AMC’s Mad Men series is part way through its last season. For a while now, it has fallen off the list of “must see” TV. In fact, this season, we have resorted to reading the recaps from AdAge and Barbara Lippert’s Mad Blog before deciding whether to invest time actually… more »
Dante Essay in the WSJ is full of Ponderables…
April 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Saturday Essay in The Wall Street Journal was an interesting piece about Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and the impact it had on the author of the 2500+ word piece. The way these essays are written, you need to block a chunk of time because they tend to be lengthy ponderables…. more »
By-Product Discovery: Rework & Kingsford…
April 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
While reading a book called “Rework” by by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, I made a fascinating discovery. In the Progress section, the essay titled “Sell your by-products,” pointed to something that one might classify as either a “fast fact” or a “bet you didn’t know.” Henry (Model T)… more »
The MakerBot Prince & a Journey with 3D Printing…
March 9, 2014 by 3 Comments
The Little Prince (1943) was inspiration for this journey into 3D printing. Carla draws a sheep for LEO and away they go.
AWSI: Mark the Inventor King is Amazing…
March 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The NY Times story about a 23-year old inventor who created a granola texture analyzer machine for General Mills only scraps the surface of what makes Mark “the Inventor” King so amazing.
