Book Report: Original Copies
It's a book about new housing developments in China, specifically those which have been made "Western-style". Why put up a copy of the Eiffel Tower in a newly developed Shanghai suburb? Why not? Ther...
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Puzzle Hunts are Everywhere, even Truckee, potentially
"I have been working on puzzles for my own race that I want to have in Truckee as a Girl Scout fund raiser." –Dave Rector From the looks of his sample puzzle, he might have been inspired by Sh...
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Puzzle Hunts are Everywhere, even St Louis
You must enjoy this St Louis travelog, aka how I traveled to DASH4. And it's also my report on DASH4 itself. Remember when I micro-blogged about tornado warning sirens? I wasn't kidding. ...
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Comic Report: Empire State
Not every Jason Shiga book is a choose-your-own-adventure nerdfest. "Empire State" is a book straight-up about human relationships (albeit with some nerd-ish characters). Special bonus cross-country ...
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Puzzle Hunts are Everywhere, including NYC, NYC, NYC, and NYC
Happy 4th of July! It's USA Independence Day, a good day for us Americans to set aside our customary humility and exult in what makes our country great. So it's a good day to remember that not all th...
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Book Report: American Shaolin
Yestere'en, I watched the Chinese New Year's parade. I'm not into parades, but I visit a fair number of parades. Why show up an event I'm not into? A non-trivial fraction of my friends are photograp...
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Book Report: American-Born Chinese
[I'm testing out a new anti-spam tool. In theory, I haven't told it to actually discard any mail yet. So in theory you shouldn't see a difference. But mistakes can happen. So if you send me somet...
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