See the full gallery on Posterous Came across these two Shanzai Convenience stores on opposing sides of a busy Nanhui intersection yesterday. I wonder which one dupes more customers? Both of these Japanese chains have huge presences in China; Lawson's has over 300 stores in Shanghai alone, and ...
The World According to Americans
via ritholtz.com Although hopefully an overstated generalization, this cartoon map sums up many of the flawed and uneducated perspectives of (at least some) Americans. Put together, they do not create a very attractive picture of our country of our people, do they? If you are American, please ...
China vs the US: Objects In Rear View Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
via insidefutures.com This staggering infographic illustrates on several axes the tremendous shift in global power between China and the US. The trade imbalance and Forex reserves alone are enough to give any US taxpayer or holder of American dollars significant trepidation. How can we maintain a ...
A Year In The Life Of A Container: Lessons Learned as the Box Returns
via news.bbc.co.uk This interesting project sponsored by BBC News branded a normal 40ft shipping container (outfitted with GPS transmitter) and followed it's travels around the world for a year. Now back in the UK after more than a year, the detailed stories and informative 90 second videos give a ...
AGY Shanghai Customer Open Day
IN A NUTSHELL: AGY held a Global Customer Open Day for its AGY Shanghai Technology Company on 09/01/09. On September 1, 2009, I turned 47 years old. Not a particularly relevant milestone, other than I have realized that statistically I am probably past the midpoint of my stay on this planet. ...
The Longest Way 1.0 – one year / 4646km time lapse walk through China
via vimeo.com This guy's story is amazing, and his time lapse video does a great job of cataloging his journey and facial hair development. Please visit Chris Rehage's site thelongestway.com. Very inspiring. Posted via web from jeffreyjdavis's posterous ...
Keeping It Real In ShiPu
IN A NUTSHELL: A day's walk through the ancient coastal fishing village of ShiPu impressed me with the simple lifestyle and generous, friendly personalities of the local people. I spent last weekend sightseeing with a friend in Shipu, an old fishing village in Xiangshan county. This was less ...
Visualizing The Globally Exploding Internet
There's a great piece in New Scientist depicting the explosion in the internet and bandwidth deployment. Update: a new infographic from the perennially GOOD blog, focuses on the growth in undersea cable and the relative speed and cost. When you look at the amount of sub-oceanic bandwidth ...