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Family makes 200K a year and gives most of it away.

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:06:12 GMT

MORNING READ: How rich is rich? The Hsieh family donates most of its earnings to others.
By LORI BASHEDA
The Orange County Register
Monday, October 6, 2008

"Who on earth would make $200,000, and give away all but $48,000 of it? Who would hunker down in the hood when they can afford the heights? Tom and Bree Hsieh. That's who. The couple belongs to a club made up of people who donate at least half their salary to charity for at least three years straight..."

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/says-parents-money-2182434-made-salary

Monday, September 10, 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:53:44 GMT

LOL

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Wed, 30 May 2007 04:31:38 GMT

microsoft FTW! thinks looks kinda cool:

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Friday, May 25, 2007

Fri, 25 May 2007 14:33:01 GMT

wow...just wow...this girl has some pretty madd skillz

High school graduate pretends to be a Stanford student, even living in the dorms, buying textbooks and ‘studying’ for exams

By Daniel Novinson
May 24, 2007
The Stanford Daily

PALO ALTO, California - Azia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California’s most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests and spent her free time with friends.

The only problem is that Azia Kim was never a Stanford student...

http://www.stanforddaily.com/article/2007/5/24/imposterCaught
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/25/stanford.imposter.ap/index.html

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:29:40 GMT

hahaha

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:07:13 GMT

LOL

Monday, January 08, 2007

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:28:54 GMT

w00t! go beavers!!!

Brainy Caltech gets first NCAA victory since 1996

1/7/2007
PASADENA, Calif. (AP)

"Nobody understands the laws of probability better than the cerebral players at Caltech. The Beavers finally won -- their first NCAA basketball victory since 1996.

However, here's another hard number: They still have a string of conference defeats dating back almost 22 years.

Coach Roy Dow and his squad of brainy -- as opposed to brawny -- Beavers beat Bard College of New York 81-52 on Saturday night, ending a mathematically improbable run of 207 consecutive NCAA Division III losses..."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/01/07/bc.bkc.caltechwins.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:53:21 GMT

STRADIVARI'S SECRET
Attuned to chemistry of a genius

"A starter violin costs about $200. A finely crafted modern instrument can run as much as $20,000. But even that's loose change when compared with a violin made three centuries ago by Antonio Stradivari.

His 600 or so surviving violins can cost upward of $3.5 million.

For more than a century, artists, craftsme..n and scientists have sought the secret to the prized instruments' distinct sound. Dozens have claimed to have solved the mystery, but none has been proved right.

Now, a Texas biochemist, Joseph Nagyvary, says he has scientific proof the long-sought secret is chemistry, not craftsmanship. Specifically, he says, Stradivari treated his violins with chemicals to protect them from wood-eating worms common in northern Italy. Unknowingly, Nagyvary says, the master craftsman gave his violins a chemical noise filter that provided a unique, pleasing sound..."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4429758.html

Monday, December 25, 2006

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:58:21 GMT

one of the greatest moments in TV history:

merry christmas everyone :)

Friday, December 22, 2006

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:15:28 GMT

I HAVE SUCH A WII-MARKABLE FIANCEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!