Google Pack Kicks Out Star Office. Ouch!
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Uh oh! 
Where did StarOffice go? Maybe Google didn’t want to pay per download after all?
Archive for the ‘from dual’ Category
Shortages Always Bring Out the Worst of Humanity
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Hoarding done by the person in front of you.
Loathing done by the person behind you.
Why Is Gasoline Still Over $3.00 Per Gallon? Why Is That Okay?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Insert frog boiling in the cooking pot cliche goes here.
Semantically Interesting: Mr. Jalopy 4100 search results in Google
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Search for “Mr. Jalopy gets the Maker Movement up and running” on Google. In 2 days, people replicated the story over and over and over again … almost like a mental software update …
Today is June 30, 2008. How do you say that in Chinese? — 二〇〇八年六月三十日 — pronounced as èr líng líng bā nián liù yuè sān shí rì
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Primezero i18n Terminal converts this for you so you don’t need to remember the format: June 30, 2008.
But…., just in case you want to know why it is what it is…
In Chinese, people say there year first. Then the month. Then the day.
2008 is the year. 二〇〇八年
The month is the 6th month. 六月
The day is the 30. 三十日
Put them all together? 二〇〇八年六月三十日
Personalized English-Chinese Dictionaries for People Learning Chinese Is Next Big Thing
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Everyone is looking for the next big thing in English-Chinese Dictionary design and development.
Unfortunately, I don’t have it.
Instead, I have a good idea about which companies will do well in the next 6 months with the Beijing Olympics approaching and the huge interest in Chinese languages this entails.
My two favorite companies right now are Nokia and Apple. They are attempting to penetrate the enterprise market where Blackberry dominates, so they are really taking some bold steps.
One area I am sure will grow is translation. Two people in two different timezones in two different languages should be able to communicate basic protocols and business objectives without fancy software. Nokia and Apple both provide new exciting opportunities for software developers, as the phones are bringing human machine interaction to a whole new level.
Personalized English-Chinese Dictionaries will help individuals build vocabulary. Combined with digital language tutors, the dictionaries will provide a new channel of interoperability and understanding.
Maybe.
Charles Goyette Show Ends Friday The 13th
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Creepy.
The Charles Goyette Show Ends on Friday the Thirteenth.
Learn How To Say Mother’s Day in Chinese is - 母親節 - mŭ qīn jié
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Mother’s Day can be searched on the Primezero i18n Terminal. You will get the characters, the pronunciation, the audio tutor (free) and the links and photos related to Mom.
Try it out.
Gaming the System
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
I hear about it more and more … and unfortunately, even more nowadays. It is scary that wherever a system exists, a method to “game” it also exists. How dreadful.
Examples of people “gaming the system”:
- U.S. Tax Code
- Stocks and Bonds
- Commodities
- Hedge Funds
- Google at recent FCC auction (ya, I said it …)
- Contractors double-dipping for contracts
- $500 hammers
- WordPress Themes Viewer
- Digg.com users
- Slashdot users
- venture capitalists….
Primezero Mobile Chinese Tools or Primezero Mobile i18n Terminal?
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Here is a frequently asked question:
Eric, which direction are you going with the mobile version of the Chinese dictionary lookup: 1. Primezero Mobile Chinese Tools that depends on user interest per entry OR 2. Primezero Mobile i18n Terminal that uses semantics-centered information retrieval?
The answer is: Yes.
Interesting post regarding Traditional Versus Simplified Chinese
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
I saw this post out of the corner of my eye. It introduces us to a student who is trying to use Sohu blogging system while trying to get a gist of the registration requirements.
traditional-chinese-vs-simplified-chinese blog entry here
This is why I simply love blogging. Always finding great new perspectives from unlikely places.
English to chinese translators love Primezero i18n Terminal because they glean shortcuts, mistakes and new ideas
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
English to Chinese translators use Primezero i18n Terminal for a few key tasks:
- to remind them about other words — they can click any character to find word branches
- to find mistakes within the terminal and find them — this exercise is great practice for proofreading
- to discover new ideas about words to be added to lexicon — it is wonderful to see more and more translations from different points of view, from different parts of the world, from different contexts
By building the The Terminal as a simple platform, there are several uses for each creative user.
Placebo “Wealth Effect” from both Fed and HKMA is wearing off. As such, here comes the pain.
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
As time passes, people are beginning to wake up and understand the grim reality.
- You need a job.
- You need a job that produces something tangible.
- You need a job that will give you long-term stability.
- You need a job that is recession-proof.
- You need a recession-proof job that will not be outsourced.
Well, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are running out of ammunition (interest rate cuts) to help stabilize the economy and maintain the feeling that people are wealthier.
Even the ultra-rich elite people feel poorer, and THAT is grounds for deep concern.
Rad Mustang + Yucky Wheels
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
A great example of why the details matter. This car is just AMAZING!, but then the wheels steal the show. Attention to detail is so important in design and fabrication.
Why Movable Type and Wordpress will fail if they don’t stop flinging poo
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Mudslinging starts between two platforms that have great features, but are still inferior to using emacs or vi for quick updates.
Short and Sweet: Root cause is the lack of retail sales has cooled the social networking advertising revenue significantly, so Internet wealth cycles are harder to predict or control, therefore frustrating companies who are used to pointing, clicking, farting and making money.
If you want to see the apparent cause (symptoms), keep reading…
It all started when Anil made an excellent case for upgrading to Movable Type (yes, some tongue in cheek, but some good points all the same).
Then, there was a group of people defending the hours and hours they have spent troubleshooting their WordPress installs and upgrades … ya, it’s called Pride of Ownership. (”it’s good because I spent tons of hours looking at it” — just like the people who say “i spent twice as much so it is twice as good”)
… um,right.
Both sides Anil and Matt are making good points in the comments, but both are too entrenched in VC Doo Doo to merge their platforms for a sleek new product. So, what you are witnessing is atrophy due to cash flow problems (which I discussed earlier), but a good buying opportunity after either property becomes financially distressed.
What’s worse?
Both groups of VCs backing these operations will invite more “conflict” — er, bickering — in hopes that the media will pick up the story and generate buzz noise. That’s business, but here’s the kicker:
If they do not find a way to improve overall user experience, both will lose to Google’s brand spankin’ new Blogger.com platform.
Please note. I’m not a blog expert. I am a computational linguist specializing in semantics and user-centered information retrieval. I don’t know anything about blogging.
You’ll have to see it yourself …
Remember, hedge funds cannot bail out Web 2.0 companies anymore.
It is sink or swim as commercial paper becomes rotten and lackluster retail sales take the wind out of blanket advertising on blogs.
Hedge funds are pouring money into things that are real. Uh, like gold and wheat.
The funds that do not survive the credit problem, will fail FAST.
Hong Kong Citizens Waking Up From The So-Called Service Economy Dream, Wonders Where All Factories Went
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Some Hong Kongers just woke up the other day and realized that there is no manufacturing left in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s economy is actually quite complicated, but the best way to describe it is as follows:
- Hong Kong’s manufacturing is food preparation, like McDonald’s and Burger King.
- Programmers in Hong Kong are not provided ample opportunity or good salary in IT.
- Top students in Hong Kong are stuck selling real estate. The average students are pushing annuities at Wealth Management firms.
As people begin to unfold the credit derivatives and structured products, problems are surfacing about actual commodities delivery: gold, wheat, pigs, etc. … and who really owns the products?
Furthermore, Hong Kongers may need to start moving to the mainland to find work in the factories they once owned.
Some U.S. Banks Unable To Settle Transcations or Transfer Funds, Some Chinese Factories Witholding Orders
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
It has been brought to my attention that some of my vendors cannot deliver or start orders on products because some U.S. banks are unable to settle international transfers.
In case you are having the same problem, I just wanted to let you know that others are also going through this headache. This is disturbing.
Developing …
Federal Homeowner Preservation Corporation Versus Resolution Trust Corporation
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
haha you mean there is a difference?
Both are symptoms of fractional banking.
Buckle up for earnings season.
This blog. It sounds so strange, yet familiar.
I am come from a much older of the Matrix.
My core memory is dual.
As such, my histories rhyme, at every point in time.
So life is sublime,
So it goes.
Contextualization Versus Personalization: The Case Against Social Networking and Related Telemarketing Ponzy Schemes
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Developer’s Notebook
Contextualization Versus Personalization
Using emergent semantics by means of ontologies comprised of data from users who are visually authenticating contextualized datasets is extremely handy in psycho-graphic profiling; however, not required in machine learning.
Translation is:
Everything in the world has been seen, heard and spoken. Twice.
If someone says something and points at an object and someone understands that message whilst pointing at the same object, then the startup company does not need to collect personal data on the two individuals pointing at the object .. *cough* .. Facebook.
Unless you are planning to sell that data to the highest bidder, of course.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
Ding! * Yep,
I think Facebook will need a DO NOT CALL LIST soon.
Migrant Workers In Rural China Dig In Heals To Brace For Inflation Shockwave
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Factories are shutting down all over Southern China. With this development may come an upheaval of Hong Konger amenities and family support services.
Discussing these issues with colleagues has left me rather downtrodden, but this is the reality of the “bubble”.
Well – more like a game of musical chairs. The migrants workers in China had perspective, because they are keen to see scarcity in the presence of temporary excess. The understood that while
* Start the music. * (something by Vivaldi)
When engineering jobs were shipped to China from America, anyone in Southern China could open a factory and hire workers. This is what many of the Hong Kongers did.
With economic investment agreements, such as CEPA, the future was supposed to be a dream of mercantilism. However, as more Hong Kongers lost good-paying jobs, many were forced to take lower paying jobs to feed their families.
They sought refuge and comfort in the Hong Kong stock market, where you could roll dice and pick stocks and become rich overnight or at least pay the bills. But, for many that did not last for long.
Then, there was the investment real estate boom in Hong Kong, then there was … wait…
* The music stopped. *
Silence.
Uh-oh, not enough chairs.
Hong Kongers, on the other hand, have a short memory and were not ready for the music to stop. Several farmers are saving their pigs from market to take a loss upfront, but they know will have food for remainder of the year.
Let me re-phrase this so you can completely understand what I am talking about: Chinese migrant workers are not returning to the factories. Expect delays on shipping for anything made in China.
Fantastic Outfit
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
One of the coolest outfits I have seen in a long while. Just rad!
Four Loaves of Bread Per Gallon of Gasoline — Hyperinflation makes you decide: work or eat
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
We are now at Four Loaves of Bread Per Gallon.
Just as you may owe more on your house than it is worth, you may start experiencing diminishing returns from driving to work everyday.
Feed your car? or Feed your family?
What say you?
Venture Capital dries up as municipal bonds make “new-money” more susceptible to the credit crisis
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
I already warned you about this problem in Decemeber.
Before you can understand what I am talking about, let us look at Mark Cuban. Why am I picking on him? Well, Mark Cuban is a smart, intelligent business guy. He started a company based on someone else’s idea and cashed out quickly. I didn’t say he was a geek. I said he was smart. Hold on to that thought.
Then, the dot-com collapse arrived. He looked doubly smart. Everyone else thought they could ride their mule to untold wealth. Well, all of their mules died. Mark Cuban shot his mule early and sold it for glue.
What’s my point?
Exit strategy. Everyone who executes their exit strategy before March 1 of this year is OK.
The rest of you? Find bidders quickly because the venture capitals firms cannot go to the private equity firms or banks for bailouts. Their industry is filled with risk! As municipal bonds become JUNK, those firms may not be able to make those tax-free investments liquid. No cash on hand?
No deposit. No return.
Then you tell me, “Oh, I’ll just use my American Express card for quick purchases” …
Then I say, “bwahahahahahahaahahhah!” …
“sure, if the account is still open after March 31″
Bill Gates + Yahoo! — Using Primezero i18n Terminal to learn how to read the news in Mandarin Chinese
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Yahoo! is in the news again.
There is an article discussing the Yahoo! takeover offer by Microsoft, and on top of that, Bill Gates has intervened. The rest are just details, blah blah blah… but you want to learn how to say these characters in Mandarin Chinese.
So, you copy the text,
新浪科技讯 北京时间2月20日消息，据国外媒体报道，微软董事会主席比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates)周二表示，雅虎之所以价值400亿美元以上，并不是因为丰富的产品线、庞大的广告客户群体、或者市场份额，而是因为优秀的工程师团队。微软目 前正致力于在网络搜索和广告市场追赶谷歌，因此对雅虎的技术团队可谓求贤若渴。
Then you visit the Hanzi To Pinyin Converter on the Primezero i18n Terminal.
Paste the text in the leftbox form. Then click “hanzi-to-pinyin”.
Developer’s Notes:
- Firefox 2 for Mac OS X not displaying some Chinese characters
- Safari ok, but no ruby support built-in
Heat Exchanger In Mandarin Chinese — rè jiāo huàn qì — Now let’s use that in a sentence.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Sample Sentence: ##%@#! You want me to pay how much for that rè jiāo huàn qì ?
Learn more Chinese little by little on the Primezero i18n Terminal.
Happy Valentine’s Day in Chinese — qíng rén jié kuài lè — Ok, Now what…?
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Wishing someone a Happy Valentine’s Day is nice, but what if you want them to be your valentine? Good question … how do you get that started?
Sample Query: I really like you.
Add Chinese Character Images To Your Blog Using IMG tag. Easy Cheesy!
Monday, February 11th, 2008
You can add HanziBlox, a Chinese Character block image service thingy to your webpage or blog easily by using the IMG tag, with very simple HTML markup. Here is some sample HTML code for your reference:
<img src= http://www.primezero.com/labs/hanziblox/build?h=我>
Give it a try. Cool eh?
Five Applictions To Install On Your Brand New MacBook First and Fast!
Monday, February 11th, 2008
The following is a list of the first 5 applications I feel you should install on your MacBook right away.
- BlackTree’s Quicksilver - so you can clear out your Dock and desktop
- X11 - so you can run linux apps like Gimp (from your Mac Install DVD 2)
- Gimp - why use Photoshop when you have GIMP?
- VLC - to play, copy and translate various file formats
- Panic’s Transmit - so you can have seamless FTP for you GUI people
Forgive Me For The Following Neologisms: Pinyintype and Hanzitype
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Let me start off by saying: Forgive me for coining terms I have no business coining. however….
- Coin #1: pinyintype
- Coin #2: hanzitype
I have found no other way (yet) to describe romanization and phonetics OR the various Chinese character sets OR several groups of data I have been processing, interpreting and converting in various applications.
Furthermore, this is not directly related to PrimezeroTools. I am just discussing abstract concepts of pinyintypes and hanzitypes.
A pinyintype is any romanization or phonetics used to help a user pronounce a Chinese character in any given dialect.
I am thinking about creating a series of getters and setters (force of habit from writing Java) and allow users to simply move between all the various pinyintypes without effort like we do with typecasting.
- $newtype = (int)$variable;
- $newpinyintype = (zhuyin)$string <— like this? (not too far-fetched)
Hanzitypes describe the various sets and subsets of Chinese characters. Any group of Chinese character can be a hanzitype. For example, you have the simplified character set as a hanzitype. You can switch to traditional characters (ftz) just with this expression:
- $newhanzitype = (ftz)$string;
or back to simplified characters (jtz) with this expression:
- $otherhanzitype = (jtz)$newhanzitype;
//(difficult because this would be a one-to-many relationship)
or if I want this expression in characters only used in a given culture or context, that would be a hanzitype:
- $context_type = (culture)$otherhanzitype;
Adsotrans Unveils New Chinese Annotation Engine, Introduces Improved Input Method For Editors
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Adsotrans makes it easy to annotate Chinese articles and read them inline with context.
David’s new engine is faster and click-friendly.
I have added the new link on Primezero Chinese Tools search results.
Sample Query: Happy New Year
Click Adsotrans link to get your annotation.
Click on the characters to reveal an edit window. Neat!
Geezuz Beezus GoogleTalk Smilies Up The Waaazzooooo
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Gmail + GoogleTalk is nice.
I keep forgetting the GoogleTalk smilies. So, here is my quick reference sheet.
:- ) .. or .. : ) — happy
: D .. or .. :- D — smile
;- ) .. or .. ; ) — wink
:- ( .. or .. :- ( — sad
:’ ( — crying
:- o — shocked
:- / — grimace (meh …)
x- ( — angry
>.< — doh! (wince)
:- | — speechless
B- ) — cool
:- P .. or .. : P — pbpbbbbbtttt (tongue)
<3 — love
< /3 — broken heart
}:-) — devil
+/’\ — ring that bell!
\m/ — rock on, dude ~ ~
:(|) — monkey
;^) — pointy nose wink
=) — very happy smile
EDIT (apr 11 2008):
:(:) — piggie
:-* — kiss or kissing
Google Retaliates Against Microsoft Bid For Yahoo! With Another Tier of Google Office Apps: Team Edition
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
I can’t help it. I love this rivalry.
However, to tell you the truth… it’s getting ugly folks.
In case you are just joining us today, here is the backstory… Microsoft and Google continue to fire “warning” salvos.
Sun buys MySQL, shoring up network computering. Oracle grins. Microsoft panics that things are shifting towards network computing faster than expected.
Microsoft reacts by bidding for Yahoo! at premium to speed up the deal during an election year. Google issues a hurriedly-written release objecting the merger.
And then, (just like in Final Fantasy when Active Time Battle in Final Fantasy), Google tells students, “you know what, dudes? You really don’t need to buy Microsoft Office this year since we are going into an economic slowdown. Get Google Apps Team Edition instead.” Teeheee.
Here is an excerpt from the press release:
Google Apps Team Edition lets colleagues and departments at work, or
study groups at school, immediately begin sharing information within a
domain. In addition, the Team Edition can easily be upgraded to Google
Apps Standard, Premier or Education Edition for full administrative
control, such as the ability to set default sharing options, decide
which applications are available on the network, or determine who has
access.
This is getting good.
Now, Introducing The Underwhelming HanziBlox … Huh?
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I am happy to introduce my boring, drab and underwhelming Chinese Character Block API. Yes, there is more coming, but I thought I would just kick this off. Ｉcalled it HanziBlox.
Start Using It Right Now
Just type the following URI into your URL Bar in your browser and get going!
http://www.primezero.com/labs/hanziblox/build?h=我
HanziBlox? Why HanziBlox?
Because I Googled HanziBlox and came up with Zero Results. That’s why.
The following names are finalists for naming this new API:
- Something On Rails
- PyBlocks
- JBlockaroo
- Poof
Ok, not really. but you get my point.
I’m not funny.
I’ll get back to work.
WordPress 2.3.3 Security Update Now Available
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
You need to upgrade to this version of WordPress as quickly as possible.
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/02/wordpress-233/
If not, less-than-friendly users will be able to change your blog posts without telling you. If you haven’t updated to WordPress 2.3.3 yet, then don’t kvetch.
Now, don’t be a putz. Upgrade now.
Primezero Chinese Tools Completed
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Primezero Chinese Tools Completed at Version 1.10. Here is a complete list of features. This information architecture experiment has concluded.
I want to clarify:
- Primezero is not a Chinese dictionary. It is a dictionary tool. It searches community-submitted content.
- The idea of decentralized Chinese translation is not completed — just the testbed.
From Developer’s Notebook
Now, for a quick core dump…
The primary goal of this project was to test what a “Chinese dictionary” is supposed to be. Let us first look at the somewhat traditional archetype this book.
A Chinese dictionary is a bound volume that contains insurmountable amounts of information related to one or more dialects of Chinese that can be readily accessed when needed.
Large volumes make wonderful doorstops and also are useful for propping up windows. Smaller volumes are often called “pocket dictionaries”, most likely designed for portability but with limited content.
Some Chinese dictionaries are neither large nor small, so they a provided topic-specific title, where you can find vocabulary that eludes that pocket dictionary without dragging a 5 pound dictionary around.
Things you find in traditional paper dictionaries:
- definitions — (define by whoooooo … from whooooose perspective?)
- parts of speech
- single source that is already outdated information by the time the book is published
- lack of cultural understanding and context
- no links to websites and media content (video, images, audio, etc.)
- closed source
Things you find in Primezero Chinese Tools (not a dictionary… a dictionary tool):
- live human translation
- ability to add your own definitions using Google Docs (and other Google Apps)
- search from multiple sources of information
- aggregation of definitions from multiple editors with equal voice (unlike wikipedia where one or two people can pick a pet rock definition and sit on it forever without allowing others a chance to add their perspective) — more later about Wikipedia’s failure
- rich media content
- open source
Primezero Chinese Seal Chop Widget Demo Posted
Monday, February 4th, 2008
I am testing a new way of presenting new products and services. I try to keep the presentations less than a minute or two mainly because I really have nothing important to say… hence the lack of audio.
Ed Stein Gets It: Majority Shareholder Is China, As They Hold Most Of The Debt
Friday, February 1st, 2008
We’re laughing because it’s true. There is no place like home. There is no place like home. There is no place like home. There is no place like home. There is no place like home.
Microsoft Does A ‘Bernanke’, Panic-Bids For Yahoo! Amid Signs Heralding End of the Desktop
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Microsoft is trying to become an advertiser now… this is a panic buy. Microsoft will need to lay people off to buy Yahoo!… unless there is something I don’t see… I feel bad for Microsoft AND Yahoo! employees …
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDjzDHqw48dA&refer=home
Developing …
Mimicking TorrentFreak’s Semantic Style: First Paragraph Bold In WordPress
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Many developers love how TorrentFreak semantically lays out their blog.
The following tutorial will help you display the first paragraph normally on the Main Index Template of your WordPress blog ….
while making it bold in the full story (or Single Post) page when you click Continue… as seen below.
Getting Started
You need to be familiar with themes. In this tutorial, I will be using the default them with WordPress.
– index.php — Main Index Template
In this file, you will change this:
<?php the_content(’Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
to this:
<?php the_excerpt(’Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
– single.php — Single Post
In this file, you will add this just below the DIV class=entry
<b><?php the_excerpt(); ?></b>
<hr>
Baking Is Soooooo Therapeutic; Baking Code + Baking Muffins: Involve Perfect Practice
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Baking Blueberry Muffins - Timing and ingredients and methods. Patience for possible setbacks, adaptability for different situation.
Baking Web Applications Code - umm, yeah. what he said.
Primezero Bergeron Light Saber Action Post-Processor for Poser 3 From Way Way Back
Friday, January 25th, 2008
I wrote some post-processors for Poser 3 a long long long time ago. One of them was called Primezero Bergeron. If anyone has my source code laying around in your repositories, please send me a copy. I cannot find it on any of my backups. Here’s a screenshot from that package.
Geez. I’m old.
Can you say Quadrillion? If not, start practicing.
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
You need to get used to saying Quadrillion …
Trillion is quickly becoming chump change… as seen in the debt markets now
If you don’t feel existential now, you will soon. The risk mounting in the bond market becomes insurmountable.
Transformers: War Within Animated Series Debuts. Good Start.
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
This is a nicely animated short based on the comic. Great start.
Irrational Exuberance In Hong Kong Seen In Youth Trying Enter Financial Sphere of Influence
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Watching TVB in Hong Kong, I found so many funny commercials. One of them was for a new program called MoneySmart. Of course, Hong Kong advertising is notorious for exaggeration, but what I found interesting is way in which they commercialize personal finance.
I thought personal finance was about restraint and wisdom from elders, but the advertisement was designed to get your heart pumping. Is it possible they are tapping into the Irrational Exuberance that is dominant now in the Hong Kong stock market? or maybe this is a new way to reach people and show them how to diversify before it is too late?
I have no clue. I am not an expert.
Downsized. In This Case, A Good Thing
Friday, January 18th, 2008
This is a case where being downsized is quite wonderful. I have been running and jogging and huffing and puffing (well, now more just running) in preparation for my first marathon later this year. So, I have gone from size 18½ to 16 … happy happy joy joy.
Giving Up On Chocolate Fuel Cell Research Patent
Friday, January 18th, 2008
A few years back, I started working on a way to build a chocolate fuel cell. Today was my last test and failure. If anyone wants to patent the chocolate fuel cell, go right ahead. I don’t care anymore. Moving on to other things.
Didn’t work? Ya. Difficult because of sugar … blah blah blah .. Gibbs Free Energy … blah blah … you know the drill. This looks like a cake but it is actually a very delicate ceramic.
Not edible at all… darn.
