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This was mentioned incidentally in a previous post but I wanted to give it its own post because it is so cool. This app called aWARemote – remote control for Winamp consists of two parts: the part that is run on the phone or tablet, and the server which is run on the PC. Using…

I was lucky to find a used Ikea Malm dressing table in birch color, which is no longer sold (at stores in my area and on the Ikea USA website). The only available version is white which would look horrendous in my studio since everything else is natural wood color. Apparently I’m not the only…

It looks like the City and/or County of San Francisco has a program to increase water efficiency and install new toilets in apartments. A couple days ago someone came and replaced my older toilet, which I hated, with this extremely cool, new one which uses a fraction of the water the old one did. The…

From time to time most people probably experience times when we feel kind of itchy all over or on certain areas of our bodies. Of course such a feeling can be related to many possible factors including histamine response in the skin. Yet it can also be from organisms such as mites which can live…

A 62-year-old American woman is making her fourth attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without the protection of a shark cage. Diana Nyad has already been stung several times by jellyfish but is continuing her 166km (103 mile) journey, team members said. She left the Cuban capital, Havana,…

This image from a scene of a Japanese show is simply amazing. A woman is kneeling down at a water basin which flows from a small aqueduct which runs through the neighborhood, into this room which looks like a kitchen. Whether this would be the main house, or perhaps a separate building I do not…

I’m so excited. Today I got my first tansu.  This particular type is called a “ko dansu” or “kodansu”.  It makes the perfect little organizational compartment to go next to my futon. On top of it you can see a smaller, mini-tansu I got last week. (Ok, I guess that smaller one was actually the…

Sorry to be a downer here, but it concerns me highly that governments around the world consist of many people with low scientific aptitudes. More than ever, society needs leaders who are scientifically literate, able to process and comprehend complex data of various types and perform analysis based on information inputs. More and more it…

This is the type of desk I would like to get. More and more there are reasons why I am drawn to Asian furniture. For one, it is usually far more environmental than modern furniture. A basic desk, made from a wood which is probably not too heavy, vs. for example a modern, synthetic desk…

also: and I really like this one: and: Think of all the other benefits too.  People who are vegetarian have much better blood circulation and hence enjoy many health benefits including better sex. Also, people who do not eat animal flesh are much less prone to kill other beings meaning our planet would be a…