Friday, September 3, 2010

  1. a magnificent Norman cathedral in Oakland CA now forgotten http://bit.ly/ag8BbD Built in 1893, demolished in 1993, photos of then and now
  2. green, green glass of modern San Francisco (3rd and South Street) http://bit.ly/aArigY Here, One Rincon Hill doesn't look too lonesome.
  3. morning drive on Lagoon Road (San Francisco) http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonhahndarlin/4945745678/
  4. Then and now. Should I go get the view from Hotel Oakland (the building on right) to match this 1922 photo exactly? http://bit.ly/beCRz1
  5. I enjoyed taking this photo http://bit.ly/bCyBZT Can you guess where? Taken in 1922: http://bit.ly/bv8lN0 Oakland then and now series #3
  6. Oakland then and now photo series #2 Oakland Tribune (date?) http://bit.ly/d0ESz8 modern buildings surrounding it now http://bit.ly/bTjoui
  7. Oakland then and now photo series #1 Lake Merritt 2010 http://bit.ly/cF0tod Lake Merritt undated http://bit.ly/d8OAbU Note the Tribune Tower
  8. frog in the well http://bit.ly/9809mQ
  9. Lesson: you can do it without scratching other people's backs. Google your friends' names in quotes and compare. Results will surprise you.
  10. United & Continental merging? http://bit.ly/bv4JCD
  11. Α Ω http://bit.ly/97XN7b
  12. 非実在老人: 青森市では184才の女性、愛媛県四国中央市では158才の男性、香川県まんのう町では169才の女性、秋田県能代市では170才の男性 @Gigazine Nonexistent seniors in Aomori (184!), Ehime, Kagawa, Akita
  13. ambitious girl idol group to watch http://bit.ly/bgCH4J Girls' Generation 소녀시대 少女時代 pure eye candy - someone write them better songs please
  14. 今 敏 さん-/ 夢みる機械に/ 生まれてね --
  15. http://bit.ly/b9w8M0 sewerhistory.org presents manhole covers from Asia, NZ, Australia, Russia, the Mideast, Scotland, Ireland, Canada...
  16. かわいい!!! cutest US Navy, Army, Air Force, U.S.S.R. Air Force, Luftwaffe fighters you'll ever see http://bit.ly/9bM3nC 戰鬥機 fighter 전투기 戦闘機
  17. "Nonexistent senior" T-shirts for Japanese, um, seniors. Comes preshrunk, grey, vintage fabric.. http://bit.ly/aQfLPC 不存在的老人 비실재 노인 非実在老人
  18. http://bit.ly/90LzJZ Shilla's 1st hwarang were women. Beautiful youths trained in horsemanship, swordsmanship, archery, martial arts. 화랑 花郎
  19. art by 加山又造 (Kayama Matazo), intaglio master and painter http://bit.ly/cm0TDc 版畫家 판화가 版画家
  20. multicolored neo-expressionism by artist Lee Han-Woo (이한우) http://bit.ly/brGBFg 신표현주의 新表現主義
  21. gravity-defying art by photographer Li Wei (李伟) http://bit.ly/a7bYdL 重力不畏 중력을 무시하는 重力を無視する
  22. This artist is single-handedly changing the game altogether. http://bit.ly/bH8Txu Neo-Japanese Art by Hisashi Tenmyouya 新日本畫 네오 일본화 ネオ日本画
  23. shoeshine preppie http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonhahndarlin/4918230320/
  24. phantom of the strada http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonhahndarlin/4917537869/
  25. http://bit.ly/bTOuof They read your (old!) books. Do you read theirs? The Closing of the American Mind 美國精神的封閉 미국 정신의 종말 アメリカン・マインドの終焉
  26. http://bit.ly/d28YvC Once the terminus of the transcontinental railroad, it wanted to be NY Grand Central Terminal, DC Union Station. Alas.
  27. http://bit.ly/9lOM1H geeks, a.k.a. otaku: "people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, video games" 極客/技客/奇客 꾼/매니아 ヲタ/おたく
  28. http://bit.ly/c4iNiZ “They represent exploration and the opportunity to discover new worlds” Trojan horses invade homes 特洛伊木馬 트로이 목마 トロイの木馬
  29. Cheers. Fruit soju. http://languagegallery.blogspot.com/2010/08/fruit-soju.html 水果燒酒 과일 소주 果物焼酎
  30. http://bit.ly/cANO3p China hoards South Korean treasury bonds; turns to regional markets to invest currency reserves other than dollar, euro
  31. http://bit.ly/9afYH6 Everyone should do it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've done it as many as six times before breakfast.
  32. Oakland Central Station (with a slide show) http://post.ly/sTqR
  33. Oakland Central Station (Beaux Arts–style train station) http://post.ly/sC7i
  34. Oakland Central Station (Beaux Arts–style train station) http://post.ly/sC6m
  35. one lofty door http://post.ly/s7sy
  36. The Unbearable Lightness of a Red Winking Car http://post.ly/s7nL
  37. skid row Mondrian - Bayshore bus, clean composition in blue and white http://post.ly/s7dR
  38. Kryptonite http://post.ly/s7A9
  39. two palms http://post.ly/s79Z
  40. convergence http://post.ly/s75k
  41. how to dress up an ugly building, a.k.a. peek-a-boo One Rincon Hill http://post.ly/s3Bj
  42. old Millbrae sign http://post.ly/s2tm
  43. coming home (Caltrain pulling into King Street station, between 6th and 7th streets) http://post.ly/s2Lx
  44. Let's do nothing. http://languagegallery.blogspot.com/2010/08/do-nothing.html
  45. http://bit.ly/bMnkd6 Thank goodness for Simple English Wikipedia! Don't laugh - Pollyanna's Glad Game will cheer you up :) 快樂遊戲 다행찾기 幸せ探し
  46. http://bit.ly/aZQFZD Je ne veux pas d'un éléphant dans un boa. Un boa c'est très dangereux. Dessine-moi un mouton. 給我畫一隻羊 양을 그려줘 羊を描いてくれ
  47. http://bit.ly/azkv1T collectible cars 1961 Ferrari hot rod 1949 Delahaye roadster '72-73 Porsche Spyder 1958 Ferrari Testa Rossa tx @nytimes
  48. Mais non, monsieur, ce n'est pas mal du tout/ Muet comme une carpe/ Mon lunaire entendement est donc égale à vous... http://bit.ly/cFHvJJ
  49. http://bit.ly/cFHvJJ Oui,devenir légendaire, Au seuil des siècles charlatans! Mais où sont les Lunes d’antan et que Dieu n’est-il à refaire?
  50. http://bit.ly/93xhuG All right- here's real kitty porn. Kitties lying on their backs. 4th one attempts some decency :) 仰卧的貓 바로 누운 고양이 仰向けの猫
  51. How to say "cappuccino foam" in four languages, i.e. Puppinese, Bunniese, Mousese and of course, Kittinese aka Catonese http://bit.ly/dqMYhn
  52. http://bit.ly/cc5Kse As collectible as emoticons? Girly 画嬢 (gajou) mania!
  53. http://bit.ly/aG14Sm Hot summer: hot fashion in South Korea 透明時裝 see-through look 시스루룩 シースルールック
  54. ONE TREE --> http://post.ly/r2NY
  55. ONE TREE http://post.ly/r2Mr
  56. Three Entree Restaurant - Special of the Day: Good and Slow http://post.ly/r2As
  57. Three Entree Restaurant -- Entree 1: Cheap and good (slow), Entree 2: Cheap and fast (crappy, Entree 3: Good and fast... http://post.ly/r24F
  58. colorful leafcutter ant people http://post.ly/r0x5
  59. step up http://post.ly/r0tR
  60. "Tornado" funnel http://post.ly/r0sb
  61. http://bit.ly/9PpBXi Content farms “death of hand-crafted content“? More "performance-based monetization"? Demand Media http://bit.ly/b4wrws
  62. http://bit.ly/aC7W1v Boston Police Use Twitter to Catch Bad Guys: mobile social media's crime-fighting capabilities! 撲滅罪行 범죄단속 犯罪取締り
  63. http://bit.ly/ap8tqv "emotional efficiency: how to reap the most happiness for your dollar." Now, will it make you happy? 感情效率 감정의 효율 感情の効率
  64. http://bit.ly/9Kjsfm "I don't even make lunch money, no one is spending right now" (via @AP) 沒有人花錢 nobody is spending 아무도 돈을 안 쓴다 誰もお金を使わない
  65. http://bit.ly/c6DcZ1 Warmth wanted: @BarackObama's "existential detachment," world’s loneliest office 世界上最孤獨的座位 세상에서 가장 고독한 자리 世の中で最も孤独な席
  66. http://bit.ly/a3v4ls Euro / US Dollar news & graph (via @fxdaily), double zigzag 雙鋸齒 더블지그재그 ダブルジグザグ (+ and a 八月八日 bonus)
  67. package #1 for my dear sister http://post.ly/qmef

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