In China www.skype.com still redirects to skype.tom.com, the censored/filtered version of Skype. DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT

Beijing Apple Store did good: in 1 hr replaced my MacBook battery and keyboard for free under AppleCare. Took some negotiation

Interesting so many news outlets host their blogs on Typepad, meaning they're blocked in China.

Olympics spectator use of digital SLR cameras still vague. Hopefully < 300mm lenses allowed, which is standard. is.gd/1dG6

#gfwlist beijing2008.popphoto.com -> stateoftheart.typepad.co... BLOCKED

Beijing Olympic tickets: Picked mine up today, can definitely feel the embedded RFID tag/ anti-counterfeiting measures.

Using OpenStreetMaps.org for Beijing street map data for GPS/handheld. Really good stuff (though Chaoyang not all done)

Is it just me or is Google Lively getting zero buzz on the blogo/twittersphere?

#gfwlist www.iht.com FLAKY, due to img.iht.com -> p.mii.instacontent.net -> 61.213.173.114 apparently hung CDN web server

Beijing: Anyone see the helipad addition to the new Rem Koolhaas CCTV Building? Architectural blasphemy! Chinese saying: 畫蛇添足