Timely Snow

When it comes to headlines, you can’t do much better than this.

Similar to the Illinois favorite (perhaps apocryphal): “Oblong man marries Normal woman.”

Yesterday we went to the Barack Obama fundraiser in the Renaissance Center in Detroit. There were about 500 people there, I’d guess, so it was a pretty good haul of money for the companion. We’d never done anything like this before, and the same was true of nearly everyone with whom we spoke. I hadn’t [...]

Last Saturday we went to see the Prairie Home Companion show in Ann Arbor, in Hill Auditorium. We used to watch this in grad school days, when it was cheap and only broadcast in Minnesota. Now it’s a multimedia enterprise, but still a surprisingly good show.

Rules and practices for getting Chinese visas have gotten much more restrictive. Hopefully things will change post-Olympics, but not guarantee. Here’s a good article reviewing what seems to be the state of affairs.

Of course, it’s possible they’re just trying to make things as quirky and onerous for foreigners visiting China as they are for [...]

I didn’t know that that’s what this is called, but it’s something I need to know how to do.

Apparently done with Motion, which appears to be part of Final Cut Studio.

but at least a sign that Google Earth has now come to Ann Arbor:

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I thought this was very effective:

courtesy of Tim Johnson’s weblog, China Rises.

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This is pretty interesting. Watch it at the link above.
I’m sure there are many different reactions to this (there are some interesting comments at the site, albeit in Chinese), but here’s mine: It’s tough being a parent.

BBC - Radio 4 – Reith Lectures 2008: Chinese Vistas

This should be very interesting… I’ll update this page after I listen to it.

Here’s a really good 5-minute talk by Ira Glass the encapsulates some excellent advice.

Here’s the video: