Saturday, December 4, 2010

  1. http://tinyurl.com/38ul4f2 The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge (明石海峡大橋) has the longest span (i.e. length of suspended roadway between the towers)
  2. Invincible holiday spirit: http://tinyurl.com/35j69va aircraft carrier up for auction "perfect for a relaxing day on the lake" only $1.5 mil
  3. le Viaduc de Millau, France http://tinyurl.com/3ymnrfo
  4. Storebælt Bridge http://tinyurl.com/29p2pkw
  5. 永代橋 http://tinyurl.com/29jtxea
  6. Steel Bridge http://tinyurl.com/2dqr9pd
  7. golden sun http://tinyurl.com/2g2cezj
  8. Midpoint Cafe http://tinyurl.com/2cwmc3w
  9. Route 66 like yesteryear's http://tinyurl.com/2g8wjbr
  10. This is not too bad a dog house, all things considered http://tinyurl.com/39rbywx
  11. Astronauts return home from International Space Station http://tinyurl.com/3a9yxk8 NASA continues to press forward on its Discovery launch
  12. story of quantum gravity http://tinyurl.com/29n5y7k how it all began
  13. http://tinyurl.com/384jvjf "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the most expensive musical ever brought to a Broadway stage (CBS 60 Minutes)
  14. if we could drive on top... http://tinyurl.com/28ekos3 Oakland - San Francisco Bay Bridge, westbound, but facing east, top deck
  15. a happy hill http://tinyurl.com/2aurmy7 nature in San Francisco
  16. Sharon's picture of the day http://tinyurl.com/29gbpoc Springfield, Illinois
  17. I drove through Death Valley a number of years ago. This magical place saved me. http://tinyurl.com/2avmlhs
  18. Las Vegas Stratosphere + Starborn http://tinyurl.com/2esz4o9
  19. Shangri-La http://tinyurl.com/276kbvm
  20. The Magic City http://tinyurl.com/2evy6jq
  21. RV heaven http://tinyurl.com/2b2o3oy
  22. happy cabs, Pier 39, San Francisco http://tinyurl.com/24ccw6v
  23. Central Pacific Railroad Station, Old Sacramento http://tinyurl.com/2aql77q
  24. project "Urban Living" a slide show: http://tinyurl.com/284n63l please check back time to time
  25. Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail Siemens S70 "type 4" http://tinyurl.com/27s259e Portland Oregon SW Morrison St & SW 6th Ave
  26. a modern streetcar city http://tinyurl.com/234jp2c (Portland, Oregon)
  27. a lovely dancing girl http://tinyurl.com/25s8lw3
  28. a Frankfurt rail yard http://tinyurl.com/29y9sxz (Camberger Straße)
  29. the road to Treasure Island http://tinyurl.com/29okpa9
  30. Treasure Island & Yerba Buena Island http://tinyurl.com/26ahbmv
  31. Color me 凹凸 凹 凸 凹凸凹凸 凹 凸 http://bit.ly/fvuH6t
  32. The see-through Flatiron Building, Amsterdam style http://tinyurl.com/27ohrd9
  33. a fantasy-inducing walk down the pier http://bit.ly/hOuFIT (Silodam, Amsterdam)
  34. if buildings could swim...? http://tinyurl.com/2d5cjzu "The Whale," Amsterdam, Google Street View
  35. if buildings could walk... http://bit.ly/ihraC3 ING building, Amsterdam, Google Street View
  36. Boat Quay, Singapore http://bit.ly/9QLAdn
  37. Pont du Carrousel http://bit.ly/cnqZsO Paris
  38. sleeping cars and trains http://bit.ly/94tF8t Good morning!
  39. Lovely San Francisco series http://bit.ly/baXxWN the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero
  40. Lovely San Francisco series http://bit.ly/9K7VwB Caffe Puccini, Little Italy (North Beach)
  41. Lovely San Francisco series http://bit.ly/azpv9M Café de la Presse & Hotel Triton
  42. beautiful Praha: Pražský hrad (Prague Castle) http://tinyurl.com/2d3w5cq cute street http://tinyurl.com/2aygys3 (Google Street View)
  43. a Big Dig exit with a downtown view http://tinyurl.com/24dbncs Boston, Google Street View
  44. http://tinyurl.com/2ecupgq US & Nato allies invite Russia to create a missile defence shield - some 30 states capable of hitting neighbors
  45. Isn't it lovely to imagine yourself in this white landscape? http://tinyurl.com/258mt9z I-80, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
  46. "Seven-storeys-high" slides are gone but an old video of Singapore's Big Splash water park entertains with stunts http://tinyurl.com/3xxl23x
  47. my old Singapore neighborhood, courtesy of Google Street View http://tinyurl.com/29cmlp2 Big Splash water park, where "every day is playday"
  48. China reaches for the sky with its first large commercial airliner, Comac C919 http://tinyurl.com/2cexl3p to compete with Boeing and Airbus
  49. Where I wasted all my teenage years http://tinyurl.com/2fjv3ep the BIGGEST little country in the world (Singapore!!!)
  50. Beautiful Hong Kong harbor http://tinyurl.com/25t4arw
  51. La Défense, the other Paris http://bit.ly/9klFcv a modern Alpha+ world city
  52. the other Paris http://bit.ly/8XuNPB La Defense
  53. struggle for harmony http://bit.ly/c9NXHG La Place de la Concorde, Paris
  54. Our Lady and the masses http://bit.ly/dBvhZe Notre Dame, Paris
  55. Triumphal car parade on http://bit.ly/91MGHz Champs-Élysées, Paris
  56. Angry Birds http://bit.ly/cFtUmv feeding frenzy http://bit.ly/cxHl1H
  57. Google Street View Art series "Urban Living" http://bit.ly/cdG9Kx La Tour Eiffel, Paris, France
  58. Google Street View Art series "Urban Living" http://bit.ly/9vuCIR Times Square, New York city
  59. OK. This one turned out real nice. Google Street View Art Urban Living series 1: downtown Los Angeles, photo #4: http://bit.ly/cVgmbg
  60. Google Street View Art series 1 "Urban Living," downtown Los Angeles photo #2: http://bit.ly/cVnLvF
  61. Google Street View Art series 1 "Urban Living," downtown Los Angeles photo #1: http://bit.ly/azh8c3
  62. Google map surfing is *ALMOST* as good as touring for real. http://bit.ly/aDVtLp No shortage of lovely Google street views.
  63. Missile: Impossible http://bit.ly/a0TOF0 "a highly undercover operation"!! (Jon Stewart mocks the media) 不可能的導彈 미사일:임파서블 ミサイル:インポッシブル
  64. (I was looking ahead) http://bit.ly/bortka Happy Pepero Day!! Happy Pocky Day!! Happy 11/11/11!! (I mean Happy 11/11/10) 빼빼로 데이 ポッキーの日
  65. http://bit.ly/bortka Happy Pepero Day!! Happy Pocky Day!! Happy 11/11/11!!
  66. Duh. http://bit.ly/9qYIer
  67. Gigantic bubbles discovered at the center of our galaxy http://bit.ly/c7uwcD NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
  68. Sharon's favorite song of the day http://bit.ly/bEuGQw L'existence précède la diésel (album: Déjeuner sur l'herbe, by Les Breastfeeders)
  69. A new Google Doodle! Happy X-ray discovery day. http://bit.ly/cFVeXd 谷歌塗鴉 구글 낙서 グーグル落書き
  70. (multitasking while watching the CBS Amazing Race)
  71. Subtle shift? http://bit.ly/9WB6oi Obama calls South Korea "the linchpin" of regional security, Japan "one of the cornerstones" of security
  72. http://bit.ly/9UjGY2 OPEC increased its global demand projection, again. Time to change your lifestyle. Gas prices are not coming back down.
  73. http://bit.ly/daN0Pg Holographic telepresence! Scientists unveil moving 3D hologram technology, just like how they did it in Star Wars
  74. gift wrapping how-to diagrams http://bit.ly/bBKAM5
  75. http://bit.ly/dv3E0j The next time I travel to Japan, I'm definitely going for the 88 yen sushi, downed with 88 yen beer.
  76. http://bit.ly/dqoe5n interactive web documentary Out My Window explores our urban planet told from highrise concrete-slab residential towers
  77. Are we in for a strong La Niña season? http://bit.ly/aXd8EV
  78. @ki6h http://bit.ly/96zj4v What they call your scary movie in China, Japan and Korea. (Blockbuster Paranormal Activity 2 by Michael R Perry)
  79. http://bit.ly/bQ1kkT China the urban pioneer? UN chief calls attention to "unique problems of the world’s slums" like, hmm, ones in the US?
  80. http://bit.ly/aKRrm1 Britain giving up its fleet of Harrier jump jets, will be sold to India or US, or consigned to the scrap-yard or museum
  81. Tahoe's Boreal is again 1st to open for the ski season in California http://bit.ly/97s0qS opened Friday with one run, a second run Saturday