Story of hibernating man who survived 23 days without water, whose organs shut down, body temperature dropped and pulse slowed here and here.

Another fascinating article: Meditation controls body temperature.

Just subscribed to two google groups: soc.culture.malaysia and soc.culture.singapore.

Check out this post in soc.culture.malaysia.

Excerpt:

On Monday afternoon, Thailand’s finance minister
teased a group of local reporters about the steps the country’s
central bank was about to announce to halt the rapid appreciation of
Thailand’s currency and make the economy more competitive.

“You guys won’t be able to guess” what the central bank is going to
do, Pridiyathorn Devakula said.

Twenty-four hours later, Mr. Pridiyathorn was no longer joking. A
seasoned central banker, he was on national television saying the
central bank would reverse its new capital-control policy after just
one day, amid intense pressure from Thai stock brokers and bankers.
The policy had spooked foreign investors, triggering a 15% dive in the
Thai stock market that wiped out $22 billion in market capitalization
Tuesday and shook stock markets as far apart as Malaysia, Hungary and
Brazil.

The Thai market partially recovered yesterday after Tuesday’s U-turn,
with the benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand index closing up 11%.
But many analysts say the policy flip-flop has already cost Thailand
much of its credibility among international investors.

How Thailand’s policy makers botched their attempt to stop global
funds from wreaking havoc with the currency is a cautionary tale for
developing countries struggling to cope with the ocean of money
sloshing around the world’s financial markets looking for the best
returns. But it also shows how, in this case at least, market
participants acted decisively, derailing the ill-conceived policy
before it caused more damage.

Another link here. And another.

For the rest of my life, I need to:

Best friend and I agree (a rare occurrence?) that the last item on the list is the secret to success. He just had his senior recital. I hope it went well. Congrats! Also, he is googlable

Check out this picture and review of a past event!

I will be busy till next Feb/Mar. This means very limited blogging and guitar playing. You can expect very little updates from now till then.

See also previous video posted here.

Next To Kindred Spirit

Sonny Landreth’s Slide Techniques

Second video via strat-o-blogster.

Truly remarkable and stunning stuff that excites me and appeals to my sensibilities.

Mojo Pin (Live at Glastonbury 1995)

Lover you should’ve come over

Hallelujah

Last Goodbye

Interview

Once In A While

The One I Love

Joe Pass Solo – Ain’t Misbehavin

Little Girl Blue

Cry Me A River

Meditation