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

Monday, October 4, 2010


  1. home is where you make it http://post.ly/110J2
  2. El Pollo Loco, Diddams Amazing Party & Toy, etc. http://bit.ly/cYqXpe
  3. The New Sleek Suit http://post.ly/10Wdq
  4. le beau http://post.ly/10WDO
  5. waiting to fly http://post.ly/10HZq
  6. Atlantic Cigar Co. http://post.ly/10HWX
  7. the perfect cherry Manhattan http://post.ly/10HS9
  8. always good to be here http://post.ly/10HQv
  9. not my rental http://post.ly/10HKE
  10. reunion with my rental http://post.ly/10HI4
  11. ground floor please http://post.ly/10G57
  12. race time http://post.ly/zh6L
  13. Here's to finding your style http://post.ly/zZBN
  14. Pacific parallel http://post.ly/z6v2
  15. mannequin magic http://post.ly/z6em
  16. Sharon's Words of the Day in Four Languages: crowd accelerated innovation http://bit.ly/bFZETF 人群引發的加速革新 군중이 일으키는 가속 혁신 群衆が引き起こす加速革新
  17. a lineup of buildings http://bit.ly/aZizuy 1 Madison Park has something in common with the Empire State Building, and so does Met Life Tower
  18. Trying to remember where I was standing when I took this photo http://bit.ly/dbeRF5 Met Life insurance tower, Empire State building...
  19. only one life to live http://bit.ly/aqYZ9I your road may be curvy, pretty, crooked, bumpy, one heck of a roller coaster ride
  20. How I'd like to remember the World Trade Center http://bit.ly/af9Kma two oddball buildings, standing (too) tall, carefree and proud
  21. fail whale art (cake, too!) http://languagegallery.blogspot.com/2010/09/fail-whale.html 失敗鯨 실패 고래 失敗のクジラ
  22. yummy eye candy art http://bit.ly/9oIDjv paintings by 안성하 (Ahn Sung-Ha)
  23. water drops http://bit.ly/bAuaWD art by 김창열 Kim Tschang-Yeul
  24. sneak peek of a coming date: http://bit.ly/clNGpd the mother of all camera bugs, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, with Comet Hartley 2
  25. Batman, Darth Vader, Shrek, The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger). As ***Oriental art*** http://bit.ly/ci1td0 by 손동현 (Son Dong Hyun)
  26. No one should be afraid to walk alone http://bit.ly/aRNdDd art by Miru Kim
  27. Red-hot spacecraft mission, to go where no one has gone before: into the heart of the Sun http://bit.ly/9ySfIk NASA's Solar Probe Plus
  28. Delta drastically trims regional jet fleet. Russians make cheaper jets, U.S. buying them now http://bit.ly/92Xwn8 Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) 100
  29. Nazi "Schnellbomber" found in ocean off England http://bit.ly/bLv4Pf Dornier Do 17 a.k.a. "Flying Pencil" will be raised from a sandbank
  30. Remember Jenny? We need「Kawaii! JeNny」now. These cute girls can surely save the world. http://bit.ly/9CrG5Y (かわいいジェニー)
  31. There are artists who love colors http://bit.ly/ckgEVd, and those who love black-and-white, varying shades of gray, too http://bit.ly/cOq38G
  32. "Destroy nothing, create nothing"? Something out of nothing: http://bit.ly/ahCfB2 explosive art of (pyrotechnician) Cai Guo-Qiang (蔡国强/蔡国强)
  33. No political agenda, no ideology, simply "big face school of painting" http://bit.ly/d1M362 fun doll-like figures of young Chinese artists
  34. pop art, Mao style: http://bit.ly/ceyafU Mao Quaker Oats oatmeal boxes by Zhang Hongtu (張宏圖)
  35. The joke is on the world. Cynical realism also means "play with world realism" http://bit.ly/97GHc2 modern Chinese art by 方力鈞 (Fang Lijun)
  36. It's not Rembrandt. Realism all the same, Chinese style: http://bit.ly/9SRI7p art by 张利
  37. http://bit.ly/alA2h0 "real squirrel can use its tail as a rudder and can slow down while in the air; the wingsuit still needs a parachute"

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