Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Bad Air | Supercomputer

According to An Article in Time Magazine the World Health Organization claims that Ulaanbaatar is the second most polluted city in the world, behind only Ahwaz, Iran. I simply cannot believe this. I now live in Zalsan Tolgoi on the outskirts of the city where the air is famously fresh and clean but I did spend half a dozen winters living in the heart of the city, and although the air was bad I would not say it was world-class bad. Are you telling me that the air in Ulaanbaatar is worse than the air in, for instance, Hong Kong (or am I confusing heat and humidity with bad air)? Anyhow, chalk another one up for Ulaanbaatar. According to some sources it is also The Ugliest City in the World.

But wait! Mongolia just got its First Cray Supercomputer!

Yak  checking out Cray Supercomputer

Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Bad Air | Supercomputer

According to An Article in Time Magazine the World Health Organization claims that Ulaanbaatar is the second most polluted city in the world, behind only Ahwaz, Iran. I simply cannot believe this. I now live in Zalsan Tolgoi on the outskirts of the city where the air is famously fresh and clean but I did spend half a dozen winters living in the heart of the city, and although the air was bad I would not say it was world-class bad. Are you telling me that the air in Ulaanbaatar is worse than the air in, for instance, Hong Kong (or am I confusing heat and humidity with bad air)? Anyhow, chalk another one up for Ulaanbaatar. According to some sources it is also The Ugliest City in the World.



But wait! Mongolia just got its First Cray Supercomputer!

Yak  checking out Cray Supercomputer

Mesopotamia | Fertile Crescent | Rap Song

Who knew they Rapped in the Fertile Crescent?

Nobody ruled better, I’m Nebuchadnezzar,
Me and my Chaldeans are sharper than cheddar.
We’re so holy like Swiss cheese,
One day my wife said, “Neb, I miss trees.
This city life is too hard for me,
All is see is brown, baby, I need garden-green.”
So I built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for my girl,
It’s one of the seven wonders of the world . . .

 Nebuchadnezzar (c 634–562 BC) knew how to get down. 

Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebbie, as he was known to his friends) built the famous Gate of Ishtar, which can now be seen in Berlin, Germany.

Gate of Ishtar, now in Berlin

Thanks to the Silk Road Gourmet for bringing the Rappin’ Chaldeans to my attention.

Mesopotamia | Fertile Crescent | Rap Song

Who knew they Rapped in the Fertile Crescent?

Nobody ruled better, I’m Nebuchadnezzar,

Me and my Chaldeans are sharper than cheddar.

We’re so holy like Swiss cheese,

One day my wife said, “Neb, I miss trees.

This city life is too hard for me,

All is see is brown, baby, I need garden-green.”

So I built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for my girl,

It’s one of the seven wonders of the world . . .

 Nebuchadnezzar (c 634–562 BC) knew how to get down. 

Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebbie, as he was known to his friends) built the famous Gate of Ishtar, which can now be seen in Berlin, Germany.

Gate of Ishtar, now in Berlin

Thanks to the Silk Road Gourmet for bringing the Rappin’ Chaldeans to my attention.