tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post5618343388285171397..comments2024-03-16T18:38:15.627-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: A Bill Gibson MomentMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-84799666396294994352007-09-27T07:08:00.000-07:002007-09-27T07:08:00.000-07:00Cecilia said that finally she could access the wo...Cecilia said that finally she could access the wordpress site.Ruhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-89461996590971171602007-09-26T23:54:00.000-07:002007-09-26T23:54:00.000-07:00Well, at least many Chinese now can read your blog...Well, at least many Chinese now can read your blog there. Hopefully the site will be kept open in China.Ruhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-11507658535475177672007-09-26T06:19:00.000-07:002007-09-26T06:19:00.000-07:00Hmmm. Well, I'll keep posting there for a while a...Hmmm. Well, I'll keep posting there for a while and see how the stats do. And I'll continue to look for some other way to make the blog available in China. I'm beginning to think that no blog hosting service will do. One of the featured blogs on Wordpress this morning was somebody's call for the world to boycott the Beijing Olympics. That CAN'T make the government there happy.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-37948542341250044682007-09-25T01:06:00.000-07:002007-09-25T01:06:00.000-07:00It is my plessure to help you to open the mirror s...It is my plessure to help you to open the mirror site for Chinese SF fans. I have annouced its openning in a Chinese SF discussion group (with almost 3000 people in it). Many Chinese readers, including Jenny Bai from SFW, can read it now. But there are still some other Chinese readers having trouble to see it (especially those from some universities). I just happen to know that Ms. Cecilia Qin is also in that discussion group. She tried to get in that mirror site from her university net yesterday but failed.Ruhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-35948392257811888752007-09-23T19:30:00.000-07:002007-09-23T19:30:00.000-07:00My thanks for your help, Ruhan!Whether Chinese rea...My thanks for your help, Ruhan!<BR/><BR/>Whether Chinese readers like my blog or not is entirely their own decision. But now they can decide for themselves. Following your directions, I've created a mirror blog at michaelswanwick.wordpress.com and, starting tomorrow, I'll add one posting per day until the one blog has caught up with the other, and then I'll post on both simultaneously.<BR/><BR/>Not that I think that what I have to say is in any way essential to Chinese science fiction fans. But they should have the option of deciding for themselves what they think of it.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-53540820441304452192007-09-19T20:56:00.000-07:002007-09-19T20:56:00.000-07:00I just asked my friends in China. I was told that ...I just asked my friends in China. I was told that msn space (http://home.services.spaces.live.com/), which has blog services, can be read in China. Also the following free blog service is okay in China:<BR/>http://wordpress.com <BR/>I think Chinese sci-fi fans would love to read your blog.<BR/><BR/>-RuhanRuhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-2008610239127340792007-09-19T10:12:00.000-07:002007-09-19T10:12:00.000-07:00I am using a free blog site from sina.com, which i...I am using a free blog site from sina.com, which is the one many Chinese used. However, its interface is in Chinese:<BR/><BR/>http://blog.sina.com.cn/nstar<BR/><BR/>-RuhanRuhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-43318317845254655562007-09-19T07:24:00.000-07:002007-09-19T07:24:00.000-07:00Thanks for your kind words, Ruhan. Yes, after man...Thanks for your kind words, Ruhan. <BR/><BR/>Yes, after many years of empty promises the Web is getting pretty good at bringing people together. <BR/><BR/>I still haven't figured out how to make this blog available in China, though. I may eventually have to buy some host space and create a mirror site. If I haven't totally garbled the lingo here.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-26937313075840981102007-09-17T21:00:00.000-07:002007-09-17T21:00:00.000-07:00Not really. But we are firends and we may have the...Not really. But we are firends and we may have the same ancester 500 years ago. Anyway she called me "Benjia" elder brother, which means a brother in the same clan. You might know that she has a master degree in English, and she has translated some sci-fi stories and at least one book into Chinese, and she is good at it. I once translated Nancy Kress' story "My Mother, Dancing" into Chinese, and I asked her help to look over my translation. <BR/><BR/>By the way, I am now living in Rochester, and I am a friend of Nancy, and I am a big sci-fi fan, and I loved many of your short stories (like many other Chinese sci-fi fans), and I am happy to have a chance to talk to you in the internet.<BR/><BR/>-Ruhan ZhaoRuhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-74372289286921496872007-09-17T20:47:00.000-07:002007-09-17T20:47:00.000-07:00I like the middling-tech of the casette tape lying...I like the middling-tech of the casette tape lying there, too. Kind of ties the whole thing together.Pat Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017241100280042937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-3288701710336474872007-09-17T19:06:00.000-07:002007-09-17T19:06:00.000-07:00Exactly my point, Ruhan.Incidentally, are you any ...Exactly my point, Ruhan.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, are you any relation to Haihong Zhao?Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-66652175636168891102007-09-17T17:49:00.000-07:002007-09-17T17:49:00.000-07:00What was this guy doing? I am a Chinese but I have...What was this guy doing? I am a Chinese but I have never seen this kind of thing before. Well, I left China for 13 years already. Things change fast there.<BR/><BR/>--Ruhan ZhaoRuhan Zhaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250663928272270035noreply@blogger.com