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My first radio contact from a high altitude balloon
I’ve been watching – with awe – the number of high altitude balloon (HAB) launches there are here in the UK, and thinking about building my own and sending it up. Last month I went up to Cambridge for the … Continue reading
Iceland – Aurora Borealis
These photos are best viewed while listening to Island Songs (Ólafur Arnalds). Last night we saw a spectacular show of the aurora borealis. There aren’t any words to quite describe it. We saw the first glimpses around 9 PM (Iceland … Continue reading
Iceland – Day 1
We’re staying in Iceland for the next week – in a somewhat rural area north of Selfoss, right about here: https://goo.gl/maps/S14d9aPQX6S2 We couldn’t appreciate the landscape’s beauty last night having arrived at midnight. However the stars were incredible. Fans of Heavens … Continue reading
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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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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