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hutong matong

tony — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:24:44 +0000

I wasn’t going to post this picture – there’s something not quite right about the lighting. Still, I like the idea of Beijing Hutong Toilet of the Underworld. Something to take the mind off of the real looming damnation.

beijing sans wuran

tony — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:57:50 +0000

Not something you see everyday (more than 100 meters in any given direction) in Beijing on an afternoon. The Olympics has indeed provided ample opportunities for horizon photographs free from pollution. These seem to make decent header images.

having raised the red lantern

tony — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:12:58 +0000

On Rose / Ghost Street, depending on your map. I’m almost through posting pictures from Beijing. These were mostly exercises in oversaturation:

chaoyang park

tony — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:05:53 +0000

Rather, the beach volleyball venue:

scenes of (olympial) beijing : desktop edition

tony — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:51:55 +0000

For the moment, you only get 1440 x 900, since that’s what I use.

After visiting much of this country, I still maintain that ancient China had only one architect. Whoever he was, he found what worked and stuck with it:

Wallpaper version [ 1440 x 900 ]

And the subway reminds me oddly of Portal.

Wallpaper [ 1440 x 900 ]

And here are wallpaper versions of earlier pics:

Bird’s Nest [ 1440 x 900 ]

Bubble Cube [ 1440 x 900 ]

fortress palace restaurant : beijing2929

tony — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:39:14 +0000

No idea what this is, but I really enjoy the photograph.

hutongs by day

tony — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:36:55 +0000

It just so happened that when in Beijing, housing was provided in the middle of an old hutong (which has grossly inflated property values since white people like me will pay exorbitant sums to live there, feel impoverished, and therefore be real). Behold:

bird’s nest interior / exterior

tony — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:11:46 +0000

I wasn’t terribly happy with my earlier photos of the Bird’s Nest. Behold my vanity.

And then some of the stadium ceiling. It’s amazing how quickly things seem to get dirty in China.

bird’s nest, exterior + cube

tony — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:40:01 +0000

It was very Escher wandering up and down the stairs. It looks bigger on TV.

And another one of the bubble cube

bubble cube

tony — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:46 +0000

Mmm coral reef.

mega olympic securiplex

tony — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:06:23 +0000

Say what you will about totalitarian regimes, but they sure know how to host large sporting events. Sort of. Case in point – this is either: 1) the Beijing Olympics, 2) dystopian-pan-asian-laser-concentration-camp:

There’s been a lot made of extensive security measures taken at the Olympics. Overall they seemed rather lax; more for show than anything. Beijing right now is an odd mirror of itself as though growth had started 20-30 some years earlier. Traffic restrictions and green initiatives trick you into thinking it’s almost livable.