Watch at 5:50 and after 7:00 mark for some speed. This video via Chase Jarvis Blog.
Archive | April, 2009
Biology Video Like You’ve Never Seen
The liver is big! This page says:
The liver is the largest and most massive internal organ of the human body. The mass of a healthy human liver is approximately 1.2–1.5 kg (2.4–3.0 lb). The liver’s mass comprises one-fortieth to one-fiftieth of a total adult body’s weight and one-eighteenth of the body’s weight during infancy. Located in the upper right part of the abdomen behind the ribs, the liver is dark red-brown organ with a soft, spongy texture that is nearly 15 cm (6 in) thick and consists of two main overlapping lobes (the right lobe and the left lobe).
I find it interesting that the liver in an infant is over 5% of the body mass! The liver is an important organ to say the least.
Wikipedia shows this image to see the relative size:
Contribute to Microfinance in Developing Countries
I found these sites via The Strobist.
Kiva and here’s a documentory.
Kiva allows microfinance institutions around the world, called “Field Partners”, to post profiles of qualified local entrepreneurs on its website. Lenders browse and choose an entrepreneur they wish to fund. Kiva aggregates loan capital from individual lenders and transfers it to the appropriate Field Partners to disburse to the entrepreneur chosen by the lender. As the entrepreneurs repay their loans, the Field Partners remit funds back to Kiva. As the loan is repaid, the Kiva lenders can withdraw their principal or re-loan it to another entrepreneur.
Ukulele
Someone told me about the Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra and that is them above. Ukulele is like the banjo, you can’t take sad lyrics seriously.
Well, I bought a Uke and brought to Kuwait for mostly everyone else to play.
Data Rot
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Will you children or grandchildren be able to see the photos you are taking now?
So every five or ten years, you should move it onto a different format, like from VHS tape to DVD. And that’s fine, but then DVD is already obsolete, there’s Blu-ray, and so what’s going to happen in another 10 years?
Making lots of backups is good advice, and on different formats, different places; consider paper as an archival medium. Some paper we have has lasted thousands of years. If Moses had gotten the Ten Commandments on a floppy disk, it would never have made it to today.
Read the full interview here on Pogue’s Posts at the New York Times. or click Continue Reading →
Coffee
Update
An article in the Calgary Herald today said they are expanding into new locations. In fact they have to as the their current location in the Calgary Farmers Market will close when the market closes for good in a few months. The article is also below.
British Museum – Shah ‘Abbas
Hmm, I’m flying through London and will have a 9 hour stopover so maybe I should go see this? But the weather is going to be very British.
Hi-tech is distracting our brains
From the Guardian
A study has shown that one in five suffers very badly due to the distractions triggering our brain and ending up with us procrastinating.
Here is a good post with recommendations on how to cope with multitasking and other issues.
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Sahaja Yoga Meditation
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