RT @richardbarrow: best Talking Thai/English Dictionary for iPhone/iPad http://ping.fm/CGOJr thailand travel

Hmm, didn't know that Dianping is the Chinese Yelp http://j.mp/fchExl #大众点评

Amazon working on a method to avoid receiving unwanted gifts! http://j.mp/e6J935

Q:How do we get rid of these toxic Merrill Lynch securities? A: Form a new group in ML and pay them to take them http://j.mp/gDoKKK

Turns out that mechanical portion of book scanning, turning pages and taking image, is about as fast manually as auto http://j.mp/gOyhJl

100K financial transaction per second; <1ms latency http://j.mp/eqdKo6 <-deep hardware, storage, app model/thread design oltp

DIY book scanning http://j.mp/gXvetR

Aircraft carrier launch without steam turbines using roller coaster catapult launch tech http://j.mp/hfttMC

Best Western opens 44 room hotel in Vientiane Laos travel

Historic Saturday Night Live (SNL) episodes available on Netflix Instant highlighted http://j.mp/e73NNT

Chrome CR-48 screen resolution: 1280W x 800H, WXGA 16:10

Is it sociologically or psychologically to have prosthetic limbs that are at least vaguely human? http://bit.ly/fmgvpY

Chrome Cr-48 demolition lab http://j.mp/g9KHQ5

Construction of 3rd & 4th bridges between Thailand & Laos underway travel http://j.mp/el546T

Chrome CR-48: Using webcam: open www.picnik.com > Library > Webcam Photo [Grant Flash permission]. Preview picture seems very pixelated

Chrome Cr-48: Google is developing a free service called Chromoting to remotely access existing PCs and Macs http://j.mp/fkufhn

RT @insideHPC: Berkeley LBL Develops Flexible Reservation Algorithm for Network Provisioning - OSCARS ESnet http://bit.ly/hPAN5N

Possible problems with Google NGrams for scholarly uses: OCR & metadata http://j.mp/hJQyCT <-crank up the lagging humanities tech

Why Google Can Enter Video Conferencing - VoIP Watch http://j.mp/fNLOyJ

datacenter - eBay uses watts/transaction as a common metric for applications & operations http://j.mp/f9AQm9