Guide to buying glasses online

Save Bundles of Cash by Buying Eyeglasses Online

Apparently, buying glasses on the web is something that will save you a lot of money.  Lifehacker gives you some options and hints to find the same quality lenses and the same quality frames, but much cheaper than buying a local optometrist.

How to turn a Dell into an OS X Netbook

How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook

Thank you Gizmodo for showing us how to create the cheapest and smallest Mac laptop yet, using a Dell Mini 9 Netbook.  Very cool.

Osaka Bang

In Osaka, if you point your finger at a stranger and say bang, they will react like they just got shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdEbRDdMiI

 

WikiTrivia

WikiTrivia

 

Wow!  An Artificial Intelligence that automatically turns Wikipedia pages into a huge, difficult trivia game. 

 

Question:

????? ??????? (born January 13, 1968) is an American actress, model and television personality. She is best-known for playing the role of Jordan Tate on the television series Baywatch between 1996 and 1998. ??????? was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her mother is of African American and Italian descent, and her father is Native American.

 

Answer: Traci Bingham.

Crackers recipe

Parmesan Cream Crackers recipe (from the New York Times)

 

Wow!  You mean I can make crackers myself??  And it’s easy?

The unusual development of a Canadian Cyclist

Canadian Rider Has Made Unorthodox Climb to the Top – NY Times

 

The story of Canadian cyclist, Svein Tuft, appeared in the New York Times.  The tale tells how a young trekker with a passion for the wilderness evolved into one of the world’s best long distance cyclists.

 

 

 

TED Conference

TED: Technology Entertainment Design videos

The TED 2009 Conference started yesterday in Long Beach, California.  My company was kind enough to secure access to the live streaming videocast to TED, so I had a chance to watch many of the amazing speakers

Seth Godin and Ray Anderson were my favourite speakers so far, but I'm also looking forward to hearing Herbie Hancock on Friday.

To enhance the experience, there is an official Ted Twitter feed, a TED Flickr page and some live blogging.

If you can't watch this year's conference live, you can watch TED videos of fantastic presenters from previous TEDs.