Melamine or melanine?

I am sure we all have heard about the milk catastrophe in China where milk manufacturers used a dangerous substance to fake high protein levels in milk. The practice has been exposed after several babies have died and thousands have been hospitalized in China due to illnesses caused by the substance.

The crisis has triggered a milk scare all over the world including the Philippines. Bloggers have been fast to write about it, I am sure with the intention of providing as much information as possible. But then, I noticed some news items and writeups, even emails, using the term “melamine” while others are using “melanine”.
What is it really, melamine or melanine? Read more at Pinoy Seminars.

turning your photos or drawings into 3d objects

Ponoko, a startup based in New Zealand (woot, ive never written about startups from kiwiland before), has come up with a way

http://blog.socialtalkr.com/turning-your-photos-or-drawings-into-3d-objects/

google’s project 10tothe100: help yourself by helping people!

Project 10100 (pronounced 10 to the 100) is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Knowingly or Unknowingly, venture capitalist and blogger Paul Graham may have given a few startups a heads up a couple of months

http://blog.socialtalkr.com/googles-project-10tothe100-help-yourself-by-helping-people/

trouble finding talented developers? see what these guys did

A collection of 20 web2.0 startup companies have set up 3 day interview sessions in Boulder, CO. They will fly you in, all expenses paid trip for 3 days. That is an amazing idea.

http://blog.socialtalkr.com/trouble-finding-talented-developers-see-what-these-guys-did/

The job

Do you know what your real job is?  I’m not talking about the job that earns money or pays the bills.  Here’s my example of what I believe and feel is my job on earth.  We only have so much time, and I’m working towards completing my job or role here.

My Job or Role is:

1)  To raise children that will be responsible citizens and will look after the world when I’m gone.
2)  To do my part in saving mother nature, end wastefulness.  I feel it’s really really hard, and so inefficient.  Technology, help us!

Read more

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