“Magnificently Wrong”
This expression is taken from The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. He used it to describe one of the...
Author: Simon
Global Warming Warning
A few weeks ago I read somewhere that if all of the ice cap on Greenland melted the oceans would rise 21 feet. My...
Maxim of the Week for September 18, 2006
“It is a great problem to learn how to give without weakening the moral backbone of the beneficiary” John D...
Photos are back.
Excellent news. Photos are back. Thanks to Matt G. for the much needed boost over the technology...
Why I am an Approbator
In 1981, when we started our first successful company, Coventry Manufacturing, the title on my business card read...
Allocating a Scarce Commodity: Freeway Space
Traffic Congestion is one of the banes of living in modern urban areas. This idea could help. I was looking around...
Maxim of the Week for September 11, 2006
"It seems to me we place too much emphasis on how long we live, and not enough on how well we live." Jonas Salk...
A Better Tea Bag
This idea came to me one morning while I was making a cup of tea. I though about how Lipton is now advertising the...
Sovereign States in the Middle East
Every nation in the Middle East--- Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia--- dates as a sovereign state...
Alaska Trip Photos
Alaska 2006 We went with our friends Gene and Carole B to Alaska for a cruise with Lindblad Expeditions. You can see...
