I have an old one I'll get rid of if there's interest. It's pretty old though, has a dodgy power connector, and runs Linux right now... you'd have to (re)install OSX yourself.
About repairs, there are two (2) authorized Mac repair centers in Kunming. One of them is on 121 and they are assholes. The better one is in the middle of town and they are very nice and professional, but the wait can be 2.5hrs before your device is seen (and you do have to wait).
Things to check if it won't turn on at all: make sure it has power, make sure it isn't overheating, do a hardware check on startup.
Nanchao Yeche sounds like a good next project, got a URL? I'm mostly enjoying the maps right now. They say if you can't explains something to a child, you don't really know it yourself. Drawing out historical places is a bit like that. It keeps you honest and engaged with the geographical realities of mountain wandering.
Yep, she's a keeper. Meanwhile, I would prefer to be barefoot and sailing... and did you know, I can't find a single reference to 漢昌 in ancient south-western Sichuan. Narrative mapping fail.
Maybe time to keep working on my dodgy try-to-remember-some-文言文 translation of the Manshu (Tang Dynasty text about Nanzhao/Yunnan) over at en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:Manshu
Help is welcome. (For the kitchen door lock, and the translation)
Also, on the library thing: it seems pretty corrupt taking irreplaceable works from public institution and putting them in an exclusive and expensive environment for private patrons. It's not the first time I've seen this sort of thing going on in China: as early as a decade ago, Tianjin had expensive restaurants which would 'borrow' ancient artefacts directly form museums for decoration.
Tengyue is in fact the old name for Tengchong (腾冲), which far from being a hamlet was the last major commercial center on the southwest silk road en-route to Burma and India after Baoshan (保山).
Numerous families in the Tengchong area derived great wealth from the Burma trade, much from jade and opium. The first private museum in Yunnan opened nearby in the last decade or so. Lots of wealthy Chinese in Southeast Asia trace their roots back to the area.
Shangri-la Highland, China's newest micro-brewery
发布者Update: This beer officially tastes really weird (not to my tastes) and can be sampled at Moondog.
Resurrecting history in downtown Kunming
发布者Also, on the library thing: it seems pretty corrupt taking irreplaceable works from public institution and putting them in an exclusive and expensive environment for private patrons. It's not the first time I've seen this sort of thing going on in China: as early as a decade ago, Tianjin had expensive restaurants which would 'borrow' ancient artefacts directly form museums for decoration.
Resurrecting history in downtown Kunming
发布者Also... "the hamlet of Tengyue (腾越)" is wrong.
Tengyue is in fact the old name for Tengchong (腾冲), which far from being a hamlet was the last major commercial center on the southwest silk road en-route to Burma and India after Baoshan (保山).
Numerous families in the Tengchong area derived great wealth from the Burma trade, much from jade and opium. The first private museum in Yunnan opened nearby in the last decade or so. Lots of wealthy Chinese in Southeast Asia trace their roots back to the area.
Getting Away: A return to Shaxi
发布者Pinyin is wrong, "sanfang yijiaobi" (三房一照壁) should be "sanfang yizhaobi". Also, "Dai-style" should be "Bai-style".
Resurrecting history in downtown Kunming
发布者I believe your pinyin is wrong, shouldn't "sanfang yijiaobi" (三房一照壁) be "sanfang yizhaobi"?