big ideas

This stove boils water instantly, cooks meat perfectly.

And it is a backup battery for your home’s electric needs. “In this episode, we travel to San Francisco’s design district to meet Sam D’Amico, the founder of Impulse Labs, who’s turning the humble stove into a high-performance, battery-backed, grid-ready […]

big ideas

Abundance.

I cheated on Audible with this audiobook from Spotify. “Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, […]

thoughts of food

Have I been drinking fake tequila?

“Two of your favorite tequila brands are in hot water. A class action lawsuit alleges that Casamigos and Don Julio tequilas “consist of significant concentrations of cane or other types of alcohol rather than pure tequila.” ~ learn more

under the microscope

A structure design that shrinks when pulled.

Thankfully there’s a video, since this is hard to imagine. “We’ve shown that mechanical systems can be designed to behave in ways that seem almost paradoxical,” says Bas Overvelde, principal investigator of the Soft Robotic Matter Group.” ~ learn more

retail therapy

How much of the U.S.’s exports are made of blood?

The Economist wrote it was ~2%. Seems high? “The article doesn’t explain how they arrived at 1.8%. And since the Economist speaks in the voice of God (without bylines), I can’t corner and harass the actual journalist.” So, this blogger […]

better doing

Why be a ghost?

“Will we be an ancestor to our children…or a ghost? Will we support and guide? Will we haunt and plague? Will our presence fill them with joy and comfort…or fear and pain?” ~ learn more

better doing

How to title your blog post or whatever.

“A title has two goals. First, think of all the people in the world who, if they clicked on your thing, would finish it and love it. Ideally, those people would click. … Other people will hate your thing. It’s […]