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Awesomest Business Card Ever

https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/19302718

Format QuotePosted on 09.01.201409.01.2014Categories EnglishTags App.net, Business, Chinese, Internet Finds, tongue-in-cheekLeave a comment on Awesomest Business Card Ever

Chinesen auf dem Weg nach Mekka

Das sind echte Pilger! Die wissen die Hadsch noch zu schätzen! Eine Mischung aus einfacher Frömmigkeit und kindlicher Vorfreude … Hadschis zum Gernhaben. 😀

Eine andere Frage: wenn man aus China kommt, sind Hadsch-Geschenke (außer Zamzam) irgendwie sinnlos, oder? 😛

Format ImagePosted on 05.10.201305.10.2013Categories DeutschTags China, Chinese, Documentaries, Hajj, Internet Finds, Islam, VideoLeave a comment on Chinesen auf dem Weg nach Mekka

Chinese Steel

Watching bootlegged movies you get funny thoughts:

why does the Chinese word for steel (钢铁) have both steel and iron in it?

Format StatusPosted on 21.07.201324.07.2013Categories EnglishTags Chinese, Languages, MoviesLeave a comment on Chinese Steel

A Chinese Typewriter in Silicon Valley

Thomas Mullaney talks on how Chinese engineers have developed a predictive type setting engine at the beginning of the 20th century.

Format LinkPosted on 10.04.201210.04.2012Categories EnglishTags Chinese, Google Tech Talks, Internet Finds, Language, Technology, Type SettingLeave a comment on A Chinese Typewriter in Silicon Valley
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