On The Great Silk Road

Kristen Hoggat, of the Ask a Poet column at the Smart Set, gives us a glimpse into her life when she volunteered for the Peace Corps after recovering from a tragic car accident that killed two of her closest friends. She went from Arizona to Uzbekistan, hearing of Tamerlane and visiting Samarkand. It’s a beautiful story. I loved it.

Big Brother UK S10E33 (Channel 4)

Chris and Charlie are in the garden. They are footballers. Whenever BB plays some music, they must emulate the passion and drama of Italian footballers. Siavash is a fashionista. He must strike a pose when he hears Vogue. He has to remain stationary for a undetermined period of time until BB plays the song again.

Big Brother UK S10E32 (Channel 4)

For this week’s shopping task, HM must embrace Italy. Kris is reading out instructions. There is a 24-hour ice cream shop. 3 HM must become tenors. One HM must be a fashionista. Two HM will be artists. Two HM will be Italian footballers. Freddie, Karly and Rodrigo sing. Noirin doesn’t want to do ice cream with Sree. She does the artist task. Charlie, Kris and Lisa are in the garden. Sophie is stuck with Sree. Karly is stuck with Freddie. Noirin says that she wanted to do the ice cream, but then Sree wanted to do it. She can’t stand him.

Big Brother UK S10E31 (Channel 4)

The noms are going to take place in a few minutes. Sree and Dogface are in the bathroom. Kris tells Charlie that more than two HM will be nominated. Charlie says 3 or 4. He is promptly called to the diary room to nominated. Sree is a git. He is talking to Noirin, but she isn’t listening. He doesn’t get it.

Big Brother UK S10E30 (Channel 4)

Most of the HM are in the bedroom. Noirin and Charlie are in the kitchen. Charlie says that Kris is upset. It’s about Sophie. She didn’t come to him when he ignored her. Noirin says that Sophie has only been in two relationships. When the alarm sounds, Kris gets into Sophie’s bed. They finally kiss and cuddle. They make up.

Big Brother UK S10E29 (Channel 4)

Last night, Angel became the 4^th person to be evicted from the house. Some of the HM are in the kitchen. Some of the HM are having breakfast. Kris tells Charlie that nominations will be hard this week. They will have to vote for people they get alone with.

Inspiration: Edelweiss If All Desktops Could Look Like This

One of the reasons that people are buying less desktops is basically because of the way that they look. Most desktops are just plain boxes of plastic, that are best hidden underneath your desk. Tangled wires erupt from the front and back, and depending on how neat you are or if you have implanted some kind of wire management system, there might be quite a few wires lying around. It’s not hard to see that people like having all of that messy stuff crammed into a neat little laptop.

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Enable Multi-Touch and Hidden Features With Firefox 3.5

If you didn’t know that Firefox released a major update this week, you should update your Firefox immediately. Why? There are a bunch of new features that are really interesting, including one that lets you enable multi-touch tab switching. There are other hidden features that can make your browsing life a lot easier.

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TGIF My Daily Routine in Taiwan

Today is Friday and I have the morning off. This schedule will be mine for the whole month of July, so that’s pretty sweet. I’ve kind of dropped into a routine that fits me well. I usually get up at 7:30AM, feed the pets, do some paperwork, drink tea, and read a few feeds before heading out to walk the dog at around 8AM. Right after, I hit the shower and go to work. I arrive at work shortly before 9AM and get a free lunch there, which I’ve ingested at around 11:50AM. I don’t do breakfasts.

I come home for a midday break and take it easy, tying up some loose odds and ends. I spend some time with the pets before going back to work in the afternoon at a different school. For the month of July, I finish at around 4:30PM, which is early. Last week, I finished at 6:15PM. Last Monday, I finished at 9PM.

I expect to get more subbing gigs to fill the evenings, but I don’t want to do too much. For the last few days, after a few hours at home of relaxing and reading, I have taken naps. Since I’m still a bit injured, I figure that I need the rest. This would be the optimal time for me to go out for a nice long bike ride. On Tuesday, I tested it out, but it wasn’t meant to be. My left knee’s scab kind of interferes with the motion of riding a bike. Also, since I post my articles at around midnight local time, I tend to go to bed later than I should.

After the nap, I wake up and walk the dog once again. Spend some more time with the pets and start reading feeds earnestly. I get into a groove and write my articles, usually stopping by midnight or 1AM. I relax for an hour and hit the hay.

Facebook Vs Google

Facebook is destined to take on Google. A great article by Fred Vogelstein over at Wired.