Archive for August, 2006 — Page 2

Fast Company Now – Which Fast Company Article Is Your Favorite?

013th Aug 2006Conversation Pieces

Fast Company Now About a year and a half ago, my editor asked me to help out in selecting the articles that Fast More »

Fast Company Now – Banking on Universities

013th Aug 2006Conversation Pieces

Fast Company Now In the university setting, technology transfer can be a major challenge. Students, researchers, and professors regularly discover and develop new More »

Why Do We Smoke Cigarettes?

013th Aug 2006Conversation Pieces

Interesting…. very intesting…. Why Do We Smoke Cigarettes? None of the much flaunted appeals of cigarette advertisers, such as superior taste and mildness, More »

Are You on Craig’s List?

013th Aug 2006Conversation Pieces

Are You on Craig’s List? Sidebar: (Virtual) Organizing Manual Craig Newmark has devoted the past five years to maintaining and expanding one of More »

The New York Review of Books: Religion from the Outside

013th Aug 2006Books

Highlights… *In the first section, Dennett defines scientific inquiry in a narrow way, restricting it to the collection of evidence that is reproducible More »

MAKE: Blog: Bump keying

011th Aug 2006Stuff

MAKE: Blog: Bump keying Interesting, here’s a video that’s making the internet rounds with a ton of information on “bump keying” – a More »

MAKE: Blog: HOW TO – Make a Time Fountain

011th Aug 2006Stuff

MAKE: Blog: HOW TO – Make a “Time Fountain” Nathan made an incredible “Time Fountain” fluorescent drops illuminated by LEDs, he writes – More »

Where did fortune cookies come from and are they really Chinese?

011th Aug 2006Conversation Pieces

Where did fortune cookies come from and are they really Chinese? Where did fortune cookies come from and are they really Chinese?