(I am stepping away from the China mode in this post, other than implying that China is one of the players/variables in the future ‘development’ of Afghanistan. So if you’re looking for a straight shot of China, tune in next time. PS: I am moving to Beijing in one week, and my writing has been [...]
Entries from June 2010
Thinking Afghanistan 9 Years On
June 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags: Afghanistan
Google, Facebook, VPNs and Moving
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
I have just finished reading Googled by Ken Auletta, and I followed it up with James Fallows’ Atlantic Monthly piece, How to Save the News. A lot of good reading here, as well as a much deeper explanation of who and what Google is and what it appears they are doing, though it becomes a [...]
FTL
June 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments
There are some things we just know without having to hit the books, or, as in some cases, having the books hit us. One of the most hard-wired connections that humans come equipped with is the coupling of memory and smell. We’ve all had the experience of moving through a day when seemingly out of [...]
Tags: physics