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• Another reason to use Apple (well, not really …): “Apple May Be Exempt From China’s Web Filter Mandate” (PCWorld) http://ow.ly/gquW #
• “Apple will still pre-install the program … if a Mac version comes out”. Linux looks like the 100% obvious choice for Chinese users! #
• I like that! RT @loopyginee: … an old saying: Don’t pee on my leg & then try to convince me it’s raining. #
• @slartibartfs Which is probably why the authorities can’t be bothered to close this loophole. They don’t even block http://torproject.org ! in reply to slartibartfs #
• @slartibartfs Laugh or cry? “Chinese Buys a MacBook Pro. Why? To Run Windows XP.” http://bit.ly/HYcG4 in reply to slartibartfs #

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• Another reason to use Apple (well, not really …): “Apple May Be Exempt From China’s Web Filter Mandate” (PCWorld) http://ow.ly/gquW #
• “Apple will still pre-install the program … if a Mac version comes out”. Linux looks like the 100% obvious choice for Chinese users! #
• I like that! RT @loopyginee: … an old saying: Don’t pee on my leg & then try to convince me it’s raining. #
• @slartibartfs Which is probably why the authorities can’t be bothered to close this loophole. They don’t even block http://torproject.org ! in reply to slartibartfs #
• @slartibartfs Laugh or cry? “Chinese Buys a MacBook Pro. Why? To Run Windows XP.” http://bit.ly/HYcG4 in reply to slartibartfs #

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• B suspects the spellchecker doesn’t work, tries this and that to fix it, then finds that her text simply doesn’t contain any typos. #
• @binnyva When I was 17, I saw a guy with a portable CD player. He was a millionaire’s son. in reply to binnyva #
• What a story: Shi Pei Pu, Singer, Spy and ‘M. Butterfly,’ Dies at 70 (New York Times) http://bit.ly/vpjbV #

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• This morning, the house next door, beyond the banana grove: http://twitpic.com/8wy5u #
• This morning, our house: http://twitpic.com/8wyag #
• This morning, at the beach: http://twitpic.com/8wyfb #
• http://twitpic.com/8×4ko #
• @binnyva Adding the same chilli to soldiers’ food is a nice touch! in reply to binnyva #
• Can anything implode “undramatically”? I wonder … #
• “everything is wonderful & getting more wonderful all the time, everybody is just happy”: China’s never-ending infomercial. http://bit … #
• New MacBook feature: http://bit.ly/Iqpr6 #
• No Green Dam for now. Maybe later? New York Times: http://bit.ly/FAAVr #
• Cool self-referential poll http://twitpic.com/8xfzu #
• “The roaming-rip off is now coming to an end”. Only within the EU, though. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8127865.stm #
• Priced to Sell: Is free the future? by Malcolm Gladwell (New Yorker review of “Free”, by Chris Anderson) http://bit.ly/DLWG6 #

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• “I strongly believe that the needs of the aid recipients should be paramount” (Good Intentions … blog) http://bit.ly/C0xpo #
• RT @dambisamoyo: RT @whiteafrican: Google Trader launches, matches buyers & sellers of products In Uganda via SMS http://bit.ly/cgwPQ #
• @apesphere Friedman on Social Responsibility: http://bit.ly/GF39J #csr in reply to apesphere #
• Very nice. @binnyva Hehe RT @cyriacthomas: 1X1X1 rubik’s cube solution: http://tinyurl.com/9as5cx #
• RT @binnyva WordPress Configuration Tricks - http://tr.im/qhjw #
• Evening at the beach, Lamma Island, Hong Kong (1) http://twitpic.com/8uc85 #
• Evening at the beach, Lamma Island, Hong Kong (2) http://twitpic.com/8uc9a #
• Evening at the beach, Lamma Island, Hong Kong (3) http://twitpic.com/8uca0 #
• The one and only Pirate Princess! One-eyed darling of the family … http://twitpic.com/8ucc9 #
• OK now? <grumble> Evening at the beach, Lamma Island, Hong Kong (2) http://twitpic.com/8uecg #

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• RT @binnyva: RT @Uberschizo: Try out gnome do, its free and awesome like firefox, air and my blog. http://is.gd/1dgNO and http://tr.im/pKp5 #

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• RT dominikmayer RT @TechCrunch Censorship 2.0: China Blocks Google Search, Apps, Gmail, And More http://bit.ly/ufreD #

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• We gave a capacity building class on ‘media and publicity in China and elsewhere’ yesterday. Another session today…. http://ff.im/4pKuF #
• I think Skype voicemail is a pain in the neck. Trying to kill it *now*. http://ff.im/4pNtY #
• Wow. This is *so* bad! http://bit.ly/3wYrt
  http://ff.im/4pQXs #
• “a kind of impatience we can be proud of”… http://ff.im/4pXoH #

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• RT @bill_easterly @dambisamoyo More balanced than usual discussion of Moyo: http://bit.ly/B1stf #
• How to determine if an aid project is a good idea http://bit.ly/coVqo #
• “The comparisons with China are … a little worrying.” Highly interesting predictions from Michael Pettis: http://bit.ly/hSmiX #

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• Trying out hunch.com Seems really stupid to me. #

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