The FIRST Vision: For Science, Technology and Kids
First things first…. What is FIRST? FIRST stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Here are some quotes and pictures from the…
Place To See: Darlingtonia Wayside near Florence, Oregon
While driving on US 101 along the southern Oregon coast with family, we stopped by a very unique attraction – The Darligntonia Wayside, a few…
Review: Black and Decker – Electromate® 400 AC/DC Portable Power Station/Jump-Starter/Compressor
Electromate-400 is a power-pack, jump-starter and air compressor, all rolled into one – a very handy device to carry in your car on road trips.
A Remote-Controlled Ball? It's A Spherical-Robot Based On Mindstorms NXT
Here is an interesting creation using Mindstorms NXT, a Rolling-Orbital-Bluetooth-Operating-Thing (ROBOT) as its creator calls it. Spherical Robot 02 (YouTube) This project uses two NXT…
Predictably More Irrational?
I just read a post in Dan Ariely’s blog about the new expanded version of Predictably Irrational. Ariely writes: Predictably Irrational was first published…
An Interesting Speed Limiting "Nudge"
Here is an interesting “nudge” that I noticed near my local school recently. On one of the bigger streets adjacent to the school, the “School…
Telecommuting, Telepresence And Swine Flu
I read some interesting discussions on Twitter that companies should encourage employees to telecommute (work from home) when they have flu like symptoms if they…
Neighborhood Crime Watch On Twitter
When I wrote these articles on how one could use portals like Yahoo Groups to set up a crime watch site for people in a …
Would This Be Design-2.0 Or Social-Designing?
Have you thought of a feature or an application that you wished your PC or Notebook supported? What if you could design it yourself? WePC.com…
Cached Pages Should Make Pages Load Faster
I have installed and configured the WP-Cache2 plug-in. This should make the pages in this site much faster on an average. The one downside is…
Have You Been Nudged Today?
As I am listening to the audio version of the book “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness” by Richard H. Thaler and Cass…
Now Available In 42 Languages!
The Translator plug-in just installed supports auto-translation to 42 languages and is currently configured to use Google translator. While the pages don’t get translated perfectly,…
WordPress: Using Twitter-tools with Sideposts
I was looking for a way to create a Tweet whenever I post in my blog, and also to get record of my Tweets on…
WordPress Twitter-Tools plugin…
WordPress Twitter-Tools plugin can collect tweets into a blog category. Share:
Thinking In GPM Can Overcome MPG Illusion
“How many miles can I drive on a gallon of gasoline?” “How many gallons of gasoline do I need to travel 10,000 miles?” Is there…
Categories In The Header Menu
The new layout has a categories-menu at the bottom of the header to make it easy for vistors to explore different topics. Share:
Added: Related posts plug-in
When reading a post by itself (not in the main page), a list of related posts are show at the end of the post. These…
Embedding Picasa Album Slideshow On Your Facebook Profile
Do you have a Picasa Web Album and would like to share it on your Facebook profile? You can use the Picasa Gallery Slideshow application…
Too Many Choices Ruin The Sale
In his book “Blink,” Malcolm Gladwell describes an experiment where a store that offered over twenty different types of jam sold significantly less jam than…
Where Do You Want To Go Today?
That was Microsoft’s famous slogan some years ago, but very soon that may be the question your car asks you, as soon as you get…
