11:11 am
05/24/2013
I’m sure young people wonder why it says “unleaded” at the gas pump. Bold letters on the pump say, “CONTAINS NO LEAD.”  They must think, “Whoa, that stuff must have been awful.” My mouthwash says “Gluten Free.” That one really throws me, there was wheat in mouthwash? I didn’t know people were getting wheat allergies from gurgling.
11:11 am
05/23/2013
3D Printing is a “black swan.” These are inventions or events that no one saw coming, but that monumentally changed life as we know it. The personal computer, the internet, and the September 11th 2001 attacks are black swans.
11:11 am
05/22/2013
Alex Jones’s invention “Hive Pulse” sends information from a beehive to a cloud based database that can be used at all levels, from the beekeeper’s kitchen counter, to bee biologists and Colony Collapse Disorder researchers.
11:11 am
05/21/2013
In strict hierarchy, everything flows from the top. Decisions are made only to the extent they uphold “orders.” Suggestions of change must be brought back up through the hierarchy.
2:17 pm
05/20/2013
Seth and Maura Kroeck run Crystal Springs Farm Organic Vegetable CSA in Brunswick, Maine (photo courtesy of their website). This year’s slow start to spring is driving me crazy, delaying the time when I can take a walk in a t-shirt or get the mail barefoot. Seth sees weather at a whole different level, more the way I might study every tiny sound coming from my car’s 220,000 mile engine. To Seth, weather is a key factor in the quality and quantity of farm output for his CSA members.