Brazil

After an uneventful flight down to Sao Paulo I found the city just as it was before… some new buildings, new shops - the usual. Met with Kim and then went to dinner with the Lyra’s, Vi and Dad at ...

A little more travelling

Going to Brazil today to see my family and friends after a great but short week in NY. Mark and Yaucha were here and we went for a stroll on the Hudson River Park and then ate some great food at Emplo...

Google Maps Street View Video 2

Thanks to Forever Redeemed who pointed me to this video: http://www.laudontech.com/Downloads/MainSt_LasVegas.mpg ...

iPhone Review

iPhone Review

So… I couldn’t resist and got an iPhone - well, got it for a friend of mine in Brazil but obviously I’m testing it already before I take it to him :) The interface itself, as everyone knows, is ...

Ineresting article - Google bidding for airwaves

Google wants to built an open wireless network that would accept any device, cell phone or service. AT&T and Verizon try to protect their interests by lobbying against Google’s proposals. But I thin...

Idea for Google Maps Street View

Wouldn’t be too hard to do a Google Maps driving directions with Street View sequences for mobile. Lower end cell phones would page through images of major landmarks or intersections. Higher end pho...

Back in the US thoughts

So… back in NY for almost a week now… it is hot and humid here and all very familiar. I think what strikes me the most, comparing the US to Asia (Japan mostly) is that everything is big here - the...

Notes on Chinese Tea

Was looking through some stuff left from the trip and found this very interesting list of teas and their effects that I got while I was in Beijing (had to “translate” a little from the strange Eng...

Trip Summary

Collected all of my favorite pictures of the trip into one collection :) Legacy links from the original WordPress post http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf http://www.macromedia.co...