by Tom | Jul 25, 2012 | Google+
Is Facebook an enemy of the internet?Very interesting early stat: our updates only reach 12% to 16% of our friends (although there is no source for the data).The move from "Sharing" an external page to "Liking" a page / link viewed in Facebook is...
by Tom | Jul 24, 2012 | Google+
Not quite so good a birthday present. Managed to throw Caroline’s Kindle at the wall while picking it up off the bedside table. Screen is still knackered, so she’s got mine now…d’oh!
by Tom | Jul 24, 2012 | Google+
The Fed and stock market returns.I really, really don't understand the City / Wall Street, but this one really is gobsmacking.Almost all of the equity premium puzzle (that the return on stocks is greater than it should be given their level of risk) appears to be...
by Tom | Jul 24, 2012 | Google+
Not quite typhoon pictures from a plane. Seems that the lovely shots of “Typhoon Vincente” today are actually of Tropical Storm Malou from September 2010. 飛機上俯視颱風(mail分享) – 日誌 – å§é›ª –...
by Tom | Jul 24, 2012 | Google+
Vicente from space. This one is of the typhoon, but not from a plane. It was huuuuuge. Furious Typhoon Vicente Snapped from Space The storm has walloped Hong Kong with torrential rains, and could bring still more damage.
by Tom | Jul 24, 2012 | Google+
And finally, here’s Vicente (and a wind speed indicator) from Hung Hom pier (on the Kowloon Side, really not far from us).
by Tom | Jul 22, 2012 | Google+
What a cracking day. Sharing our joint birthdays with super lovely people on a junk which had absolutely the best of the changeable weather. Swimming in the sea with a full bottle of champagne definitely a highlight.
by Tom | Jul 19, 2012 | Google+
Officially my favourite toilet vista in HK to date. The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong 1 Austin Road West, Hong Kong
by Tom | Jul 18, 2012 | Google+
None required. Clearly an 80s music fan.
by Tom | Jul 18, 2012 | Google+
I love 50 Sheds of Grey, and hope reading their tweets spares me having to read the original.This is brilliant: 'I'm a very naughty girl,' she said, biting her lip, 'I need to be punished.' So I invited my mother to stay for the weekend....
