It looks like I will reach 300,000 hits here by the end of the weekend. I’d written something a little different at first, a reflection back on the past 22 months that I’ve been blogging. How I’ve changed. How the blog has changed. But I think a simple “thank you” to my regular (and irregular) readers will suffice. So 300,000 thanks from me to you.
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On the other hand, lately it seems that the blogger software is getting buggier and buggier. Half the time when I hit the “publish” button, I get a message that there were errors. I go back, “publish” again, no errors, and find that what I just wrote has been posted twice.

Or tonight, the post immediately prior to this, which was “successful” and which shows up in my “edit posts” list, still does not appear when I go to view the page, despite hitting the refresh button several times.

If I don’t see some improvement soon, I may considering moving to a different blogging site.
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In case you haven’t seen it elsewhere, Warner Bros. released the DVD of Superman Returns in China this week. It won’t be available elsewhere (legally) until late November. The DVD should only have a Mandarin-dubbed version, burnt-in subtitles and no bonus features and should be selling for around 15-20 RMB.

Warner has done early releases of other titles in China recently; this is the biggest one to date. (They can be found in shops in Mong Kok and other parts of HK selling for around HK$35.)

Time will tell if this is an effective strategy against the massive piracy in China or not.
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Taipei trip just about over and goals mostly accomplished, including lunch today at Din Tai Fung. Last night I walked over to the Brass Monkey bar. It was ladies night and there was a long line of people waiting to get in. With no one leaving, the line wasn’t moving and I didn’t feel like waiting.

I went back tonight, 11 PM and the joint was, well, half empty. Had one drink, contemplated a taxi over to Carnegies, and instead returned to my room and watched the latest episode of Extras, with guests Daniel (Harry Potter, or is it Billie Piper?) Radcliffe and Diana Rigg. Radcliffe must have enjoyed this role, Stephen Merchant gets more time to get even more insane while Gervais’s Andy Millman continues to sink lower than humanly possible.

Okay, clicking on “publish post” now, fingers crossed (and it’s not easy to move the mouse around with crossed fingers either)(sorry) …

Hongkie Town
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