How would you like to wish your grandchild a happy 50th birthday? Not in person, of course, but by email? There is a way. Go to the website FutureMe: Write a Letter to the Future and start composing (https://www.futureme.org/). You can send a letter to yourself, to be delivered in one, three, or five years,
“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.” — William Saroyan Nobody likes failure. Yet we learn so much more from our failures than our successes. Failure is what shows the path forward. I remember a Japanese businessman saying a failed part is a wonderful opportunity to make a product better. I
Something you may not have thought about recently — why are rainbows curved? I’ve never considered this until I saw an explanation on the EarthSky website (http://earthsky.org/earth/what-gives-rainbows-their-curved-shape?). This explanation does get a bit into physics. First, some basics — recall you can see rainbows when the sun is behind you and rain falls in front
I generally try to ignore fast food (unless of course it’s given to me). I do like a good burger, but I usually shy away from the genre because of its unhealthy reputation. But I couldn’t resist telling you about this. Recently Money magazine published a rating of 25 fast-food restaurants. Their methodology was simple
What can we expect in 2018? It’s tough predicting the future, especially regarding new technology, but some can’t resist trying. The latest I’ve seen is a Wall Street Journal article entitled “Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2018” by Joanna Stern and Christopher Mims (https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-that-will-change-your-life-in-2018-1514394043? ). Some of what they’re predicting shouldn’t come as
No, this is not a children’s story (although it’s a tempting subject). I ran across a post on the EarthSky website that discusses this. Actually, it’s a link to a nine-minute YouTube video from PBS Digital Studios that explains turtle evolution in great detail. It’s probably more than you ever wanted to know, but if
Who can predict the future? (Not theme parks, which is why Disneyland’s “Tomorrowland” always seems outdated.) But the Wall Street Journal is trying. The website of this venerable publication has been posting a series of podcasts entitled “The Future of Everything.” As of this date, 23 have been posted. Most are a bit long, going
Everyone wants to know the secret to a long, healthy life. But there is one group that appears to have a jump on the rest of us. The Amish. This religious sect that live mostly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana and eschews most modern gadgetry have always had a health advantage; in 1947, the average
You really have to love a piece that begins “This article would have been much better if I hadn’t waited until the last minute to write it.” Why do we procrastinate? The most logical reason is because we’re so afraid of success that we find ways to intentionally sabotage our work. This is so common
In my lifetime, I’ve heard a lot of ideas about management and productivity. But one that is new to me is the idea of a “work spouse.” We need to make one thing clear right away — this has nothing to do with sex. A work spouse is simply a friend you can trust, respect,