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2010-09-11 23:10:52 (4667 views) should be up today.
2010-09-10 20:45:01 (4083 views) That's it, we're switching to a new host!
2010-09-10 11:55:22 (4103 views) Saying he forgot to do one test and can't write the report!
Lol? ... Jeez.
All right... nothing's done until it's done and the test results are on our desk with their signature.
2010-09-10 11:26:41 (3956 views) The metal detector at the train station in China did not detect the DL2000 with the metallic electrodes installed - but the one at the Chinese embassy in Hong Kong did! DL2000 was in the pocket, fortunately :)
Next metal detector we find we'll try to go through with and without the electrodes.
Whatever we do over here is no guarantee that metal detectors in the west won't catch the product. Your mileage may vary. This is an electronic product with metallic parts and as a theoretical default metal detectors should detect it.
If in practice you can sometimes get away with it then great - and if we can make sometimes into most times by reducing electrode dimensions then even better. But if not, there's not much to be disappointed about - electronic components are indeed metallic or they wouldn't work. Plus the backscatter machines they're using nowadays to take your naked pictures would reveal the device anyway - and that is true of the plastic CB devices alone as well.
We'll keep reporting whenever we acquire new data.
2010-09-10 11:04:58 (3680 views) As you know our previous manufacturer cheated us and charged us for a mold which he didn't actually create; he messed up the colors, the font, the holes, everything. So we went nuts and emailed hundreds of vendors with an insanely detailed description of what we need and point by point critique of the previous vendor's results.
By doing this we finally found a serious vendor who can invest in our relationship and not complain about our quantities too much - he seems competent, and speaks English fluently. So we're expecting a lot. He is sending us samples tomorrow (a black out prevented them from working for the past couple of days).
2010-09-10 10:57:50 (3787 views) In Hong Kong again to renew the visa. It's been a rough 6 months. Avoiding China rants has required a bit of self discipline because, well, there's something to rant about multiple times a day and that wouldn't be very interesting for our users.
However some write us saying they really enjoy reading about the everyday reality of living in China getting a product done so... supposing this could be mildly exotic to some (like some National Geographic documentary featuring arctic explorers showing off their freeze burns and how they use snow to make their Frappuccinos), we too will pose as the stoics and rant a bit about six months of inconveniences (to use a euphemism)...
We've spent 180 days amidst:
- power outages (new overlays are a few days late because sometimes even the factories go offline due to lack of electricity)
- water supply interruptions (allegedly scheduled to get the swimming pool clean ...
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