09/30/2004
Redesigning Blogger:
Join our own Jeffrey Veen and Stopdesign’s Douglas Bowman to learn what made Blogger’s redesign so successful — and how you can put those lessons to work for you
Blogger.com had a beautiful redesign couple months ago, Now, Designers from adaptive path and Stopdesign are going to share their experience to others. I think this would be a great event for Web Designers and Architects. Hope there attendees (bloggers) will post some notes about this event.
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09/29/2004
There are huge debates on Google's new version of Chinese language news service 1, 2. Google had post a formal response to accusations that the company has censored news sources. Some Chinese blogger says it's a meaningless and weak explain, also Keso had translated this piece of response into Chinese.
There has been controversy about our new Google News China edition, specifically regarding which news sources we include. For users inside the People’s Republic of China, we have chosen not to include sources that are inaccessible from within that country.
This was a difficult decision for Google, and we would like to share the factors we considered before taking this course of action.
Actually Google News also got a lot of different debates recently,
Some people seem to think that the Google News algorithm is serving better political play and supportive articles for George W. Bush on searches for “Bush” than they do for John Kerry on searches for well, “Kerry.”
Also Wired editor Adam L. Penenberg had a article discussed Google News
"beta" strategy:
So while other online publishers like Yahoo News and MSNBC earn tens of millions of dollars in revenue each year and continue to grow, Google News remains in beta mode -- three years after it launched -- long after most of the bugs have been excised.
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09/28/2004
Today is Moon Festival (aka: Mid-Autumn Festival), a Chinese traditional festival. Some of my American friends asked me "what is moon festival?", "What's Origin of the festival?". Actually I could't answer these questions exactly, though, I think the best answer is on wikipedia.
The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: 中秋節; pinyin: zhong1 qiu1 jie2), Moon Festival, or, less commonly, Mooncake Festival (月餅節; pinyin: yue4 bing3 jie2) is a traditional Chinese festival/holiday on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in Gregorian Calendar). On this day the full moon is at its roundest and brightest, which symbolises family unity and togetherness. According to Chinese traditions, on this day family members and friends will gather to visit scenic spots, gaze at the moon, and eat mooncakes and pomeloes together. Farmers furthermore celebrate the end of the agricultural season and the harvest on this date. A very important holiday in the Chinese calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a legal holiday in several countries.
Popular legends talk about a woman named Chang'e, a rabbit, and a woodcutter living on the moon. Shops selling mooncakes before the Mid-Autumn festival often display pictures of Chang'e floating to the moon. (See the separate article on Chang'e for more information about these permanent moon residents.)
Mooncake in China as well known as Chesscake in US, I also grabed a mooncake pix from somewhere else, it looks delicious, right! In addition, Chang'e is the most beatiful woman in Chinese fairy tale, she is like a "Athena" in our childhood dreams.
In this special day, I missed my family more than ever. Although I can't make a family togetherness at this time, I wanna give best wishes and loves to my Mom and Dad: Happy moon festival.
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Via CNet: Senate weighs H-1B visa changes
There's a push in Congress to change guest visa programs, including a proposal to create a new exemption to the annual cap of 65,000 new H-1B visas.
Legislation under serious discussion in the Senate would exempt foreign students graduating from U.S. schools with master's and doctorate degrees--a change opposed by labor groups and championed by businesses.
This legislation may affect most of us as foreign student in US.
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09/25/2004
Wikipedia today's feature article introduced my favorite Chinese poet: Du Fu.
Du Fu was a Chinese poet during the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Po, he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets. His own greatest ambition was to help his country by becoming a successful civil servant, but he proved unable to make the necessary accommodations. His life, like the country, was devastated by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755, and the last 15 years of his life were a time of almost constant unrest. Initially unpopular, his works came to be hugely influential in both Chinese and Japanese poetry.
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China's Boom and the Environment via NPR talked about China's extraordinary economy booming and Nation's environment pollution.
The environmental consequences of China's manufacturing boom are staggering. The worsening air and water pollution are causing serious health problems. NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Elizabeth Economy, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
A quarter of china is now desert, at the desert advancing rate 13 square mile per year, this mean 20 to 30 million people in China are going to have to leave their home, because there not going to have access to land or water by in approaching desert.
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09/ 3/2004
I will be in Michigan this Labor Day weekend for three days Soccer Event! This year’s NACSL (North America Chinese Soccer League) will be host in Ann Arbor, University of Michigan. I will be member of Texas United team to play in this annual soccer league. Last year in L.A, we had played so hard through the whole game. Thanks god, in the final match, we beat N.Y wild wolf in the penalty game to get the National Champion. I can’t believe that we made it.
Hopefully we are defender this year, every team will give us a hard time. I won't expect too much this year, just enjoy the game with my teammates in Labor Day holiday and do our best. Good luck for Texas United.
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