U.S. National Geographics Society has launched a program, "Seven Billion," exposing the current conditions of us humans on this planet. The video below is a segment on what the "typical" person looks like. Based on a certain set of criteria used, a right-handed, cell phone owning, 29 year-old, ethnic Han Chinese man was selected. The image of the Chinese man was created by … [Read more...] about National Geographic “Seven Billion” program identifies world’s most typical person, a Han Chinese man
To all bloggers, a reward for having great thoughts
Nobody can argue the impact Sun Zi's "Art of War" ("孫子兵法") has had. Even Norman Schwarzkopf is a big fan. The U.S. military academy teaches it. On a lighter note . . . I write this post mainly because I want to share this thought with fellow bloggers. If you have great ideas, rest assured your thoughts will be held very closely; even few thousand years later. This … [Read more...] about To all bloggers, a reward for having great thoughts
Chinese banks finance $2.6 billion Baha Mar in the Bahamas
The Bahamas has been hit hard by the financial crisis in developed countries and the resultant dwindling tourism. Back in July of 2010, China Daily reported two agencies approved for financing the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas, enabling much needed job creation. The resort is the largest of its kind in the Caribbean. In this report, construction officially started few days … [Read more...] about Chinese banks finance $2.6 billion Baha Mar in the Bahamas
A Norwegian’s refusal to be lumped with the “West” in a case of Western censorship
[Updated March 3, 2011: Please refer to comment below. Apparently, this disabling of the link over at Reddit and deletion of the poster comments were done by the poster himself. I will chalk this up as a lesson I need to be more careful in not reading to much into something that isn't. I am sorry, folks and also to Reddit.] An interesting act of moderation yesterday over … [Read more...] about A Norwegian’s refusal to be lumped with the “West” in a case of Western censorship
Necessity, Mother of Invention and Awesome.
I rarely get very excited about new technologies, because most new technologies from large corporations are seemingly a lot of reshuffling and repackaging of old things, and sometimes a bunch of bug fixes long over due. But Baidu's 3D game-like pixelated 3D Map (map.baidu.com) of Chinese Cities has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in years. Much better than the … [Read more...] about Necessity, Mother of Invention and Awesome.