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Hutong: a definition
My friend Steve in the land once ruled by Queen Califia asked me to define “hutong” for him. Obviously, this is crucial in understanding the exact nature of a hutong robot. (Btw, a glossary of terms used on this site is forthcoming. *Memo to linguistic gizmos department.)
The Chinese word hutong is, as I understand it, derived from a Mongolian word that means “well,” — as in the kind that have water, as opposed to the well in the “oh, well, there goes the hutong to yet another wrecking crew.” In modern Chinese, hutong means “alley” or “small street” or “something disappearing rapidly from Beijing’s urban cultural ecology.” Here’s the Wikipedia definition.
Hutongs are also excellent ecological niches for cats, ferrets and stray robots to find adequate hiding places.
