Jottings from the Granite Studio

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Asian History Carnival on May 12th

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I will be hosting the Asian History Carnival here on May 12.  I’ve already received a lot of great submissions in the past few weeks, if you have a post or an essay you’d like to have included, please drop me an email or leave a comment below.

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What is a studio?

April 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I recently had dinner with a fellow blogger, and he asked me: Why a studio?
Well the recent online edition of the China Heritage Quarterly has everything you ever wanted to know about a scholar’s studio but were afraid to ask.
For a Chinese artist, a studio name is suggestive of his or her artistic persona and […]

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Beijing Blogger Meet-up on Friday, March 7.

March 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Richard of The Peking Duck and I are hosting a dinner on Friday, March 7. We haven’t exactly settled on a venue yet (suggestions welcome for someplace with a large private room, cocktails and–preferably but necessarily–Peking duck on the menu). The plan is for 7:30 drinks and an 8:30 dinner.
These are always lively gatherings with […]

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The Granite Studio in translation

February 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Got a little bump in the old site stats this week. Seems a fellow blogger took the time to translate/summarize the post I wrote last week on the CCTV New Year’s Gala into Chinese. (Perspective on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala by an American in Beijing) I looked it over and they got the main […]

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Happy New Year!

February 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments

YJ and I are in Tianjin celebrating the Spring Festival with family. The train ride over was uneventful, everyone was queuing, nobody was arguing, it was–truly–a New Year’s miracle. Tonight: Dumplings, cheesy television galas, and then bring on the explosives; it’s going to be rocking in TJ tonight. Last year the residents […]

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New Home for the Granite Studio: www.granitestudio.org

January 23rd, 2008 · 16 Comments

We’re finally ensconced at our new site: www.granitestudio.org. I think. The old site is still up and I’ll keep it there for a couple of months so that any links still going to the old site are not dropped.
I’ve also updated all the relevant feeds and whatnot.
The main feed can be found at: http://granitestudio.org/feed/
Feedburner feed: […]

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Why write?

August 7th, 2006 · No Comments

There is something about a blog that is inherently narcissistic. Here are my thoughts! Look at me! Look at me! The elitist in me dismisses blogs as mass chatterings. Even considering my own chatterings, I wonder if they are worth the tiny bits of bytes required to publish these musings to the world. (Or at […]

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