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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The New Green California Academy of Sciences Unveiled!
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After nearly a decade in the making, Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences is set to open this week - and Inhabitat recently took a sneak peak inside the incredible new institution! A crowning achievement of sustainable architecture, the Academy will house 38,000 live animals and is on track to receive LEED platinum.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
APA Top Ten: Non-Asian themed movies directed by Asian Americans
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Asian American cinema took off in the 1970s and 80s under the ideal that such films “for us, by us” could represent the community accurately and provocatively. Today, the tide has turned toward making films about Asian Americans which are not Asian-specific; in other words, these are films (like Mike Kang’s The Motel) which could be about any Americans, regardless of ethnicity. “They just happen to be Asian” has become the new mantra.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Shake it up!
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Gotta love Warioware!!!! You can really feel the game.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Love Land (Earth sized clitoris anyone?)
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After the Korean War, the island became a popular honeymoon destination for Korean couples, due to the island’s warm climate. Many of the couples had wed because of arranged marriages, and the island also became known for being a center of sex education. According to an article in Spiegel magazine, in the late 1980s journalist and travel writer Simon Winchester reported that some hotel employees on the island performed as “professional icebreakers.” In the evenings, the hotel would offer an entertainment program featuring erotic elements, to help newlyweds relax.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Dallas Chinese schools draw more than just Asian students who fight pressure of stereotype
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If such a thing as positive racial profiling existed, Asian students would be the target.
The stereotype is rampant: Asian-American kids portrayed as relentless bookworms who work harder and make better grades than their peers in other ethnic groups.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Origami Stroller!
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The automatic fold/unfold on the 4Moms Stroller.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Pedestrian Street Art by Peter Gibson
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Peter Gibson (aka Roadsworth) began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. He was motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of “car culture” in general.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Classrooms of the future to have multitouch desks, probably a few Terminators
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Researchers at Durham University in the UK are working hard to ensure that the academic sector isn’t left out of the multi-touch craze. The still-unnamed “interactive multi-touch desk” is a major part of the SynergyNet framework, an interactive classroom environment they’re building based on a gaming engine called jMonkey.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Yellowism T Shirts
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Buy some nice shirts from the nice Asian boy.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Traumatize a Child with this Toy
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Its made of creepy skin that you can actually tattoo or pierce. It has no head, just a clump of fur. And it all covers a robot endoskeleton, like a T-800.
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