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Four years in Shanghai – without a doubt the coolest thing I’ve ever done. 再见上海！
I still have the one-way ticket from Chicago when I came here: June 2nd, 2011. The week leading up to my move here was madness, and arriving here was comical. The airline had lost my biggest suitcase, the one with … Continue reading
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Tagged commuting, Cycling, ExPat, photography, pollution, Shanghai, Travel
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Net Neutrality
I’m an Internet nerd. I’ve been using the Internet since early days, on a dialup modem TUI to our local BBS, and later on MichNet which was made availably by our K-12 school in Adrian. I’ve grown up a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Internet, Internet Governance, Net Neutrality, Shanghai
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VyOS Users Meeting Japan
Today I did something cool: I attended the VyOS Users Meeting Japan #2 in Tokyo. I clearly was not prepared for this meetup – my laptop has no stickers on the back of it. I think every presenter’s laptop looked … Continue reading
Lunar eclipse from Shanghai
Today I watched and photographed the lunar eclipse from Shanghai. It was a lot of fun – Sarah and I ordered pizza and stood on the terrace at Mintel’s Shanghai office with my camera, snapping photos. timeanddate.com’s eclipse calculator was … Continue reading
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Tagged eclipse, lunar eclipse, moon, photography, Shanghai
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Da Moon
After seeing some beautiful photos of August’s supermoon, I pondered what kind of camera it might take to capture such detailed photos of the moon. I’ve recently taken delivery of a Canon EOS 700D (T5i), which when pointed at the … Continue reading
Gone for a walk in the rain
We had an amazing rain & thunderstorm last week, and aside the beautiful lightning shots Sarah and I captured, the above photo of this anonymous, soaked individual stands out.
Things you see on the street in Shanghai
It’s always an adventure out there.
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They don’t call ’em Armadillo tires for nothing
Three years of city riding in Chicago and Shanghai and my 700x28mm rear tire has finally had it. So bad the tread is coming off the base of the tire, despite two gashes in the rubber. What finally took it … Continue reading
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The pollution moves in…
Friday afternoon. Here’s the view from our new office on the balcony of the 25th floor. The wind is blowing from the north and bringing in the “fog” that you see.
Lightning in Shanghai (Quite possibly the coolest photo I’ve ever taken)
From my apartment at 徐家汇路135号: All lightning shots here on Google Plus.