Uber uses smart phone technology to pair people who need rides with people who have cars and time. It is a brilliant idea. AirBnB does the same thing with extra rooms. These are big disruptive changes...Read More
It was announces this morning that Constellation Brands a beverage conglomerate bought Ballast Point, a craft beer brewer in San Diego for a billion dollars or 20 times projected 2015 sales....Read More
Here is a fund raising idea for the friends of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center: A canoe race down the wash. Maybe from the bridge to the Nature Center. Since there is no water you’ll have to...Read More
I have almost fully recovered from my hard drive crash on October 3. The new drive is amazing. It is a Seagate 1 terabyte drive which is half solid state memory and cost right about $90. While loo...Read More
Postcrossing is ten years old and people from around the world are sending millions of postcards every year to strangers in the hope that they will get a card back from another stranger somewhere else...Read More
This is a synthesis post with some very good news. Scientists at Caltech have made a synthetic leaf that using the suns energy converts water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. So far they have only done i...Read More
There is a serious drought in California and there is lots of angst, worry and a strong desire to “do something.” One of the regularly touted ideas for how to save water in the home is to ...Read More
Nurit observed the other day that Facebook is for extroverts. I agree. Introverts might be on Facebook and they might look at posts but they rarely like or post anything themselves. This void create...Read More
This is my second mention of Starbucks in two days. Walking is popular and Starbucks can capitalize on the popularity with a simple plan. All they have to do is create an app called Starbucks Walk...Read More