Archives for: February 2011
Where am I, anyway?
February 24th, 2011Lax on blogging again. I blame it on start of the semester insanity, combined with the need to keep plugging away at the dance piece revisions. (Those are proceeding well -- just one section left, before getting serious about interfacing with the continu… more »
Chapter the 32nd, in which James learns he could never really be Cantonese
February 14th, 2011Today was the glorious return to the "new old" apartment in Guangzhou -- packing in the morning, bus ride in the afternoon, settling back in during eveningtime. (By the way, I learned those words in Chinese last week: morning is zǎo shàng; afternoon… more »
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.........
February 12th, 2011Multiple crashes. Three hours to find the cause: one missing comma.
Sometimes I hate programming. more »
Mental gymnastics: Chinese grammar
February 10th, 2011The other night, Rosetta Stone was teaching me about before and after.qián: beforehòu: afterèr zài sān qián biān(two is three-before)two is before three So, you would think, if you wanted to say, "I drink coffee before working," it would… more »
Chapter the 31st, in which James discovers the significance of routine hardware maintenance
February 7th, 2011Switched on the machine this morning, and the fan turned into a jet engine. This was before even a few minutes of use, so it couldn't have been running hot. Being more of a software person, I started searching the web, looking for Linux configuration set… more »
Happy Rabbit Year!
February 2nd, 2011 One of the nice things about being connected to Chinese culture is celebrating the new year twice! This year is the Year of the Rabbit, and we're celebrating in high style with the Zhan family in Zhuhai: a big feast of stewed beef, giant prawns (6-8… more »
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