One Machine, Over 100 Flavors Coca-Cola is debuting a new soda fountain that can hold more than 100 sodas. That's ten times more than current soda fountains. Currently, fountains work through syrup bags. The restaurant buys a bag (actually, a bag in a rectangular box) from Coke or Pepsi, hooks it up to a soda line and then the fountain combines the carbonated water with the syrup to create your soda. The machines are limited...
Keeping Your Relationship Tank Full I was cleaning up the house over the weekend and found a piece of paper taped to the back of a picture, which I think was given to us during pre-marriage counseling with the church we were going to. Today is my parent's wedding anniversary, so it is especially timely. For those of you getting married (you know who you are), hope you find this helpful. Marriage is like fuel...
Exploring why our education system may be stifling rather than nurturing creative thinking A TED talk about education and how we are teaching kids to grow out of creativity in school. The notes I took during watching the video highlight some fascinating insights about our education system and how it shapes (or limits) creative thinking. Key Insights from the Talk Communication equals literacy: Communication is just as important as literacy to teach children Children embrace...
Reading some news feeds this morning and found this article interesting about true love. The findings overturn the conventional view that love and sexual desire peak at the start of a relationship and then decline as the years pass. The Love Brain Study A team from Stony Brook University in New York scanned the brains of couples who had been together for 20 years and compared them with those of new lovers. They found that...
For instance, I know a lot of people were up in arms about Google Street View. If you are not familiar with Google Street View, it is basically a car with a camera that drives down streets and takes 360 degree images of everything. So if you go to Google Maps you can type in the address of your home, and you may have a Google Street view of your entire street/community, which I thought...
My AT&T contract was finally up, so I went to Best Buy yesterday and got myself an iPhone. While I'm still in the learning phase, I can already tell this device is going to fundamentally change how I interact with technology. Case in point: Last night I needed to visit a new location. I had printed directions to use with my car's GPS, but in my rush, I left them at home. No problem! I...