ezekiel's chariot - 張敦楷 ([info]pjammer) wrote,
@ 2008-03-05 06:37:00
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Current location:San Jose, CA
Current mood: exhausted
Current music:Gregorian Chants - I'll Find My Way Home
Entry tags:life

TED Last week. What Happened Yesterday. Today's Agenda.
The rollercoaster of my "high Beta" life continues its relentless pace.

Last week: TED was a phenomenal experience, and I am grateful for the connections that got me a chance to mingle with some of the brightest minds in the world, including a 5-minute conversation with Al Gore (!!!). Got a chance to meet a BMW executive who took me behind the wheel of a hydrogen-powered BMW 750 to showcase its seamless switching between H2 and conventional gasoline modes.

BIL was a huge hit, and while I felt unprepared for my speech/presentation, it seems the audience received it enthusiastically and I had strangers mob me after the talk to continue the conversation. More on that later.

Yesterday: Car accident. No bodily injury as far as I can tell, but car is gone. If you're a RL friend, can fill you in on details of that by voice or email.

Today: As VP Membership of Adobe Toastmasters, I am hosting my good friend, Bruno Bowden (lead engineer at Google Earth), to speak at Adobe's San Jose HQ office at 4pm and share secrets/hidden parts of Google Earth to an audience of Adobe folks. Non-Adobe employees are welcome to come by if you are in San Jose - just email me your particulars and I can pass your name to Security for a guest pass.

Chocolates will be served by Cacao Anasa.

From time to time, I want to curl up in a ball and sleep for a week straight.

This is one of those weeks.

But no rest for the wicked, as the saying goes.



Only two bags of this design in the world ... Only two bags of this design in the world ...
The much-coveted, subject-of-wild-rumors TED swag bag for attendees. With about $600 of electronic goodies and one-of-a-kind gifts inside.
Hydrogen Powered BMW Hydrogen Powered BMW
Drinks Hydrogen, belches out water as exhaust.
A Jawbone in every Bag A Jawbone in every Bag
Last year @ TED, Jawbone showcased their wares, but teased everyone by saying they are not for sale. Now, they are free in every bag.




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[info]infopractical
2008-03-05 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Is that your second accident this year? That sucks. Maybe you need some Spy Hunter gear for self-defense. Yeah, I know that rocket launchers aren't street legal, but you might be able to hide the tire spikes and oil slick.

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[info]madbard
2008-03-05 04:29 pm UTC (link)
Whoa. Didn't you just have an accident? Isn't the "highly educated" part of the Asian stereotype enough for you?

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[info]kenshi
2008-03-05 04:39 pm UTC (link)
Is the car totalled?

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[info]dk
2008-03-05 05:48 pm UTC (link)
glad you're OK.

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[info]fyremaven
2008-03-05 06:35 pm UTC (link)
i'm thinking it's time for a full time driver.

nothing against YOU, it's just you have too much to do and might be a bit tired lately.

...ok, more than usual.

glad you are ok and had such a great time overall.

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[info]radiantsun
2008-03-05 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Your talk at BIL was very good. Happiness, is considered to be about 50% genetic, 10% environmental and 40% what you do/how you think. There is a range but that is the generally agreed upon break down-- agreed upon by SWB researchers like Ed Deiner, and Sonja Lyubomyrsky.

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Ouch...
(Anonymous)
2008-03-05 09:07 pm UTC (link)
A few other comments have touched upon this already regarding the car accident: It's time for the annual tune-up of your bionic implants. Clearly the hand-eye coordination subroutine had its stack pointers mixed up with the day-dreaming subroutine. Your car isn't in too good a shape either.

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[info]resipisco
2008-03-05 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Funny, I just learned about this Beta business on the drive home from BIL. We were arguing about the wisdom of Google's dutch-auction IPO and, in the process, I got a full explanation of investment banking from a young economist.

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[info]foobiwan
2008-03-05 10:07 pm UTC (link)
Q: How do you blindfold an Asian woman?
A: With a steering wheel.

Speaking of, that's pretty much what Al Gore deserves - a blindfold. That, and a cigarette and a moment of private contemplation.

Hope you spat in his Gulfstream-flying face.

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[info]spdguitar21
2008-03-12 04:36 pm UTC (link)
PJammer, you're a sophisto

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