The Long Tail is a must read for anyone wondering how the Internet works or how it’s changing the world as we know it. In the book, Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired Magazine, explains how one simple principle is behind so many of the social and economic changes we are seeing with the internet. […]
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We watched a show on Spearfishing last night and I was curious enough to look up some more info on the web today. Since it’s done in the middle of the ocean with just a snorkel, mask and fins, I was curious how long they were holding their breath: The very best free-diving spearfishers can
What do you want to be remembered by? James Gray is currently missing at sea and the article in the New York Times (which reads like an obituary!) talks all about what a great researcher he is at Microsoft. While I’m sure he’d like to be recognized for his work at Microsoft, I’m sure that’s
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I wasn’t meant to have a candy bar today … I started with a trip to the break room with one dollar bill and two dimes, The machine was no longer taking dollar bills so even though I have free cokes at work, I decided to buy a 50 cent coke, Now I had a
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In my last post I said we need new vocabulary for in vitro kids for: my mom that carried me for 9 months my mom who donated an egg my dad who donated sperm etc Well, we also need new vocabulary terms for all the new extended families out there: my husband’s ex (how are
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The oldest woman to ever give birth got to pick her child’s genes, or at least the donors, and then she gave birth to them: Bousada, a Spaniard, sold her home in Spain to raise 30,000 pounds ($60,000) to pay for the treatment in the United States. She chose donor eggs from a "pretty, brown-haired
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This guy turned down a free ride to space because he realized he’d have to pay $25,000 in taxes on it. My SO suggested that he could sell his space clothes for $25K on eBay afterwards!
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Intuit published an interesting study about small business trends. According to the study more small businesses will be owned by Generation Y (1981-2001), baby boomers, women, and immigrants. Generation Y because they don’t believe in trusting a company to take care of them and they are quite comfortable with all of the new technologies and
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This woman fought off a mountain lion with a small log – a mountain lion that was attacking her husband. It took persistence and multiple tries – at one point she tried to stab it in the eye with a pen. The husband has had surgery and lots of stitches to repair the damage but
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I realized I never told you about one of the best books I read last year! Social Intelligence. Daniel Goleman, the author of Emotional Intelligence, has written a new book that focuses on how humans beings connect to each other and how those connections are learned or formed. He does a good job of balancing
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