Thursday, July 31, 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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Public pier

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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Lanterns

Monday, July 28, 2008

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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:

Friday, July 25, 2008

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Out-patients department

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Tung Wan beach

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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Live poultry

Monday, July 21, 2008

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Late night diners

Sunday, July 20, 2008

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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!

Friday, July 18, 2008

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Friday evening, mourners

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Waterfront lanterns

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Six fifty-four pm

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

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Abandonned footwear

Sunday, July 13, 2008

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Restaurant

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)

Friday, July 11, 2008

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Pak Tai temple soccer pitch

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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The ubiquitous cat

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

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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

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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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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

Dion: The Wanderer

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.



Have a great weekend!

Friday, July 04, 2008

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Public pier

Reading matters

Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong, by Mark Reynolds: PopMatters

Thursday, July 03, 2008

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Six forty-two pm

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

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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