http://tag.portblogs.com/wang yes yes http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/she_can_do_it.html Liz says Elsa the shelter kitty looks like Rosie the Riverter. I think she's right! Here's the can-do cat, who found herself a home in no time: And here's the Hillary version (seen on msy_nyc's Flickr stream). Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:04:30 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/the_real_easter_is_in_the_computer.html 1. From Slate.com: Charlotte (age 5) dangled Easter (a Webkinz bunny) out the window. Then let go. Tears. Pandemonium. This is precisely the stuffed animal death that parents fear. Except Eva (age 7) made Charlotte see that it wasn't in... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:31:15 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/how_to_fight_commoditization_140_characters_at_a_time.html My mom said it makes no sense to go to a bookstore waaay out in Dan Shui, which is about a 30 minute subway ride from Taipei. In the pouring rain, especially. And when there are dozens of bookstores right... Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:35:03 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/einsteins_five_houses_vs_kevins_five_servers.html I was reading The Houdini Solution; the last chapter ends with Einstein's Puzzle. Kevin says it can only be solved by 2% of the world's population, but this website claims that the average time to solve it is about an... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:49:11 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/who_would_have_thought.html I came across this ancient Washington Post ad on Flickr. I had never imagined 1920s businessmen having Chinese food for lunch. Image from rockcreek's Flickr stream Out of curiosity I looked up "1920s Chinese restaurant" and found the Google Books'... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:05:37 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/help_them_help_you.html There's an interesting article in this week's New York Times Magazine about Kiva, a microfinance non-profit that matches sponsors with third-world entrepreneurs. The organization has generated so much interest among supporters that it sometimes runs out of loan-seekers to give... Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:06:35 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/the_core_problem.html 1. In 2005, Basex, an analyst firm, estimated that interruptions consume 28% of a knowledge worker's day. Basex CEO Jonathan Spira lamented that whether you're at home, in your office, or working from a client site, "the likelihood of being... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:03:44 GMT 0 http://tag.portblogs.com/post/wang/courtastic_is_right.html Would you buy DialUpISP.com (the domain name, with no customers/equipment/etc attached) for $5K? That was its owner's asking price at yesterday's DomainFest auction (spotted via DomainNameNews). No takers. Still, if you think *nobody* uses dialup any more, you'd be wrong.... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:08:33 GMT 0