Let’s say you have a folder with 100 of your favorite music videos. However, you think that’s too many, so you want to bring it down to your top 40 favorites. One way to whittle down your collection is with what I call “Plus-Minus Curation.” You can keep track of your files using a spreadsheet […]
Shattered Glass
Taro stood in the room with the large window. The wooden floor boards creaked and the wind howled through the cracks in the walls. The window itself was coated in thick layers of grime, but you could barely make out the trees of the dark and menacing forest just outside. There was nothing in the […]
Resources for Learning More about Personal Finance
Money is believed to be the greatest concerns for most people today and whether at an individual, corporate or even national level, the subject of finance never fails to attract some degree of debate. Money has changed our outlook on many things. What was once considered as a comfort commodity has become a necessity. And […]
Al Oliver
STATUS: Retired Hero As a member of the famed “Pittsburgh Lumber Company” of the 1970s, Al Oliver helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win five National League Eastern Division titles. If he wasn’t forced to retire due to collusion by Major League Baseball, there is a good chance he could have went on to amass over 3,000 […]
Tournament Bracket Curation
Suppose you’re at an art gallery and you want to buy two paintings to hang on the wall in your office. There are nine paintings to choose from. How would you choose? One thing you might try is what I call tournament bracket curation. You pit the paintings against each other two at a time […]
The Potential of DNA Nanotechnology
DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA nanotechnology involves creating artificial nucleic acid structures. There is enormous technological potential in doing this. DNA nanotechnology represents a very deep rabbit hole that I don’t want to fall into. Instead, I’ll just peer into the rabbit hole from the surface and provide Wikipedia links in case you’re interested […]