In the last two days, I swear I’ve sat in front of this computer for at least 32 hours. My eyes are killing me… I started talking some blueberry supplements, apparently they’re good for your eyes but as of right now, they sure as hell ain’t working. I’ve been busy with a new project I launched with two friends, Andy and Season. I’ll probably talk more about it later. Starting this Link Dump, I added some new elements and tags to links. A ‘SSS‘ means that the read is short, a ‘***‘ means it’s an article that I personally felt particularly interesting. And in various scenarios, if it’s a video or a set of pictures, I’ll denote that by ‘Pictures:’ or ‘Video:’. Yeh it’s the weekend… so catch-up on that reading son! Time to get off this fucking computer and go outside, have a good weekend.
Reference
SSS: Denotes a short article.
***: Denotes an article I found particularly interesting
Picture: self-explanatory
Video: self-explanatory
Feel free to comment below and reference the link #.
An archive of previous Link Dump’s can be seen here.
-Eugene
***If you’re always on the go, I’m a huge advocate for Instapaper. Basically you can bookmark links to read on your mobile device later and it can strip away all the unnecessary imagery to load more quickly.
******If you encounter a login page for a NY Times article (yes there are quite a few of them…), I highly suggest signing up for a free account or else use this dummy one I set up.
Login: tempaccountNYT
Password: tempaccountNYT
#1. ***Dear Mark: Raising Healthy Children
Ok so I pretty much practice and preach a decidedly un-conventional diet that go against the usual FDA-instituted norm of low-fat, high carb diets… and while the instances of obesity in the Western world have been a great indicator regarding the unhealthiness of this style of diet, it still is what it is. Processed, carb-rich foods are a billion dollar business controlled by multi-nationals, so when I have little shits running around, how do you bring them up properly from a nutritional stand-point.
#2. A Hidden Danger of “an Aspirin a Day”
I doubt anybody who reads this takes an Aspirin a day, but if you know somebody who does, be weary of ulcers and various stomach problems.
#3. SSS – Supermarket Brands vs. National Brands: Which Taste Better
As a kid, I absolutely hated no-branded foods. I didn’t need to taste it, I knew it was trash… but guess again… National/No-name brands are pulling their weight these days.
#4. ***SSS – Is Silence Facing Extinction?
As I type this, I hear the whirling of my laptop/laptop cooler fan… in Hong Kong this is so true. Good luck find unobstructive silence.
#5. China’s New Travelers Aren’t Far From Home
China’s domestic tourism industry is looking to take off… I don’t doubt China has nice people… but often the people ruin it haha.
#6. A Little Chip Designed by Apple Itself
With Apple delving into its own processor production and engineering, it seems easier said than done.
#7. Coaches Still Vexed by Going for Two
Two point converts draw a slew of different coaching opinions.
#8. SSS – Study Shows Tree Growth Spurt
Due to pollution and increased carbon monoxide gas in the atmosphere, who’s reaping the benefits? Trees are gobbling that shit up.
#9. Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power
The huge hole dug by the US government will have a huge change on the political and economical landscape for years to come, stretching quite possibly for the next 10+ years.
#10. SSS – What iPad Means For the Future of Computing
Good thing about these mobile devices, re-designed and much cleaner website interfaces.
#11. ***Being an Expert Takes Time, Not Talent
I’m sort of debating this point, depending on the industry, yes all it takes is time and practice but when you consider an industry that is extremely competitive, let’s say professional soccer/football, the time factor becomes less evident and talent and intelligence take over.
#12. *** a href=”http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100127134241.htm”>Barefoot Running: How Humans Ran Comfortably and Safely Before the Invention of Shoes | A Sea Change Coming to Wash Your Shoes Away
I don’t do any regular running/jogging so unfortunately I can’t really reap the benefits of barefoot running since I do all my running in soccer boots. But having said that, people need to realize that our body has been doing things JUST fine for how many thousands of years? Basically, some assholes that thought they were smarter than many years of human evolution are fucking shit up for everybody else.
#13. SSS – Modern Players Prove Bobby Fischer Was Wrong
Yes, usher in the new wave of chess 2.0… it’s not as boring and fully tapped out as you had once thought Bobby.
#14. SSS – Low-Carb Meals After Excercise Store Energy, Maintain Health
Eh, even I’m getting confused with all this shit. I have started to come to the understanding that lactic acid etc will re-transform into glycogen as well effectively removing the need to consume insulin-inducing food post work-out.
#15. SSS – Leather Produced from Discarded Salmon Skin
This is cool, too bad I’m Asian and I eat the skin anyways… I’m not helping the cause.
#16. Three High Schoolers Are Serious About Sneaking Into Fashion Week
You go girls and guy… show your haxxor skills and get into Fashion Week.
#17. SSS – Man Resigns on Twitter In Haiku. Happens to be Sun CEO Jonathan Swartz
Twitter has brought a revival to the haiku it seems.
#18. ***SSS – How Apple Kills Hardware Innovation
Basically, Apple takes up all the factory time leaving no time for smaller ops to get their shit produced on time.
#19. ***Video: Drift
Dope video, it’s a modification of your traditional stop-go animation as it uses changes in angles as well as movement.
#20. An Introduction to Photographing the Northern/Southern Lights
Even back in Edmonton, I was fortunate enough to see the Northern Lights… pretty sick stuff. I don’t really care all that much about photographing it but still cool to see regardless.
#21. ***SSS – A-Alikes
This is what I deemed the best Hypebeast Blogroll post of all-time. My boy Emeka compares all the people that he has been confused for as well who HE thinks he looks like. Funny shit for sure… no shortage of Halloween costume ideas.
#22. ***China Rejects U.S. Complaints on Its Currency
China will likely continue to maintain a de-valued currency to the dismay of the US. But there are some other things worth considering… China owns mad US debt and China won’t be too happy if the US goes and starts printing off money to fund projects.
#23. Lee A. Archer Jr., Tuskgee Fighter Pilot, Dies at 90
One of the the US Army’s pioneering black pilots passes away. Despite his wartime heroics, little changed when he returned from the war.
#24. ***Before Martyrdom, Breakfast
So this dude has the best job EVER… listening to intelligence tapes of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Yes, they eat breakfast too and yes they crack lewd sexual jokes.
#25. SSS – New Olympus PEN E-PL1 Is Aimed at Everyday Users
New PEN… still not my cup of tea but I think eventually I’ll get a 4/3rds camera… or not. I just wish a better sensor in something the size of a Canon S90.
#26. ***China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy
China’s positive article of the day, yes they are dedicated to clean energy, just too bad so much of their other energy is accounted for by dirty energy. It’s really just a small dent, but we’ll see how it plays out in 20 years with this foundation in place.
#27. ***On the Plate, a Pinch or a Pound?
Yes we want to eliminate salt, but are you prepared for the bland-tasting food that will follow suit?
#28. ***Child Pornography, and an Issue of Restitution
Imagine if child-porn cases were like having pirated MP3s where you had to pay for each piece of material in question. Definitely not a bad idea.
#29. Fact or Fiction: The Truth About Browser Cookies
Paranoid about being spied on? Lifehacker breaks down the story of cookies.
#30. ***Business Meets Goodwill at the World Economic Forum
Charity and goodwill on its own is often a difficult sale. You really need some sort of business aspect to really lift it off the ground. At the World Economic Forum, they discuss how you can include a business aspect to humanitarian efforts so everybody wins. Companies that have the distribution means can make their cut and those who need the supplies are taken care of. Good ol’ Supply Chain Economics.
#31. Top Defense Officials Seek to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
This seems to be an increasingly popular topic that may not be that quick to go away despite all the other MAJOR issues kicking around for the US government.
#32. SSS – The Roman Army Knife: Or how the ingenuity of the Swiss was beaten by 1,800 years
Oh those Romans, showing off their engineering prowess with what is the first record of a multi-tool.
#33. SSS – Dot-Com Crash Catches Up With Venture Capitalists
Venture capitalists still made more money than the stocks, but the golden days are behind them.
#34. ***Things Get Messy When Bartenders Crack an Egg
For bartenders, the added touch of raw egg enhances a cocktail and offers a great sense of texture to a drink. But not so fast, New York’s health officials are cracking down. But… they use the egg white… and salmonella is found mostly in the yolk???
#35. ***Slimmer Doesn’t Always Mean Fitter
When you’re an athlete, you don’t want to be carrying around useless weight. But there does come a time when lighter and skinnier doesn’t = better performance. Unfortunately, it’s a trial and error process for you to figure it out on your own.
#36. ***For the Big Game? Why, Pigskins
Awww man, I wouldn’t mind having some pork rinds right now, Super Bowl or not. Despite the massive consumption of pork in Asia, the only time you have an pork-skin product is with roasted pork which comes in these huge slabs. Soooooooo good though.
#37. SSS – Blocks of Pressed Caviar for Building Canapés
What was once consider the dregs of caviar is now re-marketed. I couldn’t tell you what caviar (not the roe that you see in Japanese food so much) tastes like though.
#38. SSS – Calorie Counters
Awhile back, the New York area started adding calorie counts to menus in hopes of helping people make better choices when dining out. Initial reports mentioned that it was a failure and people didn’t really care but a longer-standing survey has noticed an overall decline in calories / meal. But the biggest factor = education. Greater the education regarding health, greater the influence of calorie counts.
#39. Feng Shui Master Is Denied Billionaire’s Estate
This self-proclaimed “feng shui” master is pretty fucking audacious… forging signatures of wills and trying to claim he was the lover of this eccentric dead billionaire in Hong Kong.
#40. SSS – Remove a Stripped Screw with a Rubber Band
Get handy yo…
#41. Equality? Don’t Bank On It
Hong Kong once again… showing your true colors. Pakistanis can’t open bank accounts cause of suspected links to terrorism in that country. But for many of these Hong Kong Pakistanis they’re more Hong Kong than rooted to their ancestral country.
#42. ***The Steamy Way to Make Dinner
The rice cooker is paying dividends for many people and created it’s own cookbooks and culture. Doesn’t matter the culture or cuisine, you can make ANYTHING in a rice cooker. Luckily, it’s simplicity ensures a relatively painless process.
#43. Pinstriped Emissaries Seek Fans in China
Yankees are trying to get a piece of the China market.
#44. A Manufacturer’s Debt to Haiti
Does Rawlings (the baseball company) owe something to Haiti?
#45. SSS – Alex Calderwood’s Design Philosophy Hinges on Carefully Chosen Clutter / 14 Artist Collaborations From The ACE HOTEL
ACE HOTEL’s Alex Calderwood talks about the company’s aesthetic and some of his own personal insights on what he likes and fashion. As well a list of 14 artist collaborators with the ACE HOTEL, although not featured, the homie Jasper Wong has one as well at the hotel in New York.
#46. ***Davos Interviews: Max Levchin Says Slide Now Makes Almost All Of Its Money From Virtual Goods
This is a side of things that China has on lockdown. They’ve managed to monetize online communities through virtual gifting more so than any other global counterpart. Max Levchin of Slide breaks down its importance and how advertisement is falling way-side to virtual gifts.
#47. EPIC 1965 Newport Folk Festival | Bob Dylan Plugs In – Fans Tune Out
Nobody wants to hear Bob Dylan on an electric guitar… many years later… It all sounds good.
#48. ***SSS – Aston Villa’s Nathan Baker sells Carling Cup Tix on Facebook – Gets Banned From Final | MacBook Air in Exchange for a TechCrunch Post
Two mis-guided youth try to leverage their positions to get free shit and money. How dumb can you be?
#49. SSS – Pew Report: Kids Who Pay for Their Own Phone are 4 Times More Likely to Sext
Yeh, ever since I got my own credit card, I can spend $500 a month on phone sex without worrying about anybody judging me.
#50. ***SSS – How Much Do Celebrities Get Paid to Sit Front Row @ Fashion Week
Hahaha… “uninvited”
#51. SSS – “Glassing” Violence Forces UK Government to Use SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY to Redesign Beer Glass
Put that engineering to work, make a glass that won’t fuck me up when I get smashed with it.
#52. For Hollywood, Stand-Ins Play California’s Part
That’s a slap in the face… Hollywood is losing ground to other US States offering greater incentives to shoot movies which incidentally are themed after Los Angeles.
#53. ***Evidence Builds on Color of Dinosaurs
This is some cool shit… finally figuring out what color dinosaurs are. Not necessarily those browns and grays we see in kids books.
#54. ***Hoof Shoe Success Continues
There’s one not safe for work picture in here… but interesting look into hoofed fashion footwear.
#55. 10 must-burns to pimp ancestor’s afterlives
Last year, I went to visit my grandpa’s grave. A big part of Chinese culture towards the dead is the gifting of items as sacrifice. Funny top 10 of shit to pass along to those who have passed away.
#56. SSS – Pictures: A Vision in Five-Inch Heels
A look at the process of designing and producing women’s footwear on a small scale.
#57. ***Become a Gmail Master Redux
Gmail is by far the best email program/platform in my eyes. I mean it’s at your finger tips whenever you need it, all you need is an Internet connection.
#58. Heinz Ketchup Packets Get a Makeover
It’s about time…
#59. The Steepest Streets in San Francisco
Whoa, have fun parking in these streets if you have a stick shift.
#60. SSS – Men, Want Shrinkage? Spanx for Men Is Here
Try the fat-free water you fat ass.
#61. SSS – Controversial Fashion Week Invitations Have Arrived
Invitations based on war medals has a few people riled up.
#62. SSS – Did ?uestlove Betray an NBC Cafeteria Cook
Hmmm miscommunication? ?uestlove of The Roots gets mad over a money that a Black cafeteria lady put together… but this came at the suggestion of ?uestlove himself.
#63. SSS – Baking Powder Makes for Better Oven-Baked Wings
I don’t do battered wings… but if I did!
#64. ***Pictures: Landscapes by Chris Gordaneer
Absolutely breath-taking shit. I personally much prefer landscapes to portraits. I find a greater sense of understanding with a landscape as opposed to emotions conveyed through people shots.
#65. ***How to Make Your Own Keyholder
Fancy a multi-tool style keyholder where you can individually slide out keys?
#66. SSS – Jamaican Bobsled Fails to Qualify for Games
No rhythm, no rhyme, no bobsled time…
#67. SSS – Pictures: Skull 5010xx
My friend Andrew (seen in this recent feature) shows off his Skull 5010xx denim. I have a pair of Skull 5010xx but they sure as hell didn’t turn out as nice as Andrew’s. I swear Hong Kong’s humidity doesn’t make for well-distressed denim or maybe my walking is too low impact haha.
#68. SSS – Japanese Shoppers Freaked Out by Singing, Dancing, Shirtless Staff at Tokyo Abercrombie
For point 4, as I understand Japanese love to be Gaijin smashed, that is they love to be dominated by English. But other than that… yeh Abercrombie looks to be fucking up in Japan.
#69. ***As China’s Rulers Confront Generation Gap, They Grow More Flexible
Maybe the most interesting article of the Link Dump… it seems as though things are starting and will eventually change as the Chinese government laxes its curation of culture, allowing people to have more free reign in their choice of consumption. This is based off the whole Avatar vs. Confucius movie battle… did you really think a movie about some dead philosopher from 5th century BC would outdraw Avatar? Give your head a shake dumb dumbs.
#70. Why Amazon Cannot Afford to Lose the eBook Wars to Apple
Simply put, books means much more to Amazon that it does to Apple.
#71. ***Essay: Too Many Angles to Suffering
In Haiti, there was an enormous amount of photography based on the tragedy that transpired. Yet, at what point is it too much? Is it a bit of overkill when you have 15 photographers all shooting around 1 victim? While some may argue, inevitably the framing of one photographer to another differs, in the grand scheme of things I think that the imagery produced is largey the same. In Hong Kong, so many people have cameras with them. And with it, you sort of feel like there’s no need to take photos at various big events cause everybody has a camera with them. It detracts from the moment itself when everybody will reproduce largely the same images.