Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)Interior
Today was the hottest day of the year, so far. At Hong Kong Observatory, the temperature reached 34.6C. On a little island in the South China Sea, the thermometer hovered a tad below 33C during this afternoon.
Territory-wide, another record was also broken: today, the air pollution was the worst, ever.
[rant] Manufacturers make money, shoppers in the USA, Europe and elsewhere buy goods at affordable prices. The real, external costs of all that commerce and trade are, however, borne locally: the air we breathe is chock-a-block with ozone, nitrous dioxide and 'respirable suspended particulates'. [/rant]
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Reading matters
Economic Realities Are Killing Our Era of Fantasy Politics, by Matt Taibbi: Rolling Stone via AlterNet
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Waterboys: The Whole of the Moon
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Too high, too far, too soon:
Too high, too far, too soon:
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)The 'sitting-out area' in Tai Tsoi Yuen Koi (that's the district where the old squatter huts used to be)
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Grace Jones: Corporate Cannibal
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Grace is back! Very tasty, too:
Have a great weekend!
Grace is back! Very tasty, too:
Have a great weekend!
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Reading matters
Numbers racket: Why the economy is worse than we know, by Kevin P Phillips: Harper's
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Ann Peebles: I Can't Stand the Rain
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Co-written by Peebles and produced by Willie Mitchell for Hi Records, the 1973 Memphis soul classic I Can't Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles:
Bonus: Missy Elliot samples Ann Peebles: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Co-written by Peebles and produced by Willie Mitchell for Hi Records, the 1973 Memphis soul classic I Can't Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles:
Bonus: Missy Elliot samples Ann Peebles: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Reading matters
2020 Vision: Does Hong Kong Have a Home in China’s Xiaokang Society? by Fred Armentrout: HK Journal
Hong Kong: Legislative Council Questions
Some of the questions (and answers) from the LegCo meeting of Wednesday, 9 July 2008:
LCQ1: Support to Hong Kong-owned enterprises regarding Labour Contract Law
LCQ12: Natural gas for electricity generation
LCQ13:Marriages between Hong Kong residents and Mainlanders
LCQ1: Support to Hong Kong-owned enterprises regarding Labour Contract Law
LCQ12: Natural gas for electricity generation
LCQ13:Marriages between Hong Kong residents and Mainlanders
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Eye | Land | View
(click on photo to enlarge)An active southwesterly airstream is bringing thundery showers to the south China coastal areas and the northern part of the South China Sea.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Reading matters
(click on photo to enlarge)A full moon above a little island in the South China Sea
August moon rising over nervous Beijing, by Philip J Cunningham: Bangkok Post (Thanks, Gavin!)
Sunday, July 06, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)An area of low pressure over the seas east of Hainan Island is bringing showers and thunderstorms to the south China coast and northern part of the South China Sea.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Friday, July 04, 2008
Reading matters
Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong, by Mark Reynolds: PopMatters
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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(click on photo to enlarge)Back in business.
A trip to town and onward to Hennessy Road and the Wanchai Computer Centre. Computer heaven is two (or is it three) floors of loads of shops selling everything and anything to do with computers: notepads, laptops, desktops, motherboards, CPUs, fans, RAM, mice, video cards, sound cards, cabling, routers, modems, wifi stuff, monitors, blank discs. . .
Got out of there with a new keyboard. . . and a hard disc enclosure + 160GB hard disc as well as a couple of 4GB memory sticks.
Yeah!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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