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On being a social samurai and adrenaline junkie… Oh, yeah, and work too… Read on! 

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China, Happy Birthday. The older you get, the better you get.
Here are just a few reasons why we should celebrate the Year of the Dragon! 干杯! Gān bēi…

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It’s no secret that I don’t take my tweets too seriously, but it is something I am proud of. As a self-inflicted social-media-ite, it’s a honor to be nominated for a Shorty Award in Travel. Here are some reasons why you should vote, or not vote for me, after all, it’s all about democracy. Go…

What’s your best tweet?
A nude photo of me… just kidding (or am I?)

What are six things you could never do without?
Planes. Trains. Automobiles. Bicycles. Boats. Hovercraft.

Why’d you start tweeting?
I couldn’t keep all these travels to myself.  

Has Twitter changed your life? If yes, how? 
Yes… Because I have over five thousand, awesome, smart, witty, brilliant, welcoming, supportive, hilarious, terse new friends.

What do you wish people would do more of on Twitter? 
Be themselves. You’re weird, and that’s cool. Go with it.

How will the world change in the next year? 
Offline is the new online.

What feature should Twitter add? 
I’d like them to hire me before I answer this question…

Who do you wish had a Twitter feed but doesn’t? 
My grandma. She rocks an iPad though.

What are some words or phrases you refuse to shorten for brevity? 
Because. Oh and also, circumbilivagination.

Is there someone you want to follow you who doesn’t already? If so, who? 
Tyler Brûlé. Hey you.

What inspires you to tweet? 
Sharing the world with the world.

140 characters of advice for a new user? 
Just tweet it.

Why should people follow you? 
I make fun of myself all of the time… oh, and the nude pictures, duh. Also, I love what I do, and I hope that passion is contagious.

Why should we vote for you? 
I chill in tents in Pakistan, dance on tables in Ibiza, hike badass Volcanoes, sleep in the Amazon, pray in India. Then I tell you about it.

Terms you wish would start trending on Twitter right now?
#Brilldotcom

Hashtag you created that you wish everyone used?
#Brilldotcom… stemming from the latin word, Brilliant.

How do you make your tweets unique?
I’m simply myself… take it or tweet it.

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Sometimes the stars align…
For some mystic-hungry Manhattanites, the sky is bright with the light of the much anticipated, uber-mysterious Cosmic Opera slated to steal the show at Hammerstein Ballroom this winter. Here’s what we know...

Cosmic Opera is an intimate, extrasensory dance event series combining the cast and high-value production of a renaissance or opera spectacle with an over-the-top dance music concert… If Cirque du Soleil and The Box had a baby at Sensation White…

The Cosmic Opera series will open in New York City this winter, once a month, for three months in a row but the plan is to take this bad boy on tour. 

It’s no mystery that the man behind the mask is Axwell himself, but what’s unique about Cosmic Opera, is the loaded talent roster that goes far beyond the booth. The production is packed with power players like Peter Witting, pro-surfer/skiier, producer extraordinaire. Guy Smith, Ageha Tokyo and the Box designer, John Finen, oh and a former aerospace engineer. 

Today’s presale sold out in record time. For those who think they got 8 tickets, think again… the producers play fair and put a cap on it.

While some hundred tickets were available today, tomorrow’s Ticketmaster sale will be in the thousands (you didn’t hear it from me)

This rave-generation, rules the nation…

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This week, in things I could get d.o.w.n with… The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had no shortage of go-get-em gadgets, despite a slow down in sales over the past year. One thing is for sure, techies have been a dreamin! Top 5 new tech toys…

Fujifilm X-Pro 1.
Fujifilm’s X-Pro1 mirrorless ILC (interchangeable lens camera). A unique sensor with colour filters over the pixels and the three interchangeable lenses: an 18mm f2, a 35mm f1.4 and a 60mm f2.4 (28mm, 50mm and 90mm). Click it. 

OLED TV by LG.
4mm thick, virtually bezel-less. Organic light-emitting diode television. Light as a feather, stiff as a screen.

Chaotic Moon Labs’ Board of Awesomeness.
Motorized longboard controlled by a combination of Kinect and a Samsung Windows 8 tablet. It uses video, voice, gestures, accelerometers, and localization data to anticipate the rider’s intentions and accelerate or slow down. 32 mph. Ride Out. 

The EXODesk by EXOPC.
40-inch touchscreen display that rests flat on the surface of your desk, and hooks up to your Windows or Mac computer. Interact with your computer or let it standalone. Like a keyboard, or chess board or well… it’s up to you, two. 

 
MakerBot.
MakerBot Replicator 3D Printer. 2 colors. 3D printing. Legit.
 

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