Human Symbiosis

A Japanese Artist Launches Bonsai Into Space - Imgur

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This is a solution to a persistent problem on my SII (running CM10.1)... low storage space error. This handy app replaces the procedure in terminal emulator for clearing log files when low storage space warning appears. This error is due to an accumulation of around 1Gb of log files called " dumpstate_ril_RESET_BY_CP_SILENTRESET"  or something like that. This app can be set to automatically clear the logs directory on boot, among other nice features! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liamw.root.logeraser

I had seen this dish on some cooking shows, and in a few youtube videos, so I was happy to find it being sold in the mornings on the street infront of the restaurants near my hotel...good, quick, fairly healthy breakfast for 3-5 RMB! I found a few recipes online, and have been making it a couple times a week at my place since my return. Mix in a small bowl: Two eggs Two spoonfulls of flour (medium soup spoons) A dash of Baking powder A drip of oil A drip of soy sauce Then add to the egg mix: 1 chopped green onion Grill the mix like a pancake, flipping once when the edges are dry. After a couple of minutes, the egg cake is done. Spread a small amount of HoiSin Sauce on one half. Add the 'filling'. A few leaves of lettuce...maybe some beansprouts. It seems that the filling can vary a bit。 Roll up and enjoy burrito style

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This post is to summarise how I have been conducting my self-study in Chinese language. It's been about 2 years of off and on...some months I am more regular, and some more lazy. It seems I have reached HSK 2 more or less. Here is a list of what's worked for me the best: Rosetta Stone - http://www.rosettastone.eu/ I started out with Rosetta stone, switching between the pinyin and the character modes...learning some basic vocab, and getting a feel for the rhythm of sentences, and learning to parse the sounds. This quickly became difficult after level 2. I realised that although I could select the right image, I was not clear on what the grammar of the sentence was exactly. I still use Rosetta Stone for a change of pace from the other methods. Skritter - http://www.skritter.com/ This was excellent, and I paid for 3 or 4 months. I accumulated a list of a thousand characters or so, and even after stopping my subscription, I am able to return to my Skritter account and pra...

From the maker of minecraft...with a buddhist twist? Drowning in Problems

I was going to send this to AirChina, but that seems pointless now. A quick search of the web brings up hundreds (probably more like thousands) of complaints about service quality. I'll just add mine here. To AirChina, I am composing this to you onboard flight CA861 to Geneva, direct from Beijing. I am using a laptop computer, having just been informed by the flight attendant that cell phones (even in flight mode) cannot be used at any time during the flight. I am not sure if I am being singled out for some reason, as I have seen a number of passangers reading text on their cell phone screens throughout the flight. I listened to music during the flight to Beijing, and never had any complaints from the service staff. The cabin staff chief assures me that I can use an ipad, a tablet computer, or a laptop… just not a cell phone (even in flight mode, which means all radios turned off). This is the first time that I have encountered this policy on any airline. It's like a ru...

Going through my archive of 'Google Buzz' posts, and re-indexing them. Here is an interesting article on the chemical origins of life... RNA reactor could have served as a precursor of life

Voyage the Voynich Manuscript Following the announcement of a possible translation of a word or two in the VM (14 characters I beleive it was), and seeing the AMA on reddit with Dr. Stephen Bax, I thought I'd post up this page offering full resolution images of all pages of the VM (above). For good measure here is the video Dr. Bax posted to youtube to explain his 'revelation' ;) I was also intrigued by the suggestion of another redditor who had apparently researched the life of Niccolo Di Conti, a successful venetian merchant who lived during the time of the VM's writing. He is said to have studied Arab language, traveled through the regions that seem to be documented in the VM, and upon his return, recounted his story to a scribe of the Vatican. Interesting tidbit seems to be that he may have met Zheng He, the famous Chinese explorer of the same time period! Could Di Conti or a family member have been the author of the VM?

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Electronic paper wallet for BTC...sweet project Pitbull Wallet - Onda Technology Institute

I was just thinking the other day about how we like to think of ourselves as humans, but we are infact mere living structures for colonies of microbes ;). Apartment complexes with central heating, and food delivery. InfoGraphic OK, there is some basic human structure dependent on DNA passed along from our ancestors, but there is also (by weight) an astonishing percentage of cell sized travelers on our skin, in our bellies, etc...I've read it can be 10% of body weight, and that in terms of cell numbers, there are actually 10x more bacteria than human cells. That means 90% of the cells you are walking around with all the time are not coding proteins from your DNA, but rather microbial proteins. It is not easy to count all these organisms I imagine, so who knows how much is enough/too little/too much. At the same time, if for one reason or another one of the bacterial groups gains an upperhand, then we end up with systemic problems... This seems to happen following a course o...

Incredibox V3 - "Sunrise" - 2013 (Brand new version)

Dear Youtube, I know you want me to use my 'real name', but I don't want to link all my accounts together. I already have multiple G+ accounts, I don't want to create yet another for my youtube account. Inspite of your stupid metrics, profitablity, and internet takeover ambitions... is it not possible to allow a youtube user with a youtube account to comment on a youtube video? . Thanks for your consideration, you lug. You know who

Diary: Chinese session 1 : Chinese words and associations The difference between ”kou3”(r30) & ”wei2”(r31) isn’t much visually except that one is bigger than...