As most people now realize, come February of 2009 many US televisions will no longer be able to deliver the majority of network programming because they are designed to accept an analog, rather than digital, signal.... Read More >>
Beloit College, in Wisconsin, annually publishes a list for incoming students that identifies (and perhaps corrects) the sociological and political assumptions of 18 year-olds entering their first year of post-secondary education. ... Read More >>
With water, or the lack thereof, becoming the hottest new topic since global warming, the nearly waterless washing machine by Xeros Ltd (a private company out of Leeds, England) looks to take the appliance industry by storm.... Read More >>
Sovereign Wealth Funds to the Rescue? The equity bears will argue that we're seeing a classic bear market rally, but the bulls might soon have some new ammunition to push stocks higher. I must admit... Read More >>
Blue Jeans Part II: The True Cost of Blue The denim for blue jeans comes from the cotton plant, a shrubby tropical plant treated as an annual in more temperate regions whose modern history, at least, i... Read More >>
