Comments for Tolerable Insanity http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog ... because sanity is far from tolerable. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Tokyo in 24 hours by peretz http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-33 peretz Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:28:31 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=8#comment-33 This is a video describing how bike parking works in Tokyo -- a building sized bicycle jukebox! shuffling the bike into the building to vend it out when you need it back -- all at the push of a button: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xQpOXP6TaQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xQpOXP6TaQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> This is a video describing how bike parking works in Tokyo — a building sized bicycle jukebox! shuffling the bike into the building to vend it out when you need it back — all at the push of a button:

]]> Comment on Trash City by Dmitri http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=150&cpage=1#comment-31 Dmitri Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:10:15 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=150#comment-31 Intriguing post. Keep writing, I have this on my Bookmark bar and you post too infrequently. Intriguing post. Keep writing, I have this on my Bookmark bar and you post too infrequently.

]]> Comment on Where the Buttocks end & the Hemotomas begin? by Rugiyya http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=67&cpage=1#comment-10 Rugiyya Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:37:06 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=67#comment-10 Bedniy,Perchik! Trudno poverit`, chto pri takich gematomach vse oboshlos` bez perelomov.Ya prishla v ujas uvidev tvoye foto. Ujas! No, slava Bogu! Vse oboshlos`! Jelayu tebe skoreyshego vizdorovleniya. Bedniy,Perchik! Trudno poverit`, chto pri takich gematomach
vse oboshlos` bez perelomov.Ya prishla v ujas uvidev tvoye foto. Ujas! No, slava Bogu! Vse oboshlos`! Jelayu tebe skoreyshego vizdorovleniya.

]]> Comment on Where the Buttocks end & the Hemotomas begin? by Agida http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=67&cpage=1#comment-9 Agida Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:16:22 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=67#comment-9 Hi, Sorry to hear about your accident. Agil(my brother) told me about this and I was shocked to see the blog. I hope you get well soon. Best wishes, Agida Hi,
Sorry to hear about your accident. Agil(my brother) told me about this and I was shocked to see the blog. I hope you get well soon.
Best wishes,
Agida

]]> Comment on Phone Numbers by reuven leigh http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=11&cpage=1#comment-6 reuven leigh Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:02:09 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=11#comment-6 how comes you've been there so long and we've heard so little? is the most culturally interesting aspect of china that you;ve observed in the past month their cell phone obsession? please give your adoring audience more, we crave your insights. r. how comes you’ve been there so long and we’ve heard so little? is the most culturally interesting aspect of china that you;ve observed in the past month their cell phone obsession?
please give your adoring audience more, we crave your insights.

r.

]]> Comment on Phone Numbers by Mike Kayton http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=11&cpage=1#comment-5 Mike Kayton Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:14:10 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=11#comment-5 The Chinese affinity for cell phones is on par with what the most rabid Western iPhone aficionado feels for his device. Even greater, perhaps. The device is a style and status symbol in the same way that automobiles were for 20th century America, and in the way that iPhones and Macbook Pros are in certain parts of San Francisco and New York City. The <i>shou ji</i> (hand set) is held in such high regard, that it is the owner's duty to accept each and every incoming call, regardless of the circumstances, and to carry out each conversation to it's natural completion.Turning one's cell phone off during such sensitive times as dates, for example, seemed unfathomable. I once observed a man talk through the better part of a dinner while his lady friend looked on with a blank gaze that surely belied frustration simmering within. This reminds me of a relevant blog post: <a href="http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=90" rel="nofollow">http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=90</a> The Chinese affinity for cell phones is on par with what the most rabid Western iPhone aficionado feels for his device. Even greater, perhaps. The device is a style and status symbol in the same way that automobiles were for 20th century America, and in the way that iPhones and Macbook Pros are in certain parts of San Francisco and New York City.

The shou ji (hand set) is held in such high regard, that it is the owner’s duty to accept each and every incoming call, regardless of the circumstances, and to carry out each conversation to it’s natural completion.Turning one’s cell phone off during such sensitive times as dates, for example, seemed unfathomable. I once observed a man talk through the better part of a dinner while his lady friend looked on with a blank gaze that surely belied frustration simmering within.

This reminds me of a relevant blog post: http://benross.net.customers.tigertech.net/wordpress/?p=90

]]> Comment on First Impression of Beijing by james http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=9&cpage=1#comment-4 james Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:07:12 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=9#comment-4 writing someones name with red ink is a bad omen because thats the color they wear at funerals. some of my students gasp whenever i forget and write their names on the board with the red marker. red underwear is lucky if your flying though! welcome to the east! writing someones name with red ink is a bad omen because thats the color they wear at funerals. some of my students gasp whenever i forget and write their names on the board with the red marker. red underwear is lucky if your flying though!

welcome to the east!

]]> Comment on Wake up early or rehearse your singing … by reuven http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-3 reuven Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:41:17 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=6#comment-3 i recommend nyet nyet. i recommend nyet nyet.

]]> Comment on Corrupt power structure, or Benevolent Dictatorship? by reuven http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-2 reuven Tue, 27 May 2008 15:20:27 +0000 http://www.tolerableinsanity.com/blog/?p=4#comment-2 welcome back to the world of blogging! i'm in NY 26/6-10/7. any chance you may be in town? r. welcome back to the world of blogging!

i’m in NY 26/6-10/7. any chance you may be in town?

r.

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