A few odds and ends. Firstly, I am a little surprised to report that Henry was correct, and the junk faxes have stopped arriving since I registered my fax number with the “Do Not Call” people at PCCW. My main fear was that logging my number might actually increase the number of faxes, but fortunately…

An interesting piece of information from Waaah!. Henry claims that many of the buttons on pedestrian crossing do nothing, and that the traffic lights simply carry on going through their pre-defined cyle regardless. At busy junctions this does makes some sense, I suppose, given that there will always be pedestrians waiting to cross – and…

I’m back, in time to enjoy a few peaceful days in Hong Kong before going back to work on Tuesday. With so many people out of town, it’s easier to get a table for dim sum, the roads are less busy and the shopping centres less crowded. Whilst I was away, I managed to avoid…

I love these ads that some people have on their blog. Giles at Sweet Chariots has “Exclusive Insider Intelligence Analysis by Israeli Experts” and “Latest Israeli and Jewish News Worldwide”, plus searches for “hamas” and “hong kong radio”. I assume this “ad by Google” was prompted by his article about the new leader of Hamas.  Targeted…

I am amazed that some people manage to read so many blogs. No criticism of anyone else intended here, but I don’t spend my time at work reading blogs or updating this one (except for the very rare occasions when I post before I start work, and the odd comment or two here and there).…

After seeing what a mess a large government organization can make of setting up a website, compare and contrast a simple blog: The Sassy Lawyer. The blog’s not bad, either!

Foreigners often complain that cricket is boring, and I have to admit that sometimes they are right. However, in the last few days we have had a couple of examples of what can happen. On Sunday we had England bowling out the West Indies for 47 runs and winning the First Test by 10 wickets.…

Giles over at Misohoni mentions the coverage on ATV World of the Arsenal vs Celta Vigo game in the Champions League. It was a great win for Arsenal but what spoiled the match for me were the local Gweillio commentators who seemed to be a “poor man’s” Andy Gray and Alan Parry. I didn’t watch…

It’s often interesting to look back at what was expected and compare that to what has actually happened. For example, the convergence of the Internet and traditional media has happened rather differently (and more slowly) than many expected a few years back. The Internet is not on TV, but TV is on the Internet (PCCW’s…

There was an intriguing piece in last week’s Sunday Morning Post about an architect who is renting two adjoining apartments in a Kowloon Tong apartment block. It seems that he managed to persuade the owner and the management company to allow him to remove the front doors of both apartments and construct a new front…