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Continue reading →: Small Business Server CAL
I’ve had the rare opportunity to actually buy something based on a pricing scheme I was part of creating. In this case, we use Microsoft Small Business Server at “Qiming”:http://qimingventures.com and now we’ve run out of users. We got the software from the Microsoft Company Store, but it only supports…
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Continue reading →: Bicycle Shops
Shanghai actually has a reasonable number of high end shops. There is the Trek store near Thumb Plaza and there is also “Bicycleshop.cn”:http://bicycleshop.cn. The prices are the same as the U.S. it looks like at least from the site. They have two locations one is in Pudong. The new shop…
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Continue reading →: W.W. Chan Tailor
On the other hand, suits are much cheaper in China than in Hong Kong. “W.W. Chan”:http://www.wwchan.com/ is in the “Jin Mao Shopping Mall”:http://www.jinmao88.com/en/shopping/item/2004_02/793.shtml. They actually have three locations in Shanghai. You can get the finest Italian material and get it made essentially anyway that you want. A really high end…
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Continue reading →: Watch Shopping in China
According to Roland, if you want a fancy watch, you should go to Hong Kong. There is a 30% luxury import tax in China, so it makes more sense to go to Hong Kong.
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Continue reading →: Trek in China
While driving from the dinner, I saw a “Trek”:http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2005/10/13/build/business/54-trek.inc store in China. Apparently late in 2005, they opened a store. Giant (the big Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer is here as well, but only sell low end bicycles), but Trek is going to seel more. Other interesting tidbits are that Trek itself…
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Continue reading →: Click Fraud
“Click fraud”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/21/AR2006102100936.html?nav=rss_print sounds like an amazing scam. Make $300 a year by clicking on various links. Sign me up!
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Continue reading →: PHP Editors
We’ve had a bunch of build problems with “Qiming Ventures”:http://qimingventures.com, so back to looking at PHP and MovableType scripts. Here are some resources: * “PHP Editors”:http://www.php-editors.com/. If you can believe it there is an entire website devoted just to PHP editing. They even include a “reviews”:http://www.php-editors.com/review/?PHPSESSID=bf704693acaebde588a17ab47e89cc2c section where the best…
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Continue reading →: No. 50 Moganshan Rd
“No. 50 Moganshan Rd”:http://com.miami.edu/china/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1153121941&archive=&start_from=&ucat=6& ?????50? not dry mountain? is a renovated power plant that has some amazing art and sculpture that is at the cutting edge of art in China. It is mainly post-modern stuff and really interesting. The artists live in their galleries, you can see the little day…





