The Useless Tree

Housekeeping

  • Notice

    I am under a fairly heavey assault of comment spam, so I am limiting comments for a while.  For those interested in commenting, please keep an eye at the end of any particular comment stream on a post to see… Continue reading

  • A New Look

    I'm trying out a new blog design… not too original, though the banner is from a photo I took this March in Beijing, inside the Imperial Palace, gu gong….It's the first change of design I have tried since the blog… Continue reading

  • Back up in China

    It seems that this blog is once more accessible in the PRC.  The recent disruptions in the Great Firewall appear to have resulted in a new opening.  I assume this is true for all Typepad blogs.  But it would be… Continue reading

  • Here we go again: blocked in China

    I've been noticing the last couple of days that this site was not getting any hits from the PRC.  I can now confirm that Typepad blogs are again blocked in China.  Oh well.  Maybe the powers that be are nervous… Continue reading

  • Four Years

    I have been remiss of late; haven't posted anything in almost a week.  No real excuse…except that I have gotten into a better writing groove on my book.  The endless chapter 5 is just about done.  And that's good.  But… Continue reading

  • Unblocked in China

     It looks like the Net Nanny has decided to unblock connections in China to Typepad blogs.  I say this because in the past few days I have noticed the return of un-proxied hits from China.  Welcome!  I very much enjoy… Continue reading

  • Three Years

        I have been a bit remiss on posting for the past week.  Work has a way of obstructing blogging at times….     In any event, July 1st marked the third anniversary of The Useless Tree.  Let’s take a minute… Continue reading

  • 1000 Posts

        I do not do much bloggy self-reflection on the presence or meaning of this site, not much beyond my anniversary posts.  But today a milestone has been reached and should be mentioned.  The last post below was the 1000th… Continue reading

  • Unblocked?

         This morning I noticed a number of hits from the PRC.  Since this site was blocked a couple of months ago, only one intrepid soul has gotten through regularly from China without using an anonymous proxy (I love… Continue reading

  • Martha’s Vineyard

         As you might have noticed, posting has fallen off a bit.  That is because I am now sitting in the library in Edgartown, Massachusetts, a marvelous little place on Martha’s Vineyard.  We have come down here for a… Continue reading