The Idea Blog

Last night's NBC Nightly News featured a segment on a chef who is teaching inner-city kids how to be masters ... » Continue reading "Cooking up something good"

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This is the ultimate environmental solution offered by David Pogue in today's "Circuits" post on NYTimes.com. Pogue, the Times's tech ... » Continue reading "“Buy a used Prius. Then don’t drive it much.”"

Eric Gordon alerted me to a new product coming from Mozilla, the folks who brought us the Firefox browser. ... » Continue reading "Introducing Ubiquity"

I've been awfully slam-danced by Mr. Busy for the last several days, and among the things I've postponed is posting ... » Continue reading "Ask yourself: Who is living in the third world country?"

I hate what's happening there. But I'm almost equally disgusted with the Bush Administration's pretension that Russia's invasion is so ... » Continue reading "Russia and Georgia"

If you think the airline industry is bad, how do you feel about public schools. We don't have kids, so I ... » Continue reading "Michelle Rhee and the DC public schools"

You know how I despise the airline industry. "Think about it," I told whoever would listen last week. "The employees hate ... » Continue reading "Ancillary revenue for the airlines"

Randy Newman's new album (CD? digital download?) is called Harps and Angels. Buy it, yes. Listen to it. From the ... » Continue reading "Randy Newman’s “Harps and Angels”"

Here's a display I found in our local Piggly Wiggly. ... » Continue reading "Ryder Cup mania"