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Digital Ninjas Attack! Ninja USB Drives

The Field Guide — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:30:24 +0000

Ninjas to defend your data

Jumping over hills, hiding in plain sight, watching you through the window, it is the stealthy ninja.

If you’re a crazy ninja like me, you need to have the proper equipment to quickly take information and vanish. Let this little guy be your sidekick.

The BONE Ninja USB drive

This sneaky little guy can attach to any surface with its bendable limbs and magnet hands. “Am I a toy?” it asks with a peaked eyebrow hidden under its mask. “Do I amuse you?” Nobody will ever suspect its USB secret.

Death from above

BONE Ninja USB – 100 to 250rmb

Ninja-lovers should also be sure to check out VPNinja.

VPNinja: the Best VPN in the Universe

The Field Guide — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:10:21 +0000

TFG: Endorses VPNinja

Being Internet super-users, we at TFG know a thing or two about VPNs. We have tested them all, but never really got that special tingly feeling until we found VPNinja. We LOVE VPNinja and so will you.

Double Connections for Maximum Agility

When it comes to features and speed, VPNinja checks all our boxes. But the real killer is their unique dual-connection support which allows one account to have two VPN connections at once.
That flexibility stretches a long way. I share my account with my roommate and my girlfriend, and each of us has it on our PCs and our smartphones. Our one account covers three people and six devices, and we never experience a problem logging in when we need to.

Six devices for $6 per month

Not only is VPNinja the best VPN service in the universe, it is also the cheapest. Impossible but true. Their monthly rate is $6 per month, and the yearly rate is only $58.

Has that incredible fact blown your mind yet? Allow me to double-blow it. Sign up with the promo code TFG (as in Taobao Field Guide) and you will get an extra 10% discount.

VPNinja- (don’t forget promo code TFG !!)

Google Wave Invites Hit Taobao

The Field Guide — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:27:46 +0000

The Wave Hits the Mainland

Yesterday I was invited to Google Wave by my good friend. Intending to pass on the good fortune, I told my TFG partner Laobanniang about it. But I spoke too soon, and quickly realized that I had no invites to give. “Bad luck, Laobanniang.”

But she doesn’t take no for an answer. She soon appeared on my Google Wave friend list, and refused to reveal the source of her invitation. Only after a severe OMGWTFBBQ Google Wave attack did she tell.

You can buy a Wave Invite on Taobao

And they are cheap. She got hers for only 28rmb ($4 USD) – a far cry from eBay’s $5,000USD high watermark.

Google Wave in China

Even in China, there is considerable interest in the new Goog products. China’s Google competitor Baidu is pretty lame in comparison to the steady stream of innovation that the Goog provides. Baidu’s best offshoot is zhidao, which is like Yahoo Answers.

Google Wave – 邀请

Wi-Fi: An Invisible Yet Precious Commodity

The Field Guide — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:13:34 +0000

As warmer weather approaches, it would be nice to discover some outdoor spots where I could post up and spend an afternoon on the laptop. That’s why I’m looking into these. Wi-Fi keychain detectors start at 45rmb, or nerd out with a Wi-Fi detecting T-shirt for 170rmb. Check out the full range of Taobao’s Wifi detectors.