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July 2004 Archives

Sleepless in Beijing Jul 30, 2004
I am sitting at a big office in the capital of China. This is the forth day I am in this big city. In the last four days, the area I moved around is within 200 meters. I stay in...
I Saw my Name on BusinessWeek Jul 29, 2004
Matt who grow up in New York City picked up the latest BusinessWeek at work and read the special report named Cult Brands. In the report, he found a IKEA fan named Wang Jian Shuo who has a blog talking...
Longest Business Trip in Beijing Jul 28, 2004
Business trips are boring, especially you have tough assignments and you have to work over time till late to night - return to the hotel and find yourself in a completely empty space without the feeling of reality. Beijing is...
Nice Toys at Xintiandi Jul 28, 2004
Xintiandi (or Xin Tian Di) is a nice place to go. It is the gather place of bars. What I found last time is the nice small shops with all types of small toys. These small toys reminded me of...
Three on the Bund - Part II Jul 28, 2004
I decided to write an article about Three on the Bund the first time I visited and posted an article for it. However, due to the limited time I had last time, I didn't talked too much about the fabulous...
Blogcn is Down for the Third Time Jul 27, 2004
Blogcn, the largest blogging service provider, shut down their server again. This time, it seems because of technical difficulties. Image in courtesy of blogcn.com As far as I know, there close friends of mine has been affected. Jackgu commented in...
MTBlackList is Better than IP Banning Jul 27, 2004
As my old anti-spam method, I used IP Banning in MovableType to fight against comment spam. This prevented some nice reader to post since they are banned due to being in the same IP range as the spammers. I have...
Flying to Beijing Again Jul 26, 2004
Just got my flight ticket from to Beijing. SHA MU5103 Y 27JUL 0900 PEK 1130 RMB for single trip and 2260 RMB for double trip. It is much more expensive than from Shanghai to Hong Kong (1600 RMB round trip)...
Three on the Bund Jul 25, 2004
Finally visited Three on the Bund last night. We scheduled a party there but I was quite worried that morning - if the outside lightening system of the Bund is turned off that night, the view of Three on the...
House of Flying Daggers (or Shi Mian Mai Fu) Jul 24, 2004
Went to see Zhangyimou's film Shi Man Mai Fu (or House of Flying Daggers) in the theator of Super Brand Mall. Image in courtesy of Sina.com.cn I don't have too much comments on this film. A perfect film on visual...
Sunset in Puxi Jul 24, 2004
Picture by Jian Shuo Wang This picture is taken at Xujiahui. The sun sets down between the Twin Tower above the Grant Gateway. No colorful clouds, no relaxing people. Only cementin buildings, like the feeling I described in Our...
Odds and Ends of Today Jul 24, 2004
The real life starts after 6:00 PM. (Yes. Do you want me to explain the domains, ADMT, and Exchange Server stuff at work?) IKEA again We went to IKEA for the third time this week - the third time to...
To Focus or Not? Jul 23, 2004
This is the my thrid article on blogging this month. The previous one are: Blog, to Host it or Not?To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogsphere This post is triggered by the discussion on the topic of blogging by...
Last Google Dance Jul 22, 2004
Have you heard of Google Dance? It is the monthly re-index of all web pages and recaculate PageRank for each individual web page. Since Google indexes more than 4 billion webpages with more than 10,000 computers, it takes so long...
Hot Hot Hot Shanghai Jul 22, 2004
Shanghai is hot. Today is, maybe, the tenth hot day without any rain. The temperature is consistently above 35°C. Yesterday and the day before yesterday are all 37°C. This morning, the weather station issued red alarm for high temperature again...
MSN.COM Offers 2G Storage? Jul 21, 2004
My frien told me to register a new email using the MSN Explorer, which is included in Windows XP to apply a new @msn.com email address. I applied one and saw I have 2000M storage space. Image in courtesy of...
Blog, to Host it or Not? Jul 21, 2004
blogcn.com, the largest blogging hosting provider (like blogger.com), has been down for about 8 days. Captured from blogcn.com's homepage on July 21, 2004. Screenshot in courtesy of blogcn.com Massive bloggers were affected and became homeless. It breaks the update pace...
Bulk Purchase from IKEA Jul 21, 2004
HP Pavilion a610cl - My New Home PC Jul 19, 2004
Let me show off my new home PC - HP Pavilion A610CL. The front of the box. Looks nice © Jian Shuo Wang I opened the box to add additional 256M memory. © Jian Shuo Wang Clean motherboard. © Jian...
Exciting Shanghai Night Life Jul 18, 2004
Saturday night is pleasant. Wendy and I hang out on the Bund. It was not easy to find parking lot there. I finally managed to pull my car over at the parking area at the intersection of Xin Kai He...
Change in Global Navigation Jul 17, 2004
This page is just for my personal reference in case one day I want to roll back to the original version. The original version: Home | Life | News | Shanghai | Tech | Travel | WWW | Random |...
To Continue or Not? Confusing in China Blogsphere Jul 17, 2004
Blogging in China is at its turning point. I just feel it. Wendy Wendy posted this entry yesterday. Here is rough translation: "Don't know what to write... Should I write it as diary or around a fixed topic? Am I...
Memorable Pictures Jul 16, 2004
Memorable Pictures I guess you will like my photo album I posted yesterday. So do I. I browsed the photos and feel the need to add some note to the individual album. As bigbro suggested, I added a Photo button...
Wangjianshuo's Photo Album Jul 15, 2004
I have many photos. I have a "My Pictures" folder on my laptop containing all my pictures. I just checked the size. WOW! It is 7.76G already. The biggest folder in size is "Pictures in Different Places" which contains my...
Cannot Post Comment on this Site? Jul 15, 2004
Some reader reported that he/she cannot post comment onto this site. They get error message: Comment Submission Error Your comment submission failed for the following reasons: You are not allowed to post comments. Chances are, I have banned your IP...
My Own Web Based RSS Reader Jul 14, 2004
Check my own web based RSS reader. It is based on Feed on Feeds. Let me add more explaination to this test tomorrow. Update: Feed on Feeds is a very nice tool written in PHP. It did some hack on...
Heavy Rain Yesterday Jul 13, 2004
Around 6:15 yesterday, I stood at the lobby of Metro Tower, waiting for Wendy to go home together. I waited for about 5 minutes, felt boring and started to browse the free travel magazines on the reception’s counter. I even...
My Blog on Microsoft.com Jul 12, 2004
As I said in this article, "blogging is become really, really hot in Microsoft". Here are more evidence to it. If you visit Microsoft.com today and click Communities under Resources on the left navigation bar, you will reach the community...
New Issue of City Weekend Jul 11, 2004
Went to Starbucks at Riverside in Pudong tonight with Wendy. It was already 10:00 PM and the Starbucks was still full of people. City Weekend On the bookshelf was the free copy of City Weekend. Image in courtesy of City...
Group Drive to Yang Cheng Lake Jul 10, 2004
I drove my car to Yang Cheng lake today with my friends. We have four cars today. The Yang Chen Lake is the darker lake on the top to the characters Suzhou in the map below. First Time on Highway...
My New Laptop - Dell Latitue D600 Jul 9, 2004
I am happy to receive a new laptop Dell Latitude D600. It is larger than my previous one - Dell Latitude C400. This is the third Dell laptop I used: Dell Latitude CPx H Dell Latitude C400 Dell Laitude D600...
Bill Mao Jul 8, 2004
Image in courtesy of Newsweek Ha. Newsweek is so funny! This picture is the cover picture of Newsweek June 21, 2004 Issue. I LOL when I see the picture because the original picture are displayed in many restaurant till...
PVG: One Million Passengers for MagLev Jul 7, 2004
According to Shanghai Jiaotong Network (Chinese site), the 1,000,000th passenger of Maglev arrives the Longyang Rd. Station. I started operation in Jan 2003. 74 train/times are scheduled every day and sees 7000 passengers everyday. This proofs the privous figure of...
Public Transportation in Shanghai Jul 7, 2004
There are the following options for a visitor to get around in Shanghai. Public Transportation Card If you stay in Shanghai for more than one week, I suggest you to buy a public transportation card immediately after you arrive in...
Transferred to Microsoft Consulting Service Jul 6, 2004
I have contemplated for some time and finally decided to put this into my blog. I have left Microsoft GTEC (Global Technical Engineering Center) and joined another Microsoft organization - Microsoft Consulting Service as a consultant from July. This is...
Crystal Clear Beijing Jul 5, 2004
Thanks to the storm yesterday. The air in Beijing is fresh and crystal clear today. I took some pictures from the Microsoft office in Millennium Tower (north-east corner of Third Ring Road). Two days before, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower...
Arrive in Beijing on Delayed Flight Jul 5, 2004
The flight MU5125 I took delayed. It was planned to depart at 8:00 PM yesterday but we started as late as 0:15 AM this morning. I waited in the airport for 5 hours, cold and boring. When I arrived in...
Top Commenters of June 2004 Jul 4, 2004
The Top Commenters of the Month Award for June 2004 goes to: Carsten 36 Lu Heli 17 bigbro 13 Here is the top 10 list: Carsten 36 Lu Heli 17 bigbro 13 earthmilk 10 Shen 9 Shanghai Slim 9 Zhu...
Typhoon Mindulle Hits Shanghai Jul 3, 2004
Wow. Typhoon Mindulle hits Shanghai today! I happened to drive to Beijing Road from Pudong around 10:00 AM today. It started to rain. Soon, it became super heavy rain. I shifted my windscreen wiper to the fastest but still cannot...
Speed Improvement after Switching Server Jul 3, 2004
I am happy that ionic breeze told me the loading speed of this site had improved. This is the first comment I received so far regarding the speed of this site. I also want to let you know that I...
Overweighed Carry-on Not Allowed Jul 1, 2004
Please not the important change in Beijing Airport regarding carry-on baggages. The 5kg limitation will be enforced from July 1, 2004. I am going to Beijing next Monday and this change has already impacted the way I package my stuff....
I Started the Blog to Post Resume Jul 1, 2004
Wendy, XGAO and I went to Eric's home to enjoy the beefsteak Eric cooked by himself. It was one of the best steaks I had so far, better than the Dou Niu Shi's. :-D Nice cooker. After that, sitting on...