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I’m thinking of turning to crime

He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote A Treatise on the Binomial…
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Why I will never fly US Air

You will have heard by now that US Air has offered the Hudson crash survivors a full year's worth of upgrades for their trouble. "Sorry you nearly died. Here's a…
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Playing catch up

When I was out, a lot of people sent me leads and links which I did not have time to upload. Here are a few of them. * Many people…
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Just got back

Thanks to all who commented on the Dahn Yoga story, and on the Taiwan trip. I'll be writing more about Taiwan over the next week. I'm back a few days…
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Random encounters

(All the Chinese words are my own spelling.) There are a lot of other akward, geeky white guys in Taipei, but apparently not too many because I find I am…
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Taiwan travel

Completely by luck, I passed this sign by the entrance to a seaside almost-beach. There was a little sand but mostly coral. No swimming signs were posted. No people were…