Ideas How Frank Espinoza got a Job. SimonApril 24, 20071 One of the first people I hired in 1982 when I was starting Coventry Manufacturing Company was Frank Espinoza. The...
Ideas Quipod SimonApril 19, 20070 Here is an idea that is so simple and obvious that the picture explains it: You can buy one from this very clever...
Ideas A New Verb SimonApril 17, 20070 "Deaning" On Saturday during a presentation to the Parent Council at Swarthmore the new Dean of Students used the term...
Ideas A Billion Dollar Idea SimonMarch 27, 20070 This is a familiar problem at the supermarket. Everything has a scannable UPC code except the fruits and...
Ideas Digital Completion Package for Contractors SimonMarch 12, 20070 We are about to start a little remodel and so I’ve been thinking about contractors and how they work. I think this...
Ideas Vanishing Phone Booths SimonMarch 10, 20071 A classic English phone booth is a beautiful thing. They are also an anachronism in this day of the cell phone and are...
Ideas Automatic Trash Can Door SimonMarch 4, 20072 The Problem: Your cooking, your hands are sticky and you need to throw something away. But you have to pull on the...
Ideas Improved Pruning Shears SimonFebruary 20, 20070 This one is for gardeners who have a little arthritis in there hands. When you are pruning your hands start to hurt...
Ideas Global Warming Data SimonFebruary 5, 20070 It is rare that the global warming debate is influenced by data so I hope that I am not commiting a major faux paus by...
Ideas International ID Card SimonFebruary 2, 20072 There has been more talk lately in the US about creating a national ID card. The congress has passed a bill that will...