I am so glad that the world is finally getting together to stop climate change. When I first heard that our leaders were meeting to talk about solutions, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Didnt you? Then I said, wait a minute, what exactly are they p...
So, you are on the Internet using a web browser. You know that thing with the address bar, and back button, and bookmarks. That thing you are in right now, up there, yeah, that's your web browser. If you like me when youre on your own computer, you s...
Our computer files arent like they used to be. These days a short HD video can be over a gigabyte in size. That's huge. The problem is that the bigger they are, the harder they are to share. Thankfully, we have options that make sharing big files ove...
In the U.S., we spend three to four times as many hours shopping as our counterparts in Europe do. So were in this ridiculous situation where we go to work, maybe two jobs even, and we come home when were exhausted, so we plop down on our new couch a...
President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers chairman said that The American economy's ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods. More consumer goods? Our ultimate purpose? Not provide healthcare, education, or safe transportation, or...
Well, it moves here, for distribution. Now distribution means selling all the toxic-contaminated junk as quickly as possible. The goal here is to keep the prices down, keep the people buying and keep the inventory moving. How do they keep the prices...
So next, the materials move to production. And what happens there is we use energy to mix toxic chemicals in with natural resources to make toxic contaminated products. There are over 100,000 synthetic chemicals in use in commerce today. Only a handf...
Do you have one of these? I get a little obsessed with mine. In fact, I get a little obsessed with all my stuff. Have you ever wondered where all the stuff we buy comes from where it goes when we throw it out? I couldn't stop wondering about that. So...
Wikipedia is one of the most important websites on the Internet today, but you might be surprised to learn that it began as a side project of another online encyclopedia. That was called Nupedia, to be a traditional encyclopedia written by experts, f...
Ah, the virtual world. Sure it has changed the way we do things, dramatically. The Internet is giving us, well, freedom. Its now easier than ever to stay in touch with friends the world over. With new ways of storing and organizing data, our stuff is...
Everybody has a fear about growing up. Its all a part of the growing up process, but what exactly do we fear? The thought of going to a new school? Making big decisions? Leaving friends behind? Being left behind? Wearing a tie? Or simply not knowing...
Thepower of ideas can be transformative. Einstein, Mandela, Picasso, Edison, LouisArmstrong. Their ideas have transformed how we live, think, communicate andeven love. Ideas have extended human life, inspired change and given birth to aglobal economy...
These days, people have new powers. Notthat kind, I mean on the web. We can create websites and post messages to theworld with the click ofa button. Blogs, social networking sites and twitter, all make it easy. But this power comes with new responsib...
If you workin a company, you probably recognize how it feels to be Manik. She starts a newproject, looks for team members, holds meetings, and the emails start fly.Pretty soon, a few important documents emerge. And those documents get passedaround an...
Hi, I'm Donna Barnes, life andrelationship coach here in New York City and the author of Its All About You. To keep romance alive, you have to workat it a little bit, but it shouldn't feel like work. I think the simplest wayto keep romance going is t...
