8 months at Taiwan, small improvements on the blog and few links

So today is 8 months since I arrived at Taiwan! Time flies!

As our particular celebration, the publication of this post with few items

• RSS

Next to the flags on the top right corner you can see the link to blog RSS feed. Now you can subscribe easily and be informed when a new post is published. (that was actually working before, but we did not mention it…)

• Random picture

On the right side menu there is a new item. Random photo. Every time you visit a page a new photo will show up. If you like it click on it to zoom it.

• Photos page

Last but not least, a special “Photos” page that includes links to all Picasa albums related to this blog.

We entered the thypoons season few weeks ago. So far we’ve been lucky and Taiwan has not been affected by any typhoon during July. This is quite unsual as reported by local newspapers
It is just about one year ago that Morakot typhoon hit the south of Taiwan leaving more than 700 people dead. A number of memorial services were held during the past weekend
The best way to be informed about typhoons is to keep an eye to Central Weather Bureau typhoons page

On a recent visit to Eslite bookstore we found that Monocle magazine last issue was focused on the best cities around the world (Barcelona is #17). Taipei did not make to the Top 25 list but it was mentioned in a special article about underestimated and largely unknown cities
You can read the article in .pdf format by clicking the image below