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The annual TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Conference in Monterey, California is one of those seminal events I’ve wanted to attend ever since I heard about it. Unfortunately, it is $6000, by invitation only, and they restrict participants to 1000 people from around the world. Currently, the participant list appears filled until 2009. It features a distinguished list of attendees and speakers who exchange ideas on science, culture, business, entertainment, art and much more.
Before this year, it was difficult for non-attendees to get information on the topics discussed, but this year TED has made a number of the talks available on their website (see link above). As you might imagine there are some interesting and provocative discussions that may be of interest to many of you. They even have their own YouTube channel.
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The future of computing is fascinating, but just think of all the screen cleaner you’ll go through. There’s more: another presentation of the new technology by Jeff Han on YouTube here.
Come to think of it, why hasn’t Windex come out with a special spray for LCD screens yet?
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According to a recent UPI-Zogby poll, over two-thirds of adults in the U.S. say they are paying too much for gas. This is surprising considering the poll was taken a few weeks ago when gas prices were relatively low. It also seems astonishing in light of what others pay for gas around the world (see CNN story on global gas prices).
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Yesterday you presumably survived Blue Monday, mathematically the most depressing day of the year. At least that’s what Dr. Cliff Arnall at the University of Cardiff in Wales purports in this story at MSNBC. According to Arnall’s formula — and it is precisely that — yesterday was the day when post-holiday debt, disagreeable winter weather, and broken New Year’s resolutions all culminated in a nadir for the human spirit. But if yesterday was the low point, that should mean it’s all uphill from this point on.
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