Saturday, May 1, 2010

  1. I say the universe is humming with life, but humming so quietly that we cannot hear it http://bit.ly/awp8ly The Eerie Silence by Paul Davies
  2. IMF Asian voting members (China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, India) not begrudging past IMF handling, not expected to oppose Greek package
  3. (car safety test project) "Do [crash] tests include instrumented dummies or just ballast dummies? Which size dummy would they like?"
  4. "A sad story ... from Serendipity ... a gift years ago from Howard's sister-in-law when we were graduate students in English at UC" -Ralda
  5. Future uncertain for Berkeley’s Serendipity Books http://bit.ly/cbcunU As you may know, I'm a big fan of this bookstore http://bit.ly/dq4yyK
  6. 「自力で、 万有引力を発見しちゃったりしてます」 「引力なんて発見しなくたって、もとからあるよ」...「お金よりもね、何かこう人生のうちで一度くらい、やったね、とか言ってやりたいじゃないですか」-フィッシュストーリー、 伊坂幸太郎. できれば他人も幸せになってほしい...
  7. Gulf of Mexico set on fire "no Hollywood action movie" http://bit.ly/bl3Pyv effort to burn up oil spill before it wreaks environmental havoc
  8. http://bit.ly/cSzhNz ドクモ "reader-turned-model" 益若つばさ Masuwaka Tsubasa appears in PopSister, new monthly magazine from publishers of PopTeen
  9. Shanghai World Expo http://bit.ly/abeCAp most expensive to date $58 billion. Twice Monaco's size, 20 times bigger than Spain's Zaragoza 2008
  10. Beijing Auto Show http://bit.ly/czkJPR Chinese carmakers aspire to luxury levels dominated by companies like Audi, Mercedes, Volvo, Saab...
  11. http://bit.ly/9fEAwI Carl Jung's synchronicity: Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in a Hartford mansion, Mark Twain in a bigger one a block away.
  12. A reason we felt a strong kinship with England: nice English nannies. No doubt it'll be Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago... for today's children.
  13. http://bit.ly/cwzOmr Videos of solar prominence! Apple iPad app is in the works to make SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) images come alive
  14. Discussing the world of venture capital, alternative investments blah blah next generation fund-of-funds investing in private equity...
  15. Volcanic ash clouds are not displayed on airborne or ATC radar http://bit.ly/bSzdyX compressor stalls, flameouts, St. Elmo's fire possible
  16. Volcano erupts in Iceland http://bit.ly/9eYH70 fire mountain, ice island 冰島 (Iceland) 火山 (volcano) 冰 (ice) 島 (island) 火 (fire) 山 (mountain)
  17. latest use of formerly secret technology in civilian scientific research http://bit.ly/a7AI3f Global Hawk NASA atmospheric research aircraft
  18. Cocoa mulch detective: Urban legend? Partial truth? Theobromine kills dogs? Verdict: Dogs are not dying left and right http://bit.ly/nAGc
  19. Dreaming in Chinese ... and discovering what makes a billion people tick, by Deborah Fallows, wife of James Fallows http://bit.ly/9j3l0N
  20. http://bit.ly/aB5MWI Proud Jim Fallows says "I could be biased, but I think it's great. Plus, sassy, funny, and linguistically informed."
  21. http://bit.ly/bITx1T 2010 Pulitzer Prizes to be announced in NYC at Columbia University, reflects journalism's migration to digital world

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