Wang Yip

Smodcast, Mysterious Universe and the BS report are 3 of the 10 - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

"Internet radio shows, or podcasts, are one of the fastest growing forms of new media. With modern technology, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can become an amateur radio host and start producing a program on any subject they please, and websites like i-tunes and podcast alley now host thousands of different shows. The lack of time constraints and censorship means that... more... - Wang Yip

"Earlier this week we asked you to share the free apps you're most thankful for, and after rounding up thousands of your suggestions, considering our own favorites, and performing a little spreadsheet magic, we've cooked up our own cornucopia of excellent free software and webapps we're extremely thankful for. So whether you're an American celebrating the season or not, the selection of apps below is like gravy-drenched turkey and mashed potatoes for your computer. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!" - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

"But, being the geeks that we are, we just can’t ignore the sheer beauty of First Else’s futuristic UI that was unveiled at an event in London. The device sports a TI OMAP 3430 processor, a 854×480 pixel, 3.5-inch capacitive LCD touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, and a 1450mAh battery, while the operating system is Access Linux Platform, which was announced back in 2006. but has never appeared on any actual device on the market. All that aside, what impressed us is the fluid, innovative interface of First Else; we’re not sure how well it’ll work in real life usage, but it definitely looks impressive, especially since you can mostly control it with a single finger. See a detailed demonstration in the video below. " - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Wang Yip

"Here Nathan Myhrvold, a former chief technology officer at Microsoft, and his company, Intellectual Ventures, pursue an eclectic array of speculative and potentially world-changing ideas — inventing a new battery, taming hurricanes, defeating disease. And here, along with the laser designed to shoot mosquitoes out of the air (a high-speed camera counts the rate of wing-flapping to ensure that innocent insects are not vaporized), is the best-equipped restaurant kitchen anywhere that never serves any customers." - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

Some of the other neat cooking techniques he brings: a distillation process that distills rose petals, cryo-seared duck breast (freeze the meat so that the skin is crispy but the meat stays tender) and ideas like wet bulb temperature (most foods are water of some sort so you have a wet bulb temperature and a dry bulb temperature and the difference can be significant) - Wang Yip

You can see more of what is cooking at the Labs by going to http://intellectualventureslab.com/. They post some new stuff on a regular basis. - CW™

"What do you say we name the U.S. and Canadian Olympic hockey teams? Officially, Canada will name its team on New Year's Eve during a Gordon Lightfoot concert in Banff, Alberta. Team USA will announce its roster on New Year's Day during the wicked good Wintah Classic at Fenway Pahk in Boston. The Winter Olympics in Vancouver are just 87 days away. Brian Burke is Team USA's general manager, while Steve Yzerman is Team Canada's executive director. The rink size for the Vancouver Games will use NHL dimensions (200 feet long by 85 feet wide) instead of the normal international rink size (200 feet long by 98 feet wide). Much like the Ryder Cup captain's picks, the committees will want to select "hot" players coming into the tournament. Both teams have no-brainers and some picks that will be based some on this season's play. From what I've seen, I'd go this way (please send all hate e-mail to Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside):" - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

"Many of the strategies employed in competitive and recreational sports are applicable in business and our personal lives. One lesson I learned from alpine ski racing was the "40-30-30 Rule." During training, early on, I tried to go fast, and I also focused on not falling. On a ride up the ski lift, my coach told me I was missing the point. He explained that success in ski racing, or most sports for that matter, was only 40% physical training. The other 60% was mental. And of that, the first 30% was technical skill and experience. The second 30% was the willingness to take risks." - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

"As first spotted by DownloadSquad earlier today, Google appears to have tipped its hand a little early. In the newest builds of Chromium across all the platforms (yes, even Mac and Linux), you can clearly see the jigsaw puzzle area in the lower right hand corner. This is in the same place that the colorful stripes usually appear to take you to the Theme Gallery. But clicking on this area currently redirects you back to google.com — but as you can see when you hover over it, clearly there will be something at https://chrome.google.com/extensi..., presumably an Extensions Gallery." - Wang Yip from Bookmarklet

"Vaccination is a nuanced subject, and I've never said all vaccines in all situations are bad. The point I am representing is: Is getting frequent vaccinations for any and all viruses consequence-free? I feel its unnecessary and counterproductive to try and silence people with condescension. Michael Shermer wrote me an open letter and felt I needed to be told that "vaccinations work by tricking the body's immune system into thinking that it has already had the disease for which the vaccination was given." Thanks, Doc, I thought there might be a little man inside the needle. Yes, I read Microbe Hunters when I was eight, I have a basic idea how vaccines work." - Wang Yip