Archive for January, 2005


The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell

This book contains a lot of quotes and management ideas from Colin Powell, as told by the author Oren Harari. The author made it very clear in the prologue that this book is (1) not by Colin Powell, and (2) there is no official endorsement from Colin Powell. What Harari did is that he summarized […]

iPod Shuffle

What a day — iPod Shuffle and mac mini. Wow !! I am glad I waited for the iPod flash player. It is obvious to me, for the price, one will:

buy two iPod shuffles so that you don’t have to wait for the 2 or 4 hours charging time to recharge the player,
have different color […]

New Lexus Hybrids

Lexus has two new hybrids coming out. I was very excited about the RX400h, a hybrid SUV. Normally I think SUV is an energy waster, but the hybrid setup makes ie worth while. They are going to unveil the car and pricing very soon. More exciting news, however, is that there will also be an […]

Zojirushi Hot Water Dispensing Pot Review

This is a review of the Japanese Zojirushi hot water dispensing pot, CD-LCC30. Or the Micom 3.0 Liter Electric Dispensing Pot, as it is called. I bought it from Amazon when they were having a sale. There are three different models with different sizes, the 3.0 Liter is the smaller one. For what I need […]

2005 is The Year of Languages

Go learn a second or third language ! See Year of Languages, and see how Learning languages ‘boosts brain’.