Tour of the ISS

Must-view for so many reasons (NB 25 minutes long, so plan your time). I loved the stuff stashed everywhere making it feel like a big shed. I loved how elegant the astronauts get at handling zero g.  I loved the working / using / sleeping on all four walls of any...
HK buildings being built

HK buildings being built

I’m always a sucker for seeing building being built, and here is a marvellous collection of great Hong Kong buildings without their clothes on (SFW). How Hong Kong Was Made: Iconic Buildings Under Construction | Hong Wrong Hong Kong Expat Blog....
Gun control in the US

Gun control in the US

Must read from Henry Porter. Just insanity. This isn’t about rights, it is about the wholesale slaughter of individuals. My emphasis. The figures from Congressional Research Service, plus recent statistics from icasualties.org, tell us that from the first...
Usagi east to west

Usagi east to west

Rearranged earlier flight from Taipei, check. Beef noodle breakfast:awesome, check. Surprisingly calm flight back to HK given we flew around a typhoon, although no service thanks to turbulence, check. Plenty of everything other than Chinese greens in the supermarket,...