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The BBC is reporting that a early structure has been found.

The circular structure, found at a site near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, has been dated as being made in 8,500BC.

Details here.

I am always excited by new evidence of . . . → Read More: Discovery of ancient house in Yorkshire

Left Shenzen hotel at 6:30 AM Saturday, planning to catch the 8:45 AM ferry to Hong Kong airport. However, they gave us tickets for the 7:45 ferry. We were sitting at breakfast when the ferry ticket clerk came running in to tell us we needed to catch the ferry right now.

This meant going through immigration and . . . → Read More: Heading home

On Saturday, I joined a team outing with a group from Huawei, the company that Geoff works for. We went out to some mountains about an hour and a half from Shenzhen. There were some pretty mountains, and the more energetic climbed the mountains.

Mountains outside of Shenzhen

We grilled food over open charcoal barbecues, which . . . → Read More: Out of the city

On Friday, I also wandered to the area where a number of government buildings are. Clearly Shenzhen is looking to display their modern edge in the architecture of some of their public buildings.

The municipal building is a huge winged creature. I didn’t get close enough to see how the actual usable space is configured.

Shenzhen municipal . . . → Read More: Modern Architecture

From the Observer, Fatigue Cripples US Army

The anecdotal evidence on the ground confirms what others – prominent among them General Colin Powell, the former US Secretary of State – have been insisting for months now: that the US army is ‘about broken’. Only a third of the regular army’s brigades now qualify as combat-ready. Officers educated . . . → Read More: Exhaustion in Iraq

Watched the movie The Prestige last night. It was a great film, with some stunning performances. Two magicians, once friends, now bitter rivals try to destroy each other. There is escalating anger, deceit and illusion, ending with some amazing plot twists. The ending worked for me, though it didn’t work for everyone watching with me.

The cast . . . → Read More: The Prestige

On the subject of old movies….

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Didn’t post much this week, but I’ve got an excuse.

There’s lots of fun things to talk about. I learned about the mating habits of giraffes this week at a great dinner with some old friends. There’s even a word for one aspect of this mating pattern: flehmen, which is my nominee for the specialized word . . . → Read More: Giraffes, new word, and layoffs