Cute story of the tiniest possible restaurant
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018
How to pump gas without arms
Incredible attitude and spunk about her disability!
Everything in her life looks so difficult.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Dancing on Water: The Chinese Art of Bamboo Drifting
Mesmerizing. Must take incredible concentration.
China Converts Desert Into Productive Cropland
Using a paste of natural materials that absorbs water, and a checkerboard of low fences to minimize wind erosion, Chinese desert has been transformed to productive farmland by the thousands of acres.
Monday, February 5, 2018
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a Tasty Alternative to Plastic Waste
Here's an entrepreneurial guy who has made spoons out of flour that are durable enough to eat hot soup with, and then you can eat the spoon itself. It comes in flavors - celery, mint, beetroot, pepper, garlic, cumin...
Sunday, February 4, 2018
36 hours in Vancouver
Bloedel flower conservatory - the highest point in Vancouver city, in the midst of a park, a geodesic dome filled with rare tropical plant and bird species.
Vancouver police museum - a quirky assortment of confiscated weapons, newsworthy murder stories, an autopsy room (complete with a bullet hole in the window in a vain attempt to murder the pathologist to conceal evidence,) a computer screen to match police artist sketches, tactical gear, and memorabilia.
Raisu restaurant - an authentic Japanese dining experience with panko-crusted meats, daikon sauces, delicious miso soup, and genmaicha (brown rice tea,) wait staff shouting orders in Japanese, and a rich wood interior. http://www.raisu.ca
Grounds for Coffee - best cinnamon buns anywhere. So fresh, chewy, and delicious. http://groundsforcoffee.ca
car2go for transportation - so simple to use, convenient, ubiquitous, and no need to pay for expensive parking. https://www.car2go.com/US/en/
Granville island - extensive Farmers' market, artisan craft market, busking area, marina, waterfront walkway, and, oddly, a concrete factory.
Dark Table - a fabulous dining experience in absolute pitch-black darkness, to heighten the senses, with visually impaired wait-staff. An unforgettable experience. http://www.darktable.ca/about.html
YOLO Object Detection
If you can get past this guy's ADHD, you can understand a little about how object recognition has progressed and how it works.
How computers learn to recognize objects instantly. YOLO software
Getting object recognition a thousand times faster than a decade ago requires some clever shortcuts.
To delve deeper, you can read this blog about applying this method to an iPhone app, and quickly get lost in all the jargon.
Sofie Dossi 10 Minute Photo Challenge
These just keep getting better. Very high energy. Sofie Dossi was a finalist on America's Got Talent, and matches his enthusiasm pretty well.
Here's another:
Most Dangerous Beach in the World
These lifeguards rescue dozens of people every day from swift rip tides, or from getting pounded into the reef by the surf.
Costco's $1 Hot Dogs
Better news than you'd think.
-The price hasn't changed since the 1980's, it's a loss leader for Costco to get you in the door.
-There are no additives, it's 100% beef.
Plastic Ocean
https://youtu.be/hmPHBhYaCR4
An enterprising teen who is pushing for a passive solution to collect the plastic.
An enterprising teen who is pushing for a passive solution to collect the plastic.
The statistics around our consumption of plastic are staggering. Every piece of plastic ever made is still in existence. 300 million tons of plastic produced each year, mostly for single-use. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish, by weight, in the ocean. Here, they highlight how much damage the plastic does to pelagic birds.
https://youtu.be/hmPHBhYaCR4
Here's another video - pretty low quality, but shocking images.
The ocean cleanup project was launched with high hopes and much fanfare,
https://youtu.be/nYC4Q-0wcAc
But the first mission ended after 4 months when the boom broke in two. The team is back to the drawing board.
https://youtu.be/D7qNRgezOBU
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Buffett’s bet: The finale | Vanguard Blog
"In 2007, Buffett wagered that no investment professional could pick a portfolio of at least 5 hedge funds that would outperform a low-fee S&P 500 index fund over the subsequent decade.
https://vanguardblog.com/2018/01/25/buffetts-bet-the-finale/?EXCMPGN=EM:RIG:ED:eITV:Email:Link2:020118:101:INV
This illustrates nicely the beneficial effects of very small expense ratios.
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