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AlexBowman

  1. Dalian: Thick lightening and thunder overhead but not a drop of rain 5:43 AM May 7th via web
  2. @Chassit Dalian weather update: think February. Wind, rain, cold but not freezing. 10:27 AM Apr 24th via web
  3. @Chassit Welcome back. It is a little foggy. 7:31 AM Apr 24th via web in reply to Chassit
  4. Interesting and smart: A 'paste bin' where the server doesn't know any of the data, only the browser+URL knows: sebsauvage.net/paste/ Zerobin 8:48 AM Apr 12th via web
  5. @AdamMinter Staff in my office also decline the option of 2 22" monitors in favour of 1 18" because of radiation fears 11:18 PM Mar 15th via web in reply to AdamMinter
  6. @TMTanalyst Battle: Citi/BoA online /transactions hooking into Kindle/iPhone + payment network used. War: FB/G making a BitCoin @jasonhiner 5:53 AM Mar 12th via web in reply to TMTanalyst
  7. Good application of prospect theory, for anyone in Dalian that needs an interesting thesis topic. 11:34 PM Mar 9th via web
  8. Asymmetric payoff: Participating bottles unmarked, v. high % of 'participating' bottles 'winning', implied participation for all bottles. 11:29 PM Mar 9th via web
  9. Snow / Keller clever unmarked viral promotion: Small minority of beer crates have 50% of bottles with 'one extra' on cap underside. 11:26 PM Mar 9th via web
  10. @ednacz You are placed well up in the global top percentile of finding-onesself-in-a-bar-somewhere-in-the-world. Write a book. 11:08 PM Mar 9th via web in reply to ednacz
  11. Sickness. melancholy retrospect, to come; coughing up a swamp of goo, pressing. Warm home cooked chilli is of assistance. 3:20 AM Mar 7th via web
  12. @peterschloss Is it ability to handle, willingness to handle non-premium, or slower home connections / aggregate backbone? 5:52 AM Mar 5th via web in reply to peterschloss
  13. @devongwells By your latest blog post, are you in Japan? 7:05 AM Mar 1st via web
  14. Cooking: stew of pork, potato, carrot, onion. 6:04 AM Mar 1st via web
  15. Windy night in Dalian 7:03 AM Feb 22nd via web
  16. #dinner is potato, sugar snap pea w/ tumeric; chick pea spinach masala; rice 2:06 AM Feb 19th via web
  17. Micro-bludgeoning cost saving with able and driven people seems to result in the same action but booked in an alternative cost center. 8:11 AM Feb 16th via web
  18. Time for cooking lunch: fry fest of deep fried aubergine w/ mayonnaise, deep fried oysters on pepper garnish, pan fried scallops on spinach 9:18 PM Feb 11th via web