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Communication, Communication, Communication

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

While it will be wonderful when the mythical UltraWideBand Wi-Fi eXtream wireless networking protocol has the reach of shortwave radio and blankets the world with Internet connections, The Freeplay Foundation is working right now with lower-tech one-way communications. The is the development organization founded by the company that invented the hand crank power generator. They [...]


World’s thinnest wallet?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

A coworker showed me a Christmas present he just got. It’s a very very thin wallet. They laid out four ‘card’ pockets next to each other, used really thin and strong material and made the edges very thin. They even have a traveler’s version that has a large pocket for your passport and (if you’re [...]


Global Nursing Shortage

Monday, December 12th, 2005

The shortage of nursing professionals in the US has gotten a lot of press in the last couple years. There are even programs I’ve heard of where you attending nursing school on certain government (state government, I believe) loans and after you graduate and are practicing for a certain number of years, the loans are [...]