The official post for April 2010
April 11, 2010 – 1:47 pmMy Dear Readers,
I didn’t write that much during the last few weeks. The most important reason for this is the sunshine. It’s springtime and I was outdoors very often. It’s gotten really warm here and staying indoors isso painful at the moment. Spring feelings 
Grilling meat, hiking in the mountains and helping my parents in the garden. The rest of my time at the computer I used for working a little bit on my Bachelor thesis. I pretty much missed out what’s going on in the internet recently and I also didn’t write anything here for a few weeks. So you better hope for some rainy, cold, chilly weather and I shall return to the keyboard. To avoid you gettin’ bored, here a few reading recommendations:
Reading recommendation 1: Silicon Hutong
I discovered a new blog called Silicon Huton, written by David Wolf, an “Corporate Communications and marketing strategist living and working in Beijing since 1995″. It’s new for me as I discovered it like two weeks ago, but in fact this guy has been writing for a long time already. He writes about economics in China, but it is in a way that is very connected to the everyday world. Apart from that his text is very readable. Want to read more? Then click this link now.
Reading recommendation 2: Ride2Freedom
Ride2Freedom is written by my reader Anthony and he writes about his ride on a bike through China. His focus point is rural China and connecting to the people. He writes about how he organizes his ride through China (that part is not so interesting for me), but he also posts outstanding pictures of rural China. The pictures alone are worth a visit. He also writes about problems in the society, with a focus on the rural areas. This blog is new, but new posts appear regularly. If you want to see some interesting countryside pictures of China, then click this link now.
Reading recommendation 3: The Chinese Reading World
Before anyone complains that I only link to English materials, here is something in Chinese. The Chinese Reading World has a insane collection of reading materials written in simplified Chinese for beginners, intermediate learners and advanced learners of Chinese. Each text is also accompanied with an interactive online test to help memorizing new words. Need to read a lot of text in Chinese? Then click this link now.
Finally…
I hope I have more desire to write here soon. Be assured, this blog has not ended yet. Just don’t expect to many posts in the coming weeks.
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15 Responses to “The official post for April 2010”
Wow, it’s so nice if you can afford enjoying the sunshine… this term, we have to write 3 papers and one of them is particularly important (6 credit points…) I have to hand it over Wednesday, but I’ve only written half so far and I feel like I’ve spent 30 hours on it already but can’t really achieve anything. My self-discipline really sucks, that’s my biggest weakness, haha.
What do you write your bachelor thesis about?
By Aremonus on Apr 12, 2010
I can’t afford it really, but I just take the time, because my living time is limited. It just would be painful to not BBQ in spring 2010
I just checked the credits for my Bachelor thesis…. 12 credits + 3 credits for final presentation (colloquium). WTF, that’s like nothing for 4 months of work.
By Hendrik on Apr 13, 2010
Yet it’d be still enough to make you fail a whole year if you don’t do it. The main point is that in the end, it’s only a mark – nothing that helps anyone having a better life in the future. I feel annoyed by my paper when I think of that nobody is ever going to read it again after I’ve finished and the teacher corrected it, including me^^
By Aremonus on Apr 13, 2010
Too bad for you. My bachelor thesis will be used as part of a product
Can’t say to much as it is confidential, according to my contract. Maybe I can say it involves BlackBerrysoftware.
By Hendrik on Apr 14, 2010
Now that’s what I call a strong motivation – and a big plus for computer science students. Anyway, I got my paper done and now I’m free – some kind of, at least. Anyway, in my spare time, I go to work as a network administrator and programmer xD
Won’t a bachelor thesis be published and owned by the university after u’ve finished it?
By Aremonus on Apr 15, 2010
Well that’s your advantage. Only writing words. I have to program something first and then compare it to some other existing thing and then write about it.
If it only involved writing, then I would be done very quickly, because during the last 24 months I really learned how to write text.
By Hendrik on Apr 15, 2010
Usually I’m quite fast too, like 7000 letter / hour, but that paper was painful; I had to gather information slowly together out of 40 science and law books and numerous other sources, so that I could only do like 1000 letters / hour (and also compare to existiing researches -.-). Programming is slower, but it’s certainly more fun – but I guess you had to deal with several assignments that were just as annoying as mine before. I remember, when I was studying computer science, we once had to write a paper about WEP cracking – that was also quite bothering (although that uni didn’t ask for APA and such stuff).
How long will your programm be in the end? I guess if you programm for blackberry, it must be more than just 1000 lines
By Aremonus on Apr 16, 2010
Let’s make a contest whose task is more boring
Luckily I can use a proprietary framework that already handles the majority of the user side of the program. So I only have to write the algorithms in the background.
I never measured how fast I can write, but I’m absolutely sure I improved since I started this blog some years ago. I have a much easier time now finding the right words for what I want to say. And also I learned how to compose a text that makes sense to a reader. Just look back to some of my oldest posts. They are a pain to read sometimes.
By Hendrik on Apr 18, 2010
I like silicon hutong too. I majored in Economics in college so I enjoy the analysis, but the writing is good enough that non specialists can access the content. Another good economics blog is “China Financial Markets” by Michael Pettis. http://mpettis.com/
Popup Chinese has a new Current Events podcast out called Sinica. It’s hosted by Kaiser Kuo, and has really knowledgeable guests on. http://popupchinese.com/lessons/sinica
Unfortunately, personal grills aren’t that popular in China. Fortunately 羊肉串 is!
By Anhony on Apr 19, 2010
I like Kaiser Kuo, he has great knowledge about many things. However at times I’d prefer it if he would a little bit more sharp about things. I guess he’s trying to be friends with everyone.
By Hendrik on Apr 20, 2010
Just waiting for the official post for MAY…
By justrecently on May 18, 2010
Yea, me too! Hope I can still read it before I fly to China next wednesday – in China I’ll be too busy eating to go online and read blogs
By Aremonus on May 20, 2010
I’m also waiting for the words of Junjie in May
Okay, I’ll put a post-it at my desk to write something this weekend.
By Hendrik on May 21, 2010
乖，很乖。
By Aremonus on May 22, 2010
The post has defined so many things which has to known. If you want to stay in China so learn Chinese quickly as quick as possible.
By Study Chinese in China on Dec 23, 2010