Jack Yan on Vox Vox 2008-05-11T11:27:11Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252293c4604a/tags/technology/ NOW IN COLOUR Leadership comes from the grass roots, not institutions 80 tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf652230002 2008-05-09T11:17:21Z 2008-05-11T11:27:11Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom [Cross-posted] Sometimes I surprise myself on what comes up in blog comments. In a thread about the Iraq war and the short memories of nations over on Vox, I wrote the following. And as I wrote, I believed this to be a possible truth. To go forth...

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]]> A viewer’s Alias lament 60 tag:vox.com,2008-02-04:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398d973b10005 2008-02-04T22:57:54Z 2008-02-05T12:28:47Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Why is it that when I watch Alias in New Zealand on TV2, Jennifer Garner and the rest of the cast are really, really fat? I am serious. The programme airs with the wrong proportions for the TV screen almost every week, for between, say, 10 s...

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]]> Richardson case like Terri Schiavo’s; meanwhile, Canadian doctors want to euthanase elderly man 80 tag:vox.com,2008-02-02:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398d8ae400002 2008-02-02T22:43:31Z 2008-02-05T22:12:23Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I have been reading about Terri Schiavo again after learning of two new cases on the Jus Me Again blog. I was against the removal of Terri’s feeding tube. I’ll come right out and say that now. However, I did not believe Michael Schiavo should ...

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]]> QotD: where to shop online 60 tag:vox.com,2007-12-10:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398c6428b0004 2007-12-10T01:11:13Z 2007-12-10T03:25:05Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Which are your favourite sites for shopping online? One word: Amazon. Since 1996 I have been happily shopping there and the way the website checkout is structured has become a de facto shopping model.

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]]> Random pics from Taiwan 80 tag:vox.com,2007-11-23:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398c05eff0003 2007-11-23T10:09:22Z 2007-11-24T03:31:04Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Jiji freak show Taichung at night Kiss my ass furniture store Giant wiener guarding display Love jade uncle Top of 101 from outside deck 1 KMT soldier Computer markets in Taipei 2

These are some photos from Taiwan, some taken for a friend to whom I promised I would send oddball pics. Let’s begin: Jiji is the end of the line if you’re heading south from Taipei, and this is the local freak show. There is a Gremlin (not AMC...

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]]> Honda pledges to build hydrogen fuel-cell car by ’08 60 tag:vox.com,2007-10-28:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398b757330001 2007-10-28T05:23:30Z 2007-10-28T21:32:16Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom [Cross-posted] Honda’s Takeo Fukui has said that he will put the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell car on the market by next year, with a sticker price of around £50,000. The car emits water vapour as its “exhaust”. This is fabulous thinking: ...

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]]> Pimpin’ tag:vox.com,2007-09-15:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398a8e2570002 2007-09-15T22:08:38Z 2007-09-15T22:08:38Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I found an excellent New Zealand blog today: En Avant, by Jim Donovan. I like the quality of what the guy is discussing, plus he’s in Wellington, which is a huge surprise, since I thought I frequented all the great local blogs. I thought wrong. It...

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