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On 19 September, the eve of the full moon, many people take to the streets or parks carrying lit paper lanterns hooked over a thin bamboo stick (or the modern plastic equivalent).
BBC: Hong Kong��s enchanting homage to the moon
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Hot water, menus in English, toilet paper and public toilets are hard to come by in many areas, so stick to larger cities, which are more likely to have Western hotels.
BBC: Crimea, the Ukraine��s odd beach paradise
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The dead al Qaeda chief was very careful to stay away from electronic devices himself, but it is thought he wrote down messages on pieces of paper which a trusted lieutenant would then type and save on to a USB stick, finally passing this to someone else to post on the forum.
CNN: How terror can breed through social media
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Solar power is also having a moment in the sun as MIT unveiled the world's first solar cells printed on paper - we can't wait to see a post-it version that we can stick to our walls!
ENGADGET: Inhabitat's Week in Green: salad spinners, diapers, and solutions to the Deepwater catastrophe