Wednesday, November 17, 2010

  1. http://bit.ly/bNwwXY Elisa Point sings this breathy song with Fabrice Ravel Chapuis. From Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (À bout de souffle)
  2. Meet Elisa Point, Female Leonard Cohen http://bit.ly/9QgHFS "Je Suis Ton Homme"
  3. An option to remember when dining alone in Japan and Korea http://bit.ly/c4IpCZ A meal choice of bulgogi/yakiniku for one 1인용불고기 一人焼肉
  4. Who's afraid of denim-on-denim fashion? http://bit.ly/ar2a0g 牛仔與牛仔的疊穿 청청 패션 デニムでデニム
  5. boldly going where no one has gone before, and not coming back? http://bit.ly/bdMrwx super-secret government agency DARPA 100-Year Starship
  6. http://bit.ly/9KA8eE Art History with Metaphor, narrated by Hal (Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey)
  7. cosmic bushels of buckyball http://bit.ly/antvnk carbon cage the "FedEx of space" transporting other molecules and atoms through the cosmos
  8. water on Mars http://bit.ly/cWhPNc Spirit, Opportunity, NASA missions have found evidence of ancient Martian environments favorable for life
  9. China beats U.S. for World’s Fastest Supercomputer title http://bit.ly/cGd468 Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-1A faster than Cray XT5 ‘Jaguar’
  10. "Charmed Giants Take a Big First Step" http://bit.ly/aMuWRk (San Francisco Giants - Words of the Day in Four Languages)
  11. Not Boba Fett http://bit.ly/bNHUf1 humanoid robot, Robonaut 2, to ride Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (@GMblogs)
  12. The Final Mission: http://bit.ly/cHxnl9 Space Shuttle Discovery set to launch Nov. 1, its final trip to the International Space Station
  13. A close encounter, Nov. 4: http://bit.ly/clNGpd best extended view of a comet in history, Deep Impact spacecraft will pass within 435 miles
  14. Korean Air: "with between 400 and 450 seats, the most spacious A380 anywhere" http://bit.ly/9JUB2O "unique features to be revealed later"
  15. Pione grapes!
  16. Google mont blanc cupcake. My 2-yr-old entry has dropped down to #2 http://bit.ly/bk064t GroceryTrekker facebook page http://on.fb.me/akCakm
  17. Google mont blanc cupcake. My 2-year-old entry has now dropped down to no. 2 http://bit.ly/bk064t Perhaps I should promote myself a little?
  18. http://bit.ly/aIvdBx A Concorde jet to become London's latest tourist attraction: double-decker floating pontoon near the London Eye
  19. cute video: Cat Beats Up Dog http://bit.ly/9BPjCx Don't miss 0:19
  20. monopsony visualized http://bit.ly/apu8tk [from Ancient Greek μόνος (monos) "single" + ὀψωνία (opsōnia) "purchase"]
  21. What's on my mind http://sharonhahndtwitterblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/2008-april-2009-update.html
  22. A nice table comparing private jet card programs (charter cards, private jet membership cards...) http://bit.ly/cD4vzt Gulfstream IV $14K/hr
  23. On the Road http://tiny.cc/2shui There *IS* a Jack Kerouac Alley in San Francisco. Adler Place near City Lights bookstore, North Beach, 亞打罅巷
  24. Poised for a rebound? http://bit.ly/aWr05l Business jet operator NetJets signs order for 50 new Embraer 6-seat Phenom 300 @embraeraeronaut
  25. yesterday's Tomorowland http://bit.ly/95qrbI
  26. http://bit.ly/9bD0PY colorful history of the Strand Theater on Market Street, courtesy of San Francisco Public Library and Cinema Treasures
  27. "They're mourning for their childhood more than they're anticipating their future" -Don Draper http://bit.ly/cvjpYG "Tomorrowland," Mad Men
  28. This lion's head is in the clouds http://bit.ly/ako7Nu
  29. A striking contrast! http://bit.ly/bsM9I5 blue San Francisco Federal Building & the bright red Strand Theatre, Market Street
  30. Newly Declining Countries (NDC) http://bit.ly/aHGybn Japan, U.S., Germany... #NDC #新衰退國 #신쇠퇴국 #新興後退国
  31. President Lee warns G20: failure to settle currency disputes could fuel protectionism, damage world economic recovery http://bit.ly/cPenqp
  32. your "___________________" goes here: http://bit.ly/agwJcF a blank neon sign on Market Street, San Francisco
  33. the loveliest autumn countryside you'll ever see: http://bit.ly/bzJfFI ... too pretty not to share! (Aurora, New York)
  34. a seagull and a peanut http://bit.ly/97noE3
  35. homeless in San Francisco http://bit.ly/bfHZnK
  36. Decrepit hotel sign across the street from the San Francisco Chronicle building: http://bit.ly/cbaaPh Mint Plaza & Mission
  37. speeding through Oakland, California http://bit.ly/cYDHo4 a BART train ride (video) from MacArthur station to Rockridge station
  38. iPhone screenshot of an iPhone screenshot of an iPhone screenshot? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonhahndarlin/5075545523/
  39. iPhone screenshot of an iPhone screenshot http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonhahndarlin/5076116440/
  40. iPhone screenshot II (startup screen) http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonhahndarlin/5076091498/
  41. Google's self-driving cars hit the road: http://bit.ly/d1S0qK Tomorrow's highway trains? Will you let a robot drive you? 無人駕駛汽車 무인자동차 無人自動車
  42. all good things come in sixes http://bit.ly/bbBhWI six playing cards, or are they?
  43. all good things come in sixes http://bit.ly/abOyOk 6 bronze keys
  44. Transamerica building, more like a real pyramid http://bit.ly/bBedjj
  45. Airbus A320 door detail http://bit.ly/bA4IAM
  46. jetBlue captain and my luggage (aww you didn't have to -see it's little but it carries everything I need- thank you! http://bit.ly/bm6yt4
  47. a cool grasshopper found in Pacific Heights http://bit.ly/cHSHdp
  48. rooftop Navy Blue Angels http://bit.ly/cCfN6i San Francisco Fleet Week
  49. emoting pumpkins: http://bit.ly/ca5Jnp These pumpkins look like emoticons ☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺☻☺
  50. Mont Blanc cupcake! http://bit.ly/atEpDZ
  51. Cute! Hello Kitty Choco Pie http://bit.ly/9oplt3 Lottepie "chocolate coated pie"
  52. cubist liberty: spotted in the Hamptons http://bit.ly/9Zf8xZ sculpture of the Statue of Liberty, a la Chicago Picasso (drive by shooting)
  53. Navy Blue Angels, seen from my window. http://bit.ly/9hVbo8 San Francisco Fleet Week
  54. one happy day in the Poconos http://bit.ly/cjhTro Pocono Floral Company
  55. It's a Googie world #4 http://bit.ly/b263Lz A huge sign! Western Appliance. Cute "parking at rear" arrow, television-stereo audio components
  56. It's a Googie world. #3 http://bit.ly/9UMPvw the most striking red "V" you'll ever see. Winchester Shopping Center, San Jose, CA
  57. It's a Googie world. #2 http://bit.ly/an32OP Safeway, Marshalls, El Pollo Loco, Diddams Amazing Party & Toy, Sports Authority, San Jose CA
  58. It's a Googie world. #1 http://bit.ly/doMabl A cat and the Space Needle
  59. "The Only New York Style Pizza in the Poconos" http://bit.ly/ccRVUf One of the guys at Goombas told me, "We've been here a LONG, LONG time."
  60. America (mindless bully?) has been ignoring Europe and Asia (cultured sissies?) way too long. Nice to see ASEM's tone turning more confident
  61. a challenging sign for Ivy Leaguers: http://bit.ly/bDaEOC "When gates are closed ... "
  62. an old pilot joke: what makes an airplane fly? http://bit.ly/b7QjeV
  63. End Euclid(ean) zoning, by all means http://post.ly/125N0
  64. Mexican Coca-Cola http://bit.ly/9PwzlX made with real sugar, naturally (spotted in upstate New York, at Wegmans Ithaca on route 13)
  65. salvation via Fendi http://bit.ly/bhYt7R St. Thomas Church seen from Fendi, 677 Fifth Ave (53rd street) oh so popular since Sex and the City
  66. the deepest of the Finger Lakes, 36 miles x 3 miles x 618 feet: http://bit.ly/cyZdY6 the site of the WWII Sampson Naval Training Center
  67. Treasure hunt for divers? 19th-century Cayuga/Seneca Canal, mill/factory foundations underwater beneath Van Cleef Lake http://bit.ly/aP4019
  68. Cross the Whitestone at dusk. Aim your camera at airplanes waiting to land. Click. http://bit.ly/c07sFc Huh? Photography not allowed here?
  69. two happy girls on vacation http://bit.ly/dauH8S (beautiful upstate New York)
  70. last day of vacation with my friend J http://post.ly/11aRN
  71. I love beautiful moments like this http://bit.ly/8Z4rlz a little girl dancing by herself at night, illuminated by street vendor lighting
  72. http://bit.ly/cK4o6o the (space resort) company has taken bookings but no hardware has been built/tested and critics have voiced skepticism
  73. http://bit.ly/aMdl69 "Displays of towering ambition" the Galactic Suite, the first space hotel offering a 3-night stay, is planned for 2012
  74. http://bit.ly/9inVKA Too many American students can't do math direly called for in this global economy. Adopt Singapore math?
  75. my favorite shot taken at New York's JFK airport http://bit.ly/cND0PZ it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Saarinen! (and it's facing you!)
  76. "only full transparency and tough years of painful choices can prevent irreversible fiscal catastrophe" http://bit.ly/cGxMD1
  77. a majestic bird http://bit.ly/calGDj TWA terminal designed by architect Eero Saarinen, JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York
  78. Did somebody say McDesign? A good time for the great design of McDonald's? http://bit.ly/9Ckktl (a New York "upscale" @McDonalds)
  79. Qantas ✈ jetBlue ✈, handsome in blue and red (JFK Airport) http://bit.ly/bRNA6u
  80. S is for Style http://post.ly/112qD