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Zion Riverside

The Singapore neighborhood I’m staying in this year is much more modern and upscale than anywhere I’ve stayed before. It feels a bit sterile, and many of the stores and food shops are selling western food — beer, pizza, burgers. … Continue reading

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999

Sometimes when people talk about buying HDB flats (housing built by the Singapore housing authority) they will mention with a scowl “of course, you don’t really /own/ the flat, you only get a 99-year lease.” To which my thought is … Continue reading

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Boraras

Recent reading about axlotls plunged me down a rabbit hole of developmental biology regarding the preservation of juvenile or larval traits into adulthood. The wiki page about this contains a lot of questionable claims about how this applies to human … Continue reading

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Beefy

I just came across yet another person in an online forum saying “The single best thing the average U.S. resident can do to help the environment is become vegetarian/vegan.” When looking for a citation better than my own vague ruminations, … Continue reading

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Spielzeugmuseum, Munich

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One more tree

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Aegina photos

Before a work meeting in Athens I’m spending a weekend riding around Aegina on a tiny scooter than can only barely climb the hills. The high ground away from the tourist areas are full of olive and pistachio trees. No … Continue reading

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What I’ve mostly been doing

I’ve just posted a lengthy, esoteric article on the Wikimedia blog about the work project that’s been devouring all of my time for the last few months. Skimming it just now, I note that more than half of the approximately … Continue reading

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Singapore river safari park

Singapore has a new zoo/aquarium that is river themed. It’s divided into geographic sections that feature creatures that live in and beside the water. It also has pandas for some reason… that didn’t really fit into the ‘river’ theme. There … Continue reading

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Singapore food gallery

If the scale I just stepped on is accurate, I have a few extra pounds to account for. A partial reckoning: That last is of cooks at Hill Street Tai Hwa pork noodles work frantically to keep up with their … Continue reading

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