Monday, January 30, 2012
30. January 30, 2012
Despite how awesome I am and the fact that feminism rocks, both Amy and I are too weak to cut her stuck bike-lock with a bolt-cutter... Also too proud to ask any of our man-friends to help out... Oh, pride.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
29. January 29, 2012
Sailing is really fun! Lucky for me, Uncle Hal is willing to teach me how to sail for real :)
Saturday, January 28, 2012
27. January 27, 2012
According to TEDx, the annoying "human verifying" words that are written in all squiggly lines and even hard for humans to process--known as captchas--are now being used to help digitize old books that a computer scanner cannot recognize. Furthermore, this technology is now being developed to help translate different articles on the internet. The company that is launching this technology is called DuoLingo (www.duolingo.com) and is currently in Beta stages. This site will offer free foreign language education in exchange for the user's time in helping translate different words, sentences, and phrases, which will ultimately help translate articles to and from different languages.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
26. January 26, 2012
Once again I learned many things today... Here are selected few tidbits:
1. Antiquing is a hobby that began only after the French Revolution when the aristocrats had no money and had to sell their furniture and other belongings (under the table, of course) to the English in order to survive.
2. When requesting Google's help in reminding us how to say "cheers" in German, Amy and I came across a "Common German Phrase Book" link where one of the most common phrases translated is the legendary Monty Python's "my hovercraft is full of eels" from the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch... Oh, and in case you were curious, the interwebs reminded us that "prost" is the proper term for "cheers" in German.
1. Antiquing is a hobby that began only after the French Revolution when the aristocrats had no money and had to sell their furniture and other belongings (under the table, of course) to the English in order to survive.
2. When requesting Google's help in reminding us how to say "cheers" in German, Amy and I came across a "Common German Phrase Book" link where one of the most common phrases translated is the legendary Monty Python's "my hovercraft is full of eels" from the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch... Oh, and in case you were curious, the interwebs reminded us that "prost" is the proper term for "cheers" in German.
25. January 25, 2012
So today I learned very good things as well as not-so-good-yet-valuable things as well. We'll start with the good:
1. On average, a stagehand working backstage or work-calls will burn 265 calories per hour.
2. On average, dancing salsa for an hour straight will burn 442 calories.
Onto the less "good" but still valuable lesson I learned today (which is more advice, really):
As many of us already know, there is nothing less attractive than insecurities. But let's be honest, there's not one person out there who is 100% secure about everything they do or who they are. What I discovered about myself is that I really get turned off by overt insecurities that are written all over someone's face and expressed in how they carry themselves and in how they behave. It's ok to be insecure, really, in fact it's healthy and keeps you grounded and in check. The irritating part is when your insecurities are written all over your face and I don't even know you. People who don't know you and can tell you carry baggage will not want to get to know you and volunteer to be your therapist. So... don't impose it on people who aren't asking, whether purposely or not. Instead, it's ok to pretend you're confident until you start to believe it... Really believe, think, and know that you are confident and people will naturally start gravitating toward your positive energy and they'll then be happy to be your sounding board--your shoulder to cry on. It's really ok to be yourself... You don't have to try so hard to please everyone, or anyone.
1. On average, a stagehand working backstage or work-calls will burn 265 calories per hour.
2. On average, dancing salsa for an hour straight will burn 442 calories.
Onto the less "good" but still valuable lesson I learned today (which is more advice, really):
As many of us already know, there is nothing less attractive than insecurities. But let's be honest, there's not one person out there who is 100% secure about everything they do or who they are. What I discovered about myself is that I really get turned off by overt insecurities that are written all over someone's face and expressed in how they carry themselves and in how they behave. It's ok to be insecure, really, in fact it's healthy and keeps you grounded and in check. The irritating part is when your insecurities are written all over your face and I don't even know you. People who don't know you and can tell you carry baggage will not want to get to know you and volunteer to be your therapist. So... don't impose it on people who aren't asking, whether purposely or not. Instead, it's ok to pretend you're confident until you start to believe it... Really believe, think, and know that you are confident and people will naturally start gravitating toward your positive energy and they'll then be happy to be your sounding board--your shoulder to cry on. It's really ok to be yourself... You don't have to try so hard to please everyone, or anyone.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
24. January 24, 2012
According to my bestie (thanks Eran), cars are now starting to be manufactured with "auto pilot" as a standard function, just as cruise control is now a standard function in recent models. So soon enough, not only will our cars drive themselves, they'll steer themselves, decide for us where they want to go, and we'll be obsolete. Charming thought, ain't it?
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