links, random thoughts, various opinions
Hong Kong and London in the same month; and January isn’t even over yet.
Had to fly to London on the red eye tonight to follow up on one of our projects. I’m travelling a bit earlier than expected (was hoping to go next week). Very nice flight (even though I’ve seen […]
Built For The Arctic
“Scientists have long appreciated a number of the polar bear’s adaptations, which allow it to survive two decades or more on the glacial ice of the Arctic Circle, where temperatures reach minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, all the while defying standard bear omnivorousness to subsist almost exclusively on seal. The polar bear comes […]
“Studying shelters in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1990s, Culhane found that although the long-term homeless made up only 10 percent of the homeless population over three years, they were using half of all shelter beds on any given night. And when Culhane compared the costs of supporting those with and without permanent […]
The trailer of the next installment of Kill Bill is now online.
Of course, this looks more entertaining. Oh wait, this looks better [stepford wives].
Of course political projections are vitually impossible…but I love making them. I’ve always studied U.S. politics intensely and the current race is heating up big time.
I watched John Kerry on 60 minutes tonight. I think George Bush might be in trouble.
As some of you may know there’s a leadership race (not that it’s drawing much interest) for Canada’s new Conservative Party (which is a merger of the two main ‘right wing’ parties). Anyways today a new candidate, Belinda Stronach announced her candidacy. It’s a good thing for the country to have a young […]
“Quote of the day:
Dogs don’t make a distinction between work and play. Everything is fun to them, and every situation is a new one, full of infinite possibilities for joy and connection. We humans surely would be more successful in our jobs if we approached our work with the enthusiasm.
From Dogs Don’t Bite When a […]
Had one of the bumpiest flights home ever. North Pacific winds in the winter can tossle an Airbus a lot. Of course almost no sleep. So very tired.
I’ve been using No Jet Lag homepathic pills on my long haul travel. I’m not entirely sure what’s in these things…but they do seem […]
Amazing Quicktime simulation of the current Mars mission.
I’m actually regretting not bringing some sweaters to Hong Kong. Of course I don’t need gloves, scarves or fur coats like the locals do to weather the single digit (degrees celsius) weather.
Been having a crazy week at work in Hong Kong. Lots of progress made though…whew. As a side project I wanted to install a Linux distro on one of the machines here. Had some trouble getting the ISO files to burn cleanly to my CD’s so wandered the local computer stores for […]
MacWorld Notes
“This is a serious planetary re-alignment on many levels. Apple? Letting another vendor produce a clone of one of their products? Of what is arguably their most successful product? And that vendor is a PC manufacturer? And that PC vendor is going to shun whatever Microsoft comes up with jukebox-wise in favor of iTunes? […]
Lego returning to core market
“Lego is apparently expecting a pre-tax loss of over 200 million dollars this year — the worst it’s ever been for them. The good news is the company has decided to stop selling electronics and movie tie-ins and return to its core business of making some of the best toys for […]
Safely in Hong Kong. 15 hours is a long flight any way you look at it. Of course not quite as long as going to Mars, which I also have to admit is fascinating me…here’s a good post which sums it up I think (oh, and I am a space nerd, I’ll admit […]
Been buried under post holiday work here and off to Hong Kong tomorrow. Lots to blog on in the tech. world and otherwise including some very interesting and exciting developments for work. But alas, must pack and email everyone else first. Later (but soon I hope).
Subtly Simpsons
“What follows is a list of lines from The Simpsons that we, your editors, have found to be particularly witty, often with their humor derived from subtleties of language, esoteric allusions, or just plain wit.”
c/o of sylloge. nice.
Derek has a post of anniversaries on his site today. There’s lots for me this year too…a random listing…
My parents celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, and forty new years eves together.
The company me and my friends founded will have its fourth anniversary…and it will be a good fourth year I think.
It will be five […]
Quicktime panorama of Times Square last night. [Scripting News]