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Illinois to sign augmenters: Stop!

The forward-thinking civic officials of Oak Park, Illinois, who gave us the ingenious emotionally intelligent stop signs have been stymied by the jack-booted thugs of the state transportation department. National Public Radio’s Morning Edition has the story.(HT:  Jamie Baker) 

A dramatic leap into the 1980s

 A few days ago, Cuba’s reformist (sic) new leader, Raul Castro, announced that the government would let its citizens purchase personal computers.  On the left (no pun intended), Cubans gaze in wonder at the new-fangled technology.

Guest blogger: Julie Ouedraogo

“My name is Julie Ouedraogo and I currently attend the University of Maryland Baltimore County as a Media & Communications major. I read A Whole New Mind for one of my classes and was required to produce a new media artifact. As a tribute to this eye opening book, I decided to harness my left and right brain skills

Phrase of the day: The Sanford and Son Economy

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.  

Ho-ho-ha-ha-ha

John Cleese discovers laughter yoga and visits the same laughter club that I visited in Mumbai and wrote about in AWNM.  Fun viewing.     (HT: BoingBoing)

Score another one for Abundance

Entrepreneur is out with its annual Hot 100 — the magazine’s list of the fastest-growing businesses in America.   Who’s #1 this year?  It’s Simply Self Storage.

Reynolds’s rap

Garr Reynolds, author of one of the year’s hottest and most valuable business books, Presentation Zen,has put together a very cool slide presentation that summarizes Johnny Bunko. | View | Upload your own  

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