http://www.mikelu.org Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:59:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's shocking to see how much politics are creeping into my regular reading habits lately. Though I follow a broad selection of blogs and occasionally check reddit, opinions about McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden are overflowing the banks. Even comments on apps from Apple's App Store degenerate into political debates. What's really fascinated ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/204 I've been back in the US for the last 2.5 weeks on business--an interesting respite from the hustle and bustle of Beijing. I got back yesterday afternoon and many things feel different. The city feels calm and relaxed, the weather cool and comfortable, and a nice breeze blowing around the ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/203 It's always been a dream of mine to go to the Olympics. When I was young I was known to be glued to the TV and hum the NBC Olympics theme music constantly. I've been to two former Olympic sites -- Athens and Munich, but now I am finally in ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/200 Live blogging off my iPhone from Chaoyang Park's Beach Volleyball Stadium. It just stopped raining here after two matches and I'm soaked. But no matter--the music is pumping, the players are bumping, and China just demolished Austria! 中国加油！ (BTW,, beach volleyball has a reputation of being the party sport and this ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/198 Add another event to the list! Katya and Andy, who are visiting me from Seattle had some incredible preserverence checking the CoSports website and landed tickets to the swimming prelims on Sunday night!! Yay! I get to to inside the water cube! http://www.mikelu.org/archives/197 Greetings from Beijing! I'm (a little) behind on my blog, but as the saying goes, better late than never! A month ago I officially moved to Beijing, China to pursue an adventure and a dream of living/working abroad and studying Chinese. I'm still with Microsoft--just working for the China portion of the ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/195 ...just can't be beat. I know I haven't written much, but with the weather the way it is, I choose to enjoy life. :) Back another day. http://www.mikelu.org/archives/194 Enjoy! Europe HDR - a set on Flickr. A short answer to the question, what is HDR? High Dynamic Range is a photography method where you take three exposures instead of the normal one. An under-exposed, over-exposed, and normal shot. Each exposure ideally allows you ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/193 I've been back in Seattle since Sunday night and it's always fun to be able to tell stories that start with, "last week when I was in Morocco..." and "yesterday when I was in London..." But alas, I am back. Erika is still out for another two weeks through ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/192 Erika, who's a self-proclaimed "not a car person", has had her ear talked off in the past two weeks with my incessant car watching. You see, there's loads of different cars here than at home, both models and manufacturers. So when the I walk by the new Fiat 500 or ... http://www.mikelu.org/archives/191