the device i've been working on for the last couple years is finally coming out!

http://www.oqo.com/

i've been using one for a while now. being able to carry a full PC in your pocket with cellular broadband internet is really geeky, but admittedly pretty addictive :)

i've been in singapore for almost a week and havn't seen the sun yet. the fires in indonesia has the sky covered with a thick grey hazy smoke. it's like heavy san francisco fog. but its smoke, and nasty.

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1004-fires.html

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Haha. This is the best parody I've seen a while.

http://caffeinepete.blogspot.com/2006/07/pcs-pay-for-your-mac.html

But whatever. I still like my powerbook.

been listening to some new albums lately. here's a quick summary and review ( Read more... )

absolutely insane. watch it till the end.

http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoChannel.aspx?storyid=b77dbd444430f6c6c940241541c28c5897f32284

this guys a genius

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/

"My name is Kyle MacDonald and I am trying to trade one red paperclip for a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12th, 2005 and I am making a series of trades for bigger or better things..."

went off to tapei and tokyo last week. what an awesome experience, I didn't want to leave! man, I definately need to spend some more time in asia...

Tapei street corner

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I just got caught up reading this article on the de beers diamond cartel, and the incredible amount of mass social engineering they did to artificially give meaning, scarcity and value to polished pieces of carbon rock. It's a long but incredible story.. too bad the article was written in 1982, I'm wanting to know the rest of the story where the ( Read more... )

12/29/05 Heavenly @10K feet. The day after a storm.
Best viewed full size (click on pic).


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