tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58489127870882759642011-07-30T18:57:06.785-07:00"Wabi-sabi is exactly about the delicate balance between the pleasure we get from things and the pleasure we get from freedom from things"Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468099787751657606noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848912787088275964.post-72996398702828009192009-06-11T12:47:00.001-07:002009-06-11T12:56:31.205-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">UN Launches Free University Online</span>: The Web Does Have Some Other Use Other Than Porn<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30848">http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30848</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Acapella "I'm On A Boat"</span>: Awesome Rendition<br />http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxdskI3uV3A&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efark%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Fvidplayer%2Epl%3FIDLink%3D4440341&feature=player_embedded"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Why Americans Are Obsessed With Themselves</span>: This Explains Why I Am Becoming a Narcissists...?<br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-07/do-narcissists-have-better-sex/">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-07/do-narcissists-have-better-sex/</a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Geography of Recession</span>: Interesting Articles About the Big Three<br /><a href="http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090602_geography_recession">http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090602_geography_recession</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5848912787088275964-7299639870282800919?l=hwangbenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468099787751657606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848912787088275964.post-57912602547409069082009-06-04T15:25:00.000-07:002009-06-11T12:46:49.519-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Obama's Speech in Cairo</span>: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/">http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-University-6-04-09/</a><br />Emotion: Very nice speech, but didn't Bush promised many similar things after 9-11?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Oil Prices to Increase This Year:</span> It Will Surpass $100 a Barrel This Summer<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1Ev4HxCKXRI">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1Ev4HxCKXRI</a><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483&show_article=1">http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483&show_article=1</a><br />Comment: Not surprised, thanks OPEC for helping to prolong the global recession<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fast Food Industry Undergoing Radical Change</span>: I'll Take a Shot of that Burger and Eat at Pasta Hut<br /><a href="http://tennessean.com/article/20090604/FEATURES02/906040307/Restaurants+sink+teeth+into+radical+changes">http://tennessean.com/article/20090604/FEATURES02/906040307/Restaurants+sink+teeth+into+radical+changes</a><br />Comment: Desperate times call for desperate measures<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tiananmen Square Twenty Years Ago Today</span>: The Image Still Lingers<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124407361243083255.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124407361243083255.html</a><br />Comment: I bet this article is banned in China<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5848912787088275964-5791260254740906908?l=hwangbenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468099787751657606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848912787088275964.post-88343291081400405142009-06-04T15:10:00.000-07:002009-06-04T15:23:18.698-07:00I'm beginning to start blogging again. Why you ask? Because I indulge in neophilia which is precisely opposite of what the title of my blog suggests. No matter how hard I try to keep things simple, I am constantly bombarded with what is the "newest" or "coolest" or "fastest" thing happening in our world. Separating simplicity with complexity just seems just to predominate my perception of the world.<br /><br />The term "wabi" has no direct western translation but it is associated with unpretentious, unfinished, simple, and transient things. If you don't know what "wabi-sabi" is, I highly recommend you to look it up or go here: http://nobleharbor.com/tea/chado/WhatIsWabi-Sabi.htm. <br /><br />We are a wired generation that is constantly connected to information, internet, people, ect... via electronic signals that output "1" and "0". It is no use in fighting technology since it has already permeated our way of thought. I just want to record, remember, and share things like the news, information, and products that I find interesting and worth mentioning in a conversation. <br /><br />I'll keep this blog short and simple so please enjoy everything you see set forth here on my blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5848912787088275964-8834329108140040514?l=hwangbenj.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15468099787751657606noreply@blogger.com0