Getty Museum

Getty Sunset
Originally uploaded by Fred Hsu.

Right after we were done with our walk, we headed over to the Getty Museum. Its situated up on a hill near Bel-Air, and is an amazing building. First of all were were just amazed at the fact that its basically free to the public after paying for parking. Its filled with some really great works of art, and a fantastic photo gallery. The architecture of the building itself was a very impressive work of art. Here's a few pictures from that. Getty Pics

Walk for Hope

Sign
Originally uploaded by Fred Hsu.

This Saturday, a few of us from the Bay Area drove down to Long Beach for the annual Walk For Hope, put on by CharityFocus's sister organization BeTheCause.

It was a really inspiring event, and I was amazed at how well organized it was. There must've been a few hundred walkers, and we had everything from water and food, to the Laker Girls walking us through the warm-up.

Along the 5k walk there were inspiring quotes posted, and various thought provoking activities. My favorite activity was the first one where they had two lines drawn in the grass. Everyone stood on one side, and they would ask people to cross to the other line if you had experienced various feelings of judgement in your life. It really made you think about how you treat others, and how much we all have in common. You can take a look at the pictures here.

Sweden trying to end dependency on fossil fules

Why can't we be more like the Swedes? Their prime minister just announced plans to end their dependency on fossil fuels in 15 years, citing all the recent weather patterns and climate changes as moitvation. Here's the link from WorldChanging:
Article

Eco-Friendly in the Kitchen

This couple in Washington, D.C. recently renovated their small kitchen and went through some definite pains to make sure it was as green as they could make it within their budget. If I own a home one day, I hope my renovations will be somewhat environmentally conscious as well.

eco-kitchen

California Wants to Serve a Warning With Fries - New York Times

Here's a NY Times article on a possible cacinogen in French Fries, and how CA wants to put warning labels on them. I knew french fries are bad for you, but I didn't know they were this bad! That really sucks.
French Fry Warning

Carfree Days - Gadling - www.gadling.com _

Here's a short post from Gadling about going car free. I'm not quite there yet, but I'd love to be able to get around w/o a car someday. At the very least I'm hoping that we can cut down to just having one car between Shveta and I when we get married.
http://www.gadling.com/entry/1234000880059338/

Biking to work a gas for some

Palm Beach Day School in FLA is paying school teachers a little extra to take public transportation, or now bike to work!
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2005/09/08/s1b_bikes_0908.html

dirtSimple.org: The Multiple Self

Interesting post by someone relating the brain, the difference between "you" and "yourself", by comparing these ideas to a computer operating system :)

http://dirtsimple.org/2005/08/multiple-self.html

The Thought Project

Interesting post from Gadling, this guy started a project called the Thought Project. What he did was went around and asked people at random what they were thinking about and recorded the results.

Reader2

Cool site which helps you to find interesting books to read by looking at what other people are reading.

Sport Utility Bikes

From worldchaging, check out these bikes which have been modified to support huge weights and still act like a bike! Definitely a great way to enable bike communiting. Maybe I'll have to mod one of my bikes to be able to do a better job with grocery shopping.
Here's the original article: Worldchanging
Here's where you can order a bike or kit: Xtracycle

Tiny Houses

From Treehugger, here's a different take on housing. This guy designs and builds really small houses, either as secondary housing, or even as a primary residence. His original motivation was to lessen his impact on the environment and live simply:
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/information.htm

Theft proof signs in Austrain town

This is funny, apparently there is a town in Austria called F*cking that is having a really hard time with getting its signs stolen. (e.g. "Welcome To ..."). So they've had to go and install theft-proof road signs.
Readersheds.co.uk - share your shed - pictures of sheds, plans, companys and shed bulding, garden shed

Traveling Guys

These two guys from Seattle are planning to travel the globe doing random acts of kindness!!! How awesome! You can check out their adventures on their blog:
http://www.travelingguys.com/

Polymer Vision

Here's a pretty cool new device from Philips.. its a 'Rollable Display' that can show images/text/etc.. then roll up to a small form factor.
Polymer Vision home

Best Buy's Selling Tactics

Here's a nice little post explaining how a Best Buy Sales associate is supposed to sell you their extended warranty on a computer. This is worse than a telemarketer!

Bogey Dope: Best Buy's Perfect Secret to Screw You!