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Best Chinese in Cambridge or Somerville
My wife and I are longing for a really good Chinese place. Yes we know about Wang's on Broadway in Somerville. But when we last went (not take-out) it was too dirty for a sit-down meal. There must be more than one good Chinese restaurant in Somerville (where we live), Cambridge, Medford or Arlington. HELP!
My favorite Chinese restaurant in Cambridge (near Davis Square) is Qingdao Garden. The back page of the menu has Northern Chinese specialties. Their dumplings are very similar (if not the same?) as Wangs. The kitchen has always seemed clean enough there. Mary Chungs in Central Square has very good Chinese-American cuisine.
Otherwise, I would travel to Allston or Chinatown for my Chinese food fix.
re: babka eater
Second Qingdao Garden, for sure. My go-to place in the area. I love the boiled fish in fiery sauce there. I also enjoy Zoe's on Beacon St, although I've found it a bit hit-or-miss. For something a bit more Americanized, East Asia in Powderhouse Square is pretty good (I like the homemade tofu).
re: greenzebra
FYI, they seem to be closed at the moment. There are renovations going on but I am not sure if the renovations are for Qingdao or another restaurant. I hope they re-open soon. Love thier dumplings!
Qingdao Garden Restaurant
2382 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
I'm a very big fan of Zoe's on Beacon Street in Somerville. I have only had excellent meals there. They serve Szechuan food--my favorites include the Chongqing Chicken, Lamb with Cumin, and their rendition of Ants on a Tree (ground pork with bean thread noodles). Their space is elegant and warm and the staff is very kind. It is a good neighborhood place with food that in my opinion is consistently very good.
Royal East in Cambridge is great - very fresh ingredients - wonderful fish and vegetable dishes! (792 Main Street)
re: halaluia13
Counterpoint: Royal East is pretty awful and even the less Americanized dishes are prepared in a fairly American-take-out style (too much sauce, monotonous salty flavors).
In that neighborhood, MuLan is by far your best option.
re: Luther
I agree with Luther. Mulan is excellent. In Cambridge itself, I'd say that Mulan and Qingdao Garden are the obvious best.
Jo Jo Taipei, Zoe's and Wang's are not in Cambridge, but none is far away. I realize that Wang's does not have the nicest decor of any restaurant, and I probably wouldn't take a first date there. But it is scruplously clean --- the obvious pride that the family who runs the restaurant takes in their business is self-evident, so I'm not sure I understand the OP's comment.
Mary Chung has some nice dishes (dan dan mian, in particular) but it is not, overall, an authentic or excellent Chinese restaurant. Thailand Cafe, near MIT, has some excellent Sichuan dishes, but has a relatively limited Chinese menu. Don't touch their exercrable Thai food though. I find Royal East to be quite unremarkable. Changsho has fine Americanized Chinese food, but there is nothing authentic at all on their menu. Stay away from Yenching at all costs. In Harvard Square I'd prefer to go to the Hong Kong, which does not have a pretense of authenticity, but has some surprisingly satisfying dishes. Still, unless it's late at night, Zoe's is not far away and a better choice.
re: lipoff
Thank you for reminding me of Mulan. I went there last night and had an excellent meal, We started with the beef and leek pancakes and then moved onto three main courses. The shredded fish (a Chinese New Year's special) with jellyfish was very fresh and tender. The jumbo shrimp with walnuts (another Chinese New Year's special) was drenched with a sweet mayo over a bed of broccoli and honeydew melon. Finally, the eggplant with hot garlic sauce made a nice accompaniment to the meal. The waitress had recommended the eggplant with basil as more Taiwanese but we wanted something a little more spicy
In addition, the service was attentive and helpful. We plan to return soon.
re: babka eater
babka, you'll be happy to hear that the shredded fish with jellyfish is available year round, although not listed on the menu...i usually ask them to hold the celery in that dish
re: Luther
I don't think I've ever seen a place cause such diverse opinions in cambridge/'ville than Royal East. Over the years I've seen people (even folks from china, which is the oddest part) declare it to be the best available, hands down. I've also seen people say it is absolutely awful. Despite living in the 'hood for a decade now, somehow I've never managed to go there myself, I always forget about it down there.
re: Luther
Too true, although when people say, "this is exactly like what I ate back home" it is hard to ignore. I suppose that's more in the 'authenticity' argument than 'quality'.
You could say that it'd be akin to a fast food junky from here moving to china and saying that McDs is exactly the sort of thing they ate all the time back home in the US.
re: jgg13
Being just like home does not mean it is good. While I love some lesser quality portuguese food, other fellow portuguese don't. I might love it because it brings me back childhood memories or sharing quality time with an ex-girlfriend sharing a certain type of food.
I've been to plenty of portuguese restaurants and while I'd say most of them are pretty authentic to me, a lot of them do stuff in a way I don't really love or not with great care or quality. In portugal, I will go to a certain restaurant to get some dish I specially like there, not to get a dish.
It's very dangerous to over-trust natives of countries when going to restaurants. For example, while I find the bacalhau 'a bras sub-standard at casa portugal in cambridge, some of my fellow countrymen say it's ok or even good.
Just because it's authentic, doesn't mean it's really good or culinary interesting. Just because it's not american, does not make junk food good :-)
re: jgg13
I might interpret that further, might that actually go something like this?
"best available, hands down." = " Well it's nice and fancy looking, you won't like real Chinese food anyway, so for a Westerner like you, a pretty, Americanized place that looks like a fancy Western restaurant, is the best in Cambridge (for you) hands down."
re: StriperGuy
In the couple of examples that I'm thinking, the 'for you' isn't the case as RE was literally their favorite place to go. There is the possibility that they were able to get stuff that a whitey like myself wouldn't be able to get though, I dunno.
re: ghaff
My experience at Royal East has been distinctly thumbs down. I've only had take out lunch, but I ordered simple dishes figuring they're tough to mess up, and they messed them up. Rice was dry and reminded me of rice leftover from the night before. The roast duck I didn't expect to be great considering the location, but I've even had better leftover roast duck that I re-heated in a microwave.
Ginger & scallion noodles used the wrong type of noodles and completely flavorless. Yikes. Both items shouldn't be affected by takeout, especially considering I only work a block and half away.
re: jgg13
Put me in the Royal East haters category. Frozen peas and die-cut carrots in some dishes: unspeakable!
Chili Garden in Medford has great Szechuan food, so-so American Chinese food. Try the spicy beef short ribs, cumin lamb, or chicken with sour mustard greens.
Unfortunately, the three best Chinese restaurants in the areas you are noting are Qingdao Garden, Chilli Garden, and Zoes'. Neither Qingdao Garden nor Zoe's are very good. Chilli Garden is inconsistent, but when it's on, the noodle dishes are exceptional. I would not order protein dishes at any of these restaurants. The two best Chinese restaurants in Boston are CK's Shanghai, in Wellesley, which offers refinement and Sichuan Garden in Brookline, which, if you order the Sichuan dishes, offers the real thing.
re: scotty27
"Steak House" @ Chilli Garden == Sublime
Chicken kung pao @ Chilli Garden == Excellent
Lamb cumin @ Qingdao == Sublime
Boiled Fish/Fiery Sauce @ Qingdao == Excellent
These are all "protein dishes" if I'm not mistaken.
re: scratchie
My favorite spots are Chilli Garden - especially for pork dishes, and Fuloon, mostly for bean curd. I'm not a huge fan of the wok baked... I've only had Sichuan dishes at Chilli Garden, but my son likes the orange chicken from the other side of the menu. IMO the non Sichuan dishes at Fuloon are awful.
Chilli Garden
41 Riverside Ave, Medford, MA 02155
re: almansa
Awful seems like a very strong word, especially for the most sophisticated Chinese cooking in the Boston area. Are you referring to Fuloon's offering of American-Chinese food, or authentic Shandong or Cantonese dishes like their Jiang Pao Duck, Diced Chicken with Dates & Chestnuts, Wok Baked Beef, Steamed Pork with Dry Bean Curd, Jing Du Pork Pancake, Steamed Whole Fish with Ginger and Scallion, and more?
re: lipoff
No, I'm mostly referring to the sizzling scallop entree my father ordered over the holidays. It was admittedly too broad a statement, but I was so disappointed he ordered it that I'm taking out my family issues on Chowhound. Sorry.
re: almansa
I can't blame you for this one --- the tie3 ban3 ("iron plate" or "sizzling") dishes at Fuloon are actually uniformly awful. I've found this very strange, because the superficially similar Wok Baked series are uniformly terrific and unique.
re: scotty27
I'm a big Zoe's fan, including their "protein" dishes (Chongqing chicken, ground pork with long beans, ma po tofu, bean thread noodles with pork, cumin lamb, among others). I am curious why you say it's not very good--I haven't been to Qingdao Garden yet but that, too, has a lot of fans on these boards. I found Szechuan dishes at Zoe's far better than what I had at Szechuan Garden. I would probably say Szechuan Gourmet was the best Szechuan meal I have had up here, but again, I have never been disappointed with Zoe's. There are also a number of really excellent places in Chinatown, including Gourmet Dumpling House, Winsor Dim Sum Cafe, Peach Farm, etc. It would be a shame to write off a lot of great places in this area.
re: hckybg
Zoe's can be hit or miss. I've always figured they have multiple cooks and it depends on who is working there on any given night. I've seen various dishes arrive that are completely different than what I've seen other times - one dish in particular seems to be prepared 3 different ways, never know quite what will come.
re: scotty27
I don't understand this at all. CK Shanghai in Wellesley is so sad --- it serves incredibly bland, Americanized dreck! Walnut Shrimp? Dragon and Phoenix? Sirlion Steak in Black Pepper Sauce? Give me a break. Such a let down from CK's New Shanghai in its heyday. Is there something in particular that you like at CK Shanghai? Does he make special off-menu dishes or is there something worthwhile on the standard menu?
Qingdao Garden is excellent all around, serving a variety of Northern style Chinese dishes and the occaisonal spicy surprise. I do find Zoe's and Chili Garden a little inconsistent, but far, far above average. I find it actually fairly exciting that sometimes very different items emerge from Zoe's kitchen from the same order (try guai4 wei4 ji1 a few times --- it really is a mystery!)
I know some people prefer Sichuan Garden, but on the local Sichuan scene I'd say they rank at best fourth, after Sichuan Gourmet, Fuloon and Red Peppers.
I also think that, in general, the best Chinese food is now found the suburbs (such Malden, Medford, Somerville, Cambridge and Framingham), where Chinese people who've immigrated from mainland China and Taiwan now live, rather than in Chinatown, which is where people from Hong Kong and Fujian used to live. There are some good restaurants, notably Taiwan Cafe, but I don't think the best representative of any genre of Chinese food now resides in Chinatown.
re: lipoff
Where is the best Chinese Restaurant you've been in MA? People rave about Peach Farm, but last time I went it was very mediocre.
re: Torolover
my favorite place is ck shanghai but you have to choose well as some of the dishes including the dumplings are americanized. though yesterday, ck made me some special dumplings that were excellent.
in chinatown, i go to east ocean seafood where i recommend the seafood though they do good mu shu pork.
for buying dumplings, i like mulan and wang's. why not get them frozen, boil them for about 12 minutes and then use soy sauce/balsamic vinegar/hot sause with some ginger.
re: scotty27
Agreed on Qinddao, we tried it once with a large variety of dishes (family visiting at the time) and were disappointed. Haven't been to Zoe's or Chilli Garden.
The old standbys of which we all approve and have had multiple good meals at in the past 5 years have been Mulan (consistently good), Shangri-La (it's in Belmont, but it's close to Cambridge). New on the scene is Golden Garden, in Belmont but very close to the Cambridge border. We've been there a few times, and also taken out for family members, and haven't had a bad meal yet.
149 Belmont St, Belmont, MA 02478
Chilli Garden
41 Riverside Ave, Medford, MA 02155
Golden Garden
63 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA 02478
Have you considered Chinatown? There are lots of interesting places to explore, and probably more interesting than Medford.
i live down the street from wang's and don't think much of it. the frozen dumplings are pretty good but the freshness of their ingredients in the main menu has been questionable and it is often very oily. we love mary chung's in cental square, if we don't go there once a week they ask us "what happened?" some chowhounds say it isn't authentic- well we've had to wait for a table and been the only non- asians in the place. very few clunkers on the menu. even her american chinese standards (chicken wings, pork fried rice,general gau chicken, etc) is a notch or two above what you'll find elsewhere. sometimes we get a craving for that stuff too!
What about Shangri-La in Belmont? Authentic Taiwanese (IIRC) and also a pleasant atmosphere, definitely a step up from both Wang's and Qingdao in ambience.
I'm in the catagory of Royal East fans! I've never had a bad meal or even close to bad.
The spare ribs are top notch, crispy duck which we order with pancakes and scallions is perfectly cooked, we always get an order of chinese broccoli which is cooked perfectly.
The service is wonderful, the room is clean and roomy ( and always packed) with many Asian families I may add. I like Quingdao and realize it is closer to authentic. Pork with cilantro and the dumplings are standouts. It's in my neighborhood but it is the dreariest place to sit down in. Let's hope the renovation takes care of that. I am a fan of Mary Chungs as you can't beat their won tons and the spicy eggplant is epic.
Mary Chung Restaurant
460 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Royal East Restaurant
792 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139


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In a year that has seen so many popular fictional characters reimagined as slightly different things, Destructoid has pondered what it might be like if Mario was depicted as another European nationality. With that in mind, we...
1:30 PM on 10.11.2014
Are you getting Nintendo mash-up fatigue?
[Art by Hakuramen] Back in the 1980's, rock band Aerosmith and rap group Run DMC did a cover of Aerosmith's Walk This Way. It was an older song, but the novelty, evocative quality, and skills present in the cover made it a mu...
10:30 PM on 10.09.2014
Toadette CONFIRMED for Captain Toad!
Toadette is one of those characters Nintendo keeps locked away in its vault until the need arises to flesh out a roster for one of its sports, party or racing games. She's essentially the Waluigi of the Toad species, you kno...
Captain Toad tracks treasure starting December 5
by Kyle MacGregor
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker launches in North America on December 5.
The Wii U puzzler is based on a minigame from Super Mario 3D World, and sees the eponymous protagonist explore a myriad of locales in search of hidden loot.
Captain Toad will retail for $40 and support select amiibo figures sometime next year. Nintendo has yet to reveal what sort of functionality the toys will add to the experience.view full story + comments
What gaming locations would you want turned into a Smash Bros. stage?
by Hamza CTZ Aziz
I was driving home from having lunch with Dale North the other day when I got to thinking about Super Mario RPG, aka the best game ever. I think about that game a lot, and it tends to pop into my head quite often for one reason or another. This time I was thinking about how fun it would be to stream the game. It's pretty stupid to say it like this, but I'm pretty MLG in that Super Nintendo classic. It's okay, I groaned at myself for writing that too.
Then I got to thinking about the pseudo-sequels for the game, specifically the Mario & Luigi ones for the Game Boy Advance and beyond. The last one I played all the way through was Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Then it clicked. How awesome would a level set inside Bowser be in Super Smash Bros.?view full story + comments
7:00 PM on 09.15.2014
Is anyone else not playing Destiny right now?
The Tokyo Game Show is almost here. We're on the cusp of cool gaming news, and lots of it, but until then the week is off to a slow start. Well, aside from Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang and the hundreds of...
12:30 PM on 09.05.2014
The UK Super Mario Bros. movie Blu-Ray release has a new documentary
On November 3rd, UK fans will get a chance to pick up the Super Mario Bros. movie on Blu-Ray, with a number of bonus features in tow. The biggest one is definitely a full 60 minute documentary on the film, titled "This A...
7:00 AM on 08.26.2014
Did You Know Gaming chronicles NES Super Mario secrets
Alright, how much of this Did You Know did you know? How much will you remember when, finally, it's your time to shine at pub trivia, your compatriots waiting for you to swoop in and save the eventing? The mushroom sound effect similarity to the flagpole sound effect? Pretty cool. And that recycled Ocarina of Time theme? I love stories behind iconic sounds.
11:00 AM on 08.22.2014
Charles Martinet, the voice of the Mario series, opens up adorable Vine account
Charles Martinet seems to really enjoy voice acting. When he's not providing the English voices of basically every Mario game ever, he plays with various toys based on the same universe in real life -- at least, if his V...
12:00 AM on 08.19.2014
Admit it, you're a Yoshi ditcher
I've done it. You've done it. We've all done it. When you have to choose between Mario or Yoshi, it's always going to be Yoshi getting sacrificed for the greater good ... or for that damn Moon 3-Up x on the Cheese Bridge Area stage in Super Mario World.
7:00 PM on 08.15.2014
Check out the first stage of Super Mario 64 recreated with LEGOs
Here's the first level of Super Mario 64, Bob-omb Battlefield, recreated in all its glory with LEGO blocks. Brought to us by the ridiculously talented Pepa Quin, it's an impressive testament to what you can create with the li...
7:00 PM on 08.05.2014
Yoshi is properly known as T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas
Console Wars author Blake J. Harris has tweeted a page from an old internal Nintendo of America Character Manual about Yoshi that, well, just read for yourself: "Yoshi, properly known as T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas, had been he...


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Facebook, Apple: LADIES! Why not FREEZE your EGGS? It's on the company!
I think this tells us something about these companies expectations on its female staff
It sends a huge signal that this is not a company where people with children are going to be happy. If you have a family or want to start a family, don't work here.
It's also signalling that it wants people who put career and job ahead of their personal life. This is a very strong "your job is your life if you work here" message. They're asking people to put off one of the most important decisions of their lives until it's convenient for the company.
And finally, it's a huge con. How many of these people are still going to be working at Apple and Facebook in 10 years, given how workers tend to job-hop. They're saying "don't have kids on our watch".
Nokia Lumia 530: A Windows Phone... for under £50
That's a low price for a smartphone..
Granted, they've pushed some of the storage cost back on the user by expecting them to buy an SD card, but that's still very, very reasonable.
I suspect it's the kind of phone I'd get for my kid when she's 11-12. Has apps, isn't something she'd get mugged for and won't break the bank if it gets lost or broken.
Silicon Valley royalty royally slammed for 'persistent, troubling deficit' of diversity
Re: The waaahambulance of the imperfect reality
Ain't nothing liberal about this, mate.
Liberals are all about equality of process. You're equal in front of the law, you're allowed to sell your goods or labour in the market without hindrance. You're free to act as long as the person with whom you are acting consents and nobody else is disadvantaged. You have the right to own property (but not people) and do with it as you like. Liberals believe you should have just enough government, and no more, to enforce these freedoms.
What you've got here are a bunch of innumerate people who haven't given a thought about the size or source of their sample. Actually, that's not true. They probably have given it some thought but don't care. This isn't liberalism, this is just bad politics.
Piketty thinks the 1% should cough up 80%. Discuss
Re: Some well made points
"The fact that some individuals have enough surplus income to be able to opt out of the state provision and into a private paid for alternative is largely irrelevant"
No - that's hugely dangerous. People who opt out of these services no longer care how well (or badly) they are run. Worse, they then resent having to pay for services that they aren't using.
Take education: my kids go to private school. We do this because the local primary schools aren't particularly good. All the parents at the school are very fussy and push like crazy to keep standards up. Now, imagine what would happen if these parents were let loose in the local state primaries: they'd be on the board of governors, they'd be pushing the school about school meals, the quality of the homework and lessons and bugging the hell out of their local councillors to ensure that the schools standards were maintained.
But, because they're not doing this, the local primary schools aren't pushed as much. If we want to keep services going we need to ensure people are bought into them.
Wacky 'baccy making a hash of FBI infosec recruitment efforts
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned...
But surely arriving at a job-interview when drunk/high is not the best idea.
Arriving to a job interview with law enforcement while drunk/high seems particularly nuts.
Even 'Your computer has a virus' cold-call gits are migrating off XP
I'm a lumberjack...
The last time they called me I said "Oh dear, I'm not very technical. I work as a lumberjack. Let me tell you about my job".
At which point I broke into song. They hung up half-way through the second verse and haven't called back since.
Boffins claim battery BREAKTHROUGH – with rhubarb-like molecule
Re: Optimistic - Given the right components
Which will need to include sugar, custard and (and this might be controversial) a little strawberry jam then I agree they may be on to something here. We would be both more environmentally friendly and yummy...
Windows Phone app developers: These games are made for you
Don't knock desperation
I've already had several hundred pounds worth of Amazon and JL vouchers from DVLUP. MS and Nokia are obviously keen/desperate enough to encourage/bribe developers.
I'll be taking their coin while its offered
Vodafone dodges UK corporation tax bill - AGAIN
Re: Isn't this the same Vodafone...
Yes and no. Substantial shareholding only applies to shares owned by UK companies and these shares are held by Vodafone Holland because of (you guessed it) the low tax Dutch tax regime.
As such they would have been outside the 2002 Finance Act and "substantial shareholding". The reason HMRC is getting squat is because of the following:
1) Previously the UK would have charged a foreign controlled company the difference between the tax it paid in the foreign jurisdiction and in the UK, but this was deemed contrary to EU law.
2) Even after all this we would have still got them on any profits they tried to repatriate to pay off UK shareholders. This would have amounted to about £5 billion (or the cost of higher education for a year in the UK). But the law was changed in 2009 so that it's now perfectly OK to move money to the UK for dividend purposes and pay no tax on it.
So, the story is that where there was once a tax obligation there isn't one. This is all recent. This is money would could have used to improve services/reduce the deficit (choose depending on political persuasion) but it's no longer considered chargeable.
Isn't this the same Vodafone...
Who is getting £84 billion for it stake in Verizon? And is returning £22 billion to shareholders?
What happened, did they lose all this money behind the sofa?
Or do the use inter-company loans and other complex financial products that allow them to move their "official" profits to low/no tax jurisdictions?
Yeah, thought so...
Blighty's biz bods get their paws on Nokia phondleslab
For Business Use?
You must be joking.
As a .Net developer who writes LOB apps there is no way we'd have these. Why?
When you look at their side-loading story, it's all about si
de-loading Windows Store apps. This means Different Xaml, different control sets and all the fun of double coding features for this and the desktop version of the app.
Buying the full fat version of a W8 tablet makes all this go away and costs an additional £300. Given that a developer costs about £500 it's far, far cheaper to buy more expensive kit than to re-building existing apps using new tech.
It has a teeny, tiny screen. All my users have 2 or more screens. This would only be useful to management types who wanted dashboards, and they're all in love with their iPads. They don't want these things because they don't want to buy Fruit Ninja all over again.
I'm sure it's well-built, but the only way business is going to buy these things is as kiosk/POS devices (and even then it would be cheaper, integration-wise to use intel devices). And they ain't gonna buy them from John Lewis...
Paypal makes man 1000x as rich as the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE
I'd settle for
Just a seconds worth of interest on the sum. That wold be fair. I'd still be a trillionaire.
India's centralised snooping system facing big delays
Too many jokes...
Though it just goes to show, you should always develop with a sensible dataset.
I can just see the developers working with a flat-file of 2500 intercepts and saying "yup, the system works just fine..."
NSA PRISM-gate: Relax, GCHQ spooks 'keep us safe', says Cameron
So this is a modest encroachment of our privacy
So, what's a significant encroachment?
They only do this because they can. At no point have our governments tried to read all our meatspace post. Now we know why: not because it is a authoritarian and anti-democratic thing to do, but because it was too hard...
NSA Prism: Why I'm boycotting US cloud tech - and you should too
Actually, the Declaration of Independence had very little to do with French philosophes. It was very much a Lockean document.
First, some history. After the English Civil War a writer called Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan. He basically argued that living outside of state control was so horrible that we would/should accept a ruler with absolute power because any kind of civil society was better than living outside of one.
A little bit later (1690 something) a writer called John Locke write "Two Treaties on Government", in which he argued that the state of nature was not so brutal and that (wait for it) man had some inalienable rights because of his God-given reason and that, finally, man only formed the civil state to pursue "life, liberty and the pursuit of property". He believed that the state was a man-made thing and required our consent in order to be legitimate.
The Americans would not have liked Rousseau on little bit as he argued that the state and society had is bound by its laws and people must submit to them (he calls this the "General Will"). Once these are in place people must conform to them. On the plus side, everyone is treated equally before the law but they are expected to submit to it. Given that the American founders were in the process of rebelling against their lawful rulers, I suspect that Rousseau was not their philosopher of choice.
Locke, on the other hand, fit the bill nicely: "No taxation without representation" is a Lockean argument (I haven't consented to you so you don't get my property), Their argument about "God-given" rights and reason is pure Locke.
Apple unveils hints of Monday's new-product announcements
Whatever they're selling
We can be sure that the NSA (Hi guys!) will have your usage and browsing patterns analysed before Apple does.
IT staff clamouring to pay for their own BYOD kit, says survey
I work for a large organisation which gives all its staff laptops so ee can hot-desk.
The problem is that, as a developer, having a laptop that can run an email client, chat and excel doesn't cut it. Having your hard disk encrypted, with the 40% reduction of performance that comes with it, doesn't help either. Having a slow 5400 rpm drive sucks too. Oh, and did I mention that we also have anti-virus scanning each read and write?
The developers complained and were told that getting laptops with SSDs and a sensible amount of memory would cost an extra £200 so wasn't practical. I would gladly have written them a cheque right then and there for £200 for a dev box that wasn't the laughable joke my current laptop is.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. The developers here have risen up with torches and pitchforks and have demanded better kit and it does look like they're listening this time.
But, all this said, I can see the attraction of using something I've chosen as fit for purpose for my job instead of the pile of junk I currently have.
Herschel Space Observatory spots galaxies merging
That explains
The tremor in the force I felt earlier...
EU boffins in plan for 'more nutritious' horsemeat ice cream
I have no issue with this
It's all horses for courses...
The iWatch is coming! The iWatch is coming!
Amazing multi-tasking capabilities
It allows the owner to talk into their watch and out of their arse at the same time.
Another breakthrough product by Apple!
India's 2020 vision: a $10 BEELION software industry
Re: Aid
Wealthy countries? Have you ever been to India? I have. Here's a flavour of what to expect:
Extreme, grinding poverty. Crippled beggars in the street, people who live in tents by the side of the road, children running from car to car in the gridlocked, potholed roads attempting to make eye contact so they can beg for money. We don't have anything like this, not even in the darkest, poorest places in the UK. For us, poverty is not having a DVD player. For them, it's sending your children to beg in the street. There is no comparison.
Yes, it has an IT industry. The people who work for it are, by comparison to their compatriots, fabulously wealthy. When I was there my driver was paid 4000 rupees a month - roughly £55. The most junior people I was hiring were going to earn between 600K a year - about £600 a month.
How do I know this? I've worked there for the IT industry in India.
So don't give me that shit about them being a wealthy country. Go find an article about Windows to whine about.
Windows Blue preview to land at end of June
Re: MS admits FAILURE (Reads between lines)
Eadon oh Eadon
I can't help but reading
But I think what you say is rot
Perhaps you were dropped
Or repeatedly bopped
With an MS manual as a tot
For your angry rants
Most often are pants
And surely, rarely, are missed
Perhaps you're drunk
Or were locked in a trunk
But chill, dude, there's no need to be pissed
Peak Apple: Yet ANOTHER supplier reports drop in demand
Re: On the other hand.
By 17%? Not a chance. Especially as most Asian exchange rates are pegged to the dollar. And commodity prices have been going one way in the past couple of years (and it ain't down). Also, they said revenue from their largest customer had gone down, not profit. These terms, in accounting parlance, are quite different:
Revenue is how much you've made from a customer. E.G: I sold Apple $500 million worth of stuff
Profit is how much you made from your revenue: E.g. After costs, I made $150 million of profit of my sales to Apple.
They're saying revenue is down, not profit. This means that either Apple has reduced the price they're paying by 17% (don't believe that for a second), they've bought 17% less stuff or some combination of the two.
Also, companies making large purchases in foreign currency fill usually go to a bank and sign an agreement to buy x amount of currency y with currency z at a point in the future (this is called a Forward), so currency fluctuations usually don't affect this kind of thing.
So no, it's not price fluctuations, it's almost certainly that they're buying less stuff.
Nick Clegg: Snooper's Charter 'isn't going to happen'
Re: Clegg the trustworthy....
The guy's a Liberal. There's quite a lot of difference between a Liberal and a Socialist.
Socialists are interested in managing outcomes in order reduce the disparity between the most and least wealthy in a state. They do this through progressive taxation (income tax), social programmes like free education, free health-care and significant state ownership and participation in the economy.
Liberals are more interested in process. Equality before the law, protections of freedoms (free speech, habeus corpus, etc) and freedom of action and conscience are all aspects of Liberal thought. You also have economic Liberals. They tend to believe in unfettered markets, minimal state control in the economy. Thatcherism is a form of economic Liberalism.
We're actually being governed by two Liberals. Cameron is an economic Liberal and Clegg a classic Liberal. Come to think of it, Tony Blair was also a liberal. John Prescott is a socialist, as was John Smith.
You, on the other hand, are simply ignorant.
Cameron: Get those saucy websites off Blighty's public Wi-Fi
Don't they have more important things to do?
Y'know. Jobs, the economy, that kind of thing?
No.10 guru: UK tech scene is AN EXPLODING CHEESE
Hold on...
So we're paying for foreign companies to use UK state office space in foreign companies? In the name of supporting the UK tech industry?
iPhone 5S and lower-cost sibling coming this summer?
Another year, another set of incremental improvements palmed off as revolutionary...
Xamarin chucks Apple fruit at Microsoft mobe wobblers
You must be joking
Visual Studio integration costs $999 per year per platform. Easier to learn Java...
New blow for Microsoft Surface: Touch Chromebooks 'on sale in 2013'
Chromebook sales so far make the Surface look downright successful.
iOS 6.1 KNACKERED our mobile phone networks, claim Vodafone, Three
Crashing the mobile network
There's an app for that...
We're not making this up: Apple trademarks the SHOP
Re: So they've not patented...
They tried that with their "Look and Feel" lawsuit against Microsoft in the 90s...
Microsoft promises big shiny tool to cheer glum Windows resellers
That's a terrible thing...
To call Steve Ballmer
Nokia chief Elop: 'Android? Hey, anything's possible!'
Re: Hmmmm
I'm not so sure. Nokia didn't just get an OS for Microsoft. they got quite a bit more:
1. About 1 billion dollars
2. Protection from being sued by Apple. You can bet Apple would have targeted Nokia if they'd gone with Android. MS would have probably targeted them as well. Nokia doesn't have the deep pockets that Samsung does so this could really have been a problem for them.
3. A lot of say over how the OS was going to be developed and the hardware that could be used with it. Given that they've been the only one championing the OS for the past 18 months this gives them a lot of leverage.
4. A new market. Nokia map data is now the WP platform standard, a new revenue stream for Nokia. I think you'll see them doing this with other services, giving them new revenue sources.
They could, of course, still go belly up. I just don't think their move was as dumb as people say. Their choice came with a large number of advantages.
Vodafone will rent you an iPhone 5 for 69p* a day
Lets do some maths
So if I'm currently forking out £47 a month I can change to £26 a month + 69p a day.
That means £251.85 a year for the handset (or 20.99 a month). That means a very generous saving of 1p a month.
So the "deal" has nothing to do with saving any money. It's a case of being tied to a shorter contract in return for giving up control of the hardware to the operator.
I'd be interested in knowing what "rights" I had on the phone? When can Vodafone claim the phone back, and for what reasons? If I annoy them can they cancel my contract and leave me phoneless with no warning/comback?
So you want an office of Apple Macs - here's a survival guide
Lets list the ways in which this is a bad idea
1) Cost of hardware. Macs cost significantly more than a PC
Ican buy a Dell for £300. It's nothing special but it will do everything %90 of office workers need to do. Macs cost significantly more. And lets not even talk about support.
2) Cost of support. Supporting multiple OSs, PC types, etc is more expensive
How many people out there have experience running Macs against a windows domain? Go on, raise your hands. Thought so. Finding people who can do this in a credible way that doesn't expose the network to security issues is going to be expensive. Windows support people are plentiful and cheap.
3) Cost of IT time to make business software run on Macs
I've read lots of "ways to get windows software to run" on a mac. All of these require effort, setup and support. There's a massive added cost here in getting people to a position where they can do their job - as well as wasting ITs time helping people getting software to work on incompatible platforms.
4) Security
Apple has a long history of leaving security holes to linger in their OS before patching them. Their recent issues with the Java runtime was a case in point.
Companies are there to make money. IT is there to help them do this. Giving people equipment that doesn't allow them to do their job and costs significantly more to run and support is idiotic. I completely accept that there are places for Macs in certain roles: graphics design, some creative functions, etc, but if someone says they want to use a Mac to use Word, surf and run the accounting app then they need to be shown the door (as do the idiots pandering to them).
Apple engineers 'pay no attention to anyone's patents', court told
Re: Quelle surprise...
Yes, because most developers read the documentation first before they do anything. Developers love reading and writing documentation, it's far more fun than coding and
Oops, there goes the reality distortion field...
Apple iPad Mini 8in tablet review
Tablet Math
iPad Mini 16GB : £269
Google Nexus 7 32GB: £199
Kindle Fire HD 16GB: £159
Playbook 64GB: £129
I use a Playbook and a cheap Android tablet for long car journeys as it's loaded up with movies for the kids, can do web surfing and email, etc. I need my devices to be small, cheap and replaceable.
I'm just not sure that it's worth an extra £60-140 unless I've already committed to Apple products.
Hmm, I think I'll order an iPad Mini on Amazon ... Oh no I won't
Three words
"Tee hee hee".
Mine's an extra large tub of popcorn...
Pre-ordered a Microsoft Surface? So SORRY it's late, have a voucher
I guess this is Microsoft's attempt
to stop us "holding it wrong".
We can pay for it but we're not going to be allowed to sully it with our presence....
iPad Mini: Why is Apple SO SCARED of the Kindle?
Re: Education? More like car aftermarket...
Yes, because we'd all prefer to pay £300 for a device that plays movies and might get mauled by the kids when there is a £129 alternative that does the same thing.
A hundred Brit IT bods' jobs under threat at Direct Line
They never learn...
Direct Line and Churchill are the insurance arm of RBS Group. Given RBS' past successes with outsourcing I'm sure they'll hire experienced and competent people and it'll all be for the best.
Oh, wait a minute...
Never mind.
Scottish brainiacs erect wee super-antenna
Too Late...
Apple has already patented "rectangular device that sends and receives mobile signals".
they're doomed
Win8 tablets may cost MORE than iPads – AND LAPTOPS
In fairness
Microsoft isn't marketing this pathetically overpriced crap, Asus is. They're going to have to do significantly better with an iPad costing $400-$500 and a Kindle Fire costing $200.
Sadly, MS get tarred by association. Lets hope the Surface is (significantly) cheaper.
New Nokia Lumia mobes fail to inspire investors
Re: Nokia need to put out Android phones
They do make great hardware, but putting Android on them would be a mistake. Here's why:
Nokia's business is under attack from a number of angles. Their "cheap as chips" phones are facing stiff competition from Chinese handsets and are losing market share there.
Android, while popular, is causing legal headaches for the companies that use it. If they're not being mugged quietly by Microsoft and being made to pay them a royalty for each handset sold they're being mugged loudly by Apple, who takes them to court.
Imagine the following: Nokia had chosen Android rather than WP7. They get hit by MS for $10 for each mobe they sell and then get sued by apple in multiple jurisdictions, stopping their product from even reaching market. They've got nobody to bail them out (MS gave them $1 billion and other unspecified payments) and no big, powerful friends to help.
So they've taken a risk. Symbian was dead (had a Symbian phone, hated it) and they needed to find something else. But was Android the answer? No.
Behold: China's robot noodle army!
That's using your noodle
Apple's Mountain Lion to offer automatic security updates
To paraphrase Prince....
We're going to update like it's 1999...
Wasn't Microsoft doing this in Windows 98?
RBS IT cockup: This sort of thing can destroy a bank, normally
Re: Hmm...
RBS started offshoring its investment bank in 2006.
RBS closed its final salary pension to all new employees in 2007.
What the new lot have done is followed the same policies, only more so. Moving some stuff offshore is probably not a bad idea (Helpdesk, legacy internal business apps, etc) - shipping off core bank functionality is not so good.
Natwest, RBS: When will bank glitch be fixed? Probably not today
On the plus-side, all RBS Group employees are forced to have an RBS/Natwest account into which their salary will be paid. This happens around the 24th of each month.
Yep, you guessed it: RBS and Natwest probably won't be able to pay their staff until they fix the problem so they will be feeling their customers pain.
Larry Ellison buys island 1000x bigger than Branson's
In other news
Larry Ellison has also bought himself a white cat and several sharks (for performance review purposes).
Python wraps its coils around the enterprise
Right, so Python has exploded 600% while Java/.Net have grown by 25% over the same 4 year period. As "any fule no" it's easy to generate large growth rates from small numbers. if I go from 10 to 60 that is 600% growth, and 600% growth sounds much better than 50...
Lets look at some real numbers, taken from www.ITJobsWatch.co.uk
In the last 3 months:
.Net 23381 (.Net Developer 8184)
Java 18322 (6110 Java Developer)
3295 Python (273 Python Developer)
Looking at this, I'd suggest that business are mentioning Python in their job adverts a lot more but are
still not really looking for people with Python as a primary skill in large numbers (notice the difference between Python and Python Developer).
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.comments2014-11-22T17:52:59.820-05:00Another RunnerAshwyn Grayhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-82883011807043022432014-11-22T17:52:59.820-05:002014-11-22T17:52:59.820-05:00Conflicted is the word. I hate these shoes, you ca...Conflicted is the word.
I hate these shoes, you can feel every little stone, so uncomfortable, and I dont like the colour. but...
They're so light, you just have to run fast. Which is nice. The grip is astonishing for so little tread - must be a barefoot thing.
They do fit my feet, but I have sore feet when I take them off.

So I'm happy to get them off and pleased I wore them to race. Go figure.Graeme Acklandhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-63071086610409729182014-11-21T13:18:10.417-05:002014-11-21T13:18:10.417-05:email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-11154676220796111662014-10-20T19:08:16.429-04:002014-10-20T19:08:16.429-04:00Hi Austin! I really like both shoes. But, as far a...Hi Austin! I really like both shoes. But, as far as minimal feel and overall utility go, I'd say the 138 is the choice. However, it feels slightly tighter in the toes than the 150. And, it's lacing system is quite different from that of the 150. So, really, if you're able to try on both shoes, I'd highly recommend it. Ashwyn Grayhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-64275580762462771332014-10-20T17:56:49.813-04:002014-10-20T17:56:49.813-04:00Hey, I'm looking at getting either these or th...Hey, I'm looking at getting either these or the "Road-X-Treme 138's". I am a big minimalist guy so I was wondering which was more minimalist (if any). Which do you like more?
ThanksAustin Henryhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-15097816350135000442014-09-17T12:27:00.889-04:002014-09-17T12:27:00.889-04:00Hahaa a completely enjoyable post and very true fo...Hahaa a completely enjoyable post and very true for most non-runners true. Anyone whose into fitness will identify with this!!Thnx:)How Does Dee DoIthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-85419942654587422602014-09-10T13:44:06.069-04:002014-09-10T13:44:06.069-04:00Plantar warts are definitely not fun! I had a huge...Plantar warts are definitely not fun! I had a huge one for 2 years and was finally able to figure out how to get rid of it using epsom salts, duct tape and salicylic acid pads. It was a real pain...

I created a blog to show how the treatment worked for me. It's got before and after photos and all of that and goes into detail about the method I used and how it worked in case any of your readers are interested.

http://stubbornwart.blogspot.com/Rob13http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-89070468191178014582014-07-28T11:19:50.733-04:002014-07-28T11:19:50.733-04:00Hahaha! That's a cleverly wicked way of puttin...Hahaha! That's a cleverly wicked way of putting it. Injuries do go in stages. What matters is that there would be treatments to accompany you along the process of recovery. In any way, thanks for your awesome post, which really cracked me up. Kudos!

Velvet Foronda @ US Health WorksUSHealthworksCupertinohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-47741430304965758172014-07-13T06:21:34.284-04:002014-07-13T06:21:34.284-04:00I have tried 2 different Inov-8 shoes, Trailroc 25...I have tried 2 different Inov-8 shoes, Trailroc 255 and Roclite 243. Both felt very "hard" especially at the hell area. I wish they would be softer. Right now i run with Mizuno Ferus but it lacks traction and the trailroc 235 might provide much better but i am hesitant about the lack of softness.Σπύροςhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-63365398167553584552014-04-29T06:39:16.311-04:002014-04-29T06:39:16.311-04:00Hi, Great post thanks for info! http://www.sport...Hi,

Great post thanks for info!

http://www.sportsfixer.comsonali joshihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-14435902509124453132014-04-09T08:50:51.338-04:002014-04-09T08:50:51.338-04:00Thanks for the question, Vale. If this is your fir...Thanks for the question, Vale. If this is your first minimalist-style shoe, then I would recommend that you start with the Trailroc 255. One of the biggest shocks to your lower legs when you start running in reduced shoes is from the lower heel-to-toe ratio (drop). Your Asics may have a drop as high as 12+ mm. So, your achilles and calf muscle will not be used to stretching in a shoe with a much lower heel height. The Trailroc 255 has a drop of 6mm. And, that is usually a decent way to start transitioning into a low-drop shoe. But you must do it slowly. Only run a mile or two the first time you try out these shoes. If you haven't done so already, search online for "minimal shoe transition", or something like that. There is lots of guidance available on this subject.
Thanks for reading! And, have fun in your Spartan race!Ashwyn Grayhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-23046296195654623902014-04-08T11:32:53.805-04:002014-04-08T11:32:53.805-04:00Hi Ashwyn, thanks for this great review I know it&...Hi Ashwyn, thanks for this great review I know it's a bit old but I'm just getting into the "minimalist" trail runing shoe. This will be my first trail running shoe and my first minimalist type of shoe. I've been using asics for running and nike air for weightlifting at the gym. Wich version of the trailrocs would you reccomend for a newbie? I'm doing a Spartan Super in 45 days and want to break them out before the race.ValeCGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-60842108226163540612014-04-01T20:48:07.360-04:002014-04-01T20:48:07.360-04:00great shoes.. hopely you can give me a online stor...great shoes..
hopely you can give me a online store that can delivery to Indonesia sepatu futsalhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-56628834316393610792014-02-24T09:28:37.631-05:002014-02-24T09:28:37.631-05:00Thanks for the comment, DNash! If you are indeed s...Thanks for the comment, DNash! If you are indeed suffering some sort of injury, I hope your break after Umstead is exactly what you need! Ashwyn Grayhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-48042725305696650492014-02-23T19:45:27.966-05:002014-02-23T19:45:27.966-05:00Thanks for posting, Ashwyn! I agree completely wi...Thanks for posting, Ashwyn! I agree completely with Anthony. Sometimes I look around and it feels like everyone else is ok all the time and cruising along from race to race. Thanks for writing about injuries we all face. Definitely has encouraged me to take a month or so off after Umstead to heal some long nagging issues.DNashhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-23420019489976507772014-02-19T15:15:38.188-05:002014-02-19T15:15:38.188-05:00Christmas Eve my friend Kelly had a group run on t...Christmas Eve my friend Kelly had a group run on the Yough Trail. His company is also a two time sponsor of the Boston Harvest! Runner Shona StephensonAbdul Bari Chanessrahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-64220427441873814302014-02-12T09:48:31.517-05:002014-02-12T09:48:31.517-05:00OH I recognise it SO well. The one advantage of t...OH I recognise it SO well. The one advantage of tri training is that so far I've been able to just cut out one sport when injured and carry on with the other two... But oh I know those feelings so well. After months of having one quite painful shoulder I now have two slightly less painful shoulders and I've told myself that's better. Really? It's not but I don't think I can avoid using my shoulders so I'm just forging ahead hoping it doesn't get any worse. Moronic... petrarunshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-74911040261973798912014-02-10T10:12:46.946-05:002014-02-10T10:12:46.946-05:00No doubt, Bry! Hope you recover soon!No doubt, Bry! Hope you recover soon!Ashwyn Grayhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-32509527925608032122014-02-10T10:12:22.505-05:002014-02-10T10:12:22.505-05:00Thanks Diana!Thanks Diana!Ashwyn Grayhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-44345171893546554842014-02-09T14:47:35.149-05:002014-02-09T14:47:35.149-05:00Going through this right now. Suuuuuuucks...Going through this right now. Suuuuuuucks...Bryhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-52506087178742701502014-02-09T12:42:37.884-05:002014-02-09T12:42:37.884-05:00LOL These are great. =)LOL These are great. =)Diana Martinezhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-89380597950441089352014-02-04T09:07:44.959-05:002014-02-04T09:07:44.959-05:00Thank you Petra! It's funny you mention your s...Thank you Petra! It's funny you mention your swimming injury as I begin X-training with swimming. ;) You're right, of course. We try to learn. But, every time we learn something new about our limits, a new limit in a different body part seems to appear. Ashwyn Grayhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-446518552681988912014-02-04T05:50:15.840-05:002014-02-04T05:50:15.840-05:00OH I can relate. I don't know whether we ever...OH I can relate. I don't know whether we ever really learn - I hope I am but having just come off a long and lingering shoulder injury (swimming) which I never really rested and therefore endlessly aggravated - I don't think I've learned. It REALLY sucks missing a race you're SO keen to run and have trained hard for so I really do understand your being massively pissed off. Carry on venting - we understand!petrarunshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-17678938259731666672014-02-03T11:29:22.239-05:002014-02-03T11:29:22.239-05:00Hi ash, nice review! I like super-minimal trail ...Hi ash, nice review!

I like super-minimal trail shoes without a midsole and there aren't too many of them around these days. This seems like maybe Inov-8 have tried really hard to hit a weight target and to create a product that can be clearly differentiated from the 235's but the nett result is simlar to the NB MT00 - looks like a great idea but doesn't work out in practice.

They are soooo 2010 but I actually think that the Vibram Spyridon is a good option in this category

Cheers

Andrew

Andrew Bentleyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-34525153434944789562014-01-31T20:21:03.122-05:002014-01-31T20:21:03.122-05:00Well, I'm not sure about other people wanting ...Well, I'm not sure about other people wanting to read my particular brand of whining drivel, Anthony. But, it certainly felt at least a little better to type this stuff out. Thanks for reading, man!Ashwyn Grayhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297275034852493200.post-17497513722178706752014-01-31T19:41:21.059-05:002014-01-31T19:41:21.059-05:00Thanks for posting this. It's inspired me to b...Thanks for posting this. It's inspired me to blog more. I always think "nobody wants to read about me NOT running".

But everybody blogs about their successes and stays quiet when things go badly. It gives a horribly skewed version of reality. I look around and think "everybody runs an ultra every weekend, never gets injured, and always feels great. What the hell is wrong with me?"

So be smart and take a few weeks off, and you can enjoy the glorious NC spring running trails. Around here there's ALWAYS another trail race.Anthony Corriveauhttp://email@example.com


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English name for Coptic name
does any one know what is the english names for:
[coptic]`Yliab nem Zorobabel[/coptic].
please include a bible refernce....
[quote author=minagir link=topic=5687.msg75977#msg75977 date=1187899037]
does any one know what is the english names for:
St. Matthew 1:12
"And after the deportation to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel"
Numbers 16:1
"And Core the son of Isaar the son of Caath the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron, sons of Eliab, and Aun the son of Phaleth the son of Ruben, spoke"
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The internet is a dangerous place, not just because it is rife with porn and scary conservatives ranting about scary conservative stuff and the various religious and mystic figures holding twitter hostage with their mad tweets (Dalai Lama you are exempt, as you are a very awesome dude and I love Buddhist monks)
… In fact, the porn is really not that scary (well unless you count some of the very scary stuff that popped up on my tumblr dashboard the other day…but that is a WHOLE other story) – So what I am trying to say is that it is pretty much just the conservative ranting and the crazy Wizard of Oz escapees trying to get you to join various cults through the power of their tweets that ups the ante on net scare levels.
Anyway, onto my point, the internet is dangerous for me (above reasons aside) as on my many searches (mostly on Pinterest) I come across various nerdy delights that I lust after and feel the need to own. But being a little, how should we put it, 'fiscally challenged' right now, lusting is all I will be doing. Which can be a little bit depressing on occasion as I do like to treat myself with cupcakes and items of the nerdy persuasion.
Below are some very awesome nerdtastic buys that I would snap up if my pockets were lined with gold (and not holes…which I am guessing is where a lot of my money has been disappearing off to). Along with the stuff to buy, there are a few items that for the broke-ass peeps like me can make, or at least attempt to make, if they fancy a challenge!
Now a lot of this awesome stuff is not exactly going to break you financially (though the Totoro bed…yes that is on the list and it is amazeballs, will make your credit card hurt in ways it didn't know possible) but I know it all seems expensive when you are hurting for the good kind of money (that doesn't belong inside a Monopoly box). Also this list is in no particular order, cos I want it all! Mwaha ha ha ha <–this is my evil laugh, I am not sure why I felt the need to add it, but for some reason, in my mind the occasion led itself to a bit of an evil chuckle on my part…
Anways…onto the list:
1. Hobbit Slippers
Who doesn't need a pair of giant slippers to keep your feet nice and toast in hairy hobbit fashion?
2. Alien Pez Dispenser
What better way to eat your candy than from the mouth of an Alien Queen?
3. Pillow Fight Weapons
Do you love a good 'Pillow Fight'? Well do it in style with some awesome pillow weapons.
4. Chewie Mask
"OHHH… What A Wookie!!!" Who doesn't need a Chewie mask? I mean seriously, it is nearly Halloween (by nearly I totally mean pretty much 2 months away…)
5. 'Thrill Murray' A Bill Murray Colouring Book
If you love Bill Murray get this and have lots of awesome fun colouring him in.
6. Elf Ear Wraps
Want to be an Elf but don't have the pretty pointy ears? Well wrap these silver bad boys around your lobes and you will be Elvin in no time…I so kind of want these…
7. Shwings
Put a little flight in your life – I actually own these (in Silver) and I can honestly say that they are ace. They look really cool and are very fun to wear.
8. DIY Superhero Masks
Need a hero mask in a hurry? Why not make one. Check out the tutorial here.
9. R2-D2 Suitcase
Bored of your run of the mill suitcase? Why not try out this little bad boy…
10. DIY Bat Signal
Are you stuck at work? Do you need to be saved…by Batman? Why not call him with your very own DIY Bat Signal. Check out the tutorial here. Seriously though, if anyone actually manages to make this, can you let me know? As I really want one, but if I try I will likely create some kind of super bomb by accident…Eek!
11. Totoro Bed
When you watched 'My Neighbour Totoro' did you think: "My, that Totoro looks very comfy. I wish I could be the one snoozing on his belly" ? Well if like me, you thought exactly that, this bed could be for you…
12. I Heart Batman necklace
If you heart Batman, this one is for you.
13. Floppy Disk Cushion
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14. Shark Sleeping Bag
I don't know what to say about this, except…this is fantastic and yes, I want one! (My Christmas list is getting kind of huge).
15. Star Trek Pizza Cutter
Treat yourself to a finely cut slice of 'prime directive' with this trektastic pizza cutter.
16. DIY Harry Potter Wands
Feel a bit jealous of Harry Potter and the gang and want to get your 'wingardium leviosa' on? Well don't fret, cos now you can. Check out this awesome tutorial here.
17. DIY Steampunk Water Pistol
Like Steampunk and Water Pistols, why not combine the two and make this little beauty? Check out the tutorial here.
18. Superhero Aprons
Put a little bit of 'Super' into the kitchen, heck knows my kitchen needs it!
19. Knit it yourself Wonder Woman Jumper
This looks super hard, but it would make for a great addition to any girls winter wardrobe. You can find the details for it here.
20. Tardis Cat Condo
And not wanting to be greedy and seeing how awesomely crazy it is…here's a little something for the cat in your life (if you have one).
So does any of this take your fancy? What would you buy? Let me know in the comments section below!