Yes, it has. So strange how days can take forever to pass, but a decade is gone before you know it.
This month represents ten years since I first started my job at the University of Washington, and I’m not sure if this tenure is an accomplishment or just a sign of how much I’m subject to inertia. In any case, as day jobs go, it’s a good one.
Location: Kuntai Royal Hotel, Beijing I’m here. My internal clock is all confused — I don’t know what time it is, or even what day. OK, my computer tells me it’s 7am back in Seattle, and the hotel clock says it’s 10pm here. I think we’re both on Monday now… Getting to the airport this…
After a night of on-and-off sleeping, I got up around 8 and started getting ready for a day of being a tourist. In my email was a copy of a Wall Street Journal article about Ticketmaster’s entry into China. Now the world knows what we’re up to. One thing I found interesting was the statement…
As one of the founding members of the Seaprog Festival in Seattle, I’ve had a part in organizing every one of the seven festivals presented with that name from 2013 to 2022, as well as other events here and there around town. The Covid pandemic resulted in our 2020 festival getting scrapped after we were…
2025 is bringing many changes to the world. Is it moving backwards to start a new site on WordPress? Maybe, but some things just work. That’s one of my favorite pictures from my time in China. Nanguan Park in Beijing. When I lived in Beijing, and for a time afterwards, I kept a blog of…