Monthly Archives: January 2013

Vocabulary: Galactorrhea

Milk production not associated with childbirth, regardless of gender or age. When happens to infants, it is also known as Witch's milk. I came across this vocab while listening to How Stuff Works' "Why do men have nipples?". Common answer … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: cul-de-sac

"Butt of the sack"   Dead end. Dilemma.

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Those who love to talk loud

There's a new hype on Facebook of Malaysians: the Listen Listen Listen(with Chinese Subtitle) decease. It has certainly gone viral. I did not listen to the full content but I can tell the debate is a shallow one. One is based … Continue reading

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Center Church Workshop

Every some Thursdays, Redeemer hosts this workshop with a 40-minute talk given by Tim Keller. Sort of a book review on his book: Center Church. And then there's the 5 minute Q&A session. I liked it until they started the … Continue reading

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Water Repelling Coating

Could be used on clothing, etc.. This super repellant coating now makes water droplets bounce. A good idea below is to have less friction on ships during sailing.

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Employee Outsourcing Jobs

I had done that before...once. A web gallery to India. But I don't recall making thousands from that. I was doing it because I had no time, not because I want to watch Detective Mittens. This "Bob" is just classic … Continue reading

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Download Videos from PBS, Hulu

A teacher had a problem streaming PBS video. I tried Real Player to no avail. So I searched and found StreamTransport. Freeware and seems to be doing a good job, and even able to avoid interrupting ads, unlike Real Downloader.

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The order of Judgments

There is the notion of "Let others judge first". This can be used very wickedly or goodly. Wicked because the notion is unfriendly, revenge. The resulting judgment cannot be just, for it cannot respond rightly especially to a good judgment … Continue reading

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Subway Times on Smartphones

Now real time subway countdown can be accessed from the surface: via either android/apple app. This is certainly helpful. Only MTA could do this since the data is not publicly available. On the side story, this initiative is what perhaps … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: Tassel

A part of Jewish garment. ציצת(Tzitzit), 繸子(sui4 zi3), κράσπεδον (kraspedon) Purpose: to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which … Continue reading

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