Dan Hsiao

JEALOUS! I've had about enough of my job. =^p - Rebecca Sun

"Remember the time when rumors that a live-action Star Wars television series was in pre-production would have ignited swirls of fan frenzy? How things have changed. Now SciFiWire’s report that writers are being assembled down under is just another line item in a crowded RSS feed. The show has long had a planned start date of late ‘09, so this report goes along with what we’ve already known. Assuming we do see a Star Wars series premiering next year, what will it actually be? Goerge Lucas, who will be relatively hands-off as an Executive Producer, has said several times that the show would run at least 100 episodes, and at one point there was word that could be upped to 400. He has described the show as “Deadwood meets The Sopranos in space” and repeatedly claimed that no major characters from the films would be integral parts of the storyline, but that some characters could show up as cameos. The Empire will be rising in the background, and we’ll hear about the Emporer, but not see him." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

if lucas will be mostly "hands off" then who is managing the project? - Mike Chelen

"Many retail stores reportedly ran out of stock over the weekend, which might have contributed to Mr. Jackson’s remarkable sales tally online: 57 percent of his album sales were digital downloads, and 2.3 million downloads of single tracks were sold, separate from album sales. In the five years that SoundScan has tracked downloads, no artist has sold more than 1 million tracks in one week. Last year Mr. Jackson sold a total of 2.8 million tracks." - http://www.nytimes.com/2009... - Dan Hsiao

That's the same album I bought. - Mike Wills

iTunes has such a better browsing experience than Amazon. I always want to browse on iTunes and then buy on Amazon but half the time I forget and end up buying it on iTunes. - Dan Hsiao

"On Tuesday an independent magazine backed by private equity owners succumbed to the punishing ad market and announced it would cease publication immediately. It was, as things go in publishing these days, a fairly routine story. Routine except the magazine had an 800,000 circulation, was founded by the music impresario Quincy Jones and had an alluring name that came to be synonymous with hip-hop and R&B: Vibe." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

"“Musical Minds,” the season premiere of “Nova” on PBS, is based on the neurologist Oliver Sacks’s most recent book, “Musicophilia,” a collection of case studies of people whose brains have unusual relationships to music, cases in which, as Dr. Sacks puts it, “music gets them going to an extraordinary degree.” A one-hour program can’t approach the depth and texture of Dr. Sacks’s book, but it does get at one question that nags the reader: What do these musical savants sound like? Or put another way: Are they really as amazing as they’re cracked up to be?" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

I like his caffeine/humor/focus graph - anna

"THE simple hamburger isn’t so simple any more. Over the last decade or so, there has hardly been a serious chef in America who hasn’t taken a shot at reinventing or improving it. They have trained their skills on every element, from the precise grind of beef to the ketchup and pickles. Some have turned their bakers loose on reformulating the bun. By most accounts, the burger’s upward journey began eight years ago, when Daniel Boulud stuffed ground sirloin with truffles, braised short ribs and foie gras at his DB Bistro Moderne in Manhattan. A few weeks ago, Mr. Boulud brought things full circle, opening a burger bar on the Bowery called DBGB Kitchen and Bar." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

I actually just had the above burger ("The Frenchie" at DBGB) yesterday. It was good, with a lot going on in each bite... but perhaps a little too much. So has anyone out there found the perfect burger? - Dan Hsiao

love the name of the restaurant - Rachel Lea Fox

Drew, it's in the east village. Momofuku Noodle Bar (original) is on 1st ave b/w 10th and 11th. They're also served at Momofuku Ssam Bar and Milk Bar. - Dan Hsiao

I ♣ NY - Jim Norris

""He was energetic, passionate, diligent, prepared, excited and an effective leader," Caswell says, adding that Jackson was an inspiration to his crew. "These folks followed him like he's the Pied Piper. He was a perfectionist. This guy was ready to go." Says Ed Alonzo, the "Misfit of Magic" who created illusions for Britney Spears' Circus tour and joined Jackson's show six weeks ago: "It was an amazing show. The thing was just days away from being perfected. It was incredible. Even though it was just a walk-through with the dancers, his moves were dead-on — the same Michael Jackson we (saw) through the years in music videos."" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

don't wanna harsh the mellow, but: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news... - James Prudente

proxy? - Christopher

confirmed my suspicion that it was just a firefox issue. works fine after rebooting. annoying when this happens, though i guess i can't complain since i punish firefox with lots of tabs and rarely restarting it. - Dan Hsiao

I joined the dark side... dark chocolate always wins over milk chocolate. - Dan Hsiao

"“To put up the numbers I did, I knew it was going to take someone who’s not just a great player but also willing to give up some of his life, sort of eat, breathe and live the sport,” Sampras said. “Roger is willing to sacrifice and be a great champion.” Of course Sampras would have liked for his record reign to outlive him. “Absolutely,” he said. “But I can honestly say I don’t have an issue with Roger passing me. He gets the job done and does it with class.”" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

王者爱家 - suso

Lobster rolls. Yummmmmm. - Mona Nomura

Boston represent! - mikepk

"The New Jersey Nets have agreed to a trade in principle with the Magic that will send Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to Orlando for Rafer Alston, Tony Battie and Courtney Lee, two league sources told ESPN.com." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

I still think that if LeBron was to make a move to the New York Tri-state area after 2010 -- the Shaq 1-year experiment notwithstanding -- the Nets would be the team to go to: new arena, a young, solid point guard in Devin Harris, a young 7-foot big man who can score, has a mean streak and will only get better in Brook Lopez, a Chinese guy in Jianlian (for international icon status),... more... - .LAG liked that

THIS IS CRAZY I JUST WENT TO JAMBa like two hours ago and was jealous of this dudes BOGO coupon. darnit. - Christopher

You can go again when I'm in NY next week. :) - Dan Hsiao

nice swag - anna

nice :) - İgal Pirlanti

that is a sandwich fit for Don Draper - Christopher

So, Ana, how productive is he? - Anne Bouey

"Pentagon officials said Mr. Gates intends to nominate Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, currently director of the National Security Agency, for a fourth star and to take on the top job at the new organization, to be called Cybercom." "Cybercom"? Really? - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

Brian++ - Dan Hsiao

"At a certain point, though, you stop being the student and become the teacher. You settle into the details of a career — hospital, research, private practice. Roots go down, time passes. Eventually, younger psychiatrists begin to approach you. Now you are the generation above, saving early-morning slots for residents before they head off to clinic and class. You lower fees and accommodate their hurtling, insane schedules. You remember how it was. But no amount of wisdom prevents personal frailty. You are never too old for your own problems. Yet when you are the professional others go to, where do you bring your sorrows and secret pain?" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet