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Diving with the whaleshark at Dalian's Tiger Beach

Posted Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:12 PM by will
Dive nerds: This weekend I went with Steven Schwankert of Sinoscuba to dive in the whaleshark tank at Dalian's Tiger Beach Marine Park. Here's a little video of the weekend's fun. It was shot on an iPhone (I didn't really plan on making a video), so please Read More...
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Comparing surfing habits in the US and China and other worthwhile weekend reading

Posted Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:49 AM by will
A few things spotted over the weekend and worth sharing. Comparing Chinese and US surfing habits Silicon Alley Insider uses Pew and CNNIC data to build a chart showing the differences between the surfing habits of Americans and Chinese . No huge surprises Read More...
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Down the quarantine rabbit hole in Shanghai

Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:44 AM by will
A funny story from an AP journalist who, along with his wife, was quarantined in China for seven days after a two-hour stopover in Cancun: The Mexican stamps in our passports — my wife is Chilean, I'm American — are enough for authorities to pull us out Read More...
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2008 best-of-Imagethief and statistics

Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:01 AM by will
First, Imagethief feels he owes his readers an apology. Anyone who has been with me for longer than a few months will have noticed that the last third of 2008 yielded a sparse crop of posts. For this I blame a very heavy workload and an increasingly demanding Read More...
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Cool: Visualizing 24 hours of global commercial air traffic in 72 seconds

Posted Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:59 AM by will
Something totally random but very cool from Wired's Autopia blog : A bit off-topic for me, but timely since I'll be spending most of tomorrow on one of those little, yellow dots going across the Pacific. Via the excellent Mr. David Churbuck . Read More...
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It's only a little explosive

Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:51 PM by will
The slightly alarming note waiting for me on the desk of my Shanghai hotel room two days ago: Dear Guest: There will be an underground blasting operation undertaking between 23:00pm-23:30pm on 3rd November. 2008, 23:00pm-23:30pm on 5th Nov. 2008, 30M Read More...
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At last, embedded video in Imagethief

Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 10:29 PM by will
As a video hobbyist it has always rankled me a bit that my blog engine didn't allow me to embed streaming videos into posts. Finally, after tireless Googling and some nerve-wracking edits to the blog engine and script configuration files that problem Read More...
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Video--Imagethief and the top-secret dam of Panjiakou: A Great Wall diving adventure

Posted Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:53 PM by will
Regular readers will recall that Imagethief recently accompanied Steven Schwankert of Sinoscuba to dive a section of the Great Wall that lies underwater in a reservoir at Panjiakou, near Tangshan. A prior blog post about that trip is here . We had an Read More...
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I am the guy that everybody in line hates, plus the decline of America's airlines

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:32 AM by will
Imagethief has been leading a glamorous life of international travel this week. If you've never done it, you should know that by-and-large it sucks. Last week I flew to the US for a series of media training sessions with a client. They generously sprang Read More...
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Yet more of the AP Great Wall dive trip video

Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:34 AM by will
The Denver CBS affiliate has more of the AP video of our trip to dive the Great Wall on Sunday. This clip includes two brief segments of me in full cold-water regalia talking about the experience. Somehow I appear to have upstaged Steven, who actually Read More...
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Some video from our weekend dive on the Great Wall

Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 11:57 PM by will
Along with Sinoscuba impresario Steven "Commando" Schwankert, Imagethief hauled himself and approximately four tons of gear out to Xifenghu on Sunday to dive a sunken section of Great Wall. Xifenghu is a reservoir near Tangshan. It takes about three and Read More...
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Everything you need to know about the Chinese visa situation?

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 8:07 AM by will
China mavens will know that China has tightened up its visa issuance regulations significantly in recent weeks. There has been much piecemeal reporting on this, but it has been hard to find good, comprehensive information on the situation. While several Read More...
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Wrenching change ahead for China's air travelers

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:13 AM by will
This advisory was just sent to us by CITS, the local travel service: 民航总局严格手提行李规定 New Regulation of Carry-on Luggage 根据中国民航总局的规定，５月１日开始，在国内航班上持头等舱客票的旅客，每人可随身携带两件物品；持公务舱或经济舱客票的旅，每人只能随身携带1件物品。每件物品的体积均不得超过20×40×55厘米，上述两项总重量均不得超过5公斤。 According to CAAC , new Read More...
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Terminal 3 again: You can't park that 747 here, buddy

Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:31 AM by will
Regular readers will know that Imagethief made his first departure from Beijing's spanking, new Terminal 3 last week. Well, close on the heels of the first departure must come the first arrival, which I made on Sunday afternoon. On the whole it was OK, Read More...
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Imagethief does Beijing's new Terminal 3

Posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:33 PM by will
Imagethief put the “ass” in “business class” last night, when he had the rare privilege of being able to sit at the front of the 747. While I’ve had the very occasional business class intra-Asian flight, this was only my second business class trans-Pacific Read More...
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