Ahh... wise words as ever from the Chinese:

It sure is a slippery slope.

Thanks to JP for providing the link to this hypnotic video. This is exactly how I remember it. It also reminded me to post the link which Matt sent to this inexplicable chaos.

I'm sat on my flight to China right now, posting with new-found 2.5G-and-Bluetooth technology. Nice! Congratulations to Sue, whose new book was reviewed in the Times today.

I was at at&t in New Jersey yesterday, and discovered two things:

• at&t folks don't find jokes about the NSA funny
• you get REALLY good Cingular signal at at&t head office. T-Mobile, not so much.

Off to China tomorrow. Beijing, then Hong Kong. Then Singapore, then back home. I have no idea what to expect.

Absolutely the oddest thing ever. Maybe. Drag the girl around with your mouse: