The $250,000 Wedding Proposal…

The Taipei 101 is the World’s Tallest Building.  As a result, it would make one fantastic billboard. Well, it looks like the Taipei 101 management agree and for $250,000 US, they will run your message in lights at the top of the World’s Tallest Building 

The Night Before COMPUTEX 2007…

With the bang of a gong, literally, COMPUTEX has officially began!  Unfortunately, I’m not too keen on the gong thing.  I mean, isn’t running a gong show a bad thing? Chalk that one up to cultural differences. After sitting through the launch event, we quickly 

Doing Touristy Stuff In Taiwan

After checking in to our hotels and getting our gear stowed away, it was time to explore the city. Walking out of the air conditioned confines of the hotel was like jumping from a walk in refridgerator directly into a sauna. Man is it humid 

Free Stuff Already?

I checked in to my room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel now known as the City Crown Hotel here in Taipei.  It looks like the folks at COMPUTEX wanted to get the free stuff rolling right away.  They hooked me up with a cool neoprene 

A Few Miles Above the Ocean…

…two Vancouver bloggers are flying to Taipei, Taiwan! Greetings from above the planet! John and I are having a great time aboard our EVA Airlines 747 sitting in Evergreen Class in our little Evergreen Class Slippers and enjoying our personal TVs and the additional six 

Taiwan Here I Come!

Well, I’m all packed and ready to head off to Taiwan.  I’ve learned a few things from last year’s trip that has allowed me to cart along significantly less stuff which should allow me more room to smuggle more “Free Stuff” home.  Huge trade shows like COMPUTEX