by Tom | Mar 11, 2015 | Science
This is properly brilliant. Crank up your sound and use Chrome to see it work well. Just your computer speaker and microphone needed.
by Tom | Mar 8, 2015 | Reading
Must read on the purpose of ISIS.Tl;dr a real threat to the region based on a strict interpretation of the prophet’s writings. Not the only available interpretation, but definitely Islamic. Having declared a caliphate, the scripture requires certain elements...
by Tom | Feb 26, 2015 | General
Some useful numbers on the watch industry before the Apple watch appears. As a sidebar, it explains why there are so many watch shops in Hong Kong: we buy 20% of the world’s watches by value (or did – they are surely mostly for China, and this...
by Tom | Feb 26, 2015 | Government
It really stinks when a government has to engender terrorist plots to keep us worried. The defendants clearly have some unpleasant views, but don’t seem likely to have acted on them until the confidential informant got involved. This has been mentioned before....
by Tom | Feb 19, 2015 | Personal
I think Bentley has commandeered my seat…
by Tom | Feb 18, 2015 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Well worth reading this talk about the turn of the 20th century Hong Kong. A quote of relevance to the Lunar New Year: A respectable Chinaman must begin the New Year free from debt, so that amongst the trades people there is great activity, collecting in their...
by Tom | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
It seems pretty clear it's the goat coming up.tl;dr the goat was the rare rich / aristo dish so higher class than the other horned pointy face animals.Landmark begs to differ in a splendidly kitsch way.
by Tom | Feb 17, 2015 | General
Bravo. “Fifty Shades Of Grey” by review in haiku. Whip-smart this is notNot very titillatingA bit like torture
by Tom | Jan 24, 2015 | Government, Reading
Very much looking forward to seeing insights coming from a number of projects trying to get a data-driven handle on terrorism around the world. Hopefully this will allow us all to push back on some of the sillier political and media reports. First off, a definition....
by Tom | Jan 23, 2015 | Reading
Extraordinary and depressing view of caste in historical and contemporary India. I don’t know how this blight upon our land is going to go away, but I do think that somehow even being ashamed about it is going to play an important part. And we can debate what...
