Cosmetics Can Work Wonders

April 9th, 2011 § 1

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“Hooking up with a girl in Tokyo is fun only until you wake up next to a monster you don’t recognize.”

Video and sage-like wisdom courtesy of my friend “L”.

Blabbermouths Beware

April 7th, 2011 § 0

Kinected Conference from Lining (Lizzie) Yao on Vimeo.

I’m impressed with all of this technology, however the timer in the bubble next to the individual speaking really stands out. I’m sure it will do wonders for those who care not to be concise, thus making meetings/conference calls/webinars all the more efficient and enjoyable.

Evolution of P4P in Medicare

April 6th, 2011 § 0

We’re getting there…

Knock Out

January 24th, 2011 § 0

Oh, the (unrelated) things one finds searching for images on Google.

Midlife Crisis Aspirations

December 20th, 2010 § 0

I hope my midlife crisis looks something like this…

The Future is Now

December 19th, 2010 § 0

Toastmaster

Jobs and Gates

December 9th, 2010 § 2

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Jobs' home in Palo Alto in 1991. Jobs was leading Next, and Gates was already a billionaire.

Happy 70th John

December 8th, 2010 § 0

Steinway-Sons-Introduces-John-Lennon-Imagine-Piano Limited Edition :  Steinway & Sons Commemorates John Lennon’s 70th Birthday Imagine Series Piano

“On this day, the day he was assassinated, what I remember is the night we both cracked up drinking tea.” – Yoko Ono

Touching op-ed contribution by Yoko Ono on the day that would have marked John Lennon’s 70th birthday.

Vintage Tokyo Subway Manner Posters

December 7th, 2010 § 0

I will give up my seat if you promise not to visit me in my dreams.

I remember seeing etiquette or manner posters throughout the subway stations in Tokyo and particularly recall a poster advising women not to do their makeup on the train. However, none were quite as interesting (or incredibly frightening and nightmare inspiring) as the one (above) from 1978 wherein “Marcel Marceau gestures toward a priority seat reserved for elderly and handicapped passengers, expecting mothers, and passengers accompanying small children.” More vintage poster goodness here.

Thanks to Rudy for sending me this.

Live From Daryl’s House: Lowdown

November 18th, 2010 § 0

The formula is simple, Daryl Hall invites various artists over to his house in upstate New York, they jam together along with his house band (pun intended), record it and put in on the web. I was just listening to Boz Scagg’s “Lowdown” (one of my favorite tracks) and was reminded of the episode of Live From Daryl’s House where he performs this song with his musical guest, Chromeo. Fast forward to 2:06 to go straight to the beginning of the song.