February 2012
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The Bike of the Dragon Tattoo Girl
Justin Kell as reported by Bike EXIF:
I got the call to meet with David Fincher and discuss motorcycles for a new film he was doing. I bought all three Larsson books and read them in three days; the character of Lisbeth Salander is killer. As I read the books, I kept thinking that Lisbeth’s bike would be the kind of bike most twenty-somethings with limited financial recourses would ride. She...
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Tango Meets Yoga
Yoga is personal, Tango is communal. But they both share the same philosophy: intimate harmony.
Marco Di Giano, a fellow Art of Living teacher in Latin America brilliantly conceived a new breed of Yoga Workshop where elements of Tango is mixed with the Art of Living’s unique breathing technique. He share this bit about the origin of Sri Sri Tango:
I associate yoga with a lifestyle, how...
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The Case of Single- versus Multi-Tasking
Dave DeRuchie, in an article titled ‘Please Put Down the Device & Let’s Just Talk’ is making an argument about how poorly we perform tasks when we do it all at once:
Many argue that handheld devices make them more productive. Multi-tasking makes it all worthwhile! But this isn’t the case. The myth of multi-tasking demonstrates why we can’t talk on the phone, read email, send or...
“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then...”
– Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden (via bookmania)
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Seat Sixty-One →
Probably the only, if not the most comprehensive site on train travel in the world.
It is Mark Smith, a retired British Railway Officer who publishes and maintains the site. And here’s what he has to say about the name ‘Seat 61’:
Zaharoff, the notorious arms dealer, would always book compartment 7 on the Orient Express to or from Istanbul. When treating myself to...
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“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.”
– From Act of Valor
A Vietnamese Tale: 'My Perfect Wife' →
Infatuated with Vietnamese women, a westerner came to Danang and met a local girl in a bar. Within a few months time they were happily married and call Australia home. Until one day, he found his wife gone and realized everything was just a scam. A big scam:
I wonder just how many good willed western men are deceived by Asian girls & then become hard, cold & intent on playing their own...
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The Magic of Photography
Having been asked countless times about ‘what camera should buy?’ or ‘how to take better pictures?’ or ‘how did you take that photo?’, I realized how largely misunderstood photography is.
It maybe the marketing department of your favorite camera brand, or perhaps it’s the jaw-dropping photos from the latest National Geographic Magazine, photography...
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Patrick Rhone: TV Is Broken →
“Why did they stop the movie again?” Beatrix, asks. Thus leading to essentially the same conversation as before. She just does not understand why one would want to watch anything this way. It’s boring and frustrating. She makes it through the end of the movie but has little interest in watching more. She’d rather play. The television is never turned on again during our stay.
The television...
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Riding with the Cops in Bangkok
The following is a first-hand account of how an iPad was stolen, and how, with the help of the Bangkok Police Force and Apple’s Find My iPhone, someone’s crime of opportunity became another’s thrilling adventure.
If you prefer photos click here to view to the accompanying pictorial, or use the outline below to jump between chapters:
My Name is Sheikh | Bangkok, We Have a...
Tech-Savvy Police Officer Uses 'iCloud' To Catch... →
The 24-year-old victim said she was sitting inside a store on Sixth Avenue when a man pointed a gun at her and took her iPhone.
Police began looking for the suspect with no luck until an officer used Apple’s iCloud feature on his iPhone to make the stolen phone beep.
That’s when police say George Bradshaw, 40, walked by on Eighth Avenue.
Stolen iPad recovered with Find my iPhone →
I pull up the App again and see that my iPad is now moving away from the airport on the highway. After several minutes I watch as it turns into a neighborhood and pulls up outside of a house. There it stays for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile I have been sending alerts to the iPad screen with my contact information asking whoever has it to contact me immediately. Luckily they had not turned it...
Stolen Ipad tracked, recovered and youth arrested →
South Australia Police News:
An Ipad stolen from a car in the CBD has been recovered by police after the owner was able to pin-point where it was at all times. […]
With an in-built GPS and other clever applications used by the owner, including Google maps the Ipad was in a house at Woodville Gardens.
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Find My iPhone
I was recently in Bangkok for a transit back to Jakarta. During my stay there, my iPad was stolen and I managed to get it back.
Many have asked how.
Apple introduced a feature called Find My iPhone. It allows us to register our iOS devices and using the devices’ location services, the browser-based interface & the iOS app can help us locate registered devices so long as they are...
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French Alps of the East →
Joel Hawksworth, on one of asia’s prettiest city:
Not expecting much from Dalat I mainly went there because it was on the open bus ticket I got. But after arriving and quickly discovering its adventure pedigree it has become my favourite place in Vietnam.
Joel and I met on a canyoning trip in Dalat along with the lovely couples Roland, Nora, Eyk & Juliane. We all shared the sentiment...
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