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 about 6 hours ago via web IMF Asian voting members (China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, India) not begrudging past IMF handling, not expected to oppose Greek package 1:45 PM Apr 30th via web (car safety test project) "Do [crash] tests include instrumented dummies or just ballast dummies? Which size dummy would they like?" 1:08 PM Apr 30th via web "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 9:02 AM Apr 30th via Tweetie 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 7:34 PM Apr 29th via web 「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... 12:23 AM Apr 29th via web 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 7:19 PM Apr 28th via web 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 3:41 PM Apr 28th via web 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 1:42 PM Apr 28th via web Beijing Auto Show http://bit.ly/czkJPR Chinese carmakers aspire to luxury levels dominated by companies like Audi, Mercedes, Volvo, Saab... 2:06 AM Apr 26th via web 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. 12:35 AM Apr 26th via web 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. 6:49 PM Apr 25th via Tweetie http://bit.ly/cwzOmr Videos of solar prominence! Apple iPad app is in the works to make SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) images come alive 12:51 AM Apr 22nd via web Discussing the world of venture capital, alternative investments blah blah next generation fund-of-funds investing in private equity... 4:16 PM Apr 21st via Tweetie Volcanic ash clouds are not displayed on airborne or ATC radar http://bit.ly/bSzdyX compressor stalls, flameouts, St. Elmo's fire possible 12:26 PM Apr 19th via web 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) 6:47 PM Apr 15th via web latest use of formerly secret technology in civilian scientific research http://bit.ly/a7AI3f Global Hawk NASA atmospheric research aircraft 9:48 PM Apr 14th via web Cocoa mulch detective: Urban legend? Partial truth? Theobromine kills dogs? Verdict: Dogs are not dying left and right http://bit.ly/nAGc 9:12 PM Apr 14th via web Dreaming in Chinese ... and discovering what makes a billion people tick, by Deborah Fallows, wife of James Fallows http://bit.ly/9j3l0N 4:06 PM Apr 14th via web http://bit.ly/aB5MWI Proud Jim Fallows says "I could be biased, but I think it's great. Plus, sassy, funny, and linguistically informed." 3:38 PM Apr 14th via web http://bit.ly/bITx1T 2010 Pulitzer Prizes to be announced in NYC at Columbia University, reflects journalism's migration to digital world 10:02 AM Apr 12th via web