by Tom | Oct 2, 2013 | Science, View
Must-view for so many reasons (NB 25 minutes long, so plan your time). I loved the stuff stashed everywhere making it feel like a big shed. I loved how elegant the astronauts get at handling zero g. Â I loved the working / using / sleeping on all four walls of any...
by Tom | Sep 27, 2013 | Google+
I'm sure there's a U missing here? #hkplates #totrblog
by Tom | Sep 24, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, View
I’m always a sucker for seeing building being built, and here is a marvellous collection of great Hong Kong buildings without their clothes on (SFW). How Hong Kong Was Made: Iconic Buildings Under Construction | Hong Wrong Hong Kong Expat Blog....
by Tom | Sep 22, 2013 | Government, Reading
Must read from Henry Porter. Just insanity. This isn’t about rights, it is about the wholesale slaughter of individuals. My emphasis. The figures from Congressional Research Service, plus recent statistics from icasualties.org, tell us that from the first...
by Tom | Sep 22, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Rearranged earlier flight from Taipei, check. Beef noodle breakfast:awesome, check. Surprisingly calm flight back to HK given we flew around a typhoon, although no service thanks to turbulence, check. Plenty of everything other than Chinese greens in the supermarket,...
by Tom | Sep 19, 2013 | Google+
A G and T? Just what I fancy as we head off into a typhoon. Not so good for driving. #totrblog #hkplates
by Tom | Sep 19, 2013 | Tech, View
Sort of the opposite of Max Payne: time only flows when you are moving, so if you stop you can plan your next shots and dodge bullets. Very nice idea, assuming they expand it beyond shooting. The link allows you to play a few introductory levels in your browser. Link:...
by Tom | Sep 17, 2013 | Google+
Cracking SMBC – "Meaningless megalomania". #totrblog  Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal September 14, 2013. Oh man, bio geeks, Bird and Moon is the best comic ever. Discuss this comic in the forum. September 13, 2013. In case you missed it, the...
by Tom | Sep 17, 2013 | Business, Government, Reading
Wow. There is a lot to digest in this must-read transcript of a talk given by Chomsky in Europe. I like the idea of the “really existing” version of an abstract ideal to help us focus on what is actually happening in the world rather than being distracted...
by Tom | Sep 17, 2013 | Reading, Science
We want sports to be fair and we take elaborate measures to make sure that no one competitor has an advantage over any other. But how can a fantastic menagerie ever be a contest among equals? It is a valid question, and a difficult one to answer. My hunch is that...
