For today only, the Kindle version of my friend Kriti Vichare’s book Cheating on Your Corporate Job: A Comic Look at the Startup Dream is free today on Amazon. Here’s a sample chapter or two. More about the book: “I want to be my own boss” is commonly heard from cubicle dwellers around the world. […]
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Earlier this week, I told you about a guy who makes his living drawing awful logos. Well here’s mine: Absolutely “horrible”!
A Japanese team has created an amazing system to move objects in three-dimensional space using only sound waves. See it in action on Bizopy.
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Tucker: The Man and his Dream is my favorite business movie. The movie’s tagline: “When they tried to buy him, he refused. When they tried to bully him, he resisted. When they tried to break him, he became an American legend. The true story of Preston Tucker.” If his story doesn’t inspire you to build
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We will buy many products in our lifetime. Many times packaging, marketing and advertising will make a difference in which brand we choose to purchase. However, even before a product is manufactured, wrapped up and shipped out, it has to have a name. The moment the product is given a name, a crucial marketing decision
Popular Science: In 1907, Ernest Shackleton and crew set out on the ship Nimrod to visit Antarctica and, they hoped, the South Pole. The good news was, the entire party survived the trip, thanks in part to the Rare Old Highland Whisky they brought to the frozen continent. But the expedition was forced to evacuate
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Science Daily: Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light — electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has made a major advance toward this vision by
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1768 – In London, England, Great Britain, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus. 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype
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WSJ: For summer vacation, the flight is booked, the hotel is reserved, the bags are packed, but what about the professional photographer to take snapshots and make you look supernaturally gorgeous? A growing number of hotels and resorts are offering sessions with photographers to chronicle guests’ vacations. Travelers want to record memorable moments without ruining
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Instructables: Let’s be honest: Potato chips are boring. Every time I wander the chip aisle of the grocery store, there is some supposedly new twist on the potato chip. Classic. Jalapeno. Terra Blue. Vinegar and salt. Vidalia onion. Ranch. Whatever. Most are a disappointment. Why couldn’t the potato chip be beautiful? A work of art?
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