Beam My Model Up, Scotty!

I know, I know. Scotty is from the original series, and the picture above is from TNG. Unlike Leonard from The Big Bang Theory, I prefer TNG over the original, and also Picard over Kirk. Please refrain from hate mail. Much of both real and virtual ink has been spilled over Star Trek transporter technology... Continue Reading →

Lean Startup Inc.

Y2K was a banner year for behavioral scientists. In the years leading up to the Internet bubble bust, most investors reported on their profiles that their risk tolerance was 'high'. At that time, they assumed that the risk meant that they can get an even higher return on their speculative investments than they have hoped for in their greedy... Continue Reading →

Swimming Against The Tide

True story: I visited Ember.js web site and saw three required hipster artifacts: ironic mustaches, cute animals and Ray-Ban Wayfarer glasses (on a cute animal). A tweet was in order and within minutes, it was favored by a competing client side framework by Google (Angular). Who would have guessed client side frameworks are so catty?... Continue Reading →

The 12 Amp Limit

Sometimes movies I watch leave a lasting impression for completely unexpected reasons. Case in point - 1995 hit "Apollo 13". The movie offered plenty of fodder for people who like to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and offered Tom Hanks in a clean 1970 NASA style haircut. A lot easier to take than the abomination on... Continue Reading →

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