It's been one of my most popular posts, "Why Don’t Houses Have Escalators?", with close to 2,000 views. In that post, I wrote "I find the idea of being stuck in an elevator at my house with nobody around kind of frightening", and offered the following benefits of having an escalator in your home: if … Continue reading This Is Why Houses Need Escalators
The Weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal is always my favorite. It's not all business, and with its Review and Off Duty sections, there's sure to be sure a story or two that captures the reader's interest. Since today's paper was no exception (even though there was no column from Dan Ariely), I thought … Continue reading From Sports to Politics to Aristotle to Teenagers, Highlights from Today’s Wall Street Journal
President Trump. J.K. Rowling. Kim Kardashian West. It's probably no surprise that Time magazine named these three individuals as being among the top 25 most influential people on the internet. But at least one name on the list may not be so easy to recognize. My guess is that you have not heard of Mr. … Continue reading Profile in Passion: The Wiki Geek
A story in today's Wall Street Journal by Alastair Gale and Takashi Mochizuki tells of Japan’s Henn na, or “Strange,” Hotel, which opened to great fanfare in 2015, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s first robot hotel. A little over three years later, the hotel is "laying off" its lowest-performing droids. Here are some of the problems guests … Continue reading Robots Were So Much Better 50 Years Ago
As I was cutting up our weekly purchase of a dozen bagels so that we could freeze them, I realized how much I loved having a bagel slicer (or as Amazon calls it, a bagel guillotine). We've only had it for about a year, but now I can't remember how we were able to live without … Continue reading Things That Make Life Worth Living
I've glanced at the Screen Time notices (shown above) I've been getting every week for a while now, but until just a few minutes ago I had never looked at the details of my weekly report. And when I finally did take a look, it was kind of eye-opening, disappointing, embarrassing, and frankly, kind of sad. … Continue reading A Sneak Peek at How I Wasted My Week, Courtesy of Screen Time
Ageism: prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age. For 50 years, it has been illegal under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or ADEA, for employers to treat older workers differently than younger ones with only a few exceptions, such as when a job requires great stamina or quick reflexes. But … Continue reading Call It What You Want – Seems Like Ageism to Me
Yesterday I wrote about a phrase I had never heard of before, "dead cat bounce". Today I came across another new word/phrase that I was unfamiliar with - "ratioed". According to Merriam Webster, the term refers to the negative response that a tweet gets. In particular, it is used in situations where a tweet gets more replies … Continue reading Another Day, Another New Word
Apparently, Amazon's Alexa is so easy to use, even a parrot can use it. Rocco, an African grey parrot, was caught using the virtual assistant to play his favorite music, tell jokes and even order snacks, The Times of London reports. Unfortunately for Rocco, its owner had put parental controls on Alexa, and none of … Continue reading This Polly Wants Way More Than a Cracker
The topic for my class today was technology in the business world, and one of the items we discussed was data mining. Data mining involves using technology and algorithms to discover previously unknown relationships between two or more items. There is a story related to data mining that I have told for years; the truth of … Continue reading Beer and Diapers – the Perfect Couple
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