Jan 3, 2011

In the mid-1980s, Dervaes family set out to do the seemingly impossible: To create what they dubbed an urban homestead and live a self-sufficient, low-impact life in the heart of the city. For years Dervaes worked steadily to transform our ordinary urban lot in Pasadena, California, into an organic permaculture garden that supplies them with food year-round.

Imagine if there were gyms that offered member-to-member intensive body massage? Let me elaborate. Instead of pumping iron, lifting weights and pushing or pulling body-shaping machines, members are given basic instructions to give body massage to each other.  This way the receiver of the full-body massage gets his muscles warmed up and toned, while the giver spends his energy doing it re-energizing both himself the the receiver. You may ask, what about the expertise of massage techniques? That’s where the gym instructor comes in who gives instructions to do it properly. This type of gyms are both efficient and productive, providing its members muscle relaxation and re-energizing through mutual energy exchange.

This is an idea proposal to dropbox to come up with a separate service which would allow filmmakers around the world to share and find HD footage using bittorrent technology.

Feb 2, 2010

Photoshop has been a part of every web designer’s life since they picked up their first mouse. On February 10th, 2010, Photoshop turns twenty. Read more…

Jan 20, 2010

People trust media to the point of getting into hysteria. Hysteria about global warming, about the economy, about sustainability, going green, etc. If there’s anything to be concerned about, the media paints it in such a way that the people become hysterical. Unfortunately even the young inventors get caught in swirling down into the hysteria drain. Trying to benefit from all the hysteria, they waste their time and energy to come up with solutions to solve the things people are hysterical about.

One good example is one guy coming out with a sink/toilet that claims to save water.

I coudn’t agree more with someone posting the following about all the hysteria and inventors following these fads. He wrote;

“In these post-global warming days it appears that water is the next big subject. But folks – you have to have to find a better one than that. Water doesn’t go floating out into space after use. It is always here, always cleansed by a process called the Water Cycle. No amount of jumping up and down hysteria will change that.

Dec 27, 2009

I decided to fly Virgin America on my trip to San Francisco from NY, and let me tell you about the experience… Despite being a start-up on the US airline market it seems that Virgin America has a different perspective on in-flight entertainment. As soon as we took off and the “do not use electronics” signs were off I was able to log on to the free WiFi internet service, sponsored by Virgin America and Google for a limited time, till January 15, 2010, ($15/flight after this promo). The service is provided by a company called GoGo, and to log on it asks you for your email address and off you go surfing. A quick internet speed-test reveals that the connection is only 200 kilobits down and 200 kilobits up, which isn’t that fast for nowadays web speeds, though it feels fast. Gmail, average browsing, even Youtube worked like a charm, except of course for Youtube HD. And in case if your laptop or any other electronic device runs out of juice, there’s power outlets below the seats, though only two per three seats. Overall I really loved being able to surf the web some 35,000 feet above ground. I think every airline, especially on international flights, should consider adding this nifty feature. If your work requires being online, this is a great productivity tool.