by Tom | Aug 8, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Personal, View
Some of the best timelapse clouds I’ve seen. Bonus that its all in Hong Kong. I hope this explains how it’s possible to love this city for its landscapes and natural beauty alone. Thanks to Bruce for the link. Personal ambition items: one day I will see...
by Tom | Aug 7, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Very interesting to read that Hong Kong has a  substantially skewed population of women to men (1,000 women to 864 men) and this is widening. This includes domestic helpers who are predominantly female: the ratio is 1,000 to 938 without domestic helpers. (Aside: it...
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by Tom | Jul 22, 2014 | Reading, Science
This is beyond awesome. Steganography is the art of hiding something in something else. It is most often used to refer to hiding information in digital images in such a way that the image is not altered to the human eye. This is useful because viewers don’t...
by Tom | Jul 11, 2014 | Tech
Damn, this will do well. Petcube – Interactive wireless pet camera. Smart monitor for your cat or dog.
by Tom | Jul 4, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Having managed to prevent Bentley escaping through judicious use of the hose pipe, we are GnT positive. And very happy on our new terrace. Who knew it would still be cool enough to be outside even in mid summer?
by Tom | Jun 26, 2014 | Business, Reading
Fascinating paper, well worth reading in depth. The summary is that it is pretty well impossible for most companies to run an effective experiment to test whether advertising spend works or not. Classical theories of the firm assume access to reliable signals to...
by Tom | Jun 24, 2014 | Personal, View
I really like 538’s presentation of the chances of countries going through from the group stages. It clearly depends on the SPI and their model based on it being of any value. I also liked the alternative world cup by various indicators. There’s only...
by Tom | Jun 19, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Personal, View
Thanks to Paul and Big Lychee for confirming that there is a smaller lawn in Hong Kong. Link:Â Empty, soulless town in midst of seething overcrowded cityÂ
by Tom | Jun 18, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
Like visiting Discovery Bay after a direct hit from a neutron bomb I have wondered a few times what this development was, mostly when passing by on the Macau ferry. Now I know. Well worth 13 minutes of your time. Thanks to Hong Wrong for the post. Sea Ranch: A 1970s...
by Tom | Jun 16, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Thanks!
