Where Little Cars Come From
Crash? Or Autos Getting Fresh? prompted these photos of other entanglements (scroll down in comments):
Category Archives: Non-tech
The Humiliation Of Being An Editor
Grammar, words and spelling are humiliating. I used to be good at this kind of thing in school, but going back to editing reminds me how shaky are the foundations of one’s knowledge. Where do commas go when you use quotation marks? Is ‘none’ singular or plural? Is ‘willpower’ one word or two? These are… Read More »
One Kid, A Tsunami, Nineteen Days At Sea, And A Soccer Match
This is nothing to do with technology, but it’s such a wonderful story I have to share it. Here’s how AP reported it: Portugal welcomes a special fan: Indonesian tsunami survivor LISBON, Portugal (AP): When Portugal walks onto the field Saturday to play Slovakia in a World Cup qualifying match, its captain will be holding… Read More »
Messing With The Flow Of Human Traffic
Living in Hong Kong I can’t help but be fascinated by the way pedestrians self-organize. It’s one of the densest populations on earth, so navigating one’s way through the urban jungle requires a lot of mental processing. The pedestrian bridge in Wanchai that goes from the subway to my office is probably half a kilometer,… Read More »
How To Get A Good Idea Part II
Nowadays I get three days in the office to do part of my job, editing The Asian Wall Street Journal’s print edition of the Personal Journal (great piece in tomorrow’s edition, by the way, on South Korean female blogging by Lina Yoon (I noticed the Sydney Morning Herald also did something on this earlier this… Read More »