internet Providers in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040604_broadband_internet_providers_in_shanghai.htmFri, 04 Jun 2004 23:15:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040604_broadband_internet_providers_in_shanghai.htm<p><strong>ADSL from China Telecom</strong></p> <p><strong>Installation Fee:</strong> 310 RMB - including an account and an ADSL modem. NIC (Network Interface Card) is NOT included.</p> <p><strong>Package 1:</strong> 130 RMB/month for unlimited time at speed of 512K.</p> <p><strong>Package 2:</strong> 150 RMB/month for unlimited time at speed of 2M.</p> <p><strong>Package 3:</strong> 200 RMB/month for unlimited time at speed of 4M. (need to check)</p> <p><strong>Package 4:</strong> 1300 RMB/year for unlimited time at speed of 512K. Installation Fee is included.</p>ADSL is also Unavailable in my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040604_adsl_is_also_unavailable_in_my_home.htmFri, 04 Jun 2004 23:13:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040604_adsl_is_also_unavailable_in_my_home.htm<p>I couldn&rsquo;t imagine that I would face the challenge of getting Internet access after I move into my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/?x=3800&amp;y=3200&amp;cx=190&amp;cy=370&amp;text=Jian%20Shuo%20Wang's%20Pudong%20Home">new home</a> (Dahua Jin Xiu Hua Cheng) in Pudong. I was disappointed that I cannot use <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040603_cable_modem_unavaible_in_pudong.htm">cable modem</a> here. I called China Telecom to install ADSL. Today, I got confirmation from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Telecom">China Telecom</a> that I cannot install ADSL in my home either. The equipment here is not ready for installation. In their technical term, the ADSL port is not available for this area.</p>Cable Modem Unavaible in Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040603_cable_modem_unavaible_in_pudong.htmThu, 03 Jun 2004 23:28:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040603_cable_modem_unavaible_in_pudong.htm<p>I thought Pudong is a completely new area. I was wrong. Tonight, I borrowed a cable modem from <a href="http://www.tanqi.com">Xiao Gao</a>, hoping to install it in my home. Since the cable modem authentication is bound to MAC address, it should be connect-and-play without entering user name or password.</p> <p>I connected the black magic box of cable modem to the cable port but the cable light didn&rsquo;t turn on. I called 96877 for help. They checked the address of my apartment and told me: &ldquo;Sorry. The cable TV system is not upgraded to support duplex data transfer right now. So it is impossible to install cable modem in your apartment&rdquo;.</p>Getting a Link is Like Receiving a Gifthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htmWed, 02 Jun 2004 19:16:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040602_getting_a_link_is_like_receiving_a_gift.htm<p>&ldquo;Dave Sifry, founder of Technorati, told me once that getting a link is like receiving a gift. It&rsquo;s a social gesture.&rdquo; (via <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/06/01.html">Scobleizer</a>). What a fantastic idea. I pays attention to my referral log to all incoming links - just curious abut what others say about me or my blog. It should be the same for most bloggers. Gift is a sweet word, just like the feeling of getting a link. Let me distribute some gift today.</p>Airport Construction Feehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040602_airport_construction_fee.htmWed, 02 Jun 2004 19:10:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040602_airport_construction_fee.htm<p><strong>Airport Construction Fee</strong></p> <p>I don&rsquo;t have the impression to pay for this fee when I was in U.S. or Singapore. Michael asked about whether it is required for departing passengers or arriving passengers. The answer is, it is for departing passengers only. You need to hold your flight tickets and the airport construction fee receipt to enter the waiting area. It is collected at all airport in China.</p> <p><strong>Fee</strong></p> <p>It is **90 RMB **for international flight, <strong>50 RMB</strong> for domestic flight and <strong>30 RMB</strong> for branch flight (from major city to small city).</p>Shanghai Map Viewer 0.5 Restoredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040601_shanghai_map_viewer_05_restored.htmTue, 01 Jun 2004 21:58:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040601_shanghai_map_viewer_05_restored.htm<p>In the last few weeks, after moving my server to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040404_still_working_with_ipowerweb.htm">IpowerWeb</a>, the Shanghai Map Viewer does not work as it well as before. Actually, the IPowerWeb only support Perl and PHP while the previous version <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040206_shanghai_map_viewer_071_released.htm">0.71</a> was written in ASP + Access database.</p> <p>In the last few days, I migrated the application to PHP version so the original links to this site is not broken. Now, only the most two baisc functions work.</p>Back from Kartinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040531_back_from_karting.htmMon, 31 May 2004 22:19:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040531_back_from_karting.htm<p>Just got back from Karting racing with friends.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Quyang Racing Club</strong></p> <p>880 Zhong Shan Bei Yi Road.</p> <p>Quyang Park, Hong kou</p> <p>Shanghai 2000437, China</p> <p>Tel: 021-65316800</p> <p>65614959</p> <p>Email:quyangkart@yahoo.com.cn</p> <p>Website: <a href="http://quyangracing.com">quyangracing.com</a></p> <p>50 RMB/8 mins YAMAHA FK-9 Max Speed: 80 km/h</p> <p>150 RMB/8 mins YAMAHA KT-100 Max Speed: 120 km/h</p> <p>It is said they have professional cars running on the circuit. I will go there to take a look one day. They will hold the forth race of the Shanghai Kart GP on June 20, 2004.</p>IKEA (Shanghai) Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040530_ikea_shanghai_pictures.htmSun, 30 May 2004 23:13:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040530_ikea_shanghai_pictures.htm<p>Hey, where are my IKEA pictures? I looked into my picture archives and found some. They were taken one year ago, exactly after the new IKEA store opened in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/30/shanghai-ikea-building.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/30/shanghai-ikea-flag.poles.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/30/shanghai-ikea-parking.direction.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/30/shanghai-light.rail.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/30/shanghai-ikea-pearl.rail.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><strong>Location of Shanghai IKEA</strong>:</p> <ul> <li> <p>At the intersectoin between Cao Xi Road and Inner Ring.</p>IKEA Becomes Cheap in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040530_ikea_becomes_cheap_in_china.htmSun, 30 May 2004 12:50:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040530_ikea_becomes_cheap_in_china.htm<p>IKEA successfully built the global consistent image of cheap furniture. Now, it successfully bring the same image to Shanghai, China. IKEA furniture is really cheap for local residents.</p> <p>When I was in university (around 1998), IKEA&rsquo;s image is super good design + super <strong>unreasonable</strong> price. We talked about joke that how IKEA can sell the colorful PAPER boxes at 59 RMB. It was ridiculous for most people at that time. We don&rsquo;t think a paper box is that expensive.</p>Moving to the New Apartmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040529_moving_to_the_new_apartment.htmSat, 29 May 2004 09:40:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040529_moving_to_the_new_apartment.htm<p>The decoration (or re-moduling in foreigners&rsquo; concept, even &ldquo;building&rdquo; for someone) almost completed. The project will be signed up tomorrow with the last equipments like the table in the kitchen will be completed. The project was &ldquo;outsourced&rdquo; to the B&amp;Q decoration team and the work was wonderful. I didn&rsquo;t spend much time in controlling the quality as for my Vanke Waltz Apartment, but the quality is almost the same, if not higher. I am very happy with it.</p>Eddie's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040528_eddies_blog.htmFri, 28 May 2004 18:47:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040528_eddies_blog.htm<p>Eddie started a new blog. He is a great coworker of mine. He spent lot of effort on his new blog at <a href="http://www.liuzhijian.net">http://liuzhijian.net</a>. One day, Eddie sent me MSN Messenger to ask me to add a link to his site. I agreed but forgot to add the link. Days after, I check his blog again and found <a href="http://liuzhijian.net/blog/archive/2004/05/27/276.aspx">this post</a> (Chinese page). I smiled when I saw he installed all kinds of IIS log analysis software and paid great attention on his site ranking in Google and Alexa. It is exactly what a new blogger will feel before he reaches the first 1 million page view. I got the following page view graph from his public visitor tracking tool. Wow. See the huge increase of readership in the first half month? I didn&rsquo;t see this sharp increase trends for many months. :-D</p>Shanghai Morning in A Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040527_shanghai_morning_in_a_car.htmThu, 27 May 2004 18:33:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040527_shanghai_morning_in_a_car.htm<p>I wake up at around 8:05 this morning, about 15 minutes later than normal days. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Life/Wendy/">Wendy</a> has left for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030804_trip_to_xiamen.htm">Xiamen</a> already without my awareness. What a strange world! She flies there to interview some guys in Xiamen and will get back by late flight tonight. It all happens in a day. Maybe at the time I wake up, the plane carrying her already left Shanghai and was flying over <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031130_to_30n_119e.htm">Zhejiang</a>.</p> <p>Rushing to dirty kitchen, I start to wash. As I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htm">described</a> before, the place I live right now is a poor, miserable, and old apartment without telephone. The washroom was occupied by the new SIEMENS Extra 1550 Front Load Washing Machine. Thank God that the decoration of the new apartment is almost finished and I am expecting new life very soon.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog is Famoushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040527_wangjianshuos_blog_is_famous.htmThu, 27 May 2004 18:06:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040527_wangjianshuos_blog_is_famous.htm<p>I am really flattered. Tchoo-Tchoo sent me MSN Message:</p> <ul> <li> <p>&ldquo;You know you are really famous among foreigners&hellip;&rdquo;</p> </li> <li> <p>&ldquo;I happen to discover that almost every French friend of me have visited your blog and are regular readers&rdquo;</p> </li> <li> <p>&ldquo;I was so pound of myself to tell them that I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY&rdquo;</p> </li> <li> <p>&ldquo;They were all surprised: Really? how do u know this guy?&rdquo;</p> </li> <li> <p>&hellip;</p> </li> </ul> <p>Thanks Tchoo-Tchoo. It brings me good mood to the day. I want to put a small announcement here: &ldquo;Yes. I know a wonderful girl named Tchoo-Tchoo. She is a good girl with many independent thoughts.&rdquo; I hope this give her some visibility among all her friends.</p>Shanghai v.s. Central Governmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040526_shanghai_vs_central_government.htmWed, 26 May 2004 19:34:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040526_shanghai_vs_central_government.htm<p>For the first time I see a strong confront between Shanghai government and the central government in Beijing. It is for the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/Transportation/Cars/">car plate</a> issue.</p> <p>According to CCTV, a senior official from Ministry of Commerce commented that the car plate auction practice in Shanghai is illegal. It breaks the newly announced Road Safety Law.</p> <p>Very soon, the spokesman of Shanghai gave firm response in a press conference that the auction is the right thing to do regarding the current situation and Shanghai will continue use auction as a market method to control the car ownership in Shanghai.</p>Polution in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040525_polution_in_shanghai.htmTue, 25 May 2004 22:20:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040525_polution_in_shanghai.htm<p>I am moved by Carsten, one of my reader, after I read his email to me days ago. An expat as he is, he is more concerned with the polution in Shanghai than many local residents. After getting his permission, I am posting his first email with me here:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jianshuo</p> <p>I have read your blog for almost 2 years by now, it is great !</p> <p>I will spend at least one year more here.</p>Cheap and Clean Motel in Shanghai - Motel168https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040524_cheap_and_clean_motel_in_shanghai_-_motel168.htmMon, 24 May 2004 23:29:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040524_cheap_and_clean_motel_in_shanghai_-_motel168.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/24/screen-wangjianshuos.pick-logo.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Yesterday, I met my sister-in-law and other 5 teachers from the primary school I graduated. They just returned from Hangzhou and visited Shanghai. I took the assignment to arrange a cheap but comfortable hotel for them. It is not an easy job, since a hotel that is both cheap and good is not easy to find everywhere in the world.</p> <p>I recommended Motel 168 which is near my previous <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/vanke/newhome/Garden/index.htm">Vanke Waltz</a> House. I am glad that they are very happy with the small motel, and would like to recommend this hotel to my readers.</p>34226 RMB for a Car Plate in Mayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040523_34226_rmb_for_a_car_plate_in_may.htmSun, 23 May 2004 23:48:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040523_34226_rmb_for_a_car_plate_in_may.htm<p>Big news that the Shanghai car plate average bidding price dropped down to 34226 RMB in May, almost 10000 RMB lower than last month&rsquo;s 45000 RMB. The lowest successful bidding price is only 10800 RMB. Rumors said that the bidding process of car plate will be cancelled no later than July and there is almost no cost to get a car plate.</p> <p><strong>Resource:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htm">A Car Plate = 38500 RMB in Shanghai</a></p>2400 USD: Mandarin Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_2400_usd_mandarin_city.htmSat, 22 May 2004 23:41:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_2400_usd_mandarin_city.htm<p>Name:</p> <p>Steven Lee</p> <p>Locaiton of your apartment:</p> <p>Mandarin City located at Gui Bei. Address is Mandarin City, Tower 6, Room 406</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>Fully furnished three bedrooms apt (Can be converted to two bedrooms and one study room). Living room includes project screen build in. Has two balconies and two bathrooms newly renovated. All bedrooms are south-north direction.</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>The decoration is trendy and fashion. You can go to <a href="http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?showSlide=true&amp;Uc=i18sqzt.97urfd81&amp;Uy=-303mb8&amp;Ux=0">http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?showSlide=true&amp;Uc=i18sqzt.97urfd81&amp;Uy=-303mb8&amp;Ux=0</a></p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p>Apartment Offered Formhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_apartment_offered_form.htmSat, 22 May 2004 20:57:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_apartment_offered_form.htm<p>As more and more people are sending emails to me to ask about renting an apartment in Shanghai, and I am not able to help finding apartments for everyone, I&rsquo;d like to open a form for apartments owners who are targeting to rent the apartment to Shanghai expats. After I get the form, I will create an article based on the apartment and list it onto this website. I hope this can help bridge the owner and the people who want an apartment. This service is free for both side (for now).</p>1358 USD: OExpress Apartment for Renthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_1358_usd_oexpress_apartment_for_rent.htmSat, 22 May 2004 20:49:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_1358_usd_oexpress_apartment_for_rent.htm<p><strong>Updated</strong> <em>January 11, 2006</em></p> <p>The following information was updated on Jan 11, 2006.</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Oriental Express, Beijing</p> <p>Locaiton of your apartment:</p> <p>Sanyuan Qiao, in east 3rd ring in Beijing. More information about <a href="http://www.oexpress.com.cn/Position/around_1.asp?id=2&amp;subid=17">location</a>.</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>Newly finished apartment.</p> <p>Pictures:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088136_eccedc036c_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088123_7a8fa73341_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088116_bf58ce4d99_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088097_27f926d5e0_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088086_40ec48baa0_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088077_18c8ba5d3f_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088073_933edb7ee7_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088064_f5491eda49_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088053_64047ef511_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088050_9c1ca594b5_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088044_7c96853563_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088038_ce9a1ce417_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088035_50253897e1_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088030_9bf441ffde_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088019_f99b1494d6_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088012_2369d73dab_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/22/85088008_1b7c2d3df4_m.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>625 USD: Xin Sheng Yuanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_625_usd_xin_sheng_yuan.htmSat, 22 May 2004 20:36:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_625_usd_xin_sheng_yuan.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Oana Fourie</p> <p>Locaiton of your apartment:</p> <p>343 Huaihai West Road, between Panyu Rd. and Hongqiao Rd., near bus stop (911, 72 etc) and light rail station</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>South facing, bright and quiet (away from the road)2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, open plan kitchen, 24 hour security, high-speed Internet connection, friendly landlord</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>modern finishes and furniture</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>Nearest Metro station: Xujiahui</p> <p>Expected price per month:</p>680 USD: Jing An Xin Gehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_680_usd_jing_an_xin_ge.htmSat, 22 May 2004 20:35:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_680_usd_jing_an_xin_ge.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>liyu</p> <p>Locaiton of your apartment:</p> <p>No. 599,Jiangning road , 600m near to nanjing xilu(CITIC plaza, Meilongzhen Plaza), opporsite to Jing&rsquo;an sports center</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>all the living facilities are prepared</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>Newly decorated</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>800m to 2th metro line</p> <p>Expected price per month:</p> <p>680</p> <p>Picture Available?</p> <p>Other_comment:</p> <p>2 bad rooms, one living room and one washing room, one kitchen room.</p> <p>Email address:</p>850 USD: Jing An Xin Gehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_850_usd_jing_an_xin_ge.htmSat, 22 May 2004 18:09:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_850_usd_jing_an_xin_ge.htm<p><strong>From landloard:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;The advantage of my apartment is the good location. It only takes 12 minutes to walk to West Nanjing Road( CITIC plaza, Meilongzhen Plaza). You can take gym or swim just against the street (Jing&rsquo;an sports center). As planned, there will be a grand park across the street in 1 or 2 years with fully green view. The apartment is newly renovated and fully furnished, with all the necessary appliances available.&rdquo; - Patrick</p>700 USD: Haiyue Gardenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_700_usd_haiyue_garden.htmSat, 22 May 2004 14:00:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_700_usd_haiyue_garden.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Li Qingru</p> <p>Locaiton of your apartment:</p> <p>No.388 Luban Rd.(Dapuqiao)</p> <p>105 sq. m. 27 floor or 16 floor</p> <p>See the pictures at <a href="https://www.haiyuehuayuan.com">www.haiyuehuayuan.com</a></p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>CATV,telephone,internet,gas,</p> <p>air-conditioner,refrigirator,washing machine etc.</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>fine new decoration</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>Expected price per month (in USD)</p> <p>670-700</p> <p>Picture Available?</p> <p>On</p> <p>Other_comment:</p> <p>Email address:</p> <p><a href="mailto:liqingru@chinaperfect.biz">liqingru@chinaperfect.biz</a></p> <p>Name of the apartment:</p> <p>Haiyue Garden</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">marilyn monroe autograph http://rapid.myserver.org/celebs/marilyn-monroe-autograph.html http://famousppl.me.uk/archive/michelle-behennah.html - michelle behennah http://famousppl.me.uk/archive/katie-holmes-gallery.html - katie holmes gallery http://rapid.myserver.org/celebs/gauge-plug.html - gauge plug http://rapid.myserver.org/celebs/monica-bellucci-nuda.html - monica bellucci nuda http://hunter.webcindario.com/models/anna-kournikova-pic.html - anna kournikova pic<div class="comment-meta">— marilyn monroe autograph · 2005-05-17 11:29</div></div> </details>800 USD: XinZhu Compoundshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_800_usd_xinzhu_compounds.htmSat, 22 May 2004 13:29:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_800_usd_xinzhu_compounds.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Eric Qin</p> <p>Location of your apartment:</p> <p>200meter to Xinzhuang Subway station</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>Air conditioner, TV, Bath, etc facilities</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>Good,</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>Yes, very near</p> <p>Expected price per month:</p> <p>800 USD</p> <p>Picture Available?</p> <p>Other comments:</p> <p>Very nice view.</p> <p>A park in the opposite and a river nearside</p> <p>Email address:</p> <p><a href="mailto:ericqin959@sina.com">ericqin959@sina.com</a></p> <p>Name of the apartment:</p> <p>XinZhu Compounds</p>Kingland Hotel Apartmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_kingland_hotel_apartment.htmSat, 22 May 2004 13:25:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_kingland_hotel_apartment.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Vivian</p> <p>Location of your apartment:</p> <p>Room 403, No.588,Pudong Road. Shanghai, China.</p> <p>There are 31 floors.near Dong Fang Road, and near Shanghai stock market, Shanghai Oriental hospital.</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>All furniture and all the electric things which will be use are all new.</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>Very good, feel like to stay inside.</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>Yes</p> <p>Expected price per month:</p> <p>Not specified</p> <p>Other comments:</p> <p>It&rsquo;s a new apartment. No one lived inside before, I hope I can rent to somebody quickly, because I will go abroad for a while, so give this low price. I hope our relationship not only base on the rent, we also can be good friend. Thank you.</p>545 USD: Dong Nan Hua Tinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_545_usd_dong_nan_hua_ting.htmSat, 22 May 2004 13:22:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_545_usd_dong_nan_hua_ting.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Xu Gu</p> <p>Location of your apartment:</p> <p>Room 403, #1, Lane 150, North Lin Yi Road, Pu Dong District</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>Electric home appliances and furniture are well supplied.</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>Luxury decorated</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p> <p>Not far away</p> <p>Expected price per month:</p> <p>545 USD</p> <p>Picture Available?</p> <p>No</p> <p>Other comments:</p> <p>It&rsquo;s convenient for working at both side of the Huang Pu River.</p> <p>Cell phone 13916551080</p> <p>attn Xu Gu</p>450 USD: Caoyang Jiun Yu yuanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_450_usd_caoyang_jiun_yu_yuan.htmSat, 22 May 2004 13:19:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_450_usd_caoyang_jiun_yu_yuan.htm<p>The following information was submitted:</p> <p>Name:</p> <p>Jenny Ding</p> <p>Locaiton of your apartment:</p> <p>At the corner of Cao Yang Road &amp; Lanxi Road.</p> <p>200 metres away from Caoyang Station of the light-rail</p> <p>2 stops away from Zhongshan Park.</p> <p>Facilities:</p> <p>New,</p> <p>Fully furnished,</p> <p>100sq., 2 bed.</p> <p>Apartment with car parking.</p> <p>Timber floor.</p> <p>Air conditioned.</p> <p>Community antenna tele system.</p> <p>Computer desks.</p> <p>Full range of white goods, &amp; kitchen-ware.</p> <p>Decoration:</p> <p>Modern, simple.</p> <p>Is it near Metro?</p>700 USD: Biyun Oriental Apartmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_700_usd_biyun_oriental_apartment.htmSat, 22 May 2004 01:39:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040522_700_usd_biyun_oriental_apartment.htm<p>Email me at: <a href="mailto:shapartment@gmail.com">shapartment@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Hi all,</p> <p>We bought a new apartment in Piyun international district near the Yangpu Bridge. We decorated (or renovated in American terms) in a way for us to live in, but we finally decided to rent it out. Here are some pictures of the room. Don&rsquo;t be surprised. I just took many pictures of the same room this afternoon and hope it gives you some idea of the room.</p>Blogging in Microsofthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040521_blogging_in_microsoft.htmFri, 21 May 2004 22:35:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040521_blogging_in_microsoft.htm<p><a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">Issac</a> <a href="http://www.cnblog.org/blog/archives/2004_05_16_cnblog_archive.html#108512232366835789">mentioned</a> Bill&rsquo;s presentation on blogging (one of the topics). He also comments on the blogging in Microsoft (and kindly mentioned my blog). In one sentence, blogging in Microsoft is hot and becoming hotter.</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s see what Bill said in the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches/2004/05-20CEOSummit.asp">Microsoft CEO Summit 2004</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Another new phenomenon that connects into this is one that started outside of the business space, more in the corporate or technical enthusiast space, a thing called blogging. And a standard around that that notifies you that something has changed called RSS.</p>Will Shanghai be the Next Silicon Valley by 2009?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040520_will_shanghai_be_the_next_silicon_valley_by_2009.htmThu, 20 May 2004 15:13:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040520_will_shanghai_be_the_next_silicon_valley_by_2009.htm<p>A reader was preparing for a debate. The debate topic is,</p> <p><strong>Will Shanghai be the next Silicon Valley by 2009?</strong></p> <p>He sent me a list of questions. I&rsquo;d like to answer from an individual&rsquo;s perspective and share with everyone. Disclaimer: I am not a professional on economy, politics, or culture. The opinions and data may not reflect the truth.</p> <p><strong>Economic</strong></p> <p>Q: Is it difficult for start-ups to obtain funding from local and foreign VCs? Is it difficult to find funding in general? How about transferring funds in and out of Shanghai?</p>Running in Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040519_running_in_pudong.htmWed, 19 May 2004 21:39:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040519_running_in_pudong.htm<p>The feeling of running in Pudong is completely different than running in Puxi, and it is much better than running on the running machine in gyms.</p> <p>I went to <a href="http://www.decathlon.fr/Magasin/index.asp">Decathlon</a> the other day. Wow. It is a very nice store. The goods there are very decent, of high quality AND cheap. There is a bicycle meter at only 36 RMB.</p> <p>I bought Domyos running shirt and running pant. Wearing the new clothes, I look professional and athletic. I never bought cloths specially designed for one sports activity before.</p>Salary in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040519_salary_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmWed, 19 May 2004 08:26:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040519_salary_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>David <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm#1223">asked</a> one question about salary in Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello Wang,</p> <p>Thanks a lot for creating this homepage, i really love it and i can get most of the information i need.</p> <p>I was totally blind about Shanghai until i read this website.</p> <p>But still i would probably need some sort of idea from you and maybe also another readers here to help me with my confusion.</p> <p>I applied a job in Shanghai without knowing any standard salary there through email and surprisingly the company replied me so fast with one question &lsquo;how much your salary expectation ?&rsquo;, i got stunned and didn&rsquo;t have any idea to answer the mail.</p>Airport Shuttle Bus #7 Starts to Operatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040518_airport_shuttle_bus_7_starts_to_operate.htmTue, 18 May 2004 23:38:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040518_airport_shuttle_bus_7_starts_to_operate.htm<p>In additional to the existing <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/Bus.htm">6 lines of airport shuttle buses</a>, a new airport bus line started operation.</p> <p><strong>Time Table</strong></p> <p>At Dong Fang Rd.</p> <p>First bus: 6:30</p> <p>Last bus: 21:40</p> <p>At Pudong Airport</p> <p>First Bus: 7:50</p> <p>Last Bus: 23:00</p> <p><strong>Price</strong></p> <p>Ticket price starts from 2 RMB.</p> <p><strong>Bus Stops</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Dongfang Rd.</p> </li> <li> <p>Pudian Rd.</p> </li> <li> <p>Centuary Park</p> </li> <li> <p>Longyang Rd. Metro Station</p> </li> <li> <p>Keyuan Rd.</p> </li> <li> <p>Zhangjiang Nong-gong-shang super market</p> </li> <li> <p>Chengxi</p> </li> <li> <p>Chuansha bus stop</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">Pudong airport</a></p> </li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">20 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Very useful information! But where on Dong Fang Road you can get on the bus, it is a pretty long road!<div class="comment-meta">— Fons · 2004-05-19 00:08</div></div> <div class="comment">hy<br><br>I want to have a pc cuite for alcatel ot715 how to downolad give some link please.<br><br>thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— chris · 2004-05-19 05:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Fons, actually, I have no idea right way. Maybe I will visit the stop and take pictures of it.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-05-19 09:57</div></div> <div class="comment">I saw a Line 7 BUS station on the small street between Regal and Holiday in.<div class="comment-meta">— stonesee · 2004-05-19 13:01</div></div> <div class="comment">http://www.xmwb.com.cn/xwzx/shxw/t20040522_81147.htm<br><br>Thought this may be useful. Perhaps someone can create an English version based on this.<div class="comment-meta">— Zhu Qingsi · 2004-05-22 19:16</div></div> <div class="comment">IS THER A BUS FROM HANGZHOU TO PUDONG AIRPORT ,PLESE GIVE TIME TABLE FOR TOW WAYS,THANKS<div class="comment-meta">— SA;AM · 2004-07-20 16:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello, thank you for spending so much time answering traveler&#x27;s questions. I was hoping to find out how frequent the no. 7 airport shuttle runs in Shanghai. The airport website does not list the intervals between buses. Also, where can I find out where it picks up passengers on Dong Fang Lu? If anyone knows where to look, I&#x27;d appreciate it! :)<br><br>Thanks so much,<br><br>Colleen<div class="comment-meta">— Colleen · 2005-06-15 19:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Any idea how to get to a rail station with trains to Xining from Pudong Airport?<div class="comment-meta">— rose · 2005-07-08 02:13</div></div> <div class="comment">hello,<br><br>just wanna ask if there is a bus from wuxi to pudong airport? pls. send me time table for this and if it&#x27;s not too much, kindly give me also the exact fare for this route,, thank you so much<div class="comment-meta">— belle · 2007-01-26 16:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>Yes, there is a bus from Wuxi to Pudong airport, cost RMB 100:-<br><br>Need to go to Gaodunqiao bus station ( 高墩桥汽车站 ) in Wuxi, close to railway station, approx 700 m,<br><br>There is a timetable but this you can get at the station, but it leaves nearly every hour, first one if i remember right is 07.45.<div class="comment-meta">— Mats · 2007-04-12 21:25</div></div> <div class="comment">How often the airport shuttle goes from Pudong airport to Dongfang Rd, is it going by hourly or bi-hourly or 30 minutes? ;) Thanks in advance!!!<div class="comment-meta">— Barbara · 2007-05-11 19:41</div></div> <div class="comment">There&#x27;s alot of timetable information from Pudong Airport to different areas of Shanghai, but i&#x27;m looking for the bus schedule and pick-up location from People&#x27;s Square to Pudong Airport. Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— aj · 2007-10-31 11:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I just want to know, is there any direct shuttle bus from Hangzhou airport to Shanghai exhibition area?<br><br>where should I find it at the arrival of Hangzhou airport?<br><br>what time the shuttle bus usualy depart from the Hangzhou airport?<br><br>Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— santi · 2008-05-12 11:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, I just want to know, is there any direct shuttle bus from Hangzhou airport to Shanghai exhibition area?<br><br>where should I find it at the arrival of Hangzhou airport?<br><br>what time the shuttle bus usualy depart from the Hangzhou airport?<br><br>Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— santi · 2008-05-12 12:00</div></div> <div class="comment">HI THERE,<br><br>I AM LOOKING FOR A BUS ROUTE MAP FOR WUXI. I WANT TO TRAVEL BY BUS TO SEE ALL LOCAL SCENIC SPOTS AROUND WUXI.<br><br>BUT I NEED A GOOD MAP OF ALL BUS ROUTES WITH THE DIFFERENT BUS NUMBER OF WHEN/WHERE TO TAKE.<br><br>IF ANYONE CAN HELP, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS LINK<br><br>REGARDS<br><br>GAWIE<br><br>FOREIGNER<br><br>WUXI<div class="comment-meta">— GAWIE LIEBENBERG · 2008-08-09 19:28</div></div> <div class="comment">i am living in JinJiang Inn on No. 259 wuzhong road shanghai &amp; i want to pudong airport by bus shuttle service. which bus is best for me &amp; cheap.<br><br>i want to inquire that whether bus No.7 has stop right infront of longyang road metro station of line.2.<br><br>How far pudong air is from longyang road metro station.<div class="comment-meta">— fahad · 2008-08-22 19:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Can anyone tell me How long it takes Airport shuttle from Pudong Airport to Wuxi ? as I understand You have Buses leaving every Hour.<br><br>Are there any Indian Restaurants in Wuxi?<div class="comment-meta">— G.R.Rao · 2008-10-14 23:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Can any one kindly let me know how to find a Bus schedule from Pudong Airport to Wuxi? My flight arrives at 4:45PM in Shanghai Pudong Airport, is this too late for me to catch the bus if there is a bus line available? please send mail to betty_18@hotmail.com if you have more information<div class="comment-meta">— Cynthia · 2008-10-29 08:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>I need information of Bus Service from Hangzhou Airport to Shanghai Railway Station as i will arrive Hangzhou airport from Kuala Lumpur at 22.10.<br><br>Immediate respond appreciated, since i must decide my travelling schedule.<br><br>Regards,<div class="comment-meta">— rianto · 2009-04-22 17:49</div></div> <div class="comment">hi,<br><br>How to get shuttle bus (bus number, time, price, how long travel) from hangzhou airport (Shanghai) to wuxi city. Thank you<div class="comment-meta">— zana · 2009-09-03 15:32</div></div> </details>Call 96900 for Navigation Directionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040517_call_96900_for_navigation_direction.htmMon, 17 May 2004 23:09:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040517_call_96900_for_navigation_direction.htm<p>If you are in Shanghai, and you don&rsquo;t know which bus to take from one place to another, you can call 96900 for navigation instructions. They also provide foreign language service and for bus information to nearby cities.</p> <p>They charge 1 RMB after an agent answers the call.</p> <p>Their advertisements have been sticked to many bus stop plates and maps. Here is an example at Jin Qiao. Look at the three green advertisements tags on the map.</p>Wicresofthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040516_wicresoft.htmSun, 16 May 2004 22:09:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040516_wicresoft.htm<p>Hi, I am naughty. I just want to check out whether the ranking of this page is somewhere near the top in Google result for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=wicresoft">Wicresoft</a>. Haha. I hope it is on the first page.</p> <p><strong>Update It is the Forth Result for Wicresoft in Google</strong> <em>May 31, 2004</em></p> <p>This entry becomes the forth sites returned in Google for keyword <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=wicresoft">Wicresoft</a>. :-D</p> <p><strong>Location:</strong></p> <p>21F, Bund Center,</p> <p>No. 222, Yan An East Rd.</p> <p>Telephone: (86-21) 63352266</p>jt.sh.cn data analysishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040515_p620.htmSat, 15 May 2004 21:03:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040515_p620.htm<p>Query Page URL: <a href="http://www.jt.sh.cn/airline_qry/exportrslt.asp">http://www.jt.sh.cn/airline_qry/exportrslt.asp</a></p> <p>Input Parameter:</p> <p>Name: airport</p> <p>Description: Specify the query type</p> <p>Values: d_port (destination port)</p> <p>Values: airline (by airline company)</p> <p>Values: air_flno (by flight number or company)</p> <p>If it is d_port, the follow values are needed:</p> <p>Name: destination_city</p> <p>Description: The three character code of the destination city.</p> <p>Name: t_span</p> <p>Description: The time span. Should use ** if not speicified.</p> <p>Example: The follow example should work:</p>Night Life in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040514_night_life_in_shanghai.htmFri, 14 May 2004 19:15:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040514_night_life_in_shanghai.htm<p>Night life in Shanghai? Nick <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040513_shanghai_consolidated_guide.htm#0225">commented</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I have been using your site for awhile and you have some of the best info on the city there is. All you lack is a nightlife guide.</p> <p>I see two forms of night life expat night life and Chinese night life. The difference being the places cater to expats so staff speaks English etc. The Chinese night life you definitely need a Chinese friend with you. On my last trip in April my Chinese friends showed me their side and I showed them mine so Shanghai has much to offer especially if you have a Chinese friend. This was probably the most fun I had had ever!</p>MovableType 3.0 Releasedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040514_movabletype_30_released.htmFri, 14 May 2004 18:43:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040514_movabletype_30_released.htm<p>Breaking news. MovableType 3.0 Developer Edition was <a href="http://www.movabletype.org">Released</a>. I waited for this for a long time.</p> <p>Everyone wants to create big things. MovableType is one of the big things in the world. I admire what the creators achieved today. Maybe it is by chance, but they are more successful than any online software companies.</p> <p>Congratulations!</p> <p>I am reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684802031/104-3819346-0619935?v=glance">First Things First</a>. I will install MovableType 3.0, at the end of this month. To upgrade is something interesting, but is not so important to the overall quality of a site. &hellip;.. according to the book.</p>Shanghai Consolidated Guidehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040513_shanghai_consolidated_guide.htmThu, 13 May 2004 20:23:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040513_shanghai_consolidated_guide.htm<p>Tour to Shanghai? What you need to know about the city? I have spent two years working on this topic and now, I want to look back and give people some handy link to the most important stuff you must know before you set your foot to this city.</p> <p><strong>Air Ticket to Shanghai</strong></p> <p>Booking international flight from country in the world to Shanghai is simple. To book flight from Shanghai to other cities in China is not easy if you are outside China. Don&rsquo;t try large booking system like <a href="http://www.expedia.com">Expedia.com</a> - it suggests you to transit at San Francisco if you check for a flight from Shanghai to Beijing. :-D Check <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030714_pvg_book_domestic_flight_in_china.htm">China Domestic Flight Booking Guide</a> this page for more information.</p>The Village I was Bornhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040513_the_village_i_was_born.htmThu, 13 May 2004 20:20:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040513_the_village_i_was_born.htm<p>I posted this article under name <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040512_typical_chinese_village.htm">Typical Chinese Village</a>&quot; yesterday. Actually, this village means a lot to me. It is the village I was born and the village I lived before I move into the downtown area in Luoyang when I was 4 in age. The name for this village is Xin Zhuang (or <em>New Village</em>).</p> <p>It is 15 km away downtown Luoyang. The yellow river flows by the village. More than 10 empirers were buried near the village, because it was regarded as a place with best <em>Feng Shui</em>. Now the village was abandended. People all move outside the village for easier transportation. No people live there now.</p>Thank God. Links 2.0 Finally Workedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040511_thank_god_links_20_finally_worked.htmTue, 11 May 2004 21:44:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040511_thank_god_links_20_finally_worked.htm<p>Thanks to God. After fighting with the &ldquo;Premature end of script headers&rdquo; error in Links 2.0 for the whole night, it finally suddenly worked. Before that, it was always 500 Internal Server Error.</p> <p>Now all the links directory and the related entry section of this website back to normal again. The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040418_migrating_scripts.htm">migration</a> is a long process. The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040221_link_to_your_site.htm">Links 2.0</a> took longest time. Anyway, it started to work just now.</p>Transition between MagLev and Trainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040510_transition_between_maglev_and_train.htmMon, 10 May 2004 23:49:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040510_transition_between_maglev_and_train.htm<p>I found a train ticket office at the MagLev Long Yang Station. That means, you can directly buy train ticket from Shanghai Railway Station to any train destinations. Here are the instructions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Get out of the Maglev Station to the ground floor.</p> </li> <li> <p>Turn north (if you still can tell directions) and enter the building of Metro Line #2 Long Yang Rd. Station.</p> </li> <li> <p>Go straightly ahead till to go through the building and reach the Long Yang Rd.</p>Back to Shanghai via Train 1660https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040509_back_to_shanghai_via_train_1660.htmSun, 09 May 2004 22:06:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040509_back_to_shanghai_via_train_1660.htm<p>I am back to Shanghai via train 1657 (from Luoyang to Shanghai). After the fifth speed-up of the whole train system in China, the train I rely on to go home and get back to Shanghai - No. 1658/1660, is even slower than before. :-( It has to give way for other &ldquo;faster&rdquo; trains.</p> <p>Anyway, it is very nice to get to Shanghai and I observe something new. There are some new building and the weather is hotter. It smells as summer already.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog Terms and Conditionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040508_wangjianshuos_blog_terms_and_conditions.htmSat, 08 May 2004 00:12:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040508_wangjianshuos_blog_terms_and_conditions.htm<p>Welcome! By reading/using Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog and/or other Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Services, such as map, links submission, advertisement, bus stop information, etc, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.</p> <p><strong>Copyright</strong></p> <p>The content of this site is copyrighted. All right reserved. This site is NOT licensed under Creative Common license.</p> <p><strong>Quote</strong></p> <p>You are encouraged to quote paragraphs (not the entire article) from this site. It is OK to use up to 30% of any article. For more quotes, up to the entire article or the entire site, permission is required before you use the quote.</p>Nanyang Trip Reporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040506_nanyang_trip_report.htmThu, 06 May 2004 23:58:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040506_nanyang_trip_report.htm<p>In the last two days, I travelled to Nanyang (Wendy&rsquo;s hometown) to visit her parents and family. We took the second day to Baotianman (宝天曼). It was fatanstic travel. Due to the limitation of Internet access speed (via <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040428_sony_ericsson_gc75_in_shanghai.htm">GC75</a>), I can only upload two pictures about the trip:</p> <p>The Tianxin Cave (天心洞).</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/06/nanyang-cave-tianxin.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The water fall of Baotianman.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/06/nanyang-water.fall-baotianman.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>As you know, during travel, it is not easy to sort all the pictures taken and write full travelogue. I hope I can upload more after I am back to Shanghai. I start to miss my car in Shanghai and the newly built garden in the new apartment&hellip;.</p>Luoyang Peonyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040504_luoyang_peony.htmTue, 04 May 2004 09:14:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040504_luoyang_peony.htm<p>Luoyang is famous for its penoy. Every April, millions of visitors will come to Luoyang to enjoy the colorful peony all around the city. I missed the chance this year. Thanks for my mom and aunt. They took pictures of some peony flowers for me so I can share with you all.</p> <p>Red peony. The large flower is just unbelievablely beautiful.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/04/luoyang-red.peony.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/04/luoyang-red.peony-garden.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/04/luoyang-red.peony.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/04/luoyang-red.peony-many.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/04/luoyang-red.white.peony-garden.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Luoyang Tour - Day 1https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040503_luoyang_tour_-_day_1.htmMon, 03 May 2004 23:47:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040503_luoyang_tour_-_day_1.htm<p>Hi, I am back to my hometown, the place I grew up and one of the cities I am most familiar with (Shanghai is the other).</p> <p><strong>Industrial City</strong></p> <p>More than 50% of the city was built after 1949. The city quickly became an immigration city after the first 5 years of the New China. 10+ extremely huge factories were built in 5 years with millions of people migrating from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Taiyuan and Shenyang. For example, the First Tractor Group employees 60,000 people and they came to the city together. The population of the city grows from 400,000 to 6 million quickly due the immigration. It is a piece of history hard to reproduce at any place in the world.</p>Going Back to Luoyanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040502_going_back_to_luoyang.htmSun, 02 May 2004 07:14:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040502_going_back_to_luoyang.htm<p>I will go back to my hometown Luoyang this afternoon and get back after the long May holiday. I will bring the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040428_sony_ericsson_gc75_in_shanghai.htm">GC75</a> with me so I can access Internet only even on train.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo,<br><br>How about taking some pictures of your home town luoyang and share with us?<br><br>Anyway, have a nice trip and enjoy your stay there.<div class="comment-meta">— Jion · 2004-05-02 13:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Ninhao,<br><br>I am looking for the FIRST TRACTOR FACTORY e-mail address.<br><br>To join Miss Ma Liya (Factory Interpreter). She was my interpreter during the Xiaolangdi Dam Construction.<br><br>Xiéxie Ni<br><br>Jean-Yves FURIC<div class="comment-meta">— Jean-Yves FURIC · 2005-07-07 18:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Please send me more news about your problem,but, in spanish.Gracias...Espero...Adios...<div class="comment-meta">— yony · 2005-11-27 02:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Dont believe that posting. It is a common Nigerian fraud and really disgusting that people post such rubbish on peoples blogs<br><br>They just give Africa a worse name and really its bad enough already<div class="comment-meta">— anon · 2006-05-15 16:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Ni Hao,<br><br>I have just spent 5 weeks in Luoyang in March 2007 and I would like to add that it is a very beautiful and clean city. I assisted my wife who taught at the Luoyang University in the new city south of the river. There are many new residential buildings being built. The food is simply delicious and very cheap compared to western countries. In 5 weeks I ate only local food and did not miss western food at all. I wish I could go there again because I have left so many friends behind. Many of which I will probably never see again. even though the Peoney festival was due to start in April I managed to get a peek at the peonies in Weng Chang park the weekend before we left. They are simply magnificent flowers.<div class="comment-meta">— Joe Spiteri · 2008-04-06 10:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I would like to purchase one for business in Nigeria.please send price details.You can email me throught this(bggdon@yahoo.com)<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Jame Sylvester.<div class="comment-meta">— jame sylvester · 2009-10-11 18:37</div></div> <div class="comment">I WANT TO BUY ONE OF THIS DIGITAL KODAK KIOSK FOR MY MOBILE PHOTOGRAHPY. ADVICE ME ON HOW I CAN GET ONE TO BUY.<br><br>REGARDS<br><br>NANA<div class="comment-meta">— NANA KYEI · 2010-04-25 08:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Kindly send me me more information with regard to kodak kiosk as i&#x27;m interere in purchasing this franchise.<div class="comment-meta">— Mosiuoa Leotlela · 2011-02-28 23:21</div></div> </details>Jinqiao Biyun International Districthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040502_jinqiao_biyun_international_district.htmSun, 02 May 2004 00:17:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040502_jinqiao_biyun_international_district.htm<p>Besides Gubei Area in Hongqiao, there is another raising international district - Jinqiao Biyun International District. We visited the area today and were very impressed by the high quality of life there.</p> <p>It is in Pudong, near the Yangpu Bridge, and very near to Zhang Jiang High Tech Park and Jinqiao Export Zone.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/02/map-jinqiao.biyun-location.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>International District</strong></p> <p>As Jinqiao (or Golden Bridge) is a place with intensive foreign investment, many multi-national companies open their factories or R&amp;D center there. There are many foreign area manager or employees working there. The Biyun district was designed to provide a comfortable living area for them. Large potation of the houses were bought or rented by foreigners.</p>Kodak Digital Image Printing Kioskhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040501_kodak_digital_image_printing_kiosk.htmSat, 01 May 2004 00:17:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040501_kodak_digital_image_printing_kiosk.htm<p>Last night, I saw a new Kodak kiosk at the east gate of Metro City. It provides self-service for customers with digital cameras.</p> <p>Basically, it support almost all media currently available on market. Here is he picture of the IO part of the kiosk.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/05/01/shanghai-kodak-io.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>As you can see from the picture, it support blue tooth, SM, CF/MD, SD/MMC, XD, Memory Stike/MSPRO, IrDA, 3&rsquo;&rsquo; Disk and CD. Wow! I would say, the only media that it does not suport is a USD port, that movable hard disk or laptop can output pictures into the magic yellow box.</p>Get India Visa in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040430_get_india_visa_in_china.htmFri, 30 Apr 2004 23:41:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040430_get_india_visa_in_china.htm<p>After I setup this site, I am often mistakenly regarded as Mr. Know-Everything&hellip; I am surely not. I only took the advantage of knowing both Chinese/English languages. :-D</p> <p>XHJ asked me about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030813_lost_my_passport_of_p_r_china.htm#0844">how to get India visa for Chinese citizen</a>. I didn&rsquo;t know that before, but I saw this information may help XHJ to get married with the girl he loves. I read some Chinese website and got the following information:</p>“五•一”黄金周市民旅游指南https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040429_aaeaaeaee.htmThu, 29 Apr 2004 21:39:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040429_aaeaaeaee.htm<p>Quoted from a report on tourism of SHanghai.</p> <p>为使广大市民更好地领略上海的都市风情，满足市民的旅游消费需求，丰富节日生活，本市各主要景点、旅游企业精心策划，积极准备，推出一系列适合市民市内旅游的节目，在此我们将有关旅游节目汇总如下，谨供市民参考。</p>U.S. Paused All Visa Application in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040429_us_paused_all_visa_application_in_china.htmThu, 29 Apr 2004 20:46:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040429_us_paused_all_visa_application_in_china.htm<p>My friend is in bad mood these days. His visa application to U.S. was rejected so he cannot attend <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/teched2004/default.mspx">TechEd 2004 in San Diego</a>. This is the second time he missed the chance due to Visa problems.</p> <p>Visa is one of the biggest <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030705_back_from_culturexchina_party.htm">barriers for people to go out of the country</a>. I heard it is due to SARS, but it is not confirmed. There is no report on this on major international media, but many of them reported &ldquo;<a href="http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3E0EF1D6-DC07-407F-8754FA1A8296A50D">Illegal US visa call centre closed</a>&rdquo;.</p>Sony Ericsson GC75 in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040428_sony_ericsson_gc75_in_shanghai.htmWed, 28 Apr 2004 18:59:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040428_sony_ericsson_gc75_in_shanghai.htm<p><a href="http://blog.joycode.com/mvm/">Eric</a> kindly lent me his <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/gc75/">Sony Ericsson GC75 GPRS Wireless Modem</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/28/screen-sony.ericsson-picture.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image in courtesy of <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/gc75/">Sony Ericsson</a></p> <p>With this card and my GPRS enabled China Mobile SIM card, I can access Internet at any time. Here is the <a href="http://www.jbhg.com.cn/NOVATEL/sedownload/sonyeriPCcard.exe">driver</a> (download from <a href="http://www.jbhg.com.cn/download.asp">jbhg.com.cn</a>). It has pre-entered all the information needed to connect to China Mobile network.</p> <p>After downloading, simply open the GC75 Manager and I am connected to the next work in few minutes. Now, I can update my blog from home. It is great!</p>Flowers and Trees Market in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040428_flowers_and_trees_market_in_shanghai.htmWed, 28 Apr 2004 18:29:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040428_flowers_and_trees_market_in_shanghai.htm<p>Where to buy flowers, grass, and trees in Shanghai? This is the best place I found so far. It is just by the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040424_maglev_at_long_yang_station.htm">Long Yang Road Maglev train station</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/28/shanghai-flowers-market.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/28/shanghai-huang.yang-green.house.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/28/shanghai-trees-green.house.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>If you have a garden, you have to visit this place. It is fantastic.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice. Have you visited the Jingwen Flower Market in the former canidrome on Shanxi Road South, nearby the former Morris Residence (Ruijin Guest House). I don&#x27;t remember if they really had trees, but flowers were plenty :)<div class="comment-meta">— Jayel · 2004-04-29 19:43</div></div> <div class="comment">The market I mentioned are not the best place to buy flowers. Actually, they only ofter the flowers that can be planted into your garden and *wait* for the flowers.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-04-29 20:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I have great appreciation and love for Flowers.<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew Spark · 2006-03-14 15:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Very nice blog.<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew Spark · 2006-03-15 18:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Looks like a nice place to visit. We are looking for some trees and palms on the balcony of our new appartment. We are from the Netherlands and just started living in Pudong.<br><br>Do you have the address / street name?<div class="comment-meta">— Edwin · 2007-07-29 22:45</div></div> <div class="comment">it is good image to green house i would to send me some of pictureon my e-mail and thanks<div class="comment-meta">— karime · 2008-11-27 04:52</div></div> <div class="comment">i want to buy a green house setup for comercial use, i want to grow diffrent vagitables in green house for commercial purpose<div class="comment-meta">— shabbir · 2009-02-20 23:06</div></div> <div class="comment">nice pics<div class="comment-meta">— aiman · 2010-09-20 00:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Just want to say your article is amazing. The clarity in your post is simply spectacular and I can assume you are an expert on this field. Well with your permission allow me to grab your rss feed to keep up to date with incoming post. Thanks a million and please keep up the fabulous work.<div class="comment-meta">— Boise Sign Installation · 2011-07-25 16:49</div></div> <div class="comment">NICE<div class="comment-meta">— Jean cockak · 2011-09-08 05:29</div></div> </details>Dan is Going to Travel Across Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040427_dan_is_going_to_travel_across_china.htmTue, 27 Apr 2004 00:58:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040427_dan_is_going_to_travel_across_china.htm<p>Check this article: <a href="http://www.livinginchina.com/archives/000759.html">Traveling Across China: Need Your Help!</a>. I am excited about Dan Washburn&rsquo;s plan to travel across China. Dan is my friend I never met. We planned the Kanas trip last year via phone and email, but never met up. My wife and I didn&rsquo;t go there at last, but Dan managed to go with my other friends, <a href="http://www.zhengziying.com/">Eric</a> and Simon.</p> <p><strong>His Plan</strong></p> <p>His plan to travel across China is so exciting. This is quoted from his plan:</p>Terms and Conditions of Usehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040426_p599.htmMon, 26 Apr 2004 22:15:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040426_p599.htm<p>By accessing this site, you agree to the following terms and conditions and other applicable laws. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.</p> <p>o All the content, information and material provided on this website is solely for illustrative purposes. It is not intended, and nor does it create, any business, contractual or employment relationship with Wangjianshuo.com</p> <p>o All the information, contents, text and images (including but not limited to HTML code, Javascript code), photography and buttons is the property of Wangjianshuo.com and may not be copied, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way without my express, advance, written consent.</p>SARS is Back in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040426_sars_is_back_in_china.htmMon, 26 Apr 2004 09:10:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040426_sars_is_back_in_china.htm<p>According to <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/z/newsarsbjah/index.shtml">news report</a>, more and more new SARS cases are discovered these days. 4 patients were discovered around the previous SARS patient found in Beijing.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/26/screen-sars-beijing.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image credit: <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2004-04-22/20102378595s.shtml">Sina.com.cn</a></p> <p><strong>Shanghai</strong></p> <p>In Shanghai, every protection measures started <strong>automatically</strong>. The building I am working at start to post the daily disinfected report in all the elevators.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/26/shanghai-disinfected-metro.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken at Metro City in Shanghai</p> <p>Since I don&rsquo;t take taxi any more, I don&rsquo;t know what is happening on taxis. Anyway, people here are quite skillful to handle SARS and I am not worried at all.</p>Sunset at Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040425_sunset_at_pudong.htmSun, 25 Apr 2004 20:46:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040425_sunset_at_pudong.htm<p>In my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htm">First Week in Pudong</a> report, I wrote:</p> <blockquote> <p>After I moved to Pudong, I can see the sun set again. I can see the redish clouds on the west before the sunset. There is a long preriod of time from sunset to completely dark. This recalls the life in my home town in Luoyang. This is so common in most places in the world, but not in downtown in Puxi. It seemed to me that in Puxi, when the Sun sets, it becomes dark very soon. There is no colorful clouds after the sunset. I suspect it may because of the high buildings that blocked the view and the reflection of the remaining sunlight after sunset.</p>Public Market in Beicaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040425_public_market_in_beicai.htmSun, 25 Apr 2004 20:09:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040425_public_market_in_beicai.htm<p>I hope my reader don&rsquo;t mind too much for irregular update these days. There are some short pause during the updates (two days at most). It is because there is no Internet access in my current rented houes. So I will create the blog offline - using Notepad - and store it. When I can access my site, I will upload them in batch, so it is still at least one post everyday.</p>Maglev at Long Yang Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040424_maglev_at_long_yang_station.htmSat, 24 Apr 2004 20:16:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040424_maglev_at_long_yang_station.htm<p>Curious about the other end of the Maglev, after seeing the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htm">pictures at Pudong Airport</a>? Here you are:</p> <p>The building with curve roof is the Maglev station. The white building behind is the station of Shanghai Metro Line #2. So you can take <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031104_shanghai_metro_map_and_timetable.htm">Metro</a> directly after you get off the Maglev train.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/24/shanghai-maglev-station.outside.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/24/shanghai-maglev-to.metro.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/24/shanghai-maglev-curve.roof.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/24/shanghai-maglev-longyang.side.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>My Own Cartoon Picture with Home Style+https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040423_my_own_cartoon_picture_with_home_style.htmFri, 23 Apr 2004 08:39:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040423_my_own_cartoon_picture_with_home_style.htm<p>XGAO recommended a very interesting tool to me, the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/japan/office/homestyle/prodinfo/default.mspx">Microsoft Office Home Style+</a>. It can create cartoon pictures for you from any pictures. Here is my experiment. Very interesting.</p> <p><strong>My Picture</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Steps</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step1.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step2.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step3.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step4.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step5.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step6.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step7.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/screen-homestyle-step8.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong>Results</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_1.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_2.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_3.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_4.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_5.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_6.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_7.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_8.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_9.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/23/sanya-jianshuo-beach_10.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Magic Wall at CEIBShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040422_magic_wall_at_ceibs.htmThu, 22 Apr 2004 20:31:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040422_magic_wall_at_ceibs.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-jianshuo-ceibs.curve.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-ceibs-acedemic.center.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-ceibs-center.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-curve-ceibs.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-ceibs-computer.center.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-walkways-ceibs.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/22/shanghai.jinqiao-jianshuo-curve.white.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">CEIBS = China Education International Business School<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-01-21 23:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Is it &quot;China Europe International Business School&quot; ? :)<div class="comment-meta">— Alex Langos · 2006-08-07 06:44</div></div> <div class="comment">what is the expected simple living cost in Shanghai? does the school provide dormitory? I am considering to apply provided it is within my budget.<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew · 2007-05-20 05:37</div></div> <div class="comment">alway get lost when I came to CEIBS for the first month.<div class="comment-meta">— Rika · 2008-01-13 20:13</div></div> <div class="comment">BTW, CEIBS = China Europe International Business School~<br><br>How can a student not know his school&#x27;s name~<div class="comment-meta">— rika · 2008-01-13 20:40</div></div> </details>Pudong Party Institutehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040421_pudong_party_institute.htmWed, 21 Apr 2004 20:51:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040421_pudong_party_institute.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t know how to translate 中国上海浦东干部学院 to English. Maybe the Pudong Party Institute is the wrong translation, but I didn&rsquo;t find any English name for it at Google. It is almost completed. It is just about 10 minutes walk from my new apartment in Pudong.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/21/shanghai.beicai-ganbu-overview.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/21/shanghai.beicai-main.building-ganbu.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/21/shanghai.beicai-main.tower-ganbu.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p>又回来了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040421_ae-3.htmWed, 21 Apr 2004 17:33:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040421_ae-3.htm<p>前一段换服务器，总算稳定了。我又会来了。大家好!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">还以为是别的原因....支持一下！<div class="comment-meta">— 横戈 · 2004-05-02 23:58</div></div> <div class="comment">你的地图不错<div class="comment-meta">— celavi · 2004-07-23 13:52</div></div> <div class="comment">it&#x27;s not quick enough. but feeling that you&#x27;r really sincere.<div class="comment-meta">— amen · 2005-03-08 12:46</div></div> </details>Self-Googling, Seld-Brandinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040421_p591.htmWed, 21 Apr 2004 15:41:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040421_p591.htm<p>The idea is, type your name into Google and see the results.</p> <p><a href="http://yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_8983.shtml">http://yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_8983.shtml</a></p>Experiencing Maglev Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040420_experiencing_maglev_shanghai.htmTue, 20 Apr 2004 23:11:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040420_experiencing_maglev_shanghai.htm<p>Thanks to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040419_maglev_a_failure.htm#1107">Spanky</a>, who posted the following comment under my article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040419_maglev_a_failure.htm#1107">Maglev - A Failure?</a>. I found the information very valuable and quoted the comment in this seperate post. Of cause all credit goes to Spanky.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve just returned from a 3-days&rsquo; trip in Shanghai. As I had heard so much about the Maglev when I was living in this city one year ago, I decided to hop onto one for my transfer from Pudong to town. Following is a brief summary of my encounter:</p>Maglev - A Failure?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040419_maglev_-_a_failure.htmMon, 19 Apr 2004 21:25:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040419_maglev_-_a_failure.htm<p>Although the Maglev connecting <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">Pudong Airport</a> and Long Yang Road Station attracted much attention, more and more factors show that it is a failed project.</p> <p><strong>Very Little Traffic</strong></p> <p>According to this article: <a href="http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,245973,00.html">Shanghai cuts maglev train ticket prices</a>, &ldquo;the 440-seat trains carried an average of just 73 passengers per day last month.&rdquo;</p> <p>Are you kidding? <em>73 passengers per day last month</em>? The $1.2 billion train just carry 73 persons per day. That means, there is, the Maglev get 5475 RMB or 670 USD per day as revenue. Even if there is no maintenance cost, the electricity is free and all the staff don&rsquo;t ask for salary, the whole project is expected to withdraw all the investment in 5,000 years. :-D</p>BlogCon without Wifihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040418_blogcon_without_wifi.htmSun, 18 Apr 2004 21:12:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040418_blogcon_without_wifi.htm<p>Isaac noted <a href="http://www.cnblog.org/blog/archives/2004_04_18_cnblog_archive.html#108222076624740360">BlogCon Shanghai Meetup</a>. From the post, I got to know there are some problems with the BlogCon&rsquo;s Wifi AP so Shanghai cannot see the real time broadcast. I am not sure whether it was a problem with the Wifi at Shanghai site or the <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bloggerCon/">Harvard</a> site.</p> <p>I planned to go there but I had to be in B&amp;Q (the building material market) at the same time yesterday, busy working on the colors of the walls in the new house. So I missed it. I hope I can get a chance to meet those bloggers in Shanghai.</p>Migrating Scriptshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040418_migrating_scripts.htmSun, 18 Apr 2004 20:18:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040418_migrating_scripts.htm<p>This post is the insider information about the scripts used in this website. It is recorded for my future reference and may serve as inspiring tips for others running the same site.</p> <p>Content of my old /scripts/ folder</p> <p><strong>[ads]</strong> - personal advertisement server so I can serve advertisement in the Featured section of my previous design. I decided not to use this for my new site since Google&rsquo;s AdSense is a good one. It provides the functionality of Alternative Ad when a google Ad cannot be served. I can point it to my AD page to serve my own ad. Done</p>Drive-Ins in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040418_drive-ins_in_china.htmSun, 18 Apr 2004 19:26:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040418_drive-ins_in_china.htm<p>Paul <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040415_one_month_for_my_goudaner_car.htm#0225">pointed</a> me to this interesting article:</p> <p><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=516&amp;ncid=731&amp;e=5&amp;u=/ap/20040417/ap_on_re_as/china_drive_in_nights">Drive-Ins the Hot, &lsquo;New&rsquo; Thing in China</a></p> <p>It is so interesting to me, as a new car owner. I admire that the drive-ins are already available in Beijing, but not in Shanghai yet.</p> <p><strong>Re: Movie</strong></p> <p>Every time I look back, I am surprised by the high speed of the change in life in China. When I was in my teenager, as described in the article, I did carry my small bench to a large football field to see movies. Workers will dig holes on the ground and setup tall poles, then hang the big screen in between. They have to pull ropes to fix the poles and the screen. The operator will sit besides the old fashioned movie player (very noisy) and show the whole audience (all on the football field with small benches). That was just 15 years ago and now, people still see the movie on the field, but in cars.</p>One Month for My Goudaner (Car)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040415_one_month_for_my_goudaner_car.htmThu, 15 Apr 2004 08:48:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040415_one_month_for_my_goudaner_car.htm<p>The same day in the last month, I drove my first car home. I named it <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040322_big_drop_in_price_of_my_car.htm">Goudaner</a>. Today is its one month birthday. The odometer on the car goes to around 1600 KM already and I used about 3.5 cans of gasoline (140L). It is about 8L/100KM gasoline consumption. It is not bad in the traffic conditions in Shanghai.</p> <p>In the last month, I was very happy with the car. The only thing is, I didn&rsquo;t find much time to take care of it. I hate rain in Shanghai. After it rains, the car is covered with dirt and I have to wash it. Maybe it is due to the heavy construction in Shanghai.</p>Canon WebView Camera VB-C10https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040414_canon_webview_camera_vb-c10.htmWed, 14 Apr 2004 08:50:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040414_canon_webview_camera_vb-c10.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/14/screen-vbc10-canon.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Canon.com</p> <p>I returned from the Canon Expo Asia 2004 in the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/sbm/superbrandmall.htm">Super Brand Mall</a> in Pudong, near the Pearl Tower.</p> <p>The most interesting thing in the expo is the WebView Internet Camera. It is simple - just a camera with a 15V DC electricity power line AND a network cable. Plug it into any working network port and people can control the camera to move left/right/up/down and zoom in and out. There are some very interesting demos at <a href="http://www.canon.com/wvw/webcam/index.htm">their website</a>. This is exactly what I was looking for and what I have tried to create one by myself. However, it is not available in the market in China and it is far to expensive for tech funs and home users. According to the staff in the expo, it is sold at around 100,000 10000 RMB in Japan now.</p>Working Verticallyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040413_working_vertically.htmTue, 13 Apr 2004 19:09:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040413_working_vertically.htm<p>There is a huge construction project in Shanghai with goals to add a roof to the old residential buildings. It is called 平改坡 (or <em>roof to slope</em>) project.</p> <p>In the 1980s, a certain type of residential buildings were built widely all around China. Below is the picture of this type of houses in Changsha in central China. These houses don&rsquo;t have a sloping roof and look bad.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/04/13/changsha-houses-scenery.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Learn Shanghainesehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040411_learn_shanghainese.htmSun, 11 Apr 2004 10:28:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040411_learn_shanghainese.htm<p>I believe the first question jumping out when a foreigner decide to relocate to Shanghai is, should I learn some Chinese to survive there? The variation of the question for people who can speak Chinese is, should I learn some Shanghainese?</p> <p>I talked about it in my Oct article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031003_mandarin_or_shanghaiese.htm">Mandarin or Shanghainese?</a>. Today, I received an email from Bryan:</p> <blockquote> <p>I recently stumbled upon your blog and really relished those informative bits that you care to share with us. In fact, they are rather useful in helping me gain some understanding of Shanghai since I will be working there in May.</p>First Week in Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htmSat, 10 Apr 2004 23:07:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040410_first_week_in_pudong.htm<p>One week pasted after I moved to Pudong, with a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htm">car</a>. Here are some observations.</p> <p><strong>Pudong is Big AND Small</strong></p> <p>Pudong is much bigger than Puxi. It has wider and higher-standard of road system. There are not many cars on the road and only red lights at some major cross roads will stop your car. I didn&rsquo;t experienced traffic jam in Pudong so far. (This is based on my current observation, since I never drove around during business hours - at that time, I parked my car in the underground garage in Puxi)</p>iPowerWeb - Disclosure Policyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040409_p579.htmFri, 09 Apr 2004 20:36:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040409_p579.htm<p>This is a series of article on the customer support I got from iPowerWeb during my migration of data from my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040331_byebye_companycn.htm">old host provider</a> to <a href="http://www.ipowerweb.com">iPowerWeb</a>. I am <em>somewhat satisified</em> with the online support service I got from the support team. Due to the fact that I was also in the PSS (product support services) or response center (something like call center) business, it provided very good chance for me to analysis the support I got. It brings a much clearer way for me since it provides me a view purely from the customer&rsquo;s perspective. Note: the message is ordered so the latest comment goes first.</p>Support Experience of iPowerWebhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040409_support_experience_of_ipowerweb.htmFri, 09 Apr 2004 20:36:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040409_support_experience_of_ipowerweb.htm<p>This is a series of article on the customer support I got from iPowerWeb during my migration of data from my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040331_byebye_companycn.htm">old host provider</a> to <a href="http://www.ipowerweb.com">iPowerWeb</a>. I am <em>somewhat satisified</em> with the online support service I got from the support team. Due to the fact that I was also in the PSS (product support services) or response center (something like call center) business, it provided very good chance for me to analysis the support I got. It brings a much clearer way for me since it provides me a view purely from the customer&rsquo;s perspective. Note: the message is ordered so the latest comment goes first.</p>PVG: Buses to Hangzhou, Suzhou...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040409_pvg_buses_to_hangzhou_suzhou.htmFri, 09 Apr 2004 20:20:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040409_pvg_buses_to_hangzhou_suzhou.htm<p>There is a bus stop at Shanghai Pudong Airport (where all international flights to Shanghai land) serving shuttles to nearby cities. Here is the schedule:</p> <p>ToPriceSchedule</p> <p>Hangzhou100 RMB10:30 12:00 13:30 15:30 17:30 19:00</p> <p>Suzhou76 RMB10:50 11:0 12:50 13:50 14:50 15:20 16:10 16:50 17:50 18:50</p> <p>Nanjing122 RMB11:20 13:20 15:10 16:40 18:40</p> <p>Wuxi110 RMB11:20 12:20 13:20 14:20 15:20 16:20 17:20 18:20</p> <p>Kunshan76 RMB11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30 19:30</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> <em>May 11, 2006</em></p>Digitally and Physically Movehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040408_digitally_and_physically_move.htmThu, 08 Apr 2004 08:59:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040408_digitally_and_physically_move.htm<p>The update of my blog is not as regular as before. Sorry for that - it is because of the move - the move in both the digital worlds and the real world.</p> <p><strong>Digital World</strong></p> <p>Due to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040331_byebye_companycn.htm">continous server outage</a> of my old hosting, I switched my server to iPowerWeb. It was a painful experience for the migration but now, it seems everything back to normal. I checked the disclosure policy so I can share the email communication with iPowerWeb support, but this case was not responsed after they esclated three days ago. Anyway, the website goes back to normal and it may take some longer time (one week at least) for me to migrate the old applications to the new server.</p>Life in Pudong Startedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040405_life_in_pudong_started.htmMon, 05 Apr 2004 23:29:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040405_life_in_pudong_started.htm<p>I have moved to Pudong last weekend and now drive to work at Xujiahui every day. The 16 KM distance costs about 40 minutes in the busy traffic in the morning. It is still not bad since I didn&rsquo;t experience traffic jam so far.</p> <p>Limited by the <strong>foreign plate</strong> (non-Shanghai plate), I cannot use the elevated highway in the morning, but it is not a big matter. I am convinced that the time I am not allowed to use the elevated highway is the time the policy don&rsquo;t recommend people to use it. I have tried to get to the elevated road soon after the ban for me is lifted (7:30 AM to 9:30 AM, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM), the elevated highway is still in a mass. It is something like a large parking lot, while the ground roads are still working. Thanks to the wide Zhao Jia Bang road connecting Nanpu bridge and Xujiahui, there are only red lights but no traffic jam. I believe after the <strong>Fuxing Rd. Tunnel</strong> between the Nanpu Bridge and the Yan&rsquo;An East Road. Tunnel is completed, the road will be more easier to get through.</p>DHL Airwaybill Numberhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040405_dhl_airwaybill_number.htmMon, 05 Apr 2004 20:02:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040405_dhl_airwaybill_number.htm<p>Air Waybill Number Origin Service Area Destination Service Area Status</p> <p>=====================================</p> <p>9146444086 Bellevue, WA - USA Shanghai - China, People&rsquo;s Republic Signed for by: WANG Shipment delivered April 05, 2004 10:03</p> <p>9146444086 - Detailed Report</p> <p>Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details</p> <p>=====================================</p> <p>March 31, 2004 12:01 Bellevue, WA - USA Shipment picked up</p> <p>March 31, 2004 19:12 Bellevue, WA - USA Departed from DHL facility in Bellevue - USA</p>Still Working with IPowerWebhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040404_still_working_with_ipowerweb.htmSun, 04 Apr 2004 00:26:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040404_still_working_with_ipowerweb.htm<p>I am also in the support business as ipowerweb&rsquo;s support team is. I have created 8 cases for IPowerWeb, called them at 1-888-511-HOST for support for three times (via non-toll free international distance call) and I even complained directly to their QA manager via telephone for about 15 minutes. Now the simplest thing to point wangjianshuo.com to the hsot they gave me is still pending. I have checked with the QA manager to see if I can publish the support cases to the website so you have an idea of how frustrated customer feels. It is a great experience for me to learn the support business from the customer&rsquo;s perspective instead of from the support center.</p>Service Pause Site Migratinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040403_service_pause_site_migrating.htmSat, 03 Apr 2004 01:28:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040403_service_pause_site_migrating.htm<p>Please note that I am still working to migrate the site to my new host at IPowerWeb as my reader suggested. It was not easy and I have to focus on the technical stuff - at least the domain name wangjianshuo.com should work tomorrow.</p> <p>The process was by no means smooth and I have complained to the QA manager of the company after I tried to send about 6 cases to them. Anyway, the QA manager was very helpful and I hope the site will get back to normal status very soon. Please also be prepared that the site may goes down for some hours tomorrow. Just keep patient during the unstable time. I am sorry that I didn&rsquo;t have time on new blog entry due to the migration, although I have a lot of stories to share regarding the recent house move to Pudong.</p>Gasoline Price Goes Uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040401_gasoline_price_goes_up.htmThu, 01 Apr 2004 22:58:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040401_gasoline_price_goes_up.htm<p>I never noticed the the change of gasoline price before I bought my car. The bad news for me is, the price of gasoline goes up by 8% from 3.23 RMB/L to 3.47 RMB.</p> <p>The traffic is still bad recently if not worse. I start to drive my car to work and back. The life of having a car is fun but expensive. The parking lot at Metro City is 600 RMB/month. I have to say, it is a huge discount already since it charges 10 RMB per hour for others.</p>Byebye CompanyCNhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040331_byebye_companycn.htmWed, 31 Mar 2004 23:28:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040331_byebye_companycn.htm<p>I have said bye-bye to CompanyCN, the host provider for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">home.wangjianshuo.com</a> in the last one and half years. I&rsquo;d like to thank the company for providing services to this site, although I have to leave due to the stability of the service. I left as a very fastrated and dissatisfied customer.</p> <p>Sorry for the recent server problems. I know in the recent few days, the sites cannot be accessed, or the comment system is not work (which is worse since it may cause the lose of your effort). Look at the service availability of the last few days.</p>Sorry for Server Outagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040329_sorry_for_server_outage.htmMon, 29 Mar 2004 23:39:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040329_sorry_for_server_outage.htm<p>There are some problems with the comment system and the MovableType publishing system in the recent two days. I called CompanyCN, the hosting company I chosed and they told me a site on the same server with mine upgraded their database scripts and is using up all the system resources. So my poor web is impacted, as all other sites.</p> <p>I signed up ipowerweb. I hope I can switch to the new server very soon. I feel very bad for this incident that many visitors may have spent a lot of time to write comments on this site but it was lost during the error.</p>Car Expenseshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040328_car_expenses.htmSun, 28 Mar 2004 20:28:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040328_car_expenses.htm<p>It is not as expensive as I thought to own a car. The parking package under the Metro City is 600 RMB for 24x7 in a month. Otherwise, it is 10 RMB per hour. The packing at the new residential area is 100 RMB per month - not bad. :-D</p> <p>Now the car has been around for about 900 KM already, including a long march to Hangzhou to put on the Hangzhou car plate. I handed over my car to the dealer and she helped me to drive the car and went through all the required procedures. This is costly - 3500 RMB for everything, but still cheaper than the 43000 RMB bit price in Shanghai.</p>Puxi is not Car Friendlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040327_puxi_is_not_car_friendly.htmSat, 27 Mar 2004 23:31:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040327_puxi_is_not_car_friendly.htm<p>I drove my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htm">new car</a> in Xujiahui and felt very happen when I was on the road - the traffic is not as bad as working days. However, I am so frustrated when I attempted to park the car.</p> <p>I went along the Panyu Road (near Huashan Rd.) in Xujiahui. The road is very narrow and parking is not considered at all during the design pharse of the road. I felt bad to pull my car over and stop it just on the road - many cars do it since temperory parking is allowed on the road, but it affects the traffic greatly. I tried to drive the car onto the sidewalk. This brought trouble to the pedestrian on the sidewalk. Anyway, it is the best I can do in this crowded and narrow space. With the car, I want to &ldquo;Escape&rdquo; to Pudong ASAP. In the new area, you can easily find free parking everywhere.</p>In Fuzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040325_in_fuzhou.htmThu, 25 Mar 2004 23:35:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040325_in_fuzhou.htm<p>I am in Fuzhou, Fujian province as business trip. Fuzhou is a beautiful city. I love it. There is no any sign of the nerverousness regarding to the recent Taiwan issues.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hey, wasn&#x27;t Chiang Kai-Check born in Fujian? I admire the guy for what he did in Taiwan. It&#x27;s quite an island now.<div class="comment-meta">— Ricky Vandal · 2004-03-26 03:12</div></div> <div class="comment">chiang was born in Ninbo, Zhejiang province.<div class="comment-meta">— zhuqingsi · 2004-03-26 20:06</div></div> </details>Stealing in Xiang Yang Markethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040324_stealing_in_xiang_yang_market.htmWed, 24 Mar 2004 12:01:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040324_stealing_in_xiang_yang_market.htm<p>ST&rsquo;s experience of pickpocket in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040131_xiangyang_market_the_shopping_paradise.htm">Xiang Yang Market</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi!</p> <p>I just came on 20 march to shanghai for holiday. Just found your site and it is great!</p> <p>Will like to share an incident that happened to me the other day. Was walking along area around Xiang Yang when vendors approached me to ask me to go to their shop. I said no and carried out walking and the vendor pursued me, constantly pestering me and showing me the name card and asking me to go to their shop. I was hassled for about 50 metres and finally she gave up.</p>Big Drop in Price of my Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040322_big_drop_in_price_of_my_car.htmMon, 22 Mar 2004 23:46:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040322_big_drop_in_price_of_my_car.htm<p>Bugs posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htm#0440">a piece of news</a> under my entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htm#0440">Jian Shuo Got His Car</a>. Obviously, it was not good news for me. The news said:</p> <blockquote> <p>Starting from March 18, Palio, Siena, Palio Weekend&rsquo;s price will decrease by 12%. Average price cut is 10,000 RMB&hellip;.</p> </blockquote> <p>Well. I just bought the car on March 15 and the model FIAT Siena 1.5 HL droped price by 5,100 RMB. It is so bad.</p> <p>Anway, the bad mood didn&rsquo;t last long after I see the car. It is still lovely and who can always predict everything? Many people suggested me to give the car a nick name. It is a good idea. I want to call it Goudaner 狗蛋儿 - something like <em>small dog</em> or even <em>dog shit</em>. Unlike the western tradition, people in counties will typically give a very cheap, ugly nick names to their child. It is said thus the child grow up better due the exteremely low expectation :-D. Goudaner is the most commently used names. I just want to give it a dirt cheap name and hope the car seldom break and last long.</p>Car or Bicycle?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040322_car_or_bicycle.htmMon, 22 Mar 2004 23:20:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040322_car_or_bicycle.htm<p>Blanc from France asked me a series of questions regarding using cars and bicycles in Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>Finally, I have some questions about you car and your life? Do you know how often you will use your car, on a regular basis? For you, is it quicker to take your car or to take the subway, to go to work, for instance? Why did you eventually decide to buy a car? Will you use it for longer trips? What about traffic jam?</p>Shanghai Car Plate = 43000 RMBhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040322_shanghai_car_plate_43000_rmb.htmMon, 22 Mar 2004 23:09:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040322_shanghai_car_plate_43000_rmb.htm<p>The latest car plate price came out. The lowest price for car plate is 43000 RMB and average price for the plate is 43300 RMB (5216 USD). 4800 plates entered the bid.</p> <p>As you may know, Shanghai uses the bidding system to determine the price for private car plates. There is no base price. So by theory, if everyone bid 100 RMB for the plates, the first 4800 bidders will win the plate at 100 RMB. Of cause, this never happens since there will be much more bidders than the number of the car plate.</p>Sanya Travelogue - on the Beachhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_on_the_beach.htmSun, 21 Mar 2004 23:47:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_on_the_beach.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/21/sanya-seats.at.sea.shore.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is the perfect image of a beach in my mind. So it becomes real. I call it a vacation. I do mean vacation. It is the life to lie on the beach and do nothing. It is not travel. When I travel, I will create a very intensive schedule and put as much places into the schedule as possible. Sanya is not the place for this kind of traveler. It offers quiet beach so time can stop there.</p>Sanya Travelogue - The Holiday Inn Resorthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_the_holiday_inn_resort.htmSun, 21 Mar 2004 23:45:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_the_holiday_inn_resort.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/21/sanya-holiday.inn-main.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I was happy that we chose to stay at the [Holiday</p> <p>Inn Resort YALONG BAY SANYA](<a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/hd/SYXSY?_franchisee=SYXSY)">http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/hd/SYXSY?_franchisee=SYXSY)</a>. It is located near the beach and has its private sands. The room rate is not bad - 77 USD per night for the superior</p> <p>room, with pretty good view of the beach. It is the typical resort that prompt the fun and relaxing atmosphere. We were so happy that they sent a band with</p>Sanya Travelogue - Flying to Sanyahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_flying_to_sanya.htmSun, 21 Mar 2004 23:40:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040321_sanya_travelogue_-_flying_to_sanya.htm<p>Our <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/air/flights.asp?q=SHASYX">flight from Shanghai to Sanya</a> left Pudong Airport at 16:20 on our Anniversary.</p> <p>I was waiting for Wendy to pick up the flight ticket in the newly opened BreadTalk in Metro City. It was freezing in Shanghai, and I didn&rsquo;t wear too much cloth, preparing for the summer in Sanya, Hainan.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/21/shanghai-jianshuo-breadtalk.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. In BreadTalk.</p> <p>Look at the astonishing buildings and the crazy road on the Nanpu bridge. I could not bear to live in the gray city any more. I hoped to escape to the beach as soon as possible.</p>Back from Sanyahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040320_back_from_sanya.htmSat, 20 Mar 2004 23:58:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040320_back_from_sanya.htm<p>Just a quick update that I have returned from Sanya safely from the long (four days?) vacation. It was wonderful trip with many beautiful pictures. Since the flight arrives at about 11:00 PM at Pudong Airport, it is already midnight now. So I will put more information tomorrow morning&hellip; Be patient.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Welcome home! I&#x27;m sure the full report will be well worth waiting for :)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2004-03-21 02:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations to ... and welcome back!! :)<div class="comment-meta">— Run · 2004-03-21 16:56</div></div> </details>OOB for Wedding Anniversaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040317_oob_for_wedding_anniversary.htmWed, 17 Mar 2004 12:09:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040317_oob_for_wedding_anniversary.htm<p><a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=oob&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">OOB</a> = Out of Blogging</p> <p>Today is the one year anniversary of my marriage. On March 17 last year, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030317_marriage_announcement.htm">Wendy and I got our marriage certificate</a>. As some may confuse, the date of getting the marriage certificate and the wedding ceremony are typically two events. Typically, people will get the certificate first and prepare for the grant <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htm">wedding ceremony</a> in the next 6-12 months.</p> <p>From this afternoon, we will fly to Hai Nan for sunny vacation. It is 28°C there. We will be back this Saturday. I know I have spent too much time with my laptop (for business and for blogging), so I decided not to bring my laptop with me. So we have some quiet time there. So you can expect my next update this Saturday.</p>FIAT Siena 1.5 HL Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htmTue, 16 Mar 2004 23:02:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040316_fiat_siena_15_hl_pictures.htm<p>Yesterday, I drove my car home. I was too excited with the new car and didn&rsquo;t upload pictures. This morning, I wake up half an hour earlier and rushed down to take pictures of the new car. Here you are.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/16/shanghai-fiat.side.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Side look of the new car.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/16/shanghai-fiat.end.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Back of the car.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/16/shanghai-fiat.wheel.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. The inner front view.</p>Jian Shuo Got His Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htmMon, 15 Mar 2004 23:34:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040315_jian_shuo_got_his_car.htm<p>Breaking News: Jian Shuo Wang drove his first car home tonight.</p> <p>It is one of my quickest decisions in my life. I rushed to the car dealer of Yong Da tonight and drove my FIAT Siena home. It is brand new, 99900 RMB in price. The model is Siena 1.5 HL. I will post pictures of the car tomorrow.</p> <p>I put 130 RMB for the first can of oil today. The 93# oil is 3.27 RMB/L and I got 40.2L. Just to keep a record to see how much oil it consumes.</p>March 14 Activitieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040314_march_14_activities-2.htmSun, 14 Mar 2004 22:38:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040314_march_14_activities-2.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t like to record what I did everyday so the blog entry will be very boring. This is an exception.</p> <p><strong>Buying FIAT Siena</strong></p> <p>I spent several hours in the car store of FIAT. I still didn&rsquo;t make up my mind. Although I heard a lot of advice to choose either VW, or GM, GM is just too oil consuming and VW is too expensive, especially for the spare parts. Well. Almost all the doors to get a foreign car plate have been closed today. It seems the only choice for me is a Shanghai plate.</p>Blogcn & BlogDriver Shut Downhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040313_blogcn_blogdriver_shut_down.htmSat, 13 Mar 2004 21:34:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040313_blogcn_blogdriver_shut_down.htm<p>Two more blog service provider were shut down after blogbus.com. Now, all of the top three blogs stoped their services now. This is not astonishing at all. To be safe, I don&rsquo;t want to make any comment on this. It is the hard time for everyone involved in the China blogging world.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/13/screen-blog.driver-down.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Screen shot of blogdriver.com at 9:32 PM 3/13/2004</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/13/screen-blog.cn-down.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Screen shot of blogcn.com at 9:32 PM 3/13/2004</p>BlogBus.com Blockedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040312_blogbuscom_blocked.htmFri, 12 Mar 2004 13:58:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040312_blogbuscom_blocked.htm<p>After I wrote the title, I realized it is not <em>blocked</em>. It was ordered to be shutdown.</p> <p>As one of the three blog service providers (others are <a href="http://blogcn.com">blogcn.com</a> and <a href="http://blogdriver.com">blogdriver.com</a>, blogbus did very well job to innovate and add more functions. However, it is forced to shut down due to political blogs.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/12/screen-blogbus-blocked.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of blogbus.com.</p> <p>Translation: Due to unauthorized content of some individual users, web server temperorily shut down. We will try to solve the problem as soon as possible. We are sorry for the inconvinience this brought to you. 2004.03.11</p>Our Lives in Big Gray Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040311_our_lives_in_big_gray_city.htmThu, 11 Mar 2004 22:50:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040311_our_lives_in_big_gray_city.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/11/screen-our.lives.in.big.gray.city.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/11/screen-anhei.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/11/screen-bagua.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi Wang,<br><br>This is beautiful.<br><br>I like it.<br><br>Reminds me of Tokyo<br><br>where I am currently living.<br><br>Thanks for sharing,<br><br>Hart<div class="comment-meta">— Hart · 2004-06-13 12:40</div></div> <div class="comment">I really liked your comments here. I hope you&#x27;re going to update your site soon. Green Opponents becomes Beautiful Cards in final: http://cityguide.aol.com/main.adp , Faithful, Astonishing, Green nothing comparative to Red when Player is Circle it will Lose Cards , Rape Tournament is very good Round Beautiful is feature of White Circle<div class="comment-meta">— Jose Miller · 2005-12-06 14:55</div></div> </details>Shanghai Morning Posthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040311_p550.htmThu, 11 Mar 2004 09:22:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040311_p550.htm<p>Shanghai Morning Post - contact information.</p> <p>News Hotline: +86-21-63529999</p> <p>CN31-0070</p> <p>Website: <a href="http://www.jfdaily.com.cn/epublish/gb/paper28/">http://www.jfdaily.com.cn/epublish/gb/paper28/</a> (Chinese)</p>Using Contact Lenseshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040310_using_contact_lenses.htmWed, 10 Mar 2004 23:44:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040310_using_contact_lenses.htm<p>My glasses were broken the night before the last. I put it on the bed (what a stupid action) and put my arm on it (this will happen in the future if not today). It broken from the middle. Now I two identical parts of the glass. One is the left lens with the left leg and the other is the right lens with the right leg. I have to get a new frame but couldn&rsquo;t find some time to go to a glasses store.</p>Old Houses in Shanghai - Part IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040309_old_houses_in_shanghai_-_part_iii.htmTue, 09 Mar 2004 21:39:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040309_old_houses_in_shanghai_-_part_iii.htm<p>This is to follow up the hot discussion under <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040308_old_houses_in_shanghai_part_ii.htm">Old Houses in Shanghai - Part II</a>.</p> <p>In that post, I put one of the 35 private villas in Lane 120 of Tai An Rd.</p> <p>JH <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040308_old_houses_in_shanghai_part_ii.htm#0406">commented</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I believe that all (or most) of these houses are still state owned property. Based on the newspaper article, each two story house has about three families &ndash; not a very comfortable living condition. This actually reflects an interesting reality: There are many beautiful old houses in some very nice areas in Shanghai. But the actual condition there may not as good as it seems.</p>Old Houses in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040308_old_houses_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmMon, 08 Mar 2004 17:42:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040308_old_houses_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030914_old_houses_in_shanghai.htm">Old Houses in Shanghai</a> continued.</p> <p>Wendy and I wandered along the Tai An Road (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.asp?x=1600&amp;y=3000&amp;cx=235&amp;cy=198&amp;text=#120,%20Tai%20An%20Road">map</a>) and entered a lane numbered 120 on the road. We were quite impressed. There are more than 33 stand alone old houses in Shanghai. They were built almost one century ago and are still in good shape. The area is so quiet that I can hardly believe that it is in the downtown Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/08/shanghai-old.house-side.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Just Few Steps Away from My New Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040307_just_few_steps_away_from_my_new_car.htmSun, 07 Mar 2004 11:36:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040307_just_few_steps_away_from_my_new_car.htm<p>I am picking up the plan of buying a car in Shanghai again. I thought I have dropped the plan already when I started to seek for apartments in Puxi again. It is disappointing. I have to re-consider my plan. I visited some car stores. It seems my first car is only 100 meters away.</p> <p>I started with Buick Sail. I only want to have the cheapest car as my first one to start with. Obviously, the Buick Sail at 78,000 RMB (9,390 USD) is the cheapest on the Shanghai market. I mean the cars with well known brand. I don&rsquo;t consider cars like QQ.</p>March 20 Taiwan Electionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040306_march_20_taiwan_election.htmSat, 06 Mar 2004 23:42:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040306_march_20_taiwan_election.htm<p>Take a look at this TV Comercial from Taiwan: <a href="http://www.mybusstop.com/tw_320.wmv">TW_320.WMV</a> (1M in size).</p> <p>What is your comment?</p> <p>I was shocked when I see this. I begin to realized my previous perspective of the strait issue is not complete.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">21 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How about a translation for the rest of us? =)<div class="comment-meta">— Rogi · 2004-03-07 01:25</div></div> <div class="comment">This commercial is a joke. And the Referendum in Taiwan is a joke. Yeah, let&#x27;s all vote. Taiwan can vote to its hearts content and see how many missiles mainland will remove from their launch pads. And south koreans can all vote to ask north korea to stop its nuclear program and reunite with the south. The iranians can all vote to request America withraw from Iraq. The russians can all vote to demand the americans destroy all their nukes. Wouldn&#x27;t it be much happier world if voting alone can solve all the conflicts in the world?<br><br>Grow up, Taiwan!<div class="comment-meta">— tt · 2004-03-07 06:02</div></div> <div class="comment">I believe a friendly Taiwan (as either an independent republic or a province) is better than a rebellious Tibet (as an &quot;autonomous region) for the people of regions concerned. Jianshuo, though we may not agree on this issue, it&#x27;s nice to note you are collecting info and viewing a subject from different angles.<div class="comment-meta">— Mainlander · 2004-03-07 20:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Being very close to both Taiwan and China I see this as political grand standing. This is a commercial from the Green party which the current leader Chen is from. Like the Democrat party (Senator Kerry, President Clinton and Carter) in the US they try to appeal to emotions versus the mind. This appeals to the uneducated or the young who tend not to think of the consequences of their action. As you know Chen ran on the platform on independence then quickly backed down. It&#x27;s election time and they are trying to get support again. Since they have very different views on various issues they can only be general and appeal to the emotions.<br><br>The Blue party is very conservative and is hoping for election to normalize relations again. This tends to be business owners and the educated. Like the Republican (Presidents Bush, Bush, Reagan, Ford, Nixon) party in the US they are smaller but better funded and more focused. With 1,500,000 Taiwanese business men living in China the vast majority are Blue Party.<br><br>Regardless of the outcome don&#x27;t expect major changes in Taiwan&#x27;s movement toward normalizing relations.<div class="comment-meta">— bob · 2004-03-07 23:25</div></div> <div class="comment">There are direct flights between mainland and most of other countries, but you still have to fly between Shanghai and Taiwan via Hongkong, which seems quite weired and ridiculous.<br><br>Business interest of both the airlines and those frequent flyers between mainland and Taiwan sacrifices for the damn politic concern.<br><br>Personally, I think, the taiwan govt. wants independence more than its people.<div class="comment-meta">— eki_robin · 2004-03-09 17:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Just came back from Taiwan, It is quite an experience before the election. Bob had pretty good summarization of the two parties. Here are some additional observations:<br><br>1. Most people I met are very emotional and sincere about their own choice.<br><br>2. Most of the TV commercial and Talk show will be classified (in U.S) as negative campaign on steroid.<br><br>3. Even the poll shows very close race, it seems that nobody believes that. The conspiracy theory is very popular over there.<br><br>It is easy to make fun of almost &quot;circus?like atmosphere in Taiwan, however, I think it is part of the growing pain to becoming democratic society both culturally and politically. At the end of day, the people did make the choice and every vote did count.<div class="comment-meta">— BLUEKITE · 2004-03-10 15:27</div></div> <div class="comment">I have to admit I know very little about Taiwan. I am afraid the more I claim I know about the Taiwan issue, the more likely I didn&#x27;t see the truth.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-03-11 09:33</div></div> <div class="comment">I don&#x27;t see anything wrong with that commercial. What&#x27;s wrong with pointing out the obvious truth? It is also funny that certain people talk about &quot;not knowing the consequences of your action&quot; I mean since when did appeasement ever worked at stoping aggressive nationalist countries ruled by dictators? Maybe you should consider the consiquences of your INACTION.<br><br>Oh and another thing about the so-called &quot;educated business owners&quot;, since when did they really care about anything other than their profits?<br><br>Good Luck with your childish reasoning.<div class="comment-meta">— Ethen Huang · 2004-03-20 16:20</div></div> <div class="comment">If a school bully came up to you and threatened to take your books and toys away: what would you do?<br><br>A) obey their commands<br><br>B) stand up for your rights<br><br>If you chose A, the bully will get to you again in the future. If you stand up for your rights, you are defining your territory and standing up to unreasonable requests.<br><br>Why any Taiwanese would want to unify with China is a puzzle to me. That&#x27;s saying to the bully- &quot;hey, keep on bullying me, in fact I will join your camp!&quot;.<br><br>Historical perspective<br><br>China SECEDED Taiwan to Japan. Meaning Taiwan was effectively Japanese territory Taiwan was NOT leased to Japan. Hence when the Japanese left, Taiwan was on its own- that is, INDEPENDENT! Hong Kong was &quot;leased&quot; to Great Britain, therefore, HK was to be returned when the lease was up!<br><br>By the way, Bob, I am a medical doctor, and I vote to say no to reunification, and I vote for defining Taiwan&#x27;s role as and independent nation. There is no middle ground.<div class="comment-meta">— Julie · 2004-03-20 17:43</div></div> <div class="comment">It doesn&#x27;t matter who ceded what to whom. Every individual and country has the right to self-determination and democracy. If Taiwan wants to be independent, it has that right. If Hong Kong wishes to be independent, it has that right. Freedom and democracy can not be constrained by &quot;historical claims&quot; or treaties or supposed cultural identity. The right to self-determination trumps all other claims at all times. Taiwan has the right to determine its own future.<div class="comment-meta">— J T Overstreet · 2004-03-21 01:17</div></div> <div class="comment">I definitely agree about freedom of choice. But our world doesn&#x27;t always work perfectly when everyone has everything their way - does it? Sometimes we have to compromise. Look at Scotland, Whales of the UK? If they had remained independent, whos to say there may not have been more wars, leading to cycles of violence? A compromise was reached that benefitted everyone. In Hong Kong, and Macau, a compromise was reached.<br><br>All I&#x27;m saying is every situation is different. I don&#x27;t think stating independence, when virtually already independent, just to start a bonfire, is needed right now. The losers won&#x27;t be China, nor the U.S., nor anyone else, so much as the people of Taiwan, who will suffer under the instability of being the so-called &#x27;battleground&#x27; between ideologies of China and the U.S., or whatever. If they state independence, they may perhaps become locked in a direction they can&#x27;t deviate from or work to compromise in the future, even when China is a friendly green giant to everyone else.<div class="comment-meta">— Brian · 2004-03-21 08:28</div></div> <div class="comment">isnt it sad that one issue alone decides the future of 23 million people in taiwan? does it really matter that i call myself taiwanese, chinese, or both? the pitall of the so called democracy in taiwan as i see it, is that it really does not matter with policy, corruption, simple logic, peoples warefare, economy, integrity, or even legality and morality, but what truly matters is whether you can divide the people on their perceived identity to gain power, even if (not saying if he actually did) you have to stage an assasination.<div class="comment-meta">— terry · 2004-03-22 08:06</div></div> <div class="comment">It is funny how people try to pretend like they know something just to seem smart. I suggest that next time one will gain at least some understanding of the situation before they post. What you guys are trying to say is if people born in taiwan do not stand up to the &quot;bully&quot; (china) they are pussies. However, i bet you did not know that many of the people born in taiwan consider themselves to be chinese and do not want to become a seperate country. The pro-independence (green) party consists of native taiwanese who hate the chinese who originally came to taiwan after being driven off the mainland by the communists. therefore, they are using the issue of independence to sway and rally their party members who are not particularly well educated. the nationalist or kmt is the well educated taiwanese of chinese decend, and they are the ones that are responsible for developing taiwan&#x27;s economy into one of the economic &quot;tigers&quot; of the pacific. the only issue regarding pro independence is is that it is created by the green party in yet another attempt to sway the populus to their side. by the way, did anyone hear about that ridiculus assassination claim made by chen? supposidly the bullet went through the front windshield and struck him &quot;sideways&quot; across the abdomin causing a minor scratch... sounds pretty fishy since most bulliets do not turn 180 degrees<div class="comment-meta">— James · 2004-03-22 09:33</div></div> <div class="comment">It is extremely hard to stage an assasination which only caused superficial wounds? If the bullet missed by just a little bit, major organs would be damaged. The vehicle was moving, the president was waving, there were supporters who were moving too. So many variables! I would say that it was easier to kill him and to cause a minor wound.<br><br>By the way, how do you know that the bullet turned 180 degrees?<br><br>PS. In response to claims that the people who run the Green Party being &quot;uneducated&quot;, Annette Lu has a law degree and also masters from Harvard.<br><br>PLEASE DO NOT TURN THIS INTO PERSONAL ATTACKS. THANK YOU<div class="comment-meta">— Julie · 2004-03-22 12:35</div></div> <div class="comment">調查３１９槍擊事件進入第四天，刑事警察局今天在台南市警局召開記者會表示，事發地點確定在金華路高島健康生活館，歹徒一人身高約１７０公分左右，使用小手槍在１４７公分的高度，第一槍在右前５２度方向射破車窗玻璃，打到呂秀蓮(新聞、網站)，第二槍直射到陳水扁(新聞、網站)。<br><br>(車芳儀報導)<br><br>刑事局副局長王文忠表示，３１９黑槍事件事發地點已經確定就是在金華路高島健康生活館，請民眾提供線索協助辦案，目前為止已有十一位民眾提供相關線索。<br><br>王副局長說，根據蒐集的線索研判，歹徒身高１７０公分左右應該只有一人，使用的是土製掌心雷小手槍，當時車速在二十、三十間，開槍高度在１４７公分，第一槍是右前方５２度角進入打破車窗，打傷呂秀蓮的膝蓋，第二槍則是直接進入陳水扁的腹部。目前警方將調查範圍鎖定在南部地區，深入調查地下兵工廠和違反槍砲彈藥的嫌犯。<div class="comment-meta">— nina · 2004-03-23 07:10</div></div> <div class="comment">320總統大選結束至今，由連宋主導的群眾抗議事件仍在總統府前繼續，，這是連宋利用「選舉無效之訴」，進行一場不讓中生代接班的鬥爭，也是連宋藉故推卸總統敗選的下台責任，親民黨立委借機壯大聲勢，以發展親民黨政治實力和版圖的陰謀作為。連宋主導的這場醜陋政爭根本不合法、不合理、不正當，乃國人皆知。幾天來政爭群眾大會出現的訴求荒謬無稽，可笑十分，也是眾所皆知。如他們的主要訴求中，認為因為廢票過多，所以是政府作票，認為槍擊案是扁陣營「自導自演」，為勝選而操作。他們故意忽略掉也和他們具有盟友關係的廢票聯盟選前呼籲全民投廢票，他們自己主導的國會訂定嚴格的正副總統選罷法，方才導致廢票增加；他們質疑阿扁總統槍傷，說是欺騙，要求驗傷，現在彈道比對、總統就醫照片都已公開，他們還是振振有詞，違背常識。這就可見連宋主導的群眾大會，目的不在計較選票多寡，而是想維護敗選後繼續掌權的權力，壓制國民黨中生代出頭，順便也讓阿扁總統必須面對一個族群遭到撕裂、經濟遭到重創、社會和諧受到傷害的國家。<br><br>　這一兩天，宗教界領袖不分教派都已經出來呼籲政治人物放下激情，團結社會；商業界領袖也已發表聲明希望朝野停止政爭。這些呼籲不關藍綠消長，關係到台灣的經濟發展和社會和諧；這些呼籲就是台灣民間最真實的聲音。何況目前中國正虎視眈眈，等待台灣內部出現亂子，取得攻打台灣的藉口，在這樣的關頭之前，我們雖然欣慰於國民黨中生代菁英並未隨著政客的指揮棒起舞，卻也更加期望以王馬為首的國民黨中生代，以及所有基層的愛惜台灣的國民黨員，站出來向連戰說不，告訴連戰，不要以群眾為芻狗，敗選了就得扛起敗選責任，愈早愈好！<div class="comment-meta">— nina · 2004-03-23 07:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Taiwan: Recounts, fights, shredded democracy<br><br>By Laurence Eyton<br><br>TAIPEI - Taiwan is suffering its gravest political crisis in 25 years and on Tuesday three days after the disputed presidential election, this capital city was all but paralyzed by supporters of the losing side, protesting alleged irregularities in voting and demanding a recount. Both sides, while agreeing in principle on a recount, are wrangling over how to organize it, how long it will take and who will do it. Nobody knows. The law is silent: there has never been a national recount.<br><br>In a sign of how the situation has deteriorated, a fist fight broke out in the legislature Tuesday after President Chen Shui-bian, narrowly reelected Saturday, asked his governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to introduce a revision to the election laws providing for recount. His proposed amendment would apply retroactively to his own case and would mandate a recount if the margin of victory was less than 1 percent.<br><br>Chen, who was shot in an apparent assassination attempt last Friday, the day before voting, was reelected by a margin of 0.228 percent over his challenger, Lien Chan of the opposition alliance of the Kuomintang (KMT) and People First Party (PFP), known as the pan-blues (from the color of the KMT emblem). The outcome was immediately rejected by the pan-blue losers. After small riots in two cities Saturday night and island-wide protests, Taipei is still in near paralysis.<br><br>Depending on where one stands in Taiwan&#x27;s political spectrum - either with Chen&#x27;s DPP and its allies, the so-called pan-greens (after the color associated with Taiwan independence) or the pan-blues - what is happening is either a party that failed at the ballot box attempting to organize a &quot;people power&quot;-style coup d&#x27;etat, or a party cheated at the ballot box demanding justice.<br><br>However this fracas is eventually resolved, and only now is it becoming clear how it might be, Taiwan&#x27;s reputation as a model democracy has been shredded. This has major regional implications since it allows anti-democrats in Hong Kong to inveigh against its territories moving toward the entirely elected legislature that it is allowed under the basic law from 2007.<br><br>Setback to democratic tendencies in China<br><br>It also deals a major setback to vaguer hopes of democratizing tendencies in China itself, allowing leaders comfortable with authoritarianism to exploit traditional Chinese fears of social chaos as a reason for avoiding political change.<br><br>All this is rather beside the point in Taiwan itself however. Here the focus is on finding a solution to the current crisis that prevents it from spiraling into something much, much worse - ethnic violence or even civil war.<br><br>The fist fight on the floor of the legislature appeared to be a ruse by the pan-blues to force the president into dropping the idea of a revision to the law and instead declaring a &quot;state of emergency&quot; - which to all intents and purposes means martial law - and using the huge powers such a declaration would give him to order a recount on his own initiative. The DPP on Tuesday evening was mulling how to handle this challenge. It sees the pan-blue proposal as hugely damaging to the idea of democracy. The irony is that pan-blues governed under a state of emergency for 38 years in Taiwan&#x27;s less democratic days.<br><br>The DPP is keen to get a recount under way, it says, since it has little to fear from the result. Whatever the result, Chen said at a Tuesday midday news conference, the DPP will abide by the result. But could the pan-blues give the same guarantee? As of Tuesday evening, there was no pan-blue response.<br><br>Talk of deepening crisis, ethnic violence or even civil war is not hyperbole. The fact that the situation has not turned seriously violent since Saturday night is largely because of the low-key attitude of the government. But as the pan-blue protests continue, the pan-greens are wondering whether they have to mobilize to protect their victory. &quot;We are waiting for someone to give the word,&quot; one female DPP supporter told me Tuesday night. &quot;My father and my brother are waiting for the word.&quot;<br><br>How responsible are the pan-blues?<br><br>Much depends on how responsible the pan-blues are. So far the evidence is ominous. Pan-blue demands have shown a lack of logic and the behavior of the pan-blue leaders has been incendiary. Their problem is that they have whipped up supporters to a fever pitch of indignation, promising that they will not stop their protests until their demands are met - while the machinery for meeting those demands in accordance with the law and the constitution is rather slow, and in some areas totally untested.<br><br>This means that they either hope to force the government to put aside parts of the election law to deal with the case speedily, which the greens and even dovish blues - there are some - see as a victory for mob rule. Or else they will have to tell their supporters to disperse on the basis of promises from a government they have spent the last 72 hours telling their supporters they cannot, under any circumstances, trust.<br><br>The pan-blues make claims not all of which are consistent either with the law or with each other, including:<br><br>That Friday&#x27;s assassination attempt might have been staged to win a sympathy vote for the president and it was not right for the election to go ahead until all the details of the affair were known. Because of this they argue the election should be annulled.<br><br>That the margin of the pan-green victory - 30,000 votes out of 12.9 million cast - was so small that the votes should be recounted.<br><br>That the number of spoiled ballots at 310,000 was unusually high compared with past elections, and the ballots should be inspected and the votes recounted.<br><br>That the government raised the national security alert level after the president&#x27;s shooting Friday, thereby unfairly preventing some 200,000 troops from voting. The election should be annulled and authorities should order a new vote in which the troops are allowed to vote.<br><br>That polling stations were badly run and the vote-counting systematically flawed, and for these reasons the election should be annulled and another one called.<br><br>Contradiction between recount and annulment<br><br>There is obviously a contradiction between wanting a recount of the ballots and wanting an election annulled - though pan-greens predictably claim the pan-blues will try to get the election annulled if a recount does not go their way. Confusingly, the pan-blues have launched legal action to bring about both eventualities.<br><br>In a meeting with foreign journalists Monday night, Lien Chan, KMT chairman and the pan-blues presidential candidate, seemed to imply that a recount of the ballot would suffice for the pan-blues to concede the election if necessary. But it appeared at the conference that neither he nor his running mate James Soong, chairman of the PFP, had actually given thought to the contradictory nature of their demands.<br><br>Taiwan&#x27;s election laws do have ways in which the pan-blues&#x27; grievances might be addressed. But some of the complaints are simple non-starters. For example, an election cannot be canceled, even after an assassination attempt, unless the president is killed. So Chen&#x27;s injury - he had a deep flesh wound in his stomach - did not constitute legal grounds for halting the voting Saturday. To have done what the pan-blues now suggest should have been done - and it is noteworthy that they made no suggestion of suspending polling before the election - was illegal.<br><br>Some pan-blues likened Chen to Hitler, Saddam<br><br>As to the idea that the attack was staged, that some people would think that Taiwan&#x27;s president had himself shot in the stomach to win an election is comment more on the irrationality whipped up by the hysterical pan-blue election campaign - which likened Chen to Hitler and produced posters saying that Osama bin Laden approved his action and that his call for a referendum was a tactic he copied from Saddam Hussein. Former soldiers have pointed out that &quot;shooting to injure&quot; in the stomach doesn&#x27;t make any sense whatsoever.<br><br>The complaint that 200,000 service personnel were unable to vote was a canard laid to rest Monday by the Ministry of National Defense. The heightened security status after the assassination did not affect troop deployment and only some 13,000 troops were unable to vote as a result if having to be in a state of combat readiness, which is standard procedure during a national election. Furthermore, even if the election were to be annulled and another one called, under Taiwan&#x27;s laws (and all these laws were passed by the KMT when it was in office) only those who voted in the first election could vote in the second. So the troops still could not vote and pan-blue demands that they should be allowed to do so are basically demands for the government to set aside aspects of the election law that one of the contenders deems inconvenient.<br><br>The pan-blues are on firmer ground when it comes to irregularities with the voting. But there are a number of problems for the pan-blues that might well deny them the overturning of the election result they seek.<br><br>First there is simply no evidence of widespread tampering with the ballot. Taiwan&#x27;s vote counting procedure is one of the most transparent in the world. Ballot boxes are opened in public. Ballots are withdrawn one by one and shown to the observers. The vote is read out and then credited to whichever side it supports. The openness and generally consensus nature of the counting - observers can protest if they see mistakes being made - means there is very little room for error.<br><br>Systemic fraud by DPP implausible<br><br>Secondly, the charge that has been widely believed by gullible visiting journalists, that the balloting and counting process was in the hands of the DPP and therefore liable to manipulation, is nonsense. The balloting and counting is carried out by local governments, usually using the help, on election day, of teachers from the schools which are usually where polling stations are situated. The majority of these local authorities are pan-blue controlled. A large number of local government workers are KMT members and, because of martial law-era discrimination against hiring native Taiwanese, a very large proportion of teachers are mainlanders and hard-line pan-blue supporters. The idea that there was systemic fraud by the DPP within such a system is highly implausible.<br><br>As for the high number of invalid ballots, Lee Tseng-tsai, secretary-general of the Kinmen County Election Commission, told Taiwan&#x27;s Central News Agency that he thought the comparatively high ratio resulted from changes in the election laws passed by the pan-blue dominated legislature last October. The changes significantly tightened the criteria for ballot validity. In the past a ballot was valid if the ink stamp used to vote was placed not just in the appropriate box but also either on the number of the candidate or his picture. The idea was that if an intention to vote for a particular candidate was clear the vote would be counted. The reformed law made only ballots stamped in the proper box meant for the stamp would be considered valid. The March 20 election was the first under which this system had been used.<br><br>On top of the new stringency in voting procedures was also the action of a group of activists the Million Invalid Ballot Alliance, which was encouraging people to spoil their ballots as a protest against what they called &quot;an unfair political system&quot;.<br><br>In theory what happens now should now be up to the courts. The pan-blues have filed their suits against the Central Election Commission. It should now be up to the courts to decide if there is a case to answer, hear evidence and make a judgment whether to annul the election in whole or in part or whether to order a recount, once again in whole or in part.<br><br>The Central Election Commission cannot administer the recount since it is the defendant in the pan-blue&#x27;s legal suits. Yet the courts have neither the election-related expertise nor perhaps even the manpower to administer a recount. Each ballot will have to be counted in front of a judge or judges and a panel of observers. Some estimates say that 3,000 judges will be needed. The head of the Taoyuan County local government Chu Li-lun, himself a KMT member, estimates that in his county at least, given the facilities available, a recount would take a month. And the method he envisioned, delegating it to the county election authorities supervised by officers of the High Court, is far speedier than the pan-blues&#x27; preferred method - to have everything recounted by the High Court centrally in Taipei.<br><br>This story will not be over soon.<br><br>(Copyright 2004 Asia Times Online Co, Ltd. All rights reserved. Please contact content@atimes.com for information on our sales and syndication policies.)<div class="comment-meta">— Julie · 2004-03-25 08:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Taiwan is an independent state and the people have the right as guaranteed under the constitution to participate in referenda!<div class="comment-meta">— Ludahai · 2004-03-25 09:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Taiwan is a free and independent country just as much as you wish China is a country on its own feets (for people who don&#x27;t know, Taiwanese KMT was in charge of both Chinas until the mainland shut itself out, therefore making taiwan the FATHER of both..but anyway, that&#x27;s history)<br><br>And dont anyone mention Tibet which is another country raped by China. This place which we call Tibet 9and which china renamed to Xi Zang) has its own monarch, leaders, race/ identity, language and belief)...all forcibly repressed by the chinese government...Free it...bandits...you are a thief!!<br><br>Last but not least, the same thing goes for Inner mongolia, as the name suggest..this is Mongolia and you have no rights to take their land and rob their people of their racial identity...<br><br>THIEF and RAPIST u chinese<div class="comment-meta">— Silly China · 2006-06-16 02:15</div></div> <div class="comment">hey...come on. maybe we can only see the bad part of all the present. You know why China became this way? They were victims of war long before you know. They ate nothing but roots and dirt. Blame the Japanese for their failure and blame China for becoming so damn proud of themselves. There is no reason for anyone to be attacking China for their insolence. Only those who live in China can do so. Because i&#x27;m Taiwanese i&#x27;ll never forget the time when China sold us to the Japanese and firt driven us out of China. I can only say that Chinese presidents are like the American one. Liers, cheats, and victims. Victims of their own country and rules. They can only hope for an early death so they don&#x27;t get killed by their own citizens.<div class="comment-meta">— kumo · 2006-06-22 18:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Taiwan&#x27;s President Shot<br><br>TVBS：總統車隊台å-掃è¡?傳出意å¤- Asahi：台湾の陳水扁総統、銃æ&#x27;ƒão れ？負傷総統選の遊説ä¸?BBC：Taiwan’s President Chen wounded CNN：Taiwan’s President Chen shot Der Spiegel：Attentat auf Taiwans Präside...<div class="comment-meta">— Schee.info · 2004-03-21 11:31</div></div> </details>Dynamic Traffic Display Boardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040306_dynamic_traffic_display_board.htmSat, 06 Mar 2004 20:35:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040306_dynamic_traffic_display_board.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/06/shanghai-traffic.sign-yan.an.rd.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. The dynamic traffic display board on the elevated high way of Yan An. Rd. near Jiangsu Rd.</p> <p>From the display board, drivers can clearly see the traffic condition of the ways ahead and choose one of the three channels to go to Pudong - the tunnel, the Nanpu Bridge and the Lupu Bridge. The green lines mean normal traffic. Sometimes, it is red, meaning the traffic is high on that road. It also gives drivers estimation to the Bund.</p>Automatic Door in Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040305_automatic_door_in_metro.htmFri, 05 Mar 2004 09:43:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040305_automatic_door_in_metro.htm<p>Did you notice the automatic door in Hengshan Road Metro Station?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/05/shanghai-automatic.door-metro.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. The automatic door experiment of Hengshan Rd. Station of Metro Line #1</p> <p>It has been installed for almost one year I remember, but very few people noticed the doors. It is for experiment. According to a old news report, the door will be installed to all underground metro stations after it is proved to be functioning. Now, when metro train comes, the door opens and closes with the doors of the train. Since it is installed on one end of the station, the train does not actually use it. It opens and closes, just to test whether it always works.</p>Learn Photography - Seriouslyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040305_learn_photography_-_seriously.htmFri, 05 Mar 2004 09:33:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040305_learn_photography_-_seriously.htm<p>I was greatly influenced by my elder brother. He bought a second hand Huqiu (虎丘) camera when he was in university. It was back to 1989. I doubt whether this brand of camera still exists. It was the camera inspired my interest in photography. I took some pictures with this camera (including many sweet memories with <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Life/Wendy/">Wendy</a>). I selected <em>Photography</em> as my elective when I was a junior. That is the best course I enjoyed in my four years in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.</p>Benz Taxi Accepts Credit Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040304_benz_taxi_accepts_credit_card.htmThu, 04 Mar 2004 20:41:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040304_benz_taxi_accepts_credit_card.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/04/shanghai-benz.taxi-visa.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Benz Taxi accepts credit card and the price is the same.</p> <p>I took a picture of the Benz taxi yesterday. From the picture, you can see the taxi begin to accept credit card. It is not news in U.S., but in Shanghai, it is historical change in a city where even PizzaHut does not accept credit card.</p> <p>The price is the same as any other taxi, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030801_shanghai_taxi_tickets.htm">10 RMB per km</a>. I begin to wonder it is reasonable? They have to pay the service fee, and equipments for using credit cards.</p>上海地图https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040304_ae-2.htmThu, 04 Mar 2004 18:36:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040304_ae-2.htm<p>我的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map">上海地图</a></p> <p>这是<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">我的英文blog</a>的副业，可以向四个方向滚动，你还可以<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.php?x=2200&amp;y=2600&amp;action=search">搜索地理位置</a>，或者把自己认识的地方<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.php?x=2200&amp;y=2600&amp;action=add">标在地图上</a>，以便别人查找。这个想法的起源就在于，用社区的力量完成社区的地图。</p> <p>我的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map">上海地图</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">35 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wf<div class="comment-meta">— sv · 2004-06-15 11:15</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生：<br>　　您好！我有一个朋友要去嘉定区徐行工业区宝钱公路３９９号，请问从火车站南广场乘什么公交车过去呢？<br>　　谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— angel · 2004-08-09 21:23</div></div> <div class="comment">有劳王先生：钦江路具体位置在哪？在哪个区或者在哪个标志性建筑周围！<div class="comment-meta">— ring_chang · 2004-08-16 12:31</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生你好！<br>请问野生动物园怎么走？<br>漕杨轻轨站====-野生动物园<div class="comment-meta">— 张 · 2004-08-26 16:23</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生：您好，<br>我想请您帮忙查一下宝山区气象局的地址，谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— wxy · 2004-08-28 19:16</div></div> <div class="comment">我想知道上海陕西南路在上海的大概位置.谢谢<div class="comment-meta">— tereisa · 2004-08-30 12:11</div></div> <div class="comment">你好:<br>王先生,我现在有个朋友在人民广场,要去许昌路1018号,请问怎么走?<br>谢谢!<br><br>钱梧<div class="comment-meta">— qianwu · 2004-09-03 12:16</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生,你好!我现在有个朋友在人民广场,要去许昌路1018号,请问怎么走?<br>谢谢!<br><br>钱梧<div class="comment-meta">— 钱梧 · 2004-09-03 12:24</div></div> <div class="comment">我想问一下，龙吴路在哪里？是哪个区的？谢谢<div class="comment-meta">— 谢小姐 · 2004-09-09 18:01</div></div> <div class="comment">请问有上海新桥镇的地图吗？<div class="comment-meta">— Cacker · 2004-09-13 14:20</div></div> <div class="comment">请问从虹桥机场下飞机后到邯郸路的复旦大学,怎么走?<div class="comment-meta">— 王先生 · 2004-09-13 16:51</div></div> <div class="comment">请问曹杨805号是靠近什么路上的？<div class="comment-meta">— tu_tu_yang · 2004-09-18 23:54</div></div> <div class="comment">請問從上海火車站到中山西路１２７９號國鋒大廈怎麼走？<div class="comment-meta">— 官正能 · 2004-09-23 16:26</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生你好，请问中融国际商厦在哪块地方？怎么乘坐公交车？<div class="comment-meta">— 琉璃 · 2004-09-23 16:54</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生：你好！<br><br>我在浦东机场/或虹桥机场，26日中午去看F1，怎么去为好？<br><br>谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— WZP · 2004-09-25 23:29</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生，您好，请问中潭路在哪个方位，我在张江高科，怎么过去<div class="comment-meta">— lily · 2004-09-28 14:35</div></div> <div class="comment">您好，请问：上海国际港务公司（杨村浦路）该怎么走？那路车可到？谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— 王艳 · 2004-09-29 23:25</div></div> <div class="comment">我现在在遵义南路，请问去虹井踟728号怎么走。<div class="comment-meta">— SHIRLY · 2004-10-13 10:14</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生你好，<br>我要去交通大学闵行校区那边，请问离那里最近的宾馆在哪里啊<div class="comment-meta">— Evi · 2004-10-14 21:06</div></div> <div class="comment">我现在在人民广场，我要去奉贤的上海师大，怎么走？<div class="comment-meta">— calvin · 2004-10-27 04:05</div></div> <div class="comment">您好：<br>我想去嘉定区的嘉定镇一个叫唐行的地方怎么走？我从沪宁高速自驾车过去？麻烦您给你最方便路线图就行。从沪嘉高速快呢？还是A20外环线，哪一条路更方便。万分感谢！盼复<div class="comment-meta">— 雪冰棱 · 2004-11-11 11:20</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生您好，我在交大闵行这边，请问从这怎么去长宁区幸福路？谢谢。<div class="comment-meta">— 万章 · 2004-11-12 13:12</div></div> <div class="comment">我在延安西路镇宁路，要到浦东云间路418弄云间绿地，请问坐什么车比较方便。谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— swangu · 2004-12-01 13:37</div></div> <div class="comment">想法不错！<div class="comment-meta">— 旅行家 · 2004-12-16 20:48</div></div> <div class="comment">您好，王先生：<br>请问上海长征医院附近有没有在200元以下的招待所。<div class="comment-meta">— bunny · 2005-02-04 15:34</div></div> <div class="comment">我要去上海市宝山区水利工程公司.在海江路955号.谁知道怎么坐车<div class="comment-meta">— 123 · 2005-02-28 17:53</div></div> <div class="comment">您好：<br>我想问一下，机场一线，机场二线，机场四线，机场五线还有806的走向路线图！<br>麻烦你了。谢谢！<br>huizi<div class="comment-meta">— 慧子 · 2005-03-24 13:37</div></div> <div class="comment">您好：<br>　　我想问一下，我目前住在华灵西路，要到延安西路1228弄，与番禺路交界的地方上班，怎样坐车比较方便？<br><br>我住的地方有510 738 737 78 路公交车。我比较着急，麻烦了！谢谢！<div class="comment-meta">— lunawangoo · 2005-03-30 10:32</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生您好：<br><br>请问陆家嘴从上海火车站怎么走？<div class="comment-meta">— xintian · 2005-05-21 11:08</div></div> <div class="comment">王先生:<br>您好!我想从杨浦区同济大学去闵行交大,请问坐什么车最快<br>谢谢!<br><br>2005.5.23<div class="comment-meta">— 张力 · 2005-05-22 13:30</div></div> <div class="comment">让我来尽量回答最后的两个问题:<br><br>请问陆家嘴从上海火车站怎么走？地铁二号线人民广场换乘一号线到火车站<br>您好!我想从杨浦区同济大学去闵行交大,请问坐什么车最快?从同济到人民广场应该有很多车，然后地铁一号线到莘庄，然后改乘地铁５号线．．．<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-05-22 20:17</div></div> <div class="comment">我做的上海地图受到大家欢迎，非常感谢；但我没有能力回答大家所有关于问路的提问．为了避免大家久等没有回答，本页关闭评论功能．祝大家在上海旅途愉快！<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2005-05-22 20:18</div></div> <div class="comment">我想请问我从火车站南出口如何到达上海动物园<div class="comment-meta">— sameul · 2006-01-25 22:15</div></div> <div class="comment">您好~我想问一下去延安西路应该坐什么车？<div class="comment-meta">— 天宇 · 2006-02-02 23:18</div></div> <div class="comment">到延安西路应该坐什么车啊？<div class="comment-meta">— 田野 · 2006-02-02 23:20</div></div> </details>Continue to Seek for an Apartmenthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040302_continue_to_seek_for_an_apartment.htmTue, 02 Mar 2004 23:27:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040302_continue_to_seek_for_an_apartment.htm<p>After I decided <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040229_bye_bye_pudong.htm">not to move to Pudong</a>, I continued to seek for an apartment near the Hua Shan road. I cycled around the decent area of nice old houses today (taking annual leave). The more apartments I saw, the more hopeless I were. There is almost no chance for me to move into this dream area.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/02/map-huashan-no.house.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The area within the red line is among the best areas in the Xujianhui</p>How Interviews were Conductedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040301_how_interviews_were_conducted.htmMon, 01 Mar 2004 12:14:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040301_how_interviews_were_conducted.htm<p>I received a series of photos disclosing how an interview were conducted. It seems the picture were taken in a small city. I was curious when I was in Luoyang that why everytime some major conferences or policy change, there will be some &ldquo;encouraged&rdquo; people expressing their happiness because of the conference or the new policy. Maybe some of the conversation were conducted this way. No description is added since it may mislead. I am not a witness of this. The order of the photos may not be in the original order.</p>Hardship of Living without Twixhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040301_hardship_of_living_without_twix.htmMon, 01 Mar 2004 09:29:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040301_hardship_of_living_without_twix.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/03/01/screen-twix-bars.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of <a href="http://info.twix.com/products/">Twix</a>. Twix logo is trademark of Mars, Incorporated</p> <p><a href="http://www.sinosplice.com/~nostaljia/">nostaljia&rsquo;s blog</a> described her boy friend&rsquo;s life in Shanghai without Twix:</p> <blockquote> <p>He&rsquo;s American, and he really likes Twix. The times I was in the United States before, I had never noticed Twix at all. He told me that you can&rsquo;t buy Twix in China, so he was conserving his Twix, eating them slowly and not letting me eat any. This made me realize the hardship of living in a foreign country so I felt &ldquo;sympathy&rdquo; for him. I bought him a whole bunch of Twix in the U.S., and then again in France. I hope that if he really likes Twix, he can eat them to his heart&rsquo;s content, hahaha!</p>Bye Bye, Pudonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040229_bye_bye_pudong-2.htmSun, 29 Feb 2004 22:51:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040229_bye_bye_pudong-2.htm<p>There is something that I didn&rsquo;t disclose in this blog. At the end of last year, we planned seriously to move to Pudong &ndash; the green land. We bought a new house with very big garden in Pudong and planned a car. However, in the recent weeks, I was convinced that <strong>Pudong is not the place for me</strong>. I decided to say &ldquo;Bye bye, Pudong&rdquo;.</p> <p>I can assure you that it was not an easy decision. It is the choice of the two distinct different styles.</p>Rent an Apartment in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040228_rent_an_apartment_in_shanghai.htmSat, 28 Feb 2004 23:28:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040228_rent_an_apartment_in_shanghai.htm<p>There are basically three major types of apartments in Shanghai. They are service apartments, newly built communities, and old simple apartments.</p> <p><strong>Service Apartment</strong></p> <p>For example, the Chang Fa Garden (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.asp?x=1600&amp;y=2800&amp;cx=101&amp;cy=328&amp;text=Chang%20Fa%20Garden">map</a>) at 290 Pan Yu Rd. has good location. They have <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040108_satellite_dishes_still_forbidden_in_china.htm">satellite TV</a> and large clubs (in a five star hotel nearby). The rent price is <strong>6000-8000 RMB</strong> per month for a 100 sq. meter apartment with two bed rooms and a guest room. Many foreigners choose this kind of apartment. They offer hotel like services.</p>What's On in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040227_whats_on_in_shanghai.htmFri, 27 Feb 2004 12:58:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040227_whats_on_in_shanghai.htm<p>Oh. The recent two film posters (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040227_fanfan_is_on_film.htm">one</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040226_film_mona_lisa_smile.htm">two</a>) reminded me of the old question my foreign friends asked me: &ldquo;Is there any English film in town?&rdquo;</p> <p>Yes. Yes. There are many English films in the city with original voice and Chinese subtitle. As JH and I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040226_film_mona_lisa_smile.htm#0613">discussed</a> under the article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040226_film_mona_lisa_smile.htm">Mona Lisa Smile</a>, China is following the international tradition to show the original film now. Many foreign films like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040227_fanfan_is_on_film.htm">Fanfan La Tulipe</a> are introduced.</p>Fanfan is on Filmhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040227_fanfan_is_on_film.htmFri, 27 Feb 2004 12:55:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040227_fanfan_is_on_film.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/27/screen-fanfan-film.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image Courtesy of <a href="http://www.europacorp.com/dossiers/fanfan/">Europacorp</a></p> <p>Fanfan is the nick name I call Wendy. We were surprised to see the new film <a href="http://www.europacorp.com/dossiers/fanfan/index2.html">Fanfan La Tulipe</a> uses the same name. So <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040205_jian_shuo_is_in_real_estate_business.htm">my name</a> is on advertisement everywhere in Shenyang and Wendy&rsquo;s nick name are not displayed around the world. Hehe. Just kidding.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">There used to have a French movie &quot;Fan Fan&quot;, performed by famous French Actress Sophie Marceau.<div class="comment-meta">— stonesee · 2004-02-27 13:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh. Really? Never heard of it. I cannot find it in Google too. What is it about?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-27 13:28</div></div> <div class="comment">hi,I&#x27;m in Shanghai now.On the second day after I arrived here,I lost my moblephone,so my friend&#x27;s telephone nomber were flied away:( .My new nomber in Shanghai is 13585611683,if you could send me a message,I will be happy!<div class="comment-meta">— caca · 2004-02-28 13:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Sent.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-28 20:39</div></div> <div class="comment">zhang ziyi 章子怡<br><br>Did anyone here call her? Share your experience!!!!!!!<br><br>http://shanghai.co.nr/<div class="comment-meta">— Zhang Yi Mou :) · 2005-06-17 23:34</div></div> </details>Film Mona Lisa Smilehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040226_film_mona_lisa_smile.htmThu, 26 Feb 2004 22:45:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040226_film_mona_lisa_smile.htm<p>Wendy and I went to the UME theater at Xintiandi. The film is named <em><a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/monalisasmile/">Mona Lisa Smile</a></em> by Julia Roberts.</p> <p><strong>Late Movie</strong></p> <p>It was the latest show of the day. It started at 11:10 PM. I am lucky to live in a city that there is a theater serving film as late as 11:00 PM. Of cause, we were really tired after we got out of the theater around 1:20 AM in the morning of today.</p>Reviewed by ChinaHerald.nethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040225_reviewed_by_chinaheraldnet.htmWed, 25 Feb 2004 18:33:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040225_reviewed_by_chinaheraldnet.htm<p>Fons posted <a href="http://www.chinaherald.net/Chinaweblogreview/wang%20jian%20shuo.htm">a review of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog</a> on <a href="http://www.chinaherald.net/">Chinaherald.net</a>. It is the first formal and long review of my site. I guess I am the most interested person in the world to read this article. It gives me some feedback of the site from another point of view.</p> <p>Feedbacks are always encouraging. I am very happy to see people posting comments on my articles; I will be happier if I see an incoming link; then you know how happy I was when I saw a review for my blog. Thanks, Fons. (I am not very sure whether the review was written by Ann Arbor, as signed at the end of the article, or Fons, who <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040221_link_to_your_site.htm#1059">notified</a> me of the review, or the two names are the same person. Let me assume Fons is the author. Correct me if I am wrong here, Fons.)</p>LookatChina.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040225_lookatchinacom.htmWed, 25 Feb 2004 15:12:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040225_lookatchinacom.htm<p>John started the <a href="http://www.lookatchina.com">Lookatchina.com</a> website after his trip back to Shanghai (he was born in Shanghai) after staying in U.S. for six years. (I am not sure whether John from lookatchina.com is the same John who won the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040101_happy_new_year_2004.htm">Top Commentor of the Month</a> award on this site)</p> <p>John took many pictures in Shanghai and covered almost all major places in Shanghai. You can find pictures of Xujiahui, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yuyuan, Nanjing Rd., Metro, Buses&hellip; almost all aspects of Shanghai. I like the photos he took.</p>The Devil's in the Detailshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040224_the_devils_in_the_details.htmTue, 24 Feb 2004 23:26:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040224_the_devils_in_the_details.htm<p>I heard of the English proverb &ldquo;the devil&rsquo;s in the details&rdquo; in a presentation delivered by my friend Peng Gao when he talked about project management. It was about two years ago. I didn&rsquo;t realize how wise the proverb is. It was recently that I pick up the term and see how the details make so big difference.</p> <p>When Wendy and I were shopping at B&amp;Q in Pudong, we discussed about why most dominators on the consumer markets are foreigner companies. For example, B&amp;Q in decoration materials, IKEA in furniture, Carrefour in retails, and KFC in fast food business.</p>Server Down and Uphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040223_server_down_and_up.htmMon, 23 Feb 2004 23:23:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040223_server_down_and_up.htm<p>I hate to talk about it but I have to update about the technical difficulties in the last two days. The server was not accessible at around 0:00 AM of Feb 22. It lasted for about half day. Around 2:00 PM that day, the HTML page was recovered but the comment function stoped working. It took another day to fix the permission stuff. There is still something not working on my site right now, like the Links 2.0 directory (site submission part), I am going to fix it tomorrow.</p>Pudong or Puxihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040221_pudong_or_puxi.htmSat, 21 Feb 2004 23:28:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040221_pudong_or_puxi.htm<p>I am facing the hard decision to move to Pudong or stay in Puxi. The decision leads to two completely different lifestyles.</p> <p>Pudong is very attractive as an ideal place to live - the green lands, the fresh air, wide roads, and less population.</p> <p>However, only Puxi (west band of the river) presents the amazing city of Shanghai - the history, the skyscrapers, decent stores, the culture, and the great restaurants.</p>Link to Your Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040221_link_to_your_site.htmSat, 21 Feb 2004 23:15:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040221_link_to_your_site.htm<p>Want to have a link back to your site on Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog? It is easy now.</p> <p>As you may have noticed, the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/WWW/">WWW</a> category is open for public submission now.</p> <p>Just go to a sub category of WWW directory and click <strong>Suggest a site</strong> link. Fill in the submission form and your site will be entered into my database and wait for my review. I will try to review your submission as quick as possible.</p>Benz Taxi in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040220_benz_taxi_in_shanghai.htmFri, 20 Feb 2004 23:21:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040220_benz_taxi_in_shanghai.htm<p>Hey. Take a look. I finally saw and took a shot of the hot Benz taxi in Shanghai. It is reported that 50 Benz taxi were put into operation but I never seen one.</p> <p>This morning, when I arrived at Metro Tower, a shining car passed by. It was a Benz. At a second look, I realized it was a taxi.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/20/shanghai-benz.taxi-metro.tower.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. Benz taxi stopped before Metro Tower</p>Foggy Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040219_foggy_shanghai.htmThu, 19 Feb 2004 22:20:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040219_foggy_shanghai.htm<p>Heavy fog hit Shanghai this morning. Outside my window, it was all white. It is among the heaviest fog I have experienced in Shanghai. Visibility is less than 20 meters.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://sh.sina.com.cn/news/20040219/141526707.shtml">Sina Shanghai Channel</a>, elevated highway, Hong Qiao Airport, shuttle ships on the Huang Pu river, and express ways were closed this morning.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Visibility in Hangzhou was also really limited today, although I don&#x27;t think it was fog- unfortunately, it seemed a lot more like pollution. I don&#x27;t know why, but over the past week the air quality here has been really bad (the week before was beautiful).<div class="comment-meta">— Patrick · 2004-02-20 01:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Heh. Be glad it is just foggy. Here in Ithaca, N.Y., it&#x27;s just snow everywhere. And so cold you could probably use the outdoors as a refridgerator if you don&#x27;t have one. (Actually, in the 40s-50s [I think, I&#x27;m bad with history] people did use their garage as refridgerator since back then fridges were not that common).<br><br>The joke here at Cornell among my friends is that we *want* global warming to happen... ;-)<div class="comment-meta">— Lee · 2004-02-20 01:36</div></div> </details>Professional Englishhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040219_professional_english.htmThu, 19 Feb 2004 22:05:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040219_professional_english.htm<p>I write this article to thank John, from Sinosplice, to send me emails to correct typos and grammar errors in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040218_about_jian_shuo_wang.htm">previous entry</a>.</p> <p>As I listed in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040218_about_jian_shuo_wang.htm">About Page</a>, I am not a native English speaker. I have never lived in an English speaking country, so there must be a lot of errors in my English writing. John, and other good people sent me private emails to correct it. I want you to know I appreciate your advices and help.</p>上海大雾https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040219_aee.htmThu, 19 Feb 2004 10:16:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040219_aee.htm<p>窗外白茫茫一片， 大雾。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Blog link exchange.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2004-02-20 21:10</div></div> </details>Receiver Pay SMS?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040219_receiver_pay_sms.htmThu, 19 Feb 2004 09:40:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040219_receiver_pay_sms.htm<p>During my recent talk with George, I was surprised to know, for the first time, that most other countries use the <em>receiver pay SMS</em> business model. China is among the few countries in the world where only sender is charged.</p> <p>IMHO, it is more reasonable for the sender to pay the fee. Otherwise, I may think twice before I send a piece of SMS to others: <em>Is my message important enough for the money my friend has to pay?</em></p>About Jian Shuo Wanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040218_about_jian_shuo_wang.htmWed, 18 Feb 2004 23:32:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040218_about_jian_shuo_wang.htm<p>Welcome! I guess you have read at least one article of my blog before you arrived here. If you want to know more about the person behind these sentences, keep reading.</p> <h3 id="about-jian-shuo-wang">About Jian Shuo Wang</h3> <p>I am Jian Shuo WANG. WANG is the last name (or the family name) and Jian Shuo is the first name (or the given name). I am living in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/shanghai.htm">Shanghai</a>, China. I am not alone in this city. There are more than 20 million other persons with me in this small area in Eastern Hemisphere. My time is 8 hours earlier than GMT (GMT +8), 1 hour later than Japan and 16 hours earlier than San Francisco.</p>Wifi Hotspot Competion Becomes Hothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040217_wifi_hotspot_competion_becomes_hot.htmTue, 17 Feb 2004 23:11:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040217_wifi_hotspot_competion_becomes_hot.htm<p>I was tired tonight, so I leave the office - air in office building should be rated as the worst in a city. :-(</p> <p>Xujiahui is a good place with so many good places. I wanted to go to Starbucks Metro Tower Store to have a cup of coffee and read some materials I just printed out. Starbucks becomes more attractive after the China Telecom Tian Yi Tong (WLAN) service started. I can bring my laptop and the A/C power adaptor to Starbucks. It is the better environment than office to think about business.</p>Always-Red Pedestrian Signshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040217_always-red_pedestrian_signs.htmTue, 17 Feb 2004 22:52:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040217_always-red_pedestrian_signs.htm<p>Hey. The traffic signs are still not working!</p> <p>I talked about pedestrian signs at Cao Xi Rd. North 漕溪北路 and Nan Dan Rd. 南丹路 were already read in four directions in this article: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030604_traffic_rules_in_shanghai.htm">Traffic Rule in Shanghai</a>.</p> <p>Click <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.asp?x=1600&amp;y=3200&amp;cx=305&amp;cy=306&amp;text=Malfunction%20Pedistrain%20Signs">here</a> to see the map of the point with my Map Viewer.</p> <p>Tonight, when I passed by the cross road, I found the signs were all red again during the ten minutes when I was there. Faint!</p>China Internet Market Analysishttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040217_china_internet_market_analysis.htmTue, 17 Feb 2004 19:20:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040217_china_internet_market_analysis.htm<p>Vicent from New Yorked sent me a set of questionair about Internet in China. I have answered the questions. I am sharing the questions and answers to help you get some idea of the current status of the market in China. Questions published under Vicent&rsquo;s permission.</p> <ol> <li>Of all of the Chinese Internet portals (Sina, Netease, Sohu) which is the most popular and which is best? Is there anything about one that is better than another?</li> </ol> <blockquote> <p>IMHO, Sina is the best. Check my article on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030331_sina_sohu_or_netease.htm">Sina, Sohu or Netease</a>. I didn&rsquo;t visit Sohu or Netease in the last three month but I visit Sina everyday.</p>Beijing Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040216_beijing_impression.htmMon, 16 Feb 2004 17:06:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040216_beijing_impression.htm<p>Beijing impresses me so much every time I visit. This visit was a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040211_business_trips.htm">business trip</a>. The only time I got was to take Metro back to where I stayed after a business meeting. I decided to take metro to experience the city and save some taxi fee for the company. Here are the new findings from this adventure.</p> <p><strong>More Signes in Beijing</strong></p> <p>I felt people in Beijing are more talkive/expressive in written tags. I found lots of interesting signs, which made me laugh. Look at this photo: the design of the Internet terminal (with a phone set and a large screen) had big <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Tech/Usability/">usability</a> problems that many people were fooled by this koisek. So they make it up by sticking a tag on to the glass.</p>Transit of Beijing Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040215_transit_of_beijing_metro.htmSun, 15 Feb 2004 23:39:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040215_transit_of_beijing_metro.htm<p>I will never complain the transit station of Metro #1 and #2 - People&rsquo;s Square Station, in Shanghai after I see the transit station of the Dong Zhi Men Station, where people transit to Metro line #13 from #2. The route is three times longer than in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/15/beijing-metro.transit.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>As you can see from the map, people have to follow long stairs up, and enter the underground maze. There was even cross bridge underground (about two stories underground) and then follow a very long stairs up (about 100 stages of stairs). Then walk on the ground (what if it rains?). After finding the entrance, people have to go up with long stairs&hellip; Wow. It was really confusing. At the time I reached the area with three dots, I thought I should have arrived at the Metro #13 station. Actually, I just covered 1/3 of the trip.</p>First Class On MU5106https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040214_first_class_on_mu5106.htmSat, 14 Feb 2004 21:15:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040214_first_class_on_mu5106.htm<p>Finally, I managed to go back home at the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040214_valentines_day_rose.htm">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>. The airport (both Beijing and Shanghai) were very crowded. I was informed at the counter that the tickets for my flight MU5106 at 11:00 AM were over-solded. There was no seat for me. Fortunately, I was compensated with a free upgrade to First Class. The seat No. is 1A.</p> <p>There is no big difference for small planes (maybe a AB320). There are 12 first class seats there. The seat was bigger. The major difference was the meal:</p>Valentine's Day Rosehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040214_valentines_day_rose.htmSat, 14 Feb 2004 21:11:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040214_valentines_day_rose.htm<p>Love is in air today. Look at the Valentine&rsquo;s Day Rose. It seems <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/">Wendy</a> was very happy with the flowers. :-D</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/14/shanghai.vanke-rose-all.2004.VDay.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/14/shanghai.vanke-rose-Vday.2004.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">salam<div class="comment-meta">— mohsen · 2005-06-20 18:51</div></div> <div class="comment">In my view the great variety of delicate and beautiful flowers has inspired the works of many poets<br><br>In modern times, people have sought ways to cultivate, buy, wear, or just be around flowers and blooming plants, partly because of their agreeable smell.<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew Spark · 2006-03-15 14:29</div></div> <div class="comment">What a wonderful site about flowers.<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew Spark · 2006-03-15 19:04</div></div> <div class="comment">THE BEAUTYFUL ROSE FOR WISH IN SENYA<div class="comment-meta">— lavanya · 2008-01-02 18:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Excellent pictures of roses.<div class="comment-meta">— ranadeep · 2008-03-20 23:15</div></div> <div class="comment">nhkv<div class="comment-meta">— ambika · 2009-01-13 19:19</div></div> <div class="comment">subhan Allah<div class="comment-meta">— sarah.m · 2009-02-20 03:22</div></div> <div class="comment">they are very nice butthey are smsll it take along time to ake them big and downlod<div class="comment-meta">— kezhan · 2010-07-17 00:25</div></div> </details>http://www1.yahoo.americangreetings.com/display.pd?path=41443&bfrom=1&prodnum=3025427&https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040213_p513.htmFri, 13 Feb 2004 10:50:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040213_p513.htm<p><a href="http://www1.yahoo.americangreetings.com/display.pd?path=41443&amp;bfrom=1&amp;prodnum=3025427&amp;">http://www1.yahoo.americangreetings.com/display.pd?path=41443&amp;bfrom=1&amp;prodnum=3025427&amp;</a></p>Well. You are curious abouthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040213_p512.htmFri, 13 Feb 2004 10:50:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040213_p512.htm<p>Well. You are curious about who is behind the articles on this site? Here are some facts about Jian Shuo Wang.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Jian Shuo lives in Shanghai, China.</p> </li> <li> <p>Jian Shuo is not native Shanghainese. He moved to Shanghai in 1995 from Luoyang, China.</p> </li> <li> <p>His last name is Wang and Jian Shuo is his given name (a space between is prefered)</p> </li> </ul>Voted as Top 10 Blogs in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040212_voted_as_top_10_blogs_in_china.htmThu, 12 Feb 2004 23:41:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040212_voted_as_top_10_blogs_in_china.htm<p>I am honored to be voted as <a href="http://www.wesnapcity.com/award2003/">Top 10 Blogs in China 2003</a> (Chinese site) in the English blog category.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/12/scree-best.blog.of.china-logo.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Logo in courtesy of wesnapcity.com</p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to congratulate those ten blogs in Chinese blog category, since the competition is much hotter there. 2003 is the year blogs got popular and attracted much attention. They did wonderful job. Here is the winners in the Chinese blog category.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://gao.blogbus.com/">Lei GAO Photography</a></p>Fun, and Silly Activities Became Fashionablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_fun_and_silly_activities_became_fashionable.htmWed, 11 Feb 2004 23:30:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_fun_and_silly_activities_became_fashionable.htm<p>This is an age of innovation. Recently, more and more people are devoted into activities that is fun, infeasible before, requiring combined effort of many people, but not SO useful.</p> <p><strong>Example 1: Degree Confluence Project</strong></p> <p>The goal of the <a href="http://www.confluence.org">Degree Confluence Project</a> (blocked in China) is to visit every integer longitude and latitude point on the Earth, take pictures and write visit log. I participated by contributing an incomplete visit to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htm">30N 119E</a>.</p>Business Tripshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_business_trips.htmWed, 11 Feb 2004 22:23:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_business_trips.htm<p>Stayed in Beijing for 3 days.</p> <p>I visited Beijing in the year of 1997 with Wendy, with a budget of a little bit over <strong>1000 RMB</strong> for two persons and 7 days. We stepped to most of places in Beijing. I did spend a lot of time to calculate the most economical route to take buses, which turned out to be good exercise to know the roads of the city. That was wonderful time I always remember.</p>Photo Index of My Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_photo_index_of_my_blog.htmWed, 11 Feb 2004 22:10:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_photo_index_of_my_blog.htm<p>I have created a photo index of all the pictures shown on this site, so you can check the site by photos.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/p2003.htm">Year of 2003</a></strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20031231_shanghai-x.mas.balls-huaihai.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20031231_shanghai-shining.tower-huaihai.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20031231_shanghai-rui.an.tower-2004.eve.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20031231_shanghai-pot-gino.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20031231_shanghai-dishes.soup-gino.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><strong><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/p2004.htm">Year of 2004</a></strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20040207_shanghai-two.tower-grand.gateway.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20040207_shanghai-provence-window.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/photo_cache/20040207_shanghai-provence-door.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I hope you enjoy the pictures I took. It can also be called with the fasional word: Moblog.</p> <p>BTW, my favorite photographic blog is: <a href="http://54boy.com/ziboyindex.htm">ziboy</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">This is great! :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Lee · 2004-02-12 10:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks for the idea, Lee.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-13 00:13</div></div> </details>Newsletter Switched to Yahoo! Groupshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_newsletter_switched_to_yahoo_groups.htmWed, 11 Feb 2004 20:23:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_newsletter_switched_to_yahoo_groups.htm<p>In the following week, I will send out emails to the 300 subscribers of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030428_my_dinner_impacted_by_sars.htm#update">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Update</a> to nofity the change of the newsletter.</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Reader of Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog,</p> <p>I am writing to notify you about the recent changes in the Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog Update Newsletter, which you have subscribed at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a></p> <p>As an effort to protect your privacy and give you more control over your subscription, like unsubscribing and changing deliver frequency, I have decided to switch from the built-in MovableType notification function to Yahoo! Groups.</p>Watch Out Bad Taxi Drivers in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_watch_out_bad_taxi_drivers_in_beijing.htmWed, 11 Feb 2004 12:16:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040211_watch_out_bad_taxi_drivers_in_beijing.htm<p>No only Shanghai has bad <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031202_watch_out_bad_shanghai_taxi_drivers.htm">taxi drivers</a>. My friends arrived in Beijing airport yesterday and took taxi to San Yuan Qiao. I know the destination is near and does not worth the long time waiting for the taxi driver (see more explaination in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040208_hello_from_beijing.htm">this entry</a>), but the taxi driver cheated them by going to the farther way.</p> <p>The trip should cost 50 RMB at most, but the taxi driver asked for more than 100 RMB accordign to the meter.</p>Buying Computer Parts in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040210_buying_computer_parts_in_shanghai.htmTue, 10 Feb 2004 21:13:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040210_buying_computer_parts_in_shanghai.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm#1154">royston</a>&rsquo;s comment:</p> <blockquote> <p>You mentioned that we can purchase a computer from between 3000-6000 RMB. Do you have any idea how much a flat-screen computer monitor costs in Shanghai?</p> <p>Or a CRT type? Do you have any recommendation as to where i can go in Shanghai to purchase all of my computer stuff? Is there something like an area where all the computer shops have set up their business together - sorta like a cluster? Posted by: royston on February 10, 2004 11:54 AM</p>Individual Entry Archive Templatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040210_individual_entry_archive_template.htmTue, 10 Feb 2004 00:02:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040210_individual_entry_archive_template.htm<p>Below is the Individual Entry Archive Template for my site. It is the code behind the page you are looking at. Share with MovableType funs. 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Since these two actions may not be synchronized, a short period of service pause from this site may occure in the next few days. Sorry for that. (I hope they don&rsquo;t lose any comments posted here.)</p> <p><strong>History of My Server Hosting</strong></p>Hello From Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040208_hello_from_beijing.htmSun, 08 Feb 2004 23:09:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040208_hello_from_beijing.htm<p>I am in Renaissance Beijing Hotel now. The trip was pleasant and the 1100 KM or two hour flight from Shanghai to Beijing wasn&rsquo;t boring. The flight attendants of China Eastern Airlines were interesting this time. They seemed very happy and even laughed when people talked with them. I believe they must have broken some so-called working standard of the airline. But I feel good (along with other amused passenger) that they behaved more like human instead of trained emotionless robots. In Shanghai, I took the time to take a lot of photos of Hong Qiao Airport so I can create a photo website for this older airport as I did for <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport">Pudong Airport</a>.</p>Vegetarianism in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040207_vegetarianism_in_shanghai.htmSat, 07 Feb 2004 20:47:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040207_vegetarianism_in_shanghai.htm<p>There is a special restaurant on the 4th floor or Metor City (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index.asp?x=1600&amp;y=3200&amp;cx=320&amp;cy=266&amp;text=Metro%20City">map</a>) - Larbre de Provence. They only serve vegetables and they always have a lot of customer. Why not have a try? I didn&rsquo;t yet. :-D</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/07/shanghai-provence-door.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/07/shanghai-provence-window.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I got emails asking me about whether a vetanist can survive in Shanghai. Surely they can.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">What is vetanism? Something even beyond veganism?<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2004-02-08 05:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Mmm...talking about restaurants make me hungry. Really hungry. :-P<div class="comment-meta">— Lee · 2004-02-09 04:53</div></div> <div class="comment">once i had seen this restaurant in a fashionable magazine.<div class="comment-meta">— sam1111 · 2004-02-09 10:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey, are you talking about vegetarianism?<div class="comment-meta">— Jun Jiang · 2004-02-10 00:35</div></div> <div class="comment">OK. I finally found the right word to use.<br><br>V E G E T A R I A N I S M.<br><br>Thanks Jun Jiang. English is not second language so forgive me if there are some stupid spelling in my articles.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-10 00:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I have been a few Chinese vegetarian restaurants in Houston. In addition to vegetables and fruits, most dishes are made of tofu that look like meat or steak-alike.<br><br>However, vegetarian may mean different things in China. Many vegetarians in the US will eat dairy products and eggs, which is different from what we consider Chizai in China.<div class="comment-meta">— sv · 2004-02-10 12:12</div></div> <div class="comment">This is very encouraging to see that somebody cared for vegetarian. I will be delighted to see other vegetarian choices mentioned here for Shanghai.<br><br>Thanks in advance !<br><br>Pete<div class="comment-meta">— Pete · 2004-07-15 05:49</div></div> <div class="comment">try zentral healthy restaurant near xin tian di as they were just voted top 5 healthy restauarnts in shangahi by loney planet guide books. i&#x27;ve been and it not only tastes great but is afforbale too.<br><br>mrik<div class="comment-meta">— Mrik · 2004-08-24 22:53</div></div> <div class="comment">There&#x27;s a vegetarian restaurant in xu jia hua. Huge place. always nearly empty.<div class="comment-meta">— Justin · 2005-06-26 11:15</div></div> </details>Twin Tower Rise in Xujiahuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040207_twin_tower_rise_in_xujiahui.htmSat, 07 Feb 2004 19:55:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040207_twin_tower_rise_in_xujiahui.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/07/shanghai-two.tower-grand.gateway.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang. The twin tower of Grand Gateway is under construction. View outside the window of my office</p> <p>I am lucky to have a wonderful view out of the window of my office in Metro Tower. I am seeing the twin tower of the Grand Gateway growing higher and higher everyday. Now, it is reported that the twin tower will reach its top at the end of this month and will be fully completed in May.</p>Signed Life Ensurancehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040206_signed_life_ensurance.htmFri, 06 Feb 2004 23:42:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040206_signed_life_ensurance.htm<p>Got my life ensurance today. There is a big progress in the insurance industry that people in Shanghai no longer treat it as lier. Mr. Xu is a very good agent and I will be happy to recommend him to others. Let me post his contact information on the web later. (Short entry today)</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How does people think of life insurance in general? I&#x27;m bullish on its growth so I&#x27;m long LFC (China Life Insurance).<div class="comment-meta">— sv · 2004-02-08 09:53</div></div> <div class="comment">It is changing with positive trends. More and more people, like Wendy and I, are seeking out to find an agent to buy insurance. Before, it often happened that the customer buy the insurance just because the agents were too bothersome to call every day...<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-10 00:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, well actualy I am writting here, because I didn&#x27;t found one email to contact you. So, I want you to ask If I can use your Starbucks image (http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/22/shanghai-starbucks-shenmeiyilu.jpg). Because I am making a Starbucks fansite (http://www.fanlisting.org). And I don&#x27;t found realy good pictures, and yours is realy good!. Well I hope you read this..., bye!<div class="comment-meta">— Ignacio · 2004-02-13 06:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Ignacio, yes. go ahead to use it as long as a link back to this page is provided.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-13 09:15</div></div> </details>37 Killed in Beijing and 40 in Moscowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040206_37_killed_in_beijing_and_40_in_moscow.htmFri, 06 Feb 2004 23:41:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040206_37_killed_in_beijing_and_40_in_moscow.htm<p>Oh, My God. What happened to the world? 37 people was killed when they were celebrating the Yuan Xiao Festival last night and 40 people were killded in Moscow metro fire. Since SARS, I found more and more news headlines are bad news&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">more bad news to come:<br><br>Thursday night to Friday morning Eighteen cockle pickers (think to be Chinese)have died after becoming trapped by rising tides in Lancashire&#x27;s Morecambe Bay.<br><br>Details see bbc news:<br><br>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3464203.stm<br><br>Why we hear all sorts of bad news? I think it is a real IMPROVEMENT than saying everything is OK when something is wrong... And becasue information is more easy to get, the more bad news you can get.<br><br>Wish everybody be good...<br><br>BTW, when I try to post this comment in FeedDemon1.0, this error message came up:<br><br>=======================<br><br>CGI Error<br><br>The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:<br><br>Can&#x27;t open perl script &quot;E:\customer\wangjianshuo\mt26\mt-comments.cgi&quot;: No such file or directory<br><br>=======================<br><br>Seems FeedDemon is a bit confused :)<div class="comment-meta">— xiou · 2004-02-06 23:58</div></div> <div class="comment">In America we hear that the subway fire was caused by a bomb. Is the Chinese media reporting another story?<div class="comment-meta">— Dave · 2004-02-07 17:51</div></div> <div class="comment">In China, we ALSO hear that the subway fire was caused by a bomb - a terrism bomb as the news came out today (one day after the event). So be assured that for most international news, the media in China acts as accurate (or as inaccurate) as western media.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-07 19:47</div></div> <div class="comment">As for the international news coverage, Chinese people actually can hear more news than people do in US.<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2004-02-08 05:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Xiou, I renamed the MT comment page to avoid automatic posting (to some extent) so your client does not work with my site.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-10 00:57</div></div> </details>Shanghai Map Viewer 0.71 Releasedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040206_shanghai_map_viewer_071_released-2.htmFri, 06 Feb 2004 20:05:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040206_shanghai_map_viewer_071_released-2.htm<p>New Feature / Bug Fix</p> <ul> <li> <p>Changed the wording of claim to profile.</p> </li> <li> <p>Remove del button from the map and move it to the point profile page.</p> </li> <li> <p>Bug fix: now the Place Name field can be modified in Profile.asp. In 0.7, it cannot be changed.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added border image so broken image will not be shown at the edge of the map</p> </li> <li> <p>Added statistics of most populated area on the map.</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/06/screen-stat-shanghaimap.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>Loooong Domain Name - Pihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_loooong_domain_name_-_pi.htmThu, 05 Feb 2004 23:13:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_loooong_domain_name_-_pi.htm<p>Guoqiang <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/bbs/dispbbs.asp?boardID=2&amp;ID=93">shared</a> (Chinese page) a long domain name:</p> <p><a href="http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/">http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/</a></p> <p>Wooooooooooooooooooow.</p> <p>I did a lot of stupid things when I was young. Besides robbing girl&rsquo;s magic cube, I also devoted quite some time to recite long numbers. Pi was my favorite. I managed to remeber the first 100 digits of Pi. I cannot remember some portion of the long number, till now, I can only write down the 85 digits after the dot now. Here is the try with my break of the numbers.</p>I am a RUBIK Cube (Magic Cube) Solverhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_i_am_a_rubik_cube_magic_cube_solver.htmThu, 05 Feb 2004 22:55:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_i_am_a_rubik_cube_magic_cube_solver.htm<p>Something you may not know about me. I am a Magic Cube Solver at my age of 13. I can turn any one of the 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 magic cube possiblity into the solved status (having a single color on each of its 6 sides). My average speed to solve a Magic Cube is about 2.5 (best situation) to 3.5 (worst situation) minutes.</p> <p>I have trained many people to master the skill to solve a Rubik&rsquo;s Cube, especially in middle school when I brought my Cube to school and made it the fasion. I taught one quater of the class to solve it. My proud experience was when I was in Grade 1 of my Junior Middle School, I was so naughty that I &ldquo;robbed&rdquo; a girl&rsquo;s magic cube and run away. She runned after me from the forth floor to the first floor in the school, where I returned the solved cube (with single colors on each side) to her. Haha. I didn&rsquo;t got any chance to show off the <em>skill</em> after I entered university.</p>Jian Shuo is In Real Estate Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_jian_shuo_is_in_real_estate_business.htmThu, 05 Feb 2004 21:45:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_jian_shuo_is_in_real_estate_business.htm<p>My good friend <a href="http://www.lijia.biz">Alex</a> sent me some photos of the advertisements of a property near his home in northeast China. I was so amused by the photos. They have exactly the same name as mine: Jian Shuo (建硕)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/05/shenyang-jianshuo.garden-on.pole.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photographed by <a href="http://www.lijia.biz">Alex Li</a>. Image in courtesy of the developer and investor of the garden</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/02/05/shenyang-jianshuo.garden-out.mall.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photographed by <a href="http://www.lijia.biz">Alex Li</a>. Image in courtesy of the developer and investor of the garden</p>Shanghai Map Viewer 0.7 Releasehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_shanghai_map_viewer_07_release.htmThu, 05 Feb 2004 21:32:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_shanghai_map_viewer_07_release.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map">Shanghai Map Viewer 0.7</a> Released</p> <p>New Features / Bug Fixes:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Added LocationReminder so people will always return to the last map location after performing actions, instead of jumping to the home page</p> </li> <li> <p>Title for each page fine tuned with descriptive words</p> </li> <li> <p>The scroll offset bug is fixed. The point is exactly the point you click even if the page is scrolled down</p> </li> <li> <p>Added warning and message to confirm operation. Warning is based on the four situations: added successfully, no place name, duplicate and delete successfully.</p>Does Hotmail Work in China?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_does_hotmail_work_in_china.htmThu, 05 Feb 2004 20:49:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040205_does_hotmail_work_in_china.htm<p>Dick asked: &ldquo;As you see, I have a Hotmail email address. Is there any problem in using this account in China.&rdquo;</p> <p>Sure. Hotmail works in China. Althought there is a short preiod of time of block of hotmail (who knows whether it is a block or technical difficulties), it is OK most of time.</p> <p>There are some very big sites that people in China cannot see. Among them are <a href="http://www.geocities.com">Geocities.com</a> and <a href="http://www.blogspot.com">blogspot.com</a>.</p>Free .TK Domain Availablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040204_free_tk_domain_available.htmWed, 04 Feb 2004 23:49:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040204_free_tk_domain_available.htm<p>Do you know there is a country called <strong>Tokelau</strong> on our planet? I didn&rsquo;t know it either before <a href="http://blogopoly.blogspot.com/">blogopoly</a> mentioned that I can get free top level domain from this country.</p> <p>It is small island some where in the world - I still didn&rsquo;t find a map with its name yet. Some crazy guys from the Dot TK team visited the atolls in September 2003 and presented what the Internet means to such a small country. They met with the Council of Elderly and concluded that they can use Internet to bring foods and medicines to the small country. The idea they thought of is to offer FREE .tk domain to the world.</p>Shanghai Map Viewer 0.6 Releasedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040204_shanghai_map_viewer_06_released.htmWed, 04 Feb 2004 23:23:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040204_shanghai_map_viewer_06_released.htm<p>Today, I released <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/">Shanghai Map Viewer Version 0.6</a>. Key features (including the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040203_shanghai_map_viewer.htm">features</a> previously avaiable).</p> <ul> <li> <p>Scroll the window to eight directions.</p> </li> <li> <p>Thumbnail and one-click move.</p> </li> <li> <p>Mark points with click and add description</p> </li> <li> <p>Record the marks into database</p> </li> <li> <p>All points available for all visitors</p> </li> <li> <p>Wiki style editing support</p> </li> <li> <p>Anyone can delete previous point</p> </li> <li> <p>Anyone can restore deleted point</p> </li> <li> <p>User registration</p> </li> </ul> <p>Someone posted it to Fudan BBS and attracted some hits. I got 22 qualified points today. Good!</p>想当一只流浪的小狗https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040204_aecc.htmWed, 04 Feb 2004 22:44:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040204_aecc.htm<p>了不得了，刚刚发现Wendy不仅是个作家，还成了诗人呢。看看这首小诗，名叫《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20040204_51.htm">想当一只流浪的小狗</a>》</p> <blockquote> <p>想当一只流浪的小狗，只和自己喜欢的小狗呆在一起，摇着尾巴； 想当一只流浪的小狗，从来不浪费一丝阳光，天天玩耍； 想当一只流浪的小狗，到处溜达溜达==下雨时站在屋檐看雨，躲在漂亮的橱窗下； 想当一只流浪的小狗，可以散步锻炼身体； 想当一只流浪的小狗，为抢骨头努力奋发； 想当一只流浪的小狗，领着小小狗走遍天涯。</p>Cross Bank Money Transfer Now Possiblehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040204_cross_bank_money_transfer_now_possible.htmWed, 04 Feb 2004 10:33:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040204_cross_bank_money_transfer_now_possible.htm<p>Believe it or not, it was impossible to transfer money from one bank to the other easily before. No matter how huge the amount it is, you have to withdraw cash in one bank counter, bring it to the other bank counter (with high risk) and deposit the money in the destination bank - all are manual operations and used cash. I am almost driven mad to be forced get the money from ATM machine and wait in the long line to pay my mortgage for my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/vanke/newhome/">apartment</a>. As a habit of an IT industry professional, I kept asking: Why not a service to enable transfer of money electronically? The cash transactions are just stupid.</p>ICBC - A Customer's Experiencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_icbc_-_a_customers_experience.htmTue, 03 Feb 2004 23:25:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_icbc_-_a_customers_experience.htm<p>Update: Fraud Alert! <em>October 06, 2006</em></p> <p>Warning: If you happen to be ready to contact a person named Wang Yang Lee or other persons in ICBC that you have won a lottery, please STOP now! It seems to be a serious fraud. Check <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20061005_wang_yang_lee_icbc_may_be_fraund.htm">here</a> for more information.</p> <p>Disclaimer: What I wrote here only represents my personal opinion based on my limited experiences with the bank mentioned. It should not be regarded as a real reflection of the overall service level of the bank.</p>Service Quality of Banks in China (Shanghai)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_service_quality_of_banks_in_china_shanghai.htmTue, 03 Feb 2004 23:25:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_service_quality_of_banks_in_china_shanghai.htm<p>I told a short story of the service level of banks in China yesterday. In the story, a foreigner argued with the teller that the teller should help to fill in the form for him. Many people commented on the story. They shared their diversified view from Japan and U.S.</p> <p><strong>WilliamW</strong> believes it is the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040202_service_shock_in_shanghai.htm#1135">service mentality</a> instead of language barrier that caused the problem. WilliamW also asked about the situation of smaller banks like China Merchant Banks.</p>PageRank - Higher Position in Google Resulthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_pagerank_-_higher_position_in_google_result.htmTue, 03 Feb 2004 23:23:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_pagerank_-_higher_position_in_google_result.htm<p>Charles asked: &ldquo;How did you get your website to be on top of the list when I searched google?&rdquo; He is not the first to ask me about it.</p> <p>The secret is the quality of the article and proper title, URL and link structure.</p> <p>The king the rules the order is Google&rsquo;s Page Rank system (PageRank). My site <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a> home page enjoys PR6 now. It <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021128_my_google_pagerank_increases_to_pr5.htm">receached PR5</a> after one year of operation and reached PR6 in about two years.</p>Shanghai Map Viewerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_shanghai_map_viewer.htmTue, 03 Feb 2004 00:16:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040203_shanghai_map_viewer.htm<p>Hey, check my newest <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/">Shanghai Map Viewer</a>. It shows the details of every street and every park.</p> <p>I marked <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index6.asp?x=1400&amp;y=3600&amp;cx=230&amp;cy=358&amp;text=Jian+Shuo+Wang%27s+Home">my home</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index6.asp?x=1600&amp;y=3000&amp;cx=321&amp;cy=131&amp;text=Shanghai+Jiaotong+University">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/map/index6.asp?x=3000&amp;y=1000&amp;cx=267&amp;cy=205&amp;text=Fudan+University">Fudan University</a> on the map. You can mark yours very soon when the back end database is finished. Do you like it?</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">21 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wow. This is nice!! :-) I used to live at Yu An Zhong Lu, but now that place is replaced by expensive apartments and lots and lots of high rises. It was kind of sad when I went back there for my winter break and saw the whole place gone, hehe.<div class="comment-meta">— Lee · 2004-02-03 04:49</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello WangJianShuo! It&#x27;s Josephine--a former ComSpec. I somehow found your page when I typed in Microsoft Shanghai into Google. It&#x27;s nice to read about your life. Hope all is well in Shanghai and hope work and life are great! Take care.<div class="comment-meta">— Josephine · 2004-02-03 06:21</div></div> <div class="comment">ha, i added my home on :D<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2004-02-03 09:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Excellent tool! Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— WilliamW · 2004-02-03 10:25</div></div> <div class="comment">JS, this is great stuff you have here. I just used your map tool to locate a property in PuTuo district close to SuZhou river. I just wanted to know what orientation the property would have in regards to N,S,E,W. Thx!<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2004-02-03 14:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Josephine, wow. Nice to hear from you. How are things going? I definitely remember you when you helped me a lot in Englsh.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-02-04 20:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Is there a way to show the street names in english (pinyin)?<div class="comment-meta">— Mike · 2004-05-07 20:23</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m an italian student, i will work in Lujiazui East Road.could you tell me a good place to live as a student?where can i rent an apartment?<div class="comment-meta">— luca · 2004-05-23 06:06</div></div> <div class="comment">English map is highly required. I am trying to find one for you by the end of this month.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-05-23 17:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo Wang- This map was really helpful. A friend of mine is moving to Shanghai and I wanted to show her where she will be living. It&#x27;s hard to find an online map of Shanghai that includes the outer areas of Shanghai AND their streets. Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— yinglan · 2004-07-13 07:05</div></div> <div class="comment">wow . .thanks . . .we were able to put in the site of our wedding . .thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Andrew · 2004-09-02 12:47</div></div> <div class="comment">You have a quite a detail map that was never found on the net thus far. But I was a little disaapointed that all are only written in chinese character. How wonderful if you can reproduce the same one for those who can only read english map. If you do, the audience you can reach will be tremendous and much far reachings that you can ever imagine. Keep up the good work.<div class="comment-meta">— Cassidy · 2005-04-26 00:31</div></div> <div class="comment">I have visited Shanghai a few times last year and found your map to be quite helpful. However, given a numerical street address, e.g. &quot; 123 Nanjing Road&quot;, it is hard to know exactly which block it is on. Is there a Shanghai map, online or offline, that shows the starting and/or end address number for each city block, or at least for the major road? or is there a web page or other document describes the address system for Shanghai?<br><br>Thanks a lot,<div class="comment-meta">— Thomas · 2005-05-17 07:20</div></div> <div class="comment">will you please share this prodection with me?<br><br>I want to make a map for my hometown--kunming<br><br>please write a mail back if you are free, thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Fish · 2005-06-04 11:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, jianshuo,<br><br>it&#x27;s my first time to come to visit your blog due to a friend&#x27;s recommendation. What a nice and informative site! I did not notice that I have spent almost 3 hours on reading your posts (wow, maybe get fired because of that ^_^). One thing I would like to ask for your help is that if it&#x27;s possible for you to share with me how you did for this amazing map viewer. I am thinking of doing the same thing.<br><br>Where did you find the map source? Is it just a image data? Do you need to buy a licence for it?<br><br>I would appreciate if you could provide some information.<br><br>thanks,<br><br>best regards,<br><br>tony<div class="comment-meta">— Tony · 2005-06-22 10:48</div></div> <div class="comment">restaurant chicago food dining restaurant phoenix gourmet food whole food sushi food channel sushi restaurant los angeles fast food restaurant mexican restaurant restaurant phoenix lobster health food restaurant detroit mexican restaurant restaurant houston restaurant pittsburgh low carb food restaurant las vegas<div class="comment-meta">— italian restaurant · 2005-07-28 14:08</div></div> <div class="comment">h<div class="comment-meta">— mon · 2005-08-05 14:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi - could you indicate in English the Tongji University Campus on Siping Road which I shall shortly be visiting. The more that can be indicated in English would be an advantage for us non-Mandarin speakers! Thanks<div class="comment-meta">— Iris · 2005-08-05 15:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Where is Hong Song Lu, Lane 81. Anyone know? Do you have an English map showing it?<div class="comment-meta">— Carol · 2006-05-30 23:41</div></div> <div class="comment">fghg<div class="comment-meta">— dipak · 2006-12-09 16:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Excellent work, I truly appreciate your effort.<br><br>I would love to see a searchable pinyin version.<br><br>All the best!<div class="comment-meta">— Nick · 2007-05-25 07:17</div></div> </details>I'll be Beijing From Feb 8 to Feb 14https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040202_ill_be_beijing_from_feb_8_to_feb_14.htmMon, 02 Feb 2004 23:53:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040202_ill_be_beijing_from_feb_8_to_feb_14.htm<p>When was my last time in Beijing? Maybe <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030907_traveled_to_beijing_with_china_eastern_airlines.htm">Sept 07, 2003</a>? That is my last blog entry mentioning Beijing.</p> <p>Wow. It is incredible that I didn&rsquo;t set my foot in Beijing for about half year. It was a long time ago. I am a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021202_frequent_flyer_jian_shuo.htm">Frequent Flyer</a> and in the last half year, I didn&rsquo;t travel as crazy as before.</p> <p>I have a lot of friends in Beijing, but I don&rsquo;t know anyone who read this blog are in Beijing (judged from the comment). I&rsquo;d be happy to meet some people there. Drop me an email. :-D</p>Service Shock in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040202_service_shock_in_shanghai.htmMon, 02 Feb 2004 23:21:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040202_service_shock_in_shanghai.htm<p>Services foreigners received in Shanghai contributed a lot in their culture shock in Shanghai. I heard too many stories about it. Can I call it &ldquo;service shock&rdquo;?</p> <p>Yesterday, I went to the Bank of China Tianlin Branch. When I queued to register my ChinaPay service at my Bank of China credit card, I witnessed a foreigner arguing with the agent behind the thick glass of the counter.</p> <p>The story was like this: The foreigner, well dressed, young man, about 28 in age, wanted to open a bank account at <a href="http://www.bank-of-china.com">Bank of China</a>. He can speak a little bit Chinese but cannot read or write Chinese. He insists the person serving him to fill-in the form on his behalf.</p>Abandon of One Entry Per Day Rulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040202_abandon_of_one_entry_per_day_rule.htmMon, 02 Feb 2004 23:00:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040202_abandon_of_one_entry_per_day_rule.htm<p>When I wrote my first entry in 2002 (that was long time ago), I have decided to <strong>create one and only one entry everyday</strong>. It was to resist my attempt to write more entries per day at the very beginning. I know if I do that, I will lose the passion of writing very soon and the blog won&rsquo;t last long. The history repeated itself for many times on me. It is called Hu Tou She Wei (虎头蛇尾). It is to describe something with an ambitious start as the head of a tiger but end up with nothing as the tail of a snake.</p>Google Adsense on Sites in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040201_google_adsense_on_sites_in_china.htmSun, 01 Feb 2004 20:54:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040201_google_adsense_on_sites_in_china.htm<p>Three months ago, I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031022_why_i_added_google_adsense_to_my_blog.htm">turned on Google Adsense</a>. It went well during the <em>experiment</em>. It IS an experiment to try new technology or services. Here is a report of with some details to help to get started with Google Adsense. It may be especially helpful for webmasters in China since not many people are familiar with the check and the process to claim the money. Due to the <a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/terms">Adsense Terms and Conditions</a>, I cannot disclose details of my earning, click-through rate related to my site performance. Don&rsquo;t ask me for that. I won&rsquo;t tell.</p>Xiangyang Market - the Shopping Paradisehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040131_xiangyang_market_-_the_shopping_paradise.htmSat, 31 Jan 2004 23:31:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040131_xiangyang_market_-_the_shopping_paradise.htm<p>Want to know the must-visit shopping places in Shanghai? Want to buy the world&rsquo;s most famous clothing, shoes, and watch brands, but don&rsquo;t want to pay as high as it is labeled in department stores?Xiang Yang Rd. Market is the right place for you.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/31/shanghai.xiangang-gathering.before.count.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><strong>World Famous Brands</strong></p> <p>They have North Face, Diesel, Nike, Rolex, Gucci, Prata, etc. Since China has been the manufacture base of world famous brand cloths, the cost of the famous cloths are actaully very low compared to their market price. I believe they are so cheap becaues some of the cloths are knock-offs or factory seconds. Others are just the original goods but got to the market via unknown channel. I guess they should not be allowed to be put on market with the Nike&rsquo;s brand but with the out-of-factory price.</p>Wireless (WiFi) Hot Spots in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040130_wireless_wifi_hot_spots_in_shanghai.htmFri, 30 Jan 2004 20:55:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040130_wireless_wifi_hot_spots_in_shanghai.htm<p>LeiFeng <a href="http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/PNphpBB2-name-file-viewtopic-t-6860.html">reported</a> many public hot spots along the way from Xujiahui to Hongkou (A district in north east Shanghai. &ldquo;So many I couldn&rsquo;t even believe myself&rdquo;, said LeiFeng.</p> <p><strong>Public Hot Spots</strong></p> <p>I know almost all Starbucks are covered by China Mobile Network (CMC). Users with TianYiTong Account can directly access login. The bad news is, they are charging 0.1 RMB per minutes for all users (including paid Tian Yi Tong users) after Jan 21, 2004.</p>回来了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040130_ae.htmFri, 30 Jan 2004 15:40:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040130_ae.htm<p>昨天开车，发现家乐福古北店的停车场的入口大坡真恐怖，从地面直接开到4楼车库去，只有短短的百米左右路程，坡度可想而知，车上乘客惊呼，而我已经紧张的无法惊呼，生怕熄火车遛下去。毕竟是第一次上这么大的坡呀。</p>Struggling for Parking Lothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040129_struggling_for_parking_lot.htmThu, 29 Jan 2004 23:13:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040129_struggling_for_parking_lot.htm<p>I rent a car again these two days. I still don&rsquo;t want to put out around 100,000 RMB to buy a car yet since the expensive to maintain a car in Shanghai is still <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021123_a_car_in_shanghai.htm">far too expensive</a>. The recent <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021123_a_car_in_shanghai.htm">car plate</a> reached 390,000 39,000 RMB (Thanks The King for finding out the typo) cost already. (Anyway, someone take it as another investment method with the rapid rise of the price)</p> <p>Today, I moved around the downtown. I went to Xintiandi with my family and found an underground parking. It charges 5 RMB per hour. I was surprised that the price is already very low in that area. Last time, we went to the JC Mandarin hotel on the opposite side of the Shanghai Center. They charges 20 RMB for parking. Nearby underground parking in office buildings charges <strong>10 RMB per hour</strong>. Some charges higher. The bigger problem for car owners is, there is not enough parking lots now. It is a big headache for me to find parking today. Drivers pull their car over to the road side and blocks the road. I did the same on South He Nan Road and waited there for several minutes for the arrival of the painting I bought in Yuyuan. It seemed there is no better options - if I go and find a better place to park, it may cost me 15 minutes to longer to get back to where I was. Anyway, the current situation is understandable and I saw the improvement in the last several years.</p>Bird Flu Hit Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040128_bird_flu_hit_china.htmWed, 28 Jan 2004 22:31:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040128_bird_flu_hit_china.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/28/screen-bird.flu-sina.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Screen shot in courtesy of <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/z/birdflu/index.shtml">sina.com.cn</a></p> <p>I heard the bird flu several weeks ago but wasn&rsquo;t as worried as today. The Shanghai Morning Post reported the confirmed bird flu case in Guangxi and suspected cases in Hunan and Hubei. Tonight, the CCTV National News Program <a href="http://www.cctv.com/news/xwlb/20040128/100526.shtml">reported</a> (<a href="rtsp://real.cctv.com.cn/news/56K/6147520040128xwlbguangxixinliugan.rm">Real video</a>) the situation at 7:00 - 7:30 PM. All birds, ducks and chicken were killed in a three-km area around the place the cases were found.</p>Many Activities in the Spring Festivalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040127_many_activities_in_the_spring_festival.htmTue, 27 Jan 2004 23:29:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040127_many_activities_in_the_spring_festival.htm<p>Hello World!</p> <p>I just want to update the blog so the world knows I am still alive. :-D I didn&rsquo;t update my blog in the last two days since there are too many <em>activities</em> in the great Spring Festival. Anyway, I have expected this in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040122_happy_new_year.htm">previous entry</a>: <em>Note: Update may not be regular in the Spring Festival (from Jan 22 to Jan 29). :-D Wish you a happy New Year!</em> so I don&rsquo;t feel too guilty. :-)</p>Drama - Forget Me Tonighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040124_drama_-_forget_me_tonight.htmSat, 24 Jan 2004 23:21:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040124_drama_-_forget_me_tonight.htm<p>Tonight, Wendy and I went to see the drama named <em>Forget Me Tonight</em>. It was adopted from <a href="http://cul.sina.com.cn/liter/107.html">Chengdu, please forget me tonight</a> (Chinese literature). The original noval was exteremely popular in the year of 2002.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/24/shanghai-scene-drama.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang in courtesy of Shanghai Art Center at Anfu Road.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/24/shanghai-wc-drama.forget.me.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang in courtesy of staff of <em>Forget Me Tonight</em>. (Shamelessly took this image during the performance)</p>Pure Geek Happinesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040123_pure_geek_happiness.htmFri, 23 Jan 2004 22:39:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040123_pure_geek_happiness.htm<p>My article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040120_webcamwindows_mediagprssmartphone.htm">Webcam+Windows Media+GPRS+SmartPhone=?</a> was kindly quoted by Scoble on his <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/01/20.html#a6308">Scobleizer</a>. Then the page is quoted at <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=35407">SmartPhoneThoughts</a>. David commented &ldquo;Pure geek happiness&rdquo;. Exactly! It is pure geek happiness. I saw someone quote it as &ldquo;High Tech Mirror&rdquo;. Haha. Come on. Do you think I took all the trouble, configured all the software and paid for GPRS just to use it as a mirror? LOL. Only geeks understand the happiness to such kind of mirror.</p>Is SARS Coming Back tohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040123_p472.htmFri, 23 Jan 2004 22:33:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040123_p472.htm<p><strong>Is SARS Coming Back to Shanghai?</strong></p> <p>My answer: I did&rsquo;t get any information about the SARS in Shanghai. I even didn&rsquo;t hear about any rumor. I would say Shanghai is safe based on all the information I received so far. So judgment is still yours.</p>Happy New Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040122_happy_new_year-2.htmThu, 22 Jan 2004 23:07:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040122_happy_new_year-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/screen-monkey.year-google.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of <a href="http://google.com">Google.com</a></p> <p>The Year of Monkey Arrived!</p> <p><strong>Fireworks Picture of Last Night</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-dot.fireworks-new.year.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-dots-fireworks.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-fireworks-new.year.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-fireworks-on.head.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-money.and.fish-new.year.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-two-new.year.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-up-new.year.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-puple-fireworks.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/22/shanghai-flower-new.year.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>The pictures above were taken from the window of my living room. This is the first time I stayed in Shanghai for Spring Festival - before this year, Wendy and I took trains to go back to our hometown. Those were miserable journey since trains are always crowded in this season.</p>New Year Fireworks Broadcastinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040121_new_year_fireworks_broadcasting.htmWed, 21 Jan 2004 19:52:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040121_new_year_fireworks_broadcasting.htm<p><strong>The real time video is paused</strong>. The video above is recorded from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the night of Jan 21, 2003. It is a pity that the video recorded from 11:30 to 12:10 PM was lost. At that time, fireworks are everywhere from my window.</p> <p>Happy Chinese New Year! At the night of Chinese New Year, fireworks will be on show all of the city. I have setup a webcam to broadcast the exciting time to the world. :-D The window above is in real time with about 30 seconds delay. Happy New Year!</p>Webcam+Windows Media+GPRS+SmartPhone=?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040120_webcamwindows_mediagprssmartphone.htmTue, 20 Jan 2004 19:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040120_webcamwindows_mediagprssmartphone.htm<p>What if we combine Webcam, Windows Media Technology, GPRS and a SmartPhone together? Here is the result:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/20/shanghai-wireless.webcam-all.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Video of my webcam is displayed on my phone in real time. There is serveral seconds delay between the encoder and the player. © Jian Shuo Wang.</p> <p>I broadcasted the scene of my cubicle and use a smart phone to view it, in <strong>video</strong>, at <strong>real time</strong>. I can pull my mobile phone and see what is going on, no matter where I am, on bus, in Metro, at airport, in Beijing or in Hainan&hellip;.</p>为洛阳伤心https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040120_aeeae-2.htmTue, 20 Jan 2004 01:26:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040120_aeeae-2.htm<p>看到一篇文章，提及我挚爱的家乡-洛阳。一些鲜为人知的洛阳的辉煌过去。。。且不说隋唐时洛阳作为世界最大的城市之一的历史，就算建国后一段时间的城市，就对比出现在的破落。</p>Future Plan of Shanghai Metrohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040119_future_plan_of_shanghai_metro.htmMon, 19 Jan 2004 23:56:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040119_future_plan_of_shanghai_metro.htm<p>Amazing! Check out the future of plan of Shanghai Metro:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/19/map-shanghai.future.metro-small.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Anonymous</p> <p><a href="http://download.wangjianshuo.com/2004/01/19/map-shanghai.future.metro-updated.jpg">Download</a> the full size (3040x2548) map. <em>3.75M</em></p> <p>There are so many metro lines under the city. There are some huge transition stations with as many as 4 metro lines. This will be a huge change to the city.</p> <p>Metro is the nature part of my life already. Xiao Li described the close feeling with the Metro in this entry: <a href="http://blogger.cn/sonia/posts/10931.aspx">the Metro</a> (Chinese site) Good article!</p>朋友们在MSN Messenger的名字随雪而变https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040118_aemsn_messengerceee.htmSun, 18 Jan 2004 23:59:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040118_aemsn_messengerceee.htm<p>下雪了。大家都很兴奋。我随手抄来在我的MSN上名字里有雪的朋友:</p> <p>Steve上海的雪好大啊 h (风雪送春归，飞雪迎春到) Jean (大雪) Feng - 雪花飘 Jason - 雪影如棉－不见武林豪杰墓 Jazzman - 终于有大雪了 唐唐 - 瑞雪兆丰年。</p>上海下大雪了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040118_aeaeeae.htmSun, 18 Jan 2004 12:59:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040118_aeaeeae.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/18/shanghai-ganghui.tower-snowing.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/18/shanghai-school-snowing.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/18/shanghai-metro-snow.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040118_wow_shanghai_is_snowing.htm">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040118_wow_shanghai_is_snowing.htm</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Howard Stern&#x27;s Ball Sack<div class="comment-meta">— bonnie pingler · 2006-08-26 12:30</div></div> </details>Wow. Shanghai is Snowinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040118_wow_shanghai_is_snowing.htmSun, 18 Jan 2004 11:07:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040118_wow_shanghai_is_snowing.htm<p>Hey, Hey, Shanghai is snowing&hellip;</p> <p>Incrediable! Wowo. It is snowing in Shanghai!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/18/shanghai-ganghui.tower-snowing.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/18/shanghai-school-snowing.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Eric</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/18/shanghai-metro-snow.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>In my memory, the last time it snowed is 1996. I was a Junior in Shanghai Jiaotong University. In the past 8 years, it didn&rsquo;t snow. So you know why everybody rushed to the window side excitedly when we became aware of the snow outside. Yep. I hope it can snow longer and see the now covered Shanghai - I never saw such scene in Shanghai.</p>Taxi Dropped into River, Killing Peoplehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040117_taxi_dropped_into_river_killing_people.htmSat, 17 Jan 2004 23:11:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040117_taxi_dropped_into_river_killing_people.htm<p>Dead road, incorrect sign and poor lighting condition caused a taxi to drive directly into a deep river. Number of people kill still not clear. Shanghai Evening Post reported the astonishing news.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/axs/ax.cgi?http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/17/screen-dead.road-evening.post.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy: Shanghai Evening Post. Photographed by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><strong>Dead Road</strong></p> <p>The accident happens in Baoshan, Shanghai. The road directly leads to the 60-meter wide river. There is any dence or sign. The road just stops there, according to the same source.</p>First Contributor for MyBusStophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040116_first_contributor_for_mybusstop.htmFri, 16 Jan 2004 15:03:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040116_first_contributor_for_mybusstop.htm<p><a href="http://blog.hithat.com/">Bill Qiu</a> is the first person to take a picture of a bus stop in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040107_my_city_my_bus_stop_project.htm">My City, My Bus Stop Project</a>. He took a picture of LuoYangErCun</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/16/screen-Luo.yang.er.cun-703B.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of Billy Qiu, <a href="http://blog.hithat.com/archives/life/2004_01_15_wangjianshuos_mybusstop_project.htm">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s MyBusStop Project</a></p> <p>Well done. The system still need to be built - the idea itself is not good enough to support the community effort - if the geek Billy cannot find out good way to add a new route of 703B, I guess no one in the world can do it. So <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031205_wiki.htm">Wiki</a> is not the final solution, at least now, when the idea of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031205_wiki.htm">Wiki</a> is not popular. Yes. You can directly click the link on the bottom left corner of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/scripts/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?pagename=Bus.CaoHeJing">a page</a> to modify any page.</p>UPC number 036000250015https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040115_upc_number_036000250015.htmThu, 15 Jan 2004 15:50:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040115_upc_number_036000250015.htm<p><strong>The Facts</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://google.blogspace.com/">Google Weblog</a> is my favorite weblog.</p> </li> <li> <p>I guess it generates huge traffic to Google with its samples.<strong>What Happened?</strong></p> </li> <li> <p>Aaron <a href="http://google.blogspace.com/archives/001116">talked</a> about the UPC code search function and provided a sample search: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=036000250015">036000250015</a></p> </li> <li> <p>I was curious to see how many people follow that link.<strong>What I Did</strong></p> </li> <li> <p>I posted an entry (this page) with <strong>036000250015</strong> in title.</p> </li> <li> <p>I put a hit counter here:</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src="http://fastcounter.bcentral.com/fastcounter?2341930&#43;4683867" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://fastcounter.bcentral.com/fc-join">FastCounter by bCentral</a><strong>I Hope&hellip;</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>I hope this page is indexed by Google in the next few days. It should be around January 20, 2004.</p>Write Better Webloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040114_write_better_weblog.htmWed, 14 Jan 2004 21:57:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040114_write_better_weblog.htm<p>When I started writing my blog in late 2002, I read the <a href="http://www.markbernstein.org/">Mark Bernstein</a>&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving/">10 Tips on Writing the Living Web</a> from <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/">A List Apart</a>. At that time, not many people run bloggers, especially in China - actually, people say 911 event is the push power for the popularity of blog since people began to stop the work on their hand and to start thinking and recording about their own lives. It is the same as Muzimei&rsquo;s role in the Chinese blog world - the one of the important tipping points of the popularity in Chinese blogging world.</p>At the Age of 27https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040113_at_the_age_of_27.htmTue, 13 Jan 2004 21:54:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040113_at_the_age_of_27.htm<p>There is not much change in my life recently. The weather is still cold and became colder these days. It seems the cold weather has frozen my life too. I no longer think about going out and won&rsquo;t do crazy things like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm">cycling to Taihu</a> or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htm">visiting a degree confluence point</a>. The city life is the same - wake up, rush to crowded metro, step into office and sit down. The world is as small as a computer screen. The connection to the out side world are two lines - one network cable and one telephone line. Friends become smiley faces</p>Links Directory Pluginhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040113_p461.htmTue, 13 Jan 2004 15:35:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040113_p461.htm<p>After you have 200+ entries in your blog, you may have either too many posts in a single category or too many categories for your reader. Gossamer Threads&rsquo; <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/links/index.htm">Links 2.0</a> is a great tool to build Yahoo! style directory. This Links Directory plugin helps you to integrate your Links 2.0 directory into your MovableType site. You can put the directory paths and a better related entry that is more specific to the topic.</p>Super Cool Moving Advertisementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040112_super_cool_moving_advertisement.htmMon, 12 Jan 2004 23:41:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040112_super_cool_moving_advertisement.htm<p>I saw two astronauts under the big ball of Metro City in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030811_shanghai_scenery_around_xujiahui.htm">Xujiahui</a>. It is around 6:30 PM. It is almost dark and the area become very crowded. These two men wear silver clothes and black glasses and was walking around without any emotion on their faces. There is a large LCD display on their back. Of cause, they are very eye catching.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/12/shanghai-astronaut.ad-back.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/12/shanghai-astronaut.ad-walking.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Any Advice for Smiling Libraryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040111_any_advice_for_smiling_library.htmSun, 11 Jan 2004 22:48:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040111_any_advice_for_smiling_library.htm<p>Last Friday, talked with <a href="http://breezee.blogbus.com">breeze</a> and <a href="http://stonesee.nease.net">stonesee</a> on the smiling library project. It is a very nice charity organization to gather old books and send it to very poor schools in the less developed areas in China. It started with an idea and now has less than 7 organizers. However, they have successfully setup 6 libraries in Yun Nan.</p> <p><a href="http://breezee.blogbus.com">Breeze</a> asked about the operation practices to run such a charity program. This kind of Non Government Organization (NGO) is not a common practice. They are very interested to learn how people in other countries run this kind of organization? What is the organizational structure? Who make the final call for decisions? How to ensure the quality of the libraries&hellip; there are many questions there. I shared my thoughts with them, but definitely need to learn more. Do you have any advice to make the project more successful?</p>你炖的别的猪的手https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040111_aeccccc.htmSun, 11 Jan 2004 22:31:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040111_aeccccc.htm<p>受不了<a href="http://www.run2me.com/angela/default.aspx">Angela</a>了.这世界上到处都有让人发笑的事情.<a href="http://www.run2me.com">刘老师</a>post了一小段<a href="http://www.run2me.com/runliu/Lists/List/DispForm.aspx?ID=86&amp;Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Erun2me%2Ecom%2Frunliu%2Fdefault%2Easpx">MSN对话</a>&hellip;.</p> <p>Angela-想我吗 says: 你吃过没有?在家啊? Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: 在家 Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: 还没吃呢 Angela-想我吗 says: 那还不吃嘛? Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: 做了炖猪手，还没好 Angela-想我吗 says: （汗） Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: 很香~~~ Angela-想我吗 says: 那你现在一只手打字?! Angela-想我吗 says: （惊讶） Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: 又不是我的手 Angela-想我吗 says: 你炖的别的猪的手? Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: （汗） Run Liu - 舍&rsquo;得吗 says: （踢） Angela-想我吗 says: 娃哈哈哈哈哈哈</p>My Name is on Marshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040109_my_name_is_on_mars.htmFri, 09 Jan 2004 22:39:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040109_my_name_is_on_mars.htm<p>Everyone knows the explorer rover &ldquo;spirit&rdquo; has landed on Mars successfully. It is expect to explore the surface of Mars in the following days, after it overcome the barriers before it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/09/screen-mars-surface.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.nasa.gov">NASA</a></p> <p>I am feeling connected with this little robot since it <strong>carried my name</strong>, Jian Shuo Wang, to the remote red planet.</p> <p><strong>Send Your Name to Mars Project</strong></p> <p>On December 10, 2001, I signed up the project and entered my name into it. Then my name has been burned into a DVD along with other participants?name. The disk bearing my name has been sent to Mars already.</p>Satellite Dishes Still Forbidden in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040108_satellite_dishes_still_forbidden_in_china.htmThu, 08 Jan 2004 20:42:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040108_satellite_dishes_still_forbidden_in_china.htm<p>To be honest, I am frustrated that I <strong>cannot install a satellite dish</strong> to receive foreign programs like <a href="http://www.cnn.com">CNN</a>, <a href="http://www.nbc.com">NBC</a> in my home. It is explicit illegal to use it at home.</p> <p>The State Council issued a decree in 1993 saying only hotels, media outlets, and apartment buildings housing foreigners are allowed to use satellite dishes. It seems the ban is <strong>out of date</strong> since any one can access CNN.com or MSNBC.com via Internet to get the lastest report, if they are not blocked by the Great Firewall at that time.</p>这个可气的机器人https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_eaecae.htmThu, 08 Jan 2004 15:59:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_eaecae.htm<p>Alex 推荐我和一个机器人在MSN里面聊天。就是把MrRobot007@hotmail.com加到自己的联系人里面。我试了一下，没被笑死/气死。</p> <p><strong>第一回合</strong></p>收到Google支票一张https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_googlecae.htmThu, 08 Jan 2004 10:18:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_googlecae.htm<p>早上收到Google寄来的支票。还不错。去招商银行托收，估计3个星期就能拿到钱了。放了个小广告在英文的站点上，还能有些收入。至少够服务器和域名的钱。</p>第一个LinkedIn来的信息https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_caeaelinkedincae.htmThu, 08 Jan 2004 10:15:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_caeaelinkedincae.htm<p>加入了<a href="http://linikedin.com">LinkedIn</a>也邀请了一些朋友参加。今天第一次收到邀请，有人想和从美国飞过来，顺便和我聊聊。那就聊吧。<a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">Isaac</a>推荐的这个东东还挺好的。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">也请加入4dguanxi，邀请朋友一起来参与建设并拓展属于你自己的职业人际关系网络。<div class="comment-meta">— 4dguanxi · 2005-01-16 15:30</div></div> <div class="comment">food frame timber<br>wood<br>hardwood<br>bead glass<br>timber frame<br>frame timber<br>beam home post<br>http://www.newantigua.com/_bpages/5119.cfm?<div class="comment-meta">— hardwood · 2005-08-06 02:12</div></div> </details>感冒还没好https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_e-2.htmThu, 08 Jan 2004 10:12:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040108_e-2.htm<p>现在周围的人都在感冒，咳嗽声不断，包括我在内。如果SARS现在流行真了不得。SARS和流感的症状太像了。</p>MSN Messenger Virus Jitux.Ahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040107_msn_messenger_virus_jituxa.htmWed, 07 Jan 2004 20:08:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040107_msn_messenger_virus_jituxa.htm<p><strong>Warninig! Virus Alert!</strong></p> <p>According to MSN Messenger newsgroup (microsoft.public.msn.messenger), a new virus is found.</p> <blockquote> <p>2003 is ending with another computer virus causing havoc on the net.</p> <p>Anti-virus company Panda Software has warned net users to watch out for a new virus, a worm called Jitux.A, which is spread via MSN Messenger.</p> <p>Jitux.A is an aggressive code that contains a link to the web page <a href="https://www.home.no/">www.home.no/</a> / jituxramon.exe. Once open, the file JITUXRAMON.EXE automatically downloads, infecting your computer. The worm file stores itself in the computer&rsquo;s memory and sends new infected</p>My City, My Bus Stop Projecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040107_my_city_my_bus_stop_project.htmWed, 07 Jan 2004 18:16:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040107_my_city_my_bus_stop_project.htm<p>I started the <em><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wiki.php">My City, My Bus Stop</a></em> project last weekend. It is inspired by the <a href="http://www.confluence.org">Degree Confluence Project</a> - a project aiming to visit and take picture of each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world. I am thinking of a project to visit all the bus stops in Shanghai, take a picture and write simple description about it. The temporiy home page is hosted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wiki.php">here</a>.</p> <p>You may have noticed that I put a small icon</p>Salary in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040106_salary_in_shanghai.htmTue, 06 Jan 2004 23:01:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040106_salary_in_shanghai.htm<p>Before talking about salary, check the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm">Living Cost in Shanghai</a> (and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030718_living_cost_in_shanghai_part_ii.htm">Part II</a>).</p> <p>Average salary is very hard to tell, since it varies greatly based on lots of factors.</p> <p><strong>The Enterprise Type You Work For</strong></p> <p>Nation Owned Enterprises pays very low, something around 1000 - 2000 RMB. For people looking for salary information on Internet, you don&rsquo;t need to take it into consideration since you don&rsquo;t like them (for the low salary) and they don&rsquo;t like people like you (since they don&rsquo;t has the flexibility to hire you). :-D Of cause, they are changing these days.</p>Bring Your Mobile and Internet to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040105_bring_your_mobile_and_internet_to_shanghai.htmMon, 05 Jan 2004 23:54:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040105_bring_your_mobile_and_internet_to_shanghai.htm<p><em>Alf</em> sent me a wonderful email containing questions that first time travelers to Shanghai will definitely face. It gave me good idea about what I need to write to help them.</p> <p><strong>How to Access Internet?</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>Can I buy an Internet card to connect to the internet from my hotel room using my laptop? What different cards are there? Where can you buy them? What is the policy of the hotels? etc.</p>Got Flu and Went to Hospitalhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040104_got_flu_and_went_to_hospital.htmSun, 04 Jan 2004 20:47:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040104_got_flu_and_went_to_hospital.htm<p>The official news said <a href="http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/15/content_290513.htm">No Sign for Flu Outbreak in Shanghai</a>. But flu out broke in my home. 100% of the two citizens in this family - Wendy and I - got flu these days. We went to hospital these days to get injection&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">13 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I believe you two will recover soon. Just try to push the bad air out of body and take in the fresh one.<br><br>Cheer up !<div class="comment-meta">— Xu · 2004-01-04 20:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks Xu! You are so quick to response my post. You must be using some RSS client tool to get notified of the new post, right?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-01-04 21:05</div></div> <div class="comment">take care! hope you two get better soon.<div class="comment-meta">— Hailey · 2004-01-04 21:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks Hailey. I will.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-01-04 22:58</div></div> <div class="comment">No, just by chance. They say don&#x27;t come early, come in right time.<div class="comment-meta">— Xu · 2004-01-05 00:08</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m sending &quot;Chicken Soup Hugs&quot; in your direction! Hope it passes quickly and that you are both on the mend very soon. I guess it&#x27;s better for both of you to be miserable at the same time and get it over with, but too bad that neither of you feels like taking care of the other one. They say that &quot;misery loves company&quot;, but in the case of the flu, I&#x27;m not so sure.<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2004-01-05 07:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Hope you two get well soon. Please stay away from computers for a while - the rest will do wonders to your health. :P<div class="comment-meta">— WilliamW · 2004-01-05 08:56</div></div> <div class="comment">all the best wishes for you and Wendy :)<br><br>Cheers up in the new 2004<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2004-01-05 10:14</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone: Xu, Hailey, Carroll, WilliamW, tutu... Thanks. I am feeling better today. With your warm wishes, I am feeling great!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-01-05 10:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Take it as a New Year&#x27;s greeting. At least you have not &quot;let your wife down&quot; :-)<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2004-01-05 13:41</div></div> <div class="comment">I just came back from Huangshan. Take care.<div class="comment-meta">— stonesee · 2004-01-05 21:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Wang Jian Shuo,<br><br>Do you know of any excellent hospitals with oncologists because my boyfriend has been diagnosed with brain tumor in the United States and we are now living in Shanghai. We would like to continue our lifestyle here, please let me know if you have any information.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Carmen<div class="comment-meta">— Carmen Cheung · 2006-02-01 08:11</div></div> <div class="comment">I am sorry to know that, but I don&#x27;t have the expertise in hostipital, so I don&#x27;t want to comment on this serious topic. I suggest you may go to http://www.shanghai.gov.cn , and check the medical channel. Maybe it helps.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2006-02-01 17:51</div></div> </details>PmWiki Successfully Installed on Windows 2000https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040103_pmwiki_successfully_installed_on_windows_2000.htmSat, 03 Jan 2004 21:03:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040103_pmwiki_successfully_installed_on_windows_2000.htm<p>I finally decided to use <a href="http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/PmWiki">PmWiki</a> as my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031205_wiki.htm">Wiki</a> engine, just like choosing <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">MovableType</a> for my blog. Before choosing PmWiki, I also successfully installed <a href="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki">UseModWiki</a> and <a href="http://openwiki.com/">OpenWikie</a> on my server, and did some research on <a href="http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/">MediaWiki</a>. OpenWiki are not so reliable since I frequently meet <em>500 Server Internal Error</em>。 <strong>UseMod</strong> is definitely a good choice since the revision function works greatly immediately after installation, but the documentation part is not as good as PmWiki. I specially like the <a href="http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/WikiTrails">WikiTrails</a> feature, which is not available from other engines.</p>“我的城市，我的汽车站”https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040103_aciececa.htmSat, 03 Jan 2004 02:18:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20040103_aciececa.htm<p>这是一个有趣的计划，希望用社区的力量，描述我们自己的城市，自己的汽车站。</p> <p>项目的目标是：为上海的每一个公交站牌，拍一张照片，写一段描述。</p> <p>这是一个每个人都可以贡献的社区。你可以把自己的图片，自己的描述记录在这里。。。。现在刚刚开始，因为系统测试原因，暂时不开放所有人都可以修改的权限。估计会在1月10日左右开放。</p>My Speech and Training Recordhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040102_my_speech_and_training_record.htmFri, 02 Jan 2004 15:22:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040102_my_speech_and_training_record.htm<p>By the year end, I summarized some kep speeches and training I have delivered in the last three years, just as <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021022_me_as_a_trainer.htm">I did</a> in Jan last year. I never been a full time trainer, but my passion for training is always there.</p> <p><strong>Format</strong></p> <p>Date Speech Title</p> <p>Event or audience</p> <p><strong>Conferences</strong></p> <p>August 10, 2000 BizTalk Server in .COM Ages</p> <p>China CEO/CIO Summit</p> <p>September 19, 2000 BizTalk - Beyond the Limitation of Enterprise Application</p>Happy New Year 2004https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040101_happy_new_year_2004.htmThu, 01 Jan 2004 00:57:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20040101_happy_new_year_2004.htm<p>Happy New Year, 2004!!</p> <p>Do you still remember the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030101_happy_new_year.htm">fireworks picture</a> I posted the same day at the beginning of 2003? Here is my routine work to post the nice fireworks. The difference is, the pictures of this year is much better since I realized the <strong>fireworks</strong> mode of my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030521_my_new_camera_sony_dscp8.htm">Sony P8</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/01/shanghai-fireworks.best-2004.eve.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/01/shanghai-fireworks.three-2004.eve.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/01/shanghai-fireworks.red.explosion-2004.eve.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2004/01/01/shanghai-fireworks.white.green-2004.eve.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Last Day of 2003https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031231_last_day_of_2003.htmWed, 31 Dec 2003 23:10:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031231_last_day_of_2003.htm<p>It is the last day of 2003. After 6:00 PM, I went out to dinner at Gino at the Grand Gateway. Nice soup and bread.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/31/shanghai-dishes.soup-gino.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/31/shanghai-pot-gino.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Then we took metro to Hua Hai Road, hoping to see some special activities at the new year&rsquo;s eve. Many buildings are decorated with lights. Here is the Rui An Tower.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/31/shanghai-rui.an.tower-2004.eve.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>过年了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031231_eae.htmWed, 31 Dec 2003 17:17:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031231_eae.htm<p>今年真是不太平，每天电视上都是坏消息。好像今天这2003年的最后一天也不是那个味道。。。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">呵呵，写博写得真早啊。<div class="comment-meta">— 贩梨 · 2006-11-16 15:39</div></div> </details>翻译得好呀https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031230_ce.htmTue, 30 Dec 2003 20:27:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031230_ce.htm<p>看看，你正在读的这篇中文可以被<a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=zh_en&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Fcn%2F">翻译成英文</a>了。翻译的好呀！</p> <p>小高 被翻成了 the young Gao 星巴克 被翻成了 planet 巴克 搞笑 ==&gt; did smiles</p> <p><a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=zh_en&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Ffanfan%2F">Wendy的网站</a>被翻得更有趣</p> <p>贝贝家里居然养了6只猫 ==&gt; In the shell shell family unexpectedly has raised 6 cats 这个世界不知道怎么了？ ==&gt; How didn&rsquo;t this world know?</p>Cool Stuffs at Amazonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031230_cool_stuffs_at_amazon.htmTue, 30 Dec 2003 18:27:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031230_cool_stuffs_at_amazon.htm<p>I like companies like Amazon. They always have cool ideas to do traditional business with high-tech ways. Here are some examples.</p> <p><strong>Search Inside</strong></p> <p>Amazon is offering the &ldquo;Search Inside&rdquo; feature. It allows customers to search every word inside a book. To me, it means more like a feature of &ldquo;READ inside&rdquo;. I can quickly search a keyword in a book, and read the sample pages containing the word. I hope one day, when most books offer Search Inside feature, I can simply visit Amazon to search for a word that is in a book on my hand - just the F3 key of my hard copy book.</p>《后成长时代》https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031230_aeaea.htmTue, 30 Dec 2003 15:09:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031230_aeaea.htm<p>老婆写了一篇好文 - 《<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20031228_14.htm">后成长时代</a>》，道出了从大学毕业到工作5年或者是更长一段时间的困惑。其中几句话印象深刻：</p> <ul> <li> <p>忍下去的人变成了中庸，忍不下去的人或者成功，或者成为烈士。</p> </li> <li> <p>不同的结果都没有错，因为春风得意的未必家庭幸福；庸碌无为的未必不高朋满座；不同的人，在这个社会上总归要占据那么一个位置，谁也抢不走。</p>My Alexa Traffic Ranking Improvedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031229_my_alexa_traffic_ranking_improved.htmMon, 29 Dec 2003 19:15:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031229_my_alexa_traffic_ranking_improved.htm<p>My Alexa web traffic ranking improves. Today, <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">wangjianshuo.com</a>, including both <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">home&hellip;</a> and <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">www&hellip;</a> is ranked as the <strong>92,392nd largest site</strong> in terms of traffic. It is the first time it jumps into top 100,000.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/29/screen-alexa.rank-92392.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: <a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&amp;url=http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Alexa.com</a></p> <p>If the trend continues, the site will be top 30,000 largest site in three months. :-D</p> <p>This is my current ranking (may be different than the one I stated above)</p> <p><strong>Alexa Toolbar</strong></p> <p>The positive change is not reflecting the real situation. The page view does not improve dramatically. The truth is, I installed the <a href="http://download.alexa.com/?amzn_id=wangjianssblo-20">Alexa toolbar</a> on my computer. As the most frequent visitor of the site, my visits greatly impacted the ranking. The lower a site&rsquo;s rank is, the lower the accuracy the rank is. Don&rsquo;t take it seriously.</p>More about Confluence Projecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031229_p445.htmMon, 29 Dec 2003 10:44:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031229_p445.htm<p>Requested by many users, I started an <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn">experiment Chinese blog</a>. As I stated in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/cn/20031227_aeeae.htm">this article</a>, I will continue to put more effort on this one to share serious information and put some funny stuff there if I have time.</p>【北京政府忠告市民：买车有害交通】https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031229_aaeieaeeaeea.htmMon, 29 Dec 2003 10:38:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031229_aaeieaeeaeea.htm<p>今天<a href="http://blog.joycode.com">开心就好</a>的MSN显示名是：</p> <p>【北京政府忠告市民：买车有害交通】</p> <p>暴笑。</p>聊天https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_e.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 22:59:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_e.htm<p>周六和大家聊天（Isaac已经有所<a href="http://www.isaacmao.com/2003/12/27/">记述</a>），除了7个人的团队，150法则还有6度分割以外，有记住了几句话：</p> <p>大的公司在维持原有份额的时候在丧失创新的能力 注册很容易，写blog很容易，<strong>放弃也很容易</strong>成了现在很多blog提供商的难题</p>有趣的'草原'https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_ece.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 22:53:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_ece.htm<p><a href="http://www.cnblog.org/grassland/">http://www.cnblog.org/grassland/</a> 十个非常有趣的东西，尤其神奇的是从众多blog里产生的热门词组。今天，老公， 老婆，牛都成了热门，点进去一看，老公的搜索结果第一条是:<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan/20031228_10.htm">终于有了自己的blog了</a>而老婆的结果第一条是：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/cn/20031228_eccc.htm">老婆的网站</a>。瞅瞅这俩人。</p>Summary of the Year of 2003https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031228_summary_of_the_year_of_2003.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 21:19:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031228_summary_of_the_year_of_2003.htm<p>The year of 2003 is passing by.</p> <p><strong>Personal</strong></p> <p>In this year, I got <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030317_marriage_announcement.htm">married</a>, held the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htm">big fat wedding ceremony</a>. I didn&rsquo;t have any long trip (like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/Daocheng/">Daocheng</a> of last year), but I paid short trips to nearby areas. It sounds crazy to cycle to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm">Taihu</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030612_chongming_trip.htm">Chongming</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030702_tongli_beauty_at_night.htm">Tongli</a>, and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030611_cycling_to_pudong_airport.htm">Pudong Airport</a>. I also visited some unuasual places like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031115_reached_sea_and_saw_faye_wang.htm">seashore</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htm">30N 119E</a>. There are still some <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">Starbucks</a> stores I didn&rsquo;t visit this year yet. Maybe next year&hellip;</p> <p>I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Life/Learn/Driving/">learnt to drive</a> and got my driver&rsquo;s license this year. I had good time to drive in this large city.</p>冲向30N 119Ehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_30n_119e.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 14:03:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_30n_119e.htm<p>地球上本没有线，自从有了经度和纬度，就有了人为的线。而整数的经度和整数的纬度交叉的点，虽然只有数字的意义，去访问一下，也是的不错的经历。</p> <p>上上个礼拜，我曾经试图探访位于30N 119E的那个点，它应该在浙江，安徽两省交界地的群山中。</p>稻城https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_c.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 13:33:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_c.htm<p>稻城是个神奇的地方。看照片吧。我拍的。</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/daocheng-xiannairi-tales.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/daocheng.yading-pearl.lake.xiannairi.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>还有然人心碎的故事：<a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/articles/daocheng.last.song.htm">稻城绝唱====给我安眠于神山的丈夫</a></p> <p>更多稻城（英文）文章，看<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Travel/Daocheng/">这里</a>，现在有29篇吧。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi. Nice comments<div class="comment-meta">— Ringtones · 2005-05-27 12:37</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi. Nice comments<div class="comment-meta">— Ringtones · 2005-05-27 12:38</div></div> <div class="comment">前几天去雨崩，徒步了三天，很美的地方，星星一闪一闪的，好像顺手可摘。<div class="comment-meta">— jessica · 2010-08-31 16:55</div></div> </details>搬些宝贝过来https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_aeee.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 13:20:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_aeee.htm<p>中文blog，刚开张，总归要从原来的仓库里搬些宝贝过来，以装点门面。好在数字的东西，不会因为这里多一份拷贝而在那里减少半分。</p> <p>这里是搬家清单：</p> <p>神秘稻城 充向30N 119E 骑车到太湖 步行星巴克 。。。</p>老婆的网站https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_eccc.htmSun, 28 Dec 2003 01:33:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031228_eccc.htm<p>想都不用想，老婆的网站从来都会比老公的网站受欢迎，<a href="http://blog.joycode.com/roboo/posts/313.aspx">豆腐</a>就是个明证。Wendy居然也开始兴致勃勃地吵着闹着要开始blog了，好事呀。大家捧场：<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Wendy的Blog</a>。</p>美国牛的确疯了https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_cccccae.htmSat, 27 Dec 2003 23:59:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_cccccae.htm<p>《新闻晨报》今天A7版通栏标题：英国证实美国纽的确疯了。这<a href="http://www.jfdaily.com.cn/gb/node2/node17/node33/index.html">新闻晨报</a>也太搞笑了。</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">haha! jianshuo, You are writting in Chinese is so funny!<div class="comment-meta">— owen · 2003-12-31 12:20</div></div> </details>中英不同https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeeae.htmSat, 27 Dec 2003 23:53:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeeae.htm<p>精力有限，实在不想分散；维护两个以上的blog，所以必须有所侧重。英文的部分依然是重点，比较严肃，还是上海这个主题，一天一篇，一天不少，长篇大论。中文这个，纯属好玩，不要期望过高，有时就放上4-5条，隔几天一篇不放，都属正常。所以不要叫它blog，因为没有时间的承诺。篇幅会很短，但会比较好玩。其实，我的<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">英文站点</a>，原则过多，比如说：URL已经发布24小时以后，拼写错误也不改的原则，以保证URL不会<a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980614.html">变化</a>，从学究的易用性，搜索引擎友好优化等等方面考虑比较多，这里可就不一样了。闹吧。轻松一点，哈哈。</p>为什么以前只有英文呢https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeaeaeaee.htmSat, 27 Dec 2003 23:44:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeaeaeaee.htm<p>老实说，我对写文章一向害怕，高考时候语文分数奇低，大概150分只有得了80几分吧，重大打击。好在其他4门都在140在左右，尤其英文还得了个全省第一，才勉强有个学上。</p>中文Blog开张https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeblog.htmSat, 27 Dec 2003 23:33:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/cn/20031227_aeblog.htm<p>各位各位，王建硕也有中文的Blog了。大家对我只写英文站点的愤怒之情由来已久，不时有人问我为什么没有中文站点，更有n个人(n&gt;20)抱怨就不愿意看英文，尤其不愿意看我写的英文。真巧，今天和Isaac聊了一通，Isaac说，他的<a href="http://www.cnblog.org/grassland/">Grassland</a> RSS搜索引擎只收中文，鉴于朋友关系，才勉强把我的英文网站作为唯一的特例加了进去，感谢感谢！他还劝我应该或多或少写点中文的blog。</p>Wonderful MeetUp on Dec 26https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031227_wonderful_meetup_on_dec_26.htmSat, 27 Dec 2003 18:24:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031227_wonderful_meetup_on_dec_26.htm<p>I am excited about the successful <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031216_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup.htm">meet-up</a> yesterday in Starbucks Metro City Store. Eight persons including me attended the casual talk. We played a game of writing three statements about everyone him/her selves with two true and one false statement. It gave everyone the opportunity to tell others about his/her life, personality, and interests. It is a good ice breaking game.</p> <p><strong>Attendants</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.blogcn.com/user1/teddytoo/main.asp">Tutu</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;cof=AWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BLW%3A795%3BAH%3Acenter%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;q=%22Posted+by%3A+sophie%22&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Sophie</a></p> <p>Vicky</p> <p><a href="http://stonesee.nease.net/">Stonesee</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031216_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup.htm#1120">Ghee Teh</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.dreampress.net/weblog/hiphop/">Xiao Jing</a></p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang</p>Holiday Schedule of 2004https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031226_holiday_schedule_of_2004.htmFri, 26 Dec 2003 09:14:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031226_holiday_schedule_of_2004.htm<p>The holiday schedule is released early for the whole year of 2004. According to the schedule, there are three 3-day holidays plus a new year&rsquo;s day, making the national wide holiday 10 days. After shifting with nearby weekends, there will be three long holidays - 7 days for each plus a New Year&rsquo;s Day.</p> <p><strong>New Year&rsquo;s Day</strong></p> <p><strong>Jan 1, 2004</strong> is a Thursday. Take one day off.</p> <p><strong>Spring Festival</strong></p> <p>Holiday starts from <strong>Jan 22, 2004 to Jan 28, 2004</strong>. Jan 22 is the Spring Festival. The official holidays are Jan 22, Jan 23 and Jan 24. They are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. By moving the weekend Jan 17, Jan 18 to Jan 26, Jan 27, and Jan 24 to Jan 28, the whole week is holiday, but I need to go work at Jan 17 and 18.</p>Where to Study Chinese, Beijing or Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031225_where_to_study_chinese_beijing_or_shanghai.htmThu, 25 Dec 2003 20:46:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031225_where_to_study_chinese_beijing_or_shanghai.htm<p>Scott, an American in Tokyo is planning to move to Shanghai to study Chinese. He sent me the following questions:</p> <blockquote> <p>Around this time next year, I&rsquo;m planning to move to China to take intensive Mandarin courses for at least a year. I&rsquo;m definitely a city person, and from my current perspective, Shanghai appeals to me most. However, I&rsquo;m having second thoughts. I&rsquo;m having a difficult time deciding which city to focus on&ndash;Shanghai, Beijing, or somewhere else. I was hoping you could help me with two questions:</p>Merry Christmashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031224_merry_christmas-2.htmWed, 24 Dec 2003 17:23:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031224_merry_christmas-2.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/25/screen-christmas.2003-logo.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Merry Christmas!!!!</p> <p>I am not sure when I should post this entry, on December 24, the Christmas eve or December 25, the Christmas day. Anyway, I cannot hold to tomorrow so I&rsquo;d like to post my greetings today. Merry Christmas everyone!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/25/munich-gifts.shop-x.mas.card.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Photographer: Wendy Fan. <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/about/card.htm?http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/25/munich-gifts.shop-x.mas.card.jpg">Send this picture</a> as your greeting card to your friends.</p> <p>This is Christmas card that I am uisng for this year. Many people asked me about this picture. As some may know, the picture is <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031221_wendy_is_back_from_europe.htm">taken</a> by <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=wendy&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Wendy</a> in Munich. I believe the shining toys in the shop perfectly reflect my mood at the holiday. Best wishes to my family, my friends, my workmates, my old classmates and of cause, my readers.</p>10 Things You Love/Hate About Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031223_10_things_you_lovehate_about_shanghai.htmTue, 23 Dec 2003 19:56:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031223_10_things_you_lovehate_about_shanghai.htm<p>I found a very interesting thread titled <em><a href="http://shanghaiexpat.com/PNphpBB2-name-file-viewtopic-t-3724.html">10 things you love/hate about Shanghai?</a></em> on <a href="http://www.shanghaiexpat.com">Shanghaiexpat.com</a>. It looks so interesting to me as a local resident. I have request permission from the authors so I can publish the list here. Here are my summary. I&rsquo;d better not to quote the interesting explaination about why they like or dislike without their permission first. But do read the original text to get a good laugh.</p>Dongzhi - Winter Solsticehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031222_dongzhi_-_winter_solstice.htmMon, 22 Dec 2003 23:15:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031222_dongzhi_-_winter_solstice.htm<p>Today is Dongzhi - the Winter Solstice. My friend ACai mentioned the day on the BBS of my old classmates. I wasn&rsquo;t aware of that till then.</p> <p>It is a tradition in my hometown (Henan of Central China) to eat Chinese dumplings (Jiaozi) on this day. Children are told that if you don&rsquo;t eat dumplings on that day, their ears will be frozen and drop down. Yes. All child believe in it. :-D I laughed when the folklore was mentioned on the BBS again.</p>Shanghai Office Building - Metro Towerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031222_p437.htmMon, 22 Dec 2003 23:01:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031222_p437.htm<p>I am asked to give some suggestions to rent an office in Shanghai. He is considering to open a large branch office for his international company. Well. It seems I had become the Mr. Shanghai who are supposed to know everything about this city - I am obviously not.</p> <p>However, as you may guess, I may share my ideas about which office is good and which is not - from the perspective of a employer working in the building. TREAT IT AS THE MOST UNPROFESSIONAL ADVICE YOU CAN GET</p>Wendy is Back from Europehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031221_wendy_is_back_from_europe.htmSun, 21 Dec 2003 23:39:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031221_wendy_is_back_from_europe.htm<p><a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=wendy&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Wendy</a> is back from her Europe trip. It seemed a nice trip except she was really starving there. We rushed to her favorite restaurant as soon as she got out of the plane. The black bread there seemed not good for her. :-D</p> <p>Her <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/fanfan">Europe travelogue</a> has been published on this site. It is in Chinese but the pictures will tell more than characters.</p> <p><strong>Nice Pictures</strong></p> <p>Among all the pictures she took, I like these three most.</p>Friend is Sick. Please Show Your Supporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031220_friend_is_sick_please_show_your_support.htmSat, 20 Dec 2003 23:28:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031220_friend_is_sick_please_show_your_support.htm<p>I <a href="http://www.culturexchina.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=523&amp;PN=1&amp;FID=12&amp;PR=3">heard</a> one of my friends Flora is very ill and needs a kidney transplant. Actually, I met with her only once at a dinner party before. She gave me very good impression. We talked about joining the exam for a Tour Guide&rsquo;s License at that time. It seemed the promising life was long long ahead&hellip;</p> <p>Now she is in hospital and waiting for a compatible kidney to be transplanted. The chance is not high. The risk of the operation is still high, not to mention the cost - it is much higher than any normal Chinese family can afford.</p>Discrimination Against Foreigners in Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031219_discrimination_against_foreigners_in_shanghai.htmFri, 19 Dec 2003 22:06:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031219_discrimination_against_foreigners_in_shanghai.htm<p>Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely based on my personal observation. Always keep in mind that I am a young man with university education and living in Shanghai. Before you draw any general conclusion, be sure you understand that like in any large country, opinions vary greatly with ages, education background, economic status and regions.</p> <p>One of my reader asked about the discrimination against foreigners she heard from a website:</p>SARS Alert in Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031218_sars_alert_in_pudong_airport.htmThu, 18 Dec 2003 22:43:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031218_sars_alert_in_pudong_airport.htm<p>With the new case of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/News/SARS/">SARS</a> in Taiwan, the alert level of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/Transportation/Pudong_Airport/">Pudong Airport</a> rised a little bit. I happen to go to the airport to pickup Wendy today. Passengers are asked to fillin the yellow health claim form before check-in and the broadcast repeatly (at a low frequency) to remind people to do so. Masks returned to some of the passengers&rsquo; face of flights coming from Japan and Europe. It seems after the SARS period of this May, people are more experienced with the situation like this.</p>2SIMPLE - Clearly Cheatinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031217_p432.htmWed, 17 Dec 2003 21:45:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031217_p432.htm<p><a href="http://www.flyingchair.net/awards.php">Asia Weblog Award</a> takes an interesting initiative. The result certainly reflects the popularity of their blog. Everything went smooth so far. However, something very interesting happened today. A new comer site <a href="http://www.xjyk.com/datou/">2SIMPLE</a> was the star. It was ranked very low with less than 20 votes (as I remember) at noon. In one or two hour, it jumped to the top with 140 votes at around 2:00 PM. The number vote stopped crazily increasing after 2:00 PM and by 6:00 PM, it only got another 2 votes.</p>Wangjianshuo's Blog Meetuphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031216_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup.htmTue, 16 Dec 2003 23:43:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031216_wangjianshuos_blog_meetup.htm<p>I always feel excited when I am thinking that there are many frequent readers and friends around this website. I also got a lot of email asking about &ldquo;how about we meet next week?&rdquo; or &ldquo;I will be in Shanghai around ****, how about we meet and talk?&rdquo;</p> <p>I also have been waiting to meet some of my friends face to face if possible. I know many are in Shanghai already, while others, like Carroll and Xu are in California and Japan&hellip;</p>Incomplete Visit to 30N 119Ehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htmMon, 15 Dec 2003 23:59:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htm<p>**15-Dec-2003 &ndash; **</p> <p>Before I start my narration, I would like to thank Sebastian for lending me his Germin GPS and <a href="http://www.confluence.org/visitor.php?id=2144">Targ Parsons</a> who helped me to find out the satellite map for that area. To my wife Wendy: I put a very small gift there for you to discover in the future.</p> <p>It was an <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031215_incomplete_visit_to_30n_119e.htm">incomplete visit</a>. I was about 2.73 km away from the points 30N 119E after traveling about 300 km to the area from Shanghai. The road ahead should not be tough since the mountains are not high and not to hard to climb. But I didn&rsquo;t have time to go any further. The last bus from the place - a very small village called Yinjiang left 1:00 pm. I have to get back to work the next day. Even I left the village at 1:00 PM, I got home at around 11:30 PM.</p>Taxi Fell into Traphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031213_taxi_fell_into_trap.htmSat, 13 Dec 2003 23:23:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031213_taxi_fell_into_trap.htm<p>Have I ever show off the nice violin statue under my apartment?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/vanke/newhome/northview/shanghai.waltz-n.view-violin.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It looks nice but a woman taxi driver didn&rsquo;t think so, because she drove her taxi into the low land on the right side of the violin, exactly from the place where the guy in yellow passed by.</p> <p>It sounds so stupid to drive a car off the road and into the grass land. It is especially stupid if I tell you that the grass is at least 50 cm deep. Getting out is not easy. She managed to completed the hard job.</p>Directory Addedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031212_directory_added.htmFri, 12 Dec 2003 23:57:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031212_directory_added.htm<p>My readers and I suffer greatly from the navigation structure of this website. The two to three years of continuous adding content to the site left hundreds of pages of content with no particular order. The current category feature of MovableType is not strong enough to hold the 400 articles - I cannot add more categories since the top navigation bar is almost full and the number of entries in a category keeps increasing.</p>Sleep on Airplanehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031211_sleep_on_airplane.htmThu, 11 Dec 2003 22:34:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031211_sleep_on_airplane.htm<p>Late sleeping last night took effect today. I fall asleep as soon as I sat down at a 10F seat of MU flight. This is the first time in my life that I didn&rsquo;t enjoy a flight - I didn&rsquo;t know when the flight took off and when it landed. All I know is, I sat down, slept, woke up and went home. Amazing! It seems I should stay late every time before a travel thus the boring time during the trip will be easily <strong>skipped</strong>, as if it hadn&rsquo;t existed. Oh. There was even a book at Amazon to teach people to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0972221913/103-9445772-9423037?v=glance">Sleep on Airplanes</a>. LOL.</p>Guangzhou Impressionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031210_guangzhou_impression.htmWed, 10 Dec 2003 21:23:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031210_guangzhou_impression.htm<p>Busy day! Didn&rsquo;t get a chance to sit down or have a break the whole day, until now.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t have much impression about Guangzhou this time. Just two comments:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The service in restaurants are much better than that in Shanghai.</p> </li> <li> <p>The taxis of Guangzhou becomes cleaner</p> </li> </ul> <p>Will get back to Shanghai tomorrow morning.</p> <p><strong>Night Gather with High School Classmates</strong></p> <p>Guangzhou is a city full of energy. I was surprised to get the invitation from my friends Peng and Yu at **9:30 PM **to visit their home. I meant to call to say hello to them only. After confirming that it was not very late to visit their home, I took a taxi to their nice newly decorated apartment.</p>Flying to Guangzhou on A Rainy Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031209_flying_to_guangzhou_on_a_rainy_day.htmTue, 09 Dec 2003 22:39:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031209_flying_to_guangzhou_on_a_rainy_day.htm<p>I packed my Dell Latitude X200 into a very small bag and got out of the Metro Tower. The trip destination this time is the metropolitain of Guangzhou. It was very cold outside and rained a little bit. To warn other travelers to Shanghai, I just hang up a weather meter onto my homepage. I only wore a shirt and a suite, expecting the temperature in Guangzhou should be much higher. So I was freezen there.</p>Wendy's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031208_wendys_blog.htmMon, 08 Dec 2003 23:28:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031208_wendys_blog.htm<p>Wendy has setup <a href="http://www.run2me.com/wenfan">her blog</a>. It is in Chinese.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/08/shanghai-fanfan-blog.icon.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Wendy loves to describe the lovely and good things in life. This is the advertisement for her to show my support. Now, all members in my small family (two persons) have blogs.</p> <p>Wendy hosted her blog at <a href="http://www.run2me.com">Run2me.com</a>. It is powered by <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server</a>. I did complain that she didn&rsquo;t host her blog on my site, but she has her choice. :-)</p>PVG: 2nd Runway Under Constructionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031207_pvg_2nd_runway_under_construction.htmSun, 07 Dec 2003 17:19:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031207_pvg_2nd_runway_under_construction.htm<p>Shanghai is sunny today, but the temperature drops by 8 degrees C. The winter is coming! The cold, freezing Shanghai winter is coming!</p> <p>I send Wendy to the airport and she will begin her happy journey to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030402_my_dream_travel_destination.htm">Europe</a>. She will have a meeting at Munich, Germany and visit Italy, Austria and France&hellip;</p> <p>After I saw the China Airlines flight disappeared in the sky at 12:30, I had a walk outside the Pudong Airport. I bet not many passengers ever tried to walk out of the airport - it is by the sea and there is barely no buildings around.</p>Vote Me as Best Mainland Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031206_vote_me_as_best_mainland_blog.htmSat, 06 Dec 2003 18:47:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031206_vote_me_as_best_mainland_blog.htm<p><a href="http://www.flyingchair.net/awards.php">Flyingchair</a> is hosting the <strong>Asia Weblog Awards</strong>. If you like this site, please go to the <strong><a href="http://www.flyingchair.net/vote.php?categoryID=2">Best Mainland China Blog</a></strong> section and vote for this site. Haha. There is only one vote for me now. :-(</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/06/screen-asia.blog.award-logo.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Now, It became 2 votes !<br><br>To go ahead over other competitors, we need more friends and help. o(^^)o<div class="comment-meta">— Xu · 2003-12-06 19:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks Xu!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-12-06 19:46</div></div> <div class="comment">voted for ya :)<div class="comment-meta">— dodo · 2003-12-07 02:02</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m vote #14. :)<br><br>Let me to do a little lobbying for you, Xiao Wang, in the coming week.<div class="comment-meta">— WilliamW · 2003-12-07 14:08</div></div> <div class="comment">I will vote for you because you are one of BLOGERATI :-)<br><br>There are more blog-related terms described in the article &quot;Blah, Blah, Blog&quot; By Paul McFedries:<br><br>.......Bloggers tend to be passionate about their hobby, and the best among them ?the so-called blogerati or blognoscenti ?are genuine stars, with dedicated followers. These include the likes of writer Doc Searles (doc.weblogs.com), the Electronic Frontier Foundation&#x27;s Cory Doctorow (boingboing.net), journalist Andrew Sullivan (www.andrewsullivan.com), and technoguru Esther Dyson (release4.blogspot.com).<br><br>The vast majority of blogs are nothing more than ever-so-slightly glorified online diaries that record the daily trials and tribulations of the blogger. The worst of these journal blogs are dismissed as kittyblogs (since so many of them describe what their cat has done that day) or bloggerel (blog doggerel), and these bloggers are often accused of oversharing (providing too much detail about their personal lives) or being guilty of blogorrhea (posting too much information in general).<br><br>The rest of the blogosphere consists mostly of blogs devoted to specific topics. For example, a blawg is related to legal matters or is written by a lawyer; a bleg is used to beg for help or money; an advocacy blog supports a political cause; and a news blog or pundit blog examines mainstream news media and punditry (not to be confused with a blog that breaks its own news, or blews).<br><br>Covering language and linguistics is the job of a linguablog; a tech blog focuses on technology; an edu-blog discusses education issues; a warblog tackles war, particularly the war on terrorism; and a photog is a blog that posts pictures, particularly candid shots of people in public places.<br><br>In recent months, we&#x27;ve seen the rise of the moblog, a blog maintained and updated using a mobile device such as a notebook, a palmtop computer, or a cellphone. (Photogs are often updated via the new camera phones that are the latest rage.) With its emphasis on mobility, the moblog has created an interesting new dynamic at conferences and business meetings, as bloggers post critiques of the current speaker and other attendees read those critiques and comment on them. This generates an entire back channel of communication that the speaker is likely to be unaware of.....<div class="comment-meta">— JH · 2003-12-07 14:29</div></div> <div class="comment">... and one (mistakenly) thought moblogs were written by Sopranos fans. :)<div class="comment-meta">— WilliamW · 2003-12-07 22:06</div></div> <div class="comment">i am the 16th who voted....<div class="comment-meta">— everyquiet · 2003-12-07 22:51</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks everyone for voting me. :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-12-07 23:03</div></div> <div class="comment">You&#x27;re doing great, though it seems blog.joycode.com is too powerful, having more votes than the next two top vote getters..combined. There is still time though :).<br><br>My blog is also listed under: Best Asian blog in an Asian language as a second language美国周乐的日记, though I have long since given up hope ;). Keep up the great work on your blog, and please post some pictures from your Guangzhou trip!<div class="comment-meta">— Joel · 2003-12-12 02:13</div></div> <div class="comment">joycode.com is a very good place. I know lots of people of them. They are all Microsoft technology funs. Other blogs wrote highly of them when the Muzimei shockwave hit the blog world - they are still working on pure technology and wasn&#x27;t affected by these stuff.<br><br>There are more than 30 people there.<br><br>I bet finally, group blogs like Joycode, CNBlog.org and even blogcn.com will become the winner since the contributor number is very high. :-)<br><br>I don&#x27;t have my camera with me (Wendy took it to Germany) so I have only a few pictures to post, using other people&#x27;s camera there.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-12-12 09:26</div></div> </details>Wikihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031205_wiki.htmFri, 05 Dec 2003 20:54:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031205_wiki.htm<p>Wiki is a good idea. The idea is particularly useful in <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a>. I love the feature that you can create a link (the definition of a word) using the syntax of [[Shanghai]]. Shanghai will be a hyperlink to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shanghai">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shanghai</a>.</p> <p>If the term is defined, the link will bring up the page. If the term is not defined, it will bring up the edit page to define it. This is the best idea among all the ideas in Wiki.</p>Typical Taxi Fares in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031204_typical_taxi_fares_in_shanghai.htmThu, 04 Dec 2003 22:48:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031204_typical_taxi_fares_in_shanghai.htm<p>I talked with a taxi driver from Qiangsheng Taxi Company on may way back home. He is a experienced driver. I consulted him about the typical taxi fares from Pudong Airport to downtown Shanghai. He said he is very confident that the fare he estimated will not differ from the real charge by 10 RMB.</p> <p><strong>From Shanghai Pudong Airport to</strong></p> <p>People&rsquo;s Square - 130 RMB</p> <p>Pudong Shangri-la Hotel - 115 - 130 RMB</p>Watch Out Bad Shanghai Taxi Drivershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031202_watch_out_bad_shanghai_taxi_drivers.htmTue, 02 Dec 2003 19:25:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031202_watch_out_bad_shanghai_taxi_drivers.htm<p>For many foreign visitors to Shanghai, taxi is a convenient transportation tool that is not expensive. However, do watch out those bad taxi drivers!</p> <p>This morning, I got an complain mail from my reader who asked me about the taxi fee from Pudong Airport to his hotel.</p> <blockquote> <p>I have arrived to Shanghai, but i think i was victim of a couple of bad taxi men, they charge me with 480 RMB to bring me from the airport to the new Renaissance Hotel in Pudong, I read that the usual rate was around no more than 130 RMB. <strong>The taxi metter was working and suddenly they told me that it brokes</strong>. It was difficult to argue that the rate was high that I expected but they did not want to down my luggage until they (are) paid, as in fact they leve me across the street in front of the hotel, like pretending that nobody else saw the situation.</p>World AIDS Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031201_world_aids_day-2.htmMon, 01 Dec 2003 18:01:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031201_world_aids_day-2.htm<p>Today is the World AIDS Day. I have put the <a href="http://www.linkandthink.org">Link and Think Project</a> logo onto my website.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/01/screen-world.aids.day-link.and.think.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>This is the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021201_world_aids_day.htm">second time</a> I joined the project and help to spread the information of AIDS.</p> <p><strong>1 Million AIDS-Affected People</strong></p> <p>There are already 1 Million AIDS-Affected People in China. People around me are still not well informed of the prevential measures for this disease. Many people still think if they don&rsquo;t have drug and don&rsquo;t have many sex partner, they will be 100% free of AIDS. It is wrong!</p>To 30N 119Ehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031130_to_30n_119e.htmSun, 30 Nov 2003 23:17:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031130_to_30n_119e.htm<p>I decided to explorer the <a href="http://www.confluence.org/">degree confluence point</a> of <a href="http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=30&amp;lon=119">30N 119E</a>. According to the website, it is 7.4 km (4.6 miles) N of Qiuyuan, Zhejiang, China</p> <p>with approx. altitude of 581 m (1906 ft). I spent some time in the book store to find out the Chinese name for Qiuyuan. It is 秋源.</p> <p>I will be there in about two week. <a href="http://www.behind-the-wall.org/archives/2003_08.php">Sebastian</a> has been so kind to alow me to use his GPS for one week. Thanks Sebastian.</p>Shanghai Metro #5 (Xin Min Light Rail)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031129_shanghai_metro_5_xin_min_light_rail.htmSat, 29 Nov 2003 22:37:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031129_shanghai_metro_5_xin_min_light_rail.htm<p>The Shanghai Metro Line #5 (a.k.a Xin Min Light Rail) started trial operation this Tuesday. The 17.2 km light rail run from Xin Zhuang (the terminal station of Metro Line #1) to Min Hang. This means the Metro line extends to the south Shanghai and connect the city with the satelite city of Min Hang.</p> <p>I am particularly interested in the station near the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031116_new_sjtu_minhang_campus.htm">Shanghai Jiao Tong University Min Hang Campus</a>. I studied there for two years from 1995 to 1996 before I moved to the Xu Hui Campus. At the time I set my foot onto the campus, I have heard the news that a Metro line will connect the campus to the central part of the city. We waited and it didn&rsquo;t happen in the two years we were there. The commute is a very big problem for students there. Getting onto the smelly and tightly packed Xu Min Line is nightmare for us especially for rush hours of Friday night or Sunday afternoon, when students living in Shanghai leave or return to the campus.</p>Expressing with Iconshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031128_expressing_with_icons.htmFri, 28 Nov 2003 20:19:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031128_expressing_with_icons.htm<p>I laughed out loud when I see the statement on Run&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.run2me.com">website</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>As to celebrate one month opening of Run2me website and thank those who supported the site, I issue a series of 5 website logos with high value of collection.</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/28/screen-run2me-logo1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/28/screen-run2me-logo2.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/28/screen-run2me-logo3.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/28/screen-run2me-logo4.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/28/screen-run2me-logo5.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.run2me.com">Run</a>. Used with permission</p> <p>It is a good idea to put the name of the website and the picture of the owner together to create the name card of a website. Interesting idea, isn&rsquo;t it? I mean if this does not lead to personality cult in the long run. :-)</p>Happy Thanksgivinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031127_happy_thanksgiving.htmThu, 27 Nov 2003 10:38:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031127_happy_thanksgiving.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/27/screen-google-thanksgiving03.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image courtesy of <a href="http://google.com">Google.com</a></p> <p>It is said that the holiday is only celebrated in Ameria and Canada. I only know the holiday was to thank the &ldquo;Indians&rdquo; who helped the first pilgrims to settle and survive the harsh winters in their new land in 1620.</p> <p>(<a href="http://send.greetings.yahoo.com/greet/send?.id=152061554&amp;.catu=/browse/Holidays/Thanksgiving/">To be home for Thanksgiving is well worth the trouble</a>) - I sent this Flash card to serveral of my friends in U.S.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">lovely pic!<div class="comment-meta">— fox · 2003-11-27 11:02</div></div> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo, what a *great* card! I hadn&#x27;t seen that one before, but it was perfect to send off just now to my older son who will be making an 8 hour drive to come home for our &quot;Day After Thanksgiving&quot; family feast tomorrow. His brother and brother&#x27;s wife are with her family today, so we adjust the holiday to fit everyone&#x27;s schedule. A pretty good deal since that gives me an extra day to do all the cooking! So, that card was an excellent choice to send off to tell him how glad I am that he&#x27;s going to the trouble to come all this way for some family hugs, and to wish him a safe trip. Have a good weekend in Shanghai!<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2003-11-28 01:09</div></div> <div class="comment">What a sweet and warm story you are telling about your older son and the other family memebers. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays among all the western holidays. We all thank for everyone who cares us. I&#x27;d like to thank you for your warm comments and your private letter to me before.... Have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy the happiness to get together.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-11-28 14:46</div></div> <div class="comment">I will think of you when we&#x27;re gathered at the table later today, Jian Shuo -- that way you will be joining us in spirit even though you are far away. Maybe someday you and Wendy can come sit at our table in person. I promise that if that happens, no matter what time of year you are here, I will cook a big turkey and we will have a Thanksgiving feast! Holiday hugs to you both :-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2003-11-29 00:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Wow, envialbe friendship connected by this blog ! Near to the zenith !<div class="comment-meta">— Xu · 2003-11-29 16:43</div></div> <div class="comment">i think this is really cool because it goes with the day of the year and it is thanks giving so that is y i like it .<div class="comment-meta">— paige · 2004-10-12 01:34</div></div> </details>China and Italy are Similiarhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031126_china_and_italy_are_similiar.htmWed, 26 Nov 2003 22:59:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031126_china_and_italy_are_similiar.htm<p>Buzzetto is a great flash maker that he created the flash &ldquo;EU vs Italy&rdquo;.</p> <p>It seems to me that Italy and China are very similiar - especially the traffic side&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">7 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">hi, Jianshuo, Strongly recommend you this book http://www.dangdang.com/product_detail/product_detail.asp?product_id=465375<br><br>very interesting book, it&#x27;s something real about the Europe life! I　just love the way how the author writes, so humourous :)<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-11-27 09:18</div></div> <div class="comment">It seems to be a great book. I looked into the introduction and it is wonderful book. Unfortunately, no copies are available on their site. I tried other online bookstores and offline stores (Scholar Store) but still didn&#x27;t find it. Maybe I will enjoy reading it in near future. Thanks for sharing great stuff with me.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-11-28 14:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I am an admirer of Bruno Bozzetto&#x27;s works.<br><br>his Eu Vs. Italy flash goes straight to the point, especially emphasizing the points in which Italy seems to be weaker than the rest of Europe. But it is not all that way, fortunately.<br><br>Anyway this will make me feel less far from home when visiting Shanghai in May<br><br>cheers<br><br>gianluca<br><br>Milan, Italy<div class="comment-meta">— gianluca gallino · 2004-04-19 01:51</div></div> <div class="comment">The comparison with China is apt on so many of the points. Well, not the coffee ordering one! But the bureaucracy is just as bad in China. I have spent several days going from place to place trying to organise things.<div class="comment-meta">— Simon Biber · 2006-05-16 08:09</div></div> <div class="comment">Wanna make friends with you.<br><br>Email me. ^^<div class="comment-meta">— Maggie Chin · 2006-09-26 18:12</div></div> <div class="comment">ANDAVA MEGLIO QUANDO ANDAVA PEGGIO.<br><br>ANDAVA MEGLIO QUANDO ANDAVA PEGGIO.<br><br>ANDAVA MEGLIO QUANDO ANDAVA PEGGIO.<div class="comment-meta">— EMILIO CALARDO · 2010-09-16 18:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Italy and China do share some very obvious yet abstract traits. Like Italy before it, China also is emerging to become one of the great influencing cultures of the world...<br><br>Viva Italia e Cina.<br><br>cheers,<br><br>Frankie<br><br>(Australia)<div class="comment-meta">— frankie · 2010-12-28 20:29</div></div> </details>http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200311060126.html http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200311060126.html I was astonishedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031126_p412.htmWed, 26 Nov 2003 11:28:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031126_p412.htm<p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200311060126.html">http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200311060126.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200311060126.html">http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200311060126.html</a></p> <p>I was astonished to see the map at the end of this article distingrish China and Taiwan in two colors. Although there are still are a lot uncertainty on the Taiwan issue, your press should follow the common rule of the current world - to put Taiwan and China as one country.</p> <p>Please take actions to correct the mistake. Thanks for your time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1114/p01s04-woap.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1114/p01s04-woap.html</a></p>Media - Should I Love It or Hate It?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031125_media_-_should_i_love_it_or_hate_it.htmTue, 25 Nov 2003 23:16:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031125_media_-_should_i_love_it_or_hate_it.htm<p>Today, I talked with the journalist from the People&rsquo;s Daily about her new book about Microsoft. Very good person and very good book too. She also let me reviewed the section about my story. I always admire people who can devote him/herself to something consistantly, especially something like &ldquo;writing&rdquo;. I was told that I am the first read of the book. Will it be another best selling book? Not sure.</p>My Digital IQ = 190https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031124_my_digital_iq_190.htmMon, 24 Nov 2003 23:44:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031124_my_digital_iq_190.htm<p>Stonese&rsquo;s <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm#0102">comment</a> on my Starbucks page led me to his <a href="http://stonesee.nease.net/">blog</a> (Chinese site). Really interesting to read all the funny stuff he has gathered. I was interested in the <a href="http://www7.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2003_11_21_11_2_41_899.html">analysis of the Xi&rsquo;an Anti-Japanese movement</a> (via <a href="http://www.lezephyr.net/weblogs/kaien/archives/001340.html">Kairen</a>) and the <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/987180.asp?cp1=1">Ditigal IQ Test</a> on MSN.</p> <p>Here are some sample questions among the 68 questions in the test. I also posted my explanation since it is a good way of explore my digital world. I agree that it really reflect one&rsquo;s Digitial IQ. :-) Very interesting!</p>Starbucks in A Day - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031123_starbucks_in_a_day_-_part_ii.htmSun, 23 Nov 2003 22:45:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031123_starbucks_in_a_day_-_part_ii.htm<p>Today, I continued my walk tour to the rest of the Starbucks. Due to the limitation of time and being unfamiliar with Pudong Area, I only visited 4 of all the 5 Stores in Pudong. They are:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm#binjiang">Bin Jiang Store</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm#superbrand">Super Brand Site Store</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm#moritower">Mori Tower Store</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm#timessquare">Times Square Store</a></p> <p>The pictures and descriptions are consolidated to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm">yersterday&rsquo;s page</a>.</p> <p>It was really cold in Pudong and there are not many people. There are barely no customers in Mori Tower Store and Times Square Store. In contract, Bin Jiang Store is always crowded - it is said it has the best view in all Starbucks around the world. Is it true?</p>Starbucks in A Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htmSat, 22 Nov 2003 22:43:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031122_starbucks_in_a_day.htm<p><strong>On this page, you will see the photos of almost all Starbucks in Shanghai. I personally visited all of them in a day.</strong></p> <p>I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htm">mentioned</a> that I want to go to all the Starbucks stores in Shanghai by walk. I am doing it today - I visited 12 stores of all the 27 hotels I know so far. Here are some pictures. It is not in particular order. I will take some time to modify this entry to add more comments on the location, comments and names to these pictures. Now I need to go to bed&hellip;</p>AIDS Comes Closer to Ushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031121_aids_comes_closer_to_us.htmFri, 21 Nov 2003 22:19:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031121_aids_comes_closer_to_us.htm<p>World AIDS Day on Nov 1, 2003 is approaching, just as AIDS itself approaching ourselves.</p> <p>Via <a href="http://cul.sina.com.cn/view/aids2002/index.html">Sina.com.cn</a>, I learnt there are 1 million HIV carriers in China, which means there is one AIDS patient among every 1300 people. It is predicted that the number of AIDS patients will rise greatly in the next five years.</p> <p>I first learnt AIDS from a campaign on AIDS in Luoyang when I was only 15 years old (in 1987?). The knowledge of AIDS and how to prevent it were displayed on the board on the central square. However, I never saw such kind of campaign again. Now in Shanghai, it is reported that there are <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2002-11-29/1217823358.html">685</a> AIDS patient in Shanghai - I don&rsquo;t believe in the number. I saw the astonishing news that half of the caught 26 chief in Hangzhou were tested to be HIV carrier.</p>Wandering in the Rainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031120_wandering_in_the_rain.htmThu, 20 Nov 2003 23:05:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031120_wandering_in_the_rain.htm<p>I am tired.</p> <p>I took one day sick leave at home. It was a short pause after the long week, if I count the two <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031116_new_sjtu_minhang_campus.htm">intensive day of driving</a> last weekend as working days. :-)</p> <p>It started to rain from this morning in Shanghai - actually not only rain - it was very foggy from 11 PM yesterday night till this morning. All express ways of Shanghai had been closed. Even the National Road - the lower level of highway are closed. This does not happen frequently. Not to mention the closure of the two airports. I learnt this from the newspaper when I was buying my lunch at C-Store downstairs. It was the headline of the local Youth Daily.</p>World Toilet Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031119_world_toilet_day.htmWed, 19 Nov 2003 14:02:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031119_world_toilet_day.htm<p>After getting up, I have the feeling that Nov 19 is a speicial day but cannot find out why it is special. I remember I read about it on some blogs but just cannot recall what it is.</p> <p>Finally, I found out it is the World Toilet Day (via <a href="http://www.flyingchair.net/story.php?storyID=773">Flyingchair</a>) I really laughed to see there is an organization in Singapore focusing on Toilet.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/19/screen-world.toilet.organization-logo.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Shanghai&rsquo;s Toilet is Dirty</strong></p> <p>What is most impressive about your visit to Shanghai? I didn&rsquo;t conduct a survey yet, but I believe many foreigner&rsquo;s will say: First, the skycrapers and the second, the toilet.</p>AXS Logshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031119_p404.htmWed, 19 Nov 2003 09:50:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031119_p404.htm<p>Backing up and Analysizing AXS Logs</p> <p>According to AX.cgi documentation:</p> <blockquote> <p>The AXS proprietary log is pipe-delimited and newline separated. Each record contains null leading and trailing fields. The fields are:</p> <p>0 NULL</p> <p>1 resolved-ip-address</p> <p>2 ip-address</p> <p>3 from-url</p> <p>4 to-url</p> <p>5 browser-string</p> <p>6 time-seconds 0..59</p> <p>7 time-minutes 0..59</p> <p>8 time-hour 0..23</p> <p>9 day-of-month 1..31</p> <p>10 month-of-year 0..11</p> <p>11 year-1900 (i.e., 100=&gt;2000, 103=&gt;2003)</p> <p>12 day-of-week 0..6, sunday=0, saturday=6</p> <p>13 day-of-year 0..364 0==jan1, 364/65=dec31</p>Smart Card ID Card in Hong Konghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031118_smart_card_id_card_in_hong_kong.htmTue, 18 Nov 2003 20:25:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031118_smart_card_id_card_in_hong_kong.htm<p>Phil shared the new <a href="http://www.flyingchair.net/story.php?storyID=786">Smart Card</a> version of his Hong Kong Permenant Identification Card on his<a href="http://www.flyingchair.net">Flying Chair</a> website. It looks very cool. &ldquo;I actually like the fact that I can put my driving license information on it and carry less cards. If you put it in a reader you can see all the information stored in the chip&hellip;.&rdquo;, Phil mentioned. It is a cool feature. Now, I have at least three government issued cards I need to carry with me every day - the National ID (who knows when I need it), the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030821_passed_the_field_and_road_driving_exam.htm">Driver&rsquo;s license</a> (if I will drive) and the Social Insurance Card to see a doctor (good thing is, the expense will be covered by my insurance). It will be a good news if these cards can get together.</p>Pause for One Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031117_pause_for_one_day.htmMon, 17 Nov 2003 21:34:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031117_pause_for_one_day.htm<p>I&rsquo;d like to pause the blog for one day - today - to let me have a peaceful night. According to some tips to good blogging - when you don&rsquo;t feel like to write down anything, just pause it and resume it the next day. Well. I will do it.</p> <p>BTW, XGAO&rsquo;s site at <a href="http://www.tanqi.com">tanqi.com</a> is very good.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">ashlee simpson piece of me lyric http://paparazzi.webcindario.com/spy/ashlee-simpson-piece-of-me-lyric.html http://hunter.webcindario.com/models/a-cinderella-story-chad-michael-murray-and-hilary-duff.html - a cinderella story chad michael murray and hilary duff http://famousppl.me.uk/archive/halle-berry-catwoman-picture.html - halle berry catwoman picture http://famousppl.me.uk/archive/video-de-avril-lavigne.html - video de avril lavigne http://paparazzi.webcindario.com/spy/sarah-michelle-gellar-nude-pic.html - sarah michelle gellar nude pic http://rapid.myserver.org/celebs/kate-winslet-gallery.html - kate winslet gallery<div class="comment-meta">— ashlee simpson piece of me lyric · 2005-05-17 11:15</div></div> </details>New SJTU Minhang Campushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031116_new_sjtu_minhang_campus.htmSun, 16 Nov 2003 23:52:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031116_new_sjtu_minhang_campus.htm<p>I drove to the Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiaotong University today. It changed greatly. Look at the picture below? Who know where this building is?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/16/shanghai-yonghe.weichen-sjtu.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>It was the Dining House of the North Area - the most ugly building on the campus. Now, it is rebuilt. They even have Yonghe in it. The new building is named:</p> <p><em>SJTU - Hualian Community Center</em></p> <p><strong>Big Minhang</strong></p>Reached Sea and Saw Faye Wanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031115_reached_sea_and_saw_faye_wang.htmSat, 15 Nov 2003 23:20:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031115_reached_sea_and_saw_faye_wang.htm<p>I invited my friend Chen and Xia to go with Wendy and me for a weekend drive today. We started at aroudn 2:30 PM and reached the China East Sea at around 3:30 PM.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/15/shanghai.sanjia-sea.shore-winding.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p><strong>Saw Supper Stars in Asia</strong></p> <p>At night, we rushed back to Shanghai Stadium, parked my car in IKEA and went to see the Asia Super Star Anti-Pivacy Show. I saw about 10 super stars in the show. Very cool!</p>Matrix Revolutionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031114_matrix_revolutions.htmFri, 14 Nov 2003 23:56:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031114_matrix_revolutions.htm<p>I just returned from the film Matrix. I did hesitate for quite a while before I decided to pay 60 RMB to the Kodak Theater at Metro City to see the film. After I get out of the theater, still having all the stories in my mind, I have to say, I will make the decision to see it again - it is just fanatics. It is a good practice to go beyond imagination and a good test of one&rsquo;s logic ability.</p>Tech Stuffhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031114_p398.htmFri, 14 Nov 2003 10:53:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031114_p398.htm<p><a href="http://w3future.com/2003/glass/glass.html">http://w3future.com/2003/glass/glass.html</a> Longhorn</p>Muzimei Shock Wave (cont.)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031113_muzimei_shock_wave_cont.htmThu, 13 Nov 2003 20:04:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031113_muzimei_shock_wave_cont.htm<p><strong>Shock Wave in Search Engine Terms</strong></p> <p>Keyword: 木子美 (Muzimei)</p> <p>11/10/2003 Hit <strong>998</strong> Baidu Rank <strong>730</strong></p> <p>11/11/2003 Hit <strong>117,318</strong> Baidu Rank <strong>1</strong></p> <p>Keyword: 遗情书 (Yiqingshu)</p> <p>11/10/2003 Hit <strong>181</strong> Baidu Rank <strong>5495</strong></p> <p>11/11/2003 Hit **54,151 ** Baidu Rank <strong>4</strong></p> <p>**Shock Wave in Website Traffic **</p> <p>11/10/2003 Unique Visitor <strong>16K</strong> Bandwidth <strong>2.99G</strong></p> <p>11/11/2003 Unique Visitor <strong>114K</strong> Bandwidth <strong>11.59G</strong></p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.blogchina.com/new/display/16188.html">BlogChina</a></p> <p>Can I draw the conclusion that on Nov 11, 2003, the hotest topic in China Internet users is, Muzimei and her sex blog?</p>Muzimei's Sex Blog Brought Troublehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031112_muzimeis_sex_blog_brought_trouble.htmWed, 12 Nov 2003 20:47:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031112_muzimeis_sex_blog_brought_trouble.htm<p>Hehe. After the DOS (Deny of Service) attack of U.S. network, a girl caused the same kind of <a href="http://www.blogchina.com:8080/cgi-bin/awstats/awstats.pl?config=blogchina#KEYS">attack</a> to <a href="http://www.blogchina.com">blogchina.com</a>. Moreover, the magic is, the girl really caused people to click on the links to BlogChina using their own mouse, instead of the DOS previously caused by virus program. The girl is a journalist called Muzimei.</p> <p>The girl shared all her sex experience with the public. This is extremely astonishing in the current China society. Also, she became the most famous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030113_blogger_in_china.htm">blogger in China</a>. After her blog was exposed by <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2003-11-11/02312109068.shtml">Sina</a>, <a href="http://news.sohu.com/32/03/news215430332.shtml">Sohu</a>, <a href="http://www.ycwb.com/gb/content/2003-11/11/content_601068.htm">ycwb</a> and hundreds of blog sites, people got aware of the blog and rushed to her blog:</p>Appologize from Baliforyouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031111_appologize_from_baliforyou.htmTue, 11 Nov 2003 23:22:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031111_appologize_from_baliforyou.htm<p>Today, I got email from the web manager of Baliforyou.com, which I claimed to be <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031020_kecakcom_comment_spammer.htm">Comment Spam</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Dear Jian Shuo</p> <p>hi</p> <p>my name is Zack and Im the Web manager of Baliforyou.com, we are in partnership with kecak.com. My staff member indicated to me today your website with your comment about us as being spammers. I am sorry i did not know that my staff was signing guests book when they were suppose to be finding links and link exchanging instead of spamming on guests book.</p>Going to Europe?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031110_going_to_europe.htmMon, 10 Nov 2003 23:34:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031110_going_to_europe.htm<p>This April, when SARS was already a concern in the country, I listed my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030402_my_dream_travel_destination.htm">dream travel destination</a>. I listed Europe as the first in my list. Now, I really begin to plan my trip to Europe this December.</p> <p><strong>Destination Countries</strong></p> <p>On my list, there are Germany, Italy, Greek and Switzland. I didn&rsquo;t know more about the plan yet, since it depends on whether my passport and visa is ready then.</p> <p><strong>Yes. My Passport</strong></p>MovableType Suggestionshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031109_movabletype_suggestions.htmSun, 09 Nov 2003 23:31:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031109_movabletype_suggestions.htm<p>Hi my fellow MovableType users, after using MovableType for more than one year, I want to keep a record of my current MovableType configuration. Hopefully, it will be helpful to other MovableType users. (Yes. I hope it will be as helpful as my first blog entry of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP</a>)</p> <p><strong>This Guide</strong></p> <p>The first reader for this guide is me. In case my MovableType <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030418_resumed_from_the_short_pause_of_service.htm">corrupt</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031027_invalid_login_on_my_movabletype.htm">again</a>, I will have to reinstall the whole MovableType system by following this guide. This can also be the guide for you to setup the MovableType from ground-up exactly like<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">this site</a>.</p>All Work and No Sports Made Jack a Dullhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031108_all_work_and_no_sports_made_jack_a_dull.htmSat, 08 Nov 2003 04:11:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031108_all_work_and_no_sports_made_jack_a_dull.htm<p>I am sleeping late recently. So I am feeling tired all the day. I am somewhat worried about health. I didn&rsquo;t excise much in the last few month - actually the excises has been stopped quite a while. Regarding the sport facility in Shanghai, I have to say, it is bad, very bad.</p> <p><strong>Bad Sport Facility</strong></p> <p>For the football, there is very few football court that is publicly available. I know I can go to the Jiao Tong University and join the students. It is free but too far from my home. For most public facilities, it charges for the venue. Especially for sports like football and basketball, you always need a team to rent the venue - the court is useless if I go there by myself. :-)</p>Wendy Became PMP and This Site Listed in DMOZhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031107_wendy_became_pmp_and_this_site_listed_in_dmoz.htmFri, 07 Nov 2003 02:46:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031107_wendy_became_pmp_and_this_site_listed_in_dmoz.htm<p>Big congratulations to Wendy. She successfully <a href="http://www.chinapmp.net/docc/8-2.htm">passed</a> the PMP (<a href="http://pmi.org/prod/groups/public/documents/info/pdc_pmp.asp">Project Management Professional</a>) Exam and became a one of the 50,000 PMP worldwide (according to <a href="http://pmi.org">PMI</a>). I know this is not an easy job. She prepared for it for about 4 months and took the exam the day before our wedding. :-D</p> <p>Hehe. Very good news for me too. I am so happy also.</p> <p><strong>Wangjianshuo.com is (Finally) Listed in DMOZ</strong></p> <p>Today, when I checked the server log, I found a huge jump in hit rate. They are refered from the <a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/China/Provinces_and_Regions/Shanghai/Travel_and_Tourism/">Regional &gt; Asia &gt; China &gt; Provinces and Regions &gt; Shanghai &gt; Travel and Tourism</a> in DMOZ directory. I tried to become an editor but was <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020914_odp_not_as_good_as_zealcom.htm">rejected</a>. I&rsquo;d like to thank the current editor for the listing.</p>EndAds.com Caught by FTChttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031106_endadscom_caught_by_ftc.htmThu, 06 Nov 2003 20:00:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031106_endadscom_caught_by_ftc.htm<p><strong>Breaking News!</strong> <strong>EndAds.com finally caught by FTC</strong></p> <p><strong>FTC disables pop-up ad firm</strong></p> <p>By Bob Sullivan</p> <p>MSNBC</p> <p>Nov. 6 ?The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday accused a California advertising company of digital-age extortion. D Squared Solutions allegedly hijacked Internet users?computers by bombarding them with Windows Messenger pop-up ads ?as frequently as every 10 minutes. The ads hawked $30 software that promised only to stop future pop-ups from the company&hellip;.</p> <p>&hellip;D Squared operated a handful of Web sites devoted to advertising their software, including Blockmessenger.com, Endads.com, SaveYourPrivacy.com. and Fightmessenger.com</p>PVG: Closer Look at MagLevhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031105_pvg_closer_look_at_maglev.htmWed, 05 Nov 2003 01:25:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031105_pvg_closer_look_at_maglev.htm<p>Attached are some pictures taken by <a href="http://www.sunmorning.com">Morning</a>from <a href="http://www.impolo.com">impolo.com</a> at the begining of this year after the MagLev just srated trail. Nice picture!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/05/shanghai.maglev-head-in.station.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/05/shanghai.maglev-speed.431-km.h.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/05/shanghai.maglev-train-blood.on.head.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Credit: <a href="http://www.sunmorning.com/">Morning</a>from <a href="http://www.impolo.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=285">impolo.com</a></p> <p>It seems the train just hit a bird on the head. The blood is still there. Poor bird! It seems the birds still didn&rsquo;t get used to live with the train yet.</p> <p>Below is the picture of the Longyang Rd. Station at the other end of the rail.</p>Shanghai Metro Map and Timetablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031104_shanghai_metro_map_and_timetable.htmTue, 04 Nov 2003 22:16:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031104_shanghai_metro_map_and_timetable.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> Metro Line #4, #6, #8 Opens <em>January 2, 2008</em></p> <p>The good news, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20071230_shanghai_metro_line_4_6_8_9_opens.htm">Metro Line #4, #6, #8, #9</a> finally open on Dec 29, 2007.</p> <p>Here are my introduction of the new lines:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20080102_shanghai_metro_line_6.htm">Shanghai Metro Line #6</a></li> </ul> <p><em>End of Update</em></p> <p>My friend Alex sent me a very good map of Shanghai Metro Plan (including Metro Line #1 to #9) and the Shanghai Metro Time Table (Metro Line #1, #2 and #3)</p>Volkswagen Polohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031103_volkswagen_polo.htmMon, 03 Nov 2003 23:51:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031103_volkswagen_polo.htm<p>Currently, Volkswagen Polo is on the top of my wish list for my upcoming car. My schedule of purcharse is about 12 months from now. Here are some good pictures:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/03/screen-polo-white.side.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/03/screen-polo-large.back.case.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/03/screen-inner.light.control-polo.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.impolo.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=8508">impolo.com</a></p> <p><strong>Polo</strong></p> <p>Polo looks very nice and the inner decoration and space are good enough. The 1.6L MT version costs 147K RMB. To be honest, it is not on my list at all before this weekend. My list was:</p>Tips from Successful Bloggershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031102_tips_from_successful_bloggers.htmSun, 02 Nov 2003 19:48:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031102_tips_from_successful_bloggers.htm<p><a href="http://www.netguide.co.nz/magazine/pulp/79/blog47tips.php">Top 47 key tips from the world&rsquo;s best bloggers</a> via <a href="http://www.cnblog.org/blog/archives/2003_11_02_cnblog_archive.html#106774470908424507">cnblog.org</a></p> <ul> <li> <p>If you want to bring more traffic to your blog, participate in other projects hosted by other bloggers as it&rsquo;s one way of getting noticed. J Rannie (<a href="https://www.photojunkie.org">www.photojunkie.org</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p>As with all Web pages, update it frequently and put interesting stuff on it. J Quin Parker (quinparker.com)</p> </li> <li> <p>A lot of people start writing without thinking about what they&rsquo;re going to say. J Quin Parker (quinparker.com)</p>My New Toys - Clock, Radio and TVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031101_my_new_toys_-_clock_radio_and_tv.htmSat, 01 Nov 2003 21:12:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031101_my_new_toys_-_clock_radio_and_tv.htm<p>Ha. Life is beautiful. I colleceted three new toys in the last three days - the toys I dreamed in my childhood, but those never been thought about in recent 10 years.</p> <p><strong>Old Style Clock</strong></p> <p>Look at this. This is a old style clock. It is completely machinical clock. I need to wind the springs every night to keep it walking. :-) It is so interesting. I hate electronic things recently. This clock, like followes, are something you need to take care of everyday. I had dreamed of this toy when I was eleven years old - it was a magic toy for me at that time. Today, I was really excited to see this old style clock with alarm in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030330_new_ikea_store_opens_in_shanghai.htm">IKEA</a>. The price for this clock is only **38 RMB **(about 4 USD). Nice toy, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>A Typical Chinese Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031101_p384.htmSat, 01 Nov 2003 19:29:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031101_p384.htm<p><em>Especially written for my reader and friend Carroll in California, in response to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htm#0858">her questions</a></em></p> <p>Carroll asked about the typical wedding ceremonies in China. It is obviously a very interesting quesiton since the culture difference between the western and eastern worlds are so big.</p> <p><strong>Officially Get Married</strong></p>It is Personal Website Agehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031030_it_is_personal_website_age.htmThu, 30 Oct 2003 22:55:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031030_it_is_personal_website_age.htm<p><strong>My Friends Goes .COM, .NET, .Biz&hellip;</strong></p> <p>I found more and more of my friend begin to register their own domain names and begin to host personal website. I owe a &ldquo;friendly link&rdquo; to every one of them. It is becoming popular to host personal websites now. I know I have ignored a section of <em>links</em> on my homepage, which can be found in most blogs. Here are some of websites by my friends - listed by order of time I became aware of the existence of their websites. Criteria to be listed in this page are</p>Houses in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031029_houses_in_shanghai.htmWed, 29 Oct 2003 20:48:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031029_houses_in_shanghai.htm<p>It is approaching the three year anniversary of my purchase of my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/vanke/newhome/index.htm">current house</a> at Vanke Waltz Garden. I have been paying the mortgage of the house for three years and have lived in the house for two years. During the three years, the real estate market in Shanghai changed dramatically and affected millions of people. The current status of the market is still confusing - the house price is still rising like a rocket, while the voice of the bubble theory is becoming stronger day by day. It is a good time to take a look at the houses in Shanghai by reviewing the three years we went along.</p>JW Marriott in Tomorrow Square Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031028_jw_marriott_in_tomorrow_square_opens.htmTue, 28 Oct 2003 23:04:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031028_jw_marriott_in_tomorrow_square_opens.htm<p>When I am talking about JW Marriott Hotel in Shanghai, most of my friends has never heard of the name. Not to mention the new JW Marriott Hotel in the Tomorrow Square, the name of Marriott is not that famous like Shangri-la or Hilton. Although Marriott is the largest hotel group in the world, the brands are not widely recongnized. Maybe it is because of the translation. Either Hilton and Shangri-la are directly translated as they are pronounced, but Marriott is translated as Wanhao in Chinese. There is absolutely no directly relationships between the English name and the Chinese name.</p>Invalid Login on My MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031027_invalid_login_on_my_movabletype.htmMon, 27 Oct 2003 23:26:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031027_invalid_login_on_my_movabletype.htm<p>As some of you may have noticed, my site experienced technical difficulties yersterday. The comment system didn&rsquo;t work. You will see Entry with ID &ldquo;xx&rdquo; does not exisit or page not found or other error messages. This lasted for about 20 hours.</p> <p>For me, when I try to logon using my user name and password into MovableType, I got the following error:</p> <p>&ldquo;Invalid Login&rdquo;</p> <p>It seemed I have typed the wrong username and password, which I was very sure to be correct.</p>Traffic Control in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031026_traffic_control_in_shanghai.htmSun, 26 Oct 2003 17:21:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031026_traffic_control_in_shanghai.htm<p>To continue my story about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031025_drove_to_songjiang_university_city.htm">traffic ticket</a> I got yesterday; I am going to tell the story of traffic control in Shanghai. There are obviously many interesting ways to keep the traffic, making the roads in the city a maze land for drivers.</p> <p><strong>The Expensive Plate</strong></p> <p>Raising the expense to get a car number plate is one of the most significant ways. Although there is hot debate in China around the policy that controls the number of cars by raising the cost of ownership, the car plate price is still going high. <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htm">A car plate costs at least 38500 RMB</a> in August. The price went down for a while in Sept at lowest success bid of 2800 RMB. I don&rsquo;t know the lowest successful bid price of this month - the bid was held yesterday.</p>Drove to Songjiang University Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031025_drove_to_songjiang_university_city.htmSat, 25 Oct 2003 23:28:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031025_drove_to_songjiang_university_city.htm<p><strong>Songjiang</strong></p> <p>I heard about the University city in Songjiang. Driving along the Caobao Rd., Husong Rd, I get there after one and half hour - actually, it should only take 50 minutes, but the terrible traffic jam at the Zhongchun Rd. intersection held us there for about 40 minutes. The new campus is very beautiful - we were so impressed to see the completely new buildings there. At least four universities has moved or expanded there from their campus in downtown.</p>Cold Shanghai and Hot Hotmailhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031024_cold_shanghai_and_hot_hotmail.htmFri, 24 Oct 2003 23:36:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031024_cold_shanghai_and_hot_hotmail.htm<p><strong>Cold Shanghai</strong></p> <p>Shanghai became cold from yesterday. Compared to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030721_shanghai_is_hot.htm">hot weather</a> this September, it is hard to believe it is the same city. I wore T-shirt for the whole summer and just changed to shirt yersterday. However, the sudden drop in temperature gave me a big surprise. It was really cold last night. I was almost frozen before I found a taxi and escaped into the warm cab. So I withdraw my suggestions to those coming to Shanghai - at night, you need to wear coat instead of shirt. :-)</p>Hand-Made Map of Pudong Areahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031023_hand-made_map_of_pudong_area.htmThu, 23 Oct 2003 23:08:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031023_hand-made_map_of_pudong_area.htm<p><strong>Pudong Map</strong></p> <p>The result of last Saturday&rsquo;s <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm">driving experience</a> raises my interest in the Pudong Area. After I get off the Dapuqiao Tunnel, which is one of the 10 tunnel/bridges connecting the Pudong and Puxi, the roads become wider and the car speed raised dramatically. The road infrastructure has been well established. I practices a lot of time to get the most important roads out of the Pudong Area. To learn the roads in Pudong is just the same experience as I learnt the roads in Puxi when I first came here in 1995. I still remember the excitement when I realized Huaihai road and Nanjing road are paralle. This should be the most basic knowledge for any people living in Shanghai.</p>Why I Added Google Adsense to My Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031022_why_i_added_google_adsense_to_my_blog.htmWed, 22 Oct 2003 23:12:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031022_why_i_added_google_adsense_to_my_blog.htm<p>You may discover that from today (Oct 22, 2003), the <a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/">Google Adsense</a> begin to appear on my website. It is typically a banner like the one shown under the Ad section on this page.</p> <p><strong>Experiment</strong></p> <p>I am just doing experiment to see if the Google&rsquo;s newest technology works on my site. So far, the result is satisfactary. The advertisement served is pretty relavent to the content of my page and is not that annoying.</p>PVG: Location of Maglev Stationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031021_pvg_location_of_maglev_station.htmTue, 21 Oct 2003 20:34:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031021_pvg_location_of_maglev_station.htm<p>Maglev is really hot recently. I can tell from the number of emails I received asking about the operation of Maglev. There is no such kind of good information on the web yet.</p> <p>In the last few months, I have collected some and shared in the following articles:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031010_pvg_maglev_started_carry_passengers.htm">PVG: Maglev Started Carry Passengers</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031002_pvg_has_maglev_started_operation.htm">PVG: Has Maglev Started Operation?</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htm">Pudong Airport Maglev in Depth</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030119_tickets_for_maglev_tour.htm">Tickets for Maglev Tour</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030114_maglev_operates_in_shanghai.htm">Maglev Operates in Shanghai</a></p>Kecak.com - (No Longer a) Comment Spammerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031020_kecakcom_-_no_longer_a_comment_spammer.htmMon, 20 Oct 2003 23:05:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031020_kecakcom_-_no_longer_a_comment_spammer.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> <em>October 24, 2006</em></p> <p>Waking up this morning, I saw <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031020_kecakcom_comment_spammer.htm#1241">Yunata&rsquo;s comment</a> about the changes in Kecak.com. I applause for the change in management, and Yunata&rsquo;s commitment to create a good company.</p> <p>As you may noticed, this entry was posted 3 years ago, when Kecak.com sent comment spam to this blog (and many others). 3 years later, it seems to me that Kecak.com turned to be a good company. I felt it from Yunata&rsquo;s comment.</p>Went to Shanghai Community Churchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031019_went_to_shanghai_community_church.htmSun, 19 Oct 2003 20:26:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031019_went_to_shanghai_community_church.htm<p>Believe it or not, this is only the second time I visit a Christian church in my life. 5 years ago, I have been to the church at the Chendu road. It was a Christmas and we rushed to a church just to feel what a Christian evening for Christmas is. It was silly to be there without knowing anything about Christian.</p> <p>I know in western, most people believe in Christian. That is a major culture shock when people visit China, since the majority of people in China do not believe in God. Actually, people believe in nothing currently. There is a major problem in the current Chinese society because there is no common belief. People did have common believe before 1970&rsquo;s - the Party. The party was described as more powerful than the God - if you believe in party and show your believe in it, you will get peace. The theory sounds silly recently. However, the rule still lasts that people have religious belief are not permitted to join the Party.</p>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031018_happy_birthday_to_me-2.htmSat, 18 Oct 2003 23:15:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031018_happy_birthday_to_me-2.htm<p>Happy Birthday to myself. It is my 26th birthday. There is no special programs today, just rent a car and drove the family around the Pudong Area to look for new apartments. After 8:00 PM, I even drove to Sheshan and returned at around 10:00 PM. The places become so near after I got a car. It was such a great accomplishment to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030614_cycling_to_sheshan.htm">cycle to Sheshan</a> before. :-D</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Belated Happy Birthday!<br><br>PS Are you planning to buy a second apartment for investment purposes?<div class="comment-meta">— William · 2003-10-19 10:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Actually, I am seeking for an apartment that is larger, so my parents can come to live with us. There is no direct investment intension yet.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-10-19 11:53</div></div> <div class="comment">:) happy birthday to u<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-10-19 21:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Belated Birthday, Jian Shuo! I haven&#x27;t been able to read your blog for quite a while but am gradually catching up. Very exciting to hear that you have started driving around your city! I predict that all those places you used to enjoy riding your bike will never seem so far away again, and you will greatly enjoy discovering many more far-away places by car. It sounds like a pretty good system to be able to rent a car and return it so conveniently like you do. I&#x27;ll write more when I finish catching up with the other events in your life. Just wanted to congratulate you on having attained an additional year of wisdom before too much time passed.<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2003-10-20 02:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks Carroll. It is true that I didn&#x27;t hear from you for a lot time. Driving in Shanghai is not as hard as I thought before.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-10-20 09:15</div></div> <div class="comment">happy birthday to u too!!!!sorry ,it&#x27;s later blessing!<div class="comment-meta">— promi · 2003-10-20 20:37</div></div> <div class="comment">i knew this place from someone&#x27;s blog. when i opened this article i find &quot;what a coincidence&quot;---we share the same birthday!<div class="comment-meta">— vivian · 2004-01-23 14:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh. On the same year?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-01-24 00:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi, You mentioned an Adventist Church.<br><br>I am looking for help with my invalide wife<br><br>Would need some english.<br><br>Could you ask your Mum<br><br>Regards...............Frank<div class="comment-meta">— frank · 2006-03-05 18:11</div></div> <div class="comment">TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY<br><br>THANK TOU TO ALL WHO WICH ME<br><br>TO MY SON FUAD FAIZ FAHMI AND MY SWEET DAUGTHER FINAS<br><br>THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY CAKE.....THIS IS MY 49 BIRTHDAY AND I FEEL<br><br>VERY HAPPY.... THANK TO MY BROTHER YARUS MY SISTER NORLIDA ......<div class="comment-meta">— rozaini othman · 2007-05-06 23:09</div></div> </details>First Day Driving Experiencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031017_first_day_driving_experience.htmFri, 17 Oct 2003 22:13:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031017_first_day_driving_experience.htm<p>After started to learn to drive for 3 months (counting from my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030628_learn_to_drive.htm">first entry</a>on this topic on June 28), I finally rent a car and drove it onto the road, by myself.</p> <p>The car is so so - a Volkswagen GLi. The good thing is, the discounted price for this one day rent is only 80 RMB. Not bad deal, isn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/10/17/map-drive.route-first.day.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Above picture shows the route I drove on the first day - the blue line is the route of the day time and the orange line is the route of the night. :-) The conclusion is, the traffic situation in Shanghai is not that bad.</p>My Paintinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031016_my_painting.htmThu, 16 Oct 2003 22:05:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031016_my_painting.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/10/16/screen-music-by.jianshuo.png" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t know why, I begin to draw some painting. :-D This is one piece from a series of &ldquo;paintings&rdquo; I created.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice!<div class="comment-meta">— luo · 2003-10-31 16:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-11-01 19:50</div></div> <div class="comment">thank u for great working!!<br><br>I just copied ur work for my blog and put ur name on it!! =)<div class="comment-meta">— J · 2007-05-17 11:06</div></div> </details>China Sent a Man to the Spacehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031015_china_sent_a_man_to_the_space.htmWed, 15 Oct 2003 10:01:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031015_china_sent_a_man_to_the_space.htm<p>At 9:06 AM local time, the first manned space vihecle was successfully launched. Good luck to the astronaut.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">How fast u put news on here!<br><br>Congralations.I&#x27;d like to say as a chinese,I am really proud of it.<div class="comment-meta">— Rebecca · 2003-10-15 10:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Me too! Proud!<div class="comment-meta">— Hailey · 2003-10-15 19:15</div></div> <div class="comment">One Step Jumping to Heaven<br><br>--- A Chinese Dream Coming True<br><br>Some 600 years ago, in Ming dynasty, a Chinese carpenter named Wan Hu was aspiring to be able to fly in sky as free as birds. He created 47 gunpowder rockets and lashed them to a chair affixed with kites, then he ignited his dream-carried chair ?Even though there wasn&#x27;t a live broadcast, but Wan Hu&#x27;s resolute expression, together with echoed blasting roar had been left in Chinese heart for a long time. It is considered to be the first practical attempt to go to heaven in human being history.<br><br>33 years ago, in 1970, under strict circumstance, only by using a bicycle pump, Chinese technicians pressurized the fuel for self-developed rockets, with which they successfully blasted off China&#x27;s first satellite to space. When the well-known song &quot;the east is always red?was broadcasted back to ground, tens of thousands people gathered in Tiananmen Square carrying their radios to catch the song from out of blue sky, ?I hear it! I hear it! ?they cried and embraced each other excitedly with tears running along their cheeks.<br><br>Today, on October 15, 2003, after 4 times experiments that is far less than those former the Soviets and United States did in 1960&#x27;s, our Chinese space vehicle named ?Sacred Vessel ?with the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei , who on behalf of more than 1.3 billion Chinese around the world, was launched to space orbit with flying colours ! Wan Hu&#x27;s dream at last came true ! A great leap in history.<br><br>Now, we are standing on a new start line, the space mission has just taken off. We will make a moon walk within years, and create our own space station, and ?finally build up human paradise on Mars in next century ! It is so exciting to think that our grandchildren&#x27;s children are leading their lives in Mars or other planets !<br><br>Our Chinese dreams continue ?<div class="comment-meta">— Xu · 2003-10-15 19:22</div></div> <div class="comment">astraunaut?<br><br>astronaut<div class="comment-meta">— D.h. · 2003-10-15 22:05</div></div> <div class="comment">technology is all from russia, chinese personnels have been training in russian facility in star city for years... anyone with money and ambition will be able to send someone up...<br><br>does anyone think that the french, germans, and the british could not send a live human being up into space if they wanted to?<br><br>chinese should be very proud of the achievement but at the same time be humble and not make too much of this, unless they have landed on mars or pluto.<br><br>a humble nation will go a long way in the world arena, if u r good, the world will notice u...<div class="comment-meta">— a · 2003-10-16 01:42</div></div> <div class="comment">Astronaut returns safely, manned space mission &#x27;complete success&#x27;<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-10-16 09:20</div></div> <div class="comment">just got one problem to &quot;a&quot;, who said this is russia techonology?<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-10-16 12:15</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi Tutu,<br><br>The Shenzhou 5&#x27;s design is based on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. But it&#x27;s by no means an exact copy. I think the dimensions of the Shenzhou 5 are a bit bigger than its Russian counterpart and it&#x27;s made completely in China. Even if it shares many of the same design principals of the Russian vessel, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s something to be ashamed of. It&#x27;s smart to use existing technology that has been proven to work. Why invent the while right? Congratulations to the first successful Chinese Taikonaut!!!<br><br>David<br><br>David<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2003-10-17 04:32</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks david, that&#x27;s why i want to ask a about it. coz i&#x27;m just loving this Shenzhou V and i&#x27;m proud of it :)<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-10-17 09:28</div></div> </details>Taxi, Currency, Credit Card and More...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031013_taxi_currency_credit_card_and_more.htmMon, 13 Oct 2003 00:12:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031013_taxi_currency_credit_card_and_more.htm<p>Got an email with questions about Shanghai. I am going to answer the mail in public. Also, I removed all the personal information from the mail before I get confirmation from the sender that he wants his name appear.</p> <p><strong>The Letter</strong></p> <p>Dear Jian Shuo,</p> <p>You have the most informative site I have found about Shanghai in the whole Internet. I really like it very much. Thank for spending so much time and effort for it. We as visitors really appreciate it. I am a little bit sad that the Maglev will only operate on particular days, because when I read your news yesterday I thought from today on it would be running permanently. We will be arriving on the 13th October, so we will not have a chance to use it to get into town, right? Just some questions, if you have the time:</p>China is Sending Man to Spacehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031012_china_is_sending_man_to_space.htmSun, 12 Oct 2003 23:49:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031012_china_is_sending_man_to_space.htm<p>The news of the launch of manned space vehicle was sealed so good that it was announced within two week before the launch. Today, I saw the news report on TV confirming that the first manned space vehicle will be launched between Oct 15 to Oct 17, 2003. Shenzhou V will orbit the earth 14 times on a 21-hour mission.</p> <p>It is just too good news to be true. I thought it will be a 10 year project just like the Manhattan Project, instead of such a late notice to me. Maybe the project has went on for two or three decade - I was just shocked and cannot believe the first astronaut of China will go to the space immediately.</p>PVG: Maglev Started Carry Passengershttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031010_pvg_maglev_started_carry_passengers.htmFri, 10 Oct 2003 20:37:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031010_pvg_maglev_started_carry_passengers.htm<p>Breaking news! Maglev will begin real transportation from tomorrow. It is still the trail operation, but the difference is, from tomorrow, the train will open its door to drop passengers for the first time at Pudong Airport. Before, the Maglev is purely operating for tourist. Passengers has to get on board the train and leave the train at the same station. It will directly return from Pudong Airport back to Long Yang Road after it arrives.</p>Joined A Club to Rent a Carhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031009_joined_a_club_to_rent_a_car.htmThu, 09 Oct 2003 20:01:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031009_joined_a_club_to_rent_a_car.htm<p>I joined a car club named Coco today. I did got some email asking me about the car club I mentioned in my previous article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030904_eager_to_drive_soon.htm">Eager to Drive Soon</a>. The price of 160 RMB per day for a Volkswagen is definitely a very good price comparing to 300 RMB or more from Avis.</p> <p>Here is more information about the company if you are interested in:</p> <p>Location: 601, #27, 1520 Hua Shan Rd., Shanghai</p>English Researchhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031009_english_research.htmThu, 09 Oct 2003 19:01:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031009_english_research.htm<p>Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn&rsquo;t mttaer in</p> <p>waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht</p> <p>the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl</p> <p>mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do</p> <p>not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m new to this site, just browsing around<div class="comment-meta">— MingLee · 2004-11-08 15:52</div></div> <div class="comment">Although most of words in this article are not in right order ,but i did get it.<div class="comment-meta">— Omar · 2007-11-20 15:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello:jian shuo wang,i am a fancy of you.Recently,i readed your blog every day.aomost of you artile i readed,you are very excellent,because i am learn english by myself.i found there are a lot of error english words in your article.<br><br>[ex:this article]<br><br>Aoccdrnig =&gt; According<br><br>rscheearch =&gt; ?<br><br>etc.....<br><br>maybe it not important for understant it,but i think you shoud attention it<br><br>BTY.there is some question about learn english i ask you<br><br>1:how long did you learn english until you could communication with foreigner.?<br><br>2:is there some good method and skill to learn english?<br><br>3:how will i and other english learners to learn english?<div class="comment-meta">— textbox · 2009-04-09 12:14</div></div> </details>Find Out Address By Phone Number in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031009_p362.htmThu, 09 Oct 2003 11:04:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031009_p362.htm<p>Brenda wrote to me with the following question:</p> <p>&ldquo;My problem is if I only have a telephone number in Shanghai, how and where can I get the postal code or the address of this phone number?&rdquo;</p>Travel Tips to Hui Zhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031008_travel_tips_to_hui_zhou.htmWed, 08 Oct 2003 23:51:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031008_travel_tips_to_hui_zhou.htm<p>People are interested in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031007_returned_from_huizhou_huang_shan_trip.htm">photos and travel experience</a>in Hui Zhou. JL <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031007_returned_from_huizhou_huang_shan_trip.htm#0509">wrote</a>to ask for the details of the trip (transportation, accommodation, main attractions ect.). Well. Not surprisingly, I am willing to share with you about the trip.</p> <p>Hui Zhou 徽州 is in the An Hui Province - west to Jiang Su Province (where Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi are located) and Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Transportation</strong></p> <p>I took train <em>K818/K819</em> from Shanghai to Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) Station. The train left Shanghai at 20:05 and arrived around 7:00 AM. It is very nice arrangement since you can sleep on the train and begin your tour to the amazing county immediately after you get off the train. One tip you need to remember is, the train numbers K818 and K819 are referring to the same train. According to the train numbering convention, all trains leaving Beijing are numbered with odd number and trains going to the direction of Beijing are numbered with even number. However, the train from Shanghai to Huang Shan will first goes northwest, making it moving close to Beijing (it is numbered K818 at that range). After it passes Nanjing, it will move southwest toward the direction away from Beijing. So on that range of railway, it is called K819.</p>Returned from Huizhou (Huang Shan) Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031007_returned_from_huizhou_huang_shan_trip.htmTue, 07 Oct 2003 23:09:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031007_returned_from_huizhou_huang_shan_trip.htm<p>We finally returned to Shanghai today after the four day trip to Hui Zhou. We <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20031002_going_to_huang_shan.htm">planned</a>to go to Huang Shan (the Yellow Mountain) but changed our route to visit the villages near Huang Shan instead. The places I visited include a lot of villages with strange names. I cannot read some of the characters in the names. They are (in Chinese and Pinyin)</p> <p>黟县 西递 宏村 卢村 木坑 屯溪 歙县 棠樾 呈坎</p>Mandarin or Shanghaiese?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031003_mandarin_or_shanghaiese.htmFri, 03 Oct 2003 11:16:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031003_mandarin_or_shanghaiese.htm<p>Question from Mike looks like this</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi there Shanghi blogger &hellip;</p> <p>My name is Mike and I am very seriously considering moving to China for a year or two. I had decided to move to Beijing but am now considering Shanghi because it is the business hub of China and a more modern city.</p> <p>I have been taking classes from a tutor in Mandarin but I understand the people of Shanghi speak a different language - a derivative of cantonese I think.</p>PVG: Meeting Place in Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031003_pvg_meeting_place_in_pudong_airport.htmFri, 03 Oct 2003 09:36:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031003_pvg_meeting_place_in_pudong_airport.htm<p>If you and your friend arrive in Pudong Airport on different flight and you want to meet him/her/them, but you don&rsquo;t know where is the best place to wait because you may not be able to use your mobile phone to communicate, this article is right for you.</p> <p>Unlike other airport, Pudong Airport is designed that all the international flight passengers pass the same custom inspection gate, then down to the luggage claim area. Then, guess what, they will all come out of the luggage claim area through the same gate.</p>Going to Huang Shanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031002_going_to_huang_shan.htmThu, 02 Oct 2003 17:38:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031002_going_to_huang_shan.htm<p>In the next few days, maybe four days, I will leave for Huang Shan - or the Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province in China. We have been there serveral years ago, but it was raining and frogy.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hello,<br><br>I am from Singapore.<br><br>Can you please tell me the best way to go and stay in Huang Shan?<br><br>Any bus from Pudong Airport going there.<br><br>Best regards<br><br>Johnny Tng<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny Tng · 2009-01-11 15:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear Sir/Madam,<br><br>Please help me with the bus transportation from Shanghai to Huang Shan. I arrive Pudong Airport about 8.00 am in the morning.<br><br>From Shanghai Pudong Airport to Huang Shan (Old Street)<br><br>Is there any bus from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Huang Shan (Old Street)?<br><br>How long it takes by bus?<br><br>What is the schedule of departure time?<br><br>What is the cost?<br><br>If there is no direct bus from Shanghai Pudong Airport, then<br><br>Where can I take bus from Shanghai to Huang Shan (Old Street)<br><br>How long it takes?<br><br>What is the schedule of departure time?<br><br>What is the cost?<br><br>I prefer tourist bus which I presume it is more comofrtable<br><br>Thank you so much for your help<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny Tng · 2009-01-12 15:59</div></div> </details>PVG: Has Maglev Started Operation?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031002_pvg_has_maglev_started_operation.htmThu, 02 Oct 2003 15:22:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031002_pvg_has_maglev_started_operation.htm<blockquote> <p>Dear Mr. Wang:</p> <p>I came across you website and found it quite helpful. Thank you for all the information.</p> <p>You mentioned that the Maglev train to airport will be operating in October 2003.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Do you have any updated information as to if it is already in service, if not when exactly.</p> </li> <li> <p>Where does the service run between? both ways, or only one way from the airport.</p> </li> <li> <p>If I stayed in a downtown hotel, like the Peace hotel, Is it a good idea to ride the train and transfer to a taxi after the train? or I&rsquo;d be better off just getting a taxi from the airport.</p>National Holiday, 2003https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031001_national_holiday_2003.htmWed, 01 Oct 2003 23:03:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20031001_national_holiday_2003.htm<p>National Holiday night is always the most crowded time in Shanghai. In 2001, I still remember the unbelievable night on Oct 1. At that night, Wendy and I went to the bund, but was only be able to reach the Shi Liu Pu port, which is still 1 km away from the bund, or Nanjing road. People were pushing each other. In the history before, the largest capacity in bund was 0.4 million, however, 1 million people gathered there. It was absolutely impossible to find a taxi or get onboard a bus. The metro was closed too. We walked all the way back to Xujiahui&hellip;.</p>Transportation Problems in National Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030930_transportation_problems_in_national_holiday.htmTue, 30 Sep 2003 23:23:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030930_transportation_problems_in_national_holiday.htm<p>National Holiday from Oct 1 to Oct 7 is the first long vacation after SARS hit China in summer. Millions of people canceled their travel plan in May so it is inevitable that people will rush out these days.</p> <p>In Shanghai, from Sept 30 to Oct 2, the intensive traffic control is applied. The Henan Middle Road. Station of Metro Line #2 and People Square Station, the conjunction station of Metro Line #1 and #2 will be closed to avoid traffic overload.</p>My Big Fat Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htmMon, 29 Sep 2003 09:38:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030929_my_big_fat_wedding.htm<p>Finally, I find out some time to upload the pictures of our wedding to my site. Sorry for the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030922_out_of_blogging_for_wedding.htm">week long pause</a> of this site.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.pickup-wenfeng.jianshuo-looking.up.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Picking up the bride to the new home.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.pickup-jianshuo.wenfeng-in.car.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.home-jianshuo.wenfeng-reading.card.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Reading the greeting cards at the new home.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.grass-wenfeng.jianshuo-pointing.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.grass-wenfeng.jianshuo.yuchunyi-arrange.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>On the grass of central park</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.ceremony-jianshuo.wenfeng-cut.cake.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Cutting the big cake</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/29/wedding.ceremony-jianshuo.wenfeng-main.table.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Lighting up candles on all the tables</p>Busy... Out of Blogginghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030924_busy_out_of_blogging.htmWed, 24 Sep 2003 23:15:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030924_busy_out_of_blogging.htm<p>Still out of blogging and may be back very soon after I took care of the post-event logistic stuff&hellip;.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Post-event logistic stuff, huh? That&#x27;s a strange way of referring to a honeymoon. Anyway, gongxi gongxi!<div class="comment-meta">— Gary Soup · 2003-09-27 13:04</div></div> <div class="comment">i think that&#x27;s not honeymoon, maybe some trival things.<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-09-28 09:11</div></div> </details>Out of Blogging for Weddinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030922_out_of_blogging_for_wedding.htmMon, 22 Sep 2003 22:57:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030922_out_of_blogging_for_wedding.htm<p>I was out of blogging since Aug 19 since I held my grand wedding ceremony at Garden Hotel, Shanghai on Sept 21, 2003. This will definitely be a big surprise for every one who gathers at this blog. I am just too happy and too busy (for sure) these days to upload the pictures. I promise to put it online tomorrow. Thanks for all and best wishes!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">10 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Congratulations!!! I&#x27;m sure it went beautifully. Wish you both a wonderful marriage.<div class="comment-meta">— Johnny · 2003-09-23 05:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations!!!<br><br>I am sure you will have a happy new life.And I really got a big suprise because I though you had married :)<div class="comment-meta">— toufu · 2003-09-23 09:29</div></div> <div class="comment">yeah, rly a big suprise, coz i&#x27;m also thinking that you&#x27;ve got married some times ago. anyway, congratulations and wait for the photos :)<div class="comment-meta">— tutu · 2003-09-23 10:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Now i finally understand why u put so many efforts here,propagandizing Garden Hotel, how classic, how beatuiful several weeks ago. :)<br><br>Good to have such grand wedding ceremony, and the most important, someone to love.<br><br>Wish u all the best<div class="comment-meta">— Sophie · 2003-09-23 10:50</div></div> <div class="comment">The Garden Hotel is an excellent choice.<br><br>Best wishes to you and Wendy!<br><br>William<div class="comment-meta">— William · 2003-09-23 15:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations !!!<br><br>Wow, what a wonderful place where was the past French Club ! You must have been as brilliant as that famous film star.<br><br>I hope sincerely this will be a good start for your life and even for this blog. Please share more and more happiness with us !<div class="comment-meta">— Xu · 2003-09-23 16:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations ! Good to see you building such a good life. You deserve all happiness.<div class="comment-meta">— Michael · 2003-09-29 20:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Dear funny guy &quot;penis enlargement&quot; !<br><br>Please consider the content of this blog.<br><br>You scare people away.<br><br>We really don&#x27;t want to be reminded of sex problems here.<br><br>I&#x27;m sure that people that needs a penis enlargement knows where to go.<br><br>Go and teach yourself some good manners, please.<div class="comment-meta">— Carsten · 2004-06-27 16:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Casten, this p*** e**** post is obviously comment spam and I have banned the IP range it is in and has delete it.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-06-28 00:25</div></div> <div class="comment">Hello, i am glad to read the whole content of this blog and am very excited and happy to say that the webmaster has done a very good job here to put all the information content and information at one place, i will must refer this information with reference on my website i.e www.gordoniihoodia.net<div class="comment-meta">— hoodia gordonii · 2009-01-22 01:30</div></div> </details>Shopping Malls are Always On Salehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030918_shopping_malls_are_always_on_sale.htmThu, 18 Sep 2003 23:37:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030918_shopping_malls_are_always_on_sale.htm<p>I went to shopping at Hui Jin Department with Wendy today - I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030724_typical_rush_hours_in_shanghai_part_ii.htm">mentioned</a> about the store two months ago. I was surprised that Hui Jin is on sale again after its last champion.</p> <p>Almost all the goods are selling at 20% off. Besides that, they offer 50 RMB rebate coupon for every 200 RMB purchase. That is not all. According to how much you buy, they give you gifts worthing 40-200 RMB. That means, for goods of 500 RMB, you only need to pay 400 RMB and get 100 RMB coupon and some gifts worthing 40 RMB. So the original good is actually sold at 260 RMB - the half price.</p>Thunderstorms Weekhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030917_thunderstorms_week.htmWed, 17 Sep 2003 23:57:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030917_thunderstorms_week.htm<p>When there is nothing to talk about, people usually choose to talk about weather. It is the case for me recently. Life is so busy for me and I feel lucky enough to still be able to find sometime to write something on this blog every day instead of leaving blank pages. However, it seems the only topics I can share is about the weather. According to <a href="http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/CHXX0116_c.html?force_units=1">Yahoo!Weather</a>, the coming week in Shanghai is a thunderstorm week.</p>Today in Last Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030916_today_in_last_year.htmTue, 16 Sep 2003 20:45:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030916_today_in_last_year.htm<p>One oof the advantages to keep the weblog running for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030911_one_year_anniversary_for_this_site.htm">the whole year</a>is, I can always go back to the same day in the previous year and check what I was doing or thinking about at that time.</p> <p>Today, I added the function of <strong>Today in Last Year</strong> to my blog. Under the Navigation section of each page (starting from today), there is link named:</p> <ul> <li>Read Today in Last Year</li> </ul> <p>Click the link and you will be directed to either the article posted on the same day of last year, or to this page. If you hit this page, this is the possible reasons:</p>It's the Sellers' Markethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030916_p347.htmTue, 16 Sep 2003 09:50:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030916_p347.htm<p>I posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030831_hard_to_buy_a_house_in_shanghai.htm#0928">Hard to Buy a House in Shanghai</a>, some one posted that it is a sellers&rsquo; market. True, absolutely true.</p> <p>Not only house, car becomes the second place where we can find the phenomenon of sellers&rsquo; market. For</p>Scrawl on Shanghai Buseshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030915_scrawl_on_shanghai_buses.htmMon, 15 Sep 2003 22:28:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030915_scrawl_on_shanghai_buses.htm<p>Shanghai&rsquo;s buses are either new and clean, or dirty and old, but I have never seen any bus with scrawling besides the buses No. 43.</p> <p>The bus No. 43 runs from Shanghai Teacher&rsquo;s University to the Nan Pu bridge. The two store bus without air condition provide very good places for young university students to scrawl. Here are some seats that were covered with their &ldquo;art&rdquo;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/15/shanghai-bus43-back.seats.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p>Old Houses in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030914_old_houses_in_shanghai.htmSun, 14 Sep 2003 22:19:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030914_old_houses_in_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai is a lovely city because it has a lot old houses. Each of them are telling their own history. Shanghai is unique since most of the old buildings reflects the unique history when foreign traders enters China and build their own style of building. Taking the France Club as an example, it was built in 1900&rsquo;s by German and was rebuilt in 1928 and becomes the France Club.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/14/shanghai-france.club-old.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>My Previous House at Meilonghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030912_my_previous_house_at_meilong.htmFri, 12 Sep 2003 23:19:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030912_my_previous_house_at_meilong.htm<p>I suddenly missed my previous house at Meilong badly. It was on the forth floor of a 6-floor apartment building, which is 15-minute-walk away from Lianhua Road Metro Station. The 64 sq meter apartment with two bed rooms, one guest room, one kitch, one rest room only cost me 600 RMB per month. That was a great deal and currently, I cannot image any apartment with less than 600 RMB, let along the two-bed room apartment.</p>One Year Anniversary for This Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030911_one_year_anniversary_for_this_site.htmThu, 11 Sep 2003 21:54:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030911_one_year_anniversary_for_this_site.htm<p>Today is the one year anniversary for Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog. The website was setup on Sept 11, 2002, which is exactly one year ago.</p> <p><strong>The Begining</strong></p> <p>At that time, I was inspired by a blog <a href="HTTP://Russianlegs.com">RussianLegs.com</a> on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030113_blogger_in_china.htm">Sept 3, 2003</a>, I am thinking about setting up my own blog.</p> <p>So on Sept 11, 2003 (just coincident to the one year anniversary of Sept 11 event), I setup MovableType on the desktop computer in my reading room (the computer has been selt out at 2500 RMB later), and wrote my first blog entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP</a>. It turned out to one of the most valuable entry on the whole website. I am happy that this entry helped a lot of bloggers to start MovableType on Windows based platform.</p>Shanghai is Cooling Downhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030910_shanghai_is_cooling_down.htmWed, 10 Sep 2003 22:20:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030910_shanghai_is_cooling_down.htm<p>After so many weeks&rsquo; <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030721_shanghai_is_hot.htm">extremely high temperature</a>, Shanghai finally becomes cooler. After the rain, it is only 28 degree C now. This will be a piece of great news for those who plan to travel to Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>SARS Alert</strong></p> <p>After reporting SARS case in Singapore yersterday, the Shanghai Morning Post published in the same location that WTO claim that the case in Singapore is not confirmed. However, Shanghai is so alerted that the contigency plan in both airport and travel agencies have been started to filter passengers from Singapore for SARS symptoms or warn people who planned to go to Singapore. I am satisfied with the quick response from the local tourism industries. This definitely shows that the systematic prevention measures have been established already to treat the protential SARS threat.</p>Dopod 515 - SmartPhone in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030909_dopod_515_-_smartphone_in_china.htmTue, 09 Sep 2003 23:14:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030909_dopod_515_-_smartphone_in_china.htm<p>I used 1300 RMB to exchanged a SmartPhone Dopod 515. It is maybe the first SmartPhone on the market. The listed price seemed to be 4000+ RMB. This is the promption from Shanghai Mobile that people can exchange a mobile with the credit points and promise to consume certain level of communication fee in the next one year or two.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t spend time to research on the phone yet, but the camera feature of the phone is really good. To be continued on this topic.</p>Traveled to Beijing with China Eastern Airlineshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030907_traveled_to_beijing_with_china_eastern_airlines.htmSun, 07 Sep 2003 23:02:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030907_traveled_to_beijing_with_china_eastern_airlines.htm<p>I believe the transportation between Shanghai and Beijing should be busiest in China. Taking me as an example, almost 2/3 of my travel desitniation is Beijing - maybe it only reflects the importance of Beijing, since it may be the same for people in cities like Guangzhou and Hong Kong.</p> <p>I just checked the flight schedule and found it amazing that how frequent the flights are. The China Eastern Airlines (MU) alone operates hourly flight to Beijing from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM:</p>Shanghai Hotel Guide - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030906_shanghai_hotel_guide_-_part_ii.htmSat, 06 Sep 2003 23:06:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030906_shanghai_hotel_guide_-_part_ii.htm<p>My friend E took me to some very good hotels in Shanghai. They are not as significant as International Hotel Big Names like Hilton, Marriot, but they are so unique in Shanghai and represent part of the history of the city. I&rsquo;d to continue my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030815_shanghai_hotel_guide.htm">Shanghai Hotel Guide</a> and write the second part - the historical hotels in Shanghai.</p> <p>It is a pity that the Sony P8 I took with me ran out of battery at the time when I want to take pictures of the hotels, otherwise, I can record the most beautiful scene of them.</p>Muslim Restaurants in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030905_muslim_restaurants_in_shanghai.htmFri, 05 Sep 2003 20:30:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030905_muslim_restaurants_in_shanghai.htm<p>The question:</p> <blockquote> <p>hi there!</p> <p>I am visiting Shanghai in October. My major concern is about FOOD. It is because I am a Muslim. So, I would appreciate that, if you could provide me an info about MUSLIM FOOD in Shanghai.</p> <p>Thanking you in advance.</p> <p>Warmest Regards</p> </blockquote> <p>The answer:</p> <p>I found a list of Muslin Restaurants on the <a href="http://mzw.sh.gov.cn/ssmz/qzss6-3.asp">Shanghai Government Website</a>. I believe I don&rsquo;t need to translate it into English since it will be more useful in Chinese. Just show print it out with you and show it to your taxi driver. They can pickup the neareast one for you.</p>Eager to Drive Soonhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030904_eager_to_drive_soon.htmThu, 04 Sep 2003 22:33:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030904_eager_to_drive_soon.htm<p>Driving? I never felt so excited and eager to drive before I finally get the confirmation that I passed the final exam for driver&rsquo;s license. It is said the license will be delivered to me within the next week, that means, I can drive lawfully on the street from then on.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t have a car and I don&rsquo;t think any of my friend want to lent their cars to me. It is common practice that car rental companies will not rent their cars to new driver within one year after their licenses are issued. That is a very big problem for people like me.</p>Relocating to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030903_relocating_to_shanghai.htmWed, 03 Sep 2003 20:00:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030903_relocating_to_shanghai.htm<p>This article is to answer questions from my friends who are planning to relocate to Shanghai from Beijing. Most of the tips only apply to people born and grow up in China, especially north China.</p> <p><strong>My Own Story to Relocate to Shanghai</strong></p> <p>Shanghai is an amazing city for local resident, for foreigners who comes from U.S or Europe, but it is definitely a strange and awful city for people from north China. I strongly believe so.</p>Microsoft is Hiring in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030901_microsoft_is_hiring_in_shanghai.htmMon, 01 Sep 2003 20:06:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030901_microsoft_is_hiring_in_shanghai.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> <em>October 8, 2007</em></p> <p>This job is no longer available. It is almost for sure after I posted it 4 years ago. Hope my update today helps.</p> <p><em>End of Update</em></p> <p>Are you native English speaker in Shanghai? Interested to find a job? How does the <strong>Microsoft</strong> sound like? I am posting an attractive opening here for my friend, who is the hiring manager for this position.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/09/01/screen-microsoft-ad.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Position: Communication Specialist</p>Hard to Buy a House in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030831_hard_to_buy_a_house_in_shanghai.htmSun, 31 Aug 2003 21:00:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030831_hard_to_buy_a_house_in_shanghai.htm<p>The temperature of Shanghai finally goes down to below 30 degree C. This is the ending of the two week exteremly high temperature - the Autumn Tiger. The number of empty taxi on the road dramatically increased today.</p> <p>I went to see the newly opened house of Vanke City Garden. It is outside the outer ring road of Shanghai, which is very far from the city. To my surprise, the price has raised to 5800 RMB per sq. meter. The 127 sq. meters apartment will be about 740K RMB.</p>PVG: From Pudong Airport to Hangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030830_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_hangzhou.htmSat, 30 Aug 2003 21:01:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030830_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_hangzhou.htm<blockquote> <p>Dear Jian shuo</p> <p>My husband and I will be visiting China next month together with a group tour. We are planning to stay back in China for another 10 days visiting Hangzhou and Shanghai. Our first stop is from Shanghai to Hangzhou, besides taking the train and plane, are there other transportation like tour buses?.</p> <p>We want to go to Wuangshan (Yellow mountain), if we want to go on our own, how should we go?</p>PVG: Ramada Hotel Opens at Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030829_pvg_ramada_hotel_opens_at_pudong_airport.htmFri, 29 Aug 2003 18:44:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030829_pvg_ramada_hotel_opens_at_pudong_airport.htm<p>RAMADA - The four star standard international hotel at Pudong International Airport opens today. It offers 370 rooms and is the <a href="http://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews03/188Shanghai.shtml">first international brand hotel</a>near Pudong Airport.</p> <p>I have <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/FAQ2.htm">many inquiries</a> from my Pudong Airport webpage that is there any hotel near Pudong Airport? My answer was always, there is one, the Jin Jiang Inn. It is cheap but not good. I suggest you to stay in downtown Shanghai if you not only transit from the airport.</p>What Can I Do With My Own Mountainhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030828_what_can_i_do_with_my_own_mountain.htmThu, 28 Aug 2003 21:35:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030828_what_can_i_do_with_my_own_mountain.htm<p>I heard that I can buy a mountain in my home town of Luoyang at very cheap price. It is located in Luoyang, Hen Nan provide. It is 15 km away for the city. When I was young, I used to play on the mountains. I never thought of the possibility to own the mountai myself.</p> <p>The only question, or the major question I face is, what can I do with my own mountain.</p>My New Dell Latitude X200 Laptophttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030828_p330.htmThu, 28 Aug 2003 17:22:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030828_p330.htm<p>Dear Dell Customers,</p> <p>As part of our continued customer service improvement program, we have started serving you from our China Customer Center. Please use our new toll-free numbers below to get in touch with us intstead of our previous customer service numbers mentioned in this user manual.</p> <p>China</p> <ul> <li> <p>Customer Serivces</p> </li> <li> <ul> <li>toll free for technical issue: 800-858-2437</li> </ul> </li> <li> <ul> <li>toll free for non-technical issue: 800-858-2060</li> </ul> </li> <li> <p>Sales: toll free: 800-858-2222</p> </li> </ul> <p>We apologize for any inconvenience caused</p>TOEIC Score = 915https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030827_toeic_score_915.htmWed, 27 Aug 2003 20:05:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030827_toeic_score_915.htm<p>I got my TOEIC score today, after two weeks after I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030816_my_experience_of_toeic_exam.htm">took</a> the exam. The score is 915 out of 990. Well. It is a good score since I took the first place of all the 50+ participants for this exam - actually the only one with 900+ score. I feel good since I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030807_upcoming_toeic_and_msf_practitioner_exams.htm">didn&rsquo;t prepare</a> for it, actually, I learnt there were grammer and corretion types of questions the morning before the exam. Meanwhile, I also feel very bad since if I prepare well for it, maybe I can get a higher score. Anyway, it will pass almost all the requirements for a TOEIC score - the five star hotels ask TOEIC of 890 for outlet managers.</p>SARS, Autumn Tiger, and MSF...https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030826_sars_autumn_tiger_and_msf.htmTue, 26 Aug 2003 23:10:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030826_sars_autumn_tiger_and_msf.htm<p>I was frightened that there become rumors that SARS cases emerge again in west part of China. Is it true? I hope not.</p> <p>Shanghai is still hot, exteremely hot. I started to be completely wet even when at 7:30 AM in the morning - we call it &ldquo;Autumn Tiger&rdquo; for this kind of hot weather after the begining of fall season. I heard that it is called &ldquo;Indian Summer&rdquo; in English. True?</p>Late Payment for My Gas Billhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030825_late_payment_for_my_gas_bill.htmMon, 25 Aug 2003 20:10:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030825_late_payment_for_my_gas_bill.htm<p>I have to show the expression of <strong>:-(</strong> Sadly Smiley when I became aware that I have to pay 196 RMB as late payment fine for the 280 RMB gas fee for December 2002. That is the bill of half year ago. I was amazed by myself that I can delay paying a bill for over half a year. How bad memory do I have.</p> <p>I am a very careless person in my pesonal life. I often forget to pay the bills. To be honest, I don&rsquo;t care most of the bills like water, electricity, gas since the amounts are small. The only bill I care very much is the telephone bill, which was always higher than I expected. Especially the ADSL monthly fee of 150 RMB (combined with Tian Yi Tong - the wireless service) drove me crazy. It is one of the most expensive household fee I have to pay.</p>A Car Plate = 38500 RMB in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htmSun, 24 Aug 2003 20:15:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030824_a_car_plate_38500_rmb_in_shanghai.htm<p>The result of the last car plate bidding excercise revealed on the Morning Post. The latest record for a plate is 38500 RMB (4,600 USD). There is a special report on this on the Morning Post. Shanghai is famous for bad traffic condition. It is such a large city on so small area. The price of July is 36900. The raising of price for a car license (or number plate) is reasonable.</p>Adding Rank Bar to MovableType Entryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030823_adding_rank_bar_to_movabletype_entry.htmSat, 23 Aug 2003 20:02:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030823_adding_rank_bar_to_movabletype_entry.htm<p>Recently, I added Rank Bars to all the recent entries, as you may have noticed.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/08/23/screen-rankbar.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The Rank Bars are the green bars attached to each of the entry titles. It reveals the popularity of the entry by the number of comments under that entry. The longer, the more comments it has. When you move your mouse on to the bar, the number of comments is shown as tool tip. Actually, every 10 pixel in width of the comment system means 1 comment.</p>Shutdown DefeatMessenger And FightPopups Spamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030822_shutdown_defeatmessenger_and_fightpopups_spam.htmFri, 22 Aug 2003 22:35:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030822_shutdown_defeatmessenger_and_fightpopups_spam.htm<p>Before you complain and leave any bad words with my comment system, read this disclaim first:</p> <blockquote> <p>This page provides simple steps to stop the EndAds.com, DefeatMessenger.com and FightPopups.com spam. It also call for action to shutdown the servers of these spammers together. Read before post&hellip;</p> </blockquote> <p>I hope with the disclaimer at the very beginning, I will not sufer that much as on my entry of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030701_endads_and_blockmessenger.htm">EndAds and BlockMessenger</a> where people thought it was this site sending out the net send spam and just throw out all the dirty words they can think of. I hope&hellip;</p>Passed the Field and Road Driving Examhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030821_passed_the_field_and_road_driving_exam.htmThu, 21 Aug 2003 15:17:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030821_passed_the_field_and_road_driving_exam.htm<p>As I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030819_driving_for_exams.htm">forecast</a> before, I went to the <em>Driver&rsquo;s Education Base</em>. I finally passed both the field and the road exam. After two weeks, I will attend the real situation road test. Hopefully, I will get a driver&rsquo;s license after I pass the exam.</p> <p>The field test is a virtual parking log made up of 8 poles. Five steps were required:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Step 1: Move the car out of the parking lot</p>Find a Job in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030820_find_a_job_in_shanghai.htmWed, 20 Aug 2003 21:37:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030820_find_a_job_in_shanghai.htm<p>Jane <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030815_shanghai_hotel_suggestions.htm#0130">asked</a> about how to find a job in Shanghai. My friend <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030815_shanghai_hotel_suggestions.htm#0324">mvm</a> gave the following suggestions:</p> <blockquote> <p>To Jane:</p> <p>most white collars in shanghai are finding jobs in the following websites:</p> <ol> <li> <p><a href="http://www.51job.com">http://www.51job.com</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.zhaopin.com/">http://www.zhaopin.com/</a> (AMAIK, Microsoft&rsquo;s business unites in the mainland, including GTEC and MS PRC, posts job descriptions in this website)</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.chinahr.com">http://www.chinahr.com</a></p> </li> </ol> <p>i&rsquo;m afraid headhunters focus more on executives and managers.</p> <p>if you have friends working in shanghai for big companies, such as ibm, general motor, unilever, blah blah, they will bring you information on open positions from time to time. this is an important channel.</p>Driving for Examshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030819_driving_for_exams.htmTue, 19 Aug 2003 07:18:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030819_driving_for_exams.htm<p>I was told that the first driving exam (the road test) will be held this Thursday. This is surprising to me since I am not ready yet. I will practice reserve the car, move the car and turn left and right the whole day today, and hopefully to pass the exam so I can continue to practice on real road for about two weeks, then if I pass the final exam, I can get the license.</p>Secret Wealth Spamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030818_secret_wealth_spam.htmMon, 18 Aug 2003 20:09:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030818_secret_wealth_spam.htm<blockquote> <p>X-Apparently-To: <a href="mailto:myemail@yahoo.com">myemail@yahoo.com</a> via 216.136.172.58; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:23:16 -0700</p> <p>Return-Path:</p> <p>Received: from 216.136.130.41 (HELO web10005.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.130.41) by mta235.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:23:16 -0700</p> <p>Message-ID: <a href="mailto:20030816042316.60576.qmail@web10005.mail.yahoo.com">20030816042316.60576.qmail@web10005.mail.yahoo.com</a></p> <p>Received: from [213.136.96.105] by web10005.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:23:16 PDT</p> <p>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:23:16 -0700 (PDT)</p> <p>From: &ldquo;KONE IBRAHIM&rdquo;</p> <p>Subject: from kone to you</p> <p>To: <a href="mailto:myemail@yahoo.com">myemail@yahoo.com</a></p> <p>MIME-Version: 1.0</p> <p>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1</p> <p>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit</p> <p>Content-Length: 1517</p> <p>FROM : Master Kone Ibrahim</p>My Experience of TOEIC Examhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030816_my_experience_of_toeic_exam.htmSat, 16 Aug 2003 21:46:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030816_my_experience_of_toeic_exam.htm<p>This should be a normal Saturday morning if there was no TOEIC exam. I should have waked up late in the morning to see the highly raised sun if there was no TOEIC exam. Unfortunately, this is the date for me to take it.</p> <p>I still remember the time when I was preparing for TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). TOEFL has been popular in students in China for ten years. There are also hundreds of training centers helping people to prepare for the TOEFL test. I remember I attended TOEFL classes for half year before I took the exam.</p>Shanghai Hotel Guidehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030815_shanghai_hotel_guide.htmFri, 15 Aug 2003 19:44:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030815_shanghai_hotel_guide.htm<p>Most visitors come to this site for information about Shanghai. Some of them, like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030811_shanghai_scenery_around_xujiahui.htm#1141">lily</a> asked about hotel suggestions in Shanghai. &ldquo;Which hotel is good?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Which area do you suggest to stay?&rdquo;, and How can I reserve a hotel in Shanghai?&quot;&hellip;..</p> <p>Well. I believe I am knowledgable on most part of Shanghai after living here so many years - the restranants, the buses, the spot scenes, but there is only one area that I as unfamiliar as anyone else. The area is about hotels. I frequently <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/travel.htm">travel</a>to many cities, but because of my home is here, I have never ever stayed in a hotel in this city.</p>Lost My Passport of P. R. Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030813_lost_my_passport_of_p_r_china.htmWed, 13 Aug 2003 23:37:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030813_lost_my_passport_of_p_r_china.htm<p><strong>The Story</strong></p> <p>I lost my Chinese Passport</p> <ul> <li>last year.</li> </ul> <p>I will be able to apply for my new passport again</p> <ul> <li>after the magic date August 29, 2003</li> </ul> <p>Hopefully, I can get my new passport</p> <ul> <li>in the middle of Sept</li> </ul> <p><em>During the half year</em>, I made at least 30 phone calls, visited about 4 police offices, paid for the advertisement on the Wen Hui Daily and waited for three months to be able to reapply a passport.</p>MSN Messenger Emotion Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030812_msn_messenger_emotion_pictures.htmTue, 12 Aug 2003 22:31:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030812_msn_messenger_emotion_pictures.htm<p><strong>Update</strong>: August 12, 2006</p> <p>I have collected 2000+ MSN emotion icons in 46 categories. For your convenience, I packaged them in ZIP files, so you can download many icons in one file. This site is not a commercial site, and there is only the pictures in the ZIP file. No readme files, no hidden links, no adware, no any executable. Just click on any of the icons to download more MSN emotion pictures, and enjoy your MSN Messenger.</p>Shanghai Scenery Around Xujiahuihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030811_shanghai_scenery_around_xujiahui.htmMon, 11 Aug 2003 22:58:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030811_shanghai_scenery_around_xujiahui.htm<p>This series of picture was taken on top of the Metro Tower. It shows the buildings and parks in the Xujiahui Area - one of the central business districts in Shanghai.</p> <p>Below: The Xujiahui Residential Area. In my previous article of Hand-Made Map of Shanghai, I said &ldquo;Xujiahui is the most romantic area of the city.&rdquo; Someone asked why? You cna se the reason in this picture - it is the peace place hidden in the tree. Despite of unstoppable construction any where in the city, the heart of the Xujiahui are still occupied by some nice houses left from the early years of the last century.</p>Trip to Dalian, Liaoninghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030810_trip_to_dalian_liaoning.htmSun, 10 Aug 2003 23:20:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030810_trip_to_dalian_liaoning.htm<p>I just returned from my trip to Dalian, Liaoning. It is a busy travel week since I went to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030804_trip_to_xiamen.htm">Xiamen</a> last weekend.</p> <p><strong>What? Dalian is Nearer to Shanghai Than Beijing</strong></p> <p>The trip was the typical two day meeting trip. I got on board China Eastern MU5605 from Shanghai to Dalian (DLC) at 1550 hours. The trip took 1 hour and 20 minutes. It was surprising since the trip to Beijing from Shanghai was 1 hour and 40 minutes.</p>Pudong Airport Maglev in Depthhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htmSat, 09 Aug 2003 00:05:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030809_pudong_airport_maglev_in_depth.htm<p>Believe me. This article is the most in depth one on the topic of Maglev of Shanghai Pudong Airport. I have talked about Maglev before in these two articles: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030114_maglev_operates_in_shanghai.htm">Maglev Operates in Shanghai</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030119_tickets_for_maglev_tour.htm">Ticket for Maglev Tour</a>. Here are the Maglev pictures I always planned to take.</p> <p>Below: Before I see the real Maglev train on the rail, the large advertisement of Maglev on the way out of PVG (Pudong Airport) has attracted my attention. SIEMENS is famous in China but the name of ThyssenKrupp was heard only when Maglev is mentioned. I believe most passengers will see this Maglev advertisement when they just get into a cab or his car and drive out of PVG.</p>Ziboy.com - Best Photolog in Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030808_ziboycom_-_best_photolog_in_beijing.htmFri, 08 Aug 2003 19:40:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030808_ziboycom_-_best_photolog_in_beijing.htm<p>Found a very good photolog <a href="http://ziboy.com">ziboy.com</a> today (via <a href="http://christina.bizbeez.com">Chinese Tea</a>). <a href="http://www.sinosplice.com/">Sinosplice</a> posted a nice <a href="http://www.sinosplice.com/china/interviews/ziboy.html">interview</a> with Wen Ling, the owner and photographer of <a href="http://ziboy.com">ziboy.com</a>. The interview was nice since John asked the questions I wanted to ask and Wen&rsquo;s answers were to-the-point too.</p> <p><img src="http://54boy.com/ziliao/DSC09720.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Wen Lin from <a href="http://ziboy.com">ziboy.com</a>.</p> <p>The unique perspective for the city shows us what the city really looks like. The people, the street scene and the signs - all look so familiar but cannot be found anywhere except in his photolog. He really know how to tell a story with his photos.</p>Upcoming TOEIC and MSF Practitioner Examshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030807_upcoming_toeic_and_msf_practitioner_exams.htmThu, 07 Aug 2003 20:50:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030807_upcoming_toeic_and_msf_practitioner_exams.htm<p>I registered for the exam of <a href="http://members.microsoft.com/partner/partnering/Programs/GoldCertifiedPartner/LearningSolutionsFAQ.aspx">074-100 MSF Practitioner</a> 21 days from today. I was convienced to register for an exam first will benifit the preparation by giving myself pressure. It is true. It is also true that by announcing the exam you are going to take will strengthen the pressure so <em>force</em> myself to learn harder. :-) True. (The course for this lesson is <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/syllabi/1846AFinal.asp">1864</a>) I will go to the Prometric center at Dong Hua Universtiry. Personally, I don&rsquo;t like Prometic test center&rsquo;s operation in China - the computers are old, the locations are hard to find. There is even no supervisor for in the class room.</p>Interested in Degree Confluence Projecthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030806_interested_in_degree_confluence_project.htmWed, 06 Aug 2003 20:07:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030806_interested_in_degree_confluence_project.htm<p>Today, I found very interesting stuff - the <a href="http://www.confluence.org">Degree Confluence Project</a> via this <a href="http://digiblog.org/forum/viewforum.php?forum=4&amp;55">thread</a> (Chinese) of <a href="http://digiblog.org">Digiblog.org</a></p> <blockquote> <p>The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here</p> <p>Credit: <a href="http://www.confluence.org/">Confluence.org</a></p> </blockquote> <p>What an interesting project it. It reminded us there is only one earth. This is a very good reference for students to learn geography - I hope I had a teacher who knew about this project when I was at school. The pictures and the practice greatly help to learn the planet earth.</p>Crime and Beggars in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030805_crime_and_beggars_in_shanghai.htmTue, 05 Aug 2003 22:37:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030805_crime_and_beggars_in_shanghai.htm<p>I feel guilty that I have <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm#0540">promised</a> Maria to answer her <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm#0331">questions</a> about <em>critical issues</em> of living and working in Shanghai as a foreigner Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello, yeah sure i will explain what i mean with critical issues, i mean things like crime in the city and security issues, official days of holidays per year in shanghai, the oppeness from the local people toward foreigners and things like that. thankyou very much for taking the time to answer me and giving all this information.</p>Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem Unvieledhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030804_beijing_2008_olympic_emblem_unvieled.htmMon, 04 Aug 2003 16:47:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030804_beijing_2008_olympic_emblem_unvieled.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/08/04/screen-olympic.logo-beijing.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (<a href="http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp">BOCOG</a>).</p> <p>What do you think of this logo? Well. To me, the first impression is a little big disappointing. It is nature for any design possible - people need some time to get used to a new design.</p> <p>After looking at it for about 1 minute, I totally accepted it and love it. It reflects the character of China&rsquo;s culture - the seal, the calligraphic and stone-cutting&hellip;.</p>Trip to Xiamenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030804_trip_to_xiamen.htmMon, 04 Aug 2003 10:46:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030804_trip_to_xiamen.htm<p>The company kickoff meeting was held in Xiamen. So I attended the meeting.</p> <p>The following are some notes from the trip.</p> <p><strong>The Voyage to Xiamen</strong></p> <p>This is the first time I realized that Xiamen is a small island - I didn&rsquo;t noticed it in my last trip there. The Xiamen Island definitely looks like a garden on the sea.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/08/03/screen-xiamen.map.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Credit: Xiamen Map</p> <p>The distantages to travel by air is, the ignorance of the geographical relationships between the cities and the land. I didn&rsquo;t realize it when I went by air. Regarding travel, if time and whether permit, I prefer to go by bike (I did before for my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm">Taihu Lake trip</a>) or even by foot (within the city), so the sense of the distance and directions is more clear. If I can drive (I am <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030628_learn_to_drive.htm">learning driving</a> now), driving may also be a good choice. To take on a car driven by others will confuse me a lot, actually.</p>Visiting Xiamen the Second Time in My Lifehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030802_visiting_xiamen_the_second_time_in_my_life.htmSat, 02 Aug 2003 23:52:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030802_visiting_xiamen_the_second_time_in_my_life.htm<p>I arrived in Xiamen in the crazy hot season today.</p> <p>Below: This is the front end of the Holiday Inn where I stayed..</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/08/02/xiamen-holidy.inn-front.lightened.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The Italian restraunant within the Holiday Inn is really nice. The Italian chef even walk around and show off his great master piece&hellip;</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/08/02/xiamen-italian.bar-holiday.inn.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The old building near Zhen Hai Road - just out of the east door of Holiday Inn.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/08/02/xiamen-old.houses-lightened.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Residential building on Hu Bin South Road.</p>Shanghai Taxi Ticketshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030801_shanghai_taxi_tickets.htmFri, 01 Aug 2003 22:02:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030801_shanghai_taxi_tickets.htm<p>Taxi is part of people&rsquo;s life - especially for people with relatively higher income in the city, just as cars are part of people&rsquo;s like in U.S. Since more people cannot afford or <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021123_a_car_in_shanghai.htm">won&rsquo;t buy</a>a car, taxis are convenient and cheap. Well. It is not as comfort and convenient as a family car, definitely.</p> <p><strong>Taxi Ticket</strong></p> <p>All the taxis in Shanghai will give machine-printed receipt. There is some very interesting and useful information on the ticket. If you check any of them, you will find the story behind each of the ticket. Here we go.</p>PNR on United Airlines Tickethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030731_pnr_on_united_airlines_ticket.htmThu, 31 Jul 2003 20:16:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030731_pnr_on_united_airlines_ticket.htm<p>There is a PNR record on all the United Airlines ticket. Typically, it is printed on the upper-right corner on every page of the ticket. I always wanted to find out the secret behind the 6-digit alpha-numeric code. PNR seems the abbr. of PartNeR to me, but it is obvious a wrong guess.</p> <p>I still remember when Wendy was planning her trip to U.S via United Airlines, the agent from UAL (800-810-8282 or 21-62798009) asked about the reservation ID. It may referring to this special number. I know that they have a system that provided with this 6-digit number, they are able to pull out all the travel information about my trip from the computer system. BTW, if you are interested, the United Airlines Shanghai Office is located at Shanghai Level 2 South Podium Suite 204, Portman Ritz Carlton Hotel, 1376 Nanjing Road West - a very nice place. The airport bus #2 just stop before the building. Their telephone system is smart. When you dial their toll-free telephone number 800-810-8282 from Shanghai (this is a toll free number in Beijing which can be judged by the middle &ldquo;-810-&rdquo;), you are automatically routed to their Shanghai office.</p>I Got My Income Tax Rebatehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030730_i_got_my_income_tax_rebate.htmWed, 30 Jul 2003 23:47:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030730_i_got_my_income_tax_rebate.htm<p>It is still hot today with reported temperature of 37 degree C again. It is the 11th continous boiling day in Shanghai. Maybe it will break the high tempature record of 18 continous high-tempature days in 1930&rsquo;s.</p> <p>Just on this hot day, I completed all the registration process for the tax rebate. That is the rebate of all the personal income tax from the next month the house purchase contract was signed till the May of 2003. The personal income tax rate is 20% for more people - with monthly salary of 1400 RMB (do not remember the exact number though). That will be a large amount of money. :-)</p>Returned on Delayed Train K284https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030729_returned_on_delayed_train_k284.htmTue, 29 Jul 2003 21:15:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030729_returned_on_delayed_train_k284.htm<p>I return by train K284. The train was delayed for 10 hours. What a bad trip it was to have waited in the hot train station for 10 hours and journey itself took 19 hours.</p> <p><strong>Train in China</strong></p> <p>It is a pity that I have never took train in any other countries. I have ever took metro in Singapore. It is strange that people like to stand in the train while there are still a lot of empty seats there. I also had taken public buses in Seattle. What impressed me was the bicycle rack at the front of the buses. How convenient it is for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm">bike riders</a> like me. The reason I always curious about trains in other countries is that the experience of taking trains in China are always one of the worst experience one may have.</p>Shanghai is Hot - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030725_shanghai_is_hot_-_part_ii.htmFri, 25 Jul 2003 22:24:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030725_shanghai_is_hot_-_part_ii.htm<p>Note: I will be OOB (Out of Blogging) from tomorrow till next Tuesday (namely SAT, SUN, MON). I am going out town this weekend so I will access Internet during the time. I will update you about the trip when I am back.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai Continue to be Hot - Exteremly Hot</strong></p> <p>The whether broadcast reported 39 degree C in Shanghai today. What? It is crazy. That is already 100+ degees F. I want out to transfer money between bank accounts this noon and feels like chicken on the frying pan. It is burning outside.</p>Typical Rush Hours in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030724_typical_rush_hours_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmThu, 24 Jul 2003 23:37:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030724_typical_rush_hours_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>I described the rush hours of Shanghai in the morning <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030723_typical_rush_hours_in_shanghai.htm">yesterday</a>, not surprisingly, the rush hours in the afternoon are also interesting. Here we go.</p> <p><strong>Definition of Rush Hours in the Afternoon</strong></p> <p>The rush hours in the afternoon are not as &ldquo;rush&rdquo; as those in the morning. Some services and government organizations closes as early as 4:00 PM so lots of people will take buses home at that period of time. Most businesses closes at 6:00 PM.</p>Typical Rush Hours in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030723_typical_rush_hours_in_shanghai.htmWed, 23 Jul 2003 20:45:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030723_typical_rush_hours_in_shanghai.htm<p>As always, I waked up at about 7:50 AM. The sun had already climbed high into the sky. I have the thick three layer curtain (that kind with plastic opaque in the middle of the two layer of cotton) to block out light, so it feels as dark as mid-night even in the morning.</p> <p>Well, I still had plenty of time, since my office hours starts from 9:00 AM - the typical foriengn-owned company schedule. Based on the traffic condition from my home to the place I work at, 30 minutes should be enough. As long as I step out of the door of my home no later than 8:30 AM, I will not be late. It is nice that I don&rsquo;t have to get up earlier as many people in the state-owned companies whose work begin as early as 8:00 AM or even earlier.</p>Reversationless Conference Callhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030722_reversationless_conference_call.htmTue, 22 Jul 2003 21:52:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030722_reversationless_conference_call.htm<p><strong>Conference Calls</strong></p> <p>Today, I see a new idea about Conference Call - the Reservationlesss Conference Call from MCI. Counting the four years at work, I may have attended 100 conference calls. All of them are in either of the two routines:</p> <p><strong>1. Use the Conference Function of the PBX in the company.</strong></p> <p>The Meridian system from Nortel seems good enough for me. The conference call function on the phone set is handy.</p>Debate on Shanghai Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030722_p295.htmTue, 22 Jul 2003 12:14:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030722_p295.htm<p>Whenever someone initiate a topic related to Shanghai - whether positive or negative about the city, it is very sure that a long debate about whether the city of Shanghai is good or bad will follow. It is very strange and unique atmosphere in China today.</p> <p>I found the following discussion on <a href="http://christina.bizbeez.com/index.php?p=1695&amp;c=1#comments">Chinese Tea</a>&rsquo;s newest entry.</p> <blockquote> <p>Agree to Coin! But to mention the development of city, I do not like Shanghai, not a little. I do not like a city full of &ldquo;fast food?culture and people watch others through a colored glass.</p>Shanghai is Hothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030721_shanghai_is_hot.htmMon, 21 Jul 2003 23:50:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030721_shanghai_is_hot.htm<p>Oh. My God. The weather these two weeks is crazy. Very hot - It is reported 35 degree C recenlty. The actual Feel-like temperature should be even higher. There is no way to walk outdoors. In my memory, Shanghai hasn&rsquo;t been so hot in the recent years - expect the year of 1995, when it was still exteremely hot in Sept.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/07/21/screen-shanghai.weather-china.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>My personal suggestion is, if anyone want to come to Shanghai recently, reconsider your plan. It is really too hot. I cannot survive without A/C now. :-)</p>Websites About Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030720_websites_about_shanghai.htmSun, 20 Jul 2003 23:32:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030720_websites_about_shanghai.htm<p>I always feel lucky to live in the city of Shanghai. It is a charming city. It is attractive not because it is perfect. On the contrary, it is definitely not perfect. But the energy and the miracles inside the city have attracted so many people. Many people maintain their website/blog around the life of this city.</p> <p><strong>ShanghaiExpat.com</strong></p> <p><a href="http://shanghaiexpat.com">ShanghaiExpat.com</a> (was <a href="http://www.shanghai-shanghai.net">Shanghai-shanghai.net</a>) was among the oldest website about Shanghai. It is run by a very nice guy named P. Michael Connolly. He is also my good friend. I met with him in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htm">Starbucks</a>, and had phone conversation frequently before he moves to Shenzhen. The website is absolutely the No. 1 website for expats in Shanghai now. Whenever any expat asks about anything in Shanghai that I cannot tell immediately, my answer will be &ldquo;Why not go to ShanghaiExpat.com? Many people like you are wandering on the forum everyday and maybe than can help&rdquo;.</p>Happy Timeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030719_happy_times.htmSat, 19 Jul 2003 22:47:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030719_happy_times.htm<p>Happy, happy, happy, very happy - I am very happy. Hahaha&hellip;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Wonderful! But, why? Please tell us!!<br><br>:-)<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2003-07-20 05:31</div></div> <div class="comment">You got a happy time virus to the blog? :) //joke<div class="comment-meta">— Ginn · 2003-07-20 09:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Just happy?<div class="comment-meta">— Isaac · 2003-07-20 11:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Carroll, Ginn and Issac, Thanks for your care. It is me myself was hit by the happy time virus - something splendid happened in my life and I cannot help to put all the happy terms in the blog. However, I perfer not to tell about it right now. I will let you know in the blog later.... Sorry for that. But be sure, I will share my happiness and explain the reason one day. :-) Yes. I am happy, very happy.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-07-20 23:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, that&#x27;s definitely good enough for me, Jian Shuo! It&#x27;s delightful to sometimes see a person walking along on the street who is obviously brimming over with happiness for some reason unknown to passers by. You have probably made people you don&#x27;t even know, feel like smiling inside themselves just by witnessing the joy on your face. Whatever it is that made you feel this way, I&#x27;m sincerely happy for you, and look forward to hearing all about it whenever the time is right for you to share.<div class="comment-meta">— Carroll · 2003-07-21 06:13</div></div> <div class="comment">IKEA has a bigger summer sale?<div class="comment-meta">— Karp · 2003-07-22 12:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Well. IKEA don&#x27;t offer bigger summer sale this time. But it is a good guess. :-0<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-07-23 14:18</div></div> <div class="comment">i&#x27;m not sure all of what u get is flattering. some of it is coded. r u sure this site is not bing used 4 soveing problems. it is a good thing to expose fraud and fallacy but u don&#x27;t seem to have a clu about cro tikls.ur friend indeed wu wang fui rsvp asap.<div class="comment-meta">— wufui wang · 2003-07-31 22:42</div></div> </details>Living Cost in Shanghai - Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030718_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htmFri, 18 Jul 2003 17:56:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030718_living_cost_in_shanghai_-_part_ii.htm<p>After I posting <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm">Living Cost in Shanghai</a> last November, many people asked for more information related to house, tuitions, salary, even the cost of deliver a baby. :-)</p> <p>I can understand that all such kinds of information are very critical to people who are going to relocate to Shanghai. I am trying my best to provide more&hellip;.</p> <p><strong>Houses</strong></p> <p>The latest <a href="http://business.sohu.com/96/03/article210650396.shtml">news</a> (Chinese site), the average house price for Jan to March this year reached 5315 RMB / sq. meter, a 12.18% increase than the last year. The new apartment reaches 6555 RMB /sq. meter in May.</p>Growing Old Together Gracefullyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030717_growing_old_together_gracefully.htmThu, 17 Jul 2003 23:49:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030717_growing_old_together_gracefully.htm<p>This is the forth month memorial day after Wendy and I got married. It is always sweet to look back to the long road we have come along.</p> <p>I happen to see the picture in <a href="http://www.danwashburn.com">Dan Washburn</a>&rsquo;s article - <em>Build Me Up, Tear Me Down</em> on <a href="http://www.thatsmagazines.com">That&rsquo;s Shanghai</a> Magazine - <strong>Growing Old Together gracefully.</strong></p> <p>I feel warm when I read it. Seems to God has intentionally show the sentence to me on my special day. :-)</p>Disaster - Mud-rock in Danbahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030715_disaster_-_mud-rock_in_danba.htmTue, 15 Jul 2003 23:02:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030715_disaster_-_mud-rock_in_danba.htm<p>This is the unpeaceful season again - bad news comes after bad news on TV. I am feeling very sorrow for all the victims.</p> <p><strong>Mud-rock in Danba, Sichuan, China</strong></p> <p>Last weekend, the mud-rock in Danba killed more than 50 people (latest news said 62), according to <a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/15/eng20030715_120235.shtml">China Daily</a>. In the victom list, four comes from Shanghai.</p> <p>I have been to the mud-hit area of Danba. It is on the route of my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021012_where_is_daocheng.htm">Daocheng trip</a>. After seeing the pictures of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm">Daocheng</a>, most people will say: &ldquo;I will go there, definitely&rdquo;. I heard this again and again, but be warned, that area is dangerous.</p>PVG: Book Domestic Flight in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030714_pvg_book_domestic_flight_in_china.htmMon, 14 Jul 2003 23:10:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030714_pvg_book_domestic_flight_in_china.htm<p>Wendy sent me email asking about how to book China domestic flight.</p> <blockquote> <p>Thanks for your great website. I am taking a trip to Fuzhou via Shanghai. I think I probably need to spend a night in Shanghai as I will be arriving at Pudong at 8:35pm on that day. Would you be kind enough to let me know the flight schedule from Pudong to Fuzhou for airlines such as Air China, Xiamen Air, or China Eastern Airlines? Also, do you have any other hotel recommendations other than Jin Jiang Inn that are close to the airport.</p>World Airport Website Report - Terminal Maphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030713_world_airport_website_report_-_terminal_map.htmSun, 13 Jul 2003 20:25:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030713_world_airport_website_report_-_terminal_map.htm<p>As the third part of Word Airport Website Report, it will cover the terminal map and airport information section. As always, I will choose some typical websites and analysis how well they deliver the information to airport travellers.</p> <h3 id="sfo---san-francisco-airport">SFO - San Francisco Airport</h3> <p>This is the oview terminal map for SFO.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/07/13/screen-sfo.airport-terminal.map.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It will be better if they have the introduction for this map. My questions are like:</p> <ol> <li> <p>What is the relationship between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3? I am flying with UA and which terminal should I likely to arrive?</p>World Airport Website Report - To & From Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030712_world_airport_website_report_-_to_from_airport.htmSat, 12 Jul 2003 16:54:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030712_world_airport_website_report_-_to_from_airport.htm<p>This is the second part of my World Airport Website Report. The topic of this article is To &amp; From Airport.</p> <h3 id="sfo---san-francisco-airport">SFO - San Francisco Airport</h3> <p><strong>Driving Direction</strong></p> <p>The driving directions is not directly located in the SFO airport website <a href="http://www.flysfo.com">homepage</a>. The only link to the page is the <a href="http://www.flysfo.com/guide_nonflash/airportinfo/terminalmap.htm">SFO Terminal Map</a> under Airport Information section. It confuses with Airport Guide link on the top navigation - as I stated before, the vertical navigation structure is often ignored by users. Do you also agree?</p>World Airport Website Report - Flight Infohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030711_world_airport_website_report_-_flight_info.htmFri, 11 Jul 2003 22:56:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030711_world_airport_website_report_-_flight_info.htm<p>Before I work seriously on the informational website PVG.CN (the next version for my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">Pudong Airport</a> page), I want to conduct a simple survey on the existing airport website. The report will include the following chapters:</p> <p>Chapter I: Research scope.</p> <p>Chapter II: Function break down.</p> <p>Chapter III: Survey Questionair.</p> <p><strong>CHAPTER I: RESEARCH SCOPE</strong></p> <p>When I think of important airport in the world, the first few coming into my mind were:</p> <p>San Fransisco Airport, <a href="http://www.flysfo.com/">http://www.flysfo.com/</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;safe=off&amp;q=san+francisco+airport&amp;spell=1">others</a></p>The World is a Book - Back from Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030710_the_world_is_a_book_-_back_from_beijing.htmThu, 10 Jul 2003 23:37:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030710_the_world_is_a_book_-_back_from_beijing.htm<blockquote> <p>The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. - Saint Augustine</p> </blockquote> <p>This sentence is written on the first page of the welcome book of Renaissance Hotel Beijinng. I love it so much!</p> <p>I just returned from my short trip to Beijing. It is a very nice business trip on the business side, but for the travel side, it is boring - the exact same flight - MU (China Eastern Airlines) to and back, the same good hotel - Renaissance Hotel. I have to say I read the same page twice in a month.</p>Domain Name PVG.CN Registeredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030709_domain_name_pvgcn_registered.htmWed, 09 Jul 2003 21:38:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030709_domain_name_pvgcn_registered.htm<p>With the continous increase in hit rate for my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">Pudong Airport website</a>, and more and more compliments I got for the work done, I feel it is neccessary to give the site a better and shorter URL than the current one:</p> <p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/</a></p> <p><strong>The site has been successful</strong></p> <p>Based on the good information provided on the site, the site has become the first return result for search terms such as <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=pudong+airport&amp;btnG=Google+Search">Pudong Airport</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=pu+dong+airport">pu dong airport</a>. It is the must see website for visitors for Pudong Airport. I am very happy to see the result. Currently, all the information are publicly available and free of charge. It is there simply to help confused visitors for the city.</p>Bugs in the Great Firewallhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030708_bugs_in_the_great_firewall.htmTue, 08 Jul 2003 19:50:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030708_bugs_in_the_great_firewall.htm<p>To surf on the Internet at home is becoming painful recently. I have to say, I has been driven mad for all the strange behaviors in the great censorship plan. When I click on some of the result website in Google, it is not uncommon that I get the &ldquo;The Page Cannot be Displayed&rdquo; error.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/07/08/screen-great.firewall-page.cannot.displayed.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><strong>Bugs in the Great Firewall</strong></p> <p>I believe there must be some bugs in the Great Firewall. If you think I am talking about the holes on the firewall that allow users within the firewall to access banned site, you will be disappointed. It seems the bugs in the software of the firewall have put a lot of &ldquo;good site&rdquo; into the blocklist. Disclaimer: I have no proof to say so, just guess from the behavior of my browser.</p>Use GPRS in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030707_use_gprs_in_shanghai.htmMon, 07 Jul 2003 23:30:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030707_use_gprs_in_shanghai.htm<p>I received query about GPRS today from Boris in Germany:</p> <blockquote> <p>I like your weblog, lots of interesting information in it :-) Thanks for that!</p> <p>I have read your messages about mobile phones in china. Now I am interested if you have any more details on GPRS. I have heard that there are different flat rates in China for about 200yuan / month with umlimited traffic and roaming within china. I really can&rsquo;t believe that but maybe you can comment on that.</p>Run Your Blog with Your Own Domain Namehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030706_run_your_blog_with_your_own_domain_name.htmSun, 06 Jul 2003 23:47:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030706_run_your_blog_with_your_own_domain_name.htm<p>A lot of people are very interested to know how to run the same website as mine (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a>). The questions are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>How to get a domain name with my own name?</p> </li> <li> <p>What do I need to do after I get the domain name? Where should I put my pages.</p> </li> <li> <p>What is the software you are using to publish your website?</p> </li> </ul> <p>Well. They are all good questions when you have know idea about the Internet world. I&rsquo;d like to help.</p>Back From CultureXChina Partyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030705_back_from_culturexchina_party.htmSat, 05 Jul 2003 22:22:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030705_back_from_culturexchina_party.htm<p>I just returned from a party hosted by <a href="http://culturexchina.com">CultureXChina</a> at <strong>Club de Eagle</strong> near the <strong>Galaxy Hotel</strong>.</p> <p>There I met nice guy like Jack, Jason, and Alex. They came from France and Hong Kong. Also I met a lot of local university students there.</p> <p><strong>Nice idea to bring the two poles together</strong></p> <p>It is a very nice idea to bring the local people and the foreigners together. The culture exchange, as implied by the name of the party organizer, is exactly the most exciting thing in the big city of Shanghai. It is fun and benifitial for both the local people and foreigners to talk.</p>Alcatel OT715 Softwarehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030704_alcatel_ot715_software.htmFri, 04 Jul 2003 23:36:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030704_alcatel_ot715_software.htm<p>Many people are seeking Alcatel OT715 software, as can see from the hot discussion under my previous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030311_alcatel_ot715.htm">OT715 page</a>. I have bought OT715 and enjoy the wonderful OT715 phone and the software. I&rsquo;d like to introduce this model of business mobile to my friends. Regarding the OT715 software, there is no where to download on the Internet. They can not even easily got from Alcatel. That is bad. I can not publicly share the software on the Internet since I am very serious on the copyright and license issue. Let me see how I can help you on that.</p>Tongli - Beauty at Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030702_tongli_-_beauty_at_night.htmWed, 02 Jul 2003 23:00:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030702_tongli_-_beauty_at_night.htm<p>The most impressive spot on my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm">journey</a> from Shanghai to Taihu is the small town of Tongli 同里. The accient town, Tongli, may seems quite boring at day time if you have visited lots of similiar town like Zhouzhuang, Luzhi&hellip;.. However, if you experience the town at night, you will definitely be as impressed as I did - Tongli is definitely the beauty at night.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/07/02/tongli-street-near.arch.bridge.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Tongli Street Near Arch Bridge © Jian Shuo Wang</p>EndAds and BlockMessengerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030701_endads_and_blockmessenger.htmTue, 01 Jul 2003 23:52:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030701_endads_and_blockmessenger.htm<p><a href="http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/forums/postlist.pl?Cat=&amp;Board=forum">hlb</a> felt very painful when he was hit by the EndAds spam.</p> <blockquote> <p>I keep getting pop ups from endads.com telling me how to get rid of pop ups. But I only get pop ups from them so I&rsquo;m certainly not paying them to get rid of themselves!! Mr Norton is supposed to do this for me. But he&rsquo;s failed miserably.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Spam is a good business, isn&rsquo;t it?</strong></p> <p>It is obviously a good business to spam others and ask others to pay to get rid of the spam. EndAds.com did it and BlockMessenger.com is doing it too. This is what I call: ROBERY.</p>Reference to this Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030630_reference_to_this_blog.htmMon, 30 Jun 2003 22:35:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030630_reference_to_this_blog.htm<p>Blog is a community. By referencing each other, the network of hobbies or information is exchanged in a way that is not possible in traditional website. I am always amazed by how other blogs referenced my site. Here are some interesting references.</p> <p>Bamaster, an active participator in BBS (with 2036 posts) quoted my article of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030413_msn_messenger_spam.htm">Stop MSN Messenger Spam</a> as <a href="http://www.fordpower.net/forums/showthread.php?s=32b3bf93689ff6a4ca2d5ebd931e9eb3&amp;threadid=48385&amp;perpage=15&amp;pagenumber=2">his signiture</a></p> <p><a href="http://scoble.weblogs.com/">Robert Scoble</a> mentioned:</p> <blockquote> <p>Wow, did you know that <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030329_bill_gates_murdered_by_media_in_china.htm">Bill Gates was murdered by the media in China</a>? Turned out to be a hoax, but it had Microsoft employee <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Jian Shuo Wang</a> worried.</p>Trekking Kanas - Detailed Planhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030629_trekking_kanas_-_detailed_plan.htmSun, 29 Jun 2003 23:42:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030629_trekking_kanas_-_detailed_plan.htm<p>This is the detailed plan following up my previous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030527_travel_plan_to_kanas_lake_xinjiang.htm">draft plan to Kanas, Xinjiang</a>.</p> <p>Day 0: From Shanghai to Urumqi by air. Staying at Urumqi.</p> <p>Day 1: From Urumqi to Burqin by mountain car. Arrive at night after 6-8 hours via G216.</p> <p>Day 2: Drive from Burqin into the mountain and begin trekking. Stay at the interaction of the two rivers.</p> <p>Day 3: Continue to march to Hemu and stay in the village that night.</p>Learn to Drivehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030628_learn_to_drive.htmSat, 28 Jun 2003 23:53:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030628_learn_to_drive.htm<p>I am learning to drive a car from today. To get a driver&rsquo;s license is not easy - it is both complicated and expensive.</p> <p>I try to get a driver&rsquo;s license in two months. It is type C which is good for the cars under 3 ton.</p> <p>I am lucky to learn on completely new Volkswagen Santana GLi - it is really new since the odometer shows 42 km when I drive on it and after one afternoon, it shows 102 km. :-)</p>Lupu Bridge Openshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030627_lupu_bridge_opens.htmFri, 27 Jun 2003 23:31:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030627_lupu_bridge_opens.htm<p>The infrastructure of Shanghai is improving at amazing speed. After the new outer ring tunnel opened in Shanghai last weekend, the 6th bridge on Huangpu river opens today.</p> <p>When I first came to Shanghai in 1995, the Yang Pu bridge was just completed. There are one tunnel and two bridges over the river. Now, from the north to south, six bridges are ready:</p> <ul> <li>Yangpu</li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/27/shanghai-yangpu-bridge.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <ul> <li>Nanpu</li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/27/shanghai-nanpu-bridge.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <ul> <li>Lupu</li> </ul> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/27/shanghai-lupu-bridge.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>Server Down Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030625_server_down_again-2.htmWed, 25 Jun 2003 16:46:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030625_server_down_again-2.htm<p>I believe I am one of the most frustrated persons in the world now. The server goes down frequently. That is the reason you cannot visit the server in the last few days.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/26/screen-server.down-20030624.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Server down time</p> <p>I hope I can find a better place to host my site soon. The ISP I am using is <a href="http://companycn.com">CompanyCN.com</a></p> <p>Sorry for the inconvinience this brought to you.</p>Life, An Accumulation of Mileagehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030624_life_an_accumulation_of_mileage.htmTue, 24 Jun 2003 23:51:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030624_life_an_accumulation_of_mileage.htm<p><strong>Life, an accumulation of mileage</strong> - I loved the sentence when I first saw it on the airplane of China Eastern Airlines.</p> <p><strong>My Hobby</strong></p> <p>I love to travel. Actually, I seldom see people who do not like travel. What I mean is, I am very keen to map and compass. With the simple tool, I can get around. Last serveral days, I cycled to Tai Hu (Lake Tai) and covered 147.72 km. If I setup a frequent bicycle club, I can accumulate this mileage and give me a big prize.</p>Back from Taihu by Bikehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htmSun, 22 Jun 2003 19:19:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030622_back_from_taihu_by_bike.htm<p>As I forecasted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030618_taihu_from_shanghai_by_bike.htm">before</a>, I completed my trip to Taihu by bike today, covering 147 km in distance. Here is the actual route.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/22/map-shanghai.taihu-route.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>I started at 7:30 AM of Saturday from 77 Caobao Road - near the Metro Caobao Road station. Then I headed to Qibao 七宝. Within two hours, I arrived at Sheshan 佘山. At noon, I passed the Oriental Green Boat 东方绿洲 and Zhujiajiao 朱家角 and arrived at #8815, Huqingping Road and had lunch there - free lunch.</p>PVG: From Pudong Airport to Nanjinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030619_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_nanjing.htmThu, 19 Jun 2003 23:51:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030619_pvg_from_pudong_airport_to_nanjing.htm<p>It is hard to find the answer to this question on the Internet:</p> <blockquote> <p>How can I go to Nanjing from Shanghai Pudong Airport?</p> </blockquote> <p>I definitely know the problem people meet. This can be seen from my website log. A lot of people are searching hard for terms like **<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=pudong+airport+to+nanjing+train">Pudong Airport to Nanjing train</a>. :-)</p> <p>I hope this page will help you if you are among the many to seek for the result.</p>PVG: Car Rental Servicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030619_pvg_car_rental_service.htmThu, 19 Jun 2003 21:13:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030619_pvg_car_rental_service.htm<p>GL asked: Is there any car rental service in Shanghai Pudong Airport?</p> <p>Yes. You can rent a car at Shanghai Pudong Airport easily. Your familiar car renting company AVIS has came to Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/19/screen-avis-logo.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>You can call their reservation phone number <em>86-21-6229-1119</em> to contact AVIS.</p> <p><strong>AVIS Pudong Airport Office:</strong></p> <p>Phone: <strong>86-21-68346668</strong></p> <p>Fax: 86-21-38480736</p> <p>Office Hour: 8:30-17:00, Monday to Friday</p> <blockquote> <p>Tip: If you are in U.S., diall 011-86-21-68346668 to reach the office. Shanghai is located at GMT +8 zone.</p>Taihu - From Shanghai, By Bikehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030618_taihu_-_from_shanghai_by_bike.htmWed, 18 Jun 2003 23:11:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030618_taihu_-_from_shanghai_by_bike.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/18/map-taihu-satellite.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image source: <a href="http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/data/ev244/ev24492_China.A2003028.0255.721.250m.jpg">VisableEarth.com</a>. Used with Permission.</p> <p>Look at the big lake on the satelite map - it is my next travel destination - Haihu (or Lake Tai). I am going to cycle there from Shanghai this weekend.</p> <p><strong>Image of Shanghai</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/19/map-shanghai-low.res.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image credit: <a href="http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/LandSat/shanghai.html">NASA.gov</a></p> <p>There are even larger image of Shanghai. Really amazing!</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/searchbar.htm">Sidebar</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">8 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">That&#x27;s quite a distance from Shanghai?!?<br><br>By the way, I wonder what is it like to bike on a highway? Is there a bike lane on the highway? Do bikes have to pay to get on to the highway?<div class="comment-meta">— Andrea · 2003-06-19 04:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Andrea,<br><br>It is forbidden to ride a bike on highway. :-) But wait a minute, there is confusion in the word of highway in China.<br><br>I don&#x27;t know what is the exact difference between highway and freeway. Both the highest quality and speed way and normal state road connecting towns are all called highway.<br><br>For example, the A8 is connecting Shanghai and Hangzhou and A11 is connectiong Shanghai and Nanjing. They are called highway or high speed road (Gao Su Gong Lu). Meanwhile, on the road plate, the G318 connecting Shanghai and Pingwan (near Suzhou) and G320 connects Shanghai and Hangzhou. They almost takes the same route as A8 or A11, but was built too many years ago and is lower in standard - they are not high-speed road. For A road, there is no bike lane. For G road, they are bike lanes (for most roads)<br><br>For cyclers, we can only take the G318 or G320 road. And it is always free to anywhere in China by bicycle.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-06-19 09:41</div></div> <div class="comment">According to my understanding, a freeway in the U.S. is a road without another road intersecting it. In other words, a freeway is &quot;free&quot; of intersections. The only way to get on or off a freeway is via one of its on-ramps, off-ramps, or possibly the road which is at one end of and becomes the freeway. All the freeways I know of in the U.S. are numbered, but not all numbered roads are freeways. Highways usually refer to major thorough fares as opposed to local streets.<div class="comment-meta">— From California · 2003-06-19 14:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks. Now I can safely refer to all roads like A8, A11 as freeway because they are free of interactions. For G318 or G320, they connects towns (actually connects one of the east-most city Shanghai to one of the west-most city, Lasa), so they are highway. :-)<br><br>They the answer to Anders&#x27; questions will be:<br><br>You can ride a bike on highway but cannot do it on freeway.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-06-19 14:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Freeway appears to be a more modern term than highway.<br><br>I would like to think that highway is the more generic term, and freeways make up a subset of highways.<br><br>It may be that freeways are referred as such in the U.S. since they were built by the government (in the period after WWII, Eisenhower era) and did not charge any tolls. Actually in the Eastern part of the U.S. and in Canada, there have always been a lot of tollroads.<div class="comment-meta">— luo · 2003-06-19 23:09</div></div> <div class="comment">What I meant was Gao Su Gong Lu. =)<br><br>Anyway, I look forward to seeing photos from your trip.<div class="comment-meta">— Andrea · 2003-06-21 10:08</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ve been there before, if it&#x27;s the Lake in Wuxi that you&#x27;re talking about. It&#x27;s a beautiful place. There&#x27;s also a beautiful park in the area called &quot;Xihui&quot;<br><br>Have fun! btw ... I found your site recently and have found it very informative.<div class="comment-meta">— Steve · 2005-06-06 10:31</div></div> <div class="comment">I am going to Wuxi this 18-10-06.<br><br>Hope i got the chance to visit Taihu.<br><br>Best regards.<div class="comment-meta">— Doriyama · 2006-10-08 23:08</div></div> </details>Tai Hu (Tai Lake)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030618_p264.htmWed, 18 Jun 2003 11:49:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030618_p264.htm<p>Lake Tai is the third largest lake in China. 2400 sq. km water face. There are 72 peaks in the lake and 13 scenric spots.</p>Shanghai Says Goodbye to Maskshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030617_shanghai_says_goodbye_to_masks.htmTue, 17 Jun 2003 22:25:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030617_shanghai_says_goodbye_to_masks.htm<p>It is fantastic night. I walked along the Huaihai Road and the Maoming Road in Shanghai. The Jazz music came out of the pubs and the crowded people in the bars were dancing and singing. It is exactly what Shanghai looks like in summer!</p> <p>In the metro train and on the street, I never see anybody wearing masks now. People are happy and relaxed. It is an enjoyable night. The only exception is the servers at some fast food restaurants like KFC&hellip;. Maybe masks will remain required for the dining industry for a long time no matter there is SARS or not.</p>SARS Update in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030616_sars_update_in_shanghai.htmMon, 16 Jun 2003 23:24:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030616_sars_update_in_shanghai.htm<p>I didn&rsquo;t update SARS situation in Shanghai in the last week. So my readers like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030614_cycling_to_sheshan.htm#1256">Tracey</a> began to worry about the SARS sitautation. :-) Well. Let me tell you the current Shanghai in my eyes - it completely returned to normal and SARS is over.</p> <p><strong>Indicator 1: Ban to events lifted.</strong></p> <p>According to <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2003-06-15/1543221523s.shtml">new policy</a> of Shanghai government, starting from June 15, 2003, the ban to large scale events and activities is lifted. Organizations are free to oraganize events and activities freely.</p>Cycling to Sheshanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030614_cycling_to_sheshan.htmSat, 14 Jun 2003 23:20:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030614_cycling_to_sheshan.htm<p>After cycling to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030610_returned_from_chong_ming.htm">Chongming</a> (186km) and Pudong Airport (30km), Wendy and I cycled to Sheshan together today.</p> <p>Wendy bought a new bicycle so we have two now. Hers is very cool with good color and 5 speeds.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/14/sheshan-two.bicycles-near.huqingping.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>After <strong>four hours</strong> - God. How can it be possible for us to use as long as four hours to arrive in Sheshan? I made the mistake to take the route of G318 since I didn&rsquo;t bring a map with us. This may cost us additional 16 km - almost double the distance. When we returned, we only used <strong>2 hours</strong>.</p>Paraskevidekatriaphobiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030613_paraskevidekatriaphobia.htmFri, 13 Jun 2003 23:34:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030613_paraskevidekatriaphobia.htm<p>Any one can tell me how to pronounce this word? Dr. <a href="http://www.comscape.com/drdossey/fri13.htm">Donald Dossey</a> claimed that when you can pronounce the word your fear to Friday the 13th is cured.</p> <p>Paraskevidekatriaphodia means the fear for Friday, the thirteenth. Today is the special day.</p> <p>**FRIDAY</p> <p>13**</p> <p><strong>Long word</strong></p> <p>I just wonder why there are such a long word <em>Paraskevidekatriaphobia</em>? I did spend some time to memorize this word. I told my friends about this word and they are all very surprised. 275 items were returned by <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Paraskevidekatriaphobia&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;output=search">Google</a> for this term at the time when this article is written.</p>Chongming Triphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030612_chongming_trip.htmThu, 12 Jun 2003 23:08:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030612_chongming_trip.htm<p>I put more pictures to Chong Ming with Chinese descriptions at <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/chongming">http://wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/chongming</a></p> <p>Update December 2, 2003 All pictures and links are removed to reduce the size of this site.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/12/map-chongming-112km.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Here is the schedule and route:</p> <ul> <li> <p>0700 - K0 - Start at 77 Cao Bao Road </p> </li> <li> <p>1230 - K33 (+33) - Baoyang Habor, Wusong </p> </li> <li> <p>1330 - K33 - Baoyang Habor, Wusong - the ferry left for Chongming </p> </li> <li> <p>1450 - K33 - Arrived at Baozhen Habor at Chongming </p>Cycling to Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030611_cycling_to_pudong_airport.htmWed, 11 Jun 2003 23:57:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030611_cycling_to_pudong_airport.htm<p>I become so passionate to travel by bicycle - it offers very good chance to experience the different life at the passing villages and see the wonderful views. All these are not possible for taking buses or cars.</p> <p>I rode to Pudong International Airport from Xujiahui today. It took me 4.5 hours from 12:30 to 17:00. It was not far - only 35 kms but the wind - east 11kph wind made it very hard to ride - I was directing to exactly the east side of the city.</p>Returned from Chong Minghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030610_returned_from_chong_ming.htmTue, 10 Jun 2003 11:57:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030610_returned_from_chong_ming.htm<p>I just returned from Chong Ming. See the pictures below:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/10/chongming-jianshuo-beiyan.k0.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/10/chongming-jianshuo-dongtan-big.stone.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/10/shanghai-jianshuo-final.arrived.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/06/10/chongming-boat-arriving.at.shidongkong.man.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Haven&#x27;t visited your blog for a long time. You are really enjoying your life. But how do you manage to persuade your boss to give you one day free for travlling? I really admire you. Recently I was kept busy by work all the time and dreamed to have a rest to relax.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2003-06-11 16:01</div></div> <div class="comment">I have just viewed your pictures in Chong Min and I found that strange &quot;vehicle&quot; with name &quot;科考2? And I have just viewed a picture of that car on pop.pcpop.com. So I guess you must be a frequent visitor to pop?<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2003-06-11 16:11</div></div> <div class="comment">I didn&#x27;t see the picture on Pcpop.com. The Kekao No2 cart may be famous since there are only about 8 carts like this at the Dong Tan Wet Area.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-06-12 21:35</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi JianShuo, all the pictures in this page are red X. :(<div class="comment-meta">— momoli · 2003-06-14 00:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Momo, it is fixed. Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-06-15 17:17</div></div> <div class="comment">I rent a double rider bike yesterday and went about 30 kilometers acrossing my hometown with my girlfriend. It is really interesting trip and we have drawn a lot of attention from people passing by. But the bike is not good enough and my legs feel a little bit pain today.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2003-06-16 12:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Cuanyu, it is nice to ride a double bicycle for 30 km!! That is a long way! You definitely will draw a lot of attention. I just read about a couple doing the same thing, but from Baoding, Hebei to Beijing:<br><br>http://www.sanfo.com.cn/asp/news/html/2002-10-22/20021022102622.2777.htm<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-06-16 22:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice web page. I really enjoyed those beautiful pictures of Tibet, Daocheng, Tongli etc etc. It seems life in Shanghai is great.<div class="comment-meta">— J T · 2003-07-17 16:18</div></div> <div class="comment">How to go to Chongming when we have no drivers could you write the names both english and chinese Thanks a lot<div class="comment-meta">— langlois · 2008-11-09 09:28</div></div> </details>Riding a Bicyle to Chong Ming Islandhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030605_riding_a_bicyle_to_chong_ming_island.htmThu, 05 Jun 2003 22:42:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030605_riding_a_bicyle_to_chong_ming_island.htm<p>From tomorrow, this blog will be paused for two days (namely, Friday and Saturday) since I will travel by bicycle to Chong Ming island in the center of Yangtze River. The isolated island is the China&rsquo;s third largest island after Taiwan and Hainan.</p> <p>The idea of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030602_travel_by_bicycle_fly_wo_id_etc.htm">travel</a> by bicycle was inspired by some <a href="http://tenback.org/">European people</a> and by the dream of hiking in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030527_travel_plan_to_kanas_lake_xinjiang.htm">Kanas</a>. October is just too long from now so I cannot help going out to see the island. Above all, the SARS months of May and April have almost driven me crazy. Think about, staying in the same place for the whole two months.</p>Traffic Rules in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030604_traffic_rules_in_shanghai.htmWed, 04 Jun 2003 21:01:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030604_traffic_rules_in_shanghai.htm<p>If you come to Shanghai, at least one thing will surprise you - the ignorance to traffice rules. I remember about one year ago, I read about this on <a href="http://Shanghai-Shanghai.net">Shanghai-Shanghai.net</a> (now <a href="http://shanghaiexpat.com'">Shanghaiexpat.com</a><a href="http://www.earthartist.com/resume/atguelph/">article</a> &ldquo;There were no traffic rules, but only traffic suggestions&rdquo;. Andrew said the same thing in his <a href="http://www.earthartist.com/resume/atguelph/">article</a>.</p> <p><strong>It is illegal to use the pedestrian Shanghai</strong></p> <p>The article writer (sorry I forgot the name and cannot find it on the site again) even joked: &ldquo;It seems illegal to use the pedestrian in Shanghai since people cross the road from every direction at any place except the pedestrian.&rdquo;</p>SARS is Over in Shanghai - IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030603_sars_is_over_in_shanghai_-_ii.htmTue, 03 Jun 2003 20:14:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030603_sars_is_over_in_shanghai_-_ii.htm<p>SARS is over. After <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030601_sars_is_over_in_shanghai.htm">claiming</a> the end of SARS two days ago, I feel even sure when all the information I gathered in the city these two days.</p> <p><strong>Taxi drivers removed their masks</strong></p> <p>According to Shanghai Transportation Adminstration, the regulation for all taxi drivers to wear masks was canceled. Starting from June 1, only attendants on air-conditioned buses, attendants in subways, and staff in long-distance bus stations are still required to wear masks.</p>Travel by Bicycle, Fly w/o ID, etchttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030602_travel_by_bicycle_fly_wo_id_etc.htmMon, 02 Jun 2003 23:16:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030602_travel_by_bicycle_fly_wo_id_etc.htm<p><strong>Travel by Bicycle</strong></p> <p>After decided to hike to Kanas, I found I was hopelessly passionate for hiking - even if I cannot hike in mountains, walking in Shanghai also seems fun. I began to walk to any places in the city as long as time permitted. For example, after taking the driver&rsquo;s license written exam, I walked from Xinzhuang back home covering 14 KM in 2.5 hours. I also started to walk to the place I work and back home. It is about 3 KM and costs me 50 minutes.</p>SARS is Over in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030601_sars_is_over_in_shanghai.htmSun, 01 Jun 2003 22:20:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030601_sars_is_over_in_shanghai.htm<p>This page contains personal opinions only. Don&rsquo;t treat it as official announcement.</p> <p>If anyone asks me about the situation in Shanghai, I would say: &ldquo;SARS is over in Shanghai&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>Shanghai returns to prosperity</strong></p> <p>After week-long cloudy and cold whether, from yesterday, it becomes sunny and hot. People began to rush out to street for shopping. Below are a series of pictures I took in Xiang Yang Market.</p> <p>People are wearing summer clothes and I didn&rsquo;t see any masks in the market. The most crowded market famous for cool shoes, cases, and clothes was almost empty during April but now, people begin to return. Although it is not exactly as busy as before, it is already a very significant sign. It tells that people in the city begin to think SARS is over.</p>Top Commentor of Mayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030601_top_commentor_of_may.htmSun, 01 Jun 2003 20:59:02 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030601_top_commentor_of_may.htm<p>I am very happy to announce that the top commenter of the month award for May 2003 goes to:</p> <p><strong>Caroline</strong> 36</p> <p><strong>Luo</strong> 36</p> <p><strong>annie</strong> 17</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/15/screen-top.commenter.of.the.month.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Congragulations and thinks for your contribution.</p> <p><strong>Top ten list</strong></p> <p>Luo 36</p> <p>Caroline 36</p> <p>annie 17</p> <p>Carol 13</p> <p>David 11</p> <p>Nick 10</p> <p>Vivian 6</p> <p>Tim 5</p> <p>rockzhz 5</p> <p>Li Jingyi 5</p> <p>Isaac 5</p> <p>Top 11, actually since there was a tie for 4 persons. Thanks.</p> <p><strong>History</strong></p> <p>In May 2003, **175 **visitors contributed **453 **comments to this website.</p>Wendy is Flying to Dallashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030531_wendy_is_flying_to_dallas.htmSat, 31 May 2003 23:31:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030531_wendy_is_flying_to_dallas.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030317_marriage_announcement.htm">Wendy</a> will fly to Dallas, TX tomorrow to attend the Microsoft <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/usa/teched/home.asp">Tech·Ed 2003</a>. This is her first to go to U.S.</p> <p>Impacted by SARS, some flights were canceled. So it is not easy to go from Shanghai to Dallas. She has to fly to Tokoyo via ANA, then to Chicago and at last to Dallas.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/31/shanghai-fanfan-in.my.fingers.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>© 2003 Jian Shuo Wang</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I just find my news in this place. bu hao. I am very good in Dallas and have a good feeling from today. I have heard 3 session today, they are all wonderful.<br><br>Biztalk workflow<br><br>MSF<br><br>SQL<br><br>and Biztalk<br><br>I have got a conclusion that BizTalk is all made by a group of India people because 3 of 4 speakers of Biztalk are indians. ;-)<br><br>I have listened to Kimberly&#x27;s session, she is really a guru, I love her lesson. she is a MVP, you can access http://www.sqlskills.com to reach her.<br><br>Expecting to see you.<div class="comment-meta">— Wendy Fan · 2003-06-05 06:06</div></div> </details>Travel Ban Partly Liftedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030530_travel_ban_partly_lifted.htmFri, 30 May 2003 20:10:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030530_travel_ban_partly_lifted.htm<p>Today, the national travel administration lifted the travel ban within China. It is very good news for travel agencies. Now, travel in provinces not in the WHO&rsquo;s travel advisory list is allowed. After Guangzhou and Hongkong was removed from the list, Beijing, Tianjing, Shaanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia are still regarded as SARS affected area.</p> <p><strong>Changes in the vistors of this site</strong></p> <p>Another change also happens. Before March, lots of visitor comes to my site when search for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=pudong+airport&amp;spell=1">Pudong airport</a>. My site was listed as #1 in the search result.</p>Aerial Picture of Anyplace in UShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030529_aerial_picture_of_anyplace_in_us.htmThu, 29 May 2003 23:00:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030529_aerial_picture_of_anyplace_in_us.htm<p>I love technologies, especially those changing people&rsquo;s life. Just as ClearType and MovableType, the TerraServer is always my favoriate when I need to show somethinng amazing to my friends. Using TerraServer, you can see anybody&rsquo;s house like a hawk. It gives you the real photographic picture about any location in U.S.</p> <p><strong>Sample</strong></p> <p>If you have any valid U.S. address, you can see the house from the sky. For example, if you know the address of the famous Space Needle in Seattle:</p>Humin Elevated Road Constructionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030528_humin_elevated_road_construction.htmWed, 28 May 2003 23:23:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030528_humin_elevated_road_construction.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/25/screen-shanghai-apartment.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>As shown in the map above, the elevated road at left bottom conner is under construction. It connects Xujiahui and Xinzhuang. Here are some pictures I took for the construction site.</p> <p>Below: Taken at Jiangjiang Park Station. The McDonald&rsquo;s sign before the construction site.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/28/shanghai.xinzhuang-elvelated.highway-mcdonalds.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© 2003 Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>Below: Elevator is installing the steel frame to the poles.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/27/shanghai.xinzhuang-elvelated.highway-poles.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>© 2003 Jian Shuo Wang</p>Travel Plan to Kanas Lake, Xinjianghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030527_travel_plan_to_kanas_lake_xinjiang.htmTue, 27 May 2003 15:45:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030527_travel_plan_to_kanas_lake_xinjiang.htm<p>I love travel. The passion to travel to the most nature places was strengthened during my last visit to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm">Daocheng</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/18/screen-daocheng.yading-chinese.GIF" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Some readers complained that I didn&rsquo;t give the Chinese name for the wonderful place. This is the complete address in Chinese</p> <p>I remember the journey started with a simple note:</p> <blockquote> <p>I will be away from the Internetized world for the next 8 days. From 6:00 AM tomorrow, I will be on my way to Daocheng, the lost Shangrila in China.</p>Daily Life - SARS Related IVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030526_daily_life_-_sars_related_iv.htmMon, 26 May 2003 22:28:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030526_daily_life_-_sars_related_iv.htm<p>This is the forth article of a series of article on the daily life in Shanghai. From the changes in MY life, you may get some idea about the real situation in Shanghai.</p> <p><strong>Taxi</strong></p> <p>If you read about my previous &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=daily+life+-+sars+related&amp;cof=LW%3A795%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F13%2Fscreen-home.wangjianshuo.com-logo.PNG%3BLH%3A61%3BAH%3Acenter%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fhome.wangjianshuo.com%3BAWFID%3A90751b6033199769%3B&amp;domains=wangjianshuo.com&amp;sitesearch=wangjianshuo.com">Daily Life - SARS Related</a>&rdquo;, you will know that I pay specially attention to taxis and taxi drivers.</p> <p>Recently, nothing changed since the new regulations take effect on April 20. The daily disinfection does not stop and the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030426_daily_life_sars_related_ii.htm">7 color tags rule</a> is still working.</p>I Still Know Software - ClearType and SmartTagshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030525_i_still_know_software_-_cleartype_and_smarttags.htmSun, 25 May 2003 23:48:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030525_i_still_know_software_-_cleartype_and_smarttags.htm<p>This entry is more technical then before since above all, I am still a technical guy in the IT industry. I cannot help mentioning something about the software, so that you still treat me as a person who knows computer. :-)</p> <p>I have a laptop. Wow. Yes. I have a <em>big</em>, <em>heavy</em>, <em>old-fashioned</em>, <em>less-powerful</em> Dell Latitude CPx H500GT laptop.</p> <p>To keep the system as quick as possible and as fresh as possible, I reinstall the system every two months. That gives me flexibility to install software without worrying its compatabilty issue. Yes. There are some &ldquo;bad&rdquo; software just want to break the system or other application by leaving a lot of things in the system, ovewriting other application&rsquo;s compontent. Even worst, some spyware keep poping up advertisement and record my activity&hellip;.</p>Shanghai Hand-Made Maphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030524_shanghai_hand-made_map.htmSat, 24 May 2003 23:08:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030524_shanghai_hand-made_map.htm<p><strong>Shanghai Map</strong></p> <p>I used MSPaint.exe to draw a brief Shanghai map and marked some places to live. This map may answer questions from my friends like where to rent a house&hellip;.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/25/screen-shanghai-apartment.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The blue line in the map is Huangpu River. The black lines are bridge. The brown lines are elevated high way.</p> <p><strong>Nice weekend in Xinzhuang</strong></p> <p>It is a nice weekend. I spent the whole day at my friend&rsquo;s house near Xinzhuang. We had perfect lunch and played XBox for about 2 hours, then we played table-tennis for the rest of the afternoon. The relaxing and meaningful activities are much better than staying at home - especially in the SARS situation when home is always the first chance to kill time at weekend.</p>Going Back to Normal Life, Slowlyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030523_going_back_to_normal_life_slowly.htmFri, 23 May 2003 23:02:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030523_going_back_to_normal_life_slowly.htm<p>Fan and I went to Sichuan Garden in Xujiahui for dinner today. It is a decent restaurant with reasonable price. It is located on the Gongchen Road, just behind the Grant Gateway.</p> <p><strong>Many people there</strong></p> <p>I still remember when we had dinner half an month ago at the same time in this restaurant, it is half empty. We two even occupied a large table near the door. There are still many empty tables.</p>Red Restauranthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030522_red_restaurant.htmThu, 22 May 2003 22:26:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030522_red_restaurant.htm<p>Shanghai is a place with great restaurants and great people. I joined Willie to a wonderful restaurant named Red (<a href="http://www.redbites.com">website</a>) on quiet Anfu road. The road is famous because the Shanghai Drama Center is located there. I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030124_english_drama_wwwcom.htm">visited</a> the center frequently before SARS hit the city. (In case you want to know what happened to the center later, let me tell you, the performance was paused till now). It is the place mixed with the best environment and the finest culture.</p>My New Camera - Sony DSC-P8https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030521_my_new_camera_-_sony_dsc-p8.htmWed, 21 May 2003 23:49:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030521_my_new_camera_-_sony_dsc-p8.htm<p><strong>My digital camera</strong></p> <p>You know what, finally, I bought Sony DSC-P8 today. I am <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htm">choosing</a> between Sony P8 and Nikon E4300. Thanks for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htm#0959">Christina</a> from <a href="http://christina.bizbeez.com">Chinese tea</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htm#0323">Li Jinyi</a> to give me the suggestions. I feel a little bit embrassed that although Li is suggesting that Sony is so-so, I still paid for it and get one.</p> <p><strong>Nikon is good, expect the Purple Fringing</strong></p> <p>I like Nikon since it sounds more professional - actually it is profession in terms of image quality and the lens. But it is completely unacceptable for the <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp885/page15.asp">Purple Fringing</a>. Check <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp885/Samples/Fringing/010825-1700-10-002.jpg">the</a> <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp885/Samples/Fringing/DSCN1604-002.jpg">photos</a> on dpreview.com. I found the same thing in many Nikon 885 photos on many other sites.</p>Starbucks in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htmTue, 20 May 2003 21:05:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030520_starbucks_in_shanghai.htm<p>SARS is almost over, so I begin to visit coffee shops and meet friends. Tonight, I had a nice talk with Karine in the Starbucks in the Metro City in Xujiahui. I suddenly realize I need to turn my focus back to the amazing city itself instead of watching SARS everyday - the nice life will begin again.</p> <p><strong>Starbucks is Part of People&rsquo;s Life</strong></p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/22/shanghai.starbucks-store.front-people.park.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/22/shanghai.starbucks-window.shopping-citic.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/11/22/shanghai.starbucks-seats-xintiandi.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>SARS Almost Goes to an Endhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030519_sars_almost_goes_to_an_end.htmMon, 19 May 2003 21:18:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030519_sars_almost_goes_to_an_end.htm<p>As you can see from my recent weblog entries, I cover less SARS recent than in the month of April. This is also a reflection about how people in this city thinks about SARS - when the temperature taking, the clean taxi and staying at home become a habit, people pay less attention to it, as it SARS has been in the city for 100 years.</p> <p><strong>Less new cases</strong></p> <p>12 new cases were reported with 7 in Beijing. This is a small number if you recall the 100+ cases per day time at the end of April. With the slowing down of new cases, the preventional measures are more and more strict in Shanghai. It is too early to say SARS is over, but it is obvious that SARS is approach to the end.</p>Webcam Shanghai Resumeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030518_webcam_shanghai_resumes.htmSun, 18 May 2003 09:32:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030518_webcam_shanghai_resumes.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/18/screen-shanghai.web.server.is.offline.PNG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>**Updated: Recent schedule **<em>May 19, 2003</em></p> <p>From <strong>May 19</strong> to <strong>May 23</strong>, the camera will be offline from 00:00 AM to 7:00 PM (most of the day time). It will probably online from 7:00 PM (or 8:00 PM) to 11:00 PM. From <strong>May 24</strong>, it will extend to day time and aiming to be 50% of the time (12 hours everyday). From <strong>June 1</strong>, I hope I can operate it 24 hours a day. The tag above indicate the status of the server (online or offline).</p>My Home Goes Wirelesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030517_my_home_goes_wireless.htmSat, 17 May 2003 23:19:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030517_my_home_goes_wireless.htm<p>I have been <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021126_my_wireless_dream.htm">dreaming</a> wireless world for a long time. Today, I am so excited to setup a wireless world in my home - the wireless base station and wireless network card.</p> <p><strong>Connecting everything together</strong></p> <p>I bought the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/wirelessbasestation.aspx">Microsoft Wireless Broadband Base Station NM500</a> months ago. Today, I finally find some time to set it up. Below is the diagram about how I connect the ADSL modem, the wireless base station and the existing hub together.</p>Caroline is Back to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030515_caroline_is_back_to_shanghai.htmThu, 15 May 2003 21:57:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030515_caroline_is_back_to_shanghai.htm<p>One of my most active reader, Caroline, recorded her trip back to Shanghai. It is a series of interesting posts. Thanks Caroline for sharing the experience with us. I&rsquo;d like to quote it here.</p> <p><strong>May 09, 2003 Caroline heard of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030507_6_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htm#0902">quarantine rule</a> and was pretty worried</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>More bad news, I am in Hong Kong right now, and am planning on coming back to Shanghai next Wednesday, and the Shanghai Health Bureau put out a notice saying that people returning from SARS affected areas HAVE to be quarantined for 2 weeks! Locked up in my own home for 2 weeks! What am I going to do? They are planning on sending health officials from my xiao qu to take my temperature twice a day!</p>My Temperature Is Monitoredhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030514_my_temperature_is_monitored.htmWed, 14 May 2003 23:56:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030514_my_temperature_is_monitored.htm<p>This morning, when I steped into the Bund Center where I work, the guard stopped me and politely asked me to have my temperature taken. He used the hand-held mini infra red thermometer to point to my head. Just in 1 second, he allowed me to go into the building. It seems other buidling around the has implemented the same rule.</p> <p>I am really impressed by the effecient of the government now. I don&rsquo;t know why, but all the departments of the government is working closely. I am always surprised by the speed of the roll out of an action. When I found one change happen in one place/organization, it will happen on the other very soon, sometimes just in one day.</p>Usability Improvementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030514_usability_improvement.htmWed, 14 May 2003 23:21:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030514_usability_improvement.htm<p>My readers are telling me that the site is simple and easy to use. Here are some samples:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jian Shuo Wang&rsquo;s blog - SARS and life in China, including photos and interesting conversations. **Nice simple design **too. &ndash; <a href="http://www.kimgilmour.com/">kim gilmour</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>I found out your web site seriuos and well arranged ,simple but efficient.. &ndash; **<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030510_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iii.htm#0401">David</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I am very happy to know that. Want to know the reason why this site is easy to use? Why the design is simple but effective? The answer is, I am interested in <strong>usability</strong> and has paid a lot of effort especially on usability of this site.</p>Tahitihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030513_tahiti.htmTue, 13 May 2003 23:06:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030513_tahiti.htm<p>I wrote about my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030402_my_dream_travel_destination.htm">dream travel destination</a> at the begining of April. Now I found another place that is exteremely beautiful, even comparable with my previous <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm">Daocheng</a> trip. Its name is Tahiti. Here are some pictures of the wonderful place.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-boat-in.water.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-clean.water.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-dinner-in.water.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-girl-on.boat.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-ocean-village.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-village-girl.boat.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-village-in.water.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-village-large.hut.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/05/13/tahiti-village-man.boat.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Pictures credit: <a href="http://www.tvb.com.cn/fashion/news/2002-07-17,5,862,73280453.shtml">TVB</a> via <a href="http://www.onlylady.com/Cgi-Bin/Client/BBS/BBS_ShowTitle.asp?id=22466&amp;Zone_Id=10008&amp;History=N">OnlyLady</a></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/travel.htm">This page</a> provides very good information about all the travel related articles.</p>My Personal Statementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030512_p230.htmMon, 12 May 2003 22:30:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030512_p230.htm<p>Personal Mission Statement</p> <p>To find happiness, fulfillment, and value in living I will:</p> <p>LEAD a life centered around the principles of excellence, integrity, potential, and quality.</p> <p>REMEMBER what&rsquo;s important in life is learning, fame, travel, health, and work.</p> <p>REVERE admirable characteristics in others, such as being educated, patient, respectful, tolerant, wise, and principle-centered, and attempt to implement similar characteristics in my own life.</p> <p>RECOGNIZE my strengths and develop talents as a person who is clever, a communicator, confident, optimistic, skillful, and a teacher.</p>Shanghai SARS: The Next Level of Precautionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030512_shanghai_sars_the_next_level_of_precaution.htmMon, 12 May 2003 19:44:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030512_shanghai_sars_the_next_level_of_precaution.htm<p>The alarm level of Shanghai is raising to the newest level.</p> <p><strong>Taxi</strong></p> <p>From yesterday (May 11, 2003), all taxi drivers are required to wear masks. I noticed this at the morning. The taxi driver told us that they will be fined if not wearing masks.</p> <p><strong>No outside cars - residential garden</strong></p> <p>From today, the residential garden I live have post the notice that no cars from outside garden are permitted to enter the residential area. It includes taxis.</p>Flight to Shanghai: A Journey in the Plague Year IVhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030512_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iv.htmMon, 12 May 2003 09:15:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030512_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iv.htm<p>This is the forth, and the last article of Dr. Glenwood Irons&rsquo; trip to Shanghai.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030504_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year.htm">Entry I</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030505_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_ii.htm">Entry II</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030510_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iii.htm">Entry III</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Entry IV (this page)</p> </li> </ul> <p>Entry 4, 12 May, 2003</p> <p>When Daniel Defoe came to the end of his <em>Plague Year</em> journal, he began to meditate somewhat on the horrors he had experienced over the previous year, even to consider why he had been spared the worst of the Plague. He had indeed contracted a severe fever and was almost certain that he too would perish along with the many other Londoners who had suffered the worst fate which the Plague could dish out. However, he came out of the experience, at least in his own opinion, as a much better person that he had been. Perhaps that is the essence of such a Journal ?the wish to share with others and experience which has made us better for having gone through it.</p>Usability Review for SARSWatch.orghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030511_usability_review_for_sarswatchorg.htmSun, 11 May 2003 23:59:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030511_usability_review_for_sarswatchorg.htm<p>Tim from <a href="http://sarswatch.org">SARSWatch.org</a> asked me to critique on his site for usability, since I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030506_top_usability_mistakes_of_wangjianshuos_blog.htm">did it</a> for my own site. &ldquo;Other people&rsquo;s eyes see problem&rsquo;s better than the owner&rsquo;s eyes.&rdquo; said Tim.</p> <p>Well. I am not a usability professional, but I am very interested in this topic. This afternoon, I just improved my site a little bit again with the help of the usability guidelines. SARSWatch.org is a easy-to-use website already with clear structure and nice visual elements.</p>Flight to Shanghai: A Journey in the Plague Year IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030510_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iii.htmSat, 10 May 2003 10:38:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030510_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iii.htm<p>This is third article of Dr. Glenwood Irons&rsquo; trip to Shanghai.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030504_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year.htm">Entry I</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030505_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_ii.htm">Entry II</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Entry III (this page)</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030512_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iv.htm">Entry IV</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Entry 3, 10 May, 2003</p> <p>In <em>A Journey of the Plague Year</em>, Defoe frequently walked about London, keeping up with his daily habits, but also he wanted to see firsthand how the Great Plague was affecting what he certainly thought to be the greatest city in Christendom. He often noted how certain shops were closed, how certain places seemed less habituated, and how Londoners often kept a careful distance between themselves and others. In other words, he saw his city as a much-changed place, one that had been deeply affected by all the fears one would expect from a Plague-threatened populace.</p>Shanghai Quarantine - Mandatoryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030509_shanghai_quarantine_-_mandatory.htmFri, 09 May 2003 23:33:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030509_shanghai_quarantine_-_mandatory.htm<p>Breaking <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2003-05-08/02311036025.shtml">news</a> for those who are planning to travel to Shanghai:</p> <blockquote> <p>All people returning from SARS affected areas will be required to take a two-week mandatory quarantine at home and their body temperature will be taken by inspectors twice every day</p> </blockquote> <p>This has affected a lot of persons, including my reader <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030507_6_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htm#0902">Caroline</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030507_6_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htm#1116">Annie</a>. They are living in Shanghai but happen to be in Hong Kong right now.</p> <p><strong>Reaction from the public</strong></p> <p>In the <a href="http://comment.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/comment/comment.cgi?channel=gn&amp;newsid=1036025">36 comments</a> followed the news on Sina.com, more than half of people thought highly of this regulations, with only 3 - 4 negative comments. Here are some samples:</p>Emails and Privacy Policieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030508_emails_and_privacy_policies.htmThu, 08 May 2003 23:08:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030508_emails_and_privacy_policies.htm<p>Suggested by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030421_how_do_you_feel_if_being_misunderstood.htm#0637">Xin</a>, I am going to remove the email address from the comment display page. I added <em>show_email=0</em> attribute to the &lt;$MTCommentAuthorLink show_email=&ldquo;0&rdquo;$&gt; tag.</p> <blockquote> <p>The email address of the author will never be displayed. The logic then becomes: if the author has entered a URL, the author name will be a link to that URL; if no URL, display the author name without a link.</p> <p>Source: MovableType manual</p> </blockquote> <p>I was using <em>spam_protect</em> attribute before so the email was encoded. Instead of <em><a href="mailto:someone@someplace.com">someone@someplace.com</a></em>, it is actually written <em>someone@someplace.com</em>. Anyway, there may be other spammer using the translation tools to converted them back to @ and ., so I decided to remove emails at last after Xin notified me. If you want others to contact you, write your email into the content of the post. Meanwhile, in case I need to contact you, the email field is still required.</p>SMS via Webhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030508_p223.htmThu, 08 May 2003 22:56:45 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030508_p223.htm<p>Before I forget it, I found Lies.com&rsquo;s <a href="v">Beginner&rsquo;s Guide to CGI Scripting with Perl</a> is pretty nice guide, as stated in the title, to Perl beginners like me.</p>6 SARS Cases in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030507_6_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htmWed, 07 May 2003 22:13:12 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030507_6_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htm<p>6 SARS cases in Shanghai now. It is an alert. Althought there is only 4 new cases, it is 200% increase in the last few days by simply mathatics calculation. With the new cases, the alarm level of Shanghai increases to the new level after the level increased in April 21. (the level of precaution measured are judged purely by my personal feelings of the city, instead of any official numbers or announcement).</p>Top Usability Mistakes of Wangjianshuo's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030506_top_usability_mistakes_of_wangjianshuos_blog.htmTue, 06 May 2003 23:56:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030506_top_usability_mistakes_of_wangjianshuos_blog.htm<p>Since I have plenty of time, I reviewed Jakob Neilson&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20021223.html">Top Ten Web-Design Mistake of 2002</a>. I am very interested in usability and even delivered training and speech on usability in some events. I had paid a lot of attention in usability of tihs site, but still find 6 mistakes in my current design. Read the article - the cartoon pictures are so cute!</p> <p><strong>PROBLEM: Horizontal Scrolling.</strong></p> <p>Yeah. I made this mistake. Even on 1024x768 resolution screen, there is still a little horizontal scrolling bar. It will be worse on 800x600 screen. It is because of some long titles. According to usability guidelines, the &ldquo;Also on this site&rdquo; section (with a lot of photo icons) are not effective as &ldquo;Related Entries&rdquo; section, since the later offers more content related links, instead of links in each category. I finally decided to remove this section from the individual article pages. So say good by to this section and the annoying horizontal scrolling bar.</p>Flight to Shanghai: A Journey in the Plague Year IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030505_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_ii.htmMon, 05 May 2003 22:28:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030505_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_ii.htm<p>This is third article of Dr. Glenwood Irons&rsquo; trip to Shanghai.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030504_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year.htm">Entry I</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Entry II (this page)</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030510_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iii.htm">Entry III</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030512_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year_iv.htm">Entry IV</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Entry 2, 5 May, 2003</p> <p>In A Journey of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe was very keen to keep a day-to-day account of all the ways in which he saw the Great Plague affecting his fellow countrymen. He often noted grisly details of how an individual would seem quite normal one day, then suddenly the next day, the same person would begin to cough violently and within a few short days after would die, usually at home. There were, of course, individuals, even in Defoe&rsquo;s time who contracted the Plague, but who survived by some miracle, and Defoe himself was one of those.</p>Flight to Shanghai: A Journey in the Plague Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030504_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year.htmSun, 04 May 2003 23:20:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030504_flight_to_shanghai_a_journey_in_the_plague_year.htm<p>Editor&rsquo;s note: I am very happy to have invited <strong>Dr. Glenwood Irons</strong> to write about his journey from Toronto to Shanghai. He arrives in Shanghai today and will stay here for four days. What he sees during his trip and his stay will definitely be very helpful to thousands of people asking the question &ldquo;<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030411_shall_i_cancel_my_trip_to_shanghai.htm#000185">Shall I cancel my trip to Shanghai?</a>&rdquo;.</p> <p>&ldquo;People will get an accurate sense of how things are going&hellip;. I&rsquo;ll do it in a few installments, one on the plane, one after I go through Customs and arrive at my flat near the &ldquo;People&rsquo;s Square&rdquo;, one during my four-day stay in Shanghai, and then one last one, when I arrive in Bangkok from Shanghai.&rdquo;, said Glenwood.</p>Two More SARS Cases in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030504_two_more_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htmSun, 04 May 2003 22:20:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030504_two_more_sars_cases_in_shanghai.htm<p>According to <a href="http://sh.sina.com.cn/news/20030504/095910423.shtml">Shanghai Morning Post</a>, two more SARS cases have been confirmed. They are a couple traveling to Shanghai. 42 intimate contacter and 63 indirect contacter have been tracked and related locations have been quarantined.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">That&#x27;s terrible! 100% increase! I hope that 100+ people who were directly or indirectly affected will not have it! Imagine each affecting another 100!!!<br><br>I think Shanghai is doing a good job with the nabbing and quarrantining!<div class="comment-meta">— caroline · 2003-05-05 14:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Don&#x27;t worry. 100% increase is only a matter of mathmatic calculation.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-05-05 14:33</div></div> <div class="comment">6 cases as of yesterday! There are about 200 people quarrantined because of the 4 recent affected people! The last 2 couple went to the Shanghai No. 1 Department Store during May 1st holiday!<div class="comment-meta">— caroline · 2003-05-07 06:49</div></div> <div class="comment">That is terrible!! I think Chinese government should make sure people in the area which by affected by SARS won&#x27;t go anywhere else, especially Beijing. I just saw the news online, people who work in Beijing try to go back to there home, and spread SARS to their area. I think they should control all these people!!<br><br>by the way, there is 1 death in Shanghai!! That is getting horrible!!<div class="comment-meta">— Vivian · 2003-05-09 00:29</div></div> <div class="comment">Vivian,<br><br>See also<br><br>http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030509_shanghai_quarantine_mandatory.htm<div class="comment-meta">— luo · 2003-05-11 11:31</div></div> </details>Send a Post Card to Your Friend Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030503_send_a_post_card_to_your_friend_today.htmSat, 03 May 2003 20:16:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030503_send_a_post_card_to_your_friend_today.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> Seasonal Greetings <em>December 23, 2003</em></p> <p>I have added some great pictures that you can also send your own greeting card to your friend.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/12/25/munich-gifts.shop-x.mas.card.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <End of update > <p>May holiday is a long vacation for me - <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030502_with_sars_all_we_have_is_time.htm">vacation at home</a> actually. Last October, I went to Daocheng in southwest part of China and recorded in the trip in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/daocheng.htm">Daocheng category</a> of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">this blog</a>. Today, I created postcard gallery so you can send the pictures I took at the amazing Shangri-la to your friend, along with your greetings and wishes.</p>With SARS, All We Have is Timehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030502_with_sars_all_we_have_is_time.htmFri, 02 May 2003 09:30:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030502_with_sars_all_we_have_is_time.htm<p>This moring, when I chat with my friend Willie Liu of <a href="http://www.culturexchina.com">CultureXChina.com</a> on MSN Messenger, he quoted:</p> <blockquote> <p>With SARS, All We Have is Time</p> </blockquote> <p>He is absolutely right.</p> <p><strong>Long holiday, no outting</strong></p> <p>May holiday used to be called &ldquo;Golden Week&rdquo;, millions of people goes out to their <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030402_my_dream_travel_destination.htm">dream travel destinations</a>. With SARS, all travel lines to outside Shanghai paused, including the <a href="http://travel.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper448/3/class044800001/hwz1102368.htm">nearby areas</a> (Chinese site).</p> <p><strong>What would you do?</strong></p> <p>If you have a long vacation of 5 days and you cannot go anywhere outside the city, and you need to avoid any public places in the city, what will you do?</p>First Day of May Holidayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030501_first_day_of_may_holiday.htmThu, 01 May 2003 23:05:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030501_first_day_of_may_holiday.htm<p>Recently, most of the days are sunny. The spring comes to Shanghai. It is exactly the best time for outing. If there were no such SARS disease, millions of people should have started their travel to various tour destinations. Now, most of the plans were cancelled.</p> <p><strong>I have get used to the impact of SARS</strong></p> <p>The anxiousity will release with time passing by - the situation didn&rsquo;t go worse in Shanghai. The disinfection and precautions are confirmed while the rumor did get confirmed (which means they are rumor in fact).</p>SARS Shanghai - April Reviewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030430_sars_shanghai_-_april_review.htmWed, 30 Apr 2003 22:54:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030430_sars_shanghai_-_april_review.htm<p>It is the worst of time. April is the hard time for people in China - among the worst in my life (26 years). The impact to everyone&rsquo;s life is comparable with the year of 1989 and the flood in 1998. Today is the last day in April so we have some time to review the whole SARS event in this month - actually, all major events related to SARS happened in the month of April in China.</p>Daily Life - SARS Related IIIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030429_daily_life_-_sars_related_iii.htmTue, 29 Apr 2003 23:46:47 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030429_daily_life_-_sars_related_iii.htm<p><strong>Chat with taxi driver for the third time</strong></p> <p>Taxi drivers are among the most sensitive people for any changes in the city. I initialized achat with the third taxi driver after SARS hit the city. If you still remember, the first <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030417_daily_life_sars_related.htm">taxi driver</a> told me on April 17 that his car was disinfected once every month. The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030423_shanghai_sars_situation_severe.htm#000200">second taxi driver</a> told me on April 23 that his car was disinfected every morning from April 21. Let&rsquo;s see what the third taxi have to tell us after one week.</p>My Dinner Impacted by SARShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030428_my_dinner_impacted_by_sars.htmMon, 28 Apr 2003 23:58:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030428_my_dinner_impacted_by_sars.htm<p>I went to a Taiwanese restaurant for dinner at about 8:00 PM. It seems the regulation of &ldquo;wearing masks for all dining industry staff&rdquo; is well executed. All the staff are wearing masks - the small thin paper-made masks. This is the forth restaurants I visit for this week - KFC, a Japanese quick food restaurant, Shiquanshimei - a Chinese one and this Taiwanese one. All the staff of these four restaurants are wearing masks to protect them and to protect the customers.</p>WHO Reports Shanghai Findingshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030427_who_reports_shanghai_findings.htmSun, 27 Apr 2003 10:35:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030427_who_reports_shanghai_findings.htm<blockquote> <p>**Preliminary findings of the WHO Shanghai team **</p> <p>A WHO team of six experts, in Shanghai since Monday, has provided a preliminary report of its findings. The team was invited by Shanghai authorities to assess the SARS situation in China&rsquo;s second largest city.</p> <p>Among its activities, the team examined the SARS surveillance and reporting system, investigated rumours that the case burden might be higher than officially reported, and visited 10 health facilities, 3 district Centres for Disease Control, and the municipal Centre for Disease Control. The team was given free access to all requested data, patient registries, and facilities, which were visited on very short notice.</p>Daily Life - SARS Related IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030426_daily_life_-_sars_related_ii.htmSat, 26 Apr 2003 15:38:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030426_daily_life_-_sars_related_ii.htm<p>This is the second flash of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030417_daily_life_sars_related.htm#000193">dialy life</a> from Shanghai in the SARS times. This is a sunny, warm Saturday in early spring. I stayed at home the whole day today.</p> <p><strong>Fast Food Restraunts</strong></p> <p>KFC in Metro City of Xujiahui changed face from yesterday night. All staff - the counter, the cleaning staff, the cooking staff and managers wore large white facial masks. Whenever a customer leaves his/her seat, the cleaning staff will rush to the seat and spay disinfectant onto the table, then clean it. This does not enhance neverness at all. On the contary, I feel very relax and safe when I ordered by &ldquo;Suite 1&rdquo; (21.50 RMB). ll many people there, although not that crowded.It is easier to find a seat now. There were still two tables available when I got my plate - this is seldom seen for the rush hours.</p>Protect China - Not Only Against SARShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030425_protect_china_-_not_only_against_sars.htmFri, 25 Apr 2003 23:02:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030425_protect_china_-_not_only_against_sars.htm<p><strong>To Google visitors</strong></p> <p>Arrived here by searching <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=china&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi">China</a> in Google Image? Welcome! I am Jian Shuo Wang, and I am living in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/links/Shanghai/">Shanghai</a>, China. I write one article everyday on this blog everyday since 2002. This site is voted as Top 10 China Blogs in 2003 and was mentioned by <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040729_i_saw_my_name_on_businessweek.htm">BusinessWeeks</a>, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030404_this_site_listed_on_msnbccom_as_sars_blog.htm">MSNBC</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/30/wsino30.xml">Telegraph</a>, and <a href="http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/1857/2004-8-18/14@143131.htm">China Radio International</a>.</p> <p>I am sure that you arrived at the right site if you look for China information, but may not the right page. Here are my suggestions:</p>SARS Pictures From Beijng and Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030424_sars_pictures_from_beijng_and_shanghai.htmThu, 24 Apr 2003 23:47:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030424_sars_pictures_from_beijng_and_shanghai.htm<p><a href="http://www.fengniao.com/forum/showthread.php?s=f2b8050aa59fc6c14bd46e73644636d3&amp;threadid=39720">Photos</a> from Anzhen Hualian Shopping Mall - It is very encouraging to see all the sales persons were wearing masks. This demononstrated the preventional measures have been in place to fight against SARS.</p> <p>Street <a href="http://www.fengniao.com/forum/showthread.php?s=29d34fc1265fdc418f4ee2ccdbaeba74&amp;threadid=39706">photos</a> of Beijing on the day of April 23. Much less people can be seen on the most crowded street in Beijing - Wang Fu Jing Street. People are wearing masks, including the guards.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/04/24/beijing-wangfujing.st-sars.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><em>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.fengniao.com/forum/showthread.php?s=29d34fc1265fdc418f4ee2ccdbaeba74&amp;threadid=39706">lowxu</a> from <a href="http://www.fengniao.com">Fengniao.com</a></em></p>Shanghai SARS: Situation Severehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030423_shanghai_sars_situation_severe.htmWed, 23 Apr 2003 22:12:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030423_shanghai_sars_situation_severe.htm<p>The atmosphere of today in Shanghai is most severe ever in Shanghai. The air seems to suddenly freeze these days.</p> <p><strong>Disinfection - real disinfection this time</strong></p> <p>When I talk with the Dazhong taxi <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030417_daily_life_sars_related.htm">5 days ago</a>, the driver told me his car is not disinfected at all although the Oriental TV is reporting all taxis are disinfected everyday. I recorded this under the Taxi driver section of the blog of that day. Today, I talked with another mid-aged taxi driver - he also comes from the Dazhong taxi company and he told me the following information:</p>China is Taking SARS Seriouslyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030422_china_is_taking_sars_seriously.htmTue, 22 Apr 2003 20:19:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030422_china_is_taking_sars_seriously.htm<p>From my observation, the country is taking SARS very seriously recently.</p> <p><strong>SARS Prevention Campain</strong></p> <p>This afternoon, around 3:00 PM, a large red banner was hung just at the entrance of the residental garden I live in. On the banner, are the large white characters:</p> <blockquote> <p>Do the work more thoroughly, more deep, more solid and more transparent,</p> <p>Prevent SARS with benifit, with order, and with effectiveness</p> </blockquote> <p>The same banner appeared in the nearby Tianlin 11th village. Meanwhile, the prevention knowledge has been widely distributed. I got the flyer of &ldquo;Prevention of Infectious SARS&rdquo; in the my mailbox this morning. The black boards with introduction of SARS, symptoms and prevention methods are placed in the entrances of the garden.</p>How do you Feel if Being Misunderstood?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030421_how_do_you_feel_if_being_misunderstood.htmMon, 21 Apr 2003 23:47:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030421_how_do_you_feel_if_being_misunderstood.htm<p>Hey, I just got the following two comments from the same person today under my article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm">Golarger.com - NET SEND Spamer and Comment Spammer</a>. This guy insisted that I use golarger as free adertisement and the forum I setup is definitely not to help people. He also reported my site to FCC.</p> <blockquote> <p>GREAT THEY NOT ONLY PISS US OFF AND WASTE OUR TIME&hellip;&hellip;BUT WANT TO CREATE A MAILING LIST FROM THIS COMMENT FORM&hellip;.I AM WRITING FCC.GOV WITH THIS ASSHOLES IP ADDRESS AND LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEAL WITH HIM.</p>339 SARS in Beijing. May Holidy Cancelledhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030420_339_sars_in_beijing_may_holidy_cancelled.htmSun, 20 Apr 2003 18:07:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030420_339_sars_in_beijing_may_holidy_cancelled.htm<p>In the news conference held at 3:00 PM today, 339 cases were confirmed in Beijing, 402 more are suspected.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the long May holiday is cancelled. It is announced one month before that the traditional long May holiday starts at May 1 till May 7. However, the schedule is changed. One of the direct impact is that my wedding ceremony to be held on May 6 will be on the working day.</p>East Radio Station Goes Onlinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030420_east_radio_station_goes_online.htmSun, 20 Apr 2003 14:28:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030420_east_radio_station_goes_online.htm<p>People kept asking me what it really is to live in Shanghai. I have talked about the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm">living cost</a> before, now, let&rsquo;s talk about radio stations.</p> <p>Recently, the most popular radio station in Shanghai - the East Radio Station (ERS), begin to broadcast on the net in real time. If you haven&rsquo;t decided to move to Shanghai yet, check out the radio station below and get a sense of what it feels like to be in Shanghai.</p>Send Mail without SMTP or Sendmailhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030419_p201.htmSat, 19 Apr 2003 16:28:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030419_p201.htm<p>I have the big trouble here - I have hosted my website on Windows 2000 with Perl. But the ISP didn&rsquo;t provide sendmail - actually Windows version of sendmail does not work as good as on Unix. To fight with spam, it also didn&rsquo;t provide SMTP service which is built in Windows 2000. I have have a folder there with Perl script. I want my MovableType to send out notification when new entries come online. I started with my long journey and recorded my steps here.</p>SARS Found in Henanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030419_sars_found_in_henan.htmSat, 19 Apr 2003 11:57:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030419_sars_found_in_henan.htm<p>April 18. It is <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2003-04-19/09321005807.shtml">reported</a> by the official newspaper that SARS cases were found in central China&rsquo;s Henan province. They are returning workers in Zhumadian, Nanyang and Kaifeng. The cases were found on April 16 and 17.</p> <p>I summarize the situation by the official announcement - actually, the news report is always treated as official announcement since if the officials does not approve, the news cannot come out regarding these sensitive topics:</p>Resumed from the Short Pause of Servicehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030418_resumed_from_the_short_pause_of_service.htmFri, 18 Apr 2003 23:06:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030418_resumed_from_the_short_pause_of_service.htm<p>Yesterday, this website experienced short pause in the comment system. It is because of the disk of the server is full so cause the corruption of comment database on the server. Now I have rebuilt the whole MovableType sytem from scratch and take the chance to upgrade it to MovableType 2.63.</p> <p>I used the backup data on April 13, then manually inputed the entries after that time (5 entries) with the comments. Now most of the comments and articles are on the new system. However, I am afraid some comments between April 13 and April 17 are permently lost. I am very sorry for that.</p>Daily Life - SARS Relatedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030417_daily_life_-_sars_related.htmThu, 17 Apr 2003 23:48:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030417_daily_life_-_sars_related.htm<p>I found SARS has been part of people&rsquo;s life these days. There are too many things that remind you of the existance of SARS in the city.</p> <p><strong>Sticker in taxi</strong></p> <p>The first thing I noticed is a yellow sticker on right part of the dashboard in the taxi I took. The sticker is about 30 CM in width, stating:</p> <blockquote> <p>SARS can be cured. Don&rsquo;t panic. If you found the following symptoms: Fever, headache, an overall feeling of discomfort, and body aches, please call this number immediately:</p>Wangjianshuo.Com Featured in Shanghai Magzinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030416_wangjianshuocom_featured_in_shanghai_magzine.htmWed, 16 Apr 2003 23:40:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030416_wangjianshuocom_featured_in_shanghai_magzine.htm<p>I am surprised to find out that <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com">wangjianshuo.com</a> on the local newspaper named Shanghai Magzine.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/04/16/screen-shanghai.magzine-wangjianshuo.com.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><em>Image source: Page 66, Shanghai Magzine, April 2003</em></p> <p>Here is the translation:</p> <blockquote> <p>Being a personal website, Wang Jian Shuo&rsquo;s is much more special. Under the completely English interface are the informative and practical Shanghai guide (such as where to rent a taxi for 7 persons), beautiful scene from travel around (from Xi&rsquo;an to Seattle, from Hainan to Daocheng); There are also his sweet personal life (after 6.5 years, his marriage ceremony will be held in early May); There are even a BBS for visitors to post and communicate.</p>SARS Websites in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030415_sars_websites_in_china.htmTue, 15 Apr 2003 23:09:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030415_sars_websites_in_china.htm<p>?Most Update <a href="http://www.moh.gov.cn/zhgl/zt/1200304070006.htm">Status Report</a> of SARS in China Provided by Ministry of Health (MOH) (Chinese site)</p> <p><a href="http://www.moh.gov.cn/jbkz/zcxx/faya/1200304020006_1_0.doc">Updated Disease Treatment Solution</a> sent by MOH to all hospitals and publics. (Word Format, Chinese document)</p> <p><strong>Phone numbers:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Beijing: Haidian District Disease Control and Prevention Center (Tel: 010-62551444, 24 hours)</p> </li> <li> <p>Shanghai: Xu Hui District Disease Control and Prevention Center (Tel: 021-64741079, 24 hours)</p> </li> <li> <p>Shanghai: Shanghai Emergency Disease Response Hotline 021-62750270 ,</p> </li> <li> <p>Guangzhou: Tianhe District Disease Control and Prevention Center (Tel: 020- 85517271, 24 hours)</p>No SARS Case in Fujian - People Dailyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030414_no_sars_case_in_fujian_-_people_daily.htmMon, 14 Apr 2003 23:13:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030414_no_sars_case_in_fujian_-_people_daily.htm<p>This is to help <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030412_are_the_media_directing_the_right_way.htm#Comments668">Anna</a> and anyone non-Chinese speaking persons who concerns about the SARS situation in Fujian. The People Daily&rsquo;s <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2003-04-11/2243991965.shtml">report</a> was in Chinese. I am trying to translate it into English. Note: I don&rsquo;t want a accurate word by word translation - just deliver some basic ideas so you are informed.</p> <blockquote> <p>April 11, Fuzhou. Zhao Peng report.</p> <p>Recently, the Fujian Tourism Bureau held the &ldquo;May 1 Holiday Seasons Press Conference&rdquo;. The Bureau Chief Ming Min said that there is no case of SARS found in Fujian Province so far. Fujian is still the &ldquo;Safest Tour Destination&rdquo;</p>MSN Messenger Spamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030413_msn_messenger_spam.htmSun, 13 Apr 2003 23:31:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030413_msn_messenger_spam.htm<p>I hate <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020923_net_send_yet_another_type_of_spam.htm">NET SEND SPAM</a>, and I have been <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021120_flighting_back_for_net_send_spam.htm">fighting</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021107_stop_net_send_spam.htm">with</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm">it</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htm">for</a> a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021221_let_people_advetisethere_is_nothing_wrong_with_it.htm">long</a> time by helping people to disable the Messenger services or install firewalls. I have clearly stated that the Messenger Service NET SEND SPAM used is NOT the MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger.</p> <p>However, there comes the new type of spam - MSN Messenger Spam.</p> <p><strong>MSN Mesenger Spam is more annoying and dangerous than NET SEND SPAM</strong></p> <p>Here is the screen shot of the forth messenge I got in the last four hours.</p>Are the Media Directing the Right Way?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030412_are_the_media_directing_the_right_way.htmSat, 12 Apr 2003 23:11:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030412_are_the_media_directing_the_right_way.htm<p>Regarding the recent <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/sars.htm">SARS</a> outbreak in China and then to the world, I am very happy to see the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030409_panic_under_control_sars_may_not.htm#000205">lift</a> of the ban in media. From the begining of April, the public awareness of SARS has been greatly improved with the term &ldquo;atypical pnuemonia&rdquo; repeatedly shown in TV, radio, newspaper, magzine and websites. Note: In China, the virus is called &ldquo;atypical pnuemonia&rdquo; (AP), not SARS.</p> <p><strong>Good to see the media coverage</strong></p> <p>Chinese media, especially the Internet portal like <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030331_sina_sohu_or_netease.htm#000196">Sina, Sohu and Netease</a>, are actually very smart and very sensitive to breaking news - just like any news website in any country, hit rate is always the first priority for them. After offical news of SARS was release from designated offical news source, which is a signal for the unlift of the ban of this topic, they are rushing at the fastest speed to cover this topic. For example, <a href="http://www.sina.com.cn">Sina</a> has created <a href="http://news.sina.com.cn/z/sars/index.shtml">special report for SARS</a> (Chinese site) with about 20 piece of news every day. For example, there are 21 piece of news on SARS on April 12 and 19 on April 13.</p>Shall I Cancel my Trip to Shanghai?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030411_shall_i_cancel_my_trip_to_shanghai.htmFri, 11 Apr 2003 23:54:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030411_shall_i_cancel_my_trip_to_shanghai.htm<p>Concerning the recent outbreak of SARS in Asia, especially in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province of China, WHO has issued warning to travelers against going to China. I saw the questions like this in the message boards of this site: &ldquo;I have booked my tickets to Shanghai in this May. Shall I cancel my trip to Shanghai? Do you have any advice?&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>To cancel or not to cancel, it is a question</strong></p>Sorry. Server Down for 5 Hourshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030411_sorry_server_down_for_5_hours.htmFri, 11 Apr 2003 23:26:07 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030411_sorry_server_down_for_5_hours.htm<p>I am afraid that some of you may experienced difficulty to access this site in a particular 5 hours. The server hosting this site might have gone down during the time frame, as you can see from the server uptime diagram below:</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/news/20030411homedown/graph-home.wangjianshuo.com-down.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image source: <a href="http://master.com">Master.com</a> watchdog.</p> <p>It is a very handy service to watch the availability of your webiste - its performance and up time. As a webmaster, may be interested to get an account from master.com. The best thing is, you don&rsquo;t have to add link or put logo to your site to use this service.</p>Hospitals and Hotlines for SARS in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030410_hospitals_and_hotlines_for_sars_in_shanghai.htmThu, 10 Apr 2003 23:06:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030410_hospitals_and_hotlines_for_sars_in_shanghai.htm<p>I believe this entry should be the most useful one among all the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/categories/sars.htm">SARS</a> categoris so far. I&rsquo;d like to provide some solid information about the hospitals and websites you should go to see a doctor if you suspect you are infected by SARS.</p> <p><strong>Offical website</strong></p> <p>According to the press conference from the Shanghai government, <a href="http://www.smhb.gov.cn">http://www.smhb.gov.cn</a> is the offical website for SARS information. It is a pity that there is no English information on this site and I&rsquo;d like to pick some most important news and list it here.</p>Panic Under Control. SARS May Nothttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030409_panic_under_control_sars_may_not.htmWed, 09 Apr 2003 23:46:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030409_panic_under_control_sars_may_not.htm<p>On contrast with the no any news in March, April is the month the term of &ldquo;Atypical Pneumonia&rdquo; has been put the headlines of all major news papers (online and traditional)</p> <p>The change started when the Minister of Health hosted the media conference at the begining of April. Before that event, no matter what media it is, you just cannot find anything about the already hot term SARS or &ldquo;atypical pneumonia&rdquo;, just as no body in the media industry has even heard of them. The media conference broken the silence. The media conference was played again and again in CCTV - at least I have watched for twice. The headline of almost all media changed to &ldquo;SARS under control&rdquo; the next day.</p>SARS: Culture Shock?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030408_sars_culture_shock.htmTue, 08 Apr 2003 23:12:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030408_sars_culture_shock.htm<p>I read about Anna&rsquo;s <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030323_sars_outbreak_how_bad_is_it.htm#Comments563">comments</a> about her concerns on SARS. Mainlander <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030323_sars_outbreak_how_bad_is_it.htm#comments572">followed</a> up.</p> <blockquote> <p>SHANGHAI KNIGHT: ok&hellip; let me get this straight&hellip; i may get SARS from someone who doesn&rsquo;t show any symptoms because he is still in the incubation period?</p> <p>WEI SONG: i live in xiamen and let me tell you that no one knows for sure if there have been SARS infected people here. we&rsquo;ve heard of 2 university students dying but nothing official has been reported. our professors keep telling us that we shouldn&rsquo;t panic but because the media has been so &ldquo;hush-hush&rdquo; about it we have become more paranoid. the locals are still unaware of the real danger of this virus. everyone still spits everywhere and everyone still coughs and sneezes without trying to cover thier mouths. it&rsquo;s really difficult for me because i have a little baby and yet i have to realize that this is just how it is. i&rsquo;m still waiting for &ldquo;OFFICIAL NEWS&rdquo;. till then i don&rsquo;t have a choice but to live in fear. as soon as i&rsquo;m done with my business here, i&rsquo;m flying out of here and never coming back. unfortunately, many foreigners also feel the way i feel which is bad for China.</p>Will Lineage Help Sina?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030407_will_lineage_help_sina.htmMon, 07 Apr 2003 22:33:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030407_will_lineage_help_sina.htm<p>G asked me about the newly announced cooperation between <a href="http://asia.internet.com/asia-news/article/0,3916,161_1546831,00.html">Sina and NCsoft on Lineage</a>. To be honest, I am not an online game fun. I am talking about this topic from the outsider&rsquo;s point of view.</p> <p><strong>Internet Cafes are Popular</strong></p> <p>In the year of 2002, millions of net cafe emerges throughout China. Whenever you go, you will find the Internet Cafe - in &ldquo;second-tier&rdquo; cties like Luoyang, even in <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng">Daocheng</a>.</p> <p>The core business of the Internet Cafes, however, is not the Internet access. By my rough estimation, about 1/2 of the so called Internet Cafe does not provide Internet service. They provide online games to game players.</p>Shanghai Looks Good - Despit of SARShttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030406_shanghai_looks_good_-_despit_of_sars.htmSun, 06 Apr 2003 23:52:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030406_shanghai_looks_good_-_despit_of_sars.htm<p>The sunny weather continues. The rumor of SARS discontinued. With the recent official news on SARS from the Ministry of Health, the ban for news on the topic of SARS is lifted. Newspapers, TVs, radios and websites rush to report SARS in one night, just as the speed of spreading <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030329_bill_gates_murdered_by_media_in_china.htm#000193">Bill Gate&rsquo;s news</a>.</p> <p>I haven&rsquo;t tried metro since the first day I heard about SARS. Yesterday, I had a try. I didn&rsquo;t see any one with a mask then. It is said that about 5-20 people wearing facial masks in metro during the rush hours.</p>Shanghai Saturdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030405_shanghai_saturday.htmSat, 05 Apr 2003 23:39:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030405_shanghai_saturday.htm<p>It is such a sunny Saturday here in the city of Shanghai. Good weather gives me very good mood. It rained for 3 days in the last week. I am caught by one of the rain that I was completely wet although I have a umbrella. You can imagine how happy I am to have the sunny (Satur)Day.</p> <p><strong>New Scanner</strong></p> <p>With the wedding ceremony in Luoyang coming soon, we decided to create a grant website for the event and create some videos to be played. We have hundreds of photos that need to be scanned. So I rushed into the computer store and bought a Founder F5580 scaner. Just guess the price - 320 RMB (36 USD). It is much cheaper than before - I am not sure whether this price is higher or lower than that in U.S.</p>This Site Listed on MSNBC.COM, as SARS Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030404_this_site_listed_on_msnbccom_as_sars_blog.htmFri, 04 Apr 2003 18:16:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030404_this_site_listed_on_msnbccom_as_sars_blog.htm<p>To my surprise, I found my site was listed on <a href="http://www.msnbc.com">MSNBC.com</a>. Here is the URL:</p> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/809307.asp">http://www.msnbc.com/news/809307.asp</a></p> <blockquote> <p>In a similar vein, Shanghai blogger Jian Shuo Wang <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030401_sars_concerns_spread_in_shanghai.htm#000197">is using the help</a> of e-mail from friends to disseminate SARS information on his blog. “Emails are always quicker than local newspapers,” he points out. As early as February 12, before the illness was even given a name, Jian Shuo Wang was relying on, <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030212_guangzhou_virus_outbreak_pneumoniatype_.htm">and blogging about</a>, reports from friends in Guangzhou about concern over the disease taking serious hold on the population there.</p>Thanks for your Commentshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030403_thanks_for_your_comments.htmThu, 03 Apr 2003 23:29:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030403_thanks_for_your_comments.htm<p>I want to thank everyone for commenting on my blog. I didn&rsquo;t expect that so many people were involved. At the very begining, when I have about 50 blog entries, I got about 10 comments. Later, when I completed my first 100 entries, there were about 100 comments. Now this is the 198th article in this blog and I got 478 comments, doubling the number of the blog entries. These comments shows sparkling ideas and timely information about the world. I appreciate everyone&rsquo;s contribution on this blog which is the source of my passion to continue writing.</p>My Dream Travel Destinationhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030402_my_dream_travel_destination.htmWed, 02 Apr 2003 23:38:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030402_my_dream_travel_destination.htm<p>There are two much breaking news recently, which convininced me that the world is going crazy:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Iraq war - the topic I didn&rsquo;t cover in this blog at all since I can say nothing about the action to kill peoples and being killed. Terrible!</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030401_sars_concerns_spread_in_shanghai.htm#000197">SARS</a> - the deadly virus that spread to the whole world - the spread of concerns are wider.</p> </li> <li> <p>The China country wide <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030329_bill_gates_murdered_by_media_in_china.htm">fake news</a> of &ldquo;Bill Gates was Murdered in LA&rdquo;</p>SARS Concerns Spread in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030401_sars_concerns_spread_in_shanghai.htmTue, 01 Apr 2003 19:03:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030401_sars_concerns_spread_in_shanghai.htm<p>THIS PAGE CONTAINS UNCONFIRMED INFORMATION. TREAT IT AS RUMOR ONLY.</p> <p>In my previous blog entry of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030327_no_sars_case_found_in_shanghai.htm">No SARS Case Found Shanghai</a>, I quoted the Shanghai Morning Post&rsquo;s headline that there is no SARS in Shanghai. However, at the mean time, the unofficial news of SARS has been widely spread among the people. Now one week has passed. The situation becomes worse. Although the offical media still reports that there is no SARS in Shanghai, the citizens have got aware of the deadly virus and taking precautionary measures.</p>Sina, Sohu or Netease?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030331_sina_sohu_or_netease.htmMon, 31 Mar 2003 23:50:50 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030331_sina_sohu_or_netease.htm<p>I received an email from my dear reader today. Per his/her permission, I posted the questions here and I&rsquo;d like to share my answers with you.</p> <blockquote> <p>I am a small volume amateur stock investor. You seem to be very</p> <p>knowledgeable on issues regarding SMS and the internet. I own a few shares of SINA. Please tell me what your opinion is on which portal is better.</p> <p>For SMS: SINA, SOHU, or Netease?</p>New IKEA Store Opens in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030330_new_ikea_store_opens_in_shanghai.htmSun, 30 Mar 2003 19:05:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030330_new_ikea_store_opens_in_shanghai.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020921_foreign_companies_in_shanghai.htm">IKEA</a> will <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021021_more_ikea_furnitures_in_my_home.htm">move</a> to the new store on April 16, 2003.</p> <p>The new store is much bigger than the old one - 33,000 sqm while the old one is 8,000 sqm. Meanwhile, the seats in the dinning area increases from 50+ to 500. It is the largest IKEA stores in Asia.</p> <p>I am very happy that the new store is only within 20 minutes&rsquo; walking distance from my house. It is also the half way from the place I work in Xujiahui and my house. It is the most beautiful building in the area with the bright yellow and bright blue colors.</p>Bill Gates Murdered by Media in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030329_bill_gates_murdered_by_media_in_china.htmSat, 29 Mar 2003 13:12:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030329_bill_gates_murdered_by_media_in_china.htm<p>This morning, my wife received a phone call from her friend that Microsoft Chairman <strong>Bill Gates</strong> was murdered in Los Angeles.</p> <p>What? The whole world goes crazy!</p> <p>Her friend continued to tell the bad news. She was on a taxi and the radio repeatedly reported the news - &ldquo;<em>Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was murdered in Los Angeles when he was attending a charity ceremony</em>&rdquo;. The reporter used very sorrow voice and interrupted the regular news. The news came from China International Radio Station, he reported.</p>Spring Comes to Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030328_spring_comes_to_shanghai.htmFri, 28 Mar 2003 23:13:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030328_spring_comes_to_shanghai.htm<p>The city is becoming warm these days. It is good. It has been boring for some time when I open the curtain and only see the cloudy or raining whether outside.</p> <p>I hope I can setup my Samsung Anycam webcam again to broadcast the city in real time.</p>No SARS Case Found in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030327_no_sars_case_found_in_shanghai.htmThu, 27 Mar 2003 23:10:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030327_no_sars_case_found_in_shanghai.htm<p>It is REPORTED that there is no SARS case in Shanghai in the popular Shanghai Morning Post today.</p> <p>According to the speakman of Shanghai Health Administration up to now, there is no case found yet. He also mentioned some foreign media&rsquo;s report on infection in Shanghai is not true.</p> <p>It is normal that if there is any bad news, the official will clarify the truth. I hope the report or the news I heard from my friends are just rumor. Please also treat all the information on SARS on this web site as rumor too.</p>SARS Symptonshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030326_sars_symptons.htmWed, 26 Mar 2003 23:54:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030326_sars_symptons.htm<p>**Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)</p> <p>Case Definitions**</p> <blockquote> <p>Case definitions and related recommendations are subject to revision as further epidemiological/laboratory information becomes available.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Suspect Case:</strong></p> <p>A person presenting with:</p> <p>Fever (over 38 degrees Celsius)</p> <p>AND</p> <p>One or more respiratory symptoms including cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing</p> <p>AND</p> <p>One or more of the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Close contact* within 10 days of onset of symptoms with a probable case</p> </li> <li> <p>History of travel within 10 days to WHO reported &ldquo;affected areas?in Asia (see below)</p>Inside Wangjianshuo.com IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030325_inside_wangjianshuocom_ii.htmTue, 25 Mar 2003 23:45:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030325_inside_wangjianshuocom_ii.htm<p>I wrote <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021020_inside_wangjianshuocom.htm">Inside Wangjianshuo.com</a> in Oct 2002. It is more on the operational side - the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/about/buildwebsite.htm">venders</a> I am using and the architectes of the domains and websites. Recently, I reviewed some very good <a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm">articles</a> on site building. I&rsquo;d like to share my experience with this site - anyway, it is a PageRank 5 website now, according to Google.</p> <p><strong>Content of the site</strong></p> <p>home.w&hellip;com: 133 pages</p> <p><a href="https://www.w...com">www.w...com</a>: 207 pages</p> <p>Data source: visit log at Feb 28, 2003</p>Wedding Anniversaryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030324_wedding_anniversary.htmMon, 24 Mar 2003 23:00:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030324_wedding_anniversary.htm<p>By chances, I visited Kayne&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.mcgladrey-family.us/kayne/">Pleasing to Remember</a>. He was <a href="http://www.mcgladrey-family.us/kayne/archives/2003/03/20/four_year_wedding_anniversary.html">celebrating</a> his four year wedding anniversary. Congratulations to Kayne and his wife (since I am not a native English speaker and not very sure whether Kayne is a man&rsquo;s or woman&rsquo;s name. Sorry if I made a mistake here). How sweet it is to look back to write a brief review of what they&rsquo;ve accomplished and where they&rsquo;ve been. Read the orginal blog entry for details.</p>SARS Outbreak - How Bad Is It?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030323_sars_outbreak_-_how_bad_is_it.htmSun, 23 Mar 2003 23:00:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030323_sars_outbreak_-_how_bad_is_it.htm<p><strong>This page contains unconfirmed information and please take as rumor only.</strong></p> <p>SARS has been popular on the web. I have seen reports of bloggers <a href="http://www.gweilodiaries.com/archives/000728.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030320/09">there</a>.</p> <p>Today, one of my friends, who is visiting Shanghai next week, asked me about SARS on MSN Messenger.</p> <blockquote> <p>HI, am just concerned with SARS outbreak. Is it bad in Shanghai?</p> </blockquote> <p>Well. Is it bad? Actually, I didn&rsquo;t heard of the term SARS before. Soon I realized, via <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=sars+outbreak">Google</a>, that it is linked to the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030212_guangzhou_virus_outbreak_pneumoniatype_.htm#000160">Pneumonia-type virus</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030216_eyes_on_guangzhou.htm#000162">outbreak</a>in Guangzhou two months before. Now it got a new name and moved the new location.</p>Shanghai Knights by Jackie Chenhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030322_shanghai_knights_by_jackie_chen.htmSat, 22 Mar 2003 23:06:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030322_shanghai_knights_by_jackie_chen.htm<p>I hope I can see this film soon, although it seems it is only shown in U.S. Maybe I can find some DVD disks for it.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/22/picture-shanghai.knights-on.big.ben.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&amp;link=Action/Shanghai_Knights&amp;image=knights1.jpg&amp;img=&amp;tt=">Comingsoon.com</a></p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.shanghainights.com">Official website</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://bventertainment.go.com/movies/shanghaiknights/trailer/movies2.html?movie=WMlarge">Trailer</a> from the official website.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://movies.go.com/movies/S/shanghainight_2001/index.html">Shanghai Knights</a> on <a href="http://movie.com">movie.com</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/s/shanghaiknights.htm">Review</a> at thezreview.co.uk.</p> </li> </ul> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">http://residential.realestateslaws.com/dpkynjut/ eagerly canceledequipmentknuckles<div class="comment-meta">— welcomed · 2005-06-14 21:56</div></div> <div class="comment">gonemassagingscrew<div class="comment-meta">— attacked · 2005-06-30 20:55</div></div> <div class="comment">http://consolidation.totaldebtservice.net/probate/ formallevelrecovered<div class="comment-meta">— stan · 2005-07-27 02:10</div></div> <div class="comment">http://travel.travinsurance.com/lnghzzd/ peelridingtaken<div class="comment-meta">— smelling · 2005-08-04 11:32</div></div> <div class="comment">http://refinance_rate.finances-inco.com/house_refinance/ chastisedgyrationsroundest<div class="comment-meta">— licks · 2005-08-14 14:00</div></div> <div class="comment">http://businessonline.mentorsverige.org/stl_business-journal/ encouragedhuskypointing<div class="comment-meta">— taken · 2005-08-27 12:08</div></div> </details>Physical Location of GOLarger.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030321_physical_location_of_golargercom.htmFri, 21 Mar 2003 23:11:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030321_physical_location_of_golargercom.htm<p>yolei81 <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htm#comments371">posted</a> the WHOIS data for golarger.com - which has been under our investigation for a <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm">long</a> <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htm">time</a>.</p> <p>According to the WHOIS database, the location GOLarger.com&rsquo;s owner is:</p> <blockquote> <p>Organization:</p> <p>Jason Spencer</p> <p>Bob Lerman</p> <p>45 Henry St</p> <p>Brooklyn, NY 11201</p> <p>US</p> <p>Phone: 718-654-7898</p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:b_lerman2002@yahoo.com">b_lerman2002@yahoo.com</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Here is the maps about this location on MapPoint.msn.com.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/21/newyork-henry.father.brooklyn.map-mappoint.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Here is the satellite photo of the area.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/21/newyork-brooklyn.map-terraserver.PNG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Below are more detailed maps and photos.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/21/newyork-henry.brooklyn.map-mappoint.PNG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p>My Blog on My Mobile Via WAPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030320_my_blog_on_my_mobile_via_wap.htmThu, 20 Mar 2003 23:21:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030320_my_blog_on_my_mobile_via_wap.htm<p>These days, I have setup the WAP site for <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog</a>. I can get the latest comments on my web site and the total hit count from my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030311_alcatel_ot715.htm#000172">mobile</a>. I&rsquo;d like to share the source code and steps with all blog users - especially for MovableType owners since you can convert your web site to WAP site with the code I provide.</p> <p><strong>How to access the WAP site</strong></p> <p>If you have a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=wap+enabled+mobile">WAP-enabled mobile</a>, please visit the following web site:</p>Difference Between Quanqiutong and Shenzhouxinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030319_difference_between_quanqiutong_and_shenzhouxing.htmWed, 19 Mar 2003 23:07:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030319_difference_between_quanqiutong_and_shenzhouxing.htm<p>John <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030315_mobiles_in_china_my_personal_perspective.htm#comments335">asked</a> what is the difference between Quanqiutong and Shenzhouxing SIM card after my blog entry <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030315_mobiles_in_china_my_personal_perspective.htm">Mobiles in China - My Personal Perspective</a>. I believe it is a good topic to initiate a new article on this topic.</p> <p><strong>Quanqiutong and Shenzhouxing in Chinese</strong></p> <p>For people who don&rsquo;t speak Chinese, these two words are so strange that are even hardly to read. Before I dive into the technical difference part, let me explain the terms.</p>Blog on WAPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030318_blog_on_wap.htmTue, 18 Mar 2003 23:59:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030318_blog_on_wap.htm<p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wap/">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wap/</a> is the new wap page for my blog. I can get the latest comment entries on my mobile phone. I will post it later about the source and steps.</p> <p>Do not try to use your browser to open this page since it is in <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/wap/wap_basic.asp">WML</a> format and can only be read in a WAP browswer - typically a mobile phone with WAP function. You can have a try using <a href="http://www.gelon.net/about/wapalizer.html">this WAP simulator</a>.</p>Marriage Announcementhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030317_marriage_announcement.htmMon, 17 Mar 2003 20:51:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030317_marriage_announcement.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/17/picture-fanfan.mimi-love.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Hereby, I&rsquo;d like to announce that I am married with <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/fanfan/fanfaninnewhouse/">Wen Feng Fan</a> (Wendy Fan) today. After getting know each other for 6.5 years, we finally setup the family. I&rsquo;d like to share the good news with you.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/17/shanghai-fanfan-in.white.red.lean.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/17/shanghai-fanfan-in.white.red.hands.on.head.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/03/17/shanghai-fanfan-white.red.wet.hair.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>We will hold the wedding ceremony at the begining of May. Here are the details:</p> <p>Date: <strong>May 6, 2003</strong></p> <p>Venue: <strong>3th Floor, Penoy Plaza, Luoyang, Henan, China</strong></p>Micropayment with Mobile SMS in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030316_micropayment_with_mobile_sms_in_china.htmSun, 16 Mar 2003 08:50:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030316_micropayment_with_mobile_sms_in_china.htm<p><strong>Related entries</strong>: <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030315_mobiles_in_china_my_personal_perspective.htm#000178">Mobiles in China - My Personal Perspective</a></p> <p>I read about <a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum32/322.htm">discussion</a> on webmasterworld.com. Let&rsquo;s try to describe the society I am in. I live in Shanghai, China.</p> <p><strong>SMS is hot; SMS is part of people&rsquo;s life in China</strong></p> <p>I couldn&rsquo;t image there is anything that affected people&rsquo;s life more than Internet two years ago. Now I realized SMS is competing with Internet to change people&rsquo;s life.</p> <p>In China, there is only 48.29 million Internet users by end of Nov, 2002 (don&rsquo;t get me wrong, this number is huge already), but there are 200.3 million mobile users.</p>Mobiles in China - My Personal Perspectivehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030315_mobiles_in_china_-_my_personal_perspective.htmSat, 15 Mar 2003 12:30:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030315_mobiles_in_china_-_my_personal_perspective.htm<p><strong>Huge Mobile Subscribers Amount</strong></p> <p>According to the latest report from the Ministry of Information Industry on Dec 17, 2002, by the end of Nov 2002, the number of mobile subscribers has reached <strong>200.3</strong> million.</p> <blockquote> <p>Mobile phone subscriber # <strong>200.31</strong> million</p> <p>Fixed-line telephone subscriber # <strong>212.68</strong> million</p> <p>Telephone total subscribers # <strong>412.99</strong> million</p> <p>Internet users # <strong>48.29</strong> million</p> <h1 id="of-telephone-subscribers-by-the-end-of-nov-2003-according-to-ministry-of-information-industry-china">of telephone subscribers by the end of Nov 2003, according to Ministry of Information Industry, China</h1> </blockquote> <p>From the begining of 2002, there are about 5 million new mobile subscribers. With this trend going on, the number of mobile subscribers will exceed the one of fixed-line telephone very soon. The number of 200 million subscribers means every 100 persons in China have 14.95 mobiles. This number in big cities like in Shanghai and Beijing is much higher.</p>Comments on My Daocheng Pictureshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030314_comments_on_my_daocheng_pictures.htmFri, 14 Mar 2003 23:25:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030314_comments_on_my_daocheng_pictures.htm<p>Today, I happen to see <a href="http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/">Micah Sittig</a> posted on his <a href="http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki">China, California, Books</a> and <a href="http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200303.html#p12">mentioned</a> my pictures to Daocheng. Really nice comment. Thanks Micah!</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Wang Jianshuo</a> reposted some <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/index.htm">pictures of his trip to Daocheng</a> in <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030308_going_to_asia.htm#000170">response</a> to a comment on <a href="http://www.ffh.us/cn/News.htm">another blog</a>. This is the second time I&rsquo;ve seen these, and in my estimation they are truly the most beautiful travel pictures I have every seen</p> </blockquote> <p>The trip to Daocheng changed me a lot. It is one of the beautiful part of Tibet. The mass large area of Tibet may seems <em>mysterious</em>, but the area near Daocheng is really <em>beautiful</em>!</p>Best of Febuary 2003 Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030313_best_of_febuary_2003_blog.htmThu, 13 Mar 2003 21:21:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030313_best_of_febuary_2003_blog.htm<p>20:58</p> <p>This article summarizes my blog entries of Febuary 2003, so you can find information you want more easily.</p> <p>Febuary is the shortest month of the year. There is 28 days in 2003, among which, 7~9 days are Chinese Spring Festival. There is only 10 blog entries in this month</p> <p>In this month, there is a piece of breaking news - <strong>golarger</strong> spam. I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm#000165">described</a> what is golarger spam and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htm#000166">quoted</a> <strong>Simo</strong>&rsquo;s complain email to fight back this spam. It is interesting that a lot of people find my page in the #1 position in Google result for golarger. So they think I am the one who send out spam to them. They complained and posted <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm#Comments282">here</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htm#Comments317">there</a>.</p>Fixing and Changing on Wangjianshuo.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030312_fixing_and_changing_on_wangjianshuocom.htmWed, 12 Mar 2003 23:53:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030312_fixing_and_changing_on_wangjianshuocom.htm<p><strong>Fixing</strong></p> <p>The <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/bbs/YaBB.cgi?board=PVG">PVGBBS</a> has been out of order for about one month. Whenever I click on any of the post, it always report:</p> <blockquote> <p>Untrapped Error:</p> <p>./sources/display.pl does not return a value from E:\Customer\Wangjianshuo...</p> </blockquote> <p>This is an annoying error and I looked it up on Internet and didn&rsquo;t find any suggestions. Actually, the error message is too broad and does not help.</p> <p>Finally, after I backup all the files into my local disk, I suddenly noticed that display.pl has the size of 0 byte. How can it happen? I downloaded another copy of YABB Gold 1 SP 1.0 and replaced the problematic display.pl - everything works like a charm.</p>Alcatel OT715https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030311_alcatel_ot715.htmTue, 11 Mar 2003 19:21:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030311_alcatel_ot715.htm<p>It has been 7 days since I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030303_my_new_mobile_alcatel_ot715.htm#000168">bought</a> my new mobile <em>Alcatel OT715</em>.</p> <p>Resources on OT715 are very rare on the Internet. Wow. How can this happy? David has been <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030303_my_new_mobile_alcatel_ot715.htm#Comments285">wondering</a> about what Alcatel is. Well, Alcatel is not that famous as Motorola, Nokia or Siemens&hellip; It is a Franch company that runs very good business in China. I think it may also run good business in Russian since 1/2 of the content on Internet about Alcatel OT715 returned from Google are either in Chinese or in Ruassian.</p>WAP on Wangjianshuo.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030310_wap_on_wangjianshuocom.htmMon, 10 Mar 2003 23:43:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030310_wap_on_wangjianshuocom.htm<p>With the new WAP-enabled mobile <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030311_alcatel_ot715.htm#000172">Alcatel OT715</a>, I am interested to turn my web site to a WAP enabled site. I am going to construct a new page at <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wap/">http://home.wangjianshuo.com/wap/</a> to deliver the information I am interested to my mobile phone.</p> <p><strong>Resources on WAP</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/wap/wap_basic.asp">W3Schools WAP Tutorial</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.gelon.net/about/wapalizer.html">WAP Browser Emulator</a> at Gelon.net</p> </li> </ul>Taxi for families from Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030309_taxi_for_families_from_pudong_airport.htmSun, 09 Mar 2003 17:31:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030309_taxi_for_families_from_pudong_airport.htm<p><strong>Question: How convinient it will be to hire a 7 to 10 passenger taxi from the airport. Will it take long to wait for one?</strong></p> <p>This question comes from Mr. Lim.</p> <p>Well. Most taxies in Pudong airport are the standard taxi - for 4 passengers at most. There is no larger taxi in general. I suggest you to take two taxies, or book a taxi in advance.</p> <p>I am not sure if this is conveinient for you. You can call <strong>+86-21-82222</strong> for a <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/shanghai/taxi.htm">Dazhong taxi</a>(there is only 7 seat taxi at this line). Note: They may speak Chinese only.</p>Going to Asiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030308_going_to_asia.htmSat, 08 Mar 2003 19:06:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030308_going_to_asia.htm<p>I noticed there is a sentence in <a href="http://www.ffh.us/cn/News.htm">Colleen&rsquo;s Newtown</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Could take a while. Click <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/index.htm">here</a>to see where I wish I could be right NOW, and intend to get (eventually).</p> </blockquote> <p>It is nice that many people are enjoying the photos I took in <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/index.htm">Daocheng</a>). It is a wonderful place indeeed - the scene, the trip, the creek &ndash; everything.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021010_escape_from_shangrila.htm#000041">Escape from Shangrila</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021012_where_is_daocheng.htm#000043">Where is Daocheng</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021127_may_god_bless_us.htm#000099">May God Bless Us</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021019_detailed_manmade_map_for_daocheng.htm#000053">Detailed Man-made Map for Daocheng</a></p>Good Feedbacks for this Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030307_good_feedbacks_for_this_site.htmFri, 07 Mar 2003 23:53:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030307_good_feedbacks_for_this_site.htm<p>I am so impressed by the good words I received in the last two weeks. I am very happy to see these feedback and I&rsquo;d like to thank you for your encouragement.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t confirm with each of you who sent the letter to me. I assume you should be OK as long as I don&rsquo;t put your full name or email address. :-) Do let me know if you don&rsquo;t like me to share it here. Thanks.</p>I Write While She Drawshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030306_i_write_while_she_draws.htmThu, 06 Mar 2003 23:47:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030306_i_write_while_she_draws.htm<p>I love the picture from <a href="http://www.clairetown.com/">Claire Robertson</a> and <a href="http://lobbylu.com">her blog</a></p>Dream-like Tibethttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030305_dream-like_tibet.htmWed, 05 Mar 2003 20:16:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030305_dream-like_tibet.htm<p>I have wrote some entries about Daocheng. The pictures show the Kham part of Tibet. There are a lot of more places in Tibet that is beautiful like those places in a dream. Here are some pictures I received from my friends.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/21.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/26.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/30.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/31.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/34.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/35.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/8.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/11.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/12.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/16.JPG" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>More pictures at my Daocheng <a href="http://wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/dream.like.tibet/index.htm">related</a> page.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Again, I don&#x27;t know the photographer of these photos. Anyone has any idea, please let me know and I will put credits for him/her on this page.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-04-12 00:17</div></div> <div class="comment">More and more webistes about tibet tour, but most of them are non-professional and informal.Because I myself travel a lot,I keep looking for information on the website until I find this one-www.tibettravel.cn. It provides me lots of useful information and customized tours.By the way,it is the online service platform of CCT(China Connection Tours)-one of the top travel agencies in china.I think I can trust it.What about you?<div class="comment-meta">— william · 2005-06-17 11:08</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you very much for showing us around China. We really appreciate you going above and beyond to make sure we have a pleasant stay. Hopefully we can keep in touch and meet again someday. I have a picture of Steve, you and I that I will e-mil you when I get back to the States. We wish you the very best!<br><br>http://www.tibettravel.cn/City_Guide/Shigatze.htm<div class="comment-meta">— qqx · 2005-06-17 11:11</div></div> <div class="comment">Beautiful pictures!<div class="comment-meta">— ShopLittleGifts · 2008-04-12 02:39</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice pictures!<br><br>I found some maps of Tibet in here:http://www.traveltibetguide.com/Tibet_Maps.html. But I not found the place in your picture?<div class="comment-meta">— Sam · 2009-07-17 00:12</div></div> </details>Link to Wangjianshuo's Bloghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030304_link_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htmTue, 04 Mar 2003 21:44:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030304_link_to_wangjianshuos_blog.htm<p>You are welcome to link to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog</a> is you enjoy reading it. I offer the following text/logos with HTML code for you to link to me.</p> <p><strong>Option 1: Text</strong></p> <p>Example:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s Blog</a></p> <p>Code:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s</p> <p>Blog</a></p> <p><strong>Option 2: Text with Description</strong></p> <p>Example:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog</a></p> <p>Read this blog for daily life in Shanghai, travelogues around China, and</p> <p>interesting web resources and events. Written by young man working in Shanghai.</p> <p>Code:</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/">Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog</a><br/></p>My New Mobile - Alcatel OT715https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030303_my_new_mobile_-_alcatel_ot715.htmMon, 03 Mar 2003 23:30:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030303_my_new_mobile_-_alcatel_ot715.htm<p>After SIEMENS, MOTOROLA, NOKIA, SIEMENS, my fifth mobile is Alcatel OT715. I bought one today - I am very excited about it.</p> <p><strong>Mobile phones</strong></p> <p>I believe China, Korea and Japan are among the highest population of mobile holders. Take me as an example, I know persons around me all have mobile phones - my friends, my classmate, my colleagues, my friends&rsquo; friends - all have mobiles. It seems mobile numbers are just like Social Security ID number - everyone has one. Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. I just talk about my life and people around me. Don&rsquo;t assume anyone in China has a mobile - after all, I am living in one of the most modern city. If I can, I should also be something like middle class.</p>Guestbookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030302_guestbook.htmSun, 02 Mar 2003 23:08:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030302_guestbook.htm<p>Hi, welcome to visit my website (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">blog</a> site and/or <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">personal</a> site). Please leave your name and your comments using the comment box below. I am very intersted in hearing from you. Thanks.</p> <p><strong>Guest book moved</strong></p> <p>Before this, I have an guest book at Yahoo!Guestbook. It is full very soon.</p> <p>Then I moved it to my personal BBS, but the system seems too complicated for my visitors so dramatically fewer people signed.</p>Closing High for Febuary Hithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030301_closing_high_for_febuary_hit.htmSat, 01 Mar 2003 18:55:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030301_closing_high_for_febuary_hit.htm<p>Oct, 2002</p> <p><img src="http://xav.com/i/red.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Nov, 2002</p> <p><img src="http://xav.com/i/red.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Dec, 2002</p> <p><img src="http://xav.com/i/red.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Jan, 2003</p> <p><img src="http://xav.com/i/red.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Feb, 2003</p> <p><img src="http://xav.com/i/red.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Mar, 2003</p> <p><img src="http://xav.com/i/red.gif" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Bonjour<div class="comment-meta">— cameltoe · 2005-08-13 06:40</div></div> </details>Fight Back for Golarger Spamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htmFri, 28 Feb 2003 23:51:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030228_fight_back_for_golarger_spam.htm<p>Yesterday, I talked about <strong>golarger</strong>, which I claim to be both <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm#000165">Net Send Spammer and Blog Comment Spammer</a>. Shortly after that, I am very happy to see <strong>SImo</strong> posted about the effort to fight back for Golarger Spam. Please read this.</p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021107_stop_net_send_spam.htm#Comments274">!!! FIGHT BACK FROM NET SEND SPAM !!!</a></p> <p>In contesy of Simo, I quoted his comment here.</p> <blockquote> <p>!!! FIGHT BACK FROM NET SEND SPAM !!!</p> <p>It does pay to advise the ISP that the NET SEND SPAM is coming from&hellip;.Please see this email I just recived :</p>Golarger.com - NET SEND Spamer and Comment Spammerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030227_golargercom_-_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htmThu, 27 Feb 2003 23:49:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030227_golargercom_-_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm<p>When I opened my web server log today, I was surprised that many visitors are visiting my site via <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=golarger">Yahoo!</a> or <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=golarger">Google</a> just to find out who is *golarger *or <em>golarger.com</em>. (Yes! I intensionally didn&rsquo;t hyperlink this URL since I don&rsquo;t want to contribute more traffic to this spammer&rsquo;s web site).</p> <p><strong>Why are people interested in <em>golarger</em></strong></p> <p>It is obvious the 221 hits for searching the exactly the same term <em>golarger</em> is not just by chance that people happen to think about this term together. When the sudden increase of a word in my web log, I know something special happened. This is the case of <em>golarger.com</em>.</p>ICBC Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030224_icbc_card.htmMon, 24 Feb 2003 12:26:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030224_icbc_card.htm<p>I have a very interesting card - the ICBC credit card. It can only withdraw cash from ATM machine outside P.R.China but not within the country. It is a card issued by Industry and Commercial bank of China! How strange it is.</p> <p>It is also the first card I don&rsquo;t need password in China to purchase or to withdraw money. I don&rsquo;t need a citizen ID card either.</p> <p>315.51 + 425.17 RMB/USD</p>Update About These Weekshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030223_update_about_these_weeks.htmSun, 23 Feb 2003 23:03:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030223_update_about_these_weeks.htm<p>It is long since I last updated the blog. Shame me. :-(</p> <p>Anyway, I visited Beijing during the week and met a lot people. It was sunny all the four days during my stay in Beijing - that kind of sunny weather that you can smell the happiness in the air.</p>Eyes on Guangzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030216_eyes_on_guangzhou.htmSun, 16 Feb 2003 13:14:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030216_eyes_on_guangzhou.htm<p>It is reported that <a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200302/13/eng20030213_111547.shtml">the Outbreak of Atypical Pneumonia is under control</a>. It is good news. However, from the individuals ofr the city, the anxiousity don&rsquo;t seems be to controlled yet.</p> <p>I have a lot of friends and classmates in Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. I am concerned about their situation and worried about them. So I keep a close eye on our class BBS to see how well they are doing. But I feel even anxious when reading the pieces of posts. I have to say, most of the news are not confirmed - or I have to say, &ldquo;officially&rdquo; confirmed yet, but it is definitely confirmed people in Guangzhou are discussing this.</p>Download Javahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030214_download_java.htmFri, 14 Feb 2003 12:45:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030214_download_java.htm<p><a href="http://java.sun.com/getjava/download1.html">http://java.sun.com/getjava/download1.html</a></p>Guangzhou Virus Outbreak - Pneumonia-typehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030212_guangzhou_virus_outbreak_-_pneumonia-type.htmWed, 12 Feb 2003 21:04:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030212_guangzhou_virus_outbreak_-_pneumonia-type.htm<p>According to friends in Guangzhou, unknown virus outbroke in Guangzhou in the previous week. It is widely believed that 200 people have been infected in Guangzhou alone till Feb 10 (two days ago) and more in other areas. The official report said there is only 5 died from the virus.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t know the exact number and I don&rsquo;t believe anyone has the actual number, but it is very true that the virus has caused wide anxiousity in Guangzhou and in other areas in China. My friends in Guangzhou is planning to leave Guangzhou immediately. White vinegar and medicines have been out of stock in all stores. Even the virus harm is not confirmed, the impact is real. I was planning some visits to Guangzhou but I have to postpone the schedule.</p>Remove Xupiter.com Toolbarhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030208_remove_xupitercom_toolbar.htmSat, 08 Feb 2003 16:07:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030208_remove_xupitercom_toolbar.htm<p>Currently, I found my computer is infected by the annoying Xupiter.com toolbar. This is very annoying.</p> <p><strong>The symptoms</strong></p> <p>One day, I suddenly found whever I type a wrong URL, or when the server I want to visit does not respond, the URL is first changed to a strange format, something like</p> <p>http:///?%20msn.com, where /?%20 is inserted unexpectedly.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the page of <a href="http://www.xupiter.com/search2error2.html">http://www.xupiter.com/search2error2.html</a> is loaded. Sometimes another pop up window with Ad also appears.</p>Shanghai Pudong Airport to Suzhouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030206_shanghai_pudong_airport_to_suzhou.htmThu, 06 Feb 2003 22:31:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030206_shanghai_pudong_airport_to_suzhou.htm<p>A lot of people are asking me about how to go to Suzhou from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. My previous answer was &ldquo;Go to Shanghai Railway Station and go by train&rdquo;.</p> <p>It is not a perfect solution, since the railway station is always the worst and confusing place in China. By worst, I mean it is crowded with all kinds of people - dirty passengers from various areas mixed with thiefs and bad guys. It is confusing because it is always hard to find the ticket counter and even harder to locate the gate to get aboard of train. This is almost mission impossible for a foreigner.</p>Thanks for Linking my Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030205_thanks_for_linking_my_site.htmWed, 05 Feb 2003 20:53:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030205_thanks_for_linking_my_site.htm<p>I sometimes find my site is linked by some other sites. It is always a pleasant suprise for me. Here are some of them.</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.ffh.us/colleen/JAson.htm">Colleen&rsquo;s page</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Web casting</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://hn.ruv.itesm.mx/hn/dga/get/ene03/d4010/dir010/sesion3/30/2.html">Messages on Net Send Spam</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://lascivious.org/archives/000019.php">lascivious.org</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Update</strong> Links Back <em>December 18, 2003</em></p> <p>I am trying to link back in response. Below is my blogrolling list as it is handy for to quickly add a link. I will compile them into my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com//archives/links">directory</a> periodically.</p>926 Addresss Bookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030204_p139.htmTue, 04 Feb 2003 18:49:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030204_p139.htm<h2 id="all-my-friends-and-contacts">All my friends and contacts</h2> <p>Note: This page contains sensitive</p> <p>personal data. It is intended to be used by member of class 926 in Luoyang No. 1</p> <p>Senior High School only. Please do NOT copy or reproduce this page in any form.</p> <h3 id="working-or-studying-in-luoyangzhengzhou">Working or Studying in Luoyang/Zhengzhou</h3> <p>**´ÞÒ«</p> <p>**Home: 3978069</p> <p>Mobile: 13937903060</p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:cuiyao_@163.net">cuiyao_@163.net</a></p> <p><strong>¹ùè¡</strong></p> <p>Home: 3978069</p> <p>Mobile: 13837936933</p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:lygc24@163.net">lygc24@163.net</a></p> <p><strong>¸ß³¯êÍ</strong></p> <p>Home: 0379-3653150</p> <p>Mobile: 13681026277</p> <p>Postal Address: ±±¾©9200ÐÅÏä10·ÖÏä18ºÅ</p> <p>100076</p> <p>×îºó¸üÐÂ: 2003/2/4, ͬÒ⹫¿ª¸ÃÐÅÏ¢</p>Happy New Year 01.02.03.04.05.06https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030131_happy_new_year_010203040506.htmFri, 31 Jan 2003 17:44:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030131_happy_new_year_010203040506.htm<blockquote> <p>At five minutes and six seconds after 4 am, the date and time spell out as 01 02 03 04 05 06. Let us all usher in the Year of the Goat with cheer</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,4386,168961,00.html">TAY YONG HONG</a></li> </ul> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/feb2002/0/4/0008D80B-4D8A-1C69-891280BFB6FA01D7.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/feb2002/1/4/000E6142-4DEA-1C69-891280BFB6FA01D7.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>Image source: <a href="http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0300whatson/0800events/page.cfm?objectid=11612633&amp;method=full&amp;siteid=50061">Icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">恭喜发财，出入平安！哈哈！第一次看到外国网站有这个！<div class="comment-meta">— wljinxin · 2007-07-04 04:54</div></div> </details>DB_File Error When Installing MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030131_db_file_error_when_installing_movabletype.htmFri, 31 Jan 2003 13:40:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030131_db_file_error_when_installing_movabletype.htm<p>I got ROSS&rsquo;s email on DB_File Error this morning.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hi Jian Shuo,</p> <p>I have seen your instructions for installing Moveable Type on Windows XP and have come across a problem. I have followed the instructions exactly but when I try and install DB_File, I get the error:</p> <p>PPM&gt; Install DB_File</p> <p>Install package &lsquo;DB_File?&rsquo; (y/N): Y</p> <p>Installing package &lsquo;DB_File&rsquo;&hellip;</p> <p>Error installing package &lsquo;DB_File&rsquo;: Read a PPD for &lsquo;DB_File&rsquo;, but it is not inte</p>Luoyang, Henan Tourhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030131_luoyang_henan_tour.htmFri, 31 Jan 2003 01:58:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030131_luoyang_henan_tour.htm<p>Now I am sitting on my bed in the city of Luoyang, and attempting to show you the city where I was born and grew up. I hope this page can also reach the first page of search result of key word <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=luoyang">Luoyang</a>. The reason I think of writing this article to introduce Luoyang is, I am very disappointed to the existing pages on Internet about this wonderful city.</p> <p><strong>Sight Seeing</strong></p>Shanghai - Zhengzhou - Luoyanghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030130_shanghai_-_zhengzhou_-_luoyang.htmThu, 30 Jan 2003 21:17:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030130_shanghai_-_zhengzhou_-_luoyang.htm<p>There seems hard for move between Luoyang and Shanghai. There is only one airline connecting to two cities. According to my friends, it is a small plane with only 18 seats. I am not sure if it is true or not. But this time, I took the plane from Shanghai to Zhengzhou and then take buses. The reason is that the price of the ticket between Shanghai and Zhengzhou is super low. It was around 800 RMB but this time, I got the price of 430 RMB (Shanghai -&gt; Zhengzhou) and 380 RMB (Zhengzhou -&gt; Shanghai). That is almost 70% off.</p>Going Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030129_going_home.htmWed, 29 Jan 2003 21:03:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030129_going_home.htm<p>I will go back to my home at Luoyang from tomorrow for the Spring Festival. I am very excited to be back home. It takes about 2 hours to take plane to Zhengzhou, and there are still 2 hours from the airport to home.</p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to say &ldquo;Happy New Year&rdquo; to all my families and friends. Your care and love makes my life so beautiful. I&rsquo;d also like to thank all my readers. Hope you have a wonderful new year!</p>Server Change Caused Site Problemshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030128_server_change_caused_site_problems.htmTue, 28 Jan 2003 20:09:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030128_server_change_caused_site_problems.htm<p>Below is the traffic graph of the previous days on Jan 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 (today)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/1/29/traffic2003Jan.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I can clearly see the decline of visitors to the site from Jan 24 to Jan 25 and it resumed on Jan 28. Why?</p> <p><strong>The Service Provider Changed IP Address AND Server</strong></p> <p>The hosting company changed the IP address AND the server of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a>. It was originally hosted on a server xx.xx.xx.123, and now the server is changed. This caused the domain name and the server not in synch. I am very interested why there is still some hits to my server during that time (Jan 26 - Jan 27).</p>Best News Photos of 2003https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030127_best_news_photos_of_2003.htmMon, 27 Jan 2003 20:45:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030127_best_news_photos_of_2003.htm<p>A friend of mine sent me the links to some photos. They called it the Best News Photos of the Year 2003. Yes, they are. The images are beautiful and inspiring. The pictures themselves are better than thousands of words.</p> <p>Copies used with out explict permission - but news photos and articles are OK to be copied and referenced, I thought. Did I make any legel mistake here?</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/1/29/1.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>English Drama www.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030124_english_drama_wwwcom.htmFri, 24 Jan 2003 20:41:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030124_english_drama_wwwcom.htm<p>My GF and I went to see the drama named www.com yesterday. It is the 4th drama I have ever seen in Shanghai.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I am a casting director looking for English speaking Chinese actors for a TV movie to be shot near Shanghai and Beijing this June. Can someone please tell me how to get in touch with the theatre group that staged www.com?<br><br>Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— Casting · 2006-04-12 23:21</div></div> </details>DEVP203 - Jan 21, Shanghai Libraryhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030121_devp203_-_jan_21_shanghai_library.htmTue, 21 Jan 2003 20:57:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030121_devp203_-_jan_21_shanghai_library.htm<p>I am the trainer of DEVP203 in Shanghai Library today.</p> <p>Checking the car park where the questions of the trainees gathers.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/1/21/shanghai-jswang-training.DEVP203.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>The flip chart.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2003/1/21/shanghai-flipchart-DEVP203.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to thank S, E, H, L, W and all who have invovled to prepare the training. This is a wonderful experience for both the trainees and me. Check <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/china/events/2003">here</a> for more. Here is the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/china/community/training/training.asp">permlink</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">you blog is great, and you look like a creme de ceme...<br><br>well, google brought me here, key word is &quot;wallop invitation&quot;<br><br>so, would you please send me one?<br><br>thank you very much, got your blog in my Favorites...<div class="comment-meta">— Lucciee · 2005-09-29 11:36</div></div> <div class="comment">Nice post. I&#x27;ll return. when Plane Fetch Player Roll: http://www.scripting.com/ , Memorizing is feature of Greedy Circle right Corner will Compute Table without any questions , Big, Universal, Industrious nothing comparative to Collective Red Grass becomes Astonishing Round in final<div class="comment-meta">— Jeremy Baker · 2005-12-06 14:16</div></div> </details>My Life Begins to be Busyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030120_my_life_begins_to_be_busy.htmMon, 20 Jan 2003 23:30:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030120_my_life_begins_to_be_busy.htm<p>I am very busy recently. It is the first time I can clearly see what I will be doing in every hour for more than one week. My schedule has been filled till 9:00 AM, Jan 30, 2003.</p> <p>It is amazing to see how Outlook calendar can help me. My life must be completely in a mass without a calender. Actually, I didn&rsquo;t use calendar or to-do-list before, but now, it is a must and an essential part of my life. Without a calendar, first, I don&rsquo;t know what to do, second, I will miss meetings and appoints.</p>Tickets for Maglev Tourhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030119_tickets_for_maglev_tour.htmSun, 19 Jan 2003 19:04:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030119_tickets_for_maglev_tour.htm<p>I am watching TV and just head of the news of the Maglev Train Tour.</p> <p>Before the Maglev trains are put into production at the end of this year, they offer tour for the train at price of **150 RMB **and <strong>300 RMB</strong>. However, the tickets are still hard to buy. According to the news, they issue 2000 tickets every day, but the tickets were completely sold out before the Spring Festival on Feb 1, 2003. Individuals cannot book the tickets for the future, since the booking services only apply to large accounts with 20+ tickets a time.</p>Me, a Sleepy Cathttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030118_me_a_sleepy_cat.htmSat, 18 Jan 2003 23:38:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030118_me_a_sleepy_cat.htm<p>Every Sunday or Saturday is a good day for me. They also mean half day for me. I tend to get up as late as 2:00 PM to have a complete rest. It is not unusual this time.</p> <p>The life in Shanghai is hard. I miss the life in my home town Luoyang, from time to time. People don&rsquo;t live in such a competitive world like those in the big city of Shanghai. The work does not look so much and the pace of the steps are slow.</p>Blog*Spot Resumedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030116_blogspot_resumed.htmThu, 16 Jan 2003 23:43:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030116_blogspot_resumed.htm<p>blogspot.com resumed service to China today. It seems there is no relationship with any politics or the reasons that are spread out there on the Internet.</p> <p>Thanks Isaac for letting me know that.</p>Blog*Spot Inaccessable in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030115_blogspot_inaccessable_in_china.htmWed, 15 Jan 2003 12:35:10 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030115_blogspot_inaccessable_in_china.htm<p>There are lot of discussions in the blogger world around blogspot ban in China again, just as the case of Google in last Sept.</p>Maglev Operates in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030114_maglev_operates_in_shanghai.htmTue, 14 Jan 2003 23:21:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030114_maglev_operates_in_shanghai.htm<p><img src="http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/BUSINESS/asia/12/31/china.maglev.biz/story.maglev.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image Courtesy of Transrapid</p> <p>A super high-speed transport system with a non-adhesive drive system that is independent of wheel-and-rail frictional forces has been a long-standing dream of railway engineers. Maglev, a combination of superconducting magnets and linear motor technology, realizes super high-speed running, safety, reliability, low environmental impact and minimum maintenance.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.rtri.or.jp/rd/maglev/html/english/maglev_frame_E.html">Overview of Maglev R&amp;D</a></p> <p>The Maglev (magnetic levitation) railway project started 700 days before and on the Dec 31st, 2002, it was launched. This event is covered by lot of medias.</p>Blogger in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030113_blogger_in_china.htmMon, 13 Jan 2003 21:48:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030113_blogger_in_china.htm<p>9:21</p> <p>Blogging is very interesting. The trigger of my blog was the MSN chat invitation sent by Geo, from <a href="http://russianlegs.com">Russianlegs.com</a>. He asked me about the ban of Google around Sept 3, 2002. &ldquo;It is interested.&rdquo; I thought when he &ldquo;interviewed&rdquo; me about my oppion for this event. One hour later, I found my comments appeared at the homepage of russianlegs.com.</p> <p>I have to say, I was really impressed by the speed of this kind of publishing. From the links provided in the home page, I read more about blogger, from many other blogger&rsquo;s page, including <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog">Anders&rsquo;s</a>. After that, I began to write my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm#000023">first blog</a> on Sept 11, 2002.</p>Wireless Access in Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030112_wireless_access_in_pudong_airport.htmSun, 12 Jan 2003 23:15:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030112_wireless_access_in_pudong_airport.htm<p>According to a newspaper article, wireless access has been implemented in Pudong airport. Is it true? I will check it the next time.</p> <p>One of my friend asked is there any public hot sport of wireless access? My answer was no. Starbucks announced the plan to enable their stores with wireless, but it is not implemented yet.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">9 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">wow, a great blog. I am a fellow moveabletyper and I love to find good quality blogs to post to, thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— netflix · 2003-09-12 01:51</div></div> <div class="comment">It turned out to be a CNC network.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-12-10 10:36</div></div> <div class="comment">I like your blog alot, and it&#x27;s not the first time I land on it by googling.<br><br>This time was because I&#x27;d rather avoid the misused computers the Pudong Business center has.<br><br>And I did scan a few nets here such as &quot;CTC&quot;, 2 chans used by &quot;mu&quot;, a fluctuant &quot;eterm&quot; ... and an adhoc (i suppose it was someone&#x27;s laptop).<br><br>not a single WEP setup... but only CTC seemed to have some (weird) activity (but wouldn&#x27;t spit back a dhcp reply).<br><br>I squatted an IP and could ping a supposed .1 gateway where i saw some activity going through. but it would let me use it as a default route, and I didn&#x27;t see any captiv portal neither... I really wonder how it&#x27;s set up but I didn&#x27;t look much further.<br><br>Cya all soon,<br><br>JB,<br><br>who&#x27;s flight back home in Paris has been &quot;innocently&quot; changed by China Airlines yesterday without even being told (darn... gotta wait 4 hours more)<div class="comment-meta">— JaXX · 2004-12-29 09:51</div></div> <div class="comment">rodeo ticket houston live stock show and rodeo rodeo cowboy gear urban cowboy cowboy quarterbacks houston live stock show and rodeo cowboy picture midnight rodeo dallas cowboys pro rodeo cowboy art cowboy action shooting midnight rodeo dallas cowboy cheerleader cowboy picture cowboy decor houston livestock rodeo pro rodeo cowboy indian<div class="comment-meta">— gay cowboys · 2005-07-12 21:36</div></div> <div class="comment">http://bank.jobsteve.com/598102657/ dealingginmused<div class="comment-meta">— drawn · 2005-08-01 00:19</div></div> <div class="comment">http://chicago.denrer.com/auction__real_estate/ peelridingtaken<div class="comment-meta">— disintegrating · 2005-08-04 09:55</div></div> <div class="comment">http://businessfinance.mentorsverige.org/0192306/ archinghigherlose<div class="comment-meta">— file · 2005-08-27 03:29</div></div> <div class="comment">http://training.caclbca.org/pkdi4ii/ anybodychancedawn<div class="comment-meta">— unhealthy · 2005-09-01 09:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Is there a shop in the airport where I can buy local chinese cellphones and / or pay as you go sim cards??<div class="comment-meta">— David · 2005-09-11 23:19</div></div> </details>New Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030109_new_beijing.htmThu, 09 Jan 2003 11:56:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030109_new_beijing.htm<p>I am impressed by Beijing again after last visit about one year ago. The roads are better, with the 4th ring ready and the 5th ring completed.</p> <p>It takes 90 RMB from airport to Cuigong hotel at around 11:00 PM and costs about 40 minutes. This information will definitely help me a lot in my future visit.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi I love yr website, found it very useful. I&#x27;m thinking of going from Shanghai to Beijing. And I really entice by the lovely pictures of the train on yr page. I&#x27;ll be flying to Shanghai on 14/08, is it difficult to get train tickets to Beijing on 15th?<div class="comment-meta">— pris · 2005-08-12 02:22</div></div> <div class="comment">you&#x27;re an idiot<div class="comment-meta">— ionut · 2007-03-11 15:57</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes,I have the same feeling with you.<div class="comment-meta">— John · 2009-06-27 23:23</div></div> </details>Flight from Shanghai to Beijinghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030108_flight_from_shanghai_to_beijing.htmWed, 08 Jan 2003 22:35:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030108_flight_from_shanghai_to_beijing.htm<p>Here is the flight information from Shanghai to Beijing. It seems I need to travel between the two cities frequently. Just keep a record here for my future reference.</p> <p>Flight From/To Leave/Arrival Model</p> <p>MU5101 Hongqiao 8:00 319</p> <p>Beijing 10:00</p> <p>FM101 Hongqiao 8:15 767</p> <p>Beijing 10:15</p> <p>CA1590 Hongqiao 8:55 772</p> <p>Beijing 10:50</p> <p>FM103 Hongqiao 10:55 757</p> <p>Beijing 12:55</p> <p>MU5107 Hongqiao 11:00 319</p> <p>Beijing 13:00</p> <p>MU5111 Hongqiao 13:00 JET</p> <p>Beijing 14:55</p> <p>FM107 Hongqiao 13:30 767</p>Daocheng Video Onlinehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030107_daocheng_video_online.htmTue, 07 Jan 2003 14:22:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030107_daocheng_video_online.htm<p><a href="http://xpstream.winisp.net/jianshuo">http://xpstream.winisp.net/jianshuo</a></p> <p>Online version of Daocheng video. I am using Windows .NET Server and Windows Media Services to broadcast the content of the 5-minute video. Thus you don&rsquo;t have to download the 28M video before you can view the content.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> <em>January 25, 2007</em></p> <p>Finally, thanks to YouTube, I am able to post my video in a better way.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Oops, 404 error, :)<div class="comment-meta">— const · 2003-01-20 20:56</div></div> <div class="comment">Oh. I don&#x27;t know why my movie is removed. Try this link provided by CGZ:<br><br>http://www.dvmission.com/movie/xgll.asp?count=44&amp;id=554<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-01-20 23:40</div></div> <div class="comment">As of today (April 12, 2003), the first link http://xpstream.winisp.net/jianshuo works and the second one http://www.dvmission.com/movie/xgll.asp?count=44&amp;id=554 does not.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-04-12 00:20</div></div> <div class="comment">about learning swimming<div class="comment-meta">— leily · 2004-11-15 03:06</div></div> </details>Cold Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030106_cold_shanghai.htmMon, 06 Jan 2003 18:05:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030106_cold_shanghai.htm<p>Shanghai is cold these days - it is actually freezon. Affected by the cold air rushing from north, Shanghai reaches the lowest temperature of this year - about -3 degrees C. It is a really rare whether in Shanghai. I cannot get used to that cold so far.</p> <p>This reminds me of the first year I came to Shanghai. That is in 1995 and I just entered <a href="http://www.sjtu.edu.cn">Shanghai Jiaotong University</a>. It is located far away from the downtown Shanghai and is 2-3 degrees colder than in downtown. That was really a hard time for me.</p>Happy New Yearhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030101_happy_new_year.htmWed, 01 Jan 2003 00:58:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20030101_happy_new_year.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/shanghai-new.year.eve-2003.jpg.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><em>Photo taken at 0:10 AM, Jan 1, 2003 from my reading room</em></p> <p><strong>Happy New Year!</strong></p> <p>I can see the fireworks from just outside my window. I want to share the happiness of the new year with you.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">3 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy new year,Jian Shuo!<br><br>I was just back from a small village of more than 1000 years history located in the southern part of Hu Nan province. The weather is not very good and I only spend one day there. But I received very good treatment by the local people and I can really feel their hospitality which is very hard to experience in the crowed city.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2003-01-05 15:27</div></div> <div class="comment">very nice! It seems you always traveling around and enjoy the good days in the natural world. Admire...<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-01-06 17:53</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy Chinese Monkey New Year 2004 (+Fireworks)<br><br>Happy New Year! I took some pictures of the fireworks from my home in Minghang. But it was much less than in the downtown, such as Xujiahui. Coz according to Wangjianshuo&#x27;s blog, he said that there were many which was...<div class="comment-meta">— .: HitHat Blog :. Billy Qiu&#x27;s blog, Shanghai, P.R.China · 2004-01-24 10:13</div></div> </details>Realize Your Potential - Winehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021230_realize_your_potential_-_wine.htmMon, 30 Dec 2002 23:34:29 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021230_realize_your_potential_-_wine.htm<p>The theme of this year in Microsoft is &ldquo;realizing your potential&rdquo;.</p> <p>It is a great topic. Before tonight, I thought I cannot drink too much wine or bear. But to my surprise, I attended the annual party and drunk a lot of wine. I had 2.5 full cup of white wine tonight - about 1000 ml and three cups of red wine, along with count-less cups of bear.</p> <p>It is amazing if not astonishing. Before that, I cannot drink any wine or hardly can have much bear. Now I am OK and am not drunk. This can be a milestone for me in social communication.</p>Nanchang - It Only Means Hotel to Me.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021229_nanchang_-_it_only_means_hotel_to_me.htmSun, 29 Dec 2002 23:37:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021229_nanchang_-_it_only_means_hotel_to_me.htm<p>Hi,</p> <p>I am in Nanchang, the captical of Jiang Xi Province. It is after two days trip before I get into the hotel of Cloria Plaza Hotel. The hotel is nice, and much above my expectation for a four star hotel - see my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020927_hotels_in_chengdu.htm">previous blog</a>on a four star hotel in Chengdu.</p> <p>From 7:00 PM, I had a great meeting with my CEO and the other good collegues and friends there. After that, we went to Kara-OK for entertainment. It is a nice night and I realized it is a good way to host some kind of entertainment for a team to build up the spirit.</p>OOB for Two Dayshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021227_oob_for_two_days.htmFri, 27 Dec 2002 19:52:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021227_oob_for_two_days.htm<p>I will be OOB (Out Of Blogging) for the next two days. Don&rsquo;t feel bad if you don&rsquo;t know OOB - it is something like OOF (Out Of Office) and maybe I am the first one to use this term.</p> <p>I will leave Shanghai and visit Jing Gang Shan, Jiang Xi in the next four days. We take train there - special train just for Microsoft (China). I will be on the training for one day and on bus for the other. The earliest time to get to a hotel should be on the night of Dec 29. My blogging will be paused for two days.</p>Hero of Zhang Yi Mouhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021225_hero_of_zhang_yi_mou.htmWed, 25 Dec 2002 23:47:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021225_hero_of_zhang_yi_mou.htm<p><img src="http://cn.yimg.com/ent/chen012001.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Image contesy of <a href="http://cn.movies.yahoo.com/movie/zhuanti/hero/index.html">Yahoo! China</a></p> <p>I finally went to movie for the famous Zhang Yi Mou&rsquo;s film - <em>Hero</em>.</p> <p>The sence is beautiful. I can clearly recognize Jiu Zai Gou - it is somewhere like <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/index.htm">Daocheng</a></p> <p>However, the story itself is not interesting. Overall, I would like to rate 7 out of 9 for this film.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">20 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I watched this show.... Personally, I LOVE IT! The story involves in lots of creativity &amp; imgination. If you&#x27;re creative person, u&#x27;ll appriecate the storyline. If you&#x27;re just a straight forward minded person, maybe you&#x27;ll find it boring. I rate it 9 out of 10.<div class="comment-meta">— cTAN · 2003-02-06 23:28</div></div> <div class="comment">&#x27;Beauty&#x27;-the most appropriate word to describe Hero:the scene, the costume, every movements of body, the colour element in movie,the art of caligraphy, romance,the sound effeect, the splash and the sound of water...SAVOUR it, then, you will learn the meaning of &#x27;BEAUTY&#x27;.<div class="comment-meta">— Dingling Lee · 2003-02-14 22:02</div></div> <div class="comment">when is it released in the uk?<div class="comment-meta">— mo · 2003-02-24 23:15</div></div> <div class="comment">hero was absolutely gorgeous. words cannot describe it. everything abt it was so profoundly beautiful.<div class="comment-meta">— Selina · 2003-03-08 04:22</div></div> <div class="comment">The best movie I&#x27;ve ever seen.<br><br>Visually stunning and beautiful.<br><br>An absolute pleasure to watch as the layers of the story unfolds.<div class="comment-meta">— essy · 2003-03-19 14:00</div></div> <div class="comment">Compared with &quot;Hero? &quot;The Pianist?is a classic movie. &quot;Hero?only tells us a fake story which totally twista the history. It has nothing to do with our real life. Anything that is isolated from real life is just empty. After watch ?The Pianist&quot;…You will be deeply impressed by the desperation and cruelty of the war…I like the actor very much.<div class="comment-meta">— twins · 2003-04-04 07:02</div></div> <div class="comment">i give it 9.9/10<br><br>and i only give this to the film coz i strongly believe that nothing can be rated 10/10 ever. just a matter of principle.<br><br>I don&#x27;t think it is fair or correct to mention any other film in a page titled &quot;Hero of Zhang Yi Mou&quot;. And if all u r interested in is to talk about(or promote) other movies, then search for their pages.<br><br>fiction is not fake!!!!!<br><br>one cannot accuse a movie that is OBVIOUSLY fictional of &quot;twisting history&quot;, rather one should be weary of movies that claim to be historical.<br><br>&quot;Hero&quot; is a great film and it is excellent that there is someone who wishes to revive the true virtues of Honor and heroic behaviour - things which are &quot;isolated&quot; from our boring evil real life or should i say has no place in the &quot;New Century&quot;.<div class="comment-meta">— AW · 2003-04-20 05:08</div></div> <div class="comment">I am happy the reviews are good maybe I can get a DVD at the market as it does not get released till October in the USA.<div class="comment-meta">— Nick · 2003-06-10 23:32</div></div> <div class="comment">wow it&#x27;s really dat good. i&#x27;m looking forward 2 see it. 2 people who live in U.S. it&#x27;s coming out on november 2003. i&#x27;ll see if i like it, because da onlay actors/actresses i knoe dat play n it iz donnie yen, jet li and a bit of zhang ziyi.peace.<div class="comment-meta">— thong · 2003-07-07 10:07</div></div> <div class="comment">I just saw Hero last night, after months of procrastination due to bad reviews from critics, friends etc. All I can say is that, these fucking losers who rubbished the show have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what the film was about! THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL! hahahahaha...I am now taking a poll among my friends to see who hated/liked Hero; those who hate it, well, they&#x27;re not my friends anymore cos they FUCKING DON&#x27;T GET IT!!!!!<br><br>A rousing appluase for the great master of cinema ZHANG YI MOU - he can fucking show HOLLYWOOD what movie-making is really about- anytime!<br><br>Those of you in the States who haven&#x27;t seen it, please do. But concentrate throughout the movie- stop talking, eating or taking pee breaks or you may miss certain crucial scenes which may prevent you fron fully understanding the movie, and render you a LOSER if you rubbish it thereafter!<div class="comment-meta">— raven · 2003-08-07 12:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Well. Raven, would you explain about attracted you most from the movie? Yes. It is a good movie, but what is the best part in it?<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-08-07 13:30</div></div> <div class="comment">I have always considered Zhang Yi Mou one of the greatest directors ever for his works &quot;Raise the Red Lantern&quot; and &quot;Red Sorghum&quot; (=Hong Gaolian).<br><br>In China, he is The Man now (will do the official Peking Olympics docu, etc.).<br><br>On &quot;The Hero&quot;:<br><br>Rarely have I watched a film while squirming so much in my seat. The first 5 minutes took my breath away: What vistas! What colours! Yet after 10 minutes, I wanted to walk out. The rest of eternity I was slumped in my seat, visually insulted, bored to tears. (My lady wanted to stay; I hung on, telling myself that if Amundsen made it on foot to the South Pole, I might make it through this film.)<br><br>So what went wrong? I can ignore Zhang Yi Mou&#x27;s choice of the wrong actors for the roles of super sword masters, and I can ignore their bad acting. With less success, I tried to ignore the camera&#x27;s insistence for full close-ups of those strenuously brooding faces. But I was utterly helpless against the onslaught of beautiful pictures which quickly turned into a niagara of perfectly planned, perfectly executed, perfectly empty prettiness.<br><br>And this was a film by Zhang Yi Mou who once opened up the whole world to me by telling me a little story. This time, though, he destroyed a little story by trying to show me the whole world.<div class="comment-meta">— Anchan · 2003-08-20 14:55</div></div> <div class="comment">Does anyone know when this film will come out in UK? I am dying to see it as a big fan of Zhang Yi Mou. I have not seen one of his films that has not made me cry!<div class="comment-meta">— Ruth Follos · 2003-10-03 23:38</div></div> <div class="comment">Does anyone know when this film will come out in UK? I am dying to see it as a big fan of Zhang Yi Mou. I have not seen one of his films that has not made me cry!<div class="comment-meta">— Ruth Follos · 2003-10-03 23:38</div></div> <div class="comment">well after seeing &#x27;The Road Home&#x27; i have fallen in love with zhang yi mou&#x27;s work. His beautifuly sad, simple story left me in tears, with a profound warm, yet saddning feeling in my heart. If a director can do that to me than Hero is a must!<br><br>YEH SO WEN WILL IT BE COMING OUT IN THE UK?<br><br>oh and zhang ziyi rules.<div class="comment-meta">— Venice · 2003-11-23 03:57</div></div> <div class="comment">definitely one of the finest movies ever made in China<div class="comment-meta">— kevin · 2004-05-06 08:32</div></div> <div class="comment">i haven&#x27;t seen &#x27;Hero&#x27; yet, but from what i have seen from the previews it looks like an awesome movie! when will it come out in the U.S.!!?? if it has come out e-mail me at Drummerboy444444@aol.com and tell me when it came out. i want to see it so0o0o0 bad because Zhang Ziyi is the best! I love you Zhang! You are so beautiful and a GREAT GREAT actress!!! Please tell me when it will come out!!! i wanna see Zhang!<div class="comment-meta">— sam · 2004-06-08 06:01</div></div> <div class="comment">hi all,<br><br>I&#x27;m really want to enjoy again this film Raise of the Red Lantern of Zhang Yi Mou director. May you show me the address for this. Pls email me at uyenkim1976@yahoo.com. Thanks a lots<br><br>Kim<div class="comment-meta">— Kim · 2004-08-20 12:16</div></div> <div class="comment">I am afraid I don&#x27;t have everything everyone want, Kim, and I typically don&#x27;t directly reply people&#x27;s query via email they left.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-08-20 13:59</div></div> <div class="comment">I thought Hero was good. But House of Flying Daggers was better imo. Neither is as good as his previous work, though.<br><br>- http://csc.ziyi.org<div class="comment-meta">— Arnold · 2005-01-03 09:53</div></div> </details>Merry Christmashttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021224_merry_christmas.htmTue, 24 Dec 2002 22:21:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021224_merry_christmas.htm<p><strong>Merry Christmas!</strong></p> <p>I&rsquo;d like to send my greetings to all my friends:</p> <p>To the new friend we just get to know: Alex, Daisy, Ricky&hellip;</p> <p>To my dearest team: Steven, Eric, Linda, Yayi, Kenny, Grace, Wendy, Eddy&hellip;</p> <p>To my families: Feng, Zhao, Sheng, Dang, parents and brothers/sisters.</p> <p>To my classmates: Ruifeng, Xiaogong, Jia,&hellip;&hellip;</p> <p>To my best friends growing up together: Xiangfeng, Lijie&hellip;</p> <p>To my friends online: cuanyu, christina,</p> <p>To my knowledgable friends: Yizhong, Hao, Isaac,&hellip;..</p>About the Pudong Airport Staffhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021223_about_the_pudong_airport_staff.htmMon, 23 Dec 2002 23:57:59 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021223_about_the_pudong_airport_staff.htm<p>Please read this complain on my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/bbs">PVGBBS</a>.</p> <p>Dear Mr. Wang,</p> <p>I am very disappointed to see that the staff working in Pudong Airport speak poor English, They either can not understand questions asked in English, or can not answer quetions fluently and effectively.Furthermore, they don&rsquo;t even use &lsquo;May I help you&rsquo; or &lsquo;Have a nice day&rsquo;such neccessary greetings to English-speaking guests. It really shames me,shames Chinese people, shames the airport as well as Shanghai.</p>ChAngehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021222_change.htmSun, 22 Dec 2002 23:59:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021222_change.htm<p>A big change in life happens. Sometimes people gather, happy and excited to know each other, sometime they have to depart. That is nature. Thanks for everyone around me everyday. I will announce some changes in my life very soon. But I prefer to keep it confidential now.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">4 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">People are always expericening changes everyday. But no matter what they will be, I wish you good fortune. Merry Christmas,although it is a little bit earlier.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2002-12-23 09:28</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi cuanyu,<br><br>Thank you for your best wishes and Christmas greetings. The same to you!<br><br>Jian Shuo Wang<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-12-23 09:34</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi there,<br><br>You guys sound like a creative and smart people. So I like to ask you about morden architetures in Beijing. What do you think about them,good, bad or urgly?<br><br>Marry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.<br><br>Dora<div class="comment-meta">— Dora · 2004-12-10 00:03</div></div> <div class="comment">please is great website i browze please can u teach me more about english<div class="comment-meta">— ABBA GAMO BUHARIB · 2005-09-08 14:40</div></div> </details>Let People Advetise...There is Nothing Wrong with ithttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021221_let_people_advetisethere_is_nothing_wrong_with_it.htmSat, 21 Dec 2002 17:38:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021221_let_people_advetisethere_is_nothing_wrong_with_it.htm<p>Today, I saw <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020923_net_send_yet_another_type_of_spam.htm#comments132">a pro-spam comment</a> posted on my entry of <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020923_net_send_yet_another_type_of_spam.htm">&ldquo;Net Send&rdquo; - Yet Another Type of Spam</a>. Here is the quote:</p> <p>So, what do you do when you go to your mail-box outside of your home? Do you beat up the postman when he delivers a piece of junk mail or do you go to court because you received the latest sales flyer from Radio Shack or maybe you call ABC and NBC when your favorite movie is on TV and here comes a commercial. I think not! This whole Spam Issue makes me sick and you should be ashamed of yourself.</p>Forbes Interview - cont.https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021219_forbes_interview_-_cont.htmThu, 19 Dec 2002 23:15:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021219_forbes_interview_-_cont.htm<p>Today I dressed very formal - business formal for the interview of Forbes. I am not used to dressing so formal actually - I am always a causual boy instead of a business man.</p> <p>The interview is very interesting. Actually, I am very impressed by the friendly reporter from Forbes. She did very well in asking quesitons - detailed and tough questions. She even asked about where I came from. &ldquo;Henan&rdquo;. I said. &ldquo;Then which city?&rdquo; &ldquo;Luoyang&rdquo; &ldquo;What is the population of Luoyang?&rdquo; &ldquo;About 2 million for urban area and 6 million in total&rdquo;. You see, this is the profesionalist of a journalist. She really looks into details and want to find something special and interesting from the details.</p>Forbes Interviewhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021218_forbes_interview.htmWed, 18 Dec 2002 22:23:30 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021218_forbes_interview.htm<p>I am informed that I will be interviewed by <a href="http://forbes.com">Forbes</a> tomorrow. Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. I am interviewed not because of my accomplishment, instead, I am selected as the representive from GTEC to describe how GTEC can be so successful. This is not the first time for me to be interviewed. The history includes some famous media like People&rsquo;s daily, China Youth Daily, Xin Min Weekly, 21 Economy Observer, Shanghai TV, but most of them want to know more about GTEC. Actually, I am on the should of a gaint. But tomorrow, it is the first time I am interviewed by a foreign media.</p>Recent Newshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021217_recent_news.htmTue, 17 Dec 2002 23:59:55 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021217_recent_news.htm<p>Something strange and interesting:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Microsoft.com cannot be accessed via Great Wall Broadband Network and some China Telecom users in Shanghai. It reports the same error when Google.com is banned. However, this only affects Shanghai. This has lasted for 4 days in GWBN.</p> </li> <li> <p>Heavy rain today in Shanghai. There is no empty taxi on the road. I walked 1 mile in the rain and catch a crowded bus to office.</p> </li> <li> <p>I talked with Prof Ju and really admire his knowledge and thinking.</p>Small World Againhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021216_small_world_again.htmMon, 16 Dec 2002 23:32:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021216_small_world_again.htm<p>I love to talk with people, so I joined the meeting organized by Katrina. It is in the Softel Hotel at 7:00 PM. I am not sure about the content of the meeting before I went there.</p> <p>When I steped in to the guest room, surprisingly, I met Katrina, the organizer of the meeting and some other participants. They came here either from email, from ICQ or from <a href="http://thatsshanghai.com">That&rsquo;s Shanghai</a> advertisement. The goal is for some kind of business opportunties. Among 4 for them, I know three - two are the helper for the summit and one are my university classmate. We shorted out - what a small world.</p>Blog, More than Software - Isaac's Speechhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021215_blog_more_than_software_-_isaacs_speech.htmSun, 15 Dec 2002 18:55:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021215_blog_more_than_software_-_isaacs_speech.htm<p>I just returned from <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">Isaac</a>&rsquo;s speech at <a href="http://www.asti-global.com/">ASTI</a>.</p> <p>I have to say, it is a wonderful presentation, and I really enjoyed the 3 hours with friends from different background and working in different companies. Here are some key take-aways from this session.</p> <ul> <li> <p>China is not a country good at writing. - Isaac</p> </li> <li> <p>6 keys of blog: WGTETL (Write, Gather, Think, Enjoy, Taste and Learn) - Isaac (The original word in Chinese sounds beautiful.)</p>Cost Center and P/Lhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021214_cost_center_and_pl.htmSat, 14 Dec 2002 00:17:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021214_cost_center_and_pl.htm<p>I am busy learning the concerpt of Cost Center and P/L these days. It is essential to understand business. I don&rsquo;t have time to update this blog and may fail to write, but I will update you with the study result.</p> <p>If you have any book or URL that can help me to understand these basic fiancial and accounting terms, please refer it to me. I know very little about it now.</p>Short Self-Introductionhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021213_short_self-introduction.htmFri, 13 Dec 2002 23:39:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021213_short_self-introduction.htm<p>I am asked to introduce myself in short words. It is easy. I have personal <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/">website</a> and some kind of <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/index.htm">bio</a>, but it is either too long to read or out of date. I&rsquo;d like to spend some time to update my self-introduction.</p> <p>I am working in Microsoft Global Technical Engineering Center. Now, I am working on the following projects:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I work on the Asia Community. I will drive the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/communities">community</a> efforts across Asia region. The main regions include <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/china/community">China</a>, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/india/community">India</a>, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/korea/community">Korea</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/community">Taiwan</a></p>Business is Businesshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021211_business_is_business.htmWed, 11 Dec 2002 22:24:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021211_business_is_business.htm<p>I found myself to be a business man recently. I am working on the figures of money everyday, just like the owner of a startup.</p> <p>It is a completely new world when you are counting about the P/L. In the next few weeks, I will spend some time on the finance and business part. This is a major focus shift for me. I am no longer a technical person.</p>Isaac's Blog Speechhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021210_isaacs_blog_speech.htmTue, 10 Dec 2002 23:24:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021210_isaacs_blog_speech.htm<p>Hao told me that <a href="http://www.isaacmao.com">Isaac</a>will deliver a Blog speech on Nov 15, 2002 in Shanghai. It is interesting and I have planned to meet him there.</p> <p>Isaac is very active in online education and any new tech. He owns <a href="https://www.isaacmao.com">www.isaacmao.com</a> and cnblog.org. The later has become very popular in bloggers in China. I heard of him via my friend <a href="http://telecoblog.blogspot.com/">Yizhong</a> at 4 years ago as the CEO of <a href="http://www.tangram.com.cn">Tangram</a> Co. Later, I found his articles on media and it seems a lot of my friends know him. :-) I am going to meet him for the first time after knowing his name for 4 years.</p>Daocheng VCD Receivedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021209_daocheng_vcd_received.htmMon, 09 Dec 2002 18:12:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021209_daocheng_vcd_received.htm<p>What a surprise! I received a small package from Zhongshan today. It is marked as toy. &ldquo;Strange&rdquo;. I thought.</p> <p>I opened the box and found a very nice package of CD. It has a nice cover with the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/about/imageviewer.htm?http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/daocheng.yading-mount.in.front.of.pearl.lake.jpg">picture</a> I took. It even comes with a small book of the articles the group memebers wrote. Fantastic!!</p> <p>Thanks for CGZ and LKP for their great contribution! It is a very nice gift for everyone of us.</p>Cracking XBoxhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021208_cracking_xbox.htmSun, 08 Dec 2002 23:55:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021208_cracking_xbox.htm<p>Today, my friend told me that he had somebody crack his XBox for 150 RMB.</p> <p>There is already some venders in Shanghai to crack XBox for people. It takes about 2 days and cost 150 RMB (about 20 USD).</p> <p>After that, all kinds of piracy disks are open for your selection. The original disk costs 49-59 USD, but the pirated disks cost only 25 RMB.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong> Buying an XBox in Shanghai <em>December 26, 2003</em></p>Wendy Fanhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021206_wendy_fan.htmFri, 06 Dec 2002 15:06:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021206_wendy_fan.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/12/06/1_2-1-13-8_20021206133614.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Wendy on Microsoft Developer Community Conference</p> <p>Source: sina.com</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">A couple in MS,worthy of envy!Good luck,my 2 friends!<div class="comment-meta">— Yizhong · 2002-12-08 21:19</div></div> <div class="comment">Congratulations, Strangers. Wendy, may I say that you look like a Han Dynasty era statuette.<div class="comment-meta">— Cleo · 2010-09-17 07:52</div></div> </details>Really Living in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021205_really_living_in_shanghai.htmThu, 05 Dec 2002 23:48:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021205_really_living_in_shanghai.htm<p><a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2002/0815/vo3-2.html">Really living in Shanghai</a></p> <p>My other concern is the lack of media attention in other countries, to inform people of the new modern Shanghai. I have had friends from America ask: &ldquo;Do you have electricity there?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Do you dress funny and different from the people from Shanghai?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Do you get tired of just eating rice?&rdquo;, &ldquo;Are you afraid to be there?&rdquo;</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">36 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Don&#x27;t worry, Americans feel that way about most countries. That is why they are so adorable! They drive up to Canada in July, dressed in heavy winter clothing, skis on their roof racks.....and wonder where is the white stuff!More than 10% of American high school kids can&#x27;t find their country on the world map.<br><br>People who matter know about Shanghai. That is what&#x27;s important.<div class="comment-meta">— Bethune · 2002-12-23 14:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Giggle,<br><br>Just returned from Jinzhou, which is *not* Shanghai, but loved the people. Sorry, but the U.S. is not the centre of the world &amp; my mother said I should be kind to those less fortunate than me.<div class="comment-meta">— Daryl Pilkington · 2003-03-05 02:14</div></div> <div class="comment">What do you expect from a country (USA), where 3% of the population (Fluently) speak a second language and 5% have a passport?<div class="comment-meta">— Genco · 2003-03-11 19:47</div></div> <div class="comment">don&#x27;t worry mate, it&#x27;s not your fault. everyone&#x27;s got an &#x27;ignorant american&#x27; story, so here&#x27;s mine. was in america, met a woman, she asked where i was from. i said &#x27;uk&#x27;. she had never heard of it. so i said &#x27;britain&#x27;. never heard of that either. so i said england. never heard of that. christ! then she asked me where i had learned to speak english.<br><br>on another note: what is the status of the world financial centre next to the jiang mao building? when i was in shanghai i saw the site but no work going on. is anything happening.<div class="comment-meta">— william · 2003-08-26 06:16</div></div> <div class="comment">Hahaha, yes the US people can be very funny, litle like the French, are there also other country outside our borders?:) I&#x27;m from the Netherlands, and a friend of mine was asked to play baseball at a college in the US. After getting there, some students asked him; do you all walk on wooden shoes....He said yes, but I bought some real shoes at the airport after I heard it&#x27;s not normal to walk on them here...They believed him:D<br><br>Grtz,<div class="comment-meta">— losmilos · 2003-10-09 21:12</div></div> <div class="comment">Ok, it looks like a lot of you are prejudiced against Americans. That&#x27;s your business. However, for those willing to listen to one, I would like to correct a few incorrect statements above.<br><br>First off the claim that only 3% of Americans can speak a second langauge fluently is rediculous. About 15% of the population speaks Spanish fluently, over 2,000,000 Americans speak Chinese fluntly, about 900,000 people speak western Farsi, 800,000 speak Japanese, and many many others speak other langauges. Check ethnologue.com<br><br>The claim that only 5% of us have passports is equally false. It&#x27;s actually about 25%. I realize 25% is not a lot, but consider this. I grew up in Colorado. From my house, I could drive 1,000 miles (that&#x27;s 1600 km) in any direction and STILL be in the borders of the US. Much like China, the US is a very large and diverse country. My home state is larger than many European countries. Furthermore, many countries will allow Americans to enter without a passport. I personally visited Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua before getting a passport.<br><br>Finally for all of you ranting about how closed minded Americans are think about this: Being politically correct in the US REQUIRES that one embraces diversity. If a TV show, advertising campaign or company mocks people of a certain race, nationality, or religion there is a SEVERE backlash. People lose jobs (such as the Denver Nuggets coach did after calling someone who cursed at him and spit at him a &quot;Mexican asshole&quot;), companies get sued and polititians get kicked out of office for such prejudices. In Canada on the other hand there is a popular show titled, &quot;Talking with Americans&quot; which is based solely on making fun of Americans. In my country no show based upon prejudice (be it nationalist, racist, sexist, etc..) stays on the air. Ishihara, the mayor of Tokyo has publicly stated that in the event of unrest, police should first target the sankokumin (3rd worlders/SE aisans). He&#x27;s wildly popular. How long could the mayor of New York last if he said, &quot;if there&#x27;s a riot, shoot the niggers first&quot;?<br><br>People are pissed off at the US government. Fine. But it isn&#x27;t fair to say that the people care nothing for other cultures. Diversity is valued a great deal in the US. The govenor of our most powerful state is a foreigner. How many other countries are that open? Our #3 man in the national government is black. How many racial minoritys are on John Howard&#x27;s staff? How about Tony Blair&#x27;s staff? Do you especially love either of them? If Americans are so ignorant, then why do so many foreigners go study at their schools? And how do such ignorant people do so well both in business and research?<br><br>Maybe it&#x27;s just a good idea to avoid stereotypes or prejudice aimed at anyone... even Americans.<div class="comment-meta">— Mark · 2004-11-11 02:06</div></div> <div class="comment">Mark, my man, that is so flunt. This from a Chinese, of course.<br><br>William&#x27;s joke is a good one, though.<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-11-11 09:37</div></div> <div class="comment">william, now it&#x27;s the end of 2004, and some are occasionally doing some welding, some are walking around, but it&#x27;s still just a hole in the ground. I can see it from my apartment, so it&#x27;s for real.<br><br>When they begin to put something in the hole I will tell you !<div class="comment-meta">— carsten · 2004-11-12 00:17</div></div> <div class="comment">Hey, bigbro it&#x27;s just that sometimes enough is enough. BTW, what does &quot;flunt&quot; mean? I ran it through dictionary.com and didn&#x27;t come up with anything...<div class="comment-meta">— Mark · 2004-11-12 02:01</div></div> <div class="comment">Haha, Ha, Mark, Haha, it was a, hahaha, a joke. Hahahaha, I couldn&#x27;t help it, haha, hahaha. I knew that would through you off hahahaha and it did. Read your own second paragraph. Sorry to be pranky. Please don&#x27;t take it to mean anything, my friend. Hahahahahaha......<div class="comment-meta">— bigbro · 2004-11-12 08:19</div></div> <div class="comment">ha...ha...ha<div class="comment-meta">— mark · 2004-12-22 05:35</div></div> <div class="comment">I think Americans get a bad rap to a certain extent. I am from Canada. At least the decent ones. Here is a wildly successful country with yes a very big diversity of peoples, and perspectives. All sterotypes have roots, but its important that people always look past them. However, I will testify that certainly the media (news) which comes out of the US is wildly slanted in favour of rich neoconservative and conservative business and thinking. Its rather unhealthy.<br><br>If I were american I would try to change that about my country.<div class="comment-meta">— Sean · 2005-03-01 04:02</div></div> <div class="comment">I am from Brazil, but I live in the U.S.. I also think that many Americans are ignorant to what goes on outside their own lives. I know a lot of people here who say &quot;screw the foreigners&quot; and other really shallow comments out of ignorance. Many Americans do not realize some of the reasons why other countries are &quot;less fortunant&quot; then themselves. If anyone here has heard of Noam Chomsky, and read his book, &quot;What uncle sam really wants&quot;, then you will know about all the shady things America has done to get to the top. Brazil should actually be a superpower in the world because it has so many natural resources, and back in the early 60&#x27;s Brazil was doing great. Sadly for my homeland, in 64&#x27; America thought Brazil was becoming too independant, so the U.S. sent in a military coup to destroy our democracy. After that, things have never been the same.<br><br>What many Americans do not realize is that people outside of the U.S. are intelligent, and dont all eat Tacos. Many Americans, especially young Americans are predjudice to Latinos, people from the Mid-east, Asians, and any other non-white with an accent. Can Americans really blame outsiders for having such a negative view on the U.S., when the U.S. has not shown the world much kindness. And now that Bush is in office again, this country is looking more and more ignorant.<div class="comment-meta">— Leilany · 2005-03-22 04:50</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m American (I&#x27;m half chinese and blacK) and I agree. I live in southern Florida so, it&#x27;s really diverse and there is probably a bigger spanish population than all the other races here. There is also alot of interracial couples too. But, I&#x27;ve noticed somethings about the states up north. Firstly, they are ignorant and assume every spanish person here is &quot;mexican&quot; when actually, Mexico is no where near Florida and most of the people here are Cubans, DR, etc. Also, people aren&#x27;t that open and I&#x27;ve had someone from TN complain about how many &quot;black&quot; people there were and how slutty the hispanics were. She also stated that the girls must have had a boob job because all the girls at my school don&#x27;t have a small cup size. I don&#x27;t know what goes on in TN, but it&#x27;s the food, culture, and the way people live here that causes them to look different and act different. TO mention, everything here is mostly said and done in Spanish rather than english. Another thing people think that Jamaica is full of black people, which it&#x27;s not because it&#x27;s a diverse counrty too. So, when I mention im part jamaican, they assume something when really my jamaican father is really chinese.I don&#x27;t know, people here are just so stupid and they look down upon you if you actually want to learn something.<div class="comment-meta">— Meko Lin Geng · 2005-05-12 06:20</div></div> <div class="comment">mexico retin micro retin wrinkle effects micro retin side about the effects of retin a retinal vasculitis how to use retin a retinal vein occlusion retin a stretch marks 01 retin retin a micro gel retin strength retinal transplant retinal hemorrhage 01 retin central retinal vein care product retin skin prescription retin micro retin wrinkle 025 retin how to use retin a<div class="comment-meta">— migraine retinal · 2005-05-21 16:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Do you have interest in Africa,especially Nigeria? If your people do not descriminate or racial in your business,then Nigeria is the best place for you to come for your business.<br><br>Lots of business opportunities abound in Nigeria which include: Manufacturing,Marketing,Commerce,Contract,Communication,Oil, Transport, etc. For more questions phone Bello on (234)08043131844. Or you email Bello at : Bellosanij@fastermail.com<div class="comment-meta">— Bello · 2005-05-31 04:47</div></div> <div class="comment">first sunburn product sunburn sunburn relief after care sunburn best sunburn treatment heal sunburn first sunburn photo sunburn sunburn missile sunburn treatment absolutely sunburn treatment fuel sunburn 22 n ss sunburn care miami sunburn care moisturize skin sunburn muse sunburn care miami sunburn face sunburn like rash sunburn sunburn treating<div class="comment-meta">— aid first sunburn · 2005-07-07 23:03</div></div> <div class="comment">when you people say America, i think you all sound a little ignorant,, what do you mean? north america, central , or south,, you keep speaking as the united states, is the center of all the americas, perhaps you are correct,every race and country in the world , can be found in the united states, that is a plus, for it, all the talents and, problems from the planet can be found in the united states also,My travels have found ignorance everywhere on the planet , and many people of a high education,, i live in the u.s. and when i meet a ignorant person, i try to help them , and if they refuse , to bad for them, people will always do as they see fit, anywhere they live.the thing that makes the u.s special is its founding documents, , which by any standard is reaching for a very high goal, a place of the same rights for everyone and a place for any single person to live their life as they see fit.and the race thing is a problem , even inside the races themsleves,look at the war in europe 1939-45, and the war in the middle east(iraq-iran), or any conflict in africa, , or in asias past, so do not expect the united states to solve its problems in a mere 250 years when the rest of the world seems not to be able to do it,, i am not a racists have a chinese girlfriend , and i am not the smartest person around, but i am smart enough to know when i am being insulted, perhaps if you cannot deal with people who you consider,stupid, you should think how you got to the place where you are surrounded by them , and ask how smart you are to be there in the first place.<div class="comment-meta">— knightspy · 2005-08-17 08:52</div></div> <div class="comment">I will be visiting Shanghai for the first time in February next year to teach at SSPU for 6 months<br><br>The only holiday break I will get will be first week in May (Your public holiday time). I would like my wife to visit me then but am wondering how easy it would be to travel both around Shanghai and to Beijing during this holiday week. Does everything operate as normal during this time<div class="comment-meta">— John Walker · 2005-12-02 01:51</div></div> <div class="comment">when you people say America, i think you all sound a little ignorant,, what do you mean? north america, central , or south,, you keep speaking as the united states<br><br>The United States of Mexico, or the United States of America?<br><br>:P<div class="comment-meta">— Mark · 2006-03-12 19:15</div></div> <div class="comment">I go to school at The University of Tennessee, and I can say that many Americans are ignorant to world activities, but what many of you don&#x27;t understand is that we are brought up to believe that The United States is the best country in the world. We have the number on economy, we live in the land of dreams, the land of opportunity. I think that many people hate Americans, but are also jealous that they do not have such prosperity. Think of it this way... If you were brought up to believe that you live in the best country in the world, why would you want to go anywhere else? If you lived in a country where there are people from every country in the world living here, would you not start to have some sort of stereotypes about them? Many Americans are ignorant, that is why I hate living where I do, but that does not make them bad people.<br><br>Anyway, I will be living in Shanghai all of June 2006, and will be living by myself for a lot of that time. I speak a little mandarin, so if anyone is there and would like to go to some bars or something.. send me an e-mail at Absolutxcel@hotmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— Logan · 2006-04-05 14:06</div></div> <div class="comment">I really enjoy reading all the posts.. I think almost all of the posts are true on both sides...I am from Seattle and will be in Shanghai in October for 3 months. :) I hope I will have a great time. I just wish I knew someone from China to show me around.<br><br>craigjonez@aol.com<div class="comment-meta">— Craig · 2006-05-21 10:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Ok so would like to get this back to Shanghai. Since so many people are putting Americans down I would love to turn the table on this discussion and ask a question:<br><br>I am an American (Black/mixed) woman considering Shanghai as a place to live/start my apparel company. I would like an honest (if you can be) assessment of experiences of Black Americans in Shanghai, especially women.<br><br>Thanks.<div class="comment-meta">— T. · 2006-05-25 16:48</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi I&#x27;m a girl from Jakarta, Indonesia...<br><br>I&#x27;m planning to study mandarin in Shanghai Normal University for a year....I will be in Shanghai around September. I can&#x27;t hardly wait for my study !!!<br><br>I really hope I will have a good time in Shanghai coz after i finish my study...I wanna try to find job there so I can stay longer......<br><br>So I wanna find someone who can show me Shanghai n show me how to have some fun there :P<br><br>audy4_83@hotmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— AudyGIRL · 2006-05-30 04:15</div></div> <div class="comment">I think it&#x27;s funny that people who complain about the United States have moved to the United States to live. What is so attractive about a country full of ignorant people; why would you leave a country of obviously briiliant people to live in the United States?<div class="comment-meta">— rhuitt · 2006-06-04 15:21</div></div> <div class="comment">I used to have a lot of contact with people in the United States, when I was in the textile trading business, and I find them the opposite side of &quot;ignorant&quot;,<br><br>WHY ? because I am more ignorant ?<br><br>I am learning Spanish, and I wish to have some friends who can be my teacher in Spanish.<br><br>celina.china@vip.163.com<br><br>celina.china@hotmail.com<div class="comment-meta">— celina · 2006-10-09 01:56</div></div> <div class="comment">As an American who has spent the last 23 years living and working in 7 countries, I take great offense to the ignorant people in these posts having the audacity to call others, in particular Americans, ignorant. You claim that Americans are racists while making prejudicial slurs against all Americans. &quot;Those who live in glass houses shouldn&#x27;t throw stones!&quot; For those of you who claim that Americans never get out, the fact remains that more Americans travel overseas than from any other country in the world. (ethnologue.com) It is also important to repeat what was written above, that Americans are a very linguistically diverse people. We speak all the languages of the earth. I speak 4 myself and 11 between my 5 overseas siblings. Look beyond the stereotypes and please don&#x27;t judge Americans based on the ridiculous president with whom we are currently stuck. What is worse, having an idiot for a president or having a president or Prime Minister who blinding follows our idiotic president?<div class="comment-meta">— Don Minor · 2007-02-09 10:08</div></div> <div class="comment">DEAR CELINA,<br><br>PLS KINDLY SENT ME A MAIL SO I CAN AS WELL KNOW THAT U RECIEVE THIS MAIL,ALSO PLS I WANT TO KNOW U, MORE,AM SINGLE.34Y OLD,AM AM LAST IN THE FAMILYAMD I BASE IN LAGOS CIY .THIS IS ALSO MY MOBILE NUMBER +2348077840848.MY EMAIL:stephennwankwo002@yahoo.com<br><br>PLS, AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.<br><br>THANKS<br><br>STEPHEN<div class="comment-meta">— stephen nwankwo · 2007-02-13 08:57</div></div> <div class="comment">hi all how are you i hope are peoples is fine ok dear listen dear i am from pakistan ok dear my age is 18 ok dear i am very honest dear ok i search honest girl anywhere ok but dear honest and nice ok because i am honest ok dear listen dear some peoples see girls ages ok but i am not ok i see girl honest ok only reallove ok listen dear my english is week plz dont mine ok i have no friends ok i need honest girl in america ok but dear honest ok i hope you are understand my all talking ok my person address is hassan_bhai110@hotmail.com ok dear plz conect me ok dear i am waiting ok my mobile number is 03027304696 and other number is 03346614686 ok dear plz calling me soon ok i am very funny ok i have no friends ok because i like real friendship ok listen this is not joke ok dear if you believe me then conect me other wise no ok plz dont mine ok take care byeee<div class="comment-meta">— syed hassan raza · 2008-01-26 04:47</div></div> <div class="comment">hi all how are you i hope are peoples is fine ok dear listen dear i am from pakistan ok dear my age is 18 ok dear i am very honest dear ok i search honest girl anywhere ok but dear honest and nice ok because i am honest ok dear listen dear some peoples see girls ages ok but i am not ok i see girl honest ok only reallove ok listen dear my english is week plz dont mine ok i have no friends ok i need honest girl in america ok but dear honest ok i hope you are understand my all talking ok my person address is hassan_bhai110@hotmail.com ok dear plz conect me ok dear i am waiting ok my mobile number is 03027304696 and other number is 03346614686 ok dear plz calling me soon ok i am very funny ok i have no friends ok because i like real friendship ok listen this is not joke ok dear if you believe me then conect me other wise no ok plz dont mine ok take care byeee<div class="comment-meta">— syed hassan raza · 2008-01-26 04:49</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;m an American soon to be visiting Shanghai for a month, my stepbrother is from China and just came over a couple years ago. Going late July through August, is it really as hot and humid and/or uncomfortable as my stepmother leads me to believe?? I mean I don&#x27;t mind hot weather, I&#x27;ll work on my tan which will take a long ass time in the first place (Austrian/English/Irish) I&#x27;m also very eager to see the huge, bustling crowds that I&#x27;m told flood the streets of Shanghai in the daytime. Being originally from Manhattan, I think I&#x27;ll enjoy the opportunity to revisit and practice maneuvering through a sea of hurrying bodies, though I&#x27;m told it is five times as crowded as nyc. Also, does anyone know if this is true- my stepbro told me that girls in china won&#x27;t allow you to buy them a drink unless they already know you... Firstly he&#x27;s 16 and hasn&#x27;t been there since he was 14 so I doubt he&#x27;d have a true familiarity with that sort of environment.. On the other hand he is from China, he&#x27;d know more than I would, and I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised in the least bit if there is a cultural incongruity in that social area between China and the U.S. I have faith though because of how modernized I&#x27;ve heard that Shanghai has become, seemingly at an exponential rate, and that this sort of difference in culture would be far less perceptible in Shanghai then say, rural or Northern China, or wherever...... I&#x27;m a stupid American I know nothing about the country I&#x27;m visiting... durr da durr. No seriously, some people on here are pretty ignorant themselves in their blanket statements/ hurried characterizations of Americans as ignorant. To impose a pissing match on a topic on who is more ignorant is itself the most ignorant thing that has entered my brain throughout my day which if I may tell you, my has been pretty damn ignorant. For those who have snobby, higher than thou attitudes, then why don&#x27;t you put your amazing, intellectual, so much less ignorant than American, minds and talk about something more productive!!! (so basically talk about anything else)<div class="comment-meta">— S. Alexander · 2008-07-07 16:34</div></div> <div class="comment">whoops I meant &quot;my day&quot;*** not just &quot;my&quot; on that 2nd to last line. Wouldn&#x27;t want anyone to think I&#x27;m ignorant enough to make a typo!!<div class="comment-meta">— S. Alexander · 2008-07-07 16:37</div></div> <div class="comment">not all people from the states are dumb.. dumb close-minded people can be found anywhere on the planet, trust me.<br><br>im from the states, and im not prejudice against anyone except assholes haha..<br><br>take care everyone ;)<div class="comment-meta">— Luke · 2008-08-13 15:08</div></div> <div class="comment">@Poster<br><br>United states media concentrates more on the issues within the united states, most of the information that U.S. uses is based off of what parents/uncles/grandparents saw in the past, like 30 years ago, which was most likely far less than today, china has been in a state of growth for decades, of course our media or history teachers never teach us this so we are working on decades old information.<br><br>Bluntly put our media doesn&#x27;t care about talking of anything other than our own economy.<br><br>@commentors<br><br>Please read this all the way through if you intend to comment on it, if you haven&#x27;t payed attention to what I have said you just proved my point when you finish you will realize the beginning seems strange.<br><br>I was to write lot but figured I need to it down everyone could .<br><br>in an of how people are the language they speak ask all you, is saying<br><br>&quot; canadian camera-man&quot; any way to all ?<br><br>If you yes then lost. Go and learn to create proper sentence well as comprehension levels a 2nd .<br><br>ignorant = adjective =<br><br>canadian = adjective =<br><br>camera-man = noun =<br><br>I&#x27;ve paired word with of the type, if only looked ignorant canadian your basis racism then are missing on 1/3 your entire based on ratio since missed out noun.<br><br>Match together with makes sense<br><br>chair<br><br>green<br><br>both of make sense<br><br>green..... something wrong? a green what? ? ZOMG RUN!!!!!<br><br>some people seem to trouble with english language seem to what an is when is a that can either an or a depending on usage.<br><br>saying 3 words racist when only take account 2 them means are working 2/3 of knowledge that in so that believes<br><br>&quot;Ignorant (insert race/gender/) guy&quot; is by describing person with nationality or included is idiotic and , if he ignorant and IS (insert race/gender/) and he a guy the statement racist, it TRUE.<br><br>remember you think racist then now on retype this delete every word to you how you are out on<br><br>I was going to write a lot but I figured I would need to dumb it down so everyone could understand.<br><br>in an example of how ignorant people are of the language that they speak I&#x27;ll ask all of you, is saying<br><br>&quot;ignorant canadian camera-man&quot; in any way offensive to all canadians?<br><br>If you said yes then you lost. Go back and learn how to create a proper sentence as well as reading comprehension levels of a 2nd grader.<br><br>ignorant = adjective = big<br><br>canadian = adjective = green<br><br>camera-man = noun = chair<br><br>I&#x27;ve paired each word with one of the same type, if you only looked at ignorant canadian as your basis for racism then you are missing out on 1/3 of your entire life based on that ratio since you missed out the noun.<br><br>Match them together with what makes sense<br><br>big chair<br><br>green chair<br><br>both of these make sense<br><br>big green..... something seems wrong? a big green what? snake? ZOMG RUN!!!!!<br><br>Unfortunately some people who seem to have trouble with the english language can&#x27;t seem to grasp what an adjective is when it is a word that can be either an adjective or a noun depending on it&#x27;s usage.<br><br>saying that 3 words is racist when you only take into account 2 of them means you are working on 2/3 of the knowledge that comes in so anyone that believes saying<br><br>&quot;Ignorant (insert your race/gender/nationality) guy&quot; is racist by describing the person with their nationality or race included is completely idiotic and ignorant, if he IS ignorant and he IS (insert your race/gender/nationality) and he IS a guy then the statement isn&#x27;t racist, it is TRUE.<br><br>remember if you think it&#x27;s racist then from now on ill retype this above me and delete every 3rd word to show you how much you are missing out on.<br><br>Pay more attention to all of the words and the world will be a much better place. With far less people that ASSUME someone else is racist, remember if you ASSUME it makes an ASS out of U and ME.<div class="comment-meta">— zmikez · 2008-12-25 18:26</div></div> <div class="comment">Wondering where the world would be if America really was &quot;ignorant&quot; to the &quot;outside&quot; world? Perhaps we should keep to our &quot;ignorant&quot; selves and let the world fend for themselves without us being the first to every disaster scene and sending millions and millions of dollars of aid and support. How quickly you forget. There are no more generous and innovative people on the earth than us &quot;ignorant&quot; Americans. Try fending for yourselves for a change, let us know how its going.<div class="comment-meta">— mari · 2010-10-11 02:31</div></div> <div class="comment">Well, if the USA just shut it&#x27;s gates then i should imagine it&#x27;s economy would be fucked from the vast export markets it relies on; anyway you would need to settle up the trillions of dollars of debt you owe the Chinese first. Some countries like britain have successfully redefined themselves since no longer being the big dog on the world stage - others like Russia haven&#x27;t - how is the us going to deal with it&#x27;s loss if power?<div class="comment-meta">— Ed · 2010-12-24 05:25</div></div> </details>In Conferencehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021204_in_conference.htmWed, 04 Dec 2002 23:08:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021204_in_conference.htm<p>I am in a conference for three days. Today is the first day. I may not be able to access Internet, so my blog may be paused for two days.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">deseo passport<div class="comment-meta">— elmer · 2005-07-20 04:37</div></div> <div class="comment">i can see my passpost<div class="comment-meta">— kalkutri · 2005-08-22 09:02</div></div> </details>National Flag of China on Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021203_national_flag_of_china_on_airport.htmTue, 03 Dec 2002 23:18:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021203_national_flag_of_china_on_airport.htm<p>Bill gave a very good suggestion that we should hang a very large national flag of China in the Shanghai Pudong Airport. It is very good suggestion.</p> <p><img src="http://encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/illus/flg/T048926A.jtn" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Bill? Is that the same William that I am thinking about? You are on first name basis with the great leader? His next suggestion could be the Microsoft Windows flag!<div class="comment-meta">— Bethune · 2002-12-23 14:40</div></div> <div class="comment">Now you can find a biggest National Flag of China (certainly, is much bigger than other countries!) to be hung in the central of the hall of the Guangzhou BaiYun International Airport, the other countries&#x27; National Flags are also hung in the other places of the airport&#x27;s hall.<div class="comment-meta">— zou5020 · 2006-07-28 21:57</div></div> </details>Frequent Flyer - Jian Shuohttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021202_frequent_flyer_-_jian_shuo.htmMon, 02 Dec 2002 23:10:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021202_frequent_flyer_-_jian_shuo.htm<p>During the clearance of my drawer, I found a notebook with the following flying records:</p> <p>Aug 24 7:30 PM Shanghai -&gt; Hefei</p> <p>Aug 26 8:15 AM Hefei -&gt; Shanghai</p> <p>Aug 29 7:15 PM Shanghai -&gt; Beijing</p> <p>Aug 31 6:30 PM Beijing -&gt; Shanghai</p> <p>Sept 4 8:15 AM Shanghai -&gt; Guangzhou</p> <p>Sept 5 7:50 PM Guangzhou -&gt; Shanghai</p> <p>Sept 8 7:00 PM Shanghai -&gt; Beijing</p> <p>Sept 10 7:00 PM Beijing -&gt; Shanghai</p>World AIDS Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021201_world_aids_day.htmSun, 01 Dec 2002 15:13:38 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021201_world_aids_day.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/12/01/AIDShalfBanner.gif" fetchpriority="high" /> </p>T.G.I.Fhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021130_tgif.htmSat, 30 Nov 2002 22:07:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021130_tgif.htm<p>Saturday! I have a friend whose name is Paul. He travels to 50+ countries in the last 20 years. When I met him, he was a financial consultant contracted with my company. He sits in the cubicle besides me.</p> <p>He taught me a new word: T.G.I.F. - &ldquo;Thank God. It&rsquo;s Friday!&rdquo;. This should be a very famous term in U.S., but it was my first time to know the word. Very interesting. It is at that time that I know the full name of the famous &ldquo;Friday&rdquo; Restaurant is &ldquo;TGI Friday&rdquo;</p>Xujiahui - Nighthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021129_xujiahui_-_night.htmFri, 29 Nov 2002 23:27:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021129_xujiahui_-_night.htm<p>11:13</p> <p>We had a long dinner in the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021116_two_tall_buildings_outside_my_window.htm">Grand Gateway</a>. It is a nice restaurant on the 5th floor of the building featuring mushroom. Very nice place to go.</p> <p>At night, Xujiahui is a great place to be. I love the buildings along Huahai Road and the architectures of the Band area, but from the food perspective, Xujiahui is uncomparable. There are so many restaurants and bars in this area, which I never realized before. I tried to find somewhere to eat in the other amazing areas, then I find it is harder than in Xujiahui. - very good place!</p>My Google PageRank Increases to PR5https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021128_my_google_pagerank_increases_to_pr5.htmThu, 28 Nov 2002 23:39:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021128_my_google_pagerank_increases_to_pr5.htm<p>When I started my website one year ago, I only have <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">www.wangjianshuo.com</a> and some very simple page. I don&rsquo;t remember the PR value of that site since I didn&rsquo;t know about this magic word.</p> <p>Later, I found it is ranked PR4. I love this number very much since most of the sites are PR3 or PR4. Some of them are very large sites.</p> <p>These days, I found the PR for both of my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">Personal site</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">blog site</a> reach PR5.</p>May God Bless Ushttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021127_may_god_bless_us.htmWed, 27 Nov 2002 23:33:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021127_may_god_bless_us.htm<p>Note: All sites linked in this entry are Chinese sites</p> <p>I helped caca to add photos to her article. Click <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/caca-eye.heart">here</a> to view.</p> <p>Meanwhile, I reviewed some hot discussions on Lin&rsquo;s article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/axs/ax.cgi?http://newbbs4.sina.com.cn/newfbin/hotview.cgi?forumid=109&amp;postid=342719">Daocheng - To my husband</a>. Millions of people read this article and thousands of them commented on this article in different forums. Here are some sample lists.</p> <p>Replies on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/axs/ax.cgi?http://www.hinomad.com/bbs/showtopic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8239">Hinomad</a>. Three pages.</p> <p>Replies on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/axs/ax.cgi?http://www.free2go.org/cwclub/dispbbs.asp?boardID=21&amp;ID=4350">Free2go</a>. More than 10 pages.</p> <p>Replies on <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/axs/ax.cgi?http://sichuan.finet.net.cn/dispbbs.asp?boardID=8&amp;RootID=46270&amp;ID=47161">Finet</a>. One page.</p>My Wireless Dreamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021126_my_wireless_dream.htmTue, 26 Nov 2002 23:16:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021126_my_wireless_dream.htm<p>I am a very keen fan of wireless stuff since I was very young.</p> <p><strong>Radio</strong></p> <p>At the age of 10, I was very interested in power-less radio. It is actually the combination of some diodes, long antenna, and a high resistance ear-phone. After piles of circuit diagrams and some prototype, I failed at last for lack of tools and component. But the dream is so sweat and lasting.</p> <p><strong>Remote Controller</strong></p>Old Friends Get-Togatherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021125_old_friends_get-togather.htmMon, 25 Nov 2002 17:37:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021125_old_friends_get-togather.htm<p>Yesterday, lots of my friends gathered together in Shanghai. We have been friends since our primary school ages and have been together for more than 15 years. Imagine it! 15 years&rsquo;s friendship.</p> <p>Those who attended the get-together include:</p> <p>Jingpingf</p> <p>Xuchenh</p> <p>Lijiex</p> <p>Xings</p> <p>Wenfengf</p> <p>Chenw</p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>(Per Raymond&rsquo;s suggestion, I am using only the first name plus the initial letter of the last name to mention anyone I am not 100% whether they&rsquo;d like to be mentioned in real name throughout my blog)</p>Install Perl on Windows XPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021124_install_perl_on_windows_xp.htmSun, 24 Nov 2002 23:03:39 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021124_install_perl_on_windows_xp.htm<p>I extracted this part from my previous article <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm">MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XP</a>. From my log file, I found lots of my visitors came to my site with search keyword &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=install+perl+on+windows+xp">Install Pearl on Windows XP</a>&rdquo;.</p> <p><strong>Install Perl on Windows XP</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Download ActivePerl for Windows XP from <a href="http://activestate.com/Products/Download/Register.plex?id=ActivePerl">ActiveState</a>. At the time I downloaed, the version was ActivePerl 5.6.1 build 633.</p> </li> <li> <p>After registering my user information, I choosed <a href="http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.6/ActivePerl-5.6.1.633-MSWin32-x86.msi">WIndows MSI package</a>, which is 8.31M in size.</p>A Car in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021123_a_car_in_shanghai.htmSat, 23 Nov 2002 20:40:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021123_a_car_in_shanghai.htm<p>I have been considering to buy a car in Shanghai for some time, but till now, I believe this is still not feasible.</p> <p>I enjoys the cars in north Amerian but cannot bear the boring life there. In Shanghai, I love the life but I still want to have a car. It is a problem though since</p> <ul> <li> <p>It is impossible for me to ride a car to work due to the heavy traffic.</p>More Articles in Daochenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021122_more_articles_in_daocheng.htmFri, 22 Nov 2002 23:52:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021122_more_articles_in_daocheng.htm<p>I found <a href="http://cgzlu.dns2go.com">cgz</a> has compiled some <a href="http://www.cgzlu.dns2go.com/cgza/1.htm">articles</a>about our Daocheng trip on his website (Chinese site). You can have a look. All the articles are contributed by the group members of the trip.</p> <p>More over, the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/daocheng">Daocheng group</a> (Chinese site) has been active for two months.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Hi there, I came upon your site while doing research about Yading. I&#x27;m from Singapore. I&#x27;ve been thinking about making a trip to Sichuan to visit Jiuzaigou and Daocheng/Yading area. I&#x27;m an avid photographer and I think this region is a photographer&#x27;s paradise!<br><br>I don&#x27;t like to join tour groups and was wondering if it is easy to plan a trip there on my own. Do you have any suggestions? Hope you can help. Thank you!<br><br>Chris<div class="comment-meta">— Chris · 2005-10-24 15:52</div></div> </details>Unusual Dayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021121_unusual_day.htmThu, 21 Nov 2002 23:07:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021121_unusual_day.htm<p>It is not a usual day for me today.</p> <p>The day starts exactly as previous days:</p> <p>Step 1: Gett up and rush into the restroom.</p> <p>Step 2: Wash the face and brush the teeth using the shortest time possible. It usually takes only 5 minutes.</p> <p>Step 3: Grab my laptop and rush into the elevator</p> <p>Step 4: Struggle to get into the over-crowded metro train. It is always hard to get in.</p>Flighting back for NET SEND SPAMhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021120_flighting_back_for_net_send_spam.htmWed, 20 Nov 2002 23:04:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021120_flighting_back_for_net_send_spam.htm<p>I talked about <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020923_net_send_yet_another_type_of_spam.htm#000037">NET SEND SPAM</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021107_stop_net_send_spam.htm">methods</a> to stop it later. Now it is the time to fight back.</p> <p><strong>Who sent the spam?</strong></p> <p>&ldquo;What is the IP address of the spammer?&rdquo; You probably eager to know. Well. It is not easy. It is almost impossible to get the IP address of the sender. If you are very technical and want to know more about the details, please read <a href="http://www.mynetwatchman.com/kb/security/articles/popupspam/netsend.htm">this article</a> first.</p> <p><strong>Install a firewall</strong></p>The Great Cyberwallhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021119_the_great_cyberwall.htmTue, 19 Nov 2002 09:56:32 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021119_the_great_cyberwall.htm<p><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56195,00.html">Wired News: China&rsquo;s Cyberwall Nearly Concrete</a></p> <p>&ldquo;China has developed the largest and most sophisticated IP-blocking and content-filtering system in the world,&rdquo; said Bill Xia, president of Asheville, North Carolina-based Dynamic Internet Technology.</p>Shanghai Taxi Driver's Life Tougherhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021118_shanghai_taxi_drivers_life_tougher.htmMon, 18 Nov 2002 23:27:57 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021118_shanghai_taxi_drivers_life_tougher.htm<p>11:03</p> <p>After 7:00 PM, I took taxi home. This is a very very early time for me to go home. Typically, I will stay in office till 10:00 PM everyday. Since I just returned from the long trip, I think it is a good idea to get off work earlier and go back home to rest.</p> <p>I took a yellow <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/shanghai/taxi.htm">Qiangshen Taxi</a> at Xujiahui. There are so many people rushing back home. Since it is the communication hub, 10+ bus stops stand there, side by side. Busy buses and interlacing each other and push hard to get their ways.</p>Back to Shanghai from Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021117_back_to_shanghai_from_seattle.htmSun, 17 Nov 2002 23:10:18 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021117_back_to_shanghai_from_seattle.htm<p>It takes about 14 hour from SFO to PVG, where it is only 9 hours from PVG to SFO. It is because of the head wind (about 200 km/h) when I return.</p> <p>After I step out of the plane, it is already 7:30 PM the next day. It will take some time for me to get rid of the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021113_my_most_serious_jet_lag_ever.htm#000081">jet lag</a> again.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I wanna say that I love ur pixes. How can I enjoy you to the photographer thing. I wanna enjoy you. So let me know what I need. See you!<div class="comment-meta">— Armando Mascorro · 2004-07-28 06:32</div></div> </details>Two Tall Buildings Outside my Windowhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021116_two_tall_buildings_outside_my_window.htmSat, 16 Nov 2002 07:53:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021116_two_tall_buildings_outside_my_window.htm<p><a href="http://english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/723/class000100005/hwz96850.htm">Grand Gateway to become taller</a></p> <blockquote> <p>With two 54-storey office buildings to set up in each side of the Grand Gateway,the symbol shopping mall in Xujiahui after two years,the commercial center of Xujiahui area will be upgraded into a business trade circle,the Jiefang Daily reported today.</p> </blockquote> <p>This building will stand outside the window of my office. It will also be seen from the the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/vanke/newhome/northview/index.htm">north rooms</a> of my new house.</p> <p><strong>This is Shanghai</strong></p>Art? Art!https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021115_art_art.htmFri, 15 Nov 2002 15:30:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021115_art_art.htm<p>I don&rsquo;t like art - actually, I like art but cannot understand it. I am always puzzled when I am left before a painting or anything that is created by an artist. That is bad.</p> <p>But it seems changed. Tonight I took some very good photos that give me the feeling that it is a piece of artwork. Why? Since it gives me the same feeling as others - I cannot understand, but looks like artistic.</p>Is English Skill That Importanthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021114_is_english_skill_that_important.htmThu, 14 Nov 2002 16:14:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021114_is_english_skill_that_important.htm<p>Recently, an exteremly hot <a href="http://cul.sina.com.cn/focus/ziyouzu/index.html">discussion</a> on whether English skills is that important on <a href="http://sina.com.cn">Sina.com.cn</a> is brought to my attention. The original title is &ldquo;Does English skills determine your fate?&rdquo; The title sounds astonishing, doesn&rsquo;t it?</p> <p>It seems from the result of the vote, more people (50% vs 20%) agree with statement. While on the <a href="http://comment.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/comment/comment.cgi?channel=wx&amp;newsid=42-4-20454&amp;face=face3&amp;style=1">discussion board</a> (Chinese site), most of participations complained about English&rsquo;s aggression to Chinese&rsquo;s territory.</p> <p><strong>I am also confused</strong></p> <p>I am also confused about this for a very long time. English has been successfully deployed to many countries as an international language. I write in English everyday and sometimes speak English. I see so many people struggling to learn and improve English - including me. Yes. I am very confused about what English really means to everyone.</p>My Most Serious Jet Lag Everhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021113_my_most_serious_jet_lag_ever.htmWed, 13 Nov 2002 17:45:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021113_my_most_serious_jet_lag_ever.htm<p>I am sufering from the most serious jet lag I have ever experienced. I didn&rsquo;t sleep well on the plane. As you you can, I was so concentrated to take the <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021111_flying_over_the_pacific.htm#000080">pictures</a> of the ocean and the island.</p> <p>I am feeling very tired and sleepy every afternoon. Now after staying here for two days,, the most tired time range moves from afternoon to morning - this indicates my body clock is trying to fit the new schedule and the jet lags becomes better.</p>Autumn in Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021112_autumn_in_seattle.htmTue, 12 Nov 2002 15:48:25 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021112_autumn_in_seattle.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/11/11/seattle.homestead-view.out.side_small.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I am living in the Homestead Village, the self service inn just beside the</p> <p>Microsoft campus. It is only one road away (NE 28th St) from building 27. The</p> <p>house above is seen from the window of my room. It should be the 4th building of</p> <p>Homestead.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/11/11/seattle-building26-big.disks_small.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is the building 26, where Windows Media team now stays. I saw the two big</p> <p>disks hanging on the window. They are the release signing disk for Windows 2000</p>Flying over the Pacifichttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021111_flying_over_the_pacific.htmMon, 11 Nov 2002 23:05:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021111_flying_over_the_pacific.htm<p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/11/11/tokyo-islands-in.the.sea.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I saw more and more island about 2 hours after the plan took off in Shanghai</p> <p>I thought &ldquo;It should be a good place to travel when I have time. It may be</p> <p>cheap. :-)&rdquo;</p> <p>Later, when we went more and more closer, I saw buildings, ports, and</p> <p>highways. &ldquo;Why are there so modem architectures on these island? It</p> <p>is already far from the mainland.&rdquo;</p> <p>Finally, I realized these island are not normal island in the East China sea.</p>Messag from Seattlehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021110_messag_from_seattle.htmSun, 10 Nov 2002 15:04:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021110_messag_from_seattle.htm<p>Finally, I get to Seattle after the trip. I took a lot of pictures including the Mt. Fuji of Japan and some street photos of Seattle. I will share it later with you.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">hhhh<div class="comment-meta">— mimo · 2004-05-18 22:42</div></div> <div class="comment">hello....<div class="comment-meta">— yogesh · 2012-08-18 01:29</div></div> </details>Sunny Saturdayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021109_sunny_saturday.htmSat, 09 Nov 2002 20:48:16 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021109_sunny_saturday.htm<p>It is a sunny Saturday! Saturday is always my favorite day. This is the last Saturday before I go to Seattle. I have a short but important shopping list to workout.</p> <p><strong>I don&rsquo;t know music</strong></p> <p>The last thing in the world I know is music. I went to some music instrument store near Shanghai Music Inistitute. There are voilins, pianos, gitar and all kind of instrument. I bought some new reep for the charinet and bow for full size voilin. At that time, I found it is completely another world from mine, which are full with computers and web pages.</p>Living Cost in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htmFri, 08 Nov 2002 23:19:49 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021108_living_cost_in_shanghai.htm<p><strong>Update</strong> If you are looking for Shanghai Weather, please visit <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20040624_shanghai_weather_tq.htm">Shanghai Weather (TQ)</a> <em>June 24, 2004</em></p> <p>Yesterday, I received an email from Raz, discussing about the living cost in Shanghai.</p> <blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m mostly interested in the living costs in Shanghai&hellip;what normal salaries are and the rent for a small apartment in the city. Also how mush does it cost to buy stuff&hellip;a pc, a bigmac, local food and transport??</p> <p>/ Raz</p> </blockquote> <p>Very interesting topic, isn&rsquo;t it?</p>Stop NET SEND spamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021107_stop_net_send_spam.htmThu, 07 Nov 2002 22:47:15 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021107_stop_net_send_spam.htm<p><strong>Update:</strong> Looking for what is <strong>golarger</strong>? See this entry. <em>Feb 28, 2003</em></p> <p><a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20030227_golargercom_net_send_spamer_and_comment_spammer.htm#000165">Golarger.com - NET SEND Spamer and Comment Spammer</a></p> <p>I talked about NET SEND spam in my <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020923_net_send_yet_another_type_of_spam.htm#000037">previous blog</a>. After that, I found this page become the first item in Google for <em><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=net+send+spam">net send spam</a></em>. Many visitors hit this page via Google. I believe I share the responsibility to publish something that is helpful for the visitors to <strong>prevent</strong> this kind of spam.</p>Googlismhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021106_googlism.htmWed, 06 Nov 2002 11:49:46 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021106_googlism.htm<p>What does <a href="http://googlism.com/">Googlism</a> think about <a href="http://googlism.com/index.htm?ism=shanghai">Shanghai</a>?</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>shanghai is hot</strong></p> <p><strong>shanghai is the largest city and one of the most popular tourist</strong></p> <p>shanghai is waiting for freecloud</p> <p>shanghai is now</p> <p><strong>shanghai is a combination</strong></p> <p><strong>shanghai is one of the biggest cities in</strong></p> <p><strong>shanghai is not about economics only</strong></p> <p>shanghai is a &ldquo;work in progress&rdquo;?</p> </blockquote> <p>It seems some of the statements are true. I marked them in bold.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://google.blogspace.com/">Google Weblog</a> for pointing me to this interesting web site. You can type in anything you are interested, and the site will give you the answer based on Google search result. Let me give you another example, I asked <a href="http://googlism.com/index.htm?ism=jian+shuo&amp;type=1">Who is Jian Shuo</a>, four answers are returned:</p>MSN Messenger Virus BR2002 Part IIhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021105_p64.htmTue, 05 Nov 2002 23:53:35 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021105_p64.htm<p>After one month, analysis is widely available on Internet, for example, <a href="http://www.bullguard.com/virus/102.aspx">BullGuard&rsquo;s Report</a> provided very good one for the behavior of the virus.</p>United EasyCheck-Inhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021105_united_easycheck-in.htmTue, 05 Nov 2002 23:27:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021105_united_easycheck-in.htm<p>&hellip;or steps toward computerized world.</p> <p><img src="http://a56.g.akamai.net/7/56/7207/c3903fb337c98f/www.ual.com/images/EasyCheckIn_108x95.JPG" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>United always surprises me with its avanced equipment recently. EasyCheck-In is another one.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ual.com/page/article/0,1360,3482,00.html">Easy Check-in</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.unitedeasy.com/index_start.html">Easy Check-in Demo</a></p> <p>But <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/shared/printableArticle?doc_id=INW20011120S0004">bad news</a> from United states that the deployment of Easy Check-in is put on hold indefinitely.</p> <blockquote> <p>Chief among the projects put on hold at United was the deployment of self-service check-in kiosks at airports, a project called Easy Check-In. Also on hold is the installation of new electronic signs at airport gates.</p>United Airlines is Goodhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021104_united_airlines_is_good.htmMon, 04 Nov 2002 22:40:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021104_united_airlines_is_good.htm<p>Today, I received my air ticket for Seattle.</p> <p><strong>I love the ticket</strong></p> <p>Yes. I love the ticket issued by United Airlines. It is a decent paper ticket with a nice cover. It is also informative. I can easily find the starting point and the destination, with local times. It is bad to see some air tickets in China only give the departure time without arrival time.</p> <p>For the departure airport, the United is thoughtful enough to add /PUDO to Shanghai, while most tickets only print Shanghai as the departure airport. There is airport code <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">PVG</a> somewhere in the ticket, but it is not easy for common travellers to recongize whether it is Pudong airport or Hongqiao airport. This has caused lots of confusion.</p>Usability of Pudong Airporthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021103_usability_of_pudong_airport.htmSun, 03 Nov 2002 21:41:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021103_usability_of_pudong_airport.htm<p>I have been working on information about Pudong for <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/">some time</a> and setup a Pudong Airport BBS (<a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/bbs/YaBB.cgi?board=PVG">PVGBBS</a>). I think this effort is vaulable because:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Lack of Pudong Airport information on Internet</p> </li> <li> <p>Poor information guide from PVG</p> </li> <li> <p>Poor usability of PVG</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Lack of Pudong Airport information on Internet</strong></p> <p>Try to search on Google or other search engineers for &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=Shanghai+Pu+Dong+Airport">Shanghai Pu Dong Airport</a>&rdquo;, &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;safe=off&amp;q=Pu+Dong+Airport">Pu Dong Airport</a>&rdquo;, &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;safe=off&amp;q=shanghai+airport">Shanghai Airport</a>&rdquo;, &ldquo;<a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;safe=off&amp;q=shanghai+airport">PVG</a>&rdquo;&hellip;, I guess you won&rsquo;t be satisfied with the result it returned. It is not easy to find a map about Pudong airport and it is even hard to find transportation informations and hotels&hellip;. I just created some one page on Pu Dong airport on my personal web site one year before. I didn&rsquo;t expect it to be the No. 1 entry page for my web site one year later. More than <strong>30%</strong> of my visitors to my site by typing &ldquo;Pu Dong Airport&rdquo; in Google. The page also contribute to <strong>5.45%</strong> of total document hits.</p>Seattle - The Charming Cityhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021102_seattle_-_the_charming_city.htmSat, 02 Nov 2002 23:09:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021102_seattle_-_the_charming_city.htm<p>Seattle is a beautiful city - actually a small city after I get used to the big one like Shanghai. I am preparing for my <em>third</em> trip to Seattle in the recently three years.</p> <p>Here are the events and the time I last visited Seattle.</p> <p><strong>Microsoft eCommerce RDP Conference</strong></p> <p><em>Washington Exhibition and Conference Center, Seattle, WA</em></p> <p><strong>Internship in MSN Team</strong></p> <p><em>Microsoft campus, Redmond, WA</em></p> <p>I love the city since the scenery is so good and people are very kind. They greet with each other on the street, no matter they know or don&rsquo;t know each other before. The pace there is slow besides the Microsoft area.</p>Good Community @ Tiger Cafehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021101_good_community_tiger_cafe.htmFri, 01 Nov 2002 23:55:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021101_good_community_tiger_cafe.htm<p>Wangjianshuo&rsquo;s blog is mentioned on <a href="http://rg.blogspot.com/">Tiger Cafe</a> by <a href="http://rg.blogspot.com/">Christina</a>. Thanks a lot.</p> <p>I have been a frequent visitor to Tiger Cafe before and found lot of great people there, such as <a href="http://alumni.eecs.berkeley.edu/~rayning/">Raymond</a>, R G, and Christina. They gave me fresh ideas everyday. It also see my good friends like <a href="http://telecoblog.blogspot.com/">Yizhong</a> (Chinese site) are leaving comments there. It is good, really good!</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Jian Shuo, Raymond = RG! I am RG!<br><br>Thank you for your compliments.<div class="comment-meta">— Raymond · 2002-11-05 01:55</div></div> </details>Applying a U.S. Visiahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021031_applying_a_us_visia.htmThu, 31 Oct 2002 23:35:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021031_applying_a_us_visia.htm<p>10:57</p> <p>This is the third time I apply for a U.S. Visa. As always, I need to fillin the lengthy application forms and hand in the money.</p> <p>The interesting thing is, today, Oct 31, 2002, is the last day before the U.S. non-immigrant visa rises from $65 to $100. <a href="http://news.google.com/news?num=100&amp;hl=en&amp;q=us+visa+fee+">Many media</a> has reported this raise in fee. You can read about it <a href="http://www.hankooki.com/kt_nation/200210/t2002102817363541110.htm">here</a> and <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/10/11/nation/usvisaup&amp;sec=nation">there</a>. I am just wondering why the search result in Google News implies that Asia media are more interested in this event. You can see South Korea, Malaysia and India are the majority in the list for the first page.</p>Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websiteshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021030_celebrating_holidays_and_special_occasions_on_websites.htmWed, 30 Oct 2002 23:28:36 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021030_celebrating_holidays_and_special_occasions_on_websites.htm<p><a href="http://useit.com/alertbox/20021028.html">Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websites (Alertbox Oct. 2002)</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websites</p> <p>Summary:</p> <p>Even small holiday decorations can increase joy of use and make websites feel more current and more connected to users&rsquo; lives and physical environment. The key is to commemorate without detracting from your users&rsquo; main reasons for visiting the site.</p> </blockquote> <p>I has been a reader of <a href="http://useit.com/jakob">Jakob Nielsen</a>&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/">Alertbox</a> for one years. There is always very good suggestions and guidelines from Jakob on usability. This issue is no exception. I am going to implement it on my own site to see how it works. Let me know your comment on how it works.</p>Skiing in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021029_skiing_in_shanghai.htmTue, 29 Oct 2002 23:32:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021029_skiing_in_shanghai.htm<p>Skiing in Shanghai? Are you joking? But it is true. I am very excited to share my experience with one Indoor Skiing Site that just opened in Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/ski/shanghai.ski-jianshuo-skiing.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>I am learning to ski. This is the first photo in my life in Skiing Shoes.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/ski/shangha.ski-field-overview.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>The overview of the skiing site.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/ski/shanghai.ski-site-making.snow.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>This is how the snow was made. Three large pipe is blowing snow pieces to cover the surface of the ground.</p>Add Unsubscribe Function to MovableTypehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021028_add_unsubscribe_function_to_movabletype.htmMon, 28 Oct 2002 22:59:08 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021028_add_unsubscribe_function_to_movabletype.htm<p>Adding unsubscription function into MovableType has been a very hot topic in MovableType Support Forum (refer to <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3dbd1f4c322dffff;act=ST;f=14;t=9518;hl=unsubscribe">this post</a> and <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3dbd1f4c322dffff;act=ST;f=12;t=6280;hl=unsubscribe">that one</a>.</p> <p>Tonight, I spent some time to think about it and changed the code a little bit to support unsubscription function.</p> <p><strong>mt-add-notify.cgi</strong></p> <p>my $note = MT::Notification-&gt;new;</p> <p>$note-&gt;blog_id( $q-&gt;param(&lsquo;blog_id&rsquo;) );</p> <p>$note-&gt;email( $q-&gt;param(&rsquo;email&rsquo;) );</p> <p>$note-&gt;url( $q-&gt;param(&lsquo;url&rsquo;) );</p> <p>$note-&gt;save;</p> <p>As you can see, I added a line into the code - as shown in red. I am using the existing *URL *field to add a tag of unsubscription. By utilizing existing fields, we reduce the code changes.</p>Willing to Pay the Price from Chicken Souphttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021027_willing_to_pay_the_price_from_chicken_soup.htmSun, 27 Oct 2002 19:40:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021027_willing_to_pay_the_price_from_chicken_soup.htm<p>It is an old story - <em>Willing to pay the price</em> from the famous book Chicken Soup.</p> <p>The part how Le and his wife spent money inspired me a lot. Here is the original story.</p> <blockquote> <p>Even with a weekly income of $300, they decided to continue to live in the back room. They kept clean by taking sponge baths for two years in the mall&rsquo;s restrooms. For two years their diet consisted almost entirely of bakery goods. Each year, for two years, they lived on a total, that&rsquo;s right, a total of $600, saving $30,000 for the down payment.</p>Learning Swimminghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021026_learning_swimming.htmSat, 26 Oct 2002 23:58:56 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021026_learning_swimming.htm<p>I went to swimming today and learnt some basic breaststroke skills.</p> <p>Swimming is another exciting sport in life. I feel guilty that I cannot swim for 25 years. Recently, I went to Sports Hotel - the hotel near the conjuction of Nandan Road and Cao Xi Road North to learn swim every Saturday and it is especially interesting for me as a beginner.</p> <p>Before today, I cannot breath when I swim. I can manage to swim to about 15 meters with one single breath, but cannot reach further. The breakthrough I got today is, I begin to be able to breath. According to Red Cross&rsquo; <a href="http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/aquatics/seven.html">seven level</a>of swimming, I am almost in level 3 now.</p>Full Length Daocheng Video is Availablehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021025_full_length_daocheng_video_is_available.htmFri, 25 Oct 2002 23:40:01 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021025_full_length_daocheng_video_is_available.htm<p>Thanks to CGZ&rsquo;s hard work, the one hour and eleven minutes long <a href="http://www.qqww.dns2go.com/images/2a.htm">Daocheng video</a> is completed. It is very well designed and editored. It is so nice for us to review the seven days in Yading. The only concern is, it is very large - <strong>725MB in size</strong>. It may takes about 5 hours to download via broad band.</p> <p>Today, I also discussed <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/qa.htm">five questions</a>about Daocheng with Phin in Sydney.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">5 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">But if Phin is a backpacker it is highly recommeded to go throught the Death Valley.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2002-10-26 13:20</div></div> <div class="comment">Seems a great idea. But where is the Death Valley? I didn&#x27;t have any idea about it. I didn&#x27;t hear it in Daocheng. It will most appriciate if you can introduce more about the Death Valley.<br><br>P.S. A brief introduction for cuan We &quot;met&quot; - some kind of met - in Riwa http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021013_small_daocheng_small_world.htm#000044<br><br>He is more experienced in Yading than me. He spent one night in Yading Reservation and explorered more places in Yading. See his photo at http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/cuanyu/index.htm He is also a very active contributor to this blog.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-26 13:58</div></div> <div class="comment">I found that I have made a mistake. It should be called the Valley of Hell, not Death Valley.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2002-10-26 19:37</div></div> <div class="comment">do you know how to convert photos to video(avi, rm, mov...) like your video.<br><br>TONY<div class="comment-meta">— tonyli · 2008-02-20 09:17</div></div> <div class="comment">do you know how to convert photos to video(avi, rm, mov...) like your video.<br><br>TONY<div class="comment-meta">— tonyli · 2008-02-20 09:18</div></div> </details>Short Private Message for Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021024_short_private_message_for_me.htmThu, 24 Oct 2002 23:19:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021024_short_private_message_for_me.htm<p>This is just a note for me that it is a happy day and memorial day for me. I don&rsquo;t have time to describe in detail yet, but there is something special today. This note only remind me so that I will not forget it later.</p>Send a Daocheng Greeting Cardhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021023_send_a_daocheng_greeting_card.htmWed, 23 Oct 2002 20:56:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021023_send_a_daocheng_greeting_card.htm<p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/index_small.htm">Click here</a> to send a Daocheng scenery greeting card from <a href="https://www.wangjianshuo.com">www.wangjianshuo.com</a>.</p> <p>I just added this function yesterday and it works like a charm. I used <a href="http://www.bignosebird.com/carchive/cardcgi.shtml">CARD.CGI</a> from <a href="http://www.bignosebird.com">http://www.bignosebird.com</a>. Thanks for the great script. I made some modification so that it works with my web site.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">I tried to locate the cards but the link didn&#x27;t work... too bad. :(<div class="comment-meta">— John B · 2005-04-24 23:24</div></div> </details>Me, As a Trainerhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021022_me_as_a_trainer.htmTue, 22 Oct 2002 23:27:05 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021022_me_as_a_trainer.htm<p><strong>MURPHY&rsquo;S LAWS OF MEDIA</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>If anything can go wrong it will</p> <p>Equipment knows when you&rsquo;re nervous</p> <p>No two plugs are compatible</p> <p>Slides are always upside down</p> <p>Computer files are always incompatible</p> <p>If it worked yesterday, it won&rsquo;t work today</p> <p>&ndash; that&rsquo;s progress.&quot;</p> <p>Ian Hart, University of Hong Kong, via <a href="http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dream/gmitwfl.htm">Glitch Management for Internet Instruction</a></p> </blockquote> <p>You will feel it very interesting and real if you have delivered some training.</p> <p><strong>Me, as a trainer</strong></p>More IKEA Furnitures in my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021021_more_ikea_furnitures_in_my_home.htmMon, 21 Oct 2002 22:22:33 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021021_more_ikea_furnitures_in_my_home.htm<p>&ldquo;Everyday objects tell interesting stories&hellip;.&rdquo; By describing the objects coming into my house, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m preserving memories of my time here&rdquo; - as Scott did in <a href="http://www.spies.com/~scott/berlin/content/01.11.15.htm">Leaving Berlin</a>.</p> <p>Yesterday, I bought three <a href="http://www.ikea-usa.com/product_presentation/syscat.asp?id=410,6012">IKEA Billy Bookcases</a> and a Bialitt double bed.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/10/21/243879475_db458e8fdd_t.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><em>Image source: IKEA web site</em></p> <p>I have one IKEA Billy bookcase</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/meilong/small/shanghai.meilong.house-Billy.bookcase_small.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </p> <p>already. I bought that one in July, 1999 using my first month salary. It was twice the current price before Billy became on sale this year. I have to say Billy is very well designed and useful. The interesting thing is, I loved the light color three years ago and was quite sure the light wood color was the best among all the colors Billy series offered. But now, I love the dark one better, so I made the painful decision to switch to the new color series and bought three medium brown Billy bookcase - one 80x202cm, two 60x202cm and one height extension unit.</p>Inside wangjianshuo.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021020_inside_wangjianshuocom.htmSun, 20 Oct 2002 23:56:21 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021020_inside_wangjianshuocom.htm<p>Many people have asked me about my servers, my domains and the weblogs. It is brought to my attention again when cuanyu talked with about the same topic this afternoon. I&rsquo;d like to reveal everything behind the two sites - <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com">http://www.wangjianshuo.com</a> and <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">http://home.wangjianshuo.com</a>. Before continue, you can read my older <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/about/buildwebsite.htm">article</a> on <a href="https://www.wangjianshuo.com">www.wangjianshuo.com</a>.</p> <p><strong>The domain name</strong></p> <p>I registered only one domain at <a href="http://www.net.cn">HICHINA</a> (Chinese site). Here is the domain information in WHOIS database (via <a href="http://geektools.com">Geektools</a>)</p> <blockquote> <p>Jian Shuo Wang</p>Detailed Man-made Map for Daochenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021019_detailed_man-made_map_for_daocheng.htmSat, 19 Oct 2002 01:24:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021019_detailed_man-made_map_for_daocheng.htm<p>I found a very interesting man-made map for Daocheng and surrounding areas. (via <a href="http://www.travel-photograph.com/html/1001baomingshiyi.htm">travel-photograph.com</a> (in Chinese), via <a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=daocheng&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi">Google</a>)</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/10/19/daocheng-lugu-map.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>It is the first time I really understand the locations of the three holy mountains. There are always so many people trying new things, but I was not aware of these activies and the outside world before.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Nice map, can we reproduce it in a possible up-coming guidebook to the area ?<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Magnus<div class="comment-meta">— magnus · 2003-10-10 14:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Please go ahead to ask the original owner of this picture - http://www.travel-photograph.com/html/1001baomingshiyi.htm<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-10-10 15:08</div></div> </details>Happy Birthday to Mehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021018_happy_birthday_to_me.htmFri, 18 Oct 2002 23:39:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021018_happy_birthday_to_me.htm<p>Today is my birthday - my 25th birthday. Thanks for Wendy, Julia, Linda, Eric, Steven, Eddy, Grace, Hong-wei, Francs and all other&rsquo;s warm greetings, gifts, birthday cakes and the fantatic birthday party.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/news/20021018birthday/shanghai-cake-birthday_small.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><em>The birthday cake I received today. Candle representing 25 is marked on the cake</em></p> <p>Update</p> <p>Thanks for Paulin, Cuanyu for sending me the happy birthday greetings.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">6 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Happy birthday!<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2002-10-20 17:47</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you very much!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-20 17:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Happy birthday,although it seems a little late.And I&#x27;m one day and two years younger than you ,HOHO.<div class="comment-meta">— cynic · 2002-10-29 10:43</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you very much! It is not late at all. Your message is even more exciting for me after serveral days after my birthday. Welcome to come back frequently and post comments to share with me about your happiness!!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-29 11:58</div></div> <div class="comment">Stumbled here from google... Happy belated birthday!<div class="comment-meta">— sisil · 2002-11-24 15:15</div></div> <div class="comment">today is my birthday<br><br>thank to all my son and daughter renenber my 49 birthday<br><br>and i very happy for that,,, and thank for the rememberanse<div class="comment-meta">— rozaini othman · 2007-05-06 23:00</div></div> </details>Altitude Sickness Prevention Guidehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021017_altitude_sickness_prevention_guide.htmThu, 17 Oct 2002 23:04:09 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021017_altitude_sickness_prevention_guide.htm<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/safety/altitude.html">OA Guide to High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illnesses</a></p> <p>This is a very good guide - even a must read - before you decide to go to Tibet or other high altitude area. Please read carefully about all the symptoms of altitude sickness and prevention methods.</p> <p>Updated <em>Nov 18, 2002</em></p> <p>I have friends in the same group with me passed away during the night. This greatly shocked me and helped me to realize how important it is to know some Altitude Sickness Prevention knowledge before going to high-altitude areas. People won&rsquo;t realize the danger unless they are well educated. I am reading some sad story of people died in the plateau. Their car broke and they just slept in the car - none of them ever wake up - to sleep in high altitude area is very dangerous - as stated in the article I recommend: &ldquo;Climb high and sleep low&rdquo;.</p>In Memorial of the Judge (Party III)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021016_in_memorial_of_the_judge_party_iii.htmWed, 16 Oct 2002 23:09:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021016_in_memorial_of_the_judge_party_iii.htm<p><em>Continued</em></p> <p><strong>In Yading</strong></p> <p>&hellip;</p> <p><strong>The night</strong></p> <p>&hellip;</p> <p><strong>&ldquo;Wake up!!! What happened with my husband!!!??!!&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>It is a cold but clear morning. After the long nightmare, I finally opened my eyes. It was still dark inside the tent but I could see things around me with the weak light came from leaks of the tent. About seven or eight people was already awake and ready to get up. At the beginning, people whispered with partners about the trip arrangement of the day. Shortly, someone began to speak loudly. This further waked me up and I decided to get up to take on the clothes. It was about 7:30 AM.</p>In Memorial of the Judge (Party II)https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021015_in_memorial_of_the_judge_party_ii.htmTue, 15 Oct 2002 23:51:23 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021015_in_memorial_of_the_judge_party_ii.htm<p><em>&hellip;continued</em></p> <p><strong>&ldquo;How about your partner?&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>The judge was so sensitive. I still remember in the afternoon of Oct 1, when we just arrived in Yading, my GF didn&rsquo;t feel well after we walked a long way toward the entrance of Yading Nature Preservation. When she was sleeping in the wood house, I walked out to find water. The judge smiled and looked at me sincerely. &ldquo;How about your parnter?&rdquo; The judge asked. I thanked him and said &ldquo;She is alright. I am taking care of her.&rdquo; I still remember his face when asked me. It is on the day before the incident. Just one day before. I have kept blaming me that if I had been as sensitive and thoughtful as he did, we wouldn&rsquo;t have ignore the symputom and maybe he wouldn&rsquo;t have gone away. His smile is lost forever.</p>In Memory of The Judgehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021014_in_memory_of_the_judge.htmMon, 14 Oct 2002 20:02:14 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021014_in_memory_of_the_judge.htm<p>This morning, Caca chatted with me on MSN Messenger and sent the link to an <a href="http://newbbs4.sina.com.cn/newfbin/hotview.cgi?forumid=109&amp;postid=342719">article</a> (in Chinese) written by Yanlin in memorial of her husband, who passed away during the trip to Daocheng. It is a very touching piece and all the sentences and words forced me to recall what happened on the day of Oct 2 and Oct 3 in Daocheng.</p> <p><strong>I finally decided to write something</strong></p> <p>I have already decided not to write about the judge&rsquo;s suddenness, since I am not sure whether it will remind other who are alive and made them feel sad and depressed. I am also not sure if the judge and the family is willing to know the details about the terrible day. We call him &ldquo;&ldquo;the judge&rdquo; since he acted as a judge in the game called MURDER on the night before the accident.</p>Chat recordhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021014_p39.htmMon, 14 Oct 2002 17:14:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021014_p39.htm<p>Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.</p> <p>Jie says:</p> <p>Got it?</p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang says:</p> <p>Yes. I recieved your mail.</p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang says:</p> <p>The pictures are also very beautiful.</p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang says:</p> <p>You seems to went further into the mountains</p> <p>Jie says:</p> <p>it is great that you finally received my mail</p> <p>Jian Shuo Wang says:</p> <p>I stopped at Luorong Cattle Field since my GF wasn&rsquo;t feeling good at that time.</p>Small Daocheng, Small Worldhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021013_small_daocheng_small_world.htmSun, 13 Oct 2002 23:07:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021013_small_daocheng_small_world.htm<p>Today, I found a very interesting <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20021007_mountains_and_snows_in_daocheng.htm#000038">entry</a> on my comment board -</p> <blockquote> <p>Go to index2.htm and look at your picture with a little girl in uniform in front of Tibtan Hotel in Riwa. See the two men on the second floor? The men in light black is me. Very nice to meet you again.</p> <p>Posted by: cuanyu on October 13, 2002 07:24 PM</p> <p>Quoted in courtesy for cuanyu</p> </blockquote> <p>I immediately checked the photo (click to see larger one)</p>Where is Daocheng?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021012_where_is_daocheng.htmSat, 12 Oct 2002 23:03:53 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021012_where_is_daocheng.htm<p>&ldquo;Where is Daocheng?&rdquo; Asked Bill when I told him about the trip. This is the first question my friends asked me when they heard about the trip.</p> <p>It is a reasonable question since Daocheng is not a famous place now. Unlike other similar scenery spots like Jiuzhaigou or Lijiang, Daocheng is not known by many people, even in China. Let me show you where it is.</p> <p>The county of Daocheng lies near the conjunction areas of Sichuan, Yuannan and Tibet. It belongs to Sichuan Province. Traditionally, there are two routes to go there - one is from Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan, or from Chengdu. We choosed to start from Chengdu.</p>Stories of Daochenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021011_stories_of_daocheng.htmFri, 11 Oct 2002 23:08:26 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021011_stories_of_daocheng.htm<p>The story of Daocheng is never ending. I tried to add explaination for some of the pictures I have shown you. Please click <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng">here</a> to see them.</p>Escape from Shangrilahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021010_escape_from_shangrila.htmThu, 10 Oct 2002 23:10:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021010_escape_from_shangrila.htm<blockquote> <p>I am going to write a travelogue of on a Autumn trip from Chengdu to Daocheng-Yading. This idea of the trip is initialized by my girl friend. She read about Daocheng on the net and decided to go to the last Shangri-la. It turned out to be one of the best decisions we have ever made. The trip itself is an adventure, let along the beautiful scenes we saw in the Tibetan area. I didn&rsquo;t thought about recording the jorney, until I read <a href="http://www.knapsack.net/journal/shangrila/author.htm">Chan Joon Yee</a>&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.knapsack.net/journal/shangrila/">Almost Shangrila</a>. Given I am very busy at day time and seldom can I find some time to sit down to write, the progress may be slow, and some times I may pause, but I will have a try.</p>MSN Messenger Virus BR2002https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021009_msn_messenger_virus_br2002.htmWed, 09 Oct 2002 23:04:41 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021009_msn_messenger_virus_br2002.htm<p>At 1:40 PM, Beijing time (+8), I received a message from</p> <p>Hey!! Could you please check out this program for me? I made it myself and want people to test it. Its a readme with the program that explains what it does! <a href="http://home.no.net/downl0ad/BR2002.exe">http://home.no.net/downl0ad/BR2002.exe</a> &lt;&ndash; There you can download it! give me advices on what to upgrade please!!</p> <p><strong>Do not click on the link!</strong></p> <p>If you click and open the EXE, you will send a message to each contact in your contact list, asking them to click it as you did. It is very dangerous. I don&rsquo;t know what the EXE will do on your disk.</p>Daocheng Trip Schedulehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021008_daocheng_trip_schedule.htmTue, 08 Oct 2002 23:53:37 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021008_daocheng_trip_schedule.htm<p>The seven days from Chengdu to Daocheng is very impressive. Many things happened during the trip and I got to know a lot of people too. Here is the schedule of the trip.</p> <p>Day 1:</p> <p>Chengdu - Xinduqiao (8:00 AM to 12:30 AM), stayed at Xinduqiao</p> <p>Day 2:</p> <p>Xinduqiao - Daocheng (10:30 AM - 2:00 AM), stayed at Daocheng</p> <p>Day 3:</p> <p>Daocheng - Yading (10:30 AM - 5:00 PM), stayed at Yading</p>Mountains and Snows in Daochenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021007_mountains_and_snows_in_daocheng.htmMon, 07 Oct 2002 23:28:27 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021007_mountains_and_snows_in_daocheng.htm<p>Look at the snow mountains!</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng/daocheng.yading-xian.nai.ri.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng">See more photos</a></p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">24 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">健硕：<br><br>你好！很高兴收到你的通讯邮件，我已经盼了好多天了。<br><br>我也有一些照片，如何和你的连接在一起呢？请告诉我比较具体的操作方法，因为我有时候比较笨！<br><br>向小范问好，祝你们开心！<br><br>卞卡<br><br>[English Translation by Jian Shuo Wang]<br><br>Jian Shuo:<br><br>How are you! I am glad to recieve the mail about the address book - I was longing for them for serveral days!<br><br>I also have some photos. How I can link with yours? Please let me know the detailed steps for I have no idea about it.<br><br>Please say hello to Fan. Best wishes<br><br>Caca<div class="comment-meta">— Bianka · 2002-10-13 12:21</div></div> <div class="comment">有网址吗？如果没有的，就把照片发给我吧，我帮你做一个网页，放在这里。<br><br>[English Translation by Jian Shuo Wang]<br><br>Do you have a web site for it? If not, please send the photos to me via Email. I can help to build a web page for you.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-13 15:59</div></div> <div class="comment">Go to index2.htm and look at your picture with a little girl in uniform in front of Tibtan Hotel in Riwa. See the two men on the second floor? The men in light black is me. Very nice to meet you again.<div class="comment-meta">— cuanyu · 2002-10-13 19:24</div></div> <div class="comment">Really???!!! How is it possible?<br><br>I am so happy to know you in this way. I remember I should have seen you there. Did you stay in Riwa for longer time? You may have stayed in that &quot;hotel&quot; for some days. How about your trip? Keep in tough.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-13 20:00</div></div> <div class="comment">王建硕:你好！<br><br>你在亚丁人社区上发的照片我看了，很漂亮。看来用数码相机照出来的相片也不错。你是好久去的？我们是10月2号下午到的洛绒牛场，10月3号去的牛奶海和五色海。爬那两个海子真是辛苦啊，但回想起来有好有味道。我们没有去冲古寺及珍珠海（你那张仙乃日的倒影应该就是在珍珠海拍的吧），颇遗憾！你在日瓦乡藏家酒楼前的照片令人倍感亲切哟，因为我们就是在那酒家吃的中饭。<br><br>祝好！<br><br>张羽（重庆）<br><br>2002.10.14<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#24352;&amp;#32701; · 2002-10-14 15:11</div></div> <div class="comment">张羽，<br><br>多谢你在我的留言簿上留言。我应该和你一样，在10月2日下午到的洛绒牛场，不过我没有去牛奶海和五色海，我想我下一次一定会去的。珍珠海比洛绒牛场漂亮许多，不过很多人说五色海应该更美一些。可以发些照片给大家看吗？<br><br>常联系<br><br>王建硕<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-14 19:25</div></div> <div class="comment">秋天的稻城别有一番的美。我是今天五一去的，看到你现在拍的相片，回想我自已走过的路，就像看到了它从初春到初秋的变化，还是一样的美。很可惜我没有拍到日出与日落，你这里的相片也好像没有。<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#23567;&amp;#38632;&amp;#24464; · 2002-10-15 13:55</div></div> <div class="comment">稻城是个美丽的地方，有美丽的山和水，我想她的四季都应该是美丽的。<br><br>我也没有看到日出，日落，还有很多美丽的风景。非常遗憾所有的照片都是即兴而拍，也没有等最好的色彩，不过随手拍来已经是很美的了。<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2002-10-15 15:03</div></div> <div class="comment">Pretty Good!<br><br>There is no wonder that Ms. Fan recommended our classmate to see these picture in 5460, Wish you all happy!<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#24120;&amp;#33521;&amp;#20581; · 2002-10-16 14:36</div></div> <div class="comment">嗨！我收到vcd了，谢谢！看到你们灿烂的笑颜，仿佛回到了美丽的香巴拉。旅途的艰辛早抛到了脑后，唯独那道彩虹；还有我们的法官久久地留在了心里......<div class="comment-meta">— &amp;#38472;&amp;#38745;&amp;#27874; · 2002-12-15 21:33</div></div> <div class="comment">Homesickness just likes a chronic disease. Thank you to put these fabulous pictures here. I feel better now.<div class="comment-meta">— Li · 2003-01-07 06:10</div></div> <div class="comment">I&#x27;ll go to Daocheng and Yading this month,<br><br>and I find this place, OH, so many beautiful pictures about Daocheng and Yading!!!<br><br>I like it very much! Thanks!<br><br>QQ: 30700, BlackCat.<br><br>www.pbase.com/cqh<div class="comment-meta">— BlackCat · 2003-08-11 16:10</div></div> <div class="comment">Yes. It is a very nice place, but do be careful and don&#x27;t get cold.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2003-08-11 18:04</div></div> <div class="comment">Superb Photos. You are good with your camera. I look forward to traveling there one day. I have photos of Iceland and Greenland on my web site.<div class="comment-meta">— Chris Watts · 2004-02-21 18:21</div></div> <div class="comment">Thank you for your photos which I discovered via a Google search for &quot;Shangri-La&quot;. Absolutely breathtaking--even some of the &quot;So-So&quot; ones!<div class="comment-meta">— Paula Barbee · 2004-05-21 00:23</div></div> <div class="comment">Thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2004-05-21 21:44</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi! Greetings from Canada =)<br><br>Thankyou very much for making these photos available. Your contry is truly a beautiful place, I wish I could travel there to see for myself firsthand. Thanks again!<br><br>Myles from Calgary Alberta Canada<div class="comment-meta">— Myles Green · 2004-08-30 07:46</div></div> <div class="comment">Wonderful pictures!! I will be travelling through Yunnan and Sichuan (and hopefully Tibet) this summer and you have really persuaded me to spend a good deal of time in and around Daocheng! Amazing! thanks!<div class="comment-meta">— Ben Weber · 2005-02-16 13:45</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi.. very nice places. I travelled to Tibet and is very attracted by Tibet Serene and peaceful ambience. Daacheng give me the same feeling, hope I have chance to travel to this place... Altitute Sickness is one that I fear most.. the killing headache... looking forward to hear from you again.. Cheers.<div class="comment-meta">— BB · 2005-10-15 23:07</div></div> <div class="comment">Hi,<br><br>Impressed. I am thinking of a trip there. Whe is the best time?<br><br>When did you travel there?<div class="comment-meta">— hieng howe · 2007-05-01 16:05</div></div> <div class="comment">I would recommend you go there in Sept to Oct.<br><br>The picture was taken during my trip in Oct 2003.<div class="comment-meta">— Jian Shuo Wang · 2007-05-01 16:30</div></div> <div class="comment">Very very nice pictures. Congrats from Paris (France)<div class="comment-meta">— Gautier · 2007-06-24 02:03</div></div> <div class="comment">very beautiful place and pictures,if I have a trip at yading on last week of oct.-first week of nov.2007. Is it available to go there.<div class="comment-meta">— napass · 2007-10-06 23:26</div></div> <div class="comment">very beautiful place and pictures,if I have a trip at yading on last week of oct.-first week of nov.2007. Is it available to go there.<div class="comment-meta">— leeming · 2007-10-06 23:28</div></div> </details>Returned from Dao Chenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021006_returned_from_dao_cheng.htmSun, 06 Oct 2002 20:55:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021006_returned_from_dao_cheng.htm<p>I have returned to Shanghai from Daocheng. It is a hard trip but very interesting and unforgetable trip. The snow mountains and the grass lands are so beautiful - I promise it is the most beautiful place in the world. It is really the Shangrila. I didn&rsquo;t have time to upload all the photos I took yet, but I will do it little by little in the following days.</p> <p>After seven days, I finally returned to the civilization world. I have been unable to access electrocity, mobile phone - sometimes even telephone, water pipes&hellip;. for seven days. It is the odd world - the natural world. I am very excited to tell you all about the trip, but hold a minute. I need some time to rest and all the long stories need some time to tell.</p>Message from Dao Chenghttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021001_message_from_dao_cheng.htmTue, 01 Oct 2002 09:40:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20021001_message_from_dao_cheng.htm<p>This is a short message from Dao Cheng. After 30+ hours of bus, I finally arrived in Dao Cheng. The Internet access is not easy here. Thanks for Xue Long Zi from <a href="http://www.yading.net">Yading.net</a> to provide his computer and modem.</p> <p>One of the 191 pictures I have taken is <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/daocheng">here</a>.</p> <p>Updated <em>Nov 28, 2002</em></p> <p>** [Luo Ye Hong&rsquo;s Photo in</p> <p>Xinduqiao](luoyehong/index.htm)**</p> <p>    Miss Luo comes from Fuzhou. She has been an independent</p> <p>traveler or explorer for some time. She brought much liveliness to the group.</p>Microsoft in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_microsoft_in_china.htmMon, 30 Sep 2002 22:05:06 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_microsoft_in_china.htm<p>This is the mail I replied to my friend seeking for internship position in Microsoft in China</p> <p>Hi xxx,</p> <p>Thank you for visiting my web site and your interest in Microsoft internship program. I have forward your resume to our HR manager. First thing you need to know about Microsoft in China is that Microsoft has four independent organizations in China, namely, Microsoft (China) Ltd., Microsoft Global Engineering Center, Microsoft R&amp;D Center in China, Microsoft Asia Research Center.</p>Web Construction Historyhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_web_construction_history.htmMon, 30 Sep 2002 20:42:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_web_construction_history.htm<p>Here, I would like to release a construction history log for your reference. As you can see, the site continues its growth since the first page is created back to 11/12/2001. Up to today, this site contains 377 all kinds of files, including 257 photos/pictures and 120 web pages. The total size reaches 14,541KB.</p> <p><img src="https://img.wangjianshuo.com/archives/2002/01/08/WebContructionHistory.jpg" fetchpriority="high" /> </p> <p>Date source: FrontPage report Created at January 8, 2002 by Jian Shuo Wang</p> <p>P.S. This entry was previously published at 2002-01-08 20:42:51</p>Attended Media Conference in Microsofthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_attended_media_conference_in_microsoft.htmMon, 30 Sep 2002 20:35:04 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_attended_media_conference_in_microsoft.htm<p>The 30 medias cover almost all famous national wide or Shanghai local newspapers and television, such as <a href="http://www.cctv.com">CCTV</a>, <a href="http://www.gmdaily.com.cn">Guang Ming Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.cyd.com.cn">China Youth Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.bjyouth.com.cn">Beijing Youth Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.ceocio.com.cn/">CEO&amp;CIO</a>, <a href="http://www.xinhua.org">Xin Hua News Agency</a>, <a href="http://www.chinanews.com">China News Service</a>,</p> <p><a href="http://www.people.com.cn">People&rsquo;s Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.economicdaily.com.cn/">Economic Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn">China Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com.cn">Computer World</a>, <a href="http://www.ciw.com.cn">China Infoworld</a>, <a href="http://www.cb.com.cn">China Business</a>, <a href="http://www.gemag.com.cn">Global Entrepreneurs</a>, <a href="http://www.jfdaily.sh.cn">Jie Fang Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.whb.com.cn/">Wen Hui Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.xinminweekly.com">Xin Min Weekly</a>, <a href="http://www.xmwb.com.cn">Xin Min Evening News</a>, <a href="http://www.jfdaily.com.cn/epublish/gb/paper28/">Shanghai Morning Post</a>, <a href="http://www.shotv.com/">Orient TV</a>, <a href="http://www.stv.sh.cn/">Shanghai TV</a>, <a href="http://www.eastday.com">Eastday.com</a> and <a href="http://www.online.sh.cn">Shanghai Online</a>.</p> <p>I presented &ldquo;Growing with GTEC?on my experience in Microsoft and Microsoft culture such as passion for technology, customer focused and broad opportunities.</p>5 Easy Ways to Find Out This Sitehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_5_easy_ways_to_find_out_this_site.htmMon, 30 Sep 2002 18:19:13 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_5_easy_ways_to_find_out_this_site.htm<p>Sometime to find a long lost friend is not easy. You don&rsquo;t have his phone number</p> <p>and you forget his email. Maybie it is the situation when you want to contact me</p> <p>after several months or years. To prevent this from happening, I am trying to list my</p> <p>name on many directories as possible (both on the web and using traditional</p> <p>ways) so you can reach me wherever you are and whenever you want. Now what I</p>My Name Added to Yukon Sample Databasehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_my_name_added_to_yukon_sample_database.htmMon, 30 Sep 2002 18:15:42 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_my_name_added_to_yukon_sample_database.htm<p>After the new version of Microsoft SQL Server database ships, you will find my Chinese name 王建硕 in <em>pubs</em> database. It demonstrates the ability to hold international characters. :-)</p> <p>P.S. This post was originally published at 2001-12-14 18:15:42</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">1 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">ola gente adorei a page<div class="comment-meta">— george · 2005-08-28 10:02</div></div> </details>Business Travel to Changshahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_business_travel_to_changsha.htmMon, 30 Sep 2002 18:04:34 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020930_business_travel_to_changsha.htm<p><em>December 01, 2001.</em> Chang Sha</p> <p>Starting from December 03, I will travel to Chang Sha to deliver training. This is my first time to Chang Sha, also the first time to Hu Nan province. I will leave Shanghai by flight MU5301 at 15:30 and return to Shanghai by flight CZ3867 at 12:40 on December 05, 2001.</p> <p>I will post more pictures about Chang Sha when I am back.</p> <p><em>December 02, 2001</em> Chang Sha</p>I am on My Trip to Daocheng, the lost Shangrilahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020928_i_am_on_my_trip_to_daocheng_the_lost_shangrila.htmSat, 28 Sep 2002 23:57:40 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020928_i_am_on_my_trip_to_daocheng_the_lost_shangrila.htm<p>Note: This weblog will be paused from Sept 29 to Oct 6.</p> <p>I will be away from the Internetized world for the next 8 days. From 6:00 AM tomorrow, I will be on my way to Daocheng, the lost Shangrila in China.</p> <p>The small town is at the west part of Sichuan. The scene is exteremely beautiful. I am taking my cameras with me so I can share my photos with you when I come back. It will take me more than one day to get there by bus. Some areas can only be reached by horses. I may not be able to access computer or Internet there &ndash; actually, the mobile phone does not work in most areas and some of the towns I am going to tour are not covered by the electronic power network.</p>Hotels in Chengduhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020927_hotels_in_chengdu.htmFri, 27 Sep 2002 23:52:31 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020927_hotels_in_chengdu.htm<p>This is my forth day in <a href="http://china.muzi.net/travel/city/chengdu.htm">Chengdu</a>, the capital of the south-west province of China.</p> <p>I am very supprised by the poor service quality of a four-star hotel here (Xi Yu Business Hotel). It seems all the people here are very nice, very happy to help, but, there is no process and some of them are not professional. The operators yelling at me on the phone, the laundry fee must be paid in cash, no tea or orange juice for breakfast, and no equipment is completely work&hellip;</p>My Site Remains Illegal in Chinahttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020926_my_site_remains_illegal_in_china.htmThu, 26 Sep 2002 23:33:52 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020926_my_site_remains_illegal_in_china.htm<p>Notice: You are reading an illegal site in China.</p> <p>Today, I received an email from <a href="http://www.net.cn">Hichina Corp.</a> (Chinese site). I am their client for domain names. They reminded me that I report and register for my web site - yes, for my personal web site.</p> <p><strong>China State Concil Order 292</strong></p> <p>The <a href="http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/intldocs/newrules-01.htm">order (unofficial English translation)</a> came into effort two years ago, namely, Oct 1, 2000. (via the explaination of Paul McKenzie in his article <a href="http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/intldocs/newrules.htm">China&rsquo;s State Council Issues New Rules Governing &ldquo;Internet Information Services&rdquo;</a>)</p>Home.wangjianshuo.com Moved Out of my Homehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020925_homewangjianshuocom_moved_out_of_my_home.htmWed, 25 Sep 2002 23:12:22 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020925_homewangjianshuocom_moved_out_of_my_home.htm<p>This is the quickest decision I have ever made in my life - apply a hosting service for my blog <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com">home.wangjianshuo.com</a>.</p> <p><strong>Why so urgent</strong></p> <p>My site has been down for more than 24 hours. It is not acceptable for my site. Although it is a personal web site without any sponsor, I am still want to keep it as stable as possible. But 24 hours downtime has made the avaiablility of the site to be less than 99.7%. The commercial web site is targeting to 99.99% availability. I need to fix it, as soon as possible.</p>Server Outage - My Home is Still Not a Perfect Datacenterhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020924_server_outage_-_my_home_is_still_not_a_perfect_datacenter.htmTue, 24 Sep 2002 23:39:58 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020924_server_outage_-_my_home_is_still_not_a_perfect_datacenter.htm<p>My dear readers,</p> <p>You may not be access this web site from Sept 24 to Sept 26. This is due to the network outage at my home. The 48 hours is very hard for me. I made a somewhat stupid decision to <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020913_network_infrustucture_in_my_home_in_shanghai.htm">host home.wangjianshuo.com at my home</a>. Actually, I have spent a lot of time checking the availability of the site, worrying about whether it is down, or is there any problem with the network. Hosting a web server in my house is really problematic and expensive. Here is why:</p>Net Send - Yet Another Type of Spamhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020923_net_send_-_yet_another_type_of_spam.htmMon, 23 Sep 2002 23:52:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020923_net_send_-_yet_another_type_of_spam.htm<p>SPAM IS A BIG HEADACHE FOR EVERY ONE ON THE NET.</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;The activities of a small number of people are becoming a bigger problem for the Internet.&rdquo; via <a href="http://spam.abuse.net/">Fight Spam on the Internet</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Recently, I found another form of spam, which is becoming more and more popular: NET SEND SPAM.</p> <p><strong>What is NET SEND SPAM?</strong></p> <p>It works this way: on any networked Windows computer, anyone can type the following command in command line window:</p>Packing for Chengduhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020922_packing_for_chengdu.htmSun, 22 Sep 2002 15:37:19 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020922_packing_for_chengdu.htm<p>We are packing for next week&rsquo;s Software Development Management Training in <a href="http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/map.aspx?refid=701511698">Cheng Du</a>, where I will deliver three training sessions during the five day training. They are Microsoft Product Cycle Model Overview, Development Process and Tools in Microsoft, and Software Usability. The training will start from Sept 23 to Sept 28.</p> <details class="comments"> <summary class="comments-head">2 Comments</summary> <div class="comment">Sino-Canada High School announced the opening of a new massage parlor. The facility boasts 20 private rooms. Private services are available 24 hours a day. Welcome to Sino-Canada High School !<div class="comment-meta">— mathew rhodes · 2011-08-16 17:27</div></div> <div class="comment">Sino-Canada High School will also open a new bar on August 27, 2011. Come and relax.<div class="comment-meta">— mathew rhodes · 2011-08-20 12:18</div></div> </details>Foreign Companies in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020921_foreign_companies_in_shanghai.htmSat, 21 Sep 2002 22:13:24 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020921_foreign_companies_in_shanghai.htm<p>Tonight, I enjoyed the ice cream mooncakes from <a href="http://www.haagen-dazs.com/">Haagen-Dazs</a>. The Belgian chocolate flavor ice cream is really nice, as described on its <a href="http://www.haagen-dazs.com/segseg.do">web site</a>: &ldquo;When the first spoonful melts in your mouth the moment is pure pleasure&rdquo;.</p> <p>Haagen-Dazs changed its products a lot to meet Chinese styles and festivals. It seems Haagen-Dazs did great job in penertrate into the <a href="http://thestar.com.my/kuali/recipes/moon4.html">mooncake market</a>of Shanghai. As I know, more than 10,000 joint-venture company employees received Haagen-Dazs mooncake certificates from efesco. This is also the third year I receive the Haagen-Dazs mooncake certificate. It must be one of the big deals of this</p>Mid-Autumn Festival Comeshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020920_mid-autumn_festival_comes.htmFri, 20 Sep 2002 23:29:28 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020920_mid-autumn_festival_comes.htm<p>Tomorrow is the traditional holiday in China, known as <a href="http://www.chinapage.com/Moon/moon-festival.html">Mid-Autumn Festival</a>. I&rsquo;d like to send my best wishes to my dearest GF, my families my friends, my old classmates, my colleagues, and all visitors of this site.</p> <p>Mid-Autumn is an occasion for families reunion. Families get together to eat moon cake. However, I am 1000+ km away from my parents in Luoyang, and 12,000+ km away from my brother in Toronto. I regret that I didn&rsquo;t send the moon cake to them earlier so that they can get it on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Fortunately, I will enjoy the holiday tomorrow with my GF. It is also sweet.</p>From Pu Dong Airport to People's Parkhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020919_from_pu_dong_airport_to_peoples_park.htmThu, 19 Sep 2002 23:12:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020919_from_pu_dong_airport_to_peoples_park.htm<p>Today, I got a question from my reader:</p> <blockquote> <p>Are there any reasonably priced shuttle services to get me from Shanghai Pudong airport to my hotel near Peoples Park?</p> </blockquote> <p>It must be a very frequently asked question. Unfortunately, it is not easy to get an answer &ndash; I checked on the web but couldn&rsquo;t find any useful resource before I gave up after five minutes.</p> <p>Here is my suggestion:</p> <p>The most convienit and cheap way to get from Pu Dong Airport to anywhere in the dowtown is to go by the <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/pudongairport/Bus.htm">Airport Bus</a>. There are five lines connecting Pu Dong and downtown Shanghai.</p>Real-Time Stream Broadcasting Cookbookhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020918_real-time_stream_broadcasting_cookbook.htmWed, 18 Sep 2002 23:55:54 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020918_real-time_stream_broadcasting_cookbook.htm<p>9:50 PM</p> <p>As I <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020916_webcam_set_up_broadcasting_shanghai.htm">promised</a> before, I will share with the steps to set up a webcam to broadcast real time video with Windows Media Encoder in this article.</p> <p>Before I begin, please visit my <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/news/20020814WebCam/webcam.htm">webcam page</a> to experience what you are going to create. (It will open a new window.)</p> <p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p>There are two part of this article. The first part is the client side configuration. Please make you check you can view the content of my webcam from your Windows client. A simple troubleshooting guide is included.</p>My Blogger Codehttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020917_my_blogger_code.htmTue, 17 Sep 2002 23:03:00 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020917_my_blogger_code.htm<p>I came across a very <a href="http://www.spartaneity.com/">interesting site</a> yesterday by reference of <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/">andersja&rsquo;s blog</a>. There is a page named <a href="http://www.spartaneity.com/02/09/freedom_to_reproduce_content.html">Freedom to Reproduce Content?</a>, I found <a href="http://www.blogroots.com/comments.blog/157">another blog</a> with 72 comments. Wow. It is a very popluar web site. Finally, I found it is the web site for the famous weblog book - &ldquo;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764549626/ref%3Dase%5Fblogroots-20/104-7974453-1919137">Web Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs</a>&rdquo;.</p> <p>In <a href="http://www.blogroots.com/chapters.blog/id/8">chapter 3</a>, the author mentioned <a href="http://www.leatheregg.com/bloggercode/">Blogger Code</a>. It is interesting that someone over there are developing different strange <a href="http://www.blogchalking.tk/">tools</a>and codes to claify bloggers. It is very cool and interesting.</p>I was a Called Copier Todayhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020917_i_was_a_called_copier_today.htmTue, 17 Sep 2002 00:33:51 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020917_i_was_a_called_copier_today.htm<p>Today, I was shocked when I found my name appreared on my favorite weblog <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/09/16/imitation_is_the_most_sincere_form_of_flattery.html">andersja&rsquo;s blog</a>. It is even more astonishing when I found my name was related to something negative - copier.</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;I like writing articles and other content for my weblog, and I like tinkering with design - visually and technically. Now, wangjianshuo has copied my CSS stylesheet and also other MT config elements very closely, and I&rsquo;m not entirely sure if I&rsquo;m comfortable with it.</p>Webcam Set Up, Broadcasting Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020916_webcam_set_up_broadcasting_shanghai.htmMon, 16 Sep 2002 22:16:44 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020916_webcam_set_up_broadcasting_shanghai.htm<p>I have setup a webcam, broadcasting the street scene from my window in Shanghai.</p> <p>Click <a href="http://www.wangjianshuo.com/news/20020814WebCam/webcam.htm">here</a> to view.</p> <p><strong>How I made it</strong></p> <p>[coming soon]</p> <p>Update: The steps are available <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020918_realtime_stream_broadcasting_cookbook.htm">here</a>.</p> <p>I am going to improve the camera so that it can be viewed by many people. Now, as far as I know, it should work fine on Windows XP. It may also work on Windows 2000 with Windows Media 7.0 or higher. I cannot garentee you can see it if you are using older version of Windows. Please let me know if you can view online broadcasting or not. Simple click the comments link below. Tell me, &ldquo;I can see the cars and people moving on the street. My system is &hellip; &quot; or &ldquo;I can see nothing, except the blank Windows Media Player and Ready on the status bar. My system is &hellip;&rdquo; Thanks.</p>Korea: The Bandwitdh Capital of the World?https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020915_korea_the_bandwitdh_capital_of_the_world.htmSun, 15 Sep 2002 23:14:43 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020915_korea_the_bandwitdh_capital_of_the_world.htm<p>Today, I found this piece of news about broadband in Korea. This is one of my interest recently. Please read this first.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.08/korea.html">In Seoul, the broadband age is in full swing - online games have become a national sport, and cybercafes are the new singles bars.</a></p> <blockquote> <p>And the numbers are impressive ?South Korea has the highest per capita broadband penetration in the world. <strong>Slightly more than half of its households have high-bandwidth connections</strong>, compared to less than 10 percent in the US. The growth in broadband has surged in the last three years from a few hundred thousand subscribers to 8.5 million</p>ASP.NET Web Forum Installedhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020915_p8.htmSun, 15 Sep 2002 16:41:17 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020915_p8.htm<p>ASP.NET gives very detailed <a href="http://www.asp.net/Forums/Download/">instruction notes</a>.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Download <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=./downloads/sample.asp?url=./msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml">.NET Framework Redistributable</a> (21MB in size). It took me only 58 seconds to get it at home @ <a href="http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20020913_network_infrustucture_in_my_home_in_shanghai.htm">astonishing speed</a> of 347 KB/sec.</p> </li> <li> <p>Download and install Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) from <a href="http://www.asp.net/msde/default.aspx">http://www.asp.net/msde/default.aspx</a> (30MB)</p> </li> <li></li> </ul>ODP - Not As Good as Zeal.comhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020914_odp_-_not_as_good_as_zealcom.htmSat, 14 Sep 2002 21:31:48 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020914_odp_-_not_as_good_as_zealcom.htm<p>&hellip; or my experience of becoming an ODP (<a href="http://dmoz.org">Open Directory Project</a>) editor.</p> <p>Inspired by andersja&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/08/08/optimizing_movable_type_part_3_get_more_readers.html">Optimizing Movable Type (part 3) - get more readers</a>, I sent my blog site to DMOZ.org.</p> <blockquote> <p>While you&rsquo;re there - consider signing up as an editor: it&rsquo;s easy to sign up, there are lots of tools available for you to do your editing, and loads of support to be had from other editors. &ndash; andersja</p> </blockquote> <p>This is a cool idea, so I signed up today to be an editor of <a href="http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/China/Provinces_and_Regions/Henan/Luoyang/">http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/China/Provinces_and_Regions/Henan/Luoyang/</a> catalog. This is the city I was born and I&rsquo;d like to help to build up the portal. It is strange that there is only two sites listed under this category.</p>Network Infrustucture in my Home in Shanghaihttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020913_network_infrustucture_in_my_home_in_shanghai.htmFri, 13 Sep 2002 22:33:11 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020913_network_infrustucture_in_my_home_in_shanghai.htm<p>11:50 PM</p> <p>I have been asked about how I can access Internet. For friends in Shanghai, they are curious about the broadband, which is new to the city.</p> <p><strong>Dial-up:</strong> Basically, residents in Shanghai have lots of choices for Internet access from home.</p> <ul> <li>The China Telecom is the largest and most popular provider of dial-up access.</li> </ul> <blockquote> <p>Telephone #: 8163</p> <p>username: 8163</p> <p>password: 8163</p> </blockquote> <p>The Internet service fee will be charged to the caller&rsquo;s telephone bill. This is very convenience. We don&rsquo;t need to apply a user account. (What about other regions in the world? Writhe comments and let us hear you.)</p>Campus Network Application Needed for China Universitieshttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020912_campus_network_application_needed_for_china_universities.htmThu, 12 Sep 2002 22:32:03 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020912_campus_network_application_needed_for_china_universities.htm<p>10:09 PM</p> <p>Recently, I am involved in the discussion with some students from <a href="http://www.ecnu.edu.cn/">East China Normal University</a>[Chinese site]. Most of them are computer science or related majors. Billy Qiu is one of them. He is a talented guy who actively initialized the MSN Messenger chat with me the day before yesterday.</p> <p>After we discussed, the technical club members are going to setup some interest groups on campus to discuss technology trends and share technical resources.</p>MovableType Successfully Installed on Windows XPhttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htmWed, 11 Sep 2002 23:56:20 +0800https://home.wangjianshuo.com/20020911_movabletype_successfully_installed_on_windows_xp.htm<p>To be honest, I don&rsquo;t know too much about Perl. However, to make the best weblog system work - <a href="http://www.movabletype.org">Movable Type</a>, I installed Perl onto my Windows XP machine from scretch. I believe I am not alone to install MT to Windows XP machines - although I believe there will not be too many people doing so - so I&rsquo;d like to record the steps for other&rsquo;s reference. It is also a good resource for myself if I need to rebuild the server.</p>Abouthttps://home.wangjianshuo.com/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://home.wangjianshuo.com/about/<p>Hi all,</p> <p>This is Jian Shuo Wang, a person.</p> <p>I am currently the co-founder and CEO of Baixing.com, one of the largest online classified company in China. If you want to give me direct feedback about the site, feel free to use the feedback form below, or just drop me an email.</p> <p>Before spin the business out of eBay and renamed from Kijiji to Baixing, I worked briefly in eBay for three years. Before that, I worked for Microsoft for 6 years, plus one year as intern. 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