It’s that time of the year again – where I take a month off from travel to apply for a new passport (or in this …
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The lobby of a Chinese boutique hotel (above) jarring with the in-room Chinese-English bible (below). Two separate issues: the role of Christian faith in China; the …
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Infrastructure norms for Chinese high speed trains.
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Instructions for breaking glass in the even of an emergency. Assume layers of information on top of anything and everything, contextually dependent. And then served up …
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Pico-projector built into this Nikon camera – even in optimal conditions the quality of the experience is poor.
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Dentist tool for seeing where teeth grind – by checking the red and blue stain remains. The whole patient-holds-mirror-up-to-mouth works well enough, but expect to …
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Baby squats/trousers open.
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