Featured Photo – Prayer Wheel, Zhongdian, China
Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under China, Photography, Places | Leave a Comment
Photo: (c) 2006 Russell Johnson A huge, heavy prayer wheel above Old Town Zhongdian, at the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau.The Chinese government has officially renamed the city and county Shangri-la, in a move to attract tourists.. This is a frame from an HDTV video we shot there a few weeks ago. We’ll be [...]
Read More..>>Now Hear This! – Sennheiser PCX300 Noise Cancelling Headphones
Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
The Sennheiser PXC300 are small enough to fit in a purse NOW HEAR THIS! By Pat Meier-Johnson Probably a dozen or so airline freebie headphones have seen the dreaded inner sanctum of my briefcase and come out a mess. So it doesn’t break my heart to plug these flimsly mangled contraptions into the TV jack [...]
Read More..>>The Plonk That Goes Plunk
Posted on May 17, 2006 - Filed Under Audio, Food & Wine | Leave a Comment
The Plonk that Goes Plunk AUDIO MP3 I have fond memories of driving to Sonoma County, California years ago and tasting good no-frills wines. I am sure some of their descendents now have $50 price tags. One of the places I loved was Sebastiani, a purveyer of fine large jugs of everyday plonk run by [...]
Good King, Bad King and The Man Who Would Be King
Posted on May 10, 2006 - Filed Under Audio, Culture, Places | Leave a Comment
Rehearsal for Royal Barge Procession on King’s Bhumibol’s 60th Anniversary, Bangkok, Thailand Photo: Gary Wells Good King, Bad King, Man Who Would Be King Audio MP3 Here I am, hangin’ out in a bar. It is the Bamboo Bar at old Oriental Hotel in Bangkok. A nostalgic place for my wife and me, where a [...]
