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Uh oh. Jeremy Lin's on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week - NY Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com/sports...
ronin, DJ Stevie Steve, chrisofspades and 7 other people liked this
It sort of looks like he's laughing at the Lakers. Haha
- Rodfather
That game, he had big plays against Gasol and Bynum, Fisher and Blake were non-factors against him, and he outscored Kobe. I'd be laughing, too.
- Victor Ganata
Why "Uh oh"?
- Dan Hsiao
It's like the Madden Curse. Whenever someone is put on the cover, bad things happen.
- Rodfather
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Rodfather
Bigger cover here: http://pablog.tumblr.com/post... and story here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault... ... I'm still gonna buy it though. =D
- Andrew C (✓)
So far so good. Just a game winner after being featured on the SI cover.
- chrisofspades
"If you look at four-year-olds, they are constantly asking questions and wondering how things work," Gregerson observed generally. "But by the time they are six and a half years old they stop asking questions because they quickly learn that teachers value the right answers more than provocative questions." It's a haunting finding that raises...
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...serious concern about our education system. Specifically, what is the purpose of education? Is it to convey knowledge, as the current system is weighted, or it to be inspired and nurture an ability to constantly learn? — Little Bets (Peter Sims)
- Dan Hsiao
Fascinating. Do you have a cite? I'd like to read more
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Niether, it is to build conformists and consumers and docile asembly line workers
- WarLord
It's in a book, "Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries" (http://www.amazon.com/Little-...). Highly recommend it so far for any entrepreneurs or people who need to solve creative/idea challenges.
- Dan Hsiao
I sure hope I can keep sending my kids to Montessori. It's a much less passive learning system.
- Bruce Lewis
My friend is a Montessori teacher and from what she has described, I sure wish my parents had sent me to Montessori.
- Spidra Webster
The main purpose of a formal education is to teach you how to sit down, shut up, and do what you are told. Those that learn this lesson well will have a job where they get to sit down, shut up, and do what they are told. Those that don't, will have jobs where they get to stand up and talk. (would you like fries with that?)
- April
I think school is an opportunity to observe the machine and learn its values and weaknesses up close. It's everything you need to learn about how organizations work and how you can co-exist with one and still do what you want. And they give that education away free!
- Your Neighbor Steve
Maybe they stop asking questions because most of they've already learned most of the answers.
- Gabe
Gabe, Rob and I were just talking about how Spencer no longer is interested in the drawers in our kitchen. Meg is just mobile enough that she can play with the pots and pans, check out the tupperware, etc. Spencer will do it a little to play with her, but generally doesn't do it himself anymore. We've concluded that he knows what is in the drawers now and would prefer to play with his...
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- Clare Dibble
Lawson, I love your optimistic slant. But sometimes it's impossible to co-exist with the system and still do what you want. That's a (hard) lesson you can learn in public school also.
- Laura Norvig
Laura, you are right--perhaps it helps you calibrate your tolerance of and resistance to the system.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Argh. Google has ruined my obsessive-compulsive habit of clicking on a page's logo in the latest Gmail design update. :(
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Google has ruined lots of things :(
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
It's even worse than I thought. The logo is the big happy target I use to get back to my Inbox. I had to revert to the even older design, though that's obviously not a long-term solution.
- Dan Hsiao
Google+ too. It changed this week for me. I used the logo to get to my home feed.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Unfortunately we're in the minority. I believe that the grand mass of users aren't aware that they can click the logo on most sites.
- Dan Hsiao
I even made a post (quickly deleted) on G+ bitching about the change... it took me a bit to realize there was a home feed icon on the page and I didn't have to click-down the menu and choose it O_o
- Tinfoil 2.0
LINSANITY. Jeremy Lin's matched his assist career high - 8 - and it's only the end of the first half.
Middle of the fourth quarter, he finally picks up that ninth assist.
- Andrew C (✓)
DOUBLE DOUBLE!
- Dan Hsiao
Average American Worker Spends Nearly $1,100/Year On Coffee - The Consumerist - http://consumerist.com/2012...
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"Some say that coffee is the fuel that keeps the American workforce moving forward. And it's a fuel that comes with a hefty price tag, as a new study shows that the average member of the American workforce spends almost as much on coffee every year as they do on commuting to and from their job."
- Dan Hsiao
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When the Fire Hydrant Was the End Zone - NYTimes.com - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...
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"And that was how York Avenue from 81st to 82nd Street became our new football field. Everything on the sidewalk was in bounds: fire hydrants, trees, phone booths, mailboxes, light poles, signs and meters. We did our best to accommodate pedestrians, but if the game was tight, we’d use a lady carrying a few brown bags as a blocker."
- Dan Hsiao
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I just love it when people decide to try out all their ringtone options while in a public place.
Ross Miller, Corinne L, The Real sofarsoShawn and 2 other people liked this
or have customized ring tones that are, of course, from the most annoying songs ie Miley, Bieber
- The Real sofarsoShawn
haha
- Shevonne
i think i'd actually prefer customized ringtones to the standard ringtones, which is what people who try out all their ringtones tend to use.
- Dan Hsiao
What I Want for Christmas: A Frictionless Blogging Platform | PBS - http://www.pbs.org/idealab...
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"In a strange way, I still think what I'm looking for is FriendFeed. What a brilliant site that was. Too bad they were bought (talent-scouted) by Facebook."
- Dan Hsiao
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Dear EVERYONE: If you don't have 2-factor authentication active for your Google/Gmail account, DO IT NOW. My Mom's Gmail account was hacked this morning. She's been locked out of her account and all of her contacts have been sent email ostensibly from her asking for emergency money.
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Will you still be able to access your mail from someone else's computer (or an Internet cafe) if you forget to bring your phone?
- Cristo
Cristo, absolutely. Here's how it works: When you activate 2-factor auth, you install an app on your phone whose sole purpose is to generate a code. When you log into a new machine for the first time (and once every 30 days for machines you regularly use) after signing in with your password, you also enter the number generated by the app. It means that even if someone gets your email password they can't get into your account unless they also manage to steal your phone.
- Kevin Fox
Done, thank you.
- Que Sarah Sarah
My phone is a Treo 650. I doubt they're going to have an app for that.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, they can call or send an SMS with the code.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Kevin, but the scenario I'm worried about is an emergency where I need to access my mail, but I forgot to bring my phone. Maybe I'm not understanding. Is the number generated the same for all new machines?
- Cristo
If you have a very secure pass phrase, will people still be able to hack your account? I suppose if they somehow install a keystroke tracker...
- Spidra Webster
My question is the same as Cristo's.
- Micah
And how does the Gmail Android app handle the 2-auth scenario?
- Micah
Goog just sent me this: IMPORTANT: Backup Options What happens when you lose your phone? Or travel without phone access? Get some backup codes, or add a backup phone number at: https://www.google.com/account...
- Que Sarah Sarah
So you can print out backup codes and/or save them to a text file, if that helps.
- Que Sarah Sarah
I'm pretty sure you'll need to carry a backup code in your wallet. Oh, Sarah beat me to it. :)
- Fikisha
But I shouldn't get that backup code tattooed on my arm, right?
- Micah
I wouldn't carry the backup codes in my wallet. I'd find someplace better to hide them. What with Google Authenticate and a secondary phone # to SMS a code to, carrying backup codes around seems like an unnecessary security hole.
- Kevin Fox
The blog post CW linked to answers all these questions. Micah: You can still generate passwords for apps like Android Gmail or iPhone clients, but they're keyed to the specific app and can be individually revoked.
- Kevin Fox
The G-Auth App is now being used for third party 2-step authentication like apps such as LastPass where I keep all my usernames and passwords. It works well for both g accounts and other services. Kind of a software RSA key with a visual count down to when the code changes.
- CW✔
Yup already been using it.
- AJ Batac :)
I don't have an app that does it, but Google very kindly sends my Auth code by SMS when I need it
- Slippy
Just decided to test it.
- SAM
I don't have that option. Google hates me. :(
- Akiva
Why are there 10 backup codes? Will they ask you one at random?
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, any of the 10 work, 1 time each.
- Stephen Mack
sweet. then i will just memorize one for now. :) (not that i'd memorize more than one... just one at a time)
- Dan Hsiao
I've been using this for a while. One painful thing is that you have to get a special authorization code for apps that don't support 2-factor (such as GChat). But that's just one bit of hassle per app, and once it's set up, it works well.
- Stephen Mack
I've avoided it because it doesn't seem to support multiple accounts well. I don't have a phone for each Google account, and I really don't like to give Google app-level access to my device anyway. Maybe if I can rig it up with some push-only mechanism like email.
- Tinfoil 2.0
You can add multiple accounts on a single device, each will have its own number generated.
- Neal Krummell
OK, but the point of my multiple accounts is to prevent Google from aggregating all of my online activity together, and one app would defeat that.
- Tinfoil 2.0
It doesn't handle any activity, the app is akin to a hardware RSA token: it just makes numbers.
- Neal Krummell
So it doesn't communicate at all with Google? No IP address or login credentials or any other local data ever go to Google from the app?
- Tinfoil 2.0
When you first install the app you input an auth code (or snap a pic of a QR code) to initialize the Authenticator. After that it never talks to anyone ever.
- Kevin Fox
Oh, cool. :) Thanks.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Always have a good (not dictionary word - use a phrase) & UNIQUE email password. Once someone gets into your email, they can easily get into all your other accounts by claiming to have forgotten the password (so they send a reset password link - to your email). Don't use the same password for email & anything else.
- amygeek
I take that a step further amygeek. I use a unique email address and password for each company I deal with, and I don't keep mail messages on the server for very long. So even if one of my email accounts gets compromised, the risks are substantially reduced.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I'm with LogEx except I don't yet move mail messages locally. I use 1Password to generate 16+ character random high-strength passwords, too.
- Akiva
Goodness this all sounds very involved. The only thing I've ever had authentication for was my WoW account and that's because it was worth a lot of money. I hope I never have an expensive email account.
- <3Heather<3
I enabled this the other day. Seems like a simple and logical step for security. Even if someone gets my password, they still can't do jack with it. Simple monkey wrench into their plans without much work on my part.
- Rah-PM 2012
I just set this up. My yahoo email password was last set in 1997. never changed it.
- Mike Nencetti
i have it, but it's been proving to be more of a pain than it's worth.
- Piaw Na
However, if you have two-factor authentication enabled and Google suspends your Google+ profile, guess what? Gmail gets locked out too.
- Morton Fox
Unfortunately, I do not own a mobile phone, only an old fashioned land line, and I am not about to take on the monthly expense of a mobile phone just for this. Telling my family they aren't allowed to eat any more, just so I can secure my email account, just won't fly with them. If Google truly cared about security and wanted people like me to have it, they would have an option for people without mobile phones.
- April
It work with an iPod Touch, no mobile service, just wifi.
- Neal Krummell
I got one of those emails from who I thought was a distant relative. Had me puzzled for a little while.
- Josh Haley
April, if you have a land line, you could enter that number and have them call you with the code instead of SMS. If you don't, I think google voice is free and you could set that up and have them call your computer and leave a voicemail. I just set up two factor authentication, and am mostly impressed with how well it works. I also did not realize how many unique devices I use gmail on.
- Clare Dibble
April: you can install their iPhone app on an iPod Touch, if you have one of those. Or you can buy a dedicated hardware token for $20 or so -- any device that supports OATH TOTP would do. Feitian OTP c200 is one such device. Setting it up would require some tech savvy, but now I'm curious -- I'll get one and make a page detailing how to set it up.
- Tudor Bosman
Or, what Tudor said.
- Clare Dibble
Tudor, that's awesome. How do you pair an OTP generator like that with your Gmail account?
- Kevin Fox
How does this work with the iPhone mail app?
- Jonathan Disher
Kevin: I imagine that you have to connect the OTP token (using a custom cable and a custom app) to your computer, then program it with the seed code (the same code embedded in the QR barcode that Google displays, which you can also get in text form if you click "I can't scan the barcode") But I don't know the details, and I'm willing to pay $20 to find out.
- Tudor Bosman
Okay, I'll take that back. It appears that the Feitian c200 is sealed and can't be reprogrammed -- you get the seed on a slip of paper that the token comes with, and you program the seed into your authentication software, not the other way around. Google won't let you do this.
- Tudor Bosman
I'll update this post if I find a reprogrammable TOTP token.
- Tudor Bosman
I haven't found a reprogrammable TOTP token, but there are good deals to be had on cheap, low-end Android tablets which can run the Google Authenticator just fine. For example, BuyDig has this for $70: http://www.buydig.com/shop...
- Tudor Bosman
Typographer Ryan Gosling - http://typographerryangosling.tumblr.com/
puhahahaha!
- Jeannie Choi
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i don't get it but am intrigued. also, does Ryan Gosling say "Hey girl" a lot?
- Dan Hsiao
Hey FF, what should I do in Boston this weekend?
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Dress warmly! www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com, Newbury St., and Beacon Hill have nice vibes for walking/shopping. Eat some lobster. The duck tours are fun and give you some of Boston's history. High Rise Bakery (awesome sandwiches!) and L.A. Burdick in Harvard Square, which is a popular area and tourist-friendly.
- Dan Hsiao
رونوشت به روژنا :دی
- farzaam
Visit Coply Sq, Newbury St., Harvard Sq, Boston Harbor, quincy Market, Charles River,...
- roojnaa
Solid suggestions. It was a great weekend. TY FF :)
- Ross Miller
Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software - http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011...
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"If there was one course I could add to every engineering education, it wouldn’t involve compilers or gates or time complexity. It would be Realities Of Your Industry 101, because we don’t teach them and this results in lots of unnecessary pain and suffering. This post aspires to be README.txt for your career as a young engineer. The goal is to make you happy, by filling in the gaps in your education regarding how the “real world” actually works. It took me about ten years and a lot of suffering to figure out some of this, starting from “fairly bright engineer with low self-confidence and zero practical knowledge of business.” I wouldn’t trust this as the definitive guide, but hopefully it will provide value over what your college Career Center isn’t telling you."
- Dan Hsiao
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RT @sthulbourn: say -v cello d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d Do it.
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Just felt an Inception-style "kick" that jolted me awake, out of a dream, as I thought i felt the room spin and heard the front door rattle.
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what happened?
- Christopher Chung
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I dunno. I just snapped awake, felt like the room was moving and heard the front door to the apartment building rattling. First thought was earthquake so I checked the interwebs and saw no one posting about it (though it was 5am) and assumed it was a truck driving by outside.
- Dan Hsiao
This earthquake? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
- Kevin Fox
Dan, I want you to know, dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange. Also, Dan, your father accepts that you want to create for yourself, not follow in his footsteps. Did you know he told me that?
- Stephen Mack
@Kevin, thanks! Good to know that I felt what I thought I felt. I guess the interwebs weren't as active at 5:36am. @Stephen/Mr. Cobb, do we always realize there's something strange after we wake from a dream? So far it's all pretty real. Maybe the earthquake didn't happen and we're all still in my dream...
- Dan Hsiao
thanks for staying with AT&T
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Note that they don't know my name.
- Amit Patel
I was tempted to switch to Verizon but I don't like them either, and AT&T has treated me reasonably well other than signal strength.
- Amit Patel
What don't you like about Verizon, ?
- Dan Hsiao
A few weeks ago they told me that they're going to use my physical address for ad targeting. Except it's not my physical address. It's some other random customer.
- Amit Patel
They told me that I ordered FIOS. I didn't.
- Amit Patel
They sent me someone else's billing information.
- Amit Patel
They notified me that they're changing their terms of service to allow themselves to get into my home router and change the settings.
- Amit Patel
They signed me up for global calling from the U.K.
- Amit Patel
They told me they can terminate my internet account, and tell me what files I downloaded when. Copyright infringement level: 4 Notice ID: 959429260 Title: The Blind Side Protocol: BitTorrent IP Address: 72.84.246.103 DNS: File Name: File Size: Timestamp: 12-13-2009 00:13:15 UTC
- Amit Patel
All of this when I'm not one of their customers. So I can't imagine how bad it would be if I were actually a customer of theirs :)
- Amit Patel
That's quite a lot of reasons. :) But those failures aren't related to Verizon Wireless, right? (Not sure how integrated or separate the two are.) Overall my experience with Verizon Wireless has been really great. Great reception almost all the time, and great customer service. Other than my first year living in NYC, I haven't used Verizon's Internet services.
- Dan Hsiao
Most of them are from parts of Verizon other than Verizon Wireless, but I have gotten stuff from Verizon Wireless as well. The reception is good and the customer service is good, so if all other things were equal, I'd like them more than AT&T, but I've had just enough "wtf" experiences with them as a non-customer that the threshold is a bit higher for me to switch :)
- Amit Patel
Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/28962540
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Crazy
- Dan Hsiao
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Crazy awesome!
- Ross Miller
this is really kewl !
- Peter Dawson
Secret To Success - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...!
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Super inspirational. Watch it.
- Dan Hsiao
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Don't think Siri's quite ready for the Turing test yet...
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Like waiting for Santa... but instead of a sleigh, he's driving a brown truck.
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Yup. Mine's a big white truck with a hidden arrow.
- Kevin Fox
Mine's been out for delivery from Sunnyvale since 6:47 A.M.
- Dan Hsiao
7:13 here.
- Kevin Fox
mine is here but i'm stuck at work! Totally leaving at 3 p.m. today to pick it up, wahoooo!
- Jeannie Choi
if only i had my phone already... then i could ask Siri where the UPS truck with my phone is...
- Dan Hsiao
Got mine! Now I've got to tell it everything about me (restore from backup).
- Kevin Fox
Just got mine too :)
- Dan Hsiao
Well? Post some pics with the fancy dancy new camera!
- Stephen Mack
xkcd: Eternal Flame - http://xkcd.com/961/
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"There's always the hope that if you sit and watch for long enough, the beachball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return."
- Dan Hsiao
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Yikes, my brother has a *185 page* forum thread about him. It's been going for more than 7 years.
- Amit Patel
The only game of his I've played (and loved) is BRE, which, as I understand it, I have SRE and you to thank for. :)
- Dan Hsiao
At 8:20am on a Monday morning? Thanks, BOFA.
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Wow. Still down. Sadly it's not more surprising. (But it's still not acceptable)
- Dan Hsiao
i presume they are running a 'charge $4 for using your debit card' program for past transactions also.
- kartik vaithyanathan
It was like this on Friday too (didn't check over the weekend though). You can get into online banking still but it's slow as molasses.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Still down -- surprisingly long outage. Wonder if their small phone app is working?
- Stephen Mack
You realize that's just the homepage that's down, right? You can click "Continue to Online Banking" and still get in to online banking. And yes, the app is working. I just tested it from my iPhone.
- Hookuh Tinypants
It's essentially under a DDOS attack from angry customers trying to protest the $5 fee for ATM usage that came out in the news late last week.
- Ken Gidley
The new cheap ($79) Kindle is tempting, mainly because it weighs less than 6 ounces.
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I think I'm buying one (or two!) tonight. This is exactly what I've been looking for.
- Benjamin Golub
Has anyone used a Kindle with special offers before? Curious how intrusive it is and whether it's really worth the $30 savings. @Ben, do you already have a Kindle now?
- Dan Hsiao
I haven't used one but I ordered the new $79 Kindle and should have it tomorrow or Friday. No ads display when you are actually reading a book so it doesn't seem like a big deal to me.
- Benjamin Golub
Ben: can you bring it to work once you get it? Thanks!
- Tudor Bosman
I'll bring it in on Monday.
- Benjamin Golub
Custom wooden Settlers of Catan Board game - http://ezide.com/showcas...
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Chris, this should be your next woodwork project ;)
- Dan Hsiao
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crazyy
- Christopher Chung
Family Guy: Street Fighter 'Peter vs Mr. Washee Washee' - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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- Dan Hsiao
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My new Facebook Timeline.
Two thoughts:
1. Oohh, shiny.
2. Not going to lie — my timeline is pretty boring. - http://violetmae.tumblr.com/post...
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Nice. I like the cover photo. :)
- Dan Hsiao
Survivors of Ragnarök Windows, Linux game | Desura - http://www.desura.com/games...
Dwarf Fortress + Minecraft + Terraria ?
- Amit Patel
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First thing I thought of was Bonk's Adventure: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bonk...
- Dan Hsiao
Not something I'd expect from a gigantic bank's privacy policy:
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“We do not sell customer information to third parties.”
- Amit Patel
“We do not share customer information with outside parties who may wish to market their products to you.”
- Amit Patel
Which bank is that?
- Dan Hsiao
Wells Fargo (!)
- Amit Patel
Moleskine® Star Wars™ : the origami battle - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Want, although i already have a backlog of unused Moleskines.
- Dan Hsiao
Can't you make your own Star Wars origami then?
- Anne Bouey
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