I love 60 Minutes and now that I am in my thirties I'm surprised I ever started watching the television series because growing up I used to despise it. The show came on Sunday nights and I still to this day remember my parents watching it every week. Seeing that ticking stopwatch gave me that sinking feeling we've all had at one point or another of having to go to school. For me that sinking...
The Pursuit of Happiness Are Americans Becoming Less Happy? Has anyone else noticed that more and more Americans are unhappy? According to WolframAlpha, 1 in 164, or just over 2.5 million Americans are diagnosed with depression every year. Also, according to the same source, the US average age for depression is 44 for males and 47 for females. There doesn't seem to be a correlation of age, weight, and height to depression either. Demographic Factors...
Annual holiday display in Livermore, California
The Legendary Meeting Between Ferruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of the iconic luxury sports car brand I love my lunchtime chats with coworkers, and I know they are anything but typical. We get into some interesting subjects, and I always seem to take away at least one thing every lunch hour. Somehow the topic of Ferrari's came up a few months ago and after doing some fact checking I found what they...
Why a simple electronics component perfectly explains the communication breakdowns that destroy relationships XKCD #814: When engineering meets relationship psychology At first glance, XKCD comic #814 looks like just another nerdy electronics joke. Two stick figures argue while holding opposite ends of a diode, one speaks, the other apologizes, and somehow only one of them can hear what's happening. But dig deeper, and you'll discover this seemingly simple comic contains a profound insight about human...
A Culture of Service in 75 Words For many years, new employees were given a copy of the famous Nordstrom's Employee Handbook – a single 5-by-8-inch (130 × 200 mm) gray card containing 75 words: However, new hire orientations now provide the card above along with a full handbook of other more specific rules and legal regulations, as the way Nordstrom operates has changed. During this time, Nordstrom had the highest sales per square foot...