11.12.2012

The average round-trip domestic airfare this Thanksgiving is $386, which is up 9% from last year according to Travelocity.

11.09.2012

Ryanair CEO: 'Seat Belts Don't Matter'

11.01.2012

Climate change is like steroids for weather (paraphrasing Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute of the Environment). Try to reduce your carbon footprint.

10.29.2012

Over half a billion people on the planet play online games.  They spend over 3 billion hours a week playing.

10.28.2012

It can take up to seven pounds of fish meal for a farmed specimen like salmon to put on one pound of body weight.

10.12.2012

Sometimes Daniel Craig goes to hotel bars in the mornings for interviews. In spite of the time of day people send martinis over to him!

10.10.2012

The best way to predict the future is to invent it 
- Alan Kay

10.08.2012

Very happy with the soymilk I made this morning.  I soaked a small handful of organic soybeans yesterday.  Today I blended them and added a bit of raw sugar.  I didn't filter it but you may want to.

10.03.2012

"All of human consciousness is five years old emotionally. It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere."


- James Cameron

10.02.2012

So this is how the zombie apocalypse all starts... get your guns ready!  First ‘zombie bees’ reported in Washington state: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/zombie-bees-reported-washington-state-article-1.1168298

9.22.2012

Commercial fish stocks in the UAE have fallen by 80% since 1978. Nearly 50% of the local population order hammour (an endangered species) at restaurants. It's fished at more than 7 times the quantity that is sustainable.
- Time Out Dubai

9.07.2012

I'm in disbelief that the hotel I'm in (Marriott Copenhagen) told me that everything in the minibar is free and they'll replenish it daily.

9.05.2012

The original LED deadmau5 head weighed 12lbs and cost US$100K.  The new one weighs 5 lbs and is wireless.

8.31.2012

"People say I can’t be a vegan. But all Mario ate was flowers and mushrooms and look how big & strong he was. Plus he could spit fireballs."
- Arian Foster, considered the favorite this season to lead NFL in rushing yards

8.28.2012


"Hello I'm Dr Pain, your new dentist"

My dentist for the last 4 years, Dr Hussein, has left the dental practice I go to in my neighborhood.  I went for a checkup and cleaning today and met my new dentist.  After hearing her name once when she told it to me and after reading it once on my file I still can't remember it.  Even if I could remember it, in my mind her name is Dr Pain.  She pressed the cleaning tool hard along my gumlines, on my gums, and even in the gaps between teeth where I thought only floss could fit.  Maybe it's because I was her last appointment before her lunch break and she was rushing.  I hope she's not always going to be like this.

8.27.2012

It's better to come over willingly than wait till it's too late.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/26/food-shortages-world-vegetarianism
How James Bond books a hotel room: http://youtu.be/Q7eHinI95rc
In the past 4 years around30 chateaux in Bordeaux have been bought by Chinese businesses and investors, and an estimated 20 deals are in the pipeline. - CNBC

8.23.2012

Many of the qualities that define millennials are simply signs of youth.  Young people in the 1970s were also disloyal and rebellious. -- Kevin Coyne

8.17.2012

The True Cost of Hamburgers (Video).  Uploaded this month. http://youtu.be/ut3URdEzlKQ