So got up this morning and was reading Slashdot with a cup of coffee and what do I read…. China Censoring Flickr
So as with most things related to the Chinese firewall you have to make sure it applies to you too and it does - I can get onto Flickr but cant see any images.
And I was going to update my photos this week too.
So I downloaded something with this strange new extension. Never heard of it before and nothing by default plays it (its a movie).
I have Quicktime, Real Player, DivX and a copy of Windows media player installed on my Mac - so I did what everyone does these days, stuck it into Google.
The first page that comes up that seems to make sense refers me to DivX - well it don’t work and I have version 6.
What does work is VLC - not too well mind you as if you want to jump time the picture breaks up but hey least I can watch it.
I have to admit I have heard of Trackbacks years ago - but until I started blogging more frequently I never understood it.
I looked up a definition of how it works and when to use it - this post from optiniche.com will fit the bill.
The Chinese government has decided to change the amount of foreign currency exchanged into RMB on a personal level from $50,000 per month to $50,000 per year!
Quite a change and this caused great questions for the business that need to be answered - general taxpayer or warehouse in Hong Kong!?!
The change to come into effect Feb 1, 2007!
Well I did it and took the plunge - I bought an Apple MacBook Pro. Lets just say that I read nearly every review under the sun about it, and I waited my time for the dual core to be release by Intel assuming that Apple would make the switch.
I bought it in the UK with a three year warrantee and only the 2GB of RAM, I am going on the assumption that by the time I need the third gig that RAM prices will have dropped below what Apple were charging for it on their website.
I got my boss to bring it back to China with him after Christmas all I could think when I got it out was wow! I am addicted to OS X, its crazy good.
I Love it!
I know why Jobs made the switch to Intel - its to tempt people like me to buy an Apple without the worry that we can never use Windows XP, yer I know Microsoft but at the end of the day Microsoft products are the ones that I have to use all day long to run the companies servers and desktops.
Just starting to download Bootcamp - and with Vista and Office 2007 release just round the corner I think this is the perfect test platform.
Pics to follow!