I had read these kind of tools were being worked on. Looks very interesting and promising. ============= By Geoffrey A. Fowler There’s a certain agony to walking into a restaurant and realizing you won’t be able to hear a conversation over the clatter. But for many people there’s one thing even worse: wearing a hearing aid. The term conjures up frailty and the... Read more
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News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier
October 27 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Personal DevelopmentLot more truth than not in this piece. We waste WAY TOO MUCH time on “news”. ========== In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar... Read more
Craft Beer: Still Booming, Still Small – Corporate Intelligence – WSJ
July 6 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting Tags: CultureNot sure if you can see the entire article. Craft beers are about the only beer I like. ========== Craft Beer: Still Booming, Still Small – Corporate Intelligence – WSJ.
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Father’s Day Advice for Freeloaders
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, InterestingSome good advice. ========= June 13, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET Living in my parents’ second bedroom as a 24-year-old two years out of college, I know first-hand the challenges and opportunities of celebrating Father’s Day with dad in the next room. Since nearly 40% of 18- to 31-year-olds live with their folks, I know I’m not alone. Here’s how to get it right... Read more
Don’t Slay the ‘Dragon Lady’
May 12 | Posted by mrossol | InterestingThe U-2, its been around as long as I can remember. I still don’t know very much about it – guess that’s an opportunity for me! =================== By- Michael Auslinv – April 28, 2014 7:03 p.m. ET Congress this week may kill one of America’s most iconic, and still vital, airplanes. First introduced in the mid-1950s, the U-2 high-altitude intelligence-gathering plane has played... Read more
U-2 Spy Plane Triggered Air-Traffic Outage
May 12 | Posted by mrossol | InterestingJust an interesting story. Another on the U-2 I will also post. ============== An air-traffic control outage last week across parts of four Western states stemmed from a software glitch sparked by the flight of a single, high-altitude U-2 Pentagon reconnaissance plane in the region, according to two people familiar with the details. Preliminary information indicates that the problem—affecting roughly 500 flights in... Read more
