From a news story I saw today on RIM acquiring QNX, this quote jumped-out at me: “RIM’s acquisition of QNX could open the door for tighter integration between Blackberry devices and car computers, a capability that could be important as cars begin to drive into the cloud.” I wonder what folks would think if car [...]
Seth Godin has a cool write-up on the Acumen Fund, and what they’re doing to help the 40% of the world that ekes-by on $2 a day or less – http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/patient-capital-markets-that-work-and-ending-the-endless-emergency-of-poverty.html.
I’ve been reading recently abour various “unusual” power-generation methods. One of those that I’ve seen mentioned in several places is the solar updraft tower. After having read about that, I wonder why more industrial steam stacks don’t utilize something similar: if you’re throwing away the steam, couldn’t you put a VAWT or other energy-capturing device [...]
I’ve figured out what to do with the more than 6 billion people who will need to be buried after they’ve passed-on. And how to make a handsome profit on the whole operation, too. That’s right: subscription burials! Good morning, and welcome to DeathEx, your friendly, local, death experts. We provide a full-service, personalized, and [...]
Some people think I have too much free time on my hands. Last night during Good Eats I made a comment about whales. Specifically, why don’t we farm them? We farm catfish, salmon, tilapia, alligators, deer, bison, shrimp, and more. So why not whales? Obviously, some varieties would take a lot of room… but how [...]
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Friday, February 13, 2009
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Even though I am outraged at the unjustified spike in fuel prices yesterday and today, I had to buy gas. All of the gas stations near me (around the 54/55 junction) are out of regular. Several were totally out of fuel. One, Crown, was not out of fuel, but they were out of regular. They’re [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Figures, what I thought was a new idea isn’t. I love my DVR, but would likewise love a Digital Radio Recorder so I could pause and rewind ‘live’ radio. With a bit of Googling, I found the Shark (see here). The only improvement I could see would be to get something like this into a [...]
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I read this Reuters story today on Americans being against helping Detroit’s Big Three. This is the self-same America that just authorized $700 billion (with a “B”!) dollars to bail-out struggling financial services companies. Now $25 billion is too much to help keep hundreds of thousands of jobs around? That seems to be a double [...]