FTW!!1!

This is definitely the highlight of my day. I've been searching for the "Chang Tang" plateau in central Tibet.. which is essentially a big tundra.. when this picture popped up in a Google Image Search. Chang Tang, you r teh win. u h4X0r3d your way into the tundra. GJ.

Great Wall of China (more successful this time)

http://www.thebeijingguide.com/badaling/badaling_tower.html is a really cool interactive 'walk-thru' of the Great Wall. It's like a video game with no point, other than you might learn something!

Things Not To Do On A Unicycle

A search for the amusement park in Beijing that houses giraffes along the Great Wall of China turned up this gem:

This site seems to offer pretty reasonable unicycle safety advice. If you've made plans to ride your unicycle over unsuspecting Asian children- you may want to consider an alternative activity. Apparently that is unsafe.

Rivals for Cool

Adam has been keeping a workblog, and it is pretty sweet. Thus, I will create my own workblog, and make it even sweeter! Starting...now.


This looks like the coolest festival ever. At -40degrees, it probably is.