Posted by Ben Reubenstein Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:10:00 GMT
Today we attended the Global Sourcing Fair and the Stanly Market. Here are some pictures:
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:15:00 GMT
Today we flew to Hong Kong. The contrast between Beijing and Hong Kong is amazing. Hong Kong is the Asian New York, absolutely amazing. There are also a lot of touches from the UK, and we had dinner in a classic pub. Here are some pictures from the day:
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:34:00 GMT
Today we took a guided tour to the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall of China. To answer some questions from yesterday, no Johnny I was not playing pocket pool and if you look at the picture my hand is behind my back thank you very much. As far as the time change, we are 14 hours ahead of Mountain Standard Time, so right now it is 8:40 PM on Wed. night, and in Denver it is 6:40 AM Wed. Morning. The weather is a lot like Colorado, however the air sucks! The smog is horrible, but with 15 million people in the city, that is not that big of a surprise.
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:55:00 GMT
Today we walked around the city and had a great time. We went to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution. We had an excellent lunch of Peking Duck, cashew chicken, and pork over celery. Danielle captured a ton of pictures, here is a sampling.
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:39:00 GMT
Alright, it is 7:36 PM on Monday night and we have made it to Beijing. Absolutely amazing city. I am working on the hotel's Red Flag Linux computer, and though it did recognize and view the contents of our camera, editing was a challenge with some of the text in Mandarin. So no pictures yet, but to all those out there reading along, we have arrived.Posted by Ben Reubenstein Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:09:00 GMT
So I am off to China tomorrow. I am finishing up with some emails and trying to catch up on all my feeds. 37 Signals has a blog and pointed out one of the most creative and amusing websites I have ever seen. Be sure to click here and take a look.Posted by Ben Reubenstein Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:38:00 GMT
Earlier this morning I was involved in a car accident. I was headed on I-70 to Colorado Blvd. I looked over to change lanes, started changing, when the truck in front of me slowed down. I ran right into the mechanical lift on the back. The metal bar ripped through the car's hood and engine up to the dashboard cracking the windshield, I was on the brakes, but was stuck to the truck, so I was dragged behind it for about 50 Feet (Fireman's estimate). In order to get the car free, the truck had to back up, and then push the hood down to pull forward. It hit the car too high to let the airbags go off.
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:27:00 GMT
The Rock Star Games site has been counting down to the trailer of GTA IV for a long time, so today when the counter hit 0 I was waiting to watch it. Unfortunately the site instantly stalled due to the high load. I was able to pull the source code from the page, even though the flash did not load, and thought this snippet was cute:
var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);
if(hasRightVersion) { // if we've detected an acceptable version
theDudeAbides();
} else { // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
var alternateContent = ''
+ 'The Rockstar Games Presents Grand Theft Auto IV website requires the Macromedia Flash Player 8.'
+ 'Get Flash';
document.write(alternateContent); // insert non-flash content
}
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:52:00 GMT
Posted by Ben Reubenstein Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:06:00 GMT
Tonight my Xserve went down at the co-lo. Upon arrival and reboot, I found that 10.4.9 has been released. Software Update for your copy of that update and iPhoto 6.0.6.
