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BenRoss

  1. My roommate @AgaOsak is now on Twitter. You all should follow her because she's awesome. 10:35 PM Apr 20th via web
  2. Just posted a review on Historian Huping Ling's new book "Chinese Chicago." benross.net/wordpress/chin… 10:06 AM Mar 17th via web
  3. Well hello, Twitter. It's been a while. 8:08 PM Mar 11th via web
  4. finished up the last of the photo essays from 2011 Europe Trip (Paris). Everything is now up and available here: benross.net/wordpress/euro… 2:50 PM Jan 28th via web
  5. Photo Essay on Leuven, Belgium now up. tinyurl.com/778srbc 6:20 AM Jan 14th via web
  6. It's always amusing to see Chinese instructional materials without tone marks. That's like making an English textbook without vowels. 6:31 PM Dec 29th, 2011 via web
  7. Eurotrip photo essay #12: Ghent benross.net/wordpress/euro… 10:45 AM Dec 29th, 2011 via web
  8. Chicago early on Christmas morning: A virtual ghost town youtube.com/watch?v=lHzleh… 8:39 AM Dec 29th, 2011 via web
  9. Brussels photo essay now up on the bloggg tinyurl.com/87ebyof 2:03 PM Nov 26th, 2011 via web
  10. Utrecht, Holland was the dark horse of the Europe trip. Like a mini-Amsterdam but w/o tourists. Photo essay now up: tinyurl.com/7ya8h2j 9:56 AM Nov 18th, 2011 via web
  11. I gotta say, I thought Amsterdam was way more aesthetically pleasing (and interesting) than Paris. 11:47 AM Nov 8th, 2011 via web
  12. Amsterdam was quite possibly the highlight of my recent trip to Europe. Photo essay now up: tinyurl.com/826s9te 11:46 AM Nov 8th, 2011 via web
  13. Photo essay #3 (Oxford) now up on the blog. tinyurl.com/3zy4k98 5:09 AM Oct 31st, 2011 via web
  14. Eurotrip Destination #2: Cardiff...photo essay now up. tinyurl.com/3hnjftl 8:41 AM Oct 30th, 2011 via web
  15. First photo essay from the Europe trip (London) is now up. tinyurl.com/3d4zlt7 11:23 AM Oct 29th, 2011 via web
  16. Hello Twitter, been a while. 6:00 PM Oct 19th, 2011 via web
  17. wow, Twitter...been a while. 5:39 PM Oct 9th, 2011 via web
  18. My Canon scanner/printer refuses to scan if it is out of INK. I am never buying another Canon product. 10:53 PM Aug 10th, 2011 via web
  19. Is Mark Zuckerberg going to be announcing that Jiang Zemin is dead? Not so "awesome" but does answer a lot of questions. 10:07 AM Jul 6th, 2011 via web
  20. Boycott Sarpino's Pizzaria...until they stop trashing out neighborhoods with their bi-weekly flyers. (please retweet) 4:28 PM Jun 24th, 2011 via web
  • Name Ben Ross
  • Location Chicago
  • Web http://www.benros...
  • Bio ethnographer, interpreter, blogger, transplant Chicagoan, Urban Sociology PhD candidate, Chinese food snob
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