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The UnLego

Lego is amazing! The parts fit together with incredible precision. Not like real life where the parts don’t fit and everything is a compromise. In real life perfection is not possible. And this is how a new idea starts. Introducing Un-Lego. Model building the way life really is. And it gets better Un-Lego are made in some of the poorest villages in the world. They are not made by machines of even higher precision than the Lego bricks. The packaging is locally sourced and all… Read More »The UnLego

Creamation

“Cremation is my last hope for a smoking hot body” A popular meme with many creators. The photo was taken by my Great, Great Uncle J.C.Burrow at a church yard in Cornwall about 1900. I used it to demonstrate how the treatment of human remains has changed over time.

DEI vs MEA

Diversity, Equity and InclusionvsMerit, Experience and Attitude. If you needed to choose a doctor and you had data, would your criteria be more DEI or more MEA? How about when you were choosing a lawyer, a restaurant manager or a football coach? I rest my case. It is not popular to say but in our personal decision making we are mostly MEA. In the long run only natural monopolies can hire based on DEI and survive in the marketplace.

Fine, Just Fine

“What could we have done better tonight?” This is what a restaurant manager should be asking instead of the usual “How is your food? A small change might elicit some useful information and some goodwill. “How is your food tasting?” usually doesn’t do that. Photo is of one of the postcards I send that is most often liked in Postcrossing.

Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare

Last April we were on a Glass Trip to Pittsburgh. During the trip we bought a lampwork glass piece that evoked an early, now extinct, jellyfish. Last week while I was organizing our taxes I found a credit card charge for Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare. It took me a few steps to figure out what it was and that it was a legitimate charge. I hadn’t been ripped off by a Latin speaking internet scammer. I need to get more regular at reviewing my credit card… Read More »Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare

Super Parade Opportunity

Most holidays have parades.  People like parades.  They like to be in parades.  But Superbowl Sunday doesn’t have a parade even though it is close to being our countries biggest holiday.  This oversight seems like a big opportunity for a sunbelt city like San Diego, Albuquerque, El Paso or Tucson. How would it work.  Bands, Floats and Sponsors followed by a chance for all the participants to watch the game on the Jumbotron in the local enclosed stadium.  I imagine a Rose Parade type event… Read More »Super Parade Opportunity

Ball Point Pens

Ball point pens are a ubiquitous marvel. They are everywhere. The price ranges from free to hundreds of dollars. They are an engineering marvel. But are they a collectible like fountain pens or watches? My friend George F wrote a book about collecting fountain pens. I wonder if such a thing exists for ball points? The results of a quick search using my Knows Everything Machine are ambigious. How many ball point pens do you own? Is that a collection? If creatively mounted they would… Read More »Ball Point Pens

Reassuringly Expensive

Reassuringly Expensive Luxury Goods need to be Reassuringly Expensive. Think about it. Is it the opposite of Bargain Hunting? Photo is Zelensky searching for weapons in Napa.

GoogleFast

It is time for a new TV Game Show to test people’s ability to find out stuff on the internet. With the advent of AI (artificial Intelligence) and the Smart Phone to access it, general knowledge has become relatively less valuable and knowing how to find it has become more valuable. Jeopardy is in jeopardy of becoming irrelevant. It can be replaced by GoogleFind. It follows the same rough format as Jeopardy with much more complicated questions. The contestants can use their smart phones to… Read More »GoogleFast

A Fool

“A fool with a tool is still a fool.” From Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

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