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Americans crave self-respect over security
The desire for self-respect has risen significantly in the last two decades as a core value for Americans. Meanwhile, the needs for both security and a sense of belonging have declined in the last 30 years, a web-based survey shows. In the world of marketing and advertising, the findings indicate that...
Awesome photo captures unique view of space shuttle launch
Lt. Col. Gabriel Green and Capt. Zachary Bartoe patrol the airspace in an F-15E Strike Eagle as the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches May 14, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Colonel Green is the 333rd Fighter Squadron commander and Captain Bartoe is a 333rd FS weapons system officer. Both aircrew...
A "healthy glow" isn't really anything that does anything for your health. Get fast facts on tanning, and find out why that healthy glow is more harmful than healthy. Fair-skinned people usually burn rather than tan in the sun because they lack melanin, which is responsible for a tan's coloring. The...
Surgeons can now safely and effectively operate inside the human brain through a small incision in the natural creases of an eyelid. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University who have performed the procedure on more than a dozen patients say that gaining access to the skull and brain through either lid sharply...
Why cloud whitening won't cool the planet
Plans to “whiten” the clouds over the world’s oceans so that they reflect some of the sun’s powerful rays may fail to delay global warming. Scientists from the University of Leeds and the Finnish Meteorological Institute found that injecting sea spray into the atmosphere to generate brighter clouds may actually...
The price to raise a child? $222,360.
Start saving up your pennies, parents-to-be. According to a newly released government estimate, a middle-income, two-parent family will spend an average of $222,360 to raise a child born in 2009. The price tag only includes costs up to age 17, so parents also need to account for skyrocketing college tuition...
adventures in 中国
Oxfam branded as a subversive organization. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
international women's day 2010 | 北京
A friend of mine, Jo Ling Kent, spearheaded a fundraiser and auction here in Beijing to support China Education Initiative (CEI), in honor/celebration of International Women's Day. I was humbled, but pleased, to be asked to photograph the event. Here are some shots from that night... hope you enjoy! All...
In no particular order... some snapshots from the past few months. First five images were taken with a Canon 5D MKII, lent to me for the afternoon by Jeff Lau. 5th image by Mitch Moxley. See the full gallery on posterous Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Started my new job this week! Things are going well. Grants up the wazoo. However... unlimited coffee and snacks + sitting at a desk for most of the day ----------------------------------------------------------- I need to start working out regularly again. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
A photo of mine actually made it into the New York Times (!!!), as part of a series of photos submitted by readers from all around the world :) Made my day. ...the one and only time I'll ever make it into the Times, ha :) Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
This essay is adapted from Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's upcoming book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Pick up a copy if you can...!! I have no idea where I would be able to find a legit copy in Beijing :(Kristof has long been my...
Sweaty Guinea Pig Goes Live
After working in my first kitchen for more than 6 months...I have finally made a batch of gnocchi that I am fully satisfied. Sent from my iPhone Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Special at Vino 313: Szechuan Chili with Tortilla Chips
It's not just another ordinary chili...Floral Szechuan flavor coats your mouth and lips, and gives you a mellow numbing sensation in each bite. Szechuan chili brings you to another world where ordinary ingredients are sexed-up by exotic touch and imagination. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Special at Vino 313: Spare Ribs with Soy Ginger Glaze
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Beet Risotto, finished with goat cheese and Parmesan cheese. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Shrimp risotto with saffron, sundried tomatoes, red peppers, and leeks. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Melanie and Peter invited me to go to Mel's parents' house in Pennsylvania for Xmas. We had hot pot for Xmas lunch, and prior to that, we opened a lot of presents! I got a nice Japanese cookbook, by Emi Kazuko, and a bottle of this season's new extra virgin...
bigepaz is eileen
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Ran Lake Merritt today w/ Sawyer
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via youtube.com Using post-it notes! Brilliant! Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
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"Audibly Lost" - A documentary about "Lost" podcasters
via darkufo.blogspot.com So the series finale is Sunday. What will all these podcasters do next? Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
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Australia to link internet activities to passport numbers
Indeed, today's revelation that Rudd intends to link the information gathered from monitoring your internet activities to identifiers such as your passport number open up the real possibility of mashing together all of the personal information available in your data matching matrix to (your income, your tax history, you bank account details,...
Nintendo 3DS officially announced at E3
Word about the 3DS has been making the rounds but Nintendo Presidents Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime made it official at E3 last night. The 3DS (not to be confused with the 3GS), is the latest in Nintendo's portable gaming console. As a successor to the Nintendo DS, the 3DS is...
Twitter and the switch to OAuth
As part of Twitter's move to withdraw support for 3rd party logins using username and password, they're encouraging all Twitter related services to switch over to OAuth. This means 3rd party applications and services will have to move to a system whereby they need to ask your permission to link...
Twitter launched Places, then crashed
Earlier today Twitter announced a new location based service in which they collaborate with Foursquare and Gowalla when people thought Twitter was going to jump into the pool on its own. Dubbed Places, you'll be able to tag your messages with your location, similar to how Foursquare works. You will...
About Steve Jobs' WWDC Keynote issue
(Phil) Belanger said, "It seems more like there's something funky with the iPhone software." (Phil) Kearney said, "My experience in the wireless space leads me to believe that there may be a bug in the firmware or the driver for the WiFi chip in the iPhone 4." (Kearney and his group provided...
Safari 5: Return of the Loading Bar
There was a big step back to sanity by Apple today as it announced the fifth version of Safari. When Apple introduced Safari 4, the beta versions carried a look that resembled Google Chrome with tabs on top of each window, and there was much protesting. The release version of Safari...
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Farah Malhass | Arab Bodybuilder
Her highly muscled body is smothered in tattoos, she is constantly criticized by her fellow Jordanians and she suffers deep inner torment. No matter what it takes, however, 26-year-old Farah Malhass is determined to become the first Arab woman to enter an international body-building competition. "Everyone is against me. No one understands...
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David Guttenfelder shot this silent pictures with his iphone while accompanying US and Afghan troops. See the full gallery on posterous Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
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Malone & Co's Picture Log
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Toyland, Strasbourg, France - Geoff
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Super cool place you should visit blog
Seagaia Ocean Dome is the largest fake beach in the world. Opened since 1993, it receives millions of visitors a year.Measuring 300 meters long and 100 meters wide, the dome is located in Miyazaki, Japan. It has a retractable roof so you can enjoy the beach on rainy days too!...
In 1993, Tokyo completed the project of building a suspension bridge crossing the Tokyo bay. The bridge spans 1870 feet and has 2 decks. There are also walkways available during certain hours if you want a nice view of the bay. But that's all boring, until night time comes! Lamps...
Calico is a cat cafe located in Tokyo. No, it's not one of those cafes where you bring your cat and they sit on the same table with you.Calico is the classy place to go if you want to enjoy a cup of tea while petting friendly felines (DISCLAIMER: I...
Ever wonder where the Buddhist monks go for fun? Why Suoi Tien Park of course!The Buddhist-themed amusement park located in Vietnam has a heaven palace, which features a giant water park with huge smiling statues. It's the park creator's vision of what heaven would be like. Of course, the park...
The Big Diomede and Little Diomede, sometimes called Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle respectively, are the 2 islands at the border of Russia and Alaska, U.s.The islands are about 2.4 miles apart located in the middle of the Bering Strait, separated by the International Date Line. They are called Tomorrow...
Created by American artist, Paul McCarthy, the piece named "Complex Shit" is a giant inflatable dog turd featured in Zentrum Paul Klee Art Museum, Switzerland. The art piece is the size of a house and was part of the "East of Eden: A Garden Show" exhibit. It was carried by a gust of strong...
In Buffalo
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After a few trips to the vet, and a couple of surgeries, Cruz is cancer-free and back to normal. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
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Terrance Young's Posterous
Plumeria Thai Cafe - Red Thai Curry Chicken Katsu
I drove by this restaurant before and thought oh I'd like to try there, I am pleased I made it a point to go to it. This is a interesting place that melds both local food with Thai so looking at their menu I decided on the Red Thai Curry...
In Oahu Market, Ishimoto Fish Market one of the better places to get fresh poke from. Every morning they whip up a batch of fresh poke and you can taste it that it was freshly made. Their Poke has some of the ingredients that make the poke good like roasted...
Cooke Street Diner - Baked Garlic Chicken Plate
Took a walk and wandered out of my usual Downtown area and wandered down to Cooke Street Diner since I have passed this place time and time again and have never walked in and ate here I decided to give it a try. I took a look...
My Memory of Gary's Chicago Style Pizza in Niu Valley
(Picture from Worldwide Gourmet - since I couldn't find a real Gary's pizza picture) My Memory of Gary's Chicago Style Pizza in Niu Valley I used to love Gary's Pizza when it was still around I remember getting a Medium one and could only eat one piece because it would just...
Duck and Chicken w/ Fried Rice at Mini Garden
Duck and Chicken w/ Fried Rice at Mini Garden It was that time again for the Bytemarks Lunch meeting an informal gathering of Techies where I sometimes feel I'm behind the times, oh not because I haven’t heard of a certain application or haven’t used it I just don’t go into...
Started off the day early well okay the normal time for me, but what changed things was that I was hungry. Being hungry the normal Granola bar in the morning wasn't going to cut it but if I eat a normal breakfast then I won't be hungry for lunch....
Ideas,images and cultural expressions
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Aviraj's Blog on Posterous
Tips For MBAs Who Want To Work At Startups
most of you are going about this startup thing completely ass backwards and no early stage startup that I know of is really dying to hire an MBA. What they want is a ninja, and a hundred grand or so later, your diploma is not universally recognized as a “I...
First shots from my new Nikon D3000
I was in San Francisco for the past couple of weeks and with me was my fantastic new dSLR, a Nikon D3000. Yes, it is only an entry-level dSLR but hey, I'm just an entry level photographer myself. I can safely say that this camera has become one of my...
These pictures are from my first night here in San Francisco from my new Nikon D3000. This place is just gorgeous. I'm going to keep adding my favorite pictures to this set on my flickr page. Check it out here. See the full gallery on posterous Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
I'm at Posterous HQ! Little Avi is home :)
I'm in San Francisco for the winter break to meet a lot of friends. Guess who is based a half mile from where I'm putting up? =D I had lunch with the Posterous bunch, helped assemble some new furniture, followed by this great Christmas cake. These guys are just awesome. I'm going to be in town for...
Warren Buffett on How to Pick Where You Work
Go to work, if possible, for an organization or an individual that you admire. I mean I offered to go to work for Ben Graham because there was nobody I admired more in the business than him. I didn't care what he paid me. But I knew I wanted to work...
Boulder + Bikes = Awesome a.k.a. The Boulder Bike Story
This is the Boulder Bike Sory. I saw this video a few days ago and couldn't help reflecting on why it means a lot to me.Here it is in brief -- my bike has been the best investment I have made since moving to Colorado. There's no question about it. Facts...
Being Brad
Google add's their bit to the HTML5 Demo business
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thanks alltop or holy kaw or whatever you are. Original story at Amusing Planet. I love that I got to create the tag, "Baby Jumping" Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
sometimes i just can't stop eating these damn things
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A Canadian author's perspective on "radical extremism" and copyright (@doctorow)
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Christine Lu
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Carnitas con chile sandwich from Tito's Market.
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OMG. This butterfish from Sushi Echigo just made my week. So good!
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my motivation for today's run inspired by guilt from this Pink's chili dog I ate yesterday.
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Knott's Berry Farm version of a time out for crazy little kids
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The Official Posterous Posterous
Hey Tumblr users: Want comments? Need privacy? Graduate to Posterous
Tumblr is a pretty cool service. They offer easy set up, loads of funky themes and super-simple reblogging. But blogging on Tumblr is sort of like being in high school. But you know deep-down that you can't be in high school forever. Eventually, you have to move on. It's the...
Ning users: You have a choice. Bring your blogs to Posterous for free
We don't have anything against paid services. But we do believe in choice. That's why we made Ning the first service we support with our new switching tools. Once you move your Ning blog to Posterous, you'll be able to post to your blog via email, add video, audio or text...
A lot of you have asked for help moving your old blog, photos or videos to Posterous. You grouched about dying platforms that haven't added new features in ages, sites that have made it too complex to perform the most basic tasks and places that smother your content...
1st ever Posterous meetup: July 1st in San Francisco
Nothing makes us happier than talking with our users to learn how we can make Posterous better. We also like beer. So we decided to combine the two concepts and host our 1st ever meetup on Thursday, July 1st from 6 - 9:30 pm. Please join us at...
Launching comment moderation: Control what comments get posted to your Posterous
If you want to prevent comments from appearing on your site without your approval on your Posterous blog -- now you can. You'll get an email whenever a comment gets posted to your blog, and it'll be up to you whether that comment gets approved or rejected. You can turn...
We are pleased to announce a feature that has been in the works for quite some time: Pages! You've asked for it, and it's here. We're really excited about pages, so we'd like to give a brief overview of what you can do with this powerful new feature. What are pages?They're separate...
ted is preposterous
Shan and I in the rain at Steinbeck's
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We decided to do a little kudzu mowing last night. Fun stuff! Now to build... Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Impromptu jam session just broke out Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
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I hope feathered hair is back.
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postmodern babbler
Midnight Ride #1: Climbing Mt. Parnassus
The weekend of traveling to NYC to attend Cory's wedding took its toll and I was feeling a bit out of shape. After heading home and putzing around, I decided to go on a ride out to Ocean Beach. Instead of doing the relatively flat coast through the Wiggle, Panhandle,...
Aside from the disappointing performance of Les Bleus, this has got to take the cake for the "Most Unsportsmanlike Conduct" of the year award. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
Posterous, East Coast Division of Claims Processing, Adjustments, and Refunds
See the full gallery on posterous In transit today, hunkered down in Brooklyn. I forgot my skinny jeans though. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
A few pictures from my trip to the Valley a few weeks ago. Eu-Jin and I climbed Kor/Beck, a burly, old school 5.9 on Middle Cathedral Rock in Yosemite Valley. It was a nice little trip -- I had to be back in the city later that night, so to...
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