Category: style | 時尚 | 유행 | ファッション
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Fapiao + more news
Fapiao China’s New Weapon Against Tax Cheats | The Diplomat – the fapiao would be ideal for many European countries like Italy and Greece that suffer from massive under-taxation. A fapiao is a legal receipt that serves as proof of purchase for goods and services, you’ll get them when you shop or eat out in a restaurant.…
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Sainsbury Bank + more news
Sainsbury Bank Eye-catching recruits and full bank buyout fast-tracks grocer’s push for supremacy – The Independent – interesting how Sainsbury Bank is going for it whilst the UK banking sector licks its wounds. Don’t forget that MBNA entered and disrupted the UK credit card market at the tail-end of the recession in the mid-1990s whilst…
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Goretex + more news
Goretex Gore-Tex Under Siege from Waterproof Fabric Newcomers | OutsideOnline.com – interesting how Goretex waterproof fabric stranglehold mirrors Microsoft’s position in the technology sector. Goretex was historically under threat from a number of systems that had varying degrees of impact. Hipora is a silicon coating structure invented by Korean firm Kolon, Schoeller’s C change which…
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My Rugged 211 and other books
I am currently reading My Rugged 211, The Quest, Reamde and New Rules for The New Economy. My Rugged 211 by Minoru Onozato – To be honest with you I am more leafing through this than avidly reading it for reasons that will become apparent. Onozato-san is editor-in-chief of Free&Easy; a Japanese style magazine that…
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Hydrokinetic adjustable wrench + more
Hydrokinetic adjustable wrench “Hydrokinetic Adjustable Wrench” is a real product (and awesome) – at a conceptual level at least, really sweet piece of problem solving. The hydrokinetic adjustable wrench relies on two principles: Both of which mean that the hydrokinetic adjustable wrench should banish torn up bolt and nut heads China Chinese developer: Buy a…
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Bijin tokei + more news
Bijin tokei bijin-tokei（美人時計）official website – bijin tokei is a relatively simple creative idea, really well executed. In bijin tokei pretty Japanese ladies were photographed holding a board with the time on it. This was then turned into a clock. It is a website and an iPhone app. Consumer behaviour Value Is the New Green –…
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Twist + other news
Twist Twist – see trends in twitter – like Google Trends but for Twitter. Twist looks more like a feature than a product for me. I am surprised that Twist has managed to survive, given the volume of social listening tools available. Finally, Twitter could look at Twist’s functionality and find a way to build…
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Chinese bloggers + more news
Chinese bloggers China Journal : Chinese Bloggers Really Are Edgy – interesting that Chinese bloggers don’t necessarily reflect the rabid knee jerk nationalism that we have come to associate with web users in PRC Economics All of Inflation’s Little Parts – The New York Times – lovely infographic that the folks at PSFK pointed out…
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Linden Labs + more news
Linden Labs IBM and Linden Lab to create enterprise-safe virtual worlds – This move by Linden Labs should have happened years ago, I personally think the appeal of SL is more in a b2b scenario for virtual meetings and for times when video conferences are called for but without the weirdness that you get as…