by Tom | Jun 4, 2012 | Google+
Nervous Hong Kong.I'm not sure I agree with the premise of this article – Hong Kong seems to have reinvented itself very effectively at least once a decade since the revolution.Also, can the Times Square Rolex shop really sell 200 a day? That's over...
by Tom | Jun 4, 2012 | Google+
I hope Žižek is wrong, but a part of me fears he is not."Greece is not an exception. It is one of the main testing grounds for a new socio-economic model of potentially unlimited application: a depoliticised technocracy in which bankers and other experts are...
by Tom | Jun 3, 2012 | Google+
Seen the dragon boats in the Thames flotilla. Hope we are racing them in July, as their technique was non-optimal. That said they have to paddle slowly for ages and my technique is also non-optimal. Nice one UK and god bless her Maj. Wong Nai Chung Rd 188 Wong Nai...
by Tom | Jun 1, 2012 | Google+
Number plate of the day.The wife and I remember seeing a trailer for this film which had the strapline:"A monk, a hunk, a chick, a kick-ass flick"It lost $15m or so. Chater Rd
by Tom | May 31, 2012 | Google+
To program or not to program?I think people should learn how to automate things: it makes a number of things in work and personal life much easier. Does that include programming or not?http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.htmlThe title of...
by Tom | May 31, 2012 | Google+
Hong Kong housing.Some lovely photos of our crowded city. Hong Kong’s High-Density Housing & Cramped Living Conditions – chinaSMACK A collection of stunning images of Hong Kong high-density housing conditions & residents from photographer Michael...