by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Because there are so few reported. Woman Catches Child From 10th Floor Fall, Awarded 200k – chinaSMACK.
by Tom | Jul 7, 2011 | Reading
Brilliant Onion. The headline does enough, but the article is also good. Unreleased Jimmy Page Guitar Riff To Be Retrieved From Secret Vault To Save Rock And Roll | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source. I also enjoyed Daily Mash’s Parents...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2011 | Reading
I have changed my mind since first hearing about the Milly Dowler phone hacking. Initially, I was surprised that people were more horrified by it than they were about any of the other phone hacking revelations to date. If it is illegal, people should be prosecuted. I...
by Tom | Jun 29, 2011 | Reading
Lots of recent articles, and obviously moving to Hong Kong, have made me think about the changing shape of the societies and structures in which we live. Some related musings below. I’ve been blessed by my age and timing not to ever have to try speed or online...
by Tom | Jun 29, 2011 | Reading
David Mitchell is why I probably won’t write a book. He’ll have been there and done it already so much better than I ever could (a bit like Feynman and physics). Lovely interview which made me want to go back and re-read all of them (except Black Swan...
by Tom | Jun 29, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
The Chinese art of elegant bribery opens a window on a practice I hadn’t really thought about. Doesn’t matter if an artwork is real or fake, it still counts as an item of value and hence can be used to transfer money legally and quietly. And elegantly....
