China mourns the death of Google – 中国悼念谷歌死亡

It almost seems inevitable at this point – Google will be pulling out of China. It is unclear about what exactly will still be available to the millions of people who use Google’s services every day here, but staff at Google.cn were rumoured to have spent yesterday watching Avatar and eating a farewell meal, before either joining the US office or finding new employment.

看来这已经成了不可避免的事实 – 谷歌将撤出中国了。目前还不清楚究竟在这里的数百万每天使用谷歌的人还能使用什么谷歌的服务，但Google.cn的员工有传言说，昨天在他们决定要么加入美国办事处或找新的工作之前，他们去看了阿凡达，吃了散伙饭了。

It’s true that Google wasn’t making huge amounts of money in China, and it’s true that they were not the number one search engine – but let’s be realistic: 2nd place in a market of a billion people is still pretty damn good. They will be missed by a lot of people…and yesterday mourners gathered to pay their respects at Google’s offices.

的确，谷歌在中国没怎么赚钱，也确实，他们不是头号搜索引擎 – 但是让我们面对现实：在一个10亿人口的市场第二名仍然相当好了。它仍然将被很多人怀念…昨天在谷歌中国办事处门口有很多人来表示哀悼了。

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It’s not goodbye – just au revoir!

这不是再见-只是‘下次再见’！

Google Chrome Extensions and OS! (Google浏览器插件及操作系统!)

It seems like Google is getting ready for its new Chrome OS operating system, and changes are happening quickly! They recently announced that it was opening the doors to its ‘Developers Area’ for Google Chrome Extensions (addons and plugins for its browser), and today I noticed another message at the bottom of the screen:

貌似Google已经为它的新的浏览器操作系统做好了准备，很多东西都在迅速地改变！他们近期称Google浏览器扩展（浏览器的插件）正是为‘软件开发者’打开了一扇门。今天我注意到了屏幕下面的另一个信息。

Bookmark sync within Chrome browser! I had to click…

浏览器里有同步收藏！我要看看…

So now I can have the same bookmarks on any computer I use (as long as I’m using Chrome) – and guess where they’re saved – you got it – inside Google Docs. Why is this important? More and more of your information is heading into ‘the cloud’ – or at least onto the big G’s servers.

这样的话我用的所有电脑都会有同样的收藏了（只要我都用Chrome）-猜猜他们都保存在哪里-你答对了-在Google文件里。这有什么重要的？你越来越的多的信息都到了网络上-至少都到了Google的服务器上。

Chrome OS (which I downloaded last night and will be trying out later today) fully integrates with the internet through Gmail and Docs to save all of your data – so why not get your bookmark info in there now?

Chrome操作系统（我昨晚下载的，今天等下我试试）在网络上通过Gmail和文档保存完整统筹了你的所有档案-所以为什么不把你的收藏夹信息也放上去呢？

Ps, I will be trying to do a ‘how-to’ guide about installing Google Chrome extensions in the next few days, but until then you can look here for a guide → Chrome extensions

Ps, 之后的几天我会试着写一个‘如果安装Google浏览器插件’可是现在你就先看看这个吧 → Chrome extensions

Let’s beat hunger – together! (对抗饥饿——一起！)

I have Google adverts on a lot of the pages on my website. These ads are very clever, because they ‘scan’ the page that they’re on to see what sort of content it is about, and then put adverts up there accordingly. Theoretically, if I talk about buying turkey in Shanghai in an article, then if there’s a company who advertises with Google selling turkeys in town….the ad will be there.

我网站上有很多Google广告。这些广告都很聪明，因为他们总是出现在和他们广告内容相关的页面上。理论上说，如果我的文章里提到在上海买火鸡，那么Google里面卖火鸡的公司的广告….就会出现在那儿。

One small problem, however, is if Google doesn’t know what you’re talking about on a page (or if nobody wants to advertise on a page which talks about McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy looking like Iran’s leader). In this case, they will either put a solid colour (no ads) or PSAs (Public Service Ads). These ads are generally pretty plain and served on behalf of charities and other community groups – and usually are nothing to do with what is on the page.

不过还是有个小问题，如果Google搞不清你的页面是关于什么内容的（或者如果没人想在讨论‘实习医生格蕾’中的McDreamy长得像伊朗领导人的网页上刊登广告）。这种情况下，他们可能会放全色（无广告）或者PSAs（公益广告）。这些广告通常都很平淡无奇，为一些慈善机构或者其他社会团体服务。

Sometimes though, even a PSA can be relevant…

不过有时，即使是公益广告，也能做得很深刻…

Google really knows how to fix EVERY problem in the world!

Google真的无所不能！

How to contact me in China at the moment

Since 9pm last night, access to a number of Google products, including Gmail has been disrupted in China.

There are conflicting reports as to why, by whom and for how long. Techcrunch was fast to report the situation (see their Twitter sceencap for a little suprise!) -> Censorship 2.0: China Blocks Google Search, Apps, Gmail, And More and Danwei offered a fast response (some might say too fast?), then a just as fast retraction (some might say too just as fast?) and then a just as fast as fast half-un-retraction – AND GOOGLE’S BACK – OR NOT – previously entitled ‘Google.com blocked in China’.

People (mostly on Twitter) offered some solutions to circumventing the blocks, including:

Yauba – anonymous access to Google – http://www.yauba.com
Sneakme.net – web proxy that supports flash – http://www.sneakme.net

What this means for me right now is that I don’t have access to Gmail (temporarily), so if anyone needs to contact me for whatever reason (hot pixxx) then you can send to

djod at djod dot co dot uk

, or direct message me on Twitter or Facebook.

Otherwise, let’s hope this is resolved soon…before I Lose Weight Exercise/”>Lose Weight Exercise any more sleep!

As it happens…

Rob Knievel Jumps 24 Trucks at King’s Island – That is NEWS baby!

Condoms ‘too big’ for Indian men – This important science story from December 2006 is currently top of the BBC News ‘most read’ list…

Mars probe touches down – …whereas this insignificant throwaway article, is not…

Kobe Bryant (Me) Jumps Over Pool w/ Snakes (Black Mambas) – Ok we get it he can jump over stuff because he’s got mad cgi-ups.

Facebook battles Google over access to user data – They’ll be part of the same company by Christmas!

New “Indiana Jones” film tops Memorial Day weekend box office – Starring Shia LaBeouf! and some other chumps

Sex symbol Jessica Alba quitely weds long-time beau – Well she’s not getting her stuff back now :(

Victim’s former friend identifies R. Kelly, girl in sex tape – Trapped in the CLose Weight Exercise/”>Lose Weight Exerciset (jail cell).

Today’s Google Link

15 Nov, Thu, 19:31:20 Google: russian pub women nude

Sends ‘em straight to my door!