Desire, Legally Speaking Sex is everywhere in Sài Gòn, and officially nowhere
Sex toys sit legal but invisible in Vietnam and loud but dying in Germany - how two countries regulate the same desire in opposite directions.
Timeline
The Language Of Neither The neutral pronoun Vietnamese never had (so the community grew one)
Vietnamese forces a gender into every sentence - so how do non-binary and trans people get addressed? A look at the grammar, the slang, and the gaps.
Thirty Years Late I finally raided the first tomb – and I did it ugly on purpose
Tomb Raider 1 turns 30 - a personal review of finally finishing the original in its rough classic mode, where mechanics and atmosphere beat graphics.
Mom's Reisauflauf, Remixed The rice casserole my sister kept stealing from the fridge
Reisauflauf, remixed lighter and fluffier - a baked rice casserole with apples that even the pickiest eaters keep sneaking cold from the fridge.
Where the Roads Don't Reach A childhood at the end of the water
Cà Mau childhood by lamplight - a wooden house at the roadless edge of the Mekong Delta, where boats wear eyes and the dead wait in the water.
A Prophecy In Paint Thôi nôi, and the paint on the wall
Thôi nôi is Vietnam's first-birthday rite - a baby grabs a tray to read her future. One grab in 2000 came true, in paint, on a wall.
A Powerful Coincidence He said yes, and the sky agreed
Proposal on a wild Vũng Tàu dune, a yes, two gold rings - and a rainbow cloud with impossible timing. The same-sex marriage quest begins.
Folk Covers & Lofi Bones Two channels keeping my brain alive while agents do the work
Folk-instrument game OST covers from Dryante and lofi reinterpretations from bits & hits - the background music keeping my coding sessions alive.
Internet Find of the Week Tomb Raider: Side-Scroller Edition
Deep in a TR1-3 remastered playthrough and I stumbled into the best Netzfundstück of the year - Lara Croft, remade as a cinematic platformer.
The Brief Spike 8 billion people and falling: a brief spike in human history
Global population peaks before 2080, then falls. Four-fifths of all human births are already behind us. What that means for the next two centuries.