Geek is chic.
Gone are the days when I depended on hole-in-the-wall, pay-by-the-hour Internet cafés to give me my quick web browsing and email fix. But I know they still exist, and are especially popular amongst travelers across the globe (I like to think London and Australia have one on every city block). Did you know that there's a province in China that has actually banned Internet cafés? Thankfully I Read more
Can you imagine suddenly being told you can no longer go online or have access to the internet? Even though a local politician in China's Shanxi province, which is about 220 miles southwest of Beijing, banned internet cafes - saying "If they dare to reopen, we might launch another campaign to shut them all down again" - the local kids have found a way to keep their internet use going. Paying the Read more
Less than a quarter into an early morning solo bike ride this Summer, when the world was just waking up and the roads felt like they were mine and mine alone, I realized I could be home drinking coffee. I had headed out without my morning fix. So I turned around and rode home. That's when I realized I had a problem. My need for caffeine was keeping me from enjoying the simple things of life like Read more
