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The $250,000 Wedding Proposal Was Fake

Well shiver me timbers! I woke up this morning and checked my morning newspaper to see an article posted in the Taiwan News talking about the marriage proposal on the side of the Taipei 101. It turns out that the proposal was fake, but the …

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 …

The Pre-COMPUTEX Stephen Fung DOT NET High Five

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Stephen Fung DOT NET High Five (formerly known as Speedlinking) where I locate five interesting posts and or blogs that you should…well…have a look at. Ricardo De Sousa wants to buy a car.  But not just any car.  He’s hoping …