http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/15/larsen.arctic.ice.wars/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
http://www.amazon.com/World-2050-Shaping-Civilizations-Northern/dp/052595181
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July 17, 2011 • 7:54 am 0
The Arctic is the new Frontier
July 11, 2011 • 4:01 am 0
World in 2050
Reading a book by Larry Smith that talks about the amazing geopolitical shifts that are taking place, aided by globalization, climate change, population growth and other forces. Let us move to the Arctic, clearly that is where the action is.
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April 24, 2011 • 6:25 am 0
Water – the oil of the next generation
Reading an atlas with my wife and son. Antarctica contains the largest source of freshwater. Will off-shore drilling today morph into the water harvest rigs in South Antarctica. Clearly looks like we are going that way.
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November 14, 2010 • 4:45 pm 0
Straddling Bus – Simple but Elegant
I read an article on this new concept in mass transit called the straddling bus. Pictures in the article below will help visualize but imagine a bus that is 2 lanes wide, as long as 40 kms and carries passengers only on the top level. Cars below 2m can zip by through the bus. So you have a bus that literally shares the road while carrying up to 1500 passengers. Also much cheaper and faster to build than a subway.
http://www.chinahush.com/2010/07/31/straddling-bus-a-cheaper-greener-and-faster-alternative-to-commute/
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October 24, 2010 • 3:47 pm 0
Explaination and Google Labs
I am back after a really long time. Things have been busy at work, no time for anything else.
Check out Google Labs, beta versions of the next generation of Google tools. Particularly liked squared, goggles and a few others. Lots more niche ones there, related to language, social networking, maps etc.
Anyway, will try to stay frequent.
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August 8, 2010 • 4:18 pm 0
The Ground Below
Last night, I experienced fear. In an amusmenet park. 70 feet above the ground. Legs dangling from a ski lift in the middle of Pennsylvania in August. My wife later told me that it was a category 2 or really mild. Well, being suspended from a creaky wire for about 6 minutes above a man made lake, rumbling roller coasters and enough electricity to fry us all is more that mild insanity.
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August 5, 2010 • 4:27 pm 0
Tech Breakthrough – the reverse nut
Not so long ago, as is the nature of these things, the toilet broke. Well, not the entire toilet, just the handle. And actually not even the handle – just the lever that connects it to the chain.
Anyway it took me 4 days and 2 visits to the hardware store. The eureka moment was when I actually read the instructions and realized that I needed to screw the nut counter clockwise.
Of the several times that I tried nut, not once did my brian think of trying the poor binary cousin. Also, directions were useless as well.
Now I am much wiser, at least in the opposite direction!
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July 24, 2010 • 4:17 pm 0
The Idea Capture Project
Finally got the wordpress app working on my blackberry. The first time around it just kept getting confused as to whether I already had a blog or needed to create a new one. This experience, in contrast to the apps that I downloaded on my wife’s ipod showed me why apple is the killer in this field.
This also commences what I label idea capture. I feel that the best ideas pop into our heads at the worst possible times, in the shower, driving etc. Almost like a dream, these are tied to our subconcisous and equally nascent unless given the white glove treatment and whisked away. This black and stainless steel BB will have to fill in for the white glove for now.
As always, thoughts welcome.
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July 6, 2010 • 10:35 pm 0
Project of the Month – Internet Search ideas (July)
My side project this month is to figure out how to improve Internet Searches. over the last several years, I have been constantly impressed by how good its become.
I strongly believe that an effective search is when the human brain is involved as opposed to just doing computational “tasks of Hercules”. I also think that for Search to go to the next level, you have to restructure the way the Internet organizes and sorts information. I will add ideas as I think or come across them throughout the month.
- Trusted websites (e.g., Wikipedia etc)
- Pivoted Search – Search Tree – bounce off different nodes, search for an people – looks for events then identifies people who were there
- Aggregate search – multiple terms stringed together more logically as opposed to by Binary association
- Search by association – literally give the search engine a standardized test question. Adam Sandler is to Happy Gilmore the same way Jim Carrey is to ?
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July 6, 2010 • 9:54 pm 0
Going green, a tap at a time
Over this past 4th of July weekend, I realized that each time I turn on the tap, I use a lot more water than I really need. For example, I just need a few drops to moisten the brush.
What if, taps were set to deliver only a certain quota of water. I know many public restrooms use sensors but cannot we “hard code” this for all taps. Just a thought.
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