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		<title>Google Chrome is here</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/09/03/google-chrome-is-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google today announced the release of their own browser which I have been using with not so many problems so far. Still it has some issues here and there:

It can&#8217;t open PDF (and maybe other) files. You have to save those to disk and then open in Adobe Reader
The only Java version which works with it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Nuri hits Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/08/22/typhoon-nuri-hits-hong-kong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Typhoon Nuri is here in Hong Kong today. It is still signal 9 hoisted, one lower the highest possible of 10. Winds are very strong out here and city is in lock-down mode. All offices, stock markets, shops and public transport is shut.
I just went downstairs of my building to take some pictures shown below. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing Olympics countdown</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/08/04/beijing-olympics-countdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Beijing Olympics countdown sign inside Central MTR (underground mass transit rail system) in Hong Kong.

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		<title>Translation FAILED!</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/08/04/translation-failed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who have been to China are used to bad Chinese to English translation of signs and menus (done usually online via tools like Babelfish) but this one is hilarious. 
The translation FAILED and it was printed as is! 
&#160; 
  
via: AdFreak
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		<title>Spam turns 30</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/05/03/spam-turns-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 04:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first ever spam message (the term &#8220;spam&#8221; was not coined back then) was sent 30 years ago on 3 May 1978, by Gary Thuerk, an employee of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), subsequently part of Compaq and now HP.In 1978, the ARPANET (the precursor to modern internet) already provided email access to many universities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Spiderman climbs Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/04/16/french-spiderman-climbs-four-seasons-hotel-in-hong-kong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[French Spiderman does it again in Hong Kong. He climbed the 45-story Four Seasons Hotel in Central Hong Kong yesterday to the shock of office workers at lunch time. He had climbed Cheung Kong Center in Hong Kong before already.
Here is the video of the climb.





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		<title>Sabina swims the shop&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/04/09/sabina-swims-the-shop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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This is what happens if you translate Chinese to English word-by-word by using a tool like Babelfish. Still, I have believed that Sabina swims the shop. Now I am wondering how do I swim my home?  
Picture taken by author at Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong.
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		<title>Oasis airlines closes down</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/04/09/oasis-airlines-closes-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Oasis Airlines, a Hong Kong based budget carrier announced today that it will cease operations effective immediately and apply for liquidation. The news came on the heels of huge losses in the wake of rising oil prices and operations out of one of world&#8217;s most expensive Hong Kong airport.
Unlike other budget airlines, Oasis operated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new computer virus attack?</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/04/08/a-new-computer-virus-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently a new computer virus / worm is being propagated with the following details. I just got a suspicious email with following details from a mail server in South Korea (58.143.38.157).
&#160;
Subject: RE: From Me
Body:  
With summer timeMore love in mindThink of your honeyMake her life funnyAttached zip file will tell you MORE!  
Attachment: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xiamen taxi bill</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2008/04/08/xiamen-taxi-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
		
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This is the picture of a China taxi meter which we took from Xiamen to Quan Zhou and back. The total bill on meter was about 900 RMB (120 US$) but I took picture of this pattern of 7s.
Rarely did I rode a taxi in my life with so high the bill.
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