Great Circle Mapper

How cool is this? A site that maps out great circle paths across the earth. Disclaimers aside, it gives a good idea of the most direct path from here to there. In other mappy news, this page answers the burning question, “Where is the largest island in a lake on...

Rainy morning in Wan Chai

7am and 80 degrees already. It’s too early for the crush of commuters that will be surging from the train and ferry terminals soon. As I walk along the elevated walkways I pass old women doing tai chi and old men doing nothing. At an outdoor pool, young men swim...

Crunky update

Crunky is now available in convenient individually-wrapped chunks, of, umm, crunk?