DAY 435Ahh Saturday Morning I was up nice and early this morning which gave me my precious quite time to sit and watch the World News on Sky CNN and also do a bit of blog work donrsquot get me wrong I am not falling into the trap of domesticity it is just we have the availability of a TV and whilst here like to watch the world news and catch up on what is happening.The mornings for me ar
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Hangzhou China Beautiful West Lake
Hangzhou ChinaBy MayHangzhou is a city that every Chinese person knows. Itrsquos the honeymoon capital of the country and has been made famous by poets artists and folktales stories that have been told and retold in China since Hangzhoursquos heyday in the 900s. Itrsquos like if the place where Cinderella lived was in your country and you could go visit and see its sites.Hangzhou is mo
Speaking the Lingo…Still a Gringo
I've been looking through some other blogs on this site and of course the discussion forums trying to glean any information that I can about good places to visit where to stay what to pack even what level of spanish proficiency other travellers have had when setting out.As a first time traveller this is all totally new to me. What type of luggage should I use Should I take my DSLR came
Hoi an to Nha Trang
Vietnam ContinuedHoi an was a great place. Very much set up for tourists now however. Tailors shops galore all vying for business. Very French but yet very Vietnamese too. On arrival the hotel tried to push us in the direction of their chosen tailor but immediately after a Canadian couple caught us and said they had just had some really good clothes made up buy a bloke round the corner. Now on o
Garwhal Uttarakhand
11110Travelled by bus in this part of India reminded me a lot of Yunnan and Sichuan in China. The curving up down mountain road through valley after valley. But here seem more prettier in sight as there was less cables wiring and telecom towers and houses usually painted in adorable colours and more in harmony with the nature . Bus serviced in between city were more faster and quite often igno
Start your adventure right now
Welcome to the best website we hope that you enjoy the stay. We're the only online casino you'll ever need so why not begin to play The majority of the games video slots free featured in this site have bonus games wild symbols and scatters. Here you'll enjoy a variety of casino free slots games including 3 reel slots 5 reel slots video poker blackjack and other casino games. Choose a gam
Pat Buchanan puts Sarah Palin over Ron Paul on Tea Party enthusiasm
Breaking from Breitbart...
Panel discussion on PBS's McLaughlin Group on Saturday: 5 minute segment on the influence of Ron Paul and his followers within the GOP.
The discussion centered on Ron Paul helping to spurn the growing Tea Party movement. Paleo-conservative commentator Pat Buchanan chimed in at the end:
[The Tea Party began] after this nomination of Sarah Palin. This enormous surge to McCain. Enormous crowds of people coming out, when he couldn't get a couple hundred people out before then....
Now Ron Paul will do better than he did before because he will get some of those votes. But right now, quite frankly, the one candidate who can get 'em better than anyone else is Ms. Sarah Palin.
Side Note - Roundtable gave predictions on Massachusetts. Four out of five, including McLaughlin, and liberal commentator Clarence Page predicted Scott Brown win. Only Eleanor Clift replied Coakley.
See McLaughlin Group video at Breitbart.
The Haitian Catastrophe: Libertarian perspectives
From Eric Dondero:
Please visit our sister site Worldwide Liberty, for articles on the disaster in Haiti from a libertarian perspective. We also encourage submissions for that site on the current tragedy looking for other libertarian solutions.
Both Senior Editor Clifford Thies, Ph.D in economics, and I offer a couple articles with our thoughts. Clifford tackles the practicality of the crisis and how the U.S. can best respond immediately, mainly through massive mobilization of the mighty U.S. Military. I look at the long term, and offer a uniquely libertarian view: Expand the U.S. Territory that already exists there - Navassa Island - to cover all of Haiti, making it a possible U.S. Protectorate. Then, turn Haiti into one giant Free Trade Zone; a Hong Kong of the Caribbean.
There has been precious few commentary and coverage of the Haitian crisis within the libertarian movement. Visits to libertarian sites, shows few if any articles or even mentions of Haiti. This obviously has to do with the generally isolationist attitudes of the majority of libertarians, from Cato to Von Mises Inst. to the Ron Paul movement. We here at Libertarian Republican and Worldwide Liberty take a decidedly different - more internationalist view - of libertarianism. Unlike our neo-isolationist counterparts, we advocate spreading liberty worldwide. Thus we offer an outlet for discussion of libertarian alternatives for Haiti.
Boeing Layoffs at KSC
Boeing Lays Off 36 Employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, SpaceRef
"The Boeing Company, part of both the United Space Alliance and United Launch Alliance has laid off a total of some 36 of its employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. These employees run the range from general support personnel to engineers. The employees were given two month notices. Boeing has hundreds of employees that work in the shuttle program, most of whom will lose their jobs when the shuttles are mothballed. More layoffs will happen in the spring and again in the fall."
Second Edition of "This Week in Space" Online
"Miles O'Brien and "This Week in Space" are back for their first show of 2010. In this episode: the space nation awaits direction from President Obama, Endeavour gets ready to deliver a room with a view, how an abandoned McDonald's is being used to restore closeups of the Moon, a space telescope finds new planets, plus an interview with Hubble-Hugger-In-Chief John Grunsfeld. You also can subscribe for free to watch episodes from iTunes."
Also featured is the return of Moon rocks and Everest rocks by Scott Parazynski to NASA for placement inside Node 3 on the ISS.
APIX_PILOT PLANT – Manufacturing Systems for Banana Fiber Molded Crockery
Here we shall briefly cover the basic production systems that would make up BANANA FIBER SUBSTITUTED MELAMINE CROCKERY MOLDING-SHOP SET-UP. Our discussions would be based on the illustration here:
(click on this link for enlarged view: MOLDED CROCKERY MANUFACTURE)
The
Better Ideas Needed to Solve Climate Change
Over the next few weeks, leading nations will be deciding the fate of the Copenhagen Accord, the three-page climate change agreement recognized at last month’s international summit but never [formally] adopted.
If they embrace it, they’ll also be embracing a process that sidestepped one the highest procedural hurdles of the UN system, unanimous consent.
On Jan. 31, the first deadline of the Copenhagen Accord arrives. It isn’t mandatory — the accord was recognized by the Conference of Parties at last month’s summit but never adopted because six countries objected — however, Annex I countries that formally associate themselves with the accord agree to declare their 2020 emissions reduction targets by the Jan. 31 deadline.
Many groups and individuals are now saying that the UN is probably the wrong place to depend on to solve the climate change crisis with a world-wide agreement that will never happen. Unanimous consent is not something that should be required for a climate change agreement; a majority agreement should be enough. Too many countries were involved in COP15 with too many disparate agendas and arguments ensued that weren’t even about climate change. Mostly, it was an economics summit — it became more about economic justice than climate change. Climate change is a crisis all its own. Do we fix it or does everything have to be determined right now on the basis of who pays what? It’s more important to get started. It’s frustrating to see every conference on climate change break down into squabbles about money. There have to be better ways to think about how best to stop climate change and it’s obvious that better ideas are needed.
350.org is one of the best and most persistent organizations working to solve climate change by including everyone and every idea they can. They are responsible for setting the original target of 350 ppm (of CO2 in the atmosphere) as the upper target for what the climate can endure and support life as we know it, based on the recommendation of scientist Jim Hansen. As you can see from the black icon on the left, the climate is currently over 387 ppm so we need to get that number down or all life on earth is endangered. CO2 is the main driver of global warming and climate change. Bill McKibben is the leader of 350.org and it was his 350.org movement which got 350 as the CO2 target at Copenhagen’s recent climate summit, and as the target goal in the mind of the public.
So much of the public awareness of the dangers of CO2 can be credited to Bill McKibben. Now after the lack of a binding treaty at the COP15 Copenhagen summit, McKibben is back with another plan: gathering ideas from everyone possible to form a new way to combat climate change. Essentially he agrees with me that the world needs to stop depending so much on the UN and regular chaotic meetings of nations to solve the problem. He feels we [...]
Hold it! The iPhone Is Still Steve Woz’s Favorite [Blockquote]
After a quote that Google's Nexus One is his "favorite gadget" went around, Steve Wozniak took the time to leave us a note. Read on for his explanation of how everyone misunderstood him and why fanboy-style arguments are ridiculous.
This is the comment Woz left us in the on the post about his gadget preference:
Actually, everyone got it wrong. My favorite phones are my iPhones. When asked what my favorite gadgets were I took it to mean new gadgets I was playing with (that I considered good). I am not a switcher but I'm not going to tell people that the Nexus One is not a good gadget. Same for the Droid. I continually buy and play with new hot gadgets because I gets asked about them all the time. I have had prior Android phones that I didn't consider good. I usually have between 2 and 6 different cell phones on me, more when there are interesting product introductions.
I try mainly to make good comments but I'm honest about flaws too. I don't get into arguments trying to claim that there are objective reasons that make one person's phone better than another's. It's subjective. You can't win such arguments, only have a stressful life doing so. I have no problem praising and learning from non-Apple products as well as Apple products, when they are good.
I think this is yet another reminder of why we adore this brilliant man. Thanks for the follow up, Woz.
Nipple Lasers? NPLE LAZRZ!!! [Image Cache]
Shark with lasers are so aughts. Nipple lasers? So old they are the newest new. If anyone can please explain me what's going on here, feel free to talk in the comments or shut up forever.
Was this a promotional shot for an olympic aerodynamic bike? Why did the boobs fire lasers? Why was Geordi La Forge's sister doing neekeed pictures? Why I'm strangely aroused at the idea of nipples firing lasers? These are all questions that need urgent answers. [Thanks David]
Palm Pre Plus, Palm Pixi Plus Prices (P)Leaked [Unconfirmed]
Unconfirmed, but likely: Pricing for Verizon's first two WebOS devices has leaked, and it's looking like $150 (after $100 rebate) for the Pre Plus and $100 for the Pixi Plus. There'll probably be a buy-one-get-one deal along with that. [PhoneArena]
US Military Discharges Part of Robot Army Over Budget Issues [Military]
It's rough for robots in the armed services lately. Lack of funding is forcing the United States military to end the Army's Future Combat Systems program and eliminate many robotic soldiers, including autonomous helicopters and mine-sniffing transport vehicles.
The good news is that some of the remaining funds are being used to upgrade existing programs in an attempt to integrate the technology "in a fiscally responsible manner." I say we just plain need to start working on a way to call some Autobots in for help. [The Hill via Wired via PopSci]
Inverted Reflected Art Warps Space, Time, and My Mind [Image Cache]
You can easily render these wicked images—which look warped on paper and straight when reflected on a metal cylinder—with a computer and a raytracing engine. But the fact that someone drew this blows my mind.
Absolutely nutters.
The Xbox 360 Storage Locker Is Charmingly Horrible [Xbox]
Nice try PCgadgets, but I know a plain old storage locker when I see one. I'm sure that branding it for the Xbox 360 is the difference between a $40 price tag and $15 price tag.
Are those Playstation games in there? That's right—don't be fooled. This locker isn't just for the 360. And nothing spells "security" like a tiny brass padlock and a compact, easy to carry form factor. [PCgadgets via Joystiq]
iNaked Application for iPhone Could Bring World Peace [Nsfw]
I wish this iPhone video app to get people naked in real time actually worked as perfectly as shown here. In fact, I wish it just existed, period. For now, I would just get amused by the perfect choreography. [Nomao]
The Importance of Good Dental Care [Robots]
Monsters are scary, but it appears that animatronics are far more frightening without all their makeup. See more shots in roboticist/director John Nolan's personal collection: [John Nolan Films via jwz via boingboing]
