by Tom | Aug 7, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
On the way too the first beach and between the first and second, we walked through forests full of Giant Golden Orb Weaving spiders. At my head height. Wow. They are large! One for Philippa and Maddie, I think.
by Tom | Aug 6, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Great regatta going on on the horizon, too
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Personal
We had two specially delightful meals while in London and I thought I’d share. Gioconda Dining Room is a splendid place on Denmark Street of all places and fabulous value for excellent cooking. Mr Gabbe assures me the chef was one of Australia’s greats...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
I don’t often see horizontal sun rays (as opposed to the more common “fingers of god”), so it was a delight to see these over Hong Kong a few nights ago. Add that to seeing the aurora borealis from 10km plus up as we flew back from Europe a couple of...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Reading
Today’s Groupon made me laugh. Sagami Xtreme Feel Up Condoms. Semi-NSFW (click already registered to view) and surely the brand name has to be wrong, so wrong. The marketing copy is hilarious. Some examples are: Today’s Groupon equips your tool well for the...
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Reading
Do not “make the ask.†Just ask. Spot on. I recommend reading the comments 1) to learn what antimeria is and 2) to get some great Shakespeare quotes, e.g. “uncle me no uncles”.
by Tom | Aug 4, 2011 | Tech
Page One: Banish Multi-Page Articles does what it says. Changes multi-page articles on a range of sites into one page reads (yes, it saves you one click only, but probably means you will read more of the article). Now all you have to do is get used to OS X...
by Tom | Aug 2, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Nice clear view into town tonight. Circuits after ten days in Europe put ten years on me.
by Tom | Aug 2, 2011 | Reading
Now it’s over for a while, some reading. In Why We Don’t Need a Debt Ceiling, Surowiecki puts a clear case that the US debt ceiling should be abolished. It would lead to better decision-making and improve the governance of the country. I’m...
by Tom | Aug 1, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Lovely evening in HK, and set for a nice week. But what do I hear you say, we have to work? Surely not!
