Time travel
Two brief items about time and my recently completed circumnavigation. For years, my timepiece of choice has been the Citizen Skyhawk. It’s a solar-powered marvel,… Read More »Time travel
May 2008
Photos are up
The photos from the trip (334 of them) are now up here. Among my favourites: The “broken rainbow” bridge in Beijing. The sheer scale of… Read More »Photos are up
Heathrow works, Chicago sucks, Edam isn't
I’ve just arrived back in Seattle after my circumnavigation. The day started out uneventfully: I drove from Oxford to Heathrow, dropped off the car, took… Read More »Heathrow works, Chicago sucks, Edam isn't
"Tragic life stories"
I was in the Oxford W.H.Smith’s just now, and among the books upstairs they had two full shelves ((I.e. two bays of five shelves, each… Read More »"Tragic life stories"
In Oxford
I’m blogging from a Starbucks in Oxford, grimacing at the expense of the T-Mobile WiFi. Never mind. Herewith a random collection of observations about the… Read More »In Oxford
"House of Suns" by Alastair Reynolds
My review from Amazon.com: Incredibly ambitious, but it works Publishing’s a funny old business. Reynolds’ magnum opus, “House of Suns” has only just come out… Read More »"House of Suns" by Alastair Reynolds
Airports
This is an interesting trip for airports. At Beijing, I arrived and departed through the extraordinary new Terminal 3. I only saw Singapore from the… Read More »Airports
Darwin's uncomfortable truths
Derb has a fabulous piece over at Taki’s Magazine about Darwin, evolution, and the uncomfortable consequences of this simple but revolutionary idea. It cannot be… Read More »Darwin's uncomfortable truths
At the sign of The Lucky Shamrock
I’m sitting in a restaurant called The Lucky Shamrock, at the far end of the incredible new Terminal 3 building at Beijing Airport. ((Curiosiy: There… Read More »At the sign of The Lucky Shamrock
The streets of Beijing
When I’m in a new city, my impulse is to walk. Not take tours, or work through the top tourist spots, but simply to walk… Read More »The streets of Beijing