My summer vacation: London public transportation

Raymond Chen October 10, 2019 Oct 10, 2019 10/10/19

It's easy until you try to leave town.

Kabaddi: The rules for the casual viewer

Raymond Chen October 9, 2019 Oct 9, 2019 10/9/19

What you need to know as an observer.

My summer vacation: The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace

Raymond Chen October 4, 2019 Oct 4, 2019 10/4/19

Pomp and circumstance.

Odd things you find when you read the airplane safety information card

Raymond Chen October 3, 2019 Oct 3, 2019 10/3/19

Will it float?

My summer vacation: Watching a German movie on the plane and learning some language history

Raymond Chen October 2, 2019 Oct 2, 2019 10/2/19

Trying to keep that part of my brain from disappearing.

My summer vacation: Paris public transportation

Raymond Chen September 27, 2019 Sep 27, 2019 09/27/19

Getting around is easy. Paying for it is hard.

My summer vacation: Versailles

Raymond Chen September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Ostentation fatigue is a real thing.

My summer vacation: The Louvre Museum

Raymond Chen September 25, 2019 Sep 25, 2019 09/25/19

Don't waste your time queueing to see the Mona Lisa.

My summer vacation: The Eiffel Tower

Raymond Chen September 13, 2019 Sep 13, 2019 09/13/19

It's really tall, for one.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a bomb

Raymond Chen September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Even though it doesn't tick. Do bombs even tick?