Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Eye | Land | View
(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
Eye | Land | View
(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
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