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A Trip to Singapore is Making Me Re-Consider "What's Hot"

I am in Singapore.

 

 

 

 

Southeast Asia is hot ... temperature wise, and also because a lot of smart money is paying increased attention to opportunities here.

 

Outside, cranes are everywhere -- so are many other signs of impressive growth and vibrancy.

 
Downtown, condos are selling for $2,000 per square foot.

 
Traders know Momentum is something to follow.  So, what are some trends worth paying attention to now?  

 
Algo Trading, Big Data, the Cloud, and Southeast Asia come to mind quickly.

 
What are some others areas you sense are focus-worthy?

Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Great graphic shows whether you should check your e-mail.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Top 50 Entrepreneurial Blogs. Pretty good list - (Business2community)
• The Top 10 Regrets In Life By Those About To Die (Infographic). (Addicted2success)
• A Cut Above. Chart Showing Who Has the Most Plastic Surgery? (Economist)
• Keep Out. NASA Asks Future Moon Visitors to Respect Its Stuff. (Wired)
• New Airline Fees: Carry-Ons, Pillows, Water, Once Included, Now New Revenue. (ABCNews)

 

Trading Links:

• An Audacious Promise: The Moral Case for Capitalism. (Manhattan-Institute)
• Indonesia Chases China as Middle-Class Consumption Soars. (Bloomberg)
• How to Place More Effective Stops. (BCLund)
• It's Official: Google Is Now a Hardware Company. (BW)
• This Is the First Time In History that All Central Banks Have Printed Money at the Same Time … And They’re Failing Miserably. (ZeroHedge)

Around the World in 3 Minutes - Watch the Move, Learn, and Eat Videos

Inspiring and Fun!  Seems appropriate for the start of the Holiday Season.

Beware, these three short videos may encourage you to travel, learn something new, move your body, or create something.

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food.

Click to Watch.

 

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

 

 

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

 

 

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

 

Does Your Health Depend On the Temperature of Where You Live?

It was over 100 degrees, here in Texas, as my son graduated high school. 

 

 
Our out of town guests weren't buying the "But it's 'dry' heat" line. So, much of the weekend was spent eating and searching for air-conditioning.

Sometimes it is just too hot to trot.

Exercise Frequency Goes Down as the Heat Goes Up.

The Economist recently printed a chart showing that people who live in colder states exercise more than those who live in warm ones.

 

 
A recent report by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declares that only 64% of Americans surveyed can be described as physically active (defined as over 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise or half as much vigorous activity). Almost a quarter get no exercise at all outside the workplace.

The report offers a breakdown of exercisers by state. In general, it seems that people who live in cold states like Alaska are more likely to get their weekly work-out than those in sunny Florida.

The biggest outliers from this correlation are Hawaii, where 70% are energetic, and Tennessee, which has the lowest percentage of active people despite a lower average temperature than several other states.

Related articles

• New York City Heads to Hottest July on Record as Heat Continues (businessweek.com)
• How to Exercise Safely (everydayhealth.com)

Some New TSA Slogans to Brighten Your Holiday Travel

Holiday travel can pose challenges, and the new security requirements add to them.  The TSA is just doing their job.  Here are some humorous ways to look at it.

For more, click here.

Related articles

• TSA Skit: SNL's Parody of the Airport Security (VIDEO) (rightcelebrity.com)
• TSA Chief Asks Holiday Travelers for Patience - ABC News (news.google.com)
• Economics versus the TSA (blogs.forbes.com)

Brazil's Campaign Video

If you're still trying to figure out why Chicago lost the Olympic bid, this RIO 2016 commercial might explain it. 

Nicely done; short and compelling.  It certainly makes me want to visit.

Here are the iPhone Business Apps I Use Most

This week I'm listing the iPhone business and productivity apps that I find worth using. Click here to explore last week's list of the fun stuff.

At first I wanted to create a list of the coolest iPhone apps. However, cool doesn't necessarily mean useful. Instead, this is a list of the applications that I use most. I limited myself to the top two applications per category.

For more information about these applications, click the links to go to the developer's site.  Even if you don't have an iPhone, check-out the links to see what is available.  I am amazed at how much of my computing and basic research are now done on my phone (as opposed to laptop or desktop computers).

Stock Market Info

• Bloomberg
• AOL Daily Finance

Business News

• WSJ
• Y! Finance

General News

• NYTimes
• NPR News

Reference

• Wikipanion
• Dial Zero

To-Do Lists

• Jott
• Toodledo

Calculators

• FastFigures
• Tip

Conversions

• Currency
• Units

Ideas

• Creative Whack Pack
• iChoose
  

Travel

• TripIt
• GasBuddy

That's it for now.  Let me know if I forgot your favorite or you found something worth sharing.

The Power of Old Habits

Seeing my mother made me feel young ... like I was twelve.

This past Friday I organized and cleaned things more thoroughly than usual.  Why?  Because my mother was coming to town; and I still want her to think I'm a good boy. How funny?

Here's another anecdote worth sharing. At breakfast today - my wife, Jennifer, dropped some food and responded by saying something in Indonesian.

My mother asked her if she just swore. Jennifer replied that she didn't.

So my mom asked what she would have said if she swore in Indonesian. Jennifer explained that Indonesians swear in English.

So there you have it, in case you think jazz music is the only form of expression that we've invented, now you know we also brought swear-words to the world.

Happy Dance Postcards From Around The World

I found this strangely compelling and fun to watch. 

Been there, want to go there, hadn't even heard of there ... I've flown over 4 million miles, and enjoyed realizing I haven't even scratched the surface, yet.

Why watch a video of a guy doing his happy dance in various places around the world?  See for yourself. 

Here is a link to several of his videos and a link to his website.

Travel IQ

Trip Advisor has an interesting game called Traveler IQ Challenge.

brought to you by TravelPod, the Web's Original Travel Blog ( A TripAdvisor Media Network member )

I thought it was fun. 

On a related note, here are some of my favorite Travel sites.

Farecast:  This site has lots of nice features.  This link shows cheap fares from a city.  The graphic to the right shows other features to look for on that page.  For example:

• when to travel (which days have the lowest fares), and
• where to travel (which cities have the best deals).

Kayak: Search 140+ travel sites at once to find and compare the cheapest fares from all sites together - great grids and filters to find what you are looking for fast.

Airfare Watchdog:  Up-to-date list of low fares from major airlines (including Southwest).  You can subscribe to alerts too.