How Ideas Happen
In 2006 my brother Tom sent me a Roundabouts of Derby calendar. It is the kind of thing I like, off-beat and...
Nanny State Alert
California is talking about banning trans fats in foods served in Restaurants. I smell Nanny State. A city in...
Diseconomies of Scale
We know about economies of scale from Adam Smith and the famous pin factory. As you make more of something the per...
Mystery Pod
I found this mystery pod on the ground outside Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. It turned out to be the dried...
The Goose Indicator
Here is a proposal for an economic indicator to consider. When geese are running wild around residential...
Italy 2
A few more pictures from our excellent trip: Poppies in bloom in Tuscany We let sleeping dogs lie (but took their...
Italy One
A trial photo from an excellent trip so far. Siena was a bit rainy but very...
The Gazebo
When you are in Maui go up to Napili for breakfast at the Gazebo Restaurant. The people who run it do a booming...
May 12, 2010 Maxim
“Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?” Mason Cooley American Aphorist Aphorist: One...
Home Seismometer
People in my neighborhood have rain guages and they chat on line about them. I think that you could sell millions of...
