http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Cameron Herold: Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_herold_let_s_raise_kids_to_be_entrepreneurs.html

If you are reading this post, chances are you already know what PlayPhone is. I first got to know PlayPhone when I was casually checking my AT&T bills on the AT&T website, then to my horror I found out I have been paying $14.99 a month for this PlayPhone service I never signed up for!!! If you have received random texts from 778-88 then just to know that you are paying $14.99 every month for that… ...

I found this nice video tutorial recently. Say you hire someone or somehow you have a website design on a psd file, now you need to convert that to actual webpages. You can actually do that yourself without getting other people to do it. It might be much easier than you think! I am assuming you already have some knowledge in HTML and CSS… if not… it’s a good idea to learn them! ;) ...

I recently discovered this Yobo online music streaming service for Chinese songs. You can get a free account and start listening to many Mandarin songs online. It works just like Pandora. It’s a great way to learn Mandarin!!! ;) http://www.yobo.com/ Updated (Dec 24th, 2012): Apparently Yobo is down indefinitely, but check out this new service: http://birdchan.com/home/2012/12/24/chinese-pandora-2/

Oh gosh…. that’s funny… especially if you like math… hope you can catch the mistakes if you are in school… ;) Abbott And Costello 13 X 7 is 28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLprXHbn19I [youtube &hl=en_US&fs=1&]

If you are confused by terms like 401(k), Roth IRA, stuff like that, you are not alone. After some intense reading, I have somewhat a rough idea and I will try to make it as simple as possible for you. ;) There are 4 types of retirement plans: TraditionalRoth401(k)Traditional 401(k)Roth 401(k)IRATraditional IRARoth IRA What’s the difference between 401(k) and IRA? 401(k) is a plan offered and managed by your employer, while IRA is a plan managed by yourself. The obvious advantage of 401(k) is that your employer often matches your contribution, in return you keep your retirement money at your employer. For IRA, you manage your own retirement money with bonds, stocks, etc. Of course you will need to know what you are doing. ...

A few days ago I needed to pick up my cousin at the SFO airport. I was searching around for good real time flight info websites and eventually nailed it down to these two. There are quite a few of these flight stats websites claiming to have the most up-to-date flight info, however I only found the following two sites doing that. I could say that because my cousin’s flight landed one hour earlier, and only the following two sites gave the correct info. Without further ado, here they are: ...

Interesting stuff. Do people work better with higher reward? That’s only true when the work is very simple and involves straight forward tasks. However, any work that requires conceptual and creative thinking, people actually do worse with higher reward. This video is very informative and fast-paced, a must-watch. [youtube &hl=en_US&fs=1&] ...

If you are looking for the world cup schedule this year, here it is. [ world_cup_2010_calendar.ics] You can add that to your outlook, or google calendar, wherever. Wikipedia has the entire schedule but in local time UTC+2. You can do your own time conversion at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html.

Angiogenesis means the growth of new blood vessels, or you can get a more detailed definition from wikipedia. Why go against the growth of new blood vessels? That’s a new idea from Dr. William Li to combat against the cancer cells. Without blood vessels, the cancer cells simply cannot grow. He found out that you can achieve anti-angiogenesis simply from our diet, not necessarily from drugs. The implication of this is a natural and relatively cheap cure of many of our diseases. ...