I think I may have noticed a theme to these “Dean Fung English” articles" in the Hong Kong Standard:

That’s one weird track for a typhoon – looks as if someone has been scribbling all over a map Apparently the problem is another storm (Bolaven) in the same area.

I am utterly baffled by this announcement from Google: On November 1, 2013, iGoogle will be retired. We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today’s web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android,…

Unsurprising news from The Guardian (Olympic bargains galore as London’s theatres and hotels slash rates): Call it the Olympic effect. From the smartest of hotels to sought-after theatre tickets to the best restaurants, the London 2012 Games are providing summer bookers with some unexpected bargains in one of the world’s most expensive cities. Hotels in…

I can buy music legally (HK$8 per track).   I got slightly over-excited by this news, and purchased an album that I later realized I had ordered on CD a couple of days earlier.  Whoops. I still haven't quite figured what is available.  

There have been several letters in the SCMP from expats in response to Sam Wong’s letter last week.  His response is to deny what he wrote and blame it on the sub-editor: Some deny post-colonial reality of HK There have been many responses to my letter ("Expats have done little to benefit city", January 3).…

In today’s ESF, Alex Lo provides a reasonable summary of the issues but seems to have missed the point. No easy options for the ESF dilemma MY TAKE Alex Lo Nov 26, 2011 Negotiations between the government and the English Schools Foundation are going nowhere. The government wants to let go of the ESF, if…

Interesting article in the Guardian about the high prices for downloading movies.  Movie fans turn to piracy when the online cupboard is bare Downloaded movie prices are about 30% to 50% higher than buying an actual DVD. That's if you can find the film online Ask anyone who's studied copyright policy – scholars of music…

I finally got round to cleaning up the links in Hong Kong and Asia blogs. I've removed all broken links and any blogs with no recent postings. It's possible that I may have missed one or two that have moved to new places, so feel free to let me know if that is the case.…

Top work by Now TV. They had the final of the French Open live (and in HD), and they showed the after-match interview with (runner-up) Francesca Schiavone, and then cut away to an advert break before (winner) Li Na got to speak.  They returned in time for several minutes of waffle by the commentators before…