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Illegal baby part 1: The strange case of the sluggish passport

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 12:09 AM by will
Anyone within earshot will know that Imagethief welcomed his son, Zachary, into the world last March 9th. The nearly four months since have been one long sleepless adventure. Despite my fatigue induced delirium, however, the experience has been a happy Read More...
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And you thought the Air Force tanker deal was just about the billions of dollars

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:54 PM by will
Imagethief was interested to read in the New York Times today an article about the wrangling going on over the United States Air Force's new monster procurement deal for aerial refueling tankers, one of the biggest defense programs ever. A little back Read More...
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Plug for my brother's film: "Full Battle Rattle"

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:45 AM by will
My brother, Jesse Moss, is a documentary filmmaker who's major projects to date include films about a notorious con man , a demolition derby driver , and Republicans in Hollywood (all three available on DVD from Docurama, via Amazon). His latest film, Read More...
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Good PR for American tech firms providing quake help

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:08 AM by will
An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today on some things that American technology companies are doing in addition to donations to help out with quake relief. Google, Microsoft and IBM are all using their technology in various ways to help Read More...
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5/12, 9/11 and three minutes on Monday afternoon

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:19 AM by will
On Monday, May 12th, Imagethief was on the 27th floor of the Kerry Center for a meeting at 2:28PM. We all spent a couple of spooky minutes at the window watching Kerry and Fortune Plaza sway alarmingly, not knowing that it was just the faintest echo of Read More...
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Why do Americans like to hate on poor Jing Jing and Cha Cha?

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:46 PM by will
Another year, another congressional hearing at which American technology and Internet firms are taken to task for propping up the Golden Shield. This time it's Cisco taking it on the chin, thanks to the emergence of an internal presentation in which they Read More...
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Evildoers beware!

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 10:35 AM by will
From a report on attacks on the Green Zone in Baghdad. I remember this term being thrown about by the President earlier in the GWOT, but I hadn't seen it for a while: The violence is a continuation of hostilities between American and Iraqi troops and Read More...
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Uh oh...let's hope we don't see much more of this -- Updated

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:15 AM by will
Update : See Shanghaiist's update on this situation . Less serious than it first appeared, although not benign. A couple of years ago a good friend of Imagethief's was accosted on Gongti Beilu by a drunk Chinese man who was looking to pick a fight with Read More...
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Sina.com's anti-CNN banner

Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 6:19 AM by will
The interesting top banner from Sina's page dedicated to the perfidy of western media : Click on the image or the web page link above for the (large) full size version. The Chinese reads (as best I can translate it): Rise up! Angrily resist the demonization Read More...
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Message force multipliers: Third-party advocates and the Iraq war

Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:15 AM by will
If I work for Company A and I tell you that Company A's new product is the best thing ever you will probably discount the credibility of my statement. That is, if you are not three years old or terminally gullible. You'll do this because you'll correctly Read More...
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Jack Cafferty brews more trouble for CNN in China

Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:47 AM by will
CNN hasn't had a good go of things in China recently. Roundly pilloried for allegedly "biased" coverage of the riots in Tibet, they found themselves the subject of a popular website, " Anti-CNN ", and featured in a critical video that went viral in China Read More...
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The New York Times has free PR advice for China

Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:54 AM by will
Responding to recent reports that the Chinese government is seeking external counsel, they write : After facing major protests in London and Paris as the Olympic torch made stops on its journey to Beijing, the Chinese government is said to be looking Read More...
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Isn't there any news on?

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:43 PM by will
It's 6PM in the US. I've just run a cycle of the cable news channels in the US. Here is what was on: CNN (American domestic service): Larry King Live Headline News: Glenn Beck on "Girls Gone Wild" Fox News: Hannity and Colmes CNBC: Deal or No Deal I can Read More...
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Something to worry the Darfur activists

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:15 PM by will
Imagethief just dragged his weary self off of the eleven hour flight from Beijing to San Francisco, where he is spending a couple of hours before connecting on to San Diego. Having been following the what's been following around the Olympic Torch Relay Read More...
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Shouldn't China be the number one Internet nation on Earth by now?

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 5:06 AM by will
In January, CNNIC, the organization that administers the Chinese portion of the Internet, released its 21st Statistical Survery Report . This was a big deal because it included the startling fact that at the end of 2007 China had a whopping 210 million Read More...
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