Any visitors to this blog (there, I’ve said it) have no doubt noticed a distinct lack of activity in recent months. That’s mostly due to my resources being focused on this magazine and blog. Much to my surprise, however, I’ve found this site continuing to draw a steady stream of visitors.
Worryingly, many — particularly over […]

Inspired by my new job, a contribution to a silly internet meme:

Imagethief today links to a PBS documentary, “The Tank Man,” which makes for interesting watching. I’d like to respond, for those of you who might be reading.
The China that I see every day is worlds away from the China shown in the film. You could put this down to my living the sheltered life […]

I’ve come across a site called BlogShares, a sort of stock market game for blogs. I have registered brezhnev.net there in the hopes that I will be able to ride this site’s virtual IPO to unimaginable virtual riches. Of course, I am at the mercy of the market; valuation is determined by the number of […]

I was having such a wonderful day — and then I came home to find Danwei.org reporting that Wikipedia is now blocked in China. By now, I’m used to not being able to read the BBC, but with Blogspot slowly becoming available here — though still not on my dialup connection at home — […]