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Old New Paint - This is from 2013, but I haven't been on this street in awhile. Hope you are all well.
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Ma the Bumbler：馬英九是笨蛋、笨拙、憨慢的三聲無奈 - 且說第一天在yahoo看到媒體翻成笨蛋，我就覺得頗好笑，想說晚一些其它媒體應該有更好的翻譯吧。 結果這麼一路下來，全台媒體都把bumbler翻成笨蛋或笨拙，直到經濟學人還得出馬點出bumbler不是笨蛋的意思。 bumbler的解釋是：Someone who makes mistakes because of...
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Thank you - This is my last post for the Bad Astronomy Blog on Discover Magazine. As of today – Monday, November 12, 2012 – the blog has a new home at Slate magazine...4 years ago
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Today audio archive 2012/2013 - Running orders and audio from previous editions of the Today programme.4 years ago
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Huben Epitaph - Hushan's Yucing valley before it was dug out to make way for the highly controversial Hushan Dam. Yucing valley when the earth-movers got busy. Pleasantrie...
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Yushan Ventures cordially invites you to join us for Startup Labs Taiwan Demo Day on March 2nd, hosted by Google Taiwan at their Taipei 101 headquarters. Speakers: Yen-Shiang Shih, Minister for Economic Affairs (ROC) Lee-Feng Chien, Managing Director of G - Yushan Ventures cordially invites you to join us for Startup Labs Taiwan Demo Day on March 2nd, hosted by Google Taiwan at their Taipei 101 headquarters. ...5 years ago
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ST Probiotic Series - Manna Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Livestock technology products Introduction Company’s development and current status Manna Biotechnology has been in existence...5 years ago
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The Cutting Room Floor on Redline Theatre - Ever wonder what I would sound like as a 70s exploitation film director? Well, this is your lucky day! The guys at Redline Theatre have put together one fa...5 years ago
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Book Review: Hop on Pop - Whereas previously I had believed this book to be a work of fiction, I now have reason to believe it is rooted in the personal experience of the author. ...
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Great Expectations - Nina Robinson looks at the incidence of poverty in Hackney and how this is reflected in the lives of residents.6 years ago
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Factories in China move inland - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-19/china-s-factories-turn-to-yangtze-river-to-escape-coastal-wage-inflation.html Mainly looking for cheaper labor. I s...6 years ago
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We've moved! - Our blog is now located at radio.seti.org/blog. Come visit, update your bookmarks, leave comments, listen to audio, and read the occasional companion piece...6 years ago
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WE ARE MOVING - Blogger.com is ending support for self-hosted blogs. This stinks, but it does give me an excuse to update the whole site, building instead on the more powe...7 years ago
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112609 - 黃鸝 - Set:http://www.flickr.com/photos/m106537/sets/72157622754698981/ [image: IMG_4519] [image: IMG_4518] [image: IMG_4513] [image: IMG_4533] 附上兩段一起錄到的聲音! http...
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Farewell Shan Ding Lu - After two good years at Shanding Lu our time in Taiwan is now over. Our children are now more Taiwanese than Australian, my Perth work office have mostly f...8 years ago
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Let The Sunshine In - This is an outstanding video podcast of my favorite singer, Mike Doughty. He, along with his band, is playing live in/at a radio station. The first and the...8 years ago
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Construction Underway - Blog and template construction tonight. Kasparov in New York photos.8 years ago
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蘭嶼‧來自牛小強的瘋言風嶼 - 以下文章，來自蘭嶼牛小強在颱風夜裡的實況感受，簡直把我逗得樂翻啦~~ __________________________________________________ 歹～風來的時候，在蘭嶼不能： * 跳港 （廢話！） * 逆風撒尿 （會被吹回身上） * 在海邊吃雞排 （原來雞也會飛） * 浮潛 （會變衝...8 years ago
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Formosa Birding - 黃金港埠 - Enkhuizen, the Netherlands - Formosa Birding - 黃金港埠 - Enkhuizen, the Netherlands: "口藍黃相間的美麗景緻, 這年頭整"9 years ago
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