ESWN links to the Red Herring’s article on “Second Life’s First Millionaire.” Bullet-point summary:

• Anshe Chung has declared herself a “virtual millionaire,” which I assume means she’s made a million US dollars on Second Life.
• Anshe Chung, real name Ailin Graef runs Anshe Chung Studios with her husband.
• Anshe…

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大众点评网 (“The Masses Rates Web”) allows viewers to vote on their favorite restaurants.

For example, pictured above is Hong Kong’s 许留山. It got 25 points for its food, 12 for environment, 15 for service and is priced at ￥32. You can bookmark requests, send them to friends, or rate them. And of course, you can add…

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Drawing Chinese surnames as “totems.”

Via PostShow, original post on 18摸 here.

From a strip entitled 阿狸的故事 (Ali’s Story).

As always subtitles in red.

Link to strip on Sina.
Link to author’s blog (where there are color, painted works of Ali).

“Does practical mean worth keeping?
Last year, 5,318 pets were abandoned.
Think twice before you get one.”

Created for the SPCA (HK) by 香港奧美廣告, via Longyin Review.

From RConversation, referring to blogs influencing mainstream international media:

“So. It’s time to gather some comprehensive data about just how journalistically influential the Sino-blogosphere has become.

Want to help me out?”

She wants:

• to survey how much journalists use blogs for story research.
• for blogger’s “concrete examples you might have of…

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From a children’s book entitled: 画童学画, 武器装备 (Drawing & Learning for Children, Arms Equipment):

I love the way the page is compartmentalized for its many uses: learning to draw, learning the character, the phrase, and even a place for stickers.

Via Danwei, via sinosplice.

From a comic entitled 江湖 (temporary translation: “Sword Society”).

As always, translations in maroon.

Link to original strip on Sina.

Victor Hsu, or guccio, day-time job banker in Shanghai, is the main guy behind Moleskiner.cn (打造中文谱写的Moleskine传奇 (Creating a Handwritten Chinese Moleskine Legend).

On his Flickr, he’s detailed him and his friend (an MS employee)’s “just Geeky!” collection:

Items of interest: x4 Moleskines, MUJI stationary (sketchbook, pen bag & pencil box), Hipster PDA, HP iPAQ,…

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We’re taking a respite from the usual translated comic today because I’ve stumbled upon something much greater: a forum post entitled 找一找你心中的最帅的帅哥 (Find your ideal hot boy).

In the post are six pages full of airbrushed men, presumably all from Japanese manga/anime. They range from the dark silent type:

(Character = Sasuke from Naruto.)

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