Archive for March, 2010
Margo – Queen of Tiger Leaping Gorge
Sometimes my RSS feed tosses a news morsel my way. Today is was a piece regarding the passing of an apparent fixture on the Yunnan backpacking circuit. Via In the Footsteps of Joseph Rock His group were surprised – to say the least – to be passed by a lone western woman traveling at speed […]
Portsmouth Village
Although I don’t really live in Portsmouth Village, I like to say I do. Technically, I live in Alwington neighbourhood, which is right on the eastern edge of Portsmouth Village. Close enough. *tangent* – recently (past three months or so) I’ve noticed that I’m becoming more ambivalent (than usual) toward planning research. As identified in […]
Google Hong Kong
www.google.cn is toast… Welcome to www.google.hk I had thought for awhile that Google might pull something like this and try to keep their presence by bouncing off their uncensored .hk domain. I’m curious to see what happens next. Will www.google.com be blocked outright on the Mainland? (it was intermittently blocked in the past) and what […]
The Pacific
I watched the first episode of HBO’s The Pacific last night. Same, same…but different, is how I would describe it relative to its sister-series Band of Brothers. The opening format is almost identical, as is the shaky and fast camera directing style and slick production sets. It S/FX have improved, especially in one scene where […]
Walking: Second Class Citizen?
I’ve was working on a brief regarding the walking/cycling school bus methodology for one of my classes when I came across this quote in one of the papers I was reading: Despite the accepted health benefits of walking, in some Western cities it has become an almost counter-cultural activity, and ‘a sign of powerlessness or […]
Yellow Bikes
I beat the crap out of my old Bianchi this winter. After several months of winter riding I have no brakes that work, a busted front derailleur that barely shifts and the rear derailleur is completely stuck…meaning I’m constantly pedaling in high gear. I rode for awhile with a braking system that hardly worked, but […]
Last Train Home
The Kingston Canadian Film Festival screened Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home this past Sunday afternoon. While the train and station scenes brilliantly visualize the annual railway struggle, the film is more about the shaky situation of the migrant worker family in 21st century China. From the richest Shanghai families down to the poorest migrants, China […]
Vancouver Twenty-Ten Finish
Since it is being compared to Paul Henderson’s 1972 goal (which is an important piece of Canadian history) it seems fitting that I should mention where I was for Sidney Crosby’s massive 2010 gold medal winning overtime goal over Team USA. @ The Duke – Kingston, Ontario with my friends and colleagues from SURP. We […]
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