The Ji Village News

Author: Haidong Ji

  • Wawa Yaya is great

    I talked about Muzzy Chinese program in this post. It’s a great program. We loved it. Another children’s Chinese language material I recommend is a game series called Wawa Yaya. These games are very interactive. All characters speak great Mandarin Chinese and they talk a lot, which is good if you want your kids to…

  • English books I’ve read recently

    Since I listed some of the Chinese books I read in this post, I made a list of some English books I’ve read in the last 3 years or so for completeness. The books are not listed in any specific order. I highly recommend most of them. I am currently reading a Chinese book, 我的父亲邓小平，(My…

  • Barcelona bound

    My proposal on sqlcmd was accepted at Sql PASS European conference, to be held in Barcelona, Spain. Last Friday I submitted the last document the Spanish Consultate in Chicago needed. I was told that I would be able to get the visa next Friday. I will deliver a session on sqlcmd for the conference. So,…

  • I want it that way — Funny Chinese student spoof music videos

    Here are some links to funny spoof MTV videos produced by college kids in China. The shorter guy is 黄艺馨 (Huang YiXin). The tall guy in the back is 韦炜 (Wei Wei). The guy in the background playing computer games is 肖静 (Xiao Jing). Oh wait, maybe he is their agent busy dealing with potential…

  • Be careful of .Net Framework hell Microsoft

    I have encountered a few instances of application failing to install because of the .Net Framework on the machine is either too old or too new. This happened quite a lot during my testing of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Beta and CTP. I figured it was ok because, after all, it was Beta, although I…