Phil Shapiro is the creator of the AWNM group on Facebook and he’s looking for volunteers. He writes: “I’d love to videoconference with other fans about A Whole New Mind — and then share that videoconference online. I write for PCWorld.com and can give coverage of such an experiment on that web site.” I’ve offered […]
Everybody and their brother has sent me the video of neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor‘s recent talk at TED. One morning a few years ago, a blood vessel exploded on the left side of her brain. That gave the scientist an insider’s look at how her own brain operates. In particular, she came out of the
Word of the day: Reproductive outsourcing. (Source: NYT, 3/10/08) Factoid of the day: “When the fourth season of ‘The Office,’ an NBC comedy, had its premiere in September, one in five viewings was on a computer screen instead of a television.” (Source: NYT, 3/10/08) Advice of the day: Mark Cuban offers 12 rules for startups.
Thursday’s garbage post triggered a large (and alarming) amount of mail. The responses fell into three categories. 1. Dozens of you said your city was even worse. 2. DC residents agreed there’d been a change in our fair city, though John Whiteside and others say the change pre-dated Mayor Fenty. 3. And Sven Cahling of
Today is one of those days when I silently vow never to travel again. Already I’ve experienced one canceled flight, one multi-hour delay, and one missed connection. And I haven’t left Washington. On days like this, it’s nice to get notes like the one below, which I received from Nico Van Der Hoven, of the
Tuesday is garbage day at the Pink House. The trucks usually rumble through the alley before 8:30am. But this Tuesday, the trucks somehow skipped our house. Since all of us generate a lot of garbage (and not just the rhetorical kind), we faced a long and smelly week. So yesterday, on a whim, the missus
Things have been zooey here at Pink, Inc, world headquarters, so the blog has been rather silent. Sorry. We’ve been working to redesign this site and to build out another site devoted to Johnny Bunko (which you can see in its embryonic form here.) I’ll try to get back in action soon. My calendar isn’t
“More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or none at all . . . Sixteen percent of American adults say they are not part of any organized faith, which makes unaffiliated the country’s fourth-largest ‘religious group.’” (Source: NYT, 2/26/08)
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BusinessWeek is the first publication out of the gates on Johnny Bunko. Read Susan Berfield’s story — headlined “Career Advice from a Comic Book” — here.
