Posts Tagged “TED”

Final NASA shuttle

By | July 8, 2011

Reading about NASA’s final shuttle launch today reminds me of Andrew Keys‘ space exploration presentation from TEDxNashville this year. Keys is the Center Chief Technologist at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Keys explains why we explore. What is the return on an investment in exploration? Is space exploration worth the risk? His talk focuses on the subject [...]

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Make your own toaster

By | January 21, 2011

Join Thomas Thwaites as he builds a toaster from scratch, literally. What a fun, educational and inspiring project! Now I feel like a total chump if I can’t install a measly screen door this spring. Stay tuned for updates on my screen door status. Now watch this… Enjoy it? Please share it.

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We are the last generation to know privacy as it was

By | August 30, 2010

I was in Seattle a couple of weeks ago to attend my fourth Gnomedex. Chris Pirillo‘s technology conference has been referred to as “TED Light”. Light, not in content or quality, but in access and price. You can read my recap of the tenth Gnomedex on the Griffin blog. I can tell you that it [...]

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Tread softly

By | May 25, 2010

As a dad I often think about the education my children will get. My wife is a teacher by trade, and a very good one I might add, so I’m confident our kids will learn much from us at home (they already do). What I am concerned about is what they will and will not [...]

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