Grigory Perelman, a reclusive Russian mathematician who was widely expected to be one of this year’s winners (see ‘Maths ‘Nobel’ rumoured for Russian recluse’), was indeed honoured at the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians. But after a round of applause, president of the International Mathematical Union John Ball said “I regret that Dr Perelman has declined to accept.” No explanation was given.
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So I considered re-upgrading up to the amex platinum just to get conceige service, but this Hello Kitty card comes with it with no annual fee! 😆
The most personal service?24-hour access to MyConciergesm service is like having your own personal assistant who can help get great seats at entertainment and sporting events, make last-minute dinner reservations, arrange tee times, and more!
The Official Website. Home of Hello Kitty
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Sherry finally got herself a Flickr “pro” subscription so I just helped migrated her snapshots from gallery to flickr, using my hacked version of gallery2flickr. It still works, so if anyone’s interested in ditching Gallery (1) for Flickr, check out the hack.
I also found a really nifty tool to backup your Flickr pics to your Mac.
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Reviews for milk on Amazon are funny:
Mark Frauenfelder:
So far, 344 smart-ass reviewers from ytmnd.com have had fun writing about the 128-ounce jug of Tuscan Grade A Milk.
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“I had a problem where my roof was leaking. I poured some Tuscan Whole Milk over it to seal it up and it just flowed right into the hole and didn’t do anything. I now have milk constantly dripping down from the ceiling and it has stained the drywall as well. The milk trapped in the ceiling is now rancid and smells horrible. It has also induced a pest infestation problem. The pest control company won’t deal with it because of the odor is unbearable in the house. My wife and children are now leaving me as well. This product has ruined my life. Do not buy this product, I suggest some roof caulking or tar instead.”
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“At first I was struck with despair when my cat got into my gallon of Tuscan whole milk, but what was once consternation quickly turned to joy as seconds later my cat became Halle Berry dressed in a black leather cat outfit. I cannot thank the creators of Tuscan whole milk and Gristedes Supermarkets of New York for the limitless pleasure which ensued.”
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Dogs being walked were taken from their owners and beaten to death on the spot, it said. Other killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then homing in on their prey.
CNN.com – Chinese county culls 50,000 dogs – Aug 1, 2006
Now this is f’ed up, can these Chinese govenmenet officials think straight? I bet they wanted to kill random people when they had SARS too… How about setting out some sort of vaccination program like we do here? f them! f China! More comments at reddit.
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“I’ve had a great run in both professional motocross and Supercross, but the more I learn about kinetic energy, momentum, and ballistics, I’m beginning to think I’ve had a pretty good run of luck, too,” said Carmichael, whose instructors said seemed particularly interested in the effects that gravity and sudden deceleration could have on a Suzuki RMZ250 four-stroke dirt bike.
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Carmichael is rumored to be considering a career in NASCAR after completing courses in business and marketing.
Motocrosser Quits After Learning Physics | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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Just got my new Treo 700p setup… EVDO is dope! I’m blogging w/ u*Blog, a free Palm blog editor… it’s alright…. I wish it supports d-pad navigation…