First it was Nevada then Florida and now California. Last week it became legal to test Driverless Cars in California. That is a big step towards the inevitable: AFFECTS (Automobiles that are Fuel Friendly Easy on Carbon and Traffic Safe). Nissan NSC-2015 Picture Nissan is targeting the 2015 time frame to roll out its first self-driving [...]
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Archimandrite – a Documentary
“The documentary film “Achimandrite” directed by Jerzy Kalina has won of the International Documentary Film Festival and Television Programme “Radonezh” in Moscow. “Radonezh” is the oldest review and contest of the film productions about religion in Russia. It takes place under the patronage of Patriarch Kirill and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. In the competition among [...]
Greek Heritage Pride
Standing on the shoulders of those who did the real work…
Que and Reward – Making and Breaking Habits in 2013
Derick Halpern is at it again. This time it’s a brain-hack into making and breaking habits – a podcast with best selling author Charles Duhigg. Listen/Download here…
Enjoying the Last of 2012
It’s been an interesting 2012. Enjoy 2013!
New Google Flight Search
Google’s new flight search engine (https://www.google.com/flights/explorer) is clean, fast and accurate. I spent most of the morning testing it against various other flight search tools and am finding it much easier to use. I am a fan of white space and Google Flight Explorer, its official name, has a lot of it. The sliding date [...]
How to Become an Expert Like an Expert (and other thoughts by Tim Ferriss)
Click on the following link to listen to a great interview by Derek Halpern with Tim Ferriss of “The 4 Hour Work Week” and “The 4 Hour Body” fame…
Rick Falkvinge – The Pirate Party – the politics of protest
The missing Party… Rick Falkvinge tells how he came out of nowhere to change the political trend of restricting freedom of speech…
New Mexico Gets D- in Political Corruption Risk
The risk of political corruption in New Mexico has always been a problem. From dogs registering to vote to former Governors trading scrub land for prime state owned property. It’s disheartening. Well StateIntegrity.org has scored our risk for further corruption and it is not looking good…
