title: Alice Truong
position at fast company: Reporter reppin’ one of the best Coast
Titillating fact: past this 12 months, I met Chris Hadfield, former commander of the global area Station and No. 1 on my celebrities-i’d-love-to-meet record (ok, so I crossed off the one particular person on that listing).
issues she’s loving:
The Umbrella Revolution
As a former resident of Hong Kong, it’s interesting to peer the strain between the mainland and Hong Kong boil into the Umbrella Revolution. The South China Morning put up, the local English-language newspaper, has been an ideal source of what is happening on the bottom, sharing incredible images and updates whereas keeping up a liveblog the first few days. the money shot embedded in the tweet beneath is from freelance photog Lam Yik Fei, who’s taken many other stunning images all through the protests.
Rusty on my Morse code, I determined this week that I used to be due for a refresher–you understand, just in case (sheepishly appears to be like round). The Ham Whisperer, a weblog ultimate updated in 2011, is my go-to supply for all things radio. I tossed all these American Radio Relay League prep books i purchased in desire of Andy’s (aka KE4GKP) video lessons on YouTube, each when finding out for my technician license to broadcast on the air waves and for practicing my dits and dahs. ..-. ..- -.
MetroMile
all and sundry hates parking tickets, but they are an unavoidable reality of life in San Francisco when you should not have a parking spot. In San Francisco and Chicago, MetroMile–which bargains an app that tracks automobiles’ gasoline consumption, well being, using history, and site–will warn you to boulevard sweeping restrictions with reminders to maneuver your automotive. the corporate makes money off its pay-through-the-mile insurance coverage (which we don’t use as a result of our trusty 2001 Honda Accord logs too many miles for that model to make experience), however it provides the tracker, which plugs into the automobile’s on-board diagnostics port (a USB-like port same old in all autos manufactured in 1996 or later), and the accompanying knowledge free of charge.
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