February 2012
10 posts
Science is so cool | Robot made from DNA could... →
Using a technique that folds DNA into unique structures, researchers have created a barrel-like nanorobot that can bind to cancer cells and deliver messages telling them to self-destruct. In an experiment, the researchers successfully coded the robots to look for lymphoma and leukemia cells and attach to them, even when they were surrounded by a large number of harmless “bystander”...
Science is so...gross? | Three Smart Things About... →
How things have changed, Apple is now the most... →
Apple’s intellectual property quest has traditionally gone after manufacturers and theirdubiously familiar form factors, but now it looks like the company is aiming straight at Google and Android 4.0: Apple has filed a new motion in the US for a preliminary injunction that would ban the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google’s flagship Android device.
While Samsung has been the target of...
Science is so cool. Check out the link to this... →
From the tiniest known particles to the largest objects in space. This interactive graphic demonstrate the relative sizes of stuff.
Watch(via ZING! Jon Stewart On Google+ : “What The F*ck Is That Thing”)
January 2012
8 posts
Damning Evidence Emerges In Google-Apple “No... →
Next week a class-action civil lawsuit will be heard in San Jose to determine if Google, Apple, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intel, and Intuit conspired to eliminate competition for skilled labor.
So much for "Don't be evil" | Google Workers... →
High-ranking members of the OpenStreetMap project — an open source mapping project that competes with Google Maps — have claimed that user accounts attached to a range of Google internet addresses in India have been maliciously tampering with its data.
Science is so scary? Scientific Doomsday: Ways the... →
2012 is sure to be filled with too many end-of-the-world jokes, and probably a fair amount of genuine fear as well.
But assuming the Mayans were wrong and doomsday isn’t on Dec. 21 this year, you may be wondering how the world as we know it might really end. We’ve collected several scientifically valid scenarios for you to worry about.
Science is so cool! Pentagon Scientists Use 'Time... →
A team at Cornell University, with support from Darpa, the Pentagon’s out-there research arm, managed to hide an event for 40 picoseconds (those are trillionths of seconds, if you’re counting). They’ve published their groundbreaking research in this week’s edition of the journal Nature.
WatchHere’s a handing tip for avoiding design-by-committee (via Work Smart: Overcoming Consensus | Fast Company)
December 2011
10 posts
Culture Isn't Costly | Fast Company →
Sage advice about corporate culture.
[What did we learn today?] Microsoft Office 365... →
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Comply with HIPAA Privacy and Security Standards - Microsoft in Health -
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With reimbursements falling and medical loss ratio minimums rising,
hospitals, physicians, and health plans are under unprecedented pressure to
drive down operating costs while still improving the quality and...
7 Things Highly Productive People Do | Inc.com →
You probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls you in another direction. Why do you think you check your email so much?
Here's a must read: How Doctors Die « Zócalo... →
Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could triple a patient’s five-year-survival odds—from 5 percent to 15 percent—albeit with a poor quality of...
Viztr →
Visiting New York City? Be sure to check out viztr.com.
Ouch! MythBusters Test Launches Cannonball Into... →
The cannonball, which took an unexpected bounce off a safety berm during the test, traveled 700 yards outside of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb range where it was fired, hit a sidewalk, crashed through the front door of a home, traveled upstairs and went through the bedroom of a sleeping couple.
The cannonball didn’t stop in the sleeping couple’s bedroom. After leaving a 10-inch...
Science is so cool! NASA's Voyager 1 reaches... →
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the outer edge of our solar system and interstellar space. NASA is calling the craft’s new home the “stagnation region” — a kind of “cosmic purgatory” whereby the wind of charged particles emitted from the sun has calmed, the solar system’s magnetic field is compacted, and particles of higher energy appear to be...
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I know someone looking to fill two Director of Sales positions, one on the west coast and one in NYC. If you or someone you know is interested, go to http://bit.ly/PythianSales for a job description and to apply.
November 2011
3 posts
Science is so cool! Tiny robot can jump 3 feet... →
Jianguo Zhao, a PhD student at Michigan State, has developed a robot that can jump in the air, come down, collect itself, and jump again — and it’s getting better at it. The third generation of Zhao’s robot can jump 36 inches in the air, using its frog-like legs to propel itself, and though it can’t land on its feet it’s able to use a kickstand to quickly prop itself back...
October 2011
4 posts
What did we learn today? →
Why doesn’t digital talent want to work at your company? It’s not because you’re a consumer packaged goods company, rather than Google. It’s not because you’re in Ohio instead of Silicon Valley. It’s not because your salaries are too low, or because you don’t offer free food and laundry services.It’s because you’re not providing them the right opportunity. The talent you want would be happy...
Oh no. Friendly's Files for Bankruptcy - WSJ.com →
Friendly Ice Cream Corp., which employs roughly 10,000 people and operates more than 400 restaurants known for sundaes and hamburgers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday.
In a struggle familiar to many restaurant chains, Friendly’s sales have slowed as fewer customers have dined out, …
Science is so cool: ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Uses... →
Researchers from the University of Dallas in Texas have hijacked one of nature’s most intriguing phenomena — the mirage — to make an invisibility cloak. It can hide objects from view, works best underwater and even has a near-instant on/off switch
September 2011
12 posts
Think about this on your next trip to the... →
Resistance factors — the mutations that allow bacteria to defend themselves against the attack of antibiotics — spread around the world in unpredictable patterns with remarkable speed. How do they do that?
A team of researchers suggested Saturday that seagulls might be to blame.
Three Smart Things About Urine | Wired Magazine →
Your pee is amazing! How many substances can both sterilize a wound and power a car?
A graphic look at the state of American banking |... →
Over the past three years, the banking industry has continued to reel from the mortgage meltdown and the recession. Today, there are11 percent fewer banks than at the end of 2007; more than 300 banks have failed since Jan. 1, 2009. Problem loans and foreclosures continue to plague the industry, with troubled assets nearly tripling since the end of 2007. In a sign of slow improvement, troubled...
Where Can You Put Solar Panels? Almost Anywhere... →
Check out this article: They work when they’re cold, when there is no sun, and facing almost any direction. Perhaps it’s time to reconsider a few solar myths?
What did we learn today?: September 2010 →
I remember almost nothing about the morning of September 11th. It was my son’s first day of school, but I don’t recall thinking about that on my way to the office that morning. A huge black and silver banner hung from the face of the New York Stock Exchange, it read Blackwood. I remember the sign, because my company was Blackwood. The sign however was an advertisement for a forthcoming...
[What did we learn today?] Opinion - Image -...
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12 Things You Should Stop Buying Now | Moneyland |... →
Sage advice from Time magazine.
Ew! | Parents Changing Kids’ Diapers Less Often to... →
Joining the ever-growing list of odd economic indicators that includes the hot waitress index and men’s underwear index, here’s one that might be called the diaper rash index. Over the past couple of years, sales of disposable diapers have fallen at the same time that diaper rash cream sales have increased. And the explanation being given for these consumer shifts? Parents are changing their kids’...
We're Such Geeks: Bodycount →
Let me just say right from the start, I love Bodycount. Bodycount is a first-person-shooter that is a fun game to play. So let me do the newer, cooler style of posts I will now do.
August 2011
19 posts
Hurricane Tracker →
Okay storm watchers, here a great link….or at least for as long as we have the power (and Internet) on.
What's up with "Mother Nature"?
First an earthquake, now a hurricane? What’s next? A tornado? mudslides? tsunami? How about a nice indian summer!
