Monday, February 1, 2010

  1. my favorite scene of the moment http://bit.ly/c3m73R a man climbing a bright yellow escalator - where do you think he is headed?
  2. view from the window this morning http://bit.ly/90C4Es it was foggy earlier http://bit.ly/dzdKDY coffee and music
  3. A400M project in trouble. China's rise in aviation industry will affect Airbus. And Boeing. $5.9 billion Aviation zone http://bit.ly/9i8DED
  4. Toyota's quality reputation may be permanently tarnished http://bit.ly/bNPJWs Peugeot's new brand image, Brangelina's co-branding success
  5. Researchers have transformed ordinary mouse skin cells directly into neurons http://bit.ly/djVGRd Neuron: 神 (spirit) 經 (pass) 元 (origin)
  6. Apple: AT&T an excellent partner? http://bit.ly/9N6Avc Is the iPad Tablet delivering ‘shock and awe’?
  7. Shock & Awe http://bit.ly/9N6Avc Gross National Happiness http://bit.ly/aXESGs 豐田 Toyota トヨタ http://bit.ly/9W5o9q 希望與恐懼 http://bit.ly/cCHZ35
  8. I could use it right about now: Hokkaido raw caramel 生キャラメル http://bit.ly/cCzOyk Fresh caramel, soft caramel, nama caramel, dulce de crema!
  9. NASA designs experimental personal electric (quiet) flying suit "puffin" http://bit.ly/5qBkS0 Can it change the way we travel altogether?
  10. Passwords, log-in info to digital assets may be kept in "digital safe deposit box" http://bit.ly/5zDbAm locker for your "digital executor"
  11. Medical science is a global enterprise, including breakthrough research. http://bit.ly/6iI22h Medical tourism is a rapidly growing industry
  12. Hang on... http://bit.ly/5X2fSc ;)
  13. A limo pulls up Cyril Magnin/Market, chauffeur "Massimo" jumps out. Any stylish girl wants to be loved by an Italian mom? Ha!
  14. According to "blood type diet", type A are descended from agrarian cultures, O carnivores, B mixed and AB chameleons http://bit.ly/5PE0vD
  15. Too many cupcakes. Try white & colorful taiyaki, updated fish mold waffle http://bit.ly/8OOW7s pink, cocoa, green tea, designer colors
  16. "Spectacular display" as lightning strikes Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the newly crowned tallest building in the world http://bit.ly/8HLRxD
  17. More earthquakes. Cayman Islands and Haiti sit between the Caribbean Plate & North American Tectonic Plate. http://bit.ly/8wuvke
  18. A big rainbow after a flash storm. Over a church: http://bit.ly/4uLo8V heavy pour http://bit.ly/75mvjX Post-lightning http://bit.ly/8sCd5k
  19. De "footbike" of "kickbike", een fiets zonder trappers. Een efficiënt vervoersmiddel voor de drukke binnenstad. http://bit.ly/6DhTYH
  20. "Berkeley contributes to Gross National Happiness," photo of Berkeley's Claremont Court gates featured on Berkeleyside http://bit.ly/6cC2HZ
  21. ..scope of latest devastation provides opportunity for Haiti to start fresh.. engine of prosperity in the Caribbean http://bit.ly/7u3cWV
  22. プゴク, 북어국, pugoku, reconstituted (dried) walleye pollock soup, "beauty secret" for "baby-soft skin." All the rage now. http://bit.ly/5JOVP9
  23. "Smart grid seemed to have been the cleantech press darling of the year .. manufacturers struggle for funding" http://bit.ly/6IOO00 <-OO00!
  24. "Hippopotamuses mate in water, are born in water and spend most of the day ... She loves mud more than life itself” http://bit.ly/7chUVW
  25. My favorite Berkeley historic designated landmark: Claremont Court entry gates and pillars by John Galen Howard. http://bit.ly/8tnLQV
  26. "20 yrs ago, people who came to work in the federal government had better technology at work than at home. Today... " http://bit.ly/54kXQc
  27. Moron. Imbecile. Fool. Dimwit. Idiot. Dope. Numskull. Sorry! I'm not calling anyone anything And I just say.. Dummy! 傻瓜 http://bit.ly/7QJP88
  28. Too bad the Chinese can easily spell cyberterrorism and we can't spell 网络恐怖 (網絡恐怖). http://bit.ly/805ojo Cyber terror indeed.
  29. Year of the "little red dress"? Realized Valentine's Day, Chinese New year (of the Tiger) fall on same day this year http://bit.ly/6D691s
  30. Mom says she wouldn't have done CT scan if she knew how much it was going to cost. It costs $80-$250 where she is now (Seoul), not $2495
  31. S. Korea to transfer UAV drone technology to UAE (United Arab Emirates) while building $20 billion nuclear power plants http://bit.ly/7sE3t9
  32. "We're part of the Pants Liberation Front," http://bit.ly/6mg6tW No Pants 2010 "underwear day" goes off, apparently, without a hitch.
  33. Been playing w/ Visual Dictionary InfoVisual.info for hours. Got this nicely labeled high speed train image from there http://bit.ly/4F5x1B
  34. Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin pairs smoked salmon with sake. 香住鶴山廃 and 李白 純米吟醸 Rihaku "Wandering Poet" junmai ginjo sake http://bit.ly/4ZYlLo
  35. What the Chinese are naming their Apple Tablet PC. iPing ("flat")/ iPlank. Just kidding but hey, has a nice ring to it http://bit.ly/53gRo5