Author: John
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The credit belongs to the …
Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the Sorbonne in 1910 It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and…
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Wind Power and Burgerville
I was in a Burgerville yesterday, getting my Walla Walla Sweet Onion Cheeseburger, when I spotted this. If you are using Chrome as a browser, then QR Reader Beta is a great extension and the one we use at Walker Engineering for reading QR codes from images on the Internet. Or pop up your cell…
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Success in Business can Actually be a Poor Indicator of Skill
From a recent article in Time entitled We Should Follow Those Who Finish Second, Not First comes an interesting reminder about all of the fad following that organizations from Education to NGOs, Government to Business, continually attempt. The success story is a staple of business books and magazines: the faces of top investors and executives…
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Manhattan Project B Reactor Tour Opens New Dates
I thought I would never get in to the Manhattan Project B Reactor Tour; however, new dates in July, August, and September have been added. I took a senior seminar course in History at the U of W back in my day and I recall the look the prof gave me when he couldn’t identify…
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Write on. Take off.
Think Out Loud WhiteyBoard’s Mission: To Help You Initiate Structure. A bit about us, and our company: our products are both innovative and inexpensive alternatives to traditional whiteboards. Even more importantly, they are task-oriented tools that direct activities toward goal attainment. WhiteyBoard was launched in 2010 by college students Saachi Cywinski, Sherwin Kim and recent…