by Tom | May 27, 2011 | General
The hotel has only been open a couple of months, but is very, very nice indeed. As well as very shiny and sparkly. Waldorf Astoria on the Bund, if you ask.
by Tom | May 26, 2011 | General, Personal
They have a Pegasus cocktail at Cloud 9th in the Grand Hyatt, Shanghai. I had to try one. It tastes like Ribena. Nice, but dangerous.
by Tom | Apr 25, 2011 | General
Some great and lovely things in this article. The thing that piqued my interest was the comment that Hitchens rages against the human “desire to worship and obey”. Well, that’s all very good, but is not characteristic of most religious people I know....
by Tom | Apr 21, 2011 | General
Still finding it odd dealing with a currency where a cocktail can set you back 200,000 (USD10). Daiquiri as per Graham Greene is a worthy addition to my sours library. Lovely phrase in the guidebook: “you will find plenty of opportunities to dispense with your...
by Tom | Feb 17, 2011 | General
I tried to be super secure on my NAS and set access rights for the everyone group to no access. Of course this did what it said and provided no access to all users. Changed back to read and we were good. The everyone group is all users on the QNap, not anyone who...
by Tom | Dec 3, 2010 | General
Now that most definitely is what I call cricket. Best cab ride ever,during the first over, and then Clarke out in Sky. Huzzah!
