Dags?

While dealing with the bureaucracy of starting a business in China I’ve also been trying to find a place to live in Shanghai. A straight-forward enough task - get an agent, view houses, etc. Some of the locations are at a distance from the new office, so I’ve been thinking of buying a gas scooter. [...]

Poke, Poke, Prod

Welcome to Shanghai, now bend over.
Yesterday we went to the doctor. But it was more like an assembly line of poking and prodding. A model of Chinese scale and efficiency. The goal: To be certified as healthy, happy, and sane before acquiring our China live/work visas.

At the beginning things were pretty standard for a visit [...]

Call for Sponsors

My Shanghai-based game development studio and our sister game art-outsourcing company (Vykarian - www.vykarian.com) are running a video game art contest in China to spotlight the best and brightest game art talent in the country. We are working in partnership with a China’s most prominent gamer/IT magazine, “PopSoft” (www.popsoft.com.cn). In addition to their huge online [...]

A New World

For all my worries about her safety, the cat made it to Shanghai before me. I guess it helped that she had her visa in order. Star (that’s her name) is a surprisingly well adapted travel-cat. If you’re ever shipping a pet to or from Hong Kong/China and looking for a good service, I highly [...]

3ivx Crush

My long time buddy Alex just informed me of the updated release of his Mac-based video compression tool called “3ivxCrush“; as he describes it:
it is a video compression tool for compressing MPEG 1/2 and DV to VBR MPEG 4…
Whatever that means. He babbles on…
…uses all the processors in multi processor macs. Converts videos to .mp4 [...]

Note to Self

Having a valid China visa helps when trying to enter China.
The cat is probably over the border by now. I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Hong Kong waiting for the Chinese consulate to grant me an instant visa. Doh!

Shanghaied!

Once again I am compressing my life into a few boxes and making a major move. This time the destination is Shanghai in the People’s Republic of China. I’m leaving behind Hong Kong, which has been my home for the past 2 years. Looking back, I feel like I’ve only been here a few weeks. [...]