tech, gadgets, social media, economy, vietnam, photos, etcTumblr (3.0; @bryanpelz)http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/13/the-end-of-hand-crafted-content/">The End Of Hand Crafted Content</a>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/283875755http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/283875755Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:55:13 +0700<a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/1021755/1/.html">Crumbling Vietnam infrastructure deters investors</a>: <p>(not that us residents needed anyone to tell us this)</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/265926857http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/265926857Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:52:50 +0700<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktxpb2PuSa1qzq02eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Where to eat: American chain restaurants (glad I live in Vietnam)</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/263704112http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/263704112Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:13:50 +0700<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktp8wzQd8c1qzq02eo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Thanksgiving!</p> <p>(Diagram is Tryptophan, an amino acid present in relatively high amounts turkey meat that may contribute to drowsiness)</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/257820123http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/257820123Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:38:59 +0700<a href="http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table"> Corruption Perceptions Index 2009: Vietnam places 120th out of 180 </a>: <p>Not quite at the bottom, but close. Way more corrupt than  China (79th), but less so than Russia (146th).</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/250139915http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/250139915Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:38 +0700<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt5bk86AEc1qzq02eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>7-Up for Baby</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/244663534http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/244663534Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:24:04 +0700<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksv9uyHO101qzq02eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cigarette pack from Vietnam, date unknown (probably 1980s). The kitsch level approaches heights rarely seen outside Japan.</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/238540954http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/238540954Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:11:22 +0700<a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/article;jsessionid=0826C25D1C2EFE1EB1648540C7F2DE99.w6?a=483967&single=1&f=104">Your phone is where the Internet gets personal.</a>: <p>Forget everything you know about the computer. In 2011 you’ll have an intensely personal device that will be more important to you than any computer that exists today.</p> <p>“Carriers used to control everything, and now the tables have utterly turned, that’s what’ll make the future so interesting.”</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/238075727http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/238075727Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:02:45 +0700<a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/idiom_shortage_leaves_nation_all">Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies | The Onion</a>: <p>A crippling idiom shortage that has left millions of Americans struggling to express themselves spread like tugboat hens throughout the U.S. mainland Tuesday in an unparalleled lingual crisis that now has the entire country six winks short of an icicle.</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/237118952http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/237118952Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:49:51 +0700<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kssf6uD0bP1qzq02eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gotta love Japan</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/236906214http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/236906214Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:13:41 +0700<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksho9jN4DV1qzq02eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What storm troopers Google</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/230876744http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/230876744Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:56:06 +0700<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7om5NFVQ1qzq02eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Planning a vacation? *Really* need to get away? The darker the region, the more remote.</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/225672065http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/225672065Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:27:38 +0700<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1837024120091019">2M Google Apps customers, 20M active users</a>: <p>Google said Apps is used by 2 million businesses, up from 1.75 million in June. Those include both larger businesses that pay $50 a year per user for Apps, as well as firms with fewer than 50 employees that get the software for free.</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/216866675http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/216866675Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:30:27 +0700<a href="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2009/10/19/oldest-domain-names/">100 Oldest Domain Names</a>: <p><ol> <li>SYMBOLICS.COM</li> <li>BBN.COM</li> <li>THINK.COM</li> <li>MCC.COM</li> <li>DEC.COM</li> <li>NORTHROP.COM</li> <li>XEROX.COM</li> <li>SRI.COM</li> <li>HP.COM</li> <li>BELLCORE.COM</li> </ol></p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/216858954http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/216858954Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:19:10 +0700<p>coming to you mid-2010: device-router-device connections replaced by device-device connections, basically everything becomes a wifi router</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/215421787http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/215421787Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:12:57 +0700<p>faster than GPRS. Still testing.</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/215180792http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/215180792Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:30:40 +0700<a href="http://tipstrategies.com/archive/geography-of-jobs/">The Geography of Jobs</a>: <p>Very cool animated map showing US employment trends. (Press the play button to animate)</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/214512503http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/214512503Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:23:45 +0700<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10374831-2.html">Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right</a>: <p>and France has declared it a “human right”</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/214510009http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/214510009Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:18:46 +0700<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/realestate/15property.html">$56.6M Apartment in Hong Kong</a>: <p>At $110K/m2 it’s even more expensive than Vietnam ;-)</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/213325297http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/213325297Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:13:15 +0700<a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/article;jsessionid=E30880A037B4F5D7C367744EE29966E0.w6?a=455481&single=1&f=112&sub=Columnist">Next Big Thing Alert: "social cognitive neuroscience"</a>: <p>Look into the brain and see what happens when people interact…This is what I’d be studying if I were back in the university today.</p>http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/211929520http://bryanpelz.tumblr.com/post/211929520Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:27:08 +0700