996 & Overtime in China
As most people reading this know, I’ve spent many years working in China, in the gaming sector. Overall I feel I had a great experience where I’ve had a great opportunity to learn and grow, in a...
View ArticleResident Evil 7 in VR
When first Resident Evil game came out in 1996 on the original Playstation, I was a teenager, and it was the first game which scared me. I remember its distinctly Japanese sense of pervasive doom and...
View ArticleHigh Resolution Australia Wallpapers
A few years ago I shared a small collection of high resolution wallpaper images of Kunming, China here for free. I always had it in my mind to release more of those, which I keep in a folder on my...
View ArticleThe Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Today’s conventional wisdom says that fossil fuels are an unsustainable form of energy that is killing the planet. We hear proclamations about the danger of fossil fuels (and by extension, climate...
View ArticleDigital Minimalism
Through living and traveling overseas for over ten years, I’ve become more and more enamored with a minimalist lifestyle. There are countless blog and podcasts explore subjects of practical minimalism...
View ArticleThe Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
The virtue of ancient carbon through empirical analysis. Conventional wisdom says that fossil fuels are an unsustainable form of energy that is killing the planet. We hear proclamations about the...
View ArticleDigital Minimalism
I’m vulnerable to digital distractions and you probably are too. Here’s a book which analyzes the problem and offers guidance on improvement. Through living and traveling overseas for over ten years,...
View ArticleChengdu in Spring 2019
Spring and fall are beautiful in Chengdu. It’s a blessing to be past winter in Chengdu, which is always when you want to be gone (this last winter, I was gone). Now that the sun is back, the air is...
View ArticleMaking Web Apps Local on Mac
After noticing that my laptop was getting noticeably slower a few years ago, I begun looking into the source of the problem. What I found was that my web browser was sucking up an inordinate amount of...
View ArticleStreet Art in the Yulin Neighborhood
The Giant Panda is associated with Chengdu to the degree that you see references to it everywhere in the city. And generally it is in what feels like a ham-fisted way for local bureaucrats to clutch...
View ArticleLive @ Faux Club DJ Mix
Last month I did a show with Jovian (together as Disco Death) at one of our favorite venues in Chengdu, called Nu Space. This is a live house which ordinarily hosts bands and not DJs, so it was an...
View ArticleInside Luray Caverns
One of my favorite places as a kid was Luray Caverns, a cave in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, first discovered in 1878. Filled with stalactites (hanging from above), stalagmites (rising from the...
View ArticleOne Year With Android: Looking Back at iPhone
It’s been a year since I made the decision to move away from iPhone after more than 5 years. Here’s what I’ve found in one year after I first switched from an iPhone 6S+ to the OnePlus 6T. At the end,...
View ArticlePandemic Refugee
After spending two months outside of China, I returned on January 22nd. The day before I boarded my flight from SFO to Chengdu I got a message from my girlfriend instructing me to buy an N95 mask and...
View ArticleGood Riddance, 2020
Well, what a year that was. Since my last post here almost a year ago (which was published in Cambodia), I’ve spent more time in the United States than I could have imagined. After six weeks in...
View ArticleBooks, Movies & Games in 2020
I’ve been tracking all of the books, movies and games I’ve been playing each year for about the last five years now. Although I consumed about the same number of books and movies as usual, I saw a...
View ArticlePhotos from NYC, Summer 2021
Just got back from a week in NYC with Kensho. View More NYC 2021 Photos The post Photos from NYC, Summer 2021 appeared first on Just Charlie.
View ArticleWhen the Power Goes Out and Doesn’t Come Back
I was in Antigua, Guatemala in May 2021 when the Colonial Pipeline attack occurred, which was one of the largest infrastructure attacks in US history. In the case of that hack, gas prices went through...
View ArticleMovies Watched in 2021
Now that it’s the end of the year I thought I would take a few moments to make a list of movies. Listed chronologically starting with most recent, followed by my rating out of ten. The Matrix...
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