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[21 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

I just wanted to show off my new toy! Doctor Who is one of my favorite sci-fi shows, and one of the things I love the most is that he never carries a weapon. Just a tool. He’s a problem solver, not a fighter. And his Sonic Screwdriver can do almost anything. But it can’t vape. Until now, that is!!!

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[18 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

I haven’t had time to post much more than quick replies on the forums, but I thought you might get a laugh out of my dinner tonight.

I really have no idea what it is. It looks like it had either wings or really skinny front legs, it tastes like pork, but that would be rather suspiciously long and skinny for either a bird or a pig.
Whatever it is, I ate a quarter of it.
And for the beer, Shenzhen Kingway Brewery:
Because when I want a fine beer, I look for …

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[15 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

I am feeling much better today, and went back at our manufacturer to oversee production. Unfortunately, that left me a bit too busy to do the post I had hoped to do today, with some factory pictures I took my first day here.
So, in the meantime I thought I’d share some of my impressions about life in China. Or, more properly, about life in Shajing Town, Shenzhen, since Shenzhen is a special region, and not really representative of the country as a whole.
FIrst off, you know those people …

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[13 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

Over in the new member’s section of E-Cigarette Forum there’s a thread about whether we e-cig users should be concerned that our e-liquid is manufactured in China. The original post is:
Is anyone concerned?
That all if not part of the juice we buy is manufactured in China? I went to a party last night and a few people asked me this question, which made me begin to wonder. None of the smokers at the party wanted to try my e-cigarette, they were all concerned about how it is manufactured …

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[12 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

Hey everybody!
Right now, I am posting from Shenzhen, China, where I have been for a little over a week now.
I had meant to make a habit of posting a kind of daily (or near-daily) diary of my experiences, but didn’t count on the Great Firewall, China’s notorious internet restrictions. Upon arriving, I found out I couldn’t upload photos to the forums, I couldn’t get to Youtube, I couldn’t even log on here, on my own Blog!! And, to make matters worse, when I looked for a proxy server or …