by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Reading
Mash. Well, other than Tom the nerd, of course. “I think we can safely say that they’re not what we would understand as ‘people’. We suspect they’re some sort of drifting, cosmic fungus that has hit Earth and started shopping in Tie...
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Scenes From China. A welcome reminder of what a varied country we live in. Also, a welcome reminder that most countries would have similar aspects, with the key exception the 1m people missing from a planned town.
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Tech
World’s Smallest 3-D Printer Unveiled. Great news: 0.05mm layer depth in a box the size of a milk carton (whatever size that is!).
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Business
The Great Switch by the Super Rich makes a point I hadn’t fully understood. 40% of US national debt is owned by Americans, much by the richest 1% (though the article does not provide figures). This means that the richest people in US society have reduced the...
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Reading, Science
A nicely human and subjective view of some of the places where physics and philosophy blend. I very much agree that reverting to the Higgs particle (rather than “god particle”) makes sense. Although “God boson” has a lovely...
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Business, Reading
Astonishing numbers from Amazon. Amazon.com now sells 105 Kindle editions for every 100 traditional paper books. This compares is all paid-for Kindle editions with all hardback and paperback sales of books regardless of whether there is a Kindle edition or not. So the...
by Tom | May 19, 2011 | Business
Lots of good stuff in here. 80% China wage increases in five years will increase inflation in the developed world. Many developed world managers haven’t dealt with source cost inflation: quite the opposite. There is a shrinking key workforce in China. The...
by Tom | May 18, 2011 | Reading
Lovely Mash. I hope UK politics isn’t like getting like this. Really.
by Tom | May 18, 2011 | Reading
@TheSimonEvans: My lead tenor is ruining the songs in my new Eco-Opera. An aria – The Sighs of Whales – is being destroyed every day. Brilliant. Opera, eco, bad science reporting all in one.
by Tom | May 18, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
It’s the first really nice day for ages. Quite some view for breakfast. Now to work on being able to name the key buildings…
