Spieleabend (I): Furthur!
Ich schlage folgendes Spiel vor: An einem Abend treffen sich vier bis sechs Spieler. Die Aufgabe eines jeden ist es, ein Item vorzubereiten und mitzubringen, vo...
Category: Sports et divertissements
Ensō
Watched Howard Rheingold trying to get a little Attention into his classroom. That reminded me of something from a former life: 7 o’clock in the morning, ...
Out Of Character
I admit, I liked Shoot ‘Em Up (trailer). Especially the idea to cast Jan-Philipp Reemtsma as the villain. The movie is the more honest sibling of Children...
It’s complicated
Have you ever wondered how to turn a sphere inside out without producing wrinkles? Ask no more.
Facing Facebook
I have joined the thousands or so netizens who are playing around with Facebook these days. There is something very compelling about this environment, and it...
Noise
Demolition work always cheers people up. Whenever there is one of these modern equivalents of a Tyrannosaurus Rex eating away at some concrete structure you can...
Switching Positions
The 10th floor of Guibin Lou Hotel (贵宾楼饭店), with a balcony looking down upon Chang’an Street and the Forbidden City was the appropriate location for a far...
Virgin Trip to Karaoke
On a weekend trip to the seaside with Q’s department I have finally celebrated my initiation into Karaoke, or K-TV, as the Chinese call it. There had been...
Summer Palace Marginalia
Today, a less commercial event in the bookstore of Q and her friends, close to the Summer Palace. In the garden a group of musicians from the Xinjiang province ...
Beijing in July
Hot, dusty, the sun an orange ball at the yellow-greyish sky. Q’s apartment is situated in an old-fashioned compound near Qinghua University in the Northw...