Wingsuit Flying

wingsuit base jumping from Ali [...]

Singularity

Microsoft has released a new non-Windows operating system called Singularity.  This OS is written in C#, which is one of the languages we use at Blue Sphere.  Microsoft has made the source code for this operating system available to anyone who can qualify for an academic research license. 

The term “singularity”, at least in technology circles, has come to [...]

Leaked Microsoft Training Videos

Supposedly Microsoft has started an investigation to determine how these supposedly private internal training videos were leaked to the Internet.

Apparently Ricky Gervais (The Office – British version) and Stephen Merchant (his writing partner) made these videos back in 2003 with funding from MS.  These videos should be required material for all aspiring [...]

Wikiality

Stephen Colbert has coined yet another word that will soon become a part of your vocabulary:  Wikiality.  Earlier this year he turned heads with is addition of “Truthiness” to the global lexicon.

In my humble opinion there is a degree of truthiness in Stephen’s definition of wikiality.  We are indeed entering a new phase of consensus building via Blogs, Wikis (in [...]

Got CO2?

Kevin Drum over at the Washington Monthly explains how the CEI (Competitive Enterprise Instititute) is launching a new add campaign claiming that the billions of tons of CO2 we are emitting is actually good for you.

I am therefore submitting the following viral marketing strategy for the CEI to consider:


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President Gore Addresses the Nation via Saturday Night Live

SNL Announcer:
And now, a message from the President of the United States.

President Al Gore:
Good evening, my fellow Americans.

In 2000 when you overwhelmingly made the decision to elect me as your 43rd president, I knew the road ahead would be difficult. We have accomplished so much yet challenges lie ahead.

In the last 6 years we have been [...]

The Internet Demystified

For some of you who have not been able to envision the inner workings of the Internet, you might find this Website useful [...]

Lost

In an erie twist, like the television show “Lost”, I have been forced to push a button every half hour to prevent myself from freezing to death.  Our forced air heater fan stops blowing after about 1/2 hour of normal behavior.  I originally thought that the problem was due to the thermostat, which has also been acting erratically.  So I [...]

East Grand Rapids in the News

My town of East Grand Rapids has made the national news lately.  First, Reeds Lake neighbors convinced East Grand Rapids city leaders to keep a newly constructed home off the Parade of Homes: 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10897265/

Might this be the first time that a Parade home has been turned away from a neighborhood?  One of the neighbors was quoted as saying that the parade would draw [...]

Son of a Nut Cracker

It was Christmas Eve, and I was tracking Santa Clause with my six year old son on Google Earth. Santa’s sleigh bounced between small European towns as midnight approached.

“Santa is coming”, his tired and grouchy dad said. “You should think about getting to bed”.
The boy was not tired, the boy would not budge.
“But he’s still in [...]