I’m going to be linking to pages that are in the English language. Please realize that whatever I’m reading might be tailored for an English-reading audience.

So what’s news in Saudi Arabia?

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Saudi Customs Foil Smuggling Attempt (Ministry Of Foreign Affairs – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — April 5, 2008)

Three US soldiers killed in Baghdad Green Zone (International Islamic News Agency — April 7, 2008)

141 Filipinos embrace Islam in Saudi Arabia (International Islamic News Agency — April 7, 2008)

Sarkozy “outraged” as Muslim graves again desecrated (Saudi Gazette — April 7, 2008)

Kingdom to observe World Health Day (Saudi Gazette — April 7, 2008)

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If you want to do your own searching of the .sa domain, you can use Google to enter your search criteria, adding the text site:.sa.

For example, here’s a search for Splotchy:

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Business, Numbers, Money, People

April 7, 2008 2 Comments

This song was stuck in my head, so I dug up a concert video of it.

Check out the dance moves of Kraftwerk; I’m sure you’ll be impressed!

Kraftwerk – Computer World

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What’s Going On In .cn?

April 7, 2008 1 Comment

Okay, so we had a domain name country quiz.

Now let’s take this week to visit some of the domains in the quiz!

I’m going to be linking to pages that are in the English language, because I’m one of those isolationist Americanos that never learned a second language (I took Hindi for two semesters in college, but unfortunately very little of it stuck).

So, just realize that whatever I’m reading might be tailored for an English-reading audience.

Anyways, what’s going on in China?

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Jet Li alters script to suit western viewers (People’s Daily Online — March 10, 2008)

China approves second-phase lunar probe program (People’s Daily Online — March 26, 2008)

Reporters at Lhasa riot condemn distorted media coverage (China Economic Net — March 28, 2008)

Facing high cost of dying in cities (People’s Daily Online — April 2, 2008)

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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If you want to do your own searching of the .cn domain, you can use Google to enter your search criteria, adding the text site:.cn. This will limit your search to websites within the .cn domain.

For example, here’s a search for Splotchy:

Check out the fourth search result! Woo for SamuraiFrog! Or at least his Technorati page.

one of them quizzes youze can take

Domain Name Country Quiz!

April 6, 2008 9 Comments

Hiya.

Here’s another quiz for you.

I’ll give you the domain name extension (e.g. .com, .net, .org) and you tell me what country it’s for.

No cheating!

01) .sg
02) .br
03) .uk
04) .dk
05) .cn
06) .fr
07) .yu
08) .sa
09) .es
10) .gr
11) .jp
12) .us
13) .nl
14) .in
15) .de
16) .cz
17) .cu
18) .iq
19) .pk
20) .ca

UPDATE:

Oops. #9 was marked as .sp (a domain that doesn’t exist). I have changed it to what I had intended — .es

All the other questions are correct.

SECOND UPDATE:

Here are the answers:

01) .sg (Singapore)
02) .br (Brazil)
03) .uk (United Kingdom)
04) .dk (Denmark)
05) .cn (China)
06) .fr (France)
07) .yu (Yugoslavia)
08) .sa (Saudi Arabia)
09) .es (Spain)
10) .gr (Greece)
11) .jp (Japan)
12) .us (United States)
13) .nl (Netherlands)
14) .in (India)
15) .de (Germany)
16) .cz (Czech Republic)
17) .cu (Cuba)
18) .iq (Iraq)
19) .pk (Pakistan)
20) .ca (Canada)

I believe Matty Boy did the best with this quiz, missing only #1 and #8. His stellar performance doesn’t surprise me, as I am aware of his intense Flags Of Many Lands™ obsession. Congrats to Matty Boy!

I am going to make a point of visiting some websites having these domain name extensions this week.

I know that I’ve definitely been to some UK, Canadian, even German sites relatively recently, but I don’t believe I have accessed a domain in a majority of these countries. Won’t you please join me, and let me know if you find anything nifty?

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