Home and Gear [1402.26]
I saw a coworker using this contraption at work one day, and the
more I read about it, the more I wanted to get one.
The amazon product description section
includes a very detailed comparison of the AeroPress to other brewing methods.
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Culture and Travel [1402.24]
(this article first appeared in our 2009 holiday newsletter)
In May we took a 300-mile trip to the White Mountains to
see bristlecone pines, the oldest living trees in the world, some almost
5000 years old.
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Culture and Travel [1402.23]
(this article first appeared in our 2009 holiday newsletter)
Although we had already visited China several times, on this trip we were able
visit many new places, including Hangzhou, Chengdu, and Tibet, culminating in
a trip to Everest Base Camp.
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Culture and Travel [1402.22]
(this article first appeared in our 2009 holiday newsletter)
We were seriously considering skipping this eclipse trip, but several
items pushed us into going. First, this eclipse, lasting about 5 minutes in
eastern China, would be the longest one of this century.
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Mildly Interesting [1402.19]
I'm sure you have already seen the youtube video
"Chèvres en équilibre" (balancing goats), which went viral with
5 million views after just two days (as of this writing).
However, did you notice what happens at time 0:45?
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Self Improvement [1402.17]
There has been some recent buzz about a book that will be published in
early
March: "Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving
Feedback Well" by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen. I'm interested to see
it when it comes out, though I'm a little apprehensive.
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Culture and Travel [1402.15]
(this article first appeared in our 2008 holiday newsletter)
One of the great things about eclipse touring is having the opportunity to
visit places that are really "out there". For the Gobi trip
we visited Mongolia, after touring Korea and China.
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Culture and Travel [1402.14]
(this article first appeared in our 2008 holiday newsletter)
Solar eclipses have a tendency to occur over water or some inaccessible place
on land.
This year we traveled to the southern part of the Gobi desert to see one.
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Culture and Travel [1402.12]
(this article first appeared in our 2007 holiday newsletter)
Comet Holmes, a periodic comet currently visible in the constellation Perseus,
has been dubbed "the strangest comet to burst onto the celestial scene in our
lifetime."
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Culture and Travel [1402.11]
(this article first appeared in our 2007 holiday newsletter)
Lunar eclipses occur when the earth comes between the sun and the moon. The
one that occurred at the end of August was especially
spectacular because the sun, earth, and moon were in almost perfect alignment.
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Culture and Travel
[1402.10]
(this article first appeared in our 2007 holiday newsletter)
We ended 2006 and started 2007 in paradise, Maui to be exact.
Norwalk Kendo Dojo also made a whirlwind tour of Oahu and Maui in August.
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Tips and Techniques
[1402.08]
I recently stumbled upon a TEDx talk on "How To Use One Paper Towel",
which demonstrates how to potentially save 570 million pounds of paper a year
by using only one paper towel to dry your hands.
My reaction was, "hey, that's my urawaza!"
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Culture and Travel [1402.05]
(this article first appeared in our 2006 holiday newsletter)
We missed Disneyland’s 50th anniversary celebration last year, so when it
was continued through mid-2006 we decided to see both it and
the neighboring California Adventure theme park.
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Mildly Interesting
[1402.04]
(this article first appeared in our 2006 holiday newsletter)
From 1996 through 2003 we leased several electric vehicles from General
Motors. We were devastated
when we had to give them up, and we weren’t alone.
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Culture and Travel
[1402.03]
(this article first appeared in our 2006 holiday newsletter)
A total eclipse of the sun is one of nature’s greatest spectacles. On March
29, 2006, we joined thousands of people in Libya in the path of the moon’s
shadow.
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