…. Laforge Optical Challenges Google has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise more money. Mack wants to refine the design and get it ready to be bought by the fashion-aware. The company hopes to have two different lines in the not too distant future.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
July 21st, 2014 - 3:47 am § in The Ave Scene
The Microsoft Layoffs
In 1995 Bill Gates wrote, “The Internet is a tidal wave. It changes the rules.” That memo was all too correct. The consequences of Steve Balmer’s failure to rise to the challenge are now in the hopefully agile hands of CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella was expected to lay off five or six t[...]
Sunday Revealtions: ISLAM from Oxford Pt. 5.
Islam Needs to Prove That it is a Religion of Peace[...]
Life Changing
Over the past few months I have gone back and forth about how I feel about a fifteen dollar minimum wage for Seattle employees. On one end I ask why those of us that do not make fifteen dollars an hour chose to work for businesses that pay less than that? I have come to […][...]
May 7th, 2014 - 3:22 am § in Science
RESCUING US SCIENCE
Four Science Leaders Speak Out on How US Biomedical Research Can Survive Hard Times; “Rescuing U.S. Biomedical Research From Its Systemic Flaws” A recent article by Sam Stein on Huff Post sums it up pretty well, the US is suffering from a brain drain. Where once the best came here and becam[...]
Saudi Arabia: government deals with witches and jinns.
KSA facing increased cases of witchcraft “Preachers who earn their living by exorcizing spirits should charge affordable fees.” The Saudi government news agency reports that witchcraft is rampant in the Western Province. Makkah and Madinah have recorded the highest number of cases, sourc[...]
April 15th, 2014 - 8:58 am § in The Ave Scene
Dr. Phage: Tax Day, 35th Aniverary of JP Sartre’s Death
SARTRE Each year, UNESCO — which apparently doesn’t have a lot to take up its time — celebrates World Philosophy Day. This year, the theme was “Thinking the Anthropocene.” As a public service to the Community of Philosophy, and because we’ve always seen[...]
March 16th, 2014 - 1:21 pm § in The Ave Scene
Wolf of Wall Street: An Amazon Alternative?
We are waiting for Wolf of Wall Street to be a free show on Cable. Seems appropriate given the theme. Funny thing about that sort of movie. As fewer movies are made and as Comcast expands its empire, our choices of movies is becoming limited by what “they” want us to see. [...]
A Black Man’s Thoughts on The Hoodie
A man in a police uniform scares me more than the biggest strongest dude wearing a hoodie ever would. Lets be honest, its not a hoodie, nor is it a puffy starter jacket that people fear. Black men were feared way before the modern day hoodie was invented so please try again. Can we just [&hellip[...]