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Monthly Archives: March 2008
iPhone Money
How much money Apple makes with each iPhone? Part of every $400 retail sales, probably 15%, so that is around $60 each. But this is only the most obvious part. Steve Jobs also gets a cut from the owner’s cell … Continue reading
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Android and Cell phone economy
Cell phone market is too big. The amount of money attracted the biggest and strongest players into this arena. Lots of marketing competitiveness and economic strategies are vying for advantages: really fun to speculate over a good glass of alcoholic … Continue reading
Definitively Maybe 《ç»å¯¹ï¼Œä¹Ÿè®¸ã€‹
Definitively Maybe Ryan Reynolds and Abigail Breslin Pub. Date: 14 February 2008 Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw What a cute movie! Romantic comedies ran out of originality long time ago. Of course, they are never meant to be. The formula includes … Continue reading
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Automatic Center Punch
This tool makes a small dent on the surface for ease of drilling. A tap with a nail will also do the job. But if you are drilling all day long, this tool saves you from fetching the hammer and … Continue reading
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JiuMen Food Court ä¹é—¨å°åƒ
Cross posted at: NomadicMinds, Sun English and Chinese blogs. Note that the Chinese and English contents are not quite the exact translation. 到底什么是北京å°åƒï¼ŸåŒ—京人说豆æ±ç„¦åœˆï¼Œä½†çœŸåƒè¿‡çš„æ²¡å‡ äººã€‚èƒªæ‰“æ»šï¼Œç¢—è±†é»„ï¼Œè‰¾çªçªåŽ»å“ªæ‰¾ï¼Ÿä¹é—¨å°åƒæŠŠå‡ 个百年è€å—å·å¬é½äº†ï¼Œåº—开在åŽæµ·åŒ—。游人转进åå‹èƒ¡åŒ,宋庆龄故居西,就看到了。进门先到å§å°ä¹°å¡ï¼ˆä¿©äººç™¾å…ƒå°½å¤Ÿäº†ï¼Œæ²¡ç”¨å®Œå¯ä»¥æ‰¾ï¼‰ï¼Œå†ç«¯ä¸ªæ‰˜ç›˜é€›åŽ»ã€‚爆肚冯ã€å¹´ç³•é’±ã€å¥¶é…ªéã€ç¾Šå¤´é©¬ã€è±†è…脑白ã€å¾·é¡ºæ–‹ã€‚看招牌就谗了。贪心æ¯å®¶å„ä¹°å‡ ç›˜ï¼Œè‡ªå·±æ‰¾å¼ æ¡Œå(有点费劲)。å†åŽ»æ‹¿ç·å,盘åï¼Œç‚¹é¥®æ–™ã€‚å¤§å¼ æœµé¢ã€‚åƒæ’‘了逛åŽæµ·æ¶ˆåŒ–,日丽风和,柳æžæ‹‚水。人生ä¸è¿‡å¦‚æ¤ã€‚ 许多点心都是å气大的百年å—å·ã€‚åƒèµ·æ¥ä¸é”™ï¼Œä½†ä¸èƒ½è¯´æ˜¯äººé—´ç¾Žå‘³ã€‚德顺斋的烧饼åŠè±†è…脑觉得很好。奶酪éå–完了。羊头马,年糕钱就是地é“但熟悉的味é“。 I have heard so much of those famous, yet elusive, Beijing snacks. No one under 35 … Continue reading
Beijing’s Spider Men
Beijing discourages high-rises, no ShangHai-styled skyscrapers. CBD’s Hyatt Park holds the current record: 64 stories of nearly 250 meters. Others are strangely uniform at about 60 meters, or about 30 stories. Not too high and consistent enough to create an … Continue reading
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When do you go to lunch?
Day Light Saving comes with many assumptions; the key one is that it saves energy, and therefore money. In summer, when days are long, why not go home and enjoy your lives under the bright sun: catch a short round … Continue reading
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User’s Manual to Human Body 人体使用手册
User’s Manual to Human Body 人体使用手册 å³æ¸…å¿ ISBN: 7536046316 Pub. Date: 2006å¹´1月 Publisher: 花城出版社 Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw. If a free and legal version of the same book is available online, would you go to the bookstore and buy a … Continue reading
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Hilary-Obama Ticket
This 2008 election made fools out of pundits. Which of them even considered McCain just a few months ago? Bright-eyed, confident, 72-year-old, he is too pleased to see the attrition war on the other side. Hilary definitely did not expect … Continue reading
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