Ok, a Blu-ray Disc “guaranteed to preserve data safely for over 200 years” is a claim that may not exactly be impossible to prove, but would you (or your descendants) even bother? Delkin Devices, manufacturer of the Archival Gold BD Recordable media, says that its patented “phase-change” recording materials allow the discs to withstand the… Read More »
I know a hundred ways to die I’ve often thought I’d try one: Lie down beneath a motor truck Some day when standing by one. Or throw myself from off a bridge – Except such things must be So hard upon the scavengers And men that clean the sea. I know some poison I could… Read More »
百姓供养我锦衣玉食。我君临万民，就当尽心竭力，为百姓办事。你食君之禄，当忠君之事。我食民之禄，就当忠民之事。康熙，鹿鼎记，第五十回 反观新加坡的执政官员，本末颠倒，终日养尊处优，却压抑舆论，视群众如粪土，焉有造福人民之心？ Technorati Tags: 康熙 鹿鼎记 食民之禄 新加坡 本末颠倒
Here’s a question for slash-and-burn artists that, er, begs the question: “To make the workforce redundant, doesn’t one person need to stay?”
From what I observe, the whole China road network is a bloody pedestrian crossing. The way people are using the roads here in Shenzhen made me worry that some day they’ll end up as roadkill, like these photos of an accident that occurred along Ayala Avenue in Makati, Philippines.
One thing that struck me after six months in Shenzhen is the inexplicable obsession with workflow by the locals. Everywhere you go, there is likely to be an established workflow for doing things: Register at counter A, wait for your turn at room B on level 3, pay at counter F on the ground floor,… Read More »