In an email from my dad this morning: the Forbidden City in Beijing already covered in snow. Picture taken November 10, 2009.
Revisited Pet Society today after hearing that Playfish got acquired by EA, then dressed my pet in a frog outfit. Congrats to the Playfish team!
peace.facebook.com launches: Track “the friend connections created each day between people of different countries, religions, and political affiliations.”
Punching down some grapes at Crushpad, a warehouse in San Francisco where you can make your own wine
In case you were wondering what the stairs in my dream home would look like.
Just got my KINDED card and ready to try this out if the moment arises.
brit:
These cards from Kinded.com are a fantastic and innovative attempt to virally spread acts of kindness (and they use Google Maps to track it all!). It’s very touching to read all of the cool things people are doing for one another. Makes me want to go out and serve someone right now.
See? Simple and scalable solutions always work best.
How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect - New York Times
Another reason to love your friends who are on the random side. (via davemorin)
Check out Facebook’s new tool on Gross National Happiness (GNH) in the U.S., which tracks keywords in status updates and then measures overall happiness. Wouldn’t it be interesting if you could use this tool at the individual level and analyze your own status updates for a personal happiness index?
Excited to see The Silicon Valley Factor Competition taking off in Stanford and Denmark: students pick five startups from a pool of startups to include in their portfolios and compete against one another. (via Heesun at YouNoodle)
The Financial Times’s top 50 women in world business - representing a variety of industries. Compare it to this list.
How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect - New York Times
