Archive for August, 2005

I.T. UNITED Office Trip to the Coutryside

This weekend my office went on our annual outing which consisted of two days hiking in the mountains three hours west of Beijing.

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Last.FM Personalized Music Radio

I have recently been listening to the Last.FM radio service powered by Audioscrobbler which is really cool. This offers free high-quality personalized radio that you can listen to online.

Sunday Trip to “Intelligence Valley”

On Sunday Ivan, Robbie, Slobodan, Kendall and myself drove out of Beijing in Ivan’s Merc and went for lunch at ‘The Orchard’ restaurant about an hour away from the city. We then drove towards Huairou in search of a place called “Intelligence Valley” which Robbie had heard about.

Mongolian Rug

I bought this beautiful rug in Mongolia which you can see here modeled by Robbie.

Mopedophiles No More

Today is my birthday. Generally a day for receiving but as I left the office just now I discovered that it is also a day of taking away. My groovy red scooter has been stolen. Never again shall I cruise the highways of the ‘Jing in such style. I hope the thief gets hit by [...]

Plaxo connects Thunderbird, Yahoo & AOL/AIM

Plaxo is an contact management service that helps yout to keep all your online address books updated and in sync with one another. Additionally, it also can synchronise your calendar, notes and tasks so that they are available wherever you go. I have been using it for the last few years primarily to keep my home and work address books in sync, and find it increbibly useful as a backup tool.

Until recently it existed as a web based service, and also had plugins for Outlook and Outlook Express, but they have now begun to expand their reach onto other platforms.

Mongolia Trip

Last week, at pretty much the last minute, I decided to jump on a plane and visit my friends Gerlee and Saraa in Mongolia. I guess the place has always had a mysterious appeal and it did not disappoint. It was great fun and it gave me a chance to give my camera a proper test drive on the steppes. You can view all my photos by clicking here..

Face HisTory

Recently came across this page chronicling the history of Michael Jackson’s face. Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbuters! Excellent! In recent years his face, like his career has taken a serious nose-dive… (bad pun – sorry!).


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Salted Lolly is the blog of Olly Stedall, a Brit living and working in Beijing, China. Why Salted Lolly you ask? Well it's an anagram of Olly Stedall, which may not be a great name but hopefully it's better than the alternative - Versatile Doll (!) - an anagram of Oliver Stedall.

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