Archive for April 13th, 2010
Surfing The Internet Can Really Pay Off
There’s no question that reading a Mental Floss story can pay off during Trivial Pursuit, or when you’re trying to impress someone at a cocktail party. But for one lucky reader, it meant a whole lot more. My last article, 9 Very Rare (and Very Expensive) Video Games, was reprinted by CNN.com. While reading the [...]
The red-and-white poles that adorn barber shops may be iconic, but they’re fast fading into a nostalgic relic according to a story at CNNMoney. William Marvy Company, the last known manufacturer in North America of the poles, typically sells 500 of them each year, down from 5,100 in the company’s late-1960s heyday. Bob Marvy, a [...]
According to a story at CNNMoney, Jim Mumford, had built a reputation as a nontraditional gardener. In March 2007, he embarked on a “giant experiment,” replacing the 1,800-square-foot roof of a commercial building he owned with a planter’s paradise: three inches of specialized, lightweight soil over a padded waterproofing and drainage system. Now, 46 varieties [...]
According to a story at Mental Floss, Aaron Fechter invented the original Whac-A-Mole game in 1971. Well…he took the idea from “some Japanese guys” who had created a creature-whacking game first, but Fechter made the mechanism work reliably by inventing an air cylinder system to power the moles and an audio-tape-driven pattern that governed the [...]
In ’96 when Apple was celebrating its 20th anniversary, Jacob Cook was being born. Just 13 years later and he is now an entrepreneur says Forbes. Cook, who lives in Sacramento, Calif., has been an entrepreneur for three years. At age 10 he started buying books and other “low-end stuff” at garage sales and re-selling [...]
Bringing A Smarter Search To Twitter
The New York Times is reporting that Bill Gross, the serial entrepreneur who pioneered search advertising, is unveiling a venture that aims to make money by allowing people using Twitter to bid on key words to give their posts top ranking. Called TweetUp, the service will also organize the posts according to their popularity as [...]
Evaluate Yourself, Your Business
If you’re a business owner than Christine Davis, writing for SeacoastOnline.com, believes that you should have asked yourself “Should I be doing this?” at least once during the life of your business. This crappy recession does have a bit of a silver lining that I am going to go out on a limb and share: [...]
Paying With Your Phone Catches On
Phones are the new credit cards says the San Jose Mercury News. Meyer Malka walked up to the counter of a crowded Palo Alto cafe last week and ordered a small coffee and a hot chocolate. The total was $5.74, which he paid by lightly tapping the back of his mobile phone against a small [...]
From Necessity To Baby Sling Business
Robyn Collar’s life is filled with ‘what ifs’. What if she hadn’t dropped out of school? What if her children hadn’t been born with special needs? What if she’d had all the money she needed to buy baby supplies? If she hadn’t lead the life she had, she wouldn’t be the owner of a million [...]
If you’re a fisherman on vacation, how are you supposed to know which spots are the best for fishing? Chances are that you may not know this information on your own but with a good guide you could easily find the right place to sit back and drop your hook. Of course, if you want [...]
