Category Archives: links

Family Portraits of all 56 ethnic groups in China | ChinaHush

via chinahush.com Sometimes it’s easy to forget how culturally diverse China is. Lovely set of portraits here. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Tiger Woods crash cookie

via flickr.com Shortbread cookie from one of our vendors. It’s a still from the CG video a Taiwanese news station created illustrate their version of the night Tiger crashed his car. (see video in earlier post.) Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Oh those resourceful Taiwanese journalists: Taiwan Tiger Woods Video

via crazydaysandnights.net If you don’t have video from the event, create it in CG! Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Facebook’s New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Electronic Frontier Foundation

via eff.org Hey kids! Be sure to read this article from the EFF if you’re considering keeping an iota of privacy when you use Facebook. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Pen Spinning! Universal Pen Spinning Board 1st Collaboration Video | Youtube

via youtube.com back in jr high, i had a small obsession with pen spinning. there was a guy in my SAT summer school class who sat in front of me who had rather distractingly awesome pen spinning skillz, and i ended up spending about a week at home trying to do what he did. i [...]

Pop & Hiss goes to the movies: Michael Giacchino on the ‘emotional time bomb’ of ‘Up’ | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times

via latimesblogs.latimes.com I loved “Up.” The LA Times music blog has a neat piece on Michael Giacchino, the composer of the score. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

In the name of friendship – The Envelope – LA Times

via theenvelope.latimes.com U2 did a song for Brothers, the Jim Sheridan movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. I’m actually kind of intrigued by this movie. Anyone want to go? Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Deep Fried Skewer Madness – L.A.’s New Kushiage Specialist – Horon | Exile Kiss

via exilekiss.blogspot.com Ok, this place is definitely going on the list of “places to check out”. Deep fried skewers! The above is deep fried shrimp, head-on. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

HOW TO: Start and Run a Successful Twitter Chat

via mashable.com Interesting piece on starting conversations based in social media. *scribbles notes* Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

I love Christmas if only because of this song.

Last Christmas (Remastered 2006) by Wham!  Download now or listen on posterous 17 – Last Christmas (Remastered 2006).mp3 (7788 KB) Oh George Michael, your ridiculous 80s poofy hair only makes me love you and this song even more. =) Here’s the video.  Posted via email from pearl’s posterous

She Will Rock You – Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – Jezebel

via jezebel.com i love this picture of Hillary. She looks like she means business! Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Portia De Rossi Schools Elisabeth Hasslebeck On Gay Marriage – Portia De Rossi – Jezebel

via jezebel.com Go Portia de Rossi. Well done. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

This is awesome: Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface (A Bearded Poker Face Parody)

via youtube.com Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Let’s Be Friends Again | Good Intentions

via letsbefriendsagain.com Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

short observations from the day

i’m going to bed in a bit, but first… This whole Tiger Woods story is a non-story. Whatever happened with his wife is between the two of them. The property damaged was his own and he committed no crime. Are we seriously still talking about this? Storybook Workshop came out today! Go buy it! It’s [...]

NASA finds ‘significant’ water on moon!

via cnn.com Nifty! Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

One panda distracts the zookeeper while the other one opens the door…

via liveleak.com Panda Bear Escape! Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Ken and Charles take on the Windows7 Whopper Challenge

via youtube.com A couple of friends do the Whopper Challenge: 1 Whopper, 7 patties, 777 yen. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

ooh, SoCal KFC coupons! $3 for 2pc deal, $10 chicken+biscuits

via kfcsocal.com who wants to go? mm.. KFC… Posted via web from pearl’s posterous

Baguette Dropped From Bird’s Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really) | Popular Science

via popsci.com Man, what a freak accident. Posted via web from pearl’s posterous