Nice looking machine (via Engadget). If the rumoured sub-notebook from Apple is really
delayed until 2007/8 then this may be my next portable machine.
UMPC or Apple Sub-notebook?
Sustainable Design
David and I were IMing this afternoon and during our discussion, he mentioned to me that there are supplimentary podcasts for the design: e² on iTunes! One of the thing that caught my eyes as I browse through the design: e² web site is this bit:
More than 23 billion square feet of residential floor space was built in China from 1997 to 2005. That's three times the total amount of office space in the entire United States.
Looked at another way, China will have built the equivalent of 21 Manhattan in eight year.
Is this sustainable?
Bad date
Courtesy of my friend Dan, who's not as web 2.0-ish as me so he shared this with me via good ol' email.
NSFW!
The Presidential Suite
I forgot to take photos of the bedroom and the huge bathroom. Needless to say, they match the rest of the suite in terms of size and decor.
Day of upgrades
Eiron and I took a late flight to Houston, Texas last night for a friend's wedding. We landed at around 11PM and when we got to the car rental agent, we were first offered the SatNav (which I happily accepted) and then an upgrade from the intermediate size car to full size (which I declined). The agent gave me the car upgrade for free anyway so that was nice! (I generally hate American car but this Chrysler 300 Touring is pretty nice, for an American car! Handling pretty good for its size, and the engine and transmission is sporty.)
Then when we got to the hotel, it turned out that they were fully booked and there was no room for us. Apart from the president suite, that is! So we were upgraded to the president suite for our stay which we find out is about 20 times what we paid for our room. The suites is bloody huge! There are living room, conference room, two bathrooms, bedroom, and even a small kitchen!
Now all we need is for Continental to upgrade our return flight to NY…
Lost in Colonisation 