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Year: 2008

York

Last weekend I took a trip to York, a historic city in the north…
Travel, United Kingdom 13th February 200820th January 2022 Comments 4 1 min read

Namdaemun Destroyed

On Sunday night a devastating fire destroyed the 610-year-old Namdaemun “Great South Gate” in…
Korea, Seoul 11th February 200820th January 2022 Comment 1 1 min read

Year of the Rat

Having been born in August 1984 I fall squarely in the year of the…
China, General 7th February 200820th January 2022 Comments 0 1 min read

Vote! (Please)

For goodness sake America sort it out. The rest of the world is relying…
Rant 5th February 200821st August 2022 Comment 1

How To Ruin A Design Classic

The London Underground (or the “Tube” as we like to call it here) has…
Design, How-to, London, Rant 4th February 200815th August 2022 Comments 19 1 min read

Dim Sum Musings

Despite London’s large Chinese population, finding good authentic Chinese food at a reasonable price…
Food, London 3rd February 200820th January 2022 Comments 0 2 min read

Life of a Blog Post

Wired has created a cool infographic about the life cycle of a blog post…
Design, Technology 1st February 200821st August 2022 Comments 0 1 min read

Retrospective

This time last year I was finding my feet during my first week living…
China 31st January 200820th January 2022 Comments 2 1 min read

Anonymous

If you follow the various social news networks (Digg, Reddit etc.) then you will…
General 29th January 200821st August 2022 Comments 7

Tufte on iPhone Resolution

Edward Tufte, the undisputed master of information visualisation (described by The New York Times…
Design, Technology 24th January 200821st August 2022 Comments 0 1 min read

Virtual Tourist

There can never be any substitute for going somewhere “in the flesh” but there…
China, Travel 22nd January 200821st January 2022 Comments 0 2 min read

Hello to Tomorrow

Photo by Noel Broda Eurostar, the high-speed train which runs under the English Channel…
Architecture, Film 17th January 20083rd February 2022 Comment 1 1 min read

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