Writing
Essays and photo posts by Sri Ray: film and digicam photography from Japan, Hong Kong and London, aviation, travel, tech, and a few things learned the hard way.
Air India cannot be EmiratesAir India will survive. The Gulf-style hub Tata promised in 2022 will not, because everything that makes a hub is decided by the Indian government, mostly …
aviation·2026
Drydock: a sandbox for Claude Code and Codex on macOSDrydock runs Claude Code or Codex in a throwaway, hardware-isolated VM on macOS. No real API key inside, egress denied by default, only approved diffs get out.
tech·2026
Japan: On FilmJapan shot on 35mm film with a 1968 Konica C35, a pocket rangefinder with a Hexanon 38mm f/2.8 lens: rich, contrasty frames from the trip.
Photographs·2026
Japan on a Fujifilm FinePix Z70: Sample PhotosSample photos from Japan shot on a 2010 Fujifilm FinePix Z70, a 12MP ultra-compact digicam with a 5x optical zoom.
Photographs·2025
London on a Fujifilm FinePix Z35: Sample PhotosSample photos from London shot on a 2009 Fujifilm FinePix Z35, a slim 10MP point-and-shoot digicam.
Photographs·2025
Cities in MotionA city in motion is a living symphony—every street a melody, every face a note in its ever-changing score.
Photographs·2025
Hong Kong: On FilmHong Kong on 35mm film with a 1971 Olympus 35 DC and Kodak 400: ding ding trams, Man Mo Temple, cha chaan tengs, Sheung Wan and sunsets over Victoria Harbour.
Photographs·2022
2020: Exploring The United StatesA 2020 road trip across the United States in photos: Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Zion, the Grand Canyon, the Tetons, the Bonneville flats, Chicago and Seattle.
Photographs·2020
NYC Subway Ridership in the First Weeks of COVID-19 (March 2020)How NYC subway ridership collapsed in March 2020, station by station, using weekly MTA turnstile data from before and after the COVID-19 restrictions.
MTA·2020
The Apple Card: Should You Get One? (A 2019 Review)A 2019 launch review of the Apple Card: the interface, the Goldman Sachs backing, and whether the rewards made it worth carrying at the time.
tech·2019
10 Things I have learnt after flying a Million MilesHard-won lessons from a million miles in the air — from being kind to cabin crew to why you should never walk barefoot on a plane.
travel·2019
The Expressway Visual Approach into LaGuardia (Runway 31)How the Expressway Visual to Runway 31 at LaGuardia works: no ILS, no glideslope, a right turn over the Long Island Expressway and a left bank around Citi …
aviation·2019
32: A Year in the Life78 flights, 173,539 miles, 14 countries, and finally signing a lease after two years on the road.
year in review·2018
31: A Year in the LifeA year of constant travel across six continents, 30,000 miles in 10 days, and the search for something that feels like home.
year in review·2017
Incident ResponseWhat the crash landing of British Airways Flight 38 teaches us about incident response — think fast, act fast, delegate fast.
aviation·2017
Digital Nomad Life: tech in my backpackThe gear that keeps a full-time remote worker connected across 6 continents, 17 countries, and 7 time zones — everything has to earn its place.
travel·2017
checklists: an operational giftWhy no production operation is too small for a checklist, and how to write one that your team can actually use under pressure.
tech·2017
The Most Wanted iPhone 7 Feature Nobody Talks AboutForget the dual camera — the iPhone feature a digital nomad actually needs is a carrier-agnostic SIM that works everywhere.
tech·2016
2015: In Black and WhiteA year of travel in black and white photographs: Aachen, Bombay, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Istanbul, and the American West from the Golden Gate to the Tetons.
Photographs·2015
A Town in Two Countries - The Baarle ProblemWhy is Baarle-Hertog like that? How a land deal in 1198 left 22 Belgian enclaves inside the Netherlands, with the border running through houses, shops and …
travel·2014
Schumacher isn’t my Hero, my Mother is. But he taught me a lot about life.‘Life lessons from Michael Schumacher — on winning at all costs, acting before worrying, and never giving up no matter the odds.’
sports·2014
An ode to a dying friend. Blackberry, you will be missed!A farewell to BlackBerry — the company that invented the smartphone, and how it lost the plot from scroll wheels to touchscreens.
tech·2013