Mid-point of the trip
We finished our meetings here in Xi’an, and tomorrow morning some of us are flying down to Shenzhen. (The others will stay here with the… Read More »Mid-point of the trip
January 2010
The Terra-Cotta Warriors of Xi'an
So I have seen the Eighth Wonder of the World. And the title was aptly bestowed – it was magnificent, a wonderful experience. You can… Read More »The Terra-Cotta Warriors of Xi'an
Xi'an old city at night
Here are a few pictures from this evening’s expedition to Xi’an’s old (walled) city. The full set is here in my MobileMe Gallery. It was… Read More »Xi'an old city at night
This is democracy?
More from James Fallows: Counting the new Republican Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts, the 41 Republicans in the Senate come from states representing just over… Read More »This is democracy?
Route map for the next trip
As so often before, I’m posting a map of my route, as calculated by Karl L. Swartz’s excellent Great Circle Mapper. 19 days, 14,313 miles:
Electronics for the trip
I’m heading to China for 19 days, and so the big activity this weekend is packing. I found myself enumerating all of the electronics gear… Read More »Electronics for the trip
That b100dy HP laptop
I just posted this one-star review to Amazon.com: I bought my DV4-2045DX at Best Buy, on a whim. Soon after I got it, I headed… Read More »That b100dy HP laptop
Off I go again
Another month, another business trip. On Monday I’ll be heading back to China for nearly three weeks. First I’m going to Xi’an, flying United to… Read More »Off I go again
A collection of thought-provoking posts related to cloud computing
From the last few days…. Grendel: free/open source software for protecting your cloud data Providing Single Sign-On to Amazon EC2 Applications from an On-Premises Windows… Read More »A collection of thought-provoking posts related to cloud computing
Post-theist, post-atheist (and post-polytheist too)
Colin McGinn has written a marvelous essay on “Why I am an Atheist”. He begins by pointing out that the atheist cannot rationally limit his… Read More »Post-theist, post-atheist (and post-polytheist too)