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Google war stories
... so I am visiting a couple of good friends at Google. Sampling the food, so to say. We are trying to select a least crowded table in their mecca-of-a-cafeteria. Finally we end up at a table with five other people, when I notice that one of them is Udi_Manber, who until recently was a CEO of Amazon's A9 before being hired by Google a couple of ( Read more... ) -
China - Signs
It might come as a surprise, but even at such touristy places as museums and observation decks, one sees absurdist translations of some Chinese phrase word for word into English. Some are translations of "Ispolkom" type terms, and some have unknown origins. Enjoy The Chinese Sign Collection:
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China: Water Village
Ancient Chinese water village Zhouzhuang has become a toursit attraction fairly recently, after a famous Chinese artist made a painting of one of its charming stone bridges. Now it is full of Chinese style gondolas, complete with romantic singers. Main canal has a row of small restaurants that provide you with a fishing poll, so you can catch ( Read more... )
