Shanghai Scrap

I’m waist deep in a project that’s rising just as fast I as I can keep up, so posting is a bit light these last couple of days. Fortunately, in the last half hour my neighbors invited someone to jackhammer their walls, and so – while I try to find an alternative work location – I thought I’d take a quick break to mention that the UK’s Channel 4 News just posted a very good segment on the famed Ningbo scrap kidnapping and the decline in the international scrap markets (originally reported here). Despite my long-standing aversion to appearing on television (a face made for blogging), I just couldn’t help myself in this instance, and so you can see me, too – your-not-so-fair correspondent – around the 3:40 mark.

[Note: Folks arriving at this post via google searches for "scrap televisions" should click here and here for actual info on how the those pesky devices are handled in China.]

[Tip: If you happen to be dragging this morning, or in need of some help writing a fight sequence, and nobody's jackhammering your neighbor's walls, try this around the 3:30 mark.]