|
9 
Learning Mandarin Chinese
I've noticed recently that more and more people are learning Mandarin here in UK. As a Mandarin speaker myself, I think it's an ambitious thing to take on, but if you fancy it, here are some useful resources. In addition to the actual language, familiarity with Chinese idioms and proverbs is very useful and comes up in everyday conversation. And if you come across a character you're not familiar with, you can try this site, which cleverly converts it to a phonetic form for you.
As a side note. Every Chinese person knows how to play Mahjong. They seem to know this from birth. So if you're serious about mixing with the locals next time you're in China/Taiwan, it might be worth checking it out... I wouldn't play for money, but it is quite fun!
29 
Here's an online test to see if a url is blocked by the chinese government in order to "protect" their public. I'm glad to say that nimisis.com is freely viewable to the far east's billions. I should definitely make chinese posts more often. You may have noticed that occasionally my posts are a load of nonsense garbled symbols but that's only because it's encoded for chinese. If you think you can read it go to View -> Encoding -> Chinese Traditional (Big5). If you can't read chinese, tough! learn! ...or use this online dictionary.
Free wireless internet hotspots
Puzzles & games
Search Engine Optimization
Make shorter URLs
Live tweet stream
Find restaurants nearby
Free software downloads
Sell property online
Anti-plagiarism software
Live sports chat
Real time website visitor tracking
Discount shopping
Warp photos
Webcam timelapse
