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April 2003

Let's see what happens with this iTunes thing - "Apple's competitors dismiss the iTunes Music Store as a niche product. How, they ask, can Apple have any impact on.... April 29, 2003 9:17 AM

19,557 - That's how many people government health officials in Taipei are trying to trace who came in and out of Hoping.... April 28, 2003 11:17 PM

Billboard Top 20 brands - And you thought brand names were important for Mr. WASPy in his Rangerover from Darien, CT? Yo, you be freakin'.... April 24, 2003 9:15 PM

Yikessss Sssssnakes - Living where we do in the semi-tropical mountains outside of Taipei, we have to deal with the nassssty reality of.... April 23, 2003 7:48 PM

Chinese naming conventions - Since history began, the Chinese always believed in the significance of a person's name. They have developed a very comprehensive.... April 23, 2003 10:36 AM

Tiff is learning guitar - We got her the black Ibanez S620x with the double edge bridge and Piezo pickups as well as a Marshall.... April 20, 2003 9:25 PM

Brand me - It's 1:30 in the morning, my dog found a snake in the backyard, some friends just left, my wife says.... April 18, 2003 1:39 AM

Meet Joe Sars - Here's what the little coronavirus looks like... His genomic sequence is available for download here thanks to some hardworking Canadian.... April 17, 2003 9:38 AM

Work safety in Taiwan - Good work safety habits are established by people like this....... April 16, 2003 8:11 PM

Acrobatic Chinese salsa dancing - I'm the worst dancer, but it doesn't matter when you're dreaming. I was at this hot salsa club with my.... April 15, 2003 7:38 AM

Do I really have to go to China? - So what do I do? We're launching a major project in China, and I need to be there for the.... April 15, 2003 7:00 AM

Strange inconsistencies in Taiwan jazz - ...We are all impressed with the grandness of the production, almost as much as his elaborate hand movements. It's a.... April 13, 2003 4:47 PM

A great article - "Media is a word like "content" which makes art sound like a business..." Sounds like music to my ears. more.... April 10, 2003 8:45 PM

Guess who I met at Hooters? - What's scarier? Being caught at Hooter's or seeing Saddam there as well?.... April 10, 2003 3:17 PM

The fight against privacy? - I always get a kick out of poorly edited international content... From CNN Entertainment: "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.... April 10, 2003 8:24 AM

A beer with a chi chaser - I've been taking this weird Chinese medicine lately. It's supposed to build up my chi. After my latest promotional tour,.... April 9, 2003 1:33 PM

I guess we all grow up sometime - The image I have in my mind of Charlotte Church is of a little young church girl who has this.... April 9, 2003 12:14 PM

No masks at the movies? - We invited the whole office and several customers last night to a preview for "The Quiet American." Some people.... April 9, 2003 9:23 AM

Scary Statistics and SARS - "The number of reported cases of SARS in the world is doubling every 11 days. This is implied by.... April 8, 2003 11:34 AM

#1 Google listing - ...for "Do Dogs Have a Soul?" "Gosh, this is such an honor. I wish to thank the Academy, plus all.... April 4, 2003 7:58 PM

Got your mask ready? - Definitely don't want to be staying on the 9th floor of the Metropole Hotel in Mong Kok, Kowloon. Seven of.... April 3, 2003 3:37 PM

How now mobile cow? - I've been having an ongoing beer/sms/email discussion with Jan Signell, Ericsson President in Taiwan (and a pretty good bass player),.... April 1, 2003 3:12 PM

Madonna and the hampster tube - Life was deteriorating in the current world dimension where we lived, and I spoke to a few insiders who told.... April 1, 2003 10:53 AM

A married guy sent me this... - I thought I was the only one who heard things differently..... April 1, 2003 10:21 AM