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    Business idea of the day

    Published July 10th, 2008

    Idea: Dance-powered eco night clubName: Club4Climate — whose dance floor supplies enough energy to power 60 percent of the facility and whose door policy offers discounts to patrons who walked, biked, or subwayed to the club, according to Springwise.Founder: Dr. Earth(Via Springwise) 

    The irony alert level is Orange

    Published June 19th, 2008

    Here’s a sign I spotted today at Washington Reagan National Airport touting a conference called What’s Coming Next . . . which took place two-and-a-half months ago.  

    A digital camera: Don’t open your door without it

    Published June 18th, 2008

    Via Gizmodo:“Last Tuesday, Lori Mehmen looked out her front door in Orchard, Iowa and this is what she saw. She had a digital camera handy, and somehow managed to take this photo before crapping her pants and taking cover. This, my friends, is why always having a camera nearby is helpful. Oh, and no one was [...]

    A dramatic leap into 2006

    Published May 27th, 2008

    For the many of you who’ve been asking, yes, at long last I am now on both Facebook and Twitter.  Friend me.  Follow me.  Of if you dare, frollow me.

    The (holographic) singularity is near

    Published May 24th, 2008

    Here’s a short snippet of video I shot of Ray Kurzweil ”appearing” at the Thinking Digital conference in Newcastle, UK yesterday.   Instead of flying to northern England, Kurzweil beamed in via Teleportec, a souped-up video feed that delivers a quasi-hologram of the speaker to the audience and allows the speaker to see the audience.  

    Robert Rauschenberg

    Published May 13th, 2008

    When I arrived in Heathrow tonight, one of the first emails I noticed on my phone was a news alert from the New York Times:  ”Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82.”  A sad day. I’m a huge Rauschenberg fan — as much for the way he lived his life as for the [...]

    My 5 favorite books on writing

    Published May 5th, 2008

    This post is getting a lot of hits over at JohnnyBunko.com.  Some of you might find it interesting, too.

    Phrase of the day: The Sanford and Son Economy

    Published April 30th, 2008

    With the price of precious metals soaring, and with discarded consumer electronics embedded with these valuables piling up in junkyards, Cryptogon heralds the rise of – get this — the Sanford and Son Economy.  

    Due(s) Day

    Published April 15th, 2008

    Like many Americans, I’ve got conflicted feelings about taxes.  On the one hand, I recognize that they are the price we pay for civilized society.    On the other hand, I cringe (or worse) each time I pay them — because I have, er, serious doubts about the efficacy of handing over my hard-earned money to [...]

    (Lap)topless meetings

    Published March 29th, 2008

    One reason I decided to work for myself 11 years ago was to avoid going to meetings.   At one place I labored back in the early 90s, I was astonished to discover a few months into the job that several people did nothing except attend meetings.  I’d have stuff to do (“Ahhh!!!”), but they’d [...]

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