Archive for 'Observations' Category
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Let Your Fingers Do the Driving: The Effects of Telecommuting on Travel and the Environment
I just noticed that there are no links to my dissertaion pages, so I’m fixing that now!
http://telecommuting.mporter.co.uk/
Abstract
Telecommuting, the elimination of journeys by working at home is likely become far more common in the first few years of this century. The technology to release workers from the office and let them work from home is [...]
May Day Mayhem!
Friday is Friday. Saturday is Friday. Sunday is Monday, and Monday is Monday too.
Saturday is the Friday after the Friday on Friday, but Sunday is the Monday after the Monday on Monday.
Further Chinese Elevator Logic
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Originally uploaded by DennisSylvesterHurd.
My response to Chinese Elevator Logic an amusing post on the China: A Pastey White Guy’s Perspective blog.
Why do so many people have to press both up and down buttons when waiting for the lift?
“Here I am on the 10th floor. I’m [...]
Confusing Instructions
Confusing Instructions
Originally uploaded by adporter.
The English on this sign needs a rethink before calamity occurs
oops…. They did it again.
pylon problem 1
Originally uploaded by adporter.
Sigh, no, it couldn’t be! Could it?
pylon problem 2
Originally uploaded by adporter.
This is the second of the Obstacles in the road of Chinas development
Malvinas?
Falklands Islands
Originally uploaded by Dying Monolingual.
In class today I noticed a Chinese map of the world, and just happened to notice The Falkland Islands tucked away in the corner, except they were called Malvinas.
Now, if the natives of an Island throw off an [...]
口 Square Drawing
I found myself drawing a square today and I noticed that I used correct stroke order as in 口 (kou)?
Giving China Money
Went to the bank of China (?????today. I have my google cheque to pay in. Now I know the form, I paid in a sterling cheque from my grandma last christmas. It’s a kerfuffle, but such a thing has been done before. So before I deposit the google cheque , [...]