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October 2004 Archives

Bamboo at Mt. Tian Mu, Lin An Oct 31, 2004
Drove 550 km (round trip) from Shanghai to Lin An near Hangzhou (45km away) and visied the Mt. West Tian Mu. I took some pictures of the bamboo wood...
M7 Started Construnction Near my Home Oct 29, 2004
Good news. The new Metro Line M7 Bowen Road (博文路) Station has started construction. The construction site has been cleared and the west lanes of the Jin Xiu Road...
A Car Towed Away for Temp Parking Oct 28, 2004
I saw two workers were preparing to tow a red Santana because it was parked on a street (Xin An Road near the Huaihai Road). Temp parking is not...
So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro - Part III Oct 27, 2004
More typos found: Picture taken by Jian Shuo Wang at Xujiahui Metro Station, Shanghai "The Map of Shanghai Traffic - Design for Metro Line" Did they really think that...
First Contributor of New MyBusStop Project Oct 26, 2004
Joe became the first contributor to the newly opened My City, My Bus Stop project. Here is the stops/lines he just contributed: JiaLiFang QingFangShiChang GJ743 The editing history can...
MyBusStop Project Reloaded Oct 25, 2004
"Winners never quit and quitters never win". This is what I learnt from two years of blogging. I started some interesting ideas, but it stopped for some reason. Many...
Why We Use English Signs? Oct 24, 2004
When I am pushing on correction of the misspellings in Shanghai Metro, I hear about debate whether we should put on English signs in Shanghai. For me, there is...
PmWiki Reloaded Oct 23, 2004
I reinstalled PmWiki again. This time, the system is not Windows and I followed the instruction on page http://www.pmichaud.com/ref/PmWiki/Setgid to get rid of the Setgid error. Then I need...
Reserve Every Byte Oct 22, 2004
This site is experiencing the worst bandwidth crisis after move to iPowerWeb. Today, as the 23rd day of Oct, I always used up 92% of the 40G bandwidth. With...
So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro - Part II Oct 21, 2004
I didn't expect so many comments after I posted the article: ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Created. There are 24 comments already when I created this page. This is rare on my recent...
ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Created Oct 20, 2004
Qingsi Zhu suggested to create an Wiki site. "What about setting up a wiki-style website and let us supply and choose our translations" It is a fantastic idea. I...
So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro Oct 19, 2004
Remember the English Instructions in Yantai? I saw some worse case, in Shanghai. If the Yantai is not a very big city so the mistakes of the English translation...
Happy Birthday to Me Oct 18, 2004
Happy Birthday to myself. It is my 27th birthday. I searched my old entries and saw this is the third entry with title "Happy Birthday to Me" already. The...
My Map Has Errors - I Know Oct 17, 2004
I apologize to Mr. Peng who wrote to me to complain that there is an error on my Shanghai Map. He searched for Zhong Shan South Road II and...
Google Desktop Oct 16, 2004
Wang Hao told me about the Google Desktop and recommend it to me before our trip to Yang Cheng Lake (my previous trip). I tried it today. After I...
Guangzhou Baiyun Airport is Beautiful Oct 15, 2004
Picture report again - the new Guangzhou Baiyun Airport is beautiful. It moved to a new location and was just opened. The old Baiyun Airport was abondaned. © Jian...
Band Width Crisis Oct 14, 2004
I am experiencing bandwidth crisis. The 80G of bandwidth included in the IPowerWeb package is approaching to its limit. See the traffic increase in my previous months. Image in...
Happiness, Wealth and Long-Live Oct 13, 2004
I saw these three traditional Chinese statue at a lot of places in Guangzhou. They are called the Star of Happiness, Star of Wealth and Star of Long Life...
Inside Pudong Airport Maglev Train Oct 12, 2004
It is my first time to take a ride of the Maglev train. It is also the first time I was able to choose a flight that departs before...
Look into My Life Oct 11, 2004
I suddenly found I didn't take a look of my own life for quite some time when I read Wendy's new blog entry. It is a very nice summary....
Rush Hours in Metro Line #2 Oct 10, 2004
Oh. Check out the rush hour of Metro Line #2: Image in courtesy of Liuzhijian. I guess I have the permission to reproduce it here, isn't it Zhijian? More...
Bigger Font is a Failure Oct 9, 2004
Too tired today due to long MSN conversation chat. Just a small piece of note today. It seems the larger font I changed is not a positive move. I...
Where to Start an IT Company? Oct 8, 2004
A friend of mine asked me where to start an IT company, Beijing or Shanghai? I am thinking of going back to China to setup shop to develop business...
Long Vacation Ends Oct 7, 2004
End of Vacation October 7 is not as pleasant as October 1 for me. It is the last day of the long vacation. I finally spent all my seven...
Shanghai Metro Line #1 - Part III Oct 6, 2004
This is the third part of Shanghai Metro Line #1 (part I, part II) and is the last part. The People's Square 人民广场 map If you need to remember...
Edward's Photo Life Oct 5, 2004
Edward is my colleague a MCS. He is a serious photographer with powerful digital canon and extreme passion on equipments and taking pictures. I read his blog today and...
Shanghai is Cooling Down Oct 4, 2004
The temperature of Shanghai dropped by more than 10 °C these days and it becomes very cold at morning and night. The autumn comes to Shanghai. Wendy and I...
Ideas on Chiba in Japan? Oct 4, 2004
My friend is going to relocate to Chiba, Japan for a while. It is said the small port is near Tokyo. Does any body in Japan can help to...
Wayback Wangjianshuo's Blog Oct 2, 2004
I didn't remember I have blog interface like this onNov 25, 2002, and I have no idea about the first version of Wangjianshuo's blog like this: Sep 22, 2002....
National Holiday Begins Oct 1, 2004
This is the real time information broadcasting on National Holiday status in Shanghai, brought to you by Wangjianshuo. :-D I take the advantage to live in this city, which...