The architecture of Angkor (in Cambodia, the seat of the Khmer empire from the 9th to 14th centuries) reflects the unique sophistication of the Khmer culture.  For example, there are the “elephant gates” of Angkor Wat, the main temple of Angkor, which are built to accommodate royalty that traveled on… well… elephants. […]

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After a year’s hiatus from blogging, I’m just about ready to launch the all-new techtonic.org! The mission of techtonic.org is to create a forum for discussing the variety of ingenious innovations that spring up around the world — and especially those inventions that are uniquely characteristic of their cultural and environmental habitats.

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It’s official — text messaging has finally hit the mainstream in the U.S. (I guess this means we’ve finally caught up to Japan circa 1998…) For the first time, I received over a dozen “happy holidays” text messages from friends around the U.S. and I think that might actually exceed the number I […]

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