You’ve heard a lot about 3D printers, but will there ever be the day when we can use them to print our clothes? A young lady named Danit Peleg thinks that day will be here soon. In a recent TED talk, she explains how a fashion school project let her to degisn and print some
The word barber comes from the Latin barba for beard, and even in early Rome they knew beards needed to be lubricated to be cut without pain. Water worked okay as long as it was held in place with soap. Special shaving soaps were being sold by the early 1800s. One of the first
Anyone who has ever owned a pet has probably wondered at one time or another what their companion has been thinking. How much do they understand? Do they have the same feelings, or do they just mirror our moods? I haven’t had a pet in fifty years, but my own theory is when an animal
“If a logger smiles in the forest with no one around to see him, was he actually happy?” — Jerry Adler One of our most effective forms of communication is non-verbal. I have a $1.50 paperback on my shelf from 1970 entitled Body Language. So it should be no surprise to hear that people
I’ll get right to the point on this one. I’ve just listened to a podcast about a woman whose computer files (over 5000 of them) were locked and she had to pay $500 to ransom them. Yes, there are cybercriminals who can remotely take over your computer, lock your files, and demand payment before you
September 26th was the European Day of Languages, an event this country would never think to have. But in Europe it’s an annual event which started in 2001. According to The Writer’s Almanac, it s purpose is “to celebrate human language, encourage language learning, and bring attention to the importance of being multilingual in a
During a recent trip to Los Angeles, I had stayed for three nights at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It was an older hotel, but nice, and conveniently located on Hollywood Boulevard. Everything was fine until the van ride to the airport Sunday night, when the van driver casually asked if I’d seen any ghosts. Excuse
What is you state flower? Ours in Ohio is the scarlet carnation. But maybe the more pertinent question is where did your state flower come from? I just ran across an article entitled “State Flowers’ Dirty Little Secret” in the October 19, 2015 issue of The Christian Science Monitor Weekly. Most states choose native species
I receive a daily email from the publishers of Time magazine, and this article caught my eye. It reports on a new study that claims dishwashing can improve mental health by lowering stress levels… if done “mindfully”. According to the report — In the study, researchers at Florida State University had 51 students wash
I’m not a health-care professional, but in trying to keep up with what’s happening in the world, I’m running across more and more evidence that men and women are physiologically more different than anyone realizes. The latest evidence is a TED talk by Dr. Alyson McGregor, who explains how women have been at a disadvantage