by Tom | Jan 18, 2013 | Personal, Reading, View
It’s funny how hearing it from the horse’s mouth makes allegations you were sure were factual more true. For me it also made it more shocking. Just astonishing that you can get so used to having pretty well everything work the way you want it to and...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Peak demographics from the EIU has some fascinating insight into the nature of the demographic changes in China that sit underneath the extraordinary prediction that the country’s working age population is set to peak this year (2013). This sounds like a...
by Tom | Jan 12, 2013 | Google+
Jack is back, baby.#tomplates #totrblog
by Tom | Jan 11, 2013 | Science, View
Stunning shot of blue gas clouds (the size of Pluto’s orbit) being ejected into the space surrounding Orion. APOD: 2013 January 10 – The Orion Bullets.
by Tom | Jan 10, 2013 | Government, Reading
This John Lanchester article is a must-read, but a wearing one as it bears no route to salvation. Summary: the coalition’s austerity programme has failed and the cuts promised are impossible to deliver. What I really don’t understand is why I don’t...