There is still a lot of innovation going on in this world. Take a look at this tool … Continue reading “Innovations: Image Resizing”

Over the past year, I blogged a few time about the importance of deliberate practice in achieving high … Continue reading “Gladwell on Genius”

A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending a small salon on ethics, spirituality and … Continue reading “Ethics, spirituality and religion: a debate on torture”

I should start with a foreword. I have never owned a Mac or considered owning one. I got … Continue reading “Heresy: The best Windows Vista Notebook is an Apple MacBook Pro!”

In a recent article I wrote how most successful entrepreneurs were not innate geniuses but got their success … Continue reading “What Kind of Genius are You?”

Mercadolibre Mercadolibre is the Latin American eBay. It went public last Friday on the Nasdaq (Ticker: MELI) and … Continue reading “Mercadolibre’s IPO, eBay, Argentina and the Internet Auction Market”

Threequels are usually not very good, but this movie is an exception. The Bourne Ultimatum is fun, smart, … Continue reading “The Bourne Ultimatum is phenomenal!”

It all started with an innocent question. The conversation had a reached a point where it was perfectly … Continue reading “Passion and love at the end of the age of innocence”

Reposted from New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19426094.400?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426094.400 IMAGINE having a spare copy of your immune system on ice, ready to … Continue reading “Create a back-up copy of your immune system”

I suppose like most of us, I am a little curious about my family history, but not enough … Continue reading “Geni.com is awesome!”

There is ever more evidence that we humans are extremely primitive. Psychologists are demonstrating time and time again … Continue reading “Who’s Minding the Mind?”

The French have some extremely creative ads. This series of 3 TV ads was created for a prepaid … Continue reading “Think about it before committing yourself :)”

Tim Hartford is engaging and entertaining. His book and column on Slate show the reasoning of an economist … Continue reading “Read The Undercover Economist”

It occurred to me a year ago that Bloomberg would make a great president. He has been a … Continue reading “Bloomberg for President”

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun … Continue reading “Funny Elias Canetti quote”