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Is Lew’s Signature Fit For U.S. Money?

President Obama’s second-term nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, has a famously loopy signature. The question is: is it too illegible for the signature printed on U.S. paper currency?

Geno’s Rim Revision? Ridiculous!

UConn Women’s Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma has suggested that offensive deficiencies are keeping the women’s game from growing. His solution? Lower the rims to nine feet. I have to applaud him for making one of the dumbest practical suggestions in years from someone who’s listened to.

Congressman Tells NASA Rocket Science Is Simple

Some people in congress don’t seem to understand that rocket science is…well…rocket science. It’s not easy. It can be made to look that way, but it really, really isn’t.

Grasping For Sanity in a Nation Gone Mad

I’ve written a number of articles that haven’t been put out for public consumption. You see, when the world goes mad, it can be like a minefield when you try to shine a light on it. You are never completely sure when you might take a wrong step and have everything blow up in your face. And yet, silence isn’t a viable option.

Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod (TED)

Something that I rail against is the abhorrent greed shown by the entertainment industries. It’s really amazing that they are in business at all given that (according to their armies of accountants and lawyers) nothing ever actually makes money.

What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?

“That means that all these examples from 1955 are only the tip of the iceberg. If the pre-1978 law were still in …

What Is Space Exploration Worth? (The Planetary Society Blog)

“Our space program is one of the things that makes us great, that sets us far apart from other productive countries, that …

WPS – Will It Get Its Act Together?

It’s been pretty obvious that the WPS, the top-tier women’s soccer league in the U.S., has been hanging on by its fingernails for a couple of seasons. While the business model is sounder than the previous WUSA, that doesn’t mean it might not meet the same fate.

Clayton Christensen: How Pursuit of Profits Kills Innovation and the U.S. Economy (Forbes)

I have been saying for decades that business schools, essentially, mostly just teach the brethren how to cook the books in a …

Why Occupy Wall Street Matters — If It Lasts

Many questions have been raised concerning the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests and camps that have spread across the country. In a nutshell, these questions seems to boil down to: “So what? A lot of people are camping out and whining…therefore I ask again, so what? Why should I care? Why does the OWS movement matter?”

Supermarkets start bagging self-serve checkouts (AP)

This trend is sad news indeed. There are rarely enough check-outs open and many of them are slow. I still have to …

Why Amazon Can’t Make A Kindle In the USA (Forbes)

Some of us have been nattering about this since the 80s. The suits and bean-counters haven’t wanted to listen. Some, just SOME, …

The Case For Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must (io9)

I still say we need to get good at traveling to the Moon first, but Mars needs to be the next stop …

All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup (Mother Jones)

You: doing more with less. Corporate profits: Up 22 percent. The dirty secret of the jobless recovery. I was on this roller …

In Praise of “Switched At Birth”

Some programs grab you right away…at times, even before they air. Switched At Birth was that for me. Still, new programs are a crapshoot. Even if you watch for an actor or a premise, the fact is that you never know what you are going to get until you see it. Now, two episodes in, I have nothing but

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Is Lew’s Signature Fit For U.S. Money?

Geno’s Rim Revision? Ridiculous!

Congressman Tells NASA Rocket Science Is Simple

Grasping For Sanity in a Nation Gone Mad

Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod (TED)

What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?

What Is Space Exploration Worth? (The Planetary Society Blog)

WPS – Will It Get Its Act Together?

Clayton Christensen: How Pursuit of Profits Kills Innovation and the U.S. Economy (Forbes)

Why Occupy Wall Street Matters — If It Lasts

Supermarkets start bagging self-serve checkouts (AP)

Why Amazon Can’t Make A Kindle In the USA (Forbes)

The Case For Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must (io9)

All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup (Mother Jones)

In Praise of “Switched At Birth”

What The Founding Fathers Thought About Corporations

Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% (Vanity Fair)

Nine Pictures Of The Extreme Income/Wealth Gap (OurFuture.org)