While wasting some time doing some research on Twitter today, I came across an entry that suggested that the terms snap, crackle, and pop have meanings in the world of physics. And then I found out it's true. According to Wikipedia, the terms are used for the fourth, fifth and sixth time derivatives of position. The first … Continue reading I Guess Physicists Must Really Love Rice Krispies
A survey released today by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation found that only one in three Americans (36 percent) can actually pass a multiple choice test consisting of items taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test, which has a passing score of 60. Here are some of the highlights (lowlights?) from the survey: Only 13 percent of … Continue reading Most Americans Can’t Pass the Civics Test Required of immigrants. Could You?
I've read a lot about Bitcoin over the past few years, and watched a few videos as well. I've even invested in it a bit, using Coinbase. But despite all this, I still don't really get it. Fortunately, a video was finally made that explains it perfectly. Now I just have to find a video … Continue reading I Don’t Get Bitcoin – but This Video Explains It Really Well
Eliud Kipchoge is a 33-year old Kenyan long distance runner, and the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the marathon. Yesterday, Kipchoge set the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2 hours, 1 minute, and 39 seconds (2:01:39). The previous record was 2:02:57; Kipchoge's time represents the biggest drop in the … Continue reading Putting Yesterday’s Amazing Marathon World Record in Perspective
For many companies, their primary goal, and perhaps their only goal, is to do well by their stockholders. This often translates into a single-minded focus on profits as the measure of success. Other companies may have multiple goals, all relatively equal. Such goals might include creating an organization that treats its employees, customers, vendors, and … Continue reading Doing Well and Doing Good – The Rise of the B Corp
As if libraries don't already offer great resources to their local communities - books, audio tapes, CDs, DVDs, newspapers, toys, puzzles, games, computer terminals with internet access, reference librarians, children's programs, sponsor 5K runs; the list goes on and on. And then just today I just read a story about a library that has a "tiebrary"; a … Continue reading More Reasons Why Libraries Are the Heart and Soul of Local Communities
In a previous post, "One Is the Loneliest Number", I wrote about the isolation epidemic that is growing around the world and becoming a major health issue. Well in an article this week on the web site OZY, Ben Halder takes a look at how companies in China and other Asian countries are popping up … Continue reading For Some Companies in China, One Is the Loveliest Number
I was half-watching the Golf Channel today when I heard the one of the announcers, who had a delightful British accent, refer to one of the player's performance as the dog's breakfast. I'd never heard that phrase before, and I wasn't sure if it was a compliment or an insult. I decided to look it … Continue reading I Hope My Blog Isn’t the Dog’s Breakfast
Many of you may have heard of the proverb, "For Want of a Nail": For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message … Continue reading For Want of a Textbook…
Zappos, the hugely successful online shoe retailer that is now part of Amazon, seems like a fun place to work, thanks to its set of strong corporate values and the positive, fun-loving attitude of Tony Hsieh, its CEO. Here are the 10 core values that Zappos employees live by: Deliver WOW Through Service Embrace and … Continue reading Here’s a Workplace Where Being a Little Weird Is Celebrated
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