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Catching up on my Reading

seonghuhn — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:49:00 +0000

I had not been on Twitter for awhile so October 13 was a big catch up day. Unfortunately slavery has not disappeared since the last time I was on Twitter.

And Ji Seon left me for four days! But fortunately she’s coming back this evening. We’ve done okay, the kids have been great but I am a little tired.

These are my tweets from the last several days.

Family

Ji Seon says to Victoria "You’re so demanding." Victoria responds "I want so demanding." Oct 19 09:45:10
The wife is leaving me for four days. I am doomed. Please feel free to visit and help. Oct 22 06:31:59

Christianity

RT @IJMHQ @JonathanMorgan: christianaudio » Free Audiobook – “Just Courage” by Gary Haugen of IJM. Highly recommend it! http://bit.ly/Ho7SN Oct 13 10:14:12
Voices We Need to Hear: Randy Woodley. Maybe we should go to Native American Sweat Lodges to worship God on Columbus Day http://bit.ly/L6elR Oct 13 11:34:47
45 Slaves Rescued – @IJMHQ. IJM asked people to pray for this operation and now 45 slaves are freed! http://bit.ly/33D62e Oct 13 12:49:02

Food

Little Duck Organics | Healthy Organic Snacks For Infants And Toddlers. Free sample! http://bit.ly/10t4Mq Oct 13 18:56:45
French toast – Wikipedia. Used to be called German toast prior to WW1 but was changed because of anti-German sentiment. http://bit.ly/41vq98 Oct 13 08:04:36

Society

From Budapest to Toronto: Eva’s Story of Slavery. It pains me to read about this happening in TO not that I’m surprised http://bit.ly/189IWS Oct 13 10:50:36
"Why I Slept with 1300 Women" (End Human Trafficking – Change.org). Words cannot describe my disgust. http://bit.ly/147LcI Oct 13 10:51:47
RT @johnbmarch @eugenecho: Reconsider Columbus Day? We don’t do enough to honor the hiSTORY of Native Americans: http://bit.ly/vn9Zh Oct 13 10:53:01
Immigration, Fear, Cultural Idolatry and the Liberating Power of Faith. To be clear, love casts out fear, not immigrants http://bit.ly/YKHkB Oct 13 11:33:08
RT @johnbmarch: today’s slaves are cheaper. 10x more slaves traded today than at height of trans-atlantic slave trade. http://bit.ly/HHfev Oct 13 14:24:50
RT @Not_For_Sale: Author @DaveBatstone discusses his book ‘Not for Sale’ as part of the Authors@Google series. He’s cool http://bit.ly/fPPp2 Oct 13 14:32:43
Half The Sky. The best way to fight poverty and extremism is to educate and empower women and girls. Sexism sucks. http://bit.ly/BsYR4 Oct 13 14:44:38
RT @Not_For_Sale: Recent NLC report reveals supply chain that leads to Prius has sweatshop abuse and #humantrafficking http://bit.ly/4eXWUT Oct 15 16:28:10
Seth’s Blog: The problem with cable news thinking. Personally I am concerned about Fox News but MSNBC is not innocent. http://bit.ly/4brRaC Oct 21 12:25:32

Sports

Prediction: Yankees in 5 over Angels, Dodgers in 6 over Phillies. Oct 14 18:53:24

Finance

RT @RealEstateRain: The Block – Real Estate : Most expensive homes in U.S. California has 8/10, Bay Area has 3 of those. http://bit.ly/4imB0 Oct 13 10:36:40

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Tweeting and tweeting

Tweeting and tweeting

seonghuhn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000

I began saving my tweets in my blog on a daily basis so I can search for them later. This is an example of my crippling perfectionism.

The biggest news in my tweets was the announcement of baby #4.

Family

What your baby looks like — 13 weeks | BabyCenter. http://bit.ly/scshw Sep 21 15:25:09
And then there were four | Secret Asian Man. http://bit.ly/3oevSl Sep 21 15:26:13

Christianity

Missionary Photography in Korea. Encountering the West through Christianity. Boston University Art Gallery. Check it out http://bit.ly/sNHXG Sep 22 15:32:53
The Nones – Marches. 22% of younger Americans no religion. Reasons – sex abuse, intellectual collapse, Christian right. http://bit.ly/wF91F Sep 23 07:20:25
Personal Reflections on Power and Privilege @ News from the Marches. I loved this post and encourage you to read it. http://bit.ly/3AOkTz Sep 27 07:28:13

Education

Confessions of a home-schooler | Salon Life. It’s nice to read the father’s perspective. Recommend. http://bit.ly/1iywmp Oct 1 12:30:37

Society

In Surprise, Nobel Peace Prize to Obama for Diplomacy. I love Obama but this illustrates the Nobel Peace Prize is becoming increasingly irrelevant. http://bit.ly/9qzsC Oct 9 08:15:16
In South Korea, an Effort to Defend Unwed Mothers – NYTimes.com. Nearly 96% of unwed pregnant women choose abortion. http://bit.ly/b2ShG Oct 12 09:13:05

Food

Blood and Chocolate : gourmet.com. Buy Divine Chocolate, Equal Exchange, and Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates. http://bit.ly/2N9BBU Sep 23 10:43:39
Asian Cuisine as Diverse as Vancouver – Frugal Traveler Blog – NYTimes.com. Sounds almost as good as Toronto. http://bit.ly/Wja6x Sep 25 08:33:27

Sports

Be like Michael Jordan? No thanks – Rick Reilly – ESPN. More people are roasting MJ than MJ did during his HOF speech. http://bit.ly/48nDed Sep 23 07:40:32
The Secret of the Dancing Boxes Revealed – Pogue – NYTimes.com. Fun article about Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies. http://bit.ly/3unzTe Sep 30 06:20:08
In the NHL, we’re all winners – ESPN. The Maple Leafs lost their first game of the season but still got a point, OTL. http://bit.ly/19Zl64 Oct 2 06:38:27
Toronto Blue Jays fire general manager J.P. Ricciardi – ESPN. It’s about time! I am willing to be the next GM. http://bit.ly/2J70YX Oct 3 13:34:09
As a loyal Blue Jays fan all I can say is "Lose Tigers Lose!" Sorry Erick but I still remember the rivalry from the 80′s. Oct 4 02:40:08
ESPN experts: Who’s going to win? – MLB – ESPN. Why won’t I watch the MLB Playoffs? Because the Yankees are going to win http://bit.ly/RytkY Oct 6 06:42:34
ESPN 30 for 30. Love Wayne Gretzky. Hoping to see it tonight. http://bit.ly/3ZaCrc Oct 7 07:06:09
Prediction: Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Dodgers. Formula: Run differential. http://bit.ly/2sWQ7Q Oct 8 06:42:10
Kings Ransom. Not great, not bad. Peter Pocklington bad. Nothing really revealing except that Gretzky could have said no to the trade. Oct 8 06:44:48
Choo Shin-soo Becomes 1st Asian in MLB with 20-20 Season – The Chosun Ilbo. I’ve heard for awhile how good Choo is. http://bit.ly/drpIf Oct 8 10:57:41

Technology

Seth’s Blog: Things to ask before you redo your website. I am often asked to be part of redesigns. This list is great! http://bit.ly/1PLRbR Sep 24 08:52:22
“Up” Keyboard Shortcut for Windows 7 or Vista Explorer :: the How-To Geek. This makes my life easier. http://bit.ly/Nx7fY Oct 6 06:38:32
LeechBlock :: Add-ons for Firefox. LeechBlock is a simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites. http://bit.ly/l2bRo Oct 8 07:22:17

Catching up on my Reading

Need an idea for a business?

seonghuhn — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:23:04 +0000

I haven’t gone through all 999 ideas but the idea of “Church issued credit card with automatic 10% for religious tithing” made me chuckle.

SAMBA Blog: Hamster Burial Kits & 998 Other Business Ideas.

Sleep Training For Better or For Worse

seonghuhn — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:08:48 +0000

I thought this For Better or For Worse cartoon, one of my favorite cartoons, humorously captured most families’ experiences with sleep training.

Business Ideas

seonghuhn — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:16:28 +0000

health club for metrosexual asians (cool music, dark lighting, lots of instant noodles)
costco and farmer’s market shopper
handheld machine that translates Spanish, Chinese and all Indian languages (or at least Hindu, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali)
robot that rocks babies to sleep
video camera attached to glasses which records everything you see. When you like something, you rewind and watch it on your glasses (this idea is copied from here).
a pill you can eat that instantly removes a bad mood, preferably like a gummy vitamin

Rejected newborn red panda adopted by cat

seonghuhn — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:31:41 +0000

I thought this story was amazing. The video accompanying this story show the red panda suckling on its adopting mother. Have to say though the kittens are much cuter than the baby red panda.

Rejected newborn red panda adopted by cat

A newborn red panda rejected by its mother in Amsterdam’s Artis zoo has been adopted by a domestic cat, the zoo said Friday.

The cat is nursing the red panda, currently about the size of a kitten, along with her own four kittens, the zoo said.

California DMV Registration Stickers

seonghuhn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:46:17 +0000

When you register or renew your registration, you get these colored stickers that you have to stick on your license plate. The instructions say that you have to remove any old stickers and clean the license plate before applying the new sticker.

I began trying to peel the old sticker with my fingers. I ended up chipping the paint on the license plate while only pulling off chips of the old sticker. Finally I got a wide spackle blade which fortunately did the trick of peeling off the old sticker.

Then afterwards I started trying to wash off the old glue. First I scrubbed with my fingers, then with a wet cloth, and finally with Windex. Nothing worked so I gave up and just stuck on the old sticker.

The whole time I was cursing the California government for giving such cheap stickers that don’t easily peel off. We taxpayers pay a ridiculously high sales tax and state income tax and they can’t give us better stickers!

Verizon *228, 2

seonghuhn — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:47:33 +0000

I always forget how to do this and customer service said it is not documented anywhere on Verizon’s site though I did find a page about it, How to… Roaming Indicator.

If you dial *228 from your Verizon cell phone and then press 2 it will update your cell phone’s preferred roaming list. They recommend doing this every one to two months.

After my move I was getting terrible reception but after dialing *228, 2 the reception is better.

Where is a mailbox?

seonghuhn — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:50:45 +0000

I have been wondering for awhile where the nearest mailbox is. I don’t know why I didn’t try before but I just did a Google search for “locate mailboxes” and found this wonderful site, Mailbox Map – A google mashup to locate blue USPS mailboxes, Post Offices and UPS Stores. Now I just put in my address and I know where all the nearest mailboxes are.

For your amusement here’s a picture of an R2D2 USPS mailbox.

How long a line can a pencil draw?

seonghuhn — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:29:00 +0000

Yesterday’s useless trivia question was How far does the average office chair travel in a year? Today’s useless trivia question is “On average, how long a line can be drawn with an average pencil before it runs out of lead/graphite?”

Here is how I tried to answer it.

The average pencil is about 10 centimeters long.
Each time you draw a line of about 1 centimeter with a pencil you use up about 1 micrometer of the pencil.
Therefore when you have used up the pencil you have drawn 1000 * 1 centimeter which is 10 kilometres.

And the actual answer is:

The average pencil contains enough graphite to draw a line that is 35 miles long.

I did better yesterday. But at least I was around the correct order of magnitude. If I had started with a 20 centimeter pencil I would have done better.